NLog MIDI Synth Manual
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1. Modulation Mastering NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 36 Oscillators OSITO Iaw Osc Mix MOROROOO Wave Pach Detune Ring Nose LILLILLLILLS Both oscillators are implemented based on a custom studio quality alias free algorithm They are separately tunable Pitch with fine grained detuning Detune at the second one Both provide 20 waveforms Wave including classic analogue style sine triangle sawtooth and square as well as complex waveforms The first osc when waveform is set to square sqr also provides pulse width PW control which can be modulated by LFO1 The blend between both oscillators can be controlled by the Osc Mix button and modulated with LFO2 You can turn off an oscillator without modifying the blend by simply selecting the off waveform Frequency Modulation Synthesis Osc1 can modulate Osc2 s frequency For classical FM synthesis turn Osc Mix to 1 0 to isolate FM controlled output of oscillator 2 Intensity of modulation is controlled by FM knob Play around with different Pitch and Detune settings as well as different waveforms Start with sin wave in the beginning then move to more complex ones By modulating the FM or Osc1 s pitch parameter with LFOs or Envelope 3 you can create highly complex and fantastic sounds and patches Blend Osc1 s modulation signal into the mix by turning Osc Mix back from 1 0 to lower values T2. The velocity setting is stored in the user preferences Hold The Hold button toggles between on and off state of keyboard hold While activated all keys of the lower keyboard will be sticky After release of your finger the key keeps pressed and the note continues to sound For deactivating a note press the key again The hold function is applied only for the lower keyboard See also the Poly Mono Legato section and Arpeggio chapter for specific behavior in these modes You can activate as many keys as you like However depending on the speed and hardware capabilities of your device only a certain maximum number of notes will be able to sound If this maximum number is reached voice stealing will occur and keep the number for sounds below that maximum In any case keys stay pressed Octave Control The NLog Synth covers a range of 6 1 2 octaves Depending on the size setting only a certain portion can be displayed on screen There are several ways to control which portion of the full range is displayed e If lock is not activated you can slide the keyboard while holding one key pressed e With the Oct 1 and Oct 1 buttons you can increase or decrease by one octave The gray area in the keyboard pictorial depicts the visual portion of the overall octave range Sliding that gray area will change the visual portion accordingly NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 12 Arpeggio In the top left corner of the Keyb display you
3. mo e lo mm EE D pm _ L Wee On the left and right side of the loop there are handles which you can drag to control start and end positions of the loop This can be done even while playback To avoid clicks in Wave mode playback automatically applies very short fade in and fade outs with a crossfade at each loop cycle Other Buttons The Save button lets you save a recording permanently on your device Please enter an appropriate name for the recording followed by the return key The correct file extension will be added automatically After performing save operation the media list screen will be displayed with the saved recording selected in the list The Click button activates the metronome control The Files button leads to the media list See the following sections for detailed description NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 20 Metronome The metronome panel will be displayed when the Click button is pressed from the tape screen lt displays controls to activate and configure the metronome SS Pitch WV rare Activation The left button activates the metronome and toggles between three states of operation Off On and Rec In off state the metronome is deactivated In on state the metronome runs all the time In rec state the metronome runs only while recording in the tape screen is activated BPM Control To the right of the activation button there are three cont
4. MIDI keyboard connect the MIDI Out socket of the keyboard to the MIDI In port of the interface in use with NLog For playing an external sound module from the NLog onscreen keyboard connect the MIDI Out port from the interface in use with NLog to the MIDI In socket of the sound module e You can utilize both MIDI ports In 4 Out of an interface in use with NLog simultaneously In the Sys page you find under the MIDI tab the MIDI Through setting When enabled NLog forwards external incoming MIDI messages to the MIDI Out port Since this can cause unwanted MIDI message loops this setting is disabled by default Please check your MIDI setup carefully when enabling this setting You can also connect to any MIDI interface like from your desktop or laptop computer For further information about MIDI wiring please refer also to the documentation provided by your interface vendor Akai s SynthStation 25 You can put NLog into the Akai SynthStation 25 NLog detects the SynthStation automatically and you can play the synth from the keyboard NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 6 NLog interpreted the program and octave buttons as labeled The upper row of buttons are interpreted as follows from left to right e Switch to Edit section e Switch to Perf screen e Start Stop recording e Start Stop playback WiFi MIDI Connections You can connect via WiFi to a Core MIDI compatible computer like Macs running OSX NLog will automatically
5. Sre o Emt o DADS Drive Dry Wet AA Chorus The chorus section is simply controlled by Speed and Depth parameter Use chorus to make sounds more rich and fat Distortion The amount of distortion is controlled by the Drive parameter Dry Wet blends between the distorted and and original signal Please be careful with distortion since sound can be harsh and loud NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 42
6. You can now export and import complete banks of 32 sound patches like you can do already in the OSX versions You can im amp export them via email or iTunes file transfer Also loading of 3rd party sound banks like from App Sounds now becomes very handy e Core MIDI Network NLog now automatically activates Core MIDI Network in order to connect via WiFi to a Mac or another iOS device Still you can configure inout and output settings for network MIDI in Sys section Devices e Full MIDI CC Range You can now assign the full range of MIDI Controllers from 0 127 to NLog parameter either via MIDI learn or in the Sys page section MIDI NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 4 e Open Media Files in Another App In the media file list you can reach from the Tape screen there is now a new export option to open a midi or wave file in another app If there are apps on your OS device installed which implement standard OS file handling for audio or MIDI files then you can select from these apps to open a specific file from NLog OS will the automatically open then other app for further processing of this file e Better Default Sound The default sound has been changed and improved to a much easier starting point for own sound designs However this applies only for new installations e Fixes amp Other Improvements Among many other fixes and improvements The iPhone iPod touch version has been optimized for dev
