NUX NEK-100 61 Key Portable Keyboard User Manual

NEK-100 61 Key Portable Keyboard

User Manual

Thank you for purchasing this NUX NEK-100 Portable Keyboard! NEK-100 includes a built-in rechargeable battery, is lightweight and with a compact size, and includes various sounds, styles and functions. We hope it will provide you with endless amounts of musical enjoyment! We recommend that you read this manual carefully to fully understand and utilize all the functions. Be sure to keep this manual properly for future reference.

Features

• 500 Sounds
• 100 Styles
• 100 Demo Songs
• Pitch Bend Wheel
• Dual Voice
• Split Keyboard
• 5 User Presets
• 5 Levels of Touch Response
• Auto Accompaniment
• Live Music Function
• Transpose & Octave Shift
• 3 Types of Reverb
• Rechargeable Battery
• Bluetooth

Control Panels

Front Panell

1. POWER Button Press to turn power on/off.

2. Volume Controls Press to increase or decrease the master volume (0-10).

3. The volume is shown in the middle top area of the screen.

4. Function Buttons Operations are assigned to these 3 function buttons according to the labels shown in the screen above the buttons.

5. Display Screen Displays current operations.

6. VALUE Dial Rotate to browse pages, set parameters or select voices / songs / styles etc. 06 HOME Button Press to return to the main page.

7. SETTINGS Button Press to enter the effects and functions settings, including Touch Response, Reverb, Bluetooth, Octave Shift, A4 Tuning, Dual Voice, Split Keyboard, User Presets, and Factory Reset.

8. A/B Button Press to switch between the A and B variations of the styles.

9. TRANSPOSE Button Change the overall pitch of the keyboard in semitone steps.

10. METRONOME Button Press to enter the metronome settings.

11. 4TAP Button Tap to adjust the tempo for the styles, the metronome, the demo songs and the live music songs.

12. INTRO/ENDING Button In rhythm/style mode, press to insert an intro or ending pattern.

13. PLAY/STOP Button Press to start or stop the playing.

14. Pitch Bend Wheel Rotate to smoothly slide the pitch of notes ($2 semitones).
    Rear Panel

15. USB MIDI Jack Connect to a computer via USB MIDI and use the keyboard as a MIDI device

16. BLUETOOTH MODULE Jack Connect to NUX NBT-1 module to enable Bluetooth Audio and Bluetooth MIDI functions.

17. DC 12V Jack Connect the power adaptor. DC 12V 2A Center Positive.

18. UX IN Jack 3.5mm stereo Aux In jack. Connect to an external device (MP3/phone/pad etc.) to play audio.

19. Jack Connect a pair of headphones to this 3.5mm stereo iack. 2 AUX OUT Jack 6.35mm stereo audio output jack.

20. Use an audio cable to send the audio signal to external speakers, mixers, etc. Note: When connected, the built-in speakers will still work. If you’d like to mute the built-in speakers, connect a plug to the PHONES jack at the same time.

21. PEDAL Jack Connect a sustain pedal to this jack.

Setting Up

Basic Connections

Turning Power On/Off

Use the built-in rechargeable battery or connect the included power adaptor to the DC 12V jack on the rear panel and plug it to a power supply, the NEK-100 will be ready to be powered on.

Press and hold the POWER button for 2 seconds, the NEK-100 will power on. After a welcome page, the screen will display the main page.
Press and hold the POWER button for 2 seconds, the NEK-100 will power off. When not connected to a power supply, the NEK-100 will automatically power off after 30 minutes of inactivity.

Playing the Keyboard

Selectina a Sound

The current Sound is displayed on the main page. By default, this is set to Grand Piano. Use the dial to select a different Sound. There are 500 great Sounds for you to select. (See the Sound List in Appendix for details.) ¡

Usina the Metronome

Press the METRONOME button to display the metronome settings, then press the function buttor below the screen to enter BEAT. VOICE. and VOL setting. Use the dial to adiust:

Transpose
TRANSPOSE button, then use the dial or the function buttons to change the overall pitch of the keyboard in semitone steps (-12-+ 12). The current pitch is shown on the left corner of the screen as “KEY”.

Demo Songs

On the main page, press the middle function button which indicates the DEMO to enter Demo Song mode. Use the dial or the function buttons to select one of the included 100 demo songs. (See the Demo Song List in Appendix for details.) Press the PLAY/STOP button to start/stop playing the demo songs.

Effects & Functions
Press the SETTINGS button to display the Functions page.

Changing the Touch Response

From the Functions page, ENTER the settings to adjust the Touch Response of the keyboard (Light1, Light2, Normal, Hard 1, Hard2). Adding Reverb Effects.

Addina Reverb Effects

From the Functions page, ENTER the settings to adjust the Reverb effects. Press the function buttons to select between 3 types of Reverbs including ROOM, HALL, PLATE. Use the dial to adjust the depth of the Reverb (0-100).

Bluetooth Audio & MIDI

From the Functions page, ENTER the [ ] settings to turn ON/OFF the NBT-1 Bluetooth Module which will activate/deactivate the Bluetooth Audio and Bluetooth MIDI functions.

Bluetooth Audio
Bluetooth MIDI Open the Bluetooth list on your smart devices (phones, tablets etc.) and connect to NEK-100 can be connected to various mobile APPs via.

