User Manual
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1. Synthesis section There are various parameter settings for the 17 drum sounds e Bass Drum e Snare Drum e Low Conga e Mid Conga e High Conga e Low Tom NEPHETON Sound editing Mid Tom High Tom Claves Rim Shot Maracas Hand Clap Cow Bell Laser Gun Cymbal Open Hihat Closed Hihat For each instrument there is one common parameter Level Volume level of each instrument And various instrument specific parameters NEPHETON Bass Drum Tone Volume of the initial click Decay Amplitude release time Sweep Release time of frequency envelope Snare Drum Tone Crossfade between audible one and two oscillators Decay Noise amplitude release time Snappy Crossfade between noisy and muddy sound ve 416 group Sound editing NEPHETON B ee ee ee ee ee ee Te ESSES EEE EEE ESSES EEE ESSE nnn inn nnn rrr nn hin d16 group e Low Conga Mid Conga High Conga Tunning Base frequency 3 Decay Amplitude release time e Low Tom Mid Tom High Tom Tunning Base frequency Decay Amplitude release time Snappy Crossfade between dirty and clean sound e Claves Tunning Base frequency Decay Amplitude release time e Rim Shot Tunning Base frequency Decay Amplitude release time e Maracas Tone Noise color e Hand Clap Tone Filter s cutoff frequency Reverb Reverb s decay time e Cow Bell Tun2. Actions available in the Preset Browser e Clicking on a slot in the preset list loads the selected preset 6 e Clicking on a slot in the group list selects a group of presets e Both presets and groups can be renamed Double clicking on a slot toggles edit mode After entering the new name press enter to finish e The bank of presets has exactly 128 items The number of presets cannot be changed This means that there is no possibility of adding or removing presets Only relocating them between groups or changing their order is possible By dragging the preset you may oe 7 Change its position in the group by dropping it in a different slot in the list of presets in a selected group the orde RE in Move the preset to a different group by dragging and dropping it in the chosen slot in the group list a group is possible oa dedd Holding CTRL or SHIFT and using the mouse button allows to select more presets aao kn 3 Holding CTRL and clicking on presets selects single items I the order by 3 Using SHIFT allows to select a range of presets The first click marks the beginning of the range and the second dragging several click marks the end presets ina group is inactive 7 When more than one presets are selected it is possible to drag them to a different group NEPHETON amp Preset Management e Preset Browser A AA EEE EEE EEE EEE ESSES EEE d16 group On the left side of the Preset Browser there are
3. Current settings reflect the state of controls from the Seq Settings section on GUI T NT HES e4711 ri HA o E Sequencer settings The Note Off Mode state checkbox is an exception and it is not available on GUI It is only available in this tab Host mode description available in earlier chapters NEPHETON 40 Configuration e Sequencer tab A AA EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE ESSES EEE EEE EEE AA EEE d16 group Default settings CC w Use internal sequencer w Use internal dock Host Mode state Note Off Mode state Default Settings Default settings Default Settings group contains checkboxes with default flag values for the Current Settings group In every new Instance of the plug in in the host application the Default Settings flags are overwritten on the Current Settings flags Default Settings values are saved in the Nepheton configuration file and applies to all new instances of the plug in When removing any instance of the plug in from the host application the configuration file is saved 3 Host play detection Host play detection e By transport change By lowest C note Host play detection flag This solves sync problems with some hosts It mainly concerns Native mode The properly written host should send a Transport Change code to the plug in after pressing the Play button in the host application When the By Transport Change option is selected then don t
4. Midi section on GUI NEPHETON Configuration e Midi control tab A TESE EEE EEE EEE ESSES EEE EEE EEE EEE ESET ESSES ERES EEE 416 group 2 In the status bar in the bottom section of GUI a message should appear waiting for a controller or parameter movement 7 linga Waiting for a controller or parameter movement Status bar In this mode the plug in waits for any change in the parameter value movement of any control on GUI and for the movement of any MIDI CC control from the external MIDI controller which operates on an active MIDI input channel directed to Nepheton The order of these actions is irrelevant During the above mentioned actions the status bar informs about the currently changing values of controls and provides their names When a MIDI control lt gt GUI control link is established a line is added to the MIDI CC link list CC Parameter CC Parameter CC Parameter 21 Filter 2 Cutoff 23 Filteri o to F x e ee MIDI CC link list and function buttons When a link is established for a controller it is possible to repeat the operation for the next MIDI CC and parameter pairs Subsequent links will be created and added to the list NEPHETON Configuration e Midi control tab A PAA ESSES EEE ESSES EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE err ERES EEE 416 group 3 When all the needed links are created uncheck the Midi Learn Mode checkbox or press the Midi Learn button in the Midi section