7. can start stop the slave device with the button aside of the WIST button The tempo is the one set in arpeggio MIDI Sync As an alternative to WIST MIDI Sync slave mode can be used to synchronize NLog s arpeggio with other MIDI devices or apps NLog keeps track of tempo changes as much as possible and syncs to it in arpeggio mode Please make sure Sync is set to On in arpeggio controls NLog is running only in MIDI Sync slave mode and does not send or forwards MIDI Sync messages Background Mode You can activate amp deactivate background mode for NLog In background mode NLog keeps running and reacts to incoming MIDI events be it from external devices or other apps using NLog s virtual MIDI ports Please remark that NLog can receive only from Core MIDI devices when running in background mode Non Core MIDI devices like Line 6 Midi Mobilizer v1 or Akai s SynthStation25 cannot control NLog in background mode due to their non Core MIDI nature Line6 new Midi Mobilizer 2 will be Core MIDI compliant and works with NLog s background mode When running in background mode NLog is consuming CPU resources So please make sure to deactivate it or kill NLog in order not to waste energy and drain battery NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 34 MIDI Settings The channel setting selects the channel for receiving MIDI In and sending MIDI Out messages When set to omni NLog wi
8. create a link which is called Network Session in NLog s device selector Sys gt Devices Please make sure that your WiFi network is not congested and fast enough For best results please create a peer to peer network with your computer Otherwise network latency may create note and sync latencies For creating peer to peer networks on a Mac please go to the WiFi menu on top of the Mac screen and select Create network from the menu Afterwards go to the Settings app on your iOS device and link to this WiFi network On the Mac you have to go to the Audio MIDI Setup app Finder gt Utilities and configure a network session You have to activate the checkbox of the session and then add your device The setup should look similar like below A MIDI Network Setup My Sessions Session Y Session 1 Y Enabled Port 5004 Local name Session 1 Bonjour name Rolf s MacBook Pro Name Latency adj Participants Rolf W hrmann s Par O ms gt Rolf Wohrmann s iPad Latency ms 2000 500 100 50 10 0 3 10 50 Address 10 0 1 13 5004 Connect gt Live Who may connect to me a routings Only computers in my Directory NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 7 Virtual MIDI Connections NLog implements virtual MIDI in amp out ports This means that other apps running on the same device can send to NLog MIDI data There are several use cases for this One is to have a controller app
9. have to press the Arp button It leads you to the arpeggio subpage Here you press the ArpOn Off button to toggle to Arp On mode Now just press a few keys The keyboard is automatically switched to hold mode in arpeggio With the other buttons on the arpeggio subpage you control the arpeggio style Sync On Off The Sync button activates sync mode If NLog is setup see Devices Settings section either as MIDI or WIST slave the arp tempo and downbeat position is sync ed to the incoming messages If arp sync is activated and no sync signal is received there are no notes emitted from NLog Thus you can start amp stop NLog s arpeggio from start amp stop of the sync master Algorithm The Algo button toggles through a set of different arpeggio algorithms from simple up or down to more complex ones Here is the list with schematic explanations Up gt 123412341234 Dwn gt 432143214321 UpDo gt 1234321234321 Up2 gt 132413241324 Dwn2 gt 423142314231 OrgU gt 1121314111213141 OrgD gt 4434241444342414 Rand gt random like 341231324 OrgR gt random with fixed note 4121314111211141 Chrd gt chord mode Octave The Oct button toggles between the range of used additional octaves In the Org algorithms every second notes are never affected by the octave setting Thus in the Org algorithms every second note a constant key is repeated indepe
10. note by pressing a different key the arpeggio will be automatically transposed Thus you can play the arpeggio much like a pattern based player The two modes Chrm and Diat differs in the way the transposition is executed In Chrm mode the arpeggio is simply transposed chromatically In Diat mode NLog tries to NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 14 identify the tonality of the arpeggio and stays in that tonality if the transposition key is also in that key e g Arpeggio is C E G B thus NLog is detecting a C Major key If you now press D as the transposition key NLog will transpose to D F A C In chromatic mode NLog would have transposed this example to D F A C If you switch to dual mode with both keyboards on the screen you can actually see and control the arpeggio keys at the upper keyboard However once you switch transposition mode to Off the arpeggio keys are swapped back to the lower keyboard Arpeggio Storage The arpeggio settings are stored within each sound patch When transposition mode is activated also the arpeggio keys are stored in the patch Thus you can store the transpositional patterns with your sound and make them an inherent ingredient Delay Sync Mode The delay has been extended with a synchronized mode Please see delay description within the Edit section NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 15 XY Control The XY control screen can be selected via the XY button of the main menu It provide
11. Ableton Live are trademarks of Ableton AG WIST is a trademark and software of KORG INC All other trademarks are property of their respective owners NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual Content Wha s new RE aan oeacoconda 4 Setting Up Your Environment cccccceceseeceeeeeeneeceesesenseseeeessenees 6 ON Screen Key DO alist a 6 External MIDI DEVICES canina ii 6 Virtual MIDI CONMECUOMS ii dlls 8 VIB COANG UFANON ni St 8 Menu STC Osses ad 9 Performance Screen oncconcconnconnconnccnncnnncnnnrnnnncnnrronrnannrnnaronnrnanenanenanens 10 KeyDOard SCOR ne a aE ue 11 ADO TE RER ratio E 13 Po COMO ri 16 Sound SCLC CIO Ni 17 De ooo 19 MONO Dto cc 21 Media Sus 22 Y Dennen ae tye O ree eh re nett eee E eee eee 24 A an 27 SUSTO SIN ee teamed 30 FCS CTIAG S tdi E AS AAA EAN 30 KHODS SENS it tddi 31 COTOS CUINOS a oct o e elo ae aL le 32 DEVICES DOMINO Sii ii 33 LOT RE A A 33 LB ES AC niian a a a 34 BACK ONO NOG Ss triana E NS 34 MIDI S UNGS ati A E E E E 35 MIDES in 35 SV FIC E AING PRO eee 36 CSCI AIO Sao cadetes 37 Frequency Modulation Synthesis 37 RDA IOC AON estaba da 37 NOIS Generalidad a dolosa dde 37 A A Can PE aN Ra 38 ENVOIODO Sprite 38 EOS a nt en Re OS ou HN 39 IMOOGUIATION ENVCIODO ARE RARE ei ad dd 40 A RP a 40 ENS SD De ln ee de o en 41 DE dde 41 CNO US RS a nea ee 42 DISTONIOMS ER ALAN MN C aCe ee CC ce ae ie 42 NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual What s new in 5 0 Here is a short overview