Bluetooth MIDI
For “NEK-100”. When connected successfully, you will hear a notification sound and the blue light on the NBT-1 module will light up. exte and practice contre tousic scores in the APP. In the APP, enable Bluetooth on the Now you can stream music from your devices to the NEK-100. music score page and connect to “NEK-100”.

Octave Shift

can up or doin’ ENTER the limit settings to shift the overal pich of the keyboard

Adjusting Overall Pitch (A4)

From the Functions page, ENTER the settings to adjust the A4 (420-460Hz)..

Layering a Dual Voice

From the Functions page, ENTER the ] settings to layer a Dual Voice. The voice you so a Voice, thing the sting becomes select here will become the Lavered Voice,
Press the middle function button which displays VOL, and then use the dial to adjust the Volume for the Layered Voice.

Splitting the Keyboard

The detait Spit Port is El and you can use the dia or die a pres die key to suange artes selecting the POINT option. The Main Sound or Dual Sound you were playing before splitting the keyboard becomes the sound for the right-hand area, while you can select and play another sound on the left-hand area.

“User Presets

From the Functions page, ENTER the [ ] settings to save or recall User Presets. There are 5 user preset slots for you to save all parameters including the sound, rhythm, etc. Press SAVE to save all the parameters in the current slot. Press LOAD to recall them again whenever you need it.

Khythms & Accompaniment

Playing a Rhythm

From the main page, press the right function button labeled RHYTHM to enter the Rhythm/Style mode. Use the dial or the function buttons to change between the 100 rhythms/styles. (See the Style List in Appendix for details.) Press the PLAY/STOP button to start/stop playing the rhythm/style.

Auto Accompaniment

From the Rhythm page, press the left function button labeled ACMP to activate/deactivate Auto Accompaniment. When activated, the keyboard will be split at F#3 and the left-hand area will be used for playing chords.

Single/Multi Fingering

From the Rhythm page, press the middle function button to choose from the two fingering types SINGLE or MULTI, for playing chords.

Chord Examples

Sync Start

From the Rhythm page, press the right function button labeled SYNC to activate/deactivate Sync Start for the Auto Accompaniment. When activated, the Auto Accompaniment will start simultaneously with the first chord played on the left-hand area.

Inserting an Intro or an Ending
While in the Rhythm/Style mode, press the INTRO/ENDING button to insert an Intro to the current style. When the style is played, it will start with the Intro and then move to the Main section when the Intro is finished. Press the INTRO/ENDING button again and the section will switch to the Ending. When the Ending is finished, the style will stop.

Changing the A/B Variations
Each stule has 2 variations. Main A and Main B. In the Rhythm mode, press the A/B button to switch between these 2 variations. A fill-in will be automatically added before changing.

Live Music Mode Entering

Live Music Mode

On the main page, press the left function button labeled LIVE to enter Live Music mode.

The keyboard will be split at E4. The funatione of the kove on the loft hand ared will ho de holow.

The right-hand area can be switched between the normal melody keyboard and the Live Music

Playing a Live Music
Use the dial to select one of 20 live music songs. (See the Live Music List in Appendix for details.) Each song consists of 4 parts, DRUM, BASS, MELODY1, and MELODY2. For each part, there are 3 different phrases options with increasing density (1 has the least density while 3 has the most density). Press the key to start/stop playing the phrase accordingly. You can play the same option of the 4 parts together by pressing the keys in the GROUP. E.g. Pressing GROUP 1 key (C2) will play DRUM 1, BASS 1, MELODY 1 1, and MELODY 1 together.

Or, you can combine different options of each part. E.g. While GROUP 1 is playing as described above, pressing DRUM 2 key (G2) will change the phrase of the DRUM from DRUM 1 to DRUM 2 while the other parts stay the same.

Adjusting the Pitch
Pressing the PITCH DOWN (D4) / PITCH UP (E4) keys will adjust the overall pitch in semitones steps (-6 to 0 to +6), while the live music is playing.

Bridge, Ending, or Return to Beginning
Press the BRIDGE1 (F#3) / BRIDGE2 (G#3) / BRIDGE3 (A#3) / BRIDGE4 (C#4) key will insert a bridge with various effects. There are 4 bridge options for each live music song.
ENDING1 adds effects and builds up intensity, while ENDING2 fades out. Press the RESET (D#4) key will return to the beginning of the live music song.
Press the ENDING1 (C#2) / ENDING2 (D#2) key will end the current live music song.

Using Effects
Pressing down an Effect key will apply the corresponding effect to the entire live music song. The effect name will also appear on the display screen. The effect will stop when the key is released.

Using Live Music Sounds

From the Live Music mode, press the function button which indicates the SOUND to switch between the normal melody keyboard and the Live Music Sound keyboard for the right-hand area (F4 – C7).
When the SOUND is OFF, this enables the normal keyboard for you to play a melody along with the live music. When it’s ON, it enables the live music sounds.

System Settings

Factory Reset

From the Functions page, ENTER the settings to do factory reset. Once confirmed, all your personal edits or user presets will be cleared.

System Info
From the Functions page, ENTER the settings to check the system information.

Appendix Iive

Mincic I ist

Demo Song List

Sound I ist

Stvle List

Specifications

• Specification may change without notice.

Trouble Shooting

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