MiKo™ LXD
MiKo
™ LXD keyboard production station (Gen5)
Operation Manual
Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual
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Page 1: ...MiKo LXD MiKo LXD keyboard production station Gen5 Operation Manual Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 1 ...
Page 2: ...ay be copied reproduced or otherwise transmitted or recorded for any purpose without prior written permission by Open Labs Inc Users Manual written by James Edwin Rhone Jr Editors Ed Ablan Christopher Brown Steve Miller Super special thanks to the Open Labs Development Team for your efforts and meticulous attention to detail You have truly made this a great product Open Labs Inc 2008 All rights re...
Page 3: ...se the MiKo LXD to inclement weather conditions such as heavy rain or use the unit in damp or wet conditions It is unwise to place open containers of liquids near the unit these could spill onto the unit Do not allow any objects or liquids to penetrate the unit Never use or store the MiKo LXD in conditions that are subject to extreme temperatures This mostly includes closed in environments where l...
Page 4: ... USB Devices 27 Using the DVD CD RW Drive 27 Using the Internet 28 Adding Software to your Open Labs Production Station 28 New Software Installation Considerations 29 Chapter 4 Quickstart 30 Steps to Playing Sounds on an Open Labs Production Station 30 Chapter 5 Playing Sounds Riff 33 Before you Begin 33 Setting up the Audio 34 Setting up the MIDI 35 Setting up Your Plug ins 36 Setting up General ...
Page 5: ... Knob Properties Horizontal Slider Properties Vertical Slider Properties 60 Button Properties 61 XY Pad Properties 61 Text Properties 61 5c Using Riff Tutorials 62 Using the Song Grid 62 Creating a New Set and Adding an Instrument 62 About the Sound Browser 64 Saving a Set 67 Rename a Song 67 Importing Racks Signal Chains Songs Inputs 67 Exporting Racks Signal Chains Songs Inputs 67 Using the Sign...
Page 6: ...bar 114 Browser 115 MIDI Pads 116 Pattern Keys 117 Sequencer Master 117 Control Conventions and Keyboard Shortcuts 117 The UNDO button 117 Loading and Saving in GURU 118 Load Save with Riff 118 Load Save a Bundle file 118 Load Save Kits 118 Load Save Pattern Pattern Set 118 Creating Beats with GURU The Basics 119 Recording Patterns 119 Record arming 119 Record mode 120 Commit Undo 120 Patterns and...
Page 7: ...ences 134 VST Plug in Settings 135 Setting up a Virtual Instrument 137 Setting up Recording 139 Setting up Track Input 140 Recording in REAPER with a VSTi 144 Master Panel Layout and Assignments for REAPER 144 DJ Control Panel Layout and Assignments for REAPER 145 Recording 146 Enable Metronome 147 Looping 148 Mixing 151 Importing Existing Tracks 151 Rendering 151 Exporting Tracks 152 Chapter 8 Mi...
Page 8: ...ware 203 Platinum Services Year 1 204 Product Registration 204 Contacting Tech Support 204 1 Hour Get to Know Your Open Labs System Training 204 7 How To Usage Training Sessions Limit 1 Hr Each 204 Limited 3rd Party Software Support 204 Plus Access to Technical Support on Saturday 205 Service Description Open Labs Platinum Services Legal Terms 206 Terms and Conditions 206 Service Overview 206 1 Ho...
Page 9: ...nternational Transfers 210 Notices 211 Typographical Errors 211 Proprietary Notice 211 WAIVER 211 POLICIES 211 LEGAL 211 SUPPORT 211 PLATINUM SERVICE 211 PRODUCT REGISTRATION 211 Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 9 ...
Page 10: ...MIDI Mapping information about mFusion and using mFusion to create MIDI controller assignments MimiK Manual instructions on how to mimik keyboards and MIDI sound modules Hardware Maintenance information regarding the need to make hardware changes Appendix information about preinstalled software audio hardware As well as an appendix for learning the basics of professional audio Useful Suggestions T...
Page 11: ...g system Power to Rock Open Labs production stations can accommodate the fastest processors available more RAM and more storage than any other music workstation Low Latency Open Labs production stations give you near zero latency even under high processor loads Versatility Open Labs production stations are so versatile that they can run virtually any plug in or application designed for the Windows...
Page 12: ...ort will accept a single high speed cable connection This will allow you to share files print and access the Internet DIMM Expansion Slots If your Open Labs production station is currently fitted with less than 4GB of RAM you can install additional memory Open Labs production stations support 240 pin DDR2 DIMMs Call technical support for details about expanding an Open Labs production station s me...
Page 13: ...contact with a smaller portion of your finger and get greater accuracy To have a right click effect with your finger tap and hold down on the screen with your finger In a moment the right click options will pop up for you For fine details use the supplied touchpad Either use a finger on the touchpad with a thumb on the left button for clicking or use two hands Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station...
Page 14: ...n station Network availability is also a plus especially if you plan to transfer work through a local area network LAN Rear Panel Layout On an Open Labs production station s back panel you will find 1 VGA monitor out port 2 Auto voltage switching power supply 3 Firewire 400 port 4 Ethernet 10 100 1000 5 Two USB ports 6 PS 2 keyboard connector 7 Audio MIDI I O panel Audio MIDI Connections Open Labs...
Page 15: ...s etc When an instrument is plugged into the instrument input the microphone preamplifier is bypassed and the interface becomes an active instrument preamplifier Note Active instruments are those that have an internal preamp or a line level output Active instruments should be plugged into a line input located on the back rather than into an instrument input In other words don t plug an active inst...
Page 16: ...rdclock is the manner by which digital devices sync frame rates Proper wordclock sync prevents digital devices from having pops clicks or distortion in the audio signal due to mismatched digital audio transmission Blue solid sync Red sync not present Flashing Red and Blue external sync not present Please note 1 Open Labs production stations have cooling vents on the back panel and on the underneat...
Page 17: ...Connect your Open Labs production station s audio outputs to your monitoring system or 1 Main Volume Control 2 Headphone volume Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 17 ...
Page 18: ...s button down will force the system to shut down 4 Power Reset Button Pressing this will perform a hard reset of the system Power supply power button diagram 1 This is the switch that turns on the power supply it is necessary to have this in the ON position before the machine will power up The button itself has two symbols upon it a circle and a straight line the circle is OFF the line represents ...
Page 19: ...Basic Connection Diagrams The following picture shows examples of the rear audio and MIDI connections Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 19 ...
Page 20: ...The following picture shows examples of the front audio connections Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 20 ...
Page 21: ...pen Labs production station first boots About the BIOS System BIOS is a menu where you can configure your hardware settings The settings pertain to hardware only and will sometimes affect your software programs if configured incorrectly If you plan to make modifications to the BIOS it is recommended that you contact Open Labs technical support The second phase loads Microsoft Windows XP This is an...
Page 22: ...our windows every time you wish to initiate a new application Starting programs via the Start button is also not ideal because the program groups contain all installed programs rather than just those few applications you use the most The Open Labs GUI is designed to allow access to the programs and tasks that you will use most frequently with your Open Labs production station After powering up you...
Page 23: ...ile working on your Open Labs production station When you click on the Util button you will see the following options Audio The Audio button directs the controls for your sound card When you click the Audio button you will see the following options Control Panel Launches the sound card control panel from here you can adjust latency sample rate and boost input volume Mixer This button launches the ...
Page 24: ...ms installed on your Open Labs production station When you click the Apps button you will see the following options Burn CD DVD Launches a CD DVD burning program Play Media This button launches Windows Media Player for the playback of media files Translator Launches a file conversion program Internet Launches the Firefox browser for gaining access to web pages MIMIK KEYBOARD Launches the MimiK key...
