M-Audio 49 Electronic Keyboard User Manual


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KeyRIg 49 User Guide
To select an alternate function:
1. PresstheEditModebutton.
2. PresstheblackkeythatrepresentsthefunctionyouwanttoassigntotheOctavebuttons.KeyRig49willexitEdit
mode as soon as you push one of these keys.
PLEASE NOTE: Some of the functions that the Octave buttons can be used for cannot
send out a value less than zero. When used to control these functions, both lights above the
buttons will remain on, regardless of the current setting of that function.
The available functions of the octave buttons are:
Octave Shift
TheOctave“<”and“>”buttonscontroloctaveshiftbydefault.However,ifthesekeyshavebeenprogrammedtocontrol
another function, you may wish to re-assign them to control octave shift once again.
To assign the Octave “<” and “>” buttons to control octave shift:
1. PresstheEditModebutton.
2. PresstheblackkeyaboveC1(C#1),representingDATA=OCTAVE.KeyRig49willexitEditmodeassoonasC#1
has been pressed.
AnothermethodofshiftingKeyRig49’soctavesiswiththeuseoftheblackkeyslabeledOCTAVE“+,”“-,”and“0”onthe
AdvancedFunctionsinEditModediagram.ThisoctaveshiftmethodcanbeusefulwhentheOctavebuttonshavebeen
reassignedtocontrolanotherMIDIfunction.
1. PresstheEditModebutton.
2. PresstheblackkeybelowB2(Bb2).InEditmode,thiskeyfunctionsas“OCTAVE+,”shiftingthekeyboardupone
octave.Itispossibletoshiftthekeyboardupatotaloffouroctaves.
3. PresstheblackkeyaboveF2(F#2).InEditmode,thiskeyfunctionsas“OCTAVE-,”shiftingthekeyboarddownone
octave.Itispossibletoshiftthekeyboarddownatotalofthreeoctaves.
4. PresstheblackkeyaboveG2(G#2).InEditmode,thiskeyfunctionsas“OCTAVE0”toresettheoctaveshifttozero.
5. Whenyouhavechosenyouroctaveshift,eitherpressC5representing“ENTER,”orpresstheEditModebuttontoexit
Editmode.
Transpose
Insomecasesitisusefultoincreaseordecreasethetransmittedpitchbyasmallnumberofsemitonesratherthanawhole
octave.Forexample,youmaybeplayingasongwithasingerandthesingerishavingtroublehittingthehighnotes.Inthis
case,youcantryreducingthepitchbyoneormoresemitones.Thisisachievedusingafunctioncalled“Transpose.”
Transposeworkssimilartooctaveshift,excepttheshiftisnotlimitedtomultiplesof12semi-tones.Aswithoctaveshift,there
aretwowaysoftransposingthekeyboard.WheninEditmode,youcanassigntheOctave“<”and“>”buttonstocontrolthe
transposefeature.Alternatively,youcanusetheblackkeysF#3,G#3,andBb3toshiftthetransposition.Theseblackkeys
represent“TRANSPOSE-,”“TRANSPOSE0”and“TRANSPOSE+”respectively.
To assign the Octave “<” and “>” buttons to transpose:
1. PresstheEditModebutton.
2. PresstheblackkeyaboveD1(D#1),representing“DATA=TRANSPOSE.”KeyRigwillexitEditmodeassoonas
D#1hasbeenpressed.
When the Octave buttons are assigned to transpose the keyboard, the lights above the buttons indicate the direction
ofthetransposition.Toreturnthekeyboard’stransposeshifttozero,pressboththeOctave“<”and“>”buttonsatthe
same time.
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