midiplus Vboard 25 User manual

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Vboard 25
User Manual

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Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................ 2
Important Notes: ....................................................................................................................................................... 2
1. Overview .................................................................................................................................................................3
1.1 The Top Panel ......................................................................................................................................................... 3
1.2 The Rear Panel ........................................................................................................................................................4
2. Guide ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4
2.1 Ready to use .......................................................................................................................................................... 4
2.2 Keyboard .................................................................................................................................................................6
2.3 Pitch and Modulation ............................................................................................................................................7
2.4 Octave and Transpose ......................................................................................................................................... 7
2.5 Knobs ....................................................................................................................................................................... 8
2.6 Shift ...........................................................................................................................................................................8
2.7 Sustain ......................................................................................................................................................................8
2.8 Chord mode .......................................................................................................................................................... 9
2.9 Arpeggiator .............................................................................................................................................................9
2.9.1 Arpeggiator Control ................................................................................................................................9
2.10 Transport ..............................................................................................................................................................10
2.11 Pads and Pad mode buttons .......................................................................................................................... 11
3. Restore to Factory Settings ................................................................................................................................ 12
4. DAW Settings ........................................................................................................................................................ 13
4.1 Steinberg Cubase/Nuendo Pro(MMC) ..............................................................................................................13
4.2 FL Studio(MMC) .................................................................................................................................................... 14
4.3 Studio One (MMC) ............................................................................................................................................... 14
4.4 Pro Tools (MMC) .................................................................................................................................................... 17
4.5 Logic Pro X (MMC) ............................................................................................................................................... 18
4.6 Reaper (MMC) ...................................................................................................................................................... 19
5. Bluetooth MIDI Connect(iOS) .............................................................................................................................20
6. Appendix .............................................................................................................................................................. 22
6.1 Specifications ....................................................................................................................................................... 22
6.2 Scales .................................................................................................................................................................... 22
6.3 MIDI CC List ........................................................................................................................................................... 23
6.4 MIDI DIN to 3.5mm TRS Adapter ........................................................................................................................24

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Introduction
Thank you for purchsing the MIDIPLUS Vboard 25, a 25 keys folding MIDI Keyboard features standard width
keyboard, transport control, arpeggiator and smart scale. Built-in rechargeable battery and Bluetooth MIDI
connectivity. Please read this manual before you start using, to help you quickly understand the basic
operations and features of Vboard 25.
Package included:
Important Notes:
Charging note:
1. Vboard 25 built-in rechargeble battery for Bluetooth MIDI connection.
2. The screen will blink and the Vboard 25 will turn off after 3 minutes when the battery is low power.
3. Continual use of the Vboard 25 while the battery is low power may impair its performance and can
decrease the life-span of the battery. Please connect and charge the Vboard 25 with a suitable power
supply immediately.
4. While the Vboard 25 charging, three flashing indicators will appear at the bottom of the screen. The
three indicators will stop flashing once the Vboard 25 is fully charged.
5. In order to save the batery power, the Vboard 25 will automatically turn off the power after 30 minutes of
no operation.
Maintenance note:
1. Please use dry and soft rag to wipe the Vboard 25 when cleaning. Do not use paint thinners, organic
solvents, detergents or other wipes soaked in aggressive chemicals so as not to discolor the panel or
keyboard.
2. Please unplug the usb cable and turn off the Vboard 25 when the keyboard will not be used for long
period of time or during a thunderstorm.
3. Avoid using Vboard 25 near water or wet places, such as bathtub, pool, or similar places.
4. Please do not place the Vboard 25 in an unstable place to avoid acciedental falling.
5. Please do not place heavy objects on the Vboard 25.
6. Please avoid placing Vboard 25 with poor air circulation.
7. Please do not open inside of Vboard 25, avoid any metal falling may causing fire or electric shock
8. Avoid spilling any liquid on the Vboard 25.
9. Avoid using Vboard 25 in case of thunder or lightning
10. Please do not expose Vboard 25 to scorchingsun
11. Please do not use Vboard 25 when there is gas leakage nearby
Vboard 25
USB cable
Cubase LE Registration paper
MIDIPLUS Pasters

