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Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of the M-Audio Key Rig software. This multi-function device includes four high-quality instruments:
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The SP-1 Stage Piano module provides realistic reproduction of various acoustic and electric pianos, and allows two pianos to be layered
together.
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The MS-2 Polyphonic Synthesizer is a subtractive synth that uses traditional analog-type oscillators, as well as wavetable and FM
synthesis.
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The MB-3 Electromagnetic Organ is a faithful reproduction of classic tone-wheel organs, including a Leslie rotary speaker simulator.
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The GM-4 is a General MIDI sound module featuring all 128 GM sounds and a percussion kit.
Key Rig User Guide
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- Page 1 Key Rig User Guide Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the M-Audio Key Rig software. This multi-function device includes four high-quality instruments: • The SP-1 Stage Piano module provides realistic reproduction of various acoustic and electric pianos, and allows two pianos to be layered together.
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Page 2: System Requirements
3. During the installation, the installer will ask you to specify two directories on your computer. The first directory is your VST plug-in directory. This is where the M-Audio Key Rig VST plug-in will be installed. The second directory is Key Rig’s sound data file. The file is about 260 MB in size and can be placed in a different location from the program, if necessary. - Page 3 Using the Key Rig in Stand Alone Mode In addition to support for most popular plug-in formats, the M-Audio Key Rig runs as a atand-alone application. On the Macintosh, the stand- alone version of Key Rig uses the default audio settings of the operating system. On Windows, the stand-alone version includes additional configuration settings:...
- Page 4 The strip at the top of the Key Rig sets global settings that affect all instruments. Certification Dialog: to open the Certification dialog, click the Key Rig or M-Audio logos on the left or right side of the top strip of the rig. This window also displays the Key Rig version number information.
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Page 5: Instrument Controls
Instrument Controls To the right of all instruments in the Key Rig is an instrument control area and mixer. Load/Save: in addition to the global Load/Save menus at the top of the Rig, each instrument has its own Load/Save menu and library of patches. - Page 6 Preset Select Wheel 1: this rotary knob chooses a piano preset from the following list— 01 Natural Grand 02 Bright Grand 03 Soft Grand 04 Hard Grand 05 Concert Grand 06 Upright 07 Honky Tonk 08 Electric Piano 1 09 Electric Piano 2 10 Wurli 11 FM Piano 12 None...
- Page 7 Key Rig User Guide MS-2 Polyphonic Synthesizer The MS-2 is a polyphonic synthesizer with preset oscillators, filters, amp, modulation, and effects settings. The synthesis is generally analog, but oscillators are also created with wavetables and FM. Oscillator Section Oscillator Type: clicking in the oscillator “Type” field produces a drop-down menu of 85 oscillator presets (see “Presets Listing” for more information).
- Page 8 MB-3 Electromagnetic Organ The MB-3 is a Classic Tonewheel Organ with Leslie rotary speaker simulator. Percussion On/Off: switches percussion section On/Off. Short/Long: selects duration of percussion. Loud/Soft: loud or soft percussion. 3rd/2nd: 3rd or 2nd harmonic for percussion. Drawbars Laid out as per a classic Tonewheel Organ: 16‘...
- Page 9 Chorus: applies a standard GM chorus to the selected channel. Reverb: applies a standard GM reverb to the selected channel. This reverb is a send to the Master FX section of the Key Rig, allowing you to set any kind of effect and control the amount of all channels independently. It’s important to note that if the MFX is set to an effect other than the default reverb, the GM-4 reverb effect will not be a standard GM reverb.
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- Page 11 Key Rig User Guide Key Rig Patches These files are FXBs and contain all patch and setup info for the whole key rig. 01 Oceania 07 Ghostly 02 Big Pad 08 Bubbly Pad 03 Electromagnetic Combi 09 Piano + Soft Strings...
- Page 12 MS-2 Patches 01 Ambivalence 41 Sweeper Pad 81 Crushed Square Bass 02 Tek Chords 42 Synth Strings 82 Simple Sine Pad 03 Saw Lead 43 Woodpecker 83 Fat Poly 1 04 Standard Bass 44 Sub Bass 84 Spooky Lead 05 Velo Digi Bells 45 Harmony Bells 1 85 Kino Bass 06 Uni Brass...
- Page 13 Key Rig User Guide MS-2 Oscillator Presets Rich Pad Nasty Lead Standard Pad State Lead Hollow Pad Spooky Lead Bell Sweep Fat Oct Lead Sine Pad 50s Lead Octa Pad Fat 5th Rich Octa Pad 5th Pulse Tri Pad Sync Lead...
- Page 14 MS-2 Filter Presets Soft Pad Reso Wow Bass Bright Pad Fuzz Bass Gentle Sweep Ultra Bass Heavy Sweep HP Reso Bass Reso Sweep 1 Wow Brass Reso Sweep 2 Gentle Brass Simple Hi Pass Bright Brass Hi Pass Sweep Soft Brass 1 Bright Poly Soft Brass 2 Soft Poly...
- Page 15 Key Rig User Guide MS-2 Amp Presets Velo Pad No Velo Bass Non Velo Pad Perc Bass Ambient Pad Very Perc Bass Short Poly Simple Brass 1 Perc Poly Simple Brass 2 Very Perc Poly Hard Brass Release Poly Soft Brass...
- Page 16 MB-3 Patches 01 Perc Organ 26 Bright Blues 02 Classic B 27 Gimme Some Lovin‘ 03 Quite Righty So 28 Steve Winwood 04 Bright and Silky 29 Back To The Sixties 05 Smokey Blues 30 Full On Scream 06 Rock Solo 31 Gospel Organ 07 Child In Time 32 Capt‘n Jack...
- Page 17 Key Rig User Guide GM-4 Patches 001 Grand Piano 046 Pizzicato Strings 091 Pad 3 Polysynth 002 Bright Piano 047 Harp 092 Pad 4 Choir 003 Electric Grand 048 Timpani 093 Pad 5 Bowed Glass 004 Honky-tonk Piano 049 Strings Ensemble 1...
- Page 18 Effects Presets The following effects are available for the MFX (master FX and the EB-8 Electric Bass). Parameter 1 Parameter 2 Reverb Chorus Reverb Chorus Depth Rev Time Room Reverb 1 Size Damping Room Reverb 2 Size Pre-Del Hall Reverb 1 Size Damping Hall Reverb 2...
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