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Ev olution USB Keyboards 249/361 USB MIDI Controller Keyboard 225C/249C/361C USB MIDI Controller Keyboard w ith additional programmable rotary controllers[...]
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EVOLUTION 249/361/225C/249C/361C MIDI KEYBOARD MANUAL 1. POWER SUPPLY There ar e three methods of powerin g the Evolution USB Key board. Only use one method at one time Soundcard as power source Usin g the supplied s elf powered c onnector cable connect the 5 pin m ale plu g to the Evolution MIDI k ey board and the 15 pin male plu g to the MIDI por[...]
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3. Demo Pressing oc tave up and down together play s a short dem onstration. Pleas e note that the sounds ar e s et f or a GM sound system and the dem o will sound diff erently on other sound sy nthesizers. Press the oc tave up and down keys once more to end dem o. 4. Entering Number s W hen any number is entered it adheres to the f ollowing rules:[...]
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6. PROGRA M & BA NK CHA NGE ME MORY You can assign a selected PROGR AM CHANGE as well as a BANK LSB and a BANK MSB to one of ten num eric keys (0-9) . Once stored, sim ply pr essing one of the numer ic keys will send the desired PROGR AM and BANK CHANGES. The s tored inf orm ation is held in non-volatile m em ory which will rem em ber even if t[...]
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8. SLIDER A SSIGN Moving the SLIDER transmits MIDI CONTROL CHANG E mes sages to any connected equipm ent. T he Slider defaults to sending Channel Volum e mes sages on the selected channel, but you can re-ass ign the slider to any other controller . Number 1 – 127 128 129 130 131 132 Functions Standard MIDI controller s Pitch Bend Sensitivity Fine[...]
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11. TRA NSPOSE This function allows you to shif t the pitc h of the unit in sem itones. You can trans pose the pitc h by 24 half steps (12 up, 12 down). Press the T RANSPOSE switch. T he LED shows the curr ent TRANSPOSE value. Press the “+” or “ -” s witch to c hange the T RANSPOSE value. Each tim e you pr ess + or -, the k ey board is tran[...]
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14. Selecting a VELOCITY CURVE The VELO CITY CURVEs determ ine the relationship between how hard the k ey s ar e s truck and the corr esponding velocity that the unit transmits. This unit allows you to select f rom 12 VELO CITY CURVEs. Simultaneous ly press the CHANNEL and MEMORY switches. The LED s tarts to flas h showing the current num ber of th[...]
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Evolution 225C/249C/361C Only 17. A ssignable Rotary controllers All these assignable c ontrollers are s elected by the ‘CONT ROL SELECT ’ & 'CONTRO L ASSIGN' functions for these k ey boards. ‘ Assignable Controller s’ refers to any of the 8, 12 or 16 assignable Knobs and also inc ludes the assignable W heel and Slider. The Sl[...]
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19. SPECIFICA TIONS Evolution 249: 1. Keyboard : 49 standard k ey s ( Velocity sens itive) 2. Control : Switches: (W HEEL, CHANNEL, PROGRAM, MEMORY, T RANSPOSE, GM RESET, VEL CURVE, BANK LSB, BANK MSB, OCT AVE DOW N, O CTAVE UP, POW ER ON/OF F, Numer ic Key s (0- 9), , +) 3. Control: Sliders: (PIT CH BEND W HEEL, MO DULATION W HEEL, CHANNEL VOLUME/[...]
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A PPENDIX A MIDI IMPLEMENTAT ION CHART Function Transm itted Received Remarks Basic :Default Channel:Changed 1-16 1-16 :Defa ult Mode :Messages :Altered --------- X ********* Note Number: True Voice 0-127 ********* Velocity: N ote ON : Note OFF 0 X After :Key ’s Touch :Ch’s X • Pitc h Bend 0 0,32 1 Control 6 Change 7 64 • • • 0 0 Bank s[...]
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A PPENDIX B STANDARD CONTROLLER NUMBERS No. Controller 00 Bank Select 01 Modulation 02 Breath Cont rol 03 Controller 3 04 Foot Control 05 Porta T ime 06 D ata Entry 07 Channel Volume 08 Balance 09 Controller 9 10 Pan 11 Expression 12 Eff ects Controller 1 13 Eff ects Controller 2 14 Controller 14 15 Controller 15 16 Gen Purpose 1 17 Gen Purpose 2 1[...]