6 APPEAL - Editor Manual 0.9b
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1. 2015 Spicetone OU www spicetone com V istluse 9 Tallinn 10132 Estonia European Union B APPEALS AO SPICETONE 6APPEAL Editor Hexaphonic analogue overdrive distortion with digital controls oappe ver 0 90b beeta www spicetone com Quit Editor GAPPEAL firmware 1 1 0 Preset 7 RS Smooth Spacy Hex Name it Reset Editor Started up Babyface 23314837 Port 1 Babyface 23314837 Port 1 Network midiproov w 7 y l Save All Presets i Bank 2 Export Bank Ae TI from Bank El pe q ia Sa ES Recall Factory default Bank j Save All Presets te Bank Import Bank JA B o 2015 Spicetone OU www spicetone com V istluse 9 Tallinn 10132 Estonia European Union Ll Oct nina arctica ae dea neo aia 3 2 CIELO So Htwaremstallation ani 4 Zk OAPPEALEIRMWARE UPDATES ida 4 2 2 INSTALLATION ON MACCOMPUTERS as 4 Za INSTALLATION ON WINDOWS COMPUTER S cantada da 5 z WOOrkne WI OappealEdO snui iS 7 Sl STARTING UP zera a a dle eats 7 32 EDITOR LAYOUTAND OPERATION aa 8 Se NN 9 3 4 WORKING WITH EXTERNAL MID CONTROLLER a 9 Sd SOME HINTS TO WORK WITH EDITOR acid 10 4 Software Update EXCERPT FROM THE USER MANUAL cccsssssesessesssesescsssssesessssseesesssessseserecassseesenseacess 11 Ad HOW TO GHECK SOFTWARE VERSION ains 11 A HOWTO UPDATE ad 12 2015 Spicetone OU www spicetone com V istluse 9 Tallinn 10132 Estonia European Union 1 QUICK START 6Appeal Editor is a Mac Windo2. Tallinn 10132 Estonia European Union 3 2 EDITOR LAYOUT AND OPERATION ES ver 0 90b beeta Y Messages clear sacetone tl las e Bank2 Name itt There are two bars in upper part of Editor window next to Spicetone logo where it mainly gives feedback to user 6Appeal firmware version Preset number Bank number etc There is a long line for messages where Editor reports about actions and errors The errors are reported by red line You may click on www spicetone com button to open our web site in your browser It is also possible to name your preset in editor maximum of 20 characters The preset name is reported in the brown line and you may edit the name the line changes black during editing Hit Return key or click the green Name It button to save the name The name is actually stored in 6Appeal Please remember to save your preset s after editing Drive Level Menu Sound Strings Channels y FregA spe y Tone adjustments Mono Clean FX 5 E Drive Strt off Clean EEx 63 94 Tone MORE str2 Off Clean TEX 2 FreaB Reso E Filter Off Str3 LFX D S RB Pre Str off Clean Fx s 42 Off Sis MB Clean FX Y sve Bi Clean Fx In the centre area you may select different panels for editing Player Mode and Menus 1 6 in 6Appeal Use tabs in the upper left corner for panel selection The panels are mainly organized in the way that left part imitates
3. 1 Download compressed Mac version of Editor package 6appeal app zip from our web Www spicetone com 2 Unzip it by double clicking on the file name in Finder It unzips it as 6appeal app depending on your web browser settings it may unzip the file already at download and then you may skip this step 3 You may move this file where ever you like in your computer and open it by double clicking on its name a You may also create an alias of the file and move it to where ever you like and open the Editor by double clicking on alias b You may move copy the file to Applications folder and open it using the F4 key as you open any other application If you get the following message when opening of Sappeal app is damaged and can t be the Editor your Mac computer is most probably Q TE cc da gt E iS protected to open applications downloaded from i ri db Internet Cancel Move to Trash There is two ways to overcome st the problem The first way is to allow temporarily open O El ym Q e downloaded applications Please a m Q G Desktop amp Dock Mission Language Security Spotlight Notificati open your System preferences es Screen Saver Control amp Region amp Privacy ee AS Apple logo gt System Preferences and select Security amp Privacy marked with red L T amp arrow in the right Displays Energy Keyboard Mouse Trackpad Printers amp Sound Saver Scanners 2 Y 6 q e 2015 Spicetone OU www spiceton
4. 6Appeal interface with pots and LEDs and in the right part there are menu selections in some more open spelled way You may do your selections on either side clicking on LEDs or menu items whichever way you like more You may change pots by selecting them by mouse and moving mouse up down Or you may adjust pots more accurately with arrow keys in your keyboard Please notice that in the Player panel there is the Editor Setup panel in the right side The Editor works with 6Appeal in duplex communication This means that all modifications on one side are reflected immediately to the other side Player Filter Pan Seq tros Foz env miai You may select presets in Player tab by one of the following ways 1 Selecting it from the menu in middle of the clock Moving the pot like encoder below it Clicking Next or Prev buttons there Clicking on LEDs in the clock By any possible way from 6Appeal oe i 2015 Spicetone OU www spicetone com V istluse 9 Tallinn 10132 Estonia European Union The Midi interface is quite slow and selecting a new preset when still reading previous one may break the communication This situation is reported by red line error message in the Message line In this case simply select the preset again CES ron E EIB ore tons M e poset RY wn sn a Savo Prosel preset Do Se Import Preset In the lower part of Editor window there is a panel to work with Preset
