Evolution eKeys 49 Keyboard User Manual
Getting Started
Assuming the installation process was completed successfully, it is now time to have a closer look at the eKeys 49 keyboard. However, at the moment, when you press a key you will not hear any sound. This is because when you press a key, the keyboard sends out MIDI data. MIDI data gives instructions on how a sound should play, but in order to hear that sound you need some software which can read this MIDI data, and play sound back accordingly. We have provided such software on the Evolution eKeys 49 Installer CD- ROM.
If you have not done so already, install 'PictureBoard’ from the
PictureBoard is a great piece of software that will play a sound, and trigger an image when a key is pressed.
The piano set should automatically have been opened for you. If not, click on 'Open' and select the 'Piano.MB' file.
Press a key on the keyboard. You should now hear a piano, and see a key on the on- screen keyboard in PictureBoard light up.
If you do not see this, click on the preferences menu and select 'MIDI devices'. Select the eKeys 49 as the MIDI input device.
The Piano set in PictureBoard enables you to play the keyboard like a grand piano. Go on – give it a try!
The Keys
Each white key on the eKeys 49 is labelled with a letter and a number. The letter repre- sents the note you play, and the number represents the octave ('octave' is explained in the next section).
Although the black keys are not labelled, they also have names. The name of a black key will be something like F#4 or Eb2.
If a black key is expressed with a # sign, it is referring to the black key above the white note. For example F#3 refers to the black key above F3.
If a black key is expressed with a b sign, it is referring to the black key below the white note. For example Eb3 refers to the black key below E3.
So, as an example, the black Key between C3 and D3 is both C#3 and Db3.
Evolution eKeys 49 Keyboard User Manual
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