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Opcode Galaxy Plus Editors Version 2.x User Manual from 1995

1. devices EBES ENE sequence A SE Meter 474 seqlen m 3 1 gt 0 Display Phrases 10 3 240 Tempo 164 82 3 1 0 s ewe 1 bar_ ab Een e on f R m sS Track Len instrumen t Comment gt 3 Jo A Ez pur EYE Figure 13 10 Select as Many Tracks as Devices NOTE If you have multiple identical devices in a Bundle and you select Banks from each device you should select tracksin Vision for each device F or example say you have two M 1 s and you select a Bank from each of them then you should select two tracks in Vision Choose Edit Paste Tracks Galaxy pastes the system exclusive data from the Banks into the selected tracks The length of the track is determined by the amount of data different patch types contain different amounts of data Each track s Instrument is named automati cally for each exported device 92 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 13 File Menu AELE Sequence A EE Meter 474 seq Len TE Display Phrases 1 3 360 Tempo 164 82 10 11 1 0 sitence 1 bar_ P Ec e n i Rm s track Len instrument Comment i 3 Jo G otev E bl 10 Proteus 2 1 E Em Secr Figure 13 11 Clipboard Pasted to Selected Vision Tracks As an
2. 61 Playing Your MIDI Controller seem 61 Playing the M acintosh K eyboard ssssseee eee 62 Playing Sequences sssssssseeeennennenenenetn tnter 62 Recording a Sequence sss eene 62 Playing a Sequence 62 Galaxy Manual iii Table of Contents CHAPTER 11 CHAPTER 12 Cataloging Patches 65 Patch Information sss 65 Attaching Keywords to Patches 65 Creating Custom Categories and Keywords 68 Attaching Comments to Patches ssssssseeeeeeee 69 Sharing Patches with Attached Custom K eywords 70 Saving Patch Information ssssseeeeeneenenens 70 Finding Patches 71 OVervieW icc pe dee nee PR E Ree Qe eredi 71 Performing A General Find sse 71 Performing A Specific Find sene 73 Searching for Patch Names and or Comments 73 Searching for Keywords seen 75 Choosing a Patch Type to Find sse 80 Choosing Where to Search sse 80 Choosing a Search Type 81 Finding the Patch You ve Specified sss 82 PART 4 Menu Reference 83 CHAPTER 13 File Menu 85 NeW Buridlg titre tee m rre n vr etd 85 New Bank rain n e bb Ee EO A 86 New Libraty n cree iaa ete 87 O pen zai et e E ode t d P E ecd ege 87 GOS GS ciiam been Pneterea
3. Only show devices in current setup Figure 5 1 Typical Select Device Dialog Box Galaxy Manual 25 PART 2 Banks Bundles and Libraries Select the desired device The list scrolls if all the devices don t fit in the dialog box Click the OK button Galaxy creates a Bundle Window for the device of the selected type see Figure 5 2 The Select Device Dialog Box As shown in Figure 5 1 there are two col umns in the Select Device dialog box Device Type column This shows all devices supported by the librarian modules you ve installed into Galaxy e Device in current Setup column This lists any devices in your current OM S Studio Setup document that are of the Device Type shown in the left column If you see dashes it s because your current Studio Setup document doesn t contain any devices of the type installed into Galaxy You may wish to check the Only Show Devices in OMS Setup check box When this option is checked the Select Device dialog box shows only the installed devices that are also in your cur rent Studio Setup document TOURING THE BUNDLE WINDOW Below is a typical Bundle Window H5bundle NENNEN i Device Tupe IFt Korg 45 Device amp Banks Global Drumkits X3 Multi Effects Setup MLILTIS Figure 5 2 Typical Bundle Window this one for a Korg X5 synthesizer Bundle Windows as shown in Figure 5 2 contain the follo
4. CHAPTER 8 Libraries Library Basics sss eee Creating a Library sesser Touring The Library Window Opcode Systems Inc Table of Contents CHAPTER 9 Pilling a EIbraryza i ne Ae bial 43 Patch Names in a Library esee eem 45 Avoiding Duplicate Patches seen 46 Savirig a lIDEary aiite et tierna oed aget ended 47 Sending A Library Patch To A Device sssssseeeeeee 47 Bits and Pieces 49 Cut Copy and Paste Review sssssssseeeeeeeeeennns 49 The Option Drag M ethod ssssssseee eee 49 The Cut Copy Paste M ethod sssssssss eene 50 Pasting Parent amp Child Patches sess eee 50 Recognizing Parent Patches sssrinin 50 Viewing Child Patch Information ss 51 Sending Parent Patches sse 51 Pasting Parent Patches into a Bundle sss 51 Print the Contents of a Bank or Library sess 52 PART 3 Auditioning Cataloging and Finding Patches 53 CHAPTER 10 Auditioning Patches 55 Playing the M ouseKeyS sssssssssssse eene mene 55 Anatomy of the M ouseK eys Window sse 55 Channel Device Selection Controls sssssss 57 M ouseK eys Controls sss esee eee 59 M acintosh Keyboard Velocity Control s sss 61 M oving and Closing the M ouseK eys Window
5. Selection Controls MouseKeys Controls Emd Proteus 2 J MacVet 64 vel rm LazuKeus Repeat 90 MIDI Channels UO T212 141519 E C Auto CO Mutti 3 4 5 6 MouseKeys Keyboard Figure 10 1 Typical MouseKeys Window As seen in Figure 10 1 the M ouseK eys Window contains numerous controls and features E ach of these is discussed in the following sections MouseKeys Keyboard Use the M ouseK eys keyboard to audition patches right from your M acintosh screen Galaxy Manual 55 PART 3 Auditioning Cataloging and Finding Patches Octave Shift Buttons Keyboard Figure 10 2 MouseKeys Keyboard To use the M ouseK eys keyboard D Select the Load Send Send on Select option to check it Checking the Send on Select option causes Galaxy to automatically send patches to your synthesizer s edit buffer each time you click a patch name in Galaxy If your synthesizer doesn t have an edit buffer the patch will be sent to the highest numbered patch location In either a Bank Window or Library Window select a patch to audition by clicking it If you checked the Send on Select option as recommended in step 1 Galaxy automatically sends the patch to your synthesizer s edit buffer 3 Clickthe MouseKeys keyboard to play notes and release the mouse to stop the note from sounding You can click individual notes or you can drag the mouse across the keyboard like dragging your fi
6. Galaxy Manual 107 PART 4 Menu Reference 108 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 16 Setups Menu Galaxy Configuration Enable Input Devices Remote Control OMS Studio Setup 3 OMS MIDI Setup Preferences Figure 16 1 Setups Menu The Setups menu is available either when there are no windows open or when a Bundle Bank or Library Window is open It is not available if an Editor Window is active Usethe Setups menu to configure Galaxy to access OM S setups and to set up con trollers and remote control functions Galaxy Configuration Choose this command if you want to man ually install Librarian M odules into Galaxy Galaxy Configuration Show installed Devices D Patch types P Rkai S3000 E mu Proteus Install Device 381 Remove Device R E mu Proteus HR Kurzweil K2000 Oberheim Matriu 1000 Oberheim Matrix 6 Roland R 8M Yamaha DH11 Yamaha DH21 27 100 Yamaha TH812 Custom User created Programming Mode 36M Figure 16 2 Typical Galaxy Configuration Dialog Box NOTE This command will not install Editor Modules into Galaxy Plus Editors If you wish to manually install Editor M od ules you must install them from your master disks to the Galaxy E ditors folder on your hard disk The Galaxy Editors folder is in the same folder as the Galaxy application For detailed information about installing Editor M
7. This is useful if you want to copy all of the patches from a Bank into a Library You can also select additional patches using the M acintosh s Arrow Shift Tab and Return keys 5 To select the patch immediately above the selected patch type the UP ARROW key Alternately you could type the SHIFT RETURN keys To select the patch immediately below the selected patch type the DOWN ARROW key Alternately you could type the RETURN key Galaxy Manual 37 PART 2 Banks Bundles and Libraries 7 To select the patch to the left of the selected patch type the LEFT ARROW key Alternately you could type the SHIFT TAB keys To select the patch to the right of the selected patch type the RIGHT ARROW key Alternately you could type the TAB key NAMING PATCHES You can use Galaxy to rename patches D Choose Edit gt Enter Names When you check this option Galaxy enables patch naming When this item is un checked you cannot edit patch names 2 Click a patch name The cursor becomes an l beam indicat ing you can type a new name 3 Type a new name for the patch You can t use the extended Macintosh character set since most devices that store names can t store these charac ters Name length is determined by the device Press the Enter key Galaxy enters the new patch name and the cursor becomes an arrow If you rename any patches choose File gt Save to save the n
8. e You can reconnect MIDI cables as necessary For instance you could get a Bank of patches using the con nection shown in Figure 2 7 then unplug the cable from the Proteus MIDI OUT port and plug it into the K2000 s MIDI OUT port to audition the Proteus sounds e You can use two MIDI interfaces one on each port or a dual port MIDI interface like O pcode s Translator ProSync or Studio 3 MACINTOSH e Ms STANDARD UE Ww OU m 2 PORT MIDI OQ INTERFACE qo ALPE Emu Proteus 1 Kurzweil K2000 Figure 2 8 MIDI Studio with Dual Port Standard Interface Advanced Solutions You also have a few advanced solutions You can use an external MIDI merger to merge the M IDI outputs from both devices You can use an external M IDI patcher You can use a multi port interface like Opcode s Studio 4 or Studio 5 16 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 3 This chapter discusses important Galaxy terminology You will need to understand these terms before you continue with the Galaxy manual The discussions con tained in this chapter are very general and you can study them while seated away from the computer UNDERSTANDING SYNTHESIZER PATCH HIERARCHY Early synthesizers had no on board mem ory thus they contained only one patch composed of the settings used to create the sound M anufacturers began building synthesiz ers with an intern
9. 112 Square Link 113 lt gt 114 Sardonicus 115 Master Tron 116 Lo Wind Inst 117 Sympathetic 118 Windchimes 119 Boat Haus 120 Glitter God 121 Story Bass 122 Nice Night 123 Prophet Lead 124 Prophet Link 125 Whistl n Joe 126 Link2Shimmer 127 Sonbre Winds Figure 12 3 Patch Found Again NOTE If you want to stop a search in progress press command period You may have to hold down the key combination for a few seconds before F ind aborts 72 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 12 Finding Patches PERFORMING A SPECIFIC FIND When you perform a Specific Find you can ask Galaxy to search a specific folder or volume if you re using System 7 You can also search all open windows or the active Bundle Bank or Library With the Specific Find option you can choose which field names comments or keywords you want Galaxy to search For example if you enter a name then Galaxy searches only for matching names it does not search the comment or keyword fields This streamlines the search pro cess considerably Additionally the Specific Find procedure allows you to specify what you want Galaxy to do with the patches it finds found patches can be highlighted one ata time or they can be cut or copied to new Libraries IMPORTANT You cant perform a Find General or Specific in a bulk type file Also if you are searching for a parent patch type Galaxy will not search or find attached
10. Choose this command to save the struc ture of the active Bundle as a template or model for new documents This com mand does not save the actual patch data only the Bundle s structure Specifically a Bundle Template saves alist of devices in a Bundle and a list of Banks for each of those devices For atutorial using the Save As Tem plate command please see Creating Bundle Templates pg 32 Bundle Templates are saved in the Galaxy Setup file They are not saved with the Galaxy program Delete Template Choose this command to delete a Bundle Template from your Galaxy Setup file See Deleting Bundle Templates pg 33 for details about deleting Bundle Templates View By Name View By Icon The name of this command changes depending on which mode Galaxy is in e If Galaxy currently displays Bank iconsin a Bundle Window choose View By Nameto see only Bank names not icons in a Bundle Window e f Galaxy currently displays only Bank names in a Bundle Window choose View By Icon to see both Bank names and icons in a Bundle Window For more information see Viewing the Bank List pg 28 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 15 Bundle and Load Send Menus LOAD SEND MENU To make the Load Send menu accessi ble open either a Bank Window or Library Window or click in an existing Bank or Library Window to make it the active window Load Send Get Patch Type from Device 366 Send Patch T
11. Select the Devices to Add Device Type E mu Proteus Device in current setup HO E Proteus 2 E mu Proteus KR Kurz weil K2000 Oberheim Mateix 1000 Oberhein Matrix 6 Roland R Yamaha D111 fiber Yamaha D21 27 100 gm Yamaha TAB1Z Ez Tea Ez Matrix 1000 fe R 8m Only show devices in current setup Figure 13 2 Select Device Dialog Box From the scrolling list select the device s you want included in your new Bundle shift click to select multiple devices then click the OK button For more information see Creating a New Bundle pg 25 Galaxy Manual 85 PART 4 Menu Reference NOTE If you installed only a single Librar ian Module into Galaxy and that module works with only a single device then Galaxy opens a new untitled Bundle Window without producing the Select Device Dialog Box Bundle Templates If you ve created Bundle Templates choosing New Bundle opens a Select Template dialog box similar to the one shown in Figure 13 3 Type of new bundle Empty Bundle Live Bundle Studio A Bundle Studio B Bundle Figure 13 3 Select Template Dialog Box From the scrolling list select the desired Bundle type then click the OK button Galaxy opens a new Bundle Window that matches the template If you choose Empty Bundle from the Select Template dialog box Galaxy opens the Select Device dialog box
12. ences dialog box Choose the Delete Duplicate Patches command to purge a Library of all dupli cates Whenever duplicates are found the names of all the duplicate patches are dis played and you are given the opportunity to listen to the patch and choose your favorite name for that sound listen L RE These patch names in the library are all the same patch Choose a name to keep This is the same dialog box that appears if you try to paste a duplicate patch into a Library with the No Duplicates in Library option checked in the Prefer ences dialog box For a complete discussion of this dialog box see Avoiding Duplicate Patches pg 46 Delete Child Patches When aLibrary or Bank Window is open choose this command to delete all child patches attached to the currently selected parent patch 98 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 14 Edit Menu Set Empty Patch Choose this command to define your own empty patch for a M IDI device Galaxy uses an empty patch in two situations When you open a new Bank Galaxy automatically fills the new Bank with the empty patch When you clear a patch with the Clear command Galaxy replaces it with the empty patch Generally Galaxy uses an initial patch defined by the MIDI device s manufac turer as the empty patch You can define your own empty patch by choosing Set E mpty Patch When you choose this command Galaxy copies the se
13. windows and pop up menus You ll find it helpful to have a fundamental understanding of M IDI If you re com pletely new to MIDI please consider purchasing an introductory MIDI book from your local bookstore or music dealer Galaxy Manual PART 1 Getting Started with Galaxy Galaxy uses Opcode s Open M usic System OM S to communicate with all your M IDI hardware If you have never used OM S please read your OM S docu mentation before attempting to use Galaxy You must create an OM S Studio Setup document prior to using Galaxy This manual is divided into six parts PART 1 Getting Started with Galaxy This part includes this introductory chapter and additional chapters on installation and setup and Galaxy terminology PART 2 Banks Bundles and Libraries This part teaches you how to use all of Galaxy s storage methods includ ing Banks Bundles and Libraries PART 3 Auditioning Cataloging and Finding Patches This part discusses how to audition patches from within Galaxy and how to use Galaxy s builtin database fea tures to catalog and find patches PART 4 Menu Reference This part discusses every Galaxy menu command Each chapter dis cusses a different Galaxy menu PART 5 Galaxy Plus Editors This part teaches you how to install and use editor modules with Galaxy Plus Editors You must own O pcode s Galaxy Plus Editors program to use graphic editors If you would like
14. M odules run from inside a folder called Galaxy Editors which Galaxy automati cally creates in the same folder as the Galaxy Plus Editors application IMPORTANT Editor M odules cannot function unless the corresponding Librar ian M oduleis installed INSTALLING EDITORS Editor M odule installation is discussed in detail in Chapter 2 Installation amp Setup REM OVING EDITORS The only way to remove Editors M odules is to drag them out of the Galaxy Editors folder and into the trash IMPORTANT If you remove a Librarian M odule from Galaxy any Editor M odules corresponding to that Librarian M odule will no longer function though they are still stored in the Galaxy Editors folder PATCH EDITING EVOLUTION Patch is a term from the early days of electronic music when synthesizers con sisted of individual electronic modules linked together with patch cords Syn thesizer sounds became knows as Patches Today s synthesizer modules are con nected internally using advanced computer software E ven though patch cords are no longer used to create sound the terminology remains Galaxy Manual PART 5 Galaxy Plus Editors Early synthesizers had a knob switch or slider for every adjustable parameter Y ou could immediately accessible any parame ter which made sound design relatively simple Unfortunately all the knobs and switches made synthesizers very expensive To reduce costs and inc
15. U Slow Attack Effects E Ensemble Size Feel i Cance FH Amount Guitars Keyboard Macros E MIDI Controls E Musical Style E Part p E Percussion E amd J 9c nat Performance jjj KH Save fea Figure 12 8 Keywords to Find Dialog Box You ll see three list headings e Categories This lists all preset and custom categories When you select a category all the keywords in itare displayed in the K eywords list e Keywords This lists all preset and custom keywords assigned to a spe cific category e Find This is where you list all the keywords you want included in a search NOTE You can reorder words in the Cate gories and Keywords lists by Option dragging the desired word to a new location Click a category to select it highlighting it Notice that Galaxy displays all of that category s associated keywords in the Keywords list 3 Click a keyword to select it highlighting it CATEGORIES 7 KEYWORDS FIND MIDI Controls 2 Arpeggio IG C rig Musical Style E Backwards Part 2 Bowed Percussion Brushed CEE Chora Rating eel Fan Realism Flam S Release Flutter Lok _ Sound Effects E Gliss Up Split Layer Gliss Down Strings Growt Sustain Harmonics Synth Muted Tone Color amp Pick I Vocals i Pizzicato 2
16. Whip Windchimes Wineglass Woodblock Xylophone Synth Percussion Performance Arpeggio Backwards Bowed Brushed Chord Fall Flam Flutter Gliss Up Gliss Down Growl Harmonics Legato M uted Pick Pizzicato Portamento Random Repeated Riff Rise Roll Scrape Slap Stabs Staccato Struck Swell Tremolo Vibrato Rating Great Good Average Poor Terrible Realism Very Realistic Realistic Avg Realism Synthetic Very Synthetic Release V Fast Release Fast Release M edium Release Slow Release V Slow Release Galaxy Manual PART 6 Appendix Sound E ffects Airplane Buzzer Cat Computer Dog Door Slam Explosion Glass Break Gunshot Helicopter Machine Gun M otor M otorcycle M usic Box Ocean Rain Space Alien Splash Thunder Tire Screech Environment Wind Split Layer Keyboard Split Velocity Split Layer Crossfade Strings Violin Viola Cello Double Bass String Section Orchestra Synth Strings Sustain V Short Sustain Short Sustain M edium Sustain Long Sustain V Long Sustain Synth Analog Synth Digital Synth Sampled Synth Hybrid Synth Tone Color Airy Aggressive Belltone Brassy Breathy Brittle Buzzy Clean Crystalline Dissonant Distant Distorted Edge Ethereal Evolving Glasslike Gnarly Hollow Lush M etallic M icrotonal M uffled Nasal Noisy Percussive Reedy Opcode Systems Inc APPENDIX A Keywords Resonant
17. pg 37 Bank Type displays the Bank type shown in the active window Edit Button This button is available only if you installed a corresponding Editor and are using Galaxy Plus Editors Patch Editing is discussed in Chapter 20 Using Editor M odules Q Patch List This area lists all the patches contained in the Bank For more information see The Patch List pg 36 The Patch List Generally the number of patches in a Bank Window corresponds to the number of patches in your M IDI device s related Bank If your MIDI device supports patch names these too are displayed in the Bank Window You should know a few important points about the patches shown in a Bank Window Many devices don t give names to some or all of their patch types For such devices Galaxy may automati cally create a phony name such as unnamed or it may leave the name blank Only RAM patches are displayed Galaxy generally can t access factory ROM presets when you re working with a Bundle although the Proteus 1 is an exception You can get ROM patches from some devices although not every device allows this 36 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 6 Using Bundles Some types of MIDI devices may allow Galaxy to access a cartridge or RAM card but in general you have to load the cartridge or RAM card into your device s internal memory eras ing RAM contents in order to load them As always if you have
18. progress from the sound of the first to the sound of the second The Shade T wo algo rithm is very useful when you want to create a patch that has the same charac teristics as two inspiration patches For example if you have a guitar sound and flute sound and you want to create a patch somewhere between the two sounds you would use the Shade Two algorithm To use Shade Two D Open a Bank or Library that contains the two patches you want to use as inspiration Q Click the name of the first patch and shift click the name of the second patch ChooseFactory Shade Two A dialog box appears in which you spec ify whether you want the shaded patches put into a Bank or Library You can spec ify how many patches you want in a Library Configure the dialog box and click the OK button to create a new Bank or Library of shaded patches The patch names as well as their sonic characteristics will gradually progress from the first inspiration patch to the second These patches sound more like AcGuitar Proteus 1 Bundle Presets Proteus 1 Device ID 1 Cht Proteus Preset Edit 80 17AcGuitar e 9633AcGuitlue 112 49AcGfyFlute 81 18AcGuitar e 9734AcGuitlue 113 50AcGfyFlute 82 19AcGuitarte 9835AcGuitlute 114514cGfyFlute SZ20AcGuitarte 99z6AcGuiFlute 11552AcGfuFlute 842lAcGuitarte 100 37AcGuiFlute 116 53AcGfuFlute 8522AcGuitarte 10129AcBuiFlute 11754AcffyFlu
19. 105 Sepulcher 106 Lurch Pluck 107 Pizz Piccolo 108 Vanpirical 109 String Thing 110 Galapagos 111 Square One 112 Square Link 113 0 114 Sardonicus 115 Master Tron 116 Lo Wind Inst 117 Sympathetic 118 Windchimes 119 Boat Haus 120 Glitter God 121 Story Bass 122 Nice Night 128 Prophet Lead 124 Prophet Link 125 Whistl n Joe 126 Link2Shimmer 127 Sombre Winds Figure 6 2 Bank Window Galaxy Manual 35 PART 2 Banks Bundles and Libraries Za al a a ae TTR CTE TOURING THE BANK WINDOW Figure 6 2 shows a typical bundled Bank Window and its elements A Bank Win dow s appearance varies considerably depending on both the type of M IDI device and the type of Bank In most cases the Bank Window s appearance corresponds to the arrangement of patches in your device including the way the patches are numbered M ost Bank Windows contain the follow ing elements Title Bar displays both the name of the Bundle to which the Bank belongs and the patch type of the cur rent Bank Device Name displays the name of your M IDI device as defined in your current OM S Studio Setup document Device ID displays the Device ID number as set in your current OM S Studio Setup document Sub Instrument Control This con trol is not available for all devices Use it if your MIDI device supports sub instruments The Sub Instru ment Control is discussed in Sub Instruments
