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Miditech Groovestation
Owner`s manual
Class Compliant USB MIDI Controller Keyboard
Features:
49 dynamic keys
4 velocity-sensitive trigger -pads, 8 sliders, 8 knobs
16 user emplates for own setups, 8 velocity curves
Pitch-Bend/Modulation wheels
6 buttons for DAW transport- control
USB MIDI OUT, MIDI OUT
USB powered, optional with DC adaptor or batteries
Class compliant für Windows XP SP3/Vista/7/8 und Mac OSX
Incl. the Miditech free software bundle (download versions )
eMail: info@miditech.de Internet: www.miditech.de
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CONTENTS
Contents ...............................................................................................................2
Preface..................................................................................................................3
What’s in the Box?...............................................................................................3
Groovestation Keyboard Overview ....................................................................3
Chapter 1：Quick Start .......................................................................................4
1.1 Groovestation Overview.......................................................................4
1.1.1 Front panel Overview ..............................................................4
1.1.3 Controllers description ............................................................5
1.2 Minimum System Requirement............................................................5
1.3 Installation ............................................................................................6
1.3.1 Play with your Application Software.......................................6
1.4 MIDI Connection..................................................................................6
1.5 Power supply.........................................................................................7
Chapter 2：The basic MIDI Controllers ............................................................7
2.1 Groovestation Function Buttons...........................................................7
2.1.1 Groovestation Function Buttons Screenshot............................7
2.1.2 Set Controller Buttons..............................................................7
2.1.3 Set Mode Button ......................................................................8
2.2 Setting...................................................................................................8
2.2.1 Velocity Curve..........................................................................8
2.2.2 Initialization..............................................................................9
2.2.3 Global Channel.........................................................................9
2.2.4 Program & Bank.....................................................................10
2.2.5 Transpose ...............................................................................10
2.2.6 Controller Select.....................................................................11
2.2.7 Reset........................................................................................12
Velocity Curve....................................................................................................13
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Trigger pads Controller Information..................................................................14
Transport Controls Information.........................................................................15
Specification.......................................................................................................15
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Preface
Congratulations on your purchase of MIDIPLUS Groovestation semi-weighted
MIDI Controller. Designed for both the studio and the concert. The
Groovestation offers 49 velocity-sensitive keys. The Groovestation provides
extensive controllers for virtual instruments, Dews, hardware synthesizers,
samplers and any other MIDI compatible device. The eight fully assignable
knobs and sliders allow for instant control of your software’s features and can
pick up just where you left off.
The versatile and easy-to-use Groovestation is a great controller in the studio
and concert.
What’s in the Box?
The following items should be in your package.
Groovestation semi-weighted MIDI Controller.
One standard USB Cable.
Groovestation Keyboard Overview
Here are the features including in the Groovestation keyboard:
49-note semi-weighted keyboard.
Eight fully assignable 40mm sliders.
Eight fully programmable knobs.
Pitch Bend Wheel.
Modulation Wheel.
Four trigger pads.
Six transport controls.
Sustain pedal interface (sustain pedal does not include).
Several velocity curves for choosing.
Groovestation connect to PC through USB1.1.
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The supplied USB MIDI OUT and KEYBOARD MIDI OUT can connect to
other MIDI device by oneself.
Power Supply: External 5-9V DC power, or USB power or 6 AA type
batteries.
Chapter 1
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Quick Start
1.1 Groovestation Overview
1.1.1 Front panel Overview
1.1.2 Rear panel overview
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1.1.3 Controllers description
These controllers are referred by name.
1.
Data Entry
2.
Octave Buttons (Up & Down)
3. Pitch Bend Wheel
4. Modulation Wheel
5. Standard 49Key keyboard
6. LCD display screen
7.
2 Edit Buttons
8.
8 Assignable Sliders
9.
8 Programmable Knobs
10. Trigger Pads
11. Transport Controls
12. Sustain Pedal
13. Keyboard MIDI OUT
14. USB MIDI OUT
15.
USB 1.1 Jack
16.
Power Selector Switch
17.
External Power Interface
1.2 Minimum System Requirement
If you are using your Groovestation with a computer, the following minimum
system requirements need:
Windows Mac OS
Pentium 3 800MHz or higher
Macintosh G3*800/G4*733
MHz or higher
(CPU requirement may be
higher laptops)
(CPU requirement may be
higher for laptops)
256 MB RAM OS X 10.3.9 with 256 MB RAM
Direct X 9.0b or higher
OS X 10.4.2 or greater with 512 MB
RAM
Windows XP(SP2) or higher
*G3/G4 accelerator cards are
Not supported.
