Roland A-49 - MIDI Keyboard Controller (White) - Manual (Page 7)

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Contents
USING THE UNIT SAFELY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
IMPORTANT NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Quick Page Reference Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Contents of the Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Installing the Dedicated Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
About the Operating Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Switching the Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . 14
PLAY Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
FUNCTION Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SuperNATURAL Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
MIDI Visual Control Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Performing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
MIDI Signal Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Setting the MIDI Transmit Channel
(MIDI CHANNEL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Switching Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Shifting the Pitch of the Keyboard . . . . . . . 21
Using the Lever to Modify the Sound . . . . 22
Using the D-BEAM to Modify the Sound . . 23
Using the Knobs to Modify the Sound . . . . 24
Using the Pedals to Modify the Sound . . . 25
Using Aftertouch to Modify the Sound . . . 26
Halting Stuck Notes (PANIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Changing the A-49 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Changing the Velocity Curve
(VELO CURVE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Specifying the Keyboard Velocity Value
(KEY VELO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Switching the Function of the [C2]
Knob in SuperNATURAL Mode
(SN SETTING) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Assigning Functions to the Knobs,
Buttons, and Jacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Assigning a Program Change
Message (PRGM CHANGE) . . . . . . . . . 30
Assigning Aftertouch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Assigning a Control Change
Number (CC#) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Changing the Direction of Value
Increases for the Knobs, D-BEAM
Controller, and Pedals (CTRL DIR) . . . . . . . . 33
Selecting the Dedicated Driver or the
Generic Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Restoring the Factory Settings
(FACT RESET) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Problems When Installing the Driver . . . . . 35
Problems When Using the Unit . . . . . . . . . . 35
Main Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
MIDI Implementation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40