20. Banks 35 rearranging device order 32 selecting Banks to include 29 Bundles C Bundle Window 26 bundled Banks 35 containing multiple M IDI devices 31 creating 25 creating templates 32 definition 18 deleting templates 33 filling 30 opening Banks 35 saving 30 selecting Banks to include 29 sending data to M IDI device 31 using 35 using templates 33 Capture To MIDI File command 119 Categories custom 68 deleting 68 Galaxy Manual Index Child Patch Info command 99 Child Patches copying 50 Cross Referencing w Parents 100 definition 19 viewing information 51 w stand alone Banks 39 Clear Capture command 120 Clear command 96 Close All command 128 Close command 88 w Editor active 141 Comments attaching 69 definition 65 finding 73 Compare command 143 Constrained Random command 125 Copy between Banks amp Libraries 49 Parent Child Patches 50 Patch Bank to Library 44 Patches to Library 43 Copy command 96 w Editor active 142 Copy Names command 52 98 Cross Reference Bank command 100 Cross Reference Window 100 Custom M enu PatchTalk and Programming M ode 110 Cut command 95 D Delete Child Patches command 98 Delete Duplicate Patches command 98 Delete Template command 33 104 Devices configuring 29 selecting in Bundle Window 27 setting Device ID 28 Disks contents 10 locking unlocking 9 Do Again command 126 Documentation conventions 4 Technical Publications 7 using 3 E
21. Format 0 M IDI File at a tempo of 120 bpm MIDI Files are useful if for instance you re working with a MIDI sequencer and you have a sequence that requires several different patches at several differ ent points in the sequence To use the Capture To MIDI File command D Choose Play gt Capture To MIDI File Perform the operations you want to capture For instance you can use the Load Send menu or Bundle menu to send the patches you want to capture Or you can edit parameters in an Edit Window play sequences and MouseKeys or echo the keyboard 3 When you finish capturing events choose Play gt Save MIDI File Galaxy Manual PART 4 Menu Reference Specify a file name and click either the Save button or the Save and Clear button Use the Save button if you want to save and continue capturing appending more data onto what you already cap tured Use Save and Clear if you want to save but don t intend to continue capturing 5 In a MIDI sequencer open the resulting MIDI File and put its system exclusive bulk dump messages into the desired sequence location 6 Play the sequence Any patch transfers edits or notes cap tured in Galaxy are sent when the sequence plays Of course to use captured patch dumps and parameter changes your sequencer must be capable of reading and playing back system exclusive messages in Stan dard MIDI Files Check your sequencer s documentation and make
22. Galaxy The following example illustrates both of these capabilities using Vision as an example SUBSCRIBING TO BUNDLES NOTE This example briefly shows how Vision uses the OM S Name M anager Any fully OMS 2 0 compatible application will have similar features though its user inter face might be different See your OM S compatible application manual for full details Before Vision can display patches alpha betized by name you must subscribe to the desired Bundles using OM S Name M anager To do so D In Vision choose Windows gt Names The OMS Name Manager window opens Galaxy Manual PART 6 Appendix Subscribe to Galaxy Bundles for each device in your studio See your Vision manual for details Patch Names from OMS Ta Always use current patches w Patch Name Device Document Ch Device Mode DMP 9 16 5 2 IAC Bus 1 all E3 K2000 all Matrix 1000 a Matrix 1000 Bund 1 Matrix 1000 Single Proteus 2 a Proteus 2 Bundle all Proteus Program Map E Quicktime Musie B o Generaimoi an Standard R 8M Eg o R eM Bunde an Patches ESI 32 B General MIDI all Standard SRV 230 B SRV 330 Names 1 Mode 1 Studio Patches pgm cl Sardonic Patch Dg 16 Studio Patches a TX812 Bundle all TX812 Program Change T TXSl2 SELECTING PATCHES BY NAME Once you ve subscribed to Galaxy Bun dles Vision can d
23. Galaxy in order to use editor modules Galaxy Extras This folder contains patch utilities for the Yamaha T X81Z and Korg M 1 that convert from a pre Galaxy Patch Librarian format to the current Galaxy format PatchT alk M anual If you re a pro grammer and Galaxy doesn t include a Librarian for the device you use read the Patch Talk documents to learn how to design your own Galaxy Librarian M odules The tools neces sary to use PatchTalk are located in the Programming T ools folder e Patches This folder contains patches and utilities for specific devices The Factory Patches with Keywords folder contains factory patches for ten major synthesizers These patches have keywords attached to them they re intended to help you learn to use Galaxy s F ind feature Sound Source Demo Patches is a col lection of patch files for the Proteus 1 XR Roland D 20 D 50 D 70 Kawai K1 amp K4 Korg M1andT series Yamaha SY TG 77 TX81Z Protologic Factory Presets These patches are provided because due to their location in ROM they can not be accessed through Galaxy s normal methods of patch transfer e Readme This file contains any addi tions or corrections to the Galaxy and Galaxy Plus Editors M anual INSTALLING LIBRARIAN AND EDITOR M ODULES The following sections discuss how to install Librarian M odules into Galaxy and Editor M odules into Galaxy Plus Editors Librarian M odules Galaxy can
24. Galaxy cete rte 10 Installing Librarian and Editor M odules ssss 10 Removing Librarian M odules nee 14 Hardware Connections sssssssseeeeeen enne 14 CHAPTER 3 Galaxy Terminology 17 Understanding Synthesizer Patch Hierarchy 17 Understanding Galaxy Patch Hierarchy sss 18 Galaxy Manual i Table of Contents PART 2 Banks Bundles and Libraries 21 CHAPTER 4 Using Galaxy s On Line Librarian Help Device Specific Help sss General Galaxy Help CHAPTER 5 Creating and Getting a New Bundle Creating a New Bundle ss Touring the Bundle Window Setting Up Your MIDI Device getting a Bundle see Saving a Bundle Sending a Bundle to Your MIDI Device Creating Bundles with M ultiple Devices Creating Bundle Templates CHAPTER 6 Using Bundles Opening Banks in a Bundle Touring the Bank Window Selecting Patches uct teense Naming Patches sss eee Sending Individual Patches to your Device CHAPTER 7 Stand Alone Banks Stand Alone Bank Basics sss Creating a Stand Alone Bank Touring The Stand Alone Bank Window
25. Galaxy system require ments see your Quick Start Card or review Galaxy s Read M e file REGISTERING GALAXY Be sure to send O pcode your Registration Card it s your ticket to e Freetechnical support Opcode s periodic newsletter which contains advanced tips troubleshoot ing techniques and more Information about upgrades updates and new products Please write down your Galaxy serial number exactly as it appears on the label of your Installer disk Opcode needs to know your serial number before helping you S N Date CONTACTING OPCODE You may contact Opcode in the following ways for technical support ordering soft ware and upgrades and requesting or downloading Technical Publications World Wide Web WWW You may access the Opcode Web page at the following address http www opcode com Follow the instructions in the Web page to receive the services you desire Internet You may address technical support ques tions to support opcode com Mail You may write to Opcode at Opcode Systems Inc 3950 F abian Way Suite 100 Palo Alto CA 94303 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 1 Overview Phone and Fax For information about Opcode products Opcode Technical Publications or soft ware upgrades contact Customer Service at 415 856 3333 For technical information and help using Opcode products contact the Technical Support Department at
26. Gliss Down Percussion Groun _ Neut iN COMMENTS KM armonics Rating Muted Realism Ed Pick D Release ka Pizzicato E Add Selete Add betete Figure 11 2 Selecting a Category and a Keyword Click the Attach gt gt button Alternately you could either type the Return key or double click the selected keyword Any of these methods attaches the selected keyword to the patch and causes it to appear in the list of attached keywords in the right of the dialog box CATEGORIES KEYWORDS 71 Dark Violas T Drum Kit Arpeggio B d iE Sizi Bowed FH Amount B Keyboard Cerere PATCH d Percussion Next N COMMENTS Rating a Realism i Pick i Release i Pizzicato ES Add 363616 Add Deiete Figure 11 3 The Keyword is Attached to the Patch 66 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 11 Cataloging Patches Attach as many keywords as you want from as many categories then click the Done button Galaxy s Bank and Library Windows indicate cataloged patches with the letter Ud Reordering Keywords You can reorder keywords or categories in any of the three fields by Option drag ging the desired word Detaching Keywords To detach keywords from patches D Inthe Keywords list click a keyword to select it Q Click the Detach button Galaxy deta
27. Glockenspiel M usic Box Vibes M arimba Xylophone Tubular Bells Dulcimer Drawbar Organ Percussive Organ Rock Organ Church Organ Reed Organ Accordion Harmonica Tango Accordion Acoustic Guitar nylon Acoustic Guitar steel Electric Guitar jazz Electric Guitar clean Electric Guitar mutes Overdriven Guitar Distortion Guitar Guitar Harmonics Acoustic Bass Electric Bass finger Electric Bass pick Fretless Bass Slap Bass 1 Slap Bass 2 Synth Bass 1 Synth Bass 2 Violin Viola Cello Contrabass Tremolo Strings Pizzicato Strings Orchestral Harp Timpani String Ensemble 1 String Ensemble 2 SynthStrings 1 SynthStrings 2 Choir Aahs Voice Oohs Synth Voice Orchestra Hit Trumpet Trombone Tuba M uted Trumpet French Horn 150 Opcode Systems Inc APPENDIX A Keywords BrasSect SynthBrass 1 SynthBrass 2 Soprano Sax Alto Sax Tenor Sax Baritone Sax Oboe English Horn Bassoon Clarinet Piccolo Flute Recorder Pan Flute Blown Bottle Shakuhachi Whistle Ocarina Lead 1 square Lead 2 sawtooth Lead 3 calliope Lead 4 chiff Lead 5 charang Lead 6 voice Lead 7 fifths Lead 8 bassHead Pad 1 new age Pad 2 warm Pad 3 polysynth Pad 4 choir Pad 5 bowed Pad 6 metallic Pad 7 halo Pad 8 sweep FX 1 rain FX 2 soundtrack FX 3 crystal FX 4 atmosphere FX 5 brightness FX 6 goblins FX 7 echoes FX 8 sci fi Sitar Ba
28. SR Use Proteus with a Proteus 1 and Proteus 2 any Proteus with sounds numbered 0 191 and Proteus XR for Proteus 1 XR or Proteus 2 XR any Proteus with sounds numbered 0 303 Make sure the Proteus MIDI ID matches your Galaxy window s Device ID Print Preieus Nent Figure 4 2 Specific Topics in Help Text Galaxy Manual 23 PART 2 Banks Bundles and Libraries Use the scroll bar to scroll through the text You may use the Previous and Next buttons to scroll directly to the previous or next topic in the text Use the Print button to print the entire help text or choose File gt Print Click the Topics button to return to the list of help topics You can leave the Help Window open while you use Galaxy Click the window s close box to close it GENERAL GALAXY HELP Galaxy also offers general on line help To open Galaxy s on line help file choose Galaxy Help from the System 7 menu You should not consider Galaxy s on line help to be a substitute for the manual Please read your Galaxy manual to learn about all of Galaxy s powerful features in detail 24 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 5 Bundle By now you should have Installed the Galaxy application including OMS Created a current OM S Studio Setup document that reflects the connection of MIDI devices in your studio Configured Galaxy and installed the Librarians and Editors
29. To play notes from the M acintosh keyboard you must check the E dit gt Test ing Sounds option See Playing the M acintosh Keyboard pg 62 M oving and Closing the MouseKeys Window The M ouseK eys Window is always active Contrary to what typically happens when you click a window the M ouseK eys Window does not become the topmost when you click within it This makes it easy to audition patches using M ouseK eys without disabling the active Bank Library or Edit Window If you want to move or close the M ouseK eys Window you ll need to make itthe topmost window To do so click directly on its left hand title bar Alter nately to move the M ouseK eys Window option click anywhere on the window except on the keys i Proteus 2 w MacVet 64 Vel rm LazyKeys Repeat 90 MIDI Channels u 456 78 2 910111213141516 4 C Auto O Mutti 3 4 5 Click here to make MouseKeys the topmost window PLAYING YOUR MIDI CONTROLLER You can audition selected patches using your MIDI Controller If you re audition ing patches on arack mount sound module you should attach a MIDI con troller to the M acintosh interface s M IDI IN port this lets you play notes on a key board while you listen to them on the sound module To use your MIDI controller with Galaxy D Choose Setups gt Enable Input Devices Galaxy opens the Enable Input Devices dialog box This dialo
30. active 141 Print command 52 Quit 94 Save 30 89 Save Editor active 141 Save And M ake Current 89 Save As 89 Find comments 73 Fewer Choices option 90 Keywords 75 limiting searches 80 More Choices option 90 Patch Names 73 Patch Type 80 Patches w General Find 71 Patches w Specific Find 73 saving specs as a M acro 79 Find Again command 72 90 Find command 71 90 G Galaxy Basics auditioning Patches 55 cataloging Patches 65 contacting Opcode 6 creating bundles 25 disks 9 documentation 3 finding Patches 71 hardware connections 14 installing Galaxy 10 installing OM S 9 intro 3 Libraries 41 ondine help 23 registering 6 stand alone Banks 39 Galaxy Manual Index system requirements 6 Technical Publications 7 terminology 17 upgrading to Galaxy Plus Editors 7 using Bundles 35 Galaxy Configuration command 13 109 Galaxy Configuration dialog box 109 Galaxy K eywords file 70 General Find dialog box 71 Get Patch from Device command 105 Get All Banks from Device command 30 102 Get All Banks in Bundle command 31 102 Get Bank from Device command 106 Graphical Data command 143 Guide editing 137 H Hardware connections 14 Help basic Galaxy help 24 device specific help 23 Hide Windows in M ultifinder preference 111 Ignore Name in Duplicate Check preference 47 111 Initialize command 142 Installation automatic 11 drag and drop 12 Editor M odules 11 Galaxy 10 Librarian M odules 10 u
31. alternative you can paste the M IDI File to its own sequence Vision automat ically creates a track for each device Viewing The Exported Data In Vision You can view the system exclusive data in Vision s List Window SEES Sesame A T HM hs 1 EIEE e t 2 120 e de 2 210 F0 1804 01 03000301 OO F7 e de 2 210 FO 18 04 01 03 03 02 00 OOF 1 2 210 F0 18 04 01 03 100301 OOF e de 2 210 F0 18 04 01 02 01 02 64 OOF e de 2 210 FO 1804 01 02 02 02 78 7F F7 e de 2 210 FO 18 04 01 03 200303 OOF e 1 2 210 FO 18 04 01 03 000201 OOF Figure 13 12 Sys ex Data as Viewed in Vision s List Window IMPORTANT It s OK to change the start time of an entire group of sys ex messages but NEVER change the time BETWEEN Sys ex messages T hese times are very spe cific and unique to each synthesizer Possible Problems When Exporting You should be aware of the following a points when using Galaxy s Export To E Clipboard command Device ID and Sys ex Channel Do not change aM IDI device s ID number after importing sys ex data into a sequencer Exporting M ultitimbral Type Patches You can t always export a multitim bral setup patch to the Clipboard and expect your sequencer to playback all the correct patches For this to work you need to make sure that sending a multitimbral setup to your synthe sizer pulls referenced single patches into their edit buffers and that the correct single pat
32. arrange ment graphically using the generic synth shown in Figure 3 1 on page 17 MIDI Device Effect Patch Bank Single Patch Bank Multi Patch Bank Effect Bank 1 Single Bank 1 Multi Bank 1 Effect Bank 2 Single Bank 2 Multi Bank 2 Effect Bank 2 Single Bank 3 Multi Bank 3 e e e e e e e e e ETC ETC ETC Galaxy Figure 3 3 Using Galaxy Banks Storing Banks in Bundles The best way to work with devices that contain more than one patch type is to use Galaxy Bundles Bundles group any or all related patch Banks into one big file In this arrangement you can transfer all related patches between Galaxy and your MIDI device with a single action Figure 3 4 illustrates this arrangement graphically using the generic synth shown in Figure 3 1 on page 17 MIDI Device Effect Patch Bank Single Patch Bank Multi Patch Bank Bundle 1 Effect Bank 1 Single Bank 1 Multi Bank 1 Bundle 2 Effect Bank 2 Single Bank 2 Multi Bank 2 e ETC Galaxy Figure 3 4 Using Galaxy Bundles 18 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 3 Galaxy Terminology Storing Many Devices in a Bundle You can also create Bundles that store patches for multiple devices as shown in Figure 3 5 MIDI Device 1 MIDI Device 2 MIDI Device 3 Figure 3 5 Bundle with Many Devices This feature is particularly useful if e You re performing live and need to send entire sets of related patches to all your MIDI devices e You
33. as described in New Bundle pg 85 For more information about Bundle Tem plates see Creating Bundle T emplates pg 32 New Bank Choose this command to create a new stand alone Bank When you choose New Bank Galaxy displays a New Bank dialog box similar to the one shown in Figure 13 4 Type of new bank Matriu 6 amp Splits Matris 6 1000 Singles PRD 80 Patch Chains PAD 80 Patches Proteus Master Proteus Preset Proteus Program Map Figure 13 4 New Bank Dialog Box The New Bank dialog box lists all the Bank types for all the devices supported by the Librarian M odules you installed into Galaxy From the scrolling list select the type of Bank you wish to create then click the OK button Galaxy opens a new Bank Window of the selected type NOTE If you ve installed only a single Librarian M odulethat supports only a single device Galaxy will create a new Bank without opening the New Bank dialog box Stand alone Banks are discussed in detail in Chapter 7 Stand Alone Banks 86 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 13 File Menu New Library Open Choose this command to create a new Choose this command to open an existing Library When you choose New Library Galaxy file When you choose Open Galaxy displays a New Library dialog box Galaxy displays an Open dialog box simi similar to the one shown in Figure 13 5 lar to the one shown in Figure 13 6 Patch Type AII Patch Type
34. before you made your first change For all other editing commands Undo will undo only the last operation you performed Galaxy Manual PART 5 Galaxy Plus Editors After you perform an Undo the com mand in the menu changes to Redo Choosing this command will change things back to the way they were before you chose Undo Copy You can copy and paste one or more parameters or any logical collection of parameters Whole groups of numericals can be copied and pasted from one patch to another and to any other group of numer icals of the same type In some cases individual parameters within one of these groups can be pasted to parameters within some other group To copy anumerical or group of numeri cals first select it by clicking it then choose E dit gt Copy To select more than one parameter for copying hold down the Shift key while selecting them Once you have selected the parameter s to be copied choose Edit gt Copy Paste To paste one or more copied parameters to a different location select the destina tion parameter s Then choose Edit gt P aste If multiple items were copied then the order in which you selected them before copying them is important When you copy multiple items they are put on the Clipboard in the order that you selected them If for example you selected Item 1 then Item 2 when you copy them the Clipboard will contain Item 1 and Item 2 in that order Whe
35. child patches To perform a Specific Find D Choose File gt Find to open the Specific Find dialog box Galaxy opens a Find dialog box that s the same type as the last box you opened FIND PATCHES NAME contains COMMENT contains KEYWORDS are PATCH TYPE is any type r Fewer Choices SEARCH TYPE copy to new library cut to new library one at a time WHERE TO SEARCH all open windows this bank file folder 3 F Figure 12 4 Specific Find Dialog Box If the General Find dialog box opens click the More Choices button in its lower left corner The General Find dialog box is replaced by a Specific Find dialog box similar to the one shown in Figure 12 4 Searching for Patch Names and or Comments You can use the Specific Find dialog box to search for a particular patch name a particular comment or both To search Patch names click within the name field and type the name you want When you perform a Specific Find Galaxy searches patch names for a string of characters that match those you type including punctuation This means Galaxy Manual 73 PART 3 Auditioning Cataloging and Finding Patches you can type part of a name if you want It doesn t matter if you type upper or lower case letters Notice the check box to the left of the word Name becomes checked after you type in the
36. command to send a selected patch from a Bank Window to your MIDI device Different M IDI devices and patch types respond differently f your device has an edit buffer for the selected patch then Galaxy sends the patch to the edit buffer e If your device doesn t have an edit buffer for the selected patch then Galaxy usually sends the patch to the highest numbered patch location This is true only for timbral patches as opposed to non timbral patches like program change tables Look at Galaxy s on line help for more information about your specific device NOTE The Send Patch to Device command is disabled when a Library Window is active To send a patch from a Library check Send on Select in the Load Send menu then click patch names to send them Get Bank from Device This command causes Galaxy to ask your MIDI device to send its entire bank of patches to the active Bank Window All devices respond to this request differently e Most MIDI devices send Galaxy the requested data Some devices may not respond to Galaxy s request For these devices Galaxy produces a dialog box that tells you exactly what buttons to push on your MIDI device to initiate the patch transfer Look at Galaxy s on line help for more information about your specific device NOTE If your MIDI device doesn t support patch names Galaxy will either leavethe names blank or assign a default name such as unnamed Send Ban
37. either search for a patch of any type or Search only for a patch of a specified type PATCHTYPE is any type Proteus Master p Proteus Preset Proteus Program Map Proteus Tuning Proteus HR Preset fite folder amp tF Figure 12 24 Patch Type Pop Up Menu SEARCH TYPE Fewer Choices WHERE TO SEARCH The Patch Type pop up menu displays all the patch types contained in your installed Galaxy modules Choosing Where to Search Use the Where To Search radio buttons to tell Galaxy which Banks Libraries or Bundles to search WHERE TO SEARCH all open windows CO this bank file folder F Figure 12 25 The Where To Search Radio Buttons Click the radio button for either all open windows or this bank library bundle If you choose file folder click the labeled button not the radio button NOTE If you rerunning System 7 you can search an entire drive by clicking file folder then specifying the drive to search Searching This Bank Library Bundle If you select this bank library bundle and click the Find button Galaxy searches the currently active Bank Library or Bundle Window Searching All Open Windows If you select all open windows and click the Find button Galaxy searches all open Bank or Library Windows Searching a File Folder If you selectFile Folder a dialog box opens in which you can select the file or folder you wa
38. for each child patch Galaxy searches the Bundle for a Bank containing the same patch type as the child patch If it doesn t find the proper Bank type Galaxy warns you of the problem e f Galaxy finds a Bank of the proper type itthen searches that Bank to see if it already contains the child patch e ftheBank contains the child patch Galaxy alters the parent patch to refer to the location of the duplicate If for example you use the same bass sound in several parent patches you won t get a separate copy of it for every parent patch all the parent patches will refer to one copy of the child e If the Bank doesn t contain the child patch then it is pasted along with the parent patch Galaxy Manual 51 PART 2 Banks Bundles and Libraries LL nL a n nS M PRINT THE CONTENTS OF A BANK OR LIBRARY You can print the names of all the patches in the active window by choosing the File gt Print command Names are printed using the same type font Geneva 9 that is displayed on the screen Banks are printed in the same format as shown on the screen Libraries are printed in sev eral columns Choosing the Print command is like choosing Page Setup followed by Printin most other M acin tosh programs You may choose any orientation and print method for your printout See Print pg 90 for more infor mation on how to print from Galaxy NOTE If you are using the serial port that your printer is connec
