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Page 1: ...E MU Systems 1 Desktop Sound Module Desktop Sound Module Operation Manual Operation Manual...

Page 2: ...e E MU World Headquarters E MU Systems 1500 Green Hills Road Scotts Valley CA 95067 0015 USA Europe Africa Middle East Creative Labs Ballycoolin Business Park Blanchardstown Dublin 15 IRELAND E MU Jap...

Page 3: ...13 SCSI and IDE Drive Tips and Considerations 14 Setting up your Audio 14 Setting up the Preferences 15 Audio Preferences 16 Streaming 16 Pre roll 16 Audio Setup 17 VST Output Buses 19 MIDI 19 MIDI I...

Page 4: ...Presets from Single View 44 16 Channel View 45 The Current MIDI Channel 46 MIDI Channel 46 Preset Assignment 46 Channel Volume 46 Channel Pan 46 Output Assignment 46 Output View Button 47 Aux FX View...

Page 5: ...lities 69 Open Voices 69 New Voice 69 Delete Voices 69 Duplicate Voices 69 Combine Voices 69 Expand Voice 70 Sample Zone Utilities 70 New Sample Zone 70 Delete Sample Zones 70 Duplicate Sample Zones 7...

Page 6: ...e Dynamic Range 90 Response 90 FX Wet Dry 90 Voice Effect Sends 91 Modulation Cords 92 Modulation Source Polarity 95 Summing Nodes 95 PatchCord Lore 95 LFO 1 2 96 Delay 96 Shape 96 Variation 97 Sync 9...

Page 7: ...18 Background Chorus 118 Chorus Delay 119 Delay 120 Background Delay 120 Discrete stereo 120 Ping Pong stereo 121 Ping Pong mono L R 121 Delay BPM 123 Early Reflections 124 1 Band Para EQ 124 4 Band E...

Page 8: ...145 Low Frequency Oscillators 2 per voice 145 Envelope Generators 3 per voice 145 Noise Random Generators 145 T switch and Footswitches 145 Modulation Cords 145 Envelope Generators 146 Retriggering 14...

Page 9: ...Notes 167 Combining Dual Mono Samples into Stereo Files 167 Floppy Disk Support 168 Note about EOS Banks Saved on DOS Floppies 168 Proteus X VSTi 169 Launching the VSTi Application 169 Checklist for L...

Page 10: ...10 Proteus X Operation Manual...

Page 11: ...Hz sample rate 32 bit floating point internal processing Drag and drop sample voice and preset selection Phase Locked Stereo signal path Ultra High Precision Pitch Interpolation user selectable High V...

Page 12: ...The Proteus X applications have been installed inside Program Files Creative Professional ProteusX 4 Look for any ReadMe files in the Proteus X folder or in the Start menu and read these before contin...

Page 13: ...r Computer for Proteus X Windows The following suggestions can help you configure your windows machine for optimal performance Since systems vary we recommend that you note the original settings of an...

Page 14: ...ve to establish a connection between Proteus X and your audio output hardware This is done by selecting a software driver that makes this connection between hardware and software 1 Select the Preferen...

Page 15: ...e preferences dialog box is divided into four main groups Click on the tab heading to select one of the four sets of controls Audio Disk Streaming Controls Audio Hardware Setup Pitch Shift Algorithm s...

Page 16: ...nctions sooner or later you ll exceed your computer s CPU memory or disk access resources Sample streaming makes very heavy demands on your hard disk If you re recording other audio tracks using multi...

Page 17: ...meters related to Proteus X and your sound card Type You have a choice to use either Direct Sound or ASIO audio drivers If you have another high quality sound card installed in your system it will be...

Page 18: ...ol to free up more CPU for them Headroom Boost Headroom is the amount of dynamic range remaining before clipping occurs The amount of headroom is adjustable from 12 dB to 30 dB in 1 dB increments A he...

Page 19: ...IDI Inputs Channels 1 16 17 32 The Proteus X can respond to 32 MIDI channels at once Since there can be only 16 MIDI channels per MIDI cable or input two inputs are provided Set the MIDI Inputs Ch 1 1...

Page 20: ...his check box selects between internal tempo clock or MIDI clock as the tempo source The Proteus X uses a global master tempo for Tempo based Envelopes Tempo based LFOs and clock modulation When this...

Page 21: ...MIDI Continuous Controller numbers are assigned to letters A P or labels Pitch Mod Pressure Pedal etc in this screen When programming a preset these letter or name labels can be assigned to control v...

Page 22: ...lip indicators If this function is set to Off the clip indicators will stay on until you manually click on them Appearance Settings in Windows Adjusting the Performance Options in Windows will make th...

