i² Control-61

User's manual

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 Preface
Congratulations on purchasing the ι² Control-61 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 ι² Control-61 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
ι² Control-61
Please read the manual carefully to discover all the features of your ι² Control-61 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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2

IMPORTAND SECURE INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------- 5

MAIN FEATURE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6

SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE USING THE MIDI FUNCTIONS --- 6

USING THE MIDI FUNCTIONS------------------------------------------------------------------- 7

USING THE MIDI-INTERFACE------------------------------------------------------------------- 8

DEFAULT SETTING OF THE I2 CONTROL-61 ---------------------------------------------- 9

OVERALL DIAGRAM PREVIEW ---------------------------------------------------------------10

PITCH BEND WHEEL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------10

MODULATION WHEEL ---------------------------------------------------------------------------11

DATA ENTRY SLIDE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------11

MIDI / SELECT BUTTON --------------------------------------------------------------------------11

MIDI CHANNELS GROUP ------------------------------------------------------------------------11

OCTAVE GROUP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11

TRANSPOSER GROUP -----------------------------------------------------------------------------12

RESET KEY--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12

CONTROL CHANGE DATA ENTRY BY NUMERIC KEYPAD --------------------------12

PROGRAM KEY--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------13

ASSIGNMENT OF THE 8 REAL-TIME CONTROLLER ----------------------------------13

REAR PANEL -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14

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SUSTAIN JACK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14

MIDI OUT JACKS------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14

USB PORT / POWER PORT -----------------------------------------------------------------------14

POWER SWITCH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14

TROUBLE SHOOTING -----------------------------------------------------------------------------15

SPECIFICATIONS -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------18

MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART-------------------------------------------------------------19

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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 ι² Control-61 MIDI master controller keyboard provides 61 dynamic Piano keys,
which can draw 5V DC power directly from your PC sound card. Therefore, you don't need
an external power-supply to activate your instrument when used with a PC.
To set up the MIDI connection of your ι² Control-61 to your PC’s sound card, your
ι² Control-61 comes with an USB cable. This cable connects your ι² Control-61
keyboard to your PC USB- port, which makes it simple to expand your system.
The ι² Control-61 provides two MIDI OUT sockets for connecting to other MIDI devices
such as sound modules or synthesisers.
There is also a socket for an optional sustain-footswitch.
Although the ι² Control-61 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 the ι² Control-61, which allow you to connect the
keyboard to other MIDI instruments. The versatile MIDI capability of the ι² Control-61
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 ι² Control-61 to
the MIDI IN jack of the other instrument. Make sure that the MIDI "transmit" channel on
your ι² Control-61 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 USB Midi-Interface
The ι² Control-61 Keyboard has a build in USB 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.

If you are using Windows XP or Mac OSX, you can now simply connect the keyboards USB
port with the PC USB port and switch the keyboard´s power switch to the “ON” position.
The
I² Control-61 is is class compliant and will work without any further installation

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Default Setting of the ι² Control-61

The ι² Control-61 will always select the following values for their parameters when the
power is turned on.
*Transmit MIDI Channel no. 1.
*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 Midi controller 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.

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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.

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.
ι² Control-61 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 .

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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

ι² Control-61 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 required number and finally the Enter key to finish. For example, if you want to
make Control Change 7 as value 123.
1) Press MIDI/SELECT button;
2) Press CC No. (will be shown in display)
3) Choose 7 on numeric keypad;
4) Press enter key to specify Control Change as 7;
5) The display shows “---“
6) Press CC DATA. (will be shown in display)
7) Press number key 1, 2, and 3;
8) Press enter key to specify value 123 then press MIDI/SELECT
Button to finish this action.
9) For Velocity, Reverb and Chorus Depth, Pan Pos, Volume you only need to
enter CC Data Value.

Please note for e.g.: after you press enter key the LED display will show --- to
indicate that you pressed enter key and will not disappear until you press
MIDI/SELECT button to finish your choice. After you press cancel key the LED
display will show blank to indicate that you pressed cancel key and will not
disappear until you press MIDI/SELECT button to finish your choice.

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Program key

Pressing MIDI/SELECT button and the Program key, then numeric keys then enter key, you
can select any patch number between 1 to 128. For example, if you want to change voice to
67 (Tenor Sax): Press MIDI/SELECT button and 67 on numeric keys, then enter key and
MIDI/SELECT button again to finish this action.

Assignment of the 16 Real-time Controller (8 faders + 8 knobs)

In order to assign a Controller Knob/Fader to a MIDI Parameter (MIDI Controller) please

follow these steps:
1. press MIDI select then SET CONTROLLER key ( F3 )

2. choice number of knob on ten key group (1 - 8) then press enter

3. assign controller number on ten key group (1-127) then press enter
4. assign act channel number on ten key group (1-16) then press enter
5. Finally, Press MIDI / select key again to finish assign knob.

Now you have assigned to one Control knob the MIDI Parameter and the MIDI Channel.
Repeat the same method for the other 15 Real-time Controller.

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 Rear Panel

Sustain jack
This jack allows you to connect an optional Sustain Footswitch to the keyboard.

MIDI OUT jacks

This standard MIDI jacks is used to send MIDI messages to another MIDI instrument (such
as sound module).

USB Port / power port

This jack is used to connect the keyboard with the computer, to get power and send MIDI
messages directly to the sound card.

Power switch
The 3-way power switch turns the keyboard's power to external 9V power or power off. The
keyboard has a build in EE-Prom Store for saving all settings.

