MK-300 keyboard user manual
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Table of contents Table of contents 1 General information.............................................................................................................. 1.1 Further information........................................................................................................ 1.2 Notational conventions................................................................................................. 1.3 Symbols and signal words..............................................................
Table of contents 8.4.8 Touch sensitivity........................................................................................................ 8.4.9 Beats............................................................................................................................... 8.4.10 Fine tuning................................................................................................................ 8.4.11 MIDI channels...........................................................................
General information 1 General information This user manual contains important information on the safe operation of the device. Read and follow all safety notes and all instructions. Save this manual for future refer‐ ence. Make sure that it is available to all persons using this device. If you sell the device to another user, be sure that they also receive this manual. Our products and user manuals are subject to a process of continuous development.
General information Instructions The individual steps of an instruction are numbered consecutively. The result of a step is indented and highlighted by an arrow. Example: 1. Switch on the device. 2. Press [Auto]. ð Automatic operation is started. 3. Cross-references Switch off the device. References to other locations in this manual are identified by an arrow and the speci‐ fied page number. In the electronic version of the manual, you can click the crossreference to jump to the specified location.
Safety instructions 2 Safety instructions Intended use This device is intended to be used for electronic sound generation using a piano key‐ board. Use the device only as described in this user manual. Any other use or use under other operating conditions is considered to be improper and may result in per‐ sonal injury or property damage. No liability will be assumed for damages resulting from improper use.
Safety instructions NOTICE! Possible staining The plasticiser contained in the rubber feet of this product may possibly react with the coating of your surface and after some time cause permanent dark stains. In case of doubt, do not put the rubber feet directly on the surface and use a suitable underlay if necessary, i.e. felt-pad floor protectors or similar.
Features 3 Features The keyboard is characterized by the following features: n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n Keyboard: 61 keys with adjustable touch velocity 64-voice polyphony 390 voices 100 styles 110 rehearsal songs 8 demo songs Record and playback function 4 memory locations Reverb Chorus Split mode Metronome Transpose function Speaker: 2 × 10 W Connections: Headphones output, sustain pedal, USB Operating system: Windows® 8 and later, Mac OS X® 10.
Assembly instructions 4 Assembly instructions Unpack and check carefully there is no transportation damage before using the unit. Keep the equipment packaging. To fully protect the product against vibration, dust and moisture during transportation or storage use the original packaging or your own packaging material suitable for transport or storage, respectively. Set up the device in the desired location. Power supply The device can be powered by batteries or with the included AC adapter. Batteries 1.
Assembly instructions 2. Turn the volume knob counter-clockwise to minimum before connecting the keyboard to the power supply or to other devices. This is to protect the speakers from damage. 3. Connect the cable from the power adapter outlet to the input socket [12V] on the rear panel of the keyboard. Plug the power adapter into a properly wired mains wall outlet.
Control panel and connections 5 Control panel and connections Overview MK-300 Operating panel ö # $ %& 3 4 5 6 78 = ä( )*+, - ./ 012 9: ; 1 Button to turn the keyboard on and off. 2 Rotary control [VOLUME] to set the volume. 3 [TEMPO +]/[TEMPO –] buttons to increase / decrease the tempo. 4 [CHORD DICT./LESSON] buttons to activate the learning mode and call the chord dictionary. 5 [MIXER] button to adjust the volume of each component.
Control panel and connections 6 [START/STOP] button to play the rehearsal songs in [SONG] mode and to start and stop Styles in [STYLE] mode. 7 [SYNC START] for activating and deactivating the synchronous start of the Auto Accompaniment. 8 [INTRO/ENDING] button selecting an Intro or Ending. 9 [FILL A] button to select Fill A/Main A. 10 [FILL B] button to select Fill B/Main B. 11 [FADE IN/OUT] button to fade the currently playing Style in or out. 12 [CHORD] button for setting up the chord recognition mode.
Control panel and connections Display ö # $% & ä 2 ( 1 1 LED [MODULATION] Lights up on Modulation. 2 LED [RECORD] Lights up when recording. 3 Bass clef. 4 Treble clef. 5 ‘VOICE/STYLE/DEMO/SONG’ Voice/Style/Demo/Song number display. 6 ‘CHORD’ Chord display. 7 ‘MEASURE’ Measure display. 8 ‘BEAT’ Beat display within the bar. 9 ‘TEMPO’ Tempo display. 10 ‘MEMORY1/2/3/4 / O.T.S.’ Memory location display 1 to 4 and O.T.S. 11 LED [TOUCH] Lights up when the velocity sensitivity is being adjusted.
