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User’s Guide 

7 

START PLAYINg

Your keyboard has been designed to be easy to use. Simply connect the 
power supply, connect headphones or your mixer/sound system, turn it on 
and start playing.

Two sets of stereo headphones can be connected.

Power Switch

Power to the keyboard is controlled using a three-position slide switch. 

Center  � � � � � � 

Turns the Keyboard Off

USB Power  � � � 

Use when connected to your computer via USB 

DC 5V/Battery � 

Use when not connected to the computer.  The 
keyboard can be powered via the 5V DC adapter or 
(6) D batteries.

 (Please refer to the following page.)

Note: 

 The 5V DC Adapter takes precedence if batteries are installed and 

DC power is applied.

 5VDC

Adapter

DC 5V

BATTERY

USB

POWER

OFF

Summary of Contents for LONGboard 61

Page 1: ...User s Guide 1 61 key Professional Performance Instrument 49 key Professional Performance Instrument ...

Page 2: ...Version A E MU World Headquarters E MU Systems 1500 Green Hills Road Scotts Valley CA 95066 USA Europe Creative Labs Ireland Ltd Ballycoolin Business Park Blanchardstown Dublin 15 IRELAND Japan Creative Media K K Kanda Eight Bldg 3F 4 6 7 Soto Kanda Chiyoda ku Tokyo 101 0021 JAPAN ...

Page 3: ...on 8 USB Powered Operation 8 Basic Hardware Connections 9 MIDI Routing 10 MIDI Path when a Computer is Connected via USB 10 MIDI Path when a Computer is NOT Connected 11 Wireless Audio Connection with E MU PIPEline 12 Setting Up Your Computer for MIDI 15 Front Panel Controls 16 Program Selection 16 Banks and Groups 16 ...

Page 4: ...ting 30 E MU Keys Program Chart 32 General MIDI Program Chart 33 General MIDI Channel 10 Percussion 35 General MIDI Drum Map 36 Specifications 37 Safety Information 38 Regulatory Information 39 Notice for the USA 39 California Proposition 65 Statement 40 WEEE Directive 2006 66 EC 41 WEEE Directive 2002 96 EC 42 ...

Page 5: ...yboard while the SHORTboard 49 features a compact 49 note semi weighted keyboard Both models feature full size velocity sensitive keys with after touch pitch and modulation wheels and 6 controller knobs The keyboards are ideal for either studio or stage use since they can be used as stand alone MIDI controllers or with a USB equipped PC or Macintosh computer The MIDI input and output can also serv...

Page 6: ...ynthesizer controller kno bs double as MIDI controllers Reverb and Chorus effects User definable split keyboard for playing two sounds at once Pitch and Mod Wheels Octave transpose buttons MIDI Input and Output jacks the MIDI jacks can also function as a MIDI interface for your computer Dual 1 4 headphone jacks Can be powered via DC adapter USB bus power or batteries What is included LONGboard 61 ...

Page 7: ...ch Power to the keyboard is controlled using a three position slide switch Center Turns the Keyboard Off USB Power Use when connected to your computer via USB DC 5V Battery Use when not connected to the computer The keyboard can be powered via the 5V DC adapter or 6 D batteries Please refer to the following page Note The 5V DC Adapter takes precedence if batteries are installed and DC power is app...

Page 8: ... Audio is not transmitted or received over USB Important Always connect to the USB jack on the computer itself and NOT to a low power USB connection that may be present on your computer keyboard or other USB peripheral TIP If the keyboard doesn t work when powered via USB try discon necting the USB cable and using the AC adapter for power Your computer may not be supplying enough power through the...

Page 9: ...on allows you to record and play back your keyboard performance using a MIDI sequencer and your computer The keyboard can also be powered via USB CONNECT CHANNEL SELECT OFF CH1 CH2 CH3 USB SUSTAIN SWITCH VOLUME PEDAL RIGHT OUT LEFT OUT MIDI OUT MIDI IN DC IN 5V DC 5V BATTERY USB POWER OFF K Rear Panel Mac or PC 5VDC Adapter Use if not connected to computer via USB USB Cable carrys MIDI data power ...

Page 10: ...ur computer The keyboard connects to Port 1 Out and the internal sound engine Port 1 In from the computer can also control the internal sound engine Port 2 USB Audio Device 2 connects directly to the MIDI input and output jacks functioning as a computer MIDI interface MIDI Path when a Computer is Connected via USB Sound Engine Computer sees two MIDI devices ports MIDI In A B Port 2 Port 1 MIDI USB...