12. By clicking on the icons the respective web page will open All other menu screens will be described in the following sections The Edit menu button will lead to the sound editing section of the synthesizer which has its own menu structure Within the edit section clicking on Exit will lead back to the main menu NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual Performance Screen EEELCELLELT a a QRORORO Voburne Cutoff Attack Dry Wet The performance screen is the default screen shown after starting the app It can be also activated by selecting the Perf button in the main menu The performance menu shows two wheels and four performance knobs The latter let you control quickly four main aspects of the selected sound patch without going into the edit section The four parameters can be set in the Knobs subpage of the Sys section The selection which parameters will be displayed will be saved within user preferences The individual values of the selected parameters will be saved within each sound patch Wheels The performance as well as the Keyb XY and Tape screens display two wheels for controlling playback The pitch wheel lets you bend the pitch of the currently played notes After releasing the wheel it snaps back into neutral middle position The maximum bend interval can be set in the Control section of the Sys menu and will be saved within user preferences The other wheel controls a specific p
13. I files are listed if they are compatible with standard MIDI file format The list can be scrolled by a swiping gesture For performing further actions on files you have to select a file by tapping on its file name The selected file is highlighted in blue Load The Load button loads the selected file into to the tape screen There you can playback and play along the file Audio files will be automatically converted to 44 1 kHz stereo files when loading them into the tape buffer However the original file in the media list is not changed or converted Also NLog loads only the maximum recording length into the tape buffer For MIDI files which have been recorded with NLog the sound patch stored in the MIDI file is loaded For imported MIDI files which contain more than one track the user has to select the respective track before loading Play The Play button plays the selected file for quick audition before loading the file Press stop for ending the playback before the file has finished NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 22 Rename The Rename button activates a dialog in which you can rename the file The appropriate file extension will be automatically set and therefore does not need to be typed in Delete The Delete button removes the selected sound file There is no way to restore it So please think twice before deleting a file Sorting The file list can be sorted by different categories Date length type
14. IDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 32 Devices Settings ia Pach Kraotrs Certrot Devices M Network Session CSS ovt HATO IN Clock MIDE Through OFF The Device settings submenu lets you configure each available Core MIDI port You can enable disable receiving MIDI channel data notes CCs etc with the IN Notes button as well as MIDI Sync data with the IN Clock button You can also enable disable sending MIDI channel data notes CCs etc to other devices with the OUT Notes button NLog itself does not act as MIDI Sync master but only slave Thus there is no OUT Clock button On top you find the device selector All the IN OUT settings selected made individually per device Settings are stored permanently even if the device becomes unavailable NLog will remember next time when it becomes available again When while running a new device becomes available or disappears this will be reflected in the devices settings lf there are existing preferences for the new device they will be used If the new device is used with NLog for the first time the default is that IN Notes is enabled Thus for simple setups the user has nothing to do and it is plug and play When using Network Session with WiFi like connecting a laptop or desktop computer please make sure that your WiFi network is not congested and fast enough For best results please create a peer to peer network with your computer Otherwise n
15. NLog MIDI Synth User Manual ONO ONO y a OO O NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual Preface This manual describes NLog MIDI Synth version 5 0 NLog MIDI Synth is a professional level software synthesizer for the iPhone amp iPod touch devices For iPads we recommend NLogSynth PRO which is a special version optimized for iPad devices although NLog MIDI Synth runs also on iPads using lower screen resolution NLog models a classical analogue style synthesizer with two oscillators noise generator frequency modulation ring modulator filter 3 envelope generators 2 LFOs and a stereo effect section containing distortion chorus and delay We believe in high quality audio and sound synthesis It is our aim to provide highest standards possible on the used hardware Carefully tuned algorithms and efficient machine level programming gives us the freedom we need Great user interface design and graphics by David Boldini provides for intuitive and appealing GUI experience Maximizing user s creativity is what we want to achieve in our interface design NLog Synth was created by Rolf Wohrmann in 2008 Frankfurt July 2012 Rolf Wohrmann 2012 All rights reserved Apple the Apple logo Logic Studio GarageBand MainStage iPod iPod touch and iTunes are trademarks of Apple Inc registered in the U S and other countries iPhone is a trademark of Apple Inc Line 6 and MIDI Mobilizer are trademarks of Line 6 Inc Ableton and
16. a Pasteboard Email Export Selecting Email will bring an email composing screen with an attachment for the Wave rsp MIDI file Simply complete the email Pressing Send or Cancel returns to NLog Synth SoundCloud Export Pressing on the SoundCloud export option show the SoundCloud export panel caca Tole Tango wav License Shanng You can get a SoundCloud account here http www soundcloud com The first time you access SoundCloud functionality from NLog you have to authenticate yourself at SoundCloud NLog will open a Mobile Safari window with the standard SoundCloud authentication screen When logged in successfully Safari returns automatically to NLog and shows the SoundCloud export panel For all further activities this panel is shown automatically unless you log out from SoundCloud With the Rename button you can optionally change the name of the sound file The License button toggles between different licensing and copyright options you can set for your sound file within SoundCloud The Sharing setting toggles between public and private NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 25 Press Upload to start the uploading process When done successfully it returns to the file list You can cancel the uploading process with the Cancel button The Log Out button logs you out from SoundCloud This is an optionally step you do not have to perform WiFi E