5. Allows editing of the preset name before saving the preset Clicking on the control causes a shift into edit mode After applying changes through the keyboard confirm the new name with the Enter button e Prev Next Buttons used to navigate through the preset bank Next button moves the browser to the next preset If the current preset is the last preset in a group pressing Next moves the browser to the first preset in the subsequent group Prev button moves the browser to the previous preset If the current preset is the first preset in a group pressing Prev moves the browser to the last preset in the preceding group 2Note OnMacOS e Prev CTRL Prev button pressed while holding CTRL copies the edited preset to the buffer AppleCMD key a of e Next CTRL Next button pressed while holding CTRL pastes the buffer to the current preset with postfix CTRL key copy added to its name e Browse Opens a Preset Browser menu NEPHETON 29 Preset Management e Browsing presets e Preset Browser A TERRESTRES EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE errr errr err errr ERES EEE d16 group Changes in the preset bank are not permanent After removing and reloading the plug in the default preset bank will be loaded However saving the project within the host application will also save the status of the plug in including changes in the preset bank After reloading the project all changes in the current parameter settings and in the preset 6
6. bank will be restored Preset Browser As it was mentioned the preset bank in the plug in has a hierarchical structure i e presets are organized in groups Presets can be selected by Next Prev buttons which navigate through the structure in a linear way or by using the Preset Browser The Preset Browser is a tool which allows to easily manage the preset structure To open it click Browse in the preset selection section Preset management section NEPHETON amp Preset Management e Preset Browser Sr ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee EEE ee en nr EEE SEER nas a 416 group ve The Preset Browser will be displayed on the GUI NEPHETON Preset Browser aih Afro J Break Beat dh Classic Kit dh Club Ji Dadada Jil DNB1 dh Electro 4 Hard Elektro dh Noizy Tomz dh Tribal dh Trip Hop Ji Wizball Preset Load Save Bank Load Save N Preset browser Preset Management e Preset Browser The left side shows the list of groups in the preset bank The right side shows the list of presets in the selected group NEPHETON T SS Ce lar Not used List of groups in the preset bank Zh Afro Jip Break Beat Jip Classic Kit Zh Club Jip Dadada Jip DNB1 Ji Electro J Hard Elektro dh Noizy Tomz Jif Tribal Jip Trip Hop Jip Wizball List of presets in the selected group B d16 group Preset Management e Preset Browser A AAO ESSES EEE EEE EEE d16 group
7. edit another pattern other than the current one playing use the Prev and Next buttons The playing pattern won t change but the edited pattern will be the newly selected one gt Note Make To choose which pattern part to edit A1 A2 B1 B2 use the Edit part buttons sure the length of a pattern is greater than EDIT PART Ooritcannotbe edited see later pan mn ae a Edit part buttons NEPHETON O Drumline editing e Pattern editing A TESE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE errr errr errr EEE EEE 7 d16 group Every pattern consists 18 tracks one for each instrument accent INSTR SEL 4C BD SD LC mec HO LT NT HT ctl RS MA cP CE LG TY JH 4 Instrument selector 3 The parts are edited using the Step buttons Step buttons These keys work in toggle mode and for most instruments have 3 states e Accented LED on the key lights with a bright red color e On LED on the key lights with darker red color e Off LED is off The main difference between a non accented and accented sound is the volume However accent also causes subtle changes to the sound character in other ways 3 The Global accent AC track have only two possible step values On or Off To select an instrument track to edit use the Instr Sel bar below the Step Buttons INSTR SEL AC BD SD NEPHETON Drumline editing e Pattern editing A 0000000000 AT O AA O AA AA O o o
8. need to add an extra Midi track to force the plug into start to play It should start to play automatically In some cases it doesn t work If this happens choose the By The lowest C Note option Then add a Midi track with output set to Nepheton and place the Midi note lowest Cnote in the Midi clip As soon as the Midi Note On is sent to the plug in Nepheton will start playing NEPHETON 41 Configuration e Presets tab A AA EEE EEE EEE ESSES EEE EEE 416 group Presets tab 3 Preset Storing 3 Using Prev Next buttons or the Preset Browser navigates through the preset bank Any change in the current preset can be stored automatically or on demand Depending on the selection one of the two options is active Preset Storing Automatic On Demand Preset Storing flag e Automatic Any change of a parameter in the current preset is automatically stored e OnDemand If any parameter is changed the change is not saved in the current preset until the Store option is used CTRL Browse Selecting a different preset from the bank causes irreversible loss to changes applied to the parameters unless the Store option is used The Preset Storing flag is saved in the Nepheton configuration file and applies to all new instances of the plug in When removing any instance of the plug in from the host application the configuration file is saved NEPHETON Configuration e Presets tab e Patterns tab A eececoecococ
