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ED!SON

Instrument Editor

English manual

Summary of Contents for ED!SON WaMi Box

Page 1: ...ED SON Instrument Editor English manual...

Page 2: ...dulators 11 Splits and multi samples 12 Sample loops 13 1 2 Ed son for advanced users 14 1 3 The WAMI BOX instrument architecture 15 1 4 A word about priorities 17 Part 2 Operation 19 2 1 The Ed son u...

Page 3: ...velocity splits 32 Part 3 Reference 34 3 1 Parameter reference 34 OSC 34 FILTER 36 OUTAMP 37 LFO 1 LFO 2 38 EG 1 EG 2 EG 3 39 KBT 41 Other parameters and controls 42 3 2 Menu reference 44 File 44 Edi...

Page 4: ...oid synth it s all possible and much more The simple fact that Ed son lets you create a MIDI instrument out of any wave file opens limitless possibilities But that s not all You can modify any instrum...

Page 5: ...ur PC running Try out what you ve read immediately Many acoustic events cannot be described adequately in words This documentation is organized in four sections Basics Fundamental information which yo...

Page 6: ...fundamentals of how synthesizers and samplers work So let s take a little excursion into the world of synthetic sound generators Subtractive synthesis The WaMi Box creates an instrument sound when you...

Page 7: ...Ed son Instrument Editor 7 depending on the filter setting Next a given volume progression is assigned to the signal...

Page 8: ...t it briefly Unlike other sound cards our WAMI BOX has its own onboard sample RAM which permits the instant reproduction of all of the samples stored there at any required pitch And that at up to 64 v...

Page 9: ...n the Ed son user interface in the FILTER section Volume control The third and final development stage of an instrument sound involves the control of its volume This section is called VCA Voltage Cont...

Page 10: ...10 Ed son Instrument Editor The OUTAMP section contains the Ed son volume parameters...

Page 11: ...d envelope generators abbreviated as EG in Ed son LFOs are present in practically all synthesizers and generate cyclical control signals with a low frequency and adjustable waveform If an LFO is used...

Page 12: ...the touch dynamics velocity or the keyboard table position of a played note can be applied as modulators in Ed son Splits and multi samples With Ed son you can also create instrument sounds based on...

Page 13: ...y to conserving sample RAM the sample loop If you have a closer look at the samples of many instrument sounds you will find that there s a lot of activity at the beginning which then goes over to a re...

Page 14: ...tave All this and more can be set and controlled using Ed son Ed son is not only used for the audio parameters but also for the management of soundsets In addition to normal wave files Ed son also imp...

Page 15: ...n be saved separately in TTI TerraTec Instrument format One or more instruments make up a soundset In addition to instruments a soundset can also contain variations and drumkits Soundsets i e collecti...

Page 16: ...exchange TTI TTS files with other WAMI BOX users or make them available via the Internet Ed son is also able to import 94B format soundsets You can thus use soundsets from other sound cards with Drea...

Page 17: ...of the instruments within this field are clearly defined by the program number and the bank or variation number As a rule instruments are located in Bank 1 variations which use the same samples or tha...

Page 18: ...ll GM files with your own supplemental sounds without having to edit the GM GS set itself The following graphic shows which instruments will finally be played from which set Priority level P r o g r a...

Page 19: ...on s user interface will show that many parameters and function groups are present several times The envelope generators for example are present three times but only need to be understood once The sam...

Page 20: ...called sandwich button which is generally used to set numerical values To change the parameter in small increments click on the upper or lower half of the button to raise or lower the value accordingl...

Page 21: ...heel when it has the focus as shown here An additional special feature of the Ed son are the light blue text fields with an autoscroll function It s often not possible to display a complete text for l...

Page 22: ...while holding the mouse button The following illustration shows the key assignments of your PC keyboard Ed son can also be played using the PC keyboard if necessary Of course it s much more elegant to...

Page 23: ...older will serve as the basis As the name implies the sample contains a sawtooth wave which can also be used later for a huge number of typical synthesizer sounds Preparations In order to have a defin...

Page 24: ...eld The original pitch of our demonstration sample is A3 The position of the yellow square marks the root key Check now whether the sample is being played at the correct pitch If not check the root ke...

Page 25: ...er words a low filter frequency at high resonance So let s set the following values in the FILTER section Cutoff 10 Q 100 Now let s set the LFO which will modulate the filter to a slow speed Set the f...

Page 26: ...ay above the onscreen keyboard Press the right mouse button and select the item Add split from the context menu Repeat this procedure as for each of the samples you need for the instrument Use this ar...

