Getting Started; Top Panel - M-Audio Keystation 49es User Manual

Pro Tools | First M-Audio Edition Setup
1. Connect Keystation 49es to an available USB port on your computer using the supplied USB cable, and
launch Pro Tools | First M-Audio Edition.
2. Open or Create a Project.
3. Select the Setup pulldown menu and open MIDI Input Devices. Enable MIDI Input from the Keystation 49es
by clicking the box next to the Keystation 49es.
4. Select the Setup pulldown menu and open Playback Engine. Choose your audio device from the Playback
Engine pulldown menu.
5. To create a new Instrument track, select the Track pulldown menu and select New.
6. In the New pulldown menu, select Stereo, and then Instrument Track.
7. In the newly created track, add an Insert to your track by clicking in your track's Inserts A-E and selecting
Multichannel Plugin > Instrument and select the instrument you would like to use, such as Xpand!2 (Stereo).
The plugin can now be triggered with Keystation 49es.
Note: Windows users will need either an external soundcard (such as the M-Track 2X2) or a low-latency ASIO driver.

Getting Started

Follow the instructions on the included software download card for installing Ableton Live Lite. Once you have
finished installation you will need to configure your MIDI software to use the Keystation 49es. Please note that when
you press a key on the keyboard, you will not hear any sound. This is because pressing a key causes the keyboard
to send out MIDI data. MIDI data gives instructions on how a sound should play, but in order to actually hear that
sound you need to configure your music software to read the MIDI data being sent from the Keystation 49es and
play the sound back accordingly. This setup will more than likely entail going into an Options or Device Set-Up menu
in your music software application and selecting the appropriate device. The Keystation 49es should appear under
the name "USB Audio Device" for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, or as "Keystation 49es" for
other operating systems in the MIDI devices section of your music software application. Please consult the manual
that came with your software for the proper setup procedure.
Features

Top Panel

Keyboard
Most of the white keys and black keys on the Keystation 49es are labeled with names. When in the Advanced menu,
pressing any of the labeled keys will allow for special operations such as adjusting the MIDI channel, transposing,
and sending program change messages.
Octave Buttons
If you press the octave "+" button once, the LED above the octave "-" button will turn off, indicating the keyboard's
octave is now shifted up. If you press the octave "+" key again, you will shift one more octave up, and so on. It is
possible to shift the keyboard up 3 octaves or down 3 octaves from 0 octave shift.
To shift the octave down, press the octave "-" button and notice that the LED above the octave "+" turns off. If only
the LED above the octave "-" key is lit, the octave is shifted down and, if only the LED above the octave "+" key is
lit, the octave is shifted up. The octave "+" and octave "-" LEDs will change color when moving up or down more
than one octave.
To return the octave shift to 0, press both the octave "+" and "-" keys together. Both LEDs will light, indicating that
the octave shift has returned to 0.
Volume Slider
The Volume Slider sends a MIDI message that controls the volume of the notes you are playing. The Volume Slider
can also be assigned to different effects such as pan (balance), attack, reverb, chorus and many more. (See
Advanced Functions for more information.)
Pitch Bend Wheel
As the name indicates, the pitch bend wheel is primarily used to bend the notes played on the keyboard up or down.
This allows you to play phrases not normally associated with keyboard playing, such as guitar-style riffs. Your sound
source determines how far you can bend the note. The usual setting is two semitones, but it can be up to two
octaves up or down.
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