9. the end of the envelope This stops a rapid cut in the sound making the transition sound more natural NEPHETON O Overview e Preset management CI dd saa AA d16 group Preset management Allthe parameter settings level tuning decay etc for a complete Nepheton drum kit are stored in a Preset Nepheton 1 can store a total of 128 presets arren BAGS yes os at lo tl i i ia TG a fi LF F i Fi r a r IC Ng Sound parameters The Preset browser tool is provided to simplify the organisation and use of Presets The Preset section on GUI is used for navigation through the preset bank To read more about preset management go to chapter Preset Management NEPHETON Play modes e External sequencer mode A AA EEE EEE ESSES EEE REED d16 group Play modes External sequencer mode Clicking the Int Seq diode in the Sequencer Settings box will switch it off Sequencer settings 3 Nepheton will now act as a sound module MIDI Notes corresponding to the Instrument drum sound note numbers are sent from the host sequencer to play drum patterns The mapping follows the General Midi standard it is possible to change mapping Note velocity is used to determine how loud notes are played e 48 Corresponds to the non accented step e 96 Corresponds to accented step e 127 Corresponds to step with total accent set In External mode only the controls from Synthesi
10. user default patterns and kits If a bank of patterns is created which should be applied every time instead of factory pattern bank it is possible to select such an on option Default Pattern section It is best to keep in mind that depending on the sequencer s work NEPHETON Configuration e Patterns tab A APA EEE EEE EEE EEE ESSES EEE EEE er EEE d16 group mode there are two independent patterns banks available separate for Native mode and for Host mode Therefore it is possible to indicate default resources independently for Native mode and for Host mode 7 Default host patterns e Factory patterns Clear pattems User defined Browse Default patterns Default native patterns Factory pattems Clear pattems User defined Browse Default native patterns 3 Options available in the Default Patterns section both for Native and Host mode e Factory Patterns Default value after installing Nepheton Choosing this option loads the factory patterns with every new instance of the plug in e Clear Patterns With every new instance of the plug in an empty preset bank is loaded e User Defined Patterns bank selected by the user When choosing User Defined option the Browse button on the right side is activated Using this button opens a dialog box in order to select a path to the user s patterns bank Confirming the path saves it in the Nepheton configuration file The selected patterns bank will be loaded as defau
11. EPHETON Dum Wace d16 group CHOOSSHSHOHCOCHCHCOCSCHOHSHSHSHOHOOOOHSHOSHOHOHOHOOHOECEOSESEEOOECECECEEe O User Manual Overview e Interface CI sina a AA d16 group Overview 1 3 Interface Nepheton s interface is split into two parts e Internal Sequencer Responsible for editing patterns in Int Seq mode BASIC WA PILAT KON MASTER bag Wi VOLUME kata GN T IEW PATTERN MAME EDIT FAME 1 2 i F FILL IN TRIGGER ACCEPT k INTRO FILL IN INSTR SEL AC BD SD LC AC HC T TT HT RS WA LG OH CH Internal sequencer section NEPHETON Overview e Interface CI POPE EELPPPEEEEEPEPPEEEEEPEPEPEPEEEEEEEEPEPEEEEEEEEEEPEEEEEEEPEPEEEEEEEEPEPEPEEEEEEEPEPEPEEEEEEEEPEPEEEEEEEEPEPEEEEEEEEEPEPEEEEEEEPEPEPEEEEEEEEPEPEEEEEEEEPEPEEEEEEEEPEPEEEEEEEEEPEEEEEEEEPEEEEEEEEEEPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEFA A416 group e Synthesis Module This part is designed for a controlling the sound synthesis TUNING JING INING Tuning TUNING JING TUNING TONE a kS a Tr ACT r as ID IT T it f Li ki ie ng EL Aa i ra a Synthesis section e Control Module Used for Nepheton presets patterns and settings management Work modes gt Note Drum Nepheton works in two modes sound mapping is compatible with General Midi Standard j e External Nepheton acts as a sound module playing drum sounds Patterns are played by sending Midi notes HOWEVEE from host sequencer mapping can b
12. HETON 2 Note The cycle e Fillin B1 i ABAFilA un o o atotalof4parts Example 2 Both Regular pattern and Fill in pattern have all 4 parts filled Basic variation switch AB I F Variation in cycle If the switch A Measures auto fill in knob 4 Following sequence will be played Measures auto fill inknobissetto e Regular A1 12 in the example above then the e Regular A2 following pattern would play AB e Regular B1 ABABABAB AFill A a total e Regular B2 of 12 in cycle e Regular A1 o Note For the Regular A2 purposes of the e Fillin A1 cycle and fillin A A1 A2 B B1 e Fillin A2 B2 Fill Az Fill A1 Fill A2 FillB Fill B1 Fill B2 Play modes e Internal pattern storage A eececoecococococococococococcecoececocococococococococococococcecececececocococococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococcececococococococococococococococoecececococecocococecooo d16 group Pattern number and name 3 Blinking LED on Step buttons mark the pattern position The Part LED s combined with the Basic variation switch indicate the part BASIC WARLATKON a cr Aull Basic variation switch Part indication States of these LEDs give us all 4 possible pairs A1 A2 B1 and B2 When Nepheton is stopped in Native mode the Tap button allows the selection of Regular patterns or Fill in patterns shown by a blinking LED in corresponding section on the chosen st
13. O errr terre errr AA d16 group CLOSED CLAP BELL GUN CYMBAL HAT HIHAT MID acces BASS SNARE LOW MAID H rr RIM MARA HAND COW LASER ACCENT DRUM DRUM CONGA CONGA CONGA TOM DA CLAVER ISHT CAS Instrument names We can select a single instrument by clicking on it in the Instr Sel bar However to select more than one instrument press and hold CTRL on the keyboard whilst clicking Tap mode 3 Tap mode allows patterns to be tapped in real time INSTR SEL AC BD SD Instrument selector 3 This is done by selecting an instrument and pressing the Tap button whilst in Patt Write mode The notes are automatically quantized to the nearest step INTRO SE FILL IHN TRIGGER pM INTRO AILL IN Fill in button 3 Pressing Tap button enter non accented notes Pressing Tap with CTRL key enters accented notes str O Drumline editing e Pattern editing A TESES EEE ESSES EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE ERES EEE d16 group Editing functions 3 Standard editing functions 4 Editing functions e Shift left right Shifts steps on the selected tracks left or right The shifting is cycled This means if the last step on the right side during the shifting right it will appear on the first step on the left side Similarly it happens while shifting left Pressed with CTRL key shifts whole pattern gt Note Copying can e Copy Copies selected tracks to buffer After pressing this button LEDs in Instr
