master key 25/49/61 Thank you for purchasing the Master key 25/49/61 USB MIDI keyboard! Congratulations on your purchase of the Master key 25/49/61 MIDI keyboard: a full-size, velocity-sensitive USB keyboard designed for easy integration with your Mac 08 X or Windows computer. The Master key 25/49/61 is a quality keyboard controller, ideal for a multitude of music creation applications.
master key 25/49/61 Contents Panel Contra! Connecting Your Keyboard Power and Connection via USB Pitch Bend Whee! Modulation Wheel Volume Slider Four MID! controls Octave Shift Edit mode {master key 25/48/61) Edit mods {master key 48) 1. Numeric Dana Entry Keys 2. Cancel Kay ~ 3. Enter Key ~~ 4. Control Assign 5. MIDI Channel §. Program Channel 7. Bank LSB and Bank MSB 8. All Notes Off ~~ 9.
master key 25/49/61 Panel Control Top Pans! 1. Cliche Band whee! 2. Modulation wheal 3. Volumes slider (C5) 4, Octave buttons Edit mods button . LED display . MIDI controls (C1-C4) Rear Pabst 8. USB port 8. Sustain jack 10. Nonfood switch Shown above is an illustration of the Master key 49. All controls on Master key products are identical except for the number of keys.
master key 25/49/61 Connecting Your Keyboard Power and Connection vis USH 1. Check that the on/off bunion on the back of the unit is sst to “Off” 2. Ping the USB cable provided with your MIDI keyboard to a free USB port on YOU Compulsive. 3. Plug the other end of the USB cable into the USB input on fhe MIDI keyboard. The USE cable not only powers the keyboard but also sends MIDI data to and from. ‘our computer system.
master key 25/49/61 Functions The Master key 25/49/61 is a velocity-sensitive, standard synth-style keyboard. It has many powerful features! They are listed below and on the following pages. Pitch Bend Wheel ‘This wheel is used to bend the notes being played up or down. The amount of pitch change is determined by the instrument preset for the sound you are playing. The pitch bend wheel is spring loaded and by default is in its center position.
master key 25/49/61 Functions Controller MIDI Chanel MIDI CC# | Default parameter Tl T 74 Brightness 3 i 7 Timbre [< 1 A “Attack teems ca 1 72 Release ime Each knob may be reassigned to any MIDI CC number as described in the section titled “Edit mode.” These settings will be retained on power down. Octave Shift Pressing the [Oct -] button will shift the keyboard down one octave for each press. Pressing the [Oct +] button will shift the keyboard up one octave for each press.
master key 25/49/61 Functions After simultaneously pressing the [Oct +] and [Oct -] buttons and releasing them, they can be used to scroll through a list of assignable functions. After about 1 second of inactivity, the last selected option will be active and now controlled by the [Oct +] and [Oct -] keys.
master key 25/49/61 Edit Mode Edit mods (mastery 48) ‘Whether you own a Master key the Edit functions work the same way. The only difference between the three is which key you use on the keyboard to access each function. The following pages describe how to operate the Master key 49. However, the descriptions of what cache function does also apply to the Master key 25 and 61. Refer to page 15 for a map showing the keyboard layout for these functions on Master key 25; page 16 has a map for Master key 61.
master key 25/49/61 Edit Mode 2. Cancel Key (C1) Pressing the Cancel key at any time while in Edit mode will exit the mode and return the keyboard to regular performance. Settings will remain unchanged. 3. Enter Key (C5) When entering data in Edit mode, press the Enter key either to accept the data as a parameter change or to fend the selected MIDI command (such as a program change) via the USB MIDI out. After pressing the Enter key, the MIDI keyboard will return to the default performance display. 4.
master key 25/49/61 Edit Mode b. Press the C#1 key: hi LEr “Ctr” will blink in the display to indicate that you have accessed the Controller Assign onetime. ©. Select any of the seven assignable controllers by moving them. The display will show the MIDI Continuous Controller (CC) number that is assigned to each controller as you move it.
master key 25/49/61 Edit Mode 5. MIDI Channel (D#1) ‘Whenever you play notes or move one of the controls on your MIDI keyboard, it transmits MIDI data to your computer on MIDI channel 1 by default. Assigning the Octave Shift buttons to the MIDI Channel function lets you change the MIDI channel to any of the other 15 channels. For example, this would be useful if you are controlling a General MIDI instrument and want to access its drum kits, which only receive MIDI information on channel 10.
master key 25/49/61 Edit Mode 6. Program Change (Fil) Using the Edit menu, you can send program change messages to any MIDI instrument, device or DAW via the USB connection. Press the Edit button (the LED display will blink “Edi” ). Die Lr b. Press the F#1 key: Prg “Prg” will blink in the display to indicator that you have accessed the Program Change function.
master key 25/49/61 Edit Mode 7. Bank LSB and Bank MSB (G#1 and A#1) You can also send Bank LSB and Bank MSB changes to a receiving MIDI device. Press the Edit button (the LED display will blink “Edi” ). Ed! ~ Edit 4 b. Press the G#1 key for BANK LSB (or the A#1 key for Bank MS: LSh “LSb” will blink in the display to indicate the selection of the LSB transmission function. (If you selected the MSB transmission function, the display will flash c. Enter the desired value using the white 0-9 keys.
master key 25/49/61 Edit Mode 8. All Notes OFF (C#2) Use this feature if you find there are stuck notes on the receiving device. To send an “All Notes Off” MIDI message: a. Press the Edit button (the LED display will blink “Edi” ). Ed! no Ff The Master key 49 will exit Edit mode, and you should no longer hear stuck notes on the selected MIDI channel. 9.
master key 25/49/61 Edit Mode b. Press the D#2 key: rES The Master key 49 will exit Edit mode, and any unexpected modulation that was due to a MIDI controller will have stopped.
master key 25/49/61 Edit Mode Edit mods (mastery 25) ‘Whether you own a Master key the Edit functions work the same way. The only difference between the three is which key you use on the keyboard to access each function. After pressing the Edit button, the LED display will blink “Edi” indicating that the keyboard is now in Edit mode. Pressing each of the black keys will display the menu abbreviations that show each key's function, Pressing the desired black key again will execute the command or enter a mem.
master key 25/49/61 Edit Mode Eli mode (monastery 61} ‘Whether you own a Master key the Edit functions work the same way. The only difference between the three is which key you use on the keyboard to access each function. After pressing the Edit button, the LED display will blink “Edi” indicating that the keyboard is now in Edit mods. Pressing cache of the black keys will display the menu abbreviations that show each key's function.
master key 25/49/61 Factory Reset Performing a Factory Reset will clear all battery-backed memory and restore all functions to their factory defaults, just like they were when you used this keyboard for the first time. To perform a Factory Reset, do the following: 1. Turn the power switch on the Master key 25/49/61 to the “Off” position. 2. Hold down the [Oct-] and [Oct+] buttons while powering on the keyboard.
master key 25/49/61 Appendix Specifications ® 25,49 or 61 note full-size, velocity-sensitive synthesizer-style keyboard Note: This unit does not support after touch.
