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Features

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Keybed/Octave/Wheels
Note: Text accompanying keyboard controls indicates secondary functions that can be accessed by
pressing SHIFT while using the control.
1. Keybed: This velocity-sensitive keybed is the primary method of sending Note On/Off MIDI data.
In addition to being velocity sensitive, the keybed also includes and channel aftertouch which
means you can affect the sound a virtual instrument plugin makes by varying how much
pressure you apply on the key after initially pressing the key.
Hold SHIFT and press keys C2–Bb3 to edit Chord
Mode settings.
Hold SHIFT and press keys A5–C7 to change the
Global Channel.
2. OCTAVE +/-: Press these buttons to adjust the pitch
range of the keys up or down one octave.
TRANSPOSE: Hold SHIFT and press these buttons to
adjust the pitch range of the keys up or down one
semitone.
The keyboard can be raised up to four octaves or
lowered down to three octaves from its default octave
range and a total of twelve semitones from its default
transposition.
To reset Hammer 88 Pro to its default octave range and
transposition (C2–C7 on the keybed), press the Octave
- and Octave + Buttons simultaneously.
3. PITCH: Roll this wheel up and down from the center position to bend the pitch of the keyboard
while playing.
The default range of the pitch-bend will vary between software synths.
The wheel is spring mounted and will return to the center position when released.
4. MOD (Modulation): Move this wheel to send continuous controller data—MIDI CC #01
(modulation), by default.
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