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Ed!son –Instrument Editor

Part 1: Basics

1.1 Not as tough as it looks: Synthesizer & sampler crash

course

Ed!son transforms your WaMi Box into a sampler, allowing you to play wave files

(also known as samples) as MIDI instruments. As you know, anything which is

audible can be recorded as a wave audio file using the WaMi Box and a sample

editor such as the Ed!son Wave. In other words, it's entirely up to you whether

you want to play a melody with a string section, a car horn, or the barking of your

dog.

The key to these infinitely versatile acoustic possibilities of the WaMi Box is the

Ed!son application. It's used to manage and transfer the desired wave files to the

WaMi Box's onboard memory, the sample RAM. What's more, complex

progressions of tonality and volume can be applied to the instrument sounds as

with a synthesizer. In order to systematically achieve acoustic results with Ed!son,

it's necessary to understand the 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 hit a key on your MIDI

keyboard. That sound passes through three major development phases before it

reaches your ears: Audio signal generation, signal shaping and volume control.

Each of these three phases has its own parameters which can be adjusted across

wide ranges with the Ed!son.

In the WaMi Box, fast computer algorithms and DSPs handle tasks performed by

analog circuits in older synthesizers. Despite the huge technological differences

between old analog synthesizers and current sound cards such as the WaMi Box,

the fundamental architecture of these two worlds is very similar. The magic word

is subtractive synthesis, which is the technique of removing, or subtracting, high-

frequency components (the so-called overtones) from the original signal with the

aid of a low-pass filter. Once a signal has been generated at the correct pitch, it

passes through the filter and changes its acoustic character in varying degrees

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

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

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

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

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

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 47: ...Ed son Instrument Editor 47...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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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