Page 23: ...f course we don t expect you to leave your computer on all the time which brings us to the subject of saving data Saving the bank to a hard disk permanently stores data so that even after turning off...

Page 24: ...er Amp S03 S02 S06 Positional Crossfade Velocity Crossfade Single Sample Voice Multi Preset Voices Samples Voice Voice Multisample Voice Voice Key Map MIDI Ch 1 Key Map Key Map Velocity or Realtime Cr...

Page 25: ...proper preset E A Preset is the same as a MIDI Program Preset A Preset is one complete keyboard setup controlled by one MIDI channel Presets are composed of multiple voices The assignment of voices to...

Page 26: ...before you start designing presets and treat the voice as your finished sound In this case the preset can be used to crossfade layer or switch multiple complex voices Preset Diagram The diagram below...

Page 27: ...a single sample or multiple samples whichever you prefer In another scenario you might have several samples of an instrument such as a piano then place them into the same voice in order to share the s...

Page 28: ...a realistic emulation varies with the instrument but in general more is better You can place the voice and its sample anywhere on the keyboard If more than one voice is assigned to the same range the...

Page 29: ...Tree is the section shown on the left of the screen There are three tabs at the bottom of the Tree labeled Sampler System and Library The Tree Sampler System Library Tabs Bank Presets Folder Toolbars...

Page 30: ...n the Proteus X icon to display the Multisetup page There are three views of the Multisetup page The Multisetup View buttons change the current view The Single channel view is shown below Single Displ...

Page 31: ...by Category 1 Click on the Select Category button The pop up dialog box at right appears 2 Select the desired preset category then press OK 3 Choose Select By Category from the Single view screen abo...

Page 32: ...on t see MIDI activity check your MIDI connection and make sure MIDI is set up properly in the Preferences menu See page 19 To Audition and Select Presets 1 Click once on the Preset Select button on t...

Page 33: ...h preset has a set of 16 continuous controllers which are used to adjust and control the sound as you play Your MIDI keyboard may have several knobs or sliders that are transmitted over MIDI These can...

Page 34: ...l these banks on your hard disk Audition the Presets 4 After you have located the Presets folder click on the Proteus X icon in the Tree to view the Multisetup page 5 Find a preset in the Tree and Rig...

Page 35: ...it because they are internally stored and processed as 32 bit numbers 2 Click on the Proteus X icon in the Tree to view the Multisetup page Audition 3 Select a Sample from the Tree and press the Space...

Page 36: ...clicking on the folder itself opens the folder and displays the bank s presets in the tree 4 Clicking on the plus sign next to one of the preset icons displays the sub modules of the preset Voices Pr...

Page 37: ...ols on both voices Exploring the Key and Velocity Windows 1 Click the Key Win tab again 2 Click and drag the ends of the blue bars so they look something like the screen shown above The settings don t...

Page 38: ...ith lower key velocity and fades into piano as you play harder You ve just created a velocity crossfade Add a Voice 1 Select Preset New Voice from the toolbar A new empty voice appears below voice two...

Page 39: ...3 Near the top of the screen near the keyboard you ll see the Group Selector Set this to All to select all voices in the preset 4 Feel free to explore the synthesizer section The filter section is pro...

Page 40: ...note and move the Mod Wheel of your keyboard up Most keyboards have two wheels or controllers One bends pitch and the other is the modulation wheel Experiment 16 Try setting the output of Cord 11 to P...

Page 41: ...The Clear Library button erases the entire library so you can start from scratch f Cool Tip Categorize multiple Presets 1 Go to the Tree 2 Click the Presets folder 3 Select multiple presets 4 Right c...

Page 42: ...elect a Category of presets using the Filter by Category option 7 Browse through the Bank Preset and Sample folders to find the sounds you want 8 Right click on a Preset or Sample to Audition the Pres...

Page 43: ...ar song or sequence so that all the MIDI channels play the proper preset To Select the Current Multisetup 1 Click on the Proteus X icon at the top of the Tree The current multisetup appears 2 The Sing...

Page 44: ...ly select presets in a certain category A close up of the current channel settings is shown below To Select Presets by Number 1 Click on the Preset Increment Decrement buttons to move up or down the p...

Page 45: ...16 Multisetup View button to view 16 channels at once This mode is useful for sequencing or when playing multiple MIDI channels Click Here MIDI Controllers Preroll RAM Used CPU Disk Use Meters No of...

Page 46: ...se the small keyboard at the bottom of the window to audition presets on the currently selected channel Select the current channel by clicking anywhere on the desired channel strip The red indicator d...

Page 47: ...to enable disable the Aux FX for each channel The Main Output is unaffected by these buttons These buttons disable the Aux Sends whether the Aux FX are being used or not Please refer to the diagram o...