14. Sel start to blink to indicate seat ba mea that there is data in the buffer Pressed with CTRL copies whole pattern to a buffer assigned Paste Pastes buffer to the selected tracks If do not change destination tracks they ll be copied in the same o place in the same or other pattern But you can change it by a selecting some other tracks on the Instr Sel e Clear Clears selected tracks Pressed with CTRL key clears whole pattern Clear when combined with the CTRL key on the keyboard cause operation to be performed for WHOLE pattern 3 To select the destination pattern use the Prev and Next buttons NEPHETON Drumline editing e Pattern editing A APA EEE EEE ERES EEE EEE EEE EEE 416 group Length of the pattern part The length of the pattern s part can be set to a maximum of 16 steps It can be changed using Length function Whilst 4 in Patt Write mode press the Length button this will light up the LED s above Editing functions 3 All LED s above Step buttons indicate the number of steps in the pattern Step buttons Pressing a Step button will make it the last step in the pattern To leave this mode just press the Length button again 3 Pressing Clear button when the Length key is active sets the pattern s part length to zero This is only possible with 2nd parts A2 and B2 Parts A1 and B1 MUST have the Length set to a value greater than O NEPHETON i C2 Drumline editing e P
15. attern editing Global accent The AC track is used to accent ALL instrumental tracks on a given step The steps to accent are selected the same as any other track using the Step buttons The value is either On or Off If an Instrument has an accent on a step and AC is added to that step the two accents will be combined to give the loudest possible value for that instrument at that step INSTR SEL AC AC Track on instrument selector 3 The AC knob controls how much extra volume is added to a step Set to zero no AC is added Accent knob Tempo scale 3 On the Scale bar bar the lit LED marks the current Tempo scale one of four Tempo scale can be described as the number of steps per quarter note Default value is four steps per quarter note Successively counting from the bottom there are 8 steps per quarter note 4 steps per quarter note 6 steps and 3 steps per quarter note Tempo scale is switched by the Scale LED s on Scale bar NEPHETON Scale bar Scale bar LEDs B d16 group Drumline editing e Pattern editing e Pattern follow eececoecococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococcececececococococococococococococococcecocecocococococococococococococecececocecocococococococococococccececececococococococecooo d16 group Shuffle Shuffle is also called Syncopation or Swing It is added by turning the Shuffle knob when in Patt 4 Shuffle value is store
16. d per letter part A B independently in Native mode For Host mode m PA aa a E pa i itis stored per Simple pattern senna Pattern follow Follow button works only when the Patt Write mode is active Pattern number and name With Follow button turned off to choose a pattern to edit we need to navigate through all the available patterns using the Prev and Next buttons With Follow turned on currently playing pattern becomes the edited one immediately With Follow EDIT PART turned on switching between patterns using keys Prev and Next is disabled B Additionally currently played part becomes edited one The Edit part buttons are switched automatically Edit part buttons NEPHETON 24 Drumline editing e Loading and saving patterns A AA AA EEE ESSES ESSES EEE errr errr err EEE d16 group Loading and saving patterns It is possible to save or load a single pattern or a complete bank of patterns 4 3 Saving patterns 1 Before saving the pattern should be named click on Pattern name display Pattern number and name Just click on it and enter the name for the newly created pattern Pressing enter ends the editing process 2Note OnMacOS 2 To save pattern just click Next button with CTRL key pressed on keyboard The menu should appear use Apple CMD key instead of CTRL key HAND LERE Era i rai ST TEAM Caye pattern J Save pattern bank TERM MAMIE NI Saving pat
17. drum map Confirming the path saves it in the Nepheton configuration file The selected drum map will be loaded as default The text box on the left from the Browse button shows the path to the user s preset bank Configuration e Midi control tab A eeoooocococcoooooooocococococooooooooccococoooooooocococococooooooooccocococooooooooocococoooooooooccocoocoooooooooccccocoooooooococcococcooooooooococoocooooocooocoocooooooooooooooooooooo d16 group Midi control tab Nepheton can assign its controls on GUI to any MIDI CC Midi Control Change allowing the control of the plug in using external hardware or software Options Midi Learn mode CC Parameter CC Parameter CC Parameter Midi control tab Arama O ve 416 group Configuration e Midi control tab Controls included in the tab e Midi learn mode Checkbox which activates Midi learn mode 7 e Alist of active MIDI CC links containing pairs comprising of a CC code and the name of the plug in parameter e Default Map Checkbox which activates a default MIDI CC map When the map is activated it will be loaded with creating a new instance of the plug in Midi learn Assigning a Nepheton control to the MIDI controller requires 1 Checking Midi Learn Mode checkbox in the Midi Control tab Outputs Sequencer Midi Learn mode CC Parameter Midi Learn Mode selection checkbox or press the Midi Learn button in the Midi section on GUI
