Owner's Manual 1.
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The JamKey Controller Think about an amazing master keyboard equipped with two premium waterfall keyboards and all the rotary controls and push button you may need, including two sets of physical drawbars. That’s the Jamkey Controller. The Jamkey simplifies your life. On the left panel, you can find all the necessary controls to drive a full “tone wheel” organ configuration. On the right panel, there is a wide selection of programmable buttons and rotary controls.
Two wheels for Pitch and Modulation Seven buttons to transpose keyboard and pedal sections 8 buttons, 8 pads and 8 rotary controls which are totally assignable One Play Bar to control an external Sequencer or DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) 16 memories to store your settings (2 banks of 8 patches - Bank A and Bank B) 6
Connections on Rear Panel 2 Sustain Pedal (assignable) 2 Expression Pedal (assignable) 2 Midi Port (IN/Out) 1 USB Midi 1 Switch ON/OFF 1 Led ON/OFF 1 DC IN 9/12V 1A Go to our site www.jamkey.net and download JamKey Editor To start your JamKey controller, download the JamKey Editor from the dedicated website www.jamkey.net, where you can also download the current default Patches and the User Manual.
Patch Default on JamKey The JamKey default setting is ready to play a number of sounds according to GM sound mapping.
Control Change Assignments for Upper & Lower Drawbars 74 71 73 72 91 93 92 94 95 CC 74 CC 71 CC 73 CC 72 CC 91 CC 93 CC 92 CC 94 CC 95 Left Panel Assignments for Default Patch Right Panel Assignments for Default Patch 9 Cut OFF Resonance Attack Release Send Reverb Send Chorus Tremolo Delay Phaser
How to use JamKey Editor 1- Connect a computer to the JamKey via USB cable. 2- Switch ON the JamKey. 3- Open the JamKey Editor on the computer. Midi Port Assignments 1- Select in the Menu bar on the computer --> Settings ? MIDI 2- Choose “JKC MM49 TEC.” Driver for Input and Output Midi Connections.
“JamKey OnLine” will be indicated in red in the top left corner of the window confirming that the Editor has been successfully configured. The following dialog box will be displayed in the centre of the window: Press “Yes” to load all midi settings for the Patch from the computer to the JamKey. The Patches will be stored in Bank A and Bank B (1 to 16). If “No” is selected, an Empty Patch is created and ready to be used.
There are three sections (Split) available for the Upper and three sections (Split) for the Lower. For each Split you can edit the following: Split Name, Split ON/OFF, Start/Stop Key, Midi Channel, Transmit, Octave Transpose, Semitone Transpose, Velocity Curve, Bank MSB – LSB. To activate the following parameters (Program Change, Volume, Send Reverb, Send Chorus, Fixed Velocity, Midi Out ports (standard Midi Out and USB1 Midi Out) simply select the function by ticking the related check box.
Chorus, Fixed Velocity, Midi Out ports (standard Midi Out and USB1 Midi Out). Within the Pedal Bass section there are controls for the Bass Drawbars and Wheel Controls features. Bass Drawbars It is possible to select the control change settings for Bass Drawbars from dropdown lists Split 1 can be linked to the Bass Pedal.
It is possible to make User Settings for Bass Drawbars: Check the User box ON. Select Midi Out and Midi Channel Transmit in the User Setting dialog box. You can have two types of Bass Drawbars assigned at the same time. Wheel Controls You can choose to which split to assign the Pitch Bend and Modulation. If necessary, the wheel controls can be recalibrated. Press the Recalibrate button and follow the instructions on the screen.
Drawbars: Upper & Lower It is possible to assign the desired control change settings for the Upper and Lower Drawbars from the dropdown list below the Drawbar icons. You can also link them to the Split 1, 2 and 3 of the Drawbars. It is possible to make User Settings for Upper and Lower Drawbars: Check the User box ON. Select Midi Out and Midi Channel Transmit in the User Setting dialog box. You can have two types of Drawbars assigned at the same time.
Pedals 2 Sustain Pedals and 2 Expression Pedals can be connected at the same time (in the rear panel of JamKey) In the following window you can choose which splits to assign to the Sustain Pedals and Expression Pedals. At the bottom of the Pedals icons, you can select from a dropdown list the control change to assign for each Pedals. To set the Out channel and the Midi port for each pedal just select User check box to activate.