Page 11: ...s NOT Connected With no computer connected to USB the keyboard connects to MIDI Out and the internal sound engine MIDI In connects to the internal sound engine Sound Engine MIDI In A B Port 2 Port 1 USB MIDI Out In Keyboard LONGboard SHORTboard ...

Page 12: ...ired mode Paired and Broadcast modes will be described later Connect the Audio Set up the PIPEline audio outputs to headphones an audio mixer or integrated amp and speakers On the Rear Panel of the Keyboard Use the Channel Select Knob to set the Channel Number On the PIPEline Receiver Set the 1 CH switch to Ch1 Ch2 or Ch3 to match the keyboard Channel Selector To Mixer Inputs Aux Inputs Male RCA t...

Page 13: ...em back on You only have to perform the Link procedure again if you decide to link to a different PIPEline or if you decide to change Paired Broadcasting modes Selecting Paired and Broadcasting Modes The keyboard s wireless transmitter operates in paired mode by default Paired mode allows you to link your keyboard with one and only one PIPEline Broadcasting Mode allows you to link your keyboard to...

Page 14: ... mode 3 Set the R T switch to the position Receive 4 Set the D A switch to the position Analog 5 Link Procedure On the Rear Panel of your Keyboard Press the Connect button On each PIPEline Press the Link Connect button The white LED will stop flashing 6 when connected Repeat the Link Procedure for each PIPEline 7 Play your Keyboard You will hear audio from each PIPEline linked 8 to your Keyboard I...

Page 15: ...When connected to your computer via USB the Keyboard MIDI ports will appear in the MIDI Devices Mac or Sounds and Audio Devices PC indicating that a valid connection has been made Refer to your MIDI sequencing software manual to learn how to record and play back MIDI sequences The USB cable functions as a bidirectional MIDI cable The MIDI Input allows you to use other MIDI controllers such as anot...

Page 16: ...grams The LED above the slider flashes the selected Group number i e gp 2 group 2 To Select Another Bank Press and Hold either the Left or Right column button for 2 seconds to seconds to switch between program banks 0 and 7 and transmit a MIDI Bank Select message on CC00 Press and Hold the column button marked KEYS for 2 seconds to switch back to bank 7 The LED above the slider flashes the selecte...

Page 17: ...og Bass Fat Mini Prophet PWM SEM Moog OBX Saw Bass Multi Bass Pulse Keys All Saws Squares Group 2 Press Hold Piano 1 Celesta Organ 1 Nylon Guitar Piano 2 Glockenspiel Organ 2 Steel Guitar Piano 3 Music Box Organ 3 Jazz Guitar Honky Tonk Vibraphone Church Organ Clean Guitar Electric Piano 1 Marimba Reed Organ Guitar Mutes Electric Piano 2 Xylophone Accordian Overdrive Guitar Harpsichord Tubular Bel...

Page 18: ...x Pan Flute Chiffer Lead Space Voice Oboe Bottle Chiff Charang Bowed Glass English Horn Shakuhachi Solo Vox Metal Pad Bassoon Whistle 5th Square Wave Halo Pad Clarinet Ocarina Bass Lead Sweep Pad Group 3 Press Hold Ice Rain Sitar Tinker Bell Fret Noise Soundtrack Banjo Agogo Breath Noize Crystal Shamisen Steel Drum Seashore Atmosphere Koto Wood Block Bird Brightness Kalimba Taiko Drum Telephone Go...

Page 19: ...e buttons are pressed the octave transpose amount appears in the numeric display i e 2 Whenever the data slider is used for editing the octave buttons function as increment decrement buttons allowing you to change values one unit at a time Pressing both octave buttons simultaneously turns off any stuck notes and clears all controllers functioning as a MIDI Panic Button The display flashes PAn In s...

Page 20: ...currently selected With the Lower LED on change the lower program edit a synth control to edit the lower program or change the MIDI channel for the lower section Select Upper then change the upper program edit a synth control on the upper program or change the MIDI channal for the upper section Layer Mode When the Upper and Lower LEDs are both lit Layer Mode is in effect and both the upper and low...

