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1. H 1 1 MIDE Open Labs Midi Driver 2 Ch gt id pam Matar ieliek ba charra rarar AS Mic Input 1 f Mic Input 2 ni PO Mic Input 2 Lineln 1 Lineln 1 f LineIn 2 E Linel 2 Spdifin left Local processing _ Spdifin left Spdiflr right LJ VST ReaE0 Cockos ReaRoute 1 ReaRoute 2 O VST ReaGate Cockos ReaRoute 2 ReaRoute 3 O VST ReaComp Cockos ReaRoute 3 ReaRoute 4 lA VST MrRaye2 Guido Scognar PReaRoute 4 ReaRoute 5 ReaRoute 5 ReaRoute 6 ReaRoute 6 ReaRoute 7 ReaRoute 7 ReaRoute 8 ReaRoute 8 ReaRoute 9 ReaRoute 9 ReaRoute 10 ReaRoute 10 ReaRoute 11 ReaRoute 11 f ReaRoute 12 ReaRoute 12 ReaRoute 13 ReaRoute 13 f ReaRoute 14 ReaRoute 14 f ReaRoute 15 ReaRoute 15 f ReaRoute 16 Mono Input T Stereo input allows a source to be assigned to paired inputs of the Firebox The process is the same as for the mono inputs except the stereo ins are paired together as Mic 1 and 2 and Lineln 1 and 2 Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 142 The third is MIDI Input Here you can choose a MIDI port and a MIDI channel for that port This will list all active MIDI ports _ ME Cc Mono Input P stereo Input P Open Labs Midi Driver 2 All Channels a MIDI Input PreSonus FIREBOX MIDI In y Channel 1 T irtual MIDI keyboard F channel Loca processing _
2. sunny Day Sunny Day Sunny Day Main nd verse jf 2nd chorus jf breakdown Bassline Sunny Day Sunny Day Sunny Day Jrd verse bridge outtra Song organized by parts Song containing multiple keysplits Song containing just one instrument Each song is not just limited to one instrument Once you go into the signal chain of each song Square you have tons of options like creating keyboard splits and adding VST effects Refer to the section regarding the Signal Chain for more information Title Bar The Title Bar is the area of Riff that contains the program s control menu items Items include Menu Set List Signal Chain Instrument Editor and Live Controls song 7 Menu Bar File New Set e Creates a new Set from scratch e Launches a confirmation dialog because creating a new Set will eliminate current one e If you want to make a new Set the current Set will be replaced with the new Set Open Set e Opens the Set List Broswer Open Recent Set e Lists recently accessed Sets Selecting from here will launch the selected set Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 47 Open Set in Safemode SAFEMODE Plugin Load Confirmation Safemode is a simple way of diagnosing a problematic Set You can choose whether or not to allow an in
3. Edit x Song 1 List Chains Editor Controls Mode ee Knob 1 Knob Knob 3 Previous CPU 7 Mem 39 e You can sync the oscillater to the BPM of the current song by clicking on the Use BPM button Also you can sync to the sequencer host by using the Use Seq button e You can latch the oscillators to start with the play button of the host and any other sequencer that has been synced to the host When you hit play the oscillators start oscillating along with a sequencer if you have put it to sync with the host This only applies to the selected live control Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 84 Mapping Live Controls to the Lower Control Section If you have an oscillator latched to a Live Control knob you can have that oscillator control the volume or pan control of a signal chain The following tutorial will show you how to MIDI learn a Live Control Oscillator to the volume knob of a signal chain Create a new Song and add any instrument I Edit E Song 1 List Chains PT Controls team Jl Mode X Menu Set Signal Instrument Live 1 Go to the Live Controls abt Judo tab and add a new knob gt O Select the new knob and add E fee an oscillator EENI TADTARNNERRE ESA EO Heo i e In Out 0 16 2 Select the Learn button MERA A eae then select the Knob Use Seq waiting input CPU 0 Mem 15
4. C Program Files REAPER Update project with consolidated files Save new project az C Program Files REAPERconezolidated rpp Browse nee T Save current project before updating project Consolidation settings This area allows you to determine which area of a track you want to export e Entire project Will export every track of the project as well as the full length of the project e Time selection If you have a loop range selected it will only export content within the range e Custom Allows manual input of what is exported e Tracks All Exports all tracks in the project e Tracks Selected Exports only the selected tracks This is good if you want to export Tracks 1 5 7 and 14 for instance Hold down CTRL and left click each track you want to export e Consolidate to Allows you to choose the format of the exported track e WAV bit depth Make sure the program you are exporting to can handle the bit depth you choose Some programs can only handle up to 32 bit Output settings This area allows you to choose the directory or folder you want the exported audio to go to For more information on consolidation please refer to the REAPER PDF user guide To learn more about the power of REAPER please read the REAPER PDF users guide Also visit http www REAPER fm and visit the REAPER online Wikipedia http www cockos com wiki index php Main_Page Open Labs NeKo LX5 Producti
5. e Keyboard Low Range Allows you to select the low range of your keyboard The range is 0 144 e Keyboard High Range Allows you to select the high range of your keyboard The range is 0 144 Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 38 5a Riff Architecture This section contains important information about the layout and organization of the various elements of Riff This chapter contains no hands on tutorials However the information here is vital to your understanding of this awesome application The tutorials start in Chapter 4 A Performance Environment Riff is an environment to organize collections of VST sound modules effects and performance sets You can think of Riff as a virtual live performance rack that allows you to create songs set lists signal chains effect chains and virtual live controls By reading this section you will gain knowledge of the Riff hierarchy starting with the Set List Set List Window The Set List window is where you start allowing you to add instruments Once you right click and press Add you will see the following windows Each square of a Set List is called a Song Add Audio Input Keys Synths Drums Sequencers Bass Samplers Multi instrument Guitar tooltips ON click here to turn off ut CPU 0 Mem 15 Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 39 Sound Browser Default View Sound Browser H Sound Library Currently Loaded Plugins
6. Now let s create that split using the Set Range buttons Select the first signal chain Press the Set High Range or Low Range buttons These are located at the bottom of the screen Signal Chain Signal Chain 1 Tmanspose 5 ba Sh Mss te 0 No Extemal Routing l ate a ma Pe Transpose Transpose eee h i Rosst H rd teh bd Pressing the High Range button brings up the following dialogue window Add A Add Input Signal Chain Add Effect ULL a att CLEA Ple Learn Note _ Lae 0 0 db c l 4 er Hit any note to set high keysplit range 8 PE cies a Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 69 Press the C3 key on the NeKo NeKo ivories Add Add Input Signal Chain Add Effect Input 1 Sig jin 1 TruePianos CA 5 0 db 0 0 db 0 0 db C cr All notes above C3 are now split off Now select the second Signal Chain And press the Set Low Range button You will see the following AMAIA AMA AN Learn Note Signal Chain 1 Press the C 3 key on the NeKo NekKo ivories Add Input l ee Chain Input 1 Signal Chain 1 0 0 db Input 2 0 0 db As you can see you now have the lower section of True Pianos split from C3 down and Purity split from C 3 up Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 70
7. default Signal Instrument Live Song 7 Lis Chains Editor Controls F casa aaa aa al a al LE 90 0 380 0 es IE 0 ease sees ERASERS ees eases ee eC 80 0 0 NI DES Button BERRA a ns a Faces as SH Aa Lock BCE AS Gis AAN alia allie aaa ea A Horizontal Slider Ao a ita a a fa TTT o Canas Vertical Slider ARI A CR 3 AA A XY pad A A aaa ls EARRA NE IA Text Editor a AO E 1 as PE S a E ist on a La a as sae aos aaa ea de E ult i Instrument Song 1 i Editor e de ECT RR RE EEE 7 E Era Ny 9999994999944 Sy Yeoh OS A I SiR AREA es A eee iS mea Orla Bee ee eetatote aaa ea Pp ERA aa aa aaa ala Aa AAA o a Aaa an default Instrument Song 1 Li ain Editor Ee af el el EE E belie 9944999449994 E 0 0 90 0 IA 9 IE EE 0010 SN 0 0 9 0 0 ee esses Re Paes Hoff tf it Ep aaa a EL ERE eee bras E HHH beh ta e eh e po E a enla ae ale baaa a canasta aaa default Instrument Song 1 Lis Chains Editor When Riff is in Learning mode the program awaits for you to select a parameter to latch this knob to Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 82 Click the Instrument Editor tab to get back to the GUI of Mr Ray Touch the Strength knob using either the touchscreen or the touchpad default song 1 Signal Chains Instrument Editor Tone Decay Strength Stiffness TIHES Live Controls VST ELECTRIC PIANO PHYSICAL MODELING SYNTHES
8. Effect Editor will be present in the title bar Set Signal Effect Live Song 1 List Chains Editor Controls EAT pty Signa Empty Signal Chain Empty Signal Chain Empty Signal C Empty Signal Chain Empty Signal Chain Empty Signal Chain Presets Previous Preset _ Empty Hall Next Preset TruePianos _ 5 0 db Delete CPU 2 Mem 29 Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 72 Adding MIDI FX To add a MIDI FX left click and drag the VSTi down by one slot and this will open up the MIDI FX slot If there is already an instrument and an audio effect already present you will have to move each effect down one slot to open up the MIDI FX slot _ J Signal Live Ma ll J Song 1 Chains Controls B PM 2000 Add P Add Input Signal Chain Add Effect Signal Chain 1 0 0 db WICH EX Slot c TruePianos 5 0 db Classic Reverb 0 0 db 100 0 0 de default Signal Song 2 Chains BPM Main f PS CJ ERA Add Add eect Add Input Signal Chain Add Effect Input 1 Signal Chain 1 0 0 db Add MIDI Effect E eo Input 2 EA AAA PINS 0 0 db Empty Signal Cha gt 5 0 db Classic Reverb 0 0 db 100 0 0 db A screen similar to the sound browser will appear here you choose the MIDI effect The type of MIDI effects you can expect to find here in Riff are arpeggiators MIDI note repeaters basic
9. Instrument Console Each instrument has its own user interface called a console Consoles can be either displayed or hidden Docking and Floating the Instrument Console The console may either be docked embedded in the window below the instrument module strip or floating shown in a separate window To float a docked console double click on the docking handle or single click on the float button at the top left of the console window To dock a floating window double click on the title bar of the console window More information on this subject can be found by viewing page 23 of the Karsyn users manual Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 126 Adding and Removing Effects VST and DirectX audio effects may be inserted into either modules or output busses To insert an effect right click on an audio effects patch point and select the DirectX effect from the pop up menu To delete an effect right click on the effect you wish to remove and select Remove Audio Effect on the pop up menu You can use the up down arrows on the right to view different effects in the chain By right clicking and opening the insert menu you may right click on an effect and add it to your favorites rename it or hide it Working with Audio Inputs Audio inputs allow you to run audio through modules and busses They are available on any instrument module in the Audio Input Configuration tab of the console You may select the stereo au
10. Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 41 Tj Signal Instrument Live Edit rope Song 1 Chains Editor Controls Laem g Mode tooltips ON click here to turn off t CPU 2 Mem 15 Before you can play a sound with Riff you need to add a sound to the Set List The Set List is grid based and allows you to switch between Songs You can easily see the status bar along the bottom There are VU meters along that bottom showing the following e Audio levels for input and output signal e Meters that display the overall CPU and Memory usage of the ENTIRE system e MIDI activity light Since this window is scroll free you can literally play an entire show with this screen Refer to Chapter 4 for more information on using the Set List Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 42 Signal Chain Signal Live song 1 Chains Controls A po Add Add Input Signal Chain Sia in 7 TruePianos io os apo aa Chain Signal a o z a sel Bes No External Routing ES m Pits io Transpose Set Low lle Reset plus Bypass Channel Out Y Out CPU 1 Mem 27 The Signal Chain is a collection of plug ins that start with an audio input stream and end with an audio output stream This is explained more in Chapter 5a Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 43 Instrument Editor Signal Instrument Live song 1 Chains Editor Controls iW VERSION 1 0 OPE
11. brings up the BPM input window As shown in the window on page 21 e Main Master output volume knob of Riff Input e Add Input This allows for an Input to be created with a signal chain containing a VSTi or an empty signal chain with no VST In order to use the VSTi s and play them an Input must be selected with the desired plug in Input Column Controls Input Input 1 Vol a 8 Monitor Input Rename Delete Output The lower section of the screen shows the controls for the Input Column Those controls are Vol Volume control for the Input All instruments and their signal will be affected Monitor Allows you to monitor the Open Labs Keyboard pad module or external MIDI device Input Output Brings up the MIDI I O window Rename Renames the currently selected Input Delete Deletes the currently selected Input Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 52 The lower section of the screen shows the controls for the Rack Column Those controls are Rack Rack 1 Output 1 2 Wol Audio Output Mute EN 5 Stereo 1 2 Rename Delete Solo Vol Volume control for the Rack All instruments and their signal will be affected Mute Mutes the Rack All instruments and their signal chains will be affected Solo Solos the Rack and mutes all other Racks Audio Output Allows you to route a rack to a particular separate output Rename Rename
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13. OK MrRay22 is included with your Opens Labs production station WS5Tr MrAaye Guido Scognami Comment El Learn Preset kd E A Welcome Mr Ray 2 Out LI VS ELECTRIC PIANO Vv PHYSICAL MODELING Y i SYNTHESIS Tone Version II Strength Stiffne D Level rengt iffness ecay EAE Tone Master Volume E Ofo QE On P On Attack Release Sens Rate Depth F back eos DISTORTION oe ees TREMOLO oe Off A M Off Elo on Rate Depth YS On fpackL FbackR Drive Colour Contour Add Remove 0 220 2 CPU 0D sple Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 138 Setting up Recording The next thing to do is arm your track for MIDI recording Press the ARM button so it turns red After arming the track you will be able to hear this VSTi when you play notes on the keys rr ad 1 00 VS rm By default REAPER on your Open Labs production station is set to record MIDI whenever the ARM button is pressed However there is more than one recording mode for MIDI Right click the Record icon pictured above and you will see these options e Record Input This is the default recording mode It will record MIDI when a MIDI input is selected This mode will record new items over others if encountered e Record Output MIDI similar to the input mode but instead it records the MIDI coming out of the FX chain For instance it would record the effects of a MIDI VST on t
14. Parameter 7 Mix 1 2 0 8 0 Parameter 8 Level 0 0 dB Ci Pre Vol FX Mix Presets pa pi Preset ii pi OO ay Next Preset MIDI In Out CPU 2 Mem 27 This is a list of the raw parameters of an effect This will also display parameters that might not be accessible from the plug in GUI Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 55 Effect Column Controls Vol FX Mix Presets Previous Make a Bypass Preset MEA Default ypass Bypass Default EM Next Preset CPU 2 Mem 27 The lower section of the screen shows the controls for the Effect Column Those controls are e Pre Pre control Controls the input into the selected Audio FX e Vol Controls the output of the selected Audio FX e FX Mix Controls the wet dry mix e Bypass Bypasses the output of the effect e Presets A drop down box that allows you to quickly browse through preset sounds Displays the list of the Presets contained within the synth Touching the Preset name will expand the list into a scrollable list where a new preset can be selected e Previous Preset Selects the previous preset in the list e Next Preset Selects the next preset in the list e Show Params Shows all the VST parameters without the GUI making it easier to find and change certain parameters You can switch between a GUI and non GUI e Make Default Locks user created parameters as the default setting This only ap
15. SL OA A 3 Select the Signal Chains tab and select the volume knob in the Lower Controls Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 85 Saving and Exporting Live Controls Saving the Live Controls with the instrument will ensure that every time you open this Set this instrument will have these same live controls and they are ready to use If you create a complete Live Control set for an instrument or Song and want to save just the control array you can Export this out of Riff for use with another song Keep in mind no mappings will be kept in this type of export To export go to Menu gt File gt Export gt Export Live Controls type in a name and hit OK Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 86 Using Multi timbral Instruments Sharing Instruments This section of the tutorial will focus on using Multi timbral instruments in Riff but will also give you some insight on using the Shared Instrument feature We will you show you two ways to use a multi timbral instrument A multi timbral instrument is a VSTi that can use up to 16 MIDI channels at once Purity is an instrument that falls into this category and is also preinstalled on an Open Labs production station If you are using an Instrument like Purity which is multi timbral and a sample player the benefits are crucial Using the Currently Loaded Instrument option allows you to use one instance of an instrument in multiple songs This will save you tons of
16. Song tooltips ON click here to turn off a a CPU 2 Mem 42 These controls can be directly linked to the parameters of a VSTi or VST Hovering over a latched Live Control like the volume for instance will allow you to see what parameter a Live Control is latched to Not all VST plug ins will give such detailed information Low High Oscillator Type Touchy BIQ C E Param 18 Master Volume Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 80 Create a New Live Control To create and use a Live Control with an instrument try the next tutorial First create a new Song For this tutorial insert the plug in called MrRay22 Click on a grid go to the Keys category and select MrRay22 Click on the instrument editor tab to show the GUI of Mr Ray default Set Instrument Live Sont g 1 List Chains Editor Controls Menu ELECTRIC o PHYSICAL MODELING SYNTHESIS Version II Master W a C a Attack Release Sens Rate Depth F back TimeL Time R m DISTORTION ee a TREMOLO a g A BG Slag armen SO Oie Drive Colour Contour Depth F back L F back R re The first Live Controls will be for the Strength Stiffness Rel and Kbd knobs in the Mallets section Strength Stiffness Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 81 Click on the Live Controls tab And add a Knob to the grid
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19. Instead of MimiKing the performance patch MimiKeach sound that is in that performance patch Then blend them all back together in your host This will allow you to really dial a sound in It is also a good thing to write down key settings of the original sound effects settings ADSHR and envelope settings What is a Preset and a Bank In this documentation the terms preset and bank will be used frequently A preset is one complete unique sound A bank is a collection of presets SFZ Format MimiK uses the open SFZ format for storing sample libraries The SFZ format is very simple Every preset captured by MimiK will have a matching SFZ file sfz This SFZ file is a human readable text file that can be opened and edited in Notepad or Microsoft Word The SFZ file is a list of all the samples that are in the library Each sample is either a WAV or OGG file The SFZ file also contains information about each sample such as what note the sample is and things of that nature SFZ files can be opened up with the free SFZ sample player Dimension LE Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 156 How to Physically Set Up MimiK Wiring Diagram The following image shows you a basic wiring diagram Open Labs Workstation MimiK Wiring Diagram MIDI out from Workstation Audio Out MIDI Sound Source Sad cas aaa i E E nN 1 Audio In Timbaland MiKo with MimiK Turn on the keyboard you want to mimic You will need a sta
20. Item processing Open items with built in MIDI editor Ctrl Alt E Open items with secondary editor Open item copies with built in MIDI editor Open item copies with secondary editor Apply track FX to items as new take Apply track FX to items as new take mono output Apply track Fx to items as new kake MIDI output Render items as new take PIS ere 1 3 00 f 0 01 000 Reverse items as new take A 1 00 Glue selected items The processed event will show your original MIDI event with the new AUDIO take directly underneath From here you need to decide whether the audio portion of the event is what you want Left click to select the audio portion of the event EA TN 2 1 00 3 1 00 4 1 00 0 02 000 0 06 000 4 mE gt a 1 3 00 f 0 01 000 Stopped Rate D BPR 120 Selection 1 1 00 5 1 00 Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 153 If the audio is what you want right click the audio portion of the event and select glue selected items El eae 2 1 00 NA 4 1 00 Wile WU MAA AA A ASA ASAS et ee Item settings Item properties Fz Source properties Ctrl F2 Group Take b Item processing Open items with editor Ctrl Alt E Open items with secondary editar Open item copies with editor Open item copies with secondary editar Apply track Fx to items as new take Apply track FX to items as new take mono output Apply track FX to items as new take
21. MIDI output SEET o 1 3 00 0 01 000 be rage E tae ot Selections 1 1 00 5 1 00 Reverse items as new take WOT Mrhay22 Guido Scognami Comment 0 a Glue selected items This is the finished event MIDI has been converted to a stereo audio track Patti da 2 1 00 3 1 00 os O 02 000 Oe oe MIDE Open Labs Midi Driver 2 Channel SS E 4 PIT 3 1 3 00 0 01 000 Stopped Rate D Hi BPM 120 Selection 1 1 00 5 1 00 You can export this as a track stem to be used in another program To do so go to File gt Consolidate Export tracks Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 154 The following is the Consolidate Tracks settings window E Consolidate Tracks x Consolidation Settings f Entire project Time selection Custom Tracks Stark jo 00 000 End 0 08 00 Length 0 08 000 al Selected e Ignore silence shorter than 30 seconds can cause multiple files per track Force output format if disabled it will be automatically determined per track Sample rate asi 00 Hz Mono Stereo Resample mode Better 192pt Sine SLOW Y if required Consolidate to Way WAY bit depth C 8 16 24 32FP 54FP M Write BWF best chunk W Allow large files to use Wayebd Include project filename in BWF description field Write markers as cues o Only write markers starting with Output Output consolidated files to directory Browse
22. Quarantined Accordian Emulator Acoustic Klezmer Polka Zydeco Tejano World Beirut Weird Al double click to load Addictive Drums Multi Timbral Drum Sampler Drums Rock Pop Any double click to load Synths Artphase VSTI Phase Distortion Synth Lead Trance Spacey Tangerine Dream Orbital double click to load Drums Sequencers BB303i Classic 303 Bass Synth Lead Bass House Techno Acid Old Skool Hip Hop West Coast Heaven 17 double click to load Bass Blood Bucket Synth Lead Ambient Sounds IDM Glitchcore Illbient Kid 606 Venetian Snares double click to load Samplers Crystal Subtractive FM Synth Lead Pads Ambient Sounds Trance Ambient Brian Eno Jean Michaael Jarre double click to load Multi instrument Cubix Drum Bassline Synth Drums Synth Electro House Kraftwerk Depeche Mode double click to load Dimension LE double click to load EVM Bassline v1 3 Acoustic Bass Synthesizer Acoustic Rock Pop Any double click to load EVM UltraSonique Synthesizer Sample player Lead Pads Samplers Electronic Pop Air Van Halen s 1984 double click to load Guru double click to load Ti Aeu biaa Ta Caarah Cae ype Anything To Search For Sound If you would like to see more details about each instrument click the Advanced button in the upper left corner Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 40 Sound Browser Advanced View Sound Browser
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24. The Slicer can now be toggled between SINGLE mode in which one slice is loaded per pad and FULL mode where up to 8 slices are loaded per pad using the Layers This allows Guru to fit long loops up to 128 slices in a single engine it also supports a Linear Scoring mode where instead of smart slicing by drum type the slices are simply mapped to pads 1 16 in the order they occur in the loop file much like a conventional slicer When slicing loops and generating Scores the slicer is now velocity aware each a PADS L OOPS ah AbDrums 0 wav HAD iter So wa poA Bad Dream 35 war digGhunky 100 war iy ENS B ingit_ 105A wav ferent 05 B wav OP ms an jit m Eine score note is assigned a BE velocity based on the loudness of the slice from which it was generated This gives much more useful playback when ees af ty 1 Hi jay ty DA bre Crih 7O wa i bie Dream S5 wav kenl EE Acc MM ex mx replacing the slices for a given score with a pre made kit Equal 16ths has now been replaced by a CHOP mode controlled by the sensitivity slider allowing you to set a chop length from 1 4 note down to 64th note Hold SHIFT to set the sensitivity control to non power of 2values in this mode by default it snaps 4 8 16 32 64 Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 112 Overview of the GURU Interface default Set Instrument Live Guru Drump
25. This Product Manual gives information about the Open Labs NeKo LX5 production station as per Generation 5 specifications Manual Organization The chapters in this User Manual are arranged as follows Introduction information and overviews of an Open Labs production station Getting Started information on preparing your Open Labs production station for use First time instructions on what to expect from the software and hardware environment of your Open Labs production station Playing Sounds instructions on how to use Riff and Karsyn to play sounds with your Open Labs production station Recording instructions on how to use the DAW REAPER with your Open Labs Production Station MIDI Mapping information about mFusion and using mFusion to create MIDI controller assignments MimiK Manual instructions on how to mimik keyboards and MIDI sound modules Hardware Maintenance information regarding the need to make hardware changes Appendix information about preinstalled software audio hardware As well as an appendix for learning the basics of professional audio Useful Suggestions This manual has a fair amount of information however from time to time you may not find what you need to know in this manual Every application that comes with an Open Labs production station has a manual These are usually in either a PDF format or HELP file format and can be located in their c Program Files Product Name folder Also Googl
26. Undo you ll see the Undo button highlighted Any operation which involves notes in Patterns can be undone even loading Patterns from the Browser The Undo button is also used in Record mode in order to Undo the last take When in Record mode this button can be controlled by a MIDI note Keyboard shortcuts GURU is quite heavily dependent on keyboard Shortcuts in order to facilitate quick edits and fast work flow One very important shortcut to M S ENGINE 1 SONG Host template GRU KIT LOOP CR 68 kit PATTERN Pattern 1 PAD Empty voL tun BPM 86 00 Recording Controls Groove Controls Current Engine Song Kit Loop Pattern Pad display 8 Vol Tune Mute Solo Tempo Play Button remember is CTRL click which is used for numerous frequently used functions CTRL click in GURU is the same as the right mouse button It is also worth remembering that ALT is a key modifier which results in modifying all similar parameters This depends in many cases on what is being clicked Please see section 11 2 for a full list of GURU s keyboard shortcuts Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 117 Loading and Saving in GURU Load Save with Riff When using GURU as a plugin its settings will be saved with the host project file This involves saving all Engines Patterns and Pad settings with references to the samples used Load Save a Bundle file GURU can save the entire conte
27. approx disk space 369 meg version 1 00 The options dialog will appear Options Audio Input Device MIDI Output Device PreSonus ASIO Driver FireBox PreSonus FIREBOX MIDI Out ASIO Inputs Output Directory For Samples 3 4 Lineln 384 left LineIn 3 amp 4 right ki Dimension LE Multisamples Mimik Output Low Range High Range Bank Name Note Down Time Release Time Program Name Velocity Layers Channels Note Down Time Offset Release Stereo Release Trig 1 0 2 i Output Type Quality Velocity Layers Ogg Vorbis 10 Capture Aftertouch i f Program Change Time Payback Transpose Noise Floor DB Vv Chop Leading Samples 1 5 Y Chop Trailing Samples Input Gain Test default ok cancel Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 158 Make sure that the correct Audio Input Device is chosen MIDI Output Device PreSonus FIREBOX MIDI Out PreSonus ASIO Driver FireBox ASIO Inputs Output Directory For Samples 3 4 Lineln 384 left LineIn 384 right lk Dimension LE Multisamples Mimik Output Make sure you are plugged into the correct ASIO input Audio Input Device MIDI Output Device PreSonus ASIO Driver FireBox PreSonus FIREBOX MIDI Out Output Directory For Samples 3 4 Lineln 384 left LineIn 384 right li Dimension LE Multisamples Mimik Output Here are the available ASIO Inputs Output Di ASIO inputs for the NeK
28. is an industry standard electronic communications protocol that defines each musical note in an electronic musical instrument such as a synthesizer precisely and concisely allowing electronic musical instruments and computers to exchange data or talk with each other MIDI does not transmit audio it simply transmits digital information about a music performance MIDI CC Short for MIDI Continuous Controller a specific kind of MIDI message The modulation wheel of your synth for example sends out MIDI Continuous Controller 1 or CC 1 Likewise Volume is CC 7 GLIDE Portamento Time is CC 5 MIDI CHANNEL A discrete portion of the complete MIDI signal that can include as many as 16 channels Each channel carries independent messages individual instruments tune in to these just as a television tunes in to one of many channels Instruments that can respond to multiple channels at once are called multi timbral MIDI EFFECT A special type of plug in that accepts an MIDI stream and produces a new MIDI stream Examples include arpeggiators note repeat chorders and MIDI echo MIDI HOST A MIDI Host is an application that allows you to use virtual effects and instruments plug ins They can be basic programs used to audition plug in effects and instruments right up to a complex Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 172 multitrack recording environment for audio and MIDI MIDI SEQUENCING In the field of electronic musi
29. or just use the transpose buttons to reach those octaves iiis o o Add Input Add Signal Chain Signal Chain 1 ATU 0 0 db c Input 1 0 0 db Signal Chain 3 0 0 db C Signal Chain 4 0 0 db C Add Effect Each split needs to be set to an individual MIDI channel Signal chains two three and four need to be routed to the first signal chain Since two through four are empty signal chains they need to be routed to Signal Chain 1 this gives them access to the sounds in Purity Click Bypass Channel Out in the lower controls section and set Signal Chain 1 to MIDI out Ch 1 shared Signal Chain MIDI Out Ch 4 Signal Chain 2 MILI I AA MIDI Out Ch 5 0 0 db C Signal Chain 3 MIDI Out Ch amp il MIDI Out Ch 7 Input 1 0 0 db 0 0 db C Signal Chain 4 0 0 db C Signal Instrument Live j Song 1 Chains Editor Controls Bypass Channel Out y MIDI Out Ch 1 MIDI Out Ch 2 Add MIDI Out Ch 3 Add Input Signal Chain Edit Mode Main BPM Zz ii Add Effect Purity 5 0 db Next signal chains two three and four need to be routed through Signal Chain 1 which contains the instance of Purity Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 97 Select Signal Chain 2 Click No External Routing in the lower controls section and select Signal Chain 1 And while you are there go ahead and set the channel out to MIDI ch
30. stereo Plugsound K Instruments YOT CHSY1 SunthE dit Jeff McClintock WOT Proteus WS Ti Creative Professional a Fewine WOT Crustal Green Oak Software STi ProtoPlasme HGFortunes2 Cockos VST Cubis psychic modulation 12 out WSTr Purity LUXOR 4 out Fx Chains STi Dimension LE Cakewalk STi RealGuitar Musiclab My Folders YIT D10 mda STi Reas ampl maticS000 Cockos ESuantes YST EVM Bassline 1 3 Etric van marer mona STi ReaSynDr Cockos 4 out YST EVM Ultrasonique Etic van mayer VST Reasunth Cockos YST GURU FXpansion 32 out VST Rez chris sciurbal STi Highlife 1 4 discoD5P VST Rogue Nathan Woch mona YST LALLAPALLOO2A4 lite ve Kenichi w atabe STi Sting Theory chris sciurba YST mda J810 Synth masim digital audio STi StingSynth Guido Goebertus STi Mini_ErHu shan dongsheng STi 575 26 Pro HGFortunes STi Minimal psychic modulation 12 out STi Super Spook Keps Saul Cross STi Monoliza dll Jorgen Arvidsson STi Sulenth Lennar igital YST Motion chris sciurbal YST Synth STi D achi YST Mr Alas Insert Piz Here WSTr TickyElaw Big Tick YST WA ayz Guido Scognamiglial STi TruePianoz 4Front Technologies YST WrAapra 1 0 Guido Scognamiglio VOTr Wuesikstation Musik Dot Com Filter list Clear filter Cancel Select VSTi from the left side menu For this example select MrRay22 in the VSTi window either double left click drag and drop it onto the track or select it and press
31. 0 db emply signal Fan Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 68 Creating Keyboard Splits in a Song Signal Chain Creating keyboard splits are now easier than ever Select the input you want to create a split on Now click the Add Signal Chain button Select a new instrument For this tutorial True Piano is in the first signal chain and Purity is in the second Signal Instrument Live song q Chains Editor Controls BPM Main HA E _ Add no _ AS Add Input sci a Add Effect 0 0 db 0 0 db GT Te TEE TL The above image shows that the second input now has two items in the Signal Chain To adjust the settings of a Signal chain instrument select it in the signal chain then either select the Instrument Editor tab or double left click the instrument to the right in the Stream Processor section There are a couple ways to create splits You can use the mouse and arrow pointer to create the split Or you can use the touch screen Select the signal chain instrument that you want to split and either touch screen left click and drag from the right or left of the keyboard While you are dragging the ranges will split The other way is to use the Set Range buttons If you are not satisfied with a split and want to revert select the Signal Chain instrument and press the Toggle Split button This will spread the keyboard back to full range with no split