Page 25: ... a color code Above each fader is the track numbers listed in color code This gives the user a visual display on what track channel they are about to adjust The other method for feedback is the white scribble strip below the controllers This will be made material supporting dry erase markers and lets the user write on the panel This is useful in a studio environment and live For example some keybo...
Page 26: ...offers tons of features to give you a drum machine style experience Here are some of the features of this fine controller Fixed Level controls Note repeat button with quantize knob 17 individual drum pads with the 17th pad being last pad Chromatic button Hold button Eight engines that hold 24 patterns with eight engine buttons to select Commit button Undo button Transport controls Please refer to ...
Page 27: ...B ports on the back panel If you require more USB ports you can purchase a USB hub Typically USB devices also require you to have Windows XP USB drivers in order for the device to work properly in Microsoft Windows The drivers are provided by your USB device manufacturer and can be downloaded from their support site on the Internet Using the DVD CD RW Drive The DVD CD RW drive can be opened by pre...
Page 28: ...ti virus protection Collaboration with other musicians in sharing of music Network printing and local file sharing Adding Software to your Open Labs Production Station Adding new software to your Open Labs production station is not unlike adding software to your home computer The process still requires that you have the software either on a CD ROM or resident on your hard drive from an Internet do...
Page 29: ...t of the factory installation Your Open Labs production station meets or exceeds the recommended system requirements of the software you wish to install Also ensure that you have the necessary disk space needed to install the program System Recovery Should you install an incompatible program that compromises the stability of your Open Labs production station a hidden recovery partition has been se...
Page 30: ... powersupply power switch is in the on position 3 Boot up the Open Labs Production station Once the system loads up you will see Riff The opening Setlist of Riff has already been preloaded with instruments for you to play Each chicklet is called a Song select a Song by touching the Song or use the Previous Next buttons Read Chapter 5 for the complete Riff manual Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Stati...
Page 31: ...erall Song Volume 5 Low Controls the lowest value of Live Control Oscillation 6 High Contrls the highest value of Live Control Osclillation 7 Time Controls the speed of Live Control Oscillation 8 Offst Controls the timing of the speed of a Live Controls Oscillation 9 Press this button to select Bank A This activates the correct map for the Mix Edit Panel for Riff Mixer Panel The Mixer Panel is not...
Page 32: ... in Riff 4 Transpose Reset If you have transposed the keyboard this button will reset the transpose to zero 5 Record Not assigned for Riff 6 Rewind Not assigned for Riff 7 Play If you have a plugin that has a transport for play back this button will start it and it will be synched to the tempo of Riff 8 Tempo You can use this button to tap the tempo of Riff 9 Preset Up Down If you are using an Ins...
Page 33: ...2 0 compatible sound cards It will enable users to use VST effects and instruments almost like real hardware devices The parameters of Riff and also parameters of the loaded VST plug ins can be controlled through MIDI control change messages or VST automation Before you Begin You should have a good working knowledge of an Open Labs workstation and a computer s operating system For example you will...
Page 34: ...ware driver 1 Select the Audio Options from the Menu Options Audio Options tab 2 In the Audio Device section of this window select your ASIO sound driver if not already selected This is the setting that allows Riff to communicate with your audio driver 3 Hit Apply then OK to commit the changes and exit Audio Device Use this to select the primary ASIO sound driver Audio Input Use this to select you...
Page 35: ...input boxes two three and four to select those MIDI in drivers If you have an 88 key controller for instance you can select the MIDI driver that device is connected to 4 If you intend to send MIDI to an external device use MIDI output 1 to select that external MIDI hardware driver 5 Hit Apply then OK to commit the changes and exit MIDI Input Use MIDI input 1 to select your primary MIDI driver The ...
Page 36: ... to browse 2 Browse to the folder where your plug ins are located and select it The default plug in folder is c plugins 3 Now press the Rescan All button Hit OK VST Plugin directory Use this window to select your main VST plug in directory Use the Clear button to reset this window Also we have provided you three more locations to use as VST directories VST Plugin Scan After adding a VST plug in di...
Page 37: ...ons and to customize the way you work General Select Options from the Menu Options General Options General tab Library Directory Use the Dir button to browse over and select a directory to be used as the default save folder for Riff Start Up Set Click in this window to choose a project to be the default project that starts up with Riff Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 37 ...
Page 38: ...nu Options Keyboard Options Keyboard tab Keyboard Low Range Allows you to select the low range of your keyboard The range is 0 144 Keyboard High Range Allows you to select the high range of your keyboard The range is 0 144 Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 38 ...
Page 39: ... environment to organize collections of VST sound modules effects and performance sets You can think of Riff as a virtual live performance rack that allows you to create songs set lists signal chains effect chains and virtual live controls By reading this section you will gain knowledge of the Riff hierarchy starting with the Set List Set List Window The Set List window is where you start allowing...
Page 40: ...Sound Browser Default View If you would like to see more details about each instrument click the Advanced button in the upper left corner Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 40 ...
Page 41: ...Sound Browser Advanced View The Sound Browser is explained more in Chapter 5a Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 41 ...
Page 42: ...m There are VU meters along that bottom showing the following Audio levels for input and output signal Meters that display the overall CPU and Memory usage of the ENTIRE system MIDI activity light Since this window is scroll free you can literally play an entire show with this screen Refer to Chapter 4 for more information on using the Set List Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 42 ...
Page 43: ...Chain The Signal Chain is a collection of plug ins that start with an audio input stream and end with an audio output stream This is explained more in Chapter 5a Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 43 ...
Page 44: ...ected instrument plug in s graphical user interface GUI You can also reach the Instrument Editor screen by double clicking the instrument in the Instrument Rack or in the Signal Chain This is explained more in Chapter 5a Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 44 ...
Page 45: ...a custom set of MIDI controllers that can be linked to any instrument effect or signal chain control contained within a Song Live controls for a Song are saved within that Song and can be easily recalled imported or exported This is explained more in Chapter 3 Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 45 ...
Page 46: ...hen you first launch Riff the screen shown below appears This Setlist is loaded with a default set Other defaults will have different looks Set List This screen is called the Set List The Song Grid Title Bar Title Bar Controls Status Bar and Lower Section Controls make up this screen This window allows you to add and switch between virtual instruments Each square of the grid is called a Song Open ...
Page 47: ...its and adding VST effects Refer to the section regarding the Signal Chain for more information Title Bar The Title Bar is the area of Riff that contains the program s control menu items Items include Menu Set List Signal Chain Instrument Editor and Live Controls Menu Bar File New Set Creates a new Set from scratch Launches a confirmation dialog because creating a new Set will eliminate current on...
Page 48: ...t Import Song Import Input Import Rack Import Signal Chain Import Live Controls Import FXP Program Import FXB Bank Export Allows the exporting of the following items Export Song Export Input Export Rack Export Signal Chain Export Live Controls Export FXP Program Export FXB Bank Exit Exits Riff Edit Cut Copy Paste items to and from the clipboard Options General Audio MIDI Plugin and Keyboard option...
Page 49: ...ld a Signal Chain Create and Map Live Controls When in Live Mode the following restrictions apply No editing of live controls parameters except setting low and high No right click menus anywhere No adding or removing Banks No adding or removing Instruments Signal Chains Minimize Minimizes Riff Close Exits Riff Play Button This button toggles between play and stop This is for instruments that have ...
