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NeKo™ LX5NeKo™ LX5 keyboard production station (Gen5)

Operation Manual

Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 1

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Using the NeKo LX5 safely

2eore usin# the NeKo LX5' it is etre!ely i!portant that you thorou#hly read the ollo&in#instructions$ This &ill pro"ide you &ith the inor!ation needed or sae operation o your NeKo LX=lease continue readin# the rest o this !anual or speciic inor!ation on the use o this unit$

Warning

To a"oid per!anent health da!a#e' al&ays adhere to these i!portant saety ad"ies-• The NeKo LX5' in co!bination &ith headphones or speakers' is capable o producin# sound

le"els that can cause per!anent hearin# loss$ 4o not sub!it your ears to lon# periods o hi#h"olu!es$ + you eperience any hearin loss or rin#in# in the ears' you should consult an

audiolo#ist$

• 4o not open the NeKo LX5 or atte!pt to disasse!ble or !odiy the internal parts &ithout prior

#uidance and>or instructions ro! an Open Labs Technician$ + the NeKo LX5 does not see! tounction properly' contact Open Labs technical support$

Cation

To ensure that the NeKo LX5 or any de"ice connected to it is not da!a#ed durin# usa#e or!aintenance' it is i!portant to adhere to the ollo&in# instructions$

• 4o not epose the NeKo LX5 to incle!ent &eather conditions such as hea"y rain' or use the un

in da!p or &et conditions$ +t is un&ise to place open containers o li?uids near the unit' thesecould spill onto the unit$ 4o not allo& any obects or li?uids to penetrate the unit$

• Ne"er use or store the NeKo LX5 in conditions that are subect to etre!e te!peratures$ This

!ostly includes closed in en"iron!ents &here lots o heat and direct sunli#ht are present(ea!ple' enclosed "ehicle)$

• 4o not place the NeKo LX5 in unsuitable locations &here the chance o allin# could happen$

• 2eore connectin# the NeKo LX5 to other electronic co!ponents' turn o the po&er or allco!ponents$ 2eore turnin# the po&er on or o or all co!ponents' set all "olu!e le"els to!ini!u!$ Gradually raise the "olu!e control &hile playin# the NeKo LX5 to set the desired

listenin# le"el$

• 2eore !o"in# the NeKo LX5' disconnect all cables$

• 2e careul not to eert too !uch pressure on the knobs' aders' or touchscreen'$

• @hen cleanin# the NeKo LX5-

▪ ,se a sot' dry cloth$

▪ To clean the touchscreen' use a lint ree cloth or sot paper to&el' &ith a s!all a!ount o

li#ht &indo& cleaner sprayed onto the cloth or paper to&el$

• Do not use paint thinners, solvents, cleaning fluids, or chemical based iping cloths!

Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual A



!a"le of Contents

Preface...........................................................................................................

Cha$ter % & Intro'ction...............................................................................%Open Labs =roduction 3tation o!ponents$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$1

Cha$ter ) * +etting Starte'...........................................................................%,npackin# and 3ettin# up your Open Labs =roduction 3tation$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$1

0ear =anel Layout$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$1*udio B M+4+ onnections$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$1

0ear =anel +>O-$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$1Cront =anel *udio +nterace$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$1

onnectin# the ables$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$12asic onnection 4ia#ra!s$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$1

Turnin# on an Open Labs production station$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$7*bout the 2+O3$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$7*bout the Open Labs G,+$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$7

Cha$ter , & -irst !ie ..................................................................................)The Open Labs G,+ +n 4etail$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$7*bout the M+4+ ontrollers$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$7

Mi /dit =anel$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$74.>D. ontroller$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$7MultiE=ad ontroller $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$7

The Track =ad$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$7,sin# ,32 4e"ices$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$7,sin# the 4D4>4E0@ 4ri"e$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$7,sin# the +nternet$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$7*ddin# 3ot&are to your Open Labs =roduction 3tation$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$7

Ne& 3ot&are +nstallation onsiderations$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$7

Cha$ter / & 0ic1start...................................................................................)3teps to =layin# 3ounds on an Open Labs =roduction 3tation$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$7

Cha$ter 5 * Playing Son's * 2iff...................................................................,

2eore you 2e#in$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$A3ettin# up the *udio$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$A3ettin# up the M+4+$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$A3ettin# up our =lu#Eins$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$A3ettin# up General and Keyboard Options$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$A

General$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$AKeyboard$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$A

5a& 2iff Architectre.....................................................................................,* =eror!ance /n"iron!ent$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$A

3et List @indo& $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$A3ound 2ro&ser (4eault Die&)$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$A3ound 2ro&ser (*d"anced Die&)$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$A

3i#nal hain$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:+nstru!ent /ditor$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:Li"e ontrols$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:

5"& Un'erstan'ing 2iff................................................................................../Launch 0i$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:

3et List$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:3on#$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:

Title 2ar$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:Menu 2ar$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:

Title 2ar ontrols$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:

Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual :



Learn $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:/dit Mode>Li"e Mode $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:

Mini!iHe$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:lose$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:=lay 2utton$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:

2=M $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:This is the control or the #lobal te!po$ (2=M I 2eats =er Minute) =ressin# The bounder J2=M brin#s up the 2=M input &indo&$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:

Main E Dolu!e Knob $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:

Lo&er 3ection ontrols$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:=re"ious and Net 3on#$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:=ick olor$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:0ena!e$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:

3tatus 2ar$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:Tooltips$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:

*udio D, Meter$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:M+4+ +ndicator$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:

=,$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:M/M$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:

3i#nal hain$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:,pper 2ar ontrols$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$5

+nput$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$5+nput olu!n ontrols$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$5

3i#nal hain$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$53i#nal hain olu!n ontrols$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$5

3trea! =rocessor$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$5/ect olu!n ontrols$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$5

+nstru!ent /ditor$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$5+nstru!ent =ara!eters$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$5/portin# and +!portin# ,ser =atches$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$5

Li"e ontrols$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$5Knob =roperties> %oriHontal 3lider =roperties> Dertical 3lider =roperties$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$52utton =roperties$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$5

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5c& Using 2iff4 !torials................................................................................,sin# the 3on# Grid$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$F

reatin# a Ne& 3et and *ddin# an +nstru!ent$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$F*bout the 3ound 2ro&ser$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$F

3a"in# a 3et$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$F0ena!e a 3on#$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$F+!portin# 0acks' 3i#nal hains' 3on#s' +nputs$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$F/portin# 0acks' 3i#nal hains' 3on#s' +nputs$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$F

,sin# the 3i#nal hain$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$F*ddin# an *dditional +nstru!ent to a 3on#$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$F

reatin# Keyboard 3plits in a 3on# (3i#nal hain)$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$F*ddin# /ects to an +nput or 3i#nal hain$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$F

*ddin# M+4+ CX$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$;reatin# and usin# *udio +nputs$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$;

/dit Mode "s$ Li"e Mode$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$;M+4+ Learnin# %ard&are ontrollers$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$;

Learn 0elati"e$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$;reatin# and ,sin# Li"e ontrols$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$;

reate a Ne& Li"e ontrol$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$;

,sin# Oscillators &ith Knobs>3liders$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$9




Mappin# Li"e ontrols to the Lo&er ontrol 3ection$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$93a"in# and /portin# Li"e ontrols$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$9

,sin# MultiEti!bral +nstru!ents > 3harin# +nstru!ents$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$93harin# +nstru!ents$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$93on# Grid and the MultiEti!bral +nstru!ent$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$9reatin# Keyboard 3plits &ith MultiEti!bral +nstru!ents$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$*d"anced MultiEti!bral +nstru!ents > 3i#nal hain$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$M+4+ +nput +>O Options @indo&$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$18,sin# 4ierent =reset 3ounds &ith a 3hared +nstru!ent$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$18

5' * Using B$ 6P7 the 6i8 E'it Panel 9ith 2iff an' +r........................%(2u!p M= *ssi#n!ents$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$18Mi /dit =anel *ssi#n!ents$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$18

+!portin# the 2u!p M=>Guru 3on# Te!plate $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$18G,0, uickstart- /n#ines' =ads' =atterns and Graphs $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$18

/n#ines $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$18=ads $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$18=atterns $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$18

3licer$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$11O"er"ie& o the G,0, +nterace $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$11

G,0, L4$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$11G,0, Toolbar$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$11

2ro&ser$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$11M+4+ =ads$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$11=attern Keys$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$113e?uencer Master$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$11

ontrol on"entions and Keyboard 3hortcuts$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$11The ,N4O button$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$11

Loadin# and 3a"in# in G,0,$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$11Load>3a"e &ith 0i$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$11Load>3a"e a 2undle ile$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$11

Load>3a"e Kits$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$11Load>3a"e =attern>=attern 3et$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$11

reatin# 2eats &ith G,0,- The 2asics$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$11

0ecordin# =atterns$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$110ecordEar!in#$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$10ecord !ode$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$11

o!!it>,ndo$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$11=atterns and Graphs- G,0,s stepEse?uencin# syste!$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$11

=atterns$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$11Graphs$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17

Graph Types $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17

Cha$ter * Playing Son's * Karsyn...........................................................%)Key Ceatures$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17Karsyns ontrol Module$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17

Output 2usses$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17

*ddin# and 4eletin# Output 2usses$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17+nstru!ent Modules$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17

*ddin# and 4eletin# +nstru!ent Modules$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17+nstru!ent onsole$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17

4ockin# and Cloatin# the +nstru!ent onsole$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17*ddin# and 0e!o"in# /ects$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17

@orkin# &ith *udio +nputs$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17*d"anced =eror!ance 0eco"ery$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17=reerences$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17

M+4+ +nput =orts$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17

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0e!appin# or 4isablin# M+4+ =ro#ra! han#es$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17Key 0an#e and Transpose$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17hannel Map$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17ontinuous ontroller Map$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17To##le Mode$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$173a"in# and Loadin# M+4+ oni#urations$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$173ettin# a 4eault M+4+ oni#uration$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17

+nsert Mana#er$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$173ho&in# /ects onsoles$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17

,sin# /ect =resets$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17M+4+ 0outin# to /ects$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17+nsert /ect *uto!ation usin# M+4+ ontinuous ontrollers$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17@orkin# &ith =resets$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17

reatin# =resets$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17han#in# =resets ro! the ontrol Module$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17

han#in# =resets ro! a @/0T Keyboard$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17=resets Te!po$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17

Cha$ter 3 & 2ecor'ing * 2EAPE2.................................................................%,0ecordin# &ith an Open Labs =roduction 3tation$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$1ANe& to 0ecordin# $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$1AOpenin# 0/*=/0 or the Cirst Ti!e$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$1A

+nsertin# and ,sin# a D3Ti $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$1A3ettin# D3Ti =reerences $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$1AD3T =lu#Ein 3ettin#s $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$1A

3ettin# up a Dirtual +nstru!ent$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$1A3ettin# up 0ecordin#$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$1A3ettin# up Track +nput$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$1A0ecordin# in 0/*=/0 &ith a D3Ti$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$1:

Master =anel Layout and *ssi#n!ents or 0/*=/0$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$1:4. ontrol =anel Layout and *ssi#n!ents or 0/*=/0$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$1:

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Loopin#$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$1:

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Cha$ter : & 6iiK Users +i'e....................................................................%5@hat is Mi!iK$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$15Mi!iK 3u##ested ,sa#e$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$15@hat is a =reset and a 2ank$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$153C Cor!at$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$15%o& to =hysically 3et ,p Mi!iK$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$15

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P r e f a c eP r e f a c e

This =roduct Manual #i"es inor!ation about the Open Labs NeKo LX5 production station' as perGeneration 5 speciications$

6anal Organi>ation

The chapters in this ,ser Manual are arran#ed as ollo&s-

• +ntroduction- inor!ation and o"er"ie&s o an Open Labs production station$

• Gettin# 3tarted- inor!ation on preparin# your Open Labs production station or use$

• Cirst ti!e- instructions on &hat to epect ro! the sot&are and hard&are en"iron!ent o yourOpen Labs production station$

• =layin# 3ounds- instructions on ho& to use 0i and Karsyn to play sounds &ith your Open Labsproduction station$

• 0ecordin#- instructions on ho& to record on your Open Labs production station usin# 0/*=/0$

• M+4+ Mappin#- inor!ation about !Cusion' and usin# !Cusion to create M+4+ controllerassi#n!ents$

• Mi!iK Manual- instructions on ho& to !i!ik keyboards>!odules and ho& to play back said

!i!iked sounds$• %ard&are Maintenance- inor!ation re#ardin# the need to !ake hard&are chan#es$

• *ppendi- inor!ation about preinstalled sot&are' audio hard&are$ *s &ell as an appendi orlearnin# the basics o proessional audio$

Usefl Sggestions

This !anual has a air a!ount o inor!ation' ho&e"er' ro! ti!e to ti!e you !ay not ind &hatyou need to kno& in this !anual$ /"ery application that co!es &ith an Open Labs production

station has a !anual$ These are usually in either a $=4C or!at or %/L= ile or!at' and can belocated in their Jc-P=ro#ra! CilesP=roduct Na!e older$

*lso' Goo#le or @ikipedia are both #reat resources or indin# !ore detailed inor!ation on the

application you re?uire assistance &ith$

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C h a $ t e r % & I n t r o ' c t i o nC h a $ t e r % & I n t r o ' c t i o n

@elco!e to the Open Labs NeKo LX5$ =lease read this !anual thorou#hly in order to a!iliariHeyoursel &ith the unit$ =lease keep this !anual in a sae place or urther reerence$

Open Labs creates the ulti!ate peror!ance and studio instru!ents$ 2ased on the Open3ynth™plator!' Open Labs production stations ree you ro! rustratin# li!itations i!posed by closed'proprietary syste!s' &hile still !aintainin# the "irtues o an all in one keyboard instru!ent$

O$en Son's- Open Labs production stations can e!ulate al!ost any instru!ent e"er in"entedby hostin# industry standard D3Ti sot&are synthesiHers' sa!plers' and audio processin# plu#Eins

O$en Syste- Open Labs production stations utiliHe industry standard !otherboards andprocessors that allo& you to run standard operatin# syste!s (such as Microsot @indo&s)' and usstandard =Eco!patible hard&are$

All in One- Open Labs production stations all in one desi#n eli!inates the clutter and conusion o

traditional desktop co!puter syste!s' so you can ocus on your !usic$

User -rien'ly- Open Labs production stations enable you to chan#e settin#s and access pro#ra!throu#h an easyEtoEuse interace that shields you ro! the co!pleities o the operatin# syste!$

Po9er to 2oc1- Open Labs production stations can acco!!odate the astest processorsa"ailable' !ore 0*M' and !ore stora#e than any other !usic &orkstation$

Lo9 Latency- Open Labs production stations #i"e you nearEHero latency e"en under hi#h

processor loads$

?ersatility- Open Labs production stations are so "ersatile' that they can run "irtually any plu#Ei

or application desi#ned or the @indo&s X= operatin# syste!' includin# products ro! 3teinber#'Nati"e +nstru!ents' +K Multi!edia and !any othersQ

Bring It@- /?uipped &ith =+>=+E/ slots that can accept up to ull siHe cards' Open Labsproduction stations can acco!!odate your a"orite rea!&are$ T' and' ,ni"ersal *udio cards'pro"idin# unsurpassed po&er$ Open Labs production stations also eatures =+E/press (=+/X1)slots' oerin# e"en #reater epansion potential$

6o'ern Art- @ith a sleek' !odern desi#n incorporatin# an alu!inu! chassis' Open Labsproduction stations are as beautiul as they are po&erul$

Srf"oar'- *n ethernet port allo&s you to directly access the +nternet' and to ?uickly and easily

do&nload up#rades' sounds' and applications$

The "ersatility to #ro& and adapt to e"ery !usicians needs is &hy Open Labs production stationsare uni?ue$ /tre!e care should be taken &hen installin# ne& hard&are and sot&are$ +nstallin#the &ron# co!ponents could cause #reat instability to your Open Labs production station$ 0ead

hapter 18 beore installin# any ne& de"ices or sot&are$




Open Labs Production Station Components

<?<C<2W <rieOpen Labs production stations co!e standard &ith a 4D4>4E&riter' so that you !ay use it as abackup de"ice' or to create audio 4s o your !usic$ The 4D4>40@ dri"e can also be used toplay 4s' 4D4s' or install sot&are$

;ar' <rie

The hard dri"e is the !ain physical stora#e de"ice or all your data and applications$ 2ecause hard

dri"es are delicate de"ices' al&ays treat the! &ith care$

Po9er Btton2eset Btton

The po&er s&itch and reset button are located in the recessed area on the ri#ht side o thekeyboard$

A'io InterfaceOpen Labs production stations include a !utichannel audio interace$ =lease reer to hapter 7 oinor!ation about the speciic audio input>output eatures o your Open Labs production station$

USB Ports )DT&o rear ,32 ports allo& connections to ,32 de"ices$

Internal USB Port*ll Open Labs production stations ha"e at least one unused ,32 port located inside the chassis$This is ideal or ,32 sot&are protection de"ices$

E8ternal 6onitor PortThe !onitor port allo&s you to connect any !onitor &ith a standard DG* connector to your OpenLabs production station$

Ethernet %(%(((The /thernet port &ill accept a sin#le hi#hEspeed cable connection$ This &ill allo& you to share

iles' print' and access the +nternet$

<I66 E8$ansion Slots+ your Open Labs production station is currently itted &ith less than :G2 o 0*M' you can install

additional !e!ory$ Open Labs production stations support 7:8Epin' 4407 4+MMs$ all technicalsupport or details about epandin# an Open Labs production stations !e!ory capacity$

PCIPCI*E E8$ansion Slots=+ and =+E/press slots are or addin# additional hard&are boards such as +>O cards' 43= cardsor additional #raphics boards$ *ddEin boards should all be Microsot @indo&s X= co!patible$ + yoare unsure' please call Open Labs technical support$

Perforance Controllers

*n Open Labs production stations top panel contains a "ariety o aders' knobs' buttons' and a 4*>2 ader$ *ll o these !ay be !apped to control the unctions o "arious applications' instru!entse?uencin# sot&are' etc$

!ochscreen 6onitorOpen Labs production stations co!es &ith a touchscreen !onitor$ The touchscreen can beaccessed usin# your in#ertips' or a plastic stylus$ The touchscreen pro"ides an alternati"e !ethoo inputtin# co!!ands$ +t can be used by itsel as the sole source o co!!and input' or it can beused in conunction &ith the builtEin keyboard and track pad' or a standard keyboard and !ouse$




A"ot the !ochscreen 6onitor

%ere are a e& techni?ues that &ill help you #et the !ost out o the touchscreen-0ather than usin# the lat portion o your in#er' use your in#ernail$ 2y usin# your nail' you !akecontact &ith a s!aller portion o your in#er and #et #reater accuracy$To ha"e a Jri#htEclick eect &ith your in#er' tap and hold do&n on the screen &ith your in#er$ +na !o!ent' the ri#htEclick options &ill pop up or you$Cor ine details' use the supplied touchpad$ /ither use a in#er on the touchpad &ith a thu!b onthe let button or clickin#' or use t&o hands$




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C h a $ t e r ) * + e t t i n g S t a r t e 'C h a $ t e r ) * + e t t i n g S t a r t e '

Unpacking and Setting up your Open Labs Production Station

The irst ti!e you open the bo' you should ensure that all the parts are enclosed$ 2ecause each

Open Labs production station !ay be custo!iHed &ith dierent options' you should "alidate itscontents &ith your order$ /nsure that all co!ponents are included and that none o the! &ereda!a#ed durin# shippin#$

3elect a lat tabletop near a stable po&er source' preerably one that is sur#eEprotected' or anuninterrupted po&er supply (,=3) to unpack your Open Labs production station$ Net&orka"ailability is also a plus' especially i you plan to transer &ork throu#h a local area net&ork

(L*N)$

2ear Panel Layot

On an Open Labs production stations back panel you &ill ind-

1$ DG* !onitor out port7$ *uto "olta#e s&itchin# po&er supply

A$ Cire&ire :88 port:$ /thernet (18>188>1888)

5$ T&o ,32 portsF$ =3>7 keyboard connector

;$ *udio>M+4+ +>O panel

A'io 6I<I Connections

Open Labs production stations back panel pro"ides si analo# outputs' t&o analo# inputs' stereo3>=4+C di#ital +>O' and M+4+ +>O$ *n additional coaial di#ital output is located to the let o the

stereo 3>=4+C +>O connectors$ This output can be used to send stereo or !ultiEchannel (up to ;$1audio to an eternal decoder' typically the di#ital audio inputs o a ho!e theater syste!$

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2ear Panel IO4

3ee the end o this chapter or ea!ples o connections to the "arious inputs and outputs$

-ront Panel A'io Interface

There is also an audio interace located on the ront o Open Labs production station' pro"idin# t&!ore audio inputs and an output or headphones$

The t&o inputs on this panel ser"e as prea!ps or either !icrophones or instru!ents (as opposedto the rear panel inputs' &hich are appropriate or lineEle"el si#nals)$ =hanto! po&er !ay beturned on or use &ith condensor !ics$2oth o the inputs utiliHe the Neutrik o!bo connector' &hich lets you use either 1>: phone or

XL0 connectors$The 1>: connectors are or use &ith an instru!ent (#uitar' bass' etc$)$ @hen an instru!ent isplu##ed into the instru!ent input' the !icrophone prea!pliier is bypassed and the interacebeco!es an acti"e instru!ent prea!pliier$Note- *cti"e instru!ents are those that ha"e an internal prea!p or a line le"el output$ *cti"einstru!ents should be plu##ed into a line input (located on the back) rather than into aninstru!ent input$ +n other &ords' dont plu# an acti"e instru!ent into the co!bo acks onchannels 1 or 7$

/:*olt Phanto Po9er

=ressin# this button &ill send phanto! po&er to the !ic inputs$ @hen on' the button &ill li#ht up

In$t +ain Control/ach channel has an input #ain control knob and associated clip li#ht$ The ollo&in# #ain structure

is pro"ided or each channel-

6icro$hone In$t XL2 - :5d2 o "ariable #ain (R1:d2 to R55d2)Instrent ;iF In$t !S %/G- :5d2 "ariable #ain (R9d2 to R58d2)

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Cli$ In'icator- The clip indicator &ill li#ht up i your input si#nal ro! the XL0 (Mic) or S (line)reaches R19d2u (8d2s)$ *t this le"el' your !ic prea!p>line tri! si#nal !ay not ehibit si#ns oclippin# such as distortion$ %o&e"er' this le"el &ill cause the *>4 (analo# to di#ital) con"erters toclip$ Thereore' it is hi#hly reco!!ended that you do not allo& your con"erters to clip (the clipindicators to li#ht up) as the sound ?uality &ill not be desirable$Main Le"el- This knob allo&s control o"er the output le"el$ +t has a ran#e o E98db to R18d2$;ea'$hone HG ac1- This is &here you connect your headphones$Phones Kno"4 The phones knob controls the a!ount o "olu!e #oin# to the headphone output othe ront o the unit$ Notice the "olu!e indicator #oes to 11 (loud)$ "se this setting ith caution$

2e'*Ble Po9erSync Light- This li#ht is a clock (sync) indicator$ +t lets you kno& i your unit irecei"in# &ordclock correctly$ @ordclock is the !anner by &hich di#ital de"ices sync ra!e rates$=roper &ordclock sync pre"ents di#ital de"ices ro! ha"in# pops' clicks' or distortion in the audiosi#nal (due to !is!atched di#ital audio trans!ission)$

• 2lue solid sync

• 0ed sync not present$• Clashin# 0ed and 2lue eternal sync not present

Please note4

1$ Open Labs production stations ha"e coolin# "ents on the back panel and on the underneat

the chassis$ Make sure that none o these "ents are obstructed$7$ There should be a!ple roo! on the let side o your Open Labs production stations to allo&

or the 4D4>4E0OM tray to eect &ithout obstruction$

Connecting the Ca"les

Open Labs production stations contain all the co!!on interaces you &ould ind on a co!puter&orkstation$ On the back panel you &ill ind t&o ,32 ports' one DG*E!onitor port' /thernet port(18>1888)' Cire&ire :88' =3>7 keyboard' the audio +>O connectors' M+4+ +>O and pedal inputs$

2eore po&erin# the Open Labs production station-

onnect the syste! to an uninterrupted po&er supply$ The NeKo LX5 has an auto voltage switching powersupply.




onnect your Open Labs production stations audio outputs to your !onitorin# syste!$

EorE

1$ Main Dolu!e ontrol

7$ %eadphone "olu!e

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There are t&o po&er s&itches on the NeKo LX5$ One is located on the po&er supply in the rear'and the other po&er s&itch is located on the ri#ht side end bell &ithin the recessed area$ TheNeKo LX5 has an auto switching powersupply.

The !ain po&er button dia#ra!

1$ %ard 4ri"e *cti"ity Li#ht

7$ 3yste! =o&er +ndicator E 3ho&s a #reen li#ht &hen the unit is po&ered on$

A$ Main =o&er 2utton E ,se this button to start the NeKo$ #olding this button don ill force thes$stem to shut don!

:$ =o&er 0eset 2utton E Pressing this ill perform a hard reset of the s$stem!

=o&er supply po&er button dia#ra!

1$ This is the s&itch that turns on the po&er supply' it is necessary to ha"e this in the UONU positiobeore the !achine &ill po&er up$ The button itsel has t&o sy!bols upon it' a circle and a

strai#ht line' the circle is UOCCU' the line represents UONU$

onnect to your Open Labs production station any eternal ite!s you plan to use' such as ,32

de"ices' an eternal "ideo !onitor' additional M+4+Ee?uipped de"ices' sustain pedal' etc$

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Basic Connection <iagras

The ollo&in# picture sho&s ea!ples o the rear audio and M+4+ connections$




The ollo&in# picture sho&s ea!ples o the ront audio connections$




!rning on an O$en La"s $ro'ction station

There are t&o po&er s&itches on an Open Labs production station$ One is located on back o the

po&er supply and the !ain po&er s&itch is located on the ri#ht side o the Open Labs productionstation &ithin the end beHel$

=lease note careully-2e sure your Open Labs production station po&er supply is coni#ured or the proper "olta#e$ oucan set the "olta#e "ia the s&itch on the po&er supply (rear panel)$ + you are unsure &hat the

settin# should be' please contact technical support at Open Labs before attempting to poer up$our Open Labs production station$

The po&er supply also has a s&itch labeled J% or %i#h' JL or Lo&' and J* or *uto$ This s&itch&ill adust the an speeds o the po&er supply$ *s a deault it should be set to *uto$

,pon po&erin# up' the Open Labs production station &ill boot up in t&o phases- The irst phase isthe 2+O3 phase' or the preEMicrosot @indo&s phase$ This is &hen the hard&are "alidates that allsyste!s are unctional &ithin acceptable para!eters$

=+ de"ices' onboard !e!ory' and other syste! de"ices run throu#h a short dia#nostic routine'and then the syste! &ill be#in to load the operatin# syste!VMicrosot @indo&s X=$ %t is normal

for the &%OS screen to load upside don on $our displa$! Once 'indos XP loads, the screen illrotate to the correct orientation$

,nless you plan to !ake i!!ediate hard&are chan#es' there is no need to access any o the 2+O

coni#uration !enus$ + you do plan to !ake so!e 2+O3 !odiications' you can access the 2+O3 bhittin# the 4/L/T/ key &hen your Open Labs production station irst boots$

A"ot the BIOS3yste! 2+O3 is a !enu &here you can coni#ure your hard&are settin#s$ The settin#s pertain tohard&are only' and &ill so!eti!es aect your sot&are pro#ra!s i coni#ured incorrectly$ + youplan to !ake !odiications to the 2+O3' it is reco!!ended that you contact Open Labs technicalsupport$

The second phase loads Microsot @indo&s X=$ This is an opti!iHed installation o @indo&s X='

!eanin# that it contains all the t&eaks that &ill enhance syste! peror!ance$

3ince this is the JCull Dersion rather than the J/!bedded "ersion o the @indo&s packa#e' yourOpen Labs production station has all the potential to be your !ost po&erul sound production

appliance &ithout any hindrance to any co!puterEdri"en applications$

*ny sot&are supported under the Microsot @indo&s X= plator! &ill be supported by your OpenLabs production station$ *ter the syste! is ully booted' you should be in the Open Labs Graphica,ser +nterace (G,+)$

A"ot the O$en La"s +UIThe Open Labs G,+ is not a standard part o Microsot @indo&s X=$ +t is a custo!iHable o"erlay to

the standard Microsot X= &ork en"iron!ent$ ou can to##le bet&een the t&o !odes by clickin# othe Open Labs icon (located in the lo&er letEhand corner o the screen)' select uit' and then

select Go To @indo&s$ ou can al&ays reinstate the Open Labs G,+ by accessin# the shortcut(na!ed JOpen Labs 3hell) pro"ided on the desktop$

Cor !ore inor!ation about the Open Labs G,+' see chapter A$




,

C h a $ t e r , & - i r s t ! i eC h a $ t e r , & - i r s t ! i e

The irst ti!e you po&er up your Open Labs NeKo LX5 it loads directly to 0i' once you close 0i'you !ay realiHe that the screen looks nothin# like Microsot @indo&s X=$ The look is the Open LabGraphical ,ser +nterace that &ill enhance your producti"ity' especially in co!bination &ith thetouchscreen$

The Open Labs GUI In Detail

The G,+' or #raphical user interace' is a custo!iHable shell that allo&s the launchin# o

applications ro! a sin#le location$ This G,+ is opti!iHed or use &ith a touchscreen and or!usical peror!ance$ Traditionally' &ithin the Microsot @indo&s en"iron!ent' you &ould ha"e to

!ake shortcuts or applications you use !ost oten' and arran#e the! on your desktop or syste!tray or easy access$ 2ecause these ite!s are oten !asked by open applications and &indo&s'

you !ay ha"e to reposition your &indo&s e"ery ti!e you &ish to initiate a ne& application$3tartin# pro#ra!s "ia the W3tart button is also not ideal' because the pro#ra! #roups contain allinstalled pro#ra!s' rather than ust those e& applications you use the !ost$

The Open Labs G,+ is desi#ned to allo& access to the pro#ra!s and tasks that you &ill use !ostre?uently &ith your Open Labs production station$ *ter po&erin# up your Open Labs productionstation' @indo&s X= &ill launch' ollo&ed by the Open Labs G,+$ ou &ill notice ri#ht a&ay ho& thG,+ or#aniHes and si!pliies the tasks associated &ith !akin# !usic$

urrently acti"e applications &ill appear on the taskbar$ + there are !ore applications open than&ill it in the taskbar at once' you can scroll let and ri#ht usin# the arro&s in the lo&er ri#htEhandcorner o the screen$

lickin# on the Open Labs icon in the lo&er letEhand corner &ill re"eal shortcuts to a "ariety oapplications and iles$

The picture belo& sho&s the irst screen' and the irst le"el o buttons displayed &hen you click thOpen Labs icon$ +t also sho&s the icon or an open application (in this case' @indo&s /plorer)$




3tartin# ro! the botto!' the icons &ill be eplained$

,+Tlickin# on this button &ill #i"e you the ollo&in# options-

• +o !o Win'o9s4 This button &ill close the Open Labs G,+ and take you to the standard