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1. Overview
1.1 The Top Panel
①Pitch and Modulation: Control the pitch bend and modulation parameters of your sound.
②Transpose and Octave: Activate keyboard’s semitone control and octave control.
③Shift: Activate keyboard’s alternative function.
④Tap Tempo: Tapping this button to set the tempo of arpeggiator.
⑤Sustain: Activate keyboard’s sustain.
⑥Knobs: Control DAW and software instrument parameters or arpeggiator.
⑦Pads: According to the pad modes, sends notes including velocity and poly aftertouch data, or sends
MIDI CC data or change MIDI channel.
⑧CC: Toggle Pads to MIDI CC mode.
⑨CH: Toggle Pads to MIDI Channel mode.
⑩9-16: Switch Pads to next bank (9-16).
⑪Chord : Activate keyboard’s chord mode.
⑫Arp: Activate keyboard’s arpeggiator.
⑬Hold: Allow the arpeggiated sequence to be played continuously even if the player has stopped
sustaining the chord.
⑭Transport: Offers MMC and MIDI CC modes, controls your DAW’s transport or MIDI Learn functions.
⑮Displsy: Provides real time feedback of control information.
⑯Keyboard: Trigger notes on/off, and easy access to select scales when hold down the Shift button.

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1.2 The Rear Panel
①Pitch Out: Sends control voltage to control the pitch on the target device.
②Gate Out: Sends trigger events that are generated by the note on / off activity on the keyboard, It is
closely related to the Pitch Out connector.
③Mod Out: Sends control voltage to control the VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier) or VCF (Voltage
Controlled Filter).
④MIDI Out: Sends MIDI data to external MIDI device.
⑤Sustain: Connect to a sustain pedal.
⑥USB: Connect to your computer, this port provides both power and MIDI data.
⑦Power: Turn on/off the power.
2. Guide
2.1 Ready to use
Use with computer: Connect Vboard 25 to your computer using the included USB cable. Hold down the
Power button to turn on the power. Vboard 25 is a class-compliant USB device, so its drivers are
automatically installed when connecting to a computer.
① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦

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Use with MIDIPLUS miniEngine series sound engine: Connect Vboard 25 to the USB Host of miniEngine using
the included USB cable, hold down the Power button to turn on the power. connect your speaker or
headphone to miniEngine and turn on the miniEngine.
Use with external MIDI device: Connect to a USB 5V power adapter using the included USB cable, connect
the MIDI OUT of Vboard 25 to MIDI IN of external MIDI device with a 5 pin MIDI cable.
Use with iOS device: Hold down the power button to turn on the power, and turn on Bluetooth on your iOS
device, lanuch the APP which support Bluetooth MIDI and connect Vboard 25 in setup menu. Please refer to
5. Bluetooth MIDI Connect(iOS).

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Use with analog synthesizer: Connect the Vboard 25’s pitch out, gate out and mod out to the analog
synthesizer’s CV inputs using 1/8” TS cables, Vboard 25 can be power by the build-in battery.
2.2 Keyboard
Vboard 25 has 25 velocity sensitive keys for playing and sending note on/off messages. These keys also can
be used as shortcuts to access edit more parameters when hold down the SHIFT button.
Scale Off ~ Hungarian Minor: Selecting the build in Smart Scale, when a scale is selected, the scale notes
will be mapped on the white keys, for details please refer to 6.2 Scale List.
Velocity Curve: Switch the keyboard velocity response curve from Linear, Soft, Hard and Fixed, default is
Linear.
PGM-/PGM+: Sending the Program change message from 0 and 127.