Page 50: ...box Here the user can select the color choice for the preset Rename This button allows you to rename the preset Status Bar Tooltips Tooltips will display info on what is being selected Also tooltips will show the numerical value of a changed parameter as well as the name and brief description of the controls as they are moused over Audio VU Meter The Audio VU meter shows the signal for the master ...
Page 51: ...Presets from the Song Set grid pages Each of the Song buttons on the Song Set Grid page has a Signal Chain Moving from left to right each Track is composed of up to 8 instruments Each Instrument can have up to seven effects added to it Preset Inputs 8 Instruments 1 Signal Chain 1 Plug in 7 Effects Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 51 ...
Page 52: ...t Add Input This allows for an Input to be created with a signal chain containing a VSTi or an empty signal chain with no VST In order to use the VSTi s and play them an Input must be selected with the desired plug in Input Column Controls The lower section of the screen shows the controls for the Input Column Those controls are Vol Volume control for the Input All instruments and their signal wil...
Page 53: ...ll be affected Solo Solos the Rack and mutes all other Racks Audio Output Allows you to route a rack to a particular separate output Rename Renames the currently selected Rack Delete Deletes the currently selected Rack Signal Chain Add Signal Chain Accesses the Sound Browser where you can select a plug in and add it to the Instrument rack Up to eight instruments can be added per Track Open Labs Mi...
Page 54: ...ent The user hits the key on the Ivory keyboard and the low is set The change will immediately be seen on the keyboard layout on the Instrument rack Signal Chain Router External Routing Quickly allows you to change MIDI channels and to inter route between other Signal Chains It also creates multiple key splits from one multi timbral instrument MIDI channel selector Channel Out Use this to create a...
Page 55: ...how Params tab on the Instrument Editor lower control screen The last touched control on the plug in will be highlighted on the Params page This is helpful for locating hard to distinguish parameters This is a list of the raw parameters of an effect This will also display parameters that might not be accessible from the plug in GUI Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 55 ...
Page 56: ... the Preset name will expand the list into a scrollable list where a new preset can be selected Previous Preset Selects the previous preset in the list Next Preset Selects the next preset in the list Show Params Shows all the VST parameters without the GUI making it easier to find and change certain parameters You can switch between a GUI and non GUI Make Default Locks user created parameters as t...
Page 57: ...ut that is sent to the next effect in the Signal Chain It is independent of the Vol control for the Instrument in the Instrument Rack Transpose Up Transpose Down Transposes notes sent by one octave up or one octave down Presets Displays the list of the Presets contained within the synth Touching the Preset name will expand the list into a scrollable list where a new preset can be selected Prev Pre...
Page 58: ...t of the raw parameters of an Instrument This will also display parameters that might not be accessible from the plug in GUI The Lower control section is the same as the Instrument Editor tab Show Editor Pressing this button will take you back to the Instrument Editor screen Exporting and Importing User Patches If you tweak out a patch in an instrument you can export that setting by going to Menu ...
Page 59: ...es the Live Control screen between Edit mode and Live mode In Edit mode a user can add remove resize and edit the properties of the Live Control Each Live Control can be mapped to a plug in parameter just like a real hardware control In Live Mode a user cannot add remove resize and edit the properties of the Live Control A left click right click or a touch via the touchscreen on an empty space wil...
Page 60: ...ted Saw Inverts the Sawtooth wave type Inverted Saw waves ramps downward and then sharply rises Square The square wave alternates quickly between two levels Random This randomly selects oscillator parameter values Time Choose the rate of oscillation by adjusting this knob Offset Offsets the starting point of the oscillation dependent on the clock of the host This is used to make knobs sliders hit ...
Page 61: ... exception of resizing them XY Pad Properties Low X High X Sets the low and high ranges for the X axis on the XY pad High Y High Y Sets the low and high ranges for the Y axis on the XY pad Text Properties Creates a box the user can use for typing notes text or labeling in For instance the name of the song or special tricks for that individual song Edit Text This allows you to input the actual text...
Page 62: ...eate a new Song First right click in a grid square and select Add After right clicking you can choose from Add or you can choose from an instrument category The instrument categories are KEYS SYNTHS DRUMS SEQUENCERS BASS SAMPLERS MULTI INSTRUMENT and GUITAR Refer to Appendix B for a list of instruments Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 62 ...
Page 63: ...ck Add you will see the Sound Browser Pick an instrument from the list and press the Add button This will insert this instrument into the Song grid for you to play Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 63 ...
Page 64: ...ruments are arranged by their category You can also create categories Right click and select Add Then drag a plug in to this new category 4 Shared Instruments Lists all the instruments you have enabled for sharing 5 Quarantined If an instrument does not work properly with Riff you can right click it and have it sent to the quarantine list 6 Advanced Switches the sound browser over to the advanced ...
Page 65: ...he name of an instrument then hit Enter on the keyboard to locate it Use the Clear button 8 Options This launches Riff s options page as detailed in Chapter 2 Plug in Options 9 Add Cancel When you select an instrument in the list press the Add button to add it to the song Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 65 ...
Page 66: ... what you will see You can now play this sound with the ivory keys If you want to adjust the settings of the instrument in the first song click the Instrument Editor tab which is located on the Title Bar Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 66 ...
Page 67: ...nu File Save Set As When the window pops up type in a name and hit OK Rename a Song Right click a Song then choose Rename and finally type in a name Importing Racks Signal Chains Songs Inputs Go to Menu Import here you will see the various import options Exporting Racks Signal Chains Songs Inputs Go to Menu Export here you will see the various export options Make sure to have the item you want to ...
Page 68: ...play them an Input must be selected with the desired plug in Add Signal Chain Use this button to create a new signal chain with a VSTi or create an empty signal chain for unique key splits Touching the screen on a blank signal chain will give you the same add option To add that additional sound to this song go ahead and press the Add Input button Again you can decide to pick a sound by the categor...
Page 69: ...a couple ways to create splits You can use the mouse and arrow pointer to create the split Or you can use the touch screen Select the signal chain instrument that you want to split and either touch screen left click and drag from the right or left of the keyboard While you are dragging the ranges will split The other way is to use the Set Range buttons If you are not satisfied with a split and wan...
Page 70: ...ct the second Signal Chain And press the Set Low Range button You will see the following Press the C 3 key on the MiKo NeKo ivories As you can see you now have the lower section of True Pianos split from C3 down and Purity split from C 3 up Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 70 ...
Page 71: ... effects are stored for the chostn signal chain To add an effect use the Add Effect button located above or simply touch the screen on a blank slot under Pressing Add Effect will bring up an effects browser very similar in workings as the Sound Browser You may find it simpler to just touch the Audio FX area then you will see the following You can choose an effect by the category The next screen sh...
Page 72: ...When the effect is selected the Effect Editor will be present in the title bar Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 72 ...
Page 73: ...ll have to move each effect down one slot to open up the MIDI FX slot Right click the MIDI FX Slot and select Add MIDI Effect A screen similar to the sound browser will appear here you choose the MIDI effect The type of MIDI effects you can expect to find here in Riff are arpeggiators MIDI note repeaters basic MIDI step sequencers humanizers etc Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 73 ...
Page 74: ...shot shows the MIDI effect Sequencer Baby has been added to the MIDI FX slot Just like regular audio effects a MIDI effects parameters can be edited via the effect editor Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 74 ...
Page 75: ...icrophone Refer to Chapter 1 for audio device setup options Click on the Add Audio Input button to insert the audio input to the signal chain Once the input is inserted click the Input Output button in the center of the lower control section Use this to configure your audio input source Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 75 ...