39. in Bank Window 36 Opcode Systems Inc Index Play Menu 117 All Notes Off Panic 118 Capture To MIDI File 119 Clear Capture 120 Echo Keyboard 61 118 Loop Sequence 63 118 M ouseK eys 55 OMS Transport 127 Only Capture Dumps amp Param Chgs 120 Open M IDI File 63 117 Play on Parameter Change 146 Play on Select 118 Play Sequence 63 118 Record Sequence 62 117 Stop Sequence 63 118 Use Omni M ode for M ulti Ch Play 119 Play on Parameter Change command 146 Play on Select command 63 118 Play Sequence command 63 118 Pop up menu editing 137 Preferences Auto rename uses 111 Hide Windows in M ultifinder 111 Ignore Name in Duplicate Check 47 111 M iddle C is 112 No Duplicate Patches in Libraries 46 110 Provide controller names for OM S 2 0 ap plications 111 Provide patch names for pre OM S 2 0 ap plications 111 Window at Startup 110 Preferences command 110 Print command 52 90 w Editor active 141 Printing Patch Names 52 Provide controller names for OM S 2 0 applica tions preference 111 Provide patch names for pre OM S 2 0 applica tions preference 111 Q Quit command 94 R Record Sequence command 62 117 Registering Galaxy 6 Remote Control dialog box 113 uses 113 Remote Control command 113 Remove Device command 104 Repeat button 60 S Save All command 128 Save And M ake Current command 89 Save As command 89 Save As Template command 32 104 Save command 30 89 w Editor acti
40. must install OM S before you can use Galaxy Also you must create a current OMS Studio Setup document See the Galaxy Quickstart card for installation instructions and your OMS manual for details THE GALAXY PACKAGE The Galaxy package contains a number of 800K double sided disks the OM S man ual the Galaxy and Galaxy Plus Editors manual a Galaxy Quickstart card and a registration card Galaxy is also included with the Vision and Studio Vision packages The Galaxy master disk included in this package is copy protected It s the only master disk you have so take good care of it After installing Galaxy you should lock your disks so they can t be altered Refer to Figure 2 1 for locking unlocking disks Locked Unlocked Figure 2 1 Locking unlocking a disk Galaxy Manual PART 1 Getting Started with Galaxy INSTALLING GALAXY To install Galaxy refer to the Galaxy Quickstart card in the Galaxy Package for complete instructions Installed Galaxy Files and Folders After installation your hard disk will con tain a Galaxy folder with the following Galaxy files and folders e Galaxy The application itself Galaxy Librarian M odules Each module gives Galaxy Librarian capa bilities for a specific MIDI device Galaxy Editors Each Editor gives Galaxy Plus Editors graphic editing capabilities for a specific M IDI device You must own O pcode s Galaxy Plus Editors program not
41. ou cr Fre tase ED DE 88 SaVeaadissphiin unida ard i bbb DR epe re aa Dd edt 89 SaVe AS scanned tacet e enr DER ERE PP TEN 89 Save And Make C rr en 2 2 oed ret de 89 PTITIES tod Heroid ien rH ELE i Eder EAR Detto ard 90 Riso ER ERREUR 90 Find Agaih cerne PERPE edes 90 Opcode Systems Inc Table of Contents Export toiClipboard x 2 51 aei aa a 90 QUID cs ntc e dt Sa os btt deemed 94 CHAPTER 14 Edit Menu 95 Undo tet ete cett tie sat 95 CUE scott eros a Ber vicit nae bre me m re Pe E ET e ERRARE 95 COPY atu dini niet andina it d ea eri ge nbn 96 Paste sites cime cd eee a n de E i ede RR Er DERE 96 Gl Cai tuit ida ol ti es eo note eco 96 Select Al Me REEWT RE 96 Enter Names st aidhititi ei aii dai e 96 Testing SOUfds nce AL UP RH Rc d 97 Copy Narries senem o eet ra RR RARE 98 Delete Duplicate Patches eee 98 Delete Child Patches sseeeennnnnns 98 Set Empty Patch un er e d ot te d dere 99 Patch life iet eite tinet TAA aie 99 Child Patch lhfo iternm te ierant 99 Cross Reference Bank se eene 100 CHAPTER 15 Bundle and Load Send Menus 101 B nde M eru eniiecs trt recte p order ient snot epe re rper 101 Get All Banks from Device eeeenm e 102 Get All Banks in Bundle seme 102 Send All Banks to Device eem 102 Send All Banks in Bundle seem 103 Add DeViCe xs itte te tein dr d DRE rhe 103 Banksin Devices ee
42. ouseK eys Play Sequence Choose this command to play back the sequence you recorded or the MIDI File you opened The sequence plays as you continue to work in Galaxy To set the playback device and channel s see Channel Device Selection Controls pg 57 This command is disabled until you either record a sequence or open a M IDI file You can stop playback at any time by choosing Stop Sequence Loop Sequence Check this option to loop the Galaxy sequence Looping stops when you uncheck Loop Sequence or when you choose Stop Sequence Stop Sequence Choose this command to stop playback of the Galaxy sequence Play on Select Check this option to automatically play the Galaxy sequence every time you select a patch M ake sure you also select Send on Selectin the Load Send menu for Play on Selectto work When you select a patch Galaxy will send the patch to the device and the sequence will play Keyboard Thru Check this option to have Galaxy send the MIDI information from your M IDI con troller back out to the device and channel chosen in the M ouseK eys Window If you re using a rack mount or expander type synthesizer this is a convenient way to play and listen to patches you select All Notes Off Panic Choose this command to silence stuck notes Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 17 Play Menu Use Omni Mode for Multi Ch Play If you are playing through more than one MIDI channel Galaxy
43. patch is selected NOTE This command is available only if you have Galaxy Plus Editors When you choose this command an Edit Window for the currently selected patch opens just as if you had pressed the Bank s Edit button The name of the com mand then changes to Exit to Galaxy Choose this command to exit the Editor Window and return to the bank window The Enter Editor Exit to Galaxy com mand always selects the topmost E ditor or Librarian Window Next Window Choose this command to send the active window to the back and make the next window active If you choose this com mand repeatedly you can page through all the open Galaxy windows 128 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 19 Windows Menu Open Windows List The bottom of the Windows menu lists all open Galaxy windows The active window is checked To make any open window active simply check its name in the Windows menu Galaxy Manual PART 4 Menu Reference 130 Opcode Systems Inc Galaxy Plus Editors Galaxy Manual 131 PART 5 Galaxy Plus Editors Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 20 Using Editor Modules IMPORTANT In order to use Editor M od ules you must own Galaxy Plus Editors If you wish to upgrade from Galaxy to Galaxy Plus Editors please call Opcode s Customer Service department ABOUT EDITOR M ODULES Unlike Librarian M odules which must be installed in a special System file Editor
44. s located If Galaxy doesn t find a match the Macintosh will beep E j Proteus 2 Bundle Presets E73 Proteus 2 Device ID 1 Chi Proteus Preset Edit 64 Winter Signs 80 Sombre Winds 96 Vienna Dream j 12 Square Link 65 Deep Pad 97 Vertigo Pad 118 lt gt 66 Arco Violas 98 Tarkus Twin M 14 Sardonious 67 BellEnsemble S99RoomOfStrngs 11S Master Tron 68 Cyberspace 100 Magic Bells 116 Lo Wind Inst 69 PizzMoogBass 81 Space Cowboy 82 The Machine 83 Early Pere 84 Gently Now 85 Piccolodeeyo 101 Reginatron 117 Sympathetic 70 llarinbala 86 Infinite One 102 Sub It 118 Windchimes 71 GrinReaper 87 ShimmerWays 103 Psychlotron i 19 Boat Haus 72Tinker Bell 88 Turbo Bass 104CloudChamber 120 Glitter God 73 Carousel 89 Requiem 105 Sepulcher 121 Story Bass 74 Exotic Harp 75 Trem Strings 76 Bronze Pad T Vibraphone 78 Astral Flute 90 Wrong Room I 91 Analog Pad 92 Chapel Organ 93 Electrovocal 94 Fat Boy Tuba 106 Lurch Pluck M 22 Nice Night 107 Pizz Piccolo 123 Prophet Lead 108 Vampirical I 24 Prophet Link 109 String Thing 125 Whistl n Joe 110 Galapagos 126 Link2Shimmer 79 Kool Bass 95SswBass Lead _ 111 Square One 127 Sombre Winds Figure 12 2 Patch Found Choose File gt Find Again to find the next patch with a name comment or keyword that contains the desired text The Macintosh will beep when there are no more patches with patch information that
45. see an alert box stating that your current Studio Setup document doesn t contain any devices of this type You ll need to define the appropriate device in OM S Setup or make current a Studio Setup docu ment containing that device To select a specific M IDI device with which to use this Bundle D Press and hold the mouse on the OMS Device Selection pop up menu Galaxy displays a pop up menu of all the devices in your current Studio Setup document that are of the type displayed in the Device Type column The pop up menu has multiple selections if your cur rent Studio Setup document contains more than one device of the indicated type Use the pop up menu to select check the device you want to use in this Bundle If you have only one device in the pop up menu it s always the selected device as shown in Figure 5 3 Galaxy Manual 27 PART 2 Banks Bundles and Libraries Matrix 1000 Bundle Device amp Banks a E M een s Matrix 1000 W 1 Oberheim Matrix 1000 E Figure 5 3 Device Selection Pop up Menu NOTE If you option click the OMS D evice Selection pop up menu you ll see a list of all devices in your current Studio Setup document rather than just those devices of the selected type Device ID Normally you cannot use Galaxy to change a device ID since this is part of the device information contained in your cur rent Studio Setup document If y
46. store patches for many differ ent M IDI devices The Galaxy application provides a consistent program environ ment into which you install specific Librarian M odules Because Galaxy is a 10 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 2 Installation amp Setup shell for Librarian M odules you cannot outgrow it as new M IDI devices become available O pcode will create new Librar ian M odules that plug in to the Galaxy application To use Galaxy you need to install Librar ian M odules for each type of MIDI device in your studio When you install a Librarian M odule Galaxy installs itinto the GalaxyLibrarian M odules file which is at the top level of your System folder NOTE This DOES NOT happen asa result of the automatic installation of the program and associated files Editor M odules IMPORTANT In order to use Editor M od ules you must own Galaxy Plus Editors and havethe corresponding Librarian installed If you wish to upgrade from Galaxy to Galaxy Plus Editors please con tact Opcode s Customer Service department as discussed in Contacting O pcode pg 6 Besides providing a shell for Librarian M odules Galaxy Plus Editors also pro vides a framework for Editor M odules You can use Editor M odules to graphi cally edit the parameters of any supported MIDI devices Editor M odules are stored in the Galaxy Editors folder which is located in the same folder as the Galaxy Plus Editors applicati
47. system exclusive information usually con tains a device ID specifying the device to which the patch data is directed You need to match the Galaxy device ID with the syn thesizer s device ID in order for them to transfer patch data back and forth On some older devices there is a basic MIDI Galaxy Manual 29 PART 2 Banks Bundles and Libraries channel that also functions as a devicelD Some manufacturers may use terms like MIDI ID unitID unit number device number or system exclusive ID instead of the term devicelD GETTING A BUNDLE You re now ready for Galaxy to get its Bundle with Banks of patches from your MIDI device NOTE Make sure the number and type of Banksin your Bundle mirror those in your MIDI device To do so usethe Bun dle gt Banks in Device command as described in Choosing the Banks You Want in the Bundle pg 29 D Select the device type in the Bundle Window Click here to highlight the MIDI device from which you want to get the Bundle 2 Choose Bundle gt Get All Banks from Device You ll see a progress dialog box unless the transfer process is very quick Loading all banks Proteus Presets Estimated time remaining 0 08 Figure 5 7 Loading All Banks Progress Dialog Box If the load procedure is successful all chosen Banks from the selected device get loaded into the Banks in your Galaxy Bundle NOTE
48. that you plan to use Learned basic Galaxy terminology It s essential to understand the terms used by Galaxy and this manual Therefore if you haven t read Chapter 3 Galaxy Terminology go back and do so now In this chapter you ll Create a new Bundle Get patches from your M IDI device into the Bundle Save the Bundle Send the Bundle back to your MIDI device Create a Bundle with multiple devices optional Create a Bundle Template optional A EU AT UU EIL CREATING A NEW BUNDLE Creating and Getting a New The most efficient way to work in Galaxy is with Bundles Bundles as you ll recall allow all related patches from a device s to be contained in a single document Bundles also allow you to establish parent and child patch relations To create a new Bundle D If you haven t already done so start Galaxy by double clicking its icon Choose File gt New Bundle Unless you ve created Bundle Tem plates as discussed in Creating Bundle Templates pg 32 Galaxy opens a Select Device dialog box which is dis cussed in The Select Device Dialog Box bg 26 Select the Devices to Add Device Type Device in current setup E mu Proteus TE Proteus 2 E mu Proteus KR Kurzweil K2000 Oberheim Matrix 1000 Matrix 1000 Oberheim Matrix amp Cancel 3 Roland R BM Ei r e Yamaha DTI Yamaha D821 274100 dent Yamaha THB1Z T48i2
49. transfer There are two ways to move a patch from one Bank or Library to another e You can use the standard M acintosh Cut Copy and Paste commands Or e you can use the Option drag method Bits and Pieces The Option Drag Method As you first learned in Filling a Library pg 43 you can option drag a patch to copy it to a new location Similarly if you select a group of patches you can copy and paste the entire group by option drag ging the entire group to a new window You can use the option drag method to copy and paste patches between Banks or Libraries If you need to review the vari ous option drag techniques see Filling a Library pg 43 Option Dragging to a Bank When you option drag a group of patches into a Bank Window you don t need to worry about positioning the mouse Galaxy automatically pastes the patches into the first empty locations within the Bank If there aren t enough locations some patches won t be pasted However when option dragging single patches the patch will be pasted into the location where you release the mouse button If a patch is already in that location it will be over written Galaxy Manual 49 PART 2 Banks Bundles and Libraries Option Dragging to a Library When you option drag a patch or group of patches into a Library Window you don t need to worry about positioning the mouse Galaxy pastes the patches into the Library alphabetically I
50. usually go to the highest num bered patch location See Sending Individual Patches to your Device pg 38 for more information CREATING A LIBRARY To create a Library D ChooseFile New Library A dialog box opens showing all the pos sible Library types The list is based on the modules you installed into Galaxy Type of new library Bulk Storage Document DH11 Effects DH11 Performance DH11 System Setup DH11 Voice DH21 Voice Generic Bulk K2000 Channels K2000 Dummy Patch K2000 Effects K2000 Intonation Tables K2000 Keymaps Figure 8 1 New Library Dialog Box Galaxy Manual 41 PART 2 Banks Bundles and Libraries Select a Library type and click the OK button Alternately you could simply double click the Library type A Library Window opens similar to the one shown in Figure 8 2 Figure 8 2 Anatomy of the Library Window TOURING THE LIBRARY WINDOW Figure 8 2 shows a typical Library Window and its elements Device Icon This is the icon used to represent a device in the OM S Studio Setup document OMS Device Selection pop up menu Usethis pop up menu to select the OM S device to which this Library will communicate DevicelD This numerical displays the Device ID ofthe selected MIDI device as set in your current OM S Studio Setup document Sub Instrument Control This control is not available for all devices Use it to s
51. want to audition them in the con text of the actual Vision sequence you can start stop and pause Vision without leaving Galaxy Galaxy Manual PART 4 Menu Reference Ifyou have Galaxy Plus Editors and want to edit a sound in the context of its Vision sequence you can start stop and pause Vision without leav ing Galaxy In order to use the OMS Transport Win dow you must make sure both OM S and the application you wish to control are configured properly Specifically MIDI mustrun in the background To do this choose Setups gt OMS MIDI Setup to open the OM S MIDI Setup dialog box then check the Run MIDI in background option Remote Start must be enabled in the application you wish to control To do this select Options gt Receive Sync Mode gt Remote Start to check the Remote Start option NOTE The counter may appear to work somewhat erratically in the application you re controlling This is because screen redraws in non active applications are given low priority rest assured that the actual playback timing is accurate Vision If you have purchased and installed Vision you may choose this command to automatically launch it Close All Choose this command to close all open Galaxy windows Save All Choose this command to save the current edits in any open Galaxy windows Enter Editor Exit to Galaxy The Enter Editor command is disabled unless a bank window is active and a
52. wish to open 2 Use the Files list right hand side to find and select the file you wish to open The Files list shows only the files that are of the type selected in the Patch Type list 3 Click the Open button Opening a Bundle To open a Bundle D From the Patch Type list left hand side select Bundle 2 Use the Files list right hand side to find and select the Bundle you wish to open The Files list shows only Bundles not stand alone Banks or Libraries 3 Click the Open button All Patch Types Check the All Patch Types option if you want the Files list to display all Bundle Bank and Library files Close Choose this command to close the active window If you have not made any changes Galaxy closes the window immediately If you have made changes Galaxy asks if you want to save the changes Save changes to Quest Discard 360 Cancel 4 Figure 13 7 Save Changes Dialog Box e Ifyou click Discard the document closes and all changes are discarded Ifyou click Save the document closes after first saving the changes If the window is untitled you ll be asked to name the file before saving it e Ifyou click Cancel the window will not close Clicking an active window s Close box is the same as choosing the Close command 88 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 13 File Menu Save Choose this command to save a file using the same name and fol
53. 415 856 3331 Please try to find the answer in this manual before calling for Technical Support The Customer Service and Technical Sup port phone hours are M on Fri 9 00 a m to 5 00 p m Sat 11 a m to 5 00 p m with limited staff support You may also contact Opcode by fax 415 856 0777 NOTE Technical support hours are subject to change GALAXY TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS In acontinuing effort to improve its docu mentation Opcode occasionally creates Technical Publications for its various hardware and software products Techni cal Publications contain information about asingle specific subject that may not be of interest to the average user See Con tacting Opcode pg 6 to learn where to download or order Technical Publications Galaxy Editor Modules Each Editor M odule has its own Techni cal Publication that discusses how to use that specific Editor You need to read only the Technical Publications for the Editor M odules that you use Opcode may write additional Galaxy Technical Publications in the future UPGRADING TO GALAXY PLUS EDITORS If you purchased Galaxy you can upgrade to Galaxy Plus Editors Enclosed in the Galaxy package is an upgrade form U pgrade orders cannot be processed without your master disk serial number Galaxy Manual PART 1 Getting Started with Galaxy 8 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 2 Installation amp Setup INSTALLING OMS You
54. Click Guit 1 70 Click Guit 2 T1 Canashlacle st 86 Lo Oct Bones OT aaceaMatal 1 Figure 8 5 Dragging Patches To Create A Contiguous Group Option drag any one of the selected patches from the Bank Window to anywhere in the Library Window Alternately you could use standard Mac intosh Copy and Paste methods Copying a Discontiguous Patch Group To copy a discontiguous group of patches into a Library D Click the first desired patch Q Shift click each additional patch you wish to copy to a Library 105 Renaissance 106 Rubber Funk 121 VCF Sweep 1 122 VCF Sweep 2 123 Ball Game 124 eee es 125 PaizlyAsy lum 126 Ge ee 109 SlipperyBass 110 Space Horn 111 Space Trmpt Figure 8 6 Shift Clicking Patches To Create A Discontiguous Group 3 Option drag any one of the selected patches from the Bank Window to anywhere in the Library Window Alternately you could use standard Mac intosh Copy and Paste methods Copying an Entire Patch Bank To copy an entire Bank of patches into a Library D Click the Bank Window to make it the active window 2 Choose Edit Select All 44 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 8 Libraries 3 Option drag any one of the selected patches from the Bank Window to anywhere in the Library Window Alternately you could use standard Mac intosh Copy and Paste methods aS untitled ws Proteus 1 Y Device ID O Chi Proteus Preset 60 it
55. DI device You can select how you want to use the M acintosh keyboard by checking either the Enter Names or Testing Sounds options If you check Testing Sounds you ll be able to play the M acintosh key board without renaming patches This is useful if you want to play a rack mount synthesizer module from your M acintosh keyboard e If you check Enter Names you ll be able to enter patch names without playing the MIDI device To enter and use Testing Sounds mode Select Edit gt Testing Sounds to place a check mark next to the option Play your Macintosh keyboard As shown in Figure 14 2 the 21 left most letter keys three rows Q U A J and Z M correspond to three octaves of white keys The Z key is middle C If you press the Shift or Caps Lock Key the note will be shifted down three octaves You can not play the black piano keys from the Macintosh keyboard Set the note velocities with the MacKV control in the MouseKeys Window For more infor mation see Chapter 10 Auditioning Patches Pay particular attention to Mac intosh Keyboard Velocity Control pg 61 and Playing the Macintosh Keyboard pg 62 ALL Janada Damiaan EA 3 red ea 3 E fa Figure 14 2 Playing The Macintosh Keyboard To enter names in Testing Sounds mode D Type an apostrophe then type on the Macintosh keyboard The apostrophe tells Galaxy that you want to edit a
56. Echo Keyboard command 61 118 Edit M enu 95 Child Patch Info 99 Clear 96 Compare 143 Copy 96 Copy Editor active 142 Copy N ames 52 98 Cross Reference Bank 100 Cut 95 Delete Child Patches 98 Delete Duplicate Patches 98 Edit N ame 143 Enter Names 38 96 Graphical Data 143 Initialize 142 Paste 96 Paste Editor active 142 Paste Child Patch Editor active 142 Patch Info 65 99 Select All 96 Set Empty Patch 99 Show Numerical 143 Testing Sounds 62 97 UnCompare 143 Undo 95 Undo Editor active 141 Edit Name command 143 168 Opcode Systems Inc Index Editing Techniques Envelopes 137 Guides 137 Numericals 135 Pop up menus 137 Toggles 136 Editor M odules drag and drop installation 12 editing See Editing Techniques installing automatically 11 interaction w Librarians 139 location on hard disk 133 overview 11 removing 133 Enable Input Devices command 61 112 Enable Input Devices dialog box 112 Enter Editor command 128 Enter Names command 38 96 Envelope editing 137 Exit to Galaxy command 128 Export to Clipboard command 90 Exporting Banks 92 basics 90 Patches 91 potential problems 93 viewing data 93 F Factory Menu 123 Constrained Random 125 Do Again 126 Library Sampler 126 Shade Two 125 Shuffler 124 File M enu 85 Close 88 Close Editor active 141 Export to Clipboard 90 Find 71 90 Find Again 72 90 New Bank 39 86 New Bundle 25 85 New Library 41 87 Open 87 Print 90 Print Editor