Page 48: ...o Source in the preferences dialog box is On and an external MIDI device or application is generating MIDI clock the Proteus X tempo will lock to the MIDI clock tempo Master Tune Master Tune adjusts t...

Page 49: ...he Aux ASIO streams can be routed to the PatchMix DSP mixer or to other software devices running on your computer Proteus Sessions in PatchMix DSP The Proteus X factory banks have been designed to be...

Page 50: ...Studio or Emulator X Studio session 3 The PatchMix DSP screen below shows the Main and Aux Output connections from Proteus X Main Output Aux 1 Aux 2 Aux 3 Proteus X Studio Session The routing options...

Page 51: ...of 127 The mini keyboard is used to audition presets and settings without changing the channel of your MIDI keyboard The keyboard plays the currently selected MIDI channel at a velocity of 64 Select t...

Page 52: ...Save the Current Multisetup 1 Set up all the multisetup parameters the way you want them 2 Select Save from the Multisetup window on the toolbar 3 Choose a name and number for the multisetup Changing...

Page 53: ...op up menu 3 The Multisetup will be duplicated renamed Copy of XX and placed in the first empty Multisetup location To Rearrange the Order of Multisetups 1 Click once on the multisetup folder in the t...

Page 54: ...4 Multisetup Global Controls Working with Multisetups 54 Proteus X Operation Manual...

Page 55: ...s is the synthesizer section of Proteus X containing E MU s legendary Z plane filters and powerful matrix modulation To Edit a Preset 1 Select the Sampler tab from the Tree The contents of the current...

Page 56: ...nitial Controllers A P f Changing the initial controller settings is an easy way to customize a preset Simply change the knobs and save the bank These set the initial value of MIDI controllers A P for...

Page 57: ...available at most libraries and bookstores Tuning Tables Description Equal Temperament Standard Western tuning 12 equally spaced notes per octave Just C Just intonation Based on small interval ratios...

Page 58: ...use today Just C Play these chords C E F G A Cm C m Em F m Gm Am Just C2 Play these chords C E F G A B C m D m Em G m Am Bm Just C minor Play these chords C Db D Eb G Ab Cm Em Fm Gm Just C3 Play thes...

Page 59: ...and stops when the key is released The value of this timer can be used on any voices assigned to the key after the key release The Poly Key Timer is a special modulation source controlled by the key...

Page 60: ...rt release Preset PatchCords Preset PatchCords give you real time control of the Preset Modulators There are 12 Preset PatchCords per preset with a source a destination and an amount control The amoun...

Page 61: ...ct all voices Note about multiple voice editing If you open several voices for editing which have different voice parameter settings the parameters in the different voices will remain as they were unt...

Page 62: ...roup number in the Voice Editor screen all voices with that group number will be selected You can define up to 99 groups but a voice can only be in one group at a time To Make a New Group from the Cur...

Page 63: ...the cursor over the desired parameter and then playing the MIDI keyboard or adjusting the value using the keyboard You can also simply drag the blue bar to the desired position with the mouse Voices...

Page 64: ...s are arranged on the keyboard They can be arranged side by side on the keyboard or stacked on top of each other to create layered sounds all within a single voice To Layer Voices and Samples The rang...

Page 65: ...ly crossfaded over a range of five notes As the voice boundaries are crossed playing up the keyboard the lower voice gradually fades out as the upper voice fades in Velocity Window The Velocity Window...

Page 66: ...de voices they must first be assigned to the same key range In the Key Window set the high and low key range of the voices so that they completely overlap 2 Select the Velocity Window button shown abo...

Page 67: ...Verify that the two voices are selected in the Voice Selector section of the window 7 Assign a realtime controller to control the crossfade Select Amp Crossfade as the destination Select a modulation...

Page 68: ...ies using MIDI Continuous Controller messages Unlike the Realtime window the CC crossfades and cross switches occur only at Note on time They cannot be continu ously swept during the note These contro...

Page 69: ...or the currently selected voice s New Voice This function allows you to add a new empty voice to the preset You ll use this function when building new presets from scratch or to add a voice to an exis...

Page 70: ...d in a voice Use these utilities when editing multisample voices New Sample Zone This function creates a new sample zone in the currently selected voice If this operation is performed on a single samp...

Page 71: ...m presets and banks To Copy and Paste Voice s 1 Select the voice s you wish to copy Hold Shift to select contiguous voices 2 Select Copy from the Edit menu 3 Open a new preset if you want to paste bet...

Page 72: ...u can also create a new Link by simply dragging and dropping a preset onto the preset field in the Link page 1 Select the Sampler Tab in the Tree 2 Open the Presets folder by clicking on the sign next...

