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GRAND RHAPSODY PIANO

USER GUIDE

Summary of Contents for GRAND RHAPSODY PIANO

Page 1: ...GRAND RHAPSODY PIANO USER GUIDE...

Page 2: ...logy 4 1 3 Components 5 1 4 Functional Block Flow Diagram 5 CHAPTER 2 QUICK START GUIDE 6 CHAPTER 3 INTERFACE AND CONTROLS 7 3 1 Interface 7 Expanded View 7 Collapsed View 8 3 2 Controls 8 3 2 1 Keybo...

Page 3: ...tion on licensing and registration Sign up at the support site and you will receive personalized information about your registered products reminders when updates are available and information on your...

Page 4: ...The sound of a grand piano is purely mechanical and acoustic with no artificial reinforcement In concert situations microphones can be used to capture the instrument s vibrations Waves Grand Rhapsody...

Page 5: ...ich transfers energy from the keys to the hammers that strike the strings and includes pedals that dampen or sustain string vibrations a frame and soundboard a case that forms an acoustic chamber a br...

Page 6: ...pplications Waves Grand Rhapsody Piano also has a standalone application It uses ASIO Windows or Core Audio Mac drivers to enable play through any audio device of choice Grand Rhapsody Piano receives...

Page 7: ...l presets Refer to the WaveSystem Toolbar User Guide for more information at http www waves com downloads manuals Selecting the Samples Folder When you first launch the standalone application or insta...

Page 8: ...ews Use the Collapse Expand button in the top left corner of the plugin to change between views Expanded View The expanded view reveals the Grand Rhapsody s complete interface showing the microphones...

Page 9: ...provides complete control of the instrument The Collapsed view uses much less screen space than the Expanded view 3 2 Controls 3 2 1 Keyboard Control A virtual keyboard enables you to preview the soun...

Page 10: ...it is linear Range 50 to 50 Initial Value 0 Reset Value 0 Continuous control Formant The formant control changes the sound character but not the pitch Each step is equal to a half tone This means that...

Page 11: ...l is momentary when using its original assignment of controller 67 However clicking from the interface or changing MIDI assignment using MIDI learn results in a latched behavior where the first press...

Page 12: ...Cond451 Player Cond87 Close Dyn57 Close Cond4007 Close Cond17 Medium Ribb121 Medium Ribb4038 Room Cond84 Room None No microphone selected for this slot Mic1 Default Cond87_Close Mic2 Default None Mic3...

Page 13: ...s is an exclusive button Only one microphone mix can solo at a time The Mute button mutes the microphone s mix Invert flips the phase of the microphone along with its delay This can be used to create...

Page 14: ...be decreased or increased 15dB Range 15 to 15 Initial Value 0 Reset Value 0 Continuous control Low Freq The Low Freq control sets the frequency for the low frequency band Frequencies below the select...

Page 15: ...z and can be decreased or increased 15dB Range 15 to 15 Initial Value 0 Reset Value 0 Continuous control Volume Controls the output gain level after plugin processing Range 0 10 Initial Value 8 Reset...

Page 16: ...Reverb Type Grand Rhapsody Reverb section offers a selection of ten reverb types Medium Stage Empty Hall Echo Reverb BPM Multi Effect BPM Recording Studio Cathedral Flange Reverb Diffused Chorus Conce...

Page 17: ...Reflections that provide the room and distance sensation and the Reverb Tail Range 0 100 Default 31 5 Reset Value 50 Continuous control Reverb Damp Increases or decreases the duration of high frequen...

Page 18: ...as a standalone instrument It requires ASIO drivers for Windows or Core Audio for Mac OS X Grand Rhapsody Piano exe Win or Electric Grand 80 app MAC loads the Grand Rhapsody Piano instrument and confi...

Page 19: ...d latency Buffer Size Mac is used to select buffer size which determines latency MIDI provides control over the following parameters MIDI input device This displays a list of available MIDI input devi...

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