57. Find Again If you perform a one at a time find on all open windows then close a window before using Find Again patches in the window you closed won t be found but you ll still be able to find additional patches in other open windows If you close a Bundle that contains Banks that haven t yet been searched Find Again will be disabled and the Find opera tion terminates unless there are other open Banks or Bundles that haven t been searched Cut to New Library If you select cut to new library and click theFind button Galaxy finds patches and cuts them from the Bank or Library in which they re located and places them in a new Library IE untitled Proteus 2 v Device ID 0 ch Proteus Preset 2 items in librar Arco Violas Trem Strings Figure 12 27 Found Patches Cut to a New Library Galaxy Manual 81 PART 3 Auditioning Cataloging and Finding Patches If Any Type is selected as the patch type different patch types are placed in differ ent Libraries IMPORTANT Cutting patches to a new Library cannot be undone If you are performing a file folder search and patches are found and cut from a file that was not previously open Galaxy will attempt to save and close the file Galaxy will however ask you if you want to save changes Copy to New Library If you select copy to new library and click the Find button Galaxy finds patches and copies them from the Bank or Li
58. Galaxy and Galaxy Plus Editors Opcode Systems Inc 3950 Fabian Way Suite 100 Palo Alto CA 94303 Opcode Part Number 110 0206 02 Copyright 1995 Opcode Systems Inc All rights reserved This document may not in whole or part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or converted to any electronic or machine readable form without prior consent of Opcode Systems Inc ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Programmers alphabetical Brent Foust Jarrell Irvin Tom Lichtenberg M ichael Lee Aron Nelson Dave Oppenheim Doug Wyatt Original Editor design and controls David Zicarelli Documentation Gregory A Simpson Manual Design Gregory A Simpson Edited By Rob Wenig Technical Editing Aron Nelson Darin M arshall Jarrell Irvin Quality Assurance Mike Aaron Keith Hillebrandt Darin M arshall TABLE OF CONTENTS PART 1 Getting Started with Galaxy 1 CHAPTER 1 Overview 3 Introduction to Galaxy sss 3 Using the Galaxy M anual 3 M anual Conventions ssssssseeeeeeeeneneenenennnnn nns 4 System Requirements sss eene nennen 6 Registering Galaxy ssssssssseseenee nennen tte tnn 6 Contacting O pc0d s csi teneret pente etras 6 Galaxy Technical Publications sss eee 7 Upgrading to Galaxy Plus Editors sse 7 CHAPTER 2 Installation amp Setup 9 installing OM Siiran na eee needs 9 The Galaxy Package eene 9 Installing
59. In the Find list click the keyword you wish to remove 2 Click the Rmv Remove button or press the Macintosh Delete or Backspace key Figure 12 12 Remove from List Button To remove the entire F ind list D Click the Clear button located beneath the Find list or press the Macintosh Clear key LIear Figure 12 13 Clear List Button And Or Not Options You can alter the way Galaxy performs a keyword search by using the and or and not buttons Specifically Use the and button if you want Galaxy to find patches containing a specific group of keywords For example if your Find list contains the keywords Violin and Bowed and if the word and is between them Galaxy finds patches that con tain only both keywords Galaxy will not find patches that contain only one of the keywords e Use the or button if you want Galaxy to find patches containing any of a group of keywords For example if your Find list contains the keywords Violin and Cello and if the word or is between them Galaxy finds all patches that contain either the keyword Violin or the keyword Cello 76 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 12 Finding Patches Use the not button if you want Galaxy to find patches that do not contain the specified keyword For example if your Find list contains the keywords Violin and Pizzi cato and if the word not precedes Pizzicato Galaxy finds all patc
60. LJ tl or 7 arrows NOTE Not all editors support the use of the arrows for stepping through parameters Thefollowing sections discuss the various common parameter editing methods in Opcode Editors Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 20 Using Editor Modules Numericals Numericals are values that you can edit on the M acintosh screen You can usually identify numericals by their bold type Opcode programs give you four ways to edit the value of a numerical Method 1 Increment Decrement Method 2 Sliders Method 3 Typing Method 4 MIDI entry These methods are discussed in the fol lowing sections Method 1 Increment Decrement You can increment decrement the value of any numerical using either the mouse or your computer keyboard To use the mouse D Position the cursor either just above or just below an imaginary center line running through the numerical The cursor will turn into either an upward or downward pointing arrow depending on its position relative to the center line M Up Arrow Increase Value Center Line of Field ET zd L Down Arrow Decrease Value Figure 20 1 Typical Numerical To increment a numerical value position the cursor in the top half of the numerical and click the mouse When the cursor is an up arrow single mouse clicks increment the numerical value Click and hold the mouse to increase the numerical value rapidly 3 To decr
61. Library based on the most recently selected Patch Factory algo rithm Galaxy remembers whether you wanted a Bank or a Library and how many patches you wanted in that Library This makes it easy to quickly create many Banks of patches based on the same Patch Factory algorithm or to create random patches using other random patches as inspiration 126 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 19 Windows Menu MouseKeys 86 OMS Transport 36 Vision Close All Save All Enter Editor I Next Window 37 v Bundle H5bundle Figure 19 1 Windows Menu The Windows menu allows you to open and close various Galaxy windows M ouseKeys Choose this command to open the M ouseK eys Window which remains on the screen for as long as it is checked in the menu or until you click in its close box The M ouseK eys Window opens automati cally the first time you launch Galaxy Thereafter the M ouseK eys Window opens at launch only if you left it open when you last quit Galaxy To learn to use the M ouseK eys Window please see Play ing the M ouseK eys pg 55 OM S Transport Choose this command to open an OM S Transport Window Play from beginning Pause Stop Play from current position Figure 19 2 OMS Transport Window Usethe OMS Transport Window to con trol playback of any open OM S 2 0 compatible applications This has numerous uses for example f you have a library of sounds and you
62. M anager OM S 2 0 compati ble applications use the OM S Name M anager to view patch names stored in Galaxy Bundles This lets you select patches by name in an OM S 2 0 compati ble application Parent Patch When a patch references another patch it s called a Parent Patch If for example a Program patch refer ences a particular Effect patch then the Program patch is called a Parent patch See Attached Patch and Child Patch Patch A patch in this manual refers to a block of data as represented internally in aMIDI device Patches can determine more than the actual sound Some manu facturers may use the terms program voice preset tone waveform combi multi performance split system setup program change table tuning table Sub Instrument O pcode s term for one of the players within a multitimbral syn thesizer that enable the synth to simultaneously play several different sounds on different M IDI channels Some manufacturers may use the terms part tone generator instrument section Opcode Systems Inc APPENDIX C Glossary System Exclusive Message A MIDI message containing patch information that is specific to a single kind of device System exclusive messages are usually communicated between M IDI devices and computers Virtual Destination Any open OM S 2 0 compatible application that can receive MIDI data from a different application For ex
63. N A BUNDLE Each bundled Bank contains a single type of patch The patch type and the number of patches contained in the Bank vary according to the M IDI device In Galaxy Banks are displayed as windows To open a bundled Bank Window D Double click the Bank s name or icon in the Bundle Window or single click on the Bank s name or icon and press the Return or Enter key Using Bundles E j Proteus 2 Bundle Device amp Banks Proteus 2 1 E mu Proteus K Master Parameters Wester Presets Preset Tuning zu Hi Tuni s PROTB Program Map Pr Ms Figure 6 1 Opening Bundled Bank Notice that a Bank Window opens and becomes active 2 Bundle aa Proteus 2 Device ID 1 Cht 9s Preset Edit 9 Winter Signs 65 Deep Pad 66 Portamento F 67 BellEnsenble 68 Cyberspace 69 PizzMoogBass 70 Marimbala 71 GrimReaper 72 Tinker Bell 73 Carouse 1 C Harp S Darn Saucers 76 Bronze Pad 77 Vibraphone 78 Astral Flute 79 Kool Bass 80 Sombre Winds 81 Space Cowboy 82 The Machine 83 Early Pere 84 Gently Now 85 Piccolodeeyo 86 Infinite One 87 Shinmerllays 88 Turbo Bass 89 Requiem 90 trong Room 91 nalog Pad 92 Chapel Organ 93 Electrovocal 94 Fat Boy Tuba 95 SawBass Lead 96 Vienna Dream 97 Vertigo Pad 98 Tarkus Twin 99 RoomOfStrngs 100 Magic Bells 101 Reginatron 102 Sub It 103 Psuchlotron 104 CloudChamber
64. Name contains field You can un check the box if you decide you don t want Galaxy to search through names FIND PATCHES X NAME contains COMMENT contains KEVWORDS cre a any type bal Fewer Choices Cancel PATCH TYPE is SEARCH TYPE copy to new library Q cut to new library one at a time WHERE TO SEARCH all open windows this bank Mile folder 38F Figure 12 5 Type a Patch Name to Find NOTE Patch comments and how to create them are discussed in Chapter 11 Catalog ing Patches FIND PATCHES EJ NAME contains Viola and E COMMENT contains scene three cue 5 KEYWORDS care any type Fewer Choices PATCH TYPE is SEARCH TYPE copy to new library CO cut to new library one at a time WHERE TO SEARCH Oall open windows this bank file folder 8F Figure 12 6 Type a Patch Comment to Find And Or Options If you type text into more than one field the And Or pop up menus appears to the right of the Name and Comment fields 3 To search Patch comments click within the Comment field and type the Choosing one of these options becomes text for which you want to search c Masa additional factor in what When you perform a Specific Find eee Galaxy searches patch comments for a Click in the And Or pop up menu and string
65. PERFORMING A GENERAL FIND When you perform a general find only the active Bank Library or Bundle is searched No matter what type of patch information you type in the Find dialog box Galaxy will search all three types of patch infor mation names comments and keywords for text that matches or con tains the text you enter in the Find dialog box To perform a General Find D Click within the Bank Library or Bundle Window that you want to search making it the active window NOTE If you don t have a window open the Specific Find dialog box will open instead of the General Choose File gt Find to open the General Find dialog box 3 Type the patch name comment or keyword for which you want to search It doesn t matter if you type upper or lower case letters case is ignored Also you can type only part of a word or comment Galaxy Manual 71 PART 3 Auditioning Cataloging and Finding Patches viol FIND in Patch names comments and keywords More Choices Cancel Figure 12 1 General Find Dialog Box Click the Find button The Find dialog box closes and Galaxy searches its patch names comments and keywords for text that matches the text you entered in the dialog box If the text is a part of a name comment or keyword attached to a patch Galaxy will find the patch and highlight it in the Bank or Library where it
66. Playing Sequences pg 62 112 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 16 Setups Menu e Remote control devices for patch selection For more information see Remote Control pg 113 MIDI sources for entering patch data into an Editor M odule if you own Galaxy Plus Editors STUDIO PATCHES USERS Any Virtual Controllers you create with O pcode s Studio Patches Editor application included with the Studio 4 and Studio 5LX also appear in this list Remote Control Choose this command to open the Remote Control dialog box Remote Control MIDI Event Action Note B6 Ch 1 Select previous patch Note C7 Ch 1 Select next patch Cancel 36 Figure 16 5 Remote Control Dialog Box Use this dialog box to e assignaMIDI eventto step backward through Galaxy patches assign aMIDI event to step forward through Galaxy patches Remote control is very useful when you re away from your M acintosh and want to step through Library patches using your MIDI keyboard If you check the Load Send gt Send on Select option Galaxy automatically sends patches to your syn thesizer as you step through them To assign a MIDI event that causes Galaxy to step forward through patches D Make sure the device you want to use as a Remote Control is enabled in the Enable Input Devices dialog box as discussed in Enable Input Devices pg 112 Click the Select next patch field Play the MIDI event you want to use a
67. Some synthesizers require that cer tain buttons be pressed in order for the transfer to occur See the device specific online help for your synthesizer or your syn thesizer s manual for more information SAVING A BUNDLE M ake sure to save your Bundle now You ll be modifying Bundles for the remainder of this manual By saving this Bundle you ll be able to restore the memory of your M IDI device to its origi nal state To save the Bundle D ChooseFile Save Since this is the first time you re saving this Bundle Galaxy opens a Save As dialog box 2 Select a destination folder and type a name for your Bundle You should probably type a name like Factory Bundle to identify this Bundle as the one that will restore the original memory in your MIDI device 30 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 5 Creating and Getting a New Bundle Click the Save button Galaxy saves your Bundle to the folder or volume you chose SENDING A BUNDLE TO YOUR MIDI DEVICE In this section you ll learn how to send a Bundle back to your MIDI device In this particular case you won t destroy any existing patch data in your MIDI device because you haven t altered any Banks or patches the bundled Banks you re sending to your synthesizer arethe same as those already in it D Select the Device Type in the Bundle Window Choose Bundle gt Send All Banks to Device Galaxy sends all Banks in the selected Bundle
68. Thick Thin Toylike Warm Woody Vocals Male Female M ale Female Synth Vocals Humming Consonants ae ah ee en je jh oh oo uh Woodwinds Flute Saxophone Oboe English Horn Clarinet Bassoon Harmonica Recorder Piccolo M ixed Winds World Bagpipes Balalaika Bandoura Cittern Domra Dulcimer Gamba Koto Lute Lyre Ocarina Panpipes Samisen Shakuhachi Sitar Ukelele Tambura Zither Galaxy Manual PART 6 Appendix 156 Opcode Systems Inc APPENDIX B Using Galaxy with the OMS Name Manager The OMS Name M anager can subscribe to any Bundle saved by Galaxy 2 0 This creates the following benefits e Compatible applications display patches by namerather than number The patch names are read from your Galaxy Bundles if you modify a Galaxy Bundle the changes automati cally appear in the compatible application Advantage A compatible sequencer always knows what patches are in your synthesizers and displays those patches by name Compatible applications let you view patches by category You can define patch categories using Galaxy s K ey words dialog box discussed in Chapter 11 Cataloging Patches Advantage A compatible sequencer lets you display only those patches that you ve categorized a certain way For example if you want a woodwind sound a compatible sequencer can show you only those sounds catego rized as Woodwinds in
69. Things get a little more involved if your MIDI studio contains more than one MIDI sound module as illustrated by the following example Assume you have two M IDI devices a K 2000 keyboard synthesizer and a Pro teus 1MIDI sound module and that you re using Galaxy with the Proteus You would connect the Proteus M IDI IN and MIDI OUT ports to your standard MIDI interface as shown in Figure 2 7 Addition ally you would connect your K 2000 s MIDI IN port to one of the MIDI OUT ports on the interface MACINTOSH MIDI MIDI MIDI MIDI OO IN OUT e Figure 2 7 Multiple MIDI Devices Obviously the problem with this arrange ment is that you can t play your MIDI keyboard to audition patches in your Pro teus since there s no cable connected to the K 2000 s MIDI OUT port The follow ing sections discuss some of the many solutions to this problem Software Solutions The first set of solutions are all supported by the Galaxy application These tech niques are discussed in detail in Chapter 10 Auditioning Patches e You can use your M acintosh key board to audition sounds on your Proteus You can use Galaxy s M ouseK eys Window to audition sounds on your Proteus e You can create a Galaxy sequence to use for auditioning sounds on your Proteus Galaxy Manual 15 PART 1 Getting Started with Galaxy Simple Hardware Solutions There are also a couple of simple hard ware solutions
70. al columns of patches unless there are too many patches in a Bank or their names are too long to see them all at once in which case they act like Library menus Library M enus Library menus display 16 patches at a time The arrows visible after you pull the menu down are for scrolling the menu Drag the cursor into one of these arrows The double arrows are fast forward and rewind the single arrows are for slower scrolling Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 21 Editor Menus Selecting the Currently Checked Patch If you have edited a patch and want to return to the original copy of the patch perhaps you have mangled a steel drum sound into a close replica of a car door slam just select the currently checked patch in the Patch menu If you have made any changes to the patch you are given three choices Revert to stored version of Grand Piano Revert Discard 2D ReSend Figure 21 3 Revert to Stored Dialog Box Revert will replace your edited version with the stored version Discard cancels the command Resend resends your edited patch to the synthesizer without reverting to the stored version Store Current Edit Store Current E dit will store your edited version of the patch in its Bank or Library You can also press Command Spacebar NOTE This command does not save the Bank Library or Bundle document con taining the edited patch to do so choose File gt Sav
71. al memory bank that allowed the user to store multiple patches in the device Galaxy Terminology Finally manufacturers began to build syn thesizers with multiple types of patches and consequently multiple types of banks M ost modern synthesizers now contain multiple patch types and multiple banks Figure 3 1 shows a fictitious generic multiple patch type synthesizer MIDI Device Effect Patch Bank Single Patch Bank Multi Patch Bank Figure 3 1 Anatomy of a Generic Multitimbral Synthesizer Each synthesizer has a unique hierarchi cal structure in other words the arrangement in which one type of patch refers to another type of patch Figure 3 2 shows a simple generic patch hierarchy for our fictitious synthesizer Notice that one M ultiPatch is made up of numerous Single Patches and an Effect Patch Multi Patch Figure 3 2 Generic MIDI Device Patch Hierarchy Galaxy Manual 17 PART 1 Getting Started with Galaxy UNDERSTANDING GALAXY PATCH HIERARCHY Galaxy gives you many ways to store all the various synthesizer patches used by modern M IDI devices Storing Patches in Banks The simplest arrangement though the least flexible is to save banks of synthe sizer patches directly into Galaxy Banks In this arrangement each synthesizer Bank has a matching Galaxy Bank You simply send individual patch Banks back and forth between Galaxy and your M IDI device Figure 3 3 illustrates this
72. ames of all previously saved Bundle Templates If you re updating an existing template click its name in the list then click Save Once you ve saved your Bundle Template it will appear in a list of Bundle types when you choose File gt New Bundle Using Bundle Templates When you choose File gt New Bundle you ll see a Select Template dialog box showing the names of all your Bundle Templates plus an Empty Bundle option Type of new bundle Empty Bundle Live Bundle Proteus Bundle Studio B Bundle Figure 5 10 Typical Select Template Dialog Box Select a Bundle Template to open a new Bundle with the same characteristics as the template Select Empty Bundle to create a new Bundle as discussed in Cre ating a New Bundle pg 25 Deleting Bundle Templates To delete a Bundle Template Click a Bundle Window to make it active Choose Bundle Delete Template Galaxy opens a dialog box listing all your current Bundle Templates From the dialog box select the template you wish to delete Click the Delete button Repeat the previous steps if you want to delete any more templates Click the Done button Galaxy Manual 33 PART 2 Banks Bundles and Libraries 34 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 6 In this chapter you ll open Banks in a Bundle e learn about the Bank Window Select patches name and send patches to your MIDI device OPENING BANKS I
73. ample Vision can record MIDI data sent from Galaxy therefore Vision is a Virtual Destination in they eyes of Galaxy Galaxy Manual 163 PART 6 Appendix Opcode Systems Inc Galaxy Manual 165 PART 7 Index 166 Opcode Systems Inc INDEX A Add Device command 31 103 All Notes Off command 118 Attached Patches copying 50 Cross Referencing 100 definition 19 w stand alone Banks 39 Auditioning Patches w computer keyboard 62 w MIDI controller 61 w M ouseK eys 55 w sequence 62 Auto option 58 Auto rename uses preference 111 B Bank List viewing 28 Bank Window anatomy 36 anatomy of stand alone Bank 40 naming Patches 38 Patch list 36 selecting patches 37 sending individual Patches 38 sub instrument control 37 Banks bundled 35 copying Patches 49 creating stand alone Banks 39 definition 18 exporting to other applications 92 opening bundled Banks 35 stand alone 39 viewing Patches 36 Banks in Device command 29 103 Bundle M enu 101 Add Device 31 103 Banks in Device 29 103 Delete Template 33 104 Get All Banks from Device 30 102 Get All Banks in Bundle 31 102 Remove Device 104 Save As Template 32 104 Send All Banks in Bundle 32 103 Send All Banks to Device 31 102 View By Icon 28 104 View By Name 28 104 Bundle Templates 32 86 Bundle Window anatomy 26 Bank List 28 Device ID 28 multiple M IDI devices 31 OM S Device Selection 27 opening
74. another alert box indicating that other patches have duplicate parameters SAVING A LIBRARY Libraries are saved just like Banks Click the window of the Library you want to save making it the active window Choose File gt Save If you re saving a new previously unsaved Library you ll see a standard Save As dialog so you can name the Library and save it in the desired folder SENDING A LIBRARY PATCH TO A DEVICE You can send only one patch at a time from a Galaxy Library to a MIDI device To send a patch D Click a Library Window to make it active Select the Load Send gt Send on Select option checking it 3 Select a patch in the Library Window Galaxy sends the selected patch to your device s edit buffer automatically NOTE You cannot usethe Load Send menu commands to transfer patches between Libraries and devices the com mands are disabled Galaxy Manual 47 PART 2 Banks Bundles and Libraries 48 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 9 In this chapter you ll e Review copy and paste techniques Learn to recognize parent patches e View child patch information Send parent child patches to your MIDI device Print the contents of a Bank or Library CUT COPY AND PASTE REVIEW You ve already learned some techniques for transferring patches between Banks and Libraries In general you can apply these same techniques to any patch
