FLkey 2 49 hardware overview

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  1. Pitch and Modulation wheels.

    • Pitch Wheel - bend the pitch of the note(s) you're playing and send pitch bend messages.

    • Modulation Wheel - an assignable wheel to control any hardware or software parameter.

  2. Octave + and Octave - buttons - transpose the keyboard in octaves. Press both buttons to reset to the default octave.

  3. Faders and Fader buttons - nine assignable faders and below the related fader button controls.

  4. Screen, Shift, and Settings buttons - the screen and the two buttons directly below.

    • Screen - shows important information and gives visual feedback from controls and DAWs.

    • Shift button - access secondary controls assigned to buttons, visible in text on the front panel.

    • Settings button - access the settings menu.

    • To enter Standby mode, hold the Shift and Settings buttons for two seconds. To exit press the Shift button again.

  5. The six buttons below the screen:

    • Mixer Bank buttons - move through mixer tracks in banks of eight. Hold Shift and press the buttons to move by single tracks.

    • Scale button - enable and control Scale mode.

    • Chord Map button - enable and control Chord Map mode.

    • Arp button - enable and control arp mode.

      Latch button - Hold Shift and press the Arp button to button.

    • Fixed Chord button - enable and control Fixed Chord Mode.

  6. Encoders - assignable encoder controls.

  7. Encoder bank buttons - move ˄ up and ˅ down through banks of encoder controls.

  8. Workflow buttons - A set of four buttons.

    • Score Log - Capture the last five minutes of played MIDI notes in FL Studio

      • Quantise button - trigger the quantise function in supported DAWs to snap notes to the grid.

    • Undo (Redo) button - triggers your DAW's undo function. Hold Shift and press Undo to trigger the Redo function.

    • Metronome button - enable the metronome.

    • Pattern Song button - Toggles between pattern and song mode

  9. Page ˄ up and ˅ down buttons - two buttons to the left of the pads to move the pads up and down.

  10. Pads - 16 velocity-sensitive, aftertouch-enabled, pads that change functionality depending on the pad mode.

  11. Channel Rack (Preset) ˄ up and ˅ down buttons - two buttons to the right of the pads to move up and down within the Channel Rack, or hold shift to change Preset.

  12. Transport buttons - Clockwise starting top left: Stop, Loop, Play, and Record.

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  1. USB Port – a type-C USB port. Sends and receives data, and powers your FLkey 49.

  2. MIDI Out port (5-pin DIN) - sends MIDI from your FLkey 2 to external MIDI hardware.

  3. Sustain input - connect a sustain pedal (expression, soft, and sostenuto pedals are not supported).

  4. The Kensington lock icon. - Kensington Lock, use a lock to secure your FLkey 2 and deter theft.

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