M-Audio PROKEYS 88 [9/16] Digital effects buttons

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Pro Keys 88 • User Guide

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Octave/Transpose/Master Tuning

When pressed separately, these two Octave/Transpose buttons are used to

transpose the keyboard by a semi-tone with a maximum of 12 notes up or down

from 0. If pressed together, they will alter the octave range of the keyboard (skips

12 notes per press). The maximum Octave Shift is three up or down from zero. This

across power cycles. The Master Tuning can be adjusted whether the keyboard is

in single, split, or layered modes using the same procedure.

What About When Split and Layer Mode are Active? - The Octave and Transpose

Features affects ALL of the active instruments at the same time. This means that i f

the Split or Layer Modes are active, all 3 of the active instruments will be affected

by the Octave Shift or Transpose. However, it is possible to alter the Octave or

Transpose of any instrument independently by holding down the instrument’s button respectively, and pressing the Transpose +

and - Buttons as appropriate. If editing an Instrument’s octave in this way, the maximum octave shift is 10 octaves either way.

If you have already reached the bottom-most or top-most note, subsequent octave shifts will have no effect, as this parameter

does not wrap either. You will need to use the Transpose + or - Buttons to return to 0.

When you press one of these buttons, the effect will turn on, and the currently assigned effect number is displayed on the LED

display. The selected effect type can be altered using the numeric keypad and ‘+’ or ‘-‘ buttons.

The available effect types are:

Pressing either Effect Button again turns the effect off.

If you turn an effect on, the effect is always applied across the entire keyboard to all active

instruments, but all instruments will maintain their separate send levels into each effect.

< Effect Depth (amount)

When a digital effect button is pressed and held, the LED will display the current send setting for that effect. The send level defi nes

the amount of wet signal heard. A value of 64 is an equal level for the wet and dry signals. This is the default or “midway” setting

for any unedited effect send level. A value of 127 is fully wet (no dry signal), while a value of 0 is fully dry (no effect at all).

as the Main Instrument.

• Any digital effect settings you make are automatically stored and will be recalled next time you press that Instrument

button.

These settings remain assigned even when the ProKeys 88 is powered down so you need only set up the effects for each

instrument once.

With Split and/or Layer mode active, if you edit the Digital Effect settings, the changes you make will affect the Main Instruments.

It is only the settings of the main instrument that will appear updated. When you then recall that instrument again as the main

instrument, the appropriate effects settings are recalled. The Layer or Split instrument’s effect settings will not be changed.

The ProKeys 88 can receive MIDI controller messages for the Reverb and Chorus effects.