M-Audio KEY RIG User Manual

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    3 key rig user guide english introduction congratulations on your purchase of the m-audio key rig software. This multi-function device includes four high-quality instruments: • the sp-1 stage piano module provides realistic reproduction of various acoustic and electric pianos, and allows two pianos ...

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    4 system requirements windows • pentium ® iii 500 mhz or amd7 (p4 / athlon 1 ghz or faster recommended) • 256 mb ram • 600 mb free hard disk space • windows ® xp • vst 2.0 compatible host software • midi interface • cd-rom drive for installation • internet connection (on any computer) for software c...

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    5 key rig user guide english certification 1. Once the m-audio key rig software has been installed, start your host audio application (for example, ableton live). 2. Load the m-audio key rig and open its window. 3. Click on the “m-audio” logo in the upper right corner of the key rig. A pop-up window ...

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    6 using the m-audio key rig the m-audio key rig is a device consisting of four instruments, a master effect generator, and global settings. Each of these sections are explained below: global the strip at the top of the key rig sets global settings that affect all instruments. Certification dialog: to...

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    7 key rig user guide english instrument controls to the right of all instruments in the key rig is an instrument control area and mixer. Load/save: in addition to the global load/save menus at the top of the rig, each instrument has its own load/save menu and library of patches. Clicking the area ab...

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    8 preset select wheel 1: this rotary knob chooses a piano preset from the following list— 01 natural grand 02 bright grand 03 soft grand 04 hard grand 05 concert grand 06 upright 07 honky tonk 08 electric piano 1 09 electric piano 2 10 wurli 11 fm piano 12 none velocity: adjusts the velocity (dynami...

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    9 key rig user guide english ms-2 polyphonic synthesizer the ms-2 is a polyphonic synthesizer with preset oscillators, filters, amp, modulation, and effects settings. The synthesis is generally analog, but oscillators are also created with wavetables and fm. Oscillator section oscillator type: clicki...

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    10 mb-3 electromagnetic organ the mb-3 is a classic tonewheel organ with leslie rotary speaker simulator. Percussion on/off: switches percussion section on/off. Short/long: selects duration of percussion. Loud/soft: loud or soft percussion. 3rd/2nd: 3rd or 2nd harmonic for percussion. Drawbars laid ...

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    11 key rig user guide english gm-4 general midi module the gm-4 is a 16-channel, multi-timbral gm sound player with 128 patches and a gm standard drum and percussion kit. To select a channel for patch assignment or editing, click one of the 16 channel meters. Channels 1-3 are muted by default to all...

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    12 contacting m-audio we at m-audio have worked diligently to ensure that the key rig is an optimal piece of software for your studio. However, due to the wide variety of host computers and configurations, you may encounter unexpected behavior from your software. If you feel that key rig is not worki...

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    13 key rig user guide english key rig patches these files are fxbs and contain all patch and setup info for the whole key rig. 01 oceania 07 ghostly 02 big pad 08 bubbly pad 03 electromagnetic combi 09 piano + soft strings 04 belly stack 10 fuzzy chords 05 rotary club 11 nylon pad 06 swell tines defa...

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    14 ms-2 patches 01 ambivalence 41 sweeper pad 81 crushed square bass 02 tek chords 42 synth strings 82 simple sine pad 03 saw lead 43 woodpecker 83 fat poly 1 04 standard bass 44 sub bass 84 spooky lead 05 velo digi bells 45 harmony bells 1 85 kino bass 06 uni brass 46 synth horns 86 complex pad 07 ...

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    15 key rig user guide english ms-2 oscillator presets rich pad nasty lead standard pad state lead hollow pad spooky lead bell sweep fat oct lead sine pad 50s lead octa pad fat 5th rich octa pad 5th pulse tri pad sync lead pulse pad bumper bass noise pad jupiter thump bell pad rubber bass combi octa ...

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    16 ms-2 filter presets soft pad reso wow bass bright pad fuzz bass gentle sweep ultra bass heavy sweep hp reso bass reso sweep 1 wow brass reso sweep 2 gentle brass simple hi pass bright brass hi pass sweep soft brass 1 bright poly soft brass 2 soft poly bright bells perc poly soft bells prc sweep p...

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    17 key rig user guide english ms-2 amp presets velo pad no velo bass non velo pad perc bass ambient pad very perc bass short poly simple brass 1 perc poly simple brass 2 very perc poly hard brass release poly soft brass attack + swell velo bells decay poly no velo bells no velo lead paddy bells velo...

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    18 mb-3 patches 01 perc organ 26 bright blues 02 classic b 27 gimme some lovin‘ 03 quite righty so 28 steve winwood 04 bright and silky 29 back to the sixties 05 smokey blues 30 full on scream 06 rock solo 31 gospel organ 07 child in time 32 capt‘n jack 08 thick bars 33 jazz leader 09 jimmy smith 34...

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    19 key rig user guide english gm-4 patches 001 grand piano 046 pizzicato strings 091 pad 3 polysynth 002 bright piano 047 harp 092 pad 4 choir 003 electric grand 048 timpani 093 pad 5 bowed glass 004 honky-tonk piano 049 strings ensemble 1 094 pad 6 metallic 005 electric piano 1 050 strings ensemble...

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    20 effects presets the following effects are available for the mfx (master fx and the eb-8 electric bass). Parameter 1 parameter 2 reverb chorus reverb chorus depth rev time room reverb 1 size damping room reverb 2 size pre-del hall reverb 1 size damping hall reverb 2 size pre-del plate reverb size ...