Page 73: ...inks and Voice Processing branches appear 5 Click on the Links icon The Link window appears 6 Select Links New Link to create a new blank link 7 Click on the Preset button to the right of the preset f...

Page 74: ...d CC Window The CC or continuous controller window works just like the CC window in the Voices and Zones section page 68 and allows you to set the range for each linked preset using continuous control...

Page 75: ...telliEdit is enabled in the MIDI Preferences dialog box See page 19 Hold Crtl Alt and play your MIDI keyboard to select voices with IntelliEdit on Press Ctrl A to select all voices from the voice proc...

Page 76: ...ttings These Templates make it easy to create your own customized voices and presets Templates are saved with the Proteus X application so they re always available for use Here s how they work To Crea...

Page 77: ...Click Delete to permanently remove the Template 3 Click Rename then type in the new name to rename the Template 4 Click OK to close the dialog box To Change the Order of the Templates 1 Select the des...

Page 78: ...on coarse tuning stretches the pitch of the individual samples assigned to a key and may change the timbre of a voice This is the same Coarse Tuning control displayed on the Mix Tune tab of Voices Zon...

Page 79: ...time it takes to glide to the new pitch The larger the value the slower the glide rate The rate is adjustable from 0 to 32 738 seconds Zero seconds equals Off A glide curve setting of 0 equals linear...

Page 80: ...n the sound when using layered voices Sample Offset This function allows you to set where the voice s sample begins playing when you hit a key A setting of 0 plays a sample from the beginning higher v...

Page 81: ...n be programmed between the value range of 100 to 100 Adjusting the Envelopes There are four ways to adjust the envelope parameters The time values are calculated using time and the vertical distance...

Page 82: ...ents The Master Tempo can also be derived from an external MIDI clock to synchronize the envelope times with external sequencer or arpeggiator tempo changes See note Envelope Repeat The Envelope Gener...

Page 83: ...s 16x whole note quad long 16 1 1536 8x dotted whole note 8 1d 1152 16x whole note triplet 16 17 1024 8x whole note double long 8 1 768 4x dotted whole note 4 1d 576 8x whole note triplet 8 1t 512 4x...

Page 84: ...bypassed as the filters steal cycles from your computer s CPU 12th order filters use more CPU and therefore decrease the maximum voice count Filter Descriptions Filter Name Order Type Description 2 p...

Page 85: ...ing depth Vocal Aah Ay Eeh 06 VOW Vowel formant filter which sweeps from Ah sound through Ay sound to Ee sound at maximum frequency setting Q varies the apparent size of the mouth cavity Vocal Ooh Aah...

Page 86: ...VOW E to Ah formant movement Q accentuates peakiness UbuOrator 12 VOW Aah Uuh vowel with no Q Raise Q for throaty vocals DeepBouche 12 VOW French vowels Ou Est vowel at low Q FreakShifta 12 PHA Phase...

Page 87: ...lters since the control functions are slightly different for each filter Dual EQ Morph This is a programmable 2 frame Morphing filter with two EQ sections As the Morph value is increased the filter in...

Page 88: ...ion This allows you to use velocity for example to control expressive timbre via the lowpass filter while the Morph parameter is modulated for another effect As the Morph value is increased the filter...

Page 89: ...ameter The gain parameter for each EQ section stays constant during the morph Peak Shelf Morph This 2 frame morphing filter offers independent control over frequency shelving and peak for each of the...

Page 90: ...on of the voice Subsequent modulation is added to or subtracted from this value This is the same pan control as shown on the Mix Tune tab of Voices Zones page 61 Amp Envelope Dynamic Range Sets the ma...

Page 91: ...Aux FX processors located on the Multisetup page See page 55 The outputs of the Aux FX processors which may be bypassed feed the Aux Output section where they can be directed to any available ASIO out...

Page 92: ...ssfade Random Generates the same random value for all voices in a preset This source is intended to be used for crossfading voices Key Key Tracking This value increases as you play up the keyboard Vel...

Page 93: ...he channel level See page 58 Channel Ramp Slope generator that is triggered by the first key pressed See page 60 Poly Key Timer Outputs a value based on the time a key is held down See page 59 Clock D...

Page 94: ...Send 1 2 or 3 FX processors See page 104 Wet Dry Mix Controls the Wet Dry mix sent to the Preset FX See page 104 Amp Envelope Rates Positive values decrease the rates of all amp envelope stages Amp En...

Page 95: ...es All the modulation inputs on Proteus X are summing nodes This means that you can connect as many modulation sources as you want to an input such as Pitch or AmpVol Modulation sources are simply add...

Page 96: ...o another Note References to musical intervals in the pattern LFO shapes are with the LFO routed to pitch and a PatchCord amount of 38 Delay Sets the amount of time between playing a key and the onset...