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2.3 Pitch and Modulation
Two capacitive touch strips of Vboard 25 allows for real-time pitch bend and modulation control.
Sliding up or down on the Pitch touch strip will raise or lower the pitch of the selected tone. The range of this
effect is set within the hardware or software instrument being controlled.
Sliding up on the Modulation touch strip increases the amount of modulation on the selected tone. The
response depends on the settings of the instrument being controlled. Certain instruments or presets will not
use the modulation parameter.
2.4 Octave and Transpose
Octave: Pressing the OCT- or OCT+ button to shift the octave range of keyboard, when activated, the
selected octave button will light up, pressing the OCT- and OCT+ buttons simultaneously will quickly reset
the octave shift.
Transpose: Press and hold the TRANS button, then pressing the OCT- or OCT+ button to transpose, when
activated, the TRANS button will light up, and this can be toggled on and off by pressing the TRANS button,
when off, the TRANS button backlit will dimmer, the previously used transpose setting will be stored while the
unit remains powered.

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2.5 Knobs
Vboard 25 features 4 assignable knobs, which has dual functions: turning knobs to send MIDI CC# message,
or hold down the SHIFT button, then turning knobs to set the Swing, Order, Range and Rate of Arpeggiator
(please refers to 2.9.1 Arpeggiator Control), the default MIDI CC# of knobs as below:
2.6 Shift
Hold down Shift button will activate the secondary functions of keyboard and knobs.
2.7 Sustain
Activate the Sustain button will add sustain effects to the keyboard, it has 2 working mode:
①Press Sustain once to activate sustain, press again to deactivate.
②Hold down Sustain to activate sustain, release to deactivate.
Knobs MIDI CC# (Default)
K1 CC#93
K2 CC#91
K3 CC#71
K4 CC#74

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2.8 Chord mode
To activate chord mode, just hold down the Chord button, and play your preferred chord (maximum of 10
notes) on the keyboard after the screen displays “EDI”. Once you release the Chord button, this chord can
be played by pressing just one note. The lowest note of the chord selected is considered to be the bottom
note, and is automatically transposed to any new note you play. Press the Chord button again to deactivate
chord mode.
2.9 Arpeggiator
The Arpeggiator included 3 buttons: Arp,Hold and Tap Tempo, and 4 knobs: Swing, Order, Range and
Rate. Press Arp button to activate Arpeggiator, it will automatically plays arpeggio when you playing any
note on the keyboard.
2.9.1 Arpeggiator Control
When hold down the Shift button, then turning the 4 knobs to control the Arpeggiator:
Swing: Change the timing of the arpeggiator, range from “51~75”, the screen display “off, 51 to 75”,
default is “off”.
Order: Change the playing order of arpeggiator, you have the following choices: “Order”, “Up”, “Down”,
“Up/Down”, and “Random”, the screen displays “ord up dn ud rnd” default is “ord”.
Order: Plays the current notes in the order they were originally played.
Up: Plays the current notes from lowest to highest.
Down: Plays the current notes from highest to lowest.

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Up/Down: Plays the current notes from lowest to highest and back again.
Random: Plays the current notes in a random, non-repeating order
Range: Determine if the arpeggiator pattern is played only at its original pitch or across higher octaves when
the pattern is repeated. From 1 to 4 octave, the screen display “o 1, o 2, o 3, o 4”, default is “o 1”.
Rate: Set the duration of each arpeggiator step. 1/4, 1/4 Triplet, 1/8, 1/8 Triplet, 1/16, 1/16 Triplet, 1/32, and
1/32 Triplet, the screen displays “4 4t 8 8t 16 16t 32 32t”, default is “4”.
Tap Tempo: Tapping this button to setting the tempo of Arpeggiator, range from 30 to 300 BPM, the default
is 120 BPM.
Hold: Hold the arpeggiator pattern when you lift your hands from the keyboard.
2.10 Transport
The Transport buttons of Vboard 25 has 2 working mode: MMC (MIDI Machine Control) and MIDI CC, When
hold down the Shift button, then press the transport button to toggle the working mode, the DAW’s transport
control settings please refers to 4. DAW settings, the default assignment of 3 buttons as below:
Button
MMC mode
MIDI CC mode
▶
Play
CC# 46
■
Stop
CC# 47
●
Record
CC# 48