75. ast Attack Rita Brightness 2 Medium Attack Drum Kit Slow attack petank Effects V Slow Attack ETA Ensemble Size Ea 5 BN RR F8 Amount TI Guitars El Keyboard MIDI Controls Nent N COMMENTS Musical Style Part Percussion E Performance E nad Betete Add petete Figure 11 1 Open the Patch Information Dialog Box You ll see two list headings at the left of the Patch Information dialog box Categories This lists all preset and custom categories When you select a category all its related keywords are displayed in the Keywords list e Keywords This lists all preset and custom keywords assigned to a spe cific category Appendix A Keywords contains a list of all Galaxy s preset keywords You may also create custom keywords as described in Cre ating Custom Categories and Keywords pg 68 Click a category in the Categories list to select it highlighting it Notice that Galaxy automatically dis plays all related keywords in the Keywords list 5 Click a keyword in the Keywords list to select it highlighting it CATEGORIES KEYWORDS 71 Dark Viglas Drum Kit Arpeggio KH Ensemble Size F Feel al Detach Fit Amount b gt to AM bulters Keyboard MIDI Controls f i Prev P Musical Style E a z Part 9
76. atch edits 121 transferring data between applications 120 MIDI file capturing 119 clearing 120 playing 63 M ouseK eys Auto option 58 channel device selection 57 keyboard 55 LazyK eys 60 MIDI indicator 59 M ulti option 58 opening 55 opening closing 61 Repeat option 60 repeat rate 60 shifting octaves 56 sustain pedal 60 velocity range control 59 M ouseK eys command 55 M ouseK eys Window anatomy 55 M ulti option 58 N Name M anager using Galaxy to publish names 157 Names auto renaming 111 avoiding duplicates 45 46 copying to text file 52 finding Patch Names 73 printing 52 New Bank command 39 86 New Bank dialog box 39 New Bundle command 25 85 New Library command 41 87 New Library dialog box 41 Next Window command 128 No Duplicate Patches in Libraries preference 46 110 Numerical editing 135 0 OMS disabling 114 External ports 114 installing 9 selecting devices in Bundle Window 27 sending M IDI data to other apps 120 setting Device ID 28 sharing data 114 transport controls 127 using Galaxy w compatible apps 157 using w 1 0 111 OMS MIDI Setup command 114 OMS Studio Setup command 113 OMS Transport command 127 Galaxy Manual Index On Line Help basic Galaxy help 24 device specific help 23 Only Capture Dumps amp Param Chgs 120 Opcode contacting 6 Open command 87 Open MIDI File command 63 117 Opening Bank 88 Bundle 88 Library 88 P Panic button 118 Parent Patches auto
77. ations With OM S 2 0 you can name MIDI con trollers This is convenient if you re controlling various synthesizer parameters with customized M IDI controllers You can name the con trollers and if you check this option your custom controller names will appear in all other OMS 2 0 applications Auto scan Install Librarians Librarian modules for all supported devices are installed into the Galaxy Librarians folder on your hard disk during automatic installation of Galaxy However since each user normally utilizes only a few modules these may be individually installed into Galaxy in two different ways When the Auto scan Install Librar ians option is selected Galaxy detects and installs any devices in the current OM S Studio Setup document that do not yet have their correspond ing Librarian modules installed When Auto scan Install Librari ans is not selected you must install individual modules using the method discussed in Dragand Drop Librarian Installation pg 12 Auto rename uses When you paste patches into a Library with duplicate names Galaxy gives you the option of renaming patches automatically U se the Auto rename uses radio buttons to select which ending you d like appended to patch names automati cally For more information see Patch Namesin a Library pg 45 Galaxy Manual PART 4 Menu Reference Middle C is Use these radio buttons to select whether you want Galaxy to na
78. back to your device Click the Bundle Window s close box to close the window CREATING BUNDLES WITH MULTIPLE DEVICES You can create Bundles that contain more than one device With multi device Bun dles you can transfer patches between entire racks of M IDI devices with a single action To create Bundles that contain multiple devices D Create a new Bundle containing the first MIDI device Use the techniques discussed in Creat ing a New Bundle pg 25 Choose Bundle gt Add Device Galaxy re opens the Select Device dialog box Select the device you want to include in the Bundle If you want to add multiple devices shift click the additional devices then click the OK button AE untitled Device Bank ID Proteus 1 O E mu Proteus Master Parameters Presets Tuning Program Map Proteus 2 v 1 E muProteus Master Parameters Presets Tuning Program Map Matrix 1000 w 1 Oberheim Matrix 1000 Single Bank 0 Single Bank 1 Master Figure 5 8 Multiple Devices in a Bundle NOTE If you are using multiple MIDI devices of the same Device T ype make sure they have different Device ID numbers To load the Bundle with Banks from all devices D Choose Bundle Get All Banks in Bundle Galaxy Manual 31 PART 2 Banks Bundles and Libraries To get Banks from a particular device D Select the device name in the Bundle Window 2 Choose Bundle gt Get All Banks from Dev
79. brary in which they re located and places them in a new Library The new Library is given the title Found patch type If Any Type is selected as the patch type different patch types are placed in differ ent Libraries Finding the Patch You ve Specified To find patches that meet the criteria you specify in the Specific Find dialog box D Click the Find button Find Figure 12 28 Find Button If you asked Galaxy to find patches one at atime and you want to find another patch that meets the same criteria 2 ChooseFile Find Again To stop a current search 3 Press the command and period keys together You may have to hold down the keys for a few seconds before Find aborts 82 Opcode Systems Inc Menu Reference Galaxy Manual 83 PART 4 Menu Reference 84 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 13 File Menu New Bundle New Bank New Library Open Close Save Save As Save And Make Current Print Find Find Again Export to Clipboard Quit Figure 13 1 File Menu Use the File menu commands to save create open print and search the various files created by Galaxy The following sec tions discuss each File menu command from the top of the menu to the bottom New Bundle Choose this command to create a new Bundle If you don t have any saved Bundle Tem plates choosing New Bundle causes Galaxy to open a Select Device dialog box
80. bviously produces a lot of unusable patches but it does provide some surprisingly good ones If you own Galaxy Plus E ditors you can edit the patches you create with Patch Factory You can have some control over the sound of the shuffled patches by planning carefully when choosing your inspiration Bank or Library For instance e f your inspiration Bank contains a varied assortment of sounds your Shuffler created patches will produce quite random results e If your inspiration Bank contains very similar sounds all string patches for instance your Shuffler created patches will produce patches that mostly sound like strings To use Shuffler D Open the Bank or Library that you wish to use as inspiration for the new random patches Choose Factory gt Shuffler A dialog box appears in which you spec ify whether you want the shuffled patches put in a Bank or Library You can specify how many patches you want in a Library Patch Factory i Create bank Create library with 50 Gres Figure 18 2 Creating a Bank or Library with Patch Factory 3 Configure the dialog box and click the OK button to create a new Bank or Library of shuffled patches The patches will all have random names Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 18 Factory Menu SHADE TWO The Shade Two algorithm looks at only two inspiration patches to produce a new collection of patches that gradually
81. ch Child Patch Info Patch Info 1 Cross Reference Bank Figure 14 1 Edit Menu Use the Edit menu commands for moving patches either within or between windows Edit commands use the Clip board concept common to most M acintosh programs However patches on the Clipboard are not saved when you exit Galaxy all patches must be saved in Bank Bundle or Library files For most operations Galaxy uses an inter nal Clipboard not the M acintosh Clipboard The contents of the internal Clipboard are not available to other pro grams If however you use the Copy Names command from a Bank or Library but not from a Bundle patch names are saved on the M acintosh Clipboard and are available to other programs Undo Undo reverses the effect of your last com mand or action The command to be undone is shown as part of the Undo menu command After undoing a com mand you can always redo it the menu item becomes Redo Cut Choose this command to move the selected items from the active window to Galaxy s Clipboard It s the same as choosing the Copy command followed by the Clear command Galaxy Manual 95 PART 4 Menu Reference Copy Choose this command to copy the selected items from the active window to Galaxy s Clipboard The window remains unchanged Paste Choose this command to copy the items from Galaxy s Clipboard to the active window If you re pasting to a Bank Galaxy paste
82. ches are in the syn thesizer It should work if the patch type supports sending of attached patches a few Galaxy modules do this read the on line help to find out if a module does or not but in most cases you should export whole Bun dles and avoid exporting individual multitimbral setups Handshaking Some devices require two way com munication handshaking during patch sends Exporting patches of these types will usually not work since Vision cannot respond to hand shaking messages Patcher Program Changes Patcher program changes are not included in exported sys ex data Galaxy Manual 93 PART 4 Menu Reference e Not Enough M emory Sys ex data can require a large amount of memory If your computer doesn t have enough RAM you may not be able to export patches or banks e Eccentricities of Data Transfers Any eccentricities that occur when you send data to a M IDI device from Galaxy will also occur if the patch or Bank is exported and played back in a sequence Quit Choose this command to close all win dows and quit Galaxy If you have any unsaved documents open when you choose Quit Galaxy asks you whether or not you want to save each unsaved file 94 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 14 Edit Menu Undo 2 Cut 86H Copy aet Paste 38U Clear Select RII 3A Enter Names 3 Testing Sounds T Copy Names Delete Duplicate Patches Delete Child Patches Set Empty Pat
83. ches the keyword from the patch and removes it from the attached keyword list Attaching Keywords to All Patches in a Bank or Library You can attach a keyword to all patches in a Bank or Library D Select a keyword Q Click the to All button gt gt to All Galaxy produces a dialog box asking if you really want to attach the selected keyword to all patches in the Bank or Library 3 Click the OK button Stepping Through Patches You can step through patches without closing the Patch Information Dialog box This makes it convenient to attach key words to many patches in a single session D Click the Next button to move to the next patch If the Load Send gt Send on Select option is checked clicking the Next button also sends the patch to your device so you can hear it while you decide what keywords to attach Click the Previous button to move to the previous patch If the Load Send gt Send on Select option is checked clicking the Previous button also sends the patch to your device so you can hear it while you decide what keywords to attach NOTE Some patch types can t send a patch they can only send entire Banks In such cases after you click Previous or Next with Send on Select checked you ll see a dialog box containing the message Sorry single patches cannot be sent Try send bank To keep from seeing this dialog box un check Send on Select for those types of patches Ga
84. ck it Stopping a Sequence To stop playback of a sequence at any time Choose Play gt Stop Sequence Playing a MIDI File You can also play aprerecorded sequence that has been stored as a F ormat 0 single track Standard MIDI File To do so D Choose Play gt Open MIDI File Galaxy opens a standard Macintosh Open dialog box Select the MIDI file you wish to open then click the Open button 3 Choose Play Play Sequence Sequence playback and looping work exactly as if you had recorded the sequence using the Play gt Record Sequence command For more informa tion see Chapter 17 Play Menu Galaxy Manual 63 PART 3 Auditioning Cataloging and Finding Patches 64 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 11 Cataloging Patches PATCH INFORMATION As your patch library grows it gets increasingly difficult to organize find and retrieve specific types of patches F or this reason Galaxy provides different types of patch information which you can use to catalog and search patches You can catalog each patch with one or more types of patch information Specifically Patch Names You can name patches and later search your Librar ies and Banks for specific or partial patch names e Keywords You can attach descrip tive keywords to each patch and later search your Libraries and Banks based on those keywords Galaxy comes with an extensive list of preset keywords each of which re
85. current Bank Bundle by name Several Bundles containing the same device type may become current as long as their device IDs are different Galaxy Manual 89 PART 4 Menu Reference Print Choose this command to print the con tents of an entire Bank or Library file including all patches not currently visible on the screen If the topmost window is a Help Window choosing Print will print the help text IMPORTANT Printing will not work if you re printer requires AppleT alk and you ve disabled it using OM S To print D ChooseFile Print Galaxy opens a standard Macintosh Page Setup dialog box Select your desired page setup options then click the OK button Galaxy open a standard Macintosh Print dialog box 3 Select the number of copies you want to print then click the Print button Galaxy prints all the pages in the file regardless of how many pages you asked it to print NOTE If the same port is used for both a MIDI interface and the printer and you arenot using a MIDI interface with Thru Switches you must disconnect the M IDI interface before using the Print command Printing is discussed further in Printthe Contents of a Bank or Library pg 52 Find Choose this command to open either a General Find dialog box or a Specific Find dialog box A General Find searches all types of patch information patch name keywords comments for a matching text string A Specific Fin
86. d allows you to e Fine tune your search to specific types of patch information e Perform boolean logic operations with your find selections e Determine what you want Galaxy to do with the patches it finds If you see a General Find dialog box you can open the Specific Find dialog by click ing the More Choices button If you see a Specific Find dialog box you can open the General Find dialog box by clicking the Fewer Choices button Find opera tions are discussed in detail in Chapter 12 Finding Patches Find Again Choose this command to continue finding patches with the characteristics specified in either the General Find or Specific Find dialog boxes See Chapter 12 Finding Patches for more information Export to Clipboard Choose this command to export a patch or a Bank to the Clipboard in MIDI File format You can then paste the MIDI File into another M IDI application if that application supports pasting MIDI Files from the M acintosh Clipboard 90 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 13 File Menu From Galaxy you can export Individual patches from stand alone or bundled Banks e Individual or multiple Banks from Bundles you cannot export stand alone Banks When you export Galaxy data to the Clip board it creates a multitrack M IDI File format 1 The MIDI File s track arrange ment depends on what you export Generally data from each device is stored in a separate M IDI File t
87. de T Wo diae bial Ad Lee a 125 Constrained Random sss 125 Library Sampler rte ees 126 DOA ga Nadian rri t hope pe ea Ea E 126 vi Opcode Systems Inc Table of Contents CHAPTER 19 PART 5 Galaxy Plus Editors 131 CHAPTER 20 CHAPTER 21 Windows Menu M ouseK eys ssssssees OMS Transport Enter Editor Exit to Galaxy Next Window Open Windows List Using Editor M odules About Editor M odules Installing Editors Removing Editors Patch Editing Evolution Generic Editor Controls Numericals Toggles sess Guides ies Envelopes sss Pop Up M enus Editor and Galaxy Window Interaction Editor M enus File M enu Edit M enu esee Load Send M enu Patch M enu eee Play M enu Windows M enu nme Galaxy Manual vii Table of Contents PART 6 Appendix 147 APPENDIX A Keywords 149 APPENDIX B Using Galaxy with the OMS Name Manager 157 Subscribing to Bundles sene 157 Selecting Patches By Name ssssseeeeeeenenenns 158 Selecting Patches by Group 158 APPENDIX C Glossary 161 PART 7 Index 165 viii Opcode Systems Inc Getting Started with Galaxy Galaxy Manual 1 PART 1 Getting Started with Galaxy 2 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO GALAXY Gala
88. der with which you saved it last If the file has never before been saved Galaxy asks you to name it and find a folder in which to store it as if you had chosen the Save As command Galaxy disables the Save command if you haven t changed the file since opening it If a bundled Bank Window is active when you choose Save Galaxy saves both the Bank and the Bundle containing it Save As Choose this command to e Save an existing document under a new name Save an existing document to a new folder or volume Save anew document When you choose the Save As command Galaxy produces a Save As dialog box similar to the one shown in Figure 13 8 alternate banks Galaxy Banks 7 Galaxy Editors Galaxy Librarians amp Macintosh HD Desktop Save bank as H5 bank Save Cancel 3 Figure 13 8 Save As Dialog Box This is a standard M acintosh Save As dialog box To save a file type the desired name into the text field select a folder and click the Save button If a bundled Bank Window is active when you choose Save As Galaxy saves both the Bank and the Bundle containing it Save And Make Current Choosing this command makes the Bank Bundle occupying the front window position the Current Bank Bundle as defined by OM S Name M anager This enables Vision or other OM S 2 0 compati ble applications using the OM S Name M anager to refer to patches in the
89. e 110 Windows M enu 127 Close All 128 Enter Editor 128 Exit to Galaxy 128 Next Window 128 Save All 128 selecting from all open windows 129 Opcode Systems Inc
90. e Bank displays only the name of the Bank This is an easy way to tell if a Bank is bundled or stand alone You must select the device with which you want to communicate directly from the stand alone Bank Window Device selection works exactly the same as in a Bundle Win dow See OMS Device Selection pg 27 for more information Device ID viewing and or selection works the same as in a Bundle Win dow See Setting Up Your MIDI Device pg 29 for more information 40 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 8 Libraries In this chapter you ll createanew Library learn your way around the Library Window fillaLibrary with patches eliminating duplicates SavetheLibrary Send patches from a Library to your MIDI device LIBRARY BASICS As discussed in Understanding Galaxy Patch Hierarchy pg 18 Galaxy supports another type of patch storage file called a Library Unlike Banks Libraries arrange patches alphabetically The number of patches contained in a Library is limited only by M acintosh memory Libraries are very useful storage files You can for example combine all the Banks you have into a single Library and then use the Library to build new Banks Libraries have limited Load Send capabil ities they transfer only one patch at a time between Galaxy and your M IDI device Galaxy sends patches from a Library to the device s edit buffer If the device doesn t have an edit buffer patches
91. e or File gt Save As Storing to a Different Location Sometimes you may want to store your current edit without replacing the original version of the patch There are two ways to do this To store a patch in a Bank to a different location in the same Bank D Hold down the Command key then choose from the Patch menu the location into which you want to store your patch To store a patch into a different Bank or Library or with anew name into the same Library D Drag the Editor Window so that the bank or library window you want to store into is visible Q Option click the name of the patch or anywhere in the title area of the window A gray rectangle appears 3 Drag the gray rectangle into the window you want to store into If storing into a Bank drag the gray rect angle over the location in the Bank you want to store the patch in 4 Release the mouse button The current edit is stored in the Bank or Library you dragged it into Galaxy Manual PART 5 Galaxy Plus Editors Note that the Patch menu will now display the patches in the window you dragged the patch into If you want to edit patches from the window the dragged patch came from you ll have to choose a patch from that window then click the E dit button to open a new Editor Window PLAY MENU When an Editor Window is open The Play menu contains an additional com mand discussed below Play on Parameter Change If you ar
92. e te e t dtd d nns 103 R rmiove Device uiuidutu e nit ru en add bres 104 Save As Template tenens 104 Delete Template sees 104 View By Name peret repr 104 Load Send Menu ni dh bilden deuda 105 Get Patch from Device seemne 105 Send Patch to Device seem 106 Get Bank from Device see 106 Table of Contents CHAPTER 16 CHAPTER 17 CHAPTER 18 Send B ank to Device A sinc etn iine nn itam 106 Send on Select cei en eben 107 Setups Menu 109 Galaxy Configuration sse 109 Preferences ania aetacdotte b d de d eR PERDER 110 Enable Input Devices 112 Remote Control uite odi tet et terree rbi 113 OM S Studio Setup d tena emt oed fin iad eens 113 OMSMIDI Setup va uto teret ee 114 Play Menu 117 Record Sequence sese 117 Open MIDI File entro pre tene 117 Play Sequence osa see e aere 118 I oop Sequenca eie coperti e pta 118 Stop Sequence ci nie ades dr ed FER 118 Play oni Select treten e 118 Keyboard THTU piresi 118 All Notes Off Panic 118 Use Omni M ode for M ulti Ch Play eee 119 Capture To MIDI File 119 Clear Capture usce de a cens 120 Only Capture Dumps amp Param Chgs sss 120 Send MIDI EQ pterea 120 Sequencing Real Time Patch Edits 121 Factory Menu 123 ShulflGr ui crm a E a iaa dTa 124 Sha
93. e using a recorded sequence or MIDI file and you wantto hear the sequence played every time you change the sound check Play on Parameter Change E very time you change a value in the Editor the sequence will play WINDOWS MENU The Windows menu is the same in Editors 146 Opcode Systems Inc Appendix 6 Galaxy Manual 147 PART 6 Appendix 148 Opcode Systems Inc APPENDIX A Attack V Fast Attack Fast Attack M edium Attack Slow Attack V Slow Attack Brass Brass Section Bugle Cornet Flugelhorn Horn Sousaphone Trombone Trumpet Tuba Synth Brass Brightness Very Bright Bright Avg Brightness Dark Very Dark Drum Kit Snare Toms Kick Drum Cymbal Splash Keywords Cymbal Crash Cymbal Ride Cymbal Sizzle Cymbal China HiHat Open HiHat Loose HiHat Closed HiHat Pedal Sidestick Rimshot Effects Chorus Delay Echo Filter Sweep Flange Gated Pan Pitch Shift Pitch Sweep Reverb Ensemble Solo Small Ensemble M edium Ensemble Large Ensemble Galaxy Manual PART 6 Appendix Feel Happy Euphoric M elancholy Sad Depressed Angry Anxious Confused Funny Tense Relaxed Scary Sexy FX Amount Small Effects Average E ffects Large Effects General MIDI Acoustic Grand Piano Bright Acoustic Piano Electric Grand Piano Honky Tonk Piano Electric Piano 1 Electric Piano 2 Harpsichord Clavinet Celesta