Control panel and connections 12 LED [SUSTAIN] Lights up when a Sustain pedal is connected. 13 ‘DUAL/LOWER/DSP’ Display for Dual mode, left hand assignment and DSP. 14 ‘LESSON 123 / L/R’ Learning mode display for left and right hand. 15 Note display. 16 ‘A.B.C. / FADE / A/B’ Display of automatic bass accompaniment / Fade / A/B. 17 ‘USB’ Lights up when the USB port of the device is connected to a computer. Rear panel connections 1 [USB] USB/MIDI interface to connect a computer.
Connectivity options 6 Connectivity options Headphones On the back of the keyboard, you can connect headphones to the [PHONES] output socket. When you connect headphones, the internal speakers of the keyboard are automati‐ cally disconnected. External audio devices Use the [PHONES] output socket to connect the keyboard to an amplifier, stereo device, mixing console or recording device.
Switching on / off and basic operation 7 Switching on / off and basic operation 7.1 Powering up the keyboard 7.1.1 Normal switching on / off Press the power button on the far left of the operating panel to turn the keyboard on or off. 7.1.2 Automatic shutoff When the keyboard is not being used for 30 minutes, it switches off automatically. To turn it on again, press the power button on the unit. The automatic shutoff is activated automatically when powering up the keyboard. 7.
Functions 8 Functions 8.1 Using the Sustain pedal By using a Sustain pedal, you can make your playing more expressive and let tones linger after you lift your fingers from the keys of the keyboard. The sustain effect is activated when you step on the pedal and deactivated when you release it. 8.2 Voices and effects 8.2.1 Selecting voices The instrument offers 390 exceptionally realistic voices including piano, guitar, strings, brass and other sounds (see Ä Chapter 9 ‘Voice List’ on page 38). 1.
Functions When the keyboard is split, the Dual mode affects only the keys to the right of the keyboard split point. 8.2.3 Split mode With this function, you can assign different voices to certain keyboard areas. 1. Press the [LOWER] button in order to activate the split mode and thus the left hand voice. ‘VOICE L’ and the shortname for the voice appear simultaneously in the display. 2. Press the [+] or [–] buttons or the numeric buttons to select the desired voice. 3.
Functions 8.2.6 Pitch bend wheel While playing the keyboard, you can roll the Pitch bend wheel upward and down‐ ward to vary the pitch up or down. After releasing, the Pitch Bend wheel automati‐ cally returns to its default position. 8.3 Style operation and Auto Accompaniment The keyboard offers a total of 100 different styles from a variety of different musical genres (see Ä Chapter 10 ‘Style List’ on page 45). The Auto Accompaniment feature gives you a full backing band.
Functions 8.3.2 Starting Auto Accompaniment (all tracks) 1. Press the [STYLE] button to enter [STYLE] mode. The display shows ‘STYLE’ and the currently selected Style. 2. Select the desired Style using the buttons [+] and [–] or the numeric buttons. 3. Press the [CHORD] button to enter Chord Recognition mode. The area defined for the left hand becomes the Auto Accompaniment area and chords played here are automatically recognized and used as a base for the Auto Accompani‐ ment with the selected Style.
Functions 8.3.4 Varying with different Accompaniment patterns 1. Press the [STYLE] button and select a Style. 2. Press the [CHORD] button to turn on the Chord Recognition mode and press the [SYNC START] button. 3. Press the [FILL A] button. 4. Press the [INTRO/ENDING] button. The ‘A ’ symbol is flashing in the display. This indicates that the Intro is ready to start. 5. Once you play a chord with your left hand, Auto Accompaniment will start.
Functions 8.3.7 One Touch Setting One Touch Setting (O.T.S. or one-key operation) is a convenient function that allows you to immediately reconfigure all settings with just one single key press. This is about rhythm-based compilations of instrument voices. With this function, four parameter types (M1 to M4) can be loaded. 1. Press the [O.T.S.] button to enter this mode. ‘O.T.S.’ appears in the display.
Functions n Chord names Chord names will tell you everything you need to know about a chord. Through the chord name, you know the root, whether it is a major, minor, or diminished chord, whether a large or flatted seventh is needed and what changes or ten‐ sions are used - all at a glance.
Functions Chord recognition modes With the chord recognition mode you can determine how the fingered chords are interpreted within the auto accompaniment. Press [CHORD] to activate the A.B.C. mode (chord recognition). The keyboard then automatically recognizes the single or multi-finger chords played. n Single-finger chords With this method, you can play chords with only one, two or three fingers within the capabilities of the auto accompaniment.