Page 76: ...Riff button to a hardware button on the MiKo NeKo First off return to the Set List and add a couple of Songs This will show you how to MIDI learn hardware buttons to control the Previous and Next Song command Right click on the Previous Song button These are the items you can see in this window 1 Learn MIDI learn maps host buttons to MIDI controllers virtual live controls to VST s and virtual live...
Page 77: ...ss the Learning button Select a button on the MiKo Neko once you do this the control will be latched The following picture shows a small icon in the lower right corner of the Previous Song button This represents that this control has been latched to a controller The sign is for something that has been learned the sign represents that a control has been learned relative Open Labs MiKo LXD Productio...
Page 78: ...tion will tell you the MIDI CC number and the MIDI channel a particular control has been mapped to Properties Soft Takeover Allows the user to realign a latched hardware controller to the corresponding VST parameter smoothly Invert Reverses the high low or on off settings of a Live Control Low High Refers to the minimum and maximum value of a parameter s range Hardware Type Encoder Informs Riff th...
Page 79: ...me Signal Chain page lower section Monitor button Signal Chain page upper control play button BPM Tap tempo button BPM 1 1 buttons Signal Chain instrument lower section volume Signal Chain instrument lower section pan Signal Chain instrument lower section mute Signal Chain instrument lower section transpose up down Signal Chain instrument lower section transpose reset Instrument editor lower secti...
Page 80: ...e Controls for VST effect plug ins Here is an example of a Live Control set made for a VSTi These controls can be directly linked to the parameters of a VSTi or VST Hovering over a latched Live Control like the volume for instance will allow you to see what parameter a Live Control is latched to Not all VST plug ins will give such detailed information Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 8...
Page 81: ...ng For this tutorial insert the plug in called MrRay22 Click on a grid go to the Keys category and select MrRay22 Click on the instrument editor tab to show the GUI of Mr Ray The first Live Controls will be for the Strength Stiffness Rel and Kbd knobs in the Mallets section Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 81 ...
Page 82: ... of four Knobs Select the first Knob right click it and select Learn Once you do this the entire grid will turn red indicating a control ready for Learning When Riff is in Learning mode the program awaits for you to select a parameter to latch this knob to Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 82 ...
Page 83: ...tch Riff over to Live mode play notes on your keyboard and use the touchscreen to move the first knob Hovering over the first knob shows it to be mapped to Mr Ray Param 23 which is Mallets Strength To rename or change the color of a Live Control switch back to Edit Mode select the Live Control and press the Pick Color or Rename button Go ahead and learn the other three knobs to the controls of the...
Page 84: ... this the oscillator will take control over the knob You can sync the oscillater to the BPM of the current song by clicking on the Use BPM button Also you can sync to the sequencer host by using the Use Seq button You can latch the oscillators to start with the play button of the host and any other sequencer that has been synced to the host When you hit play the oscillators start oscillating along...
Page 85: ...orial will show you how to MIDI learn a Live Control Oscillator to the volume knob of a signal chain Create a new Song and add any instrument 1 Go to the Live Controls tab and add a new knob Select the new knob and add an oscillator 2 Select the Learn button then select the Knob 3 Select the Signal Chains tab and select the volume knob in the Lower Controls Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Ma...
Page 86: ...nd they are ready to use If you create a complete Live Control set for an instrument or Song and want to save just the control array you can Export this out of Riff for use with another song Keep in mind no mappings will be kept in this type of export To export go to Menu File Export Export Live Controls type in a name and hit OK Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 86 ...
Page 87: ...lti timbral and a sample player the benefits are crucial Using the Currently Loaded Instrument option allows you to use one instance of an instrument in multiple songs This will save you tons of system performance and allow you to achieve far more complex instrument arrangements Anytime you are using big libraries it s a good idea to set an instrument to shared Shared instruments are not limited t...
Page 88: ...To Share an instrument first create a new Song and add Purity to it After doing that go to a new grid of the Setlist select Add the sound browser appears However this time instead of adding a new instance of Purity select the Currently Loaded Plugins tab Here you will see your list of Currently Loaded Plugins Instead of loading a new instance of an instrument select the currently loaded instance o...
Page 89: ... and select Add 2 Select the Currently Loaded Plugins tab and add the currently loaded shared version of Purity After Add has been pressed a new Song is created with this shared instance of Purity as the instrument Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 89 ...
Page 90: ...up Purity for multi timbral use Purity is just the example for this tutorial however many multi timbral instruments work similar The goal here is to have one instance of Purity running utilizing its multi timbral interface having sounds loaded on separate Songs For this tutorial only four Purity MIDI channels and sounds will be used Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 90 ...
Page 91: ...inks are unchecked After the links have been unchecked Other VSTi s will have dfferent sets of rules however the basic principles will relate Purity can use 16 instruments at once over a spread of 16 MIDI channels Select sounds for the one through four slots of Purity These channels will also represent the corresponding MIDI channels Go back to the Signal Chain Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Statio...
Page 92: ...chain is using MIDI channel 1 And will only trigger the sound in MIDI channel 1 of Purity Now let us add a second item to the grid that will trigger the sound you have in MIDI channel two of Purity Also doing this will allow us to utilize the shared instrument we prepared Select a spot directly beside the first Song on your Setlist and click Add Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 92 ...
Page 93: ...a Currently Loaded shared version of Purity We want this Song and Signal Chain to only use MIDI Channel 2 On the Signal Chain page click the Bypass Channel Out button in the lower controls and select MIDI channel 2 Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 93 ...
Page 94: ...whatever sound you selected for the third slot of Purity For the fourth Song go back to the Setlist and Add another Song Song 4 as before use a Currently Loaded version of Purity Go to the Signal Chains tab of this Song and set it to MIDI channel 4 This will trigger whatever sound you selected for the fourth slot of Purity Now when you switch Songs on the Setlist the selected Song will trigger the...
Page 95: ...e basic principles will relate Purity can use 16 instruments at once over a spread of 16 MIDI channels Go ahead and select sounds for the one through four slots of Purity These channels represent MIDI channels For this tutorial the instruments in the first four MIDI channels of Purity are 1 Piano MIDI channel 1 2 FM EP MIDI channel 2 3 Vox MIDI channel 3 4 Pad MIDI channel 4 We will create splits ...
Page 96: ... chain slot From the menu select Add Empty Signal Chain Add three empty signal chains below Signal Chain 1 As you can see in the following image there are three additional signal chains stemming from Signal chain 1 Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 96 ...
Page 97: ...eeds to be set to an individual MIDI channel Signal chains two three and four need to be routed to the first signal chain Since two through four are empty signal chains they need to be routed to Signal Chain 1 this gives them access to the sounds in Purity Click Bypass Channel Out in the lower controls section and set Signal Chain 1 to MIDI out Ch 1 Next signal chains two three and four need to be...
Page 98: ...the lower controls section of Signal Chain 2 you will also see that the routing and MIDI channel out options are properly set Go ahead and route signal chains three and four to Signal Chain 1 and MIDI outs to channels three and four respectively This will complete this multi timbral setup each split should be triggering the patch that you have in the corresponding channel of Purity Follow the same...
Page 99: ...l three Signal Chain 4 routed to Signal Chain 1 containing Purity Signal Chain 4 lower controls MIDI channel out set to channel four This will complete this multi timbral setup each split should be triggering the patch that you have in the corresponding channel of Purity Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 99 ...
Page 100: ...nel The earlier tutorial explained how to do it that way However it is good to know the different ways to setup instruments in Riff Setup a new Song and again add Purity to the Song Remember to unlink the MIDI channels in Purity Go head and assign sounds to some channels Go to the signal chain select the Input for Signal Chain 1 This Input needs to only use MIDI channel 1 The input can be forced t...