Page 21: ...Attack When a key is pressed the low pass filter cutoff is turned up at a rate specified by this control if edited Turning the control up increases the attack time Decay Release This control specifies the time it takes for the low pass filter to close down after a key is released and depending on the selected program after the attack time Effects Controls The Chorus and Reverb effects add effects ...

Page 22: ... Settings To restore all factory defaults hold the select button and power on 1 Select Button Press this button to cycle through the editing options then adjust the value using the data slider These settings affect all programs and are auto matically stored While in edit mode any of the Select LEDs on programs cannot be selected Program This option allows you to access all 128 program change comma...

Page 23: ... Press the 1 Select button until CC Assign is selected Use the 2 Data Slider to select the MIDI controller number 10 Pan Press the 3 Select button repeatedly until none of the select LEDs are lit Move the 4 Data Slider to adjust the Pan position MIDI Chn Allows you to set the MIDI channel for the keyboard Keyboard and controller data will be transmitted on this channel If Split Mode is selected th...

Page 24: ...control volume to the PIPEline transmitter use the data slider set to controller 7 Pitch Mod Wheels The pitch wheel is a spring loaded controller for bending the pitch of notes during performance The mod or modulation wheel usually controls the amount of vibrato LFO to pitch during performance The mod wheel also transmits on MIDI CC 01 Note The mod wheel controls tremolo LFO to volume instead of v...

Page 25: ...g on battery power Power Switch Power to the keyboard is controlled using a three position slide switch Center Keyboard is Off USB Power Keyboard is powered via USB power DC 5V Battery Keyboard is powered via 5V DC Adapter or Batteries Note The 5V DC Adapter takes precedence if batteries are installed and DC power is applied Output Jacks The stereo output jacks carry low impedance line level signa...

Page 26: ...continuously variable footpedal to control the output volume Most types of variable footpedals with a stereo plug can be used Please refer to the wiring diagram shown below You can also use a variable pedal that outputs 0 5Volts DC at the tip of a mono phone plug Pedal Wiring Diagram Sleeve Tip Ring Sleeve Tip Ring 10K 250K Sleeve Tip Sleeve Tip 10K 250K 5V or Kensington Security Slot You can secu...

Page 27: ...on instructions USB Port The USB Port is used to transmit MIDI data back and forth between the keyboard and your computer The USB cable also supplies power to the unit Therefore the external power supply is not needed when a computer is connected via USB MIDI Connections These connections provide a way to connect to other MIDI equipment to your system MIDI Out can be used to transmit your keyboard...

Page 28: ...as power to the keyboard Optional E MU MIDI drivers are available at www emu com support Installing the E MU MIDI drivers will allow you to use the MIDI features of your keyboard with more than one application at the same time multi client See the instructions on the E MU web site for detailed information Mac OSX Driver installation is not required with Macintosh OSX However you will need to selec...

Page 29: ...k on the new external device 4 if you want to set the MIDI Keyboard Properties You have the option to name and change the icon for the device Click Apply then click the Close button to close the Properties window Connect the new external device to your MIDI Interface by dragging 5 between the input and output connectors ...

Page 30: ...e from computer networking gear when using the PIPEline receiver Solution Try using a different channel on the keyboard and PIPEline Problem Noticeable delay in the sound when playing a software virtual instru ment or when recording the keyboard s audio output Solution This delay is known as latency and can be adjusted by changing the buffer size setting in your recording application Try to set th...

Page 31: ...When the keyboard is connected to my Windows computer a question mark appears in the Windows Device Manager under Other Devices E MU What is the problem Solution The question mark is normal Your keyboard will function as a class compliant device i e without any drivers Problem When I play the keyboard or use any of the MIDI controls wheel knob data slider etc data is not transmitted from the MIDI ...

Page 32: ...4 Clavinet Pulse 13 Matrix Synth 45 Juno Rogue Layer 14 Sax Section 46 Rogue OBX Layer 15 Moog Rogue 47 Fat Mini 16 Slap Horns 48 Multi Bass 17 Honky Tonk 49 CP 70 Rhodes 18 Dyno Rhodes 50 Dyno Piano OBX 19 B3 Jazz 51 B3 Jazz DX 20 CP 70 52 All Saws 21 Juno 60 53 MegaSynth 22 Brass Section 54 OB Saws 23 OB Juno 55 Prophet PWM 24 Synth Bass Lead 56 Pulse Keys 25 Piano Strings 57 Wurly CP 26 Wurlitz...