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33. Add Audio Input y A th Keys Synths Drums Sequencers Bass Samplers Multi instrument Input Input 1 Output 1 2 Vol CPU 2 Mem 27 Once that empty input has been added and the Input is selected the Signal chain area remains empty That is ok the next page will show you how to assign the proper options Add Input Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 101 With Input 2 selected click the Input Output button located in the lower controls section To allow this input to access the MIDI channel 2 of the Purity instance in Input 1 select the following options Under Output Rack Routing select Rack 1 and under Force MIDI Output Channel select Output Ch 2 Then press Set shared Song 3 Add Input Input 1 0 0 db K om Input Input 2 Signal Live Chains Controls MIDI Input I O Output Rack Routing Aan Rack 1 sr MIDI Input Device All MIDI Input Devices MIDI Input Channel Input Omni All Channels Force MIDI Output Channel Output Ch 2 MIDI BPM Main Output 1 2 In Out CPU 2 Mem 27 The following image shows that Input 2 is routed to the Signal Chain 1 instance of Purity Now whatever sound you add to MIDI channel 2 of Purity will be triggered by Input 2 Add Input Add Signal Chain Signal Chain 1 0 0 db C mm Add Effect From here you should be able to add more Inpu
34. Adding Effects to an Input or Signal Chain You can add a VST effect or MIDI effect to the desired signal chain A maximum of seven audios or seven MIDI effects can be chostn per signal chain More information regarding the Stream Processor effects column can be found in Chapter 3 Set Signal Live i Mony J Chains Controls BPM Main Add Add Input Signal Chain Add Effect e IL amnas 0 0 db 0 0 db c C7 Input 2 0 0 db Output 1 2 Audio FX Slot This is where all the audio effects are stored for the chostn signal chain To add an effect use the Add Effect button located above or simply touch the screen on a blank slot under Pressing Add Effect will bring up an effects browser very similar in workings as the Sound Browser You may find it simpler to just touch the Audio FX area then you will see the following Signal Live I Chains Controls q yy J aay y BPM Main x 4 E fr Add pm _ Add Input Signal Chain Add Effect aa UN 0 0 db 0 0 db c Input 2 0 0 db Classic Delay Classic Reverb Dynamics EQ EVM V90 Distortion Modulation Filters Output 1 2 You can choose an effect by the category The next screen shot shows that there is an effect in the Stream Processor under True Pianos Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 71 When the effect is selected the
35. All MIDI Inputs Channel 3 O VST ReaEG Cockos Channel 4 O VST ReaGate Cockos Channel 5 O ST ReaComp Cockos Welcome Mr Rap Channel 6 STi MiRay22 Guido Scognami Channel 7 Channel 8 Channel 9 Channel 10 Channel 11 e Channel 12 o Q Channel 13 Channel 14 Strength Stitin Channel 15 Channel 16 The Open Labs MIDI Driver 2 is the port that all your production stations control and keyboard keys are routed through By default all tracks are preset to this port If you need to route MIDI from an external sequencer or MIDI device use the Presonus FIREBOX MIDI In The firebox port is located on the back of your Open Labs production station Here you have options to only record certain MIDI channels or all MIDI channels You can even select all channels from all MIDI inputs Select the input you want to use Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 143 Recording in REAPER with a VSTi Press the Editor Select button until REAPER reaches Bank C Master Panel Layout and Assignments for REAPER Track Pan Control Mixer Select u ia O mos e O C a B g 3 22 E za er a E D Aa dl io D i mo Ma Sh I a i i d e Sele ee coe CLES of EGE GE AAA Editor Track Volumes Master Sblit e a Volume at Cursor Window Edit Window 1 Track Pan Control Allows for left to right Panning on the adjacent track 2 Mixer Se
36. Banks and create tabs A user can still select Presets in Live Mode It is just a way for the user to lock down the interface When in Edit Mode here are a few things you can do Create a new Song Import Export sets Build a Signal Chain Create and Map Live Controls When in Live Mode the following restrictions apply No editing of live controls parameters except setting low and high No right click menus anywhere No adding or removing Banks No adding or removing Instruments Signal Chains Minimize Minimizes Riff Close Exits Riff Play Button This button toggles between play and stop This is for instruments that have built in sequencers Guru Stylus RMX or Reaktor for instance and effects that are tempo synced BPM This is the control for the global tempo BPM Beats Per Minute Pressing The box under BPM brings up the BPM input window Main Volume Knob Overall Master output volume knob of the host Can be dragged up or down to change value Ctrl Left click restores default This applies to all knobs in Riff Right clicking here only brings up Learn mode Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 49 Lower Section Controls Previous Vol Song gt e o Next e Song A a Previous and Next Song When you have more than one song on your setlist the Previous and Next song buttons will appear These allow you to go to the next song of your
37. Driven Filter Set Good For Synths Use to create sweeps and other effects bitred Bit depth reductiion Blood Bucket Synth Lead Ambient Sounds IDM Glitchcore Illbient Kid 606 Venetian Snares Boss DS 1 Distortion Distortion Stomp Pedal Simulator Useful for String Instruments Boss SD 1 Distortion Super Overdrive Stomp Pedal Emulator Creates Over driven Tube Amp effect Useful for String Instruments BUZ Distortion Distortion Stomp Box Emulator Useful for String Instruments chorus Filter Chorus up to eight voices chorus_stereo __ Filter eight voicesnwith beat sync Classic Auto Filter Filters Four pole LFO Modulated Filter Use to Create Sweeps and Other Strange Effects Classic Chorus Filters Adds Depth To Almost Any Type of Track Classic Compressor Mastering Analog style compressor adds warmth and punch to Vocal Tracks Classic Delay Delays Reverbs Full Featured Multi Purpose Delay Classic Flanger Filters Adds Swirling type effect Useful for Guitar Type Sounds Classic Phaser Filters Analog Phase Shift Emulator Many Uses Sounds Good on Vocals Classic Reverb Delays Reverbs All Purpose Reverb Compciter Distortion with highpass filter Crystal Subtractive FM Synth Lead Pads Ambient Sounds Trance Ambient Brian Eno Jean Michaael Jarre Cubix Drum Bassline Synth Drums Synth Electro House Kraftwerk Depeche Mode delay Delay Basic delay_chorus Delay with added chorus delay_sustain Delay Auto sustain
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39. MIDI program change selected If you hear a note and see the VU meter lighting up when you hit the play button then you are ready to pick what you want to sample from your keyboard How to Playback a Sound after using MimiK To play back sounds that have been made in Mimik Open Labs has provided you with the sample player Dimension LE Load Dimension LE into either Riff or Reaper BDIMENSIONL E 8 FILTER DRIVE O 127 Transpose 0 Mode 32b Lo H1 wel o 127 Tune o Polyphony p Bend On Up KeyTrack 100 E 7 Sust Sost On On shift 0 Layers i 6 E EITEREEO UECI s CUTOFF mix Ss LIMITER lA El ELEMENT 1 je ement Ge ementa A gt ETT k Y y ae E e i y y EXE PAN VOL FXI Once you load up an instance of Dimension LE you will need to browse to the folder where the default Mimik folder is located If you setup Mimik to output to another location just select that folder instead Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 164 Click in the Empty slot to bring up the browse window Load Multisample My Recent Documents 14 Acoustic Basses 915 Strings 16 Percussion 920 Waveguide 22 Ethnic and World Instruments 197 Effects 98 Special er Mimik Output C T C k Her ere CRC File name mpty na Files of type Sample Files Poste wavy aif aiff ogg 1 Cancel Me Select the folder Mimik
40. MIDI step sequencers humanizers etc Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 73 The next screen shot shows the MIDI effect Sequencer Baby has been added to the MIDI FX slot default Signal Effect Live Song 1 Chains Editor Controls cee ia Add Add Input Signal Chain Signal Chain 1 Lil 0 0 db C BP z x Zz Bi ERA Add Effect Sequencer Baby TruePianos 5 0 db Classic Reverb 0 0 0 0 M Main HERE db 100 db default Signal Effect Live Song 1 Chains Editor Controls Reals Copyright C 2005 2008 Cockos Incorporated http wu reaper fm SWESOMe SeQUeNncel pattern fo hi ee Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual CPU 8 Mem 44 74 Creating and using Audio Inputs Riff allows you to feed the signal chain a signal from a live input device such as a guitar bass or microphone Refer to Chapter 1 for audio device setup options Click on the Add Audio Input button to insert the audio input to the signal chain default Slimer Effect Editor Live Controls Signal Chains a Add Input Add Instrument Input Add Empty Instrument Input Add Audio Input Keys e Synths P Drums Sequencers BPM Main Add Effect Once the input is inserted click the Input Output button in the center of the lower control section Use this to configure your audio input source Live Contro
41. Sound Library Currently Loaded Plugins Quarantined Add NAME TYFE MANUFACTURER FOR Category Accordion synth Safwan Matni double click to load Addictive Drums synth fs Audio double click to load Artphase VSTI O synth SynthEdit www s double click to load BB3031 synth Kenichi Watabe double click to load Blood Bucket synth SynthEditwww s double click to load Crystal synth Green Oak Softw double click to load Multi instrument Cubix synth psychic modulation double click to load Dimension LE synth Cakewalk double click to load EVM Bassline v1 3 synth Etric van mayer double click to load i EVM UltraSonique synth Etric van mayer double click to load Guru synth FXpansion double click to load Type Anything To Search For Sound OUT FILENAME Easy 16 2 Mi Instruments safwan matni Accordion dll A g Plugins Addictive Drums dll CiPluginsWirtual Instrumentsispace window Ariphase VSTI dll ew Instruments Buz RoomiBB303i dll CAPluginsWirtual Instruments insert piz here Blood Bucket dil lc Plugins Virtual Instruments Cubixv1 2 Cubix dll e APluginsWirtual Instruments Green OakiCrystal dil iaa LE Dimension LE dil Encinas Instruments evm EVM Bassline v1 3 dll sakes InstumentstevmiEWM UltraSonique dll CiPluginsiGuru dil y The Sound Browser is explained more in Chapter 5a
42. This button allows you to sync the knob slider with Riff s BPM e Use Sequence You can latch the oscillators to start with the play button of the host and any other sequencer that has been synced to the host When you hit play the oscillators start oscillating along with a sequencer if you have put it to sync with the host This only applies to the selected live control e Snap Snap live controls to a grid e Lock This will lock down all the live controls making them operable This is similar to live mode but still allows you to edit the live controls with the exception of resizing them Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 60 Button Properties Previous Song ae Pick Color Next a r Delete e Button Type The options are Toggle On Off and Momentary Trigger Toggle When set to toggle a button remains on until you press it again Hence On Off Momentary When set to Momentary a button triggers when pushed and releases the trigger when released e Invert This option allows you to invert the button function This comes in handy when working with VST s that have reversed buttons to bypass e Snap Snap live controls to a grid e Lock This will lock down all the live controls making them operable This is similar to live mode but still allows you to edit the live controls with the exception of resizing them XY Pad Properties Previous Song Next Son
43. Virtual Instrument Starting from a new project window this how you prepare a plug in DXi VSTi or other supported plug in for output Press Control T to add a new track Then click the FX button File Edit view rack Options Iresrk Hel a i E a 1 Eo A You will then see the FX chain view page Press the Add button located to the bottom left Local processing kd Comment eal Learn O vsT Rea Cockos Preset id O VST ReaGate Cock os n O VST ReaComp Cockos r 2 n 2 Out pu ReaE Q v0 5 z e Enabled Type Jlow Shelf y Frequency Hz EE RAS 00 0 e Gain any AO foo Bandwidth oct ATA OO po 0 0 Add band Remove band Reset defaults Show tabs W Show gid Show phas Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 137 On the left side select VSTi This will show you all the VSTi s included with your Open Labs production station as shown in the following illustration All Plugins Y5STr Accordion Safwan Matni YOT MrTramp 1 0 Guido Scognamiglio YOT Wusikstation Mult Out Musik Dot Com 6 out MET 5 Tr Addictive Drums FLA Audiol 16 out STi Nanotron 2 Martin Best pe WOTi VSTr Arphase SynthEdit SynthE dit ps sunthedit com YST ORGAN Zed trio 3 0 Guido Scognamiglio its Is YOT BBSOS v2 Kenichi Ww atabe YST Phadiz Guido Goebertus YOT Blood Bucket Synth dit wiw synthedit com YOT Plugsound Free stereo
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45. additional memory Open Labs production stations support 240 pin DDR2 DIMMs Call technical support for details about expanding an Open Labs production station s memory capacity PCI PCI E Expansion Slots PCI and PCI Express slots are for adding additional hardware boards such as I O cards DSP cards or additional graphics boards Add in boards should all be Microsoft Windows XP compatible If you are unsure please call Open Labs technical support Performance Controllers An Open Labs production station s top panel contains a variety of faders knobs buttons a DJ A B fader and drum pads All of these may be mapped to control the functions of various applications instruments sequencing software etc Touchscreen Monitor Open Labs production stations comes with a touchscreen monitor The touchscreen can be accessed using your fingertips or a plastic stylus The touchscreen provides an alternative method of inputting commands It can be used by itself as the sole source of command input or it can be used in conjunction with the built in keyboard and track pad or a standard keyboard and mouse Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 12 About the Touchscreen Monitor Here are a few techniques that will help you get the most out of the touchscreen Rather than using the flat portion of your finger use your fingernail By using your nail you make contact with a smaller portion of your finger and get greater accuracy To have a
46. among other factors the physical size of the tape employed For computer based systems the trend is towards unlimited numbers of record playback tracks although issues such as memory and CPU available will in fact limit this from machine to machine It has to be noted that on computer based systems the number of simultaneously available recording tracks is limited by the sound card discrete analogue or digital inputs When recording audio engineers can select which track or tracks on the device will be used for each instrument At any given point on the tape any of the tracks on the recording device can be recorded or playing back so that an artist is able to record onto track 2 and simultaneously listen to track 1 allowing him to sing or to play an accompaniment to the performance already recorded on track 1 He might then record on track 3 while listening to track 2 All three performances can then be played back in perfect synchrony as if they had originally been played and recorded together This can be repeated until all of the available tracks have been used or in fact reused When recording is completed the many tracks are mixed down through a mixing console to a two track stereo recorder in a format which can then be duplicated and distributed Most of the records CDs and cassettes commercially available in a music store are recordings that were originally recorded on multiple tracks and then mixed down to stereo These stereo
47. an explanation why we suggest you use Bump MP this way The following image shows what the Bump MP Guru template song looks like in the Signal Chain There are two inputs from Bump MP feeding the instance of Guru instrument Live Editor Controls default Set Guru Drumpad 3 List Signal Chains Signal Chain A TE Pe DrumPad Input 2 3 0 db mon Add Effect Guru 5 0 db Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 108 The first Input uses the following Input Output options default Instrument Live Editor Guru Drumpad 3 MIDI Input NO Add Add input Signal Chain Output Rack Routing Drun lo DrumPad 0 0 db ALI DrumPad DrumPad Input 2 3 0 db mon MIDI MIDI Input Device All MIDI Input Devices MIDI Input Channel Input Ch 11 Force MIDI Output Channel Bypass Controls il y Set i al le y h v This first Input is what enables the Bump MP drum pads to talk to Riff If you look at the MIDI Input Channel for this Input you will see that Input Ch 11 is selected This isolates the drum pads from receiving MIDI from any other channel or device not using MIDI channel 11 Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 109 The second Input uses the following Input Output options default Guru Drumpad 3 Add MID Input VO Signal Chain Output Rack Routing DrumPad M
48. and the high ceiling is set The change will immediately be seen on the keyboard layout on the Instrument rack Set Low Range Selecting this button brings up the Learn Low Range dialog box prompting the user to select the MIDI note that will be the lowest note sent to the instrument The user hits the key on the Ivory keyboard and the low is set The change will immediately be seen on the keyboard layout on the Instrument rack Signal Chain Router External Routing Quickly allows you to change MIDI channels and to inter route between other Signal Chains It also creates multiple key splits from one multi timbral instrument MIDI channel selector Channel Out Use this to create a MIDI channel output for the selected signal chain This is used when working with multi timbral synths and external MIDI devices Rename Renames the currently selected Signal Chain Delete Deletes the currently selected Signal Chain Stream Processor e Add Effect Brings up the plug in browser where you can select an effect to add to the signal chain Audio is processed from top to bottom and effects can be switched around in order to change their routing Typically the first slot is used for an instrument while the plug ins that are below it affect its sound The user can also load MIDI effect These are plug ins that output MIDI rather than audio These are placed above the sound generating plug in so that it can pass MIDI Riff will not allow
49. close the Open Labs GUI and take you to the standard Windows XP desktop Shut Down Use this to turn your Open Labs production station off e Restart Use this to restart your Open Labs production station CONTROL PANELS The Control Panels button provides access to utilities that you might need while working on your Open Labs production station When you click on the Util button you will see the following options e Audio The Audio button directs the controls for your sound card When you click the Audio button you will see the following options Control Panel Launches the sound card control panel from here you can adjust latency sample rate and boost input volume Mixer This button launches the sound card mixer panel e MIDI Launches the mFusion Control Panel See Chapter 6 for information about using mFusion e Touchscreen Use to calibrate your touchscreen and display settings System Backup Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 23 HELP The Help button gives you access to various forms of information regarding your Open Labs production station When you click the Help button you will see the following options Tutorial Videos You will find video tutorials that will help you make recordings and play sounds Manuals Will take you to a folder containing user guides and manuals Open Labs Forum Requires an Internet connection To gain access to the Open Labs on line community and technical support forums us
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51. illogical configurations e g Sound generating plug in followed by a MIDI VST followed by an effect followed by another sound generator Once you add an effect you will get a new tab on the Title Bar called Effect Editor Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 54 Selecting the Effect Editor will bring up the GUI of that effect Set Signal Effect Live 7 E r T Menu List Chains Editor Controls Learn Mode x Song 1 REVERBERATION F LTERS OUTPUT 1 1 10 20 40 30 0 Ea ean censo ES e Ea er 10 e LEVEL dB Classic Reverb s IN MAX 150 150 MIN AX 20 1k 0 SIZE m2 DAMPING PREDELAY ms HI DAMP LOCUT Hz EARLY REF d8 Pre Vol FX Mix Presets case Make Preset PA Default ORAL Ela Next Preset CPU 1 Mem 27 If an instrument or plug in is selected you can access the list of the parameters for the plug in by clicking the Show Params tab on the Instrument Editor lower control screen The last touched control on the plug in will be highlighted on the Params page This is helpful for locating hard to distinguish parameters Menu Signal Effect Live Chains Editor Controls Parameter 1 Size 640 m2 Parameter 2 Damping 30 0 Parameter 3 Predelay 0 ms 0 Parameter 4 Hi Damp 50 C1 Parameter 5 Lo Cut 65 Hz 0 Parameter 6 Early Ref 1 6 dB 21 Song 1
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55. s tempo Each Engine also has 3 Aux effects and an Insert effect There is also a Master Insert effect which affects the entire Master output Pads The 16 Pads inside each of GURU s Engines are categorized into Kicks Snares Hihats and Percussion with 4 Pads assigned to each type This is central to SmartSlicing GURU s intuitive new approach to loop slicing Each Pad is a sophisticated sampler with a substantial array of parameters that can be adjusted in the Pad Edit view which is a tweaker s paradise You can layer either stacked or velocity layered with crossfades up to 8 samples on a single Pad adjust start end points gain pan pitch and filtering add one of the built in effects or adjust send levels to any of the 3 Engine Aux effects There are also 2 envelopes to play with in the Pad Edit view one for amplitude and one for filter cutoff pitch and certain effects destinations The Pads are mapped to MIDI notes C1 to D 2 by default Patterns The Pattern view is for step sequencing Pads The sequencer can have up to 16 pages each with up to 32 steps giving a total of up to 512 steps Each sequence is called a Pattern each Engine in GURU has 24 Patterns assigned to MIDI keys from C3 to B4 Click on the Pattern keys or hit the corresponding MIDI key to access any of the 24 Patterns for each Engine While all the Engines are tempo synchronized Engines 2 8 have a tempo multiplier setting which adjusts the tempo for each Eng
56. song two you also want to have Mr Ray using a different patch There is no need to add a brand new instance of Mr Ray This next tutorial will show you how to do this First off select a spot directly beside the first Song on your Setlist and click Add Once you reach the Sound Browser click the Currently Loaded Plugins tab Here you will see your list of loaded instruments Instead of loading a new instance of Mr Ray select the currently loaded Mr Ray and either press the Add button or double left click the instrument This is also how you share an instrument in Riff The next picture shows you what an Instrument looks like after Shared has been enabled The Mr Ray icon in the Stream Processor is now yellow This represents an instrument is shared y gt y Add Add Input Signal Chain Add Effect Input 1 0 0 db 0 0 db Go ahead and jump over to the Instrument Editor of this song and set Mr Ray to the patch Mellow Next press Make Default in the lower controls section of the Instrument Editor Make Default Locks user created parameters as the default setting Vol Transpose boe ake pms Up Default drag semitone Transpose Transpose Then press the Song Restore button T A drag semitone Mellow Up Transpose Transpose Down Reset Doing this locks Song 1 to the preset Mellow Now add a second Song to the Setlist but for this so
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58. system performance and allow you to achieve far more complex instrument arrangements Anytime you are using big libraries it s a good idea to set an instrument to shared Shared instruments are not limited to an instrument having to be multi timbral You can set any instrument to be shared Some normal instruments like True Pianos can be shared True Pianos is known to use more system resources than other similar instruments Instruments that sound better generally use more resources Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 87 Sharing Instruments To help save system resources Riff has a great solution This solution is called sharing instruments For instance if you are planning to use the instrument Purity on more than one Song normally you would have to load a new instance of Purity on each Song Every time you add a new instance of that instrument you use more system resources Riff allows you to use a Currently Loaded Instrument multiple times Hence this instrument becomes a Shared instrument To Share an instrument first create a new Song and add Purity to it After doing that go to a new grid of the Setlist select Add the sound browser appears However this time instead of adding a new instance of Purity select the Currently Loaded Plugins tab Sound Browser Sound Library Currently Loaded Plugins Quarantined Currently Loaded Plugins Here you will see your list of Currently Loade
59. the Clear button to reset this window Also we have provided you three more locations to use as VST directories e VST Plugin Scan After adding a VST plug in directory or directories use either Scan for New or Rescan All to have Riff scan the folders you have added All new plug ins will be available after scanning There is no need to relaunch the program rr Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 36 Setting up General and Keyboard Options The Options window contains a variety of important user definable preferences used to configure Riff for your audio MIDI hardware plug in locations and to customize the way you work General Select Options from the Menu gt Options gt General Options gt General tab RIFF Options E MT A A A A General Audio Midi Plugins Keyboard Library Directory C Open Labs Library C Open Labs Library Sets default set Clear e Library Directory Use the Dir button to browse over and select a directory to be used as the default save folder for Riff e Start Up Set Click in this window to choose a project to be the default project that starts up with Riff Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 37 Keyboard To configure the Keyboard Range select Keyboard from the Menu gt Options gt Keyboard Options gt Keyboard tab RIFF Options General Audio Midi Plugins Keyboard Keyboard Low Range Keyboard High Range
60. the MIDI information is sent by the Open Labs production station and when the keyboard output sound is recorded by Mimik This delay can be noticeable so this option is useful in removing it Chop Trailing Samples Anything below the noise floor is chopped off from the end of the Sample This can be a disk space saver for sounds that end before the note down and release time expire Noise Floor Floating point noise floor for Chop Leading Samples and Chop Trailing Samples Anything below this noise floor will be cut out of the samples Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 163 MimiK Tutorial Quick Start Click on the Play button under the Low Range label This will cause MimiK to send a MIDI note to the keyboard This should in turn cause the keyboard play a note back to the Open Labs production station If you do NOT hear a note played back from the Open Labs production station or see the VU meter light up in the options screen then 1 Move the Low Range note around up or down Your keyboard may only play back from a small note range Dragging up or down on the control will move the note range up and down Do the same for the High Range 2 Recheck all your cables Check for possible bad cables 3 Make sure the keyboard you are trying to mimic has its MIDI input enabled read the keyboard manual If you plan on MimiKing multiple sounds from multple banks make sure your MIDI keyboard or module has MIDI bank select enabled and
61. to an interface standard for connecting audio synthesizer and effect plug ins to audio editors and hard disk recording systems VST and similar technologies allow the replacement of traditional recording studio hardware with software counterparts A VST instrument or VSTi is a type of VST plug in that is generally used to synthesize sound or play back sampled audio Types of VST instruments include among others virtual synthesizer devices and sampler devices VST instruments can be played in real time when used with an appropriate software and hardware configuration VSTi LINK The connection between a plug in parameter and a physical hardware MIDI control or a virtual soft control An example of a link would be when a user moves a hardware MIDI knob and the volume output of a soft synth changes Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 176 WAVEFORM A usually graphic representation of the shape of a wave that indicates its characteristics as frequency and amplitude When talking about synthesizers the term generally refers to the most common types of waveforms such as the sine triangle sawtooth and pulse waves It can also refer to digital waveforms which are rendered from pre recorded samples WORD CLOCK A word clock is a device used to create a regular pulse used to synchronize other devices such as digital audio tape machines and compact disc players which interconnect via digital audio S PDIF AES EBU ADAT and other form
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65. volume jared 12 0dB Secondary beat gair Cim 6 04db First beat sample Browse Subsequent beat Browse 0f Frequency of first beat 800 He subsequent beats fi EDO Hz Beat click length a m Enable Metronome Enable during playback and or count in before playback Enable during recording and or count in before recording Count in length Allows you to pick how many counts you want it to click before recording or playback starts There will be four clicks per number For instance if you type in the number 1 you will get four clicks before recording or playback starts If you add the number 2 you will get eight clicks before recording or playback starts Metronome volume Allows the adjustment of the level of the first click Secondary beat gain Adjusts the level of all clicks after the first click First beat sample Allows you to choose a media file as the first sound of your click If you have a sound you would like to substitute as the click source insert it here This sound will be the first hit of the click The volume of this one is controlled by the Metronome volume slider Subsequent beat Allows you choose a media file to be the secondary click of your metronome The volume of this click will be controlled by the Secondary Beat Frequency of first beat subsequent beats This is for adjusting the pitch of the default metronome click This does not affect a custom click source Beat c
66. will take you back to the Instrument Editor screen etting by going to anks Except you would pick 58 Live Controls This is one of the most powerful features of Riff On this screen you can build a custom set of MIDI controllers that can be linked to any Instrument Effect or Signal Chain Control contained within a Preset from the Song Grid Live controls for a preset are saved within that preset and can be easily recalled The Edit Mode toggle button toggles the Live Control screen between Edit mode and Live mode In Edit mode a user can add remove resize and edit the properties of the Live Control Each Live Control can be mapped to a plug in parameter just like a real hardware control In Live Mode a user cannot add remove resize and edit the properties of the Live Control 1084Defaultv2 Signal Instrument Live Space Delay Lead Chains Editor Controls Feedback A Overdrive i Delay Mix Volume A Button Type Delete y tooltips ON click here to turn off CPU 2 Mem 42 A left click right click or a touch via the touchscreen on an empty space will bring up the Add menu You can add a Knob Button Horizontal Slider Vertical Slider XY Pad and a Text Editor Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 59 Knob Properties Horizontal Slider Properties Vertical Slider Properties Oscillator T Posa Low High YPE Time Offset Use BPM BPM a pp S
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68. you will see the various export options Make sure to have the item you want to export selected Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 67 Using the Signal Chain Adding an Additional Instrument to a Song As stated in Chapter 3 a Song can contain multiple instruments in one song square To add multiple instruments to one Song select the Signal Chain Tab at the top of the screen Signal Instrument Live song 1 Chains Editor Controls BPM Main a Ga y Add Input lei Add Effect Add Input This allows for an Input to be created with a signal chain containing a VSTi or an empty signal chain with no VST In order to use the VSTi s and play them an Input must be selected with the desired plug in Discovery_v2 Add Signal Chain Use this button to create a new signal chain with a VSTi or create an empty signal chain for unique key splits Touching the screen on a blank signal chain will give you the same add option To add that additional sound to this song go ahead and press the Add Input button Again you can decide to pick a sound by the category or by using the Sound Browser The next image shows you that there are now two inputs in this song Clicking on each input will play solo that sound Signal Instrument Live Menu Song 1 Chains Editor Controls BPM Main pe gt O ERA RR C Add A Add Input illa Add Effect Input 1 0 0 db Input 2 0
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70. A B crossfader knobs buttons e Bump MP Both of these are actually programmable MIDI control surfaces Open Labs production stations ship with MIDI control maps for use with the installed applications Karsyn REAPER and so on but you can also create your own custom maps to use with any MIDI application Mix Edit Panel i l 0 sa a O 2 e e amp 25 22 g 2 10 3 725 18 26 18 E o oo wo Oa Gb tal ik f fo mM 2 i Fi it oh ma Er L The Open Labs Mix Edit Panel features two sections of controls 1 The Mixer Section is designed for mixing and is laid out like most common third party DAW controllers It features eight channel strips each with a knob for panning a button for muting and a fader for volume control Plus one fader dedicated to the master bus Also the mixer section features a bank button for quick access to four banks This gives you 32 channels of control in Reaper or any other MIDI mappable DAW you wish to use Feedback is provided in two ways For each bank on the Mixer section A B C and D there is an LED light indicating what bank is selected plus each bank is labeled 1 8 9 16 17 24 25 32 in a color code Above each fader is the track numbers listed in color code This gives the user a visual display on what track channel they are about to adjust The other method for feedback is the white scribble strip below the controllers This will be made material sup
