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CHAPTER 7: CONFIGURATION
[CONFIG]
Press [CONFIG] to set the MINIAK's global configuration options. [CONFIG] only glows red.
CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
1. Contrast: Adjust the LCD screen's contrast.
If you happen to turn on your MINIAK and the screen is blank, it's
possible that your contrast setting was somehow turned down. Since
contrast is the first of the config options, you should be able to get to it
even when navigating blindly. Simply hit the [CONFIG] button, and
double-click the DATA DIAL.
2. Tuning: Adjust the MINIAK's global tuning over a plus or minus 200 cent range. One cent is equal to
1/100th of a semitone, so this means that the global tuning can be raised or lowered by up to a whole step.
The MINIAK's default tuning is set to A=440 Hertz.
3. Transpose: Shift the placement of the MINIAK's keyboard with respect to the 128-note MIDI key range.
By default, the MINIAK's keyboard spans from C4 to C7; this option lets you offset that. You can also use the
[OCTAVE] buttons to quickly transpose up and down by octaves.
This option does not affect how incoming MIDI notes are interpreted.
4. Velocity Curve: Edit the keyboard's response to your playing velocity. This option affects the velocity
values that are generated when you play the keyboard; it has no effect on incoming MIDI notes.
Options are linear low, medium and high; exponential low, medium and high; and logarithmic low, medium
and high.
Press the DATA DIAL to edit the velocity curve. Turn the DATA DIAL to select a new curve. Press the
DATA DIAL again to accept the curve setting and return to the main config menu.
5. Local Control: Turn the DATA DIAL clockwise once to edit the keyboard's local control setting. Options
are "on," "off," or "off + send ptns." By default, local control is set to "on." Set to "on," the MINIAK functions
normally – the keyboard, wheels, footswitches, and pedal all play the MINIAK.
Setting local control to "off" disconnects the MINIAK's sound engine from all of these controllers. Leave local
control "on" in most situations. There are three main exceptions:
a. External Sequencers: Consider turning local control "off" when you use MIDI cables to connect the
MINIAK to an external sequencer, such as a computer-based or standalone Digital Audio Workstation.
When you record with a sequencer, usually that sequencer "echoes" back whatever you play into it.
So, if you leave local control on, everything you do play will trigger twice–once as a result of your
playing, and once as the sequencer replays what you've just played. This is generally undesirable.
b. Using the MINIAK within a multi-controller Multi: Imagine a saxophonist who wants to control the
MINIAK with a MIDI wind controller. At the same time, the saxophonist has a rack-mounted sound
module that she wants to control using the MINIAK keyboard. Setting local control off makes sense in
this case, too, as playing the wind controller will trigger the MINIAK, and playing the MINIAK will trigger
the sound module.
Linear
Exponential
Double-click to restore defaults
Configuration options can be
reset by pressing the DATA DIAL
twice quickly (double-clicking).
Logarithmic
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