Session KeyStudio Quick Start Guide
Session KeyStudio Quick Start Guide | 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the M-Audio Session KeyStudio: a 49-key full-size, velocity sensitive USB keyboard, audio interface, and software package designed for easy integration with your Windows XP or Mac OS X computer. Session KeyStudio is ideal for use with a multitude of music creation applications, including GarageBand and Session. We recommend you spend a few minutes reviewing this Quick Start Guide to ensure proper setup.
2 | Session KeyStudio Quick Start Guide What’s in the Box? Your M-Audio Session KeyStudio bundle should contain the following items: < M-Audio KeyStudio USB keyboard < M-Audio Micro USB audio interface < M-Audio Session DVD-ROM < USB cable < This Quick Start Guide If any of the above listed items are missing, please contact the retailer where you purchased the product.
Session KeyStudio Quick Start Guide | 3 Minimum System Requirements Session with Micro Windows XP < < < < < < < < < Windows XP (SP2) or higher * 1.6 GHz processor (CPU speed requirement may be higher for laptops) 512MB RAM 3.
| 4 Session KeyStudio Quick Start Guide Windows XP Users Installation and Setup Overview for Windows XP It is important that installation and setup take place in the following sequence (all of these steps are explained in detail below): 1. Connect the KeyStudio USB MIDI keyboard to your computer and turn it on. 2. Install the Session music creation software. This software enables support for the M-Audio Micro USB audio interface, and must be installed before the Micro is connected. 3.
Session KeyStudio Quick Start Guide | 5 3. Follow the software installer’s on-screen direction prompts. 5. At various points in this installation process, you may be notified that the driver being installed has not passed Windows Logo Testing. Click “Continue Anyway” to proceed with the installation. 3 6. Click “Finish” once the installer has completed the installation. 2 3 English Windows XP Users 4.
6 | Session KeyStudio Quick Start Guide Windows XP Users Setting Up the Micro USB Audio Interface PLEASE NOTE: Do not connect your M-Audio Micro USB audio interface to your computer until the appropriate drivers have been installed via the Session software installation. Leave your Micro disconnected until instructed to connect it. 1. Connect the M-Audio Micro USB Audio Interface to an available USB port on your computer.
Session KeyStudio Quick Start Guide | 7 Getting Started Making Music with Session 2. Click the button labeled “New” in the Session Startup window. 3. A New Composition dialog box will appear enabling you to choose a Name, Time Signature, Key Root, Key Scale, and Tempo for your composition. After these choices have been made, click OK. English Windows XP Users 1. Double-click the Session shortcut icon that was placed on your desktop during installation.
8 | Session KeyStudio Quick Start Guide Windows XP Users 4. 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. 5. 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.
Session KeyStudio Quick Start Guide | 9 6. 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. Windows XP Users 7. Go to Options > Audio Hardware and make sure “ASIO: M-Audio USB ASIO” is selected in the Wave Device pull-down menu. Click OK.
Windows XP Users 10 | Session KeyStudio Quick Start Guide 8. Go to Options > MIDI Hardware and make sure “USB Audio Device” or “KeyStudio In” is selected in the Input Port box. KeyStudio will appear as “USB Audio Device” (Figure A) if additional drivers have not been installed. After installing optional drivers, KeyStudio will appear as “KeyStudio In” (Figure B). Figure A: S ession’s MIDI Devices dialog window without optional drivers installed.
Session KeyStudio Quick Start Guide | 11 Mac OS X: Getting Started Connecting the KeyStudio Keyboard 1. Close any open applications on your computer. 2. Connect the provided USB cable between the KeyStudio keyboard and your Mac OS X computer. 3. Switch the keyboard on. *M-Audio Micro circumvents potential high-latency monitoring issues on Windows PCs. The built-in audio hardware on Apple computers enables low latency monitoring without the need for additional hardware.
12 | Session KeyStudio Quick Start Guide Mac OS X Users The default instrument GarageBand selects is a Grand Piano. When a Software Instrument is selected, clicking the button in the lower right corner of the GarageBand window will open the Track Info screen. From this area, you can select which instrument you would like to play. Provided your computer’s speakers are not muted or turned down, you will now hear sounds corresponding to notes you play on KeyStudio.
Session KeyStudio Quick Start Guide | 13 Additional Information and Support More information about your new Session software and the M-Audio Micro audio interface can be found in Session’s built-in help menu. Remember, the KeyStudio keyboard offers additional professional-level programmability and functionality. Optional drivers for KeyStudio and the full user guide covering all advanced features can be downloaded for free at www.m-audio.com.
14 | Session KeyStudio Quick Start Guide ESD and Fast Transient may cause the unit to temporarily malfunction. Switch off and on again to restore normal operation. WARNING: This product contains chemicals, including lead, known to the State of California to cause cancer, and birth defects or other reproductive harm. Wash hands after handling. Session KeyStudio Tested to comply with FCC standards FOR HOME OR STUDIO USE © 2007 Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.
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