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Pro Keys 88 • User Guide

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MIDI Clock Buttons

The four MIDI Clock Buttons (from left to right respectively) are Start, Stop and the two Tempo buttons, ‘-’ and ‘+.’ These buttons allow

you to control any MIDI-connected external MIDI sequencer. For this to be possible, you need to set your external sequencer to

“slave mode” to synchronize to incoming MIDI Clock Messages. Different hardware and software MIDI applications have different

methods of setting up synchronization. Please consult the user documentation for your MIDI applications to determine exactly how

Pressing the Stop Button will cause a sequencer to cease playback. It is also possible to reset the sequencer back to a ”zero”

playback position by pressing this button twice.

The Tempo Control varies the rate at which MIDI Clock Messages should be sent out. This determines the tempo at which your

sequencer plays back. When either button is pressed, the new tempo in BPM (beats per minute) will be displayed on the LED

display. The default tempo is 120BPM. For more information on MIDI Clock commands, please see page 14.

Tap Tempo

It is possible to tap in a tempo using the Sustain Pedal. This is achieved by holding down both the Tempo Buttons and tapping on

the Sustain Pedal. The rate at which the timing clock messages are sent will be updated every four taps.

Examples

The ProKeys 88 as a MIDI Controller

Note that the range of Program and Bank Message values is 000-127. The range of MIDI channels is 1-16.

It is also possible to set the MIDI channel that any instrument is transmitting on. When you press the Split Button or Layer Button, the

second instrument is assigned a different channel from the main instrument. This allows you to control up to three MIDI instruments

at the same time. These assignments are remembered across power cycles.

In order for you to control different MIDI instruments at the same time, you must always ensure the instruments are not assigned

to the same MIDI channel.

The ProKeys 88 as a Synthesizer

The 14 internal instruments of your

ProKeys 88 can be accessed by

sending a ‘Bank MSB 1 or 0’ MIDI

that the user assigns to be sent out

by any of the sound buttons used to

access the internal sounds.

For example to access the Grand

Piano sound on the ProKeys 88

from a MIDI keyboard connected

to the MIDI In port of your ProKeys

88, you should send Program 000,

Bank LSB 000, Bank MSB 001 from

the connected MIDI keyboard.