Intelligent MIDI Master Keyboard User’s manual ————————————————— Model: VX5/6/7/8 Read “Precautions” on page 5 before use Please read this manual carefully before use. Please keep this manual for reference.
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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.
z z z z z z z Keep the instrument away from electrical interface sources, such as fluorescent lights and electrical motors. Keep the instrument away from dust, heat and vibration. Do not expose the instrument to sunlight. Do not place heavy objects on the instrument; do not place containers with liquid on the instrument. Do not touch the connectors with wet hands Central Music Co. is not responsible for any damage or data loss caused by improper operation to the instrument.
Content 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 General view ...........................................................................................................................9 1.1 Front panel ................................................................................................................9 1.2 Rear panel ...............................................................................................................12 Installation guide......................................................
13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Local control ...........................................................................................................43 Pedal type................................................................................................................44 MIDI filter...............................................................................................................44 Reset..........................................................................................
1 General view 1.1 Front panel 1. The keyboard There are 4 models in the VX series: VX5-49keys, VX6-61keys, VX7-76keys, VX8-88 keys. All the keyboards in the VX series are equipped with velocity response and aftertouch. Velocity response means when you play the keyboard, it will respond to the initial force used to strike the keys. Aftertouch means after you press and hold a key, it will continue to respond to additional pressure applied to the keys. 2. 3. 4.
5. The pads (PAD 1-12): They are velocity sensitive, you can define them to trigger drum notes, or use them as control buttons, or use them to play songs. 6. The FUNCTION buttons: They are used to control all the functions of the instrument and used for scene select. The function shortcut buttons (F1-F8): They are used for fast function select or to send user-defined parameters. 7.
10. The U-CTRL button: Press it for the software remote control mode, compatible with the Mackie Control templates. 11. The encoder knobs (ENCODER 1-9): Those knobs have no start or end points, and the functions can be user-defined. 12. The motorized faders: They can move according to the incoming MIDI data, and the functions can be user-defined.
1.2 Rear panel 01． MIDI IN port x1 02． MIDI OUT ports x4 03． Breath control (BC) jack: 1/8" TRS x1, compatible with YAMAHA BC3. 04． Pedal jacks: 1/4" TRS x2, each one can be used for volume or sustain pedal. 05． Input gain for Mic/Line in. 06． MIC/LINE IN jacks: 1/4" TS x2 07． LINE OUT jacks: 1/4" TS x2 08． HP VOLUME: Headphone volume 09． HEADPHONE jacks: 1/4" TRS x2 10． USB HUB port: compliance with standard USB 1.
2 Installation guide 2.1 Power supply 1. 2. 3. Make sure the power switch is set to OFF. Connect the AC adaptor to the POWER IN port in the rear panel. Make sure the AC requirement of the AC adaptor is compliant with the local AC supply, then connect the AC adaptor to the power supply outlet.
3 Connections Before you make these connections, please turn off all devices to avoid possible damage. Please refer to the fig.
4 Playing a demo song 1. 2. 3. 4. Connect the VX MIDI OUT1 to the sound module MIDI IN, or connect VX to your computer via USB and select a GM compatible software sound module. Press the 【STYLE SEQ】button for style sequece mode. Press the【PLAY】button to play the song. You will hear the song. 5 Basic operation 【】buttons For the editable contents on the LCD, you can use the 【】buttons to move the cursor to the place you want and edit the content.
6 Turning on 6.1 Normally turning on C M E V X M a s t e r K e y b o a r d When you turn on the instrument, all the motorized faders will move to run a self-test and reset in turn. At the same time, all the pads will light on and off. Do NOT hold or stop the motorized motors while they are moving. This may cause great damage to the instrument and may cause electrical shock and fire! 6.
7 MASTER mode Notes for the MASTER mode: z The MASTER mode is the main mode for users connecting a sound module or computer for real time performance. z All the parts status in this mode will be saved even if you turned off the instrument. z Please refer to the below list to see the parts functions: 7.