17. and name Pressing the Sort button toggles between these states NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 23 Export The Export button exports the selected file It will bring up a panel to select the export destination Wave files e Email e SoundCloud e Sonoma Pasteboard e BeatMaker Pasteboard e WiFi e Open in Another App MIDI files e Email e WIFI Tunes In addition to these export options all files in the file list are automatically exposed to the Tunes file sharing mechanism When you connect your OS device with the docking USB cable to your computer with Tunes installed select your device in Tunes click on the Apps tab and select NLog MIDI Synth in the app list at the bottom On the right you will find then all files from the media list as well as exported sound patches With the respective buttons you can save amp load files to and from your computer BeatMaker Pasteboards Pressing on the BeatMaker pasteboard option the panel returns That s all to be done in NLog Synth Quit the app and start BeatMaker 1 2 or any other app compatible to Intua s pasteboard definition for a list see here http code google com p intua audio sharing wiki CompatibleApps In BeatMaker version 1 you go to the Pad display from the top menu Press File on the left side and move to the CLIPBOARD section by clicking the arrow down button on the bottom left side a few times Select PASTE and navigate to you
18. arameter of the sound patch like filter cutoff The respective parameter can be set in the Control section of the Sys menu The parameter type and position of the wheel parameter will be saved within the sound patch NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 10 Keyboard Screen The Keyb screen lets you control the configuration of the keyboard Press Keyb from the main menu to display the keyboard panel Some of the settings are stored in the user preferences Please check the appropriate section In the following the buttons will be described from left to right and top to bottom a a eo ae er Pitch Arpeggio Please see the following chapter Lock Mode The keyboard scrolls normally by dragging a key left or right while holding the key However if the lock button is activated the keyboard stays fix Sliding your finger over the keyboard will allow for performing glissando effects Press the button for toggling between locked and sliding mode The lock mode setting is stored in the user preferences as well as the last scroll positions of both keyboards Size With the size button you can control the size of the keyboard It toggles between four different sizes in increasing order The size setting is stored in the user preferences Second Keyboard The button showing two keyboard rows will enable a second keyboard on top Both keyboards can be scrolled independently They share same si
19. ate name assuming there was appropriate content in the pasteboard NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 27 SoundCloud Selecting SoundCloud for import will show the SoundCloud import panel a li ala RoliCat ITOS 20t 18 01 10 oe Tango wav ITOADON IFA 10 00 You can get a SoundCloud account here http www soundcloud com The first time you access SoundCloud functionality from NLog you have to authenticate yourself at SoundCloud NLog will open a Mobile Safari window with the standard SoundCloud authentication screen When logged in successfully Safari returns automatically to NLog and shows the SoundCloud export panel For all further activities this panel is shown automatically unless you log out from SoundCloud Select the file you like to download and press Import You can cancel the download with the Cancel button If you do not see a file in the list for download you have actually in SoundCloud please make sure within the track settings in SoundCloud that the track is enabled for download Play lets you pre listen a file before downloading it The Log Out button logs you out from SoundCloud This is an optionally step you do not have to perform NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 28 WIFI Selecting WiFi import will show a panel which gives information about the URL to be selected in a computer connected to the same WiFi network like your NLog Synth device Keep the panel open until y
20. by pressing the respective parameter button which is accordingly highlighted Once your are finished with the parameter selection press the OK button in the bottom left corner to assign the parameter or simply Cancel to leave the dialog without any change Knobs Mode Switch between circular amp vertical knob modes Setting is stored permanent NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 31 Control Settings Eat Pete Hoyo xY Snte Tape Sys e mio o Pen Knobs C e mo md dd Pach Bend interval 12 Wheel Param vefCutO t i Pitch Bend Interval The interval setting of the pitch bend wheel determines the bend interval when the wheel is at maximum or minimum The interval can be set with the plus minus buttons in halftone steps from 1 to 12 The setting will be stored within the sound patch Wheel Parameter The second wheel can be assigned a sound parameter Pressing the parameter button leads to a parameter selection dialog similar to the one described for the Knobs settings page However the wheel parameter assignment is stored within the sound patch XY Parameter The XY settings assigns the sound parameters controlled in the XY screen by dragging in the respective directions Pressing one of the parameter buttons leads to a parameter selection dialog similar to the one described for the Knobs settings page However the XY parameter assignments are stored within the sound patch NLog M
21. etwork latency may create note and sync latencies When MIDI Through is set to ON NLog forwards external incoming MIDI messages to the MIDI Out port Since this can cause unwanted MIDI message loops this setting is disabled by default Please check your MIDI setup carefully when enabling this setting WIST WIST is a non MIDI sync protocol used and conceived by Korg to sync two OS devices for common start stop and tempo lt is Bluetooth based and works with apps like MS20 Electribe and also Table Top NLog can act as WIST master amp slave Please activate WIST by pressing WIST button and also on the other device After a while you will see a list of found WIST devices Now initiate the connection from the to be slave device by selecting the name of the master NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 33 hardware After a while on the master hardware a panel opens to accept the slave device Please do so Pressing again on the WIST button will cancel the WIST connection The About button shows a WIST info page from Korg In slave mode NLog s arpeggio is sync ed and started from the WIST master device Please see Arpeggio section above for Arpeggio sync in general WIST technology does not by definition update the tempo while running in contrast to MIDI Sync so it keeps the tempo started with Also WIST is implemented by having a little delay after pressing start on the master device If NLog is WIST master you
