Keyboard buttons

The keyboard buttons consist of 25 keys, which are used to transmit note messages. The velocity for these keys is output at a fixed value.

Velocity settings

This specifies the velocity that’s transmitted when you press a keyboard button.

1Press the  (Velocity) button while holding down the (EDIT/TAP) button.

2Press one of the keyboard 1–13 buttons to select a velocity value.

 

Tip: The default setting value for velocity when the power is turned on can be set to 1-127 in the Global Parameters. → Velocity Const Value [1...127]

Octave shift

The range of the keyboard, touch keyboard, chord and Easy Scale functions can be shifted by octaves.

Each press of the  (Octave up) or  (Octave down) button shifts the range one octave higher or lower.

As shown in the illustration below, the LEDs of the  (Octave up) and  (Octave down) buttons light up to indicate the state of the octave range shift.

 

Tip: Press the  (Octave up) and  (Octave down) buttons at the same time to reset the octave shift to ±0.

Transpose

The pitch of the keyboard can be transposed in semitone steps. By transposing the keyboard, you can play using fingering with less black keys, or you can match the pitch of the other instruments to play along while using the fingering you previously memorized. This also transposes the touch keyboard, chord and Easy Scale.

Press the  (Octave up) or  (Octave down) button while holding down the (EDIT/TAP) but­ton to transpose the pitch of the keyboard in semitone steps. The range is -12 to +12.

Tip: Press the  (Octave up) and  (Octave down) buttons at the same time while holding down the  (EDIT/TAP) button to reset the transposition to ±0.

Sustain

You can make the notes that you play keep sounding (sustaining), even after you remove your fin­ger(s) from the keyboard buttons.

A sustain message is transmitted for the notes you play while you press the (Sustain) button.

Chord mode

The Chord feature lets you automatically assign chords to the keyboard buttons, based on the speci­fied scale and key.

Use the  (Chord) button to turn this feature on and off. → Setting the scale key

CC/PC mode

In CC/PC mode, the 25 keyboard buttons work independently to transmit control or program change messages.

Use the  (CC/PC) button to turn this feature on and off. → CC/PC-1...25

Easy scale

This function lets you play melodies that match the scale of the white keyboard buttons you play.

Use the  (Easy Scale) button to turn this feature on and off. → Setting the scale key

Scale guide

The Scale Guide function uses the keyboard button LEDs to indicate the notes of the specified scale.

Use the  (Scale Guide) button to turn this feature on and off. → Setting the scale key

Split mode

1Press the (Split) button to enter Split mode.

The  (Split) button and Chord button light up, and the left-hand part of the keyboard can be used for Chord mode, while the right-hand part can be used as a regular keyboard.

You can play a note on the keyboard while holding down the  (Split) button to set the key at which the left and right sides of the keyboard are to be divided (the split point).

2While in Split mode, you can press the  (Chord) button,  (CC/PC) button and the  (Easy Scale) button to split the keyboard into left and right halves and assign a different mode to each.

When two modes are selected, deselect one mode and then select a new mode.

Press the  (Split) button again to cancel Split mode.