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1.1. User interface
The physical user interface consists of buttons, indicator leds, two LCD displays, and 17 knobs. In this
guide the buttons are referred to with their names in ALL CAPS, i.e. MENU means the menu button,
PLAY mean the play button etc.
The sixteen numbered buttons immediately below the LCDs and knobs are referred to either with
their button names (LENGTH, DIVIDER, FX etc.), especially if they are used together with the MENU
button; or if they are used without the MENU button, they are called general purpose buttons, or GPBs
for short (usually with a number, e.g. GPB7 for the 7th GPB from the left). Often the menu pages, too,
are called with their button names (EVENT fron the Track Event page etc.), to indicate the means to
get to that page quickly.
All knobs are called general purpose knobs, or GPK for short (also with numbers) with the exception of
the big knob in the middle of the panel, which is called the datawheel. The displays are called the left
LCD and right LCD.
The unit should have at least one physical MIDI IN and one physical MIDI OUT port, and that's taken
for granted in this guide (it is likely you'll have four of each). These will be called MIDI IN1 and MIDI
OUT1, or just IN1 and OUT1.
The top menu page. Use the datawheel to scroll through the various menu pages on the left.
Almost all of the menu pages can be reached by pressing EXIT (once or a few times, depending on
where you are) to get to the top menu, then using the datawheel to browse the options on the left
LCD and finally pressing a GPB to select the menu you need. However, with Wilba's frontpanel layout
most menus are only one or two button presses away. Some menus/functions have their own
dedicated button, while many others can be brought up by pressing MENU together with one of the
GP buttons. The MENU button, along with several others, can be configured in the HW setup file (see
Appendix 1) to be momentary or toggle. “Momentary” means the function is active as long as you
keep pressing the button, while “toggle” means you press once to activate the function, and another
time to deactivate it. You can choose whatever you prefer; the notation in the guide will be of the
form MENU + [BUTTON_NAME].