Functions n Chord recognition throughout the entire keyboard range If you press the [CHORD] button twice, the Full Range mode is being activated and the ‘FullRange’ symbol lights up in the display. In this mode, chords being played over the entire keyboard range are being detected. The Split Point setting for Auto Accompaniment will be ignored. 8.4 Function menu Press the [FUNCTION] button to enter the function menu. The first function to appear each time after activation is ‘Octave’ .
Functions Option LCD Control range Default value Chorus effect depth ‘XXX Chr Level’ 0 to 32 Vibrato ‘Modul’ ON/OFF Touch sensitivity ‘Touch’ OFF, 1, 2, 3 2 Beat ‘XXX Beat’ 0, 2 to 9 4 Fine tuning ‘XXX Tune’ –50 to 50 MIDI receive channel ‘Midi In’ 01 to 16, ALL MIDI send channel ‘Midi Out’ 01 to 16 Automatic shutoff Power Off 030, 060, OFF 030 If you don't press any key within five seconds after entering the function menu, the menu is automatically closed. 8.4.
Functions 8.4.4 Reverb effect depth 1. Press the [FUNCTION] button to select the setting for the Reverb effect depth. The display shows the current setting ‘XXX Rev Level’ . 2. Press the numeric buttons or the [+] / [–] buttons to change the Reverb effect depth in a range from 0 to 32. 8.4.5 Chorus effect The Chorus effect lets you simulate the acoustic effects of different environmental conditions. 1. Press the [FUNCTION] button to select the setting for the Chorus effect.
Functions Parameter Meaning ‘OFF’ Touch sensitivity is off. This can be very recommendable when playing the organ voice. ‘001’ Soft In this setting, the volume is higher than usual even when playing with a soft touch. ‘002’ Normal This setting corresponds to the usual touch response of a key‐ board. ‘003’ Hard In this setting, the volume is lower than usual even when playing with a hard touch. 1. Press the [FUNCTION] button until the display shows the setting ‘TOUCH’ .
Functions 8.4.11 MIDI channels Press the [FUNCTION] button to select the setting for the MIDI channels. The display shows the current setting ‘XXX Midi In’ and ‘XXX Midi Out’ . In the func‐ tion menu ‘Midi In’ you can define on which MIDI channels the Keyboard receives MIDI information from other devices. Use the numeric buttons or the [ +] / [–] buttons to select the MIDI Receive channel(s). Parameter range: Channels 1 to 16 or ‘ALL’ for all channels. Default setting: ‘ALL’ .
Functions 8.5 Mixer menu This menu is used to adjust the volume of the various style elements. 1. Press the [MIXER] button to enter the Mixer menu. By default, when you open this menu the option ‘ Accomp’ appears. 2. Press the [MIXER] button repeatedly to select the desired option. Then you can adjust the selected parameter using the [ +] or [–] buttons. If you don't press any key within five seconds after entering the Mixer menu, the menu is automatically closed. Tab.
Functions 8.7 Memory You can store the control panel configuration in the memory of the keyboard and recall the data any time, if required. 8.7.1 Load / save parameters 1. Hold the [STORE] button pressed and simultaneously press one of the [M1] to [M4] buttons. The data are then stored in the respective memory location (M1 to M4). Please note that any data previously stored there will be deleted. 2. Press one of the [M1] to [M4] buttons.
Functions If you turn off the keyboard, the recorded data will be lost. 8.9 Rehearsal songs 8.9.1 Selecting, playing and stopping rehearsal songs The digital piano offers 110 rehearsal songs in total (see Ä Chapter 11 ‘Song List’ on page 47). Each song can be practised in learning mode. 8.10 1. Press the [SONG] button to enter the playback mode for practising songs. All rehearsal songs are played in an endless loop. The display shows ‘SONG ’ and the number of the currently playing song. 2.
Functions Lesson 2 - hitting the right notes Press the [LESSON] button again to enter the learning mode 2. ‘LESSON 2’ appears on the display. In this mode, it is only rated whether you hit the right notes, but not whether you play them at the right time. The practising song continues only when you play the right note. After completing the exercise, you will learn the result. Lesson 3 - hitting the right notes at the right time. Press the [LESSON] button again to enter the learning mode 3.
Functions 3. Press the [CHORD DICT.] button a third time to exit the chord dictionary.
Functions 8.12 8.12.1 MIDI functions What is MIDI? With MIDI connections, the device that controls other devices is called the ‘Master’. A device that is controlled via MIDI is called ‘Slave’. The MIDI output of the master is to be connected to the MIDI input of the slave. You cannot connect the MIDI output of a device to the MIDI input of the same device. MIDI stands for ‘Musical Instrument Digital Interface’ and represents the standard interface between a computer and electronic instruments.
