AMW P49 User manual

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Preface
Congratulations on purchasing the AMWP49 master MIDI controller keyboard. It is one of the
finest products of its kind, made after extensive research into what customers require from a
MIDI Controller.
When using your AMWP49 in conjunction with a computer and appropriate music software,
you will be able to discover the wonderful world of Computer Music, with a set of complete
musical instruments from your sound card or workstation.
This manual is written to help you become familiar with the powerful features of the AMWP49.
Please read the manual carefully to discover all the features of your AMWP49 after reading the
manual, you will have a clear understanding of how to transmit different MIDI messages to
other instruments and equipment. For ease of use of MIDI implementation, we strongly
recommend you to have the manual at hand when you are using the keyboard, especially if
you are new to the world of MIDI.

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CONTENTS
PREFACE---------------------------------------------------------------------1
IMPORTAND SECURE INFORMATION----------------------------3
MAIN FEATURE -----------------------------------------------------------4
SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE USING THE
MIDI FUNCTIONS---------------------------------------------------------4
USING THE MIDI FUNCTIONS ---------------------------------------5
USING THE MIDI-INTERFACE ---------------------------------------6
DEFAULT SETTING OF THE AMWP49---------------------------------7
OVERALL DIAGRAM PREVIEW-------------------------------------8
PITCH BEND WHEEL----------------------------------------------------8
MODULATION WHEEL -------------------------------------------------8
DATA ENTRY SLIDE -----------------------------------------------------9
MIDI / SELECT BUTTON------------------------------------------------9
MIDI CHANNELS GROUP ----------------------------------------------9
OCTAVE GROUP ----------------------------------------------------------9
TRANSPOSER GROUP---------------------------------------------------9
RESET KEY------------------------------------------------------------------9
CONTROL CHANGE DATA ENTRY BY NUMERIC KEYPAD9
PROGRAM KEY---------------------------------------------------------- 11
ASSIGNMENT OF THE 8 REAL-TIME CONTROLLER------ 11
REAR PANEL ------------------------------------------------------------- 12
SUSTAIN JACK----------------------------------------------------------- 12
MIDI OUT JACKS-------------------------------------------------------- 12
USB PORT / POWER PORT------------------------------------------- 12
POWER SWITCH -------------------------------------------------------- 12
TROUBLE SHOOTING------------------------------------------------- 13
SPECIFICATIONS ------------------------------------------------------- 16
MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART -------------------------------- 17
Changed---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17
MODE DEFAULT-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17
CC-00, CC-32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17
SYSTEM :CLOCK-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17

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IMPORTAND SECURE INFORMATION
Please read the following secure instructions first!
Very Important!!
1. Never use the keyboard in the near of water like a swimming pool, bathtub or wet
environment like a basement or in rain or similar.
2. Never use the keyboard in the near of heating elements like a radiator or similar, also
high temperatures or direct sunbeam should be avoid.
3. Use only the power supply that is declared in our Specification
4. If you didn’t use the keyboard for a longer time please plug power off.
5. Take care that no liquid flows inside the keyboard
6. Also take care that no metal objects like a coin or paperclip and other small objects
can fall into the keyboard (e.g. by children...) because of electrical shortcut.
7. Do not open the keyboard, this is allowed by qualified technicians only.
8. Never leave the keyboard powered and switched on alone, because of fire for example
by thunderstorm or other reasons.
9. Children should inform about the secure information and/or an adult should take care
about, if children are to young for understanding this information.
10. In the near of a radio or television device, are electromagnetic fields possible they can
disturb the reception. Enough distance is important!
11. In the near of Audio Amplifiers is noise possible. Enough distance is important too.
12. For cleaning never use petrol, alcohol or solvent because damaging of the housing.
Use only a dry or little wet rag for cleaning and unplug the power supply or USB
connector, because of electrical shock.
13. Never unplug the keyboard if the power supply is powered.
14.Don´t throw the Keyboard, and also never let them crash down. Also don’t push or
trust the keyboard.
15. At a thunderstorm please unplug all connectors.
Thank You.