94. e which Parent Patches a Child Patch belongs to The command is available only when a Bank Window is active When you choose this command Galaxy cross references all the patches and dis plays them in a Cross Reference Window Cross Reference TH812 Bundle Performances Child Patch Parent Patch A TX81Z Voice TX812 Performance TX812 Bundle Uoices Pst FILTRSYNTH OBERSVNTH SOLO LINE SYNTHSPL IT NGN P 2 ANALOG SOLO LINE P 3 RD200P i ano CHRSP IANO PIRNOPRD CHRSP IANO PIANOBRASS S P 4 SYNTH PAD 777777777777777 DWNUENHNOLEUNIDN SRO m D E m m m m P S P 6 COMPRESSOR P 8 DRERHBELLS 5 DIGTLSYNTH u BRITE BELL mi Figure 14 4 Typical Cross Reference Window The left columns of the Cross Reference Window list Child Patches that are attached to Parents The right columns display the name and location of those Parents For example look at Figure 14 4 It tells us that e Voice 1 FILTERSYNTH is attached to three Parent patches These are the Performance patches titled OBERSYNTH SOLO LINE and SYNTHSPLIT Similarly Voice 2 ANALOG isa Child Patch of Performance 22 SOLO LINE e And so on through a scrolling list of Child Patches 100 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 15 Bundle and Load Send Menus The third menu from the left changes depending on the type of window that s active e faBundle Window is active the menu is a Bundle menu J
95. ed If you don t want to make a new selec tion simply drag the mouse out of the pop up menu before releasing the button Some pop up menus have multiple levels This is necessary when there are too many choices to fit on a single screen These pop up menus have blocks that allows you to select different groups of parameters 0 None T7 Dark Sax 34 Stone Boss 51 AllPerc B 1 Piono 18 TrumpetStt 35 Fintbass 52 AllPerc UB 2 Picno Pod 19 Dork Trumps 36 Funk Slop 58 Standard 1 3 LoosePiono 20 TrumpetHd 37 FunkPop 54 Standard 4 TightPicino 21 DukTrumpH 38 Harmonics 55 Siondord 5 Stings 22 Hom Falls 39 Rock Hams 56 Kicks 6 Long Sting 23 Trombone 40 Stone Homns 57 Snores 7 Slow Sting 24 Trombone Al Nose Bass 58 Toms 8 Dork Sting 25 FrenchHom 42 Boss Syn 1 59 Cymbals 9 Voices 26 Bross 1 43 Boss Syn2 60 Lotin Drums 10 Slow Voices 27 Bross 44 SynthPad 61 LotinPerc 11 Dark Choir 28 Bross 3 45 MedEnvPad 62 Agogo 12 Synth Flute 29 Trom Sax 46 Lng Env Pad 63 Woodblock 13 Soft Flute 30 SuitarMute 47 Dork Synth 64 Conga 14 Alto Sax 31 El Guitar 48 Perc Organ 65 Timbale 15 TenorSax 32 Ac Guitar a 249 Marimba s 66 Ride 16 Bartonesax 33 Rock Bass 50 Vibraphone 67 Perc Fx None 66 67 125 Figure 20 7 Typical Multi Level Pop Up Menu To select parameters from a multi level pop up menu D Open the pop up menu as discussed previously While still holding the mouse button drag the cursor over the desired gr
96. ement a numerical value position the cursor in the bottom half of the numerical and click the mouse When the cursor is a down arrow single mouse clicks decrement the numerical value Click and hold the mouse to decrease the numerical value rapidly To use the computer keyboard Type closing bracket to increase the value of the currently selected numerical Type opening bracket to decrease the value of the currently selected numerical Galaxy Manual 135 PART 5 Galaxy Plus Editors Method 2 Sliders Use the mouse as a slider To change a numerical in this way D Press and hold the mouse button on the numerical While still holding the mouse button drag the mouse in a vertical direction Pushing the mouse away from you increases values Pulling the mouse toward you decreases values NOTE The cursor disappears while the value is changing and reappears when you release the mouse button Method 3 Typing Some numericals allow you to type a value To do so Click the numerical It highlights 2 Type a number You ll see three dots after the value you type This means that the value is pending Press the Enter or Return keys The numerical changes to reflect the new value You will not be allowed to enter invalid values Method 4 MIDI Entry Some numericals contain MIDI note values or some other type of MIDI data A simple way to edit these numerica
97. ems in library Edi VCF Sweep 1 Congablock Enchanted VCF Sweep 2 Cru stalishus Gillectro 2 Cool Sth 1 CuberFactory Jingle Pad 2Cool5th2 Density Junky ard AmberTimbre DigltAT 1 Liszt sGhost Ball Game Dig It A12 Lo Oct Bones Buzzy Frets Digipicker LooseMetal1 Chesty Bass Dulcimer LooseMetal 2 t Clean Strat E mu Lite Mystery Gtr Click Guit 1 Electric Naz T D Lay Click Guit2 EmberedTines NoiseFree L Figure 8 7 Typical Library with Patches PATCH NAMES IN A LIBRARY Every patch in a Library must have a unique name If you paste a patch into the Library and there is already a patch with the same name a dialog box appears prompting you to either rename the patch or eliminate one of the two patches A patch named Buzzy Frets is already in the library Replace Always Replace Keep Euisting Always Keep Always Ruto Rename Figure 8 8 Duplicate Name Alert The Duplicate N ame Alert Box gives you a few options for handling patches with duplicate names Replace Replaces the existing Library patch with the pasted patch Always Replace If you click this button Galaxy always replaces the existing Library patch with the pasted patch Galaxy does not produce the Duplicate N ame alert box for the remainder of the paste operation Keep Existing Keeps the existing Library patch and discards the patch you re pasting Al
98. ences dialog box Use this dialog box to configure numerous global settings for Galaxy Preferences WPWindow at startup Ruto rename uses O O New Bundle New Bank o 9 O New Library Open None QRh z 2 E E Oa z B No Duplicate Patches in Libraries Ignore Name in Duplicate Check Middle C is o Hide Windows in MultiFinder O c3 Yamaha Provide patch names for pre 0MS 2 0 C4 Standard applications pre Vision 2 1 PatchTalk Delay makes bundles larger on disk 0 Ticks sec 60 JI Provide controller names for OMS 2 0 applications makes bundles larger on disk UE Auto Scan Install Librarians Figure 16 3 Preferences Dialog Box As you can see in Figure 16 3 the Prefer ences dialog box contains numerous elements These are described below Window at startup Use this option to specify which Galaxy window you want to open each time you launch the program You can choose between a new Bank a new Bundle a new Library an Open dialog box or no window Click the radio button next to the option you prefer No Duplicate Patches in Librar ies Check this option when you re pasting patches to a Library and you don t want that Library to contain any patches with duplicate patch parame ters even though they may have different names When you select a patch to paste into a Library Galaxy checks actual patch parameters of that patch against the patch para
99. end all Banks to your MIDI device D Open a Bundle Window Click a device in the Bundle Window to select it highlighting it Choose Bundle gt Send All Banks to Device Galaxy sends all the device related Banks from the Bundle to the selected MIDI device Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 15 Bundle and Load Send Menus Send All Banks in Bundle Choosing this command causes Galaxy to send all Banks in the active Bundle to the corresponding M IDI devices Unlike Send All Banks to Device this com mand sends Banks to every M IDI device in the Bundle regardless of which device you selected IMPORTANT Choosing this command replaces all the internal RAM patches in your MIDI devices with those stored in Galaxy Add Device Choose this command to add devices to your Bundle When you choose the Add Device command Galaxy opens a Select Device dialog box exactly like the one opened by the New Bundle command discussed in New Bundle pg 85 Select the Devices to Add Device Type Device in current setup EZ Proteus 2 E E muP TI E mu Proteus XR Kurzweil K2000 Oberheim Matrie 1000 E Matrix 1000 Oberheim Matrix 6 Roland R amp h fe R 8m Yamaha DE 1 Yamaha D821 27 100 Yamaha TRB12 E qTWBi2 Only show devices in current setup Add MIDI devices to the active Bundle Window by clicking the device then click ing the OK butt
100. ent Librarian EB E mu Proteus FR Generic Device F Korg o5R W ER Kurzweil K2000 EB Kurzweil K2000 2 0 c Application HD Eject KE Desktop install Lis These Modules will be installed tencel 3 Add toList Remove XH Figure 2 5 Installation Dialog Box Use the upper list to select the Librarian Module you wish to install Your hard disk contains a folder named Galaxy Librarians which contains all Galaxy Librarian Modules Galaxy Manual 13 PART 1 Getting Started with Galaxy 5 Once you ve selected the Librarian Module you wish to install click the Add to List button Galaxy adds the Librarian Module to the bottom list 6 Continue selecting desired Librarian Modules in the upper list and adding them to the lower list D When the bottom list contains the names of all the Librarian Modules you wish to install click the Install List button Galaxy installs the Librarian Modules into Galaxy and updates the Galaxy Librarian Modules file in your System Folder Galaxy closes the Installation dialog box and displays the Galaxy Configuration dialog box which now contains all the newly installed devices in its scrolling list Click the Exit button REM OVING LIBRARIAN MODULES To remove Librarian M odules D Choose Setups gt Galaxy Configuration Galaxy opens the Galaxy Configuration dialog box Make sure the Devices radio bu
101. es To use device specific on line help D Open a Bank Bundle or Library window Click the name of the device for which you need help Choose Device Name Help from the System 7 menu located in the upper right corner of the Macintosh screen marked with a Lr dade A Help Window similar to the one shown in Figure 4 1 will open This window pre sents a scrolling list of topics relating to the device SS proteus Help SSS Setting up the Proteus or Proteus XR m Channel Control Proteus Patch Types Proteus Preset Patch Type Proteus R Preset Patch Type Proteus Master Patch Type Proteus Tuning Patch Type Proteus Program Map Patch Type Parent and Child Patch Types Proteus Preset Load Send Menu Get Preset from Proteus Send Preset to Proteus Store Preset in Proteus Help Print Figure 4 1 Typical Help Window Click a topic to choose it it becomes highlighted then click the Help button Detailed help on the selected topic appears in the window Alternately you could simply double click the topic title to read the detailed help Proteus Help Setting up the Proteus or Proteus XR IMPORTANT NOTE Be sure to use the Proteus Model dialog described below to tell Galaxy about each of your Proteuses if you have a Proteus editor or if you want to export patch names NOTE Galaxy s patch types are Proteus and Proteus
102. et a sub instrument control as dis cussed in Sub Instruments pg 37 Patch Type This area displays the type of patch contained in the Library Number of Patches in Library This area displays the total number of patches contained in the Library Edit Button This button is available only if you installed an editor module for the device and are using Galaxy Plus Editors Click the button to open an edit window for the patch type shown in the window Patch editing basics are discussed in Chapter 20 Using Editor M odules Q Patch List Area This area contains an alphabetical list of all the patches in the Library As always if you have questions about a specific device look for the answers in Galaxy s on line help Device Selection As in Bundle Windows and in stand alone Banks you can choose the device with which you want to communicate from the OMS Device Selection pop up menu Untitled SHIT _ Device i 0 h1 D items in librar Figure 8 3 Selecting an OMS Device Device selection works exactly the same as in a Bundle Window See OMS Device Selection pg 27 for more information 42 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 8 Libraries FILLING A LIBRARY To fill a Library you ll have to copy and paste patches from Banks either bundled or stand alone Galaxy gives you numer ous ways to perform this cut and paste operation NOTE Patches in an open L
103. ew patch names in the Bundle SENDING INDIVIDUAL PATCHES TO YOUR DEVICE You can send single patches to your M IDI device either manually or automatically To send a patch to your device manually D Select a patch in the Bank Window 2 Choose Load Send gt Send Patch to Device This command displays the name of your device in place of the word Device When you choose this com mand Galaxy sends the selected patch to your device s edit buffer To send a patch to your device automatically D Select Load Send gt Send on Select to check it 2 Select a patch in the Bank Window Galaxy sends the selected patch to your device s edit buffer automatically IMPORTANT If your device doesn t have an edit buffer Galaxy dumpsthe patch into a predetermined location usually the high est numbered patch If that location already contains a patch and if Send on Selectis enabled selecting a patch in a Bank Window overwrites the patch in that prede termined location In devices without edit buffers the patch location used for Send on Select usually appears next to the words Send on Select See Galaxy s on line help for your particular device 38 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 7 Stand Alone Banks In this chapter you ll create and become acquainted with the stand alone Bank Window STAND ALONE BANK BASICS Generally you ll use bundled Banks with your MIDI device because of their many benefits Ho
104. f the Library already contains patches they will shift around to accommodate the new patches The Cut Copy Paste Method If you prefer you can move patches using the standard Cut Copy and Paste com mands To move patches between Banks D Select the desired patches Choose Edit gt Cut or Edit Copy 3 Select the destination patch locations Choose Edit gt Paste Pasting to a Bank or Library Unlike the option drag method when you use the Paste command to paste patches into a Bank you must first select paste destinations in the Bank Window You do not have to select a paste destination in a Library patches are pasted alphabetically Z LLL LLL L l dU PASTING PARENT amp CHILD PATCHES If you copy a parent patch from a bundled Bank to either a stand alone Bank or a Library Galaxy copies its child patches automatically Parent and child patches are described in Attached Patches pg 19 Not all devices use parent and child patch types See Galaxy s on line help for your particular M IDI device Recognizing Parent Patches In a stand alone Bank or Library a plus sign to the right of a patch name indi cates that the patch is a parent patch with attached child patches For example the patches in the Library shown in Figure 9 1 were copied from a bundled Bank Notice that Galaxy attached child patches and indicated their presence by a plus sign zZ j H5 Combi Ba
105. faBank Window or a Library Window is active the menu is a Load Send menu e fnoBank Window or Library Window is active the menu is a Setups menu The Setups menu which is described in Chapter 16 Setups M enu gets pushed to the right when the Load Send or Bundle menu is available This chapter discusses both the Bundle menu and the Load Send menu The actual commands in both menus may change slightly depending on the M IDI devices you use with Galaxy This chapter discusses those commands that are common to all devices Use Galaxy s on line help to learn about commands that may be unique to your specific M IDI device On line Help is discussed in Chapter 4 Using Galaxy s On Line Librar ian Help BUNDLE MENU To make the Bundle menu accessible either open a Bundle Window or click in an existing Bundle Window to make it the active window Bundle Get All Banks from Device Get All Banks in Bundle Send All Banks to Device Send All Banks in Bundle Add Device Banks in Device Remove Device Save As Template Delete Template View by Name Figure 15 1 Bundle Menu The Bundle menu handles the transfer of all patches between Galaxy and your MIDI devices You can use this menu to specify exactly which MIDI devices and Banks the Bundle contains and also to save and delete Bundle Templates Galaxy Manual PART 4 Menu Reference Get All Banks from Device Choose th
106. fifth sub instru ment and if the D 110 is configured such that Part 5 receives on MIDI channel 12 then channel 12 will be the default M ouseK eys channel Use Galaxy s on line help to see if your device uses sub instruments and if so how to use them 58 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 10 Auditioning Patches MIDI Indicator A tiny arrow to the left of the Thru Instru ment icon indicates when MIDI data is being transmitted between Galaxy and your Thru Instrument If the arrow points toward the Thru Instru ment it indicates MIDI data is being sent to the Thru Instrument Km Proteus 2 we L3 MIDI Indicator illustrates that Galaxy is send ing MIDI data to the Thru Instrument If the arrow points away from the Thru Instrument it indicates MIDI data is arriv ing from the Thru Instrument Proteus z Y x MIDI Indicator illustrates that Galaxy is send ing MIDI data to the Thru Instrument M ouseKeys Controls Use the M ouseK eys Controls to tell Galaxy how you want the M ouseK eys keyboard to respond to your mouse clicks MacVel 64 Vel 30 Figure 10 4 MouseKeys Controls As shown in Figure 10 4 there are four different M ouseK eys Controls accessed directly from the M ouseK eys Window Velocity Range control LazyKeys button Repeat button Repeat Rate numerical These and other M ouseK eys Controls are discussed in the following sections NOTE The Mac Vel nume
107. g box displays the names of the MIDI devices contained in your Studio Setup document 2 Check the box next to your MIDI controller in the Enable Input Devices dialog box Enabled devices are checked disabled devices are not Galaxy Manual 61 PART 3 Auditioning Cataloging and Finding Patches 3 Select the Play gt Keyboard Thru option to check it Galaxy sends the MIDI information received from the controller back out to the device and channel selected in the MouseKeys Window PLAYING THE MACINTOSH KEYBOARD You can also use the M acintosh keyboard to send notes to your MIDI device To do SO Select the Edit gt Testing Sounds option to check it This option lets you play notes on the Macintosh keyboard without concur rently changing the patch name Type any of the keys shown in Figure 10 7 The Z key is middle C You can shift the range down three octaves by holding the shift key or engaging the Caps Lock key MULA Vi Smee AGIA EA YES C eae Jodi Figure 10 7 Playing the Macintosh Keyboard NOTE The black piano keys may not be played from the M acintosh keyboard PLAYING SEQUENCES Another way to audition patches is to record a small sequence that Galaxy can play to audition each sound This is partic ularly useful if you want to hear a sound in a particular musical context The following sections discuss how to record sequences and ho
108. gl Woodwinds H Portamento Cand JC sr Jret World Random E fare tien m igure 12 9 Select a Category and a Keyword 4 Click the topmost gt gt gt button and type the Return key to add the keyword to the Find list Alternately you could double click the selected keyword to add it to the Find list KEYWORDS FIND Rrpeggio I Bowed a Backwards Bowed Brushed Figure 12 10 Add Keywords to the Find List Continue to add as many keywords to the Find list as you want the list scrolls Galaxy Manual 75 PART 3 Auditioning Cataloging and Finding Patches NOTE Kewords from the same category are initially grouped together in the Find list and are separated by the word or Keywords from different categories aren t necessarily grouped together and are sepa rated by the word and See And Or Not Options pg 76 for moreinformation Adding All Keywords to the Find List To add all the keywords in the selected category to the Find list D Select the category that contains all the keywords you want to find 2 Click the All gt gt gt button Figure 12 11 Add All to List Button 3 Notice that Galaxy added all the keywords to the Find list Also notice that the keywords are sepa rated by the word or since they re from the same category Removing Keywords from the Find List To remove a keyword from the Find list D
109. gories and Custom Keywords To delete a custom category Click the category to select it highlighting it Click the Delete button below the Categories list Galaxy deletes the custom category 68 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 11 Cataloging Patches To delete a custom keyword Click the keyword to select it highlighting it Click the Delete button below the Keywords list Galaxy deletes the custom keyword IMPORTANT You cannot delete factory preset categories or keywords Also you can t delete categories or keywords if they re attached to patches in an open file Deleting Custom Keywords Referenced by Unopened Files If you delete a custom keyword from a list but that keyword is attached to a patch in an unopened file then Galaxy automatically re adds the deleted key word to your list when you next open that file If you don t want Galaxy to automatically re add that keyword or category to your list you must delete all instances of the removed keyword in any patches in any unopened files ATTACHING COMMENTS TO PATCHES To attach comments to a particular patch D Click in the Comments field in the lower right of the Patch Information dialog box Type any comment up to 60 pages CATEGORIES KEYWORDS 71 Dark Violas KEVWORDS ri is Muse Studi if use Studios Attach gt gt Bowed Gallant Audio Reverb nks C
110. hen you can see their names To view patches by category as defined by Galaxy s Keyword dialog box D Double click the little trumpet icon in Vision epep Teer CA pnaoqaaaa e Internal Wait Note e Replace Seq Sequence A Trk new track j Matrix 1000 GA 1 1000STRG The Modal Browser opens Use the Modal Browser to view only patches that match Keyword criteria established in the Galaxy application For example the following figure shows the patches in a Matrix 1000 Bundle that have been categorized as Brass Matrix 1000 Channel 1 Patch Names Grouping Patch Brass ww 9 TOTOHORN 3 EZYERASS j 66 TRUMPETS Brass Section By number By name 158 Opcode Systems Inc APPENDIX B Using Galaxy with the OMS Name Manager 3 Select the desired brass patch and click the OK button This is much easier than hunting through a list of 100 patch names for ones that might be brass patches IMPORTANT See your OM S compatible application manuals for detailed descrip tions of the OM S Name M anager Galaxy Manual 159 PART 6 Appendix 160 Opcode Systems Inc APPENDIX C Glossary Attached Patch M ost modern synthesiz ers have a patch hierarchy such that one type of patch references another type of patch for instance a Program patch may reference an Effect pa
111. hes that contain the keyword Violin but do not contain the keyword Pizzicato The words and amp or are used between keywords The word not is used in front of keywords To use the and or and not buttons Click to select a keyword Click the and or or not button If the selected keyword is already pref aced by the word not clicking the not button removes the word not For a detailed example of using the and or and not buttons see And Or Not Example pg 78 And Or Hierarchy It s importantto realize the order in which Galaxy groups the and amp or key words Specifically Galaxy first groups all or keywords from the top of the list to bottom Galaxy next evaluates all and key words from the top of the list to the bottom Look at the example shown in Figure 12 14 FIND Aggressive and not Distorted and Electric Guitar or Electric Bass Figure 12 14 Sample Find List Galaxy first groups the or keywords into the following set Electric Guitar or Electric Bass Galaxy then applies all the and functions to keywords or groups of keywords Aggressive and not Distorted and Electric Guitar or Electric Bass So when Galaxy searches your patches it finds two types e Those patches that contain both the Aggressive and Electric Guitar keywords but not the Distorted keyword e Those patches that contain both the Aggres
112. horus Very Dark Mod Wheel Orchestra hepherdess imple Sound Ethereal Prev r Pp Muse Studios EH PATCH Next N scene 3 cue COMMENTS 5 KA Add Detete Add Delete Figure 11 6 Attaching Patch Comments The Comments field scrolls as more text is typed To view text that is not displayed Click in Comments field and use the Up or Down Arrow keys to move the cursor to the desired location OF e Select any visible text and while hold ing down the mouse button drag up or down As the mouse position reaches the top or bottom of the Comments field the text scrolls accordingly Closing the Patch Information Dialog Box To close the Patch Information dialog box D Click the Done button or press the Enter key Galaxy s Bank and Library Windows indicate cataloged patches with the letter s Galaxy Manual 69 PART 3 Auditioning Cataloging and Finding Patches SHARING PATCHES WITH ATTACHED CUSTOM KEYWORDS When you save a file that contains patches with attached custom keywords those keywords are also saved and will appear in the Patch Information dialog box when you re open that file NOTE If you give a patch file to a friend and that file contains patches that use custom keywords those keywords are added to your friend s keyword list automatically when he or she
