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KSA Series MIDI Controller User’s Manual ————————————————— Model:KS25A/49A/61A...
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Product List Please check all the items in your KS25A/49A/61A package: The KS25A/49A/61A product 1 pcs USB cable 1 pcs User’s manual CD 1 pc...
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14. Keep the instrument away from dust, heat and vibration. 15. WORLDE is not responsible for any damage or data loss caused by improper operation to the instrument. 16. All the pictures and the LED displays in the manual are used for demonstration; they...
4.4. APPENDIX 4 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ........... 20 1. INTRODUCTION KS25A/49A/61A is 25/49/61-key USB-MIDI Controller, which supplies with professional keyboard of initial touch and profuse assignable controllers. It satisfies the needs of portability, play, control and etc. 2. FEATURES 25/49/61 keys with initial touch. 1xAssignable pedal interface (Pedal B), compatible with switch pedal and continuous pedal.
3. OPERATION 3.1. PARTS ILLUSTRATION 3.1.1. FRONT PANEL (1) EDIT Button It is to open/close keyboard multi-function. (2) DATA +/- Buttons They are assignable buttons, which could be assigned as 160 controllers. The initial setting is 154 controller: octave adjustment. (3) SWITCH Button It is to switch function groups of dials R1~R4 and R5~R8.
function group of R1~R4 and R5~R8 is switched by SWITCH button. (8) Multi-functional Keyboard This function is turned on/off by EDIT button. When it is on, the keyboard provides functions shown printed above the keyboard, including program adjustment, dual, touch sensitivity adjustment, numeric pads, and etc.
3.2. CONNECTION/POWER/CONTROL ü KS25A/49A/61A gets connected to PC via the USB cable. This connection powers the keyboard and is used to transfer the MIDI data to PC. In addition, you can connect to other devices such as a sound module to send out MIDI data via MIDI output port.
the resistance curve value to initial 64. ü When the dials (R1~R4 or R5~R8)are assigned as PA CURVE or PB CURVE, they can be used to adjust pedal resistance value. ü Press EDIT button to enter keyboard multi-function mode, press PA CURVE or PB CURVE multi-functional keys to enter pedal resistance curve adjustment mode, input the pedal resistance value with numeric pad, then press ENTER to confirm.
3.8. TRANSPOSE ü When DATA +/- is assigned as TRANSPOSE, use DATA +/- to adjust transpose. Adjustment range is +/- 12 semitones. Press DATA +/- buttons at the same time to set transpose to initial 0. ü Hold EDIT and use DATA +/- to adjust transpose. Adjustment range is +/- 12 semitones.
3.13. MTC ü Press EDIT button to enter keyboard multi-function mode, and then press MTC to open/close sending MTC message (F8). 3.14. ACTIVE SENSING ü Press EDIT button to enter keyboard multi-function mode, and then press ACTIVE SENSING to open/close active sensing message (FE). (KS49A/61A) 3.15.
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2. Set KS25A/49A/61A parameters; 3. Open a new MIDI project in Cubase; 4. Select KS25A/49A/61A as MIDI input and neglect output; 5. Uncheck the box – SYSEX in RECORD to validate system message. (FILE-> PREFERENCES-> MIDI-> MIDI FILTER); 6. Cubase starts to record; 7.
3. Select KS25A/49A/61A as MIDI output; 4. Open system message window: VIEW->SYSX; select a BANK and import saved system message file. 5. Press EDIT button to enter keyboard multi-function mode, and then press DOWNLOAD, KS25A/49A/61A enters into system message download mode. LED displays SEd.
3.23. RESET ALL CONTROLLERS ü Press EDIT button to enter keyboard multi-function mode, and then press RESET ALL CONTROLLER to transmit all reset all controllers message (Controller #121). 3.24. GM/GS/XG ON ü Press EDIT button to enter keyboard multi-function mode, and then press GM/GS/XG ON to transmit GM initialization message ( F0 7E 7F 09 01 F7), initialization message (...
ü If using together with SNAP SHOT function it can transmit preset to sequent device. (KS49A/61A) 3.30. CLEAN ü While using numeric pad to enter numbers, press CLEAN button to set the number to 0. (KS49A/61A). 3.31. RESET ü If not especially mentioned, press DATA +/- buttons at the same time to set controlled parameter to 0.
4. APPENDIX 4.1. APPENDIX 1 ASSIGNABLE CONTROLLER LIST ITEM INITIAL PARAMTER INITIAL INITIAL PARAMETER CHANNEL RANGE PARAMETER VALUE Data +/- 0~159 Slider 0~147 Wheel P 0~147 Wheel M 0~147 Pedal A 0~151 Pedal B 0~151 0~159 0~159 0~159 0~159 0~159 0~159 0~159 0~159...
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Effect Control 1 MSB 0-127 Effect Control 2 MSB 0-127 14-31 Controller 0-127 Bank Select LSB 0-127 Modulation LSB 0-127 Breath LSB 0-127 Controller 0-127 Foot Controller LSB 0-127 Portamento time LSB 0-127 Data Entry LSB 0-127 Channel Volume LSB 0-127 Balance LSB 0-127...
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Effects 0-127 RPN Increment 0-127 RPN Decrement 0-127 NRPN LSB 0-127 NRPN MSB 0-127 RPN LSB 0-127 RPN MSB 0-127 102-119 Controller 0-127 All Sound Off 0-127 Reset All Controllers 0-127 Local Control 0-127 All Notes Off 0-127 OMNI Off 0-127 OMNI On 0-127...
Reset(MTC) Program 0-127 Global Channel 0-15 Octave -3~3 Transpose -12~12 Tempo 20-250 Keyboard Curve Pedal A Curve 1-127 Pedal B Curve 1-127 4.3. Appendix 3 LED Status List STATUS DEFINITION 3 Digit Display Upper Transpose Value Lower Transpose Value Upper Octave Value Lower Octave Value (1) Under Assign Mode: indicate the controller to be assign.
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4.4. APPENDIX 4 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ITEM SPECIFICATIONS u KS25A: 25 Keys, C2-C4, Initial Touch. Keyboard u KS49A: 49 Keys, C1-C5, Initial Touch. u KS61A: 61 Keys, C1-C6, Initial Touch. u MIDI Data: Program Select, Bank Select, Sequencer Control, Function MTC, Controller Change, GM, GS, XG System Reset and etc. u Controllable Parameters: Transpose, Octave, MIDI Transmit Channel, Velocity Curve Adjust, Keyboard Split Point and etc.
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