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Main Feature
The AMWP49 MIDI master controller keyboard provides 49dynamic Piano keys, AMWP49 can
also use 6 x AA size battery for portability.
To set up the MIDI connection of your AMWP49to your PC’s sound card, your AMWP49 comes
with an USB cable. This cable connects your AMWP49keyboard to your PC USB- port, which
makes it simple to expand your system.
The AMWP49 provides two MIDI OUT socket for connecting to other MIDI devices such as
sound modules or synthesisers.
There is also a socket for an optional sustain-footswitch.
Although the AMWP49 has no built-in sound capabilities, it offers a great variety of useful
MIDI functions.
Something you should know before using the MIDI Functions
MIDI is the acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, which makes all digital
musical instruments equipped with this standardised interface capable of exchanging their
MIDI data or “talk to each other”!
To explain how MIDI works on your instrument in more detail, the following illustrations
will outline the MIDI functions of theAMWP49, which allow you to connect the keyboard to
other MIDI instruments. The versatile MIDI capability of the AMWP49 will offer you
tremendous power in a MIDI environment.

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Using the MIDI Functions
1.Connecting the keyboard to other MIDI instruments:
To transmit MIDI data from your keyboard to other professional MIDI instruments, please
purchase a MIDI cable and use it to connect the MIDI OUT jack of your AMWP49 to the MIDI
IN jack of the other instrument. Make sure that the MIDI "transmit" channel on your AMWP49
matches the MIDI "receive" channel of the other instrument.
2. Please refer to the following diagram for the MIDI connection:

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Using the Midi-Interface
The Minicontrol-2 Keyboard has a build in midi-interface; witch transfers the midi data from
the keyboard to the computer, but also from the computer to the midi-out at the keyboard.
The booth midi-outs are separate usable, to control a sound expander or maybe an effect
device. In your music program you can set the midi-out-port of the interface as the output of
the keyboard, and also the input-port of the interface as the input of the keys of the keyboard.
If the driver installation is correct, you can use the interface without problems.

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Default Setting of the AMWP49
The AMWP49 will always select the following values for their parameters when the power is
turned on.
*Transmit MIDI Channel no. 1.
*Default Octave will be from C2 (36) to C4 (62)
*Default After Touch value will be 0
*Default Velocity value will be 0
*Default Reverb Depth value will be 64
*Default Pan Pot value will be 64
*Default Volume value will be 127
*Default CC Data value will be 0
*Default CC no. value will be 0
*Default Control Change (CC-00=0, CC-32=0) message will be transmitted.
*Default Program Change (PG=1) message will be transmitted.
*Real-time Controller 1 - 8 on Midicontroller 10 - 18 each on Channel 1

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Overall Diagram Preview
Operation panel:
Pitch Bend Wheel
The Pitch Bend wheel is used for raising or lowering the pitch of a voice during performance.
The range of pitch values depends on the sound generator (sound card or module) being used.
Please refer to the manuals of your devices for information on how to change the Pitch Bend
range. To bend the pitch up, please move the wheel away from you. To bend the pitch
down, please move the wheel towards you.
Modulation Wheel
It is very common to use the modulation wheel to change the intensity of effects: mainly
Vibrato( pitch change), Tremolo
(change the volume), and Modulation (change the tone). The Modulation wheel produces a
vibrato effect shortly after the sound is generated. It is most effective for voice such as
Saxophone Strings and Oboe.

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Data Entry Slide
This slide controller allows you to adjust the following parameters: Volume, Velocity,
Chorus, Reverb, Pan pot, and Aftertouch directly from your keyboard.
MIDI / SELECT button
Use this button to select different MIDI commands on certain keys from your keyboard. AMW
P49 provides several groups of MIDI commands as follows:
MIDI Channels group
Pressing the MIDI/SELECT button and then pressing the MIDI CHANNEL key allows you to
select the transmitting channel for your keyboard. The default Channel is 1 when the
keyboard's power is turned on. Pressing the MIDI/SELECT button, Ten Key 2 then the
MIDI/SELECT button changes the MIDI transmit channel from 1 to 2. You can use the Data
entry-Slider too.
Octave group
By pressing the Octave key, you will shift the active keyboard range one octave higher, or
lower. For example, if you want to change the octave 2 octaves down : Press Octave Key
twice .
Transposer Group
Pressing the MIDI/SELECT button and the TRANSPOSE Key you increase or decrease the
notes by halftones. If you want to transpose by 3 semitones: Press the MIDI/SELECT button
and the ”#” key, (in the display you see 3 for three semitones) than press MIDI/SELECT to
finish the change.
Reset key
Pressing the MIDI/SELECT button and the Reset key will send out a message to return all
external MIDI instruments to their default setting as well.
Control Change data entry by Numeric keypad
AMWP49 allows you to use the numeric keys to specify your Control Change DATA parameter
instead of data entry slide. By pressing MIDI/SELECT button and CC data key & then the