113. ibrary are stored entirely in your computer s memory Therefore the size of a Library is limited both by the amount of available computer memory and the amount of available disk space Copying Single Patches To copy a single patch into a Library D Option drag the desired patch from the Bank Window to anywhere in the Library Window as shown in Figure 8 4 Alternately select the patch and use standard Macintosh Copy and Paste methods AE Proteus 1 Proteus 1 Device ID 0 Proteus Preset 64 2 Cool Sth 1 652 Cool Sth 2 80 Electric 81 Enchanted 66 Buzzy Frets 82Gillectro 67 83 Jingle Pad 68 Clean Strat 84 Junkyard BAC ick fuit 1 a amp liczt efhact 1 Hold down the option key and click the desired patch in the Bank Window Untitled Proteus 1 V Device ip 0 Ch 1 Proteus Preset items in library Proteus 1 Device ip 0 Chi Proteus Preset 1 items in library Chesty Bass 3 Release the mouse button to paste the patch into the Library Figure 8 4 Drag Copying a Patch Galaxy Manual 43 PART 2 Banks Bundles and Libraries Copying a Contiguous Patch Group To copy acontiguous group of patches into a Library D Select a contiguous group of patches by dragging over them SS Proteus 1 Bu Proteus 1 Device ID O Cl Proteus Preset 64 2 Cool Sth 1 65 2 Cool Sth 2 66 Buzzy Frets 67 Chesty Bass 68 Clean Strat 69
114. ice To send all the Banks in the Bundle to all the devices D Choose Bundle Send All Banks in Bundle To send Banks to a particular device D Select the device name in the Bundle Window 2 Choose Bundle gt Send All Banks to Device To rearrange the display order of devices in a Bundle D Option click any Bank in the Bank list of the device you wish to move Do not option click the OMS Device Selection pop up menu or you ll open a list of all devices in your current Studio Setup document Drag the Bank to a new location in the list and release the mouse button CREATING BUNDLE TEMPLATES It would get tedious if you had to add devices one by one every time you wanted to create a new multi device Bundle For tunately Galaxy lets you create and save Bundle Templates Bundle Templates savethe structureofthe active Bundle as a template for new Bundles To create a Bundle Template D Click the Bundle Window to make it the active window 2 Choose Bundle Save As Template Galaxy opens a dialog box similar to the one shown in Figure 5 9 Name Bundle template Existing templates Live Bundle A Proteus Bundle Studio B Bundle Figure 5 9 Bundle Template Dialog Box 3 Type a name for the template and click Save 32 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 5 Creating and Getting a New Bundle The scrolling list in this dialog box shows the n
115. il when each Patch Factory algorithm is discussed In general to use Patch Factory D Make your inspiration Bank or Library active Choose one of the four algorithms from the Factory menu Shade Two and Constrained Random algorithms require that two patches be selected as sources for the new patch See Shade Two pg 125 and Con strained Random pg 125 for specific instructions 3 Decide whether you want to create a full Bank of patches or a Library containing any number of patches Play your new sounds Randomly generated patches may not always be musically useful but repre sent a good method for generating new Galaxy Manual PART 4 Menu Reference and surprising sounds You can rename the new patches edit them if you own Galaxy Plus Editors save them or throw them away The following sections discuss each F ac tory menu command though not in the same order as presented in the menu SHUFFLER The Shuffler algorithm takes all the parameters from the patches in your inspiration Bank or Library and shuffles them to create new patches it s as if you threw all the parameters into a bag shook it then removed the parameters one at a time to create new patches For example Galaxy might take the Attack part of one patch s envelope com bine it with the Decay of a different patch and apply the Sustain of athird This envelope could be modulated by the LFO of another This o
116. ile leaving others parameters alone those that are the same in the inspiration patches Galaxy Manual 125 PART 4 Menu Reference To create Constrained Random patches Open a Bank or Library that contains the two patches you want to use as inspiration Click the name of the first patch and shift click the name of the second patch 3 Choose Factory gt Constrained Random A dialog box appears in which you spec ify whether you want the random patches put into a Bank or Library You can specify how many patches you want in a Library Configure the dialog box and click the OK button to create a new Bank or Library of constrained random patches NOTE Thisalgorithm is not available for some patch types LIBRARY SAMPLER TheLibrary Sampler algorithm is not a patch generator it s a random patch selec tor It copies existing patches from a large Library at random and pastes them into a new more manageable Bank or Library To use Library Sampler D Choose a Library to be the inspiration Library and click in its window to make it active 2 Choose Factory gt Library Sampler A dialog box appears in which you spec ify whether you want the patches put into a Bank or Library You can specify how many patches you want in a Library Click the dialog s OK button to create a new Bank or Library of randomly selected patches DO AGAIN Choose this command to create another Bank or
117. ing if you want to discard both your current edit and its stored version If you click Cancel things will be left as they were If you click Discard the cur rent Edit Window will close and your paste clear or cut will be performed Loading into the Location of the Edited Patch or into its Entire Bank This will bring up a message asking if you want to discard both your current edit and its stored version If you Cancel things will be left as they were If you click Discard the current edit window will close and your load will be performed Pasting Patches into a Library When you paste a patch into a Library while editing a patch in that Library the Patch menu gets adjusted to reflect the addition of that patch You may option drag the title bar of the patch being edited and drag it to a Library or Bank as an alternate copy and paste method Galaxy Manual PART 5 Galaxy Plus Editors Cutting or Clearing Patches from a Library When you cut or clear a patch from a Library while editing a patch in that Library the Patch menu gets adjusted to reflect the removal of that patch Storing a Patch When you store an edited patch its new name if any will be displayed in the Galaxy window Selecting a Patch When you select a new patch from the Patch menu in an Editor Window that patch becomes selected in its Galaxy win dow You won t notice this until you make the Galaxy window active since selec
118. is command to make the selected MIDI device transfer all its inter nal Banks into corresponding Banks in Galaxy s Bundle Window NOTE Your MIDI devicetransfers only the Banks selected in the Banks in Device dialog box discussed in Banks in Device pg 103 To get all Banks from your MIDI device D Open a Bundle Window Click a device in the Bundle Window to select it highlighting it ELE Proteus 2 Bundle EE w Device Type Proteus 2 v 1 Master Parameters Device amp Banks E mu Proteus Presets r4 r1 E E E g Tuning BEJ d RE Program Map r Ms fig 3 Choose Bundle gt Get All Banks from Device Galaxy will get all the requested Banks from the selected MIDI device and place them in the Bundle Get All Banks in Bundle Choosing this command causes each MIDI device in your Galaxy Bundle to transfer its internal Banks into corresponding device Banks in the active Bundle Window M ake sure all Bank types included in the Bundle mirror the Bank types actually in your devices Unlike Get All Banks from Device this command gets Banks from every MIDI device in the Bundle regardless of which device you selected Send All Banks to Device Choose this command to make Galaxy send all Banks to the selected MIDI device IMPORTANT Choosing this command replaces all theinternal RAM patches in your MIDI device with those stored in Galaxy To s
119. isable the port for printing and then re enable it when finished Run MIDI in background Checked Enable this option if you want OM S to share data between compatible applications When this option is checked OM S controls the selected serial ports as long as any OM S compatible application is open whether or not that application is active ADVANTAGE OM S 2 0 compatible applications can communicate with each other F or example Galaxy can control Vision s Transport Controls as discussed in OM S Transport pg 127 or itcan send MIDI data directly to Vision as discussed in Send MIDI To pg 120 Un checked Disable this option if you want OM S to relinquish control of the serial ports when an OM S com patible application is not active ADVANTAGE Switching to a non OM S applications frees your serial ports for use by that application For example you could switch to a word processor and printlyrics or you could Switch to a telecommunication pro gram and use your modem New Easy Setup button Click this button to create a new OM S Easy Setup document OM S guides you through the process with a series of dialog boxes For more information about Easy Setup documents see your OM S manual NOTE OMS Easy Setup documents do not contain information about the spe cific devicesin your studio Instead you should create a Custom Studio Setup document for use with Galaxy Edit Custom Setup button Click this butto
120. isplay patches alphabetized by name rather than by number Replace Matrix 1000 Uu TOTOHORN 25 WATRLNG 50 DOU CIEL 75 SYNLUTH 26 BELLS 51 WA CLAV 76 CHAMBER 2 MOOOG_B 27 LIKETHIS 52 DREAMER 77 SPATBRS 3 EZYBRASS 28 NTHENEWS 53 XA STR 78 ETHEREE 4 SYNTH 29 SOFT MIX 54 CHURCH 79 TBRASS 5 MIBES 30 OBXA A7 55 KIDDING 80 NOBLE 6 CHUNK 31 BREATH 56 THUNDER 81 FLEXTONE 7 MINDSEAR 32 HUTRONO 57 ECHOWURL 82 GREEZY2 8 CASTILLO 33 SLOWATER 58 BLABINET 83 ARPPEGT 3 DESTROY 34 HAUNTING 59 STRUNGS 84 JUMP IES 10 BIG PIK 35 FLANGED 60 AFRIKAN 85 HARDVARK 11 M CHOIR 36 TENSION 61 B3 LSLIE 86 SWEETSKY 12 STRINGHE 37 ECHOTRON 62 CHIMES 87 SHINRING 13 LIQUIDC 38 PIRATES 63 DIPIAN 88 TINBOWS 14 PNO ELEC 39 EP SWEEP 64 LAZ HARP 89 GALLOP 15 BED TRAK 40 DEJAVUE 65 SHTHSQ2 90 PRELUDET 16 STELLAR 41 DRAMA 66 TRUMPETS 91 GROWLBRS 17 SYNCAGE 42 VIOLINCE 67 PAPANO 4 92 CLICKORG 18 SHIVERS 43 BOUNCE 68 WIPBASS 93 PRESLEZ1 19 ZETA 44 SAGAN Z 69 LYLE 8VA 94 LYLE 20 STEELDR 45 OB LEAD 70 SITAR 95 ARCANGEL 21 TAURUS 46 FEEDGIT 71 VIOGITAR 96 BENSHINR 22 POWRSOLO 47 SAMPLE 72 GOLIATH 97 LUSHNESS INTERSTL TINYPIAN ANAXYLO NOISTRNG REZTFUL GALACTIC FURYO SOPIPES SELECTING PATCHES BY GROUP If you have large banks of patches it can be quite frustrating to find patches that have a particular sound even w
121. k the mouse to play the M ouseK eys keyboard N ew notes are triggered every time you move the mouse over a M ouseK eys key Notes sustain until you either click the M ouseK eys keyboard or move the cursor off the M ouseK eys keyboard Simply click the LazyKeys button again to turn it off Repeat Button and Repeat Rate When you click the Repeat button high lighting it the most recently triggered note plays repeatedly at a rate determined by the Repeat Rate numerical You can set a repeat rate ranging from 0 to 120 roughly 0 5 Hz to 60 Hz Repeat option enabled at a rate of 90 approximately 45 Hz Tigres Repeat 20 Simply click the Repeat button again to turn it off Sustain Pedal Use the M acintosh s option key to sustain a note This simulates the same effect as holding down a sustain pedal on a piano To create chords simply option click each note in the chord 60 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 10 Auditioning Patches Macintosh Keyboard Velocity Control Mac Vel 64 Figure 10 6 Setting Key Velocity Use this numerical to set the velocity of notes you play on the M acintosh key board In addition to the standard methods of entering numbers in numeri cals you can type the numbers lthrough 9 Each of the number keys sets a predetermined value For example 1 enters a velocity value of 1 5 enters a velocity value of 64 and 9 enters a veloc ity of 127 NOTE
122. k to Device This command sends an entire bank of patches from the active Galaxy Bank Window to your MIDI device Different MIDI devices and Bank types respond differently Most MIDI devices fill their Bank with the new patches Some devices may not respond directly to the data Galaxy sends For these devices Galaxy produces a dialog box that tells you exactly what buttons to push on your M IDI device to enable itto receive the patch data 106 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 15 Bundle and Load Send Menus Look at Galaxy s on line help for more information about your specific device Send on Select This option controls whether or not Galaxy sends patches to your M IDI devices automatically You can either enable check or disable un check this option Enabled checked Any time you select a patch Galaxy sends that patch to your MIDI device automati cally When you select a patch with this option checked it s just as if you selected a patch and chose the Send Patch to Device command Disabled un checked You must send selected patches to M IDI devices manually by choosing the Send Patch to Device command NOTE You must check the Send On Select option to send patches from a Libraryto your MIDI device You must also select this option if you want to use the Play gt Play on Select option For more information about the Play on Select command see Playing Sequences pg 62
123. ke To save the Find list as a keyword in the M acro category Click the Save button located beneath the Find list Figure 12 21 Save List Button Type a name for the list in the dialog box that appears Save the Find Keywords list as a keyword under the Macros category and name it find scene 3 Co Figure 12 22 Save the Find List as a Keyword 3 Click OK to save the list as a keyword To delete a keyword in the M acro category Select the keyword Click the Delete button which appears to the left of the Save button when the Macro category is selected Galaxy Manual 79 PART 3 Auditioning Cataloging and Finding Patches Exiting to the Specific Find Dialog Box After you ve selected some keywords click the OK button to exit the Add K ey words dialog box and return to the Specific Find dialog box FIND PATCHES E NAME contains Viola EJ COMMENT contains scene 3 cue 5 Aggressive and not Distorted and Electric Guitar or E any type E KEYWORDS are PATCH TYPE is O copy to new library O cut to new library one at a time SEARCH TYPE Feuer fhoices Fina WHERE TO SEARCH all open windows Q fhis bank file folder amp F Figure 12 23 Keywords Used in the Find Procedure are Dis played Choosing a Patch Type to Find Use the Patch Type pop up menu to tell Galaxy to
124. king If you have not changed the patch since it was last stored indicated by a white circle instead of a black dot the Com pare command is disabled NOTE While you arein Compare mode it is possible to make changes to the patch but you won t be able to save these changes IMPORTANT If you choose Compare after adding new objects to a patch you may find yourself with an Editor Window full of disabled numericals For example if you are editing a layer that you ve just added to a Program and choose Com pare the Layer you are editing no longer exists To reflect this all numericalsin the Layer s Editor Windows become disabled Whilethisis not a problem you should be aware of the situation whenever you choose Compare Edit Name Use Edit Name to change the name of the current edit Patch names vary in length depending on the type of patch you are editing If you attempt to enter more letters or numbers than will fit in the name the Editor will beep Show Numerical Graphical Data This option lets you determine whether envelopes and other graphic objects are shown as numericals or as graphics LOAD SEND M ENU The Load Send menu works differently when you have an Editor Window open Get Patch will fill both the current edit window and its stored version with the patch in the synth s edit buffer Similarly Get Bank fills both the current Edit Window and the Bank associated with the current Edit Window Se
125. lation method your OMS Studio Setup document must define MIDI devices by device name Proteus 1 not by serial port name modem printer EDITOR USERS No further action is nec essary since Galaxy uses the E ditor Modules installed in the Galaxy Editors folder Automatic Librarian Updating OM S automatically notifies Galaxy any time you change your OM S Studio Setup document When Galaxy receives this notification it automatically updates the Galaxy Librarian M odules file to include the modules needed to support your cur rent Studio Setup document This is very beneficial if you frequently change OM S Studio Setup documents NOTE In order for automatic updating to work all Galaxy Librarian M odules must bein the Galaxy Librarians folder which must bein the samefolder asthe Galaxy application Also the Auto Scan Install Librarians option must be checked Drag and Drop Librarian Installation You can always use standard drag and drop techniques to install Librarian M od ules into Galaxy Your hard disk contains a folder named Galaxy Librarians which contains all Galaxy Librarian M odules Simply drag and drop the desired Librar ian icon from this folder onto the Galaxy icon Oberheim Matrix 6 1000 gam i Ew 22 Galaxy 2 0 Figure 2 3 Drag and Drop Librarian Installation 12 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 2 Installation amp Setup Galaxy installs the Librarian module int
126. laxy Manual 67 PART 3 Auditioning Cataloging and Finding Patches CREATING CUSTOM CATEGORIES AND KEYWORDS To create a custom category Click the Add button below the Category list Type a name for the new category in the dialog box that opens Create a new category named Clients Figure 11 4 Type a Name in the Add Category Dialog Box Click the OK button Galaxy adds your custom category to the Categories list To create custom keywords in either a custom or existing category Click the Add button below the list of keywords Type a new keyword in the dialog box that opens Add to the Clients category a new keyword named Muse Studios Cancel OK Figure 11 5 Type a Name in the Add Keyword Dialog Box Click the OK button Galaxy adds your custom keyword to the Keywords list and opens another Add dialog box This makes it easy to add many keywords at once Type in more keywords and continue hitting the OK button after each entry When you re finished adding keywords click the Add dialog box s Cancel button You ll see your new custom keywords listed in the Patch Information dialog box NOTE You can reorder categories and key words in their respective lists by Option dragging them to new positions You can attach custom keywords to patches the same as you attach factory keywords Deleting Custom Cate
127. lected patch to the Galaxy Setup docu ment and defines it as the empty patch for that type of M IDI device Patch Info Patch Info lets you view and assign descriptive comments and keywords to your patches Once you ve assigned this information to a patch it can be used as a search criteria in the Find command For information on this menu item see Chapter 11 Cataloging Patches Child Patch Info Child Patch Info is similar to Patch Info except it allows you to view and assign comments and keywords for attached child patches This menu item is enabled only if the selected patch has attached child patches Patch Mame and Attached Patches Keywords Kawai K1 Multi Soprano itl Vos Organ Kawai K1 Single Loc H A Section 1 Ahh E Prev amp P Edit Info 381 Figure 14 3 Child Patch Info Dialog Box The Child Patch Info dialog box only dis plays information if you d like to edit information you ll need to click the E dit Info button to open the Patch Information dialog box where you can edit keywords and comments NOTE Many ofthe buttons in the Patch Information dialog box are disabled when you open itfrom the Child Patch Info dialog box therefore you should always open the Patch Information dialog box using the Patch Info command Galaxy Manual 99 PART 4 Menu Reference Cross Reference Bank Choose this command to se
128. ls is to use your MIDI keyboard To do so D Select the numerical you wish to edit For example the numerical might con tains a MIDI note value such as a range numerical Play your MIDI keyboard The numerical changes to the value sent from your MIDI keyboard For example if the numerical contains a MIDI note value it will change to the note you played on your MIDI keyboard This technique works for all types of MIDI data including velocities and MIDI controller values Toggles Toggles are shaded squares that turn some parameter on or off Figure 20 2 Typical Toggles 136 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 20 Using Editor Modules When asquare is shaded the toggle is on when a square is white the toggle is off Simply click in a toggle to change its state When there are anumber of toggles next to each other you can drag across them to set all their states at once You can also use the bracket keys LJ or LJ to change the value of the selected toggle Guides Some Editors use a Guide as an addi tional method of editing parameters The guide is simply a big slider that you can use to edit the selected parameter Time Direct lt gt Effect Left Channel 300 ms Figure 20 3 Guide Containing Scroll Bar You can usethe guide to make changes to the selected parameter in several ways Click in the shaded area The slider thumb jumps to the place you clicked Click
129. matches your requirement In the illustrations in this chapter Galaxy searches for patches that have the text viol as a part of the patch information This means Galaxy will find patches that have viol in its name comments field or keywords list For example in addition to finding patches called Arco Violas Arco Vio lins etc Galaxy would also find a patch called Trem Strings which has the com ment La Traviatta Violetta relinquishes Alfredo attached Since the letters viol are a part of the comment Galaxy finds the patch attached to that comment EE Proteus 2 Bundle Presets Proteus 2 Device ID 1 Ch1 Proteus Preset Edit 64 Winter Signs 65 Deep Pad 66 Arco Violas 67 BellEnsemble 68 Cyberspace 69 PizzMoogBass 70 Marimbala 71 GrimReaper 72 Tinker Bell 73 Carousel 74 Exotic Harp 75 Trem Strings 76 Bronze Pad 77 Vibraphone 78 Astral Flute 79 Kool Bass 80 Sombre Winds 81 Space Cowboy 82 The Machine 83 Early Pere 84 Gently Now 85 Piccolodeeyo 86 Infinite One 87 Shimmertlays 88 Turbo Bass 89 Requiem 90 Wrong Room 91 Analog Pad 92 Chapel Organ 93 Electrovocal 94 Fat Boy Tuba 95 SawBass Lead 96 Vienna Dream 97 Vertigo Pad 98 Tarkus Twin 99 RoomOfStrngs 100 Magic Bells 101 Reginatron 102 Sub It 103 Psychlotron 104 CloudChamber 105 Sepulcher 106 Lurch Pluck 107 Pizz Piccolo 108 Vanpirical 109 String Thing 110 Galapagos 4111 Square One
130. matically sending Child Patches 51 copying 50 definition 19 recognizing 50 w stand alone Banks 39 Paste Child Patch command w Editor active 142 Paste command 96 w Editor active 142 Patch Info command 65 99 Patch Information dialog box 66 Categories list 66 closing 69 Keywords list 66 Patch M enu 144 selecting a Patch 144 Store Current Edit 145 Patch N ames auto renaming 111 avoiding duplicates 45 46 copying to text file 52 finding 73 printing 52 Patches Attached Patches 19 attaching keywords 65 auditioning w computer keyboard 62 auditioning w MIDI controller 61 auditioning w M ouseK eys 55 auditioning w sequence 62 autorenaming 111 blending patches to create new sounds 125 cataloging 65 Categories 66 Child Patches 19 comments definition 65 create controlled random sounds 123 creating random libraries 126 defining the empty patch 99 definition 17 deleting child patches 98 deleting duplicates 98 editing See Editing Techniques exporting to other applications 91 finding General Find 71 finding Specific Find 73 genesis of term 133 keywords definition 65 names in Library 45 46 naming in Bank Window 38 Parent Patches 19 printing names 52 randomizing parameters 125 selecting in Bank Window 37 selecting w Remote Control 113 sending automatically 38 sending from Library 47 sending individually 38 sending manually 38 sharing w custom Keywords 70 shuffling parameters 124 viewing