Page 97: ...clock to synchronize the envelope times with external sequencer or arpeggiator tempo changes The chart below lists all the displayed musical note divisions when the LFO is set to BPM The Master Tempo...

Page 98: ...page 94 The loop length remains constant as the loop is modulated This feature can be used to implement pulse width modulation and other wavetable scanning synthesis techniques The Random LFO wave is...

Page 99: ...annels Poly 16 A B Two bins of 16 channels each Notes are played polyphonically with dynamic channel assignment using no more than 16 channels Poly 8 A D Four bins of 8 channels each Notes are played...

Page 100: ...from zero Samples start at the beginning If previous note is releasing Envelopes start at Attack segment but from current level Samples start at the beginning When playing Legato Envelopes continue f...

Page 101: ...e 32 MIDI channels Preset Effects are used when you want an effect to be included as part of a certain preset For example you might want to add chorus to a string pad or distortion to a guitar sound E...

Page 102: ...on at the top of the tree 4 Locate the Aux Outputs section in the lower right part of the window and set all the Aux Outputs to EX Main This bypasses the PatchMix DSP hardware effects and sets up the...

Page 103: ...t the string sound you ll use a preset effect How to Add a Preset Effect 1 Select the preset you want in the tree by clicking on the keyboard icon The Preset Global page appears 2 Click on the Effect...

Page 104: ...o use the effects FX Enables Voices per VOICE per PRESET Aux 1 Main Wet Dry Aux 2 Aux 3 Main Main Aux 1 Aux Outputs Aux 2 Aux 3 Aux 1 Aux 2 Aux 3 FX FX FX FX A wet dry per MULTI Aux On Off Post FX Sen...

Page 105: ...s the amount of Voice signal sent to the Aux 1 3 Busses and Effects Voice Wet Dry Mix Adjusts the Wet Dry mix of the Voice main output sent to the Preset effects section Preset Main Output Adjusts the...

Page 106: ...ltisetup uses a percentage of your computer s CPU Extensive use of effects in every preset can easily bog down your computer Effects begin running and using CPU as soon as they are selected Typical Ef...

Page 107: ...presets the Aux Output buttons are used to enable or disable the Aux Effects because all outputs are connected to EX Main If you were using the Aux busses to send signals to physical outputs the Aux...

Page 108: ...hCords The diagram below shows the Proteus X Composer routing scheme Key Points Voice Aux 1 2 3 are turned fully down and are not used The Main Output is turned up full The Wet Dry Mix is turned to fu...

Page 109: ...The Preset Global page appears Choose a sound with a fast release for this example 2 Click on the Effect Select icon at the top right corner of the Effects TV screen A list of available effects drops...

Page 110: ...Diagram on page 105 Aux Effect parameters such as Delay Time Feedback etc can not be externally controlled Effects List Click on the Effects List icon to show the list of effects Aux 1 3 Select Select...

Page 111: ...n the keyboard icon The Preset Global page appears 2 Click on the Effect Select Icon at the top right corner of the Effects TV screen A list of available effects drops down Effects List Click on the E...

Page 112: ...IDI Controller to Wet Dry Mix with an amount of 100 the MIDI Controller would have a full range of control over Wet Dry Mix To invert the control simply set the initial Wet Dry Mix to 100 and set the...

Page 113: ...e menus A pop up list of Templates appears 2 Select Save Effects Template or press S while the popup dialog box is visible The following popup dialog box appears 3 Type in a name for your Template and...

Page 114: ...Template 5 Click OK to close the dialog box To Change the Order of the Templates 1 Right click with the mouse anywhere inside the module border 2 Select Organize Templates The menu shown above appears...

Page 115: ...ction cluster ends the actual Reverberation a dense cloud of complex wall reflections begins and decays according to the time set by the Decay parameter Diffusion is the amount of scattering and densi...

Page 116: ...rate at which low frequencies die away Stereo Mode Independent In this mode the left and right sides function as completely separate reverb units Figure Eight This mode incorporates criss cross feedba...

Page 117: ...Independent In this mode the left and right sides function as completely separate reverb units Figure Eight This mode incorporates criss cross feedback in which the left channel feeds the right and v...

Page 118: ...ct is a true stereo chorus with independent delay lines for the left and right channels The left and right modulation waveforms are always 180 out of phase so that left channel delay is increasing whi...

Page 119: ...ooking for Setting the feedback percentage in the negative range inverts the feedback signal Negative feedback has the effect of deepening the cancellation notches which are created when using short d...

Page 120: ...produced by the delay line See Flanger on page 126 A Tone control in the feedback path cuts some of the high frequency energy each time the audio goes through the delay line This simulates the natural...