@indo&s X= desktop$

• Sht <o9n- ,se this to turn your Open Labs production station o

• 2estart- ,se this to restart your Open Labs production station$

ONT0OL =*N/L3The ontrol =anels button pro"ides access to utilities that you !i#ht need &hile &orkin# on yourOpen Labs production station$ @hen you click on the ,til button' you &ill see the ollo&in# option

• A'io4 The *udio button directs the controls or your sound card$ @hen you click the *udiobutton you &ill see the ollo&in# options-

▪ (ontrol Panel - Launches the sound card control panel' ro! here you can adust latency'sa!ple rate' and boost input "olu!e$

▪ Mi)er* This button launches the sound card !ier panel$

• 6I<I4 Launches the !Cusion ontrol =anel$ 3ee hapter F or inor!ation about usin# !Cusion

• !ochscreen4 ,se to calibrate your touchscreen and display settin#s$

• Syste Bac1$4




%/L=The ;el$ button #i"es you access to "arious or!s o inor!ation re#ardin# your Open Labsproduction station$ @hen you click the %elp button you &ill see the ollo&in# options-

• !torial ?i'eos- ou &ill ind "ideo tutorials that &ill help you !ake recordin#s and play

sounds$

• 6anals- @ill take you to a older containin# user #uides and !anuals$

• 2eote s$$ort 2eJires an Internet connectionD- lickin# this &ill take you to a &ebsit&here an Open Labs technician can lo# into your production station and pro"ide you &ith

technical assistance' and online tutorials$ =lease call Open Labs tech support to schedule are!ote support session$ 517$:::$F777$

• O$en La"s -or 2eJires an Internet connectionD- To #ain access to the Open Labs online co!!unity' and technical support oru!s use this link- (http->>oru!$openlabs$co!)$

• Coru! access re?uires re#istration$

ON30//N K/2O*04The Onscreen Key"oar' button &ill display a #raphical representation o a standard co!puter

keyboard or touchscreen entry o alphanu!eric input$

*==3The *pps button is a &ay to access "arious pro#ra!s installed on your Open Labs productionstation$ @hen you click the *pps button you &ill see the ollo&in# options-

• Brn C<*<?<4 Launches a 4>4D4 burnin# pro#ra!$

• Play 6e'ia- This button launches @indo&s Media =layer' or the playback o !edia iles$

• !ranslator- Launches a ile con"ersion pro#ra!$• Internet- Launches the Cireo bro&ser or #ainin# access to &eb pa#es$

M+M+K K/2O*04Launches the 6iiK keyboard clonin# sot&are$ Cor inor!ation on usin# Mi!iK' reer to hapter 9$

0/O04>3/,/N/This button &ill launch the M+4+>audio se?uencer bundled &ith your Open Labs production station

&hich is 2EAPE2 $ Cor inor!ation about usin# 0eaper see hapter ;$

=L* 3O,N43ou can use this button to launch either 0i' or Karsyn$ The pro#ra!s are D3Ti hosts' and allo&

you to play sounds on your Open Labs production station$

• +nor!ation on usin# 0i can be ound in hapter 5$

• +nor!ation on usin# Karsyn can be ound in hapter F$




About the IDI Controllers

Open Labs production stations oer the ollo&in# control suraces-

• Mi /dit =anel (aders' rotary knobs and buttons)

• 4.>D. ontroller (*>2 crossader' knobs' buttons)

• MultiE=ad ontroller

2oth o these are actually pro#ra!!able M+4+ control suraces$ Open Labs production stations sh

&ith M+4+ control !aps or use &ith the installed applications (Karsyn' 0/*=/0' and so on)' butyou can also create your o&n custo! !aps to use &ith any M+4+ application$

6i8 E'it Panel

The O$en La"s 6i8E'it Panel eatures t&o sections o controls-

1$ The Mi)er Section is desi#ned or !iin#' and is laid out like !ost co!!on third party 4*@controllers$ +t eatures ei#ht channel strips' each &ith a knob or pannin#' a button or !utin#'

and a ader or "olu!e control$ =lus one ader dedicated to the !aster bus$ *lso' the !iersection eatures a bank button or ?uick access to our banks$ This #i"es you A7 channels o

control in 0eaper' or any other M+4+ !appable 4*@ you &ish to use$

Ceedback is pro"ided in t&o &ays$ Cor each bank on the Mier section (*' 2' ' and 4) there is

an L/4 li#ht indicatin# &hat bank is selected' plus each bank is labeled 1E9' E1F' 1;E7:' 75EA7

in a color code$ *bo"e each ader is the track nu!bers listed in color code$ This #i"es the user "isual display on &hat track channel they are about to adust$ The other !ethod or eedback i

the &hite scribble strip belo& the controllers$ This &ill be !ade !aterial supportin# dry erase!arkers and lets the user &rite on the panel$ This is useul in a studio en"iron!ent and li"e$

Cor ea!ple' so!e keyboardists like to use aders or dra& bar control$ @ith the scribble strip

they can &rite &hich dra& bars are bein# controlled$

7$ The other section is kno&n as the +dit Section$ The /dit section eatures ei#ht rotary encoders'

our back lit buttons' a ourE&ay bank button (like the Mier section) and a :8 (95) characterL4 display to #i"e you eedback on &hat you are controllin#$ ou can chan#e the tet on the

L4 "ia Musion' and label it as you &ish' alon# &ith assi#nin# the encoders to a desiredpara!eter$ +n the studio' this section &ill unction as a channel strip' #i"in# you access to the

!ost co!!on used unctions such as "olu!e' pan' !ute' solo etc$ @ith the push o the /dit=anels Y2ankZ button' the L4 and encoders chan#e to control your selected tracks Gate'

another push o the bank button chan#es the abo"e to control your tracks /' and another banbutton push to control your selected tracks o!pressor$




<? Controller

The 4.>D. controller contains 17 buttons' one *E2 crossader' and se"en knobs$ The buttons are areely assi#nable' but ha"e been desi#ned and labeled to support speciic syste! operations andsot&are unction$

6lti*Pa' Controller

The NeKo LX5 oers a ne& controller' the MultiE=ad controller$ This controller oers tons oeatures to #i"e you a dru! !achine style eperience$ %ere are so!e o the eatures o this ine

controller$

• Cied Le"el controls• Note repeat button &ith ?uantiHe knob

• 1; indi"idual dru! pads' &ith the 1;th pad bein# Ulast padU

• hro!atic button

• %old button

• /i#ht en#ines that hold 7: patterns' &ith ei#ht en#ine buttons to select

• o!!it button

• ,ndo button

• Transport controls




The Track Pad

our track pad has t&o !ain buttons- let and ri#ht$ The let track pad button is !ostly used toselect obects' or to launch pro#ra!s$ The ri#ht track pad button is used to call up auiliary !enu

and properties o obects$

+n #eneral' to access or launch an application' doubleEclick the let track pad button &hile the tracpad pointer is ho"erin# o"er the desired icon$

To !o"e an obect ro! one older to another' or to reposition onscreen icons' you can !o"e thesobects by dra##in#$ To dra# an obect' position your track pad pointer o"er the icon' press andhold do&n the let !ouse button' then !o"e the obect to its ne& location$ @hen you release thelet track pad button' your obect or icon &ill be placed in its ne& location$ 4ra##in# does notal&ays &ork' and it !ay be disabled by the pro#ra! that you are usin#$

ou can also select !ultiple ite!s by #roupin# the! usin# the let track pad button$ @hen youposition the pointer o"er an e!pty area on your desktop' you can hold do&n the let track padbutton and proceed to dra# a rectan#le o"er se"eral obects$ 0eleasin# the let track pad button&ill hi#hli#ht all obects or icons &ithin the area o the rectan#le created by dra##in# the pointer$

3electin# !ultiple obects allo&s you to !o"e and assi#n attributes to all the obects at oncerather than doin# each one indi"idually$ Cor ea!ple' you !ay &ish to delete our iles in your!usic older$ ou can use this !ethod to select the our ite!s and then hit the 4/L/T/ key on youkeyboard to send these ite!s to the recycle bin$

Using US! De"icesThe Open Labs production station co!es &ith t&o ,32 ports on the back panel$ + you re?uire!ore ,32 ports' you can purchase a ,32 hub$ Typically' ,32 de"ices also re?uire you to ha"e@indo&s X= ,32 dri"ers in order or the de"ice to &ork properly in Microsot @indo&s$ The dri"erare pro"ided by your ,32 de"ice !anuacturer' and can be do&nloaded ro! their support site onthe +nternet$

Using the D#D$CD%&' Dri"eThe 4D4>4E0@ dri"e can be opened by pressin# the release button located belo& the eectiontray$ 2ecause Microsot @indo&s supports bootable 4s' it is i!portant that you do not lea"e any

4s that are bootable in the 4D4>4E0@ dri"e so that you &ill not boot the 4 accidentally$*ddin# 4s into the 4E0@ 4ri"e &hile the Open Labs production station is runnin# &ill so!eti!einitiate popEup !enus$ This depends on ho& the 4 &as &ritten$ Cor ea!ple' typical sot&areinstallation 4s ha"e popEup !enus to assist in installation o its sot&are &hen the 4 is irstinserted into the 4D4>4E0@ dri"e$ *lternati"ely' insertin# an audio 4 into the 4D4>4E0@ dri"&ill initiate 4E=layer to play$

The 4 dri"e can be used to burn iles onto blank recordable 4s$ 0ecordable 4s are sold at !oco!puter stores and pro"ide an inepensi"e !ethod o backin# up your critical iles$

ou !ay use any nu!ber o pro#ra!s to burn 4s &ith your 4D4>4E0@ dri"e$ Microsot@indo&s X= &ill author 4s as &ell$ To use the Microsot tool' na"i#ate to the J3tart button' andthen doubleEclick on My o!puter$

4oubleEclickin# on My o!puter &ill open a &indo& sho&in# all your stora#e de"ices$ +nsert ablack recordable 4 (4E0) into your 4D4>4E0@ dri"e and your 4D4>4E0@ dri"e icon shouldchan#e to indicate the presence o a 4E0 disc$

4oubleEclickin# on this icon &ill open an e!pty &indo& that is e!pty ecept or a le#end to the

let$




,sin# the dra#EandEdrop !ethod' you can place !ultiple iles into the e!pty area &ithin the ri#htpane o this &indo&$ Ciles should start to populate this e!pty area$ Keep in !ind that the!ai!u! a!ount o data you can store on a sin#le 4E0 is approi!ately ;88 M2' or 98 !inuteo audio &a" iles$

@hen you are done' select- J@rite these iles to 4$

*nother popEup &ill appear and &ill pro"ide a &alkEthrou#h &ith stepEbyEstep instructions to

co!plete your 4$ These stepEbyEstep popEups are called &iHards$ Microsot lo"es to use &iHards'and you &ill encounter !any &iHards &hile usin# @indo&s X=$3i!ply ollo& the @iHard to the end and your 4 &ill be inished$

Using the InternetThe net&ork adapter allo&s you to connect a hi#hEspeed net&ork to your Open Labs productionstation$ 4ependin# on your setup' the net&ork could be local area only (ust connects to otherco!puters around you) or to the +nternet$ Open Labs production stations &ill support a 18 Mbits o1888 Mbits net&ork$*nyti!e you connect to the +nternet' it is "ital that you use the sa!e precautions as you &oulduse &ith a nor!al co!puter$ +t is reco!!ended that you keep +nternet acti"ities to a !ini!u! toreduce risks o co!puter "iruses' hackers' popEups' and other "ulnerabilities inherent on the

+nternet$

+nternet use or the Open Labs production station should be restricted to the ollo&in#-

• onnection to Microsot to run updates o ser"ice packs$ (=lease check &ith Open Labssupport or co!patibility o Microsot updates)$

• Technical support &ith Open Labs$

• ,pdatin# "irus deinitions or your antiE"irus protection$• ollaboration &ith other !usicians in sharin# o !usic$• Net&ork printin# and local ile sharin#$

Adding So(t)are to your Open Labs Production Station

*ddin# ne& sot&are to your Open Labs production station is not unlike addin# sot&are to yourho!e co!puter$ The process still re?uires that you ha"e the sot&are' either on a 4 0OM orresident on your hard dri"e ro! an +nternet do&nload$ 3yste! re?uire!ents o your Open Labsproduction station should !eet that o your sot&are' or installation &ill ail$ Cor ea!ple' youcannot install Macintosh sot&are in a Open Labs production station' or install @indo&s 9co!pliant sot&are$ our Open Labs production station runs Microsot @indo&s X=' and &ill onlyaccept sot&are that &orks on this plator!$*s a #uideline' !ost current sot&are sold at your !usic supplier &ill &ork on a Open Labsproduction station$ +t is only &ith older sot&are applications that you should practice cautiondurin# installation$ + you are uncertain &hether sot&are applications &ill &ork in the Microsot@indo&s X= en"iron!ent' please contact your sot&are !anuacturer$+nstructions or installin# sot&are are pro"ided in the sot&are packa#e you &ish to install$ =lease

read the sot&ares user #uide or stepEbyEstep instructions' or "isit its &ebsite or support$2e a&are that there !ay be co!patibility issues &ith so!e third party sot&are$ our Open Labsproduction station is etre!ely stable &ith the sot&are installed as shipped$ Open Labs does notreco!!end installin# untested ree&are' share&are or ir!&are to your Open Labs production

station$ Cor ?uestions about particular sot&are products' please contact Open Labs support' or thsot&are !anuacturer$




Ne9 Soft9are Installation Consi'erations

+ you plan to add your o&n sot&are' be sure you !eet all the ollo&in# criteria-

• The sot&are you &ish to install is co!patible &ith Microsot @indo&s X=$• The sot&are does not conlict &ith sot&are that is already on your syste!$ *n ea!ple o

this is ha"in# t&o brands o antiE"irus sot&are runnin# at the sa!e ti!e$• The sot&are you are installin# has support$ Open Labs does not support sot&are that is

not part o the actory installation$• our Open Labs production station !eets or eceeds the reco!!ended syste!

re?uire!ents o the sot&are you &ish to install$• *lso ensure that you ha"e the necessary disk space needed to install the pro#ra!$

• 3yste! 0eco"ery• 3hould you install an inco!patible pro#ra! that co!pro!ises the stability o your Open

Labs production station' a hidden reco"ery partition has been set up or a co!plete syste!reco"ery$ all or e!ail an Open Labs technician beore atte!ptin# a syste! reco"ery$ *n

Open Labs technician can be reached by callin# (517) :::EF777' or by e!ailin#support<openlabs$co!$


mailto:[email protected]

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C h a $ t e r / & 0 i c 1 s t a r tC h a $ t e r / & 0 i c 1 s t a r t

Steps to Playing Sounds on an Open Labs Production Station

1$ Make sure the po&er and audio connections are setup$

7$ heck to !ake sure the po&ersupply po&er s&itch is in the on position$A$ 2oot up the Open Labs =roduction station$

Once the syste! loads up' you &ill see 0i$

The openin# 3etlist o 0i has already been preloaded &ith instru!ents or you to play$ /achUchickletU is called a 3on#' select a 3on# by touchin# the 3on#' or use the Y=re"ious>NetZ button

0ead hapter 5 or the co!plete 0i !anual$




%ere are the surace controls o the 4. panel or 0i$

1$ =re"ious and Net son# control E + there is !ore than one 3on# on the 3etlist you can use thesbuttons to ad"ance or #o back one 3one at a ti!e$

7$ Tranpose ,p>4o&n E *llo&s you to transpose the keyboard up or do&n one octa"e at a ti!e$A$ Learn E This button allo&s you to M+4+ learn "arious controls in 0i$

:$ Transpose 0eset E + you ha"e transposed the keyboard' this button &ill reset the transpose toHero$

5$ 0ecord E Not assi#ned or 0i$F$ 0e&ind E Not assi#ned or 0i$

;$ =lay E + you ha"e a plu#in that has a Utranport or play backU this button &ill start it' and it &illbe synched to the te!po o 0i$

9$ Te!po E ou can use this button to tap the te!po o 0i$$ =reset ,p>4o&n E + you are usin# an +nstru!ent that has M+4+ pro#ra! chan#e' these buttons

&ill allo& you to scroll throu#h the preset pro#ra!s$

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5

C h a $ t e r 5 * P l a y i n g S o n ' s *C h a $ t e r 5 * P l a y i n g S o n ' s * 2 i f f 2 i f f

0i is a !ultiEeect and !ultiEinstru!ent rack or !usicians and sound desi#ners$ +t is also a D3Thost that runs as a standalone application$

0i allo&s a user to strea! the *3+O or D3T input si#nal throu#h chains o indi"idual D3T eectsso you can use your =>Open Labs =roduction 3tation as a realEti!e !ultiEeect processor$

+t enables a user to play se"eral D3T instru!ents at the sa!e ti!e$ ou can layer se"eral

instru!ents to create co!ple sounds$ Or' users !ay play instru!ents on dierent M+4+ channels+t turns a co!puter into a !ultiEti!bral sound #enerator$

To achie"e "ery lo& latencies' the standalone "ersion supports *3+O 7$8Eco!patible sound cards$+t &ill enable users to use D3T eects and instru!ents al!ost like real hard&are de"ices$

The para!eters o 0i and also para!eters o the loaded D3T plu#Eins can be controlled throu#hM+4+ control chan#e !essa#es or D3T auto!ation$

!e(ore you !eginou should ha"e a #ood &orkin# kno&led#e o an Open Labs &orkstation and a co!putersoperatin# syste!$ Cor ea!ple' you &ill need kno& ho& to use the touch screen' touchpad'

standard !enus and co!!ands$ ou should also kno& ho& to cut' copy' paste' open' sa"e' andclose iles$

+ this is your irst ti!e usin# any type o recordin# syste!' you !ay &ant to research the basicso =ro *udio' producin# !usic' and M+4+ recordin#$ * #ood place to start is KD0 *udio$(http->>&&&$k"raudio$co!>&iki>)$

*lso' be sure to re#ister on the Open Labs user oru!$ (http->>oru!$openlabs$co!)$ ou can alsoreer to the =ro *udio =ri!er located in *ppendi *$This net section &ill eplain to you ho& to setup 0i ater !anually installin# it$ + 0i ca!e stoc




on your Open Labs production station' you can skip this section as it &ill already be coni#ured$%o&e"er' i you ha"e custo! plu#Ein olders' you &ill &ant to read the JSetting up $our Pluginssection on this pa#e$

Setting up the AudioTo establish a connection bet&een 0i and your audio output hard&are' you &ill need to select thcorrect sot&are dri"er$

1$ 3elect the *udio Options ro! the Menu[Options[*udio Options tab$

7$ +n the *udio 4e"ice section o this &indo& select your *3+O sound dri"er (i not alreadyselected)$ This is the settin# that allo&s 0i to co!!unicate &ith your audio dri"er$

A$ %it J*pply' then JOK to co!!it the chan#es and eit$

• -udio Device- ,se this to select the pri!ary *3+O sound dri"er$

• -udio %nput - ,se this to select your sound cards audio input$ This application supports !ultipleaudio input sources$

• -udio Output - ,se this to select your sound cards audio output$ This application supports!ultiple audio output sources$




Setting up the IDITo establish a connection bet&een 0i and your M+4+ dri"er' you &ill need to select the correctM+4+ port$ 0i allo&s you to select !ultiple M+4+Ein and M+4+Eout ports$

1$ 3elect the M+4+ Options ro! the Menu[Options[M+4+ Options tab$7$ There are our M+4+ input boes$ ,se the JM+4+ +nput 1 bo to select your M+4+ hard&are

dri"er$A$ + your syste! has !ore M+4+ ports a"ailable' use M+4+ input boes t&o' three and our to sele

those M+4+Ein dri"ers$ + you ha"e an 99Ekey controller or instance' you can select the M+4+

dri"er that de"ice is connected to$:$ + you intend to send M+4+ to an eternal de"ice' use JM+4+ output 1 to select that eternalM+4+ hard&are dri"er$

5$ %it J*pply' then JOK to co!!it the chan#es and eit$

• M%D% %nput - ,se JM+4+ input 1 to select your pri!ary M+4+ dri"er$ The application also allo&syou to select three additional M+4+ dri"ers$

• M%D% Output - ,se this to select an a"ailable M+4+ dri"er to send M+4+ to an eternal source$

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Setting up *our Plug%ins2y deault' all Open Labs production stations plu#Eins are located in J(*.Program /iles.Open LabsS$stem 0do not delete1 Plugins$ @ith 0i' you can add three !ore additional locations or plu#s$@hen you install your o&n plu#Eins' please install the! to Uc-Pplu#insPU$ Then tell 0i &here thisolder is$ To add a ne& plu#Ein older-

1$ 3elect the =lu#Ein options ro! Menu[Options[=lu#ins tab$1$ lick on the open space or directory to bro&se$

7$ 2ro&se to the older &here your plu#Eins are located' and select it$ 2he default plugin folder is

3c*.plugins4!A$ No& press the J0escan *ll button$ %it JOK$

• S2 Plugin director$ - ,se this &indo& to select your !ain D3T plu#Ein directory$ ,se the Jlearbutton to reset this &indo&$ *lso' &e ha"e pro"ided you three !ore locations to use as D3T

directories$

• S2 Plugin Scan- *ter addin# a D3T plu#Ein directory or directories' use either J3can or Ne&

or J0escan *ll to ha"e 0i scan the olders you ha"e added$ *ll ne& plu#Eins &ill be a"ailable

ater scannin#$ There is no need to relaunch the pro#ra!$

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Setting up General and +eyboard OptionsThe Options &indo& contains a "ariety o i!portant userEdeinable preerences used to coni#ure0i or your audio>M+4+ hard&are' plu#Ein locations' and to custo!iHe the &ay you &ork$

General3elect Options ro! the Menu[Options[General Options[General tab$

• Librar$ Director$ - ,se the J4ir button to bro&se o"er and select a directory to be used as the

deault sa"e older or 0i$

• Start "p Set - lick in this &indo& to choose a proect to be the deault proect that starts up

&ith 0i$




KeyboardTo coni#ure the Keyboard 0an#e' select Keyboard ro! the Menu[Options[KeyboardOptions[Keyboard tab$

• Ke$board Lo 6ange- *llo&s you to select the lo& ran#e o your keyboard$ The ran#e is 8E1::$

• Ke$board #igh 6ange- *llo&s you to select the hi#h ran#e o your keyboard$ The ran#e is 8E1::

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5 a & 2 i f f A r c h i t e c t r e5 a & 2 i f f A r c h i t e c t r e

This section contains i!portant inor!ation about the layout and or#aniHation o the "ariousele!ents o 0i$ This chapter contains no handsEon tutorials$ %o&e"er' the inor!ation here is "it

to your understandin# o this a&eso!e application$ 2he tutorials start in (hapter 7!

A Per(ormance ,n"ironment0i is an en"iron!ent to or#aniHe collections o D3T sound !odules' eects' and peror!ance

sets$ ou can think o 0i as a "irtual li"e peror!ance rack that allo&s you to create son#s' setlists' si#nal chains' eect chains' and "irtual li"e controls$ 2y readin# this section' you &ill #ainkno&led#e o the 0i hierarchy startin# &ith the 3et List$

3et List @indo&

The 3et List &indo& is &here you start' allo&in# you to add instru!ents$ Once you ri#htEclick andpress J*dd you &ill see the ollo&in# &indo&s$ /ach s?uare o a 3et List is called a 3on#$

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3ound 2ro&ser (4eault Die&)

%f $ou ould li8e to see more details about each instrument, clic8 the 9-dvanced: button in theupper left corner!




3ound 2ro&ser (*d"anced Die&)

The 3ound 2ro&ser is eplained !ore in (hapter 5a!




2eore you can play a sound &ith 0i' you need to add a sound to the 3et List$ The 3et List is #rid

based and allo&s you to s&itch bet&een 3on#s$ ou can easily see the status bar alon# thebotto!$

There are D, !eters alon# that botto! sho&in# the ollo&in#-

• *udio le"els or input and output si#nal• Meters that display the o"erall =, and Me!ory usa#e o the /NT+0/ syste!$

• M+4+ acti"ity li#ht$

3ince this &indo& is scrollEree' you can literally play an entire sho& &ith this screen$ 0eer tohapter : or !ore inor!ation on usin# the 3et List$

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3i#nal hain

The 3i#nal hain is a collection o plu#Eins that start &ith an audio input strea! and end &ith anaudio output strea!$ This is eplained !ore in hapter 5a$




+nstru!ent /ditor

The +nstru!ent /ditor allo&s you access to a selected instru!ent>plu#Eins #raphical user interac(G,+)$ ou can also reach the +nstru!ent /ditor screen by doubleEclickin# the instru!ent in the+nstru!ent 0ack or in the 3i#nal hain$ This is eplained !ore in hapter 5a$




Li"e ontrols

This is one o the !ost po&erul eatures o 0i$ On the Li"e ontrols screen' you can build a

custo! set o M+4+ controllers that can be linked to any instru!ent' eect' or si#nal chain controcontained &ithin a 3on#$ Li"e controls or a 3on# are sa"ed &ithin that 3on# and can be easily

recalled' i!ported or eported$ This is eplained !ore in hapter A$

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5 " & U n ' e r s t a n ' i n g 2 i f f 5 " & U n ' e r s t a n ' i n g 2 i f f

This section &ill be#in to a!iliariHe you &ith na"i#atin# around 0i$ +nitially' dont &orry aboutbein# unsure &ith the controls E all &ill be eplained$

Launch &i(( @hen you irst launch 0i' the screen sho&n belo& appears$ This 3etlist is loaded &ith a deaultset$ Other deaults &ill ha"e dierent looks$

Set List

This screen is called the J3et List$ !he Song +ri'7 !itle Bar7 !itle Bar Controls7 Stats Bar7and Lo9er Section Controls !ake up this screen$ This &indo& allo&s you to add and s&itch

bet&een "irtual instru!ents$ /ach s?uare o the #rid is called a J3on#$

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Song ,se each s?uare o the #rid to create a son#$ * son# can either be one s?uare' or it can be a #roup os?uares to create all the parts or the son# you are playin#$ *s sho&n in the ea!ple belo&' usin# the

son# #rid you can arran#e son#s into a structure' rena!e and color code the! or easy or#aniHation$

/ach son# is not ust li!ited to one instru!ent$ Once you #o into the si#nal chain o each son#s?uare' you ha"e tons o options' like creatin# keyboard splits and addin# D3T eects$ 6efer to thsection regarding the Signal (hain for more information!

Title !ar The Title 2ar is the area o 0i that contains the pro#ra!s control !enu ite!s$ +te!s include-Menu' 3et List' 3i#nal hain' +nstru!ent /ditor' and Li"e ontrols$

Menu 2ar

• Cile▪ Ne& 3et

• reates a ne& 3et ro! scratch$

• Launches a conir!ation dialo#' because creatin# a ne& 3et &ill eli!inate currentone$

• + you &ant to !ake a ne& 3et' the current 3et &ill be replaced &ith the ne& 3et$

▪ Open 3et•

Opens the 3et List 2ros&er$

▪ Open 0ecent 3et• Lists recently accessed 3ets$ 3electin# ro! here &ill launch the selected set$




▪ Open 3et in 3ae!ode$$$$$• 3ae!ode is a si!ple &ay o dia#nosin# a

proble!atic 3et$ ou can choose &hether or

not to allo& an instru!ent or eect to load$

▪ 3a"e 3et• + no chan#es ha"e been !ade to a 3et' this

is #rayed out$

▪ 3a"e 3et *s$$$• hoose this to sa"e your 3et &ith a custo! na!e$

▪ +!port -llos the importing of the folloing items to a currentl$ opened pro;ect!• +!port 3on#

• +!port +nput

• +!port 0ack

• +!port 3i#nal hain

• +!port Li"e ontrols

• +!port CX= (=ro#ra!)

• +!port CX2 (2ank)

▪ /port -llos the e)porting of the folloing items!

• /port 3on#• /port +nput

• /port 0ack

• /port 3i#nal hain

• /port Li"e ontrols

• /port CX= (=ro#ra!)• /port CX2 (2ank)

▪ /it E +)its 6iff

• /dit▪ ut' opy' B =aste ite!s to and ro! the clipboard

• Options▪ General' *udio' M+4+' =lu#in' and Keyboard options$

• %elp

▪ Open %elp• Opens the 0i %elp Cile$

▪ *bout• 4isplays the inor!ation re#ardin# the build "ersion o 0i$

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Title !ar Controls

Learn

3&itches the host into M+4+ Learn Mode$ %ere' youcan latch li"e controls to D3Tis$ There are t&o types

o Learn a"ailable in the host$ 3ee hapter : or !oreinor!ation$

• Learn Ties knob to a speciic controller$

• Learn 0elati"e /nables you to !ap a controllerto a co!!on para!eter' like the "olu!e knob o !ultiple son#s or si#nal chains$

/dit Mode>Li"e Mode+n /dit Mode a user can !o"e around the =resets' arran#e the!' set the properties o the 2anksand create tabs$ * user can still select =resets in Li"e Mode$ +t is ust a &ay or the user to lockdo&n the interace$

@hen in /dit Mode here are a e& thin#s you can do-

• reate a ne& 3on#

• +!port>/port sets

•

2uild a 3i#nal hain• reate and Map Li"e ontrols

@hen in Li"e Mode the ollo&in# restrictions apply-

• No editin# o li"e controls para!eters ecept settin# lo& and hi#h

• No ri#htEclick !enus any&here

• No addin# or re!o"in# 2anks

• No addin# or re!o"in# +nstru!ents > 3i#nal hains

Mini!iHeMini!iHes 0i

lose/its 0i

=lay 2uttonThis button to##les bet&een play and stop$ This is or

instru!ents that ha"e built in se?uencers (Guru' 3tylus 0MX' or0eaktor or instance) and eects that are te!po synced$

2=MThis is the control or the #lobal te!po$ (&PM < &eats PerMinute) =ressin# The bo under J2=M brin#s up the 2=M input

&indo&$

Main E Dolu!e KnobO"erall Master output "olu!e knob o the host

• an be dra##ed up or do&n to chan#e "alue

• trl R LetEclick restores deault (This applies to all knobs in 0i)

• 0i#htEclickin# here only brin#s up JLearn !ode

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Lo)er Section Controls

=re"ious and Net 3on#@hen you ha"e !ore than one son# on your setlist' the =re"ious and Net son# buttons &ill

appear$ These allo& you to #o to the net son# o your set$ They can be M+4+ learned to a suracecontrol$

Dol(Dolu!e)This "olu!e knob controls the "olu!e or the indi"idually selected son#$ +t is independent ro! thMain Dolu!e control$

• 0i#htEclickin# on the "olu!e knob brin#s up Learn Mode$

• Learn Ties the Dol knob to a speciic controller

• Learn 0elati"e Ties the Dol knob to a controller but stays latched to the control "olu!e on theselected preset$ Whatever preset is in focus will have its volume controlled.

