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Miditech i2-Stage 88 Manual

Usb stage piano & midi controller keyboard
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miditech i2-Stage 88
USB Stage Piano & MIDI Controller Keyboard
Features:
Over 192 built in sounds, incl. 64 EMU Piano and Vintage keyboard sounds
General MIDI compatible soundbank with 128 Sounds
88 light weighted velocity sensitive keys
128-voice polyphony, 16-part multitimbral
8 free programmable v-pots and 8 sliders
Pitch-Bend/Modulation wheels
2 Splitzones
Transpose/Preset buttons
12 user programmable templates
USB MIDI I/O, Keyboard MIDI OUT, PC MIDI OUT
Sustain pedal connector, LINE/Headphone OUT
USB powered or with an optional USB DC power adaptor
Class compliant for Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 and Mac OSX
Incl. Miditech free software bundle
eMail:
info@miditech.de
Internet:
www.miditech.de
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  • Page 1 USB MIDI I/O, Keyboard MIDI OUT, PC MIDI OUT Sustain pedal connector, LINE/Headphone OUT USB powered or with an optional USB DC power adaptor Class compliant for Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 and Mac OSX Incl. Miditech free software bundle eMail: info@miditech.de Internet:...
  • Page 2 The versatile and easy-to-use i2-Stage 88 is a great controller in the studio and of course for live concert and performance.
  • Page 3 Hardware Controllers 1. Pitch Bend wheel 2. Modulation wheel 3. Data Entry Slider 4. LCD Display 5. MIDI/SELECT & Power button 6. Keyboard 7. Programmable slider 8. Direct access keys for EMU sounds 9. Direct-access function keys 10. Transpose & Preset buttons (Up & Down) 11.
  • Page 4 The MIDI/Select button switches between the Play and the Edit Modes of the i2-Stage 88. The MIDI/Select button also is a Power button, you can switch on and off the i2-Stage 88 by pressing the button longer than 5 seconds. If ths keyboard is in Auto-power-off mode, you can wake it up by pressing this button 5 seconds.
  • Page 5 64 sounds. At the end of this manual you can find a complete soundlist of this EMU soundchip and the General MIDI soundbank of the i2-Stage 88. After choosing a sound, the keyboard will switch automatically to this sound after 2 seconds and turn back to the Play mode.
  • Page 6 „MIDI/Select“, „KEYB CHAN“ one time, then input „005 ENTER“ . After this the basic MIDI channel is set to MIDI channel 5. You can do this also for the 2 LOWER and HIGHER zones. BANK MSB (choose the soundbank), BANK LSB Press MIDI/Select and the key below „BANK MSB“...
  • Page 7 Press MIDI/Select and the key below „CTRL ASSIGN“ - after this use the hardware controller you want to assign – the i2-Stage 88 will recognise the used controller automatically. The display shows the used hardware controller number and after 1 second the actual MIDI CC Controller which is working working with hardware fader or v-pot.
  • Page 8 MIDI compatible soundbank, with 16 times multimode and GM Drums on MIDI channel 10. (Bank number is 000) You can listen to the sounds at the back side of the i2-Stage 88 at the AUX out. Please connect the stereo AUX OUT to a headphone or to an amplifier.
  • Page 9 How to choose between the General MIDI and the EMU soundbank: Press MIDI/Select and the keyb below „BANK MSB“ one, two or 3 times. - A for ALL -the soundbank of the complete keyboard will be chosen. - L for LOWER -the soundbank of the lower keyboard zone will be chosen. - H for HIGHER -the soundbank of the higher keyboard zone will be chosen.
  • Page 10 the GM soundbank (000). Please choose first the soundbank for the 2 zones: Please check, which bank is active for the LOWER and the HIGHER zone. Press MIDI/Select and the key below „BANK MSB“ - the keyboard will show the active soundbank number for the 3 zones, ALL;...
  • Page 11 001-016. How to store your settings into a user setup: The i2-Stage 88 can store up to 12 different user setups and save your own settings.. You can store each active setting for the keyboard, MIDI channels, CC controllers etc.
  • Page 12 To use the i2-Stage 88 stand alone, please connect a normal USB DC power adaptor. If you connect the i2-Stage 88 with the USB cable to a PC, the keyboard will be USB powered by the computer. After 10 minutes the i2-Stage 88 has an AUTO-POWER-OFF fuinction. Please press the MIDI/Select/POWER button longer than 5 seconds to re-activate the keyboard.
