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Using the M-Audio Key Rig
The M-Audio Key Rig is a device consisting of four instruments, a master effect generator, and global settings. Each of these sections are explained
below:
Global
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.
Load/Save: the Load/Save buttons at the top of the Key Rig are for loading and saving bank files. These files contain all program/patch
information, MIDI channel and MIDI CC assignments, volumes, panning, key range, transpose, MFX (master effects) send, on/off status, etc.
for all four instruments within the Key Rig, as well as the global MFX settings, fine tune, tempo, master swing and master volume parameters.
The user can also save and load banks via the menu that appears in their host application. Key Rig banks are saved and loaded from a folder
called "Key Rig Patches."
Master FX
Clicking the Master FX section produces a drop-down menu of 49 effects algorithms organized into submenus by type. This menu of effects is
exactly the same as the ones available in the SP-1 Stage Piano and the MS-2 Poly Synth. For a listing of effect types, see the "Effects Presets" listing
below.
Once an effect is selected, the effect name will be displayed and two specially chosen effect edit parameters, plus a mix parameter, will be
displayed with useful preprogrammed preset settings. The names of the two effect edit parameters vary depending on the type of effect that is
in use. For example, a reverb may display "Size" and "Damp" (room size and damping) for its parameters. A delay may display "Time" and "Fbk"
(delay time (speed) and feedback (regeneration)).
Mix: governs the MFX wet/dry balance.
Fine Tune: adjusts the fine-tuning of all instruments in the Rig.
Tempo: allows the user to set a song tempo that will set tempo-sync'ed delays and LFOs when there is no tempo detected from the host by
the Key Rig.
Master Volume: controls the output volume of the whole Key Rig.
MIDI CC Controls
All useful parameters in all instruments in the Rig have been pre-assigned MIDI controllers corresponding to the default CCs used by current
M-Audio keyboards (GM Patch). See the patch and preset lists at the end of the manual.
It is also possible to customize these settings. Right-clicking (Windows) or control-clicking (Macintosh) a parameter opens a menu with the
following options:
CC: hover the mouse over this option to display a pop-up list of available MIDI continuous controllers, and select the desired continuous
controller from the list.
Learn: select this option and move a control on your hardware MIDI controller to assign it to the parameter automatically.
Forget: select this option to remove a MIDI continuous controller assignment.
Note: Each continuous controller may control only one parameter at a time.
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