71. Basics Recording Patterns GURU offers a very intuitive means of recording Patterns using live input You can record into GURU with the following methods Clicking the on screen Pads with the mouse Playing an external MIDI controller for example a keyboard or set of drumPads Record arming After loading an Engine with sounds select the Pattern onto which you wish to Record Then click the Record button on the Sequencer Master section of the GURU interface The display will inform you that GURU is armed for Recording The display also shows two options Click on Record If this is enabled GURU will play a metronome click while Recording is in progress Quantized Record If this option is enabled GURU will quantize all input to the nearest step If the option is disabled GURU will preserve the timing of your playing using Shift graph values Setting a Tempo The best way to set a tempo or BPM for RECORDING SONG Host template GRU KIT LOOP Mr Porter 05 KIT Recording Op Options ON RECORD ANTIZED RECORD Ea GURU is to use the BPM function of Riff Use one of these oone to set a desired BPM This will ensure that the tempo set will have all instruments of a Riff Song to be locked together i Lo Use the Tempo button on the DJ Panel This is known as Tap Tempo Go to the Signal Chains tab of Riff and press the BPM button This is located towards the top right of
72. Compressor readelay standalone Delay multi tap delay reaeq standalone EQ Multi band EQ reafir_standalone Dynamics EQ Gate Compressor Convolve Subtract reagate standalone EQ Gate RealGuitar2SE Acoustic Guitar Sample Player Lead Acoustic Rock Pop Any reaxcomp standalone EQ Multi band eq Rednef Twin Amps Simulated 1969 Fender Twin Reverb Guitar Amp reverseness Reverse in segments ReZ v 1 3 PM Synth Lead Bass Techno Industrial Daft Punk NIN Rogue Synth Lead Electronic Any Shepards tone adds an oscillating sine wave soft_clipper Dynamics level booster SPiLimiterJS Dynamics Simple peak limiter spectro_filter_paint Filter Draw the filter field spectropaint Draw the effect StereoField EQ Stereo field manipulator String Theory 1 5 String Hybrid Synth Lead Ambient Sounds Rock Pop Electronic Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 180 Ambient StringSynth ARP Solina String Synth emulator Lead Acoustic Ambient Sounds Air Pink Floyd STS 26 FM Synth Lead Pads Ambient Sounds Electronic Ambient The Orb Black Dog Productions Super Spook Keys Theremin Emulator similar to Spook Keys with more options Lead Ambient Sounds Rock Electronic Experimental Stereolab Pink Floyd superpitch Adjust pitch by percents semitones octaves Sylenthi VA Synth Lead Pads Bass Ambient Sounds Electronic Pop Ambient Yello New Order Synthi VST VA Synth modeled after Nord Lead2 Lead Bass Ele
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74. DVD CD RW drive so that you will not boot the CD accidentally Adding CDs into the CD RW Drive while the Open Labs production station is running will sometimes initiate pop up menus This depends on how the CD was written For example typical software installation CDs have pop up menus to assist in installation of its software when the CD is first inserted into the DVD CD RW drive Alternatively inserting an audio CD into the DVD CD RW drive will initiate CD Player to play The CD drive can be used to burn files onto blank recordable CDs Recordable CDs are sold at most computer stores and provide an inexpensive method of backing up your critical files You may use any number of programs to burn CDs with your DVD CD RW drive Microsoft Windows XP will author CDs as well To use the Microsoft tool navigate to the Start button and then double click on My Computer Double clicking on My Computer will open a window showing all your storage devices Insert a black recordable CD CD R into your DVD CD RW drive and your DVD CD RW drive icon should change to indicate the presence of a CD R disc Double clicking on this icon will open an empty window that is empty except for a legend to the left Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 2 Using the drag and drop method you can place multiple files into the empty area within the right pane of this window Files should start to populate this empty area Keep in mind that the maximum amount
75. IDI MIDI Input Device All MIDI Input Devices MIDI Input Channel Input Ch 12 do Force MIDI Output Channel Bypass This second Input is what enables various Bump MP control buttons knobs and the last pad drum pad to talk to Riff If you look at the MIDI Input Channel for this Input you will see that Input Ch 12 is selected This isolates the control buttons and knobs from receiving MIDI from any other channel or device not using MIDI channel 12 Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 110 GURU Quickstart Engines Pads Patterns and Graphs This section will introduce you to the application GURU it is not intended to replace the GURU manual After reading this section please refer to the complete GURU manual which is located on your NeKo LX5 s hard drive These concepts are crucial to the way that GURU works so it s very useful to read through the following descriptions Engines GURU is made up of eight Engines Each of these Engines contains 16 Pads Although these Pads can be sequenced from your host sequencer using MIDI notes they can also be controlled by each Engine s advanced step sequencer system There are sequencers for Pads the Pattern view and for modulating certain sound parameters the Graph view An Engine is essentially an independent entity with its own MIDI channel they respond to channels 1 8 although the tempo of all Engines is locked to multiples of Engine 1
76. IS Version IT Level Tone Master This screen will turn back to the default color and this control learned to the Live Control Click on the Live Controls tab once again Switch Riff over to Live mode play notes on your keyboard and use the touchscreen to move the first knob default Instrument Editor Signal Chains Song 1 Knob Knob 1 Knob 2 Knob 3 MESS a GIVE W lt cs Ve lt lt Live Controls Hovering over the first knob shows it to be mapped to Mr Ray Param 23 which is Mallets Strength Low High Previous i Mext Song Lo linked to MrRay22 Param 23 Mallets Strength CPU 4 Mem 42 To rename or change the color of a Live Control switch back to Edit Mode select the Live Control and press the Pick Color or Rename button Go ahead and learn the other three knobs to the controls of the Mallets section of Mr Ray Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 83 Using Oscillators with Knobs Sliders Knobs and sliders can have an oscillator added to them First off setup a knob in your Live Controls For this tutorial I am going to use the same Live Controls made in the last tutorial with Mr Ray Click on the knob then select the Oscillator Type Pick the type of osciallater type you would like to use Once you do this the oscillator will take control over the knob default Set Signal Instrument Live
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79. N LABS EDITIOM ADVANCED INTERFACE y MODULE VELOACIT CONTRGL Ad PITCH OUTPUT LEVEL 16 4d8 dyn r eke 7 VELOCITY THRESHOLD 440 00 ie le int E r Sapphire Emerald Diamond PRESET DESCRIPTION SAPPHIRE MODULE pa agamane Default x a a KEYBOARD DYHAMICS RELEASE i 0 0 BASIC INTERFACE OPTIONS y fa A gt E ey U Preset 5E Transpose Next EA Preset att CPU 1 Mem 27 The Instrument Editor allows you access to a selected instrument plug in s graphical user interface GUI You can also reach the Instrument Editor screen by double clicking the instrument in the Instrument Rack or in the Signal Chain This is explained more in Chapter 5a Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 44 Live Controls default Signal Instrument Live Ticky Clav Chains Editor Controls PICKUP 1 PICKUP 2 BRIGHT E JSS TS ae tt ni gt 11 1 Rte meee MA tial eee TA a l A a ill IT TELE Previous Button Type Song y Toggle Next be mn song MN i This is one of the most powerful features of Riff On the Live Controls screen you can build a custom set of MIDI controllers that can be linked to any instrument effect or signal chain control contained within a Song Live controls for a Song are saved within that Song and can be easily recalled imported or exported This is explained more in Chapt
80. Neko If you look at the Title Bar you will see the Learn button now says Learning To cancel learning press the Learning button Signal Instrument Live Song 1 Chains Editor Controls Previous Song Next song GUI Leamed CPU 5 Mem 37 Select a button on the NeKo Neko once you do this the control will be latched The following picture shows a small icon in the lower right corner of the Previous Song button This represents that this control has been latched to a controller Previous Vol BPM Song ka O Song CPU 1 Mem 23 The sign is for something that has been learned the sign represents that a control has been learned relative Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 77 Right clicking a control that has been MIDI learned will yield new options Learn Unlearn Hardware CPU 1 Mem 23 1 Learn MIDI learn maps host buttons to MIDI controllers virtual live controls to VST s and virtual live controls to MIDI controllers 2 Unlearn Hardware Use this to release a mapped item from it s MIDI controller This option is only available when you have an item mapped 3 Learn Properties The following image shows the options in learn properties This option is only available when you have an item mapped Learn Properties Info MIDI CC 105 ch 1 Properties V Soft Takeover Invert Low High Hardware Typ
81. O a ki B Next Song e Invert This option allows you to invert the Virtual Live Control function This comes in handy when working with VST s that have reversed buttons to bypass e Low Sets the low boundary of a knob or slider e High Sets the high boundary of a knob or slider e Oscillator Type The knob can be made to self oscillate Below is a listing of the Oscillator types Sine A sine wave is often thought of as the most simple or pure wave because it possess only one harmonic and is a smooth wave Triangle A triangle waveform that rises quickly to a particular amplitude then quickly drops Saw The sawtooth wave or saw wave is named a sawtooth based on its resemblance to the teeth on the blade of a saw Sawtooth waves ramps upward as time goes by and then sharply drops However there are also sawtooth waves in which the wave ramps downward and then sharply rises Inverted Saw Inverts the Sawtooth wave type Inverted Saw waves ramps downward and then sharply rises Square The square wave alternates quickly between two levels Random This randomly selects oscillator parameter values e Time Choose the rate of oscillation by adjusting this knob e Offset Offsets the starting point of the oscillation dependent on the clock of the host This is used to make knobs sliders hit their high low ranges on different beats Like on a 16th or 8th or any desired beat e Use BPM
82. OFFSET A DC Offset is an offset in the baseline or zero mark of the waveform A sample wave not centered on the zero baseline in the Waveform Display is said to have a DC Offset This is usually caused by a calibration problem in the audio hardware It is desirable to remove this offset after Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 169 recording because undesirable pops can occur when editing a file with a large DC offset To remove DC offset a number of options are available ranging from applying a Low Pass Filter to the waveform to using correction features built into most Audio Editors such as Wavelab or Audition Dedicated DC Offset plug ins in several formats such as VST and Direct X are also available DECIBEL dB A unit of audio measurement of sound pressure level SPL signal level and changes or differences in signal level The decibel is a logarithmic log mathematical function that reduces large numeric values into smaller more manageable numbers Decibel is calculated as being 10 times the log of the ratio of two powers and 20 times the log of the ratio of two voltages DESTRUCTIVE EDITING When the audio data recorded on a hard disk is altered and rewritten to disk in such a way that it can t be recovered in its original form DIALOG A window that is not full screen In this host all Dialog boxes will be modal meaning they will be the foremost window and nothing else can be done until they are closed DYNAMIC MICROPH
83. ONE A microphone that operates by electromagnetic induction to generate an output signal When an electrically conductive coil of wire or ribbon is made to cut across the flux lines of a magnetic field a current of specific magnitude and direction is generated within that coil or ribbon EFFECTS SEND An auxiliary send feeding an effects device EQUALIZER A frequency dependent amplifier that enables a recording or mix engineer to control the relative amplitude of various frequencies in the audible bandwidth Put another way the equalizer lets you exercise tonal control over the harmonic content or timbre of a recorded sound EXPANDER A device that increases the dynamic range of a signal FADER A linear attenuation device or linear volume control FILE TYPES WAVE WAV or WAVE short for Waveform audio format is a Microsoft and IBM audio file format standard for storing audio on PCs It is a variant of the RIFF bit stream format method for storing data in chunks and thus also close to the IFF and the AIFF format used on Macintosh computers Both WAVs and AIFFs are compatible with Windows and Macintosh operating systems It takes into account some differences of the Intel CPU such as little endian byte order The RIFF format acts as a wrapper for various audio compression codecs It is the main format used on Windows systems for raw audio MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface or MIDI is an industry standard electronic com
84. Open Labs production station After the system is fully booted you should be in the Open Labs Graphical User Interface GUI About the Open Labs GUI The Open Labs GUI is not a standard part of Microsoft Windows XP It is a customizable overlay to the standard Microsoft XP work environment You can toggle between the two modes by clicking on the Open Labs icon located in the lower left hand corner of the screen select Quit and then select Go To Windows You can always reinstate the Open Labs GUI by accessing the shortcut named Open Labs Shell provided on the desktop For more information about the Open Labs GUI see chapter 3 Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 21 Chapter 3 First Time The first time you power up your Open Labs NeKo LX5 it loads directly to Riff once you close Riff you may realize that the screen looks nothing like Microsoft Windows XP The look is the Open Labs Graphical User Interface that will enhance your productivity especially in combination with the touchscreen The Open Labs GUI In Detail The GUI or graphical user interface is a customizable shell that allows the launching of applications from a single location This GUI is optimized for use with a touchscreen and for musical performance Traditionally within the Microsoft Windows environment you would have to make shortcuts for applications you use most often and arrange them on your desktop or system tray for easy access Because th
85. Out Ch 8 MIDI Out Ch 9 Empty Signal Chain MIDI Out Ch 10 Empty Signal Chain Audio FX Slot MIDI Out Ch 11 Empty Signal Chain pe Se een MIDI Out Ch 12 Output 1 2 _ Rename Delete A Set a on Bypass Channel Out In l CPU 2 Mem 25 A up Toggle Range MIDI Out Ch 13 v Split Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 91 Song 1 should only use MIDI Channel 1 On the Signal Chain page click the Bypass Channel Out button in the lower controls and select MIDI channel 1 See the previous image Set Signal Instrument Live diii Edit x ronal Song 1 List Chains Editor Controls i J Mode leal BPM Main Add Input Assert AA Input 1 il 0 0 db Signal Chain Signal Chain 1 Output 1 2 Ti Vol Pan Transpose yw Set High No Extemal Routing yo i Up Toaal Range Ow rm 5 Transpose Transpose Set Low yo MIDI In Out CPU 2 Mem 26 You can see this signal chain is using MIDI channel 1 And will only trigger the sound in MIDI channel 1 of Purity Delete Now let us add a second item to the grid that will trigger the sound you have in MIDI channel two of Purity Also doing this will allow us to utilize the shared instrument we prepared Select a spot directly beside the first Song on your Setlist and click Add Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 92 Go to the Signal chain of Song 2 Remember th
86. Output and explore the folder until you find the sfz file Select the sfz file and press the Open button The test file made for this lesson was called Grand Piano You can see Grand Piano sfz loaded into Dimension LE DIMENSION E 8 FHILTER a on Dr E A ayers BITREG GECIN CUTRE A LIMITER fen eg ELEMENT 1 En CLEMENT Z Gae emen Ge ementa 1299090000 9000 OPAN VOL x2 PAN FXI FX2 PAN YOL This sound is ready to be played To learn more about Dimension LE please read the Dimension users guide located on the NeKo LX5 Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 165 9 Chapter 9 System Restore Backup Open Labs has provided you with a hidden backup partition this hidden partition contains a factory image of the NeKo LX5 The software used to manage restoration is called True Image This software also allows you to create backup images of your system that can be stored to an internal hard drive or external storage media If you encounter an Issue so severe you think that you need to restore we suggest that you first contact Open Labs technical support as we may have a solution that will save your data Also restoring without consulting technical support could effect your warranty so please heed this message Email support openlabs com Call 512 444 6222 If you have experience with restoration software the next few parts of this manual will give you some informati
87. PO GJ Open Labs 2 open Labs A A A o 0000 NeKo LX5 NeKo LX5 keyboard production station Gen5 Operation Manual Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 1 The information in this manual is believed to be correct at the time of publishing However Open Labs reserves the rights to make changes to the specifications at any time without notice or obligation to update existing units The software described by this document is subject to a License Agreement and may not be copied to other media No part of this manual may be copied reproduced or otherwise transmitted or recorded for any purpose without prior written permission by Open Labs Inc Users Manual written by James Edwin Rhone Jr Editors Ed Ablan Christopher Brown Steve Miller Super special thanks to the Open Labs Development Team for your efforts and meticulous attention to detail You have truly made this a great product PO a dpen Labs Open Labs Inc 2008 All rights reserved OPEN LABS Inc 4020 South Industrial Drive Suite 100 Austin TX 78744 USA salesOopenlabs com www openlabs com Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 2 Using the NeKo LX5 safely Before using the NeKo LX5 it is extremely important that you thoroughly read the following instructions This will provide you with the information needed for safe operation of your NeKo LX5 Please continue reading the rest of this manual for specific information on the
88. PTE timecodes are derived from that of the longitudinal timecode Time code can have any of a number of frame rates common ones are 24 frame s film 25 frame s PAL color television 29 97 30 1 001 frame s NTSC color television 30 frame s American black and white television almost obsolete In general SMPTE timecode frame rate information is implicit known from the rate of arrival of the timecode from the medium or other metadata encoded in the medium The interpretation of several bits including the color framing and drop frame bits depends on the underlying data Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 175 rate In particular the drop frame bit is only valid for a nominal frame rate of 30 frame s see below for details SMPTE MTC is a position and timing reference that indicates the current location in the project and how quickly the project should be playing Time code labels the position in a project in hours minutes seconds and frames The speed of playback is indicated by a frame rate Time code is recorded onto tape using a device called a time code generator The process of recording a time code signal onto a track is called striping Normally the start of a tape stripe has a particular time expressed in hours minutes seconds and frames For example the tape stripe might start at 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 or any other time The material recorded on the tape usually starts anywhere from 10 seconds to se
89. Press Save to save a configuration This includes the following for each MIDI input Key Range Transpose Channel remap Controller remap This allows frequently used MIDI configuration parameters to be applied to other instrument modules or stored for future use When a MIDI Configuration is loaded you may optionally load or ignore specific portions of the configuration Setting a Default MIDI Configuration The last used MIDI configuration is always saved with an instrument module Usually this MIDI configuration will be reloaded automatically on any future instrument module using the same instrument However if you select a MIDI configuration to be the default it will be used instead Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 129 Insert Manager Right click and select Insert Manager to control the order of inserts Showing Effects Consoles Double click an effect to show its console Working with audio effects consoles is very similar to working with instrument consoles The only difference is that the console window is always floating never docked and there are no Program Map or MIDI Configuration tabs Close an effect console by clicking the upper right hand Close button Using Effect Presets Accessing an audio effect preset is identical to accessing instrument presets MIDI Routing to Effects MIDI input is sent to insert effects The filtering is different for effects than for the instrument module Program changes fr
90. S Transpose Transpose ETA Low MIDI Out Ch 3 Down Reset ETA Signal Chain 4 routed to Signal Chain 1 containing Purity Ll ANI Signal Chain 4 lower controls MIDI channel out set to channel four Signal Chain Signal Chain 4 o ps pe a y E Signal Chain 1 Os ate m E ES Transpose Transpose EA Low P This will complete this multi timbral setup each split should be triggering the patch that you have in the corresponding channel of Purity Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual Advanced Multi timbral Instruments Signal Chain Now that you have a good idea of how to use multi timbral instruments it is time to learn an advanced way to setup Riff to work with your multi timbral instruments As you can see in the Signal Chain there are only eight slots Plus the signal chains are made for layering sounds and creating keyboard splits Let s say you wanted to use all 16 MIDI channels of a multi timbral instrument in one Song as opposed to setting up 16 songs each using a different MIDI channel The earlier tutorial explained how to do it that way However it is good to know the different ways to setup instruments in Riff Setup a new Song and again add Purity to the Song Remember to unlink the MIDI channels in Purity Go head and assign sounds to some channels Go to the signal chain select the Input for Signal Chain 1 This Input needs t
91. SS SAMPLERS MULTI INSTRUMENT and GUITAR Refer to Appendix B for a list of instruments Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 62 If you click Add you will see the Sound Browser Pick an instrument from the list and press the Add button This will insert this instrument into the Song grid for you to play Sound Browser J Sound Library Currently Loaded Plugins Quarantined Category NAME DESCRIPTION Accordion Accordion Emulator Acoustic Klezmer Polka Zydeco Tejano World Beirut Weird Al A double click to load Addictive Drums Multi Timbral Drum Sampler Drums Rock Pop Any double click to load Artphase VSTi Phase Distortion Synth Lead Trance Spacey Tangerine Dream Orbital double click to load Drums Sequencers BB303i Classic 303 Bass Synth Lead Bass House Techno Acid Old Skool Hip Hop West Coast Heaven 17 double click to load Bass Blood Bucket Synth Lead Ambient Sounds IDM Glitehcore Illbient Kid 606 Venetian Snares double click to load Samplers Crystal Subtractive FM Synth Lead Pads Ambient Sounds Trance Ambient Brian Eno Jean Michaael Jarre double click to load Multi instrument Cubix Drum Bassline Synth Drums Synth Electro House Kraftwerk Depeche Mode double click to load Guitar Dimension LE double click to load EVM Bassline v1 3 Acoustic Bass Synthesizer Acoustic Rock Pop Any double click to load EVM UltraSonique Synthesizer Sample
92. Snares 01 explore it When you are in a folder the parent drive folder will appear at the top of the folder list Again simply click on the name to go up a folder level Wer Porter Snares 2 Auto mode You will notice that all tabs of the Browser have the Auto button Auto mode allows preview in context the elements which are selected in the Browser play in place of the elements you are replacing which are already loaded into Guru while unaffected parts play as normal Thus you can hear what the file you re thinking of loading onto Pad s Pattern s or an Engine will sound like within the context of your current Guru song When the Auto button is activated in any tab of the Browser any of the browsable elements within it can be auditioned in context before loading them If Guru is not playing when you click on a previewable file it will start playing1 and you will be able to hear the new element in context You can then click the button in order to load it or preview another See Chapter 2 from the main GURU manual for and in depth look at the Browser Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 115 MIDI Pads There are 16 MIDI Pads with 4 assigned to each drum category kicks snares hihats and percussion They can be played by clicking them on screen or by hitting their corresponding MIDI notes by default C1 to D 2 The Pads light up blue kicks red snares yellow hihats and green percussi
93. Solo by pressing Solo all other input channels are muted Mute Mutes input channel Link links the input gain of adjacent channels If the two channels do not have the same level when the link button is pressed clicking on one of the faders will send the other input level to the same level as the channel that was clicked on Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 185 Input software playback channel This is the audio return from your audio software The same functions are available as the other inputs including PAN balance between left and right channels LEVEL SOLO and MUTE This is a stereo channel This channel picks up the audio stream that is sent from your software and enables you to mix it with the direct input of your FIREBOX PLAYBACK Indicates the stereo stream output channels from your software dl 8 DUE Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 186 OUTPUT SECTION Output Level fader Adjusts the output level of the mixer Global Solo Clear Clears ON or restores off solo s that have been selected in input channels Global Mute Clear Clears ON or restores off mute s that have been selected in input channels Playback to Phones selects the audio stream output coming from your software Mix to Phones Pressing this button sends the Mixer s zero latency output to the headphones PHONES gt Mixer Output sen
94. Some keyboards trigger sound samples upon the MIDI note off message Enabling this option will enable MimiK to capture just the sounds made after the MIDI note off is sent Sounds captured this way can then be played back whenever a note off is sent for a particular sample The Note Down Time parameter is the time that a note will be played During this time period no sound is actually recorded The recording will begin once the note is let up MIDI note off message is sent The Offset parameter is any additional time to NOT record after the MIDI note off message is sent This is useful for tweaking and isolating a specific part of the sound The Release parameter is how long to record after the note off is sent plus the Offset time This is the only time actual recording takes place within the Release Trig event Capture Aftertouch If your keyboard supports it aftertouch can be captured separately from regular note down events To keep things simple it sends an aftertouch message immediately after the note down is sent All the other parameters note down time release time apply Different aftertouch layers can be captured If 1 layer is selected then an aftertouch value of 127 is sent and recorded If 2 layers are used then an aftertouch value of 63 and 127 are sent and recorded and so on Chop Leading Samples Anything below the noise floor is chopped off at the beginning of the sample There is a slight delay in the time that
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96. TOR In modern musical terms an oscillator is a component that originates a signal The period of an oscillator is the time it takes to oscillate or repeat The period is also referred to as frequency or pitch The classic analog synthesizers had regular periodic oscillator shapes such as Sine Triangle Pulse Ramp and Saw They also sometimes had a special non periodic oscillator called noise Although not technically an oscillator because it does not repeat a pattern the noise oscillator generates semi random values within a certain frequency PHANTOM POWER Power for a condenser mic that comes directly from the console through balanced mic cables by Supplying a positive DC supply voltage of 48V usually to both conductors pins 2 amp 3 with respect to pin 1 This voltage is distributed through identical value resistors so that no differential exists between the two leads therefore the voltage is electrically invisible to the alternating audio signal The DC circuit is completed by connecting the negative side of the supply to the cable s grounding shield PLUG IN Plug ins are audio processing modules They are usually of the VST or DX format They are usually third party external DLLs that will usually take an input stream and produce output streams In the case of music software this generally takes the form of an instrument such as a synth or sampler or an effect processor such as a reverb or compressor POLAR PATTERN A polar gra
97. abs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 150 Mixing REAPER offers Track Mixers and a Main Mixer Use either or both to set volume and pan Select mute and solo to add effects to your tracks REAPER comes with a large assortment of built in high quality effects Add them by clicking the FX button on the track In REAPER groups are called folders Use folders to apply volume pan and effects to a group of tracks This is also known as linking tracks To create a folder 1 Place the tracks you want to link together in the Track Control Panel 2 Add a blank track above them CTRL T This will be the Folder track 3 Click the folder icon on the folder track The icon will change and all tracks below the folder track will become part of that folder 4 Click the folder icon on the last track you want included in the folder The icon will change and the folder is ready to go Importing Existing Tracks You can add existing sound files to your REAPER project by 1 Clicking and dragging them in REAPER will automatically add tracks to accommodate them 2 Inserting them through the Insert menu item Note the media item under the Insert menu is for supported sound formats and for video media as well Rendering When your mix is finished it s time to combine your individual tracks into a single stereo file Rendering is done by clicking File gt Render or pressing the C5 button on your Open Labs production stations
98. achine guitar or microphone follow these guidelines Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 140 The first is Mono Input Here you can choose a mono audio in source from the sound card Tir inf a 4 gt Meter click to choo Mic Input 2 del SMU MIDI Input L melni Lineln 2 iz SpdifIn left Local processing _ Span right O VST ReaE Cockos Reahoute 1 Ol VST ReaGate Cockos ReaRoute 2 LI VST ReaComp Cockos RaaRoute 3 VSTi MiPay22 Guido Scognst ReaRoute 4 ReaRoute 5 ReaRoute 6 ResRoute 7 ReaRoute E ME ReaRoute 9 _ gt ReaRoute10 v a ReaRoute 11 joth Stiffness ReaRoute 12 HAMMERS ReaRoute 13 reno y D O ReaRoute 15 E KF Dec EN ReaRoute 16 2 WAHWAH Mono input allows a source to be assigned to an individual input of the sound card For instance if you want to plug in a microphone guitar drum machine and a keyboard all at once and record them just add a track for each source and select an input for that source Plug the microphone into MIC input 1 and the guitar into Mic Input 2 these are the front inputs of the production station For the drum machine and keyboard use Lineln 1 and Lineln 2 these are located on the back of the production station Remember to arm your tracks Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 141 The second is Stereo Input Here you can choose a stereo audio in source from the Presonus Firebox M OU
99. ad 3 List Chains Editor Controls ae Zee uu UU RHYTHM PRODUCTION CENTER MPAA Ade P AGA 4 B r O W S e r 76 Pad Chrom Lad por pes ENGINE 2 Host te d et ee O ad PATTERN Pattern 1 PAD Kick 11 E EEE 55a Pr A ee A Guru LCD 2 GURU Toolbar 3 Pattern Keys 5 MIDI Pads Sequence GURU LCD The LCD is the main edit area in GURU It can be in any of the following view modes e Pattern view e Graphs view e Pad Edit view Aux Effects view e Mix view e Scenes view e Options panel Each of these view modes have a corresponding button in the GURU toolbar Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 113 GURU Toolbar The toolbar not only offers access to the different LCD view modes but also to the Engine selectors and activity display The Toolbar houses the Load Save Bundle buttons See chapters 8 11 for details on these features 1 LCD view mode selectors 2 Randomizer A new creative inspiration factory the randomize slider can operate on any of GURU s main screens sequence graphs pad edit effects mixer and allows you to apply a controllable amount of randomization to either the current pad or various combinations Click on the randomize slider to generate a new set of seed values then drag to the left or right to apply them progr
100. ads Samplers Electronic Pop Air Van Halen s 1984 double click to load Guru double click to load TypefAnythi 19 To Search For Sound 1 Add Category Adds a new custom category to the category column Instruments can be drag n dropped into a category A Category can also be renamed to describe the type of instruments it contains 2 All This list contains all the instruments profiled by your assigned plug ins folder 3 Categories Instruments are arranged by their category You can also create categories Right click and select Add Then drag a plug in to this new category 4 Shared Instruments Lists all the instruments you have enabled for sharing 5 Quarantined If an instrument does not work properly with Riff you can right click it and have it sent to the quarantine list 6 Advanced Switches the sound browser over to the advanced view Selecting the advanced view will become the default Sound Browser view until you press it again Refer to the image on the next page Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 64 Sound Browser Sound Library Currently Loaded Plugins Quarantined G Add tena NAME Keys Accordion double click to load Addictive Drums double click to load Synths Artphase VSTi double click to load Drums Sequencers BB303i double click to load Bass Blood Bucket Synth Lead Ambient Sounds IDM Glitchcore Illbient Kid 606 Veneti