Page 33: ...bass 13 Marimba 45 Tremolo Strings 14 Xylophone 46 Pizzicato 15 Tubular Bells 47 Harp 16 Dulcimer 48 Timpani Organ Ensemble 17 Organ 1 49 Strings 18 Organ 2 50 Slow Strings 19 Organ 3 51 Synth Strings 1 20 Church Organ 52 Synth Strings 2 21 Reed Organ 53 Choir Aahs 22 Accordion 54 Voice Oohs 23 Harmonica 55 Synth Vox 24 Bandoneon 56 Orchestra Hit Guitar Brass 25 Nylon Guitar 57 Trumpet 26 Steel Gu...

Page 34: ...109 Kalimba 78 Shakuhachi 110 Bagpipe 79 Whistle 111 Fiddle 80 Ocarina 112 Shenai Synth Lead Percussive 81 Square Wave 113 Tinker Bell 82 Saw Wave 114 Agogo 83 Synth Calliope 115 Steel Drum 84 Chiffer Lead 116 Wood Block 85 Charang 117 Taiko Drum 86 Solo Vox 118 Melodic Tom 87 5th Saw Wave 119 Synth Drum 88 Bass Lead 120 Reverse Cymbal Synth Pad Sound Effects 89 Fantasia 121 Fret Noise 90 Warm Pad...

Page 35: ...Brush Set 25 Electronic Set 49 Orchestra Set To Select a Specific Drum Kit Use the 1 Select button to select MIDI Chn Use the data slider to select 2 MIDI channel 10 Select one of the Program Numbers shown in the table above using 3 the preset row column buttons to select the kit OR Press the 4 Select button repeatedly until the Program LED is lit then use the data slider octave buttons to select ...

Page 36: ...Floor Tom 65 High Timbale 42 Closed Hi Hat 66 Low Timbale 43 High Floor Tom 67 High Agogo 44 Hi Hat Pedal 68 Low Agogo 45 Low Tom 69 Cabasa 46 Open Hi Hat 70 Maracas 47 Low Mid Tom 71 Short Whistle 48 Hi Mid Tom 72 Long Whistle 49 Crash Cymbal 1 73 Short Guiro 50 High Tom 74 Long Guiro 51 Ride Cymbal 1 75 Claves 52 China Cymbal 76 Hi Wood Block 53 Ride Bell 77 Low Wood Block 54 Tamborine 78 Cuica ...

Page 37: ...dio Line Out Left Right 1 4 jacks Headphone Output 2 stereo 1 4 jacks Footswitch Controller Pedal Input MIDI In MIDI Out USB 1 Port Power Requirements SupplyVoltage 5VDC 5 Current 1 Ampere Power 5 Watts PIPEline Radio Frequency RF Operating RF range 2400 2483 5 MHz Number of RF channels 3 RF transmitter power output 16 dBm typical ...

Page 38: ...ter may emit an electrostatic discharge The electrostatic discharge can be felt as a static shock While this static shock is usually harmless it is good practice to avoid close contact with CRT devices when using earphones Do not listen to audio on your earbuds or headphones at high volume for prolonged periods of time as hearing loss may result For users in the United States go to www hei org for...

Page 39: ...r an experienced radio TV technician for help This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions This device may not cause harmful interference and 1 This device must accept any interference received including interference that my 2 cause undesired operation CAUTION To comply with the limits of the Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of t...

Page 40: ...ie sur les matières dangereuses et l eau potable exige un étiquetage spécial pour les produits contenant certains produits chimiques qui sont reconnus par l État de la Californie comme pouvant provoquer le cancer des anomalies congénitales ou d autres effets nuisibles à la reproduction Creative a choisi d inclure une mise en garde s appuyant sur sa connaissance de la présence d un ou de plusieurs ...

Page 41: ...Limited or one of its affiliated companies could void the user s warranty and guarantee rights WEEE Directive 2006 66 EC FOR REMOVABLE BATTERY Li ion polymer button coin cells cylindrical cells This product PIPEline contains one or more of the above removable batteries The crossed out wheeled bin symbol indicates that the battery in this product should not be treated as unsorted municipal waste up...

Page 42: ... not be treated as household waste By ensuring this product is disposed of correctly you will help protect the environment For more detailed information about the recycling of this product please contact your local authority your household waste disposal service provider or the shop where you purchased the product ...

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