=ick olor

2rin#s up the olor =icker dialo# bo$ %ere' the user can select the color choice or the preset$

0ena!eThis button allo&s you to rena!e the preset$

Status !ar

Tooltips

Tooltips &ill display ino on &hat is bein# selected$ *lso' tooltips &ill sho& the nu!erical "alue o achan#ed para!eter' as &ell as the na!e and brie description o the controls as they are !ousedE

o"er$

*udio D, MeterThe *udio D, !eter sho&s the si#nal or the !aster output bus$ 2y deault' this &ill sho& outputsone and t&o$ This can be chan#ed to sho& &hate"er outputs you are usin#$

M+4+ +ndicatorThe M+4+ +ndicator sho&s &hether 0i is recei"in# M+4+ ro! any M+4+ controllers$ +t also displaythe note>M+4+ "alue$

=,=, !onitors the current processor usa#e o the entire syste!$ Not ust the pro#ra!$

• 4isplays the usa#e in percenta#es$

M/MM/M displays the physical !e!ory usa#e o the entire co!puter syste!$




Signal Chain

This is the !ain &indo& &here instru!ent racks and eect chains are created and !ana#ed$These are the co!ponents that co!prise the =resets ro! the 3on#>3et #rid pa#es$ /ach o the3on# buttons on the 3on#>3et Grid pa#e has a 3i#nal hain$ Mo"in# ro! let to ri#ht' each Trackis co!posed o up to 9 instru!ents$ /ach +nstru!ent can ha"e up to se"en eects added to it$

=reset [ +nputs [ 9 +nstru!ents [ 1 3i#nal hain [ 1 =lu#Ein R ; /ects




,pper 2ar ontrols

The ,pper ontrols are located abo"e the 3trea! =rocessor and belo& the Title 2ar$

• Pla$ &utton This button to##les bet&een play and stop$ This is or instru!ents that ha"e built

in se?uencers (3tylus 0MX' or 0eaktor or instance) and eects that are te!po synced$

• &PM This is the control or the #lobal te!po$ (&PM < &eats Per Minute) =ressin# The bo und

J2=M brin#s up the 2=M input &indo&$ *s sho&n in the &indo& on pa#e 71$

• Main Master output "olu!e knob o 0i$

+nput

• -dd %nput This allo&s or an +nput to be created &ith a si#nal chain containin# a D3Ti' or an

e!pty si#nal chain &ith no D3T$ +n order to use the D3Tis and play the!' an +nput !ust be

selected &ith the desired plu#Ein$

+nput olu!n ontrols

The lo&er section o the screen sho&s the controls or the +nput olu!n$ Those controls are-

▪ ol Dolu!e control or the +nput$ *ll instru!ents and their si#nal &ill be aected$

▪

Monitor *llo&s you to !onitor the Open Labs Keyboard' pad !odule' or eternal M+4+de"ice$

▪ %nput = Output E 2rin#s up the M+4+ +>O &indo&$

▪ 6ename 0ena!es the currently selected +nput

▪ Delete E 4eletes the currently selected +nput




The lo&er section o the screen sho&s the controls or the 0ack olu!n$ Those controls are-

▪ ol Dolu!e control or the 0ack$ *ll instru!ents and their si#nal &ill be aected$

▪

Mute Mutes the 0ack$ *ll instru!ents and their si#nal chains &ill be aected$▪ Solo E 3olos the 0ack and !utes all other 0acks$

▪ -udio Output E *llo&s you to route a rack to a particular separate output$

▪ 6ename 0ena!es the currently selected 0ack$

▪ Delete E 4eletes the currently selected 0ack$

3i#nal hain

• -dd Signal (hain *ccesses the 3ound 2ro&ser' &here you can select a plu#Ein and add it to th+nstru!ent rack$ ,p to ei#ht instru!ents can be added per Track$




3i#nal hain olu!n ontrols

The lo&er section o the screen sho&s the controls or the 3i#nal hain olu!n$ Those controlsare-

▪ ol Dolu!e control or the 3i#nal hain$ *ll instru!ents and their si#nal &ill be

aected$

▪ Pan =an control or the 3i#nal hain$ *ll instru!ents and their si#nal chains &ill be

aected$

▪ Mute Mutes the selected 3i#nal hain$ *ll instru!ents and their si#nal chains &ill be

aected$

▪ Solo E 3olos the 3i#nal hains and !utes all other 3i#nal hains

▪ 2ranspose "p E Transposes notes sent by one octa"e up$

▪ 2ranspose Don E Transposes notes sent by one octa"e do&n$

▪ 2ranspose 6eset E 0esets any transposed notes back to Hero$

▪ 2oggle Split *llo&s you to open or close any keyboard splits you ha"e created$▪ Set #igh 6ange E 3electin# this button brin#s up the Learn %i#h 0an#e dialo# bo

pro!ptin# the user to select the M+4+ note that &ill be the hi#hest note sent to the

instru!ent$ The user hits the key on the +"ory keyboard and the hi#h ceilin# is set$ Thechan#e &ill i!!ediately be seen on the keyboard layout on the +nstru!ent rack$

▪ Set Lo 6ange E 3electin# this button brin#s up the Learn Lo& 0an#e dialo# bopro!ptin# the user to select the M+4+ note that &ill be the lo&est note sent to the

instru!ent$ The user hits the key on the +"ory keyboard and the lo& is set$ The chan#e

&ill i!!ediately be seen on the keyboard layout on the +nstru!ent rack$

▪ Signal (hain 6outer 0+)ternal 6outing1 uickly allo&s you to chan#e M+4+ channels an

to interEroute bet&een other 3i#nal hains$ +t also creates !ultiple key splits ro! one!ultiEti!bral instru!ent$

▪ M%D% channel selector 0(hannel Out1 ,se this to create a M+4+ channel output or the

selected si#nal chain$ This is used &hen &orkin# &ith !ultiEti!bral synths and eternalM+4+ de"ices$

▪ 6ename 0ena!es the currently selected 3i#nal hain$

▪ Delete 4eletes the currently selected 3i#nal hain$

3trea! =rocessor

• *dd /ect 2rin#s up the plu#Ein bro&ser' &here you can select an eect to add to the si#nal

chain$ *udio is processed ro! top to botto!' and eects can be s&itched around in order tochan#e their routin#$ Typically' the irst slot is used or an instru!ent' &hile the plu#Eins that ar

belo& it aect its sound$ The user can also load M+4+ eect$ These are plu#Eins that output M+4rather than audio$ These are placed abo"e the sound #eneratin# plu#Ein so that it can pass M+4

0i &ill not allo& illo#ical coni#urations' (e$#$ 3ound #eneratin# plu#Ein' ollo&ed by a M+4+ D3ollo&ed by an eect ollo&ed by another sound #enerator)$

Once you add an eect' you &ill #et a ne& tab on the Title 2ar called J+ffect +ditor $




3electin# the J/ect /ditor &ill brin# up the G,+ o that eect-

+ an instru!ent or plu#Ein is selected' you can access the list o the para!eters or the plu#Ein byclickin# the J3ho& =ara!s tab on the +nstru!ent /ditor lo&er control screen$ The last touchedcontrol on the plu#Ein &ill be hi#hli#hted on the =ara!s pa#e$ This is helpul or locatin# hardEtoE

distin#uish para!eters$

This is a list o the ra& para!eters o an eect$ This &ill also display para!eters that !i#ht not b

accessible ro! the plu#Ein G,+$




/ect olu!n ontrols

The lo&er section o the screen sho&s the controls or the /ect olu!n$ Those controls are-

• Pre > Pre control* (ontrols the input into the selected -udio /X!

• ol ontrols the output o the selected *udio CX$

• /X Mi) ontrols the &et>dry !i$

• &$pass E 2ypasses the output o the eect$

• Presets E * dropEdo&n bo that allo&s you to ?uickly bro&se throu#h preset sounds$ 4isplays

the list o the =resets contained &ithin the synth$ Touchin# the =reset na!e &ill epand the listinto a scrollable list &here a ne& preset can be selected

• Previous Preset 3elects the pre"ious preset in the list$

• Ne)t Preset 3elects the net preset in the list$

• Sho Params 3ho&s all the D3T para!eters &ithout the G,+ !akin# it easier to ind andchan#e certain para!eters$ ou can s&itch bet&een a G,+ and nonEG,+$

• Ma8e Default Locks user created para!eters as the deault settin#$ This only applies to theselected 3on#$ Loadin# another instance o the D3Ti &ill not load &ith this as the deault settin#

The only eception to this o course is U3hared +nstru!entsU$




Instrument ,ditor

+ an instru!ent or plu#Ein is selected' you can access the G,+ by clickin# the +nstru!ent /ditortab on the Title 2ar$ *lso' you can reach the +nstru!ent /ditor screen by doubleEclickin# theinstru!ent in the +nstru!ent 0ack or in the 3i#nal hain$

+nstru!ent G,+s lar#er than 1871;7; &ill display horiHontal and "ertical scroll bars$ The controls

alon# the botto! are "ery si!ilar to the controls seen on the 3i#nal hain tab$ *ny M+4+ settin#slearned here &ill be the sa!e as the ones set on the 3i#nal hain tab$

• ol The "olu!e here basically controls the a!ount o output that is sent to the net eect in

the 3i#nal hain$ +t is independent o the Dol control or the +nstru!ent in the +nstru!ent 0ack

• 2ranspose "p=2ranspose Don Transposes notes sent by one octa"e up or one octa"e do&n$

• Presets 4isplays the list o the =resets contained &ithin the synth$ Touchin# the =reset na!e&ill epand the list into a scrollable list &here a ne& preset can be selected$

• Prev Preset=Ne)t Preset Na"i#ates throu#h the =reset list$ an be Learned or 0elati"e Learned

• Sho Params This button brin#s up the para!eters "ie& o the current plu#Ein$ lickin# ita#ain s&itches back to the plu#Eins G,+$ 6efer to the ne)t page for an e)ample!

• Make 4eault E Locks user created para!eters as the deault settin# or the selected son#$




+nstru!ent =ara!eters

+ an instru!ent or plu#Ein is selected' you can access the list o the para!eters or the plu#Ein byclickin# the 3ho& =ara!s tab on the +nstru!ent /ditor lo&er control screen$ The last touchedcontrol on the plu#Ein &ill be hi#hli#hted on the =ara!s pa#e$ This is helpul or locatin# hardEtoEdistin#uish para!eters$

This is a list o the ra& para!eters o an +nstru!ent$ This &ill also display para!eters that !i#htnot be accessible ro! the plu#Ein G,+$ The Lo&er control section is the sa!e as the +nstru!ent

/ditor tab$

• Sho +ditor =ressin# this button &ill take you back to the +nstru!ent /ditor screen$

/portin# and +!portin# ,ser =atches

+ you t&eak out a patch in an instru!ent' you can eport that settin# by #oin# toMenu?/ile?+)port?+)port /XP 0Program1$ This also applies to 2anks$ /cept you &ould pick+)port /XP0&an81 instead$




Li"e Controls

This is one o the !ost po&erul eatures o 0i$ On this screen you can build a custo! set o M+4controllers that can be linked to any +nstru!ent' /ect' or 3i#nal hain ontrol contained &ithin a=reset ro! the 3on# Grid$ Li"e controls or a preset are sa"ed &ithin that preset and can be easirecalled$

The /dit Mode to##le button to##les the Li"e ontrol screen bet&een /dit !ode and Li"e !ode$ +n

/dit !ode a user can add' re!o"e' resiHe and edit the properties o the Li"e ontrol$ /ach Li"e

ontrol can be !apped to a plu#Ein para!eter' ust like a real hard&are control$ +n Li"e Mode auser cannot add' re!o"e' resiHe and edit the properties o the Li"e ontrol$

* letEclick' ri#htEclick or a touch "ia the touchscreen on an e!pty space &ill brin# up the J*dd

!enu$ ou can add a Kno"' Btton' ;ori>ontal Sli'er' ?ertical Sli'er' X Pa'7 and a !e8tE'itor$




Knob =roperties> %oriHontal 3lider =roperties> Dertical 3lider =roperties

• %nvert > This option allo&s you to in"ert the Dirtual Li"e ontrol unction$ This co!es in handy

&hen &orkin# &ith D3Ts that ha"e re"ersed buttons to bypass$

• Lo 3ets the lo& boundary o a knob or slider$

• #igh 3ets the hi#h boundary o a knob or slider$

• Oscillator 2$pe E The knob can be !ade to sel oscillate$ 2elo& is a listin# o the Oscillator types

▪ Sine - sine ave is often thought of asthe most simple or pure ave because it

possess onl$ one harmonic and is a

smooth ave!▪ 2riangle > - triangle aveform that rises

@uic8l$ to a particular amplitude, then@uic8l$ drops!

▪ Sa 2he satooth ave 0or sa ave1 isnamed a satooth based on its

resemblance to the teeth on the blade of asa! Satooth aves ramps upard as

time goes b$ and then sharpl$ drops!#oever, there are also satooth aves

in hich the ave ramps donard andthen sharpl$ rises!

▪ %nverted Sa > +n"erts the 3a&tooth &a"etype$ +n"erted 3a& aves ramps

donard and then sharpl$ rises!

▪ S@uare 2he s@uare ave alternates

@uic8l$ beteen to levels!

▪ 6andom 2his randoml$ selects oscillator

parameter values!

• 2ime hoose the rate o oscillation by adustin# this knob$

• Offset E Osets the startin# point o the oscillation dependent on the clock o the host$ This is

used to !ake knobs>sliders hit their hi#h>lo& ran#es on dierent beats$ Like on a 1Fth or 9th o

any desired beat$

• "se &PM E This button allo&s you to sync the knob>slider &ith 0is 2=M$

• "se Se@uence E ou can latch the oscillators to start &ith the play button o the host and any

other se?uencer that has been synced to the host$ @hen you hit play the oscillators startoscillatin# alon# &ith a se?uencer (i you ha"e put it to sync &ith the host)$ 2his onl$ applies to

the selected live control!

• Snap 3nap li"e controls to a #rid$

• Loc8 This &ill lock do&n all the li"e controls !akin# the! operable$ This is si!ilar to li"eE!od

but still allo&s you to edit the li"e controls' &ith the eception o resiHin# the!$




2utton =roperties

• &utton 2$pe E The options are To##le (On>O) and Mo!entary(Tri##er)

▪

2oggle @hen set to to##le' a button re!ains on until you press it a#ain$ %ence On>O▪ Momentar$ @hen set to Mo!entary' a button tri##ers &hen pushed and releases the

tri##er &hen released$

• %nvert > This option allo&s you to in"ert the button unction$ This co!es in handy &hen &orkin#

&ith D3Ts that ha"e re"ersed buttons to bypass$

• Snap 3nap li"e controls to a #rid$

• Loc8 This &ill lock do&n all the li"e controls !akin# the! operable$ This is si!ilar to li"eE!odbut still allo&s you to edit the li"e controls' &ith the eception o resiHin# the!$

X =ad =roperties

• Lo X= #igh X 3ets the lo& and hi#h ran#es or the X ais on the X pad$

• #igh A= #igh A > 3ets the lo& and hi#h ran#es or the ais on the X pad$

Tet =roperties

reates a bo the user can use or typin# notes' tet or labelin# in$ Cor instance' the na!e o theson# or special tricks or that indi"idual son#$

• +dit 2e)t > This allo&s you to input the actual tet to be displayed &hen in li"e !ode$

• Lock This &ill lock do&n all the li"e controls !akin# the! operable$ This is si!ilar to the li"eE

!ode but still allo&s you to edit the li"e controls' &ith eception o resiHin# the!$

• Pic8 (olor 2rin#s up the olor =icker dialo# bo$ %ere' the user can select the color choice or

the tet$

• 4elete 4eletes the currently$




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Using the Song Grid

reatin# a Ne& 3et and *ddin# an +nstru!ent

To create a ne& 3on#\ Cirst' ri#htEclick in a #rid s?uare and select J*dd$

*ter ri#htEclickin#' you can choose ro! J*dd$$$' or you can choose ro! an instru!ent cate#oryThe instru!ent cate#ories are- K/3' 3NT%3' 40,M3B3/,/N/03' 2*33' 3*M=L/03' M,LT+E+N3T0,M/NT' and G,+T*0$ 6efer to -ppendi) & for a list of instruments!

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+ you click J*dd you &ill see the 3ound 2ro&ser$ =ick an instru!ent ro! the list and press the Y*ddZ

button$ This &ill insert this instru!ent into the 3on# #rid or you to play$




A"ot the Son' Bro9ser

The ollo&in# &ill #i"e you a run do&n o the 3ound 2ro&ser$

1$ -dd (ategor$ *dds a ne& custo! cate#ory to the cate#ory colu!n$ +nstru!ents can be

dra# EnEdropped into a cate#ory$ * ate#ory can also be rena!ed to describe the type oinstru!ents it contains$

7$ -ll This list contains all the instru!ents proiled by your assi#ned plu#Eins older$A$ (ategories +nstru!ents are arran#ed by their cate#ory$ ou can also create cate#ories$

0i#htEclick and select J*dd$ Then dra# a plu#Ein to this ne& cate#ory$:$ Shared %nstruments Lists all the instru!ents you ha"e enabled or sharin#$

5$ Buarantined + an instru!ent does not &ork properly &ith 0i' you can ri#htEclick it andha"e it sent to the ?uarantine list$

F$ -dvanced 3&itches the sound bro&ser o"er to the ad"anced "ie&$ 3electin# the ad"anced"ie& &ill beco!e the deault 3ound 2ro&ser "ie& until you press it a#ain$ 6efer to theimage on the ne)t page!




2he advanced indo shos $ou the t$pe of instrument, manufacturer, format 0S2=d)1, in=ou

and file path!

;$ Search Type in the na!e o an instru!ent then hit J/nter on the keyboard to locate it$,se the YlearZ button

9$ Options This launches 0is options pa#e as detailed in hapter 7 J=lu#Ein Options$$ -dd=(ancel > @hen you select an instru!ent in the list' press the Y*ddZ button to add it to

the son#$

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Once an instru!ent is added to the 3etlist' this is &hat you &ill see$ =lease reer to hapter A oran eplanation o this screen$

ou can no& play this sound &ith the i"ory keys$

+ you &ant to adust the settin#s o the instru!ent in the irst son#' click the Y+nstru!ent /ditorZtab' &hich is located on the Title 2ar$

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+ you add another 3on# to the 3et List' the Y=re"ious 3on#Z and YNet 3on#Z buttons appear$These t&o buttons &ill be in the lo&er let corner o the screen$ *nd' &ill allo& you to !o"e to thenet son# in the 3et List$

3a"in# a 3et

To sa"e the current 3et List' #o to Menu[Cile[3a"e 3et *s$$$$@hen the &indo& pops up' type in a na!e and hit YOKZ$

0ena!e a 3on#0i#htEclick a 3on#' then choose U0ena!eU and inally type in a na!e$

+!portin# 0acks' 3i#nal hains' 3on#s' +nputsGo to Menu[+!port[ here you &ill see the "arious i!port options$

/portin# 0acks' 3i#nal hains' 3on#s' +nputsGo to Menu[/port[ here you &ill see the "arious eport options$ Make sure to ha"e the ite! yo&ant to eport selected$




Using the Signal Chain

*ddin# an *dditional +nstru!ent to a 3on#

*s stated in hapter A' a 3on# can contain !ultiple instru!ents in one son# s?uare$ To add!ultiple instru!ents to one 3on#' select the 3i#nal hain Tab at the top o the screen$

Y*dd +nputZ E This allo&s or an +nput to be created &ith a si#nal chain containin# a D3Ti' or an e!pty

si#nal chain &ith no D3T$ +n order to use the D3Tis and play the!' an +nput !ust be selected &ith the

desired plu#Ein$

Y*dd 3i#nal hainZ ,se this button to create a ne& si#nal chain &ith a D3Ti' or create an e!pty

si#nal chain or uni?ue key splits$ Touchin# the screen on a blank si#nal chain &ill #i"e you the sa!eadd option$

To add that additional sound to this son# #o ahead and press the Y*dd +nputZ button$ *#ain' youcan decide to pick a sound by the cate#ory' or by usin# the 3ound 2ro&ser$

The net i!a#e sho&s you that there are no& t&o inputs in this son#$ lickin# on each input &illplay (solo) that sound$

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Creating Key"oar' S$lits in a Song Signal ChainD

reatin# keyboard splits are no& easier than e"erQ 3elect the input you &ant to create a split on$No& click the Y*dd 3i#nal hainZ button$ 3elect a ne& instru!ent$ Cor this tutorial' True =iano is ithe irst si#nal chain' and =urity is in the second$

The abo"e i!a#e sho&s that the second input no& has t&o ite!s in the 3i#nal hain$ To adust thsettin#s o a 3i#nal chain instru!ent' select it in the si#nal chain then either select the

Y+nstru!ent /ditorZ tab' or double letEclick the instru!ent to the ri#ht in the J3trea! =rocessorsection$ 6efer to (hapter C! =ick a sound or each 3i#nal hain instru!ent$

There are a couple &ays to create splits$ ou can use the !ouse and arro& pointer to create thesplit$ Or you can use the touch screen$ 3elect the si#nal chain instru!ent that you &ant to splitand either touch screen>letEclick and dra# ro! the ri#ht or let o the keyboard$ @hile you aredra##in#' the ran#es &ill split$ The other &ay is to use the J3et 0an#e buttons$

+ you are not satisied &ith a split and &ant to re"ert' select the 3i#nal hain instru!ent and

press the YTo##le 3plitZ button$ This &ill spread the keyboard back to ull ran#e &ith no split$

No& lets create that split usin# the J3et 0an#e buttons-

3elect the irst si#nal chain$ =ress the Y3et %i#h 0an#eZ or YLo& 0an#eZ buttons$ These are locateat the botto! o the screen$

=ressin# the Y%i#h 0an#eZ button brin#s up the ollo&in# dialo#ue &indo&$

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=ress the JA key on the NeKo>NeKo i"ories$

*ll notes abo"e JA are no& split o$

No&' select the second 3i#nal hain$ *nd press the Y3et Lo& 0an#eZ button$ ou &ill see the

ollo&in#-

=ress the J]A key on the NeKo>NeKo i"ories$

*s you can see you no& ha"e the lo&er section o True =ianos split ro! A do&n' and =urity splitro! J]A up$




*ddin# /ects to an +nput or 3i#nal hain

ou can add a D3T eect or M+4+ eect to the desired si#nal chain$ * !ai!u! o se"en audios'

or se"en M+4+ eects can be chostn per si#nal chain$ More information regarding the StreamProcessor 0effects column1 can be found in (hapter C!

*udio CX 3lot- This is &here all the audio eects are stored or the chostn si#nal chain$ To add an

eect' use the Y*dd /ectZ button located abo"e or si!ply touch the screen on a blank slot under=ressin# Y*dd /ectZ &ill brin# up an eects bro&ser "ery si!ilar in &orkin#s as the 3ound

2ro&ser$

ou !ay ind it si!pler to ust touch the *udio CX area' then you &ill see the ollo&in#-

ou can choose an eect by the cate#ory$

The net screen shot sho&s that there is an eect (in the 3trea! =rocessor) under True =ianos$




@hen the eect is selected the J/ect /ditor &ill be present in the title bar$

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*ddin# M+4+ CX

To add a M+4+ CX' letEclick and dra# the D3Ti do&n by one slot' and this &ill open up the M+4+ CXslot$ + there is already an instru!ent and an audio eect already present' you &ill ha"e to !o"eeach eect do&n one slot to open up the M+4+ CX slot$

0i#htEclick the UM+4+ CX 3lotU and select Y*dd M+4+ /ect$$Z$

* screen si!ilar to the sound bro&ser &ill appear' here you choose the M+4+ eect$ The type o

M+4+ eects you can epect to ind here in 0i are arpe##iators' M+4+ note repeaters' basic M+4+ stepse?uencers' hu!aniHers' etc$




The net screen shot sho&s the M+4+ eect U3e?uencer 2abyU has been added to the M+4+ CX slot$

.ust like re#ular audio eects' a M+4+ eects para!eters can be edited "ia the eect editor$




reatin# and usin# *udio +nputs

0i allo&s you to eed the si#nal chain a si#nal ro! a li"e input de"ice' such as a #uitar' bass' or!icrophone$ 6efer to (hapter for audio device setup options!

lick on the Y*dd *udio +nputZ button to insert the audio input to the si#nal chain$

Once the input is inserted' click the Y+nput OutputZ button in the center o the lo&er controlsection$ ,se this to coni#ure your audio input source$

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,dit ode "s- Li"e ode

/dit Mode- han#es can be !ade to a son#s para!eters$

Li"e Mode- Locks do&n !any o the para!eters associated &ith son#s$

IDI Learning .ard)are Controllers

Most para!eters in 0i can be M+4+ ULearned$

The irst tutorial &ill sho& you ho& to M+4+ learn an 0i button to a hard&are button on the NeKoNeKo$

Cirst o' return to the 3et List and add a couple o 3on#s$ This &ill sho& you ho& to M+4+ learnhard&are buttons to control the =re"ious and Net 3on# co!!and$

0i#htEclick on the Y=re"ious 3on#Z button$

These are the ite!s you can see in this &indo&$

1$ Learn M+4+ learn !aps host buttons to M+4+ controllers' "irtual li"e controls to D3Ts' and

"irtual li"e controls to M+4+ controllers$

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Once you select JLearn the screen &ill turn red &hich !eans 0i is &aitin# or you to press abutton on the NeKo>NeKo$ + you look at the Title 2ar you &ill see the YLearnZ button no& says JLearnin#$ To cancel learnin#' press the ULearnin#U button$

3elect a button on the NeKo>Neko' once you do this the control &ill be latched$ The ollo&in#picture sho&s a s!all icon in the lo&er ri#ht corner o the Y=re"ious 3on#Z button$ This representthat this control has been latched to a controller$

The Y R Z si#n is or so!ethin# that has been learned' the Y ] Z si#n represents that a control hasbeen learned relati"e$




0i#htEclickin# a control that has been M+4+ learned &ill yield ne& options$

1$ Learn > M+4+ learn !aps host buttons to M+4+ controllers' "irtual li"e controls to D3Ts , and

"irtual li"e controls to M+4+ controllers!7$ "nlearn #ardare ,se this to release a !apped ite! ro! its M+4+ controller$ 2his option is

onl$ available hen $ou have an item mapped!

A$ Learn Properties The ollo&in# i!a#e sho&s the options in learn properties$ 2his option is onl

available hen $ou have an item mapped!

%nfo- this section &ill tell you the M+4+ nu!ber' and the M+4+ channel a particular contro

has been !apped to$Properties-

•

Soft 2a8eover - *llo&s the user to reali#n a latched hard&are controller to thecorrespondin# D3T para!eter s!oothly$

• %nvert - 0e"erses the hi#h>lo& or on>o settin#s o a Li"e ontrol$

• Lo=#igh- 0eers to the !ini!u! and !ai!u! "alue o a para!eters ran#e$

#ardare 2$pe-

• +ncoder - +nor!s 0i that an encoder hard&are control is bein# used to peror! as are#ular knob$ +nstead o sendin# R>E1 it &ill scale ro! 1 to 17;$

• Sensitivit$ - @ill chan#e the rate at &hich the "alue is increased or decreased$ +tssi!ilar to the UtouchyU knob in li"e controls$

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Learn 0elati"e

Darious controls in 0i can be set to M+4+ ULearn 0elati"eU$

Learnin# a para!eter to ULearn 0elati"eU' keeps that !appin# or all son#s$ Cor ea!ple' i you learn

relati"e the si#nal chain !ute-

+t &ill !ute the hi#hli#hted si#nal o any son# (not ust the particular one you are in)$ *s lon# as you

sa"e this set' &hen you close 0i and reopen it' the learn realati"e !ute &ill still unction the sa!e

across all son#s$

%ere are so!e controls that can be learned relati"e-

• 3etlist lo&er section Dolu!e

• 3etlist lo&er section play button

• 3i#nal hain pa#e lo&er section "olu!e

• 3i#nal hain pa#e lo&er section Monitor button

• 3i#nal hain pa#e upper control play button

• 2=M Tap te!po button

• 2=M R1>E1 buttons

• 3i#nal hain instru!ent lo&er section "olu!e• 3i#nal hain instru!ent lo&er section pan

• 3i#nal hain instru!ent lo&er section !ute

• 3i#nal hain instru!ent lo&er section transpose up>do&n

• 3i#nal hain instru!ent lo&er section transpose reset

• +nstru!ent editor lo&er section "olu!e

• +nstru!ent editor lo&er section transpose up>do&n

• +nstru!ent editor lo&er section transpose reset

• +nstru!ent editor lo&er section pre"ious>net preset buttons

• Li"e controls lo&er section lo&>hi#h knobs (all li"e controls Dirtual Li"e ontrols)

• Li"e controls lo&er section knob>horiHontal properties ti!e and oset knobs

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Creating and Using Li"e Controls

The Li"e ontrols are &here "irtual knobs' sliders' buttons and X pads can be created' and!apped to M+4+ controllers on D3Ti plu#Ein para!eters$ ou can also create Li"e ontrols or D3Teect plu#Eins$ /or more information on the t$pes of Live (ontrols refer to (hapter C!

%ere is an ea!ple o a Li"e ontrol set !ade or a D3Ti$

These controls can be directly linked to the para!eters o a D3Ti or D3T$ %o"erin# o"er a latched Li"e ontrol like the "olu!e or instance' &ill allo& you to see &hatpara!eter a Li"e ontrol is latched to$ Not all S2 plugins ill give such detailed information!




reate a Ne& Li"e ontrol

To create and use a Li"e ontrol &ith an instru!ent' try the net tutorial$

Cirst' create a ne& 3on#$ Cor this tutorial insert the plu#Ein called JMr0ay77$ lick on a #rid' #o t

the JKeys cate#ory and select JMr0ay77$

lick on the instru!ent editor tab to sho& the G,+ o Mr$ 0ay$

The irst Li"e ontrols &ill be or the J3tren#th' J3tiness' J0el' and JKbd knobs in the Malletssection$




lick on the JLi"e ontrols tab$ *nd add a Knob to the #rid$

0epeat this step three !ore ti!es or a total o our Knobs$

3elect the irst Knob' ri#htEclick it and select JLearn$

Once you do this' the entire #rid &ill turn red indicatin# a control ready or JLearnin#$

@hen 0i is in Learnin# !ode' the pro#ra! a&aits or you to select a para!eter to latch this knoto$




lick the J+nstru!ent /ditor tab to #et back to the G,+ o Mr$ 0ay$ Touch the U3tren#thU knobusin# either the touchscreen or the touchpad$

This screen &ill turn back to the deault color and this control learned to the Li"e ontrol$ lick on

the JLi"e ontrols tab once a#ain$

3&itch 0i o"er to JLi"e !ode' play notes on your keyboard' and use the touchscreen to !o"ethe irst knob$

%o"erin# o"er the irst knob sho&s it to be !apped to Mr$ 0ay' =ara! 7A &hich is Mallets-

3tren#th$

To rena!e or chan#e the color o a Li"e ontrol' s&itch back to J/dit Mode select the Li"e ontroand press the Y=ick olorZ or Y0ena!eZ button$

Go ahead and learn the other three knobs to the controls o the Mallets section o Mr$ 0ay$




,sin# Oscillators &ith Knobs>3liders

Knobs and sliders can ha"e an oscillator added to the!$ 0eer to hapter A or the types o

oscillators used in 0i$ *lso' there is a deinition o the ter! UoscillatorU in *ppendi *$

Cirst o' setup a knob in your Li"e ontrols$ Cor this tutorial' + a! #oin# to use the sa!e Li"eontrols !ade in the last tutorial &ith Mr$ 0ay$

lick on the knob' then select the UOscillator TypeU$ =ick the type o osciallater type you &ould like

to use$ Once you do this the oscillator &ill take control o"er the knob$

• ou can sync the oscillater to the 2=M o the current son# by clickin# on the Y,se 2=MZ button$*lso' you can sync to the se?uencer host by usin# the Y,se 3e?Z button$

• ou can latch the oscillators to start &ith the play button o the host and any other se?uencer

that has been synced to the host$ @hen you hit play the oscillators start oscillatin# alon# &ith ase?uencer (i you ha"e put it to sync &ith the host)$ 2his onl$ applies to the selected livecontrol!