101. allow you to add more notes When loop recording is in normal MIDI record mode every time the transport cycles around a new take will be created Start recording and let it make four cycles Vary what you play each cycle Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 149 This allows you to choose the best take afterward AAA 7 1 00 3 1 00 4 1 00 J WI 0 02 000 0 04 000 Item settings Item properties F Source properties Chrl F2 Group Take Item processing Open items with built in MIDI editor Crri Alt E Open items with secondary editor Open item copies with built in MIDI editor Open item copies with secondary editor Apply track Fis bo items as new take Apply track Fx bo items as new take mono output Apply track Fx bo items as new take MIDI output Render items as new take mrmr e FA 1 1 00 0 00 000 I Renerien areta Selections 1 1 00 5 1 00 Glue selected items Comment W VSTi MiBav22 Guido Seoanami As you can see four takes were recorded in this recording To monitor an individual take just left click that part of the take or press T to toggle to the active take and it will solo itself from the others This example has the second take selected Right click the take you want and select glue This keeps the take you want while deleting the others Refer to the REAPER PDF manual for more information on recording with plug ins Open L
102. an Snares double click to load Samplers Crystal Subtractive FM Synth Lead Pads Ambient Sounds Trance Ambient Brian Eno Jean Michaael Jarre double click to load Multi instrument Cubix Drum Bassline Synth Drums Synth Electro House Kraftwerk Depeche Mode double click to load Guitar Dimension LE double click to load DESCRIPTIO Accordion Emulator Acoustic Klezmer Polka Zydeco Tejano World Beirut Weird Al 4 Y Multi Timbral Drum Sampler Drums Rock Pop Any 4 Phase Distortion Synth Lead Trance Spacey Tangerine Dream Orbital Classic 303 Bass Synth Lead Bass House Techno Acid Old Skool Hip Hop West Coast Heaven 17 A EVM Bassline v1 3 Acoustic Bass Synthesizer Acoustic Rock Pop Any double click to load EVM UltraSonique Synthesizer Sample player Lead Pads Samplers Electronic Pop Air Van Halen s 1984 double click to load Guru double click to load y TypeAnythi g To Search For Sound Clear 8 Options 9 Add Cancel The advanced window shows you the type of instrument manufacturer format VST dx in out and file path Search 7 Search Type in the name of an instrument then hit Enter on the keyboard to locate it Use the Clear button 8 Options This launches Riff s options page as detailed in Chapter 2 Plug in Options 9 Add Cancel When you select an instrument in th
103. annel 2 Signal Live Chains Controls Add Signal Chain Signal Chain 1 ME ane SE LEE Signal Chain 3 LII Em Chain 4 Le toa C7 No Extemal Routing A uE Signal Chain 1 wie A ES Ebo Chain oe 2 Signal Chain 4 Output 1 2 aa a Set ETA No External Routing a sa ETA y JO ma E a chs stent Transpose ETA Low An MIDI CPU 2 Mem 26 Once the routing has been assigned you will see that Signal Chain 2 is routed directly through Signal Chain 1 Signal Chain 1 a a a A AAA In the lower controls section of Signal Chain 2 you will also see that the routing and MIDI channel out options are properly set ae Chain Signal m 2 E e ET 7 een Transpose EN cet Low MIDI Out Ch 2 pasos Reset cet Go ahead and route signal chains three and four to Signal Chain 1 and MIDI outs to channels three and four respectively This will complete this multi timbral setup each split should be triggering the patch that you have in the corresponding channel of Purity Follow the same procedure that was used to set Signal Chain 2 Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 98 Signal Chain 3 routed to Signal Chain 1 containing Purity 0 0 db 0 0 db l C Signal Chain 2 Ta Signal Chain 3 lower controls MIDI channel out set to channel three ae Chain Signal Chain 3 MS Transpose Bat ETIM Signal Chain 1 Up ET r ETIM y O za EN de E
104. anspose settings as you have input ports Highlight the input port at the left to display and change the configuration on the right Channel Map Incoming MIDI data such as notes or controllers that are per channel may be remapped to a different channel or disabled Remapping can be useful if the instrument supports only certain channels e g only channel 1 or if you wish to do complex routing of multiple MIDI input devices Disabling can be useful if you have one controller split between multiple instruments The list contains each remap entry up to 16 with a from and a to column The list will only display entries that are remapped to different channels Any channel not listed in the from column is not remapped To add a remap entry press New To delete a remap entry highlight the entry in the list and press Delete Training is a convenient way to automatically set the From field without having to consult your MIDI controller configuration Select a From field press Train and the field will change to Training Now simply press a note or change a controller on your MIDI input device and the field will automatically change to the channel of the MIDI data you sent You must manually select the To field The Instrument Module must not be muted and the rack power must be on for training to succeed If the Auto Train button is on when New is pressed training will be st
105. apabilities of a wide range of powerful sound cards ASIO expands on the basic capabilities of a standard computer sound card most of which can only provide stereo two channel audio input and output The ASIO specification defines the interface that manufacturers of professional audio sound cards must use to create an ASIO driver for their hardware This driver allows the host audio MIDI application to see all of the inputs and outputs available on the sound card The user can then assign these I O ports as needed for recording or playback when using an ASIO compatible software program This allows the users to record more tracks simultaneously than the previous limitation of two channels imposed by a standard sound card ATTACK The initial transient or first part of the envelope of a signal The beginning of a note Also see Release AUDIO Of pertaining to or employed in the transmission reception or reproduction of sound AUDIO EFFECT A special type of plug in that accepts an audio stream and produces a new audio stream Examples include compressors distortion and reverb AUDIO EFFECT CHAIN A collection of plug ins that start with an audio input then goes through a chain of optional audio effects before going out to an audio bus BALANCED LINE A cable having two conductors and a ground connection and often surrounded by a shield These lines are often used in professional settings to reduce or eliminate induced noise and interfer
106. art the record function Rewind Sends the Transport back to start of the project Play Initiates playback of a track Tempo Allows you to use tap tempo to set the desired BPM for a project Preset Change UP DOWN This will allow you to go to the next preset of an instrument The instrument has to allow MIDI preset change WON Qu UNA Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 145 Recording To record with the VSTi you have inserted just press the Record button on the master panel You can also give the track a name Record ctrl R You can then start playing the keys and the MIDI notes will be recorded Once yeu ELR a few bars this is what you will see CTO gt re 1 1 00 0 00 000 il Hit the play button to play it back You may need to hit rewind The metronome will help you to stay on time Here is how you setup your metronome First right click the metronome icon File Edit view Track Options Insert Help oo e Mula ARIS A ra 0 0048 center You will then see the metronome settings window Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 146 The Metronome Settings window allows for various options for your metronome click sound ir Metronome Settings l x W Enable Metronome io ff Enable during playback Countin before playback M Enable during recording 4 Count in before recording Count in length measures 2 Metronome
107. arted automatically If you manually configure a remap entry so that From and To fields are identical the entry will not remain in the list if you close and re show the console Channel remap is MIDI input port specific You will have as many channel maps as you have input ports Highlight the input port at the left to display and change the map on the right Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 128 Continuous Controller Map Incoming MIDI continuous controller data may be remapped to a different controller number or disabled They can also be configured to toggle the instrument s controller value This can be useful to remap For example your foot pedal MIDI input to B4 s Leslie speed so that one tap slows Leslie and a second tap speeds it up The list contains each remap entry up to 128 with a From and a To column along with a Toggle checkbox The list will only display entries that are remapped to different controllers or configured to toggle Any controller not listed in the From column is not remapped and toggle is disabled Any disabled controllers will not be passed to the instrument To add a remap entry press New To delete a remap entry highlight the entry in the list and press Delete Training is a convenient way to automatically set the From field without having to consult your MIDI controller configuration Select a From field press Train and the field will cha
108. ats use a word clock A word clock neither produces nor uses timecode it is used entirely to keep a perfectly timed and constant bitrate to avoid data errors Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 177 Appendix B Sound Presets VST Instruments MIDI FX VST FX Descriptions In alphanumeric order 1175 Mastering EQ Fast attack Compressor 4Front Auxiter Mastering EQ Exciter Refresher Enhancing Vocals Track Restoration 4Front Contour Max Mastering EQ Frequency Shaper Use For Final Mastering and Track Restoration 4Front Sand Brush Mastering EQ High Frequency Booster Track Restoration Vintage Vinyl type Effects Good for Vocals too 4Front YLimiter Mastering and EQ Hard Compressor Use for Drum Percussion Tracks and Effects 50HzKicker Mastering EQ Kick drum enhancer Accordion Accordion Emulator Acoustic Klezmer Polka Zydeco Tejano World Beirut Weird Al Acoustic Bass Synthesizer Acoustic Rock Pop Any Amp model dual Amps Duel Amp Modeler AmplitudeModulator Modulation Amplitude modulator Artphase VSTI Phase Distortion Synth Lead Trance Spacey Tangerine Dream Orbital Auto Wideness v1 0 Dynamics EQ Widener Autoexpand Dynamics EQ Expander autopeakfilter Filter FFT peak detecting filter avocado_ glitch Modulation ducking glitch generator bandpass Filters Band pass filter BB3031 Classic 303 Bass Synth Lead Bass House Techno Acid Old Skool Hip Hop West Coast Heaven 17 BCheese Filters LFO
109. be saved upon power down Latency Sets the amount of delay time 1 5ms 24ms Latency is the time it takes for the computer to process audio Lower latency settings demand more CPU resources In the case of inconsistent audio i e drop outs pops and clicks digital distortion etc we recommend that you increase this setting Input Level Boost Le s e Hardware Settings input Level Boost Mic 1 Mic 2 Line 3 Line 4 120B _1 120B 1208 _ 12 0B a ee Y Input Level Boost clicking this button will boost the input level of each corresponding analog input by 12dB Use this feature for recording quiet instruments or devices with low output Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 182 AUDIO INTERFACE CONTROL PANEL ADVANCED SETTINGS You can right click on the control panel icon to select between three different computer optimization settings These settings optimize the buffers and audio streaming settings based on the speed of your processor If you are experiencing audio drop outs it is recommended that you select a lower CPU setting Restore Hoh a ESE vf Medium High 2GHz and higher Medium 1GHz to 2GHz Low 800MHz to 1GHz Audio Interface Mixer Panel The interface includes a software MIXER ROUTER for flexible monitoring and routing of the audio signal before it hits your software program This is helpful to avoid the time it takes to process th
110. becomes Open Labs property When a refund is given the product becomes Open Labs property OBTAINING WARRANTY SERVICE If you purchased the product in the Europe you may deliver the product at your expense to any Open Labs Authorized Service Provider located in Europe If you purchased the product outside Europe you have no warranty or repair rights in Europe for the product Be aware however that many countries may not yet have Open Labs Authorized Service Providers and not all Authorized Service Providers have all parts or replacement units for the product If the product cannot be repaired or replaced in the country it is in it may need to be sent to a different country or returned to the country of purchase at your expense for repair or replacement Some products may be eligible for Express Mail Courier Service Express Mail Courier Service involves mailing the product directly to Open Labs To determine if the product is eligible for this service call an Open Labs directly at the telephone numbers set out in the service and support reference material accompanying the product If the product qualifies for this service the telephone representative will provide further information and instructions To locate an Authorized Service Provider refer to the service and support reference materials accompanying the product or visit our web site When you contact the Open Labs Authorized Service Provider you will be asked to furnish your name addres
111. but have been designed and labeled to support specific system operations and software function Bump MP The NeKo LX5 offers a new controller the Bump MP This controller offers tons of features to give you a drum machine style experience Here are some of the features of this fine controller Fixed Level controls Note repeat button with quantize knob 17 individual drum pads with the 17th pad being last pad Chromatic button Hold button Eight engines that hold 24 patterns with eight engine buttons to select Commit button Undo button Transport controls Please refer to Chapter 5d for more information on using the Bump MP Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 26 The Track Pad Your track pad has two main buttons left and right The left track pad button is mostly used to select objects or to launch programs The right track pad button is used to call up auxiliary menus and properties of objects In general to access or launch an application double click the left track pad button while the track pad pointer is hovering over the desired icon To move an object from one folder to another or to reposition onscreen icons you can move these objects by dragging To drag an object position your track pad pointer over the icon press and hold down the left mouse button then move the object to its new location When you release the left track pad button your object or icon will be placed in its new locatio
112. c Network printing and local file sharing Adding Software to your Open Labs Production Station Adding new software to your Open Labs production station is not unlike adding software to your home computer The process still requires that you have the software either on a CD ROM or resident on your hard drive from an Internet download System requirements of your Open Labs production station should meet that of your software or installation will fail For example you cannot install Macintosh software in a Open Labs production station or install Windows 98 compliant software Your Open Labs production station runs Microsoft Windows XP and will only accept software that works on this platform As a guideline most current software sold at your music supplier will work on a Open Labs production station It is only with older software applications that you should practice caution during installation If you are uncertain whether software applications will work in the Microsoft Windows XP environment please contact your software manufacturer Instructions for installing software are provided in the software package you wish to install Please read the software s user guide for step by step instructions or visit its website for support Be aware that there may be compatibility issues with some third party software Your Open Labs production station is extremely stable with the software installed as shipped Open Labs does not recommend installing u
113. c a sequencer was originally any device that recorded and played back a sequence of control information for an electronic musical instrument Nowadays the term almost always refers to the feature of recording software which allows the user to record play back and edit MIDI data This is distinct from the software features which record audio data Early analog music sequencers used control voltage trigger interface but were replaced by digital hardware or software based MIDI sequencers which play back MIDI events and MIDI control information at a specified number of beats per minute MONOPHONIC Of or noting a system of sound recording reproduction or musical instrument using only a single channel Multi timbral The capability of an electronic musical instrument to respond to and output multiple voice patches at one time MULTITRACK RECORDING Multitrack recording multitracking or just tracking for short is a method of sound recording that allows for the separate recording of multiple sound sources to create a cohesive whole This is the most common method of recording popular music Multitracking can be achieved with hard disk based systems like an Open Labs production station often employing a computer and multitrack audio recording software Multitrack recording devices vary in their specifications such as the number of simultaneous tracks available for recording at any one time in the case of tape based systems this is limited by
114. cation reports no problems if you hear dropouts try increasing the mixing latency LIMITER A device used to keep signal peaks from exceeding a certain level in order to prevent the clipping or distortion of amplifier signals recorded signals on tape or disc broadcast transmission signals and so on LINE LEVEL A signal level that is referenced to either 4 dBm pro or 10 dBV semi pro consumer Devices other than mics speakers and power amplifier outputs operate at these levels MASTERING The processing and transferring of a final sequenced audio tape to a medium for duplication MFUSION Open Labs mFusion software unifies multiple MIDI interfaces MIDI keyboards and MIDI controllers into a single MIDI control panel for assigning MIDI channels providing keyboard splits assigning MIDI controllers and setting other parameters for incoming MIDI data In mFusion this is all called mapping Keyboards and other controls may be mapped from one type of MIDI data to another or mapped to other functions such as keystroke shortcuts application launching or even changing the mapping of another MIDI controller All of the MIDI data mapped by mFusion is unified into a virtual MIDI port so that any music application may receive data from all attached MIDI controllers through one single MIDI port The individual MIDI ports from each device remain available however for maximum flexibility MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface or MIDI
115. ctronic Pop Hip hop Autechre RZA Peter Gabriel thunderkick EQ Subsynth filter TickyClav Clavinet Emulator Lead Rock Pop Funk Mates of State Stevie Wonder The Commodores Transient driven Auto Pan v1 1 Master EQ Transient driven auto pan Master Transient driven Auto Pan v1 1 Slave EQ Transien driver auto pan Slave TransientController Dynamics Transient control tremolo Filter Repetitive variation in amplitude TruePianos Piano Module Lead Rock Pop Classical Alicia Keys Elton John Tube Screamer Distortion Simulated Overdrive Stompbox tuner Get in tune Univibe Filters Simulated Modulation Stompbox Provides Reverb Phaser Type Effects waveShapingDstr Distortion Wave shaping Wusikstation FM Synth Lead Bass Pads Electronic Pop New Order J Saul kane Wusikstation Multi Out Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 181 Appendix C Audio Interface Control Panel The Control Panel will be available from your system tray typically located at the bottom right hand corner of your screen near your clock 4 X Double click on the icon to open the audio interface hardware settings Sample Rate Drop down the menu to select the sample rate 44 1 48 88 2 96k This must be set to the same sample rate in your recording software Clock Source Drop down the menu to select the digital sync source INTERNAL SPDIF Must be selected to use the SPDIF input Note that Control Panel settings will
116. d Plugins Instead of loading a new instance of an instrument select the currently loaded instance of Purity and either press the Add button or double left click the instrument This is how you share an instrument in Riff The next part tutorial will show you how to use this shared instance of Purity as a multitimbral instrument Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 88 Song Grid and the Multi timbral Instrument 1 Start a new Song and select Add default Signal Song 1 Chains db ES Add Add Audio Input Keys E Synths a Drums Sequencers gt Bass Samplers Multi instrument Guitar 2 Select the Currently Loaded Plugins tab and add the currently loaded shared version of Purity Sound Browser Quarantined cae Sound Library Currently Loaded Plugins Currently Loaded Plugins After Add has been pressed a new Song is created with this shared instance of Purity as the instrument Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 89 3 Go to the Signal Chains tab Look at the Stream Processor Purity is now yellow and the word SHARED is present in the tab This confrms this instrument is indeed shared Signal Instrument Live Chain Editor ll Controls l Signal Chains Opens up the signal chains racks inputs and their respective parameters 3 Add Input Add Signal Chain CUP AAM ALANA AL _ Add Effect In
117. dio input source and monitor the input levels Select No Audio Input from the input selection box to turn off audio input Although some instruments will process audio input most will not For this reason there is a special module you can create from the Add Module menus called Brainspawn Audio Input This is a module without an instrument In the Audio Input module the audio is sent directly from the input to the module s insert effects Advanced Performance Recovery Advanced Performance Recovery APR is a performance feature designed to provide Karsyn some additional resilience in a live situation Preferences You can change Karsyn s preferences by selecting Options gt Preferences from the menu bar or by right clicking on the Control Module and selecting Preferences MIDI Input Ports Enable Disable MIDI Input Ports Use this list to enable or disable MIDI input ports for use in Karsyn If an input port is not checked in this list it will not be opened for input and it will not be included in the MIDI Configurations list Leave MIDI Ports Open If checked Karsyn will open MIDI input ports when started but will not close them when the rack power is turned off It will always close ports when exiting When un checked input ports will be closed when rack power is turned off Remapping or Disabling MIDI Program Changes Incoming MIDI Program Changes may be optionally remapped or disabled If remapping is on the p
118. ds the output of the mixer to the selected pair of outputs on the FIREBOX Save enables you to save your mixer setups Load loads your mixer setups note that you must first save a mixer setup before you load one Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 187 Adding a Second Display All Open Labs production stations come standard with an external VGA monitor output This is so you can run an additional display For best results use extended desktop mode The following instructions will explain to you how to achieve this While your machine is powered down connect the second display When you boot the machine back up the second monitor probably will seem connected However once the system loads up the second display will be blank From here the second display needs to be set to 1 Press the Open Labs icon in the lower left corner of the screen press the QUIT button and select Exit to Windows 2 Right click the desktop and then click Properties on the shortcut menu 3 In the Display Properties dialog box on the Settings tab click the blue rectangle with the number 2 which represents the external monitor and then select the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor checkbox 4 Under Screen resolution drag the slider to the right to change the screen resolution of Monitor 2 to 1024 by 768 pixels and then click OK Screen resolution Less 1024 by 68 pixels D
119. duction Station Manual 125 Adding and Deleting Output Busses Adding an output buss can be accomplished in several ways Select File gt New gt Bus menu Press CTRL INSERT on your keyboard Right click on the Control Module or a Module and selecting Add Audio Output Buss Press the Buss Add button on the Control Module To delete the selected output buss as indicated by the selection caret press DELETE on your keyboard the buss minus button on the Control Module or right click on the output buss and select Remove Instrument Modules Below the output busses are the instrument modules Each contains one VSTi or DXi instrument On each module you can Adjust the volume of the instrument output post effects View MIDI input activity Display or hide the console for the instrument Mute or Solo the module Add remove or reorder audio effects Display the console for audio effects Select an output buss Adding and Deleting Instrument Modules Adding an Instrument Module can be accomplished in several ways Select the File gt New gt Module menu item Press the INSERT key on your keyboard Right click on the Control Module or a Module and select Add Module Press the Module Add button on the Control Module To delete an Instrument Module as indicated by the selection caret press DELETE on your keyboard the module minus button on the Control Module or right click on the instrument module and select Remove
120. dusty or otherwise contaminated environment b to damage caused by service including upgrades and expansions performed by anyone who is not an Open Labs Authorized Service Provider c to a product or a part that has been modified without the written permission of Open Labs or d if any Open Labs serial number has been removed or defaced e damage to units used for loan or rental THIS WARRANTY AND REMEDIES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES REMEDIES AND CONDITIONS WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN EXPRESS OR IMPLIED OPEN LABS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IF OPEN LABS CANNOT LAWFULLY DISCLAIM IMPLIED WARRANTIES UNDER THIS LIMITED WARRANTY ALL SUCH WARRANTIES INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO THE DURATION OF THIS WARRANTY No Open Labs reseller agent or employee is authorized by Open Labs to make any modification extension or addition to this warranty OPEN LABS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ANY BREACH OF WARRANTY OR CONDITION OR UNDER ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS DOWNTIME GOODWILL DAMAGE TO OR REPLACEMENT OF EQUIPMENT AND PROPERTY ANY COSTS OF RECOVERING REPROGRAMMING OR REPRODUCING ANY PROGRAM OR DATA STORED IN OR USED WI
121. e Encoder Sensitivity Info this section will tell you the MIDI CC number and the MIDI channel a particular control has been mapped to Properties e Soft Takeover Allows the user to realign a latched hardware controller to the corresponding VST parameter smoothly e Invert Reverses the high low or on off settings of a Live Control e Low High Refers to the minimum and maximum value of a parameter s range Hardware Type e Encoder Informs Riff that an encoder hardware control is being used to perform as a regular knob Instead of sending 1 it will scale from 1 to 127 e Sensitivity Will change the rate at which the value is increased or decreased It s similar to the touchy knob in live controls Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 78 Learn Relative Various controls in Riff can be set to MIDI Learn Relative Learn Learn Relative CPU 7 Mem 41 Learning a parameter to Learn Relative keeps that mapping for all songs For example if you learn relative the signal chain mute _ Signal Chain Signal Chain Learn Relative paar ae Output 1 2 A No Extemal Routing Mm KERA ERA Transpose ETEA Low cl e gt Rename It will mute the highlighted signal of any song not just the particular one you are in As long as you save this set when you close Riff and reopen it the learn realative mute will still function th
122. e audio you are recording called latency Therefore you can mix the input signal going into the interface with the playback from your software for zero latency recording and monitoring PreSonus FireBox Mixer w o w o w o vw a w a La La r La r n r gadis ALA lobo barca libiocbaibeiooccococbaococnbn lobo phoan banntonnalnandunnontananmanbnn Sisya g Sivad y 7 lobvocbaralocuerandavoaccloccncbao iSvnvalaveestovvelivaeetivnnentesnvanieanstan 3 t t t 1 i s Sisya E divida cz didas d ip gt f ee AR E AN A IE FA f l l f e l j 5 v UA Note The default settings pictured above for the interface mixer has all faders set to OdB and all pans set to center with the Software Playback set to channels 1 2 the Mixer Output set to Bypass and the Playback to Phones set to channels 1 2 Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 183 FIREBOX Mixer Flowchart 6 Playback from Software PreSonus FireBox Mixer mi o Be dd os SA didas t M ia mE NOG Bi JE mA PHONES JAXILW y woy xitu y JO DIBMYOS INOA WOJ weans yoegAe d Aue aq ued ndino auoydpeaH Mixer Output to one of six o stereo outputs on Miko To set up your Mixer application for zero latency recording example 1 Record enable your desired track turn off input monitor
123. e Eve Modena A ds T 49 A oa 49 ClOS er ec area iran tan esas 49 A A O O 49 BEMA aa aaa o a a eee ATED NEU ne Rt 49 This is the control for the global tempo BPM Beats Per Minute Pressing The box under BPM brings up the BPM input WINdGOW sirara o a E a a AAAA 49 MATEO NO o nee een ener ait mnt cre Ter ll Tit 49 HOWE le SS CEO lm Oil Ii 50 PREVIOUS aNd NEXE SONE sc antec a SR Ba acta ace hae E ei fries jee 50 RICK COO caterer eee oe E nner 50 Rename A ee 50 SS A A i ed erates peel oe Mune pete anne un cee eae 50 UROL OH MeN ONS ese che o ee ee 50 O WAU IS SS ae ee Ao A ON ANO E CANE 50 MIDI Calor ri cscs ry Sarr rar as all cs DO 50 A A e RO eae 50 A A ON ao A 50 Some Elina eee A a o ana ao a coc TT 51 TER ar CONTO Sa es e a en Ia 52 a E o A a ron 52 Maye whe COMA CONOIS Ee rs oo coccsoae scans saagc rec oaoaaeanndesgord ene sabe 52 signal EM e e PER E a a a nee O zas 53 Signal ChaineGolwimmAsGontholsSe vere a 5 f 54 Stream Process o Ae tres Sa etna ae EEE E eared seek ces 54 Effect COIUMMABEOMEGIS o aus 56 InstrumentiEditO esa sees A o a o Te 57 Instrument ar Met ona e e TRA EA e a a A ci 58 EXDOLEMGra Ge POIS emRAtCRES rc ees fen ee ee eee eee ne ee 58 LIV CST e A a local 59 Knob Properties Horizontal Slider Properties Vertical Slider Properties cceeeeeeeeeeeeees 60 BAO ARON A APT DE RUE SA A o e E ca Ce OO nc 61 O As A A E A da 61 MSIE USS oo A NO CPE NENAS DONE 61
124. e a ha e Se etre Defaults JCPlugins C Program Files Open Labs System 00 NOT QELETE SPlugins Add Audio Device Rescan directory Clear cache and rescan directory MID Devices Bufherirg IY Get 57 plug in names types when scanning Playback M Save full S7 plug in state if supported recommended Recording tj z A apeaiantE 4 Save as bank larger config data required by some plug ins Media Avoid restoring YST state on undo redo if possible Color Theme Default YST configuration windows to generic Ul instead of plug in UI Editing Behavior oa e er i Pa i YIT knob mode Default Circular Circularrelative Linear DUZE Media VST compatibility options MILI 4 Better buggy processReplacing compatibility mode slower Plug ins Dont flush synthesizer plug ins on stop Directs Des M Inform plug ins of offline rendering state PA izar Bypass audio while opening plug in config window good for some non threadsafe VST a lsualization Beak ate F UAD synchronous mode reduces CPU munch requires anticipative Fx disabled Control Surfaces E sternal Editors Find Cancel Apply VST plug in paths Enter a path here or click the Add button to browse the directory that contains your VST plug ins Multiple directories may be added to this list Separate each directory with a semicolon Multiple directories are shown in the above example If you use the add button the semicolon is added for you Rescan directory Click this b
125. e list press the Add button to add it to the song Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 65 Once an instrument is added to the Setlist this is what you will see Signal Instrument Live So ng 1 Chains Editor Controls 120 00 Q SE l J tooltips ON click here to tum off dut CPU 2 Mem 15 You can now play this sound with the ivory keys If you want to adjust the settings of the instrument in the first song click the Instrument Editor tab which is located on the Title Bar Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 66 If you add another Song to the Set List the Previous Song and Next Song buttons appear These two buttons will be in the lower left corner of the screen And will allow you to move to the next song in the Set List Menu signal Instrument Live wie Song 7 Chains Editor Controls BPM Main 120 00 O Frevious Vol Song i Q Mext A _ Song gt tooltips ON click here to turn off ut CPU 0 Mem 22 Saving a Set To save the current Set List go to Menu gt File gt Save Set As When the window pops up type in a name and hit OK Rename a Song Right click a Song then choose Rename and finally type in a name Importing Racks Signal Chains Songs Inputs Go to Menu gt Import gt here you will see the various import options Exporting Racks Signal Chains Songs Inputs Go to Menu gt Export gt here
126. e or Wikipedia are both great resources for finding more detailed information on the application you require assistance with Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 10 Chapter 1 Introduction Welcome to the Open Labs NeKo LX5 Please read this manual thoroughly in order to familiarize yourself with the unit Please keep this manual in a safe place for further reference Open Labs creates the ultimate performance and studio instruments Based on the OpenSynth platform Open Labs production stations free you from frustrating limitations imposed by closed proprietary systems while still maintaining the virtues of an all in one keyboard instrument Open Sounds Open Labs production stations can emulate almost any instrument ever invented by hosting industry standard VSTi software synthesizers samplers and audio processing plug ins Open System Open Labs production stations utilize industry standard motherboards and processors that allow you to run standard operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and use standard PC compatible hardware All in One Open Labs production stations all in one design eliminates the clutter and confusion of traditional desktop computer systems so you can focus on your music User Friendly Open Labs production stations enable you to change settings and access programs through an easy to use interface that shields you from the complexities of the operating system Power to Rock Open Labs product
