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Summary of Contents for Evolution Technologies 249
- Page 1 Evolution USB Keyboards 249/361 USB MIDI Controller Keyboard 225C/249C/361C USB MIDI Controller Keyboard with additional programmable rotary controllers...
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Page 3: Power Supply
EVOLUTION 249/361/225C/249C/361C MIDI KEYBOARD MANUAL POWER SUPPLY There are three methods of powering the Evolution USB Keyboard. Only use one method at one time Soundcard as power source Using the supplied self powered connector cable connect the 5 pin male plug to the Evolution MIDI keyboard and the 15 pin male plug to the MIDI port on your PC soundcard. -
Page 4: Entering Numbers
Demo Pressing octave up and down together plays a short demonstration. Please note that the sounds are set for a GM sound system and the demo will sound differently on other sound synthesizers. Press the octave up and down keys once more to end demo. Entering Numbers When any number is entered it adheres to the following rules:- Increment/Decrement Keys... -
Page 5: Setting The Midi Transmit Channel
PROGRAM & BANK CHANGE MEMORY You can assign a selected PROGRAM CHANGE as well as a BANK LSB and a BANK MSB to one of ten numeric keys (0-9). Once stored, simply pressing one of the numeric keys will send the desired PROGRAM and BANK CHANGES. -
Page 6: Pitch Bend Wheel
SLIDER ASSIGN Moving the SLIDER transmits MIDI CONTROL CHANGE messages to any connected equipment. The Slider defaults to sending Channel Volume messages on the selected channel, but you can re-assign the slider to any other controller. Number Functions 1 – 127 Standard MIDI controllers Pitch Bend Sensitivity Fine Tune... -
Page 7: Octave Change
TRANSPOSE This function allows you to shift the pitch of the unit in semitones. You can transpose the pitch by 24 half steps (12 up, 12 down). Press the TRANSPOSE switch. The LED shows the current TRANSPOSE value. Press the “+” or “-” switch to change the TRANSPOSE value. Each time you press + or -, the keyboard is transposed an additional half step. - Page 8 Selecting a VELOCITY CURVE The VELOCITY CURVEs determine the relationship between how hard the keys are struck and the corresponding velocity that the unit transmits. This unit allows you to select from 12 VELOCITY CURVEs. Simultaneously press the CHANNEL and MEMORY switches. The LED starts to flash showing the current number of the VELOCITY CURVE.
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Page 9: Snap Shot
Evolution 225C/249C/361C Only Assignable Rotary controllers All these assignable controllers are selected by the ‘CONTROL SELECT’ & 'CONTROL ASSIGN' functions for these keyboards. ‘ Assignable Controllers’ refers to any of the 8, 12 or 16 assignable Knobs and also includes the assignable Wheel and Slider. -
Page 10: Specifications
19. SPECIFICATIONS Evolution 249: 1. Keyboard : 49 standard keys (Velocity sensitive) 2. Control : Switches: (WHEEL, CHANNEL, PROGRAM, MEMORY, TRANSPOSE, GM RESET, VEL CURVE, BANK LSB, BANK MSB, OCTAVE DOWN, OCTAVE UP, POWER ON/OFF, Numeric Keys (0-9), , +) 3. - Page 11 APPENDIX A MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART Function Transmitted Received Remarks Basic :Default 1-16 Channel:Changed 1-16 :Default --------- Mode :Messages :Altered ********* Note 0-127 Number:True Voice ********* Velocity: Note ON : Note OFF After :Key’s Touch :Ch’s • Pitch Bend 0,32 • Bank select •...
- Page 12 APPENDIX B STANDARD CONTROLLER NUMBERS Controller Controller Controller Bank Select Gen Purpose 4 LSB Controller 102 Modulation Controller 52 Controller 103 Breath Control Controller 53 Controller 104 Controller 3 Controller 54 Controller 105 Foot Control Controller 55 Controller 106 Porta Time Controller 56 Controller 107 Data Entry...