Page 27: ...ugh the split list A double click on the split display or pressing the enter key of the numerical keypad of the PC keyboard will hide all but the last selected split This provides a clear overview in...

Page 28: ...a small trick to permit the playback of true stereo samples If Ed son encounters a wave file in stereo format during an import it automatically splits it into two mono samples and positions them as o...

Page 29: ...miautomatic compilation of multi samples are available in the lower section of the file selection box First select the appropriate wave files in the desired order Use the Ctrl key of your PC keyboard...

Page 30: ...ys per Sample Each sample receives a single key if the setting Keys per Sample 1 is selected This is the ideal setting for the creation of drumkits Adlib vocal banks or effect sets If you would like t...

Page 31: ...ange Distributes the samples in a non overlapping manner and equally proportioned over the selected keyboard range Fit Keys per Sample Automatically adapts the keyboard range to the Keys per Sample va...

Page 32: ...se observe the following If you would only like to edit a part of the available splits select them with the Ctrl key pressed Only synthesizer parameters can be edited simultaneously All of the paramet...

Page 33: ...an extremely authentic piano sound Velocity splits are also almost indispensable for non electronic drum sounds The procedure for switching samples with regard to their velocity dynamics is easily exp...

Page 34: ...e time switch on the Multi edit mode see above OSC The pitch and fine tuning of the samples can be set in this section In addition you can determine whether and with which modulator and the degree to...

Page 35: ...h EG 1 should modulate the pitch Active toggles the envelope modulation Velocity determines the offset i e a basic value for the effect of touch dynamics on the Pre Amp parameter Active toggles the ve...

Page 36: ...nance LFO2 amt determines the intensity with which LFO2 should modulate the cutoff frequency Active toggles the LFO modulation EG2 active toggles the filter modulation through envelope generator EG2 V...

Page 37: ...tion you can determine whether and with which modulator and the degree to which the volume will be modulated Volume controls the global volume of the sample Keyb Table determines which keyboard table...

Page 38: ...note the effect settings in the FX Panel LFO 1 LFO 2 LFO 1 is used for pitch modulation It can be used to realize typical vibrato or siren effects LFO 2 can modulate the filter sweep effects as well...

Page 39: ...f an envelope immediately after the key is struck Long attack times permit the slow fade in of the sound with strings for example D Decay is the second phase of an envelope The decay phase immediately...

Page 40: ...onship between level and time parameters The Rate parameters of the envelopes are scaled approximately exponentially In other words a small value approx 60 represents only a few fractions of a second...

Page 41: ...el of the envelope at the start of the attack phase KBT The WAMI BOX has two independent keyboard tables A keyboard table generates a modulation signal based on a characteristic curve which depends on...

Page 42: ...ator All 4 tables can be applied to the following parameters OSC control of PreAmp basic volume of sample Filter control of CutOff filter limit frequency OutAmp control of Volume output volume of the...

Page 43: ...he non clip algorithms available in the beta versions have been dropped for technical reasons Loop toggles the sample loop playback If the currently selected sample does not have a sample loop the ful...

Page 44: ...full In this case you should remove a GS set from the memory if present to free up an adequate amount of space Multi edit toggles the Multi edit mode Program sets the program number used to address th...

Page 45: ...son after a safety prompt Edit Instrument List Ctrl I opens a dialog box which displays the internal structure of a soundset It also permits comments copyright notes and notes about the author to be...

Page 46: ...hough Ed son checks samples for differences before deleting them you should always make it a point to clearly name samples for 100 safety MIDI Ctrl P calls up the Ed son MIDI Settings dialog Window Al...

Page 47: ...Ed son Instrument Editor 47...

Page 48: ...er and volume progressions in the WAMI BOX An e nvelope generator is started by striking and ended by releasing a key LFO Low Frequency Oscillator is a modulator based on a slow periodical oscillation...

Page 49: ...ort samples This is primarily used to conserve sample RAM Sample RAM is a special memory type used to store samples for playback at any required pitch Soundset is the term for a collection of instrume...

Page 50: ...ument Pg Up Select previous Instrument Pg Dn Show SplitControl Num Enter Add Split Num Delete Split Num Copy Split Ctrl Num Delete all Splits Ctrl Num Select all Splits toggle Num 5 Load new Wave in S...

Page 51: ...Ed son Instrument Editor 51 Shift Range end down Num 3 Shift RootKey up Num Shift RootKey down Num 0 Panic Esc...

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