Mappin# Li"e ontrols to the Lo&er ontrol 3ection

+ you ha"e an oscillator latched to a Li"e ontrol knob' you can ha"e that oscillator control the

"olu!e or pan control o a si#nal chain$ The ollo&in# tutorial &ill sho& you ho& to M+4+ learn aLi"e ontrol Oscillator to the "olu!e knob o a si#nal chain$

reate a ne& 3on# and add any instru!ent$

1$ Go to the YLi"e ontrolsZ

tab and add a ne& knob$3elect the ne& knob and addan oscillator$

7$ 3elect the YLearnZ button'then select the Knob$

A$ 3elect the Y3i#nal hainsZ tab and select the "olu!e knob in the Lo&er ontrols$




3a"in# and /portin# Li"e ontrols

3a"in# the Li"e ontrols &ith the instru!ent &ill ensure that e"ery ti!e you open this 3et this

instru!ent &ill ha"e these sa!e li"e controls' and they are ready to use$

+ you create a co!plete Li"e ontrol set or an instru!ent or 3on#' and &ant to sa"e ust thecontrol array' you can /port this out o 0i or use &ith another son#$ Keep in !ind' no !appin#&ill be kept in this type o eport$ To eport' #o to Menu[Cile[/port[/port Li"e ontrols' typein a na!e and hit YOKZ$




Using ulti%timbral Instruments $ Sharing Instruments

This section o the tutorial &ill ocus on usin# MultiEti!bral instru!ents in 0i' but &ill also #i"eyou so!e insi#ht on usin# the U3hared +nstru!ent eatureU$ @e &ill you sho& you t&o &ays to usa !ultiEti!bral instru!ent$

* !ultiEti!bral instru!ent is a D3Ti that can use up to 1F M+4+ channels at once$ =urity is aninstru!ent that alls into this cate#ory' and is also preinstalled on an Open Labs production statio

+ you are usin# an +nstru!ent like =urity' &hich is !ultiEti!bral and a sa!ple player' the beneitsare crucial$

,sin# the Uurrently Loaded +nstru!entU option allo&s you to use one instance o an instru!ent i!ultiple son#s$ This &ill sa"e you tons o syste! peror!ance and allo& you to achie"e ar !ore

co!ple instru!ent arran#e!ents$

*nyti!e you are usin# bi# libraries its a #ood idea to set an instru!ent to shared$

3hared instru!ents are not li!ited to an instru!ent ha"in# to be !ultiEti!bral$ ou can set anyinstru!ent to be shared$ 3o!e nor!al instru!ents like True =ianos can be shared$ True =ianos iskno&n to use !ore syste! resources than other si!ilar instru!ents$ +nstru!ents that sound

better #enerally use !ore resources$




3harin# +nstru!ents

To help sa"e syste! resources' 0i has a #reat solution$ This solution is called sharin#

instru!ents$ Cor instance i you are plannin# to use the instru!ent U=urityU on !ore than one3on#' nor!ally you &ould ha"e to load a ne& instance o =urity on each 3on#$

/"ery ti!e you add a ne& instance o that instru!ent you use !ore syste! resources$

0i allo&s you to use a Uurrently Loaded +nstru!entU !ultiple ti!es$ %ence' this instru!ent

beco!es a U3haredU instru!ent$

To 3hare an instru!ent' irst create a ne& 3on#' and add =urity to it$ *ter doin# that' #o to a ne&#rid o the 3etlist' select Y*ddZ' the sound bro&ser appears$ %o&e"er' this ti!e instead o addin# ne& instance o =urity' select the Yurrently Loaded =lu#insZ tab$

%ere you &ill see your list o urrently Loaded =lu#ins$ +nstead o loadin# a ne& instance o aninstru!ent' select the currently loaded instance o =urity and either press the Y*ddZ button or double

letEclick the instru!ent$ This is ho& you share an instru!ent in 0i$

The net part tutorial &ill sho& you ho& to use this shared instance o =urity as a !ultiti!bralinstru!ent$




3on# Grid and the MultiEti!bral +nstru!ent

1$ 3tart a ne& 3on# and select Y*ddZ$

7$ 3elect the Yurrently Loaded =lu#insZ tab and add the currently loaded (shared) "ersion o U=urityU

*ter Y*ddZ has been pressed' a ne& 3on# is created &ith this UsharedU instance o =urity as the

instru!ent$




A$ Go to the Y3i#nal hainsZ tab$ Look at the 3trea! =rocessor' =urity is no& yello& and the &ordU3%*0/4U is present in the tab$ This conr!s this instru!ent is indeed shared$

Ti!e to set up =urity or !ultiEti!bral use$ =urity is ust the ea!ple or this tutorial' ho&e"er!any !ultiEti!bral instru!ents &ork si!ilar$

The #oal here is to ha"e one instance o =urity runnin#' utiliHin# its !ultiEti!bral interace ha"in#

sounds loaded on separate 3on#s$

Cor this tutorial' only our =urity M+4+ channels and sounds &ill be used$




Go back to the 3etlist pa#e' select U3on# 1U then select the Y+nstru!ent /ditorZ tab' click on thechannel link icons in =urity$ + this is not done' each pair o M+4+ channels &ill re!ain linkedto#ether$

2eore the links are unchecked

*ter the links ha"e been unchecked

Other D3Tis &ill ha"e derent sets o rules' ho&e"er the basic principles &ill relate$ =urity can use 1F

instru!ents at once o"er a spread o 1F M+4+ channels$ 3elect sounds or the one throu#h our slots o=urity$ These channels &ill also represent the correspondin# M+4+ channels$

Go back to the 3i#nal hain$




3on# 1 should only use M+4+ hannel 1$ On the 3i#nal hain pa#e click the Y2ypass hannel OutZbutton in the lo&er controls and select M+4+ channel 1$ (3ee the pre"ious i!a#e)

ou can see this si#nal chain is usin# M+4+ channel 1$ *nd &ill only tri##er the sound in M+4+ chann1 o =urity$

No& let us add a second ite! to the #rid that &ill tri##er the sound you ha"e in M+4+ channel t&oo =urity$ *lso' doin# this &ill allo& us to utiliHe the shared instru!ent &e prepared$

3elect a spot directly beside the irst 3on# on your 3etlist and click U*ddU$




Go to the 3i#nal chain o 3on# 7$ 0e!e!ber this 3on# is usin# a Uurrently LoadedU shared"ersion o =urity$

@e &ant this 3on# and 3i#nal hain to only use M+4+ hannel 7$ On the 3i#nal hain pa#e click theY2ypass hannel OutZ button in the lo&er controls and select M+4+ channel 7$




ou can see this si#nal chain is usin# M+4+ channel 7$

,sin# a !ultiEti!bral instru!ent this &ay sa"es syste! peror!ance and !e!ory$

No& #o back to the 3etlist and Y*ddZ another 3on# (3on# A)' as beore use a Uurrently LoadedU

"ersion o =urity$ Go to the Y3i#nal hainsZ tab o this 3on# and set it to M+4+ channel A$ This &illtri##er &hate"er sound you selected or the third slot o =urity$

Cor the ourth 3on#' #o back to the 3etlist and Y*ddZ another 3on# (3on# :)' as beore use a Uurrent

LoadedU "ersion o =urity$ Go to the Y3i#nal hainsZ tab o this 3on# and set it to M+4+ channel :$ This&ill tri##er &hate"er sound you selected or the ourth slot o =urity$

No&' &hen you s&itch 3on#s on the 3etlist' the selected 3on# &ill tri##er the adacent channels in

=urity or &hate"er !ultiEti!bral instru!ent you are usin#$




reatin# Keyboard 3plits &ith MultiEti!bral +nstru!ents

Cor this tutorial' =urity &ill be used$ reate a 3on# and add =urity as the instru!ent$

3elect the Y+nstru!ent /ditorZ tab then click on the channel link icons in =urity$ + this is not done

each pair o M+4+ channels &ill re!ained linked to#ether$

2eore the links are unchecked

*ter the links ha"e been unchecked

Other D3Tis &ill ha"e derent sets o rules' ho&e"er the basic principles &ill relate$ =urity can use 1Finstru!ents at once o"er a spread o 1F M+4+ channels$ Go ahead and select sounds or the one

throu#h our slots o =urity$ These channels represent M+4+ channels$

Cor this tutorial the instru!ents in the irst our M+4+ channels o =urity are

1$ =iano M+4+ channel 17$ CM E /= M+4+ channel 7

A$ Do M+4+ channel A:$ =ad M+4+ channel :

@e &ill create splits in the si#nal chain to !atch these sounds and M+4+ channels$

Go back to the 3i#nal hain and add three U/!pty 3i#nal hainsU$ 0eer to the instructions and i!a#eon the net pa#e$




To add an e!pty si#nal chain' click in the irst e!pty si#nal chain slot$ Cro! the !enu select Y*dd

/!pty 3i#nal hainZ$ *dd three e!pty si#nal chains belo& U3i#nal hain 1U$

*s you can see in the ollo&in# i!a#e' there are three additional si#nal chains ste!!in# ro! 3i#nal

chain 1$




Net' the 3i#nal hains need to be routed to the proper M+4+ channels$ *nd the splits set up orthe our chains$

Go ahead and set an array o splits si!iliar to this$ O course i you are on a NeKo' you &ill need t!ake your splits closer to#ether' or ust use the transpose buttons to reach those octa"es$

/ach split needs to be set to an indi"idual M+4+ channel$ 3i#nal chains t&o' three' and our need to berouted to the irst si#nal chain$ 3ince t&o throu#h our are e!pty si#nal chains they need to be routed

to 3i#nal hain 1' this #i"es the! access to the sounds in =urity$

lick Y2ypass hannel OutZ in the lo&er controls section and set 3i#nal hain 1 to M+4+ out h- 1$

Net' si#nal chains t&o' three' and our' need to be routed throu#h 3i#nal hain 1 &hich

contains the instance o =urity$




3elect 3i#nal hain 7$ lick YNo /ternal 0outin#Z in the lo&er controls section and select U3i#nal hain1U$ *nd &hile you are there' #o ahead and set the channel out to M+4+ channel 7$

Once the routin# has been assi#ned' you &ill see that 3i#nal hain 7 is routed directly throu#h 3i#nalhain 1$

+n the lo&er controls section o 3i#nal hain 7 you &ill also see that the routin# and M+4+ channel outoptions are properly set$

Go ahead and route si#nal chains three and our to 3i#nal hain 1' and M+4+ outs to channels three an

our respecti"ely$

This &ill co!plete this !ultiEti!bral setup' each split should be tri##erin# the patch that you ha"e in

the correspondin# channel o =urity$ Collo& the sa!e procedure that &as used to set 3i#nal hain 7




3i#nal hain A routed to 3i#nal hain 1 containin# =urity$

3i#nal hain A lo&er controls' M+4+ channel out set to channel three$

3i#nal hain : routed to 3i#nal hain 1 containin# =urity$

3i#nal hain : lo&er controls' M+4+ channel out set to channel our$

This &ill co!plete this !ultiEti!bral setup' each split should be tri##erin# the patch that you ha"e inthe correspondin# channel o =urity$




*d"anced MultiEti!bral +nstru!ents > 3i#nal hain

No& that you ha"e a #ood idea o ho& to use !ultiEti!bral instru!ents' it is ti!e to learn an

ad"anced &ay to setup 0i to &ork &ith your !ultiEti!bral instru!ents$

*s you can see in the 3i#nal hain' there are only ei#ht slots $ =lus' the si#nal chains are !ade olayerin# sounds' and creatin# keyboard splits$

Lets say you &anted to use all 1F M+4+ channels o a !ultiEti!bral instru!ent in one 3on#' as

opposed to settin# up 1F son#s each usin# a dierent M+4+ channel$

The earlier tutorial eplained ho& to do it that &ay$ %o&e"er' it is #ood to kno& the dierent &aysto setup instru!ents in 0i$

3etup a ne& 3on#' and a#ain' add =urity to the 3on#$

0e!e!ber to unlink the M+4+ channels in =urity$ Go head and assi#n sounds to so!e channels$

Go to the si#nal chain' select the U+nputU or 3i#nal hain 1$ This +nput needs to only use M+4+channel 1$ The input can be orced to use a particular M+4+ channel by pressin# the Y+nput Outputbutton located in the lo&er controls section$ 4o this and the UM+4+ +nput +>OU option bo appears

3et UCorce M+4+ Output hannelU to UOutput h 1U$Then press Y3etZ$

This orces the input to only use M+4+ channel 1$




3ince you can add "irtually unli!ted inputs to the +nput olu!n' it is the ideal section to setup a!ultiEti!bral instru!ent in a son#$

/"ery additional input &e add to this son# &ill be setup to use the instance o =urity in the irstinput slot$ *#ain this &ill sa"e lots o syste! resources$

No& it is ti!e to add so!e inputs to use or accessin# the M+4+ channels used in the irst inputsinstance o =urity$

lick the Y*dd +nputZ button and select Y*dd /!pty +nstru!ent +nputZ$

Once that e!pty input has been added and the +nput is selected the 3i#nal chain area re!ainse!pty$ That is ok' the net pa#e &ill sho& you ho& to assi#n the proper options$

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M+4+ +nput +>O Options @indo&

=ressin# the Y+nput OutputZ button in the lo&er controls section brin#s up the UM+4+ +nput +>OU&indo&$

• Output 6ac8 6outing- *llo&s you to pick &hich 0ack the selected +nput should route to$

• M%D%- Darious options or per +nput M+4+ routin#$

▪ M%D% %nput Devices @hate"er M+4+ input de"ices you enabled in the !ain M+4+ setup options o0i &ill be present here$ ou can also set an M+4+Ein or a connected eternal M+4+ controller toplay the sound in the selected input$

▪ M%D% %nput (hannels hoose the M+4+ +nput hannel or the selected +nput$

▪/orce M%D% Output (hannel This option enables the selected input to send M+4+ out on a particulM+4+ channel$




,sin# 4ierent =reset 3ounds &ith a 3hared +nstru!ent

+ you are sharin# an instru!ent o"er !ultiple 3on#s' you &ill !ore than likely &ant to use

dierent presets in each son#$

Cor instance' i you are usin# the patch UMello&U ro! the plu#Ein Mr$ 0ay in 3on# 1' but in son#t&o you also &ant to ha"e Mr$ 0ay usin# a dierent patch$ There is no need to add a brand ne&instance o Mr$ 0ay$

This net tutorial &ill sho& you ho& to do this$

Cirst o' select a spot directly beside the irst 3on# on your 3etlist and click U*ddU$

Once you reach the U3ound 2ro&serU click the Yurrently Loaded =lu#insZ tab$ %ere you &ill seeyour list o loaded instru!ents$ +nstead o loadin# a ne& instance o Mr$ 0ay' select the currently

loaded Mr$ 0ay and either press the Y*ddZ button or double letEclick the instru!ent$ This is alsoho& you share an instru!ent in 0i$

The net picture sho&s you &hat an +nstru!ent looks like ater U3haredU has been enabled$ The M

0ay icon in the 3trea! =rocessor is no& yello&$ This represents an instru!ent is shared$

Go ahead and u!p o"er to the +nstru!ent /ditor o this son# and set Mr$ 0ay to the patchUMello&U$ Net' press YMake 4eaultZ in the lo&er controls section o the +nstru!ent /ditor$

Then press the 3on# 0estore button$

4oin# this locks 3on# 1 to the preset Mello&$

No& add a second 3on# to the 3etlist' but or this son# instead o addin# a ne& instance o Mr$0ay' select U*44U on the 3etlist' and #o to the Y,rrently Loaded +nstru!entsZ tab and selectUMr6a$EEU$




%it Y*ddZ$

No&' #o the Y+nstru!ent /ditorZ tab o this ne& 3on#' and select a ne& preset patch$ Then hit the

YMake 4eaultZ button$ *ter you hit the YMake 4eaultZ press the Y3on# 0estoreZ button in thisson#$

That is all you ha"e to do to ha"e !ultiple 3on#s share the sa!e instru!ent' &hile still bein# ableto ha"e a dierent sound ro! that instru!ent in each 3on#$

%ere is a ?uick recap o this section$

1$ reate a 3on# &ith any D3Ti$

7$ Go into the +nstru!ent /ditor and ind a patch you like' then hit YMake deaultZ' then hit Y3on#restoreZ$

A$ *dd a ne& 3on#' once you reach the U3ound 2ro&serU click the Yurrently Loaded =lu#insZ tab$

%ere you &ill see your list o loaded instru!ents$ +nstead o loadin# a ne& instance o aninstru!ent' select the instru!ent that is to be shared' and either press the Y*ddZ button ordouble letEclick the instru!ent$

:$ Go into the +nstru!ent /ditor o the ne& 3on#' ind a ne& preset' then hit the YMake 4eaultZbutton$ *ter you hit the YMake 4eaultZ press the Y3on# 0estoreZ button in this son#$

5$ No& you can chan#e son#s &hile #ettin# dierent sounds ro! the sa!e plu#Ein$




5 ' * U s i n g B $ 6 P 7 t h e 6 i 85 ' * U s i n g B $ 6 P 7 t h e 6 i 8 E ' i t P a n e l 9 i t h 2 i f f a n ' + r E ' i t P a n e l 9 i t h 2 i f f a n ' + r

The NeKo LX5 oers an a&eso!e ne& dru! !achine style rhyth! tool$ ,sin# 2u!p M=' the Mi/dit =anel &ith 0i and Guru you &ill be able to create rhyth!s like ne"er beore$ The ollo&in#sections sho&s &hat controls &hat$

!ump P Assignments

i/ ,dit Panel Assignments

Ban1 B of the 6i8E'it $anel is the 'efalt selection for BU6P 6P insi'e of 2iff an' +r

=lease reer to the !ain Guru =4C docu!ent or co!plete instructions or this application$ ou caalso #et !ore inor!ation by "isitin# the CXpansion oru! or Guru$

(http->>&&&$pansion$co!>oru!>"ie&oru!$phpI18)




Importing the !ump P$Guru Song Template

3ince the pads' knobs' buttons and aders ha"e to be preEassi#ned to particular M+4+ assi#n!entsit is necessary to use the U3on# +!portU eature to load a son# te!plate$

This ensures e"erythin# isset to #o$ @e ha"e pro"idedyou &ith a blank Guru

te!plate &hich contains

e"erythin# pre assi#ned$*&ays be careul not to sa"eo"er any o the deault

te!plates$

Go to Menu[+!port 3on#

Then select UGuru LX5 Te!plate$son#U and hitYOKZ$




This &ill i!port a 3on# &ith all the re?uired co!ponents to use the 4ru! pads$

ou can use Guru to record all your beats' or se?uence sa!ples$ + you &ant to play other sounds&hile beats are playin# back ro! Guru' it is su##ested to use the Y=layZ button in 0i$ 4oin# thisensures that all te!pos are locked to#ether$ han#in# the 2=M in 0i also chan#es the te!po inGuru$

There are so!e technical thin#s you should be a&are o &ith this setup$ =lease read on or aneplanation &hy &e su##est you use 2u!p M= this &ay$

The ollo&in# i!a#e sho&s &hat the 2u!p M=>Guru te!plate son# looks like in the 3i#nal hain$There are t&o inputs ro! 2u!p M= eedin# the instance o Guru$




The irst +nput uses the ollo&in# +nput>Output options$

This irst +nput is &hat enables the 2u!p M= dru! pads to UtalkU to 0i$

+ you look at the UM+4+ +nput hannelU or this +nput' you &ill see that +nput h 11 is selected$This isolates the dru! pads ro! recei"in# M+4+ ro! any other channel or de"ice not usin# M+4+channel 11$




The second +nput uses the ollo&in# +nput>Output options$

This second +nput is &hat enables "arious 2u!p M= control buttons' knobs and the Ulast padU

dru! pad to UtalkU to 0i$

+ you look at the UM+4+ +nput hannelU or this +nput' you &ill see that +nput h 17 is selected$This isolates the control buttons and knobs ro! recei"in# M+4+ ro! any other channel or de"icenot usin# M+4+ channel 17$




GU&U 0uickstart1 ,ngines2 Pads2 Patterns and Graphs

This section &ill introduce you to the application G,0,' it is not intended to replace the G,0,!anual$ *ter readin# this section' please reer to the co!plete G,0, !anual &hich is located onyour NeKo LX5s hard dri"e$

These concepts are crucial to the &ay that G,0, &orks' so its "ery useul to read throu#h theollo&in# descriptions$

EnginesG,0, is !ade up o ei#ht W/n#ines$ /ach o these /n#ines contains 1F =ads$ *lthou#h these =adscan be se?uenced ro! your host se?uencer usin# M+4+ notes' they can also be controlled by eac/n#ines ad"anced step se?uencer syste!$ There are se?uencers or =ads (the =attern "ie&) andor !odulatin# certain sound para!eters (the Graph "ie&)$ *n /n#ine is essentially anindependent entity &ith its o&n M+4+ channel (they respond to channels 1E9)' althou#h the te!poo all /n#ines is locked to !ultiples o /n#ine 1s te!po$

/ach /n#ine also has A *u eects and an +nsert eect$ There is also a Master +nsert eect &hich

aects the entire Master output$

Pa's

The 1F =ads inside each o G,0,s /n#ines are cate#oriHed into Kicks' 3nares' %ihats and=ercussion' &ith : =ads assi#ned to each type$ This is central to 3!art3licin#- G,0,s intuiti"ene& approach to loopEslicin#$

/ach =ad is a sophisticated sa!pler &ith a substantial array o para!eters that can be adusted inthe =ad /dit "ie&' &hich is a t&eakers paradise$ ou can layer (either stacked or "elocityElayered&ith crossades) up to 9 sa!ples on a sin#le =ad' adust start>end points' #ain' pan' pitch and

^lterin#' add one o the builtEin eects or adust send le"els to any o the A /n#ine *u eects$There are also 7 en"elopes to play &ith in the =ad /dit "ie&- one or a!plitude and one or ^lter

cuto' pitch and certain eects destinations$

The =ads are !apped to M+4+ notes 1 to 4]7 by deault$

PatternsThe =attern "ie& is or stepEse?uencin# =ads$ The se?uencer can ha"e up to 1F pa#es' each &ithup to A7 steps' #i"in# a total o up to 517 steps$ /ach se?uence is called a =attern- each /n#ine inG,0, has 7: =atterns' assi#ned to M+4+ keys ro! A to 2:$ lick on the =attern keys' or hit the

correspondin# M+4+ key' to access any o the 7: =atterns or each /n#ine$

@hile all the /n#ines are te!poEsynchroniHed' /n#ines 7E9 ha"e a te!po !ultiplier settin# &hichadusts the te!po or each /n#ine relati"e to the !ain te!po (&hich is used or /n#ine 1)$ 2y

usin# !ultiple /n#ines &ith dierent te!po !ultipliers' you can create co!ple !ultiElayeredpolyrhyth!s &ith ease$

G,0, contains the ability to intuiti"ely record =atterns' so you can use it as a co!plete&orkstation en"iron!ent$ This can be a breath o resh air i you ^nd yoursel constrained by ^ddaudio>M+4+ se?uencers' &hich ha"e too !any possibilities that so!eti!es #et in the &ay ocreati"ity$ G,0, e"en pro"ides a 3cene "ie&' &here you can store Wsnapshots o the state o all 9/n#ines to#ether' and chan#e bet&een the! by usin# M+4+ note input$




Slicer

@e"e #i"en G,0,s slicer a !aor o"erhaul it is no& !uch !ore accurate' and has a W3ensiti"itcontrol allo&in# you to adust ho& it responds to possible hit points in your loops$ +n addition' itsslicin# and score etraction process is no& "elocityEa&are E slices and scores are no& #enerated insuch a &ay that hit "olu!es are consistent &hen usin# the sounds ro! one loop &ith the scorero! another' or the score ro! a loop &ith a kit' or the slices ro! a loop &ith a pattern$

*s &ell as the W3ensiti"ity

control' there is also an W*ccuracy control &hichspeciies ho& !uch =, ti!eG,0, should #i"e to analyHin#the slice points$ %i#heraccuracy !eans !ore precise'but slo&er' slicin#$

The 3licer can no& be to##ledbet&een 3+NGL/ !ode' in&hich one slice is loaded perpad' and C,LL !ode' &here up

to 9 slices are loaded per pad'usin# the Layers$ This allo&sGuru to it lon# loops (up to179 slices) in a sin#le en#ine\

it also supports a Linear3corin# !ode &here instead o

s!artEslicin# by dru! type' theslices are si!ply !apped to

pads 1$$1F in the order theyoccur in the loop ile' !uch like

a con"entional slicer$

@hen slicin# loops and#eneratin# 3cores' the slicer is

no& "elocity a&are eachscore note is assi#ned a

"elocity based on the loudnesso the slice ro! &hich it &as

#enerated$ This #i"es !uch!ore useul playback &henreplacin# the slices or a #i"en score &ith a preE!ade kit$

J/?ual 1Fths has no& been replaced by a J%O= !ode controlled by the sensiti"ity slider'allo&in# you to set a chop len#th ro! 1>: note do&n to F:th note$ %old 3%+CT to set the

sensiti"ity control to nonEpo&erEoE7"alues in this !ode (by deault it snaps :' 9' 1F' A7' F:)$




O"er"ie) o( the GU&U Inter(ace

+U2U LC<

The L4 is the !ain edit area in G,0,$ +t can be in any o the ollo&in# "ie& !odes-

• =attern "ie&

• Graphs "ie&

• =ad /dit "ie&

• *u /ects "ie&

• Mi "ie&

• 3cenes "ie&

• Options panel

/ach o these "ie& !odes ha"e a correspondin# button in the G,0, toolbar$




+U2U !ool"ar

The toolbar not only oers access to the dierent L4 "ie& !odes' but also to the /n#ine

selectors and acti"ity display$ The Toolbar houses the Load>3a"e 2undle buttons$ 3ee chapters 9 B11 or details on these eatures$

1$ L4 "ie& !ode selectors

7$ 0ando!iHer▪ * ne& creati"e inspiration actory' the rando!iHe slider can operate on any o G,0,s

!ain screens se?uence' #raphs' pad edit' eects' !ier and allo&s you to apply acontrollable a!ount o rando!iHation to either the current pad or "arious co!binations$

lick on the rando!iHe slider to #enerate a ne& set o Wseed "alues' then dra# to the leor ri#ht to apply the! pro#ressi"ely to your patch$ %old do&n *LT or 3%+CT &hile

dra##in# the rando!iHe slider to apply the process o"er a &ider area i you dont like&hat you hear' ust hit the YXZ button net to the 0ando!iHer ader$

A$ /n#ine selectors B acti"ity display

:$ Load>3a"e 2undle 2uttons




!ro)ser This is &here you load sounds and=atterns into G,0,$

The 2ro&ser is a "ery i!portant part oGuru' as it is central to #ettin# soundsinto itQ ou &ill see our tabs in the2ro&ser- =atterns' Kits' %it and Loops$

2eore &e ea!ine the!' its essential to

eplain ho& the 2ro&ser &orks' and toeplain its pre"ie& unctionality$

The Guru bro&ser is a dualEpanebro&ser- the let pane is or olders' and

the ri#ht pane is or iles Loops' %its'Kits and =atterns$ ou can !ake eitherpane &ider by clickin# and dra##in# thebutton at the botto! o the di"ider$ +ts"ery easy to na"i#ate around dri"es andolders_ si!plyclick on any older or dri"e na!e to

eplore it$ @hen you are in a older' theparent dri"e>older &ill appear at the topo the older list$ *#ain' si!ply click onthe na!e to #o up a older le"el$

Ato o'eou &ill notice that all tabs o the2ro&ser ha"e the Y*utoZ button$ *uto!ode allo&s Wpre"ie& in contet- theele!ents &hich are selected in the 2ro&ser play in place o the ele!ents youare replacin# &hich are already loaded into Guru' &hile unaected parts play as nor!al$ Thus you

can hear &hat the ile youre thinkin# o loadin# onto =ad(s)' =attern(s) or an /n#ine

&ill sound like &ithin the contet o your current Guru son#$ @hen the Y*utoZ button is acti"ated iany tab o the 2ro&ser' any o the bro&sable ele!ents &ithin it can be auditioned in contet beorloadin# the!$ + Guru is not playin# &hen you click on a pre"ie&able ile' it &ill start playin#1' an

you &ill be able to hear the ne& ele!ent in contet$ ou can then click the button in order to loadit' or pre"ie& another$

3ee hapter 7 ro! the !ain G,0, !anual or and inEdepth look at the 2ro&ser$




IDI Pads

There are 1F M+4+ =ads' &ith : assi#ned to each dru! cate#ory (kicks' snares' hihats andpercussion)$ They can be played by clickin# the! onEscreen or by hittin# their correspondin# M+4notes (by deault' 1 to 4]7)$

The =ads li#ht up blue (kicks)' red (snares)' yello& (hihats) and #reen (percussion hits) inresponse to bein# played$

=ads are also selected or editin# by clickin# the pad and selectin# the Y/ditZ button in the toolbarThis pro"ides ?uick access to the =ad /dit "ie&$

3ee chapter A o the G,0, !anual or !ore details on =ads and the =ad /dit "ie&$




Pattern +eys

0-bove image1 Pattern 8e$s M%D% notes (F to&7!