18. e changed by user e Internal The drum patterns are played using Nepheton s internal sequencer NEPHETON Overview e Audio outputs ve eecececococococococococococcececoecocococococococococococococcecececececocococococococococococococcececococococococococococococococcececococococococococococococococcecececococococococecooo d16 group Audio outputs Nepheton is a multi output VSTi plug in It has 12 stereo or mono configurable outs Instruments can be freely 1 mapped to each of those available outputs according to their individual volumes setting gt Note Being By the default outputs are set to be stereo That can be changed in a Options menu described later able to change a O When Nepheton is loaded the 17 individual drum sounds 1 extra trigger out sound described later are mapped on the host to first output To change the output assignment just click and drag on the LED above the drum sound settings sequencer Audio outputs configuration Sounds can be mapped to any available output one of 12 For example the Open and Closed Hi Hats could be assigned to a single output 2 together or the Clap could appear on output 1 etc It is fully configurable When Nepheton is playing it is possible to turn on or turn off individual channels instruments using the Mute Solo LED switches Mute solo switches 3 These stop the triggering of the instruments but allow the sounds to play until
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20. ep button If the blinking LED is in the Regular pattern area then the chosen pattern will start to play when Start is pressed If the blinking LED is in the Fill in pattern area then when play is started the chosen Fill in pattern will play followed by the regular pattern NEPHETON O Play modes e Internal pattern storage A AA AAO EEE EEE EEE EEE ESSE ESSES EEE errr errr ERES EEE ba 416 group Host mode In Host mode patterns are triggered using a MIDI keyboard A Note on causes the corresponding pattern to play 2 This mode is recommended for creating drum line arrangement in host application Releasing the key and sending a Note off will eventually stop the pattern It depends on whether the Note Off Mode State is set in configurational panel is checked To change Note Off Mode open configurational window by clicking Options button E Options button Go to Sequencer tab and check or uncheck the Note Off Mode State checkbox in Current Settings group The pattern will play back at the tempo of the host sequencer if internal sync turned off Int Sync or at the tempo which Nepheton s Tempo function is set to if using internal sync This happens while a key is pressed and held BANANA eis This is a very creative mode which by recording the notes into the host sequencer can allow very complex percussion mode the pattern structures to be created using patterns in Nepheton s internal pattern memory struc
21. function buttons located Adds a new empty group to the preset bank 6 Removes a group from the preset bank but only if the selected group is empty Before removing a group remaining presets should be relocated to different groups An empty group can be recognized by the lack of bold font and the lack of a pointer on the right from its name wW MISC gt Na Organs E Empty group in the Preset Browser i Pastes the edited preset to the buffer works exactly like the combination of Prev and CTRL eb FG OC Overwrites the selected preset with the buffer content works exactly like the combination of Next and CTRL The postfix copy is added 7 Function buttons of the Preset Browser ER f to the name of the preset pasted from the buffer a Works exactly like Prev on GUI allows to move backwards on the hierarchical structure of presets Works exactly like Next on GUI allows to move forward on the hierarchical structure of presets NEPHETON D Preset Management e Preset Browser A AA EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE er errr ree errr reer rr er errr errr EEE EEE EEE EEE 416 group Loading and Saving presets At the bottom of the Preset Browser there are function buttons which allow to save load presets on from the hard 6 drive Preset Load Save Bank Load Save Loading and Saving presets from the hard drive function Four buttons are available e Preset Load loads a single preset f
22. le for choosing the type of outputs Default outputs type Stereo Mono Default output type We re allowed to choose one of the two available types Stereo or Mono gt Note The plug in The content of the group is saved in the Nepheton configuration file and applies to all new instances of the plug in pd When removing any instance of the plug in from the host application the configuration file is saved outputs NEPHETON amp Configuration e Outputs tab A TESES EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE errr EEE EEE d16 group Trigger output There s possible to make audible a trigger sound which occurs in analogue machines By default this signal is off Source combo box set to None To turn it on you need to decide which track instrument will be triggering this sound by selecting it from Source combo box Trigger output Source None T Output 12 7 Trigger output Chosen track instrument apart from regular role will also be responsible for controlling trigger out sound 3 Trigger out will be mixed into the selected output one of twelve available Use the Output combo box to select the audio output for Trigger out NEPHETON 39 Configuration e Sequencer tab A AA AA EEE EEE d16 group Sequencer tab 3 Current Settings 3 Current Settings checkboxes Current settings w Use internal sequencer Use internal clock Host Mode state Note Off Mode state
