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IMPORTAND SECURE INFORMATION

Please read the following secure instructions first!

Very Important!!

 

1. Never use the keyboard in the near of water like a swimming pool, bathtub or wet 

environment like a basement or in rain or similar.

2. Never use the keyboard in the near of heating elements like a radiator or similar, also 

high temperatures or direct sunbeam should be avoid.

3. Use only the power supply that is declared in our Specification

4. If you didn’t use the keyboard for a longer time please plug power off.

5. Take care that no liquid flows inside the keyboard

6. Also take care that no metal objects like a coin or paperclip and other small objects 

can fall into the keyboard (e.g. by children...) because of electrical shortcut.

7. Do not open the keyboard, this is allowed by qualified technicians only.

8. Never leave the keyboard powered and switched on alone, because of fire for example 

by thunderstorm or other reasons.

9. Children should inform about the secure information and/or an adult should take care 

about, if children are to young for understanding this information.

10. In the near of a radio or television device, are electromagnetic fields possible they can 

disturb the reception. Enough distance is important!

11. In the near of Audio Amplifiers is noise possible. Enough distance is important too. 

12. For cleaning never use petrol, alcohol or solvent because damaging of the housing. 

Use only a dry or little wet rag for cleaning and unplug the power supply or USB 
connector, because of electrical shock.

13. Never unplug the keyboard if the power supply is powered.

14.Don´t throw the Keyboard, and also never let them crash down. Also don’t push or 

trust the keyboard. 

15. At a thunderstorm please unplug all connectors.

Thank You.

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Summary of Contents for 12-61 Black Edition

Page 1: ...I2 61 Black Edition Owner s Manual 1 ...

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Page 3: ... with a set of complete musical instruments from your sound card or workstation This manual is written to help you become familiar with the powerful features of the Miditech i2 61 Black Edition Please read the manual carefully to discover all the features of your Miditech i2 61 Black Edition after reading the manual you will have a clear understanding of how to transmit different MIDI messages to ...

Page 4: ... THE MIDI INTERFACE 9 DEFAULT SETTING OF THE I2 61 BLACK EDITION 10 OVERALL DIAGRAM PREVIEW 11 2 PITCH BEND WHEEL 11 3 MODULATION WHEEL 12 4 DATA ENTRY SLIDE 12 11 MIDI SELECT BUTTON 12 5 MIDI CHANNELS GROUP 12 7 OCTAVE GROUP 12 8 TRANSPOSER GROUP 13 RESET KEY 13 9 CONTROL CHANGE DATA ENTRY BY NUMERIC KEYPAD 13 PROGRAM KEY 14 REAR PANEL 15 SUSTAIN JACK 15 4 ...

Page 5: ...MIDI OUT JACKS 15 USB PORT POWER PORT 15 POWER SWITCH 15 TROUBLE SHOOTING 16 SPECIFICATIONS 19 MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART 20 5 ...

Page 6: ...lowed by qualified technicians only 8 Never leave the keyboard powered and switched on alone because of fire for example by thunderstorm or other reasons 9 Children should inform about the secure information and or an adult should take care about if children are to young for understanding this information 10 In the near of a radio or television device are electromagnetic fields possible they can d...

Page 7: ...nthesisers There is also a socket for an optional sustain footswitch Although the Miditech i2 61 Black Edition has no built in sound capabilities it offers a great variety of useful MIDI functions Something you should know before using the MIDI Functions MIDI is the acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface which makes all digital musical instruments equipped with this standardised interfac...

Page 8: ...nts please purchase a MIDI cable and use it to connect the MIDI OUT jack of your Miditech i2 61 Black Edition to the MIDI IN jack of the other instrument Make sure that the MIDI transmit channel on your Miditech i2 61 Black Edition matches the MIDI receive channel of the other instrument 2 Please refer to the following diagram for the MIDI connection 8 ...

Page 9: ... to the MIDI Out at the keyboard The both MIDI Outs are separate usable to control a sound expander or maybe an effect device In your music program you can set the MIDI Out port of the interface as the output of the keyboard and also the Input port of the interface as the input of the keys of the keyboard If the driver installation is correct you can use the interface without problems 9 ...