Page 101: ...Again this will save lots of system resources Now it is time to add some inputs to use for accessing the MIDI channels used in the first inputs instance of Purity Click the Add Input button and select Add Empty Instrument Input Once that empty input has been added and the Input is selected the Signal chain area remains empty That is ok the next page will show you how to assign the proper options O...
Page 102: ... Output Rack Routing select Rack 1 and under Force MIDI Output Channel select Output Ch 2 Then press Set The following image shows that Input 2 is routed to the Signal Chain 1 instance of Purity Now whatever sound you add to MIDI channel 2 of Purity will be triggered by Input 2 From here you should be able to add more Inputs and experiment with the settings Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Ma...
Page 103: ... MIDI Input Devices Whatever MIDI input devices you enabled in the main MIDI setup options for Riff will be present here You can also set an MIDI in for a connected external MIDI controller to play the sound in the selected input MIDI Input Channels Choose the MIDI Input Channel for the selected Input Force MIDI Output Channel This option enables the selected input to send MIDI out on a particular...
Page 104: ...ng a new instance of Mr Ray select the currently loaded Mr Ray and either press the Add button or double left click the instrument This is also how you share an instrument in Riff The next picture shows you what an Instrument looks like after Shared has been enabled The Mr Ray icon in the Stream Processor is now yellow This represents an instrument is shared Go ahead and jump over to the Instrumen...
Page 105: ... a patch you like then hit Make default then hit Song restore 3 Add a new Song once you reach the Sound Browser click the Currently Loaded Plugins tab Here you will see your list of loaded instruments Instead of loading a new instance of an instrument select the instrument that is to be shared and either press the Add button or double left click the instrument 4 Go into the Instrument Editor of th...
Page 106: ...will be able to create rhythms like never before The following sections shows what controls what Bump MP Assignments Mix Edit Panel Assignments Bank B of the Mix Edit panel is the default selection for BUMP MP inside of Riff and Guru Please refer to the main Guru PDF document for complete instructions for this application You can also get more information by visiting the FXpansion forum for Guru h...
Page 107: ...use the Song Import feature to load a song template This ensures everything is set to go We have provided you with a blank Guru template which contains everything pre assigned Aways be careful not to save over any of the default templates Go to Menu Import Song Then select Guru LXD Template song and hit OK Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 107 ...
Page 108: ...Doing this ensures that all tempos are locked together Changing the BPM in Riff also changes the tempo in Guru There are some technical things you should be aware of with this setup Please read on for an explanation why we suggest you use Bump MP this way The following image shows what the Bump MP Guru template song looks like in the Signal Chain There are two inputs from Bump MP feeding the insta...
Page 109: ... the Bump MP drum pads to talk to Riff If you look at the MIDI Input Channel for this Input you will see that Input Ch 11 is selected This isolates the drum pads from receiving MIDI from any other channel or device not using MIDI channel 11 Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 109 ...
Page 110: ...tons knobs and the last pad drum pad to talk to Riff If you look at the MIDI Input Channel for this Input you will see that Input Ch 12 is selected This isolates the control buttons and knobs from receiving MIDI from any other channel or device not using MIDI channel 12 Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 110 ...
Page 111: ...dise You can layer either stacked or velocity layered with crossfades up to 8 samples on a single Pad adjust start end points gain pan pitch and filtering add one of the built in effects or adjust send levels to any of the 3 Engine Aux effects There are also 2 envelopes to play with in the Pad Edit view one for amplitude and one for filter cutoff pitch and certain effects destinations The Pads are m...
Page 112: ...lice is loaded per pad and FULL mode where up to 8 slices are loaded per pad using the Layers This allows Guru to fit long loops up to 128 slices in a single engine it also supports a Linear Scoring mode where instead of smart slicing by drum type the slices are simply mapped to pads 1 16 in the order they occur in the loop file much like a conventional slicer When slicing loops and generating Sco...
Page 113: ...ea in GURU It can be in any of the following view modes Pattern view Graphs view Pad Edit view Aux Effects view Mix view Scenes view Options panel Each of these view modes have a corresponding button in the GURU toolbar Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 113 ...
Page 114: ... graphs pad edit effects mixer and allows you to apply a controllable amount of randomization to either the current pad or various combinations Click on the randomize slider to generate a new set of seed values then drag to the left or right to apply them progressively to your patch Hold down ALT or SHIFT while dragging the randomize slider to apply the process over a wider area if you don t like ...
Page 115: ...ply click on the name to go up a folder level Auto mode You will notice that all tabs of the Browser have the Auto button Auto mode allows preview in context the elements which are selected in the Browser play in place of the elements you are replacing which are already loaded into Guru while unaffected parts play as normal Thus you can hear what the file you re thinking of loading onto Pad s Patt...
Page 116: ...default C1 to D 2 The Pads light up blue kicks red snares yellow hihats and green percussion hits in response to being played Pads are also selected for editing by clicking the pad and selecting the Edit button in the toolbar This provides quick access to the Pad Edit view See chapter 3 of the GURU manual for more details on Pads and the Pad Edit view Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 1...
Page 117: ...s When there is something to Undo you ll see the Undo button highlighted Any operation which involves notes in Patterns can be undone even loading Patterns from the Browser The Undo button is also used in Record mode in order to Undo the last take When in Record mode this button can be controlled by a MIDI note Keyboard shortcuts GURU is quite heavily dependent on keyboard shortcuts in order to fa...
Page 118: ...s makes it easy to share GURU setups and songs Also you can use Menu File Save Set As to just save the current array in Riff If this is a very complex array it would be a good idea to save it both ways just to be safe Load Save Kits The Browser allows you to save Kits KIT files the entire content of an Engine minus the Patterns the Pads including their Pad Edit settings effects and Aux sends the E...
Page 119: ...enabled GURU will play a metronome click while Recording is in progress Quantized Record If this option is enabled GURU will quantize all input to the nearest step If the option is disabled GURU will preserve the timing of your playing using Shift graph values Setting a Tempo The best way to set a tempo or BPM for GURU is to use the BPM function of Riff Use one of these options to set a desired BP...
Page 120: ...llowing Press the Play button on the DJ panel of Riff to stop Recording and return to Record armed mode Press the Record button on the GURU interface in order to stop Recording but continue playback You can enter Record mode again at any time during normal playback by hitting the Record button Now try switching to pattern two of Engine 1 and repeat the pattern record steps You could also switch to...
Page 121: ...r each Pad on which to enter notes A Pattern has 1 page of 32 steps by default which can be reduced down to 1 step if you wish It is possible to have 16 pages each with up to 32 steps in other words the GURU sequencer system has up to 512 steps It is important to remember that in Engine 1 and by default in Engines 2 8 16 steps represents 1 bar in other words a step is a 16th note in duration Howev...
Page 122: ...red within 1 sequencer step spaced apart equally Shift shifts play position of a Pad forwards or backwards between adjacent steps and Scrub moves the sample start point between the start and end of the samples on the Pad The following page lists all available Graphs Graphs are examined in detail later in chapter 6 of the main Guru manual However it is useful at this point to note that the Shift Gr...
Page 123: ... the setting in the pad editor is Duration Duration sets the length of any sample in musical units but only affects samples whose Gate option is turned on in the Pad Editor NB to set very short durations or to affect samples that don t have Gate turned on use negative values in the Scrub graph Holding down ALT or ALT SHIFT when painting in the graph editor will apply the current edit to multiple t...