Seq transport (STOP) Controller CC-118 Seq transport (PLAY) Controller CC-119 Remote control LOCATE 1 Controller CC-112 Remote control LOCATE 2 Controller CC-113 Pad PAD 1 Note Tom-Low Pad PAD 2 Note Tom-Mid Pad PAD 3 Note Tom-Mid Pad PAD 4 Note Tom-High Pad PAD 5 Note Cymbal Pad PAD 6 Note RideCymbal Pad PAD 7 Note Kick Pad PAD 8 Note Side Stick Pad PAD 9 Note Snare Pad PAD 10 Note Hi-Hat–Closed Pad PAD 11 Note Hi-Hat Pedal Pad PAD 12 Note Hi-H
Except for the keyboard, all the other parts can be re-defined using the 【ASSIGN】button to send other data. 7.2 Registration BANK access z You can save all the instrument settings to the registration BANK. z Press the【MASTER】button to show the current registration bank# and name: 0 0 V X M A S T E R You can change the bank# then press [ENTER] to recall the settings from that registration bank. To change the bank#, press either the button. When the bank# flashes, you can change it.
z When you press [Transpose] or [Octave], you will see the information as below: O c t a v e : 0 0 T r a n s p o s e : 0 0 When you change the Tranpose or Octave value, the corresponding button will light on. The octave shift range is -04～00～+04 octaves. Pressing the two octave buttons at the same time will reset the octave shift to 0, and the button will light off. The transpose shift range is -12 ～ 00 ～ +12 semi-notes.
If you play more than one pad at the same time, only the information of the last pad will be shown. Note means the note name assigned to the pad, and the range is 000～127; refer to the appendix . 7.7 SEQ control buttons z When you press a SEQ button, it will send MIDI data to a specific port and channel.
8 Assigning Notes for the ASSIGN function: z You can use the ASSIGN function to re-define all the parts of the instrument. z The ASSIGN button is available in the MASTER mode. z You can use the function shortcut button F1～F8 for fast operation. 8.
8.2 Assigning keyboard and wheels z z z Keyboard: K e y b o a r d P o r t : 1 C H : 0 0 You can set the MIDI port and channel to send data. Pitch Bend Wheel: P i t c h B 1 2 8 P i t Set the CC #. P i t c h B 0 0 0 0 6 4 Set the value range. P i t c h B P o r t : 1 Set the MIDI port and channel Modulation Wheel: M o d u l a t C C : 0 0 1 Set the CC #. M o d u l a t 0 0 0 1 2 7 Set the value range. M o d u l a t P o r t : 1 Set the MIDI port and channel.
8.3 Assigning pedals z z Sustain Pedal: P e d a l A 0 6 4 S u s t Set the CC #. P e d a l A 0 0 0 1 2 7 Set the value range. P e d a l A P o r t : 1 C Set the MIDI port and channel. a Expression Pedal: P e d a l B 0 1 1 E x p r Set the CC #. P e d a l B 0 0 0 1 2 7 Set the value range. P e d a l B P o r t : 1 C Set the MIDI port and channel. i H : 0 0 e s s i H : 2 - 1 → 2 ← 2 → 2 ← 3 → 2 n ← 4 → 2 ← 5 → 2 ← 3 3 - 1 n 0 o 0 8.
1 4 7 A f t Set the CC #. A f t e r t o 0 0 0 1 2 7 Set the value range. A f t e r t o P o r t : 1 Set the MIDI port and channel. e r t o u u c h u C c H h : 0 0 t g r h l t n e t r l t C r H l : t a r t t t C c h → z z Ribbon Control: R i b b o n C 0 7 4 B r i Set the CC #. R i b b o n C 0 0 0 1 2 7 Set the value range. R i b b o n C P o r t : 1 Set the MIDI port and channel. BC(Breath Control): B r e a t h C 0 0 2 B r e Set the CC #.
Set the CC #. B u t t o n F 1 4 3 1 2 7 / O f f ← → Set the value range: The first value is the data sent when button pressed; the second value is the data sent when button released. Off means sending no data. B u t t o n F 1 4 4 P o r t : 1 C H : 0 0 ← Set the MIDI port and channel. If the type on page 4-1 is set to “Note”: B u t t o n F 1 T y p e : N o t e The next page will be: B u t t o n F 1 0 6 0 C 4 Set the note #.
P o r t : 1 C Set the MIDI port and channel. H : 0 0 ← If the type on page 4-1 is set to “Note”: S e q R T Z 4 5 T y p e : N o t e ← → The next page will be: S e q R T Z 4 6 0 6 0 C 4 ← → Set the note #. S e q R T Z 4 7 1 2 7 / 0 0 0 ← → Set the trigger data: The first value is the trigger info. when button pressed; the second value is the trigger info. when button released, and the trigger value can be set to OFF. S e q R T Z 4 8 P o r t : 1 C H : 0 0 ← Set the MIDI port and channel.