Page 10: ...Default Octave will be from C2 36 to C6 84 Default After Touch value will be 0 Default Velocity value will be 0 Default Reverb Depth value will be 64 Default Pan Pot value will be 64 Default Volume value will be 127 Default CC Data value will be 0 Default CC no value will be 0 Default Control Change CC 00 0 CC 32 0 message will be transmitted Default Program Change PG 1 message will be transmitted...

Page 11: ...ch of a voice during performance The range of pitch values depends on the sound generator sound card or module being used Please refer to the manuals of your devices for information on how to change the Pitch Bend range To bend the pitch up please move the wheel away from you To bend the pitch down please move the wheel towards you 11 ...

Page 12: ...this button to select different MIDI commands on certain keys from your keyboard Miditech i2 61 Black Edition provides several groups of MIDI commands as follows 5 MIDI Channels group Pressing the MIDI SELECT button and then pressing the MIDI CHANNEL key allows you to select the transmitting channel for your keyboard The default Channel is 1 when the keyboard s power is turned on Pressing the MIDI...

Page 13: ...ed number and finally the Enter key to finish For example if you want to make Control Change 7 as value 123 1 Press MIDI SELECT button 2 Press CC No will be shown in display 3 Choose 7 on numeric keypad 4 Press enter key to specify Control Change as 7 5 The display shows 6 Press CC DATA will be shown in display 7 Press number key 1 2 and 3 8 Press enter key to specify value 123 then press MIDI SEL...

Page 14: ...key then numeric keys then enter key you can select any patch number between 1 to 128 For example if you want to change voice to 67 Tenor Sax Press MIDI SELECT button and 67 on numeric keys then enter key and MIDI SELECT button again to finish this action 14 ...

Page 15: ...DI jacks is used to send MIDI messages to another MIDI instrument such as sound module USB Port power port This jack is used to connect the keyboard with the computer to get power and send MIDI messages directly to the sound card Power switch The 2 way power switch turns the keyboard s power to external power USB Power or power off 15 ...

Page 16: ...ling of the sound card the latency time is set to maximum value e g 512 samples and this is too much so your midi notes are sounding delayed Adjust this value to a minimum that is possible for your computer and you will hear audio correct But you can connect your keyboard to a sound expander too and you will see that s no problem of your keyboard Midi Device is not recognize There are some misunde...

Page 17: ... out port at your music program Please Check Device is recognized but no sound Did you set the input and output ports inside your music program This is important otherwise no communication is possible For example Input port set to midi keyboard output port set to soundcard This kind of Set ups you will find in Menus like Device manager or Hardware manager and so on After new Start the keyboard don...

Page 18: ...d Alternativ Please try to connect the keyboard with midi out port at a Mididevice like synthesizer or sound module or a computer of a friend or music shop for testing the correct working keyboard So you know where you can search the problem Or try to download a Midimonitor like Midiox WWW MIDIOX COM to test the correct working of the keyboard Important You must set up the input and output devices...

Page 19: ...try Reverb Send Level Assignment Data Entry Chorus Send Level Assignment Pan Pot Assignment CC 10 Volume Assigmnet CC 07 CC Data Numeric Keys x 10 Enter Cancel Pitch Bend Wheel Modulation Wheel Data Entry Slide Pot External Control Terminals MIDI OUT DIN MIDI OUT USB DIN Sustain USB Port Connector for Power and MIDI Power Switch Display 7 Segment LED x 3 Dimensions 92 x 21 5 x 7 5 cm Weight 3 kg P...

Page 20: ... With Octave Change Velocity Note ON Note OFF O x x x After Key s Touch Ch s x O x x Pitch Bender O x Control Change O x Prog Change True CC 00 CC 32 1 128 0 127 x x System Exclusive x x System Song Pos Song Sel Common Tune x x x x x x System Clock Real Time Commands x x x x Aux Message Local ON OFF All Notes OFF Active Sense Reset x O O O x x x x Send with Reset Send with Reset Notes Mode 3 OMNI ...

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