The =attern keys are a &ay o selectin#=atterns or editin# &hen in the =attern "ie&'and also or playin# the!$ They are !apped to

M+4+ notes A to 2:$

3ee chapters : B 5 o the G,0, !anual or !ore details on =atterns$

Se3uencer aster

The 3e?uencer Master section houses a con"enientdisplay or the current /n#ine'son#' =attern and=ad' as &ell as #lobal "olu!e' kit>loop'tunin#' !ute' te!po and Groo"econtrols or the current /n#ine$

+t also contains the ,ndo button' and the =layback

and 0ecordin#controls$

Control Conentions an' Key"oar' Shortcts

!he UN<O "ttonG,0, pro"ides a oneEle"el ,ndo unction&hen editin# =atterns$ @hen there is so!ethin# to,ndo' youll see the ,ndo button hi#hli#hted$ *nyoperation &hich in"ol"es notes in =atterns can beundone e"en loadin# =atterns ro! the 2ro&ser$

The ,ndo button is also used in 0ecord !ode' inorder to ,ndo the last take$ @hen in 0ecord !ode'

this button can be controlled by a M+4+ note$Keyboard shortcuts

G,0, is ?uite hea"ily dependent on keyboard

shortcuts' in order to acilitate ?uick edits and ast&ork lo&$ One "ery i!portant shortcut to

re!e!ber is YT0LZEclick' &hich is used or nu!erous re?uently used unctions$

• YT0LZEclick in G,0, is the sa!e as the ri#ht !ouse button$

+t is also &orth re!e!berin# that Y*LTZ is a key !odiier &hich results in !odiyin# allsi!ilar para!eters$ This depends in !any cases on &hat is bein# clicked$ =lease see sectio11-7 or a ull list o G,0,s keyboard shortcuts$




Loading and Sa"ing in GU&U

Loa'Sae 9ith 2iff @hen usin# G,0, as a plu#in' its settin#s &ill be sa"ed &ith the host proect ile$ This in"ol"essa"in# all /n#ines' =atterns and =ad settin#s' &ith reerences to the sa!ples used$

Loa'Sae a Bn'le fileG,0, can sa"e the entire contents o the /n#ine to a G,0, 2undle ($+2U iles) &ith the use o

the 3a"e button on the toolbar$ (,pper ri#ht area o this interace i!a#e)

This is eecti"ely like sa"in#your host proect' ecept allsa!ples are sa"ed inside theile$ These 2undles arerecalled by usin# the Loadbutton on the toolbar$

This !akes it easy to shareG,0, setups and son#s$

*lso' you can use

Menu[Cile[3a"e 3et *s$$ to ust sa"e the current array in0i$

+ this is a "ery co!plearray' it &ould be a #ood ideato sa"e it both &ays' ust to

be sae$

Loa'Sae KitsThe 2ro&ser allo&s you to sa"e Kits ($K+T iles) the entire content o an /n#ine' !inus the=atterns-

• the =ads (includin# their =ad /dit settin#s' eects and *u sends)• the /n#ines *u CX

• the /n#ine insert eect as deployed in the Mi "ie&

=lease reer to the Guru !anual or !ore details$

Loa'Sae PatternPattern SetThe 2ro&ser also allo&s you to sa"e the current =attern (a $+(% ile)' or a #roup o all the curren/n#ines =atterns into a =attern 3et (a $+)/ ile)$ 3ee the Guru !anual or !ore details$




Creating !eats )ith GU&U1 The !asics

2ecor'ing Patterns

G,0, oers a "ery intuiti"e !eans o recordin# =atterns usin# li"e input$ ou can record intoG,0, &ith the ollo&in# !ethods-

• lickin# the onEscreen =ads &ith the !ouse$• =layin# an eternal M+4+ controller (or ea!ple' a keyboard or set o dru!=ads)$

2ecor'*aring

*ter loadin# an /n#ine &ith sounds' select the =attern onto &hich you &ish to 0ecord$ Then' clickthe Y0ecordZ button on the 3e?uencer Master

section o the G,0, interace$ The display&ill inor! you that G,0, is War!ed or

0ecordin#$

The display also sho&s t&o options-

Clic1 on 2ecor'+ this is enabled' G,0, &ill play a !etrono!e

click &hile 0ecordin# is in pro#ress$

0anti>e' 2ecor'+ this option is enabled' G,0, &ill ?uantiHe all

input to the nearest step$ + the option isdisabled' G,0, &ill preser"e the ti!in# o your

playin#' usin# 3hit #raph "alues$

Setting a !e$o

The best &ay to set a te!po or 2=M orG,0, is to use the 2=M unction o 0i$ ,se one o these options to set a desired 2=M$ This &illensure that the te!po set &ill ha"e all instru!ents o a 0i 3on# to be Jlocked to#ether$

1$ ,se the YTe!poZ button on the 4. =anel$ This is kno&n as JTap Te!po$7$ Go to the Y3i#nal hainsZ tab o 0i' and press the Y2=MZ button$ This is located to&ards

the top ri#ht o the Y3i#nal hainsZ tab$ Once you press this' you can type in the desired

2=M and press Y/nterZ$




2ecor' o'e

ou can no& do one o three thin#s-

1$ =ress the Y=layZ button on the 4.panel o 0i this is to be used i you&ant to 0ecord the =attern &hilehearin# it in the contet o the rest oyour 0i 3on#$

7$ =ress the Y=layZ button on the G,0,interace this is to be used i you&ant to 0ecord the =attern &hile ONLplayin# G,0,$

A$ lick the Y0ecordZ button a#ain inorder to eit 0ecordEar!ed !ode' iyou decide you do not &ant tocontinue &ith 0ecordin#$

Once you press play (either in 0i or onG,0,) ater 0ecordEar!in#' G,0, &ill #ointo 0ecord !ode$ ou can no& play your

beats in li"eQ + youre currently in the=attern "ie&' youll notice that the notes you

play appear on the rele"ant =ad lanes as soon as you enter the!$ G,0, &ill keep cyclin# throu#hthe =attern' so you can keep playin# enterin# notes$

@hen you &ant to stop 0ecordin#' you can do one o the ollo&in#-

• =ress the Y=layZ button on the 4. panel o 0i to stop 0ecordin# and return to 0ecordEar!ed !ode$

• =ress the Y0ecordZ button on the G,0, interace in order to stop 0ecordin# but continueplayback$ ou can enter 0ecord !ode a#ain at any ti!e durin# nor!al playback by hittin#the Y0ecordZ button$

No& try s&itchin# to pattern t&o o J/n#ine 1 and repeat the pattern record steps$ ou could alss&itch to J/n#ine 7 and record !ore patterns usin# the sa!e steps as abo"e$

CoitUn'o

G,0, oers the o!!it>,ndo buttons i you &ant tocarry on a!!in#' &ithout lea"in# 0ecord !ode$ *terplayin# in a part &hile in 0ecord !ode-

• lick the Yo!!itZ button to !ake the take

per!anent$ G,0, &ill not lea"e 0ecord !ode' and you can carry on a!!in# on top o the lasttake$

• lick the Y,ndoZ button in order to re"ert the =attern back to its state &hen you last hit o!!i(or' i you ha"ent pressed Yo!!itZ yet' &hen you entered 0ecord !ode)$

=lease note that the the Y,ndoZ button is only acti"e durin# 0ecordin# and not durin# nor!aloperation$




Patterns and Graphs1 GU&U4s step%se3uencing system

=atterns and Graphs or! the stepEse?uencin# aspect o G,0,$ @hile G,0, is perectly capable oacceptin# M+4+ input ro! a host se?uencer (in other &ords' actin# as a sa!pler instru!ent &ith=ads tri##ered by M+4+ input ro! the se?uencer)' the =attern>Graph stepEse?uencin# syste!oers ne& and ecitin# &ays o !anipulatin# sounds' as &ell as pro"idin# an easy &ay tocreati"ely eperi!ent &ith rhyth!s$

,nderstandin# G,0,s stepEse?uencin# syste! re?uires a #ood kno&led#e o &orkin# &ith

Patterns' +ra$hs and the SeJencer 6aster section$ This chapter pro"ides a brie o"er"ie& oeach o these$

Patterns

/ach o the 9 /n#ines in G,0, is endo&ed &ith 7: =atterns$ /ach =attern contains a lane' di"idedinto steps' or each =ad' on &hich to enter notes$ * =attern has 1 pa#e o A7 steps bydeault' &hich can be reduced do&n to 1 step i you &ish$ +t is possible to ha"e 1F pa#es each &itup to A7 steps in other &ords' the G,0, se?uencer syste! has up to 517 steps$

+t is i!portant to re!e!ber that in /n#ine 1' and by deault in /n#ines 79' 1F steps represents

bar in other &ords' a step is a 1Fth note in duration$

%o&e"er' /n#ines 7E9 ha"e a te!po !ultiplier settin#' located in the 3e?uencer Master display'&hich allo&s leible te!po !anipulation o the =atterns in each /n#ine$

ou can enter notes by clickin# steps in each =ad lane on the =attern "ie& usin# the !ouse' or us

G,0,s realti!e recordin# eatures$

The 7: =atterns are represented by the=attern keys' &hich are assi#ned to M+4+

notes A to 2:$ @hen you click a =attern keyor play its correspondin# M+4+ note' that

=attern &ill be selected or editin# in the =attern "ie&$




+ra$hs

/ach =ad lane in each =attern has a set o Graphs associated &ith it$ * Graph is a stepEauto!ation

syste! or certain sound alterin# para!eters' allo&in# para!eter auto!ation in parallel to the=attern noteEse?uencin# syste!- each step in a Graph corresponds to a step in a =attern$ @hen a

=attern is played' its associated Graphs al&ays play back alon# &ith it$

/a!ples o #raphs are\ pan' coarse and ine tunin#' ilter cuto and ilter resonance$ There are

also #raphs or 0epeat (the nu!ber o ti!es a =ad is tri##ered &ithin 1 se?uencerstep' spaced apart e?ually)' 3hit (shits play position o a =ad or&ards or back&ards bet&eenadacent steps) and 3crub (!o"es the sa!pleEstart point bet&een the start andend o the sa!ples on the =ad)$ 2he folloing page lists all available Graphs!

Graphs are ea!ined in detail later in chapter F o the !ain Guru !anual$ %o&e"er' it is useul atthis point to note that the 3hit Graphs is a "ery i!portant one to consider' as it has a crucial partto play in the eel o your se?uences$ The 3hit Graph' represents ti!in# de"iations' s!aller than step' ro! hard stepEdi"isions$ areul use o Graphs can inect a hu!aniHed Ws&in# eect intoyour =atterns$




+ra$h !y$es

Graphs are #raphical stepEauto!ation lanes &hich control soundEalterin# para!eters o =ads'synchroniHed to the =atterns in an /n#ine$ The ollo&in# list sho&s the a"ailable Graphs$

• 0epeat

▪ 0epeats a note a "ariable a!ount o ti!es &ithin one se?uencer step$

• 3hit

▪ 3hits play position o a note or&ard or back&ards bet&een nei#hborin# steps$

• 3crub

▪ +ncreases the start point oset or all sa!ples on the =ad$

• =itch▪ oarse =itch

• Cin

▪ Cine =itch

• ut

▪ Cilter uto

• 0eH

▪ Cilter 0esonance

• Dol

▪ 3ets Dolu!e

• =an

▪ =an ontrol• ut

▪ Cilter uto

• 0e"

▪ The W0e"erse #raph auto!ates sa!ple re"ersin#$ +t has our "alues-E WNor!al' !eanin#

play the sa!ple as speciied in the pad editor' W0e"erse' !eanin# al&ays play itback&ards' WCor&ard (sel eplanatory)' and W+n"erse' !eanin# do the opposite o

&hate"er the settin# in the pad editor is$

• 4uration

▪ 4uration sets the len#th o any sa!ple in !usical units' but only aects sa!ples &hose WGate option is turned on in the =ad /ditor$ N2-E to set "ery short durations' or to aect

sa!ples that dont ha"e WGate turned on' use ne#ati"e "alues in the W3crub #raph$%oldin# do&n *LT or *LTR3%+CT &hen paintin# in the #raph editor &ill apply the current

edit to !ultiple tracks at once$

• Corce Layer

▪ The WCorce Layer #raph orces the note to play a speciic layer ro! the pad its in$ This

can be "ery useul &hen playin# back loops &ith !ultiple slices loaded to a sin#le pad$ WCorce Layer o"errides the layer playback !ode control in the pad editor$

Graphs are "ery closely linked to =atterns each o the 7: =atterns in each /n#ine has indi"idual

Graphs$ *ll =ad lanes in each =attern can ha"e indi"idual 0epeat' 3hit' 3crub' =itch' Cine =itch' Cilterut' Cilter 0esonance' Dolu!e' =an' 0e"erse' 4uration' and Corce Layer$




C h a $ t e r * P l a y i n g S o n ' s *C h a $ t e r * P l a y i n g S o n ' s * K a r s y nK a r s y n

Karsyn is a li"e peror!ance &ork station sot&are application or "irtual instru!ents$ The sot&a

is based on the product Corte by 2rainspa&n' +nc$ Open Labs has !odiied the interace' and

updated the desi#n to support touchscreen users$ Karsyn is desi#ned or !usicians transitionin#ro! hard&are rackE!ount ri#s' and uses the concept o stackable horiHontal !odules$ The!odules consist o a control !odule' output busses or controllin# access to audio de"ice outputsand instru!ent !odules or controllin# sound sources$This docu!ent contains basic inor!ation to #et you started usin# Karsyn$ Cor additionalinor!ation' you can "ie& the co!plete docu!entation or Corte at- &&&$brainspa&n$co!$ oucan ind the co!plete Karsyn !anual by na"i#atin# to- c*.Program /iles.OpenLabs.Kars$n."serManual

+ey 5eatures

Lo9 Latency 6lti$le Instrent ;osting =lay up to A7 "irtual instru!ents li"e &ith !iin#

and routin# to !ultiple audio outputs$Perforance Atoation 0econi#ure "irtual instru!ents and M+4+ routin# instantly &ith

re!ote controlled presets$A'ance' 6I<I 2oting an' -iltering +ndependent routin# and ilterin# per M+4+ input port\

M+4+ control o audio eect plu#Eins and M+4+ clock te!po synchroniHation$A'io Effects *dd audio eects to audio inputs' instru!ents' or audio buss outputs$A'io !hr =rocess li"e audio input throu#h audio eects &ith "ery lo& latency$?irtal Set List =resets Die& displays the set o upco!in# coni#urations in ull screen "ie&$Perforance -eatres *uto E start on boot up' autoEreco"ery' re!ote control' =resets Die&and other eatures eli!inate keyboard and !ouse use durin# a peror!ance$




+arsyn4s Control odule

Thou#h you can ind Karsyn under the J=lay 3ounds !enu' you !ay &ant to open Karsyn directlyTo do so-

1$ 3elect the JOpen Labs icon in the lo&er let corner o the screen

7$ 3elect the J,til button$A$ 3elect JGo to @indo&s$ The Open Labs shell &ill close$

:$ ou &ill ind a Karsyn icon on the desktop$ 4ouble letEclick to launch it$

1$ ontrol Module7$ Output 2usA$ +nstru!ent Module

The top rack space is the ontrol Module$ On the ontrol Module you can-

1$ Load and sa"e racks7$ *dd' re!o"e' duplicate' and hide output bussesA$ reate and !ana#e presets

:$ oni#ure pro#ra! options5$ 0ena!e plu#Eins (open the *dd Module !enu and ri#htEclick to rena!e)F$ Die& =, utiliHation;$ M+4+ =anic

Ot$t BssesOn each buss you can-

• Die& audio le"els #oin# into the audio output de"ice (post buss eects) &ith the peak le"el L/4

• han#e the "olu!e o all audio routed to the buss &ith the buss "olu!e ader (post buss eect

• *dd' re!o"e or reorder D3T and 4irectX audio eects

• 4isplay the console or each D3T and 4irectX audio eect

•

3elect an audio output de"ice




A''ing an' <eleting Ot$t Bsses*ddin# an output buss can be acco!plished in se"eral &ays-

• 3elect Cile[Ne&[2us !enu

• =ress YT0LZ R Y+N3/0TZ on your keyboard

• 0i#htEclick on the ontrol Module or a Module and selectin# Y*dd *udio Output 2ussZ

• =ress the 2uss Y*ddZ button on the ontrol Module

To delete the selected output buss' as indicated by the selection caret' press Y4/L/T/Z on your

keyboard' the buss Y!inusZ button on the ontrol Module' or ri#htEclick on the output buss andselect Y0e!o"eZ$

Instrent 6o'les2elo& the output busses are the instru!ent !odules$ /ach contains one D3Ti or 4Xi instru!ent$On each !odule you can-

• *dust the "olu!e o the instru!ent output (post eects)

• Die& M+4+ input acti"ity• 4isplay or hide the console or the instru!ent

• Mute or 3olo the !odule• *dd' re!o"e' or reorder audio eects

•

4isplay the console or audio eects• 3elect an output buss

Adding and Deleting Instrument odules

*ddin# an +nstru!ent Module can be acco!plished in se"eral &ays-

• 3elect the Cile[Ne&[Module !enu ite!

• =ress the Y+N3/0TZ key on your keyboard

• 0i#htEclick on the ontrol Module or a Module and select Y*dd Module_Z

• =ress the Module Y*ddZ button on the ontrol Module

To delete an +nstru!ent Module' as indicated by the selection caret' press Y4/L/T/Z on yourkeyboard' the !odule Y!inusZ button on the ontrol Module' or ri#htEclick on the instru!ent!odule and select Y0e!o"eZ$

Instrent Console/ach instru!ent has its o&n user interace called a Jconsole$ onsoles can be either displayed orhidden$

<oc1ing an' -loating the Instrent ConsoleThe console !ay either be docked (e!bedded in the &indo& belo& the instru!ent !odule strip)or loatin# (sho&n in a separate &indo&)$To loat a docked console' doubleEclick on the dockin# handle or sin#leEclick on the loat button at

the top let o the console &indo&$To dock a loatin# &indo&' doubleEclick on the title bar o the console &indo&$More inor!ation on this subect can be ound by "ie&in# pa#e 7A o the Karsyn users !anual$




A''ing an' 2eoing EffectsD3T and 4irectX audio eects !ay be inserted into either !odules or output busses$

To insert an eect' ri#htEclick on an audio eects patch point and select the 4irectX eect ro! thpopEup !enu$

To delete an eect' ri#htEclick on the eect you &ish to re!o"e and select W0e!o"e *udio /ecton the popEup !enu$

ou can use the up>do&n arro&s on the ri#ht to "ie& dierent eects in the chain$

2y ri#htEclickin# and openin# the insert !enu' you !ay ri#htEclick on an eect and add it to youra"orites' rena!e it' or hide it$

'orking )ith Audio Inputs*udio inputs allo& you to run audio throu#h !odules and busses$ They are a"ailable on anyinstru!ent !odule in the *udio +nput oni#uration tab o the console$

ou !ay select the stereo audio input source and !onitor the input le"els$ 3elect JNo *udio +nputro! the input selection bo to turn o audio input$

*lthou#h so!e instru!ents &ill process audio input' !ost &ill not$ Cor this reason' there is aspecial !odule you can create ro! the *dd Module !enus called W2rainspa&n *udio +nput$ This ia !odule &ithout an instru!ent$ +n the *udio +nput !odule' the audio is sent directly ro! the

input to the !odules insert eects$

Ad"anced Per(ormance &eco"ery*d"anced =eror!ance 0eco"ery (*=0) is a peror!ance eature desi#ned to pro"ide Karsyn so!eadditional resilience in a li"e situation$

Pre(erencesou can chan#e Karsyns preerences by selectin# Options[=reerences ro! the !enu bar or by

ri#htEclickin# on the ontrol Module and selectin# J=reerences$

6I<I In$t Ports+nable=Disable M%D% %nput Ports > ,se this list to enable or disable M+4+ input ports or use inKarsyn$ + an input port is not checked in this list' it &ill not be opened or input and it &ill not beincluded in the M+4+ oni#urations list$

Leave M%D% Ports Open > + checked' Karsyn &ill open M+4+ input ports &hen started but &ill not

close the! &hen the rack po&er is turned o$ +t &ill al&ays close ports &hen eitin#$ @hen unEchecked' input ports &ill be closed &hen rack po&er is turned o$

2ea$$ing or <isa"ling 6I<I Progra Changes+nco!in# M+4+ =ro#ra! han#es !ay be optionally re!apped or disabled$ + re!appin# is on' the

pro#ra! chan#e is re!apped to a coni#urable list o presets$ + re!appin# is o' the pro#ra!chan#e is sent directly to the instru!ent &hich !ay or !ay not respond by chan#in# its internalpreset$ The list can be o any len#th' up to 179 entries$*dditionally' M+4+ pro#ra! chan#es can be i#nored$ @hen checked' pro#ra! chan#e !essa#es arnot re!apped or passed to the instru!ent$




Key 2ange an' !rans$ose6efer to page EH of the Kars$n manual for much more detailed information on 8e$ ranges andtransposing!

ou !ay coni#ure an instru!ent to respond to only a subset o the entire 179Enote M+4+

keyboard$ To do this' click the !ouse any&here &ithin the keyboard #raphic$ The disabled upperand lo&er ran#es &ill be displayed in #ray$ ou !ay chan#e the upper and lo&er ran#es a note at ti!e by clickin# the up>do&n arro& buttons or each$

Trainin# is a con"enient &ay to auto!atically set the upper and lo&er ran#es$ =ress YTrainZ and a!essa#e &ill sho& JTrainin#_$ No& si!ply press t&o notes (si!ultaneously or one ater another)on your M+4+ input de"ice$ The instru!ent !odule !ust not be !uted' and the rack po&er !ustbe on or the trainin# to succeed$

The M+4+ keys that lie &ithin the enabled ran#e are then transposed by the a!ount sho&n in thetranspose bo$

=ress Y0esetZ to enable the entire keyboard$

Key 0an#e and Transpose are M+4+ input portEspeciic$ ou &ill ha"e as !any ran#es andtranspose settin#s as you ha"e input ports$ %i#hli#ht the input port at the let to display and

chan#e the coni#uration on the ri#ht$

Channel 6a$+nco!in# M+4+ data' such as notes or controllers that are JperEchannel' !ay be re!apped to adierent channel or disabled$ 0e!appin# can be useul i the instru!ent supports only certainchannels (e$#$ only channel 1) or i you &ish to do co!ple routin# o !ultiple M+4+ input de"ices

4isablin# can be useul i you ha"e one controller split bet&een !ultiple instru!ents$ The listcontains each re!ap entry up to 1F &ith a Jro! and a Jto colu!n$ The list &ill only displayentries that are re!apped to dierent channels$ *ny channel not listed in the Jro! colu!n is nore!apped$

To add a re!ap entry' press YNe&Z$ To delete a re!ap entry' hi#hli#ht the entry in the list andpress Y4eleteZ$

Trainin# is a con"enient &ay to auto!atically set the JCro! ield &ithout ha"in# to consult yourM+4+ controller coni#uration$

3elect a JCro! ield' press JTrain and the ield &ill chan#e to JTrainin#_ No& si!ply press a notor chan#e a controller on your M+4+ input de"ice' and the ield &ill auto!atically chan#e to the

channel o the M+4+ data you sent$

ou !ust !anually select the JTo ield$ The +nstru!ent Module !ust not be !uted' and the rackpo&er !ust be on or trainin# to succeed$ + the J*utoETrain button is on &hen JNe& is pressed'

trainin# &ill be started auto!atically$

+ you !anually coni#ure a re!ap entry so that JCro! and JTo ields are identical' the entry &ilnot re!ain in the list i you close and reEsho& the console$

hannel re!ap is M+4+ input portEspeciic$ ou &ill ha"e as !any channel !aps as you ha"e inputports$ %i#hli#ht the input port at the let to display and chan#e the !ap on the ri#ht$




Continos Controller 6a$+nco!in# M+4+ continuous controller data !ay be re!apped to a dierent controller nu!ber ordisabled$ They can also be coni#ured to to##le the instru!ents controller "alue$ This can be

useul to re!ap$ Cor ea!ple' your ootEpedal M+4+ input to 2:s Leslie speed so that one tapslo&s Leslie and a second tap speeds it up$ The list contains each re!ap entry up to 179 &ith a

JCro! and a JTo colu!n' alon# &ith a JTo##le checkbo$ The list &ill only display entries thatare re!apped to dierent controllers or coni#ured to to##le$ *ny controller not listed in the JCro! colu!n is not re!apped and to##le is disabled$ *ny disabled controllers &ill not be passedto the instru!ent$


Trainin# is a con"enient &ay to auto!atically set the JCro! ield &ithout ha"in# to consult yourM+4+ controller coni#uration$ 3elect a JCro! ield' press JTrain and the ield &ill chan#e to JTrainin#_$ No& si!ply chan#e a controller on your M+4+ input de"ice and the ield &illauto!atically chan#e to the controller nu!ber you sent$ The instru!ent !odule !ust not be!uted and the rack po&er !ust be on or trainin# to succeed$ + the Y*utoETrainZ button is on&hen YNe&Z is pressed' trainin# &ill be started auto!atically$

ou !ust !anually select the JTo ield$ 3o!e instru!ents pro"ide a co!prehensi"e list o M+4+

controllers &hich &ill be sho&n in the JTo ield$ Many do not' and you !ust consult the instru!en!anual and select a nu!erical ield$

+ you !anually coni#ure a re!ap entry so that JCro! and JTo ields are identical' the entry &il

not re!ain in the list i you close and reEsho& the console$

ontinuous controller re!ap is M+4+ input portEspeciic$ ou &ill ha"e as !any controller !aps asyou ha"e input ports$ %i#hli#ht the input port at the let to display and chan#e the coni#uration o

the ri#ht$

!oggle 6o'eTo##le Mode coni#ures a controller !appin# to to##le the JTo "alue bet&een 8 and 17; each ti!

the Jro! "alue trans!its a "alue o 17;$ This eature allo&s you to assi#n M+4+ oot s&itches toeatures on the instru!ent like an or#ans rotary speed- lick once to slo& the rotors do&n and

click a#ain to speed the! up$

Saing an' Loa'ing 6I<I ConfigrationsM+4+ oni#urations are assi#ned to an instru!ent !odule' but so!e settin#s can be sa"ed andreloaded ro! a ile$ =ress Y3a"eZ to sa"e a coni#uration$ This includes the ollo&in# or each M+4input-

• Key 0an#e

• Transpose• hannel re!ap

•

ontroller re!ap

This allo&s re?uently used M+4+ coni#uration para!eters to be applied to other instru!ent!odules or stored or uture use$ @hen a M+4+ oni#uration is loaded' you !ay optionally load oi#nore speciic portions o the coni#uration$

Setting a <efalt 6I<I ConfigrationThe lastEused M+4+ coni#uration is al&ays sa"ed &ith an instru!ent !odule$ ,sually' this M+4+

coni#uration &ill be reloaded auto!atically on any uture instru!ent !odule usin# the sa!einstru!ent$ %o&e"er' i you select a M+4+ coni#uration to be the deault' it &ill be used instead$




Insert anager

0i#htEclick and select +nsert Mana#er to control the order o inserts$

Sho)ing ,((ects Consoles

4oubleEclick an eect to sho& its console$ @orkin# &ith audio eects consoles is "ery si!ilar to&orkin# &ith instru!ent consoles$ The only dierence is that the console &indo& is al&ays loatin(ne"er docked) and there are no =ro#ra! Map or M+4+ oni#uration tabs$ lose an eect console

by clickin# the upper ri#ht hand YloseZ button$

Using ,((ect Presets*ccessin# an audio eect preset is identical to accessin# instru!ent presets$

IDI &outing to ,((ects

• M+4+ input is sent to insert eects$ The ilterin# is dierent or eects than or the instru!ent

!odule$

• =ro#ra! chan#es ro! M+4+ are ne"er sent to insert eects

• The +nstru!ent hannel and ontroller re!ap is not applied to M+4+ beore it #oes to the eect/ach eect has its o&n controller re!ap to apply auto!ation$

• +nsert /ect ontroller !appin# is not M+4+ input port speciic (unlike an instru!ents controllere!ap)$

• +nstru!ent Transpose is applied so that plu#Eins like har!oniHers can build chords on inco!in#audio data ro! M+4+ notes$

Insert ,((ect Automation using IDI Continuous Controllers+nco!in# M+4+ continuous controller data !ay be re!apped to D3T or 4irectX 9$8 auto!ationpara!eters$ They can also be coni#ured to to##le the eects para!eter$ This can be useul tore!ap (Cor ea!ple' your ootEpedal M+4+ input to *!plitubes sto!p eects)$

The list contains each re!ap entry up to 179 &ith a Jro! and a Jto colu!n' alon# &ith a Jto##le checkbo$ The list &ill only display entries that are re!apped to auto!ation para!eters$*ny controller not listed in the Jro! colu!n is not re!apped and to##le is disabled$ *ny disabledcontrollers &ill not be passed to the instru!ent$


Trainin# is a con"enient &ay to auto!atically set the Jro! ield &ithout ha"in# to consult yourM+4+ controller coni#uration$ 3elect a Jro! ield' press YTrainZ and the ield &ill chan#e to JTrainin#_$

No& si!ply chan#e a controller on your M+4+ input de"ice and the ield &ill auto!atically chan#e

to the controller nu!ber you sent$

The +nstru!ent Module !ust not be !uted' and the rack po&er !ust be on or trainin# tosucceed$

+ the Y*utoETrainZ button is on &hen YNe&Z is pressed' trainin# &ill be started auto!atically$

ou !ust !anually select the Jto ield$ Most eects pro"ide a list o auto!atable para!eters&hich &ill be sho&n in the Jto ield$




'orking )ith Presets

=resets are one o the !ost po&erul eatures o Karsyn$ =resets enable you to use a sin#le rackor an entire peror!ance and auto!ate preset chan#es' output routin#s' and !utes$/ach rack ile can contain !ultiple presets "isible in the =resets &indo&$

/ach preset contains a co!plete coni#uration includin#-

• * preset or e"ery instru!ent in the rack$ This does not need to be a sa"ed preset because the

actual settin#s o each instru!ent are sa"ed instead o ust a na!e$• *n eect preset or e"ery audio eect in the rack$ *#ain' this does not need to be a sa"ed

preset$

• * M+4+ input enable or each port on each +nstru!ent Module$

• * M+4+ keyboard ran#e' transpose' channel and controller re!ap or e"ery M+4+ input on e"ery

+nstru!ent Module$

• *n output buss selection or e"ery +nstru!ent Module

• * te!po (&hich !any D3T and 4irectX plu#Eins &ill ollo&)$

Note that the =ro#ra! han#e re!ap is not included in a =reset$ =resets !ay be optionallychan#ed usin# inco!in# M+4+ pro#ra! chan#es$ @hen this eature is enabled' M+4+ =ro#ra!0e!ap does not &ork because the pro#ra! chan#e !essa#es are used to chan#e presets insteado bein# re!apped and sent to the instru!ents$

Creating Presets=resets can be created by clickin# the Y=resetsZ button to the let o the presets list on the ontroModule$ The ne& presets &ill be #i"en a na!e that represents the ti!e and date the presets is

created$=resets can also be created ro! &ithin the =resets Mana#er (described belo&)$

Changing Presets fro the Control 6o'leou can chan#e the current presets by clickin# the up or do&n arro& to the ri#ht o the presetslist$

Changing Presets fro a 0WE2! Key"oar'ou !ay also ad"ance to the net presets by pressin# the 3=*/ 2*0' or by assi#nin# a shortcutkey to each =reset$

Presets !e$o/ach preset can contain a te!po that instru!ents and eects can sync to$ +n addition' you !ayoptionally choose to ha"e Karsyn adust the te!po dyna!ically ro! inco!in# M+4+ lock!essa#es ro! a chosen M+4+ input port$To alter the presets te!po' click the YTe!poZ button in the ontrol Module$The te!po dialo# &ill let you adust te!po usin# the horiHontal slider controlE or by typin# thete!po into the edit bo$+ you click YCollo& M+4+ lockZ on the input port' Karsyn &ill ollo& the te!po o inco!in# M+4+

lock !essa#es ro! the hi#hli#hted input port$




3

C h a $ t e r 3 & 2 e c o r ' i n g *C h a $ t e r 3 & 2 e c o r ' i n g * 2 E A P E 2 2 E A P E 2

&ecording )ith an Open Labs Production Station

0eady to u!p ri#ht in and start !akin# !usic This section &ill #et you #oin#$ One #reat &ay to

learn 0/*=/0 ?uickly is to read the Keyboard ontrol section o =reerences (trlE=)$ 0eadin# thissection &ill #i"e you insi#ht into ust ho& leible and po&erul 0/*=/0 is$ ant ind &hat youre

lookin# or in 0/*=/0 Try ri#htEclickin# on e"erythin#' youll be surprised at the po&er hidden usbelo& the surace$The ollo&in# pa#es &ill teach you ho& to record usin# your Open Labs production station$ This isnot intended to replace the 0/*=/0 =4C !anual$ Topics co"ered in this #uide are-

• Openin# 0/*=/0

• usto! olor The!es

• +nsertin# and ,sin# a D3Ti

• +nsertin# an *udio Track

• 3ettin# up D3Ti =reerences

• 0ecordin# &ith a D3Ti• 0enderin# a Mi to Cile or 2urnin# to 4

• /portin# Tracks or use in Other =ro#ra!s

6e) to &ecording7+ this is your irst ti!e usin# any type o recordin# syste!' you !ay &ant to research the basicso =ro *udio' producin# !usic' and M+4+ recordin#$ * #ood place to start is KD0 *udio$(http->>&&&$k"raudio$co!>&iki>)

*lso' be sure to re#ister on the Open Labs user oru!' (http->>oru!$openlabs$co!)' &here youcan read and discuss !usic &ith artists like yoursel$

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Opening &,AP,& (or the 5irst Time

To open 0/*=/0' click on the Open Labs icon$ The icon is located at the botto! let o the openin#screen$ + you ha"e eited the Open Labs shell' si!ply double letEclick the 0/*=/0 +con on thedesktop$ This &ill launch 0/*=/0$

@hen you open 0/*=/0' i it looks dierent than the pictures used in this #uide' this is because0/*=/0 allo&s you to use a custo! color the!e$ +n the ollo&in# ea!ple' you &ill be sho&n&here to s&itch color the!es$




There are a couple o &ays to select a color the!e or 0/*=/0$ Cirst' you can si!ply #o toOptions[olor The!es' and select a ne& the!e$ Or you can use the keystroke co!binationT0LR*LT =G,= (to scroll the!e up) or T0LR*LT =G4N (to scroll the!e do&n)$

*dditional custo! color the!es can be do&nloaded ro! the 0/*=/0 user oru!'(http->>stash$0/*=/0$!)$

Inserting and Using a #STi,sin# D3Tis is si!ple in 0/*=/0$ 6+-P+6 on $our Open Labs 8e$board has alread$ profiled $ourS2iIs, and is read$ to go! The ollo&in# section tells you ho& to scan directories o D3Tis that yoha"e added$ + you ha"e not installed additional D3Tis' then you can skip this net section$

Setting ?S!i Preferences There !ay be so!e options that pertain to you and your setup in the ollo&in# ea!ple$ ,sualoptions are the J#et plu#Ein na!es scannin# options$ + you ha"e proble!s scannin# D3Tis'

disable the JGet D3T plu#Ein na!es>type &hen scannin# that 0/*=/0 does by deault$




?S! Plg*in Settings

lick the Y*uto 4etectZ button to !ake 0/*=/0 scan your syste! and detect D3T plu#Eins$

?S! $lg*in $aths- /nter a path here' or click the *dd button to bro&se the directory thatcontains your D3T plu#Eins$ Multiple directories !ay be added to this list$ 3eparate each directory&ith a se!icolon$ Multiple directories are sho&n in the abo"e ea!ple$ + you use the add button'the se!icolon is added or you$

2escan 'irectory- lick this button to orce 0/*=/0 to rescan your D3T directory(s)$ + you ha"einstalled a plu#Ein and it does not sho& in the list' use this option$

Clear cache an' rescan 'irectory- lick this button to clear the plu#Ein cache and orce 0/*=/to build a ne& list o D3T plu#Eins$ + you ha"e installed a plu#Ein and it does not sho& in the list'and 0/3*N 4+0/TO0 does not resol"e' then use this option$

+et ?S! $lg*in naesty$es 9hen scanning- 2y deault' 0/*=/0 retrie"es the ull plu#Einna!e and type &hen scannin#$ lear this checkbo to pre"ent this beha"ior$

@hat does this !ean %f $ou have this option enabled, it ill ta8e much longer to scan $our S2 plugins, because as 6+-P+6 scans and initialiJes each one, it ill increase the li8elihood of a

3bugg$4 S2 to crash 6+-P+6! #oever, if $ou do not have it on, it ill not differentiate beteenS2 effects and instruments and ill put them all in the same folder! Aou ill be able to use them

;ust the same, but, the$ ill sho up a bit differentl$!

