Thank you for choosing CME U-Key Mobiltone USB MIDI Master Keyboard Please keep all the important information here Attach your invoice or receipt here ～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～ for reference Purchase date Dealer’s name and addr. Dealer’s tel. Serial(on the back of the keyboard) Warning: z Improper connection may cause damage to the device. Copyright z Copyright of the manual belongs to Central Music Co. Anyone must get a written permission from Central Music Co.
z Special Message Section knowledge relating to how a function or effect works (when the unit is operating as designed) are not covered by the manufacturer’s warranty, and are therefore the owners responsibility. Please study this manual carefully and consult your dealer before requesting service. This product utilizes batteries or an external power supply (adapter).
FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A) 1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modifications not expressly approved by CME may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to use the product. 2. IMPORTANT: When connecting this product to accessories and/or another product use only high quality shielded cables. Cable(s) supplied with this product MUST be used. Follow all installation instructions.
PRECAUTIONS IMPORTANT Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even death from electrical shock, damages, fire or other hazards. These precautions include, but are not limited to, the follows: 1. Read and understand all the instructions. 2. Always follow the instructions on the instrument. 3. Before cleaning the instrument, always remove the electric plug from the outlet as well as the USB cable. When cleaning, use a soft and dry cloth.
CAUTION: Do not connect the instrument when thundering. Do not set up the cord or outlet to a moist place, except for that the outlet is specially designed for moist places. When the power cord is connected to the AC outlet, do not touch the naked part of the cord or the connector. Always follow the instructions carefully when setting up the instrument. WARNING: z Do not expose the instrument to rain or moisture, to avoid fire or electrical shock.
Features z 49 notes ultra thin full action semi-weighted keyboard, portable and beautiful z 1 x Programmable Joystick z 8 x programmable trigger pads, velocity sensitive z 8 x programmable knob controllers (endless encoder) for any kinds of MIDI control z 1 x endless encoder for data entry of fast data changes z “PadStyle” MIDI song and style help you to play live music easily z Interactive test mode and game to improve the skillof your performance z Multi-scaled keys to fit more kinds of eth
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Content 1 2 3 4 5 6 General View .............................................................................................................11 1.1 Front Panel ...............................................................................................................11 1.2 Rear Panel ................................................................................................................12 Connection...........................................................................................
6.5 Save And Recall User Bank ...................................................................................25 7 SYSTEM setup ......................................................................................................... 25 7.1 Keyboard Channel ...................................................................................................25 7.2 Dual............................................................................................................................25 7.3 Split ....
1 General View 1.1 Front Panel 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
1.2 Rear Panel 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
2 Connection 13
2.1 Power Switch Use Power switch to turn U-Key ON or OFF, power can be supplied via USB or DC IN. 2.2 DC In Use DC IN for power supply. You can connect an AC adaptor that meets the specifications of the U-Key. Please be carefull choosing an AC adaptor; make sure the adaptor meet the specifications of the U-Key. 2.3 Headphone Jack The Headphone jack is used to connect a stereo headphone. 2.4 Line Out Jack The Line out jack is used to connect a mixer, an amplifier or active speakers. 2.
2.8 USB Port You can make a bi-directional connection between the U-Key and your computer via the USB port. If it is the first time you connect your U-Key to the computer via USB, the OS will automatically install the device driver, and show the U-Key as “USB Audio Device” and “USB Audio Device [2]”. If the same device name already exists, the U-Key will have a device name with increased number. Please do not use any other USB cable than the one included with the U-Key, for perfect data transfer.
3.3 Change Voice (Program Change) You can dial the【DATA / SAVE】knob to change the value on the LED. The 【DATA / SAVE】knob can also work as a button to confirm or save data By default, the 【DATA / SAVE】knob is used to change the voice number, and the changed number will blink until the knob is pressed to send the program change data. 3.4 Factory Setup (Reset) Usually, the keyboard will automatically memorize its last settings and recover to that setting when turned on.
3.5 Key Function A lot of the U-Key functions are set by the keys. 1. When the button indicator is on, the keyboard enters the key function mode. 2. In the key function mode, those keys work as the function keys. 3. This is the number key reigon, use those keys to change values on the LED. 4. The button is used to confirm the operation and send data. Some operation will work right away with out confirmed by ！ 3.
(Volume pedal). By default the pedal type is a sustain pedal (Switch mode), the related MIDI data is CC#64, 127 for ON and 0 for OFF. If you use a continuous pedal, please enter Key function, press F1 (Pedal setup), change “001” （Sustain）to “002”（Expression）. 3.8 Octave Shift / Transpose Using the【Octave / Transpose】button, you can change the octave shift for going up or down 3 octaves. To return to the default value, press the two buttons at the same time.
