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Behringer UMA25S manual

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    User M anual U - C ONTRO L UM A S Ul tra- S li m 25-K ey U S B/ MI DI C on tr oll er K eybo ar d with Aud io Int er f ace[...]

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    2 U- CONTROL UMA 25 S User Manual T able of C on tents Important Safet y Instructions ...................................... 3 Legal Disclaimer ............................................................. 3 Limited W arranty ........................................................... 3 1 . Intr oduc ti on ..........................................[...]

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    3 U- CONTROL UMA 25 S User Manual LEGAL DI SCL AI ME R LIM ITE D W ARR ANT Y T erminals marked with this symbol carry electrical current of su cient magnitude to constitute risk of electric shock. Use only high-quality professional speaker cables with ¼" TS or twist-locking plugs pre-installed. Allother installation or modi cation sh[...]

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    4 U- CONTROL UMA 25 S User Manual “Support ” at behringer . com. Ifyour coun tr y is not listed, please check if y our problem can be dealt with by our “OnlineSupport ” which may also be found under “Support ” at behringer . com. Alternativ ely ,please submit an online warranty claim at behringer . com BEFORE returning the pr o[...]

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    5 U- CONTROL UMA 25 S User Manual 1. Int roduc tion Thank you for sh owing your con dence in us by purc hasing the UMA 25S. TheUMA2 5S is an ex treme ly exi ble master keyb oard wi th a contr ol sec t ion that can be u sed fo r a wide ar ray of applic ations. Whe ther you ne ed indep endent control o f computer r ack sy nthesizer s, Gene r[...]

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    6 U- CONTROL UMA 25 S User Manual Ex ternal pow er supply: If you neithe r want to draw the p ower supply via USB nor power th e device wit h bat terie s, there is yet ano ther pos sibilit y to conne ct t he UMA25S to an ex ter nal power supply u nit. Please o bser ve the cor rec t o peratio nal data (DC 9 V; 200 mA) and corr ec t polar it y of the[...]

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    7 U- CONTROL UMA 25 S User Manual 1. 3 .1 Stand-alone mode In cas e the USB connec tion is n ot available or dete c ted, the UMA2 5S automatic ally sw itches to th e stan d-alone mo de. In this mode, you can u se the UMA25S to contr ol ex ter nal unit s via the MIDI ou tput. Fig. 1.4: Stand -al one m ode 1. 3 . 2 USB mode ( Default ) This is the de[...]

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    8 U- CONTROL UMA 25 S User Manual 2. USB M ode wi th MI DI OUT : Fig. 1.6: USB mo de w ith M IDI OU T In this mod e, the keyboard me ssag es are tr ansmit ted via USB to the comp uter and simulta neously to MIDI OU T . T he mess ages f rom th e computer are o nly picked up by the UM A25S and not pa ssed on to MIDI OU T . This mode i s ideal for re [...]

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    9 U- CONTROL UMA 25 S User Manual 3. Controls and Connect ions (9) (5) (6) (3) (4) (2) (10) (11) (12) (13) (8) (7) (1) Fig. 3.1 : Top v iew of t he UM A2 5S (1) The keyboar d of the UMA 25S has 25 veloci t y-sensit ive, full-size keys w ith half ac tion. (2) The OC T </ > push b ut tons allow you to shif t t he keyboar d range up to 4oc ta[...]

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    10 U- CONTROL UMA 25 S User Manual (20) The LINE O UT conne c tor let s you connec t RC A audio c ables . (21) The LINE IN co nnec tor let s you conne c t RCA aud io cable s. (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) Fig. 3.3 : Rear panel connector s (22) MIDI OUT allows th e UMA25S to connec t to a com puter. On the other hand, it provid es a connec t ion to [...]

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    11 U- CONTROL UMA 25 S User Manual 5. UMA25 S as U SB /MIDI C ontroller At the highes t contro l level of the U -CONTROL, you p lay and control t he MIDI data (Play Mode) . The UMA25S has an ar ray of contr ol element s wit h which you can cont rol your MIDI e quipment v ia the MIDI outp ut (22) or wi th which you ar e able to contr ol your compu t[...]

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    12 U- CONTROL UMA 25 S User Manual What can I co ntro l with t he UMA 25S ? Basic ally , you c an contro l any device that is MIDI comp atible. Both har dware and sof t war e MIDI devices are co ntrolle d in exac tl y the same w ay . The only di erence bet ween them is the wiring. Below are a cou ple of sugge stio ns on how you can u se your UMA[...]

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    13 U- CONTROL UMA 25 S User Manual T ranspose function: Use the OC T AVE </ > push bu tto ns to transpo se upward o r downward in semitone steps. • Press th e OC T > to transpo se upward in s emitone s teps. • Press O CT < to t ranspos e downward in se mitone s teps. • Press O CT < and O CT > sim ultane ously to ret[...]

