Chinese MIDI Controller

User's Manual

These are the instructions of a Chinese MIDI keyboard controller. They are shown here almost exactly as they appear in the original, if I didn't accidentally correct some of the mistakes. They were given to me by Matej to add them to the Home of Bad English.

Almost all of the text should be in red, so it wouldn't have much sense to actually color any of it red. Just pretend it's all in red.

MK-49 Owner's Manual

Preface

Thank you for your purchasing the MK-49, the state-of-art MIDI master controller keyboard. When used your MK-49 in conjunction with a computer with the appropiate music softwares is then turned into a complete musical instrument or workstation.

This manual was written to help you become familiar with the powerfull features of the MK-49. Please read the manual carefully to find out what you can do with your MK-49. After reading this manual, you should have a clear understanding of how to transmit different MIDI messages to the other instruments and equipments. For this sake, we strongly recommand you to have the manual at hand when you are uisng the keyboard. Thus, you can find any useful information quickly when you need it.

Main Feature

*The MK-49 MIDI master controller keyboard provides 49 mini keys
*For setting up MIDI connection of your MK-49 and PC with built in sound card, the keyboard comes with a Joystick/MIDI cable, which makes you expand you system easily.
*The MK-49 provides a MIDI OUT socket for connecting to other MIDI devices such as sound modules or synthesizer.
*There is a soket for an optional sustain-footswitch
*Although the MK-49 has no built-in sound capabilities, it offers various useful MIDI functions.

Something you should know before using the MIDI Functions

Midi is the acronym for Muical Instrument Digital Interface, which makes all digital musical instruments equiped whis standardized interface being able to exchange their MIDI data.
TO explain how does MIDI work on your instrument in more dtails, the following illustrations will outline the MIDI functions of the MK-49, which allow you to connect the keyboard to the other MIDI instruments. The versatile MIDI capability of the MK-49 will offer you tremendous power in a MIDI environment.

Using the MIDI Functions:

  1. Connecting the keyboard to other MIDI instruments

    To transmit MIDI data from your keyboard to the other professional MIDI instruments, please purchase a MIDI cable and use it to connect the MIDI OUT jack of your MK-49 to the MIDI IN jack of the other instruments. Make sure that the MIDI "transmit" channel on your MK-49 matches the MIDI "receive" channel of the other instruments.

  2. Please refer the following diagram to know the MIDI connection:
    (there is no such diagram)

Default Setting of MK-49

The MK-49 will allways select the following values for their paramaters when the power is turned on.
*Transmit MIDI Channel no. 1.
*Default Octave will be form C2(36) to C6(84)
*Default Contol Change (CC-00=0,CC-32=0) message will be transmitted.
*Default Program Change (PG=1) message will be transmitted.

Rear Panel:

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  1. Sustain jack: This jack allows you to connect an optional footswitch to the keyboard. When the footswitch is depressed, notes played on the keyboard will continously sound as long as the footswitch is held back.
  2. MIDI out jack: This standard MIDI jack is used to send MIDI messages to another MIDI instruments (such as sound module).
  3. Power on/off button: The power button turns teh keyboard's power on and off (No kidding?). when the power is turned on, the keyboard will start at the default setting.

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