4 Song Mode Press the joystick until the indicator light A is on for Song mode. In Song mode, the pads are used to play songs, and knobs are used to control the volume of each part. 4.1 Use Pads To Play Songs (Pad Style Songs) There are 8 pads in the keyboard, including 【LOOP1】 to 【LOOP8】, which matches 8 phrases of the U-Key Pad Style songs. By hitting a pad, you can play the intermal MIDI songs from the respective phrase. You can play an U-Key Pad Style song in the below 3 modes: 1.
Press pad【LOOP1】 for three seconds, all the pads will light on to enter the song mode. In the song mode, all the pads will be played. The current pad being played will blink Hit the first pad again to stop playing. You can find more www.cme-pro.com ! information about pad style songs on 4.
4.3.2 Select Performance Mode Operation: Ö C#1【Mode】ÖValueÖ MIDI data: none Range: Off, 1, 2 Default: Off Below is the description of the performance modes: Off. The normal performance mode. 1. Easy performance mode: You can play anything along with the accompaniment, and the keyboard will play the right song melody as it is played by you. 2. Karaoke performance mode: You can play anything along with the accompaniment, and the keyboard will play the right song melody in lower volume.
5 MASTER Mode 5.1 Use Pads For Drum Kit pad pad1 pad2 pad3 pad4 pad5 pad6 pad7 pad8 Press the joystick until the indicator B is on for Master mode. In the Master mode, you can use the pads to play a drum kit and use the knobs to edit a voice. Default pads to drum kit map Pitch name Percussion MIDI note number（H） 24 C2 KICK 28 E2 SNARE 2A F#2 HH-CLOSED 2E A#2 HH-OPEN 2B G2 TOM-LOW 2D A2 TOM-MID 30 C3 TOM-HIGH 31 C#3 CYMBAL 5.
Knob3 Knob4 Knob5 Knob6 Knob7 Knob8 Release time Cutoff frequency Resonance Vibration rate Vibration depth Vibration delay RELEAS CUTOFF RESONANCE VIB RATE VIB DEPTH VIB DELAY CC#72 CC#74 CC#71 CC#76 CC#77 CC#78 5.4 Bank Number And Patch (Voice) 5.4.1 Bank MSB Select Operation: Ö E1【Bank MSB Select】Ö【Select number】Ö MIDI data: CC#0 + CC#32 + Program Default: 0 Range: 0-127 5.4.
6 REMOTE Mode Press the joystick until both indicator A and B are light for Remote mode. 6.1 Use The Pads To Control The Software In the Remote mode, you can assign pads to any MIDI note, any kind of MIDI controller or more, see the appendix 10.1 of this manual, so you can use the pads to control a lot of things in your software. 6.2 Use The Knobs To Control The Software In the Remote mode, you can assign knobs to any MIDI note, any kind of MIDI controller or more, see the appendix 10.
parameter】Ö Ö【Assign Channel】 Ö【Adjust parameter】Ö Here 【Select part】 means moving the part in the keyboard.. In this mode you can use any parts except for Octave and SHIFT buttons to assign controllers. Controller Range: 0-168 Channel Range: 1-16 6.5 Save And Recall User Bank You can save your personal panel settings to one of the 8 user Banks, and recall your settings from them. To save the current settings, please press and hold the data dial, then press one of the eight pads.
When the Dual function is on, Transpose / Octave shift works only to the later part. However, the joystick and the pedal works on both parts. Operation: Default: Off Range: Off, On Ö D2【Dual】Ö You cannot use both Dual and Split function at the same time. 7.3 Split When the split function is on, the keyboard is split to two reigons, the left one and the right one. The two reigons have separate settings including MIDI channel, patch, octave / transpose, etc.
Fixup 1 Fixup 2 Fixup 3 7 8 9 Fixed velocity 64 Fixed velocity 100 Fixed velocity 127 Please refer to appendix 10.5 7.5 Pad Velocity Curve (Pad V.Curve) Operation: Default: 1 Range: 0-9 Ö F2【Pad V.Curve】Ö【Adjust parameter】Ö Please refer to appendix 10.5 7.6 Knob Acceleration Curve (Konb Accel.Curve) You can adjust the knob acceleration curve for faster or slower value changing rate of the knobs.. Operation: Default: 1 Range: 0-3 Ö F#2【Konb Accel.Curve】Ö【Adjust parameter】Ö 7.
tone generator and the MIDI out port; when Local is set to Off, the keyboard will only send MIDI data to the MIDI out port. Operation: Default: On Range: {on}, {off} Ö G#2【Local On/Off】 7.9 Data Dump You can dump the keyboard settings by sysx data to other MIDI device, so you can save and restore the keyboard settings. Operation: ÖA2【Dump】Ö MIDI data: F0 00 20 63………F7 7.
7.11.2 Bank MSB You can display the Bank MSB. Operation: Range: 0-127 7.11.3 Ö C3【Bank MSB】Ö Bank LSB You can display the Bank LSB. Operation: Range: 0-127 7.11.4 Ö C#3【Bank LSB】Ö Note Number You can display the note number. Operation: Range: 0-127 7.11.5 Ö D3【Note】 Controller Number You can display the controller number. Operation: Range: 0-127 Ö D#3【Controller】 7.12 Send RESET Message 7.12.