Page 124: ...nspawn com You can find the complete Karsyn manual by navigating to c Program Files OpenLabs Karsyn User Manual Key Features Low Latency Multiple Instrument Hosting Play up to 32 virtual instruments live with mixing and routing to multiple audio outputs Performance Automation Reconfigure virtual instruments and MIDI routing instantly with remote controlled presets Advanced MIDI Routing and Filteri...
Page 125: ...duplicate and hide output busses 3 Create and manage presets 4 Configure program options 5 Rename plug ins open the Add Module menu and right click to rename 6 View CPU utilization 7 MIDI Panic Output Busses On each buss you can View audio levels going into the audio output device post buss effects with the peak level LED Change the volume of all audio routed to the buss with the buss volume fader...
Page 126: ...ding an Instrument Module can be accomplished in several ways Select the File New Module menu item Press the INSERT key on your keyboard Right click on the Control Module or a Module and select Add Module Press the Module Add button on the Control Module To delete an Instrument Module as indicated by the selection caret press DELETE on your keyboard the module minus button on the Control Module or...
Page 127: ...cts Advanced Performance Recovery Advanced Performance Recovery APR is a performance feature designed to provide Karsyn some additional resilience in a live situation Preferences You can change Karsyn s preferences by selecting Options Preferences from the menu bar or by right clicking on the Control Module and selecting Preferences MIDI Input Ports Enable Disable MIDI Input Ports Use this list to...
Page 128: ...l if the instrument supports only certain channels e g only channel 1 or if you wish to do complex routing of multiple MIDI input devices Disabling can be useful if you have one controller split between multiple instruments The list contains each remap entry up to 16 with a from and a to column The list will only display entries that are remapped to different channels Any channel not listed in the...
Page 129: ... do not and you must consult the instrument manual and select a numerical field If you manually configure a remap entry so that From and To fields are identical the entry will not remain in the list if you close and re show the console Continuous controller remap is MIDI input port specific You will have as many controller maps as you have input ports Highlight the input port at the left to displa...
Page 130: ...s Incoming MIDI continuous controller data may be remapped to VST or DirectX 8 0 automation parameters They can also be configured to toggle the effect s parameter This can be useful to remap For example your foot pedal MIDI input to Amplitube s stomp effects The list contains each remap entry up to 128 with a from and a to column along with a toggle checkbox The list will only display entries tha...
Page 131: ...ages are used to change presets instead of being remapped and sent to the instruments Creating Presets Presets can be created by clicking the Presets button to the left of the presets list on the Control Module The new presets will be given a name that represents the time and date the presets is created Presets can also be created from within the Presets Manager described below Changing Presets fr...
Page 132: ...you how to record using your Open Labs production station This is not intended to replace the REAPER PDF manual Topics covered in this guide are Opening REAPER Custom Color Themes Inserting and Using a VSTi Inserting an Audio Track Setting up VSTi Preferences Recording with a VSTi Rendering a Mix to File for Burning to CD Exporting Tracks for use in Other Programs New to Recording If this is your ...
Page 133: ...e Open Labs shell simply double left click the REAPER Icon on the desktop This will launch REAPER When you open REAPER if it looks different than the pictures used in this guide this is because REAPER allows you to use a custom color theme In the following example you will be shown where to switch color themes Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 133 ...
Page 134: ...n REAPER REAPER on your Open Labs keyboard has already profiled your VSTi s and is ready to go The following section tells you how to scan directories of VSTi s that you have added If you have not installed additional VSTi s then you can skip this next section Setting VSTi Preferences There may be some options that pertain to you and your setup in the following example Usual options are the get pl...
Page 135: ...ed a plug in and it does not show in the list and RESCAN DIRECTORY does not resolve then use this option Get VST plug in names types when scanning By default REAPER retrieves the full plug in name and type when scanning Clear this checkbox to prevent this behavior What does this mean If you have this option enabled it will take much longer to scan your VST plug ins because as REAPER scans and init...
Page 136: ...Selecting this checkbox may provide compatibility with poorly coded or older VST plug ins but will also increase the CPU overhead of REAPER Don t flush synthesizer plug ins on stop In general this should be unchecked unless you have plug ins that don t handle the mainschanging properly some SynthEdit based ones reload all of their samples for example Inform plug ins of offline rendering state This...
Page 137: ...STi s using this button Setting up a Virtual Instrument Starting from a new project window this how you prepare a plug in DXi VSTi or other supported plug in for output Press Control T to add a new track Then click the FX button You will then see the FX chain view page Press the Add button located to the bottom left Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 137 ...
Page 138: ... shown in the following illustration Select VSTi from the left side menu For this example select MrRay22 in the VSTi window either double left click drag and drop it onto the track or select it and press OK MrRay22 is included with your Opens Labs production station Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 138 ...
Page 139: ...ntered Record Output MIDI similar to the input mode but instead it records the MIDI coming out of the FX chain For instance it would record the effects of a MIDI VST on to the track It also renders the live output of a VSTi Record MIDI This will enable overdubbing in selected items and will add notes within items this is great for loop recording Record MIDI Replace in selected items this will repl...
Page 140: ... a track left click the button This is located on the VU meter on the track In the examples below you will see the input source sections If you need to input a drum machine guitar or microphone follow these guidelines Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 140 ...
Page 141: ...achine and a keyboard all at once and record them just add a track for each source and select an input for that source Plug the microphone into MIC input 1 and the guitar into Mic Input 2 these are the front inputs of the production station For the drum machine and keyboard use LineIn 1 and LineIn 2 these are located on the back of the production station Remember to arm your tracks Open Labs MiKo ...
Page 142: ...from the Presonus Firebox Stereo input allows a source to be assigned to paired inputs of the Firebox The process is the same as for the mono inputs except the stereo ins are paired together as Mic 1 and 2 and LineIn 1 and 2 Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 142 ...
Page 143: ...ugh By default all tracks are preset to this port If you need to route MIDI from an external sequencer or MIDI device use the Presonus FIREBOX MIDI In The firebox port is located on the back of your Open Labs production station Here you have options to only record certain MIDI channels or all MIDI channels You can even select all channels from all MIDI inputs Select the input you want to use Open ...
Page 144: ...4 Red Tracks 25 32 3 Mute Buttons Allows for muting the adjacent track 4 Track Volumes Each volume fader is tied to the adjacent track in REAPER 5 Master Volume Controls the master volume slider in REAPER 6 F1 Split at cursor Allows you to split the selected event or events at the cursor 7 F2 Pressing this button brings up the REAPER Media Explorer window 8 F3 Pressing this button brings up the RE...
Page 145: ...t back to the zero 5 Record If you have a track or tracks armed in REAPER this will start the record function 6 Rewind Sends the Transport back to start of the project 7 Play Initiates playback of a track 8 Tempo Allows you to use tap tempo to set the desired BPM for a project 9 Preset Change UP DOWN This will allow you to go to the next preset of an instrument The instrument has to allow MIDI pre...
Page 146: ...eys and the MIDI notes will be recorded Once you record a few bars this is what you will see Hit the play button to play it back You may need to hit rewind The metronome will help you to stay on time Here is how you setup your metronome First right click the metronome icon You will then see the metronome settings window Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 146 ...
Page 147: ...e a media file as the first sound of your click If you have a sound you would like to substitute as the click source insert it here This sound will be the first hit of the click The volume of this one is controlled by the Metronome volume slider Subsequent beat Allows you choose a media file to be the secondary click of your metronome The volume of this click will be controlled by the Secondary Be...
Page 148: ...ding the Project Settings window Looping If you would like to loop the event you just recorded you can do so by selecting a region to loop Simply left click and drag from the start of the project to the end of the area you want to loop In this example 1 1 00 to 5 1 00 is highlighted To loop playback or recording you need to turn cycle on Do this either by pressing the cycle button or by using the ...