(Windows 98,Me,NT or 2000
not supported)
(Attention：Window98/ME/2000 are not supported)
MIDIPLUS suggests that you connect directly to your computer built in USB
ports.
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1.3 Installation
Groovestation does not need other driver to work with a computer, only needs
the USB Audio Driver built in the system.
The first time you connect Groovestation to your computer, it will
automatically install the general USB-Audio Driver. After installation, the
system will tell you the "new hardware" is ready to use.
1.3.1 Play with your Application Software
Generally, in PC or Mac, most MIDI software will have a MIDI port
configuration or settings, sometimes it called "MIDI Devices" or "MIDI
Setup". You can choose and enable your MIDI input and output devices in it.
If the Groovestation driver is properly installed, and there is not other MIDI
device connected, the MIDI In port of Groovestation In-1 (or "Port 1"on the
Mac) will be selected as the first midi input, while the MIDI Out port of
Groovestation Out-1 (or Port 1) will be selected as the first midi output.
If the MIDI software runs, and the MIDI-In and Out port in Groovestation are
selected, the MIDI message will be received when playing the Groovestation
keyboard. Also, the soft can send the midi message out to other device through
the Groovestation "USB"MIDI OUT. You can connect this USB MIDI OUT
port with the other sound module or virtual instrument.
1.4 MIDI Connection
MIDI connector is a standard 5-pin DIN connector which is used to connect
the Groovestation to sound module or virtual instrument interface" with a
MIDI cable.
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If you need to transmit MIDI data from your keyboard to other professional
MIDI instruments, please purchase a standard MIDI cable and use it to connect
the Keyboard or USB MIDI OUT jack in Groovestation rear panel labeled
"Keyboard "or "USB "to the MIDI IN jack of the other instrument.
1.5 Power supply
Power switch has two options can be "Battery/USB" or "external power
supply."
Connect an USB cable from your computer to the Groovestation. The unit will
be powered by the computer USB.
Alternatively, if you do not want to use a computer for power, you can also
use 6 AA type batteries or external 5-9V DC, 500mA power
adapter(Center-positive, 2.5mm barrel diameter）.
Chapter 2
：
The basic MIDI Controllers
Because Groovestation does not contain built-in soundcard, play the keyboard
will only send MIDI data out including the midi message. A virtual instrument
can change it into a track of your DAW software and creates the sound based
on the MIDI message received from Groovestation. For more details on using
virtual instruments, please refer to the documentation in your DAW software.
2.1 Groovestation Function Buttons
2.1.1 Groovestation Function Buttons Screenshot
2.1.2 Set Controller Buttons
There are knobs, sliders, trigger pads and transport which can be used to send
any MIDI controller data on any MIDI channel. All the knobs and sliders can
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be stored into 16 different groups at any time. Also, you can use the "SELECT"
Button to choose any setting of different controllers in just a few steps.
In order to activate this function, you need to do as follows:
Press the "SELECT" Button and the LED under the button will light on..
Move the "DATA ENTRY" Knob to select a desired number. (1-16)
Press the "SELECT" Button again (LED lights off) to complete the process.
The selected group will activate soon.
2.1.3 Set Mode Button
Pressing the Mode Button, then you can configure the device with the labeled
key and edit all the controllers (include knobs, sliders, pads, Transpose
buttons).In order to change the configuration of the device or edit the
controllers, you need to do as follows:
Press the "MODE" Button and the LED under the button will light on.
Press the labeled key or select the controller you want to edit
Adjust the "DATA ENTRY" Knob or press the "Octave UP & Down"
Buttons to select the desired number. You can see the number on the LCD
screen.
Press the "MODE" Button again (LED lights off) to save the edit. And the
selected value will activate soon.
Note: If you press the "SELECT" Button, the edit also can be saved
successfully.
2.2 Setting
To make music on your keyboard is a very simple way. You just need to get
familiar with the related features with the instrument. The following sections
will discuss each of these features in detail.