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Sae fll ?S! $lg*in state if s$$orte' recoen'e'D4 2y deault' 0/*=/0 sa"es the ullD3T plu#Ein state i the plu#Ein supports this unction$ lear this checkbo to pre"ent this beha"io

Aoi' restoring ?S! state on n'ore'o if $ossi"le4 3elect this checkbo i you are ha"in#issues &ith D3T plu#Eins reloadin# patches &hen usin# the ,ndo unction in 0/*=/0$

<efalt ?S! configration 9in'o9s to generic UI instea' of $lg*in UID4 This #i"es youthe option to "ie& by deault the #eneric D3T &indo& in 0/*=/0 instead o the plu#Eins ori#inalG,+$ %ere is an ea!ple-

Plg*in +UI4 E?6 BasslineD

+eneric UI of the sae $lg*in4

Better "ggy $rocess2e$lacing co$ati"ility o'e slo9erD4 3electin# this checkbo !aypro"ide co!patibility &ith poorly coded or older D3T plu#Eins' but &ill also increase the =,o"erhead o 0/*=/0$

<ont flsh synthesi>er $lg*ins on sto$4 +n #eneral' this should be unchecked' unless youha"e plu#Eins that dont handle the !ainschan#in# properly (so!e 3ynth/ditEbased ones reload ao their sa!ples' or ea!ple)$

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Infor $lg*ins of offline ren'ering state4 This enables 0/*=/0 to Jtell plu#Eins that ha"e thability to Jhear that it is renderin#' and i the D3T(i) has the eature' it &ill usually increase the?uality or renderin# (Doen#o plu#Eins do this\ so does +!a#eELines 3ytrus and Cpansions 2C4<ont flsh UA<*% $lg*ins on sto$ hel$s aoi' natie CPU nchD4 This option pre"entsthe ,*4E1 ro! takin# too !uch nati"e =,$

3et your D3T path here-

3can or your D3Tis usin# this button-

Setting up a #irtual Instrument

3tartin# ro! a ne& proect &indo&' this ho& you prepare a plu#Ein (4Xi' D3Ti' or other supporteplu#Ein) or output-

=ress ontrolRT to add a ne& track$ Then click the -X button-

ou &ill then see the CX chain "ie& pa#e$ =ress the *dd button located to the botto! let$




On the let side' select JD3Ti$ This &ill sho& you all the D3Tis included &ith your Open Labsproduction station' as sho&n in the ollo&in# illustration$

3elect D3Ti ro! the let side !enu$ Cor this ea!ple select Mr0ay77 in the D3Ti &indo&' either

double letEclick' dra# and drop it onto the track' or select it and press JOK$ Mr0ay77 is included&ith your Opens Labs production station$

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Setting up &ecordingThe net thin# to do is ar! your track or M+4+ recordin#$ =ress the *0M button so it turns red$*ter ar!in# the track' you &ill be able to hear this D3Ti &hen you play notes on the keys$

2y deault' 0/*=/0 on your Open Labs production station is set to record M+4+ &hene"er the *0Mbutton is pressed$ %o&e"er' there is !ore than one recordin# !ode or M+4+$ 0i#htEclick the0ecord icon (pictured abo"e)' and you &ill see these options-

• 2ecor' In$t- This is the deault recordin# !ode$ +t &ill record M+4+ &hen a M+4+ input isselected$ This !ode &ill record ne& ite!s o"er others i encountered$

• 2ecor' Ot$t- (M+4+) si!ilar to the input !ode' but instead it records the M+4+ co!in# out othe CX chain$ Cor instance' it &ould record the eects o a M+4+ D3T on to the track$ +t also

renders the li"e output o a D3Ti$

• 2ecor' 6I<I- This &ill enable o"erdubbin# in selected ite!s' and &ill add notes &ithin ite!s'

this is #reat or Jloop recordin#$

• 2ecor' 6I<I- 6eplace in selected items* this &ill replace notes &ithin ite!s instead o

o"er&ritin# the ite!s the!sel"es$ The notes &ithin &ill be entirely erased as you record o"erthe!$

• Track 0ecordin# 3ettin#s (+nput uantiHe- Cor!at' /tc$)- This allo&s you to setup input?uantiHin#$ +t also allo&s you to dial in #roo"e and s&in# settin#s' as &ell as set the or!at

and $@*D bit depth o inco!in# audio tracks$

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Setting up Track Input

+ you &ant to chan#e the input source o a track' letEclick the button$ This is located on theD, !eter on the track-

+n the ea!ples belo& you &ill see the input source sections$ + you need to input a dru!!achine' #uitar' or !icrophone' ollo& these #uidelines-




The irst is 6ono In$t$ %ere you can choose a !ono audio in source ro! the sound card$

Mono input allo&s a source to be assi#ned to an indi"idual input o the sound card$ Cor instance' iyou &ant to plu# in a !icrophone' #uitar' dru! !achine' and a keyboard all at once and recordthe!' ust add a track or each source' and select an input or that source$ =lu# the !icrophoneinto M+ input 1 and the #uitar into Mic +nput 7 (these are the ront inputs o the productionstation)$ Cor the dru! !achine and keyboard use Line+n 1 and Line+n 7 (these are located on theback o the production station)$ 0e!e!ber to ar! your tracksQ




The second is Stereo In$t$ %ere you can choose a stereo audio in source ro! the =resonusCirebo$

3tereo input allo&s a source to be assi#ned to paired inputs o the Cirebo$ The process is thesa!e as or the !ono inputs' ecept the stereoEins are paired to#ether as Mic 1 and 7' and Line+n

1 and 7$

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The third is 6I<I In$t$ %ere you can choose a M+4+ port and a M+4+ channel or that port$ This&ill list all acti"e M+4+ ports$

The Open Labs M+4+ 4ri"er 7 is the port that all your production stations control and keyboard

keys are routed throu#h$ 2y deault' all tracks are preset to this port$ + you need to route M+4+ro! an eternal se?uencer or M+4+ de"ice' use the =resonus C+0/2OX M+4+E+n$ The irebo port located on the back o your Open Labs production station$ %ere you ha"e options to only recordcertain M+4+ channels' or all M+4+ channels$ ou can e"en select all channels ro! all M+4+ inputs3elect the input you &ant to use$




&ecording in &,AP,& )ith a #STi

=ress the Y/ditor 3electZ button until 0/*=/0 reaches 2ank $

Master =anel Layout and *ssi#n!ents or 0/*=/0

1$ Track =an ontrol E *llo&s or let to ri#ht =annin# on the adacent track$

7$ Mier 3elect E This button allo&s you to select a dierent track #roup$ The Mi /dit =anel is setup to

control A7 tracks in 0/*=/0$ %ere are the selector assi#n!ents$

• Tracks 1 E 9 Oran#e

• Tracks E1F 2lue

• Tracks 1;E7: 0ed

• Tracks 75EA7

A$ Mute 2uttons E *llo&s or !utin# the adacent track$:$ Track Dolu!es E /ach "olu!e ader is tied to the adacent track in 0/*=/0$

5$ Master Dolu!e E ontrols the !aster "olu!e slider in 0/*=/0$

F$ C1 E 3plit at cursor E *llo&s you to split the selected e"ent or e"ents at the cursor$;$ C7 E =ressin# this button brin#s up the 0/*=/0 Media /plorer &indo&$9$ CA E =ressin# this button brin#s up the 0/*=/0 !ier &indo&$

$ C: E =ressin# this button s&itches 0/*=/0 o"er to the a ull screen "ie& o the track en"iron!ent$18$ /ditor 3elect E The deault editor bank or 0/*=/0 is 2ank $




4. ontrol =anel Layout and *ssi#n!ents or 0/*=/0

1$ Not assi#ned to 0/*=/07$ Transpose ,=>4O@N E This &ill shit the selected instru!ent up or do&n one octa"e at a ti!e$A$ Not assi#ned to 0/*=/0:$ + you transposed an instru!ent' this &ill reset that instru!ent back to the Hero$

5$ 0ecord E + you ha"e a track or tracks ar!ed in 0/*=/0 this &ill start the record unction$F$ 0e&ind E 3ends the Transport back to start o the proect$;$ =lay E +nitiates playback o a track$9$ Te!po E *llo&s you to use UtapU te!po to set the desired 2=M or a proect$$ =reset han#e ,=>4O@N E This &ill allo& you to #o to the net preset o an instru!ent$ Theinstru!ent has to allo& M+4+ preset chan#e$

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2ecor'ingTo record &ith the D3Ti you ha"e inserted' ust press the 0ecord button on the !aster panel$ oucan also #i"e the track a na!e$

ou can then start playin# the keys and the M+4+ notes &ill be recorded$

Once you record a e& bars' this is &hat you &ill see-

%it the play button to play it back$ Aou ma$ need to hit reind!

The !etrono!e &ill help you to stay on ti!e$ %ere is ho& you setup your !etrono!e- Cirst' ri#ht

click the !etrono!e icon$

ou &ill then see the !etrono!e settin#s &indo&$

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The 6etronoe Settings &indo& allo&s or "arious options or your !etrono!e click sound$

Ena"le 6etronoe

• /nable durin# playback and>or countEin beore playback$

• /nable durin# recordin# and>or countEin beore recordin#$

• ountEin len#th- *llo&s you to pick ho& !any counts you &ant it to click beore recordin# or

playback starts$ There &ill be our clicks per nu!ber$ Cor instance' i you type in the nu!ber 1'you &ill #et our clicks beore recordin# or playback starts$ + you add the nu!ber 7' you &ill #e

ei#ht clicks beore recordin# or playback starts$

• Metrono!e "olu!e- *llo&s the adust!ent o the le"el o the irst click$

• 3econdary beat #ain- *dusts the le"el o all clicks ater the irst click$• Cirst beat sa!ple- *llo&s you to choose a !edia ile as the irst sound o your click$ + you ha"e

a sound you &ould like to substitute as the click source insert it here$ This sound &ill be the irshit o the click$ The "olu!e o this one is controlled by the Metrono!e "olu!e slider$

• 3ubse?uent beat- *llo&s you choose a !edia ile to be the secondary click o your !etrono!e$

The "olu!e o this click &ill be controlled by the 3econdary 2eat$

• Cre?uency o irst beat>subse?uent beats- This is or adustin# the pitch o the deault

!etrono!e click$ This does not aect a custo! click source$

• 2eat click len#th- This adusts the len#th o the deault !etrono!e click in !illiseconds$ * lo&enu!ber !akes the click sound shorter- * hi#her nu!ber !akes the click sound lon#er$ This doe

not aect a custo! click source$

Notes4+ you do choose a custo! sound it &ill be used until you select the tet in the custo! ield anddelete it$




+ you &ant ei#hth note clicks instead o the deault ?uarter note click' you &ill need to press*LTR/NT/0 to open the =roect 3ettin#s &indo&[=roect 3ettin#s tab$

On the Ti!e si#nature settin#' chan#e it ro! J:>: to J:>9$ This &ill #i"e you ei#hth note clicksinstead o deault ?uarter note click$ ou can also adust your proect te!po (2=M) here$ 0eer tothe 0/*=/0 =4C !anual or !ore ino re#ardin# the =roect 3ettin#s &indo&$

Loo$ing+ you &ould like to loop the e"ent you ust recorded' you can do so by selectin# a re#ion to loop$3i!ply letEclick and dra# ro! the start o the proect to the end o the area you &ant to loop$ +nthis ea!ple' 1$1$88 to 5$1$88 is hi#hli#hted$

To loop playback or recordin#' you need to turn cycle on$ 4o this either by pressin# the cycle

button' or by usin# the J0 key on your @/0T keyboard$ Once playback or record reaches theend o the selection' it &ill return to the be#innin# and playback$ %ence' loopin#$

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ou can use the sa!e steps to record a loop' ecept you &ill &ant to dra& out the re#ion selectionbeore you record$ LetEclick on the ti!eline and dra#$

The selection is stretched ro! 1$1$88 to 5$1$88$ This sets up the proect as a our bar loop and &cycle around once the transport reaches the end$

Cor recordin# M+4+ dru!s' you !i#ht &ant to set the record !ode to Jo"erdub$ /"ery ti!e itcycles' it &ill allo& you to add !ore notes$

@hen loop recordin# is in nor!al M+4+ record !ode' e"ery ti!e the transport cycles around a ne&take &ill be created$ 3tart recordin# and let it !ake our cycles$ Dary &hat you play each cycle$

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This allo&s you to choose the best take ater&ard$

*s you can see' our takes &ere recorded in this recordin#$ To !onitor an indi"idual take' ust letclick that part o the take' or press JT to to##le to the acti"e take and it &ill solo itsel ro! the

others$ This ea!ple has the second take selected$ 0i#htEclick the take you &ant' and select J#lue$ This keeps the take you &ant' &hile deletin# the others$

0eer to the 0/*=/0 =4C !anual or !ore inor!ation on recordin# &ith plu#Eins$




6i8ing

0/*=/0 oers Track Miers and a Main Mier$ ,se either E or both E to set "olu!e and pan$ 3elect

!ute and solo' to add eects to your tracks$

0/*=/0 co!es &ith a lar#e assort!ent o builtEin' hi#hE?uality eects$ *dd the! by clickin# theCX button on the track$

+n 0/*=/0' #roups are called Jolders$ ,se olders to apply "olu!e' pan' and eects to a #roup o

tracks$ This is also kno&n as linkin# tracks$ To create a older-

1$ =lace the tracks you &ant to link to#ether in the Track ontrol =anel$

7$ *dd a blank track abo"e the! (T0L R T)$ This &ill be the Colder track$

A$ lick the older icon on the older track$ The icon &ill chan#e' and all tracks belo& the oldertrack &ill beco!e part o that older$

:$ lick the older icon on the last track you &ant included in the older$ The icon &ill chan#e' andthe older is ready to #o$

I$orting E8isting !rac1s

ou can add eistin# sound iles to your 0/*=/0 proect by-

1$ lickin# and dra##in# the! in$ 0/*=/0 &ill auto!atically add tracks to acco!!odate the!$7$ +nsertin# the! throu#h the J+nsert !enu ite!$ Note the media item under the %nsert menu is

for supported sound formats and for video media as ell!

2en'ering

@hen your !i is inished' its ti!e to co!bine your indi"idual tracks into a sin#le' stereo ile$

0enderin# is done by clickin# Cile[0ender' or pressin# the 5 button on your Open Labs productio

stations !aster panel$ 0/*=/0 supports $@*D' $O##' $*+CC' as &ell as !any other audio or!ats$

ou can also burn to M=A$ =lease use the ollo&in# steps to set 0/*=/0 up or creatin# M=A audio

1$ ou !ust do&nload a M=A codec and place it in the !ain 0/*=/0 directory$7$ 4o&nload the L*M/ encoder (http->>&&&$reeEcodecs$co!>La!e`/ncoder`do&nload$ht!)' and

unHip the do&nloaded ile$A$ Then etract Jla!e`enc$dll into the !ain 0/*=/0 directory (J-P=ro#ra! CilesP0/*=/0)$

:$ 0estart 0/*=/0$ Make sure your use o the M=A or!at is le#al\ #o to(http->>!pAlicensin#$co!>) or details$

5$ + you plan to burn your ne& son# to audio 4' select J*udio 4 +!a#e (,/>2+N) as theoutput or!at and check J2urn 4 +!a#e ater render$




The ollo&in# i!a#e sho&s the J0ender to ile dialo# bo-

1$ 3et 3a!ple 0ate$7$ 0ender either the entire proect' or the ti!e selection$

A$ Output ile- 2ro&se or a older to store your track$:$ hose the Output or!at$

5$ hoose bit depth$

Once you ha"e the settin#s you &ant' press the Y0enderZ button$ * process &indo& &ill appear

displayin# the status o the renderin#$ Once it has inished' you &ill be able to burn it to 4$

our Open Labs production station is bundled &ith a 4>4D4 burnin# pro#ra!$ + you are unsure

ho& to access this pro#ra!' please call an Open Labs technician$

E8$orting !rac1s

+ you &ould like to prepare a M+4+ track or eport into Jste!s to be used by another pro#ra!'you &ill need to consolidate the proect$ The irst step is con"ertin# the M+4+ to audio$

1$ 0i#htEclick your M+4+ e"ent$ Note the section' J*pply CX to ite!s as ne& take or stereo$

7$ Cor a !ono take note the J*pply CX to ite!s as ne& take (!ono output) section$

A$ Once you !ake your selection' the J*pplyin# CX &indo& appears and processes your M+4+e"ent to a chosen or!at$




The processed e"ent &ill sho& your ori#inal M+4+ e"ent &ith the ne& *,4+O take directly

underneath$ Cro! here you need to decide &hether the audio portion o the e"ent is &hat you&ant$ LetEclick to select the audio portion o the e"ent$




+ the audio is &hat you &ant' ri#htEclick the audio portion o the e"ent and select J#lue selectedite!s$

This is the inished e"ent$ M+4+ has been con"erted to a stereo audio track$

ou can eport this as a track ste! to be used in another pro#ra!$ To do so' #o toCile[onsolidate>/port tracks$




The ollo&in# is the Consoli'ate !rac1s settin#s &indo&$

onsolidation settin#s- This area allo&s you to deter!ine &hich area o a track you &ant to epor

• /ntire proect- @ill eport e"ery track o the proect' as &ell as the ull len#th o the proect$

• Ti!e selection- + you ha"e a loop ran#e selected' it &ill only eport content &ithin the ran#e$

• usto!- *llo&s !anual input o &hat is eported$

• Tracks- *ll /ports all tracks in the proect$

• Tracks- 3elected /ports only the selected tracks$ This is #ood i you &ant to eport Tracks 1'

5' ;' and 1:' or instance$ %old do&n T0L and letEclick each track you &ant to eport$

• onsolidate to- *llo&s you to choose the or!at o the eported track$

• $@*D bit depth- Make sure the pro#ra! you are eportin# to can handle the bit depth youchoose$ 3o!e pro#ra!s can only handle up to A7 bit$

Ot$t settings4 This area allo&s you to choose the directory or older you &ant the eported

audio to #o to$

Cor !ore inor!ation on consolidation' please reer to the 0/*=/0 =4C user #uide$

To learn !ore about the po&er o 0/*=/0' please read the 0/*=/0 =4C users #uide$

*lso' "isit (http->>&&&$0/*=/0$!)' and "isit the 0/*=/0 online @ikipedia'(http->>&&&$cockos$co!>&iki>inde$php>Main`=a#e)$




9

C h a $ t e r : & 6 i i K U s e r s + i ' eC h a $ t e r : & 6 i i K U s e r s + i ' e

'hat is imi+7Mi!iK is a pro#ra! desi#ned to sa!ple your M+4+Ecapable keyboards and hard&are$ +t can be setup to auto!atically record all the sounds on your a"orite hard&are or use on your Open Labsproduction station$ The basic al#orith! behind Mi!iK is that it &ill send M+4+ !essa#es or e"erynote on the tar#et keyboard you &ant to sa!ple$

*t the sa!e ti!e it &ill record each note played back by the keyboard$ +t has the ability to capturdierent note len#ths' "elocities' note ran#es' note o sa!ples and !uch !ore$ *ter it hasrecorded>sa!pled all the notes o a preset' it &ill store a special ile that can be read by a 3C

sa!ple player$ /ach sa!ple is stored separately as a @*D or OGG ile on the Mi!iK !achine$

imi+ Suggested Usage4ue to the a!ount o ti!e it takes to correctly !i!ic one sound &ell' &e reco!!end sa!plin#each preset one at a ti!e$ ou can !i!ic batches o presets or entire banks' but the ti!e and disspace re?uired can be inhibitin#$

3trai#htor&ard sounds like pianos' dru!s' and basses ha"e a pretty si!ple architecturalstructure$ This !akes it "ery easy to !i!ic an entire bank at once$ =eror!ance banks and custopatches !ay ha"e nuances that really need to be dialed in' thereore increasin# the ti!e and discspace re?uired$ There are a nu!ber o &ays to reproduce a custo! or peror!ance patch$

Cor instance' so!e peror!ance patches are !ade up o !ultiple sounds$ +nstead o Mi!iKin# theperor!ance patch' Mi!iKeach sound that is in that peror!ance patch$ Then blend the! all backto#ether in your host$ This &ill allo& you to really dial a sound in$

+t is also a #ood thin# to &rite do&n key settin#s o the ori#inal sound eects settin#s' *43%0 anen"elope settin#s$

'hat is a Preset and a !ank7+n this docu!entation the ter!s UpresetU and UbankU &ill be used re?uently$ * preset is oneco!plete uni?ue sound$ * bank is a collection o presets$

S58 5ormatMi!iK uses the open 3C or!at or storin# sa!ple libraries$ The 3C or!at is "ery si!ple$ /"erpreset captured by Mi!iK &ill ha"e a !atchin# 3C ile ($sH)$ This 3C ile is a hu!an readabletet ile that can be opened and edited in Notepad or Microsot @ord$ The 3C ile is a list o all thsa!ples that are in the library$ /ach sa!ple is either a @*D or OGG ile$ The 3C ile also containsinor!ation about each sa!ple' such as &hat note the sa!ple is and thin#s o that nature$ 3Ciles can be opened up &ith the ree 3C sa!ple player (%i#hlie by 4isco 43=)




.o) to Physically Set Up imi+

Wiring <iagra

The ollo&in# i!a#e sho&s you a basic &irin# dia#ra!$

Turn on the keyboard you &ant to !i!ic$ ou &ill need a standard M+4+ cable and one or t&o SEinch audio cables (One audio cable i you &ant to record in !ono' t&o or stereo)$

No& plu# in one end o a standard M+4+ cable ro! the UM+4+ outU port o your Open Labsproduction station$ The port is clearly !arked on the back o the unit$ =lu# the other end o the

M+4+ cable into the UM+4+ inU port o the keyboard or !odule you &ant to !i!ic$

Net' obtain one or t&o SEinch audio patch cables$ =lu# one end into the audio output(s) o thekeyboard you &ant to !i!ic$ Then plu# in the other end to audio input one (and t&o i you are

recordin# a stereo keyboard) o the Open Labs production station$

No& &e need to test i cables ha"e been correctly hooked up$

Make sure the Open Labs production station is hooked up to a set o speakers or that you ha"e apair o headphones plu##ed into the headphone ack$ ou &ill use these to !onitor the soundsco!in# ro! the keyboard you are clonin#$




Setting up imi+

+ the Open Labs production station is not turned on' do so no&$ 3hut do&n all other pro#ra!s thare runnin#$ Other pro#ra!s !ay interere &ith the recordin# process$ Launch Mi!iK$ The !ain&indo& should appear$ lick on the Options button$

The options dialo# &ill appear




Make sure that the correct *udio +nput 4e"ice is chosen$

Make sure you are plu##ed into the correct *3+O input$

%ere are the a"ailable

*3+O inputs or the NeKoLX5$

Make sure the correct M+4+ Output 4e"ice is chosen$

Cor !ost users it &ill be the =re3onus Cirebo M+4+ Out$ This &ill be the deault M+4+ de"ice dri"e

or your installed M+4+ output de"ice' but it can be any M+4+ output de"ice you ha"e installed$

This is the deault Output 4irectory or the sa!ples$

The deault sa"e path is U(*.Program /iles.(a8eal8.Dimension L+.Multisamples.M%mi8 Output!




imi+ 5eatures Guide

O$tions- Launches the Options dialo# &indo&$

Panic Btton- 3o!eti!es keyboards drop note o M+4+ !essa#es$ oull kno& &hen thathappens because youll #et a stuck note$ The =anic button sends a Unote all oU !essa#e to thekeyboard$ This should #et rid o any stuck notes$

6onitor Btton- 2y deault this is on$ @hen hi#hli#hted' all audio input &ill be routed to the

audio outputs o the Open Labs production station$ This is useul &hen you &ant to hear thepro#ress o the Mi!iK process$

6iiK Btton- 3tarts the Mi!iK process$ The Mi!iK process basically consists o sendin# M+4+

notes or each key on the keyboard or a speciied period o ti!e and recordin# the output$ Thisprocess can be paused or stopped at any ti!e$




O$tions Win'o9

<efalts Btton- 0esets all the options to the ori#inal deaults$

Progra Change !ie- Ti!e (in seconds) that a pro#ra! chan#e &ill take$ + the currentpro#ra! is bein# sa!pled then this is irrele"ant$ 3o!e keyboards ha"e notoriously lon#pro#ra!>preset chan#e ti!es$

ASIO In$ts <eice- /poses &hich *3+O audio input de"ice is used$

ASIO In$ts- /poses &hich inputs on the *3+O audio input de"ice are used to record$

6I<I Ot$t <eice- /poses &hich M+4+ output de"ice is used$

Ot$t <irectory- 4eines the output directory that all the sa!ples are stored in$ To pick anotheoutput directory' click on this tet bo to brin# up a directory picker dialo#$

Lo9 2ange an' ;igh 2ange4 4eines &hat M+4+ !essa#es &ill be sent ro! Mi!iK to the keyboard

These notes are inclusi"e$ ou !ay either dra# up or do&n to raise or lo&er each ran#e$ Or you !aytype in a "alid note$ lick on the play button beside each ran#e to send a test M+4+ !essa#e to the

keyboard$

Note <o9n !ie4 4eines the ti!e in seconds that each "elocity layer o each note is sa!pled$ The

lon#er the note do&n ti!e the better$ The trade o is in ho& !uch disk space is used and ho& lon# it




takes to Mi!iK a preset$ ou &ill need to eperi!ent &ith each preset to see &hat &orks best$ 2elease !ie4 4eines the ti!e that Mi!iK &ill continue recordin# output ro! the keyboard ater a

Note O M+4+ !essa#e is sent$ This is useul or capturin# the decay>release o a sound ater a note

has been released$ 3o!e sounds ha"e lon# decays (sounds &ith lots o re"erb) so you !ay &ant toadust dependin# upon the preset$

?elocity Layers4 hoose ho& !any "elocity layers to Mi!iK$ + U1U "elocity layer is chosen' then eac

note &ill be sa!pled once as i it &as hit at ull stren#th (a "elocity o 17;)$ + U7U "elocity layers are

chosen then t&o "elocities are recorded (FA and 17;)' and so on$ Keep in !ind that !ost keyboardsdont actually playback that !any dierent sounds per "elocity$ Dolu!e attenuation is used' but theactual sound played back is usually the sa!e$ @e reco!!end usin# 1' 7' or : "elocity layers or !ost

keyboards$

Channels4 ou can decide &hether you &ant to capture a !ono or stereo sound$ + you choose to

capture a !ono sound' the let input &ill be used$ This can cut the a!ount o disk space in hal$ This

option !akes the !ost sense &hen clonin# keyboards only capable o creatin# !ono output$