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Trouble Shooting

If anything doesn’t work . . .

please check following points:

Midi connection fault . . .

do you have installed your midi drivers from your soundcard ?
Look at START --> Settings --> System control --> Multimedia --> Tab Midi
for installed Drivers. If not, you have to do this first. After that your Keyboard should work
with your computer. Attention: In some programs you have to set the Input-Port, before you
can receive Midi-data. Please check!!

Audio is delayed . . .
This problem is often attached to the midi device, but in reality it is a problem of the sound
card in your computer. Many sound cards have an adjustable latency time, they are used to
work with slow computers, and so audio is not interrupt. At the installing of the sound card,
the latency time is set to maximum value e.g. 512 samples, and this is too much, so your
midi-notes are sounding delayed. Adjust this value to a minimum that is possible for your
computer, and you will hear audio correct. But you can connect your keyboard to a sound
expander too, and you will see that’s no problem of your keyboard.

Midi Device is not recognize . . .

There are some misunderstandings, because a midi device is not recognizable by computer,
except USB. The midi standard does not support recognizing of devices!
The ι² Control-61 is recognized by USB but not by midi-interface, this is normal!!

Pedal doesn’t work . . .

May be you have the wrong pedal type. There are two types of pedals in the market: One is a
pedal with an open contact, and if pressed it closed, and one is with a closed contact and
opened if pressed. The keyboard needs a pedal with an open contact!

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USB doesn’t work . . .
Is power switch on power-on position?
Are you sure that the computer found the keyboard or an unknown USB-Device?
In the first case everything is Ok. In the second case there is a problem of the Hardware of
the keyboard.
It must be recognized by your computer otherwise there is no communication between
computer and keyboard possible.
Could you please test the keyboard on another computer, maybe by a friend or a music shop
for check of a hardware problem?
In this case please take the keyboard to your reseller for exchange or repair, maybe they have
a technician they can help you.
Otherwise they should call us to help you.

If you connect the keyboard by USB, it should be recognized.

Look at „Start
Settings
System control
System
Device manager at
Audio/Video/Game controller for the keyboard settings. If not install your USB -driver!
Do you have set midi out port at your music program?
Please Check!
Otherwise look for our latest USB-driver at our homepage. May be its a driver problem.

Device is recognized but no sound . . .

Did you set the input and output ports inside your music-program?
This is important otherwise no communication is possible.
For example Input port set to midi-keyboard, output port set to soundcard
This kind of Set-ups you will find in Menus like Device manager or Hardware manager and
so on.

After new Start the keyboard don’t work . . .

If after a new start or a break the device is not working, it is possible that the legacy option in
your Bios is off.
Did you set the USB-Legacy Option on?
This is important, because some programs could not handle USB-devices without this option.
Please check!!

Too many USB-devices . . .

Another point is, if you have too many USB-devices connected to your USB-Port, the port is
switched off. A USB Port delivered only 500mA, otherwise the system close the port. Please
check how many devices you are using at your USB-port!
If you disconnect some devices the port will be switched on, and the device will work. In
this case you should use a hub with separated power supply.

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Admin or User mode . . .
Are you Admin or User on this computer system?
In User mode are some restrictions for USB devices, so many devices do not work in this
mode.

Power supply does not work . . .

If the unit isn’t powered by power-supply, try to connect by USB-Connection. If it works
normal, the power-supply may be damaged.

Alternativ . . .
Please try to connect the keyboard with midi out port at a Mididevice like synthesizer or
sound module or a computer of a friend or music shop for testing the correct working
keyboard. So you know where you can search the problem.
Or try to download a Midimonitor like Midiox --> WWW.MIDIOX.COM to test the correct
working of the keyboard.
Important: You must set-up the input and output devices!

If everything doesn’t help . . .

You can write an e-mail to our hotline [email protected] and we try to help you.

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 Specifications
Model: ι² Control-61
Keyboard 61 dynamic keys.
Simultaneous Note output 10 notes
(Reverse priority)
MIDI Channel

Reset
Transpose -,+

Program Change
CC-No.(Generic CC Assignment)
CC-Data
Control switches

Data Entry Velocity Assignment,

Data Entry Reverb Send Level Assignment,
Data Entry Chorus Send Level Assignment,
Pan Pot Assignment (CC-10),
Volume Assignment (CC-07)
CC-Data
Controller Knob Assignment (set controller)
Numerical Keys x10
Enter
Cancel

Octave Up, Down

8 real time controller knobs
8 real time controller sliders
Pitch Bender Wheel,
Modulation Wheel,
Data Entry slide
External Control Terminals Keyboard MIDI Out USB (DIN),
Keyboard MIDI Out (DIN),
USB
Sustain,
DC in
Power SW.
Display 7 segment LED x 3
Dimensions 92 x 21.5 x 7.5 (cm)
Weight 3.5 kg
Power source DC 9V
*Design and specifications subject to change without notice
*No liability for printing mistakes
Rev 06.2007

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 MIDI Implementation Chart
Model: ι² Control-61
Function Transmitted Recognised Remarks
Basic Channel Default 1 x
Changed 1-16 x
Mode Default Mode 3 x
Messages x x
Altered ************* x
Note Number : 12-108 x With Octave Change
True Voice ************* x
Velocity Note ON o x
Note OFF x x
After Key's x x
Touch Ch's x x
Pitch Bender o x
Control Change O x
Prog 1-128 x
Change :True # 0-127 x
CC-00, CC-32
System Exclusive x x
System :Song Pos x x
:Song Sel x x
Common :Tune x x
System :Clock x x
Real Time :Commands x x
Aux Message :Local ON/OFF x x
:All Notes OFF o x Send with Reset.
:Active Sense o x
:Reset o x Send with Reset.
Notes:
Mode 3 : OMNI OFF, POLY o=Yes, x=No

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