User Guide

a piano – to skip calibration, simply wait for the

screen to change to the Main Setup Page. If the

Scanner is set too high or low, the screen will

display prompts in the left and right upper corners

of the screen to raise or lower the left or right

levelers, respectively, until the Scanner is at the

correct height. When done, press Enter and you

will see the “Press Enter to Calibrate” screen – do

so. The display now prompts the user to play all

the keys on the piano. Calibration merely requires

the playing of all the keys on the piano. Take care

to depress the keys fully, and make sure the keys

don’t bounce. Once you have pressed all the keys

down, press escape, and installation is complete!

Please note that if you press Enter and enter the

calibration page, you must play all the keys, or the

Scanner will be “confused” and send incorrect

data.

USING THE PIANOBAR FOR THE FIRST TIME

Now that the PianoBar is installed and calibrated,

it is ready to use. The Control Module display will

look something like this:

This is called the Main Setup Page. The items

displayed include the current Setup number and

name, as well as the activity and volume settings

of Channels 1-4 of the setup. The volume of the

active channels can be set by pressing the

appropriate channel button located under the

display and adjusting the number displayed with

the Value Control. Note when you play a key on

the piano, a bar next to the active channels shows

the relative velocity of the note played. The

internal sound assigned to a MIDI channel is set in

a function called “Channel Setup”.

Note that there is a green LED lit on the Scanner

Bar. This LED has a photosensor switch that can be