  • Page 13 The i2-Stage 88 as a masterkeyboard The i2-Stage 88 as a MIDI controller In your studio or at home you can ise the i2-Stage 88 together with your DAW software. All faders and v-pots can be free configured to use them with your software DAW.
  • Page 14 ENTER. By pressing the MIDI/Select once more the new MIDI CC controller will be activated. Please remember, the i2-Stage 88 uses his own MIDI CC controller numbers. You will find the complete CC numbers of the i2-Stage 88 in the table at the next side of this manual!
  • Page 15 88 Midi Controller (CC) Nummern Please remember, the i2-Stage 88 uses his own MIDI CC controller numbers. You will find the complete CC numbers here: number function value display Controller Off "Controller Off" 0~127 "Bank MSB" Modulation Wheel or...
  • Page 16 General Purpose 0~127 "GPC.4" Controller 4 Controller Change "CC#20"~"CC#3 21~32 0~127 #20~#31 1" LSB for Control 0 (Bank Select) 0~127 "Bank LSB" LSB for Control 1 (Modulation Wheel 0~127 "Mod.LSB" or Lever) LSB for Control 2 (Breath Controller) 0~127 "Breath LSB" LSB for Control 3 (Undefined) 0~127...
  • Page 17 LSB for Control 13 (Effect control 2) 0~127 "Eff.2 LSB" LSB for Control 14 (Undefined) 0~127 "CC#46" LSB for Control 15 0~127 "CC#47" (Undefined) LSB for Control 16 (General Purpose 0~127 "GPC.1" Controller 1) LSB for Control 17 (General Purpose 0~127 "GPC.2"...
  • Page 18 Sound Controller 5 (default Brightness) 0~127 "S.Bri." Sound Controller 6 (default Decay Time - 0~127 "Decay Time" see MMA RP-021) Sound Controller 7 (default Vibrato Rate 0~127 "Vib.Rate" - see MMA RP-021) Sound Controller 8 (default Vibrato 0~127 "Vib.Depth" Depth - see MMA RP-021) Sound Controller 9 (default Vibrato...
  • Page 19 Controller Change 0~127 "CC#90" Effects 1 Depth (default Reverb Send Level - see MMA RP- 0~127 "Rev.Level" 023) (formerly External Effects Depth) Effects 2 Depth (formerly Tremolo 0~127 "Tre.Depth" Depth) Effects 3 Depth (default Chorus Send Level - see MMA RP- 0~127 "Cho.Level"...
  • Page 20 Controller Change 103~ 0~12 #102~#119 "CC#102"~"CC#119" [Channel Mode Message] All 0~12 "All Sound Off" Sound Off [Channel Mode Message] Reset All Controllers (See 0~12 "All Ctrl Off" MMA RP-015) [Channel Mode Message] 0~12 "Local KeyB." Local Control On/Off [Channel Mode Message] All 0~12 "All Notes Off"...
  • Page 21 EMU Soundliste Grand Piano OB Juno Juno-Rogue Layer Rhodes Synth Bass/Lead Rogue-OBX Layer Electric Piano B3 2nd Perc Piano Strings Fat Mini Clavinet 1 Wurlitzer EP Multi Bass Prophet 10 B3 3rd Perc CP-70 & Rhodes String Section Pulse Piano Dyno Piano &...
  • Page 22 General MIDI Soundliste Acoustic Grand Piano Electric Bass (finger) Bright Acoustic Piano Electric Bass (pick) Electric Grand Piano Fretless Bass Honky-tonk Piano Slap Bass 1 Electric Piano 1 Slap Bass 2 Electric Piano 2 Synth Bass 1 Harpsichord Synth Bass 2 Clavi Violin Celesta...
  • Page 23 Tenor Sax FX 5 (brightness) Baritone Sax FX 6 (goblins) FX 7 (echoes) Oboe English Horn FX 8 (sci-fi) Bassoon Sitar Clarinet Banjo Piccolo Shamisen Flute Koto Kalimba Recorder Pan Flute Bagpipe Fiddle Blown Bottle Shakuhachi Shanai Whistle Tinkle Bell Ocarina Agogo Bells Lead 1 (square)
  • Page 25 Specification General Product Name i2-Stage 88 Keyboard 88 velocity-sensitive piano keys Maximum polyphony 32 notes Soundengine polyphony 128 notes Display 2x16 LCD screen display Button Transpose up & down, select, mode Wheels pitch and mod wheels Knobs 8 Programmable Knobs...