User manual SONY VAIO VGN-NS255J/S

[. . . ] Your M-Audio Keystation package should contain the following items: < M-Audio Keystation USB keyboard < User Manual < USB cable If any of the above listed items are missing, please contact the retailer where you purchased the product. Though this manual does not provide a detailed explanation of how to set up your keyboard for use with third-party music software, the majority of music software applications will work seamlessly with the Keystation keyboards. You can power the keyboard either via a powered USB port or an optional external power supply. The Keystations are low-power devices and an external power supply should not be necessary. [. . . ] You can plug a foot pedal of any polarity, sold separately, into the foot pedal input on your M-Audio keyboard. The keyboard will automatically detect the correct polarity when powering up. If you want to reverse the polarity, simply depress the pedal when you switch on your keyboard. The Advanced Functions button is used to access all the advanced functions of the keyboard that are located on the keybed. When the Advanced Functions button is pressed, the keyboard goes into "Edit Mode. " In Edit Mode, the keys on the keyboard are used for selecting functions and entering data. The light above the Advanced Functions button indicates whether or not Edit Mode is engaged. In Edit Mode, the black keys on the keyboard are used for selecting functions, while the white keys are used for data entry and channel selection. Your keyboard will slip out of Edit Mode as soon as a function is selected, or the CANCEL or ENTER keys are pressed (the light above the Advanced Functions button will turn off). The keyboard can then be used to play notes again. The following diagram shows what each key on the keyboard represents in Edit Mode: In addition to setting an octave shift, the two octave "+" and "-" buttons discussed earlier in the manual under the section "Octave Buttons" can also be used to control one of five MIDI functions. " Transpose works in the same way as Octave Shift above, except the shift is +/- 12. As with Octave Shift, there are two ways of transposing the keyboard. You can use the Octave "+" and "-" buttons, or the black keys F# 3, G# 3 and Bb3. These black keys represent "TRANSPOSE -, " "TRANSPOSE 0" and "TRANSPOSE +, " respectively. ) < Press the "+" key and you will hear the pitch of the note you play go up. < Press both "+" and "-" together to cancel transpose. *A semitone represents the change in pitch from one note to another. Therefore, changing two semitones is the same as playing a note two notes higher. MIDI data from the keyboard can be sent on any of 16 MIDI Channels. however , certain MIDI devices and MIDI software applications require the keyboard to send data on a specified channel. If this is the case, you can change the channel the data is sent using the following method: < Press the Advanced Functions button to engage Edit Mode. [. . . ] Switch off the unit and let it sit for 10 seconds. Then restart your computer and try again. if the problem persists you may have to reinstall drivers for the unit. I have plugged a sustain pedal into my M-Audio keyboard, but it works the wrong way around. [. . . ]