LX122 User Manual - XILS-lab
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1. Popup Over On shows a popup window when the mouse is over a switch Popup Name On the name of the current modified parameter is displayed GUI update low slow refresh rate for the GUI Useful when it is necessary to save CPU power GUI update middle standard refresh rate for GUI GUI update fast fast refresh rate for GUI Useful when it is necessary to precisely follow the sequencer s led for instance 9 3 Misc Init settings from current settings initializes the default values of the LX122 from the current settings All the new presets will be created from these settings when the init settings choice is selected These parameters will also be used when setting a control to its default value Win CTRL Click OSX ALT Apple Click Wheel Incr 0 01 parameter increment of 0 01 when using of the mouse wheel Wheel Incr 0 05 parameter increment of 0 05 when using of the mouse wheel Wheel Incr 0 1 parameter increment of 0 1 when using of the mouse wheel 10 Credits Concept of LX122 and original Ul design was done by Xavier Oudin Rotating speaker and Stereo processing concept and coding were done by Xavier Oudin Digital Signal Processing and plug in coding was done by Xavier Oudin The graphical user interface was created by Xavier Oudin helped by Laurent Bourgeon The graphics created by Yannick Bonnefoy This manual was written by Xavier Oudin And proofread and corrected by Michael Logue The presets2. the instruments parameters Knobs On LX122 most sound parameters like the delay time and feedback or the filter s Cut Off frequency are controlled using Knobs To adjust the parameters of LX122 with the mouse you have two axes horizontal and vertical which will give the same results To increase a parameters value click and drag the knob to the right or to the top To decrease a parameter value click and drag the knob to the left or to the bottom If you right click on a parameter or if you hold shift while clicking you can adjust the parameter with fine precision the button of the toolbar displays a panel summarizing these shortcuts Keyboard shortcuts In addition we have provided some soft keys combination to perform several very useful tasks Windows e CTRL left click reset parameter to its default value e CTRL right click or CTRL Shift left click initialize the default value of the parameter e Win Alt CTRL click open the MIDI Control panel with the parameter already selected OSX e Apple left click reset parameter to its default value e Apple Shift left click initialise the default value of the parameter Apple Alt CTRL click open the MIDI Control panel with the parameter already selected 7 Rotating speakers cabinet At the middle of the last Century Mr Leslie was disappointed by the sound of his just bought Hammond organ comparing to what he has heard in the large showroom of the store I then
3. were done by Lotuzia Xavier Oudin Mathias Brussel Thanks to Nori Ubukata Mathias Brussel Laurent Bourgeon Kelvin Ford Ingo Weidner Boele Gerkes Modules licenses The LX122 parameters concept emulation of the Rotating speakers reverberation unit True Stereo Engine are licensed by Xavier Oudin to XILS lab for exclusive use in LX122 software
4. Al Save m XILS tab PRESET init 122 Choral OFT 10 NS LX wa Koraring Speakers Cabiner PE LEVEL 0de 6 0 dB 4 DAY WET SPEED SLOW FAST Mo SPEED SLOW FAST HO CABINET EFFECT MIC ANGLE TIME HDAMP HIGH PASS gt OH Large E E E B0 Hz Medium Y L 1 Eh 160 Hz Small REVERE User Manual Table of contents AA PA A 7 Al A BES o a a iaa a iria iia ee A MT O OS 7 AA AAA ee E AAA AA A 7 SS PRESEL MANAGEMENT oca A AA A A A A A A AAA AAA 8 A e A WE ET EY 8 yi W F AAA n aa nek nan a kn AA azi ak kn tea an a aaa aka kak ak 8 PE LL TE NE RAK NY A YN ET a W EN TWA E a eer ee eee MT MN een a 10 54 SONE MENT ADO TAL FUNCTIONS A A A A eraa l n AAA 10 A A O 11 6 ADJUSTING THE INSTRUMENTS PARAMETERS KNOBS eeeeeeeeeooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 11 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing the LX122 LX122 is a rotating speaker emulation featuring XILS lab proprietary True Stereo Dynamic Engine TSDE Thanks to this advance you now have a whole new way to record the rotating speaker effect Knowing that the real sound of a rotating speaker depends mostly on how it reacts to the room where itis the TSDE algorithm allows to extract the exact feeling of this well known and always wanted effects The tube based amplification heart of the most important characteristics of the original concept has not been forgotten Its drive parameter allows you to overload its in
5. RESET init 122 Choral r A OPTIONS Rorar n Speakers abner ketoketin es 7 SPEED SLOW FAST CO SPEED FAST CABINET EFFECT MIC ANGLE TIME HDAMP HIGH PASS N OH Large S E E 214 e Medium 160 Hz Small REVERE You ll find on the main Panel the following areas the general levels area the Slow Fast Stop commands and the studio cabinet settings area 8 1 The general level area wo vu meters help to keep the volume at the Correct level ae LEVEL set the output gain of the LX122 It has a 0 dB 6 0 dB wide range as the stereo space can bring small gain DAYANWET DRY WET the mix between the dry and the processed signal The rotating speakers effects is normally a full wet effect but adding dry signal can give some nice phasing effects DRIVE This knob helps to overload the tube base amplification circuitry without changing too much he overall level Turning left toward 1 will give ou a different algorithm than turning right toward 2 DUAL MODE when engaged this switch allows the left and right channels to be treated by two independent paths At the expense of a higher CPU load this is giving you a four speakers cabinet as if wo units would be used 8 1 1 Slow Fast Stop Area The LX122 provide a cabinet structure holding a drum and a horn hence the buttons allowing to engage the slow or fast mode are displayed to offer to command the drum or the horn independently Clicking on th
