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[. . . ] PictureBoard is an exciting tool for general early learning and musical fun. You can play sounds and trigger pictures using the eKeys keyboard which helps to teach essentials such as numbers, animal names and the alphabet. Comes with a huge collection of pictures and soundsets to keep everyone entertained. Music Teacher contains lessons and practise guides so you can learn from scratch or simply run through a quick refreshment course. [. . . ] Windows will then ask you to select the CD-ROM drive again for the MIDI driver. If Windows reports the drivers have not been digitally signed, click on 'Continue Installation'. Please restart your PC once the installation is complete. 4 13 Evolution eKeys Keyboard User Manual Evolution eKeys Keyboard User Manual Getting Started Assuming the installation process was completed successfully, it is now time to have a closer look at the eKeys keyboard. However, at the moment, when you press a key you will not hear any sound. This is because when you press a key, the keyboard sends out MIDI data. MIDI data gives instructions on how a sound should play, but in order to hear that sound you need some software which can read this MIDI data, and play sound back accordingly. We have provided such software on the Evolution eKeys Installer CD-ROM. If you have not done so already, install 'PictureBoard' from the CD-ROM. To do this insert the CD-ROM and click on 'Software Installer'. PictureBoard is a great piece of software that will play a sound, and trigger an image when a key is pressed. If not, click on 'Open' and select the 'Piano. MB' file. You should now hear a piano, and see a key on the onscreen keyboard in PictureBoard light up. If you do not see this, click on the preferences menu and select 'MIDI devices'. Select "USB MIDI in", or if you are a Windows XP user, "USB Audio Device" as the MIDI input. The Piano set in PictureBoard enables you to play the keyboard like a grand piano. Go on ­ give it a try! About the Keyboard Each white key on the eKeys is labelled with a letter. If a black key is expressed with a # sign, it is referring to the black key above the white note. If a black key is expressed with a b sign, it is referring to the black key below the white note. This will light up the corresponding key on the onscreen keyboard in PictureBoard. The key that now lights up on the PictureBoard keyboard is 1 octave higher. 12 5 Evolution eKeys Keyboard User Manual Evolution eKeys Keyboard User Manual Setting up the Software Before you use the software, it's a good idea to set up it up so that it is communicating with the eKeys properly. [. . . ] There is no indication that you are using the maximum number of drivers - the drivers will install as if there is not a problem. To fix this problem: Go to http://www. evolution. co. uk/support/faq/index. html and locate the above question. You will find a link to an exe file that will solve this problem for you. I have plugged in a sustain pedal to my Evolution keyboard, but it works the wrong way round. [. . . ]