127. e same across all songs Here are some controls that can be learned relative e Setlist lower section Volume e Setlist lower section play button e Signal Chain page lower section volume e Signal Chain page lower section Monitor button e Signal Chain page upper control play button e BPM Tap tempo button e BPM 1 1 buttons e Signal Chain instrument lower section volume e Signal Chain instrument lower section pan e Signal Chain instrument lower section mute e Signal Chain instrument lower section transpose up down e Signal Chain instrument lower section transpose reset e Instrument editor lower section volume e Instrument editor lower section transpose up down e Instrument editor lower section transpose reset e Instrument editor lower section previous next preset buttons e Live controls lower section low high knobs all live controls Virtual Live Controls e Live controls lower section knob horizontal properties time and offset knobs Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 79 Creating and Using Live Controls The Live Controls are where virtual knobs sliders buttons and XY pads can be created and mapped to MIDI controllers on VSTi plug in parameters You can also create Live Controls for VST effect plug ins Here is an example of a Live Control set made for a VSTi 1084Defaultv2 Set Signal Instrument Live Space Delay Lead List Chains Editor Controls Previous Button Type Song al Next mae S
128. e this link http forum openlabs com Forum access requires registration ONSCREEN KEYBOARD The Onscreen Keyboard button will display a graphical representation of a standard computer keyboard for touchscreen entry of alphanumeric input APPS The Apps button is a way to access various programs installed on your Open Labs production station When you click the Apps button you will see the following options Burn CD DVD Launches a CD DVD burning program Play Media This button launches Windows Media Player for the playback of media files Translator Launches a file conversion program Internet Launches the Firefox browser for gaining access to web pages MIMIK KEYBOARD Launches the MimiK keyboard cloning software For information on using MimiK refer to Chapter 8 RECORD SEQUENCE This button will launch the MIDI audio sequencer bundled with your Open Labs production station which is REAPER For information about using Reaper see Chapter 7 PLAY SOUNDS You can use this button to launch either Riff or Karsyn The programs are VSTi hosts and allow you to play sounds on your Open Labs production station Information on using Riff can be found in Chapter 5 Information on using Karsyn can be found in Chapter 6 Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 24 About the MIDI Controllers Open Labs production stations offer the following control surfaces e Mix Edit Panel faders rotary knobs and buttons e DJ VJ Controller
129. een released Some sounds have long decays sounds with lots of reverb so you may want to adjust depending upon the preset Velocity Layers Choose how many velocity layers to MimiK If 1 velocity layer is chosen then each note will be sampled once as if it was hit at full strength a velocity of 127 If 2 velocity layers are chosen then two velocities are recorded 63 and 127 and so on Keep in mind that most keyboards don t actually playback that many different sounds per velocity Volume attenuation is used but the actual sound played back is usually the same We recommend using 1 2 or 4 velocity layers for most keyboards Channels You can decide whether you want to capture a mono or stereo sound If you choose to capture a mono sound the left input will be used This can cut the amount of disk space in half This option makes the most sense when cloning keyboards only capable of creating mono output Output Type You can decide whether you want to capture a mono or stereo sound If you choose to capture a mono sound the left input will be used This can cut the amount of disk space in half This option makes the most sense when Cloning keyboards only capable of creating mono output WAV Bit Depth Defines how many bits are used for each sample CDs are 16 bit The higher the better The higher the bitrate the more disk space used Quality When the OGG Vorbis format is used the quality of the output files can be edited The hig
130. ence from external electromagnetic sources BANK A collection of Presets that are loaded into memory for easy access and low load time BITRATE In digital multimedia bit rate represents the amount of information or detail that is stored per unit of time of a recording The bit rate depends on several factors Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 168 1 The samples may use different numbers of bits 2 The original material may be sampled at different frequencies 3 The data may be encoded by different schemes 4 The information may be digitally compressed by different algorithms or to different degrees Generally choices are made about the above factors in order to achieve the desired trade off between minimizing the bit rate and maximizing the quality of the material when it is played If lossy data compression is used on audio or visual data differences from the original signal will be introduced if the compression is substantial or lossy data is decompressed and recompressed this may become noticeable in the form of compression artifacts Whether these affect the perceived quality and if so how much depends on the compression scheme encoder power the characteristics of the input data the listener s perceptions the listener s familiarity with artifacts and the listening or viewing environment Experts and audiophiles may detect artifacts in many cases in which the average listener would not Some musicians enjoy
131. er Please touch each blinking symbol until it stops blinking Zs Touch the blinking symbol on the screen until it beeps or it stops blinking There will be four symbols to push Bottom left Bottom Right Top Right Top Left ae ee Upon completion this dialog window will pop up x 1 4 points calibration completed Press Ok to continue Press OK and you are done Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 195 Adding a New Program to Launch from the Open Labs Shell If you would like to add for example Reason to the Record button of the Open Labs shell follow these steps 1 a Make sure there is a shortcut on your desktop of the item you want to create a shell link with Make sure the item is not named shortcut to Cubase Rename the item appropriately While the shell is running hit windows key E This launches Windows Explorer Browse over to your desktop Drag the shortcut from desktop to the Open Labs Shell Icon in the bottom left of the screen Once you get to the Open Labs icon the other tabs will show themselves keep dragging the item until you are hovering over the Record button Release the shortcut over the Record button and it will be added to the shell Relaunch the shell Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 196 Limited Warranty Information LIMITED WARRANTY COVERAGE Open Labs Inc Open Labs warrants this hardware product a
132. er 3 Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 45 5b Understanding Riff This section will begin to familiarize you with navigating around Riff Initially don t worry about being unsure with the controls all will be explained Launch Riff When you first launch Riff the screen shown below appears This Setlist is loaded with a default set Other defaults will have different looks Set List Setlist Window Title Bar Title Bar Controls Song Grid Sa EA M A IO E ee BPM ca Song Grid This is where you create a song by clicking on an empty grid tooltips ON click here to turn off AAA IMD ES Up Y in F Out Status Bar Lower Section Controls This screen is called the Set List The Song Grid Title Bar Title Bar Controls Status Bar and Lower Section Controls make up this screen This window allows you to add and switch between virtual instruments Each square of the grid is called a Song Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 46 Song Use each square of the grid to create a song A song can either be one square or it can be a group of squares to create all the parts for the song you are playing As shown in the example below using the song grid you can arrange songs into a structure rename and color code them for easy organization Signal Instrument Live Sunny Day Intro Chains Editor Controls Dayi Sunny Day sunny Day End Game 1st verse Chorus all parts split
133. eric UI instead of plug in UI This gives you the option to view by default the generic VST window in REAPER instead of the plug ins original GUI Here is an example Plug in GUI EVM Bassline Add Remove 00101 CPU OD apa Better buggy processReplacing compatibility mode slower Selecting this checkbox may provide compatibility with poorly coded or older VST plug ins but will also increase the CPU overhead of REAPER Don t flush synthesizer plug ins on stop In general this should be unchecked unless you have plug ins that don t handle the mainschanging properly some SynthEdit based ones reload all of their samples for example Inform plug ins of offline rendering state This enables REAPER to tell plug ins that have the ability to hear that it is rendering and if the VST i has the feature it will usually increase the quality for rendering Voxengo plug ins do this so does Image Line s Sytrus and Fxpansion s BFD Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 136 Don t flush UAD i plug ins on stop helps avoid native CPU munch This option prevents the UAD 1 from taking too much native CPU Set your VST path here VST plug ins settings YST plug in paths canbe multiple paths separated by semicolons Auto Detect C Program Filesstplugins Add Scan for your VSTi s using this button Rescan directory Clear cache and rescan directory Setting up a
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135. ervices legal PRODUCT REGISTRATION Please take a moment to Register your product with us www openlabs com registration Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 211
136. ese items are often masked by open applications and windows you may have to reposition your windows every time you wish to initiate a new application Starting programs via the Start button is also not ideal because the program groups contain all installed programs rather than just those few applications you use the most The Open Labs GUI is designed to allow access to the programs and tasks that you will use most frequently with your Open Labs production station After powering up your Open Labs production station Windows XP will launch followed by the Open Labs GUI You will notice right away how the GUI organizes and simplifies the tasks associated with making music Currently active applications will appear on the taskbar If there are more applications open than will fit in the taskbar at once you can scroll left and right using the arrows in the lower right hand corner of the screen Clicking on the Open Labs icon in the lower left hand corner will reveal shortcuts to a variety of applications and files The picture below shows GUI screen and the first level of buttons displayed when you click the Open Labs icon Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 22 Play Sounds Record sequence Onscreen Keyboard Help Control Panels Starting from the bottom the icons will be explained QUIT Clicking on this button will give you the following options e Go To Windows This button will
137. essively to your patch Hold down ALT or SHIFT while dragging the randomize slider to apply the process over a wider area if you don t like what you hear just hit the X button next to the Randomizer fader 3 Engine selectors amp activity display 4 Load Save Bundle Buttons Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 114 Browser This is where you load sounds and Patterns into GURU rE a T The Browser is a very important part of si TIN Guru as it is central to getting sounds Jasa _ psrent directory Ciud Porter 07 KIT into it You will see four tabs in the Liam Factory Drums EAM Porter 2 RIT Browser Patterns Kits Hit and Loops ht CREG_ for Guru Cie Porter 03 KI1T Before we examine them it s essential to 44 Carer Porter 04 417 explain how the Browser works and to Cae Porter 05 KIT explain its preview functionality Caer Porter 08 KIT C Porter 07 KIT The Guru browser is a dual pane Cir Porter 08 KIT browser the left pane is for folders and CEM Porter Claps KIT the right pane is for files Loops Hits AEM Porter Cym 01 K Kits aa bind co pr vera CEM Porter Cym O2 K pane wider by clicking and dragging the ESREHMr Porter Hits KIT button at the bottom of the divider It s very easy to navigate around drives and Mr Porter Kicks 01 1 ER Porter Kicks 02H folders simply Git ii Porter Shakers click on any folder or drive name to H EHEEEMr Porter
138. everse graph automates sample reversing It has four values Normal meaning play the sample as specified in the pad editor Reverse meaning always play it backwards Forward self explanatory and Inverse meaning do the opposite of whatever the setting in the pad editor is e Duration Duration sets the length of any sample in musical units but only affects samples whose Gate option is turned on in the Pad Editor NB to set very short durations or to affect samples that don t have Gate turned on use negative values in the Scrub graph Holding down ALT or ALT SHIFT when painting in the graph editor will apply the current edit to multiple tracks at once e Force Layer The Force Layer graph forces the note to play a specific layer from the pad it s in This can be very useful when playing back loops with multiple slices loaded to a single pad Force Layer overrides the layer playback mode control in the pad editor Graphs are very closely linked to Patterns each of the 24 Patterns in each Engine has individual Graphs All Pad lanes in each Pattern can have individual Repeat Shift Scrub Pitch Fine Pitch Filter Cut Filter Resonance Volume Pan Reverse Duration and Force Layer Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 123 6 Chapter 6 Playing Sounds Karsyon Karsyn is a live performance work station software application for virtual instruments The softwa
139. functional within acceptable parameters PCI devices onboard memory and other system devices run through a short diagnostic routine and then the system will begin to load the operating system Microsoft Windows XP It is normal for the BIOS screen to load upside down on your display Once Windows XP loads the screen will rotate to the correct orientation Unless you plan to make immediate hardware changes there is no need to access any of the BIOS configuration menus If you do plan to make some BIOS modifications you can access the BIOS by hitting the DELETE key when your Open Labs production station first boots About the BIOS System BIOS is a menu where you can configure your hardware settings The settings pertain to hardware only and will sometimes affect your software programs if configured incorrectly If you plan to make modifications to the BIOS it is recommended that you contact Open Labs technical support The second phase loads Microsoft Windows XP This is an optimized installation of Windows XP meaning that it contains all the tweaks that will enhance system performance Since this is the Full Version rather than the Embedded version of the Windows package your Open Labs production station has all the potential to be your most powerful sound production appliance without any hindrance to any computer driven applications Any software supported under the Microsoft Windows XP platform will be supported by your
140. g JO JOA Lock Bick Color Delete e Low X High X Sets the low and high ranges for the X axis on the XY pad e High Y High Y Sets the low and high ranges for the Y axis on the XY pad Text Properties Creates a box the user can use for typing notes text or labeling in For instance the name of the song or special tricks for that individual song Previous Song Edit i Pick Color Mext Song Delete e Edit Text This allows you to input the actual text to be displayed when in live mode e Lock This will lock down all the live controls making them operable This is similar to the live mode but still allows you to edit the live controls with exception of resizing them e Pick Color Brings up the Color Picker dialog box Here the user can select the color choice for the text e Delete Deletes the currently Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 61 5c Using Riff Tutorials Using the Song Grid Creating a New Set and Adding an Instrument To create a new Song First right click in a grid square and select Add Add Audio Input Keys synths Drums Sequencers Bass samplers Multi instrument Guitar Paste tooltips ON click here to turn off CPU 0 Mem 15 After right clicking you can choose from Add or you can choose from an instrument category The instrument categories are KEYS SYNTHS DRUMS amp SEQUENCERS BA
141. g filter cutoff and filter resonance There are also graphs for Repeat the number of times a Pad is triggered within 1 sequencer step spaced apart equally Shift shifts play position of a Pad forwards or backwards between adjacent steps and Scrub moves the sample start point between the start and end of the samples on the Pad The following page lists all available Graphs Graphs are examined in detail later in chapter 6 of the main Guru manual However it is useful at this point to note that the Shift Graphs is a very important one to consider as it has a crucial part to play in the feel of your sequences The Shift Graph represents timing deviations smaller than a step from hard step divisions Careful use of Graphs can inject a humanized swing effect into your Patterns Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 122 Graph Types Graphs are graphical step automation lanes which control sound altering parameters of Pads synchronized to the Patterns in an Engine The following list shows the available Graphs e Repeat Repeats a note a variable amount of times within one sequencer step Shifts play position of a note forward or backwards between neighboring steps Increases the start point offset for all samples on the Pad e Pitch Coarse Pitch e Fin Fine Pitch Cut Filter Cutoff e Rez Filter Resonance gt Vol Sets Volume e Pan Pan Control Cut Filter Cutoff e Rev The R
142. gainst defects in materials and workmanship for a period of ONE 1 year TWO 2 years or THREE 3 years from the date of original retail purchase depending on the product and service upgrade option purchased If you purchase the Platinum Service Year 2 upgrade option it also includes a Year 2 limited hardware warranty If you purchase the Platinum Service Year 2 amp 3 upgrade option it also includes a Year 2 amp 3 limited hardware warranty To determine which limited warranty came with your hardware product s see your packing slip or invoice If your packing slip or invoice does not state the length of your limited warranty then it is ONE 1 year from the date of original retail purchase of your Open Labs hardware product Open Labs limited warranty obligations are limited to the following set forth in this document If a defect exists at its option Open Labs will a repair the product at no charge using new or refurbished replacement parts b exchange the product with a product that is new or which has been manufactured from new or serviceable used parts and is at least functionally equivalent to the original product or c refund the purchase price of the product A replacement product or part assumes the remaining warranty of the original product or Ninety 90 days from the date of replacement or repair whichever gives longer coverage When a product or part is exchanged any replacement item becomes your property and the replaced item
143. ginal defaults Program Change Time Time in seconds that a program change will take If the current program is being sampled then this is irrelevant Some keyboards have notoriously long program preset change times ASIO Inputs Device Exposes which ASIO audio input device is used ASIO Inputs Exposes which inputs on the ASIO audio input device are used to record MIDI Output Device Exposes which MIDI output device is used Output Directory Defines the output directory that all the samples are stored in To pick another output directory click on this text box to bring up a directory picker dialog Low Range and High Range Defines what MIDI messages will be sent from MimiK to the keyboard These notes are inclusive You may either drag up or down to raise or lower each range Or you may type in a valid note Click on the play button beside each range to send a test MIDI message to the keyboard Note Down Time Defines the time in seconds that each velocity layer of each note is sampled The longer the note down time the better The trade off is in how much disk space is used and how long it Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 161 takes to MimiK a preset You will need to experiment with each preset to see what works best Release Time Defines the time that MimiK will continue recording output from the keyboard after a Note Off MIDI message is sent This is useful for capturing the decay release of a sound after a note has b
144. hardware with the Open Labs Production Station plugged in Always work on your Open Labs Production Station on a flat table top and not on the carpet or floor Do not use excessive force on any components within the case Keep all hardware in anti static bags until installed Avoid moisture and wet surfaces When in doubt consult technical support New Hardware Installation Considerations If you wish to add more onboard memory hard disk storage or additional PCI boards you will need to upgrade your Open Labs Production Station When adding new hardware the following considerations should be made All hardware should be in the Microsoft Hardware Compatibility List for Microsoft Windows XP If it is not then you risk the chance of device or system malfunction or system corruption which may require system recovery Your hardware should comply with the motherboard specifications For example use only DDR2 memory when you wish to upgrade onboard memory If you do not use the correct memory for your system you will experience instability and perhaps even data corruption Ideally all memory should be from the same manufacturer and of the same speed and type Motherboard specification for other onboard devices can be found in the motherboard manuals provided or from download Additional hardware should not over cramp other components It is not recommended that you overload your Open Labs Production Station with too many internal devices Th
145. he following picture shows examples of the rear audio and MIDI connections DIGITAL STUDIO MONITORS DIGITAL AUDIO MASTER CONTE OL WIRELESS IN EAR MONITORS fp S PDIF y PEDALS INPUT OUTPUT dF AS IN OUT Ca AO O Tip ae E p ee a l E E SO b a O o HOLD 2 EE CD PLAYER CONNECT EXTERNAL MIDI DEVICES pi Stage Piano DRUM MODULE ELECTRIC GUITAR BASS Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 19 The following picture shows examples of the front audio connections Acoustic Electric Condensor Mike Guitar Stereo Headphones Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 20 Turning on an Open Labs production station There are two power switches on an Open Labs production station One is located on back of the power supply and the main power switch is located on the right side of the Open Labs production station within the end bezel Please note carefully The Open Labs production station s power supply is an auto voltage switching power supply The power supply also has a switch labeled H for High L for Low and A for Auto This switch will adjust the fan speeds of the power supply As a default it should be set to Auto Upon powering up the Open Labs production station will boot up in two phases The first phase is the BIOS phase or the pre Microsoft Windows phase This is when the hardware validates that all systems are
146. her the quality the better sounding the sample will sound Keep in mind that higher quality settings will also create larger files Quality O is roughly equivalent to 64kbps on average 5 is roughly 160kbps and 10 gives about 400kbps Most people seeking very near CD quality audio encode at a quality of 5 or for lossless stereo coupling 6 The default setting is quality 3 which at approximately 110kbps gives a smaller file size and significantly better fidelity than mp3 compression at 128kbps The default setting of 3 seems to work for many sounds As always if you need CD quality sound use the WAV output type Test Button The Test button is extremely useful It will behave exactly like the MimiK button on the main window except that nothing is recorded to disk Therefore you can hear a preview of what MimiK will actually do once you hit the MimiK button The test can be canceled at any time Playback Transpose This value is In octaves It specifies the amount of transposing that happens when the samples are played back Really this just shifts what keys will trigger the samples It will have no effect on the actual sound Take for example you sample a few of the lower octaves from a keyboard CO C2 For some reason you want to play them back with your right hand This option will let you shift the keys that will play back the samples up a few octaves if necessary maybe C5 C7 Experiment to see VU Meter Audio input VU meter It
147. here the primary Display Devices display is shown on all active Display Settings i Single Display monitors that are Intel Ft Dual Display Clone attached to a Extended Desktop Color Correction l graphics adapter E 1 Primary Device a Digital Display La Operating Mode Extended Ned Desktop A mode that allows a user to extend viewing capabilities by using two same time 3D Settings Scheme Options Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 190 Once you make an Operating Mode selection the Display Selection options will reveal the Primary and Secondary Devices Clone Mode intel a Graphics Media u o qe Digital Display and Monitor Operating Mode Inteli Fi Dual Display Clone Display Selection Display Devices Display Settings Color Correction 1 Primary Device Hot Keys ho Digital Display 2 secondary Device intel Monitor 3D Settings scheme Options Extended Desktop Mode Intel M Graphics Media eee cet Digital Display and Monitor Operating Mode Position Extended Desktop Ka Display Selection Color Correction Z 11 Primary Device Miar a Digital Display Ea Display Devices Display Settings g 2 secondary Device intel 30 Settings Scheme Options By default we recommend that the primary display always be set to Digital Display However you can change this and select the external display to be the prima
148. ides six analog outputs two analog inputs stereo S PDIF digital I O and MIDI I O An additional coaxial digital output is located to the left of the stereo S PDIF I O connectors This output can be used to send stereo or multi channel up to 7 1 audio to an external decoder typically the digital audio inputs of a home theater system Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 14 Rear Panel I O PEDALS INPUT See the end of this chapter for examples of connections to the various inputs and outputs Front Panel Audio Interface There is also an audio interface located on the front of Open Labs production station providing two more audio inputs and an output for headphones LEWEL The two inputs on this panel serve as preamps for either microphones or instruments as opposed to the rear panel inputs which are appropriate for line level signals Phantom power may be turned on for use with condensor mics Both of the inputs utilize the Neutrik Combo connector which lets you use either 1 4 phone or XLR connectors The 1 4 connectors are for use with an instrument guitar bass etc When an instrument is plugged into the instrument input the microphone preamplifier is bypassed and the interface becomes an active instrument preamplifier Note Active instruments are those that have an internal preamp or a line level output Active instruments should be plugged into a line input located on the back rather than in
149. idi Input 4 Midi Input 5 Midi Input 6 Midi Input 7 Midi Input 8 4 Oo Dd gt oo Dd gt MIDI Input Use MIDI input 1 to select your primary MIDI driver The application also allows you to select three additional MIDI drivers MIDI Output Use this to select an available MIDI driver to send MIDI to an external source Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 35 Setting up Your Plug ins By default all Open Labs production station s plug ins are located in C Program Files Open Labs System do not delete Plugins With Riff you can add three more additional locations for plugs When you install your own plug ins please install them to c plugins Then tell Riff where this folder is To add a new plug in folder 1 Select the Plug in options from Menu gt Options gt Plugins tab 1 Click on the open space or directory to browse 2 Browse to the folder where your plug ins are located and select it The default plug in folder is c plugins 3 Now press the Rescan All button Hit OK RIFF Options v Plugins Keyboard General Audio Midi WST Plugin Directory 1 VST Plugin Directory 2 C Program Files Steinberg Vstplugins VST Plugin Directory 3 c Program Files Open Labs System DO NOT DELETE Plugins VST Plugin Directory 4 A EA VST Plugin Scan New e VST Plugin directory Use this window to select your main VST plug in directory Use
150. if your unit is receiving wordclock correctly Wordclock is the manner by which digital devices sync frame rates Proper wordclock sync prevents digital devices from having pops clicks or distortion in the audio Signal due to mismatched digital audio transmission Blue solid sync Red sync not present Flashing Red and Blue external sync not present Please note 1 Open Labs production stations have cooling vents on the back panel and on the underneath the chassis Make sure that none of these vents are obstructed 2 There should be ample room on the left side of your Open Labs production stations to allow for the DVD CD ROM tray to eject without obstruction Connecting the Cables Open Labs production stations contain all the common interfaces you would find on a computer workstation On the back panel you will find two USB ports one VGA monitor port Ethernet port 10 1000 Firewire 400 PS 2 keyboard the audio I O connectors MIDI I O and pedal inputs Before powering the Open Labs production station Connect the system to an uninterrupted power supply The NeKo LX5 has an auto voltage switching powersupply Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 16 Connect your Open Labs production station s audio outputs to your monitoring system PEDALS INPUT OUTPUT EXP 9 pa e ae 5 O OU a 2 4 6 HOLD 2 e Or ee ee ee ee 1 Main Volume Control 2 Headphone volume Open Lab
151. imited in length to 1 hour each session Prices are as follows and are subject to change without notice 1 Session limit 1 Hr 99 00 3 Sessions limit 1 Hr each 249 00 5 Sessions limit 1 Hr each 349 00 Limited 3rd Party Software Support Open Labs will provide best effort support and assistance on limited 3rd party software installed on your Open Labs hardware by an Open Labs specialist via phone email or remote diagnosis Support is limited to the following 3rd party software Pro Tools Cubase Steinberg family Sonar Cakewalk family Ableton Live Reason Sony Creative family Native Instruments Komplete Waves Spectrasonics plug ins WaveLab Fruity Loops FLStudio And most VST instruments and virtual effects By requesting Technical Support for third party product Customer represents and warrants that the copy of the third party product is legally registered by the user and is a legally authorized copy of the third party product for which support is requested Open Labs reserves the right to change add or discontinue any 3rd party software support at its sole discretion Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 207 Plus Access to Technical Support on Saturday Open Labs will also provide access to technical support specialists via phone email or remote diagnosis for Platinum Service hardware customers on Saturdays as well as normal technical support hours of operation Monday Friday between
152. ince it is usually the larger of the two screens 1 On your touchscreen right click an empty area of the taskbar and then click Lock the Taskbar 2 Drag the taskbar to the external desktop and drop it where you want it to appear Accessing the Intel Graphics Properties Window To open the Properties window of the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver use one of the following methods Press Ctrl Alt F12 keys Right click the Windows desktop and click Graphics Properties Also Display Control Panel Method Microsoft Windows XP or 2000 1 Click Start 2 Click Control Panel 3 Double click on the Intel logo 15M ower Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 189 Once you click the Intel logo this is the window you will see Intel Graphics Media or a Accelerator Driver E Digital Display Operating Mode Display Selection Display Devices Display Settings Color Correction A Primary Device A ns 30 Settings Scheme Options Even though your external monitor is connected it will not show up until you choose the correct settings The default Operating Mode is Single Display The Open Labs production station touchscreen is called Digital Display Clicking the drop down menu of the Operation Mode section will reveal the following options 090 intel e Intel R Dual Graphics Media nate DA Dual ne MERA Digital Display display mode w
153. ine relative to the main tempo which is used for Engine 1 By using multiple Engines with different tempo multipliers you can create complex multi layered polyrhythms with ease GURU contains the ability to intuitively record Patterns so you can use it as a complete workstation environment This can be a breath of fresh air if you find yourself constrained by fiddly audio MIDI sequencers which have too many possibilities that sometimes get in the way of creativity GURU even provides a Scene view where you can store snapshots of the state of all 8 Engines together and change between them by using MIDI note input Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 111 Slicer We ve given GURUSs slicer a major overhaul it is now much more accurate and has a Sensitivity control allowing you to adjust how it responds to possible hit points in your loops In addition its Slicing and score extraction process is now velocity aware slices and scores are now generated in such a way that hit volumes are consistent when using the sounds from one loop with the score from another or the score from a mat with a kit or the slices rom a loop wilted a pattern ATTERNS KITS As well as the Sensitivity control there is also an Accuracy control which specifies how much CPU time GURU should give to analyzing the slice points Higher accuracy means more precise but slower slicing 15 o iparent eae a 4x4
154. ing Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 178 delay_tempo Delay with beat sync delay_varlen Delay Variable length delay dirtsqueeze Distortion with saturation distort fuzz Distortion Fuzzy EVM Bassline vi 3 Acoustic Bass Synthesizer Acoustic Rock Pop Any EVM UltraSonique Synthesizer Sample player Lead Pads Samplers Electronic Pop Air Van Halen s 1984 Exciter Dynamics harmonically enhances dull recordings expander EQ Downward expander fairlychildish Dynamics compressor limiter fft delay Delay Eight band fft delay fft filter FFT bit filter fft ps FFT pitch experimenter flangebaby Modulation Flanger with beat sync floaty_delay Delay Modulating delay FM Synth with Multiple Outputs Lead Bass Pads Electronic Pop New Order J Saul kane Frohmage_vst2win Filters Unique Resonance Filter Produce EXTREME Effects graphdist dyn Distortion Graphic interphase GURU Drum Machine MPC any Hammond Organ emulator Lead Gospel Rock R B Jimmy Smith Al Green MMW HighLife Sampler Samplers Any Everyone hpflpf Filter High pass low pass hugebooty Dynamics Bass enhancer JCM900 Amps Vintage Marshall Tube Amplifier Simulator Adds Warmth to Guitars and strings Lallapallooza_lite FM Synth Lead Pads Experimental Industrial Front 242 Merzbow mdaBandisto Distortion multi band distortion mdaCombo Amps combo amp mdaDegrade bit reducer mdaDelay Delay mdaDetune Detune detune by cents
