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Contents

Chapter 1: What is the SW1000XG, and how do I get it all hooked up and working? ….Page 5

Chapter 2: A brief outline of XG, system exclusive data, controllers and what it all means to the
SW1000XG…Page 9

Chapter 3: Essential tools and why they are so important. (Hubi, MIDI-OX, MIDI-Yoke, XGEDIT)…Page 13

Chapter 4: Getting started with the bundled copy of XGWorks …Page 17

Chapter 5: Getting it all to work in…Cubase VST….Page 24

Chapter 6: Getting it all to work in…Emagic Logic Audio.…Page 29

Chapter 7: Getting it all to work in…Cakewalk Pro Audio….Page 34

Chapter 8: Getting it all to work in …any Windows audio or MIDI application….Page 39

Chapter 9: All about PLG….Page 42

Chapter 10: Audio overview of the SW1000XG….Page 46

Chapter 11: The DS2416 linkup…Page 50

Chapter 12: Living in the new age. ASIO & NT…Page 56

Chapter 13: Installing in the Macintosh, and using the bundled XGEditor….Page 59

Chapter 14: Applications support…On the Macintosh….Page 64

Chapter 15: Hardware control options (Control Freak and the Phatboy)…Page 67

Chapter 16: Common Questions and answers, and troubleshooting…Page 69

Credits and links.

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Страница 3: ...ou need to know even more than this guide can tell you please visit our dedicated SW1000XG website at www xgfactory com Here you will find the very latest in driver downloads many of the applications...

Страница 4: ...to work in Emagic Logic Audio Page 29 Chapter 7 Getting it all to work in Cakewalk Pro Audio Page 34 Chapter 8 Getting it all to work in any Windows audio or MIDI application Page 39 Chapter 9 All ab...

Страница 5: ...ha DS2416 DSP Factory card The two combined cards will run in the same machine and in perfect sync and again when running in tandem use little to no CPU power The combination of the DS2416 and the SW1...

Страница 6: ...processor Again a core chip found in many Yamaha products like the 02R digital mixer Pro R3 effects processor and many others its function on the SW1000XG card is to handle the audio I O routing Once...

Страница 7: ...CI cards Some video cards can have RAM boards added to them which can increase the amount of width that they use inside a PC Try to avoid putting your SW1000XG next to such cards as it will only mean...

Страница 8: ...d how devices can be set up correctly so if you haven t yet read your manuals that came with your PC now is a good time to start The SW1000XG will only ever use 1 IRQ location and a small amount of me...

Страница 9: ...is MIDI Many books have covered this subject in far more depth than we will Needless to say that if you don t understand MIDI then why have you bought the most powerful MIDI card in the World MIDI is...

Страница 10: ...assline synth Using the controllers 71 and 74 which are filter resonance and cut off respectively can accurately mimic this This guidebook will not go into depth on the principles of synthesis however...

Страница 11: ...evels The SW1000XG is a computer and to talk to a computer you need to learn how to program it As with computers application packages are designed to help make things easier to use and the excellent X...

Страница 12: ...of power it does have is more than ten fold greater than that offered by our level 1 XG devices and with some of our PLG cards the immense synthesis power craved by some is already on offer If you rea...

Страница 13: ...At the top of its supported products tree proudly sitting and looking down at the others is the SW1000XG XGEDIT is shareware Gary Gregson wrote this application and retains the full rights to it As wi...

Страница 14: ...signments inside your controlling app XGEDIT with the following MIDI IN None MIDI OUT 1 LB1 MIDI OUT 2 LB2 And then in Cubase for example MIDI In 1 LB1 MIDI IN 2 LB2 MIDI IN 3 SW1000XG MIDI IN You see...

Страница 15: ...MIDI yoke at www xgfactory com For reference in later chapters we will be using Hubis almost totally but the methods applied will be the same for MIDI Yoke MIDI Yoke again comes will good documentatio...

Страница 16: ...the look out for new and innovative editing tools and sequencers that support XG so if you know of one why not email us details in the back and nominate your application of choice So now that you are...

Страница 17: ...dows MIDI drivers that accompany your SW1000XG are fine for all of it s operations XGWorks is designed to help make XG easier It has the most complete set of editing functions for XG of any sequencer...

Страница 18: ...right mouse button on the track marker to select a voice as shown below But this would not actually store the voice in a track The proper way to call up a voice edit it and store it in a track is by...

Страница 19: ...rd MIDI file This brings us on to our next point AUDIO Audio tracks within XGWorks are explained in the supplementary guide in the SW1000XG user manual A few points of note though will help make life...

Страница 20: ...all of the audio data to the left channel of SW1000 1 Wave Out and allow you to record another track to this port with the panning set to R7 on the next track Thus giving you 2 discreet mono tracks w...