23. lt The text box on the left from the Browse button shows the path to the user s preset bank NEPHETON Configuration e Drum map tab ve 416 group Drum map tab In External mode Nepheton by default works with General Midi drum mapping but it s possible to load your own drum map using an options in this tab Current Drum map In order to load or save the current drum map use the Load Save buttons from this group Current drum map Load Save Current drum map e Load Loads a custom drum map from a file nodrmap Nepheton drum map gt Note There s no way to re edit drum map using a Nepheton s UI You need to save default drum map e Save Saves a current drum map to a file 3 Default Drum map to a file first and re edit it within any text editor Files saved by Nepheton are XML compatible NEPHETON To set Default Drum map choose options available in this group We can choose one of following options e Factory map It means the default factory mapping General midi compatible is applied to the External mode available after loading Nepheton into the host application e User defined This option is used to set the new default Drum Map which will be loaded every time we load Nepheton in the host application When choosing User Defined option the Browse button on the right side is activated Using this button opens a dialog box in order to select a path to the user s
24. n using CTRL key on keyboard INSTR SEL AC BD SD Instrument selector To randomize the pattern press the Next button Prev will function when we have randomized a few patterns and wish to go back to a previous randomization PATTERN MAMIE NEPHETON 27 Randomizing drumlines e Randomize CI PAKA KG NANA NANG a NANA PANA NANANA NAP NAN KANA NAP NG APAN ld Da dd AK AA AA AA a16 group The LEDs above the Level knob for each selected instrument will flash This indicates that they are now assigned to Rand Mode They are used to determine the intensity of the randomization for that instrument That is how much randomization will occur across the selected steps 5 Instrument level knobs INTRO SE FILL IM TRIGGER ACCEPT INTRO FILL IN Fill in button 3 The Undo key will remove the randomization Editing functions NEPHETON Preset Management e Browsing presets A AA EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE ESSES EEE EEE EEE 416 group Preset Management Browsing presets Presets in the plug in are hierarchically organized in groups and contrary to the linear structure this setting is not compatible with the native methods used within the host application The user can see the presets assigned to particular groups in the Preset Browser Groups can be also defined by the user Controls available in the preset selection section e Preset name Displays the name of the selected preset
25. ning Base frequency Decay Amplitude release time Sound editing e Trigger out e Master volume eececoecococococococococococcecoececocococococococococococococcecececececocecocococococococococcceoccecececocococococococococococococecececococococococococococococococececececococecocococecooo d16 group e Laser Gun Depth Frequency envelope modulation 3 Decay Amplitude release time Sweep Release time of frequency envelope e Cymbal Tone Attack Decay Amplitude release time e Open Hihat Closed Hihat Tone Noise colour Decay Amplitude release time HH Frq Base frequency for a square oscillators which are used to generate the noise sound Trigger out There s possible to make audible a trigger sound which occurs in analogue machines By default this signal is off To turn itonyou need to decide which track instrument will be triggering this sound Check out further chapters for the details Master volume To change the Master volume just tweak the Master volume knob am fot Mies TER WOLUKAE Master volume knob NEPHETON Drumline editing e Pattern editing A TESES EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE ESSES ESSES EEE ESSES ba 416 group Drumline editing Pattern editing To edit the currently selected pattern press the Patt Write button it s not necessary in Host mode since Pattern write is the only possible mode there Pattern write button To
26. ococococococococcecoececocococococococococococococcecececececocecocococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococcececocococococococococococococccecececececocococococecooo 416 group Default Presets 3 D16 provides a set of default presets with Nepheton They are applied to every new instance of the plug in If a bank Of presets is created which should be applied every time instead of factory presets it is possible to select such an on option Default Presets section Default Presets e Factory Presets Clear Presets User Defined Browse Default Presets selection Options available in the Default Presets section e Factory Presets Default value after installing Nepheton Choosing this option loads the factory presets with every new instance of the plug in e Clear Preset Zeroed parameters with every new instance of the plug in e User Defined Preset bank selected by the user When choosing User Defined option the Browse button on the right side is activated Using this button opens a dialog box in order to select a path to the user s preset bank Confirming the path saves it in the Nepheton configuration file The selected preset bank will be loaded as default The text box on the left from the Browse button shows the path to the user s preset bank Patterns tab There re included some default patterns and drum kits with Nepheton These are loaded every time it is started This can be changed to point to