8.7 Assigning pads z Pads: P a d 0 1 T y p e : N o Select one from the 12 pads. Type can be note or control. t 6 - 1 → 6 ← 2 → 6 ← 3 → 6 ← 4 6 - 1 → 6 ← 2 → e If type is “Note”, the next page will be: P a d 0 1 0 4 3 G 2 Set the note #. P a d 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 7 Set the velocity range. P a d 0 1 P o r t : 1 C H Set the MIDI port and channel. If type is “Control”: P a d 0 1 T y p e : C o Select one from the 12 pads. Type is set to “Control”.
8.8 Assigning encoder buttons z Encoder knobs: E n c o d e r 1 7 1 0 1 0 P a n → Select one from the 9 encoder knobs. Set the CC #. E n c o d e r 1 7 2 0 0 0 1 2 7 ← → Set the value range. E n c o d e r 1 7 3 P o r t : 1 C H : 0 0 ← Set the MIDI port and channel. If there is no channel data in the MIDI message, you cannot set the channel #. 8.9 Assigning faders z Faders(Sliders): S l i d e r 1 0 0 7 V o l u m Select one from the 9 faders (sliders). Set the CC #.
9 ZONE Notes for the ZONE function: z When the zone function is on, the keyboard can be divided into as many as 4 zones, and each zone’s data will be sent to a different MIDI OUT, so you can control and play 4 MIDI devices at the same time. z You can turn on the ZONE function in the MASTER mode or the STYLE SEQ mode. z The part with channel set to KB will be changed to ZONE settings. z z z ZONE on/off settings: Z 1 Z 2 Z 3 Z 4 O N O N O N O N → It is the on/off settings of ZONE 1～4.
10 AUTOMATION Notes for the AUTOMATION function: z You can use this function to record and play back the fader 1-9 movement, so you can make the faders move automatically. z Faders 1-9 are map to tracks 1-9, each time you can record the movement of one fader, and you can play all the faders movement later. z The information on LCD: T r a c k 1 : 0 0 0 M 0 0 0 0 S t o p T : 1 2 0 4 / 4 Track1 means the current track is 1 for fader 1, you can set it to 1-9. Stop means the status of recording.
11 STYLE SEQ Notes for the STYLE SEQ mode: z In the STYLE SEQ mode you can use pads to play songs and play with the song. z When the STYLE SEQ mode is on, the MASTER mode will be OFF. 11.
Remote control LOCATE 2 - - Pad PAD 1 Song phrase1 - Pad PAD 2 Song phrase2 - Pad PAD 3 Song phrase3 - Pad PAD 4 Song phrase4 - Pad PAD 5 Song phrase5 - Pad PAD 6 Song phrase6 - Pad PAD 7 Song phrase7 - Pad PAD 8 Song phrase8 - Pad PAD 9 Song phrase9 - Pad PAD 10 Song phrase10 - Pad PAD 11 Song phrase11 - Pad PAD 12 Song phrase12 - Knob(Encoder) PART 1 Part1 volume Channel-1,CC-7 Knob(Encoder) PART 2 Part2 volume Channel-2,CC-7 Knob(Encoder) PART
11.2 Song select z Use the F1 button to select a song and set related parameters: S o n g : 0 0 H e l l o T e m p o : 1 2 0 4 / Song: Song name and number. Tempo: Song tempo. 4/4: Time signature. 4 11.3 Setting a performance part z Use the F2 button to set the part parameters including channel, voice(program), bank MSB, bank LSB: P 1 P 0 0 1 G r a n d P M S B : 0 0 0 L S B : 0 0 0 → S o n g : 0 0 H e P o r t : 1 PORT: It Is the MIDI OUT port of the part.
11.4 Melody on/off z Use the F3 button to turn ON/OFF the melody part. S o n g : 0 0 H e l M e l o d y : O n Melody: ON/OFF works on channel 8. l o 11.5 Setting the pads hold z Use the F4 button to set the pads hold ON/OFF S o n g : 0 0 H e l l o P a d 0 1 : O f f When the pads hold is ON, pressing and holding a pad results in continuous play; when you release a pad, it will stop playing.
