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Studiologic VMK-149 Owner's Manual

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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    BUTTON PROGRAMMING...14 -15 PEDAL PROGRAMMING...16 -17 LIVE EDIT...18 This information supercedes all previous VMK-149 and VMK-188 information. Products subject to change without notice. Music Industries Corporation its employees, agents, and/or representatives are not responsible for any typographical errors. _________________________________________________________________________________ VMK149/188 MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS ...1...

  • Page 3: Key Features

    TUDIOLOGIC Welcome to the wonderful world of the Studiologic VMK series! The VMKs are multi-level programmable keyboard controllers The VMK-149 is the world’s first keyboard with 49 full-weighted piano keys, and the VMK-188 has an 88-note keyboard. Both have the famous FATAR key action. They are functionally identical except for the number of keys.

  • Page 4: Continuous Controllers

    VMK149/188 MANUAL________________________________ Controllers Among the Midi messages (note that on/off is a Midi message) is a set of 128 “continuous controller ”messages (often abbreviated “CC ”). These are mainly used to send the movements of knobs, sliders, pedals, and so forth. For example, a synth’s modulation wheel is sending a CC message which will almost always be CC number 1.

  • Page 5: Keyboard Layout

    VMK149/188 MANUAL_______________________KEYBOARD LAYOUT KEYBOARD LAYOUT: OVERVIEW Full Control Panel Joystick Transport Controls Back Panel Knobs/Sliders/Buttons Live Edit Controls – 3 –...
  • Page 6 VMK149/188 MANUAL_______________________KEYBOARD LAYOUT KEYBOARD LAYOUT: DETAILS Knobs, Knobs,buttons, and sliders may be programmed to control anything from a loop on a sampler to reverb depth on a sound module. 8 knobs, 8 buttons, and 9 sliders are Buttons & available. Sliders Sliders 1-9 Program...

  • Page 7: Keyboard Layout

    VMK149/188 MANUAL______________________KEYBOARD LAYOUT KEYBOARD LAYOUT: DETAILS Back Panel The back panel contains the connective parts of the keyboard: Dual Midi outputs and 3 independent foot controller inputs. The pedal inputs can accept sustain or volume pedals, each capable of sending out a completely different controller message. Pedal inputs can be programmed to accept almost any variety of manufacturers foot pedals regardless of polarity.

  • Page 8: Procedures

    The following Procedures will help familiarize you with the programming flexibility of the VMK-149/188. They will show you the steps involved in assigning parameter values to the programmable controls of the keyboard. The procedures will show the ease with which you can create presets to control both studio and performance software.

  • Page 9: Press Enter

    VMK149/188-MANUAL__________________________________ PROCEDURE: PRESET SELECTION The VMK-149/188 has 27 programmable user presets. Let’s look into the two ways of selecting a preset. 1) ROTATE DATA ENTRY KNOB Rotating the DE Knob will scroll thru the Presets . The cursor will blink.

  • Page 10: Name Preset

    VMK149/188-MANUAL__________________________________ 1) PRESS STORAGE You will save your program to a user preset. Storage and Enter buttons now function as No or Yes buttons. If you select No you’ll NOTE: be taken back to the “Press or move any Control” Page. 2) PRESS ENTER(Yes) In this example we’ll choose Yes.

  • Page 11: Keyboard Programming

    VMK149/188 MANUAL_______________________________ PROCEDURE: KEYBOARD PROGRAMMING The VMK-149/188 can store 27 user programmable patches. Not only does each patch contain programming information for buttons, sliders, knobs and pedals, the KEYBOARD itself, as a controller , can be customized. Each Patch can contain MIDI Channel, Aftertouch, Transpose, Program Change and Bank Select information.
  • Page 12 VMK149/188 MANUAL_______________________________ 6) PRESS PAGE UP Transpose can be adjusted from 0 to +24 or 0 to -24 7) PRESS PAGE UP You have the option to program After Touch on or off for each Patch. 6) PRESS STORAGE You are now going to save your Keyboard Assignments to a user preset.
  • Page 13 VMK149/188 MANUAL_______________________________ 9) PRESS ENTER (Yes) Wait for the keyboard to Scan Controls. You will now return to the Preset page. PRESET NUM.: SCREEN NAME: CHANGE – 11 – KEYBOARD...

  • Page 14: Sliders/Knobs Programming

    VMK149/188 MANUAL___________________________ PROCEDURE: SLIDER / KNOB PROGRAMMING e will set up a SLIDER to behave like an analog mixer fader. Fader Down>min. volume. Fader Up>Max. Vol. Programing KNOBS follows the Exact same procedure. TIP: Unlike an analog mixer you might not want your minimum volume to be 0 (no sound). You may just want a track to “sit” in the mix.
  • Page 15 VMK149/188 MANUAL___________________________ 6) PRESS PAGE UP In this example select DN>UP When the Slider is in the DOWN position it will send a Value of O. when UP a Value of 127. 7) PRESS STORAGE You are now going to save your program to a user preset.

  • Page 16: Button Programming

    VMK149/188 MANUAL________________________________ PROCEDURE: BUTTON PROGRAMMING We will set up a BUTTON to behave like a simple ON/OFF switch, or Latch Switch. Press the BUTTON once and the Switch will be on. Press the BUTTON again and the Switch will be off. Programming Transport BUTTONS follows the exact same procedure.
  • Page 17 VMK149/188 MANUAL________________________________ 5) continued... PUSH: will send a Note on Message when pushed down. When you release the button, a Note off Message will be sent. The BUTTON will only work when you are actually Pushing it down. 6) PRESS STORAGE You are now going to save your program to a user preset.

  • Page 18: Pedal Programming

    VMK149/188 MANUAL__________________________________ PROCEDURE: PEDAL PROGRAMMING We will program PEDAL INPUT 1 to transmit Sustain . For this procedure you will need a Sustain Pedal. Any polarity pedal will work. TIP: The three PEDAL INPUTS may be programed to transmit anything from Sustain to Volume to even Modulation.
  • Page 19 VMK149/188 MANUAL__________________________________ 6) PRESS PAGE UP This is where the flexibility of the VMK comes into play. You can adjust the Polarity to the Pedal that’s being used. If there’s sustain without the Pedal being depressed just adjust the Polarity on the VMK to fit the pedal. 7) PRESS STORAGE You are now going to save your program to a user preset.

  • Page 20: Live Edit

    2) PRESS Enter You will now return to the Preset page. That’s it! Live Edit is an extremely easy but powerful function of the VMK-149/188. PRESET NUM.: NAME: To adjust the Prog Change value use the DE knob KEYB. LIVE EDIT...

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