15
Getting started
The Edit Panel and Display Panel:
The Display Panel is for communication with the Sirius. It contains the display and the Keys which
enable you to move around the display's menus.
The three Keys below the display will now be referred to in this manual as the F1, F2 and F3 Keys.
Depending on which menu has been chosen, these Keys perform different functions. If there is no
edit or write menu shown on the display, the F2-Key activates the RANDOMIZE-mode which creates
new sounds with an intelligent random-algorithm.
The EDIT-Key opens the edit menu of the Sirius. The WRITE-Key opens the WRITE -menu of the
Sirius in which all memory and Init functions can be found. The RECALL-Key recalls the original ver-
sion of an edited sound. The EXIT-Key quits the edit menu you were just working in. The
PAGE/BANK-Keys allow you to scroll through the pages in the edit menu. In addition you can chose
from the Sound libraries of the Sirius with these Keys when you're not working in any of the edit
menus.
The VALUE/TEMPO-dial:
The Master-Section:
The VALUE/TEMPO-dial is a so called infinite dial control. With this con-
trol the values in the edit menus are changed. It is also used to change
the tempo of the sequencer.
The master section holds functions which affect the Sirius as a whole.
The most important function is without doubt the MASTER-VOLUME control which adjusts the over-
all volume (output level) of the Sirius. Below this control you will find the headphone socket. The
headphone volume is also adjusted with the MASTER-VOLUME-control.
VALUE
TEMPO
MASTER
VOLUME
32 OHM
32 OHM
OVERBLAST
SHIFT
TAP-
TEMPO
DEMO
SYNC.
EXTERN
AUDIO
SYNC
PHONES
SPECIAL-LOOP
TRACK-FADER
F1-Key
F2-Key
F3-Key
PAGE/BANK
RECALL
EXIT
EDIT
WRITE
PRESS BUTTON
FOR SOUND-CREATION
RANDOM-SOUND
S I R I U S
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