22. for the new features of update 5 0 e True Mono Legato Mode The Mono and Legato modes are now modified to fully simulate what classical monophonic analogues synthesizers do The release tail of each sounding note is stopped when next note is played Before NLog was overlapping release tails which couldn t be achieved with monophonic synthesizers MIDI Learn amp Default Values Hold your finger down on any control and a little panel opens which lets you assign next incoming MIDI CC controller value to this parameter Thus you do not have to know which CC number your controller sends just activate MIDI learn in NLog and play your controller All controller mappings are stored in a table which you can reach from Sys section MIDI and then press MIDI Learn You can delete specific mappings from this table or just look at them to get an overview When you hold you finger down on a control to show the MIDI Learn panel there is also a second option with which you can reset the parameter to its default value This is useful for example for bipolar parameters to get quickly and exact back to the zero position e Overdub Recording amp Looping There is now an overdub mode for wave recordings When activated a new recording will mix into the existing This also works with looped audio With the undo button you can get back to the state before doing the overdub recording session e Sound Bank Import Export
23. he blend can also be modulated by LFO 2 Ring Modulation Blend with the Ring knob into the ring modulated signal of both oscillators Use this classic electronic music effect for example to add additional higher partials and make sounds more crisp and brilliant You can modulate the Ring parameter with LFO 2 or Envelope 3 Noise Generator NLog Synth contains a generator for white noise The Noise knob blends between oscillator mix and noise The blend can be modulated by LFO 2 or Envelope 3 NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 37 Filter Op OWT TOF O Cutoff Resonarxe Keytrack Velocity 0 0 0 Attack Sustain Release gt Cutoff LILLILLIJLLJ The filter carefully implements a classical analogue filter There are 6 genuine filter types A lowpass LP which damps higher frequencies a high pass HP which removes low frequencies and a bandpass BP which selects only a specific range of frequencies All LP HP and BP filter types come in two modes where the steepness of the frequency reduction is different like LP2 has less steepness than LP4 For compatibility of pre 2 0 versions of NLog there is the LPv1 compatibility mode for keeping older patches consistent By selecting OFF as filter type you bypass the filter The Cutoff parameter selects the respecting frequency range while Resonance adds additional frequencies by adding feedback which is a classic ana
24. ices with arm7 based CPUs The occasional muting of NLog after incoming phone calls has been fixed The Running Phase parameter has been improved and fixed Update to new Akai SDK for Akai SynthStation 25 and further optimizations for this device NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 5 Setting Up Your Environment There are many ways you can use NLog This chapter describes a couple of them e On Screen Keyboard e External MIDI Controller amp DAWs e From other apps via Virtual Core MIDI running in background e Synchronized to other iOS devices via WIST e Synchronized via MIDI Clock to other apps or connected MIDI Hardware or DAWs On Screen Keyboard First NLog can be played from the on screen keyboard which is further described in the sections Keyboard Settings and Arpeggio further below in the manual External MIDI Devices NLog supports external input and output from external MIDI interfaces like Line6 Midi Mobilizer 1 amp 2 Akai s SynthStation25 IK Multimedia s Rig MIDI iKingdom s iConnectMIDI and all other Core MIDI compliant interfaces These interfaces are typically plugged into the docking station connector of your iPhone or Pod touch They typically provide 5 pin DIN MIDI cables for MIDI In amp Out which are connected to your MIDI equipment Please refer to the manual of interface manufacturer MIDI Wiring When using classic MIDI 5 pin DIN wiring here is some advice For playing NLog from a
25. l 40 Effects The Eff 1 and Eff 2 screens let access you an effects section with 3 stereo effects Delay Chorus and Distortion Delay IEC CIRO Compe Sre Ext o OR ORS OR ORO Delay L Delay R Feed KX Feed HC ut Q Q Decouple Sync Dry Wet LAILLJLLLALLJL The delay section contains a stereo delay with cross feedback and damping Delay L and Delay R control the delay time of the respective stereo channel A switch toggles between time driven and synchronized mode In the latter the delay times left amp right are relative to the tempo setting of the arpeggiator The DelayL amp DelayR parameter can be set to different relationships to the tempo The Decouple parameter add in synchronized mode some extra time to the delay in order not to be too mechanical lt does so by adding slightly different values to the right and left channel Thus some extra stereo effect is heard Feed controls the amount of feedback within each channel while X Feed controls the feedback send from one channel to the other HiCut adds damping to the feedback by implementing a simple lowpass filter within the feedback loop With HiCut the delayed signal gets smooth and prevents overdriven feedback Be careful with adding feedback it can become very noisy The Dry Wet knob in the right bottom blends between original and delayed signal NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 41 Om e h o Med3e En2 Compe
26. la Wes E E Rec Play Loop Ciick Save Files The tape screen can be reached from main menu via the Tape button It provides recording facilities as well as the link to the metronome and media list for export and pasteboard support There are two recording modes Audio waveform and MIDI notes You can select between both modes with the top buttons Wave and MIDI Both modes have their independent recording buffers Thus a MIDI recording is not overwriting the last Wave recording and vice versa MIDI records all keyboard events Pitch Bend Modulation Wheel Perf Knobs and XY Panel It also saves the current sound patch into the MIDI file Recording Pressing the Rec button activates recording mode The actual recording starts with the first key pressed Any played sound will be recorded including all used wheels performance knobs xy controller and sound parameter It is no problem to leave the tape page while recording but you have to come back to stop the recording If the metronome is activated its sound is not included in the recording In Wave mode depending on the used hardware the maximal recording length is restricted If the maximal length is reached the recording automatically stops and informs the user by a dialog panel In recording mode the Rec button changes its label to Stop which needs to be pressed to finish the recording lt is a good practice to
27. like SoundPrism PRO running in the foreground playing NLog running in the background Please make sure that the virtual connection is created only once to NLog You can create the connection from both apps so please do it just from either one Other apps like SoundPrism PRO are just connecting to everything So there is no setup needed here MIDI Configuration Please check the MIDI channel setting of your device and set it within NLog s Sys MIDI tab to the same value NLog uses MIDI channel numbering from 1 16 which is used by most MIDI devices If you set NLog to omni it plays back MIDI messages received on any channel NLog interprets all incoming MIDI note on amp off modulation wheel pitch bend sustain pedal program and bank change messages MIDI Controller messages are interpreted according to the settings within sys MIDI page Please see the according section for more on these settings When using NLog for MIDI Output it will send note on off messages modulation wheel pitch bend and XY pad movements into MIDI Controller messages according to the settings NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 8 Menu Structure The NLog Synth is structured into different screens Each screen can be activated by a menu button on the top After startup the main menu is shown Edit e Perf e Keyb e XY e Snd e Tape e Sys e Info The Info menu button activates an info panel with useful information about the software