6. cies are reduced during the reverberation time Turning left reduce the high frequency level while turning right increases them Large Medium Small This selector allows you to change the reverberation algorithm from small to large 9 Option menu This menu allows choosing the global settings These settings are defined for all the instances of the LX122 Each time an option is changed the related option file is saved 9 1 Main In the toolbar the Options button opens a menu for selecting various options for the LX122 This menu shows the following options settings LX122 About displays information about the LX122 version build date and credits Open MIDI settings panel Opens a popup where you can assign MIDI controllers for each of the LX122 s parameters Click on the parameter label to select the parameter you want assign then enter the MIDI controller number from O to 127 or switch on the learning switch and send a MIDI command with the correct MIDI controller number The LX122 will memorize it This setting popup can also be opened by CTRL ALT Apple Left click Mac or CTRL Win ALT Left click Win on the desired LX122 parameter 9 2 Display Output level follows presets When checked this option allows the output level to follow the presets That means that the output level is programmed with the value saved in the preset Otherwise it keeps its value Popup On shows a popup window while modifying the value of a knob
7. e SLOW switch engages the slow mode giving the well known Choral effect This means that the corresponding motor speed will decrease at a rate set by the deceleration knob see below the cabinet settings chapter until it reaches the slow speed Inversely clicking on the FAST button engages the fast mode giving the well known Tremolo effect This means that the corresponding motors speed will increase at a rate set by the acceleration knob see below the cabinet settings chapter until it reaches the fast speed Clicking on the STOP button will stop the corresponding motor This means that the speed will decrease at a rate set by the deceleration knob until it stops At this time the position of the speaker is then no controllable 8 1 2 Studio Area In this part you can also change the characteristics of the room as well as the reverberation algorithms SLOW FAST Mo CABINET EFFECT MIC ANGLE TIME HDAMP Y hy Large E E E 4 Medium i Small REVERB CABINET EFFECT this knob sets the importance of the internal cabinet reflexions Turned it left will make the sound as if there were no cabinet wood panel MIC ANGLE These knobs change the angle of the microphones if the microphones are not directed toward the cabinet the room will then be more present As if a dry wet of the reverberation would be turned in the wet direction TIME This knob set the reverberation time HDAMP This knob sets how the high frequen
8. etailed in chapter 5 of this manual 5 Preset Management 5 1 Main Toolbar At the left of the toolbar you can find one displaying the category name Bank Author Type Style Feeling or Project which open the sort management menus The first text fields show the current sorting group and the second one shows the current preset Clicking on the name field of the category or preset names opens the corresponding menus Note When a parameter is modified the name of the preset is followed by a indicating that the current settings of the LX122 no longer match the stored preset When you want to save a modified preset click on the Save or Save As button In order to prevent you from erasing them the Factory presets cannot be modified When you edit a Factory preset the Save button will be grayed out and you will have to use the Save As function to save it in another bank If you edit any other preset than a Factory one the Save and Save As function will both be available The main difference is that the Save function will save the preset under its current name and with its current tags overwriting the previous incarnation of the preset while the Save as function opens a dialog box where you can modify the name of the preset the bank in which it will be stored and all its tags The settings of LX122 are then saved in the currently displayed preset and the disappears Clicking on the Save As button to duplicate and save this
9. ets Sort By sorts the presets according the bank author project or shows all presets Bank Name Author Name Project Name All Presets The preset menu will show presets of the same category same author Same project or same bank 3 n b Init 122 Choral TestBank b init 122 Tremolo User b Init Rename Delete Factory Export Bank Import Bank STUDIO WALLE None Use Factory TIME Sort By T Export Bank exports a bank in LX122 proprietary cross platform format Mac and PC The selected bank i e the bank which contains the currently active preset will be exported to a user specified location on your hard drive Import Bank allows you to browse your hard drives to select a file and imports a Masque bank 5 5 A B comparison You can store two different settings at the same time and instantly switch from one to the other to compare their settings These two settings are stored in the A and B memories When you launch LX122 the default activated memory is A When you load or modify a preset this memory A is also modified in real time according to your edits You can switch to B memory by clicking on the B button To copy the current active memory content to the other memory slot just press the button labeled gt or lt according to the current active memory With this A B comparison system you can easily have two settings and compare them in a convenient way 6 Adjusting