Страница 21: ...igned to explain all of the complexities of the XG effects system needless to say Yamaha produce a full guide to XG discussed earlier called XG Guidebook 2 This goes into far more detail but for the p...

Страница 22: ...the SW1000XG mixer windows is a bit tedious compared to for example XGEdit but it works Don t forget though that for these parameters to be remembered you have to record them or insert them into your...

Страница 23: ...s that you are happy with and want to commit the effects send levels assigned permanently to the tracks then you can loopback re record the audio and MIDI data back to a new stereo or multiple sets of...

Страница 24: ...daughterboards XGEdit has a very simple to use GUI and easy to use setup options This chapter is not a guide to using XGEdit itself Gary has written a superb user manual and help file just an overview...

Страница 25: ...h you have previously made active Make sure that you pan the monitor mixer tracks hard left and right so that they pass over to the SW1000XG individual audio channels 1 12 in the XGEdit analogue mixer...

Страница 26: ...eans that in the VST event list for the SW1000XG Control track you will find that you have a complete record of all volume changes pan settings effects send levels etc The bonus as well is that if you...

Страница 27: ...s which for the SW1000XG is just not enough Other options inside VST for Windows Steinberg Cubase has for many years now supported a feature which can at first seem a bit difficult to master but which...

Страница 28: ...putting in unpacked 32 bit mode as does our DS2416 card The option to use it at 24 bit is up to you but you may find that on slower machines the 16 bit option is preferred If the latency figure for th...

Страница 29: ...really is quite simple To open up the win ini file use your windows sysedit exe file to open up in a text editor format your system specific details It is wise before doing this to make sure you have...

Страница 30: ...ck your Logic MIDI settings to ensure that you are not actively filtering out sysex data or resetting controllers on stop This is done from the project global options menu in Logic Setting up Logic fo...

Страница 31: ...SW1000XG In Logic there will be as many channel faders as there are tracks The output of each channel can be freely assigned to an output bus and you can have up six stereo output buses a total of tw...

Страница 32: ...ia download from our xgfactory website For the purposes of this guide we shall not go into too much detail on environments but just cover the main points on setting up and configuring the environments...

Страница 33: ...n 4 sometimes will not work on lower versions This is something that you should be aware of if you intend to publish your masterpiece on the web in Logic song format or intend to create your own envir...

Страница 34: ...ive to allow full communication with XGEDIT and the SW1000XG Cakewalk prior to release version 8 03 did not have the ability to pass system exclusive data for real time monitoring This meant that if y...

Страница 35: ...ts of sysex data You should also make sure that Cakewalk is set to record all of the incoming data types such as Patch Changes and controller data It should be noted though that playing around with th...

Страница 36: ...However they do provide a unique way of the end user being able to make up their own editors and add graphics to them for visual effect To install a StudioWare panel you should refer to your Cakewalk...

Страница 37: ...themselves However as many people use XGEdit with Cakewalk or construct MIDI files in other applications or aim to have them played in other applications Yamaha feel that these important points shoul...

Страница 38: ...The option to use it at 24 bit is up to you but you may find that on slower machines the 16 bit option is preferred Here we can see the Hubi piping configuration for Cakewalk This method is used to c...

Страница 39: ...th MIDI and audio multitrack recording In this category you have applications like Cubase VST Logic Audio XGWorks Cakewalk Pro Audio Evolution Pro Audio Musicator Pro Audio Digital Performer and a hos...

Страница 40: ...r if you have access to one create your final stereo master with the SW1000XG effects and then digitally stream it to a DAT or minidisc style of recorder This is not ideal as it defeats one of the SW1...

Страница 41: ...ion is to anyone who is using the SW1000XG unless working totally within XGWorks Other applications which support XG There are a host of other editors and sequencer programs available that support the...

Страница 42: ...d be added thus increasing the life of the host device by many years and at an incredibly low cost If you think that to buy a whole new synth which provides full SVA physical modeling on top of the SW...

Страница 43: ...th its quick editor For people who want to relive the 80 s in full we also provide an authentic 100 copy of the original DX7 front panel with the DX Simulator sure to send shivers up the spine of anyo...

Страница 44: ...eling so again your CPU power is intact It uses a single oscillator modeling system which was first seen on our VL70m module using our VLR Algorithm Synthesis Technology to simulate the complex vibrat...

Страница 45: ...maha provide a free downloadable range of editors for expert basic and analogue style editing on the Mac Yamaha also have plans to support via full editing software all of the other PLG cards Again th...

Страница 46: ...DAT machines Mini Disc recorders Audio CDR units and anything else that can accept a digital input in this coaxial form It outputs data at 44 1khz The output from the 3 connectors is the same so if yo...