11.6 Motorized fades mode z Use the F5 button to set the motorized faders mode(Slidemode): S o n g : 0 0 H e l l o S l i d e M o d e : W r i t e SlideMode: You can set the SlideMode to either READ or WRITE. 11.7 Song play mode z Use the F6 button to set the song play mode: S o n g : 0 0 H e l l o M o d e : O f f Mode: The song play mode can be set to any one of the following: 9 【Off】It is the normal song play mode.
11.8 Changing faders channels z Use the F7 button to change the motorized faders channels: S o n g : 0 0 H e l l o S l i d e r C H : 1 8 The fader’s channels can be changed to 1-8 or 9-16. 11.9 Panic z Use the F8 buttons for the PANIC function: P A N I C When you press the button, the instrument will send reset data to all ports to stop continuous long tones and make all devices work properly.
¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ The pad light is on. Hit the same pad again to stop the playing. The FF and REW buttons work within the phrase. The RTZ buttons will return to the phrase start. If another pad is triggered while a previous pad is being played, the instrument will play the new pad after finishing one bar of the previous pad. While playing the PLAY button blinks. While playing you can hit two pads at the same time for the multi-loop play mode.
z If there is any cc message like expression, volume or pitch bend in the song, it is recommend to add the corresponding default value at the start of each loop. You can play a MIDI file that is not in PAD STYLE format in VX, but you cannot use the pads for loop select. With the VX Brain program, you can transfer song data from computer to the instrument via USB. To get the newest VX Brain program, please visit http://www.cme-pro.
12 PERFORMANCE Notes for the PERFORMANCE mode: z In the Performance mode, you can call for some unique functions to make your performance more expressive. z You can select a function in the performance mode, and then apply it in the MASTER or STYLE SEQ mode. z You can use scale and temperament at the same time. z When the scale or temperament function is on, the keyboard will be in monophonic mode. 12.1 Scale S c a l e : O f f → The default scale type is 12 tones.
13 UTILITY Notes for the UTILITY mode: z Press the 【UTILITY】button for this mode. z You can set or adjust the parts in this mode. z All the changes made in this mode are global, affecting the instrument overall. UTILITY mode function list Function shortcut Function type F1 Velocity Curve F2 Aftertouch F3 Data Dump F4 Breath Control Adjust F5 Local control F6 Pedal Type F7 MIDI Filter F8 Reset 13.
Refer to the appendix . 13.2 After touch z Press the F2 button to set Aftertouch: A f t e r t o u c h N o r m a l Press and hold a key then change the pressure to send aftertouch data. You can try different aftertouch types to find your favorite one. Refer to the appendix . 13.3 Data dump z Press the F3 button for the Data Dump function: D u m p : Y e s / N o Use this function to dump the instrument settings by system exclusive messages.
13.4 Adjusting breath control z Press the F4 button to adjust Breath Control: B r e a t h A d j u s t : 0 0 0 : When the breath controller is connected, use this function to adjust (calibrate) it. By turning the gain and fine tune knobs in the breath controller, set the BC basic value to 000, and set the data range to 000-127. 13.5 Local control z Press the F5 button for Local control: L o c a l : O n The local control decides if the MIDI data will be sent to the expansion board.
13.6 Pedal type z z Press the F6 button to set the Pedal Type. P e d a l 1 : S w i t c h P e d a l 2 : C o n t i n The pedal type of pedal1/2 can be Switch or continuous. Pedal Polarity P e d a l 1 ： + P e d a l 2 ： + Here you can switch the podal polarity. u ← 13.
13.8 Reset z Press the F8 button to send the Reset message: A l l N o t e s O f f S e n d : Y e s / N o Select a reset message then press YES or ENTER to send it to all ports.
14 EXPANSION About the EXPANSION mode: z Press the EXPANSION】button for this mode. z Expansion E x p a n s i o n : N o t L i n k You will see related information when an expansion board is connected to the instrument. For more VX expansion board information, please visit www.cme-pro.
15 U-CTRL Notes for the U-CTRL mode: z You can control popular computer software in the U-CTRL mode. In this mode, Pads and knobs will send out preset control data along with the SHIFT button. z To use the U-CTRL mode: z Press the U-CTRL button on the front panel, and the buttron will light on. z Launch your computer software, and follow the software’s manual to load the MackieControl template.