Page 121: ...This is the classic ping pong echo effect Left Delay Right Delay Left In Right In Left Out Right Out L Delay Time R Delay Time Feedback HF Damp HF Damp HF Damp Delay Mode Ping Pong stereo The output o...

Page 122: ...g of the delay The four modes are Discrete stereo signal paths remain completely separate Ping Pong stereo The feedback paths feed the opposite channel Ping Pong mono L R The effected signal is summed...

Page 123: ...note to 1 64 dotted note Right Delay Division Sets the length of the delay for the right channel in milliseconds Range 4 1 note to 1 64 dotted note Mode Changes the signal routing of the delay The fou...

Page 124: ...powerful performance tool when the modulation parameters are patched to MIDI Controllers Modulation Parameters Gain Frequency Bandwidth Parameter Description E R Mode Selects the pattern of the early...

Page 125: ...the High Mid Gain control Range 1kHz to 8kHz High Mid Bandwidth Sets the width of the frequency range for the High Mid Center Frequency band that will be cut or boosted by the High Mid Gain control R...

Page 126: ...ks in the notch filter and deepens the effect Modulation Parameters Wet Dry Mix Depth Mod Rate Mod Feedback Parameter Description Initial Delay Sets the initial delay of the flanger in 01 millisecond...

Page 127: ...up the depth control and wet dry mix then adjust the Initial control until you find the right amount of growl Then back off the other controls and a fine tune all the other controls to taste It s Grrr...

Page 128: ...Parameters Wet Dry Mix Depth Modulation Rate Modulation Feedback Parameter Description Depth Controls how much the Center Frequency is swept by the LFO Range 0 to 100 Rate Controls the sweep rate of t...

Page 129: ...especially well on the human voice for harmonization and for special effects With the Feedback control turned up the pitch shifted and slightly delayed signal will be recir culated through the pitch...

Page 130: ...ixed pitch or it can be modulated by an envelope follower The envelope follower sweeps the pitch of the modulating oscillator up or down based on the amplitude of the input signal Try adjusting the Pr...

Page 131: ...ur forefathers did many years ago Modulation Parameters Wet Dry Mix Frequency Depth Parameter Description Frequency This parameter controls the number of samples that will be dropped Range 0 100 Depth...

Page 132: ...the Output Level control sets the final volume of the effect Modulation Parameters Wet Dry Mix Gain Output Level Parameter Description Gain This parameter controls the overdrive amount on the tube an...

Page 133: ...his parameter controls the overdrive amount on the 1st tube and thus the amount of distortion generated Master Volume This parameter sets the output volume level and has no effect on the tone Treble A...

Page 134: ...7 Effects Effects Descriptions 134 Proteus X Operation Manual...

Page 135: ...lding the mouse pointer over the tool a label will appear revealing the purpose of each tool The upper toolbars can be rearranged by simply clicking the Toolbar Handles see below and dragging them whe...

Page 136: ...readouts with either an associated control knob or an up down button adjoining the display Numeric values can be changed by Move the Cursor from the Keyboard Select the Knob or Slider and then Turning...

Page 137: ...ey is pressed repeatedly and if there are multiple voices assigned to that note the selection will cycle through the voices whose ranges overlap that key You can see the selected range of keys display...

Page 138: ...o automatically syncs to an external MIDI clock if it is present in the system If you have an external MIDI device generating MIDI clock or if another application is generating MIDI clock the tempo wi...

Page 139: ...ew options are listed below Large Icons Displays large icons useful for smaller banks Small Icons Displays small icons shown above useful for large banks List Displays Presets and Samples in a list vi...

Page 140: ...s The View Menu provides several display options for the tree The view options are listed below Show Hide Object Numbers Displays or hides the object number for the Sample Preset or Multisetup Show Ba...

Page 141: ...item Find Items When the cursor is positioned in a list such as the tree you can locate specific presets or samples by simply typing the name Typing the first letter of a name finds the first preset o...

Page 142: ...nsitive Menus The right mouse button brings up context sensitive menus in many areas of the Proteus X Simply right click over the field or area to bring up the menu for that function Please refer to p...

Page 143: ...ng acquainted with the Proteus X If you don t like the results simply reload the preset or bank and you ll be back to the original sound Changes are not made permanent until you SAVE a bank Therefore...

Page 144: ...Low Frequency Oscillators In the previous example an envelope generator could be routed to automatically turn the volume control as programmed by the envelope or a low frequency oscillator could be r...

Page 145: ...Cords You use a Cord to connect a modulation Source to a Destination Patchcord a holdover from the days when modules of an analog synthesizer were connected together with physical cords Nowadays we s...