2.2.1 Velocity Curve
When you're using a keyboard to play back a sample, you may find that it
doesn't respond what you want. Pressing a key lightly may sound too quiet, and
pressing a key hardly may sound too loud. Then you can use the Velocity
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Curve to change the responds to your key when pressed. Since MIDI supports
127 different velocity values (from 1 to 127), this function will allow you to
choose the velocity curve you want. There are 8 velocity curves for different
people. You can choose the velocity curve from the following setting steps:
Press the "MODE" Button and the LED under the button will light on.
Press the "Curve" Key.
LCD will display the current velocity curve number.
You can choose the velocity curve you want by using "OCTAVE
UP&DOWN" Buttons or "DATA ENTRY" knob.
The selected velocity curve will activate.
Press the "MODE" Button again (LED lights off) to save the edit.
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Velocity Curve graph in page 23
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2.2.2 Initialization
The initialization will restore Groovestation's factory settings, which will erase
all the presets and the saved values.
To do the Initialization, you need to do as follows:
Press the "MODE" Button and the LED under the button will light on.
Press the "Initialize" key.
LCD will show "Enter to perform".
Press the "NEXT" key. (The key on the keyboard marked "NEXT") .
LCD will show "Enter to confirm".
Press the "NEXT" key to confirm.
When Initialization is done, the LCD will go back to EDIT scene.
Press the "MODE" Button again (LED lights off) to save the edit.
2.2.3 Global Channel
Use this function to select different MIDI commands using certain keys from
your keyboard. Activating this function the keyboard becomes a set of function
Buttons for setting MIDI parameter commands.
The Groovestation's global MIDI channel is assigned by the following steps:
Press the "MODE" Button and the LED under the button will light on.
Press the "Channel" key.
Use "OCTAVE UP & DOWN" Buttons or "DATA ENTRY" to select the
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desired channel (1-16).
Press the "MODE" Button again (LED lights off) to save the edit.
2.2.4 Program & Bank
Program message (commonly referred to program changing) is used to select
different instrument sounds in a MIDI device. Program message covers a range
of 128 instruments. These instruments are accessed by sending program
number 0 to 127.
Some MIDI devices have more than 128 instruments. In this case, the
instruments will be separated into groups by 128, called bank. You can send
bank MSB and bank LSB messages to enter into these different banks. Please
look over the owner’s manual to see how the bank change number changes the
sounds on your device.
To send a program change:
Press the "MODE" Button and the LED under the button will light on.
Press the "Program" key.
Use "DATA ENTRY" Knob or move "Octave UP & Down" Buttons to select
a desired number.
Press the "MODE" Button again (LED lights off) to save the edit.
Bank change:
Actually the Bank Select message is the MIDI Controller messages, just like
Volume, Pan, Sustain Pedal, Wind, and other controllers. Specifically, the
controller number for the "Most Significant Byte" (i.e., MSB) of Bank Select is
controller "0" The controller number for "Least Significant Byte" (i.e., LSB) of
Bank Select is controller "32". The data of these messages is the bank number
you want to select. (Sometimes the MSB Bank Select is referred to the rough
adjustment, and the LSB Bank Select is referred to the subtle adjustment).
2.2.5 Transpose
The "Octave UP&DOWN" Buttons can be used to transpose your keyboard.
Some players want to play in a particular key like C or F, for example.
Transpose lets you change the pitch you are controlling and continue to play in
the key that is most comfortable for you.
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It is possible to transpose up or down by as much as 12 MIDI notes (or
semitones). This means if you press one of the transpose Buttons 12 times, the
tone will sound exactly one octave higher or lower.
To do the Transpose, you need to do as follows:
Press the "MODE" Button and the LED under the button will light on.
Press the "Transpose" Button.
Use "DATA ENTRY" Knob or move “Octave UP & Down" Buttons to select
a desired number.
Press the "MODE" Button again (LED lights off) to save the edit.
2.2.6 Controller Select
The Control Select function (CTRL SEL) will allow you to begin.
Programming the controller channel, the knobs, sliders, trigger pads and
transport, Sustain pedal, Data Entry and Modulation wheel. In order to change
the value of each controller, you need to do as follows:
Press the "MODE" Button and the LED under the button will light on.
Select the controller you want to edit by pressing or turning.
Tum the "Data Entry" Knob or press the "Octave UP & Down" button to
choose the control number you want to edit. You can see the Control Number
on the LCD screen.
Press the "Next" Key to set the channel.
Turn the "Data Entry" Knob or Press the "Octave UP & Down" button to
choose the channel. You can see the channel number on the LCD screen.
Press the "MODE" Button again (LED lights off) to save the edit.
