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.
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.
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.
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 1 – 127 128 129 130 131 132 Functions Standard MIDI controllers Pitch Bend Sensitivity Fine Tune Coarse Tune Channel Pressure Velocity With Evolution 249/361.
11. TRANSPOSE This function allows you to shift the pitch of the unit in semitones. You can transpose the pitch by 24 half steps (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.
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.
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 together.
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).
APPENDIX A MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART Function Basic :Default Channel:Changed :Default Mode :Messages :Altered Note Number:True Voice Velocity: Note ON : Note OFF After :Key’s Touch :Ch’s Pitch Bend 0,32 1 Control 6 Change 7 64 1-31 33-95 102-121 Program Change:True Number System Exclusive :Song Position Common:Song Select :Tune System :Clock Exclusive:Commands Aux :Local ON/OFF Messages:All Notes OFF :Active Sense :Reset Notes: Transmitted 1-16 1-16 --------X ********* 0-127 ********* 0 X X • 0 • • • 0 0
APPENDIX B STANDARD CONTROLLER NUMBERS No. Controller No. Controller No.