5. ation it is useful to have access to main parameters the same time In this case you may find useful to work in the way that being in one menu in Editor and in some other menu in 6Appeal the same time And please think about possibility to use some External Midi Controller to make your workflow more tactile Even having control over some main distortion and filter parameters from Controller may make your sound creation process much smoother Enjoy working with the Editor 10 2015 Spicetone OU www spicetone com V istluse 9 Tallinn 10132 Estonia European Union 4 SOFTWARE UPDATE EXCERPT FROM THE USER MANUAL 4 1 HOW TO CHECK SOFTWARE VERSION To checking the software version of your 6Appeal you have to read colour codes in Menu 10 Clock Position 12 SWVERSION Menu 10 Clock 12 Submenu 10 12 of software version SUBMENU 10 12 Global SWVer X Y Z X Clock 1 3 Y Clock 4 8 Z Clock 9 12 On R Y G Off D Clock4 Clock5 Clock6 Clock7 Clock8 vo co Le 101010 po po opio po fo a of at 0 LED is OFF 1 LED is On Another way to explain it Clock4 Clock5 Clock6 Clock7 Clock8 731 15 Max SO OO There s a binary code reference table on the next page 11 2015 Spicetone OU www spicetone com V istluse 9 Tallinn 10132 Estonia European Union 5 bit binary code table o o 00100 P1000 E ow ooo omn owo ow ow om o oo oo E om oo E o ow
6. ct Update Driver Software 4 Browse for downloaded and unpacked directory dfuprog_driver_win and check Include subfolders 5 Click Install when prompted to install device software 6 TivaWare Device Firmware Upgrade should appear in Device Manager 7 Repeat Firmware Update Guide steps 3 8 After the update we suggest to enter Menu 10 short click ENC browse to Pot 10 blinking and reload defaults by holding ENC FX ESC longer than 2 seconds Also some updates might add or change menus like how many slots are used and what are the values in that case you either have to toggle corresponding slots with ENC once or load initial preset We will notify if it s needed We will notify it in the release notes if it is needed If driver installation fails or prog bat fails to program the device please email us supportOspicetone com 13
7. e com V istluse 9 Tallinn 10132 Estonia European Union HE Security amp Privac Q In the Security amp Privacy panel select e o General tab and in the Allow apps SR GE ovut Frowa Privacy downloaded from selection select Anywhere A login password has been set for this user Change Password a confirmation is asked for the selection Require password immediately after sleep or screen saver begins Show a message when the screen is locked Disable automatic login If the General panel is greyed out then click in the lock symbol lower left corner to allow changes you will be asked system password Allow apps downloaded from for N a pia i and identified developers Anywhere ES Click the lock to prevent further changes Advanced Now open the Editor which causes a message about Internet downloaded application Click the Open button which should open the 6Appeal Editor Close the Editor and open it Sappeal app is an application downloaded from the again now it should be open Internet Are you sure you want to open it without the warning A Safari downloaded this file today at 11 49 from online spicetone com Finally restore your security settings 2 Cancel Show Web Page Open in the Security amp Privacy panel and check if the 6Appeal Editor now opens without problems The second way to avoid the problem is to download the application from Windows computer still the Mac version co
8. eal User Manual Finally the general disclaimer about software although we have verified the Editor very carefully we are not able to guarantee no bugs there and take any responsibility of possible consequences of use of the Editor Therefore to keep yourself in the safe side we recommend you from time to time make snapshots of your presets to computer to minimize risk of losing your valuable work The 6Appeal Editor is supported for Mac computers running OSX version 10 10 Yosemite or higher and for Windows computers running 64 bit version of Windows 7 or Windows 10 2015 Spicetone OU www spicetone com V istluse 9 Tallinn 10132 Estonia European Union 2 EDITOR SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 2 1 6APPEAL FIRMWARE UPDATE To work with Editor 6Appeal firmware has to be 1 1 0 or higher If you still have original 1 0 0 version in your box please update How to check the firmware version and how to update is described in 6Appeal User Manual Chapter 12 We also copied the chapter to the end of the document you re reading now Please notice that the firmware update software runs only under Windows In Mac computers you need some Windows emulation we have checked that it runs perfectly well under Parallels So far we have not had chance to check any other emulator Finally you need an USB to mini USB cable for the update procedure 2 2 INSTALLATION ON MAC COMPUTERS To install Editor software on Mac computer please do the following