Functions 8.13 Troubleshooting Problem Possible causes and solutions You hear a 'pop' sound from the speakers when switching the digital piano on and off. This is normal. No need to worry. No sound can be heard when playing the piano. Make sure that the volume control is set appropriately. Interference occurs when using a cell phone. Using a cell phone near the keyboard may cause interference. To prevent this, turn off the mobile phone or use it only at a safe distance.
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Style List 10 No. Style List Long description Display 8BEAT No.
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Song List 11 No. Song List Long description Display FOLK & COUNTRY No.
Song List No. Long description Display No. Long description Display 55 Turkish March TukMarch 83 Austria Variation AustVari 56 Consolation Consolat 84 Schos Doll's Dance No. 7 DollDan7 57 2-Part Invention #13 In A Minor.B.W. Iii Invntion 85 The Rag-Time Dance Rag-Time 58 Minuet In G Major (BWV Anh. 114) MinuetG1 86 Minuet In G Major (BWV Anh. 116) Minuet 59 Turkish March 2 TukMarh2 87 Schos Doll's Dance No.
Demo List 12 Demo List No.
Chord List 13 Chord List Chord name Normal chord structure Chord symbol Represen‐ tation in the dis‐ play 0 Major chord [M] 1–3–5 C C 1 Major six-five chord [6] 1–(3)–5–6 C6 C6 2 Major seventh chord with major seventh [M7] 1–3–(5)–7 CM7 CM7 3 Major seventh chord with augmented eleventh [M7#11] 1–(2)–3–#4–(5)–7 CM7#11 CM7(#11) 4 Major chord with additional ninth [Madd9] 1–2–3–5 CMadd9 CM(9) 5 Major seventh chord with ninth [M9] 1–2–3–(5)–7 CM9 CM7(9) 6 Major sixth-ninth c
Chord List Chord name Normal chord structure Chord symbol Represen‐ tation in the dis‐ play 25 Flat major seventh chord with diminished ninth [7b9] 1–b2–3–(5)–b7 C7b9 C7(b9) 26 Flat major seventh chord with diminished thir‐ teenth [7b13] 1–3–5–b6–b7 C7b13 C7(b13) 27 Flat major seventh chord with augmented ninth [7#9] (1)–#2–3–(5)–b7 C7#9 C7(#9) 28 Major seventh chord with augmented fifth [M7aug] 1–3–#5–7 CM7aug CM7aug 29 Flat major seventh chord with augmented fifth [7aug] (1)–3–#
MIDI implementation chart 14 MIDI implementation chart Function Basic Channel Mode Sent Received Default 1 ALL Changed 1-16 1-16 Default No Mode 3 Messages No No Altered ******** No 0 – 127 0 – 127 True voice ******** 0 – 127 Note ON Yes, 9nH, Yes, 9nH, v = 1 – 127 v = 1 – 127 No, 9nH, Yes, 9nH, v=0 v = 0 or 8nH, v = 0 – 127 Keys No No Channels No No Yes Yes 0 Yes Yes Bank Select 1 Yes Yes Modulation 5 No Yes Portamento Time 6 No Yes Data Entry 7
MIDI implementation chart Function Program Change Sent Received Yes Yes ******** 0 – 127 No Yes Song Position Pointer No No Song Select No No Tune Request No No Clock Yes No Commands No No Local ON/OFF No No ALL Notes OFF No Yes Active Sensing Yes Yes System Reset No Yes True # System Exclusive System Common System Real Time Aux Messages MIDI channel modes Notes POLY MONO OMNI ON Mode 1 Mode 2 OMNI OFF Mode 3 Mode 4 MK-300 53
Technical specifications 15 Technical specifications Input connections Output connections Power supply Connection socket for external power adapter Sustain pedal 1 × 1/4" jack socket Headphones, external audio devices 1 × 1/4" jack socket MIDI port USB to host Keyboard 61 keys with adjustable touch velocity Polyphony 64-voice Voices 390 Styles 100 Effects Reverb, Chorus Pedal Sustain Operating elements On / off switch, volume control, start / stop button, numeric keypad and buttons
Plug and connection assignment 16 Plug and connection assignment Introduction This chapter will help you select the right cables and plugs to connect your valuable equipment in such a way that a perfect sound experience is ensured.
Protecting the environment 17 Protecting the environment Disposal of the packaging material For the transport and protective packaging, environmentally friendly materials have been chosen that can be supplied to normal recycling. Ensure that plastic bags, packaging, etc. are properly disposed of. Do not just dispose these materials with your normal household waste, but make sure that they are fed to a recovery. Please follow the notes and markings on the packaging.
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