Страница 47: ...as you record your audio With SW1000 1 wave in you can monitor the effects whilst you are recording your audio but the signal that is eventually recorded to your hard drive as a wave file or AIF SD2...

Страница 48: ...e SW1000 2 is actually a post mixer tap off point as we shall now see This is achieved using the AD part input control which will adjust the input level to the card if using SW1000 2 wave record But A...

Страница 49: ...or 3 band fully parametric eq and 2 band eq Using the methods we have just discussed for adding effects to audio parts you can easily apply all 3 effects busses that may act as eq VAR INS1 INS2 to aud...

Страница 50: ...on the SW1000XG as we have seen are dedicated to the effects processing 6 busses mixing synth engine routing and master EQ If you plan to work totally with audio then the concept of the DS2416 may be...

Страница 51: ...ated your driver to work with your new 2 card setup it is time to see what you can do and how to get the 2 working together Yamaha s decision to not include any software support other than a basic MIX...

Страница 52: ...wordclock slaves are synchronised to the master Some devices have front panel indicators to show when they are wordclock synchronised and this is the case with the software support for the DS2416 SW10...

Страница 53: ...unning at the same time which is why this set up is so very cool Without any loss of quality you can connect the 2 cards up and use some of the excellent mixing facilities of the DS2416 to alter your...

Страница 54: ...it easier as with a registered copy of XGEDIT you can save your mix set ups for both audio and MIDI which can then be pasted as MIDI files into your sequencer of choice very easily So in summary here...

Страница 55: ...n type effect to any audio or MIDI part which is configured to an individual output then you will not hear anything the part will be muted This is fixed in our firmware updater which is available to d...

Страница 56: ...hroughput PCI Firewire and Mlan ASIO also supported sophisticated hardware solutions for additional audio processing such as the DS2416 But remained simple in comparison to other approaches Yamaha sta...

Страница 57: ...creases Whilst this was ok for purely audio based applications such as Cool Edit Pro and WaveLab applications that worked on both MIDI and audio had to overcome a new set of problems The problem with...

Страница 58: ...ting of this guide Yamaha s own XGWorks application does not support NT so Yamaha recommend XGEDIT95 which runs flawlessly under NT alongside one of the growing number of NT compatible applications su...

Страница 59: ...iety only come with 1 or perhaps 2 free PCI slots This is due to the SCSI interface beloved by all music makers not being present as standard on new Macs damn Also you will usually find that a slot ha...

Страница 60: ...ease check that your software of choice does support ASIO as if it doesn t your SW1000XG will be confined to use as a MIDI only device which will be a great waste of its immense power So if you have a...

Страница 61: ...r SW1000XG whilst playing your MIDI keyboard MIDI out A should be set to 1 SW1000XG and the check box set to the ON position likewise for MIDI out B 2 SW1000XG MIDI ports B C and D are in fact used fo...

Страница 62: ...SW1000XG courtesy of an SW1000XG user This is free to download from our xgfactory com website The OMS patch list enables OMS compatible applications to select the sounds of the SW1000XG by name Full d...

Страница 63: ...000XG please make sure you have an external device connected to the MIDI ports of the SW to allow correct detection of their status As of writing the latest version of MOTU Performer supports OMS full...

Страница 64: ...o run in a multitude of ways and with a growing number of devices from all manufacturers The integration of SoundDiver with Emagic Logic version 4 is now fully implemented via the Autolink system Auto...

Страница 65: ...provide an alternative way of working with the SW1000XG for Logic users on the Macintosh VST 4 1 for Macintosh Steinberg s VST 4 1 series as of time of writing offered a few features that are not ava...

Страница 66: ...e systems mixermaps and environment pages send out snapshots of entire maps as a sysex dump onto 1 MIDI event tick which as we have seen in previous chapters is not good Versions of Cubase prior to V4...

Страница 67: ...the Phatboy supports 3 modes of operation you could re map dozens of controllers in your software to react and change all sorts of XG parameters The Kenton Control Freak The control Freak is a marvell...

Страница 68: ...slider or press a button on the control freak itself Try to be on one of the SW1000XG control pages Control Freak preset whilst doing this 5 Go to your monitor mixer and set your 12 or more tracks to...

Страница 69: ...nternally via the cable supplied then run XGEdit and your application i e Cubase using Hubis loopback multiclient MIDI driver When you have got XGEdit talking to your application it is a simple matter...

Страница 70: ...m changes that you need Please refer to your XGWorks manual for more information on this I cannot seem to control input gain using the MME mixer in Windows The mme input gain function is not implement...

Страница 71: ...else who played a part in this project Links www yamaha co uk Most of the drivers and editing software featured in this guide can be found here www yamaha co uk shop And you can buy XG MIDI files XGWo...

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