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    14 U- CONTROL UMA 25 S User Manual 5.4 Exa mple o f the Le arn fun ct ion: In order to cont rol the mai n volume level of a vir t ual inst rument w ith the E1 9 slid er , follow the s teps be low: 1. Press and h old the EDIT/EXIT push bu tto n. 2. Move the E 1 9 slider . 3. Release th e EDIT /E XIT push but ton. 4. Pre ss the LE ARN key . 5. Now mo[...]

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    15 U- CONTROL UMA 25 S User Manual 5. 5 MIDI messages 5. 5. 1 Program change and midi bank select Progr am Change mes sage s are used to ac t ivate the mem or y bank s of the connec ted d evices. 128 program numbe rs are availab le to ac tivate pre set s. Fordevice s with mo re than 1 28 pre set s, there is t he Bank Se lec t f unc tion whic h a[...]

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    16 U- CONTROL UMA 25 S User Manual 5. 5. 2 Control changes The Contro l Change mes sage s ( CC) belon g to the mos t “powerf ul” MIDI m essa ges. They allow you to contr ol plent y of pa rameter s and f unc tions. You can assign CC mess ages to eac h control e lement on the UMA 25S. Since it is pos sible to use pu sh but tons, slider s and rot [...]

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    17 U- CONTROL UMA 25 S User Manual 5. 5. 5 Pitch bend The Pitch B end whee l E1 7 on the UMA 25S is used to c hange the pi tch of a note. Ithas it s own t ype of m essa ge in the MIDI spe cic ation. The Pitch Whe el mes sage c an also be as signed to othe r continuou s element s (such as slider , kn obs and ex pres sion pedal). This mess age [...]

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    18 U- CONTROL UMA 25 S User Manual 5.6 More func tions in edit mo de All of the f unc tions me ntioned i n this chapter ar e available in Edit Mod e. Pressth e EDIT /E XIT push but ton to s witch to Edi t Mode. 5 . 6 .1 Sh ow elem ent fun ct ion Use the Show Element f unc tio n to view the s et tings of a con trol ele ment: 1. Press and h old do[...]

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    19 U- CONTROL UMA 25 S User Manual Assi gning t he sup erior G LOBAL SEND CHAN NEL : 1. Press t he EDIT /E XIT push but ton f or a shor t ti me. The device s witche s to EditMode. “Edt ” appear s on the disp lay . 2. Now pre ss the GLOBAL key (to be found in the CH A SSIGN sec tion) . “GLo”appears o n the display for a sh or t time. 3[...]

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    20 U- CONTROL UMA 25 S User Manual SysEx D um p ALL: By tur ning the E1 1 rot ar y knob, the enti re memor y con tents of t he 1 6 pre set s is sent as SysE x dump via MIDI. Dur ing the dump, the disp lay ashes “Run” . Y oucan c ancel the p roces s by turning t he E1 1 r otar y k nob until “En d” app ears on thedisplay. In order to[...]

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    21 U- CONTROL UMA 25 S User Manual Display T ype 3-digi t, 7 -se gment LED display System Information Frequenc y re sponse 10 Hz – 20 kHz, ± 1 dB @ 4 4. 1 kHz sampling rate 10 Hz – 22 kHz, ± 1 dB @ 4 8.0 kHz sampling rate THD 0.05 % t yp. @ - 10 dB V , 1 kHz Cross talk -65 dB, 1 kHz S/N ratio A/D 8 8 dB t yp. @ 1 kHz, A-weighte d D/ A 100 dB [...]

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    22 U- CONTROL UMA 25 S User Manual E1~ E 8 Buttons Element Name MIDI data type MIDI Se nd c h. Parameter Valu e 1 Val ue 2 Controller Mode Controller Option Display Indication E1 ( Lo o p) CC 2 1 ( undened) CC 1 CC 21 0 127 Toggle On / On E2 (Lo c 0) CC 22 (undened) CC 1 CC 22 0 127 Toggle On / On E 3 (R ew) CC 23 (undened) CC 1 CC 2 3 0 1[...]

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    23 U- CONTROL UMA 25 S User Manual FEDERAL C OMMUNICA TIONS C OMMISSION COMPL IANCE INF ORMA TION Responsible Par t y Name: MUSI C Gro up Se rv ices US I nc. Address: 1 891 2 Nor t h Cree k Park way , Suite 2 00 Bo the ll, WA 9801 1 , USA Phone/Fax No .: Phone: + 1 425 672 08 1 6 Fax: + 1 425 673 7 6 47 U- CONTROL UM A25S complies with the FCC rule[...]

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