To program the controller of Data Entry, it is a little difference to others; you
need to do as follows:
Press the "MODE" Button and the LED under the button will light on.
Press the "DATA KNOB" key.
Tum the "Data Entry" Knob or press the "Octave UP & Down" button to
choose the control number you want to edit. You can see the Control Number
on the LCD screen.
Press the "Next" Key to set the channel.
Turn the "Data Entry" Knob or Press the "Octave UP & Down" button to
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choose the channel. You can see the channel number on the LCD screen.
Press the "MODE" Button again (LED lights off) to save the edit.
2.2.7 Reset
To restore Groovestation's factory settings, which will erase any presets or
other saved value; you need to do as follows:
Press the "MODE" Button and the LED under the button will light on.
Press the "FACTORY RESET" key
LCD will show "Enter to perform".
Press the "NEXT" Key.
LCD will show "Enter to confirm".
Press the "NEXT" Key to confirm the operation.
LCD will show "Resetting is done"
Press the "MODE" Button again (LED lights off) to save the edit.
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Velocity Curve
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Trigger pads C
ontroller Information
not
standard
note
standard
27-D#1
High Q
58-A#3
Vibraslap
28-E1
Slap
59-B3
Ride Cymbal 2
29-F1
Scratch Push
60-C4
Hi Bongo
30-F#1
Scratch Pull
61-C#4
Low Bongo
31-G1
Sticks
62-D4
Mute Hi Conga
32-G#1
Square Click
63-D#4
Open Hi Conga
33-A1
Metronome Click
64-E4
Low Conga
34-A#1
Metronome Bell
65-F4
High Timbale
35-B1
STD1 Kick2
66-F#4
Low Timbale
36-C2
STD1 Kick1
67-G4
High Agogo
37-C#2
Side Stick
68-G#4
Low Agogo
38-D2
STD1 Snare1
69-A4
Cabasa
39-D#2
Hand Clap
70-A#4
Maracas
40-E2
Snare Drum 2
71-B4
Short Whistle[EXC2]
41-F2
Low Floor Tom
72-C5
Long Whistle[EXC2]
42-F#2
Closed Hi-Hat [EXC1]
73-C#5
Short Guiro[EXC3]
43-G2
High Floor Tom
74-D5
Long Guiro[EXC3]
44-G#2
Pedal Hi-Hat[EXC1]
75-D#5
Claves
45-A2
Low Tom
76-E5
Hi Wood Block
46-A#2
Open Hi-Hat[EXC1]
77-F5
Low Wood Block
47-B2
Low Mid Tom
78-F#5
Mute Cuica[EXC4]
48-C3
Hi Mid Tom
79-G5
Open Cuica[EXC4]
49-C#3
Crash Cymbal 1
80-G#5
Mute Triangle[EXC5]
50-D3
High Tom
81-A5
Open Triangle[EXC5]
51-D#3
Ride Cymbal 1
82-A#5
Shaker
52-E3
Chinese Cymbal
83-B5
Jingle Bell
53-F3
Ride Bell
84-C6
Belltree
54-F#3
Tambourine
85-C#6
Castanets
55-G3
Splash Cymbal
86-D6
Mute Surdo[EXC6]
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56-G#3
Cowbell
87-D#6
Open Surdo[EXC6]
57-A3
Crash Cymbal 2
Transport C
ontrols Information
MMC
Command
MMC
Command
01
STOP
07
RECORD EXIT
02
PLAY
08
RECORD PAUSE
03
DEFERRED PLAY
09
PAUSE
04
FORWARD
10
EJECT
05
REWIND
11
CHASE
06
RECORD STROBE
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COMMAND ERROR REST
Specification
General
Product Name Groovestation
Keyboard 49 velocity-sensitive piano-style keys
Maximum polyphony 49 notes
Display 2x16 LCD screen display
Button Octave up & down, select, mode, trigger pads, transport
Wheels pitch and mod wheels
Knobs 8 Programmable Knobs
slider 8 Assignable Sliders
Jacks Power Jack, USB, USB/Keyboard MIDI OUT,
Sustain Switch
Power supply 9V DC<plug 5.5(-)*2.5mm(+)> & USB & Batteries
Accessories User’s Manual, USB cable
Inputs/outputs
MIDI OUT 5-pin DIN*2
USB USB-B
DC 9V IN 9V DC 500mA
Sustain Pedal 1/4 " pedal jack
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