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Contents
USING THE UNIT SAFELY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
IMPORTANT NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
About the Ivory Feel Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Placing the A-88 on a Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Quick Page Reference Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Contents of the Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Driver Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Verify That You Can Hear Sound . . . . . . . . . . 23
Checking with a SONAR Soft
Synths (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Checking in GarageBand (Mac OS X)
. 24
MIDI Signal Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
About the Operating Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Switching the Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . 26
PLAY Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
FUNCTION Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SuperNATURAL Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
MIDI Visual Control Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Layering Two Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Two Parts (LOWER, UPPER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Layering Two Sounds (DUAL) . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Playing Dierent Sounds with the Right
and Left Hands (SPLIT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Changing the Location at Which
the Keyboard Is Divided (Split Point)
. 31
Performing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Setting the MIDI Transmit Channel
(MIDI CHANNEL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Switching Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Shifting the Pitch of the Keyboard . . . . . . . 34
Using the Lever to Modify the Sound . . . . 35
Using the D-BEAM to Modify the Sound . . 36
Using the Knobs to Modify the Sound . . . . 37
Using the Pedals to Modify the Sound . . . 38
Using Aftertouch to Modify the Sound . . . 39
Halting Stuck Notes (PANIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Changing the A-88 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Changing the Velocity Curve
(VELO CURVE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Specifying the Keyboard Velocity Value
(KEY VELO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Making the Power Automatically Turn
O After a Time (Auto O ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Switching the Function of the [C2]
Knob in SuperNATURAL Mode
(SN SETTING) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Assigning Functions to the Knobs,
Buttons, and Jacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Assigning a Program Change
Message (PRGM CHANGE) . . . . . . . . . 43
Assigning Aftertouch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Assigning a Control Change
Number (CC#) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Changing the Direction of Value
Increases for the Knobs, D-BEAM
Controller, and Pedals (CTRL DIR) . . . . . . . . 46
Selecting the Dedicated Driver or the
Generic Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Returning the Pedal Jacks Assignments
to the Factory Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Restoring the Factory Settings
(FACT RESET) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Problems When Installing the Driver . . . . . 48
Problems When Using the Unit . . . . . . . . . . 49
Changing Computer Settings to Avoid
Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Driver Signing Options Setting
(Windows XP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Power Management Settings . . . . . . 52
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