SOLO 3 SOLO 4 SOLO 5 SOLO 6 SOLO 7 SOLO 8 UNDO MIXER LEFT RIGHT PREVIOUS NEXT BANK LIFT BANK RIGHT CHANNEL LIFT CHANNEL RIGHT GLOBAL VIEW SMPTE/BEATS F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 SAVE ZOOM ZOOM H IN ZOOM H OUT ZOOM V IN ZOOM V OUT READ WRITE SHIFT PREVIOUS REW FF REC STOP PLAY Button F3 Button F4 Button F5 Button F6 Button F7 Button F8 Pad 1 Pad 2 Pad 3 Pad 4 Pad 5 Pad 6 Pad 7 Pad 8 Pad 9 Pad 10 Pad 11 Pad 12 Number 1 Number 2 Number 3 Number 4 Number 5 Number 6 Number 7 Number 8 Number 9 Number 0 D
17 Appendix 17.
046 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 063 064 065 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080 081 082 083 084 085 086 087 088 089 090 091 092 093 094 095 096 097 098 099 100 Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Sustain pedal Portamento on/off Sustenuto on/off Soft pedal Undefined Hold 2 Undefined Timbre/Harmonic Intens.
101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 RPN MSB Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined All Sound Off Reset All Controllers Undefined All notes off Omni mode off Omni mode on Poly mode off Po
156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 GM2 ON Tempo ProgramChange Song Position Pointer Song Select(Song #) Tune request Timing clock Start Continue Stop System Reset Stop PLAY DEFERRED PLAY FORWARD REWIND RECORD STROBE RECORD EXIT RECORD PAUSE PAUSE EJECT CHASE COMMAND ERROR RESET MMC RESET LOOP 1 LOOP 2 LOOP 3 LOOP 4 LOOP 5 LOOP 6 LOOP 7 LOOP 8 LOOP 9 LOOP 10 LO
17.2 GM voice list Voice# Name Voice# Name Voice# Name Voice# Name 001 GrandPno 033 Aco.Bass 065 SprnoSax 097 Rain 002 BritePno 034 FngrBass 066 Alto Sax 098 SoundTrk 003 El.Grand 035 PickBass 067 TenorSax 099 Crystal 004 HnkyTonk 036 Fretless 068 Bari.Sax 100 Atmosphr 005 E.Piano1 037 SlapBas1 069 Oboe 101 Bright 006 E.Piano2 038 SlapBas2 070 Eng.Horn 102 Goblins 007 Harpsi.
17.3 Scale list Scale No.
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17.5 Temperament list No.
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17.8 MIDI route z z z z z z The keyboard data and all the contral part data will be sent to USB PORT 1, MIDI OUT PORT 1～4, and all the data to MIDI PORT 1 will also be copied to the expansion board MIDI IN(by the local control setting). In the U-CTRL mode, knob and fader data will be sent to USB PORT 2 exclusively. No knob or fader data will be sent to USB PORT 1.
18 Troubleshooting Trouble with possible reasons and solution z After turning on the power switch, the instrument is not powered on: 1. Make sure you have connected the instrument to its AC adaptor with the proper AC supply. 2. z z z Make sure the power connector is firmly connected to the power outlet. No sound when playing the instrument 1. Check the volume settings of the tone generator and speaker system 2. Check the MIDI connection and the audio cable 3. Check Master Volume fader 4.
19 Specifications z Keyboard VX5: 49 keys(C1 - C5), velocity sensitive and aftertouch VX6: 61 keys(C1 - C6), velocity sensitive and aftertouch VX7: 76 keys(A-1 - C6), velocity sensitive and aftertouch VX8: 88 keys(C-1 - C7), Graded Hammer Action Keyboard, velocity sensitive and aftertouch z Functions Basic functions: USB MIDI, USB AUDIO, Octave shift, Transpose, Pitch bend wheel, Modulation wheel, Ribbon control, Pedals, Breath control, Audio In, Audio Out, Headphone out, MIDI IN, MIDI OUT MI
20 MIDI Implementation Chart CME VX(MIDI KEYBOARD) Model: VX MIDI Implementation chart Function Transmitted Basic Default 1 Channel Changed 1~16 Default Mode Messages X Altered *********** Note 0~127 Number: True voice *********** Velocity Note ON ○ v=0~127 Note OFF ○ v=0~127 Aftertouch Key’s X Ch’s ○ Pitch Bend ○ Control Change 0~127 Prog ○ Change: True # *********** System Exclusive ○ System Clock ○ Real Time Commands ○ System Song position ○ command Aux Active Sense ○ Messages ○: Yes X: No z Ver: 1.
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