28. ll interpret all incoming MIDI messages regardless of their channel setting MIDI Out messages are sent on channel 1 when setting is omni The other settings map different MIDI Controller numbers to the X amp Y pad parameters as well as to the 4 perf parameters They control the same sound elements of NLog as their onscreen equivalents MIDI Learn Hold your finger down on any control and a little panel opens which lets you assign next incoming MIDI CC controller value to this parameter Thus you do not have to know which CC number your controller sends just activate MIDI learn in NLog and play your controller All controller mappings are stored in a table which you can reach from Sys section MIDI and then press MIDI Learn You can delete specific mappings from this table or just look at them to get an overview When you hold you finger down on a control to show the MIDI Learn panel there is also a second option with which you can reset the parameter to its default value This is useful for example for bipolar parameters to get quickly and exact back to the zero position NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 35 Synth Editing NLog models a classical analogue style synthesizer with two oscillators noise generator frequency modulation ring modulator filter 3 envelope generators 2 LFOS and a stereo effect section containing distortion chorus and delay NLog Synthesizer Diagram Sound Generation
29. logue style effect The filter has its own Envelope 2 below in the screen It modulates the cutoff frequency by the amount controlled with gt Cutoff parameter The modulation can be positive or negative for rising or lowering the cutoff frequency Cutoff can be further modulated by the note you play With the Keytrack parameter the cutoff rises for higher notes with the Velocity knob louder notes rise cutoff Finally LFO 1 and LFO 2 can modulate the cutoff as well Envelopes NLog Synth contains 3 envelopes based on classic analogue ADSR model A means Attack and controls the time to rise to full level when a key is pressed D means Decay and controls the time for falling again after peak has been reached S means Sustain and controls the level Decay is falling to R means Release and controls the time the note sounds after a key has been released NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 38 LFOs LFO stands for low frequency oscillator which are used to modulate various parameters of NLog Synth They can be found on Mod 1 and Mod 2 pages Both can be controlled in frequency and waveform The Delay parameter lets the LFO s modulation fade in smoothly controlled by the delay time set LFO 1 also has a Sync switch When selected the LFO phases like in a vibrato are synchronized when you play multiple notes at once The LFO 2 has a Keymod switch When activated the amount of modulation is controlled by sliding on keys ver
30. ndent of the NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 13 octave settings Rhythm The Rthm button toggles between different rhythmic patterns including accent patterns Repeat The Rept button toggles between the number of repetitions of a note before the next note of the algorithm is played Humanize The Hum button toggles between different level of humanizing playback in terms of temporal precision length variation and accents Swing The Swng button controls the swing from even notes 50 to heavily punctuated notes 95 Note Length The Len button controls the length of the notes relative to the beat from 5 to 95 Tempo The and buttons controls the BPM from 40 to 320 Keeping the button hold will automatically count the BPM up rsp down Alternatively you can tap the tempo in between both buttons To the right side of the button you control the metrical division from 1 4 to 1 32 including some triplets Transposition Modes The Trans button controls the transposition modes In transposition mode you transpose the arpeggio by simply pressing a single key to which the arpeggio is transposed There are three states Off Chrm and Diat The latter two modes puts the keyboard into a transposition controller First the hold arpeggio notes are moved invisibly to the upper manual dual keyboard Second the lowest note of the arpeggio is hold on the keyboard If you are now changing the hold
31. ou have finished your uploads In the web browser press first Choose File select the file to be uploaded and then the Upload button After successful upload the file become listed in the webpage Closing the panel in NLog will then list the uploaded file in the media file list gt Mrs 100 14 ROBE Or TO E Tego tuba EOOD ul Boga d forums Herd fausse Meeks Apgies OFF Cusdogmentsr War fesawdhe Tem LE Transfer Your Recordings DMA leds ler bieyboe a 0 AT LL REA a A Tango Tango way Upload Fie ww te eds ted heeeret h Looe Wet Meare Poet wre NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 29 System Settings The system settings page can be accessed from the main menu with the Sys button It is divided into the subpages Pitch Knobs Control Devices and MIDI They can be reached pressing the appropriate buttons Pitch Settings EEE Knobs Control Devices MIDI i Tuning 440 Hr i Unisono OFF Transpose 0 s Osc Reset Phase Tuning The pitch page controls the overall tuning By pressing the plus and minus buttons the pitch is modified in steps of one Hertz This setting is stored within user preferences Transpose Press the buttons to apply a global transposition 12 semitones Setting is stored within user preferences Unisono The unisono parameter controls two to four unisono voices When activated each key stroke plays not only one note but
32. pps tab and select NLog MIDI Synth in the app list at the bottom On the right you will find then the exported sound patches and banks as well as recordings saved with NLog MIDI Synth With the respective buttons you can save load files including nlog patches and nlgbank files from and to your computer for further work like loading into NLogPoly Synth Tunes Import If you select Import in the Snd screen a page opens with a list of all patches amp banks within your Tunes folder Select a patch or bank in the list and click on load It will then load the patch or bank into NLog However for persistent storage of patches you have to save the patch into sound bank Just navigate to Edit and then Save In the Tunes import list you can also rename or delete patches or banks found in the Tunes folder This does not affect any patches in your user bank In addition different sorting options are available Importing from OS Apps You can also import files into NLog from within other OS applications if they support the appropriate OS standard for doing this For example in Mobile Mail you can click and hold on email attachments for opening them in NLog If they are NLog sound patch or bank files you can select NLog from the list of apps being able to open the attachment Afterwards NLog will be automatically opened and the attached file is loaded NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 18 Tape CO lao O