Left Panel On the left control panel there are 8 rotary knobs. They are assigned by default to the Drawbar Organ features but can be reprogrammed for new functions. The following window indicates how each knob can be assigned new functions from the related drop down lists. It is a lso possible to select Midi Channel and Midi Out port.
In the bottom of the Left Panel window 9 tabs are indicated. They are assigned by default to control specific functions of VST Virtual Organ. (Vintage Organs by Native Instruments) Percussion-----------------------------------On Soft Fast Third Off Normal Slow Second Vibrato----------------------------Upper On/Off Rotor----------------- Lower On/Off Select On Slow Off Fast It is possible to change the default settings for these tabs by switching OFF “JamKey Default Assignments”.
Right Panel On the Right control panel there are 8 rotary knobs. They can be programmed for different functions. The following window indicates how each knob can be assigned new functions from the related drop down lists. It is also possible to select Midi Channel and Midi Out port.
As illustrated below there 16 tabs that can be reprogrammed. Double click on a single tab to Assign Message and Select Midi Out. There are some other assignable buttons as illustrated below. Assignable These two tabs are assigned by default to control the Pedal Transpose settings.
To reprogram these tabs switch OFF “JamKey Pedal Transposer” and the n double click on a single tab and the following window appears: Choose Assign Message option and Select Midi Port: Midi Out or USB1 Midi Out. Play Bar The Play Bar controls external Sequencer on your DAW. Double click on a single tab to select the desired function.
Save and Load Patch The JamKey Editor has two modes for Saving and Loading Patches: 1- File Menu: - “Save Patch as File”. The Save mode allows a single Patch to be saved on the computer. NOTE : It's very important to save all the Patches on the computer as a Patch Back Up. - “Load Patch From File” The Load Patch mode offers the ability to load and use Patches stored in the computer. It is possible to Load a single Patch from the computer to the internal flash-memory of the JamKey.
Creating and Editing Dynamic Curves The JamKey Editor Tool can modify the Dynamic Curve parameters on the keyboards to suit personal requirements. Select the Settings Menu: Select Dynamic Curve Edit. There are 5 Dynamic Curves preset in the Editor: Fixed, Soft, Medium , Hard, Very Hard. A different curve can be selected for each split in the Patch. It is also possible to select User and edit a completely new curve according to personal requirement and save it as “User 1”.
Dynamic Curve Editor How the Dynamic Curve Editor works The dynamic range (from 1 to 127) is divided into 64 intervals. There is a slider controller for each interval. Adjust the 127 values (as illustrated above) on the computer display page to create the desired curve. When editing the new curve, test the response in real time by playing the keyboard. The velocity value of each played key will be displayed in red on the Dynamic Curve Editor display page.
Copy White or Black Keys dynamic curve It is possible to copy the dynamic curve from the black keys to the white keys: Select White Key check box and press Copy. A dialog box will appear: Press Yes. It is also possible to copy the dynamic curve from the white keys to the black keys : Select Black Key check box and press Copy. A dialog box will appear: Press Yes.
Software Updates New software updates for the JamKey will be possibly available on the www.jamkey. net website. How to install Firmware Update for the JamKey keyboard The Firmware Update File is a file with extension .bin. It is possible to update the JamKey using the JamKey Editor function. 1- Download firmware file .bin from our site www.jamkey.net on the computer. 2- Switch OFF the JamKey keyboard. 3- Open the JamKey Editor Tool on the computer.
7- A new dialog box appears: Click the “Software Update” button. Select the firmware file .bin on the computer and click OK/Open. 8- A dialog box appears and the Update will start: The Software Update may take some time.
Specifications Double Manual Keyboards - Fatar TP80 Waterfall Upper 61 keys Touch Sensitive Lower 73 keys Touch Sensitive Central platform for locating Lap Top, PC Keyboard, iPad or similar tablet Vintage Organ Controls : Physical Drawbars (also assignable as Slider Controls) 2 Sets of 9 Drawbars (Upper and Lower) 1 Set of 2 Drawbars for Bass Pedalboard Rotary Controls 8 Rotary Controls for Volume, Drive, Click, Reverb, Bass, Frequency, Gain, Treble.
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