Page 146: ...the voice over time and has 6 stages Attack 1 Attack 2 Decay 1 Decay 2 Release 1 and Release 2 The Filter Envelope generator controls the filter morph and also has 6 stages Unlike the amplifier envelo...

Page 147: ...ollow the same course Controlling the pitch of an instrument is an easy way to hear the effects of the LFO waves Like the Auxiliary Envelope the LFOs can be routed to control any realtime functions su...

Page 148: ...trigger sample start synchronize the LFOs or used directly as a square wave modulation source Envelopes are triggered on the positive going edge of the clock LFOs are triggered on the negative going e...

Page 149: ...divisors Create a global triangle LFO by routing the Clock through a Lag Processor Switch between Auxiliary and Filter Envelope retriggering using a slider or footswitch Retrigger LFOs or Envelopes us...

Page 150: ...e value at note on time Realtime modulation sources such as LFOs envelope generators and modulation wheels can be varied continuously The possible modulation routings are completely flexible as shown...

Page 151: ...add several modulation sources so the output can be controlled by a single Cord Amount Switch Outputs a full value 100 level whenever the input is greater than zero Lag Processors Slow down rapid cha...

Page 152: ...each step The input cord amount controls how many steps are generated A sawtooth wave LFO feeding the input and the cord amount set to 100 generates sixteen steps The output cord amount controls the...

Page 153: ...is to use a chart with frequency on one axis and amplitude on the other Each vertical line of the chart represents one sine wave at a specific amplitude and frequency What is a Filter Most samples ar...

Page 154: ...f frequencies pass is called a band pass filter 20 40 60 80 100 40 80 160 360 720 1440 2880 Frequency Amplitude Cutoff Frequency Output of Filter Low Pass Filter 20 40 60 80 100 40 80 160 360 720 1440...

Page 155: ...e low pass filter The number of poles in a filter describes the steepness of its slope The more poles the steeper the filter s slope and the stronger the filtering action The tone controls on your hom...

Page 156: ...ot included in the selected band are left unaltered This is different from a band pass filter which attenuates reduces frequencies outside the selected band Another parameter sometimes used on a param...

Page 157: ...n many complex parameters are condensed down into one manageable entity Consider as an example the human vocal tract which is a type of complex filter or resonator There are dozens of different muscle...

Page 158: ...know which controller numbers your keyboard transmits Most modern MIDI keyboards let you select a controller number for each control on the keyboard For example it may let you select a number from 0...

Page 159: ...t A B C P C o rd C o r d C o r d C o rd Key Sustain Fine Pitch Pitch Glide Chorus Amount Sample Start Sample Loop Sample Retrigger Filter Frequency Filter Q Amplifier Volume Amplifier Pan Amplifier Cr...

Page 160: ...dn t seem like much of a limitation So it was that the original MIDI specification provided for the selection of up to 128 presets Musicians wanted more presets and so the MIDI specification was later...

Page 161: ...upported however see notes on possible workarounds Supported File Types The Proteus X file Converter can convert the following types of files into Proteus X format Akai S 1000 3000 Akai S 5000 Emu E3...

Page 162: ...choose disks folders or files you want to convert You can select single files by double clicking on them or by clicking on the dialogs Add button You can select multiple selected files or folders disk...

Page 163: ...or more information Akai S 5000 The Akai S 5000 uses files stored on regular computer format disks and uses files with the akp extension for their Programs and these reference wav files to store their...

Page 164: ...ese files won t permit wav extraction and make the file smaller in size by about 20 These wav files aren t looped One very interesting thing about Gigasampler is that the file format had a copy protec...

Page 165: ...files can possibly exist on PC or Mac formatted disks The Proteus X Converter can access and convert both types as it can view both PC and Mac drives Both HALion I and II use the same file format II...

Page 166: ...nored Locating Referenced Samples In any multisample format such as the Proteus X s there are two elements the Program and the Sample The Program is defined as the information that determines what sam...

Page 167: ...e to find the sample and expects it to be there If it is not the Proteus X Converter will still write the reference in the Proteus X s exb file pointing to an empty location so you may fill it in late...

Page 168: ...g other programs onto your hard drive in a form in which the Proteus X Converter can convert them to Proteus X formats You can use various DOS programs written by various people over the years You can...

Page 169: ...lt MultiTrack session for this tutorial Cubase 3 Start Cubase 5 1 from the Start Menu or from the desktop icon The following window appears 4 Select one of the MIDI Tracks as shown above 5 Click the I...

Page 170: ...E DSP MIDI port B800 Options MIDI Setup System MIDI Thru Enabled Thru Off Channel Off PatchMix DSP Make sure you have an ASIO 1 2 input strip in the mixer VST Multisetup The current Multisetup is aut...