10. ment categories it would become very difficult to browse the library using the Style sorting Once you have filled in all the desired required fields SAVE AS Will save the current preset in the chosen Bank with its new or unchanged Name tags in all the fields you filled in REPLACE Allows saving the current preset in another location This is handy to gather a lot of preset into a single location or User Bank which you can export in a single file containing all the presets you created or edited for a given project CANCEL Will just cancel all operations and return to the standard LX122 GUI 5 3 Sort menus These sorting menus are a powerful and unique tool Allowing you to perform sophisticated tasks like displaying the preset list with one of the following selections e All the Settings tagged with a given musical genre e All the presets you have made for one tack one live project etc Author Project w Type Style Feeling All 5 4 Sorting Menu Additional Functions In this menu other actions are also available Delete deletes all of the presets of the current group that are not factory ones IMPORTANT Use this function with care If the bank does not contain any factory presets ALL PRESETS IN THIS BANK WILL BE PERMANENTLY DELETED Rename modifies the current group name Selecting this choice will open a window where the new name will be entered Use Factory enables or disables the display of factory pres
11. nd later To install LX122 on a computer equipped with Mac OSX 10 5 0 or later double click the file LX122 Premium osx setup dmag Please download the latest version from the XILS lab website Then launch the install program LX122 pkg and follow the instructions Warning the install program will ask you for your system password The various files of the LX122 will be copied into the following directories Library Application Support Digidesign Plug Ins Library Audio Plug Ins Components Library Audio Plug Ins VST XILS lab 32 Library Audio Plug Ins VST XILS lab 64 Library Application Support Documentation XILS lab LX122 Library Application Support XILS lab LX122 users username Library Preferences XILS lab LX122 _ e 4 Getting Started 4 1 Insert or Bus Like any other effect units LX122 can be inserted in the instrument channel of your mixer or DAW or be used on an auxiliary bus There are advantages and disadvantages to each method 4 1 1 LX122 as insert When inserted on the instrument channel you can adjust the dry wet signal between the incoming dry Signal and the delay signal wet using the DRY WET knob located at the bottom right of the unit This can result in a loss of the global volume therefore you should use the Global Output Gain knob to compensate for this 4 1 2 LX122 on a Bus When placed in an auxiliary bus LX122 provides you total control of the processed signal You can EQ it compress it choo
12. on This serial number will never be asked for again even when installing updates Tip It is always a good idea to back up this serial number or to print it in case you should have to reinstall LX122 i e if you encountered a HD crash for example or have to reinstall your OS 3 2 Windows XP VISTA Windows 7 To install LX122 on Windows XP Vista or Windows 7 launch the installer file LX122 Premium_win_setup exe Please download the latest version from the XILS lab website Once you have accepted the license agreement you will be asked to select the installation directory and provided with a default one Presets and various files like this manual used by the LX122 will be stored in this directory Please note that this location is different from the VST install directory which you will need to specify in the next step of the installer Once the installation directory is specified you will be asked to select the VST plug in directory with a suggested default location Keep this default directory if you do not use the VST version Important notice for Vista or Windows 7 be sure to use a folder owned by the user do not use c program files for instance Otherwise you will have to run your music application with administrator rights The RTAS plug in and its table control management Pro Tools are directly copied into the following directory C Program Files Common Files Digidesign DAE Plug Ins 3 3 Mac OSX 10 5 0 a
13. preset with another name and or to other sorting groups clicking on the Move To will change its name and or other sorting groups 5 2 Preset menu Factory Presets LX122 contains many Factory Presets including standard well known Rotating Speakers configurations and uses Hint We d recommend to Choose TYPE as first criteria in the sorting menu when you begin to play with LX122 and use the preset type corresponding to the situation Click the Preset name field to open the preset menu Here you can choose and load another preset from the current sort groups into LX122 PRESET EET w Init 122 Choral Init 122 Tremolo Init Open Preset Information Export You can also use the Up next preset Down previous arrows located at the right of the preset name to browse presets In this menu other actions are also available Delete Preset use this to delete the current preset a popup confirmation window appears This option is only available if the current preset is not a factory one Export Preset Use this function to export the current preset in an external file mskd format This file can be imported later as a new bank It always makes sense to back up your presets on external support like CD ROMs etc Open preset Information or click on SAVE AS opens the following preset information window where the name and all other information related to the current preset can be displayed or changed PRESET INFORMATION So
