Evolution Technologies MK-416C User Manual

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The Evolution Librarian Software is a Windows PC librarian program developed for 
Evolution products. The program not only works with the MK-425C/449C/461C key-
boards but is also compatible with the Evolution UC-33e USB controller. That means 
you can use one librarian package for both your keyboard and your controller, if you 
own a UC-33e  
 
And even better, you can swap patches between Evolution products that’s supported 
by the Librarian so you never have to create the same patch twice. 
 
The librarian itself, allows you to send and receive the 10 patches to and from the  
MK-425C/449C/461C, load and save memory banks, view how individual patches 
have been programmed and drag and drop patches in order to create new  
combinations in the 10 memory locations. 
 

 
Once the installation has been completed, launch the program. The following is a 
screenshot of what you should be seeing on your monitor. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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A list of NRPN’s will always be given in the User Manual of a device that receives NRPN 
messages. It is always necessary that the NRPN MSB and LSB are sent together. Both will 
be specified in the device’s manual. You may find the manufacturer’s have only specified 
the numbers in Hexadecimal format. In this case, use Appendix C to translate the value to 
Decimal. 
 
Your Evolution keyboard makes the process of transmitting NRPN’s easy.  All you need is 
to enter the appropriate NRPN LSB by pressing the LSB/DATA button twice, enter the 
NRPN MSB by pressing the MSB/DATA button twice, and as you move the controller, an  
appropriate NRPN message will be sent out.  Assign NRPN coarse to make big sweeps,  
or NRPN fine to make slight adjustments.  
 
 

System Exclusive (SysEx) messages were defined in the MIDI specification to allow  
individual devices to have individual control via MIDI. The format of SysEx messages  
allows for virtually any function to be performed via MIDI – so long as the receiving device 
is able to translate the message, and act accordingly. This allows devices to send audio 
sample memory data, memory dumps, controller settings, and much more. It also allows 
the controllers of one device to be controlled by another.  
 
It is not possible to program your own specified SysEx message into the MK-
425C/449C/461C. However, there are some useful SysEx messages pre-programmed into 
the keyboard, that can be accessed by assigning the appropriate MIDI CC to a controller 
(see Appendix B) 
 
It should be noted that a SysEx message is not transmitted on any specified channel. All 
SysEx messages contain a device ID, that is used to single out devices to respond to the 
SysEx message. All other devices are ignored. If you are using a SysEx message on the 
MK-425C/449C/461C, the global channel is ignored. When you press CHANNEL, instead 
of entering a channel for the controller, you will be enter a device ID instead. This is  
indicated by the fact that the Chan symbol will not be showing. 
 
Device ID’s run from 00 to 127. 127 is the default device number setting on the  
MK-425C/449C/461C. This setting transmits the SysEx message to all devices. 
 
Although it is not possible to program the controllers of the MK-425C/449C/461C with your 
own SysEx messages, there are software applications that can receive a MIDI input signal 
and transmit a different, user specified message. You can program your SysEx messages 
into the translator software, then translate the incoming data from the keyboard to your 
SysEx, depending on the controller you are using.