Page 171: ...All Sound Off Ctrl Pause Window Close Alt F4 Tile Horizontally Ctrl Shift H Tile Vertically Ctrl Shift V Presets New Preset Ctrl W Open Voices Ctrl Enter New Voice Ctrl W New Sample Zone Alt W Links N...

Page 172: ...e Icon tree Open in New Window Rename F2 Cut Ctrl X Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl P Delete Del Duplicate Ctrl U Audition Category Voice Processing Synth Template List Save Template Organize Templates Voices...

Page 173: ...Folder Merge Proteus X Bank Preset Multisetup Slot Merge place Proteus X Bank Preset Folder in Windows Export as Bank Proteus X Bank Preset Proteus X System Folder Export as Bank Proteus X Bank Prese...

Page 174: ...ve E4 Bank File CD Folder in Windows Copy Move E4 Bank File CD Proteus X System Folder Copy Move E4 Bank Preset CD Instrument Merge E4 Bank Preset CD Presets Folder Merge E4 Bank Preset CD Multisetup...

Page 175: ...Show Bank Prog No Show Large Icons Show Small Icons List View Show Details Help Status Bar CPU Usage Basic MIDI Channel Preset Name Number Number of Samples Playing Samples In RAM Current Voice KYBD R...

Page 176: ...Sample Dump Standard File Dump MIDI Tuning Master Volume Master Balance Notation Information Turn GM1 System On Turn GM2 System On Turn GM1 System Off Other See Remarks No No No No No No No No No No N...

Page 177: ...No No 7 Chan Volume MSB No Yes 8 Balance MSB No No 9 10 Pan MSB No Yes 11 Expression MSB No Yes 12 Effect Cntl 1 MSB No No 13 Effect Cntl 2 MSB No No 14 15 16 GenPur Ctrl 1 MSB 17 GenPur Ctrl 2 MSB 1...

Page 178: ...Sostenuto No No 67 Soft Pedal 68 Legato Footswitch 69 Hold 2 70 Variation 71 Timbre Har Inten Yes Yes 72 Release Time Yes 73 Attack Time Yes 74 Brightness Yes 75 Sound Cntrlr 6 Yes Yes 76 Sound Cntrl...

Page 179: ...off No No 123 All Notes Off No Yes 124 Omni Mode Off No No 125 Omni Mode On No No 126 Poly Mode Off No No 127 Poly Mode On No No Poly mode is always on NOTES Proteus X can receive ANY continuous cont...

Page 180: ...vv 0 left 127 right 64 center All Sound Off Bn 78 00 turns all sound off Reset All Controllers Bn 79 00 ignored in omni mode All Notes Off Bn 7B 00 ignored in omni mode Omni Mode Off Bn 7C 00 forces a...

Page 181: ...07 Aux Sends 1 3 91 on off 47 B Band Pass Filter 84 154 Bank preset display 43 create new using librarian 42 description 23 structure 40 Bank Select MIDI 160 Basic MIDI Channel definition 160 Bias 132...

Page 182: ...127 phase shifter 128 pitch shifter 129 reverb 116 reverb lite 117 ring modulator 130 SP12 ulator 131 tube 132 twin 133 Effects 4 band EQ 125 block diagram 104 105 bypass 110 creating robot voice 120...

Page 183: ...79 J Just C Tuning 57 description 57 Just Intonation 57 K Key glide modulation source 144 ranges fades adjusting 137 transpose 78 transpose voice 76 velocity modulation source 144 Key Sync LFO 97 Key...

Page 184: ...destinations 150 of effects 112 of loop 98 processors 151 source random 148 sources 144 adding 95 Mono Aftertouch 144 Mono A I 99 Mono Mode 180 Morphing Filters 87 157 Multi Mode 160 180 Multiple Tri...

Page 185: ...e 148 crosswitch between voices 67 generator 145 modulation 148 Realtime Controller tutorial 158 Realtime Window 66 Receive Program Changes 20 Reducing Bits effect 131 Release Velocity modulation sour...

Page 186: ...57 Werkmeister 57 Twin effect 133 U Ultra High Precision Interpolation 18 Undo Redo 142 Update Library 41 Use Optimal Buffer Size 18 Utilities link 73 V Vallotti Tuning 57 Variation LFO 97 Velocity C...

Page 187: ...Index W E MU Systems 187 W Waveforms LFO 147 Wavetable Scanning Synthesis 98 Werkmeister Tuning 57 Wet Dry Mix effects 110 111 Wheels Pitch Mod 21 144 White Noise 148 Z Z plane Filter 87 157...

Page 188: ...Index Z 188 Proteus X Operation Manual...

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