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Evolution UC-33e Getting Started
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Page 2: ...tic Discharge Electrical Fast Transient and Conducted RF interference may cause the unit malfunctioning In such case unplug the unit and plug in again to restore normal operation Ports x MIDI OUT x MIDI IN x USB MIDI OUT IN Power x USB powered x DC IN for external PSU if not using USB Controls x 24 programmable rotary dials x 9 full size programmable faders x 14 programmable buttons x 4 one press ...
Page 3: ...ower Supply 8 Quick Guide UC 33 Overview 9 Testing The UC 33 With Your Software 9 Recalling UC 33 Presets 9 Factory Presets 9 Native Instruments B4 10 Reason Subtractor 10 Native Instruments FM 7 11 Getting More Out Of Your Soundblaster Soundcard 11 Cubase VST SL SX And Nuendo 11 Multi track Channel Strip Mixing With Steinberg Software 11 Creating Your Own Generic Remote Setups For Steinberg Softw...
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Page 6: ...el Assign Controller Assign and Controller Select 8 Dual press function button commands for Memory Dump Device ID and Controller Mute 9 Single press function button commands for Preset Store DATA MSB DATA LSB and Program for sending out program change messages 10 Four preset buttons recall presets 01 02 03 and 04 respectively 11 Backlit LCD display 12 USB MIDI In Out connects to the USB port of yo...
Page 7: ... on the CD ROM as well in case you don t have it already You are probably eager to plug in the UC 33 and get started but it s sensible to check the installation documentation first You can power the UC 33 either via USB or an optional external power supply Use only one method at a time 1 Check that the on off button 15 on the back of the unit is set to Off 2 Plug in the USB cable provided with the...
Page 8: ... automatically recognise the UC 33 and ask for the Evolution Installer CD ROM 7 Select the CD ROM drive and click OK Windows will then ask you to select the CD ROM drive again for the MIDI driver 8 If Windows reports the drivers have not been digitally signed click on Continue Installation 9 Select the drive once more 10 Click OK and you are ready to go If you do not have OMS installed please run ...
Page 9: ...e no difference to the OMS Setup 3 In the next window click OK 4 Click Search 5 Click OK 6 Then OK again 7 Click Save 8 If it asks you click Replace You should now have a final window showing your current Studio Setup If Quicktime Music is crossed out you should double click on it then click in the on circle to enable it Then click OK You re ready to go Now just make sure your UC 33 is selected as...
Page 10: ...mbered B34 to B47 In total 47 MIDI controls each assignable to control functions in your music studio There are also 8 function buttons 6 7 8 9 for various programming and operational functions a blue backlit LCD 11 which gives you feedback and information regarding current operations and finally 4 quick Preset buttons 10 which give you one button access to the UC 33 s first 4 presets At this stag...
Page 11: ...d Reason as a demo on the Evolution Installer CD ROM in case you haven t got it already Assuming Reason is installed correctly please follow the following instructions 1 Launch Reason 2 Select a sequencer track in the demo song playing the Subtractor synthesizer 3 Make sure there is a little MIDI icon in the in column If not click once with your mouse 4 Move any controls on the UC 33 to check that...
Page 12: ...ke sure to set the output of your MIDI track to SB Live Synth or SB Audigy Synth 5 Play your keyboard while moving any faders or controls on the UC 33 1 4 The UC 33 remote controls filter and sound parameters on the SoundBlaster card using some of the extended programming options in the UC 33 Cubase and Nuendo have very comprehensive controlling options so with the UC 33 you will be able to contro...
Page 13: ...neric Remote setups After working with the preset setups you may want to customize or create your own to suit your working method The Steinberg documentation explains in detail how to do this Note If you have already created your own Generic Remote setup make sure to export it before importing the U Control setups We have created a Logic environment to allow you to access the mixing facilities wit...
Page 14: ... respectively 9 16 control the Pan of each channel 17 24 control the reverb and 25 32 control the chorus dials The Master Fader controls the drum channel volume as long as your drum track is assigned to channel 10 Move the controls of the UC 33 and observe the MIDI mixer control move Click on the MIDI plug button on the transport bar This will enable remote control of the transport bar functions T...
Page 15: ...the UC 33 back to the factory defaults just hold down the buttons on the numerical keypad while switching the UC 33 on Note Restoring the Factory presets will erase all UC 33 setups stored to memory You can also organise your presets using the Evolution Librarian Software PC only please check www evolution co uk for Mac version included with your UC 33 Insert the Evolution CD ROM in to your comput...
Page 16: ...ader you should see the display show 01 in the left hand corner and 12 the controller number you have just programmed Moving the fader should now control the size parameter in the Reason Reverb Move Fader 2 and notice how the numbers in the display change telling you that you have selected Fader 02 and controller number 21 is assigned to it 1 Press the function button 7 Assign 2 Type 14 on the num...
Page 17: ...lst simultaneously playing it from a MIDI keyboard then it will be necessary to buy a separate MIDI Merge unit This will allow you to connect both UC 33 and keyboard to your sound module at the same time Example Uses a a UC 33 with a Controller Keyboard 2 Sound Modules and a Lighting Rig In this example you have a UC 33 connected to a MIDI Merge box along with a MIDI Controller keyboard The output...
Page 18: ...ttons to flash the lights and some of the buttons to act more like switches you tap a button to switch a light on or off Some lighting controllers use velocity to set the intensity or brightness of each light Each of the buttons therefore could be set to trigger a light at a different intensity Once set up and stored in a memory the UC 33 would function as a fully able easy to use control surface ...
Page 19: ...ou are using MIDI data is simply control data The MIDI is read by the soft synth The soft synth then completes a large number of complex calculations in order to produce the sound you hear All this takes time We recommend getting a proper soundcard You can get a decent one these days for under 30 If you already have an adequate sound card try re installing the latest drivers for the sound card or ...
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