33. r preferred folder like My Audio Recordings Press PASTE and give the recording an appropriate name From the Sample menu on the left you can now load your NLog recording by pressing LOAD and navigate to the folder where you have saved the file Don t forget to select the appropriate pad button first In BeatMaker 2 go to the main menu and select the sharing icon on the top right press Pasteboard and then Import iOS to BM2 After pressing Save you can assign a name to the file and use it in BeatMaker 2 Sonoma Pasteboards Pressing on the Sonoma pasteboard option show the Sonoma standard AudioCopy panel You can give the audio an own name if you like Otherwise press simply Copy Audio NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 24 Press afterwards Done and return to NLog or alternatively select an App from the list to launch by pressing the respective launch button The list shows Sonoma s AudioCopy AudioPaste compatible apps like FourTracks etc A full list can also be found here http www sonomawireworks com iphone audiocopy apps In Sonoma compatible apps like FourTrack you navigate to SongTools and select AudioPaste Select your options and simply press Paste and you are done The Sonoma AudioPaste standard is currently restricted to 44 1 kHz sampling rate So if you have a Wave file imported from other sources in a different sampling rate you will not be able to export it to the Sonom
34. rols for modifying the tempo of the metronome expressed in BPM beats per minute The plus and minus buttons in and decrease the tempo A single tap with operate by a single BPM unit When holding one of these buttons after a short delay the BPM is modified continuously Thus you can quickly change the tempo In the middle the actual BPM is displayed Tapping on this display will modify the tempo according to the speed of the tapping Accentuation The Acc button controls accentuation Pressing the button toggles between various states In the Acc 0 state the accentuation is deactivated In the Acc 2 state every second beat is accentuated in the Acc 3 state every third and so on up to every sixth beat Volume Control The slider controls the playback volume of the metronome NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 21 Media List The media list can be accessed via the Files button from the tape screen It displays all saved Wave and MIDI recordings as well as imported files e Tango mid TOBIN 1685 48 see TT 26 2007 16 06 73 om Each file is displayed with its name last modification date and playback length Own Wave recordings are stored in wav format with CD audio quality in 16 bit stereo and sampling rate of 44 1 kHz For imported audio files all formats are supported which Apple s Core Audio in iOS supports Own MIDI recordings are stored as standard MIDI files with mid file extension Imported MID
35. rom within other OS applications if they support the appropriate OS standard for doing this For example in Mobile Mail you can click and hold on email attachments for opening them in NLog If they are Audio or MIDI files you can select NLog from the list of apps being able to open the attachment Afterwards NLog will be automatically opened and the attached file added to NLog s media list Tunes In addition to these import options all files loaded via the Tunes file sharing mechanism as described in the Tunes section in the Export chapter will be automatically shown in the media list if the format is accepted Just connect your OS devices with the docking USB cable to your computer with Tunes installed select your device in Tunes click on the Apps tab and select NLog MIDI Synth in the app list at the bottom On the right you will find then all files from the media list as well as exported sound patches With the respective button you can load files into NLog Sonoma Pasteboard Pressing on the Sonoma pasteboard option show the Sonoma standard AudioPaste panel You can select from the list of audio files in the pasteboard and pre listen them Otherwise press simply Paste Press afterwards OK and a new file is added to the media list which you can assign an appropriate name BeatMaker Pasteboard After pressing the BetaMaker pasteboard option a new file is added to the media list which you can assign an appropri
36. s a two dimensional controller based on two selected sound parameters The parameters can be selected in the Sys menu on the Control subpage The selected parameter are stored within the sound patch Thus each sound patch has it s individual xy parameter settings em e porto Keyve xy ej sra o Tape Sys o me o Pich V re AJAJAJA Both parameters are controlled via moving the knob in the xy display You can either drag the knob for a continuous movement or single tap in the display Double tapping in the display returns the knob to the default values of the two parameters stored in the sound patch NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 16 Sound Selection NLog Synth organizes all sounds within several sound banks each containing 32 sounds There are predefined read only factory banks as well as three user banks in which you can save your own creations Press Snd to display the sound selection page ems rene eome ea ome In the display the top row buttons let you select the bank The left side buttons represent the factory banks The right side buttons toggle between the three user banks The 32 sounds in each bank are divided in three pages On the bottom right you can select between the pages of each sound bank In the main area of the sound screen the patches of the selected page bank are displayed Tapping on a patch button will load this patch All current edits will be lost so please make s
37. the number of unisono voices For performance reasons the synth is operated in monophonic mode when unisono is activated All unisono settings are stored within the sound patch The unisono voices are controlled by detune pan and delay parameter which modify each individual unisono voice slightly to the others Thus rich and fat sounds can be easily produced Osc Running Reset Phase Use reset phase for percussive sounds and running phase for analogue style sounds The difference is very subtle to hear but important for sound designers In running phase the oscillators are kept running after release end that each new note starts with a different phase as in analogues oscillators In reset phase mode oscillators are started always with same phase which is important for sharp attacks or percussive sounds Setting is stored with each patch individually NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 30 Knobs Settings eat e port e nee XY Snd e tapeo Sy e mio e The four performance knobs on the performance screen can be assigned to four sound parameters The parameter assignments will be saved within user preferences Pressing one of the parameter assignment buttons will open a dialog for selecting the sound parameter Eat e Parte Koyo x Sra o Tapee sys e mio o The possible sound parameters are organized in four pages The pages can be switched by pressing the page buttons at the right bottom A parameter is selected