27. on GUI again 7 In order to create new links it is possible to reactivate the Midi Learn Mode at any time 3 The links are always sorted in an ascending manner in relation to the CC column according to the MIDI CC code 3 Unlinking and midi link management 3 On the right side of the link list there are 4 function buttons located CC Parameter CC Parameter CC Parameter 21 Filter 2 Cutoff 23 Filter 1 Cutoff Filter 1 Cutoff x e e 4 CR gt MIDI CC link list and function buttons Ex Removes a selected link choosing any link from the list and clicking on it highlights the selected link Using this button removes the selected link 1 Removes all MIDI CC links ROD 3 ia Loads link lists MIDI maps from file npccmap Nepheton MIDI CC Map files are saved in XML format whichenables tri Saves link lists MIDI maps to file their edition in any text editor NEPHETON Configuration e Midi control tab A TESES EEE EEE YAYA ERES d16 group Default MIDI Map Selecting a default MIDI Map 1 Check the Default Map checkbox which activates the Browse button on the right 2 Click Browse and select a file with a saved MIDI Map 3 After selecting the MIDI map the text box on the left from the Browse button shows the path to the active map file A default MIDI map is loaded each time when the plug in is loaded Default Map Default MIDI Map selection NEPHETON Cont
28. presets 35 7 Configuration 0 0 0 cece ccccsesccececcsccescesecesesererecececssesessnes 36 QUDA cr gt o DD ERR ADD UR E 3 Default output assigns s ssesseseesessesessesessesessesees 3 Default outputs type ssesessesesessesesesseseseesesesseseses 38 Trigger output seseesesesseseseesesessssesesessesesseseseseesesesses 39 Sequencer tab sesessesessesesessesesessesesessesesssseseseesesessesesee 40 Current Settings s ssesessesesessoseseesesesessesessesesessssese 40 Default Settings n sseseeseseesesseseesessesessesessesesseseess 41 Host play detection isso 41 SSS AN 42 PEE Ree 8 lt a ne ee ia 42 Default Presets sssccsscsssscecsssessescnssssscsncsensencees 43 Paterne CAND raie RR RR SAR ees 43 Drum AD TAD AA 45 Current Drum map sesesesesesesesesesesesesesesesesesseeseessesse 45 Default Drum MAD oe eevee 45 Midrcontrol Lab AA NONA ANA NAA 46 POU MLSE Wil ez aaa aa 47 Unlinking and midi link management 49 Default MIDI Map wen scscstscsessscseeeees 50 ONESIES sessao ia in uid 51 ve 416 group
29. rom a file file npprs Nepheton preset Note are i e Preset Save saves the current preset to a file Saving tne prese toafile saveitin Bank Load loads the entire bank of presets from a file file npprb Nepheton bank oe so Bank Save saves the entire bank of presets to a file when On demand function is selected in the plug in configuration gt Note Files saved by Nepheton are compatible with XML format which enables their edition in any text editor NEPHETON 35 Configuration A AA EEE EEE ESSES EEE ESSES errr rr errr errr err er re d16 group Configuration 7 GPS Ea Options button After clicking on Options in the upper left corner of GUI a configuration panel unfolds The panel has several tabs presets Configuration panel tabs e Outputs configures audio outputs e Sequencer configures sequencer s work mode e Presets indicates personal resources loaded instead of default presets e Patterns indicates personal pattern banks loaded with every new instance of the plug in in the host application e Drum map configures the drum map for External mode e Midi control configures MIDI communications with the plug in 3 Clicking on Options while holding CTRL opens a window with information about the version and the license owner NEPHETON 36 Configuration e Outputs tab A AA AA EEE ESSES EEE ERES EEE 416 group Outputs tab Configures audio ou
30. s e Host mode When this LED is turned on Each of these modes has its own pattern storage system 3 Native mode Nepheton is in this mode when it is first loaded 3 There are 16 available patterns Each pattern is comprised of 4 parts Each part can be up to 16 steps in length that is any size from O to 16 steps The parts have names A1 A2 B1 B2 Each complete pattern corresponds to one of the Step buttons Step buttons NEPHETON Play modes e Internal pattern storage A AA EEE ESSES EEE ESSES EEE ESSES EEE SEER EEE d16 group The first 12 patterns are called Regular patterns The remaining 4 patterns are Fill In patterns When a Regular pattern is selected the LED above it will flash When a Fill in pattern is selected the LED will stay lit 2 Pressing the Start button will cause the chosen Regular pattern to play The Measures auto fill in knob Measures auto fill in knob The default setting is Man Manual To play the fill in pattern the Tap button is used After pressing the Tap button the currently playing Regular pattern will play to the end and then chosen Fill in pattern will play When it finishes the Regular pattern plays again continuously INTRO FILL IN TRIGGER ACCEPT INTRO FILL IN Fill in button 3 Setting the Measures auto fill in knob to any of the other values will cause the Regular pattern and Fill in pattern to play in a cycle For example
31. s module and Control module functions work NEPHETON ve Play modes e Internal sequencer AA AA rrr rr Perr rrr reer rr rrr errr rrr errr rr errr errr errr EEE d16 group Internal sequencer Note If a pattern Internal Sequencer mode allows Nepheton to act as a fully functioning drum machine within the host sequencer 2 AOE Pressing Play on the host sequencer or Start on Nepheton will start play back of the default internal patterns Start button 7 and the host sequencer has not been started then playback can only be stopped using the Stop button on Nepheton Start stop buttons Nepheton can be set to synchronize perfectly to the host tempo by setting the Int Sync led to off or to play to its own tempo set by turning the Int Sync led on INT INT HOST SEQ NG MODE Sequencer settings 3 With internal synchronization turned on each of the internal patterns has its own Tempo value which can be adjusted by tweaking the Tempo knob Only in the Pattern Write mode described later NG di nf 3 PAT ee crete pet AUTO FILL IN Wa as AFTA E 9 Fd Tempo knob NEPHETON Q Play modes e Internal pattern storage A TERRE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE ESSES EEE ESSES EEE ESSES ESSES EEE d16 group Internal pattern storage There are two internal Play modes 2 e Native mode Available when the Host mode LED is turned off Sequencer setting
