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IK Multimedia iRig Keys 2 User Manual

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  • Page 1 Ultra-compact MIDI keyboard controller USER MANUAL...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Keys 2 Features Register your iRig Keys 2 1 Installation and setup 1.1 iOS devices 1.2 Mac or Windows based computers 2 Playing with iRig Keys 2 2.1 Octave shift buttons 2.2 Volume 2.3 5-8 button 2.4 Knobs 2.5 Pitch bend 2.6 Modulation wheel...

  • Page 3: English

    Thank you for purchasing iRig Keys 2 or iRig Keys 2 Pro. iRig Keys 2 series is a line of versatile mobile keyboard MIDI controllers, with audio output, designed to be directly compatible with iPhone/iPod touch/iPad. It is also compatible with Mac and Windows-based computers.

  • Page 4: Features

    English Features • 37-note velocity-sensitive keyboard (mini-size for iRig Keys 2, full-size for iRig Keys 2 Pro). • 1/8” TRS headphones output. • MIDI IN/OUT ports. • Works as a stand-alone controller. • Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, iPad. • Compatible with Mac and Windows-based computers.

  • Page 5: Installation And Setup

    1 Installation and setup 1.1 iOS devices 1. Connect the included Lightning cable to the micro-USB port on iRig Keys 2. 2. Connect the Lightning connector to the iPhone/iPod touch/iPad. 3. If you have not done so already, download the included app from the App Store and launch it.
  • Page 6 4. If needed, connect a footswitch/expression pedal to the TRS connector on iRig Keys 2. 5. To play MIDI compatible apps from an external controller, use the included MIDI cable adapter and a standard MIDI cable (not included) to connect your controller’s MIDI OUT port to iRig Keys 2’s MIDI IN port. MIDI IN...
  • Page 7 6. To control an external MIDI device, use the included MIDI cable adapter and a standard MIDI cable (not included) to connect the MIDI OUT port of the iRig Keys 2 to the MIDI IN port of the external device.

  • Page 8: Mac Or Windows Based Computers

    5. To control an external MIDI device, use the included MIDI cable adapter and a standard MIDI cable (not included) to connect the MIDI OUT port of the iRig Keys 2 to the MIDI IN port of the external device.

  • Page 9: Octave Shift Buttons

    2 Playing with iRig Keys 2 You can start playing as soon as you connect iRig Keys 2 to your iOS device or computer and launch a virtual instrument app or plug-in. Pressing the keys on the iRig Keys 2 keyboard sends MIDI note messages. iRig Keys 2 has a 37-note keyboard that is approximately centered in the middle of a full 88-note piano keyboard.

  • Page 10: Button

    127. Most instruments use this message to control the amount of vibrato or tremolo in the sound, but note that this depends solely on how the receiving instrument itself is programmed and not on the iRig Keys 2 settings.

  • Page 11: Pedal

    BEFORE connecting iRig Keys 2 to the iOS device or to the computer. When the pedal is depressed, you will sustain all keyed notes until the pedal is released. iRig Keys 2 sends MIDI CC#64 with a value of 127 when the pedal is depressed and a value of 0 when released.

  • Page 12: Factory Default Settings

    Sustain Pedal: Sustain CC#64 Momentary action (val=127 depressed; val=0 released) 4 EDIT mode iRig Keys 2 allows you to customize most of its parameters to match any kind of need. In EDIT mode you can: • Set the MIDI Transmit Channel.

  • Page 13: Set The Midi Transmit Channel

    4.1 Set the MIDI transmit channel MIDI instruments can respond to 16 different MIDI channels. For iRig Keys 2 to play an instrument, you need the iRig Keys 2 MIDI Transmit Channel to match the receiving channel of your instrument.

  • Page 14: Assign A Specific Midi Control Change Number To The Knobs 1 To

    • Press the key (ENTER/YES) to confirm your input. Both PROG buttons will flash to show the setting has been accepted, and iRig Keys 2 will automatically exit EDIT mode. 4.3 Assign a specific MIDI control change number to the knobs 1 to 8 You can customize the MIDI Control change number that is associated with each knob.

  • Page 15: Assign A Specific Midi Control Change Number To The Data Push

    • Press the key (ENTER/YES) to confirm your input. Both PROG buttons will flash to show the setting has been accepted and iRig Keys 2 will automatically exit EDIT mode. 4.5 Assign a specific MIDI control change number to the DATA push You can customize the MIDI Control change number that is associated with the DATA push.

  • Page 16: Send "All Notes Off" Midi Message

    • Press the key (TRANSP), both OCT buttons will start flashing. • Press any note on the keyboard: from this moment on, when you press a C key, iRig Keys 2 will actually send the MIDI note you pressed at this step.

  • Page 17: Sets

    • Press any D# key on the keyboard. From this moment on when you press a C key on the keyboard, iRig Keys 2 will actually send a D# MIDI note. All other notes are transposed by the same amount.

  • Page 18: How To Program A Set

    MIDI OUT port. All the editing capabilities remain active, so it is still possible to edit the keyboard and save sets. It is also possible to connect an external MIDI device to the MIDI IN port of iRig Keys 2: in this...

  • Page 19: Troubleshooting

    In this case, make sure an app that uses Core MIDI (like iGrand Piano or SampleTank from IK Multimedia) is open and running on your iOS device. In order to save the iOS device battery, iRig Keys 2 only turns on when there is an app running that can use it.

  • Page 20: Regulatory

    Keys 2, iGrand Piano™ and SampleTank® are trademarks property of IK Multimedia Production Srl. All other product names and images, trademarks and artists names are the property of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with IK Multimedia. iPad, iPhone, iPod touch Mac and Mac logo are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

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