14. put circuitry in a simple but efficient way giving the distortion that nice tube feeling And last but not least LX122 allows you to change the structure of the rotating speaker cabinet removing the drum or the horn increasing the length of the horn or changing the speed of the Slow or Fast mode independently for the both motors What about a four motor cabinet The dual mode mimics this never done before model where left and right channel are dived into two independent speaker pairs each with their own speed never in sync giving an even more dramatic effect 2 Features LX122 offers True stereo path independent Right and Left Rotating speaker structure e e True Stereo Dynamic Engine e Three reverberation algorithms e All parameters are MIDI controllable LX122 is available in the following formats Mac OSX 10 5 and later 64 and 32 bits VST Audio Unit RTAS Pro Tools 7 0 and later Windows 7 XP and Vista 64 and 32 bits VST RTAS Pro Tools 7 0 and later RTAS BRAS TIKA AE L A Audio Units Universal Minimum system requirements 1 Gigabyte of RAM and a 1 GHz processor LX122 is a plug in and is not available as a standalone application 3 Installation 3 1 Serial number LX122 uses a simple proprietary serial number based protection When launching LX122 for the first time it will ask for this number After submitting you must close and re launch it once to complete the registrati
15. rsenghal Factory test CREATED 21 12 2011 XILS lab ODLET 21M212011 Tutorial ki is ul Cancel Default In this window you can modify the Name of the preset specify the Bank in which the preset will be saved and also enter information in the other fields Author Your name otherwise used by Sound Designers for factory presets Type Category of the instrument like Keys Leads Basses etc Style Musical Genre Feeling Cold warm soft Project My Song My Live Project Note You can also see its creation date and the last update date To modify a preset name click in the preset field and enter the new preset name this will also save all the current settings To change preset information click on the display this will open a menu when you can select one of the existing items Note You can add a new item in any category and therefore create custom banks custom styles Projects categories of instruments etc To add a new item in any filed select New at the bottom of the list Note You may have to browse until the end of the list in order to select new depending on its length A Pop Up window opens when you can enter the new name The current preset will then be associated to this new item Note Please be aware that creating too many categories can also have its drawbacks and make browsing become from difficult and painful to nearly impossible Should you create around 200 different custom instru
16. se to add reverb on it or a different reverb than on the dry signal in short you can perform all the processing you want You can also render the signal of LX122 on an audio track then cut paste slice edit it In an auxiliary track LX122 can also receive data from SEVERAL separate audio channels You can experiment with this and create stunning effects that would be different if LX122 received only a Single channel signal In that method you must turn full right the Dry wet parameter remove the dry signal To mix between dry and wet you will use the global level of each individual tracks and or the global level of the LX122 4 2 Toolbar PRESET inti22Ghorak OPTIONS Note The toolbar at the top of the interface allows you to load or save presets make a comparison between settings A and B or modify the options These functions are described in detail later in this manual Click on the PRESET name field to show the available presets in the current sorted group Please note that selecting a new preset without saving your current settings will erase any changes you have made to those settings Click on the sort arrow button to display the current sorted group and to choose the preset within it You can sort presets by Author Feeling Type Style Bank or Projects Click on the sorting label over the sorted group name to sort your preset according to your preferences Please note that LX122 powerful Preset management is fully d
17. tried to design a system which gave the same feeling of a pipe organ by a moving speaker Further experimentations resulted in the familiar combination of a rotating drum and horn for bass and treble frequencies respectively creating special audio effects using the Doppler effect Although there is a lot a various models the classic Leslie speaker consists of two driver units a stationary treble unit with spinning horns called Horn in this manual and a stationary woofer and spinning rotor called Drum in this manual with a crossover that divides the frequencies between the horn and the woofer Both the horns and a sound baffle for the bass are rotated to create Doppler effect based vibrato tremolo and chorus effects The rotating elements can be stopped switched between slow chorale and fast tremolo or transitioned between the two settings Not only the unit gives this particular effect but also the ensemble it creates with the room where it 1s located The LX122 emulates the Horn and the Drum as well as the room where various coherent reflections are occurring when they are rotating It also emulates the tube base amplifier as well as the intrinsic characteristics of the Drum woofer response and drum size or the Horn Tweeter response horn size and diffusers 6 The Main Panel The base concept of LX122 is that everything you need to play with it live is available from the Main Panel except the advance modulation settings P
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