Ot$t !y$e- ou can decide &hether you &ant to capture a !ono or stereo sound$ + you choosto capture a !ono sound' the let input &ill be used$ This can cut the a!ount o disk space in halThis option !akes the !ost sense &hen lonin# keyboards only capable o creatin# !ono output$

WA? Bit <e$th- 4eines ho& !any bits are used or each sa!ple (4s are 1FEbit)$ The hi#herthe better$ The hi#her the bitrate' the !ore disk space used$

0ality- @hen the OGG>Dorbis or!at is used' the ?uality o the output iles can be edited$ The

hi#her the ?uality' the better soundin# the sa!ple &ill sound$ Keep in !ind that hi#her ?ualitysettin#s &ill also create lar#er iles$

uality 8 is rou#hly e?ui"alent to F:kbps on a"era#e' 5 is rou#hly 1F8kbps' and 18 #i"es about

:88kbps$ Most people seekin# "eryEnear 4E?uality audio encode at a ?uality o 5 or' or losslessstereo couplin#' F$ The deault settin# is ?uality A' &hich at approi!ately 118kbps #i"es a s!alle

ile siHe and si#niicantly better idelity than $!pA co!pression at 179kbps$

The deault settin# o A see!s to &ork or !any sounds$

*s al&ays' i you need 4E?uality sound use the @*D output type$

!est Btton- The Test button is etre!ely useul$ +t &ill beha"e eactly like the UMi!iKU button othe !ain &indo&' ecept that nothin# is recorded to disk$ Thereore you can hear a pre"ie& o&hat Mi!iK &ill actually do once you hit the UMi!iKU button$ The test can be canceled at any ti!e=layback Transpose- This "alue is +n octa"es$ +t speciies the a!ount o transposin# that happens&hen the sa!ples are played back$ 0eally this ust shits &hat keys &ill tri##er the sa!ples$ +t &iha"e no eect on the actual sound$ Take or ea!ple' you sa!ple a e& o the lo&er octa"es ro!a keyboard (8 E 7)$ Cor so!e reason you &ant to play the! back &ith your ri#ht hand$ Thisoption &ill let you shit the keys that &ill play back the sa!ples' up a e& octa"es i necessary(!aybe 5E;)$ /peri!ent to see$

?U 6eter- *udio input D, !eter$ +t !irrors the D, on the !ain &indo&$+nput Gain- 3o!e keyboards can be a bit sot or loud$ *dustin# this &ill allo& or keyboards &ith

dierent le"els o output$

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Ban1 Select- @hen this is NOT selected' you can type in the na!e o the 2ank you &ill berecordin# +t &ill be let up to you to !anually (on the keyboard) pick the bank you &ant to sa!pro!$

+ 2ank 3elect is selected' you &ill be allo&ed to select an inclusi"e ran#e o banks that Mi!iK &ilatte!pt to capture$ @arnin#- !any keyboards do not support the General M+4+ 2ank 3electco!!and' so runnin# this !ay or not &ork$ +t is reco!!ended that you test i your Keyboarde"en has !ore than one bank$ + it does' then check i it e"en supports 2ank 3elect "ia M+4+$ 4ueto the a!ount o ti!e it takes to sa!ple one preset &e reco!!end not usin# the 2ank 3elect

option e"en i your keyboard supports it$ 3a!plin# one bank at a ti!e is &hat &e reco!!end o"eatte!ptin# to sa!ple !ultiple banks$ 0e#ardless the option is there$

Progra Change- @hen this is NOT selected you can type in the na!e o the preset you &ill be

recordin#$ +t &ill be let up to you to !anually (on the keyboard) pick the preset you &ant tosa!ple ro!$ + =ro#ra! han#e is selected then you &ill be allo&ed to select an inclusi"e ran#e o

pro#ra!s that Mi!iK &ill atte!pt to capture$

2elease !rig- This settin# &ill record a separate sa!pleQQQ

3hort or 0elease Tri##er$

3o!e keyboards tri##er sound>sa!ples upon the M+4+ note o !essa#e$ /nablin# this option &ilenable Mi!iK to capture ust the sounds !ade ater the M+4+ note o is sent$ 3ounds capturedthis &ay can then be played back &hene"er a note o is sent or a particular sa!ple$

The Note 4o&n Ti!e para!eter is the ti!e that a note &ill be played$ 4urin# this ti!e period nosound is actually recordedQ The recordin# &ill be#in once the note is let up (M+4+ note o !essa#is sent)$

The Oset para!eter is any additional ti!e to NOT record ater the M+4+ note o !essa#e is sentThis is useul or t&eakin# and isolatin# a speciic part o the sound$

The 0elease para!eter is ho& lon# to record ater the note o is sent plus the Oset ti!e$ This i

the only ti!e actual recordin# takes place &ithin the 0elease Tri# e"ent$

Ca$tre Aftertoch- + your keyboard supports it' atertouch can be captured separately ro!re#ular note do&n e"ents$ To keep thin#s si!ple it sends an atertouch !essa#e i!!ediately ate

the note do&n is sent$ *ll the other para!eters (note do&n ti!e' release ti!e) apply$ 4ierentatertouch layers can be captured$ + J1 layer is selected' then an atertouch "alue o 17; is sent

and recorded$ + J7 layers are used' then an atertouch "alue o FA and 17; are sent andrecorded' and so on$

Cho$ Lea'ing Sa$les- *nythin# belo& the noise loor is chopped o at the be#innin# o the

sa!ple$ There is a sli#ht delay in the ti!e that the M+4+ inor!ation is sent by the Open Labsproduction station and &hen the keyboard output sound is recorded by Mi!iK$ This delay can be

noticeable' so this option is useul in re!o"in# it$

Cho$ !railing Sa$les- *nythin# belo& the noise loor is chopped o ro! the end o thesa!ple$ This can be a disk space sa"er or sounds that end beore the note do&n and release ti!epire$

Noise Cloor- Cloatin# point noise loor or hop Leadin# 3a!ples and hop Trailin# 3a!ples$*nythin# belo& this noise loor &ill be cut out o the sa!ples$




imi+ Tutorial 90uick Start:

lick on the =lay button under the Lo& 0an#e label$ This &ill cause Mi!iK to send a M+4+ note tothe keyboard$ This should in turn cause the keyboard play a note back to the Open Labsproduction station$ + you do NOT hear a note played back ro! the Open Labs production stationor see the D, !eter li#ht up in the options screen then-

1$ Mo"e the Lo& 0an#e note around (up or do&n)$ our keyboard !ay only play back ro! a

s!all note ran#e$ 4ra##in# up or do&n on the control &ill !o"e the note ran#e up and

do&n$ 4o the sa!e or the %i#h 0an#e$7$ 0echeck all your cables$ heck or possible bad cables$A$ Make sure the keyboard you are tryin# to !i!ic has its M+4+ input enabled (read the

keyboard !anual)$ + you plan on Mi!iKin# !ultiple sounds ro! !ultple banks' !ake suryour M+4+ keyboard or !odule has M+4+ bank select enabled' and M+4+ pro#ra! chan#e

selected$

+ you hear a note and see the D, !eter li#htin# up &hen you hit the play button' then you areready to pick &hat you &ant to sa!ple ro! your keyboard$

;o9 to Play"ac1 a Son' after sing 6iiK

To play back sounds that ha"e been !ade in Mi!ik' Open Labs has pro"ided you &ith the sa!pleplayer 4i!ension L/$

Load 4i!ension L/ into either 0i or 0eaper$

Once you load up an instance o 4i!ension L/' you &ill need to bro&se to the older &here thedeault Mi!ik older is located$ + you setup Mi!ik to output to another location ust select thatolder instead$




lick in the U/!ptyU slot to brin# up the bro&se &indo&$

3elect the older UMi!ik OutputU and eplore the older until you ind the U!sfJ ile$ 3elect theU!sfJ ile and press the YOpenZ button$

The test ile !ade or this lesson &as called UGrand =ianoU$ ou can see UGrand Piano!sfJ loadedinto 4i!ension L/$

This sound is ready to be played$

To learn !ore about 4i!ension L/' please read the 4i!ension users #uide located on the NeKoLX5$

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C h a $ t e r # & S y s t e 2 e s t o r e 7C h a $ t e r # & S y s t e 2 e s t o r e 7 B a c 1 $B a c 1 $

Open Labs has pro"ided you &ith a hidden backup partition' this hidden partition contains a

Uactory i!a#eU o the NeKo LX5$ The sot&are used to !ana#e restoration is called UTrue +!a#eU

This sot&are also allo&s you to create backup i!a#es o your syste! that can be stored to aninternal hard dri"e or eternal stora#e !edia$

If you encounter an issue so severe you think that you need to restore, we suggest thatyou first contact Open Las technical support, as we !ay have a solution that will saveyour data. "lso, restoring without consulting technical support could effect yourwarranty, so please heed this !essage.

• Eail s$$ortMo$enla"s.co

• Call 5%).///.)))

+ you ha"e eperience &ith restoration sot&are' the net e& parts o this !anual &ill #i"e you

so!e inor!ation about True +!a#e$

Before o Begin2eore you be#in peror!in# any syste! restoration' it is i!portant that you do the ollo&in#thin#s-

• + you ha"e added additional hard&are that diers ro! &hat &as ori#inally coni#ured or your

NeKo' please re!o"e or detach the de"ice$

• + your syste! is stable enou#h or data backup' please do a ull syste! backup o your

data iles$ +n !any reco"ery scenarios' the hard dri"e &ill be erased and any unsa"ed data&ill be lost$

• onnect an eternal !onitor' !ouse and keyboard to your NeKo$ 3o!e o the input de"iceson the NeKo !ay not be ully unctional till the core o the syste! iles has been restored$

• /nsure that your NeKo is near a phone and +nternet connecti"ity in the e"ent you need tocall Open Labs or support$

• %a"e all disks a"ailable in the e"ent you need to use the!$

The True +!a#e sot&are can be ound by eitin# the Open Labs shell' then clickin# on the 3tartMenu icon$ (3tart Menu[=ro#ra! Ciles[*cronis[*cronis True +!a#e[ -cronis 2rue %mage)

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C h a $ t e r % ( & ; a r ' 9 a r eC h a $ t e r % ( & ; a r ' 9 a r e 6 a i n t e n a n c e6 a i n t e n a n c e

Please &ead+ you ha"e ne"er &orked &ith the interior co!ponents o a co!puter' please read this chapter

careully' and consult Open Labs or assistance$ Most o the co!ponents are delicate and aresensiti"e to rou#h handlin#' static electricity and !a#netic ields$ =ractice these precautions beorproceedin# &ith hard&are &ork-

• 4o not &ork on hard&are &ith the Open Labs =roduction 3tation plu##ed in$

• *l&ays &ork on your Open Labs =roduction 3tation on a lat tableEtop and not on the carpeor loor$

• 4o not use ecessi"e orce on any co!ponents &ithin the case$

• Keep all hard&are in antiEstatic ba#s until installed$• *"oid !oisture and &et suraces$

• @hen in doubt' consult technical support$

6e) .ard)are Installation Considerations

+ you &ish to add !ore onboard !e!ory' hard disk stora#e' or additional =+ boards you &ill

need to up#rade your Open Labs =roduction 3tation$ @hen addin# ne& hard&are' the ollo&in#considerations should be !ade-

• *ll hard&are should be in the Microsot %ard&are o!patibility List or Microsot @indo&s

X=$ + it is not' then you risk the chance o de"ice or syste! !alunction' or syste!corruption' &hich !ay re?uire syste! reco"ery$

• our hard&are should co!ply &ith the !otherboard speciications$ Cor ea!ple' use only4407 !e!ory &hen you &ish to up#rade onboard !e!ory$ + you do not use the correct

!e!ory or your syste!' you &ill eperience instability and perhaps e"en data corruption$+deally all !e!ory should be ro! the sa!e !anuacturer and o the sa!e speed and typeMotherboard speciication or other onboard de"ices can be ound in the !otherboard!anuals pro"ided or ro! do&nload$

• *dditional hard&are should not o"er cra!p other co!ponents$ +t is not reco!!ended thatyou o"erload your Open Labs =roduction 3tation &ith too !any internal de"ices$ This cancause too !uch heat output$ Cor ea!ple' connectin# : +4/ hard dri"es' plus : 3*T* dri"e&ould be a bad idea$ Too !uch heat &ill cause hard&are to ail$

• *ir lo& should be opti!iHed by securin# all loose cables &ith reco!!ended cableEties' orusin# rubberEinsulated ribbons$ /nsure that no cables are brushin# up a#ainst !o"in# ans

Opening your Open Labs Production Station

2eore openin# your Open Labs =roduction station' please consult &ith an Open Labs Technician$Cailin# to to do so !ay "oid your &arranty$ To speak &ith a tech please e!ailsupport<openlabs$co! or call 517$:::$F777$




A $ $ e n ' i 8 A P r o A ' i o P r i e rA $ $ e n ' i 8 A P r o A ' i o P r i e r

The ollo&in# #lossary &ill help you to understand so!e o the !ore co!!on ter!s ound in thedi#ital audio &orkstation &orld$ *lso' be sure to check out so!e o the ollo&in# online resources

• Open Labs ,ser Coru!s http->>oru!$openlabs$co!

• Modern 0ecordin# Techni?ues http->>&&&$!odrec$co!• @ikipedia http->>en$&ikipedia$or#>&iki>=roessional`audio

•

@ikiaudio http->>&&&$&ikiaudio$or#• *udio /n#ineerin# 3ociety http->>&&&$aes$or#

• 0ecordin#$or# http->>recordin#$or#>inde$php

Open Labs =ro *udio =ri!er

ASIO(*udio 3trea! +nput>Output)' de"eloped by 3teinber#' is a crossEplator!' !ultiEchannel audiotranser protocol that is bein# adopted by !any o the !anuacturers o audio>M+4+ se?uencin#applications$ +t allo&s sot&are to ha"e access to the !ultiEchannel capabilities o a &ide ran#e opo&erul sound cards$ *3+O epands on the basic capabilities o a standard co!puter sound card'!ost o &hich can only pro"ide stereo (t&oEchannel) audio input and output$ The *3+O

speciication deines the interace that !anuacturers o proessional audio sound cards !ust useto create an *3+O dri"er or their hard&are$ This dri"er allo&s the host audio>M+4+ application toUseeU all o the inputs and outputs a"ailable on the sound card$ The user can then assi#n these +>Oports as needed or recordin# or playback &hen usin# an *3+OEco!patible sot&are pro#ra!$ Thisallo&s the users to record !ore tracks si!ultaneously than the pre"ious li!itation o t&o channeli!posed by a standard sound card$

A!!ACK

The initial transient or irst part o the en"elope o a si#nal$ The be#innin# o a note$ *lso' see6elease!

AU<IO

O' pertainin# to' or e!ployed in the trans!ission' reception' or reproduction o sound$

AU<IO E--EC!* special type o plu#Ein that accepts an audio strea! and produces a ne& audio strea!$ /a!pleinclude co!pressors' distortion and re"erb$

AU<IO E--EC! C;AIN* collection o plu#Eins that start &ith an audio input' then #oes throu#h a chain o optional audioeects beore #oin# out to an audio bus$

BALANCE< LINE* cable ha"in# t&o conductors and a #round connection and oten surrounded by a shield$ These

lines are oten used in proessional settin#s to reduce or eli!inate induced noise and intererencero! eternal electro!a#netic sources$

BANK* collection o =resets that are loaded into !e!ory or easy access and lo& load ti!e$

BI!2A!E+n di#ital !ulti!edia' bit rate represents the a!ount o inor!ation' or detail' that is stored per

unit o ti!e o a recordin#$ The bit rate depends on se"eral actors-

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1$ The sa!ples !ay use dierent nu!bers o bits$7$ The ori#inal !aterial !ay be sa!pled at dierent re?uencies$A$ The data !ay be encoded by dierent sche!es$:$ The inor!ation !ay be di#itally co!pressed by dierent al#orith!s or to dierent de#rees

Generally' choices are !ade about the abo"e actors in order to achie"e the desired tradeEobet&een !ini!iHin# the bit rate and !ai!iHin# the ?uality o the !aterial &hen it is played$

+ lossy data co!pression is used on audio or "isual data' dierences ro! the ori#inal si#nal &ill

be introduced\ i the co!pression is substantial' or lossy data is deco!pressed and reco!pressedthis !ay beco!e noticeable in the or! o co!pression artiacts$ @hether these aect thepercei"ed ?uality' and i so ho& !uch' depends on the co!pression sche!e' encoder po&er' thecharacteristics o the input data' the listeners perceptions' the listeners a!iliarity &ith artiacts'

and the listenin# or "ie&in# en"iron!ent$/perts and audiophiles !ay detect artiacts in !any cases in &hich the a"era#e listener &ould

not$ 3o!e !usicians enoy the distinct artiacts o lo& bit rate (subECM ?uality) encodin# and theis a #ro&in# scene o net labels distributin# styliHed lo& bit !usic$

The bit rates in this section are approi!ately the !ini!u! that the a"era#e listener in a typical

listenin# or "ie&in# en"iron!ent' &hen usin# the best a"ailable co!pression' &ould percei"e asnot si#niicantly &orse than the reerence standard-

• *udio (M=A)

• : E kbit>s E !ini!u! necessary or reco#niHable speech (usin# specialEpurposspeech codecs)

• 9 E kbit>s E telephone ?uality• A7 E kbit>s E M@ (*M) ?uality

• F E kbit>s E CM ?uality• 179 E kbit>s E Typical UacceptableU !usic ?uality

• 75F E A78 kbit>s E Near audio 4 ?uality• Dideo (M=/G7)

• 1F kbit>s E "ideophone ?uality (!ini!u! necessary or a consu!erEacceptablUtalkin# headU picture)

•

179 E A9: kbit>s E businessEoriented "ideoconerencin# syste! ?uality• 1 Mbit>s E D%3 ?uality• 5 Mbit>s E 4D4 ?uality• 15 Mbit>s E %4TD ?uality

CA2<IOI< 6IC2OP;ONE

* co!!on !ic pickup pattern desi#ned to attenuate si#nals arri"in# 198 de#rees oEais' &hileully pickin# up those sounds that arri"e at the ront (onEais)$

CON<ENSO2 6IC2OP;ONE

* !icrophone that operates on an electrostatic principle rather than on the electro!a#neticprinciple used in dyna!ic and ribbon !ics$ These !icrophones re?uire phanto! po&er' or a R:9

"olt char#e$

CON!2OL* sin#le G,+ ite! that peror!s a task$ /a!ples include list boes' ri#ht click !enus and okbuttons$

<C O--SE!* 4 Oset is an oset in the baseline' or Hero !ark o the &a"eor!$ * sa!ple &a"e notcentered on the Hero baseline in the @a"eor! 4isplay is said to ha"e a 4 Oset$ This is usuallycaused by a calibration proble! in the audio hard&are$ +t is desirable to re!o"e this oset ater

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recordin# because undesirable pops can occur &hen editin# a ile &ith a lar#e 4 oset$ To re!o"4 oset' a nu!ber o options are a"ailable ran#in# ro! applyin# a Lo&E=ass Cilter to the&a"eor! to usin# correction eatures built into !ost *udio /ditors such as @a"elab or *udition$4edicated 4 Oset plu#Eins in se"eral or!ats such as D3T and 4irect X are also a"ailable$

<ECIBEL 'BD* unit o audio !easure!ent o soundEpressure le"el (3=L)' si#nal le"el' and chan#es ordierences in si#nal le"el$ The decibel is a lo#arith!ic (lo#) !athe!atical unction that reduceslar#e nu!eric "alues into s!aller' !ore !ana#eable nu!bers$ 4ecibel is calculated as bein# 18

ti!es the lo# o the ratio o t&o po&ers and 78 ti!es the lo# o the ratio o t&o "olta#es$

<ES!2UC!I?E E<I!IN+@hen the audio data recorded on a hard disk is altered and re&ritten to disk in such a &ay that it

cant be reco"ered in its ori#inal or!.

<IALO+* &indo& that is not ull screen$ +n this host all 4ialo# boes &ill be !odal (!eanin# they &ill be

the ore!ost &indo& and nothin# else can be done until they are closed)$

<NA6IC 6IC2OP;ONE* !icrophone that operates by electro!a#netic induction to #enerate an output si#nal$ @hen an

electrically conducti"e coil o &ire or ribbon is !ade to cut across the lu lines o a !a#netic ielda current o speciic !a#nitude and direction is #enerated &ithin that coil or ribbon$

E--EC!S SEN<*n auiliary send eedin# an eects de"ice$

E0UALIFE2 * re?uencyEdependent a!pliier that enables a recordin# or !i en#ineer to control the relati"ea!plitude o "arious re?uencies in the audible band&idth$ =ut another &ay' the e?ualiHer lets youeercise tonal control o"er the har!onic content or ti!bre o a recorded sound$

EXPAN<E2

* de"ice that increases the dyna!ic ran#e o a si#nal$

-A<E2 * linear attenuation de"ice or linear "olu!e control$

-ILE !PES

• #"$% E WA? or WA?ED' short or @a"eor! audio or!at' is a Microsot and +2M audio

ile or!at standard or storin# audio on =s$ +t is a "ariant o the 0+CC bit strea! or!at!ethod or storin# data in UchunksU' and thus also close to the +CC and the *+CC or!at use

on Macintosh co!puters$ 2oth @*Ds and *+CCs are co!patible &ith @indo&s and Macintosoperatin# syste!s$ +t takes into account so!e dierences o the +ntel =, such as littleE

endian byte order$ The 0+CC or!at acts as a U&rapperU or "arious audio co!pressioncodecs$ +t is the !ain or!at used on @indo&s syste!s or ra& audio$

• &I'I E &usical Instru!ent 'igital Interface' or &I'I ' is an industryEstandardelectronic co!!unications protocol that deines each !usical note in an electronic !usicalinstru!ent such as a synthesiHer' precisely and concisely' allo&in# electronic !usicalinstru!ents and co!puters to echan#e data' or UtalkU' &ith each other$ M+4+ does nottrans!it audio E it si!ply trans!its di#ital inor!ation about a !usic peror!ance$

• &() E 6PE+*% A'io Layer ,' !ore co!!only reerred to as 6P,' is a popular di#italaudio encodin# and lossy co!pression or!at' desi#ned to #reatly reduce the a!ount odata re?uired to represent audio' yet still sound like a aithul reproduction o the ori#inal




unco!pressed audio to !ost listeners$ +t &as in"ented by a tea! o /uropean en#ineers&ho &orked in the ra!e&ork o the /,0/K* 1:; 4*2 di#ital radio research pro#ra! andinally standardiHed by +3O>+/ in 11

• O** + Ogg is a patentEree' ully open !ulti!edia bit strea! container or!at desi#ned oeicient strea!in# and ile co!pression (stora#e)$The na!e UO##U reers to the ile or!at&hich includes a nu!ber o separate independent open source codecs or audio' "ideo andtet (e$#$ subtitles)$ Ciles endin# in the $o## etension !ay be o any O## !edia ile type'and because the or!at is ree' O##s "arious codecs ha"e been incorporated into a nu!beo dierent ree and co!!ercial !edia players$

-2E0UENCThe rate at &hich an acoustic #enerator' electrical si#nal' or "ibratin# !ass repeats a cycle opositi"eR and ne#ati"eE #oin# a!plitude$ The nu!ber o cycles that occurs o"er the period o one

second is !easured in hertH (%H)$ Oten' the percei"ed ran#e o hu!an hearin# is ro! 78 %H to19'888 %H$

+AIN

*!ount o a!pliication in d2$

+UI

* #raphical user interace (or G,+' oten pronounced U#ooeyU) is a !ethod o interactin# &ith aco!puter throu#h a !etaphor o direct !anipulation o #raphical i!a#es and Dirtual Li"e ontrolsin addition to tet$ G,+s display "isual ele!ents such as icons' &indo&s and other #ad#ets$ Theprecursor to G,+s &as in"ented by researchers at the 3tanord 0esearch +nstitute (led by 4ou#/n#elbart) &ith the de"elop!ent and use o tetEbased hyper links !anipulated &ith a !ouse orthe OnELine 3yste!$ The concept o hyper links &as urther reined and etended to #raphics byresearchers at Xero =*0' &ho &ent beyond tetEbased hyper links and used G,+s as the pri!arinterace or the Xero *lto co!puter$ Most !odern #eneralEpurpose G,+s are deri"ed ro! thissyste!$ Cor this reason so!e people call this class o interace a =*0 ,ser +nterace (=,+) (notethat =,+ is also an acrony! or perceptual user interace)$ The =,+ consists o #raphical DirtualLi"e ontrols (oten pro"ided by Dirtual Li"e ontrol toolkit libraries) such as &indo&s' !enus'radio buttons' check boes and icons' and e!ploys a pointin# de"ice (such as a !ouse' trackball

or touchscreen) in addition to a keyboard$ Those aspects o =,+s can be e!phasiHed by usin# thealternati"e acrony! @+M=' &hich stands or @indo&s' +cons' Menus and =ointin# de"ice$

The G,+ a!iliar to !ost o us today is either the @indo&s or the Macintosh operatin# syste!s an

their applications ori#inated at the Xero =alo *lto 0esearch Laboratory in the late 1;8s$ *ppleused it in their irst Macintosh co!puters$ Later' Microsot built on !any o *pples ideas in their

irst "ersion o the @indo&s operatin# syste! or +2MEco!patible =s$

;A2< <ISK 2ECO2<E2 * syste! that uses a co!puter hard disk to record' edit' and reproduce di#ital data$

INS!2U6EN!

* collection o plu#Eins that starts &ith a M+4+ input' then #oes throu#h optional M+4+ eects' intoa sot synth' and then into optional audio eects beore #oin# out to an audio bus$ *n instru!entis set up anyti!e a user &ants to play a sot synth$

LA!ENCLatency is the a!ount o ti!e an application allocates to prepare a buer ull o audio data orplayback$ Lo&er latency settin#s add processin# ti!e because o the need to reill the s!aller datbuers !ore oten$ ou !ay need to increase your applications latency under the ollo&in#conditions-




• ou use lots o realEti!e eects' and you hear dropouts$ heck the =, !eter or hi#hreadin#s\ try increasin# the latency$

• our sound card does not unction &ell at lo&er latency$ 3o!e sound cards ust do notunction &ell at lo&er latency settin#s$

• /"en i your application reports no proble!s' i you hear dropouts try increasin# the !iin#latency$

LI6I!E2 * de"ice used to keep si#nal peaks ro! eceedin# a certain le"el in order to pre"ent the clippin#

or distortion o a!pliier si#nals' recorded si#nals on tape or disc' broadcast trans!ission si#nals'and so on$

LINE LE?EL

* si#nal le"el that is reerenced to either : d2! (pro) or E18 d2D (se!iEpro>consu!er)$ 4e"icesother than !ics' speakers' and po&erEa!pliier outputs operate at these le"els$

6AS!E2IN+

The processin# and transerrin# o a inal' se?uenced audio tape to a !ediu! or duplication$

6-USIONOpen Labs !Cusion sot&are uniies !ultiple M+4+ interaces' M+4+ keyboards' and M+4+

controllers into a sin#le M+4+ control panel or assi#nin# M+4+ channels' pro"idin# keyboard splitsassi#nin# M+4+ controllers' and settin# other para!eters or inco!in# M+4+ data$ +n !Cusion thisis all called !appin#$ Keyboards and other controls !ay be !apped ro! one type o M+4+ data toanother' or !apped to other unctions such as keystroke shortcuts' application launchin#' or e"enchan#in# the !appin# o another M+4+ controller$ *ll o the M+4+ data !apped by !Cusion isuniied into a U"irtualU M+4+ port so that any !usic application !ay recei"e data ro! all attachedM+4+ controllers throu#h one sin#le M+4+ port$ The indi"idual M+4+ ports ro! each de"ice re!aina"ailable' ho&e"er' or !ai!u! leibility$

6I<IMusical +nstru!ent 4i#ital +nterace' or M+4+' is an industryEstandard electronic co!!unicationsprotocol that deines each !usical note in an electronic !usical instru!ent such as a synthesiHer'

precisely and concisely' allo&in# electronic !usical instru!ents and co!puters to echan#e data'or UtalkU' &ith each other$ M+4+ does not trans!it audio E it si!ply trans!its di#ital inor!ationabout a !usic peror!ance$

6I<I CC3hort or UM+4+ ontinuous ontrollerU' a speciic kind o M+4+ !essa#e$ The !odulation &heel o

your synth' or ea!ple' sends out UM+4+ ontinuous ontroller 1U' or ]1$ Like&ise' Dolu!e is];' GL+4/ E =orta!ento Ti!e is ]5$

6I<I C;ANNEL

* discrete portion o the co!plete M+4+ si#nal that can include as !any as 1F channels$ /achchannel carries independent !essa#es\ indi"idual instru!ents tune in to these' ust as a tele"isio

tunes in to one o !any channels$ +nstru!ents that can respond to !ultiple channels at once arecalled !ultiEti!bral$

6I<I E--EC!* special type o plu#Ein that accepts an M+4+ strea! and produces a ne& M+4+ strea!$ /a!plesinclude arpe##iators' note repeat' chorders and M+4+ echo$

6I<I ;OS!* M+4+ %ost is an application that allo&s you to use "irtual eects and instru!ents (plu#Eins)$They can be basic pro#ra!s used to audition plu#Ein eects and instru!ents ri#ht up to a co!ple

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!ultitrack recordin# en"iron!ent or audio and M+4+$

6I<I SE0UENCIN++n the ield o electronic !usic' a se?uencer &as ori#inally any de"ice that recorded and playedback a se?uence o control inor!ation or an electronic !usical instru!ent$ No&adays' the ter!al!ost al&ays reers to the eature o recordin# sot&are &hich allo&s the user to record' playback and edit M+4+ data$ This is distinct ro! the sot&are eatures &hich record audio data$ /arlyanalo# !usic se?uencers used control "olta#e>tri##er interace' but &ere replaced by di#italhard&areE or sot&areEbased M+4+ se?uencers' &hich play back M+4+ e"ents and M+4+ control

inor!ation at a speciied nu!ber o beats per !inute$

6ONOP;ONICO or notin# a syste! o sound recordin#' reproduction' or !usical instru!ent usin# only a sin#le

channel$

6lti*ti"ralThe capability o an electronic !usical instru!ent to respond to and output !ultiple "oice patches

at one ti!e$

6UL!I!2ACK 2ECO2<IN+Multitrack recordin# (!ultitrackin# or ust trackin# or short) is a !ethod o sound recordin# tha

allo&s or the separate recordin# o !ultiple sound sources to create a cohesi"e &hole$ This is the!ost co!!on !ethod o recordin# popular !usic$Multitrackin# can be achie"ed &ith hard disk based syste!s like an Open Labs production station'oten e!ployin# a co!puter and !ultitrack audio recordin# sot&are$ Multitrack recordin# de"ices"ary in their speciications' such as the nu!ber o si!ultaneous tracks a"ailable or recordin# atany one ti!e\ in the case o tape based syste!s this is li!ited by' a!on# other actors' thephysical siHe o the tape e!ployed$ Cor co!puter based syste!s the trend is to&ards unli!itednu!bers o record>playback tracks' althou#h issues such as !e!ory and =, a"ailable &ill in actli!it this ro! !achine to !achine$ +t has to be noted that on co!puter based syste!s' thenu!ber o si!ultaneously a"ailable recordin# tracks is li!ited by the sound card discrete analo#uor di#ital inputs$@hen recordin#' audio en#ineers can select &hich track (or tracks) on the de"ice &ill be used or

each instru!ent$

*t any #i"en point on the tape' any o the tracks on the recordin# de"ice can be recorded orplayin# back' so that an artist is able to record onto track 7 and' si!ultaneously' listen to track 1'

allo&in# hi! to sin# or to play an acco!pani!ent to the peror!ance already recorded on track 1%e !i#ht then record on track A &hile listenin# to track 7$ *ll three peror!ances can then be

played back in perect synchrony' as i they had ori#inally been played and recorded to#ether$ Thiscan be repeated until all o the a"ailable tracks ha"e been used' or in act' reused$