9. f om nmw no o nmn mo ma OC mw a 7 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 3 4 2 How TO UPDATE Occasionally Spicetone offers software updates that boost your pedal s capabilities or smooth the experience Please note that software updates are not mandatory As the updater software is provided by third party Texas Instruments and performed by you Spicetone cannot guarantee that everything goes well If something goes bad drop an email to support spicetone com and we will try to find a solution 12 2015 Spicetone OU www spicetone com V istluse 9 Tallinn 10132 Estonia European Union First of all never plug your 6 Appeal effect device off during software update Ensure a good electrical connection Loss of power can brick your pedal This being said actual process should not be too hard to follow if you have done similar with other devices You even do not lose your presets unless the update is stated to change to user interface in great scale For software update you need a USB cable mini USB to USB2 or USB3 or anything similar you have on your computer Currently firmware update is limited to be performed on Windows operating systems only Firmware Update Guide 1 Goto www spicetone com and find the update package for your device Download it and unpack The unpacked directory contains dfuprog exe performing the update You will also find bi
10. l Editor again 2015 Spicetone OU www spicetone com V istluse 9 Tallinn 10132 Estonia European Union If you run some antivirus software in your computer depending on the settings this software may not allow you to run applications downloaded from Internet There are too many antivirus software packages and we are not able to give you exact rules for every piece of software Just some general rules about If you see any message of type of Virus neutralized from your antivirus software after launching 6Appeal Editor and Editor not starting up then try to switch automatic virus neutralization temporarily OFF This may be in your antivirus settings also like Ask before neutralizing virus which you actually have to switch ON If you then launch 6Appeal Editor again answer your antivirus not to neutralize the software Most probably you may later restore your antivirus settings as they typically learn the software you want to run We also recommend you before launching the Editor first time to check the download with your antivirus software to be sure your antivirus does not see any problems with We hope you accept these inconveniences as that is the life at Internet age 2015 Spicetone OU www spicetone com V istluse 9 Tallinn 10132 Estonia European Union 3 WORKING WITH 6APPEAL EDITOR 3 1 STARTING UP First you need Midi connections 1 Connect a Midi cable from 6Appeal Midi Out to Midi In of your computer Midi i
11. lways the Quit Editor button in the upper right corner to complete your editing process and quit the Editor This will restore some of your original or changed in Editor Midi settings in 6Appeal If Editor is quitted any other way the original Midi settings are not going to be restored 3 4 WORKING WITH EXTERNAL MIDI CONTROLLER You may include an External Midi Controller to the Editor to make you sound design process more tactile Connect the external controller to your computer Midi interface input and select the interface and Controller Midi channel from Editor Setup panel Player tab Please notice that the External Controller has to use different channel number to Midi channel from 6Appeal 6Appeal Midi Out 2015 Spicetone OU www spicetone com V istluse 9 Tallinn 10132 Estonia European Union 3 5 SOME HINTS TO WORK WITH EDITOR It is obviously much simpler to select menu items from Editor than it is to perform the same in 6Appeal menus But we have found that adjusting sound by pots in 6Appeal is often more tactile than doing it by mouse in computer screen especially when having guitar in your hands Please remember that being in Menus in 6Appeal the Prev Next knobs in 6Appeal browse through menus the FX Esc knob switches back to Player Mode and being in Player Mode you may get into the menus by short clicking the Encoder knob Often you may want to adjust two menus the same time For instance when adjusting some modul
12. n and bat files specific to firmware version 2 Connect 6Appeal to you computer with USB cable 3 Bringthe device into DFU Device Firmware Update mode a Disconnect dc supply cable from 6Appeal b While pressing PREV ENC NEXT simultaneously connect dc supply cable to 6Appeal Do not confuse with PREV FX NEXT Correct is left and right footswitch encoder LEDs flash and become dark d If correct driver installed your computer should automatically detect TivaWare Device Firmware Upgrade shown in Device Manager of Windows Control Panel If your computer does not find 6Appeal device driver installation failed please follow Driver Installation Guide below Double click prog_x y z bat normally you would choose the latest version Security Warning dialog box may appear click Run to continue Terminal window opens showing the progress If programmed successfully 6Appeal restarts You can close terminal window by pressing any key You are done N O N ol Follow Driver Installation Guide when running device firmware update first time or when Windows Control Panel Device Manager shows unrecognised device Stellaris Device Firmware Update under section Other devices after running step 3 b above 1 Download the device driver package from www spicetone com 2 Bring the device into DFU mode 3 Open Device Manager of Windows Control Panel Right mouse click on device Stellaris Device Firmware Update and sele