Page 149: ... bar loop and will cycle around once the transport reaches the end For recording MIDI drums you might want to set the record mode to overdub Every time it cycles it will allow you to add more notes When loop recording is in normal MIDI record mode every time the transport cycles around a new take will be created Start recording and let it make four cycles Vary what you play each cycle Open Labs Mi...
Page 150: ...t of the take or press T to toggle to the active take and it will solo itself from the others This example has the second take selected Right click the take you want and select glue This keeps the take you want while deleting the others Refer to the REAPER PDF manual for more information on recording with plug ins Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 150 ...
Page 151: ...PER will automatically add tracks to accommodate them 2 Inserting them through the Insert menu item Note the media item under the Insert menu is for supported sound formats and for video media as well Rendering When your mix is finished it s time to combine your individual tracks into a single stereo file Rendering is done by clicking File Render or pressing the C5 button on your Open Labs product...
Page 152: ...n is bundled with a CD DVD burning program If you are unsure how to access this program please call an Open Labs technician Exporting Tracks If you would like to prepare a MIDI track for export into stems to be used by another program you will need to consolidate the project The first step is converting the MIDI to audio 1 Right click your MIDI event Note the section Apply FX to items as new take ...
Page 153: ...al MIDI event with the new AUDIO take directly underneath From here you need to decide whether the audio portion of the event is what you want Left click to select the audio portion of the event Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 153 ...
Page 154: ...ent and select glue selected items This is the finished event MIDI has been converted to a stereo audio track You can export this as a track stem to be used in another program To do so go to File Consolidate Export tracks Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 154 ...
Page 155: ...acks 1 5 7 and 14 for instance Hold down CTRL and left click each track you want to export Consolidate to Allows you to choose the format of the exported track WAV bit depth Make sure the program you are exporting to can handle the bit depth you choose Some programs can only handle up to 32 bit Output settings This area allows you to choose the directory or folder you want the exported audio to go...
Page 156: ... an entire bank at once Performance banks and custom patches may have nuances that really need to be dialed in therefore increasing the time and disc space required There are a number of ways to reproduce a custom or performance patch For instance some performance patches are made up of multiple sounds Instead of MimiKing the performance patch MimiKeach sound that is in that performance patch Then...
Page 157: ...cable into the MIDI in port of the keyboard or module you want to mimic Next obtain one or two inch audio patch cables Plug one end into the audio output s of the keyboard you want to mimic Then plug in the other end to audio input one and two if you are recording a stereo keyboard of the Open Labs production station Now we need to test if cables have been correctly hooked up Make sure the Open La...
Page 158: ...d on do so now Shut down all other programs that are running Other programs may interfere with the recording process Launch MimiK The main window should appear Click on the Options button The options dialog will appear Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 158 ...
Page 159: ...vice is chosen For most users it will be the PreSonus Firebox MIDI Out This will be the default MIDI device driver for your installed MIDI output device but it can be any MIDI output device you have installed This is the default Output Directory for the samples The default save path is C Program Files Cakewalk Dimension LE Multisamples MImik Output Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 159 ...
Page 160: ...nitor Button By default this is on When highlighted all audio input will be routed to the audio outputs of the Open Labs production station This is useful when you want to hear the progress of the MimiK process MimiK Button Starts the MimiK process The MimiK process basically consists of sending MIDI notes for each key on the keyboard for a specified period of time and recording the output This pr...
Page 161: ... Defines the output directory that all the samples are stored in To pick another output directory click on this text box to bring up a directory picker dialog Low Range and High Range Defines what MIDI messages will be sent from MimiK to the keyboard These notes are inclusive You may either drag up or down to raise or lower each range Or you may type in a valid note Click on the play button beside...
Page 162: ...The higher the bitrate the more disk space used Quality When the OGG Vorbis format is used the quality of the output files can be edited The higher the quality the better sounding the sample will sound Keep in mind that higher quality settings will also create larger files Quality 0 is roughly equivalent to 64kbps on average 5 is roughly 160kbps and 10 gives about 400kbps Most people seeking very ...
Page 163: ...eter is the time that a note will be played During this time period no sound is actually recorded The recording will begin once the note is let up MIDI note off message is sent The Offset parameter is any additional time to NOT record after the MIDI note off message is sent This is useful for tweaking and isolating a specific part of the sound The Release parameter is how long to record after the ...
Page 164: ...rd you are trying to mimic has its MIDI input enabled read the keyboard manual If you plan on MimiKing multiple sounds from multple banks make sure your MIDI keyboard or module has MIDI bank select enabled and MIDI program change selected If you hear a note and see the VU meter lighting up when you hit the play button then you are ready to pick what you want to sample from your keyboard How to Pla...
Page 165: ...e Select the sfz file and press the Open button The test file made for this lesson was called Grand Piano You can see Grand Piano sfz loaded into Dimension LE This sound is ready to be played To learn more about Dimension LE please read the Dimension users guide located on the MiKo LXD Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 165 ...
Page 166: ...ve you some information about True Image Before You Begin Before you begin performing any system restoration it is important that you do the following things If you have added additional hardware that differs from what was originally configured for your MiKo please remove or detach the device If your system is stable enough for data backup please do a full system backup of your data files In many ...
Page 167: ...u risk the chance of device or system malfunction or system corruption which may require system recovery Your hardware should comply with the motherboard specifications For example use only DDR2 memory when you wish to upgrade onboard memory If you do not use the correct memory for your system you will experience instability and perhaps even data corruption Ideally all memory should be from the sa...
Page 168: ...dio MIDI application to see all of the inputs and outputs available on the sound card The user can then assign these I O ports as needed for recording or playback when using an ASIO compatible software program This allows the users to record more tracks simultaneously than the previous limitation of two channels imposed by a standard sound card ATTACK The initial transient or first part of the env...
Page 169: ...listener in a typical listening or viewing environment when using the best available compression would perceive as not significantly worse than the reference standard Audio MP3 4 kbit s minimum necessary for recognizable speech using special purpose speech codecs 8 kbit s telephone quality 32 kbit s MW AM quality 96 kbit s FM quality 128 kbit s Typical acceptable music quality 256 320 kbit s Near ...
Page 170: ...lifier that enables a recording or mix engineer to control the relative amplitude of various frequencies in the audible bandwidth Put another way the equalizer lets you exercise tonal control over the harmonic content or timbre of a recorded sound EXPANDER A device that increases the dynamic range of a signal FADER A linear attenuation device or linear volume control FILE TYPES WAVE WAV or WAVE sh...
Page 171: ...rs at Xerox PARC who went beyond text based hyper links and used GUIs as the primary interface for the Xerox Alto computer Most modern general purpose GUIs are derived from this system For this reason some people call this class of interface a PARC User Interface PUI note that PUI is also an acronym for perceptual user interface The PUI consists of graphical Virtual Live Controls often provided by...
Page 172: ...is unified into a virtual MIDI port so that any music application may receive data from all attached MIDI controllers through one single MIDI port The individual MIDI ports from each device remain available however for maximum flexibility MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface or MIDI is an industry standard electronic communications protocol that defines each musical note in an electronic musi...
Page 173: ...numbers of record playback tracks although issues such as memory and CPU available will in fact limit this from machine to machine It has to be noted that on computer based systems the number of simultaneously available recording tracks is limited by the sound card discrete analogue or digital inputs When recording audio engineers can select which track or tracks on the device will be used for eac...
