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Evolution USB Keyboards
249/361
USB MIDI Controller Keyboard
225C/249C/361C
USB MIDI Controller Keyboard with additional
programmable rotary controllers
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EVOLUTION 249/361/225C/249C/361C MIDI KEYBOARD MANUAL 1. POWER SUPPLY There are three methods of powering the Evolution USB Keyboard. Only use one method at one time Soundcard as power source Using the supplied self powered connector cable connect the 5 pin male plug to the Evolution MIDI keyboard and the 15 pin male plug to the MIDI port on your PC soundcard. IMPORTANT – DO NOT USE THIS CABLE TO POWER ANY OTHER EQUIPMENT or AC Power You can also use an AC adapter (not included) with the follow
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3. Demo Pressing octave up and down together plays a short demonstration. Please note that the sounds are set for a GM sound system and the demo will sound differently on other sound synthesizers. Press the octave up and down keys once more to end demo. 4. Entering Numbers When any number is entered it adheres to the following rules:- Increment/Decrement Keys Initially the LED display starts flashing. The value displayed can be incremented/decremented using the +/- keys. Pressing both + & - shou
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6. PROGRAM & BANK CHANGE MEMORY You can assign a selected PROGRAM CHANGE as well as a BANK LSB and a BANK MSB to one of ten numeric keys (0-9). Once stored, simply pressing one of the numeric keys will send the desired PROGRAM and BANK CHANGES. The stored information is held in non-volatile memory which will remember even if the power is turned off. Select the desired PROGRAM CHANGE, BANK LSB and MSB. Please refer to respective chapters for information on how to do this. Press the MEMORY switch.
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8. SLIDER ASSIGN Moving the SLIDER transmits MIDI CONTROL CHANGE messages to any connected equipment. The Slider defaults to sending Channel Volume messages on the selected channel, but you can re-assign the slider to any other controller. Number Functions 1 – 127 Standard MIDI controllers 128 Pitch Bend Sensitivity 129 Fine Tune 130 Coarse Tune 131 Channel Pressure 132 Velocity With Evolution 249/361. Press the SLIDER ASSIGN switches (PROGRAM & BANK LSB) together and the LED starts to flash sh
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11. TRANSPOSE Thisfunctionallowsyoutoshiftthepitchoftheunitinsemitones.Youcantransposethepitchby24halfsteps(12 up, 12 down). Press the TRANSPOSE switch. The LED shows the current TRANSPOSE value. Press the “+” or “-” switch to change the TRANSPOSE value. Each time you press + or -, the keyboard is transposed an additional half step. * Pressing the + and - switches simultaneously resets the pitch to the default value. Note: Turning the power off always resets the shifted pitch to the default val
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14. Selecting a VELOCITY CURVE The VELOCITY CURVEs determine the relationship between how hard the keys are struck and the corresponding velocity that the unit transmits. This unit allows you to select from 12 VELOCITY CURVEs. Simultaneously press the CHANNEL and MEMORY switches. The LED starts to flash showing the current number of the VELOCITY CURVE. Press one of the numeric keys to select a VELOCITY CURVE. The 10 key numbers correspond to the first 10 VELOCITY CURVEs as follows: You can also
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Evolution 225C/249C/361C Only 17. Assignable Rotary controllers All these assignable controllers are selected by the ‘CONTROL SELECT’ & 'CONTROL ASSIGN' functions for these keyboards. ‘Assignable Controllers’ refers to any of the 8, 12 or 16 assignable Knobs and also includes the assignable Wheel and Slider. The Slider is Assignable Controller 13 or 17(for MK249C and MK-361C only), the Wheel is Assignable Controller 9, 14 or 18. The basic operation is:- Press the CONTROL SELECT buttons togethe
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19. SPECIFICATIONS Evolution 249: 1. Keyboard: 49 standard keys (Velocity sensitive) 2. Control: Switches: (WHEEL, CHANNEL, PROGRAM, MEMORY, TRANSPOSE, GM RESET, VEL CURVE, BANK LSB, BANK MSB, OCTAVE DOWN, OCTAVE UP, POWER ON/OFF, Numeric Keys (0-9), , +) 3. Control: Sliders: (PITCH BEND WHEEL, MODULATION WHEEL, CHANNEL VOLUME/DATA ENTRY) 4. Memory storage – non volatile 5. Display: 3 digit LED 6. Jack: DC IN (DC 9V), MIDI OUT, SUSTAIN, USB 7. Dimension: 800 x210 x80 (mm). Weight: 4 kg Note: Spe
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APPENDIX A MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART Function Transmitted Received Remarks Basic :Default 1-16 Channel:Changed 1-16 :Default --------- Mode :Messages X :Altered ********* Note 0-127 Number:True Voice ********* Velocity: Note ON 0 : Note OFF X After :Key’s X Touch :Ch’s • Pitch Bend 0 0,32 • Bank select 1 • Modulation Control 6 • Data Entry Change 7 0 Volume 64 0 Hold 1 1-31 • Mod Wheel Assign 33-95 •
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APPENDIX B STANDARD CONTROLLER NUMBERS No. Controller No. Controller No. Controller 00 Bank Select 51 Gen Purpose 4 LSB 102 Controller 102 01 Modulation 52 Controller 52 103 Controller 103 02 Breath Control 53 Controller 53 104 Controller 104 03 Controller 3 54 Controller 54 105 Controller 105 04 Foot Control 55 Controller 55 106 Controller 106 05 Porta Time 56 Controller 56 107 Controller 107 06 Data Entry 57 Controller 57 108 Controller 108 07 Channel Volume 58 Controller 58 109 Controller 109
