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Cherry Audio:  Surreal MG-1 Plus User Manual 

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number and hitting [ENTER] or [RETURN]. If 

Sets Default Value

 is selected, double-

clicking a control resets it to its default value. 

 

Mouse Wheel Adjusts Control Value-

 

Enabling this lets you adjust knob, slider, and 

switch values by moving the mouse wheel. This works great with a standard mouse 
wheel, but you'll want to disable it if you're using an Apple Magic Mouse (which will 
move the control AND scroll the window).  

 

Show Tooltips On Any Control Change-

 

Displays parameter tooltips/values next to 

controls any time a control is changed, i.e. if a control is moved via an assigned MIDI 
controller or a 

Perform

 panel knob, etc.  

 

Show Control Tooltips Under Mouse-

 

Displays parameter tooltips/values when the 

mouse is hovered over a control or as a control is moved with mouse clicked.  

 

MIDI Program Changes Should Change Current Preset-

 Allows MIDI program change 

messages to change MG-1 Plus patches. 

 

Ask To Save Modified Presets-

 

This opens a dialog window asking if you'd like to 

save changes if a patch has been edited and a new patch is selected. If you're the 
type that likes to click through presets and tweak a control here and there, it can be 
annoying to have a window pop-up asking if you'd like to save every time you switch 
presets - if you're that person, keep this off. 

 

Remember MIDI Mappings For New Plug-in Instances

- When enabled, MG-1 Plus 

remembers all MIDI Tab controller settings.  

 

11.3

 

Account 

Settings for your personal login information and account. 

 

 

 

Email

- Displays the email address of the current login. 

 

Update Login Info

- No, this isn’t a place for news and tour dates for yacht rock 

superstar, Kenny Loggins. Clicking this opens the same email and password login 
screen you’ll see when initially launching MG-1 Plus. 

 

View Account Settings

- This opens your personal account page on the Cherry Audio 

Store website containing information about modules purchased and more.  

Software Update

 

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We often fix bugs and make improvements; below are options defining how 
MG-1 Plus handles updates. 

 

Check For Update-

 Click this to see if an updated version of MG-1 Plus available. 

Status-

 

 

Automatically Install Updates

- Updates are automatically downloaded and installed.  

Summary of Contents for Surreal MG-1 Plus

Page 1: ...Surreal MG 1 Plus...

Page 2: ...half octave keyboard MG 1 Plus responds to any keyboard range limited octave switching MG 1 Plus adds a three position transpose switch and very limited square wave only polyphony section MG 1 Plus ad...

Page 3: ...Plus Presets are the main included collection We also include a User Presets Collection for storing your own presets but you re free to create your own collections To create a new collections click i...

Page 4: ...or updated presets Pin Clicking the push pin icon locks the patch selection list open allowing fast and easy browsing and auditioning of patches Click the icon again to disable pin mode when in pin m...

Page 5: ...information see QWERTY Musical Typing Keyboard MTK section Help Clicking this launches your web browser and opens the help document you re currently reading Which means you re already here Surrealist...

Page 6: ...ted A star will display next to the preset name Right click on the preset and reselect Favorite to un favorite it Delete Deletes the selected preset Restore Factory Preset If one of the factory i e no...

Page 7: ...Two s waveform to the beginning of its cycle resulting in a wide range of harmonic tones from Tone Source Two The range of tones can be varied by adjusting Tone Source Two s Detune and Octave control...

Page 8: ...ntour Generator triggering behavior In Retrig position the Contour Generator will retrigger any time a new note is played in Legato position retriggering only occurs if no other keys are currently hel...

Page 9: ...derably with a few additions We added a saw wave a three position range selector and a modulation amount slider in the Modulation section This may not seem like a much but trust us these simple additi...

Page 10: ...for each octave played on the keyboard Cutoff Freq Sets the frequency where high frequency attenuation begins from 20 Hz up to 24 000 Hz Though it seems odd to have a cutoff control that goes 4000 Hz...

Page 11: ...set to the In position and the holds at 5V until the key is released If the Sustain switch is set to Out it immediately moves to the Fall Time stage The Fall Time i e decay and release slider defines...

Page 12: ...sound Contoured Rise Time Sustain and Fall Time parameters are applied to amplitude Keyed Rise Time Sustain and Fall Time parameters have no effect on amplitude notes play in simple on off fashion Th...

Page 13: ...rnal keyboard controller mod wheel If the mod wheel is all the way down modulation depth is zero This makes setting up a mod wheel to add vibrato or wah effects very easy If it seems like the LFO isn...

Page 14: ...sections respectively Setting moderate but different amounts of modulation to the Tone Sources and Poly sections is particularly useful for creating naturally chorused sounds using both sections Keyb...

Page 15: ...generator is routed through the filter and amplifier Bell Tone Sets the level of MG 1 Plus pseudo ring mod section This multiplies the signals of Source One and Tone Source Two together typically res...

Page 16: ...e ll assign a hardware slider control to the filter cutoff frequency Begin by right clicking on the Freq slider in the VCF section and selecting MIDI Learn A transparent purple overlay appears over th...

Page 17: ...troller To assign multiple controls click MIDI Learn click an on screen control move the desired hardware knob or slider continue clicking and assigning on screen controllers until all desired control...

Page 18: ...est value any automation control can set a mapped controller to This actually recalibrates the range of the automation controller to the remaining parameter range Max Sets a limit on the highest value...

Page 19: ...pens the menu below MIDI Learn This is used to change the controller assigned to a particular parameter Unlearn Deletes the selected automation parameter Unlearn All Deletes all controller assignments...

Page 20: ...verall Visible Keyboard Range Clicking and dragging the right edge of the MTL window allows the overall size of the window to be adjusted This lets you view more or less of the onscreen keyboard Note...

Page 21: ...eys while playing a note The modulation amount will vary from none 0 to full modulation 9 Note that modulation will stick at the selected number to disable modulation click the 0 key Mod can also be e...

Page 22: ...and typing in the field o Browse Displays the current location of preset folder in the file manager o Set Default Sets the current displayed Preset Folder path as the default location Clear Cache Fil...

Page 23: ...if you d like to save changes if a patch has been edited and a new patch is selected If you re the type that likes to click through presets and tweak a control here and there it can be annoying to hav...

Page 24: ...l audio output source This defaults to Built In Line Output i e your computer s onboard system audio but you ll get better fidelity with an external professional audio interface The biggest audible di...

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