Page 174: ...lthough not technically an oscillator because it does not repeat a pattern the noise oscillator generates semi random values within a certain frequency PHANTOM POWER Power for a condenser mic that comes directly from the console through balanced mic cables by supplying a positive DC supply voltage of 48V usually to both conductors pins 2 3 with respect to pin 1 This voltage is distributed through ...
Page 175: ...gital co developed by Sony and Philips SEQUENCING MIDI Sequencer In the field of electronic music a sequencer was originally any device that recorded and played back a sequence of control information for an electronic musical instrument Nowadays the term almost always refers to the feature of recording software which allows the user to record play back and edit MIDI data This is distinct from the ...
Page 176: ...s without affecting the studio s headphone monitor mix recorded tracks or mixdown signal STREAMING A system for transmitting audio and or data through a transmission media such as the web in real time SUSTAIN In a traditional envelope the level at which an enveloped setting remains after the Attack and Decay stages until the key is released SYNC The locking of relative transport or playback speeds...
Page 177: ...gital waveforms which are rendered from pre recorded samples WORD CLOCK A word clock is a device used to create a regular pulse used to synchronize other devices such as digital audio tape machines and compact disc players which interconnect via digital audio S PDIF AES EBU ADAT and other formats use a word clock A word clock neither produces nor uses timecode it is used entirely to keep a perfect...
Page 178: ...riven Filter Set Good For Synths Use to create sweeps and other effects bitred Bit depth reductiion Blood Bucket Synth Lead Ambient Sounds IDM Glitchcore Illbient Kid 606 Venetian Snares Boss DS 1 Distortion Distortion Stomp Pedal Simulator Useful for String Instruments Boss SD 1 Distortion Super Overdrive Stomp Pedal Emulator Creates Over driven Tube Amp effect Useful for String Instruments BUZ D...
Page 179: ... Guitars and strings Lallapallooza_lite FM Synth Lead Pads Experimental Industrial Front 242 Merzbow mdaBandisto Distortion multi band distortion mdaCombo Amps combo amp mdaDegrade bit reducer mdaDelay Delay mdaDetune Detune detune by cents mdaDubDelay Delay delay with LFO settings mdaLeslie Amps Leslie style rotory cabinet mdaLoudness Dynamics level booster mdaMultiBand EQ multi band EQ mdaOverdr...
Page 180: ...drive Module with Octave Adjustment ORGANized_trio_v30 ozzifier Pitch delay doubler Phadiz P PD Synth Lead Pads Electronic Ambient Vangelis The Orb Plugsound Free Multi Instrument Sound Module Lead Misc All Genres Any Artist ppp EQ Ping pong pan ProtoPlasm21free Multi timbral synth Lead Pads Electronic Experimental Orbital Little Computer People PS 1 Filters Simulated Oberheim Phaser Stomp Box Pur...
Page 181: ...el thunderkick EQ Subsynth filter TickyClav Clavinet Emulator Lead Rock Pop Funk Mates of State Stevie Wonder The Commodores Transient driven Auto Pan v1 1 Master EQ Transient driven auto pan Master Transient driven Auto Pan v1 1 Slave EQ Transien driver auto pan Slave TransientController Dynamics Transient control tremolo Filter Repetitive variation in amplitude TruePianos Piano Module Lead Rock ...
Page 182: ... down the menu to select the digital sync source INTERNAL SPDIF Must be selected to use the SPDIF input Note that Control Panel settings will be saved upon power down Latency Sets the amount of delay time 1 5ms 24ms Latency is the time it takes for the computer to process audio Lower latency settings demand more CPU resources In the case of inconsistent audio i e drop outs pops and clicks digital ...
Page 183: ... includes a software MIXER ROUTER for flexible monitoring and routing of the audio signal before it hits your software program This is helpful to avoid the time it takes to process the audio you are recording called latency Therefore you can mix the input signal going into the interface with the playback from your software for zero latency recording and monitoring Note The default settings picture...
Page 184: ...f your software 3 Connect your microphone to input 1 and turn on phantom power if needed 4 You can now adjust the levels of your microphone and your software playback to your desired levels for recording monitoring only 5 If using headphones select Mix under Mix to Phones This will send the output of the Mixer to the headphone output 6 In the MIXER OUTPUT section of the interface Mixer select the ...
Page 185: ...R The silver tracks represent the six possible inputs from the interface as well as the software playback The blue section contains information on the output of the mixer Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 185 ...
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Page 188: ...to 1 Press the Open Labs icon in the lower left corner of the screen press the QUIT button and select Exit to Windows 2 Right click the desktop and then click Properties on the shortcut menu 3 In the Display Properties dialog box on the Settings tab click the blue rectangle with the number 2 which represents the external monitor and then select the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor check...
Page 189: ...on the Open Labs touch screen desktop space without icons appears on the external monitor You may find it easier to show the taskbar on the external monitor since it is usually the larger of the two screens 1 On your touchscreen right click an empty area of the taskbar and then click Lock the Taskbar 2 Drag the taskbar to the external desktop and drop it where you want it to appear Accessing the I...
Page 190: ...tation touchscreen is called Digital Display Clicking the drop down menu of the Operation Mode section will reveal the following options Intel R Dual Display Clone The display mode where the primary display is shown on all active monitors that are attached to a graphics adapter Extended Desktop A mode that allows a user to extend viewing capabilities by using two monitors at the same time Open Lab...
Page 191: ...ndary Devices Clone Mode Extended Desktop Mode By default we recommend that the primary display always be set to Digital Display However you can change this and select the external display to be the primary the touchscreen then becomes the secondary monitor Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 191 ...
Page 192: ...n tab This represents each display being independent from the other Rotating one display does not affect the other If you have to rotate a display afterwards press Apply to commit the changes If you chose Extended Desktop as the operating mode you can use the window on the right side called Position to arrange the monitors to match the way they are physically arranged Select the monitor and just d...
Page 193: ...customize your touchscreen to your touch style that property is called 4 points Calibration Start by pressing the Open Labs icon in the bottom left corner Press Control Panels then press the Touch Screen Icon to launch it s interface Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 193 ...
Page 194: ...nce the Touch Screen utility loads press the Tools tabs Now select 4 Points Calibration The Calibration screen will appear next Please go to the next page Open Labs MiKo LXD Production Station Manual 194 ...
Page 195: ...he fingernail touches works greatly Keep in mind that some buttons in applications are smaller if you have wide fingers it would be a good thing to use the fingernail as described earlier Touch the blinking symbol on the screen until it beeps or it stops blinking There will be four symbols to push 1 Bottom left 2 Bottom Right 3 Top Right 4 Top Left Upon completion this dialog window will pop up Pr...
Page 196: ...me the item appropriately 2 While the shell is running hit windows key E This launches Windows Explorer 3 Browse over to your desktop 4 Drag the shortcut from desktop to the Open Labs Shell Icon in the bottom left of the screen Once you get to the Open Labs icon the other tabs will show themselves keep dragging the item until you are hovering over the Record button 5 Release the shortcut over the ...
Page 197: ...o warranty or repair rights in Europe for the product Be aware however that many countries may not yet have Open Labs Authorized Service Providers and not all Authorized Service Providers have all parts or replacement units for the product If the product cannot be repaired or replaced in the country it is in it may need to be sent to a different country or returned to the country of purchase at yo...
Page 198: ...amage caused by accident abuse misuse misapplication or non Open Labs products including improper cleaning of controls or contacts due to exposure to a dirty dusty or otherwise contaminated environment b to damage caused by service including upgrades and expansions performed by anyone who is not an Open Labs Authorized Service Provider c to a product or a part that has been modified without the wr...
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