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CONTENTS
USING THE UNIT SAFELY.............................................................................................. 3
IMPORTANT NOTES ...................................................................................................... 5
Contents of the Package .............................................................................................. 8
Quick Page Reference Table ........................................................................................ 9
Names of Things and What They Do ......................................................................... 10
Panel..................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Side panel........................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Inserting batteries ........................................................................................................................................................... 12
Driver Installation and Settings ................................................................................ 13
Windows 7/Windows Vista users............................................................................................................................... 14
Installing the driver.......................................................................................................................................... 14
Input/output device settings....................................................................................................................... 16
Windows XP users ........................................................................................................................................................... 17
Installing the driver.......................................................................................................................................... 17
Input/output device settings....................................................................................................................... 19
Macintosh users ............................................................................................................................................................... 20
Installing the driver.......................................................................................................................................... 20
Input/output device settings....................................................................................................................... 21
Basic Connections and MIDI Flow ............................................................................. 24
USB connections with your computer—Transmitting MIDI messages to your software ..................... 24
Basic connections............................................................................................................................................. 24
MIDI flow ............................................................................................................................................................. 24
USB connections with your computer—Using the A-500S as a MIDI interface........................................ 25
Basic connections............................................................................................................................................. 25
MIDI flow ............................................................................................................................................................. 25
When using a MIDI connection—Transmitting MIDI messages
to an external MIDI sound module, etc................................................................................................................... 26
Basic connections............................................................................................................................................. 26
MIDI flow ............................................................................................................................................................. 26
Use MIDI Functionality............................................................................................... 27
How to switch modes .................................................................................................................................................... 27
PLAY mode ......................................................................................................................................................... 27
UTILITY mode..................................................................................................................................................... 28
Play ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 29
Features useful when playing...................................................................................................................... 30
Setting the MIDI transmit channel ............................................................................................................................ 31
Selecting sounds on a sound module
—Transmitting program change / bank select massages................................................................................ 32
Transmitting a program change message.............................................................................................. 33
Transmitting a bank select LSB message................................................................................................. 34
Transmitting a bank select MSB message............................................................................................... 35
Starting/stopping playback—Transmitting start/stop messages ................................................................. 36
Starting playback—Transmitting a start message............................................................................... 37
Stopping playback—Transmitting a stop message ............................................................................ 38
Continuing playback from the current location—Transmitting a continue message............ 39
Transmitting messages to an external MIDI sound module............................................................................ 40
Transmitting a poly mode on message.................................................................................................... 40
Transmitting a mono mode on message ................................................................................................ 41
Transmitting a portamento on message ................................................................................................. 42
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