32. setting the value to 16 will cause the Regular pattern to repeat 15 times and then play the Fill in pattern The cycle will then repeat The Total length of the cycle corresponds to the selected knob value NEPHETON Play modes e Internal pattern storage As mentioned earlier every Regular pattern is comprised of 4 parts The Basic variation switch determines how the parts are played within the pattern BASIG WARLAT KIN Fr 1 Basic variation switch There are 3 possible settings e Position A Parts A1 and A2 if exists that is if the length of A2 is greater than O are played e Position B Parts B1 and B2 if exists that is if the length of B2 is greater than O are played e Position AB Parts A1 A2 B1 and B2 are played Play mode of the Fill in patterns is set by I F Variation switch I F variation switch Fill in patterns consist of A1 A2 B1 B2 parts The I F Variation determine which play NEPHETON d16 group Play modes e Internal pattern storage A TESES EEE ESET EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE ba 416 group Example 1 Basic Variation switch A I F Variation switch B Measures auto fill in knob 4 With Length A2 set to O the following sequence will be played 2 e Regular Al e Regular A1 e Regular Al e Fill in B1 3 If the length of A2 was greater than zero then the pattern would be played back as follows e Regular A1 A2 e Regular A1 A2 e Regular A1 A2 NEP
33. terns Choose the Save pattern option to show file save dialog To save all patterns currently stored in Nepheton choose Save pattern bank option NEPHETON 25 Drumline editing e Loading and saving patterns Loading patterns 3 To load pattern click Prev button with CTRL key pressed on keyboard The menu should appear LAOTI a DATI P 4 ER PATTE sas Load pattern few Load pattern bank BETA PATTERN Loading patterns Choose the Load pattern option to show file dialog To load whole bank of patterns to Nepheton s memory choose Load pattern bank option gt Note Files saved by Nepheton are in standard XML format and can be easily edited within any text editor NEPHETON 3 Following file types are saved and loaded by Nepheton e Native mode npptrbN Bank consisting all 16 patterns npptrN Single pattern e Host mode npptrbH Bank consisting all 96 patterns npptrH Single pattern CB d16 group Randomizing drumlines e Randomize A APA EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE AA EEE d16 group Randomizing drumlines 3 Randomize To randomize a pattern we need to select Rand mode while in Patt Write mode In Rand mode the GUI functionality changes slightly Editing functions 3 The Instr Sel LEDs select which instrument will be included in the randomization Clicking will turn them on or off The same principles apply as during instrument selectio
34. tputs from the plug in 3 Default output assigns Setting the default internal audio outputs mapping Default outputs assigns BD SD LC MC HC LT MT HT CL RS MA CP CB LG CY OH CH 1 TOL Fel T801 T801 TR1 T81 T801 T01 T01 T801 TO1 TOL TRI TOL TOL TOI T Set from Current assignations Default output assigns 3 If you have your favorite audio output configuration Audio outputs configuration You may set it to be the default one recalled after each time when you load the plug in into host application aa AAAH 37 Configuration e Outputs tab A eececoecoecocococococococococcecoececocococococococococococococcecececececocococococococococococococcecocecocococococococococococococecececocococococococococococococcccecececococecocococecooo 416 group You may set a default audio output configuration using combo boxes under instruments abbreviations by choosing one of twelve available audio outputs for every instrument 7 Default output assigns selecting outputs Or map the output using the GUI accordingly to your preferences and then use Set from current assignations option Then your map becomes the default one The content of the Default outputs assigns group is saved in the Nepheton configuration file and applies to all new instances of the plug in When removing any instance of the plug in from the host application the configuration file is saved 3 Default outputs type This is responsib
35. ture is quite different They It should be noted that in Host mode the Start Stop and Step buttons on Nepheton don t function Patterns are only o o Played back while a key on a connected midi keyboard is pressed and held They re just Simple patterns with maximum 16 steps They re mapped to Midi keyboard as notes C 1 to B 8 That is 96 patterns NEPHETON d16 group Play modes e Internal pattern storage PAT TERM MAMIE Pattern number and name in format P TONE NAME or OCTAVE NUMBER Nepheton has permanently active Midi output which allows to control external instrument virtual or hardware by Nepheton s internal sequencer It works either in Native or Host mode Plug in sends a midi note codes accordingly to the current drum map configuration to its Midi output Velocity values of Midi notes sent by Nepheton are calculated on a basis of Step attributes accented or non accented and value of Global accent When you set the Nepheton into External mode it just passes Midi notes through itself unchanged So basically the same notes you redirect into a plug in you will get on the Midi output NEPHETON Sound editing d16 group Sound editing 2 3 Synthesis module is for sound editing in Nepheton ASI accor Waw i aa San ae mi q H l ANG H a por a te y TUNING JING TUNING NET fie TA HH NG H ka Cat a H o HS FIG a
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