@hen recordin# is co!pleted' the !any tracks are U!ied do&nU throu#h a !iin# console to at&oEtrack stereo recorder in a or!at &hich can then be duplicated and distributed$ Most o the

records' 4s and cassettes co!!ercially a"ailable in a !usic store are recordin#s that &ereori#inally recorded on !ultiple tracks' and then !ied do&n to stereo$ These stereo !ies can in

turn be recorded onto t&o tracks o a ourEtrack recorder' allo&in# additional sound to be layeredon the re!ainin# tracks$

NOISE +A!E* de"ice that acts as an ininite epander' allo&in# a si#nal abo"e the selected threshold to bepassed throu#h to the output at unity #ain and &ithout dyna!ic processin#$ @hen the input si#naalls belo& this threshold le"el' the de"ice eecti"ely shuts do&n the si#nal by applyin# ullattenuation to the output$

NON*<ES!2UC!I?E E<I!IN+




/ditin# a hardEdisk sound ile by !o"in# pointers' &ithout alterin# in any &ay the di#ital audiodata ori#inally recorded to disk$

NO26ALIFIN+* specialiHed #ainErelated process that !akes the best use o a di#ital syste!s dyna!ic ran#e byauto!atically deter!inin# the a!ount o #ain re?uired to increase the le"el o the hi#hesta!plitude si#nal to its ullEscale a!plitude "alue' and then increasin# the le"el o the selectedre#ion or entire ile by this #ain ratio$

OC!A?EThe !ost basic !usical inter"al' and the second har!onic o the natural scale' &hich represents adoublin# o re?uency$The diatonic scales in the &estern har!onic syste! ha"e 9 notes to the octa"e' hence the na!e$

There are 17 se!iEtones to an octa"e and in so!e !iddleEeastern scales' 7: ?uarterEtones$

O6NI*<I2EC!IONAL 6IC2OP;ONE* !ic that outputs si#nals recei"ed ro! all incident an#les at the sa!e (or nearly e?ual) le"el$

OSCILLA!O2

+n !odern !usical ter!s' an oscillator is a co!ponent that ori#inates a si#nal$ The period o anoscillator is the ti!e it takes to oscillate' or repeat$ The period is also reerred to as re?uency or

pitch$ The classic analo# synthesiHers had re#ular periodic oscillator shapes such as 3ine' Trian#le=ulse' 0a!p' and 3a&$ They also so!eti!es had a special nonEperiodic oscillator called noise$*lthou#h not technically an oscillator because it does not repeat a pattern' the noise oscillator#enerates se!iErando! "alues &ithin a certain re?uency$

P;AN!O6 POWE2 =o&er or a condenser !ic that co!es directly ro! the console throu#h balanced !ic cables bysupplyin# a positi"e 4 supply "olta#e o :9D (usually) to both conductors (pins 7 B A) &ithrespect to pin 1$ This "olta#e is distributed throu#h identical "alue resistors so that no dierentialeists bet&een the t&o leads\ thereore' the "olta#e is electrically in"isible to the alternatin# audisi#nal$ The 4 circuit is co!pleted by connectin# the ne#ati"e side o the supply to the cables#roundin# shield$

PLU+*IN=lu#Eins are audio processin# !odules$ They are usually o the D3T or 4X or!at$ They are usuallthird party eternal 4LLs that &ill usually take an input strea! and produce output strea!s$ +n th

case o !usic sot&are this #enerally takes the or! o an instru!ent' such as a synth or sa!pler'or an eect processor' such as a re"erb or co!pressor$

POLA2 PA!!E2N

* polar #raph o the sensiti"ity o a !icrophone at all an#les o sound incidence relati"e to thesensiti"ity onEais$

POLP;ONIC

The capability o an electronic !usical instru!ent to output !ultiple notes at one ti!e$

P2ESE!* collection o +nstru!ents and>or *udio /ect chains &ith uni?ue settin#s or each plu#in in thepreset$

P2ESE! +2OUP,ser deined #roup o =resets contained &ithin a 2ank$

PUNC;*IN PUNC;*OU!




The enterin# into and out o record !ode on a track that contains eistin# pro#ra! !aterial orthe purpose o correctin# or erasin# an un&anted se#!ent$

0UAN!IFA!IONThe a!plitude co!ponent o the di#ital sa!plin# process$ +n an *>4 con"erter' the process o#eneratin# a binary nu!ber (!ade o 1s and Os) that represents the "olta#e o the analo#&a"eor! at the instant it is !easured or sa!pled$

2ELEASE

The inal portion o a notes en"elope' &hich alls ro! the sustain si#nal le"el to silence$

SA6PLE 2A!ELe"el o accuracy &ith &hich audio data is stored$ The hi#her the better the sound ?uality' but the

!ore costly in co!puter ti!e and !e!ory$+n di#ital audio' co!!on sa!plin# rates are-

• 9'888 %H E telephone' ade?uate or hu!an speech

• 77'858 %H E radio• A7'888 %H E !ini4D di#ital "ideo ca!corder

• ::'188 %H E audio 4' also !ost co!!only used &ith M=/GE1 audio (D4' 3D4' M=A)• :;'758 %H E &orlds irst co!!ercial =M sound recorder by Nippon olu!bia (4enon)

•

:9'888 %H E di#ital sound used or di#ital TD' 4D4' 4*T' il!s and proessional audio• 58'888 %H E irst co!!ercial di#ital audio recorders ro! the late ;8s ro! AM and

3oundstrea!

• 58':88 %H E sa!plin# rate used by the Mitsubishi XE98 di#ital audio recorder

• F'888 or 17':88 %H E 4D4E*udio' so!e L=M 4D4 tracks' 24E0OM (2luEray 4isc) audiotracks' and %4E4D4 (%i#hE4einition 4D4) audio tracks

• 7$977: M%H E 3*4' 1Ebit si#!aEdelta !odulation process kno&n as 4irect 3trea! 4i#ital'coEde"eloped by 3ony and =hilips

SE0UENCIN+M+4+ 3e?uencer E +n the ield o electronic !usic' a se?uencer &as ori#inally any de"ice thatrecorded and played back a se?uence o control inor!ation or an electronic !usical instru!ent$

No&adays' the ter! al!ost al&ays reers to the eature o recordin# sot&are &hich allo&s theuser to record' play back and edit M+4+ data$ This is distinct ro! the sot&are eatures &hichrecord audio data$ /arly analo# !usic se?uencers used control "olta#e>tri##er interace' but &erereplaced by di#ital hard&areE or sot&areEbased M+4+ se?uencers' &hich play back M+4+ e"ents

and M+4+ control inor!ation at a speciied nu!ber o beats per !inute$

S6P!E !I6E CO<E6!C 6I<I !I6E CO<ETi!e codes contains binary coded deci!al hour-!inute-second-ra!e identiication and A7 bits o

use by users$ There are also dropEra!e and color ra!in# la#s and three etra binary #roup la#bits used or deinin# the use o the user bits$ The or!ats o other or!s 3M=T/ ti!ecodes are

deri"ed ro! that o the lon#itudinal ti!ecode$

Ti!e code can ha"e any o a nu!ber o ra!e rates- co!!on ones are-

• 7: ra!e>s (il!)

• 75 ra!e>s (=*L color tele"ision)

• 7$; (A8>1$881) ra!e>s (NT3 color tele"ision)• A8 ra!e>s (*!erican blackEandE&hite tele"ision) (al!ost obsolete)

+n #eneral' 3M=T/ ti!ecode ra!e rate inor!ation is i!plicit' kno&n ro! the rate o arri"al othe ti!ecode ro! the !ediu!' or other !etadata encoded in the !ediu!$ The interpretation ose"eral bits' includin# the Ucolor ra!in#U and Udrop ra!eU bits' depends on the underlyin# data

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rate$ +n particular' the drop ra!e bit is only "alid or a no!inal ra!e rate o A8 ra!e>s- seebelo& or details$ 3M=T/>MT is a position and ti!in# reerence that indicates the current locationin the proect and ho& ?uickly the proect should be playin#$ Ti!e code labels the position in aproect in hours' !inutes' seconds' and ra!es$ The speed o playback is indicated by a ra!erate$ Ti!e code is recorded onto tape usin# a de"ice called a ti!e code #enerator$ The process orecordin# a ti!e code si#nal onto a track is called stripin#$ Nor!ally' the start o a tape stripe hasa particular ti!e' epressed in hours' !inutes' seconds' and ra!es$ Cor ea!ple' the tape stripe!i#ht start at 88-88-88-88' 81-88-88-88' or any other ti!e$ The !aterial recorded on the tapeusually starts any&here ro! 18 seconds to se"eral !inutes ater the start o the ti!e code$

3o!eti!es' the tape stripe starts at a ti!e like 88-5-58-88' and the !aterial starts 18 secondslater' at 81-88-88-88$

SO-! SN!;

* sot synth' also kno&n as a sot&are synthesiHer or "irtual instru!ent is a co!puter pro#ra! odi#ital audio #eneration$ o!puter sot&are &hich can create sounds or !usic can acco!plish the

sa!e tasks as dedicated hard&are$ 3otsynths can be cheaper and !ore portable than dedicatedhard&are' and easier to interace &ith other !usic sot&are such as M+4+ se?uencers$

SOLO

* !onitor unction that lets the en#ineer hear a sin#le instru!ent or #roup o instru!ents &ithoutaectin# the studios headphone !onitor !i' recorded tracks' or !ido&n si#nal$

S!2EA6IN+* syste! or trans!ittin# audio and>or data throu#h a trans!ission !edia (such as the &eb) inrealEti!e$

SUS!AIN+n a traditional en"elope' the le"el at &hich an en"eloped settin# re!ains ater the *ttack and4ecay sta#es until the key is released$

SNCThe lockin# o relati"e transport or playback speeds o "arious de"ices to allo& the! to &orkto#ether as a sin#le' inte#rated syste!$

!2ANSPOSETo &rite or peror! (a co!position) in a key other than the ori#inal or #i"en key$

UNBALANCE< LINE* cable ha"in# only one conductor plus a surroundin# shield' in &hich the shield is at #round

potential$ The conductor and the shield carry the si#nal$

?S!?S!iDirtual 3tudio Technolo#y- +ts acrony! D3T reers to an interace standard or connectin# audio

synthesiHer and eect plu#Eins to audio editors and hardEdisk recordin# syste!s$ D3T and si!ilartechnolo#ies allo& the replace!ent o traditional recordin# studio hard&are &ith sot&are

counterparts$ * D3T instru!ent (or D3Ti) is a type o D3T plu#Ein that is #enerally used tosynthesiHe sound or playEback sa!pled audio$ Types o D3T instru!ents include (a!on# others)"irtual synthesiHer de"ices and sa!pler de"ices$ D3T instru!ents can be played in realEti!e &henused &ith an appropriate sot&are and hard&are coni#uration$

?S!i LINKThe connection bet&een a plu#Ein para!eter and a physical hard&are M+4+ control (or a "irtualsot control)$ *n ea!ple o a link &ould be &hen a user !o"es a hard&are M+4+ knob and the"olu!e output o a sot synth chan#es$

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WA?E-O26* usually #raphic representation o the shape o a &a"e that indicates its characteristics (asre?uency and a!plitude)$ @hen talkin# about synthesiHers' the ter! #enerally reers to the !osco!!on types o &a"eor!s' such as the sine' trian#le' sa&tooth' and pulse &a"es$ +t can alsoreer to di#ital &a"eor!s &hich are rendered ro! preErecorded sa!ples$

WO2< CLOCK* &ord clock is a de"ice used to create a re#ular pulse used to synchroniHe other de"ices' such asdi#ital audio tape !achines and co!pact disc players' &hich interconnect "ia di#ital audio$ 3>=4+C

*/3>/2,' *4*T and other or!ats use a &ord clock$ * &ord clock neither produces nor usesti!ecode\ it is used entirely to keep a perectlyEti!ed and constant bitrate to a"oid data errors$




A $ $ e n ' i 8 B * S o n ' P r e s e t sA $ $ e n ' i 8 B * S o n ' P r e s e t s

#ST Instruments $ IDI 5; $ #ST 5; Descriptions

+n alphanu!eric order$

%%35 Masterin# /\ Cast attack o!pressor/-ront A8iter Masterin# /\ /citer>0eresherE /nhancin# Docals' Track 0estoration

/-ront Contor 6a8 Masterin# /\ Cre?uency 3haperE ,se Cor Cinal Masterin# and Track0estoration/-ront San' Brsh Masterin# /\ %i#h Cre?uency 2oosterE Track 0estoration' Dinta#e Dinyltype /ects' Good or Docals' too/-ront Liiter Masterin# and /\ %ard o!pressorE ,se or 4ru!>=ercussion Tracks and/ects5(;>Kic1er Masterin# /\ Kick dru! enhancerAccor'ion *ccordion /!ulatorE *cousticEKleH!er' =olka' ydeco' Teano' @orldE 2eirut' @eird *lAcostic Bass Synthesi>er *coustic 0ock' =op *nyA$*o'el*'al *!ps\ 4uel *!p ModelerA$lit'e6o'lator Modulation\ *!plitude !odulatorArt$hase*?S!i =hase 4istortion 3ynthE Lead' Trance' 3pacey' Tan#erine 4rea!' Orbital

Ato*Wi'eness %.( 4yna!ics /\ @idenerAtoe8$an' 4yna!ics /\ /panderato$ea1filter Cilter\ CCT peak detectin# ilter

aoca'oglitch Modulation\ duckin# #litch #enerator"an'$ass Cilters\ 2and pass ilter

BB,(,i lassic A8AE 2ass' 3ynthE Lead' 2assE %ouse' Techno' *cidE Old 3kool %ipE%op (@estoast)' %ea"en 1;

BCheese Cilters\ LCO 4ri"en Cilter 3etE Good Cor 3ynthsE ,se to create s&eeps and othereects"itre' 2it depth reductiionBloo' Bc1et 3ynthE Lead' *!bient 3oundsE +4M' Glitchcore' +llbientE Kid F8F' Denetian3nares

Boss <S*% 4istortion\ 4istortion 3to!p =edal 3i!ulatorE ,seul or 3trin# +nstru!entsBoss S<*% 4istortion\ 3uper O"erdri"e 3to!p =edal /!ulatorE reates O"erEdri"en Tube *!peect$ ,seul or 3trin# +nstru!entsBUF 4istortion\ 4istortion 3to!p 2o /!ulatorE ,seul or 3trin# +nstru!entschors Cilter\ horus up to ei#ht "oiceschorsstereo Cilter\ ei#ht "oicesn&ith beat syncClassic Ato*-ilter Cilters\ CourEpole LCO Modulated CilterE ,se to reate 3&eeps and Other3tran#e /ectsClassic Chors Cilters\ *dds 4epth To *l!ost *ny Type o TrackClassic Co$ressor Masterin#\ *nalo#Estyle co!pressorE adds &ar!th and punch to DocalTracksClassic <elay 4elays 0e"erbs\ Cull Ceatured' MultiE=urpose 4elay

Classic -langer Cilters\ *dds 3&irlin#Etype eectE ,seul or Guitar Type 3oundsClassic Phaser Cilters\ *nalo# =hase 3hit /!ulatorE Many ,ses' 3ounds Good on DocalsClassic 2eer" 4elays 0e"erbs\ *llE=urpose 0e"erb

Co$citer 4istortion\ &ith hi#hpass ilterCrystal 3ubtracti"e> CM 3ynthE Lead' =ads' *!bient 3oundsE Trance' *!bientE 2rian /no' .ean

Michaael .arreC"i8 4ru!> 2assline 3ynthE 4ru!s' 3ynthE /lectro' %ouseE Krat&erk' 4epeche Mode

'elay 4elay\ 2asic'elaychors 4elay\ &ith added chorus'elaysstain 4elay\ *uto sustainin#

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'elayte$o 4elay\ &ith beat sync'elayarlen 4elay' Dariable len#th delay'irtsJee>e 4istortion\ &ith saturation'istort*f>> 4istortion\ CuHHyE?6 Bassline %*, *coustic 2ass 3ynthesiHerE *cousticE 0ock' =opE *nyE?6 UltraSoniJe 3ynthesiHer> 3a!ple playerE Lead' =ads' 3a!plersE /lectronic' =opE *ir' Da%alens 19:E8citer 4yna!ics\ har!onically enhances dull recordin#se8$an'er /\ 4o&n&ard epander

fairlychil'ish 4yna!ics' co!pressor li!iterfft*'elay 4elay\ /i#ht band t delayfft*filter CCT bit ilterfft*$s CCT pitch eperi!enter

flange"a"y Modulation\ Clan#er &ith beat syncfloaty'elay 4elay\ Modulatin# delay

CM 3ynth &ith Multiple OutputsE Lead' 2ass' =adsE /lectronic' =opE Ne& Order' . 3aul kane-rohagest)9in Cilters\ ,ni?ue 0esonance CilterE =roduce /XT0/M/ /ects

gra$h'ist*'yn 4istortion\ Graphic interphase+U2U 4ru! Machine' M=' any

%a!!ond Or#an e!ulatorE LeadE Gospel' 0ock' 0 2E .i!!y 3!ith' *l Green' MM@;ighLife 3a!plerE 3a!plersE *nyE /"eryone

h$fl$f Cilter\ %i#h pass' lo& passhge"ooty 4yna!ics\ 2ass enhancerC6#(( *!ps\ Dinta#e Marshall Tube *!pliier 3i!ulatorE *dds @ar!th to Guitars and strin#Lalla$alloo>alite CM 3ynthE Lead' =adsE /peri!ental' +ndustrialE Cront 7:7' MerHbo&'aBan'isto 4istortion\ !ultiEband distortion'aCo"o *!ps\ co!bo a!p'a<egra'e bit reducer'a<elay 4elay'a<etne 4etune\ detune by cents'a<"<elay 4elay\ delay &ith LCO settin#s'aLeslie *!ps\ Leslie style rotory cabinet'aLo'ness 4yna!ics\ le"el booster

'a6ltiBan' /\ !ulti band /'aOer'rie 4istortion\ O"erdri"e and !ule'a2e>-ilter Cilter\ 0esonance ilter'a2ing6o' Modulation\ rin# !od

'a2on'Pan /\ 0ound =an'aShe$ar'

'aStereo 4yna!ics\ 3tereo &idth' delay' balance' and !od'aS"Synth *dds sub har!onic re?uencies

'a!est!one Test tone\ sine' &hite noise' pink noise'a!hrFero Modulation\ phase !odulation

'a?oco'er Docoder\ talk like a robot6etal6ic1ey 4elay\ /i#ht step delay eect

6+ASLiiter 4yna!ics\ Li!iter6icroSynt =@M 3ynthE LeadE /lectronic' *nyE 2asic synth soundsi'iar$ *rpe##iator\ plays notes in successioni'iCCa$$er oni#ure !idi !appin#i'ichor'eri>er Oset up to our "oicesi'ichor'1ey hord in keyi'ihani>er Delocity and ti!in# hu!aniHer6I<IKeySna$ Midi note constraineri'io'alran'oness on"ert !idi into !odal rando!nessi'inotere$eater 3i!ple !idi note repeater

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i'inote)channel 3end Midi notes to a channel6I<I!ool II Midi !odiicationi'itrans$ose Transpose by se!itone6I<I?ariant =attern "ariation6I<I?elocifier II Midi "elocity eecti'ielocitycontrol Midi "elocity control6I<IWo"lator Midi pitch &heel #eneratori'inoteon'elay Midi note on delay6iniEr; 3trin# 3ynthE *coustic' LeadE 3cary Mo"ie Music

6inial 4ru!> 2assline 3ynthE 4ru!s' 3ynthE *cid' %ouseE 0ebirth6onolisa 2ass 3ynthE Lead' 2assE /lectronicE #enericoog)/'" Moo# style ilter6otion).: *uto!ated Modulation 3ynthE Lead' =ads' *!bient 3oundsE 4ust 2ros'' soundtrack

!usic6r. Alias

6r<onal' *!ps\ =annin#\ 0otary (Leslie) 3peaker si!ulatorE MultiE=urpose6r2ay)) /lectric =iano 3ynthE Lead' *cousticE =op' 0 2' *nyE e"erybody

6r2ay3, 0hodesE3tyle =iano 3ynthE Lead' *cousticE =op' 0 2' 0ock' anyE 0ay harles'e"eryone else

6r!ra$ @urlitHerEstyle =iano 3ynthE LeadE =op' 0 2' 0ockE 3upertra!p' Three 4o# Ni#ht'Cela Kuit

Nanotron) No"atron>Mellotron e!ulatorE LeadE 0ock' =opE The Moody 2lues' 4a"id 2o&ieNoise 3ynthE *!bient 3oundsE +4M' /peri!entalE *lec /!pire' Kid F8Fnoisegate 4yna!ics\ 3i!ple noise#ateoctae'o9n Octa"e do&neroctae$ Octa"e upperOctBUF 4istortion\ 4istortion> O"erdri"e Module &ith Octa"e *dust!entO2+ANi>e'trio,( o>>ifier =itch delay doublerPha'i>PD =4 3ynthE Lead' =adsE /lectronic' *!bientE Dan#elis' The OrbPlgson' -ree MultiE+nstru!ent 3ound ModuleE Lead' MiscE *ll GenresE *ny *rtist$$$ /\ =in# pon# panProtoPlas)%free MultiEti!bral synth\ Lead' =adsE /lectronic' /peri!entalE Orbital' Little

o!puter =eoplePS*% Cilters\ 3i!ulated Oberhei! =haser 3to!p 2oPrity MultiE+nstru!ent 3a!ple =layerE Lead' =ad' 2ass' 4ru!s' MiscE *ll Genres' *ny *rtistr"=%(3, /\ 1;8s "inta#e

reaco$*stan'alone /\ o!pressorrea'elay*stan'alone 4elay\ !ultiEtap delay

reaeJ*stan'alone /\ Multi band /reafirstan'alone 4yna!ics\ /' Gate' o!pressor' on"ol"e' 3ubtract

reagate*stan'alone /\ Gate2eal+itar)SE *coustic Guitar 3a!ple =layerE Lead' *cousticE 0ock' =opE *ny

rea8co$*stan'alone /\ Multi band e?2e'nef !9in *!ps\ 3i!ulated 1F Cender T&in 0e"erb Guitar *!p

reerseness 0e"erse in se#!ents2eF .%., =M 3ynthE Lead' 2assE Techno' +ndustrialE 4at =unk' N+N2oge 3ynthE LeadE /lectronicE *ny3hepards tone\ adds an oscillatin# sine &a"esoftcli$$er 4yna!ics\ le"el boosterSP%LiiterS 4yna!ics\ 3i!ple peak li!iters$ectrofilter$aint Cilter\ 4ra& the ilter ields$ectro$aint 4ra& the eectStereo-iel' /\ 3tereo ield !anipulatorString !heory %.5 3trin# > %ybrid 3ynthE Lead' *!bient 3oundsE 0ock' =op' /lectronic'




*!bientStringSynth *0=>3olina 3trin# 3ynth e!ulatorE Lead' *coustic' *!bient 3oundsE *ir' =inkCloydS!S*) CM 3ynthE Lead' =ads' *!bient 3oundsE /lectronic' *!bientE The Orb' 2lack 4o#=roductionsS$er S$oo1 Keys There!in /!ulator si!ilar to 3pook Keys &ith !ore optionsE Lead'*!bient 3ounds' 0ock' /lectronic' /peri!entalE 3tereolab' =ink Cloyds$er$itch *dust pitch by percents' se!itones' octa"esSylenth% D* 3ynthE Lead' =ads' 2ass' *!bient 3oundsE /lectronic' =op' *!bientE ello' Ne&

OrderSynth% ?S! D* 3ynth !odeled ater Nord Lead7E Lead' 2assE /lectronic' =op' %ipEhopE*utechre' 0*' =eter Gabrielthn'er1ic1 /\ 3ubsynth ilter

!ic1yCla la"inet /!ulatorE LeadE 0ock' =op' CunkE Mates o 3tate' 3te"ie @onder' Theo!!odores

!ransient*'rien Ato*Pan %.% 6asterD /\ Transient dri"en auto pan E Master!ransient*'rien Ato*Pan %.% SlaeD /\ Transien dri"er auto pan E 3la"e

!ransientController 4yna!ics\ Transient controltreolo Cilter\ 0epetiti"e "ariation in a!plitude

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The ontrol =anel &ill be a"ailable ro! your syste! tray (typically located at the botto! ri#hthand corner o your screen near your clock)$

4ouble click on the icon to open the audio interace hard&are settin#s$

Sa$le 2ate- 4rop do&n the !enu to select the sa!ple rate ::$1' :9' 99$7' Fk$ This !ust beset to the sa!e sa!ple rate in your recordin# sot&are$

Cloc1 Sorce- 4rop do&n the !enu to select the di#ital sync source$

IN!E2NAL SP<I-- Must be selected to use the 3=4+C input$

Note that ontrol =anel settin#s &ill be sa"ed upon po&er do&n$

Latency- 3ets the a!ount o delay ti!e (1$5!s 7:!s)$ Latency is the ti!e it takes or theco!puter to process audio$ Lo&er latency settin#s de!and !ore =, resources$ +n the case oinconsistent audio' (i$e$ drop outs' pops and clicks' di#ital distortion' etc) &e reco!!end that youincrease this settin#$

In$t Leel Boost

In$t Leel Boost- clickin# this button &ill boost the input le"el o each correspondin# analo#input by R17d2$ ,se this eature or recordin# ?uiet instru!ents or de"ices &ith lo& output$




AU<IO IN!E2-ACE CON!2OL PANEL A<?ANCE< SE!!IN+S-ou can Jri#htEclick on the control panel icon to select bet&een three dierent co!puteropti!iHation settin#s$ These settin#s opti!iHe the buers and audio strea!in# settin#s based onthe speed o your processor$ + you are eperiencin# audio dropEouts' it is reco!!ended that youselect a lo&er =, settin#$

• %i#h- 7G%H and hi#her

• Mediu!- 1G%H to 7G%H• Lo&- 988M%H to 1G%H

A'io Interface 6i8er Panel

The interace includes a sot&are M+X/0>0O,T/0 or leible !onitorin# and routin# o the audio

si#nal beore it hits your sot&are pro#ra!$ This is helpul to a"oid the ti!e it takes to process thaudio you are recordin# called latency$ Thereore' you can !i the input si#nal #oin# into the

interace &ith the playback ro! your sot&are or Hero latency recordin# and !onitorin#$

Note- The deault settin#s (pictured abo"e) or the interace !ier has all aders set to 8d2 and a

pans set to center' &ith the 3ot&are =layback set to channels 1>7' the Mier Output set to 2ypasand the =layback to =hones set to channels 1>7$




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The sil"er tracks represent the si possible inputs ro! the interace as &ell as the sot&are

playback$ The blue section contains inor!ation on the output o the !ier$




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Adding a Second Display

*ll Open Labs production stations co!e standard &ith an eternal DG* !onitor output$ This is so

you can run an additional display$ Cor best results' use Jetended desktop !ode$ The ollo&in#instructions &ill eplain to you ho& to achie"e this$

@hile your !achine is po&ered do&n' connect the second display$ @hen you boot the !achine

back up the second !onitor probably &ill see! connected$ %o&e"er' once the syste! loads up' thsecond display &ill be blank$ Cro! here' the second display needs to be set to etended desktop$

1$ =ress the Open Labs icon in the lo&er let corner o the screen' press the ,T+L button andselect J/it to @indo&s$

7$ 0i#htEclick the desktop' and then click Properties on the shortcut !enu$A$ +n the 4isplay =roperties dialo# bo' on the 3ettin#s tab' click the blue rectan#le &ith the

nu!ber 7 (&hich represents the eternal !onitor)' and then select the /tend !y @indo&desktop onto this !onitor checkbo$

:$ ,nder 3creen resolution' dra# the slider to the ri#ht to chan#e the screen resolution o

Monitor 7 to 187: by ;F9 piels' and then click OK$

• @hen pro!pted' click es$• ou can chan#e the screen resolution in the 4isplay =roperties dialo# bo$

Note* %f $our des8top bac8ground does not appear on the e)ternal monitor, clic8 No, andthen repeat step C to decrease the screen resolution!




*dust the position o the !onitors

2y deault' @indo&s places the second screen to the ri#ht o the irst (or pri!ary) one$ ou canchan#e the position o the !onitors to relect their physical position$

1$ 0i#htEclick the desktop' and then click =roperties on the shortcut !enu$7$ +n the 4isplay =roperties dialo# bo' on the 3ettin#s tab' dra# the #raphical representation

o Monitor 7 (the blue bo &ith the nu!ber 7 in it) to the let o Monitor 1' and then clickOK$

A$ @hen pro!pted' click es$

*dust your screen settin#s

@hen you irst enable /tended 4esktop !ode' your taskbar and any icons on your desktopappear on the Open Labs touch screen\ desktop space &ithout icons appears on the eternal

!onitor$ ou !ay ind it easier to sho& the taskbar on the eternal !onitor since it is usually thelar#er o the t&o screens$

1$ On your touchscreen' ri#htEclick an e!pty area o the taskbar' and then click Lock the

Taskbar$7$ 4ra# the taskbar to the eternal desktop and drop it &here you &ant it to appear$




Calibrating the Touchscreen

There is a property in the JTouchKit utility used to custo!iHe your touchscreen to your UtouchstyleU' that property is called U:Epoints alibrationU$

3tart by pressin# the Open Labs icon in the botto! let corner$ =ress Jontrol =anels' then pressthe YTouch 3creenZ +con to launch its interace$




Once the Touch 3creen utility loads' press the YToolsZ tabs$

No&' select U: =oints alibrationU$ The alibration screen &ill appear net$ =lease #o to the netpa#e$




The U:E=oints alibrationU allo&s you to set the touch screen to the style o touch you &ill pri!ariluse &hile selectin# ite!s on the screen$ =lease !ake sure that you touch the sy!bol &ith the paro the in#er you &ill use the !ost$ Cor instance' an#lin# the in#er so the in#ernail touches &ork#reatly$ Keep in !ind that so!e buttons in applications are s!aller' i you ha"e &ide in#ers it&ould be a #ood thin# to use the in#ernail as described earlier$

Touch the blinkin# sy!bol on the screen until it beeps or it stops blinkin#$ There &ill be oursy!bols to push$

1$ 2otto! let

7$ 2otto! 0i#htA$ Top 0i#ht

:$ Top Let

,pon co!pletion' this dialo# &indo& &ill pop up-

=ress YOKZ and you are done$


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