155. ing function or mute the track in your software 2 Select playback channels of the main output of your audio software in the SOFTWARE PLAYBACK channel of the interface mixer The input on this channel will be the output of your software 3 Connect your microphone to input 1 and turn on phantom power if needed 4 You can now adjust the levels of your microphone and your software playback to your desired levels for recording monitoring only 5 If using headphones select Mix under Mix to Phones This will send the output of the Mixer to the headphone output 6 In the MIXER OUTPUT section of the interface Mixer select the pair of outputs to send out of the interface for example studio monitors connected to outputs 1 2 Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 184 OPERATION OF MIXER The silver tracks represent the six possible inputs from the interface as well as the software playback The blue section contains information on the output of the mixer Pan green vertical line You can click drag the pan stereo image of each input by moving the green vertical line to the left or right Double clicking on the green line will reset the pan to the center Holding down ALT or CTRL or SHIFT while dragging PAN puts PAN into fine mode for more accurate adjustment of PAN Level fader Adjusts the input level of each input Double clicking on the blue fader automatically sets the fader to full gain
156. io Output 3 Audio Output 4 ch A cho AM A MM vw y Y hd Audio Output 5 Audio Output 6 Audio Output 7 Audio Output 8 lt gt lt gt lt gt lt gt e Audio Device Use this to select the primary ASIO sound driver e Audio Input Use this to select your sound card s audio input This application supports multiple audio input sources e Audio Output Use this to select your sound card s audio output This application supports multiple audio output sources Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 34 Setting up the MIDI To establish a connection between Riff and your MIDI driver you will need to select the correct MIDI port Riff allows you to select multiple MIDI in and MIDI out ports Ls 2 3 Select the MIDI Options from the Menu gt Options gt MIDI Options tab There are four MIDI input boxes Use the MIDI Input 1 box to select your MIDI hardware driver If your system has more MIDI ports available use MIDI input boxes two three and four to select those MIDI in drivers If you have an 88 key controller for instance you can select the MIDI driver that device is connected to If you intend to send MIDI to an external device use MIDI output 1 to select that external MIDI hardware driver Hit Apply then OK to commit the changes and exit RIFF Options General Audio Midi Plugins Keyboard Midi Input Midi Input 1 Midi Input 2 Open Labs Midi Driver 3 Midi Input 3 M
157. ion stations can accommodate the fastest processors available more RAM and more storage than any other music workstation Low Latency Open Labs production stations give you near zero latency even under high processor loads Versatility Open Labs production stations are so versatile that they can run virtually any plug in or application designed for the Windows XP operating system including products from Steinberg Native Instruments IK Multimedia and many others Bring It Equipped with PCI PCI E slots that can accept up to full size cards Open Labs production stations can accommodate your favorite Creamware TC and Universal Audio cards providing unsurpassed power Open Labs production stations also features PCI Express PCIEX1 Slots offering even greater expansion potential Modern Art With a sleek modern design incorporating an aluminum chassis Open Labs production stations are as beautiful as they are powerful Surfboard An ethernet port allows you to directly access the Internet and to quickly and easily download upgrades sounds and applications The versatility to grow and adapt to every musician s needs is why Open Labs production stations are unique Extreme care should be taken when installing new hardware and software Installing the wrong components could cause great instability to your Open Labs production station Please contact support openlabs com before hardware changes Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Sta
158. is Song is using a Currently Loaded shared version of Purity We want this Song and Signal Chain to only use MIDI Channel 2 On the Signal Chain page click the Bypass Channel Out button in the lower controls and select MIDI channel 2 Signal Instrument Live Song 2 Chains Editor Controls Bypass Channel Out A MIDI Out Ch 1 MIDI Out Ch 2 MIDI Out Ch 3 Add Input Input 1 0 0 db Signal Chain A LA MIDI Out Ch 4 MIDI Out Ch 5 MIDI Out Ch 6 MIDI Out Ch 7 MIDI Out Ch 8 MIDI Out Ch 9 MIDI Out Ch 10 MIDI Out Ch 11 Signal Chain Signal Chain 1 MIDI Out Ch 12 gt O a MIDI In Out CPU 1 Mem 25 Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 93 Signal Instrument Live x Chains Editor Controls i Jl J Lemna BPM Main P J EA r Add f Add Input Signal Chain Add Effect Input 1 L 0 0 db il Signal Chain Signal Chain 1 Output 1 2 Transpose p Vol Pan Transpose 0 Set High No External Routing Le i Up Range v A 9 drag semitone ogge Rename pli Transpose Transpose Set Low yo value field MIDI In Out CPU 2 Mem 25 Delete You can see this signal chain is using MIDI channel 2 Using a multi timbral instrument this way saves system performance and memory Now go back to the Setlist and Add another Song Song 3 as before use a C
159. is can cause too much heat output For example connecting 4 IDE hard drives plus 4 SATA drives would be a bad idea Too much heat will cause hardware to fail Air flow should be optimized by securing all loose cables with recommended cable ties or using rubber insulated ribbons Ensure that no cables are brushing up against moving fans Opening your Open Labs Production Station Before opening your Open Labs Production station please consult with an Open Labs Technician Failing to to do so may void your warranty To speak with a tech please email Support openlabs com or call 512 444 6222 Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 167 Appendix A Pro Audio Primer The following glossary will help you to understand some of the more common terms found in the digital audio workstation world Also be sure to check out some of the following online resources Open Labs User Forums http forum openlabs com Modern Recording Techniques http www modrec com Wikipedia http en wikipedia org wiki Professional_audio Wikiaudio http www wikiaudio org Audio Engineering Society http www aes org Recording org http recording org index php Open Labs Pro Audio Primer ASIO Audio Stream Input Output developed by Steinberg is a cross platform multi channel audio transfer protocol that is being adopted by many of the manufacturers of audio MIDI sequencing applications It allows software to have access to the multi channel c
160. isplay Properties Ww x Themes Desktop Screen Saver Appearance Settings Drag the monitor icons to match the physical arrangement of your monitors Highest 32 bit UN NE NN Ne Use this device as the primary monitor iM Extendimy Windows desktop onto this monitor Identify Troubleshoot Advanced caca 1 When prompted click Yes e You can change the screen resolution in the Display Properties dialog box Note If your desktop background does not appear on the external monitor click No and then repeat step 3 to decrease the screen resolution Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 188 Adjust the position of the monitors By default Windows places the second screen to the right of the first or primary one You can change the position of the monitors to reflect their physical position 1 Right click the desktop and then click Properties on the shortcut menu 2 In the Display Properties dialog box on the Settings tab drag the graphical representation of Monitor 2 the blue box with the number 2 in it to the left of Monitor 1 and then click OK 3 When prompted click Yes Adjust your screen settings When you first enable Extended Desktop mode your taskbar and any icons on your desktop appear on the Open Labs touch screen desktop space without icons appears on the external monitor You may find it easier to show the taskbar on the external monitor s
161. ist of the parameters for the plug in by clicking the Show Params tab on the Instrument Editor lower control screen The last touched control on the plug in will be highlighted on the Params page This is helpful for locating hard to distinguish parameters Live Controls Instrument Editor Signal song 1 Chains Parameter 138 PitchBend e _ _ ____ Parameter 139 PitchBend Range 3 m NN Parameter 140 Polyphony 1 E Parameter 141 Porta Mode 0 0000 Parameter 142 Porta Time 4 52 Parameter 143 Reverb Damp 2 49 E l rre Parameter 144 Reverb Dry Wet 2 06 0 0156 Farameter 145 Reverb Predelay 84 7 Parameter 146 Reverb Size 7 14 Parameter 147 Reverb Width 10 00 Parameter 148 Solo 5 000 Parameter 149 Sync 10 000 Presets Previous ARP 303 Saw gt Transpose Ais nspose A E Make Default CPU 3 Mem 28 This is a list of the raw parameters of an Instrument This will also display parameters that might not be accessible from the plug in GUI The Lower control section is the same as the Instrument Editor tab Exporting and Importing User Patches If you tweak out a patch in an instrument you can export that s Menu gt File gt Export gt Export FXP Program This also applies to B Export FXP Bank instead Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual Show Editor Pressing this button
162. ital sound used for digital TV DVD DAT films and professional audio 50 000 Hz first commercial digital audio recorders from the late 70 s from 3M and Soundstream 50 400 Hz sampling rate used by the Mitsubishi X 80 digital audio recorder 96 000 or 192 400 Hz DVD Audio some LPCM DVD tracks BD ROM Blu ray Disc audio tracks and HD DVD High Definition DVD audio tracks 2 8224 MHz SACD 1 bit sigma delta modulation process known as Direct Stream Digital co developed by Sony and Philips SEQUENCING MIDI Sequencer In the field of electronic music a sequencer was originally any device that recorded and played back a sequence of control information for an electronic musical instrument Nowadays the term almost always refers to the feature of recording software which allows the user to record play back and edit MIDI data This is distinct from the software features which record audio data Early analog music sequencers used control voltage trigger interface but were replaced by digital hardware or software based MIDI sequencers which play back MIDI events and MIDI control information at a specified number of beats per minute SMPTE TIME CODE MTC MIDI TIME CODE Time codes contains binary coded decimal hour minute second frame identification and 32 bits for use by users There are also drop frame and color framing flags and three extra binary group flag bits used for defining the use of the user bits The formats of other forms SM
163. k Keyboard Onscreen Keyboard h de To open REAPER click on the Open Labs icon The icon is located at the bottom left of the opening screen If you have exited the Open Labs shell simply double left click the REAPER Icon on the desktop This will launch REAPER When you open REAPER if it looks different than the pictures used in this guide this is because REAPER allows you to use a custom color theme In the following example you will be shown where to switch color themes Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 133 There are a couple of ways to select a color theme for REAPER First you can simply go to Options gt Color Themes and select a new theme Or you can use the keystroke combination CTRL ALT PGUP to scroll theme up or CTRL ALT PGDN to scroll theme down File Edit View Track Options Insert Help r WT e R d la Record mode auto punch selected items TEES IL 11 Mr Ray Rippie editing off Alt P w Media item auto crossfades Ala de v Item grouping Alk4 Shift BOE imm aras Snapigrid settings AHL Locking enabled 1 Locking settings Shift L Local processing Metronome enabled c L VST Aeaf Cocke Daid C VST ReaGate Coc Y Mora SONS points mith modia kams C VST ReaCome Coe Show all takes 1 lanes tahen roon Corl VSTE Mig Gh PO Overlapping ems in lanes w Automatically scroll view during playback Smooth seeking seeks at end of measure
164. k You can also adjust your project tempo BPM here Refer to the REAPER PDF manual for more info regarding the Project Settings window Looping If you would like to loop the event you just recorded you can do so by selecting a region to loop Simply left click and drag from the start of the project to the end of the area you want to loop In this example 1 1 00 to 5 1 00 is highlighted PISTEI o IR 1 1 00 0 00 000 Stopped Rate 1 0 El BPM 120 To loop playback or recording you need to turn cycle on Do this either by pressing the cycle button or by using the R key on your QWERTY keyboard Once playback or record reaches the end of the selection it will return to the beginning and playback Hence looping Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 148 os Be MEE t i m Open Labs Midi Driver 2 Chd v 15 i ME FR 1 1 00 0 00 000 Rate 1 0 Selection 1 1 00 You can use the same steps to record a loop except you will want to draw out the region selection before you record Left click on the timeline and drag 2 1 00 PUPS o r3 1 1 00 0 00 000 Rate 1 0 i 11 Selections 1 1 00 The selection is stretched from 1 1 00 to 5 1 00 This sets up the project as a four bar loop and will cycle around once the transport reaches the end For recording MIDI drums you might want to set the record mode to overdub Every time it cycles it will
165. l 131 7 Chapter 7 Recording REAPER Recording with an Open Labs Production Station Ready to jump right in and start making music This section will get you going One great way to learn REAPER quickly is to read the Keyboard Control section of Preferences Ctrl P Reading this section will give you insight into just how flexible and powerful REAPER is Can t find what you re looking for in REAPER Try right clicking on everything you ll be surprised at the power hidden just below the surface The following pages will teach you how to record using your Open Labs production station This is not intended to replace the REAPER PDF manual Topics covered in this guide are Opening REAPER Custom Color Themes Inserting and Using a VSTi Inserting an Audio Track Setting up VSTi Preferences Recording with a VSTi Rendering a Mix to File for Burning to CD Exporting Tracks for use in Other Programs New to Recording If this is your first time using any type of recording system you may want to research the basics of Pro Audio producing music and MIDI recording A good place to start is KVR Audio http www kvraudio com wiki Also be sure to register on the Open Labs user forum http forum openlabs com where you can read and discuss music with artists like yourself Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 132 Opening REAPER for the First Time Play Sounds Record sequence REAPER Mimi
166. l Tag and have the package returned to Open Labs DO NOT return damaged items without prior approval Do not attempt to remove your merchandise from its shipping container and packaging materials without assistance Damages cause from dropping the merchandise will void all warranties and protection Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 200 Warranty Returns or Exchanges All return products must have a Return Material Authorization RMA number issued by Open Labs only Returns will be refused without a proper RMA number The RMA number is valid for only 20 calendar days from the date issued Open Labs must receive the product back within 20 calendar days otherwise you are subject to be billed for the item All returns must be sent prepaid no collect shipments will be accepted Open Labs recommends that you insure the returned parts for it s full value to protect yourself against loss with the carrier All authorized return merchandise must be unused and in it s original packaging All invoices documentation warranty cards instructions software and hardware MUST also be returned No return or exchange on merchandise that shows signs of having been modified hardware or software Open Labs does not issue refunds for shipping charges Backorders Due to fluctuations in the availability of parts and components orders will occasionally need to be placed on backorder You will be notified within 14 days of order placement should your
167. lect This button allows you to select a different track group The Mix Edit Panel is setup to control 32 tracks in REAPER Here are the selector assignments e Tracks 1 8 Orange e Tracks 9 16 Blue e Tracks 17 24 Red e Tracks 25 32 Mute Buttons Allows for muting the adjacent track Track Volumes Each volume fader is tied to the adjacent track in REAPER Master Volume Controls the master volume slider in REAPER Fi Split at cursor Allows you to split the selected event or events at the cursor F2 Pressing this button brings up the REAPER Media Explorer window F3 Pressing this button brings up the REAPER mixer window F4 Pressing this button switches REAPER over to the a full screen view of the track environment O Editor Select The default editor bank for REAPER is Bank C H O CON O UI BR UW Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 144 DJ Control Panel Layout and Assignments for REAPER P p2 P4 P7 P3 P5 OI L Oe 2 9 o e N 3 M B 5 p a dh ii PE FU ng 4 6 8 SONG TRANS UTRANS REWIND TEMPO PRESET RECORD PLAY PRESET OOO o Not assigned to REAPER Transpose UP DOWN This will shift the selected instrument up or down one octave at a time Not assigned to REAPER If you transposed an instrument this will reset that instrument back to the zero Record If you have a track or tracks armed in REAPER this will st
168. lick length This adjusts the length of the default metronome click in milliseconds A lower number makes the click sound shorter A higher number makes the click sound longer This does not affect a custom click source Notes If you do choose a custom sound it will be used until you select the text in the custom field and delete it Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 147 If you want eighth note clicks instead of the default quarter note click you will need to press ALT ENTER to open the Project Settings window gt Project Settings tab Ep Project Settings Audio Settings Project Settings Notes Project BPM fi 20 000 Time signature a E a Timebase for eventsenvelopes markers Time Frame rate to use for Time Frames time display 23 976 Project start time 0 00 000 Subtract cursor position trom start time Project start measure li External timecode synchronization Configure Advanced Limit project length stop playback recording at f 0 00 000 Allow feedback in routing USE CAUTION M Automatically mute master output if volume exceeds 18 dE Default track pan law centered signal gain 0 0 default dE Note you can override any pan fader s law by right clicking on the fader Cancel Save az default project settings On the Time signature setting change it from 4 4 to 4 8 This will give you eighth note clicks instead of default quarter note clic
169. ls default Slimer Signal Chains Add Input Add Signal Chain Audio Input I O Output Rack Routing Input 1 Add Effect 0 0 db Mi om ES Input Audio 1 Vol Signal Chain 1 0 0 db c y N Rack 2 p Audio Audio Input Channel Mono 1 E y In Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual Out CPU 7 Output 1 2 Mem 44 75 Edit Mode vs Live Mode Edit Mode Changes can be made to a song s parameters Live Mode Locks down many of the parameters associated with songs MIDI Learning Hardware Controllers Most parameters in Riff can be MIDI Learned The first tutorial will show you how to MIDI learn an Riff button to a hardware button on the NeKo Neko First off return to the Set List and add a couple of Songs This will show you how to MIDI learn hardware buttons to control the Previous and Next Song command Right click on the Previous Song button Menu Signal Instrument Live Song 1 Chains Editor Controls Song 1 Song 2 double cick CPU 3 Mem 37 These are the items you can see in this window 1 Learn MIDI learn maps host buttons to MIDI controllers virtual live controls to VST s and virtual live controls to MIDI controllers Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 76 Once you select Learn the screen will turn red which means Riff is waiting for you to press a button on the NeKo
170. master panel REAPER supports WAV Ogg AIFF as well as many other audio formats You can also burn to MP3 Please use the following steps to set REAPER up for creating MP3 audio 1 You must download a MP3 codec and place it in the main REAPER directory 2 Download the LAME encoder http www free codecs com Lame_Encoder_download htm and unzip the downloaded file 3 Then extract lame_enc dll into the main REAPER directory C Program Files REAPER 4 Restart REAPER Make sure your use of the MP3 format is legal go to http mp3licensing com for details 5 If you plan to burn your new song to audio CD select Audio CD Image CUE BIN as the output format and check Burn CD Image after render Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 151 The following image shows the Render to file dialog box iT Render to file a x Rendering options Sample rate 441 00 ll HZ Mono e Stereo Ful speed Offline Y Resample mode Better 119 pt Sinc SLOW Y f Render entire project C Render time selection C Aender custom Stark o 00 000 End o 08 000 Length o 08 000 Output file C Program Files REAPER SM Rar jam waw Browse Bees shams Rebate Tass to pintan named files eee Add items to new tracks in project when finished moos Output format Way hal Noise shaping WAY bit depth 8 16 24 32F FP G4FP le Write BWF best chunk M All
171. may want to research the basics of Pro Audio producing music and MIDI recording A good place to start is KVR Audio http www kvraudio com wiki Also be sure to register on the Open Labs user forum http forum openlabs com You can also refer to the Pro Audio Primer located in Appendix A Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 33 This next section will explain to you how to setup Riff after manually installing it If Riff came stock on your Open Labs production station you can skip this section as it will already be configured However if you have custom plug in folders you will want to read the Setting up your Plug ins section on this page Setting up the Audio To establish a connection between Riff and your audio output hardware you will need to select the correct software driver 1 Select the Audio Options from the Menu gt Options gt Audio Options tab 2 In the Audio Device section of this window select your ASIO sound driver if not already selected This is the setting that allows Riff to communicate with your audio driver 3 Hit Apply then OK to commit the changes and exit RIFF Options General Audio Midi Plugins Keyboard Audio Device PreSonus ASIO Driver FireBox amp hd Audio Input 1 Audio Input 2 Audio Input 3 Audio Input 4 ch A cho Ma A Me hd w Y Y Audio Input 5 Audio Input 6 Audio Input 7 Audio Input 8 MM y rN MM vw Yy Y hd Audio Output 1 Audio Output 2 Aud
172. mdaDubDelay Delay delay with LFO settings mdaLeslie Amps Leslie style rotory cabinet mdaLoudness Dynamics level booster mdaMultiBand EQ multi band EQ mdaOverdrive Distortion Overdrive and muffle mdaRezFilter Filter Resonance filter mdaRingMod Modulation ring mod mdaRoundPan EQ Round Pan mdaShepard mdaStereo Dynamics Stereo width delay balance and mod mdaSubSynth Adds sub harmonic frequencies mdaTestTone Test tone sine white noise pink noise mdaThruZero Modulation phase modulation mdaVocoder Vocoder talk like a robot MetalMickey Delay Eight step delay effect MGA_JSLimiter Dynamics Limiter MicroSynt PWM Synth Lead Electronic Any Basic synth sounds midi_arp Arpeggiator plays notes in succession midi_CC mapper Configure midi mapping midi_chorderizer Offset up to four voices midi_chordkey Chord in key midi_humanizer Velocity and timing humanizer MIDI_KeySnap Midi note constrainer midi_modal_randomness Convert midi into modal randomness midi_note_repeater Simple midi note repeater Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 179 midi_note2channel Send Midi notes to a channel MIDI_Tool II Midi modification midi_transpose Transpose by semitone MIDI_Variant Pattern variation MIDI_Velocifier II Midi velocity effect midi_velocitycontrol Midi velocity control MIDI_Wobulator Midi pitch wheel generator midinoteondelay Midi note on delay Mini_ErHu String Synth Acoustic Lead Scary Mo
173. metimes keyboards drop note off MIDI messages You ll know when that happens because you ll get a stuck note The Panic button sends a note all off message to the keyboard This should get rid of any stuck notes Monitor Button By default this is on When highlighted all audio input will be routed to the audio outputs of the Open Labs production station This is useful when you want to hear the progress of the MimiK process MimiK Button Starts the MimiK process The MimiK process basically consists of sending MIDI notes for each key on the keyboard for a specified period of time and recording the output This process can be paused or stopped at any time Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 160 Options Window Options Audio Input Device MIDI Output Device PreSonus ASIO Driver FireBox PreSonus FIREBOX MIDI Out ASIO Inputs Output Directory For Samples 3 4 Lineln 3 amp 4 left LineIn 3 amp 4 right ki Dimension LE Multisamples Mimik Output Low Range High Range Bank Name Mote Down Time Release Time Program Name Velocity Layers Channels Note Down Time Offset Release Stereo Release Trig 1 0 2 Output Type Quality Velocity Layers i f Ogg Vorbis 0 Capture Aftertouch Frogram Change Time Playback Transpose Noise Floor DB Vv Chop Leading Samples 1 5 Y Chop Trailing Samples Input Gain Test default ok cancel Defaults Button Resets all the options to the ori
174. mirrors the VU on the main window Input Gain Some keyboards can be a bit soft or loud Adjusting this will allow for keyboards with different levels of output Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 162 Bank Select When this is NOT selected you can type in the name of the Bank you will be recording It will be left up to you to manually on the keyboard pick the bank you want to sample from If Bank Select is selected you will be allowed to select an inclusive range of banks that MimiK will attempt to capture Warning many keyboards do not support the General MIDI Bank Select command so running this may or not work It is recommended that you test if your Keyboard even has more than one bank If it does then check if it even supports Bank Select via MIDI Due to the amount of time it takes to sample one preset we recommend not using the Bank Select option even if your keyboard supports it Sampling one bank at a time is what we recommend over attempting to sample multiple banks Regardless the option is there Program Change When this is NOT selected you can type in the name of the preset you will be recording It will be left up to you to manually on the keyboard pick the preset you want to sample from If Program Change is selected then you will be allowed to select an inclusive range of programs that MimiK will attempt to capture Release Trig This setting will record a separate sample Short for Release Trigger
175. mixes can in turn be recorded onto two tracks of a four track recorder allowing additional sound to be layered on the remaining tracks NOISE GATE A device that acts as an infinite expander allowing a signal above the selected threshold to be passed through to the output at unity gain and without dynamic processing When the input signal falls below this threshold level the device effectively shuts down the signal by applying full attenuation to the output NON DESTRUCTIVE EDITING Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 173 Editing a hard disk sound file by moving pointers without altering in any way the digital audio data originally recorded to disk NORMALIZING A specialized gain related process that makes the best use of a digital system s dynamic range by automatically determining the amount of gain required to increase the level of the highest amplitude signal to its full scale amplitude value and then increasing the level of the selected region or entire file by this gain ratio OCTAVE The most basic musical interval and the second harmonic of the natural scale which represents a doubling of frequency The diatonic scales in the western harmonic system have 8 notes to the octave hence the name There are 12 semi tones to an octave and in some middle eastern scales 24 quarter tones OMNI DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE A mic that outputs signals received from all incident angles at the same or nearly equal level OSCILLA
176. munications protocol that defines each musical note in an electronic musical instrument such as a synthesizer precisely and concisely allowing electronic musical instruments and computers to exchange data or talk with each other MIDI does not transmit audio it simply transmits digital information about a music performance MP3 MPEG 1 Audio Layer 3 more commonly referred to as MP3 is a popular digital audio encoding and lossy compression format designed to greatly reduce the amount of data required to represent audio yet still sound like a faithful reproduction of the original Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 170 uncompressed audio to most listeners It was invented by a team of European engineers who worked in the framework of the EUREKA 147 DAB digital radio research program and finally standardized by ISO IEC in 1991 OGG Ogg is a patent free fully open multimedia bit stream container format designed for efficient streaming and file compression storage The name Ogg refers to the file format which includes a number of separate independent open source codecs for audio video and text e g subtitles Files ending in the ogg extension may be of any Ogg media file type and because the format is free Ogg s various codecs have been incorporated into a number of different free and commercial media players FREQUENCY The rate at which an acoustic generator electrical signal or vibrating mass repeats a cycle of po
177. n Dragging does not always work and it may be disabled by the program that you are using You can also select multiple items by grouping them using the left track pad button When you position the pointer over an empty area on your desktop you can hold down the left track pad button and proceed to drag a rectangle over several objects Releasing the left track pad button will highlight all objects or icons within the area of the rectangle created by dragging the pointer Selecting multiple objects allows you to move and assign attributes to all the objects at once rather than doing each one individually For example you may wish to delete four files in your music folder You can use this method to select the four items and then hit the DELETE key on your keyboard to send these items to the recycle bin Using USB Devices The Open Labs production station comes with two USB ports on the back panel If you require more USB ports you can purchase a USB hub Typically USB devices also require you to have Windows XP USB drivers in order for the device to work properly in Microsoft Windows The drivers are provided by your USB device manufacturer and can be downloaded from their support site on the Internet Using the DVD CD RW Drive The DVD CD RW drive can be opened by pressing the release button located below the ejection tray Because Microsoft Windows supports bootable CDs it is important that you do not leave any CDs that are bootable in the
178. ndard MIDI cable and one or two 1 4 inch audio cables One audio cable if you want to record in mono two for stereo Now plug in one end of a standard MIDI cable from the MIDI out port of your Open Labs production station The port is clearly marked on the back of the unit Plug the other end of the MIDI cable into the MIDI in port of the keyboard or module you want to mimic Next obtain one or two inch audio patch cables Plug one end into the audio output s of the keyboard you want to mimic Then plug in the other end to audio input one and two if you are recording a stereo keyboard of the Open Labs production station Now we need to test if cables have been correctly hooked up Make sure the Open Labs production station is hooked up to a set of speakers or that you have a pair of headphones plugged into the headphone jack You will use these to monitor the sounds coming from the keyboard you are cloning Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 157 Setting up MimiK If the Open Labs production station is not turned on do so now Shut down all other programs that are running Other programs may interfere with the recording process Launch MimiK The main window should appear Click on the Options button Mimik Key Cloner Help Es Clone _ Panic Dank program note ci C6 velocity aftertouch note down time release time file approx time Oseconds 24 minutes 25 seconds Open Labs
179. ng instead of adding a new instance of Mr Ray select ADD on the Setlist and go to the CUrrently Loaded Instruments tab and select MrRay22 Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 104 Hit Add Sound Library Currently Loaded Plugins Quarantined Sound Browser Currently Loaded Plugins Now go the Instrument Editor tab of this new Song and select a new preset patch Then hit the Make Default button After you hit the Make Default press the Song Restore button in this song That is all you have to do to have multiple Songs share the same instrument while still being able to have a different sound from that instrument in each Song Here is a quick recap of this section 1 2 J Create a Song with any VSTi Go into the Instrument Editor and find a patch you like then hit Make default then hit Song restore Add a new Song once you reach the Sound Browser click the Currently Loaded Plugins tab Here you will see your list of loaded instruments Instead of loading a new instance of an instrument select the instrument that is to be shared and either press the Add button or double left click the instrument Go into the Instrument Editor of the new Song find a new preset then hit the Make Default button After you hit the Make Default press the Song Restore button in this song Now you can change songs while getting different sounds from the same plug in Open Lab
180. nge to Training Now simply change a controller on your MIDI input device and the field will automatically change to the controller number you sent The instrument module must not be muted and the rack power must be on for training to succeed If the Auto Train button is on when New is pressed training will be started automatically You must manually select the To field Some instruments provide a comprehensive list of MIDI controllers which will be shown in the To field Many do not and you must consult the instrument manual and select a numerical field If you manually configure a remap entry so that From and To fields are identical the entry will not remain in the list if you close and re show the console Continuous controller remap is MIDI input port specific You will have as many controller maps as you have input ports Highlight the input port at the left to display and change the configuration on the right Toggle Mode Toggle Mode configures a controller mapping to toggle the To value between O and 127 each time the from value transmits a value of 127 This feature allows you to assign MIDI foot switches to features on the instrument like an organ s rotary speed Click once to slow the rotors down and click again to speed them up Saving and Loading MIDI Configurations MIDI Configurations are assigned to an instrument module but some settings can be saved and reloaded from a file
