Quasimidi CYBER-6, Manual

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table of contents
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Basic Operation ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Connection ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Exercise 1: ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Playing of example-programs ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Using Cyber 6 as a simple midi-keyboard with changing programs ........................................................................................................................................ 10
Organisation of the MIDI-channels ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 10
editing the master-keyboard programs ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Selection of MIDI-channels and key-window of the keyboard-zones ..................................................................................................................................... 12
Ecercise 2: playing different synthesizers .................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
playmode and zone-status ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 13
Selecting the program-change and adjusting the volume for the different zones ................................................................................................................... 14
Namingof the masterkeyboard-program ................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Storing the masterkeyboard-programs ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Exercise 3: Programming of Basic-Programs. ............................................................................................................................................................................ 16
Transposing .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Exercise 4: Programming of examples with Transpose function. ............................................................................................................................................. 17
Activating the realtime controllers. .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 17
Invertation of realtime-controllers ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Motivator-Assignment ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Exercise 5: Selecting different motivator-programs ................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Realtime controller assignment .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
exercise 6: assigning the realtime-controllers ............................................................................................................................................................................. 22
Footswitch assignment .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 22
realtime control to sequencer and motivator .............................................................................................................................................................................. 23
modulation of the motivator ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 23
Modulation of the sequencer ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 24
How to trigger motivators from the sequencer .......................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Editing the motivators ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 26
The operating modes of the motivators ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 27
exercise 7: get to know the parameters in the arpeggiator-mode ............................................................................................................................................. 29
rhythmizing the motivator-patterns ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 30
How to edit the instruments of the motivator ............................................................................................................................................................................. 32
exercise 8: using all motivator-functions ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 33
Saving the motivator-settings ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 33
how to copy from one motivator to the otherone ........................................................................................................................................................................ 33
basics of the CYBER-6 sequencer ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 34
pattern-oriented parameters ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 34
track oriented parameters ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 36
Realtime Recording ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 38
Exercise 9: ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 39
The realtime recording .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 39
Der TR-909 Drum-Programmer .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 39
Step by Step recording .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 41
exercise 10: get to know the drum-programming ....................................................................................................................................................................... 41
recording of other controller ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 42
Realtimecontrol of sequenzer tracks ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 42
Deleting MIDI-controller messages ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 43
SNAPSHOT-COPY: Transmission of Motivator themes into the Sequencer. ......................................................................................................................... 43
Copying track parameters ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 44
Copying an entire pattern ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 45
Mix down of tracks using the same midi-channel (track-bouncing) ........................................................................................................................................ 45
Track copy ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 45
The chain-mode ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 46
Playing a chain ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 47
Chain-programming ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 48
The motivator-freeze-funktion. .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 50
MIDI-Dump-Functions ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 51
Initialization of the memory ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 52
Kalibrierung der Spielhilfen ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 52
selecting the key-velocity curve .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 54
Assigning of special footswitch-functions .................................................................................................................................................................................... 55
COMPLETE INITIALIZATION ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 56
The Sysex-Dataformat .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 57
converting of standard-MIDI files into the cyber-6´s dump format ......................................................................................................................................... 59
MIDI-Implementation ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 60