English Quick Start Guide
Session KeyStudio 25 ▸ Quick Start Guide 1 1. Connect the KeyStudio 25 keyboard. The KeyStudio 25 USB keyboard is class-compliant. This means you may simply connect the KeyStudio 25 keyboard to your Windows XP, Windows Vista or Mac OS X computer using the provided USB cable and switch the keyboard on. No additional installation or drivers are required. 2. Install the Session music creation software (Windows only). ▸ 1) Insert the Session DVD-ROM into your computer’s DVD-ROM drive.
2 Session KeyStudio 25 ▸ Quick Start Guide Getting Started Making Music with Session 1. Connect the KeyStudio 25 keyboard to your computer using the supplied USB cable and make sure the keyboard is switched on. 2. Launch Session by clicking Start > All Programs > M-Audio > Session > Session. Alternatively, if you chose to create a desktop shortcut icon during installation, you can double-click the shortcut. 3. Click the button labeled “New” in the Session Startup window. 4.
Session KeyStudio 25 ▸ Quick Start Guide 3 English 5. Click the Add a Track button in the upper left corner of the Session Main Screen. Add a Track button 6. The “What would you like to do?” dialog box will now appear. For this example, select Play and Record with your Keyboard, and click OK. 7. In the “Select Keyboard Sound” dialog box, select the bank of sounds you would like to associate with the first track of your new song, and click OK.
4 Session KeyStudio 25 ▸ Quick Start Guide 8. The Session window will now appear. You may click the specific instrument you would like to play from the instrument list appearing on the left side of the screen. 9. Try playing notes on your KeyStudio 25 keyboard. If you can hear instrument sounds, you may skip steps 10-12. If your computer does not yet generate sounds when KeyStudio 25 is played, proceed to step 10 for additional configuration instructions. 10.
Session KeyStudio 25 ▸ Quick Start Guide 5 To play back and record audio in Session, Session must communicate with your sound card. On first launch, Session attempts to choose the first sound card containing both an audio input and audio output, effectively making this connection automatically. If Session is not able to select audio inputs and outputs automatically, it will open the Audio Hardware dialog.
6 Session KeyStudio 25 ▸ Quick Start Guide ▸ OK Button After making the desired settings, press the OK button to commit your changes and close the Audio Hardware dialog. ▸ Cancel Button Press the Cancel button to discard your changes and close the Audio Hardware dialog. About Latency Latency is loosely defined as the amount of time it takes for a sound made in Session to reach your speakers.
Session KeyStudio 25 ▸ Quick Start Guide 7 The M-Audio Session software was created for use with Windows. However, the KeyStudio 25 hardware can be used with Macintosh OS X computers as well. KeyStudio 25 integrates seamlessly with the GarageBand music production software which comes pre-installed on many late-model Apple computers. To use KeyStudio 25 with GarageBand: 1. Be sure KeyStudio is connected to your Mac OS X computer via the provided USB cable (See “Connect the KeyStudio 25 Keyboard.”) 2.
8 Session KeyStudio 25 ▸ Quick Start Guide Warranty Terms and Registration Warranty Terms M-Audio warrants products to be free from defects in materials and workmanship, under normal use and provided that the product is owned by the original, registered user. Visit www.m-audio.com/warranty for terms and limitations applying to your specific product.
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