181. ntested freeware shareware or firmware to your Open Labs production station For questions about particular software products please contact Open Labs support or the software manufacturer Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 28 New Software Installation Considerations If you plan to add your own software be sure you meet all the following criteria The software you wish to install is compatible with Microsoft Windows XP The software does not conflict with software that is already on your system An example of this is having two brands of anti virus software running at the same time The software you are installing has support Open Labs does not support software that is not part of the factory installation Your Open Labs production station meets or exceeds the recommended system requirements of the software you wish to install Also ensure that you have the necessary disk space needed to install the program System Recovery Should you install an incompatible program that compromises the stability of your Open Labs production station a hidden recovery partition has been set up for a complete system recovery Call or email an Open Labs technician before attempting a system recovery An Open Labs technician can be reached by calling 512 444 6222 or by emailing support openlabs com Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 29 Chapter 4 Quickstart Steps to Playing Sounds on an Open Labs Production Station 1 Make
182. nts of the Engine to a GURU Bundle GRU files with the use of the Save button on the toolbar Upper right area of this interface image This is effectively like saving your host project except all samples are saved inside the file These Bundles are recalled by using the Load button on the toolbar This makes it easy to share GURU setups and songs Also you can use Menu gt File gt Save Set As to just save the current array in Riff If this is a very complex array it would be a good idea to save it both ways just to be safe Load Save Kits Pad 7 Step 12 JU UU UU uu RHYTHM PRODUCTION CENTER lle Ll JUL Jal UUL Ip Da Chromatic Velocity PATTE BIT AUDIO EXPORT mama Rist enome T TT EE 2 E 0200 UM PAD Empty voL tun BPM 86 00 The Browser allows you to save Kits KIT files the entire content of an Engine minus the Patterns the Pads including their Pad Edit settings effects and Aux sends the Engine s Aux FX the Engine insert effect as deployed in the Mix view Please refer to the Guru manual for more details Load Save Pattern Pattern Set The Browser also allows you to save the current Pattern a GO1 file or a group of all the current Engine s Patterns into a Pattern Set a G24 file See the Guru manual for more details Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 118 Creating Beats with GURU The
183. o LX5 3 4 Lineln 3 amp 4 left LineIn 3 amp 4 right Ik Dimens 1 2 Mic InstIn 1 amp 2 left Mic InstIn 1 amp 2 right v 3 4 LineIn 3 amp 4 left LineIn 3 amp 4 right 5 6 Spdifin left SpdifIn right Make sure the correct MIDI Output Device is chosen Audio Input Device PreSonus ASIO Driver FireBox PreSonus FIREBOX MIDI Out ASIO Inputs Output Directory For Samples 3 4 LineIn 384 left LineIn 3 amp 4 right Dimension LE Multisamples Mimik Output For most users it will be the PreSonus Firebox MIDI Out This will be the default MIDI device driver for your installed MIDI output device but it can be any MIDI output device you have installed This is the default Output Directory for the samples Audio Input Device MIDI Output Device PreSonus ASIO Driver Fir Box PreSonus FIREBOX MIDI Out ASIO Inputs 3 4 Lineln 384 left LineIn 3 amp 4 right lk Dimension LE Multisamples Mimik Output The default save path is C Program Files Cakewalk Dimension LE Multisamples MImik Output Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 159 MimiK Features Guide Mimik Key Cloner Help Options Clone bank program note Ci C6 velocity aftertouch note down time release time file approx time Oseconds 24 minutes 25 seconds Open Labs approx disk space 369 meg version 1 00 Options Launches the Options dialog window Panic Button So
184. o only use MIDI channel 1 The input can be forced to use a particular MIDI channel by pressing the Input Output button located in the lower controls section Do this and the MIDI Input I O option box appears Set Force MIDI Output Channel to Output Ch 1 Then press Set shared Signal Instrument Live Song 3 Chains Editor Controls BPM Main gt 120 00 MO MIDI Input I O Output Rack Routing f E Add fr Pe Add Effect Signal Chain Rack 1 Add Input np Signal Chain 1 Purity a C7 5 0 db MIDI Input Device All MIDI Input Devices MIDI Input Channel Input Omni All Channels Force MIDI Output Channel Output Ch 1 Input Input 1 Vol 0 Input 9 CPU 1 Mem 27 This forces the input to only use MIDI channel 1 Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 100 Since you can add virtually unlimted inputs to the Input Column it is the ideal section to setup a multi timbral instrument in a song Every additional input we add to this song will be setup to use the instance of Purity in the first input slot Again this will save lots of system resources Now it is time to add some inputs to use for accessing the MIDI channels used in the first inputs instance of Purity Click the Add Input button and select Add Empty Instrument Input shared Signal MAA Live Song 3 Chains Editor Controls Add Input Add Effect Add IA T
185. o the track It also renders the live output of a VSTI e Record MIDI This will enable overdubbing in selected items and will add notes within items this is great for loop recording e Record MIDI Replace in selected items this will replace notes within items instead of overwriting the items themselves The notes within will be entirely erased as you record over them e Track Recording Settings Input Quantize Format Etc This allows you to setup input quantizing It also allows you to dial in groove and swing settings as well as set the format and WAV bit depth of incoming audio tracks y Track Record Settings Track 1 EE x Quantize track MIDI recording Quantize to E notes positioning Nearest value Quantize note offs strength ES i ES 0 x Quantize within ES jo pa i fho X M Set recording audio format way L Format Wal bit depth 8 16 f 24 32FP B4FP M write BWF best chunk M Allow large files to use Wavebd Include project filename in BWF description field 0 100 Write markers as cues P Only write markers starting with Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 139 Setting up Track Input If you want to change the input source of a track left click the E button This is located on the VU meter on the track E ma In the examples below you will see the input source sections If you need to input a drum m
186. of data you can store on a single CD R is approximately 700 MB or 80 minutes of audio wav files When you are done select Write these files to CD Another pop up will appear and will provide a walk through with step by step instructions to complete your CD These step by step pop ups are called wizards Microsoft loves to use wizards and you will encounter many wizards while using Windows XP Simply follow the Wizard to the end and your CD will be finished Using the Internet The network adapter allows you to connect a high speed network to your Open Labs production station Depending on your setup the network could be local area only just connects to other computers around you or to the Internet Open Labs production stations will support a 10 Mbits or 1000 Mbits network Anytime you connect to the Internet it is vital that you use the same precautions as you would use with a normal computer It is recommended that you keep Internet activities to a minimum to reduce risks of computer viruses hackers pop ups and other vulnerabilities inherent on the Internet Internet use for the Open Labs production station should be restricted to the following Connection to Microsoft to run updates of service packs Please check with Open Labs Support for compatibility of Microsoft updates Technical support with Open Labs Updating virus definitions for your anti virus protection Collaboration with other musicians in sharing of musi
187. om MIDI are never sent to insert effects The Instrument Channel and Controller remap is not applied to MIDI before it goes to the effect Each effect has its own controller remap to apply automation Insert Effect Controller mapping is not MIDI input port specific unlike an instrument s controller remap Instrument Transpose is applied so that plug ins like harmonizers can build chords on incoming audio data from MIDI notes Insert Effect Automation using MIDI Continuous Controllers Incoming MIDI continuous controller data may be remapped to VST or DirectX 8 0 automation parameters They can also be configured to toggle the effect s parameter This can be useful to remap For example your foot pedal MIDI input to Amplitube s stomp effects The list contains each remap entry up to 128 with a from and a to column along with a toggle checkbox The list will only display entries that are remapped to automation parameters Any controller not listed in the from column is not remapped and toggle is disabled Any disabled controllers will not be passed to the instrument To add a remap entry press New To delete a remap entry highlight the entry in the list and press Delete Training is a convenient way to automatically set the from field without having to consult your MIDI controller configuration Select a from field press Train and the field will change to Training Now simply change a con
188. omponents turn off the power for all components Before turning the power on or off for all components set all volume levels to minimum Gradually raise the volume control while playing the NeKo LX5 to set the desired listening level Before moving the NeKo LX5 disconnect all cables Be careful not to exert too much pressure on the knobs faders or touchscreen When cleaning the NeKo LX5 Use a soft dry cloth To clean the touchscreen use a lint free cloth or soft paper towel with a small amount of light window cleaner sprayed onto the cloth or paper towel e Do not use paint thinners solvents cleaning fluids or chemical based wiping cloths Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 3 Table of Contents PROC A kennel enwabecnaMeceuuceuns 10 Chapter TRtroducuoN in ro Couvuscesue ecediaesseebiesaranamesnabeedeaanuouer 11 OpentEabs PRO CLC ONES EAN A ES ia 12 Chapter 2 Getting StarleG ccsciessecscaceccsanscncececstaneaceserasGeegcgeneueaaeretannesctemesauan 14 Unpacking and Setting up your Open Labs Production StatiOn s sesesesesererererernrnrerernrrnrnns 14 Rear Panel OU A aa oia 14 AUO SMIDE ONNE CONS e a e T a eC rac A 14 Reak A O eee 15 Front PRanerAudio Interlace an A E A a Fal 15 CONE S A A E A A A A A 16 BASAN EC A A Oe eee 19 Tumino onran Opent aps i PrOdUCtION StALIO Minas cece oi DESEE 21 ADO AOS AAA E E a Moin ES 21 AS DN O A A o A 7 21 A A A GeeccLCeete E E E 22 Me Ova Lats Tel Detail A O E ae 22
189. on Station Manual 8 Chapter 8 MimtiK Users Guide IES MimiK is a program designed to sample your MIDI capable keyboards and hardware It can be set up to automatically record all the sounds on your favorite hardware for use on your Open Labs production station The basic algorithm behind MimiK is that it will send MIDI messages for every note on the target keyboard you want to sample At the same time it will record each note played back by the keyboard It has the ability to capture different note lengths velocities note ranges note off samples and much more After it has recorded sampled all the notes of a preset it will store a special file that can be read by a SFZ sample player Each sample is stored separately as a WAV or OGG file on the MimiK machine MimiK Suggested Usage Due to the amount of time it takes to correctly mimic one sound well we recommend sampling each preset one at a time You can mimic batches of presets or entire banks but the time and disk space required can be inhibiting Straight forward sounds like pianos drums and basses have a pretty simple architectural structure This makes it very easy to mimic an entire bank at once Performance banks and custom patches may have nuances that really need to be dialed in therefore increasing the time and disc space required There are a number of ways to reproduce a custom or performance patch For instance some performance patches are made up of multiple sounds
190. on about True Image Before You Begin Before you begin performing any system restoration it is important that you do the following things If you have added additional hardware that differs from what was originally configured for your NeKo please remove or detach the device If your system is stable enough for data backup please do a full system backup of your data files In many recovery scenarios the hard drive will be erased and any unsaved data will be lost Connect an external monitor mouse and keyboard to your NeKo Some of the input devices on the NeKo may not be fully functional till the core of the system files has been restored Ensure that your NeKo is near a phone and Internet connectivity in the event you need to call Open Labs for support Have all disks available in the event you need to use them The True Image software can be found by exiting the Open Labs shell then clicking on the Start Menu icon Start Menu gt Program Files gt Acronis gt Acronis True Image gt Acronis True Image Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 166 10 Chapter 10 Hardware Maintenance Please Read If you have never worked with the interior components of a computer please read this chapter carefully and consult Open Labs for assistance Most of the components are delicate and are sensitive to rough handling static electricity and magnetic fields Practice these precautions before proceeding with hardware work Do not work on
191. on hits in response to being played Pads are also selected for editing by clicking the pad and selecting the Edit button in the toolbar This provides quick access to the Pad Edit view e OK Oran Oran eme cor Q rez rve gt SES oor Fie jommgcr Oauxsenos Ojauxsenoz O aursenos O R su di Loo rere rene rene rene ees com rene ree rene rene p Hold ae e AAT a i har ali HAT al si onare Far Ear ane sure Eai Snare rane he o gi hi al See chapter 3 of the GURU manual for more details on Pads and the Pad Edit view Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 116 Pattern Keys Above image Pattern keys MIDI notes C to B4 The Pattern keys are a way of selecting Patterns for editing when in the Pattern view and also for playing them They are mapped to MIDI notes C3 to B4 du bul Ue We jade LLU See chapters 4 amp 5 of the GURU manual for more details on Patterns Sequencer Master The Sequencer Master section houses a convenient display for the current Engine song Pattern and Pad as well as global volume kit loop tuning mute tempo and Groove controls for the current Engine It also contains the Undo button and the Playback and Recording controls Control Conventions and Keyboard Shortcuts The UNDO button GURU provides a one level Undo function when editing Patterns When there is something to
192. or A i i SOUR elocity source EPC FREE FREE i DO DO RATE GAIN OFFSET f GAIN OFFSET ENTT 5 i h im Jilin GLi A EEN E e Pl se eS Next l l Preset YE CPU 2 Mem 28 Instrument GUIs larger than 1021x727 will display horizontal and vertical scroll bars The controls along the bottom are very similar to the controls seen on the Signal Chain tab Any MIDI settings learned here will be the same as the ones set on the Signal Chain tab e Vol The volume here basically controls the amount of output that is sent to the next effect in the Signal Chain It is independent of the Vol control for the Instrument in the Instrument Rack e Transpose Up Transpose Down Transposes notes sent by one octave up or one octave down e Presets Displays the list of the Presets contained within the synth Touching the Preset name will expand the list into a scrollable list where a new preset can be selected e Prev Preset Next Preset Navigates through the Preset list Can be Learned or Relative Learned e Show Params This button brings up the parameters view of the current plug in Clicking it again switches back to the plug in s GUI Refer to the next page for an example e Make Default Locks user created parameters as the default setting for the selected song Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 57 Instrument Parameters If an instrument or plug in is selected you can access the l
193. ow large files to use Wavebd T Include project filename in BWF description field Write markers as cues M Only write markers starting with H Save a copy of current project to out_filename way APP Cancel Set Sample Rate Render either the entire project or the time selection Output file Browse for a folder to store your track Chose the Output format Choose bit depth AU Once you have the settings you want press the Render button A process window will appear displaying the status of the rendering Once it has finished you will be able to burn it to CD Your Open Labs production station is bundled with a CD DVD burning program If you are unsure how to access this program please call an Open Labs technician Exporting Tracks If you would like to prepare a MIDI track for export into stems to be used by another program you will need to consolidate the project The first step is converting the MIDI to audio 1 Right click your MIDI event Note the section Apply FX to items as new take for stereo 2 Fora mono take note the Apply FX to items as new take mono output section 3 Once you make your selection the Applying FX window appears and processes your MIDI event to a chosen format Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 152 1 1 00 7 2 1 00 3 1 00 4 1 00 0 02 000 0 06 000 Item settings Them properties FE Source properties Ctrl F2 Group Take d
194. pen Labs icon in the bottom left corner Press Control Panels then press the Touch Screen Icon to launch it s interface Play Sounds Record sequence Mimik Keyboard Onscreen Keyboard Contral Panels System Backup rm my de Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 193 Once the Touch Screen utility loads press the Tools tabs a Touchkit USB Controller x Edge Compensation Hardware About General Setting Tools Display Linearization Curve A Do 4 points alignment to match display 4 Points Calibration Clear linearization parameter and do 4 points alignment Clear and Calibrate Do 9 points linearization for better touchscreen linearity Do draw test to vent the touch accuracy Draw Test Linearization Now select 4 Points Calibration The Calibration screen will appear next Please go to the next page Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 194 The 4 Points Calibration allows you to set the touch screen to the style of touch you will primarily use while selecting items on the screen Please make sure that you touch the symbol with the part of the finger you will use the most For instance angling the finger so the fingernail touches works greatly Keep in mind that some buttons in applications are smaller if you have wide fingers it would be a good thing to use the fingernail as described earli
195. ph of the sensitivity of a microphone at all angles of sound incidence relative to the sensitivity on axis POLYPHONIC The capability of an electronic musical instrument to output multiple notes at one time PRESET A collection of Instruments and or Audio Effect chains with unique settings for each plugin in the preset PRESET GROUP User defined group of Presets contained within a Bank PUNCH IN PUNCH OUT Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 174 The entering into and out of record mode on a track that contains existing program material for the purpose of correcting or erasing an unwanted segment QUANTIZATION The amplitude component of the digital sampling process In an A D converter the process of generating a binary number made of 1s and Os that represents the voltage of the analog waveform at the instant it is measured or sampled RELEASE The final portion of a note s envelope which falls from the sustain signal level to silence SAMPLE RATE Level of accuracy with which audio data is stored The higher the better the sound quality but the more costly in computer time and memory In digital audio common sampling rates are 8 000 Hz telephone adequate for human speech 22 050 Hz radio 32 000 Hz miniDV digital video camcorder 44 100 Hz audio CD also most commonly used with MPEG 1 audio VCD SVCD MP3 47 250 Hz world s first commercial PCM sound recorder by Nippon Columbia Denon 48 000 Hz dig
196. player Lead Pads Samplers Electronic Pop Air Van Halen s 1984 double click to load Guru double click to load Search T Ari Ta Canpa Car amp ai ype Anything To Search For Sound Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 63 About the Sound Browser The following will give you a run down of the Sound Browser Sound Browser Sound Library i Loaded Plugins a Fr 1 iS NAME DESCRIPTION 6 Advanced Accordion Accordion Emulator Acoustic Klezmer Polka Zydeco Tejano World Beirut Weird Al A double click to load Keys Addictive Drums Multi Timbral Drum Sampler Drums Rock Pop Any double click to load synths Artphase VSTi Phase Distortion Synth Lead Trance Spacey Tangerine Dream Orbital double click to load BB303i Classic 303 Bass Synth Lead Bass House Techno Acid Old Skool Hip Hop West Coast Heaven 17 double click to load Samplers Crystal Subtractive FM Synth Lead Pads Ambient Sounds Trance Ambient Brian Eno Jean Michaael Jarre D Blood Bucket Synth Lead Ambient Sounds IDM Glitchcore Illbient Kid 606 Venetian Snares double click to load double click to load Multi instrument Cubix Drum Bassline Synth Drums Synth Electro House Kraftwerk Depeche Mode double click to load double click to load EVM Bassline v1 3 Acoustic Bass Synthesizer Acoustic Rack Pop Any double click to load EVM UltraSonique Synthesizer Sample player Lead P
197. plies to the selected Song Loading another instance of the VSTi will not load with this as the default setting The only exception to this of course is Shared Instruments Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 56 Instrument Editor If an instrument or plug in is selected you can access the GUI by clicking the Instrument Editor tab on the Title Bar Also you can reach the Instrument Editor screen by double clicking the instrument in the Instrument Rack or in the Signal Chain Instrument Live song 1 is ains Editor Controls Salo Gal syne uu E RESET n g y pu ANA PE OCTAVE H OCTAVE o NOTE E NOTE oO P 340 Bf FINE 22 VOLUME PHASE DETUNE STEREO PAN FINE 2 VOLUME PHASE DETUNE STEREO FAN a al t i z i i m Lo AA WAVE VOCES RETRIG a IFA AE y VOCES RETRIG Lal te UNNE Le PL ETRE SCA gt TA O a LEFT RIGHT 25GB deen a PROGRAM SELECT 4 aja MXA MKB MANWVOLUME 9s 8 INPUT SELECT E do E IATA R AER oma oa ees ee a F Fl ARPEG I E DISTORT 1O E LENNAR DIGITAL ae RESONANCE DRIVE CERTES E CHORUS IDEA DESIGN DSP PROGRAMMING GRAPHICS AS PTEE TANTE PRESETS AND EVERYTHING ELSE DONE BY ER a hp ELAY LENNARD ADDINK le A LENNAR Di A 10 E ur ur AS A A 21 5 La F J a ________ 5 teas CUTOFF RESONANCE KEYTRACK Open Labs Inc iar Peers i T 7 El 7 e tee 4 z w
198. porting dry erase markers and lets the user write on the panel This is useful in a studio environment and live For example some keyboardists like to use faders for draw bar control With the scribble strip they can write which draw bars are being controlled 2 The other section is known as the Edit Section The Edit section features eight rotary encoders four back lit buttons a four way bank button like the Mixer section and a 40 8x5 character LCD display to give you feedback on what you are controlling You can change the text on the LCD via Mfusion and label it as you wish along with assigning the encoders to a desired parameter In the studio this section will function as a channel strip giving you access to the most common used functions such as volume pan mute solo etc With the push of the Edit Panels Bank button the LCD and encoders change to control your selected tracks Gate another push of the bank button changes the above to control your tracks EQ and another bank button push to control your selected tracks Compressor Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 25 DJ VJ Controller PI p2 P4 P6 P7 a a a p5 aa a F y N y N E dl 4 j b Y 2 gt gt o e 0 y t SONG TRANS LEARN RECORD PLAY TPRESET e O SONG TRANS UTRANS REWIND TEMPO PRESET The DJ VJ controller contains 12 buttons one A B crossfader and seven knobs The buttons are all freely assignable
199. ptionally changed using incoming MIDI program changes When this feature is enabled MIDI Program Remap does not work because the program change messages are used to change presets instead of being remapped and sent to the instruments Creating Presets Presets can be created by clicking the Presets button to the left of the presets list on the Control Module The new presets will be given a name that represents the time and date the presets is created Presets can also be created from within the Presets Manager described below Changing Presets from the Control Module You can change the current presets by clicking the up or down arrow to the right of the presets list Changing Presets from a QWERTY Keyboard You may also advance to the next presets by pressing the SPACE BAR or by assigning a shortcut key to each Preset Presets Tempo Each preset can contain a tempo that instruments and effects can sync to In addition you may optionally choose to have Karsyn adjust the tempo dynamically from incoming MIDI Clock messages from a chosen MIDI input port To alter the preset s tempo click the Tempo button in the Control Module The tempo dialog will let you adjust tempo using the horizontal slider control or by typing the tempo into the edit box If you click Follow MIDI Clock on the input port Karsyn will follow the tempo of incoming MIDI Clock messages from the highlighted input port Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manua
200. put Input 1 Vol o tooltips OWN click here to turn off CPU 2 Mem 15 O ct pes tias re da les Time to set up Purity for multi timbral use Purity is just the example for this tutorial however many multi timbral instruments work similar The goal here is to have one instance of Purity running utilizing its multi timbral interface having sounds loaded on separate Songs For this tutorial only four Purity MIDI channels and sounds will be used Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 90 Go back to the Setlist page select Song 1 then select the Instrument Editor tab click on the channel link icons in Purity If this is not done each pair of MIDI channels will remain linked together Before the links are unchecked LUXONIX DDR g IS Ca e OLE Ome HS LOGO PAN WOICES TRANSP OUT eee LS A SS es ee eo eee A Other VSTi s will have dfferent sets of rules however the basic principles will relate Purity can use 16 instruments at once over a spread of 16 MIDI channels Select sounds for the one through four slots of Purity These channels will also represent the corresponding MIDI channels Go back to the Signal Chain Signal ior Live Song 1 i Chains E C Controls Bypass Channel Out MIDI Out Ch 2 Add MIDI Out Ch 3 Ada input Signal Chain Input 1 0 0 db MIDI Out Ch 5 MIDI Out Ch 6 MIDI Out Ch 7 ipty Signal Chain MIDI
201. re is based on the product Forte by Brainspawn Inc Open Labs has modified the interface and updated the design to support touchscreen users Karsyn is designed for musicians transitioning from hardware rack mount rigs and uses the concept of stackable horizontal modules The modules consist of a control module output busses for controlling access to audio device outputs and instrument modules for controlling sound sources This document contains basic information to get you started using Karsyn For additional information you can view the complete documentation for Forte at www brainspawn com You can find the complete Karsyn manual by navigating to c Program Files OpenLabs Karsyn User Manual Key Features Low Latency Multiple Instrument Hosting Play up to 32 virtual instruments live with mixing and routing to multiple audio outputs Performance Automation Reconfigure virtual instruments and MIDI routing instantly with remote controlled presets Advanced MIDI Routing and Filtering Independent routing and filtering per MIDI input port MIDI control of audio effect plug ins and MIDI clock tempo synchronization Audio Effects Add audio effects to audio inputs instruments or audio buss outputs Audio Thru Process live audio input through audio effects with very low latency Virtual Set List Presets View displays the set of upcoming configurations in full screen view Performance Features Auto start on boot up auto recover
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203. right click effect with your finger tap and hold down on the screen with your finger In a moment the right click options will pop up for you For fine details use the supplied touchpad Either use a finger on the touchpad with a thumb on the left button for clicking or use two hands Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 13 2 Chapter 2 Getting Started Unpacking and Setting up your Open Labs Production Station The first time you open the box you should ensure that all the parts are enclosed Because each Open Labs production station may be customized with different options you should validate its contents with your order Ensure that all components are included and that none of them were damaged during shipping Select a flat tabletop near a stable power source preferably one that is surge protected or an uninterrupted power supply UPS to unpack your Open Labs production station Network availability is also a plus especially if you plan to transfer work through a local area network LAN Rear Panel Layout On an Open Labs production station s back panel you will find E EEEE E E SE y MIKO aor r T 1 JJ E E ie 3 LALALA LLES ee ee De A i VGA monitor out port Auto voltage switching power supply Firewire 400 port Ethernet 10 100 1000 Two USB ports PS 2 keyboard connector Audio MIDI I O panel NOUR WNE Audio amp MIDI Connections Open Labs production station s back panel prov
204. rmal playback by hitting the Record button Now try switching to pattern two of Engine 1 and repeat the pattern record steps You could also switch to Engine 2 and record more patterns using the same steps as above Commit Undo GURU offers the Commit Undo buttons if you want to carry on jamming without leaving Record mode After playing in a part while in Record mode Click the Commit button to make the take permanent GURU will not leave Record mode and you can carry on jamming on top of the last take Click the Undo button in order to revert the Pattern back to its state when you last hit Commit or if you haven t pressed Commit yet when you entered Record mode Please note that the the Undo button is only active during Recording and not during normal operation Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 120 Patterns and Graphs GURU s step sequencing system Patterns and Graphs form the step sequencing aspect of GURU While GURU is perfectly capable of accepting MIDI input from a host sequencer in other words acting as a sampler instrument with Pads triggered by MIDI input from the sequencer the Pattern Graph step sequencing system offers new and exciting ways of manipulating sounds as well as providing an easy way to creatively experiment with rhythms Understanding GURU s step sequencing system requires a good knowledge of working with Patterns Graphs and the Sequencer Master sec
205. rogram change these buttons will allow you to scroll through the preset programs Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 32 Chapter 5 Playing Sounds f Riff is a multi effect and multi instrument rack for musicians and sound designers It is also a VST host that runs as a standalone application Riff allows a user to stream the ASIO or VST input signal through chains of individual VST effects SO you can use your PC Open Labs Production Station as a real time multi effect processor It enables a user to play several VST instruments at the same time You can layer several instruments to create complex sounds Or users may play instruments on different MIDI channels It turns a computer into a multi timbral sound generator To achieve very low latencies the standalone version supports ASIO 2 0 compatible sound cards It will enable users to use VST effects and instruments almost like real hardware devices The parameters of Riff and also parameters of the loaded VST plug ins can be controlled through MIDI control change messages or VST automation Before you Begin You should have a good working knowledge of an Open Labs workstation and a computer s operating system For example you will need know how to use the touch screen touchpad standard menus and commands You should also know how to cut copy paste open save and close files If this is your first time using any type of recording system you
206. rogram change is remapped to a configurable list of presets If remapping is off the program change is sent directly to the instrument which may or may not respond by changing its internal preset The list can be of any length up to 128 entries Additionally MIDI program changes can be ignored When checked program change messages are not remapped or passed to the instrument Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 127 Key Range and Transpose Refer to page 29 of the Karsyn manual for much more detailed information on key ranges and transposing You may configure an instrument to respond to only a subset of the entire 128 note MIDI keyboard To do this click the mouse anywhere within the keyboard graphic The disabled upper and lower ranges will be displayed in gray You may change the upper and lower ranges a note at a time by clicking the up down arrow buttons for each Training is a convenient way to automatically set the upper and lower ranges Press Train and a message will show Training Now simply press two notes simultaneously or one after another on your MIDI input device The instrument module must not be muted and the rack power must be on for the training to succeed The MIDI keys that lie within the enabled range are then transposed by the amount shown in the transpose box Press Reset to enable the entire keyboard Key Range and Transpose are MIDI input port specific You will have as many ranges and tr
207. rticular MIDI assignments it is necessary to use the Song Import feature to load a song template rHnafanit This ensures everything is IMM E set to go We have provided you with a blank Guru template which contains everything pre assigned Aways be careful not to save over any of the default templates a Go to Menu gt Import Song Edit b Open Set Options Open Recent Set Open Set In Safemode Save Set Save Set As A Import 4 Import Song import Song C Open Labs Library Songs IF _Guru template song fa Drum Song song En eds song fa guru in dub song lan Guru LXD Template song ER Karsyn Setup Template song m kusser guru 1 song Then select Guru LX5 Template song and hit wobble song OK Guru LXD Template song Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 107 This will import a Song with all the required components to use the Drum pads default Instrument Editor signal Chains Guru Drumpad Live Controls You can use Guru to record all your beats or sequence samples If you want to play other sounds while beats are playing back from Guru it is suggested to use the Play button in Riff Doing this ensures that all tempos are locked together Changing the BPM in Riff also changes the tempo in Guru There are some technical things you should be aware of with this setup Please read on for
