M-Audio 49-KEY manual Modulation Wheel

1. Incremental/Decremental Bank LSB and Bank MSB Change:

<Press the Advanced Functions button.

<Press the black key above G1 (named G# 1).

<Now the Octave “+” and “-” keys can be used to change the program.

<Press “+” and continue to play notes until you find the instrument you want.

2. Using the Quick Select Method:

<Press the Advanced Functions button.

<Press the black key above G4 (named G# 4), or A$ (named A# 4), representing Bank LSB or Bank MSB respectively.

<Press keys C4, then E3 then C5. This enters the combination: “3,” “2,” “ENTER.” Alternatively, you can use the “+” and “-” buttons to change the value, and then press “ENTER.”

As with Program change, if the Octave “+” and “-” keys are selected to vary the Bank LSB or MSB number (Method 1), the lights above the buttons will not change, since it is not possible to have a Bank with a negative value. Pressing both the “+” and “-” buttons together will recall Bank 0.

The other controller devices on the Keystation 49e can also be used to control advanced functions, as described following:

The Modulation Wheel

It is possible to assign MIDI effects to the Modulation Wheel. Some useful effects are:

<01 Modulation

<07 Volume

<10 Pan (balance)

<05 Portamento

There are 131 effects in total, however for these effects to have any affect on the sound the receiving MIDI device has to be able to read and respond to these MIDI effect messages. Most devices will at least respond to volume, modulation, and pan data. (The full list of effects is given at the back of this manual.)

To assign an effect to the Modulation Wheel:

<Press the Advanced Functions button to get the keyboard into Edit Mode.

<Press the Black Key above C4 (named C# 4), representing “WHEEL ASSIGN.”

<Use the Numerical Data Entry keys G3 – B4 to enter the number of the effect you want to assign to the Modulation Wheel.

Alternatively, you can use the “+” and “-” buttons to change the value.

<Press the ENTER key (C5).

<Move the Modulation Wheel upwards to increase the value of the effect.

If you make an error while entering the numerical data value, you can press the CANCEL key (C1) to exit Edit Mode without changing the effect assigned to the Modulation Wheel.

(Note that each time the keyboard is turned off the data assigned to the Modulation Wheel will be lost. Each time the keyboard is powered up, the modulation Wheel will default to being assigned to Modulation, effect number 01.)

As an example, let’s assign effect number 10 to the modulation wheel. This means the modulation wheel will control the Pan (or balance). To do this, we need to:

<Press the Advanced Functions button to get the keyboard into Edit Mode.

<Press the Black Key above C4 (named C# 4), representing “WHEEL ASSIGN.”

<Press A3 to enter “1.”

<Press G3 to enter “0” so you have entered “10.”

<Press C5 for “ENTER.”

The Volume Slider

As with the Modulation Wheel, the Volume Slider can be assigned to any of the 131 effects shown at the back of this manual.

To assign the Volume Slider to an effect:

<Press the Advanced Functions button to get the keyboard into Edit Mode.

<Press the Black Key above D4 (named D# 4), representing “SLIDER ASSIGN.”

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