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2.11 Pads and Pad mode buttons
Vboard 25 features 8 velocity and pressure sensitive pad with backlit, they has 3 working modes included
MIDI Note, MIDI CC and MIDI Channel.
The default is MIDI Note mode, 8 Pads sends MIDI note from C1 to G1, when activate the 9-16 button, 8
pads sends MIDI note from G#1 to D#2, as below:
C2/48
E1/40
C#2/48
F1/41
D2/50
F#1/42
D#2/51
G1/43
G#2/44
C1/36
A1/45
C#1/40
A#1/46
D1/38
B1/47
D#1/39

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When activate the CC button toggles to MIDI CC mode, 8 pads sends MIDI CC# 16 to MIDI CC# 23, when
activate the 9-16 button, 8 pads sends MIDI CC# 24 to MIDI CC# 31, as below:
When activate the CH button toggles to MIDI Channel mode, 8 pads switchs MIDI channel 1 to channel 8,
when activate the 9-16 button, 8 pads switchs MIDI channel 9 to channel 16, as below:
3. Restore to Factory Settings
To perform a factory reset on your Vboard 25, please follow these steps:
1. Turn off the power of Vboard 25,
2. Hold down the "OCT+" and "OCT-" buttons simultaneously, then turn on the power,
3. Release the "OCT+" and "OCT-" buttons when the screen displays "rEs".
Note: Performing a factory reset will clear all your changes to the keyboard. Please operates carefully.
CC#28
CC#20
CC#29
CC#21
CC#30
CC#22
CC#31
CC#23
CC#24
CC#16
CC#25
CC#17
CC#26
CC#18
CC#27
CC#19
CH 13
CH 5
CH 14
CH 6
CH 15
CH 7
CH 16
CH 8
CH 9
CH 1
CH 10
CH 2
CH 11
CH 3
CH 12
CH 4

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4. DAW Settings
Before starting, toggle the transport buttons to MMC mode (Please refer to 2.10 Transport).
4.1 Steinberg Cubase/Nuendo Pro(MMC)
1. Go to menu: Transport >Project Synchronization Setup...
2. Select the Machine Control and enable MMC Slave Active, set the MIDI Input and MIDI Output as
Vboard 25, then set the MMC Device ID as 116
3. Click on OK to finish setup
Note: Cubase LE/AI/Elements does not support MMC.

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4.2 FL Studio(MMC)
1. Go to menu: Options >MIDI settings (keyboard shortcut F10)
2. In the Input tab, find and Enable Vboard 25, then close the window to finish setup
4.3 Studio One (MMC)
1. Go to menu: Studio One >Options...(keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+, )

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2. Select the External Devices
3. Then click on Add...
4. Select New Keyboard
5. Set both Receive From and Send To as Vboard 25
6. Click on OK to finish this part
* Step 7 and 8 applies to Studio One 3 and earlier version

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7. Click on Add...
8. Find the PreSonus folder in the list and select MMC, set both Receive From and Send To Vboard 25, then
click on OK to finish setup.
* Step 9 and 10 applies to Studio One 4 and later version
9. Go to menu: Studio One >Options...(keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+, )

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10. Select the Advanced and select the Synchronization, enable the Sync to External Devices, set MIDI
Machine Control is Vboard 25, then click on OK to finish setup.
4.4 Pro Tools (MMC)
1. Go to menu: Setup >Peripherals...

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2.In the pop-up window, click on the Machine Control tab, find the MIDI Machine Control Remote (Slave)
and click it, set the ID as 116, then close the window to finish setup.
4.5 Logic Pro X (MMC)
1. Go to menu: Control Surfaces >MIDI...
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3. Enable the Listen to MIDI Machine Control (MMC) Input , then close the window to finish setup.
4.6 Reaper (MMC)
1. Go to menu: Options >Preferences... (keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + P)