208. ry the touchscreen then becomes the secondary monitor Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 191 Once you decide on an operating mode press the APPLY button to lock in the setting The second monitor should now activate It is normal for this monitor to be upside down You can click on the Display Settings to rotate a display 000 intel Graphics Media e Digital Display o Monitor Accelerator Driver Display Devices Color Quality 30 Bit Rotation W Enable Rotation Display Settings Screen Resolution co Refresh Rate Color Correction E soc Wc 270 Hot Keys 30 Settings Scheme Options Examine the middle window each display has its own tab This represents each display being independent from the other Rotating one display does not affect the other If you have to rotate a display afterwards press Apply to commit the changes If you chose Extended Desktop as the operating mode you can use the window on the right side called Position to arrange the monitors to match the way they are physically arranged Select the monitor and just drag it where you want it to be Position Position Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 192 Calibrating the Touchscreen There is a property in the Touchkit utility used to customize your touchscreen to your touch style that property is called 4 points Calibration Start by pressing the O
209. ry usage of the entire computer system Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 50 Signal Chain This is the main window where instrument racks and effect chains are created and managed These are the components that comprise the Presets from the Song Set grid pages Each of the Song buttons on the Song Set Grid page has a Signal Chain Moving from left to right each Track is composed of up to 8 instruments Each Instrument can have up to seven effects added to it Preset gt Inputs gt 8 Instruments gt 1 Signal Chain gt 1 Plug in 7 Effects Upper Bar Stream Signal Chain Controls Processor Set Signal Live f Edt Song 1 List Chains Controls l j Mode Input Add Ade input Signal Chain Output 1 2 Signal Chain Signal Chain 1 T Vol Pan Transpose ya Set High No Extemal Routing S Up Range gt 4 Solo Range py l Da Bypass Channel Out Down E set v Signal Chain Lower Section Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 51 Upper Bar Controls The Upper Controls are located above the Stream Processor and below the Title Bar BPM Main e Play Button This button toggles between play and stop This is for instruments that have built in sequencers Stylus RMX or Reaktor for instance and effects that are tempo synced e BPM This is the control for the global tempo BPM Beats Per Minute Pressing The box under BPM
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211. s NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 105 5 Using Bump MP E t h f d e Mix dit Panel W Rif u t h and G r u The NeKo LX5 offers an awesome new drum machine style rhythm tool Using Bump MP the Mix Edit Panel with Riff and Guru you will be able to create rhythms like never before The following sections shows what controls what Bump MP Assignments Fixed Level Note Repeat Pad Instagraph Pad Adjustment Rate Tune Gain Fixed Level Backward Engine Select IKRE E OO Om Zero Forward MIDI Pads Repeat Cito D 2 Pad Undo Rec Stop Play Mix Edit Panel Assignments Engine 1 8 Pad Sample Pad Sample Pad Pad Pan Knobs Mixer Select 7tart Edit End Edit Attack Release ia E 2a g n z pra A Mo sa Pa il Ea DE io E Ka a 17 25 Aux 1 3 e e e e e e a e o Send HEBE F1 8 e ef o et 0 F eo A e Faders 1 8 Master Aux Direct Editor Engine Volume Volume Level Select Bank B of the Mix Edit panel is the default selection for BUMP MP inside of Riff and Guru Please refer to the main Guru PDF document for complete instructions for this application You can also get more information by visiting the FXpansion forum for Guru http www fxpansion com forum viewforum php f 10 Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 106 Importing the Bump MP Guru Song Template Since the pads knobs buttons and faders have to be pre assigned to pa
212. s NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 17 There are two power switches on the NeKo LX5 One is located on the power supply in the rear and the other power switch is located on the right side end bell within the recessed area The NeKo LX5 has an auto switching powersupply The main power button diagram Hard Drive Activity Light System Power Indicator Shows a green light when the unit is powered on Main Power Button Use this button to start the NeKo Holding this button down will force the system to shut down 4 Power Reset Button Pressing this will perform a hard reset of the system sd ea Power supply power button diagram A 0000000000 OLN GO HE 62 0 08 88 064058005 crec PER C596 606608 69685 6HO8 558699 RR T 000 0000900000 O eee cesesecces 8666666 Micscscscoscosese O 0D EP ERE REX 0000 ee MEX ER ER ENE NEVE TER EY EX TY Perry Se eee ee ee ee ee ee oe ce ee eer 1 This is the switch that turns on the power supply it is necessary to have this in the ON position before the machine will power up The button itself has two symbols upon it a circle and a Straight line the circle is OFF the line represents ON Connect to your Open Labs production station any external items you plan to use such as USB devices an external video monitor additional MIDI equipped devices sustain pedal etc Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 18 Basic Connection Diagrams T
213. s the currently selected Rack Delete Deletes the currently selected Rack Signal Chain e Add Signal Chain Accesses the Sound Browser where you can select a plug in and add it to the Instrument rack Up to eight instruments can be added per Track Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 53 Signal Chain Column Controls aoe Chain Signal m 1 Output 1 2 Out CPU 1 Mem 27 A e Epa ero nge y drag semitone Erm anes nspose EELA at Transpose Ea ETa Low P The lower section of the screen shows the controls for the Signal Chain Column Those controls are Vol Volume control for the Signal Chain All instruments and their signal will be affected Pan Pan control for the Signal Chain All instruments and their signal chains will be affected Mute Mutes the selected Signal Chain All instruments and their signal chains will be affected Solo Solos the Signal Chains and mutes all other Signal Chains Transpose Up Transposes notes sent by one octave up Transpose Down Transposes notes sent by one octave down Transpose Reset Resets any transposed notes back to zero Toggle Split Allows you to open or close any keyboard splits you have created Set High Range Selecting this button brings up the Learn High Range dialog box prompting the user to select the MIDI note that will be the highest note sent to the instrument The user hits the key on the Ivory keyboard
214. set They can be MIDI learned to a surface control Vol Volume This volume knob controls the volume for the individually selected song It is independent from the Main Volume control e Right clicking on the volume knob brings up Learn Mode Learn Ties the Vol knob to a specific controller Learn Relative Ties the Vol knob to a controller but stays latched to the control volume on the selected preset Whatever preset is in focus will have its volume controlled Pick Color Brings up the Color Picker dialog box Here the user can select the color choice for the preset Rename This button allows you to rename the preset Status Bar click here to turn tooltips on MIDI Note Up 42 ch 1 Input Output CPU 3 Mem 17 Used Tooltips Tooltips will display info on what is being selected Also tooltips will show the numerical value of a changed parameter as well as the name and brief description of the controls as they are moused over Audio VU Meter The Audio VU meter shows the signal for the master output bus By default this will show outputs one and two This can be changed to show whatever outputs you are using MIDI Indicator The MIDI Indicator shows whether Riff is receiving MIDI from any MIDI controllers It also displays the note MIDI value CPU CPU monitors the current processor usage of the entire system Not just the program Displays the usage in percentages MEM MEM displays the physical memo
215. sitive and negative going amplitude The number of cycles that occurs over the period of one second is measured in hertz Hz Often the perceived range of human hearing is from 20 Hz to 18 000 Hz GAIN Amount of amplification in dB GUI A graphical user interface or GUI often pronounced gooey is a method of interacting with a computer through a metaphor of direct manipulation of graphical images and Virtual Live Controls in addition to text GUIs display visual elements such as icons windows and other gadgets The precursor to GUIs was invented by researchers at the Stanford Research Institute led by Doug Engelbart with the development and use of text based hyper links manipulated with a mouse for the On Line System The concept of hyper links was further refined and extended to graphics by researchers at Xerox PARC who went beyond text based hyper links and used GUIs as the primary interface for the Xerox Alto computer Most modern general purpose GUIs are derived from this system For this reason some people call this class of interface a PARC User Interface PUI note that PUI is also an acronym for perceptual user interface The PUI consists of graphical Virtual Live Controls often provided by Virtual Live Control toolkit libraries such as windows menus radio buttons check boxes and icons and employs a pointing device such as a mouse trackball or touchscreen in addition to a keyboard Those aspects of PUIs can be emphasized b
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218. sponding MIDI note that ODIO Pattern will be selected for editing in the Pattern view Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 121 Graphs Each Pad lane in each Pattern has a set of Graphs associated with it A Graph is a step automation system for certain sound altering parameters allowing parameter automation in parallel to the Pattern note sequencing system each step in a Graph corresponds to a step in a Pattern When a Pattern is played its associated Graphs always play back along with it Rpt ShitSor Pit Fs a e 5 Micks 71 2 Aja lt a MIL i 1 M E Rept Shif Ser Pit Fin Eur tez Vol Pan Fe Duri Lay tpt Shit Serl Pit F n Cut a a ee i Dur Lary iu hifi necio n Cute a Wa eee Pie Gur Lary Pan Rew Dur Lay Pept Shit Ser Pi in oat ol Pan Rev Dur cay Rot Fink A de varas iRev Dr Lay 02 Mol Pan Rev Burl Lar Ret shilSer Pit Fin Court e Vol Pan Rew Dur Lay Rotlshinlse Pit Fin Cut ez Mod Panj Rew Dur Lay tots hit Ser Pit Fin Curt Tr nF mea RptshitiScr Pit Ein Cut Rez ol Pas Reil Dur Lary Hi i Pept Shit Ser Pit Fin Cut ez Vol Pan Rew Dur Lay RotShh Ser Pit Fi e Sut ez tol Pan Flew Gur Lay Lo pt Shit a i Feer Dour Lay pFecrBial sere nuevo Par os e GURU v1 6 9 pat Palem 1 Mode Sync 7 Pages _1_ Steps EA Res 1 16 7 Page Examples of graphs are pan coarse and fine tunin
219. strument or effect to load Save Set r e If no changes have been made to a Set this Load All Yes No Load Classic Flanger is grayed out Save Set AS Choose this to save your Set with a custom name Import Allows the importing of the following items to a currently opened project e Import Song Import Input Import Rack Import Signal Chain Import Live Controls Import FXP Program Import FXB Bank Export Allows the exporting of the following items e Export Song Export Input Export Rack Export Signal Chain Export Live Controls Export FXP Program Export FXB Bank Exit Exits Riff Edit Cut Copy amp Paste items to and from the clipboard Options General Audio MIDI Plugin and Keyboard options Help Open Help Opens the Riff Help File About Displays the information regarding the build version of Riff Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 48 Title Bar Controls Learn Switches the host into MIDI Learn Mode Here you can latch live controls to VSTi s There are two types of Learn available in the host See Chapter 4 for more information Learn Ties knob to a specific controller Learn Relative Enables you to map a controller to a common parameter like the volume knob of multiple songs or signal chains Edit Mode Live Mode In Edit Mode a user can move around the Presets arrange them set the properties of the
220. sure the power and audio connections are setup 2 Check to make sure the powersupply power switch is in the on position 3 Boot up the Open Labs Production station Once the system loads up you will see Riff 1084Defaultv2 Signal Instrument Live heel Guru Drumpad Chains Editon controis ER ORGANIzed NO Hornet Crystal True Pianos Nanotran Synth Synth Domino j EW l Bass Sizzle synth XXLBass EVM BASS New tos Stumpy _ k Motion am besos Far Ensi Groove Box Count Floyd Chimes Melt Face Mr Ray73 Noise Swin Pad owt at E Lead a a mu Generator pit ne EA dit Queixume sa da Footy Footy Delay Lead synth Synth Atomic oe CJ Organ oe Previous Song Next Song tooltips ON click here to tum off value field MIDI E CPU 2 Mem 41 The opening Setlist of Riff has already been preloaded with instruments for you to play Each chicklet is called a Song select a Song by touching the Song or use the Previous Next buttons Read Chapter 5 for the complete Riff manual Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 30 Here are the Mix Edit Panel control assignments for Riff Edit Panel Controls Vol This controls the selected Signal Chain Volume Pan This controls the selected Signal Chain Pan FX This controls the selected Signal Chain s selected FX mix knob SngVol This controls the overall Song Volume Low Con
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223. the Signal Chains tab Once you press this you can type in the desired BPM and press Enter Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 119 Record mode You can now do one of three things 1 Press the Play button on the DJ panel of Riff this is to be used if you want to Record the Pattern while hearing it in the context of the rest of your Riff Song 2 Press the Play button on the GURU interface this is to be used if you want to Record the Pattern while ONLY playing GURU 3 Click the Record button again in order to exit Record armed mode if you decide you do not want to continue with Recording ING Host template GRU KIT LOOP Mr Porter 05 KIT Recording Options ANTIZED RECORD a Tat Once you press play either in Riff or on GURU after Record arming GURU will go into Record mode You can now play your beats in live If you re currently in the Pattern view you ll notice that the notes you play appear on the relevant Pad lanes as soon as you enter them GURU will keep cycling through the Pattern so you can keep playing entering notes When you want to stop Recording you can do one of the following Press the Play button on the DJ panel of Riff to stop Recording and return to Record armed mode Press the Record button on the GURU interface in order to stop Recording but continue playback You can enter Record mode again at any time during no
224. the distinct artifacts of low bit rate sub FM quality encoding and there is a growing scene of net labels distributing stylized low bit music The bit rates in this section are approximately the minimum that the average listener in a typical listening or viewing environment when using the best available compression would perceive as not significantly worse than the reference standard Audio MP3 e 4 kbit s minimum necessary for recognizable speech using special purpose speech codecs 8 kbit s telephone quality 32 kbit s MW AM quality 96 kbit s FM quality 128 kbit s Typical acceptable music quality e 256 320 kbit s Near audio CD quality Video MPEG2 16 kbit s videophone quality minimum necessary for a consumer acceptable talking head picture 128 384 kbit s business oriented videoconferencing system quality 1 Mbit s VHS quality 5 Mbit s DVD quality 15 Mbit s HDTV quality CARDIOID MICROPHONE A common mic pickup pattern designed to attenuate signals arriving 180 degrees off axis while fully picking up those sounds that arrive at the front on axis CONDENSOR MICROPHONE A microphone that operates on an electrostatic principle rather than on the electromagnetic principle used in dynamic and ribbon mics These microphones require phantom power or a 48 volt charge CONTROL A single GUI item that performs a task Examples include list boxes right click menus and ok buttons DC
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226. tion This chapter provides a brief overview of each of these Patterns Each of the 8 Engines in GURU is endowed with 24 Patterns Each Pattern contains a lane divided into steps for each Pad on which to enter notes A Pattern has 1 page of 32 steps by default which can be reduced down to 1 step if you wish It is possible to have 16 pages each with up to 32 steps in other words the GURU sequencer system has up to 512 steps MS Pere 34 2 And M 5 paninin a Ma ajd Jla E M Jore rE al db a sb 5 Cymbats 12 3 i4 p 6115 m S Cymbats aja EAE 7 ES pass MA 5 Kicks 131 2 d DES aa GURU v1 6 9 Pat Pattern 1 Mode _Sync Pages 1 Steps 16 Res _1 16 Y Paget _ 1 7 It is important to remember that in Engine 1 and by default in Engines 2 8 16 steps represents 1 bar in other words a step is a 16th note in duration However Engines 2 8 have a tempo multiplier setting located in the Sequencer Master display which allows flexible tempo manipulation of the Patterns in each Engine You can enter notes by clicking steps in each Pad lane on the Pattern view using the mouse or use GURU s realtime recording features The 24 Patterns are represented by the Pattern keys which are assigned to MIDI pri eee E pi ge me notes C3 to B4 When you click a Pattern key or play its corre
227. tion Manual 11 Open Labs Production Station Components DVD CDRW Drive Open Labs production stations come standard with a DVD CD writer so that you may use it as a backup device or to create audio CDs of your music The DVD CDRW drive can also be used to play CDs DVDs or install software Hard Drive The hard drive is the main physical storage device for all your data and applications Because hard drives are delicate devices always treat them with care Power Button Reset Button The power switch and reset button are located in the recessed area on the right side of the keyboard Audio Interface Open Labs production stations include a mutichannel audio interface Please refer to Chapter 2 for information about the specific audio input output features of your Open Labs production station USB Ports 2 Two rear USB ports allow connections to USB devices Internal USB Port All Open Labs production stations have at least one unused USB port located inside the chassis This is ideal for USB software protection devices External Monitor Port The monitor port allows you to connect any monitor with a standard VGA connector to your Open Labs production station Ethernet 10 1000 The Ethernet port will accept a single high speed cable connection This will allow you to share files print and access the Internet DIMM Expansion Slots If your Open Labs production station is currently fitted with less than 4GB of RAM you can install
228. to an instrument input In other words don t plug an active instrument into the combo jacks on channels 1 or 2 48 volt Phantom Power Pressing this button will send phantom power to the mic inputs When on the button will light up Input Gain Control Each channel has an input gain control knob and associated clip light The following gain structure is provided for each channel Microphone Input XLR 45dB of variable gain 14dB to 55dB Instrument HiZ Input TS 1 4 45dB variable gain 8dB to 50dB Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 15 Clip Indicator The clip indicator will light up if your input signal from the XLR Mic or 1 4 line reaches 18dBu OdBfs At this level your mic preamp line trim signal may not exhibit signs of clipping such as distortion However this level will cause the A D analog to digital converters to clip Therefore it is highly recommended that you do not allow your converters to clip the clip indicators to light up as the sound quality will not be desirable Main Level This knob allows control over the output level It has a range of 80db to 10dB Headphone 14 Jack This is where you connect your headphones Phones Knob The phones knob controls the amount of volume going to the headphone output on the front of the unit Notice the volume indicator goes to 11 loud Use this setting with caution Red Blue Power Sync Light This light is a clock sync indicator It lets you know
229. troller on your MIDI input device and the field will automatically change to the controller number you sent The Instrument Module must not be muted and the rack power must be on for training to succeed If the Auto Train button is on when New is pressed training will be started automatically You must manually select the to field Most effects provide a list of automatable parameters which will be shown in the to field Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 130 Working with Presets Presets are one of the most powerful features of Karsyn Presets enable you to use a single rack for an entire performance and automate preset changes output routings and mutes Each rack file can contain multiple presets visible in the Presets window Each preset contains a complete configuration including A preset for every instrument in the rack This does not need to be a saved preset because the actual settings of each instrument are saved instead of just a name An effect preset for every audio effect in the rack Again this does not need to be a saved preset A MIDI input enable for each port on each Instrument Module A MIDI keyboard range transpose channel and controller remap for every MIDI input on every Instrument Module An output buss selection for every Instrument Module A tempo which many VST and DirectX plug ins will follow Note that the Program Change remap is not included in a Preset Presets may be o
230. trols the lowest value of Live Control Oscillation High Contrls the highest value of Live Control Osclillation Time Controls the speed of Live Control Oscillation Offst Controls the timing of the speed of a Live Controls Oscillation Press this button to select Bank A This activates the correct map for the Mix Edit Panel for Riff SOS eN Mixer Panel The Mixer Panel is not used in this particular setup Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 31 Here are the surface controls of the DJ panel for Riff SONG TRANS LEARN RECORD PLAY PRESET O O O O O O SR a 4 5 6 18 SONG TRANS UTRANS REWIND TEMPO PRESET 1 Previous and Next song control If there is more than one Song on the Setlist you can use these buttons to advance or go back one Sone at a time 2 Tranpose Up Down Allows you to transpose the keyboard up or down one octave at a time 3 Learn This button allows you to MIDI learn various controls in Riff 4 Transpose Reset If you have transposed the keyboard this button will reset the transpose to zero 5 Record Not assigned for Riff 6 Rewind Not assigned for Riff 7 Play If you have a plugin that has a tranport for play back this button will start it and it will be synched to the tempo of Riff 8 Tempo You can use this button to tap the tempo of Riff 9 Preset Up Down If you are using an Instrument that has MIDI p
231. ts and experiment with the settings Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 102 MIDI Input I O Options Window Input Input 1 Vol Pressing the Input Output button in the lower controls section brings up the MIDI Input I O window e Output Rack Routing Allows you to pick which Rack the selected Input should route to This option will allow you to change the MIDI input devices and MIDI output devices for the selected Input MIDI Input I O Output Rack Routing Rack 1 MID MIDI Input Device All MIDI Input Devices MIDI Input Channel Input OmnivAll Channels Force MIDI Output Channel Output Ch 1 e MIDI Various options for per Input MIDI routing MIDI Input Devices Whatever MIDI input devices you enabled in the main MIDI setup options for Riff will be present here You can also set an MIDI in for a connected external MIDI controller to play the sound in the selected input MIDI Input Channels Choose the MIDI Input Channel for the selected Input Force MIDI Output Channel This option enables the selected input to send MIDI out on a particular MIDI channel Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual Rename Delete Using Different Preset Sounds with a Shared Instrument If you are sharing an instrument over multiple Songs you will more than likely want to use different presets in each song For instance if you are using the patch Mellow from the plug in Mr Ray in Song 1 but in
232. tutorial the instruments in the first four MIDI channels of Purity are 1 Piano MIDI channel 1 2 FM EP MIDI channel 2 3 Vox MIDI channel 3 4 Pad MIDI channel 4 We will create splits in the signal chain to match these sounds and MIDI channels Go back to the Signal Chain and add three Empty Signal Chains Refer to the instructions and images on the next page Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 95 To add an empty signal chain click in the first empty signal chain slot From the menu select Add Empty Signal Chain Add three empty signal chains below Signal Chain 1 Signal Live Chains Controls E Add pad input Signal Chain Signal Chain 1 A AL Drums Sequencers Samplers Multi instrument Guitar In Out CPU 1 Mem 25 As you can see in the following image there are three additional signal chains stemming from Signal chain 1 shared Signal MENTE Live Song 1 Chains Editor Controls B Main PM pau a y BA Add Input Signal Chain Add Effect Bu Taik AATA TEN UA AA EA EN 0 0 db l C GT Signal Chain 3 A AL A AL Empty signal nail Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 96 Next the Signal Chains need to be routed to the proper MIDI channels And the splits set up for the four chains Go ahead and set an array of splits similiar to this Of course if you are on a NeKo you will need to make your splits closer together
233. urrently Loaded version of Purity Go to the Signal Chains tab of this Song and set it to MIDI channel 3 This will trigger whatever sound you selected for the third slot of Purity For the fourth Song go back to the Setlist and Add another Song Song 4 as before use a Currently Loaded version of Purity Go to the Signal Chains tab of this Song and set it to MIDI channel 4 This will trigger whatever sound you selected for the fourth slot of Purity Now when you switch Songs on the Setlist the selected Song will trigger the adjacent channels in Purity or whatever multi timbral instrument you are using Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 94 Creating Keyboard Splits with Multi timbral Instruments For this tutorial Purity will be used Create a Song and add Purity as the instrument Select the Instrument Editor tab then click on the channel link icons in Purity If this is not done each pair of MIDI channels will remained linked together Before the links are unchecked LUXONIX Ss MC CT i HOZ VOICES TRAMSP 5 Gen Gon wane Coo pr SS Pile fete ret EEG A A iia J dl id BA TN a iia cuss Other VSTi s will have dfferent sets of rules however the basic principles will relate Purity can use 16 instruments at once over a spread of 16 MIDI channels Go ahead and select sounds for the one through four slots of Purity These channels represent MIDI channels For this
234. utton to force REAPER to rescan your VST directory s If you have installed a plug in and it does not show in the list use this option Clear cache and rescan directory Click this button to clear the plug in cache and force REAPER to build a new list of VST plug ins If you have installed a plug in and it does not show in the list and RESCAN DIRECTORY does not resolve then use this option Get VST plug in names types when scanning By default REAPER retrieves the full plug in name and type when scanning Clear this checkbox to prevent this behavior What does this mean If you have this option enabled it will take much longer to scan your VST plug ins because as REAPER scans and initializes each one it will increase the likelihood of a buggy VST to crash REAPER However if you do not have it on it will not differentiate between VST effects and instruments and will put them all in the same folder You will be able to use them just the same but they will show up a bit differently Save full VST plug in state if supported recommended By default REAPER saves the full VST plug in state if the plug in supports this function Clear this checkbox to prevent this behavior Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 135 Avoid restoring VST state on undo redo if possible Select this checkbox if you are having issues with VST plug ins reloading patches when using the Undo function in REAPER Default VST configuration windows to gen
235. veral minutes after the start of the time code Sometimes the tape stripe starts at a time like 00 59 50 00 and the material starts 10 seconds later at 01 00 00 00 SOFT SYNTH A soft synth also known as a software synthesizer or virtual instrument is a computer program for digital audio generation Computer software which can create sounds or music can accomplish the same tasks as dedicated hardware Softsynths can be cheaper and more portable than dedicated hardware and easier to interface with other music software such as MIDI sequencers SOLO A monitor function that lets the engineer hear a single instrument or group of instruments without affecting the studio s headphone monitor mix recorded tracks or mixdown signal STREAMING A system for transmitting audio and or data through a transmission media such as the web in real time SUSTAIN In a traditional envelope the level at which an enveloped setting remains after the Attack and Decay stages until the key is released SYNC The locking of relative transport or playback speeds of various devices to allow them to work together as a single integrated system TRANSPOSE To write or perform a composition in a key other than the original or given key UNBALANCED LINE A cable having only one conductor plus a surrounding shield in which the shield is at ground potential The conductor and the shield carry the signal VST VSTi Virtual Studio Technology Its acronym VST refers
236. vie Music Minimal Drum Bassline Synth Drums Synth Acid House Rebirth Monolisa Bass Synth Lead Bass Electronic generic moog24db Moog style filter Motion2 8 Automated Modulation Synth Lead Pads Ambient Sounds Dust Bros soundtrack music Mr Alias MrDonald Amps Panning Rotary Leslie Speaker simulator Multi Purpose MrRay22 Electric Piano Synth Lead Acoustic Pop R B Any everybody MrRay73 Rhodes Style Piano Synth Lead Acoustic Pop R B Rock any Ray Charles everyone else MrTramp Wurlitzer style Piano Synth Lead Pop R B Rock Supertramp Three Dog Night Fela Kuit Nanotron2 Novatron Mellotron emulator Lead Rock Pop The Moody Blues David Bowie Noise Synth Ambient Sounds IDM Experimental Alec Empire Kid 606 noisegate Dynamics Simple noisegate octavedown Octave downer octaveup Octave upper OctBUZ Distortion Distortion Overdrive Module with Octave Adjustment ORGANIized_trio_v30 ozzifier Pitch delay doubler Phadiz P PD Synth Lead Pads Electronic Ambient Vangelis The Orb Plugsound Free Multi Instrument Sound Module Lead Misc All Genres Any Artist ppp EQ Ping pong pan ProtoPlasm2ifree Multi timbral synth Lead Pads Electronic Experimental Orbital Little Computer People PS 1 Filters Simulated Oberheim Phaser Stomp Box Purity Multi Instrument Sample Player Lead Pad Bass Drums Misc All Genres Any Artist rbj1073 EQ 1970 s vintage reacomp standalone EQ
237. w Loop points linked to time selection Peaks Media External Timecode Synchronization Always on bop 4 A Fullscreen Color Themes Defauk WT Elevator Silver Elevator OL Light Defauk Trouble Maker MOD Open Labs Basic Grey w B Open Labs Basic Silver E Open Labs Basic Dark O A Add Remove A A A AAA A lt lt Additional custom color themes can be downloaded from the REAPER user forum http stash REAPER fm Inserting and Using a VSTI Using VSTi s is simple in REAPER REAPER on your Open Labs keyboard has already profiled your VSTi s and is ready to go The following section tells you how to scan directories of VSTi s that you have added If you have not installed additional VSTi s then you can skip this next section Setting VSTi Preferences There may be some options that pertain to you and your setup in the following example Usual options are the get plug in names scanning options If you have problems scanning VSTI s disable the Get VST plug in names type when scanning that REAPER does by default Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 134 VST Plug in Settings Click the Auto Detect button to make REAPER scan your system and detect VST plug ins ay REAPER Preferences x General VST plug ins settings E hey board YST plug in paths can be multiple paths separated by semicolons Auto Detect roject Se A e
238. y remote control Presets View and other features eliminate keyboard and mouse use during a performance Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 124 Karsyn s Control Module To open Karsyn Select the Open Labs icon in the lower left corner of the screen Select the QUIT button Select Go to Windows The Open Labs shell will close Click the START button and go to All Programs gt Open Labs gt Karsyn AON ff karsyn Untitled 2000 December 31 23_22_55 101 x File Wew Options Tools Help Add Delete Copy Transp lt none gt Add Delete Copy edi BPM 120 0 Tempo A x E Lars yn p ik Solo Mute volume volume 1 Control Module 2 Output Bus 3 Instrument Module The top rack space is the Control Module On the Control Module you can Load and save racks Add remove duplicate and hide output busses Create and manage presets Configure program options Rename plug ins open the Add Module menu and right click to rename View CPU utilization MIDI Panic EE Output Busses On each buss you can e View audio levels going into the audio output device post buss effects with the peak level LED e Change the volume of all audio routed to the buss with the buss volume fader post buss effects e Add remove or reorder VST and DirectX audio effects e Display the console for each VST and DirectX audio effect e Select an audio output device Open Labs NeKo LX5 Pro
239. y using the alternative acronym WIMP which stands for Windows Icons Menus and Pointing device The GUI familiar to most of us today is either the Windows or the Macintosh operating systems and their applications originated at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Laboratory in the late 1970s Apple used it in their first Macintosh computers Later Microsoft built on many of Apple s ideas in their first version of the Windows operating system for IBM compatible PCs HARD DISK RECORDER A system that uses a computer hard disk to record edit and reproduce digital data INSTRUMENT A collection of plug ins that starts with a MIDI input then goes through optional MIDI effects into a soft synth and then into optional audio effects before going out to an audio bus An instrument is set up anytime a user wants to play a soft synth LATENCY Latency is the amount of time an application allocates to prepare a buffer full of audio data for playback Lower latency settings add processing time because of the need to refill the smaller data buffers more often You may need to increase your applications latency under the following conditions Open Labs NeKo LX5 Production Station Manual 171 You use lots of real time effects and you hear dropouts Check the CPU meter for high readings try increasing the latency Your sound card does not function well at lower latency Some sound cards just do not function well at lower latency settings Even if your appli

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