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U-CONTROL UMA25S
Dear Customer,
Welcome to the team of
BEHRINGER users, and
thank you very much for
expressing your con-
fidence in us by purcha-
sing this device.
Writing this foreword
for you gives me great
pleasure, because it re-
presents the culmination
of many months of hard
work delivered by our
engineering team to
achieve a very ambitious
goal: to present an
outstanding keyboard
which, thanks to its
flexibility, can be used
as audio interface as
well as MIDI controller. The task of designing our new UMA25S
certainly meant a great deal of responsibility, which we assumed
by focusing on you, the discerning user and musician. Meeting
your expectations also meant a lot of work and night shifts. But
it was fun, too. Developing a product usually brings a lot of
people together. What a great feeling it is when all who
participated in such a project can be proud of what they’ve
achieved.
It is our philosophy to share our enjoyment with you, because
you are the most important member of the BEHRINGER team.
With your highly competent suggestions for new products you’ve
made a significant contribution to shaping our company and making
it successful. In return, we guarantee you uncompromising quality
as well as excellent technical and audio properties at an extremely
reasonable price. All of this will enable you to give free rein to
your creativity without being hampered by budget constraints.
We are often asked how we manage to produce such high-
quality devices at such unbelievably low prices. The answer is
quite simple: it’s you, our customers! Many satisfied customers
mean large sales volumes, enabling us to get better purchasing
terms for components, etc. Isn’t it only fair to pass this benefit on
to you? Because we know that your success is our success,
too!
I would like to thank everyone who has made the UMA25S
possible. You have all made your own personal contributions,
from the developers and the many other employees at this
company to you, the BEHRINGER user.
My friends, it’s been worth the effort!
Thank you very much,
Uli Behringer
Table of contents
1. Introduction ...............................................................5
1.1 Before you get started ................................................... 5
1.1.1 Shipment ............................................................... 5
1.1.2 Initial operation...................................................... 5
1.1.3 Online registration ................................................ 6
1.1.4 Product contents .................................................. 6
1.2 System requirements ..................................................... 6
1.3 Hardware configuration ................................................. 6
1.3.1 Stand-alone mode ................................................ 7
1.3.2 USB mode (default) .............................................. 7
2. Software Installation ................................................ 8
2.1 Driver installation ............................................................ 8
2.1.1 Windows XP MIDI driver....................................... 8
2.1.2 Windows XP audio driver .................................... 8
2.2 Music software .............................................................. 8
2.2.1 Music production .................................................. 8
2.2.2 Instruments and effects....................................... 8
2.2.3 Podcasting software ........................................... 8
3. Control elements and connections ......................... 9
4. The UMA25S as audio interface ............................10
5. The UMA25S as USB/MIDI controller ..................... 11
5.1 Presets ......................................................................... 11
5.1.1 Loading presets ................................................. 11
5.1.2 Storing presets ................................................... 11
5.1.3 Restoring default presets .................................. 11
5.2 Real-time control using the control elements ............... 11
5.2.1 Changing the velocity curve .............................. 12
5.2.2 The Octave and Transpose functions .............. 12
5.2.3 The MMC function .............................................. 13
5.2.4 The Panic function ............................................. 13
5.2.5 The Mute function .............................................. 13
5.3 Assignment of control elements using the Learn
function ......................................................................... 13
5.4 Assignment of control messages in Edit Mode ........... 13
5.5 MIDI Messages.............................................................. 14
5.5.1 Program Change and MIDI Bank Select ............. 14
5.5.2 Control Changes................................................. 15
5.5.3 NRPN ................................................................... 15
5.5.4 Note messages .................................................. 16
5.5.5 Pitch Bend .......................................................... 16
5.5.6 After Touch ........................................................ 16
5.5.7 MIDI Machine Control (MMC) .............................. 17
5.5.8 GS/XG parameters ............................................. 17
5.5.9 Using keys as control elements......................... 17
5.6 More functions in Edit Mode ......................................... 17
5.6.1 Show Element function ...................................... 17
5.6.2 Channel Array function ...................................... 18
5.6.3 Channel Assign function .................................... 18
5.6.4 Snapshot Send (Send TX) ................................. 19
5.6.5 Sending a Notes Off message .......................... 19
5.6.6 Action Send function ......................................... 19
5.7 Settings in Global Mode ................................................ 19
6. Specifications .........................................................21
7. Appendix ................................................................. 22
8. Warranty .................................................................27
Foreword