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Octave up/down
The Octave + / Octave - buttons
12
shift the keyboard ‘up’ or ‘down’ in octave steps. The
number of octaves over which the keyboard can be shifted varies with Launchkey model:
• Launchkey 25: -4 to +5 octaves
• Launchkey 49: -3 to +4 octaves
• Launchkey 61: -3 to +3 octaves
Note that the LED display will conrm the number of octaves shifted (as a positive or negative
value).
Transpose
Pressing the Octave + / Octave - buttons
12
together lets you transpose the keyboard in
semitone increments, up to a maximum of +/- 12 semitones. The LED display ashes, and
conrms the transposition.
Pitch Wheel
Launchkey’s Pitch Wheel
2
transmits standard MIDI Pitch bend
messages; use it with synth software to vary the pitch of the played note.
Modulation Wheel
The Modulation Wheel
3
transmits standard MIDI Modulation messages
(CC=1); what effect these have on your synth sound will be determined
by how the synth has been congured.
Typically, a Modulation Wheel is used to vary a synth parameter such as
lter cut-off frequency or vibrato
.