13. nterface 2 Connect a Midi cable from Midi Out of your computer interface to Midi In of 6Appeal a Please notice that both connections are needed for Editor to operate b If Editor will report Midi transfer problems please check the cables input of one device has to go to output of other device and vice versa Next start Editor in a way described in the software installation section Network midiproov AU DLS Synth 1 Network midiproov Then select your Midi Interface from Editor Setup Panel right side panel in Player menu This works in the following way 1 Select from the menu Midi input Interface where your 6Appeal is connected to 2 The Editor tries itself to select Midi output interface with the same name as the input Interface If that does not work the Midi Out has different name or connected to different interface Editor reports Midi communication errors In this case please select Midi Out yourself 3 Give afew seconds to Editor to communicate with 6Appeal for initial setup a Ifstarted up correctly it reports Started up message on the right side of Setup tab Editor may change your 6Appeal Midi setup to work with it needs Midi In and Out ON and MidiThru and MidiAll OFF It will restore your original Midi setup if Editor is closed by Quit Editor button If Editor is closed any other way the original Midi setup is not going to be restored x Quit Editor clear 2015 Spicetone OU www spicetone com V istluse 9
14. py it to your Mac computer unzip it then it should not be considered as a downloaded application and run with no problems You may use a Windows emulator in your Mac computer for At least we have checked this working with Parallels 2 3 INSTALLATION ON WINDOWS COMPUTERS To install Editor software on Windows computer please do the following 1 Download compressed Windows version of Editor package 6appeal_win zip from our web wWww spicetone com 2 Unzip it by right clicking on the file name in explorer and selecting Extract All It unzips it as a folder 6appeal 3 You may move this folder where ever you like in your computer just keep all the components of the folder organized the same way 4 Inthe folder you find an application 6appeal exe Open the Editor by double clicking on this name a You may create a shortcut of the file and move it to where ever you like and open the Editor by double clicking on the shortcut If the Editor does not open reporting some system error your computer most probably misses some Visual Studio components needed for the Editor Please do the following 1 Install Visual C Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio corresponding to your operating system from Microsoft webpage For example 2015 version https www microsoft com en us download details aspx id 48145 Please note that for Windows 7 and 10 you should prefer C Package from 2013 or older 2 Then proceed to open the 6Appea
15. s Banks and Global parameters This mainly means recalling and saving presets and banks and changing Global parameters in 6Appeal Export commands give you possibility to save Presets and Banks in your computer Activating them opens computer file selection box to give name and select location for the data Import commands work in the other direction to read Presets and or Banks from your computer to 6Appeal They open file selection box to you to select the information from computer As Midi interface is a slow interface exporting and importing Banks may take a tens of seconds Please do not change Midi parameters from 6Appeal when working with Editor this may break the duplex character of the process or even break up the process completely Also when changing some Midi global parameters in the Editor Midiln MidiOut MidiThru and MidiAll they are not reflected immediately to 6Appeal just after Quit Editor command Please notice that many interface buttons give you hint about their action if mouse moved on top of them x Quit Editor It is important to understand that during editing process Restore 6Appeal Midi settings and quit Editor the Preset parameters in fact are stored in 6Appeal If 6Appeal has power off during editing the changes are going to be lost if they have not been saved to non Name it volatile memory before power off Please always save your presets before completion of editing 3 3 QUITTING EDITOR Please use a
16. ws software to control 6Appeal from computer for sound design purposes It also allows to export import your presets and banks of your presets to from computer for information storage and exchange with other users Quick Start summaries all the steps you need to work with Editor and we hope the use of Editor is enough intuitive for 6Appeal users But we still recommend you to read the full document through to get maximum value out of the Editor To use the Editor please follow these steps 1 Download the software package from www spicetone com Install the software on your computer Make Midi connections between 6Appeal and your computer Midi Interface Select the Midi interface from Editor Setup panel Start Editing Please remember that 6Appeal does hold presets in volatile memory during the editing process and you have to save the modified presets to non volatile memory by Save command s before power off You may also save the whole bank of presets with a single Save Bank command s 7 Quit the Editor by Quit Editor button in the upper right part of Editor window This will restore your original Midi settings in 6Appeal as the Editor may change them to work with the module If you quit Editor any other way the original settings may not be restored Oye ES To work with Editor the 6Appeal firmware has to be 1 1 0 or higher If your version is still original 1 0 0 please update the firmware the instructions for are in 6App
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