7.12.2 MIDI data: CC#123 Reset All Control You can reset all the MIDI controllers to the default values. Operation: MIDI data: CC#121 7.12.3 Ö F3【Reset All Control】 CME On You can send the CME On message to make other CME device ready to receive CME messages. Operation: MIDI data: F0 00 20 63 00 01 00 00 7F F7 7.12.4 Ö F#3【CME On】 GM On You can send the GM On meesage to make GM initialization for General MIDI compatible devices.
8.1.1 Select A Game By Game Number Operation: Default: 1 Range: 1-56 When a game is selected, the keyboard is waiting for the user to start the game. To start the game, just play any key, then the game will start and the LED will display the used time in 1/10 seconds steps. When you finish playing the song correctly , the LED stops the continious time to show the final time. Please refer to appendix 10.3 for the song information. Ö G1【Game Number】Ö【Adjust parameter】Ö 8.1.
8.4 Mute Pads And Knobs You can mute pads and knobs by stop them from sending out MIDI data, and this operation will not affect the keyboard, the joystick or the pedal. Operation: Default: Off Range: On, Off Ö G#3【Mute】Ö 8.5 Send Out Snapshot You can send out the keyboard snapshot (settings), and the receiver device will quickly have the same settings. Operation: Ö A3【Snapshot】 8.6 U-CTRL Mode You can control popular computer softwares in the U-CTRL mode.
Please refer to the below list about the MackieControl function map: U-KEY control part Knob1 Knob2 Knob3 Knob4 Knob5 Knob6 Knob7 Knob8 Knob9 SHIFT+Knob1 SHIFT+Knob2 SHIFT+Knob3 SHIFT+Knob4 SHIFT+Knob5 SHIFT+Knob6 SHIFT+Knob7 SHIFT+Knob8 SHIFT+Knob9 Pad1 Pad2 Pad3 Pad4 Pad5 Pad6 Pad7 Pad8 SHIFT+Pad1 SHIFT+Pad2 SHIFT+Pad3 SHIFT+Pad4 SHIFT+Pad5 SHIFT+Pad6 SHIFT+Pad7 SHIFT+Pad8 MCU function (A) Fader1 Fader2 Fader3 Fader4 Fader5 Fader6 Fader7 Fader8 Fader9 Data dial Knob1 Knob2 Knob3 Knob4 Knob5 Knob6 Kno
10 Appendix 10.1 Assignable Controllers List Controller Data Format Data Range No.
39 Channel Volume Controller 0-127 40 Balance Controller 0-127 41 Undefined Controller 0-127 42 Pan Controller 0-127 43 Expression Controller 0-127 44 Effect control 1 Controller 0-127 45 Effect control 2 Controller 0-127 46 Undefined Controller 0-127 47 Undefined Controller 0-127 48 General Purpose #1 Controller 0-127 49 General Purpose #2 Controller 0-127 50 General Purpose #3 Controller 0-127 51 General Purpose #4 Controller 0-127 52 Undefined Control
84 Portamento Control Controller 0-127 85 Undefined Controller 0-127 86 Undefined Controller 0-127 87 Undefined Controller 0-127 88 Undefined Controller 0-127 89 Undefined Controller 0-127 90 Undefined Controller 0-127 91 Reverb Send Level Controller 0-127 92 Tremolo Depth Controller 0-127 93 Chorus Send Level Controller 0-127 94 Celeste/Detune Depth Controller 0-127 95 Phaser Depth Controller 0-127 96 Data entry +1 Controller 0-127 97 Data entry -1 Cont
10.2 Scales List Int ctrl No. Scale No.
10.3 Testing Songs List No.
42 f# harmonic minor arpeggio, two octaves, up and down F#2→F#4→F#2 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 c harmonic minor arpeggio, two octaves, up and down c# harmonic minor arpeggio, two octaves, up and down f harmonic minor arpeggio, two octaves, up and down g# harmonic minor arpeggio, two octaves, up and down bb harmonic minor arpeggio, two octaves, up and down eb harmonic minor arpeggio, two octaves, up and down chromatic scale, one octave, up and down chromatic scale, two octaves, up and down
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10.7 Troubleshooting Trouble Possible reasons and solution After turning on the 1. Make sure you have connected the keyboard to its AC adaptor power switch, the keyboard is not with the proper AC supply 2. If the power is supplied via host USB, please check the USB powered on No sound connection, and make sure that the host computer is turned on. when playing 1. the keyboard Continuous long sound Check the volume settings of the tone generator and speaker system 2.
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10.10 MIDI Implementation Chart CME U-Key Mobiltone USB MIDI Master Keyboard Model: U-Key Version: 1.
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