38. tically when you play notes This gives additional expression control Both LFOs have slightly different modulation target options to give flexibility Play around with each of them to experience their behavior Om o n Media Ampie Compe Sme o Ext OR OR OR ORS Freq Wave Osc Pw OOO Om e h Mod2 0 Ampie Compe Save o Eme OR OREO Wave Osc 142 Ring OOO NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 39 Modulation Envelope Om o h medio Ampie Compe Swe o Ext o OR OR ORO 4 7 Osc2 Moise FM Ring ORONO ORO Attack Decay Sustain Release Vela gt A LILLILLIILLJ There is an independent Envelope 3 for giving extra modulation options without affecting filter and amplifier envelopes The specific Velo gt A parameter lets modulate the Attack time by velocity of keys pressed Experiment with modulation of oscillator pitch for implementing drum or sci fi sounds The Noise FM and Ring targets let the envelope modulate various aspects and character of the sound patch Amplifier Om e m o maie ampie Compe Save e Ent e co Pan Glide OR OR COBRO Attack Decay Sustain Release Velo gt A AAA ANA The amplifier on the Amp 1 screen simply controls volume pan and the basic envelope The Velo gt A parameter lets modulate the Attack time by velocity of keys pressed Use the Glide parameter to control speed of the portamento effect when you play notes legato NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manua
39. ure that you have saved edits in case you want to keep them On the bottom left there are three buttons for exporting specific sound patches via email or iTunes You can either export the current sound patch or a whole bank Email Export When choosing email export the standard email editor opens The to be exported sounds are attached to the email as nlog files rsp as a single nigbank file for bank export The recipient of the email simply loads the attachments after receiving the email on their iPhone or iPod touch device For patch files NLog MIDI Synth will be opened with the save panel preselected If NLogSynth PRO is also installed the user can choose with which app the patch will be opened NLogSynth PRO can read all patches of NLog MIDI Synth To constantly save the sound the recipient simply saves the sound in one of his user banks For banks files NLog will ask in which user bank slot the file should be loaded The nlog and nigbank files can also be exported to Mac OSX computer where NLogPoly Synth is installed NLogPoly Synth is the Mac OSX version of NLogSynth and can also import nlog patches as well as nlgbank files NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 17 Tunes Export When selecting Tunes as export target the patch rsp bank will be saved in the Tunes export folder When you connect your OS devices with the docking USB cable to your computer with Tunes installed select your device in iTunes click on the A
40. wait after the last pressed note has been played its release tail and not to cut it off by pressing stop too early After the recording has been finished the display is updated with the waveform of the recording rsp the MIDI events recorded It is automatically scaled to the dimensions of the display You have to save the recording to keep it permanently NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 19 Overdub There is an overdub mode for wave recordings When activated a new recording will mix into the existing This also works with looped audio With the undo button you can get back to the state before doing the overdub recording session Playback The last recording can be played back by pressing the Play button In playback mode the button title changes to Stop for finishing playback If the end of the recording is reached the playback stops automatically The slider on the right controls the playback volume You can play along with the actual sound patch You can leave the tape screen anytime while playback Playback also works with former recordings you have loaded from the media list panel into the tape display Looping If the Loop button is activated playback will operate in loop mode If activated the button will be highlighted in blue In the tape display the loop is displayed in dark blue Looping is implemented for both modes Wave and MIDI CACA ICAC ol em o Peto nemel xt o sna o rm tre o inte o
41. xport Selecting WiFi export will show a panel which gives information about the URL to be selected in a computer connected to the same WiFi network like your NLog Synth device Keep the panel open until you have finished your downloads In the web browser there will be a link for each file Depending on your browser s configuration you have to click or right click rsp option click on the links for downloading the files ES LA wT G A MIA e Q CL E Tp hr F OOP Mek Dogs A Porn Mad y Meek Ap 0 Ohtanen Magt Resriih ON Transfer Your oo Synthesizer Recordings Click links for pleybece reght chck for Gowstoed Tango mid Tango wav Upload File mo Ma seioed A Apari hamt A A fem aa Open in Another App If there are apps on your OS device installed which implement standard OS file handling for audio or MIDI files then you can select from these apps to open a specific file from NLog OS will the automatically open then other app for further processing of this file NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 26 Import The Import button will show a list of import sources you can select from e SoundCloud e Sonoma Pasteboard e BeatMaker Pasteboard e WiFi For importing audio files all formats are supported which Apple s Core Audio standard in OS supports For importing MIDI all files are supported if they are compatible with the standard MIDI file format You can also import files into NLog f
42. ze lock mode and velocity setting If hold is activated only the lower keyboard is in hold mode Thus you can press several keys on the lower keyboard for constant harmony or bass and freely play melody with the second keyboard on top The second keyboard can be deactivated by clicking on Keyb in the main menu again NLog MIDI Synth v5 0 User Manual 11 Poly Mono Legato By default NLog Synth runs in polyphonic mode Some classical analogue synths were not able to do polyphony Thus for the lower keyboard there are two non polyphonic modes called Mono and Legato You can toggle between all three modes by pressing the button In mono mode each new key stroke will trigger a new envelope onset In legato mode a new key stroke triggers only a new envelope onset if there has no previous key been still pressed Otherwise just the pitch is changed If hold is activated and you are in mono or legato mode each new key stroke with stay hold but will release the previously hold key If Unisono is activated in the Pitch submenu of the Sys page the sound by default is non polyphonic even if Poly is activated The Unisono setting is stored with the sound patch while the Poly Mono Legato setting is stored in the user preferences Velocity The Velo button toggles between on and off state If activated the vertical position of the initial touchdown of the key determines the velocity Thus dynamic performance is enabled
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