M-Audio 49 Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
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KeyRIg 49 User Guide
Appendix C - Additional RPN Messages
Youmayhavenoticedthatalthoughwehavestatedthereare128MIDIcontrollermessages(0–127),AppendixBshows132
assignablecontrollermessages.Thisisbecausemessages128–131areadifferenttypeofMIDImessage,denedintheMIDI
SpecicationasRPNmessages.M-AudiohascreatedfourmessagesthataresentlikeMIDICCs,butactuallytransmitaseriesof
RPNmessages.Thismakessendingthesecomplexmulti-partmessagesaseasyassendingaMIDICCmessage.Youcanassign
thesetothecontrolsonyourKeyRig49keyboardinexactlythesamewayasanyotherMIDIcontrollermessage.TheRPNmessages
control the following:
Controller Number MIDI Message Use
128 Pitch Bend Sensitivity Alters the range of a pitch bend message
129 Master Tune (coarse) Adjuststhetuningofyoursoundmoduleorsynthesizerinlargesteps
130 Master Tune (fine) Adjuststhetuningofyoursoundmoduleorsynthesizerinsmallsteps
131 MonophonicAftertouch* Adds a vibrato effect
*Monophonic aftertouch is not an RPN message. However, it is an additional effect message defined in the General MIDI
specification and this is why we have included it in Appendix C.