131. me ters of all patches currently in the Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 16 Setups Menu Library So even if patches have dif ferent names but duplicate parameters you ll be notified For more information see Avoiding Duplicate Patches pg 46 Ignore Name in Duplicate Check If you check this option Galaxy ignores patch names when searching for duplicate patches This is useful if you re pasting a patch with the same name as one patch and the same parameters as another and don t want to be bothered by dialog boxes When this option is un checked you will have to enter a new name in one dialog box then choose a name to keep in another dialog box When checked Galaxy will ignore the patch without producing any dialog boxes See Avoiding Duplicate Patches pg 46 for more information Hide Windows in Multifinder Check this option if you want Galaxy to hide all of its windows when you switch to another application Provide patch names for pre OMS 2 0 applications Check this option if you re using Galaxy with a MIDI application designed to work OMS 1x Vision previously handled the inter application name management tasks that are now part of OM S 2 0 If you re using a pre OM S 2 0 version of Vision you can check this option to have Galaxy provide it with patch names There s no need to check this option if all your MIDI applications support OM S 2 0 6 Provide controller names for OMS 2 0 applic
132. me category See Figure 12 16 FIND Aggressive or Distorted and Electric Guitar or Electric Bass Figure 12 16 Selecting Guitar Keywords 3 Since you want only patches that are not distorted click Distorted in the Find list to select it FIND Distorted and Electric Guitar or Electric Bass Figure 12 17 Selecting Distorted in the Find List Click the not button Notice that the keyword Distorted becomes not Distorted as shown in Figure 12 18 FIND not Distorted and Electric Guitar or Electric Bass Figure 12 18 Adding Not To aKeyword Since you want patches that contain the word Aggressive and do not contain the keyword Distorted click 78 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 12 Finding Patches Aggressive in the Find list to select it not Distorted and Electric Guitar or Electric Bass Figure 12 19 Selecting Aggressive in the Find List Click the and button Notice that the Find list changes from Aggressive or to Aggressive and as shown in Figure 12 20 FIND and Ii Aggressive not Distorted and Electric Guitar or Electric Bass Figure 12 20 Changing an Or to an And Saving the Find List as a Macro If you frequently use the same list of key words to find patches you can save the entire list as a keyword in the M acros cat egory You can name this list whatever you li
133. me middle C as C3 or C4 This affects the way M ouseK eys and Select Inputs to Enable Editors display MIDI note names O iac Bus 1 The MIDI Standard specifies that x Em K2000 Middle C MIDI note number 60 is O matrix 1000 named C4 Y amaha and some other Proteus 2 synthesizer manufacturers actually zu o give Middle C the name C3 iai PatchTalk Delay This numerical O sRv 330 slows down MIDI communications X amp 3 studio 5 Modem with your devices You should leave this numerical set to 0 unless your synthesizers give you MIDI buffer overflow messages If this happens try increasing this numerical 10 ticks Figure 16 4 Enable Input Devices Dialog Box at a time until the problem disappears Enable a device by checking its check box Disable a device by un checking its checkbox Enable Input Devices Galaxy uses enabled devices as Choose this command to open the Enable EM Input Devices dialog box This dialog box MIDI sourcesforauditioning contains a scrolling list of all devices in patches If Play gt Echo Keyboard is your current Studio Setup document checked Galaxy sends data from any enabled input device through to a selected destination device This allows you to use aM IDI keyboard to audition sounds on aMIDI sound module For more information see Playing Your MIDI Controller pg 61 MIDI sources for recording sequences For more information see
134. menu displays the M IDI devices defined in your current Studio Setup document NOTE Choosing a device from this menu automatically disables the Auto option The Auto option is discussed in Auto Check Box pg 58 MIDI Channel Selectors If you re working with layered sounds in a multitimbral synth such as a Proteus Kurzweil K 2000 D 110 etc or if you re using Galaxy to control a signal processor like the PCM 70 or LXP 1 you may want to send MIDI data on several channels or on a different channel than the one used to send patch information To select the playback channel s D Click the little channel numbers in the MouseKeys Window You can enable additional channels by clicking on them Q Click keys on the graphical MouseKeys keyboard Galaxy sends MIDI data on each of the selected channels to the selected device NOTE When you usethe MIDI Channel Selectors to select MIDI channels Galaxy automatically disables the Auto option The Auto option is discussed in Auto Check Box pg 58 Galaxy Manual 57 PART 3 Auditioning Cataloging and Finding Patches Multi Check Box The Multi box when enabled shaded allows Galaxy to e Echo the input from your M IDI key board using the channel s on which the keyboard transmits e Play sequences using the channel s on which the sequence was recorded Sequences are discussed in Playing Sequences pg 62 This is useful if you wan
135. n alternative you can paste the M IDI File to its own sequence Vision automat ically creates a single track for the data Galaxy Manual 91 PART 4 Menu Reference Example 2 Exporting Banks Follow through this example to learn how to transfer entire patch banks of system exclusive data from Galaxy into Vision In Galaxy D Select one or more Banks in a Bundle E j Proteus 2 Bundle Proteus 2 v 1 E mu Proteus PROTEUS LG Master Parameters Master PROTEUS Presets Preset S k Tuning Tuning PRO Program Map Pr JB Map If you want to select all the Banks for a device simply click the device informa tion line in the Bundle Window E j Proteus 2 Bundle Bi Proteus 2 v 1 E mu Proteus E k OD Master Parameters Master WYN Presets Preset PROTI WT Tuning Tuning PROTEL T Program Map Pr Map a If you want to select multiple devices shift click their names in the Bundle Window Choose File gt Export to Clipboard You ll see a progress dialog box while Galaxy copies the selected Banks to the Clipboard in MIDI File format In Vision D Select as many tracks as devices containing selected patch Banks For example if you exported all four Banks in a Proteus 1 and all four Banks in a Proteus 2 you would select two tracks in Vision since you have two
136. n to launch theOMS Setup application and open your cur rent Studio Setup document Use Custom Setups to tell OM S about Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 16 Setups Menu each device in your studio For more information about Custom Studio Setup documents see your OMS manual Error Log button Click this button to open the Serial Port Errors dialog box which con tains a list of recent serial port errors and their causes Galaxy Manual 115 PART 4 Menu Reference 116 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 17 Record Sequence 3eR Open MIDI File Play Sequence 3eP Loop Sequence Sian teguence Play on Select Keyboard Thru 3K All Notes Off Panic Use Omni Mode for Multi Ch Play Start MIDI File Capture fiear fapturce Only Capture Dumps amp Param Chgs Send MIDI To Ld Figure 17 1 Play Menu The Play menu controls Galaxy s numer ous patch auditioning features This chapter discusses each command in the Play menu For atutorial on using many of these commands please see Chapter 10 Auditioning Patches Record Sequence Choose this command to record a sequence into Galaxy A Galaxy sequence is useful for listening to different patches in a musical context You can record a sequence using either an external M IDI controller or Galaxy s M ouseK eys Play Menu NOTE If you re using an external MIDI controller make sureit s enabled in the Enable Input Devices dial
137. n you want to paste multiple items the order in which you select the destina tions is also important To continue our example suppose you select Item 2 then Item 1 in that order When you choose Paste the items on the Clipboard are pasted to the destinations in the order that the destinations were selected So Item 1 is pasted to Item 2 and Item 2 is pasted to Item 1 If you select a different number of destina tions than the number of items on the Clipboard the smaller number are pasted Paste Child Patch Certain Editors allow the pasting of child patches For details see the Editor manual for your specific M IDI device Initialize This command replaces the current edit with a copy of the Empty Patch You will be asked if you are sure you want to do this since the command is not un doable Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 21 Editor Menus Compare UnCompare Compare allows you to temporarily revert to the last stored version of your current edit When you choose this com mand the last stored version is displayed in the Editing Window and sent to your synthesizer To indicate that you are in Compare mode the small black dot in the upper right corner of the window next to the ID will blink Figure 21 1 Compare Dot Blinks To return to your previous edit choose UnCompare Your edited version of the patch reappears in the Editing Window and is sent to your synthesizer The small black dot stops blin
138. nd Patch sends the patch in the current Edit Window not its stored version If you choose Store Patch or Send Bank while editing the current edit will be saved first Then the patch will be stored or the Bank sent Galaxy Manual 143 PART 5 Galaxy Plus Editors Read the Editor M anuals for your specific MIDI device for further information PATCH MENU Patch menu is a generic term for a menu titled with the type of patch you re editing for example when you re in the Preset Editor you ll see a Preset menu The Patch menu allows you to store cur rent edits and to choose other patches to edit In the menu are the names of all the patches in the Bank or Library containing the edited patch The patch you re cur rently editing has a check mark by it Preset Store Current Edit space v64 PianotrSynth 65 trngChamber 66 BreathyFlute 67 TrumpetCombo 68 NewdOrchestra 69 SterAcoustic 70 Shamisen 71 StoneSlapBs 72 Rockfttitude 73 TocattaSeuen 74 PopRrt 75 Mini Solo 76 Ririmba Steel Drums 78 Modern Drums 79 SpaceTexture Figure 21 2 Patch Menu Selecting a Patch When you select a patch from a Patch menu the patch is sent to your synthe sizer and appears in the current E ditor Window The Patch menus are either Bank or Library menus Bank Menus The patches will have numbers next to them the way that they do in Bank Win dows Bank menus usually have sever
139. nger around on a real keyboard MouseKeys are velocity sensitive the closer you click to the bottom of a key the greater the velocity as though you struck a real piano key with more force The M ouseK eys keyboard sends MIDI data to the device and MIDI channel s specified by the Channel Device Selec tion Controls as discussed in Channel Device Selection Controls pg 57 Octave Shift Buttons Each C key shown on the M ouseK eys keyboard displays the MIDI octave number Sul MIDI octave numbers You can transpose the keyboard up or down in single octave increments by click ing the octave shift arrows at each end of the keyboard 56 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 10 Auditioning Patches Channel Device Selection Controls Use the Channel Device Selection Con trols to specify which device to communicate with and to tell Galaxy which MIDI channel s to use to commu nicate with that device e Froteus 2 Y HIDI Channels 2 l2 234325575 210111213141516 Figure 10 3 Channel Device Selection Controls As shown in Figure 10 3 there are four different Channel Device Selection Controls Device Selection pop up menu MIDI channel selectors Multi option Auto option 9 MIDI Indicator region The following sections discuss each con trol in detail Device Selection Pop Up Menu Choose the device that you want to hear from the Device Selection pop up menu This
140. njo Shamisen Koto Kalimba Bagpipe Fiddle Shanai Tinkle B ell Agogo Steel Drums Woodblock Taiko Drum Melodic Tom Synth Drum Reverse Cymbal Guitar Fret Noise Breath Noise Seashore Bird T weet Telephone Ring Helicopter Applause Gunshot Guitars Classical Guitar Folk Guitar Electric Guitar Steel Guitar Pedal Steel Guitar 12 String Guitar Electric B ass Fretless Bass Upright Bass Banjo Harp Mandolin Synth Bass Galaxy Manual PART 6 Appendix Keyboard Acoustic Piano Electric Piano Organ Harpsichord Clavichord Clavinet Accordion Rhodes Wurlitzer Hammond Organ Pipe Organ Vox Organ MIDI Controls Aftertouch MIDI Volume Mod Wheel Pitch Bend Sus Pedal Velocity Musical Style Pop Rock Jazz Techno Latin R amp B Orchestral Blues New Age Film Ethnic Country Folk Part Soprano M ezzoSoprano Alto Tenor Baritone Bass Part Contrabass Contra alto Lead Comp Pad Percussion Agogo Bells Belltree Birembau Bongo Cabasa Castanets Celesta Chimes Churchbell Clap Claves Conga Cowbell Crotales FingerCyms FingerSnap Flexitone Glasses Glockenspiel Gong Gourd Guiro Handbell Handclap Kalimba Kinto Opcode Systems Inc APPENDIX A Keywords Logdrum M aracas M arimba Scraper Shaker Steel Drums Talking Drum Tambourine Temple Blocks Timbale Timpani Triangle Tubular Bell Tumba Tympani Vibraphone Vibraslap Waterphone
141. nk SG E Korg 43 v Device iD 1 Combis OStar Burst 20LayerPiano 40 Synth Fat 21 Mr Tone 41 FunkySpice 228axHeaven 42Layer Str 1 LayerPiano 2 Satellite Figure 9 1 Patches with Attached Child Patches are marked with a Sign 50 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 9 Bits and Pieces Viewing Child Patch Information You can view information about a child patch such as the patch type and its loca tion by choosing Edit gt Child Patch Info A parent patch must be selected for this option to be available in the Edit menu Patch Name and Attached Patches Keywords Proteus Preset Link 1 Loc 70 Click Guit 2 Comments Prev 3P Edit Info 1 Nent 38N Done _ Figure 9 2 Viewing Child information Sending Parent Patches When you send your MIDI devicea parent patch from a stand alone Bank or Library Galaxy also sends all its attached child patches For example when you send a linked preset to a Proteus you would want Galaxy to send all attached presets auto matically Galaxy generally sends attached patches whenever the MIDI device allows it Unfortunately some types of MIDI devices do not have this capability See the on line help for your device Pasting Parent Patches into a Bundle If you copy a parent patch with attached child patches from a stand alone Bank or Library and paste it into a bundled Bank the following behavior is executed
142. nt to search If you re run ning System 7 you can also select a drive to search 80 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 12 Finding Patches In the dialog box click Open to opena selected file or folder or click Select to choose a file or folder for searching After you click Select the dialog box will close and you ll return to the Specific Find dialog box Click Find to find the patches you ve specified in the file or folder you ve chosen NOTE This search method searches only saved files if you want to search an unsaved Bank Library or Bundle you must do a search of all open windows Once you ve chosen a file to search it becomes the default file for your next F ile Folder search Choosing a Search Type Use the Search Type radio buttons to tell Galaxy what you want it to do when it finds patches that match your selection criteria Each of the three options is dis cussed in the following sections SEARCH TYPE O copy to new library cut to new library amp one at a time Figure 12 26 The Search Type Radio Buttons One at a Time If you select one at a time and click the Find button Galaxy finds patches by highlighting them in the window in which they re located When you click the Find button Galaxy locates the first patch matching your spec ifications and highlights itin its own Bank or Library Window To locate additional patches that match your specifications you must choose File gt
143. o Galaxy and updates the Galaxy Librar ian Modules file in your System Folder EDITOR USERS You can use the same technique to install Editor Modules into Galaxy Plus Editors In addition you can simply drag Editor M odules into the Galaxy Editors folder Galaxy Configuration You can always use the Galaxy Configura tion method to install Librarian M odules into Galaxy EDITOR USERS This method DOES NOT install Editor M odules into Galaxy Plus Editors Use one of the other installa tion techniques To install Librarian M odules using the Galaxy Configuration method D If you haven t already done so double click the Galaxy icon to launch Galaxy Choose Setups gt Galaxy Configuration Galaxy opens the Galaxy Configuration dialog box Galaxy Configuration Show installed Devices 3D O Patch types 3P Akai 3000 E mu Proteus install Device 31 E mu Proteus HR Kurzweil K2000 Oberheim Matrix 1000 Oberheim Matriu 6 Roland R 8M Yamaha DH11 Yamaha DH21 27 100 Yamaha TH812 Custom User created Programming Mode M Remove Device R Figure 2 4 Galaxy Configuration Dialog Box NOTE To learn about this dialog box in depth see About the Galaxy Configura tion Dialog Box pg 110 For now Click the Install Device button Galaxy opens the Installation Dialog Box Select modules from here PA Akai 3000 FR Bulk Storage E Docum
144. o any number of Virtual Destinations by check ing them in the submenu You can also select No One which prevents Galaxy from sending MIDI data to any Virtual Destinations 120 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 17 Play Menu NOTE If there are no open Virtual D esti nations the Send MIDI To submenu contains only one item No One This feature is particularly useful for recording real time patch edits into a sequencer if you own Galaxy Plus Editors You can also use it to send entire patch dumps to a sequencer IMPORTANT In order to usethis feature MIDI mustrun in the background To do this choose Setups OM S MIDI Setup to open the OM S MIDI Setup dialog box then check the Run MIDI in background option Sequencing Real Time Patch Edits This example discusses how to record real time patch edits into Vision using Galaxy Plus Editors D Choose Setups OMS MIDI Setup to make sure the Run MIDI in background option is checked Launch Vision and record enable an empty track Click Vision s Record button to start recording You might want to set a countoff so you have enough time to switch to Galaxy Plus Editors Switch to Galaxy Plus Editors Select Setups Send MIDI To Vision Open the desired Patch Edit Window and make changes as Vision plays your sequence You ll hear all your changes in real time as Vision records them IMPORTANT Vision records the data using the Thr
145. odules see I nstall ing Galaxy pg 10 For detailed information about using the Galaxy Configuration command see Galaxy Configuration pg 13 Galaxy Manual PART 4 Menu Reference About the Galaxy Configuration Dialog Box The information contained in the scrolling list changes depending on which radio button you choose Devices If you click this radio button as shown in Figure 16 2 the scroll ing list shows every type of device supported by the Librarian M odules currently installed in Galaxy The list is empty if there are no installed modules Ifthe list shows devices you don t own it s because many Galaxy Librar ian M odules support more than one type of device For example the Yamaha TX81Z DX11 DX21 Librar ian works with TX81Z DX11 DX21 DX27 and DX100 synthesizers therefore all these devices show up in the scrolling list Patch Types If you click this radio button the scrolling list shows every type of Patch Bank supported by every Librarian currently installed in Galaxy The list is empty if there are no installed modules NOTE Usethe Programming Mode checkbox if you wish to create your own Librarian M odule with PatchTalk When the Programming Mode option is selected A Custom menu containing PatchT alk commands will be visible The PatchT alk M anual is available in elec tronic form in the Galaxy Extras folder Preferences Choose this command to open the Prefer
146. of characters that match those you choose either and or or type including punctuation This means Choosing and instructs Galaxy to find a you can type part of a word if you want It patch only if both the Name and Com doesn t matter if you type upper or lower ment search criteria are met case letters Choosing or tells Galaxy to find a patch Notice the check box to the left of the if either the Name or Comment search word Comment becomes checked after criteria are met you type in the Comment contains field You can uncheck the box if you decide For example if you want to find a patch you don t want Galaxy to search through that s named Viola and contains the Patch comments comment Scene 3 Cue 5 your search will be more specific than if you want to find a patch either named Viola or con taining the comment Scene 3 Cue 5 74 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 12 Finding Patches Searching for Keywords You can find patches by choosing one or more keywords to define the desired patch or patches To search for specific keywords Click the check box to the left of the word Keywords Be Se are Figure 12 7 Click the Keywords Check Box Alternately you could type KJ Galaxy opens the Keywords to Find dialog box CATEGORIES KEYWORDS FIND U Fast Attack WEEE 5 Fast Attack Emm Medium Attack Brightness Slow Attack RI Drum Kit
147. offers you two pos sible strategies You can either send every MIDI event on every selected channel or put the selected channels in Omni mode and send the data to the lowest numbered channel To use Omni mode select Omni Mode for Multichannel Play NOTE Omni mode may not work with cer tain MIDI devices You can communicate with all devices without using Omni mode but any continuous controller information such as aftertouch pitch bend or modula tion will be significantly slower Omni mode is not used when the Multi option is enabled in the M ouseK eys Win dow This is because M ulti mode cannot work if any device is set to Omni mode Capture To MIDI File This command allows you to save to disk all M IDI information sent out by Galaxy This information can include patches parameter changes notes played on the M ouseK eys MIDI data echoed from your master controller e playback of the sequence recorded into Galaxy NOTE OMS 2 0 compatible applications that allow virtual destinations can record thistype of data in real time If you reusing an OMS 2 0 compatible application use the techniques discussed in Send MIDI To pg 120 When you choose Capture To MIDI File all the above MIDI events are cap tured and saved temporarily The command then changes to Save MIDI File Capturing ends when you choose Save MIDI File and the captured infor mation is saved permanently to a Standard
148. og box as dis cussed in Enable Input D evices pg 112 When you choose Record Sequence the following message appears Recording Click mouse button in this window or type return to stop Figure 17 2 Recording Instruction Message Play something on your M IDI controller or on the M ouseK eys Stop recording by clicking the mouse button in the message window or by typing Return You can play the sequence using the Play Sequence command loop it with the Loop Sequence command and stop it with the Stop Sequence command For more information see Playing Sequences pg 62 Open MIDI File Choose this command to open a standard M acintosh Open dialog box Use this dialog box to locate and open single track format 0 Standard M IDI Files You can use a standard MIDI File as Galaxy s audi Galaxy Manual PART 4 Menu Reference tioning sequence You can play the MIDI File sequence using the Play Sequence command loop it with the Loop Sequence command and stop it with the Stop Sequence command For more information see Playing Sequences pg 62 Galaxy keeps track of only one sequence If you open a MIDI File and play it it will replace the current recorded sequence or MIDI File NOTE If your MIDI File plays on multiple MIDI channels you ll probably want to enable the M ulti control in the M ouseK eys Window Otherwise all of the notes in the sequence will play on the channel selected in M
149. on Module Installation Basics There are three ways to install both Librarian and Editor M odules e Automatic Installation installs both Librarian and Editor M odules Drag and Drop Installation works for both Librarian and E ditor M odules Galaxy Configuration installs only Librarian M odules The method you use depends on how your OM S Studio Setup docu ment is configured The following sections discuss each installation technique in detail Automatic Installation After the Galaxy installation your hard disk contains among other items two folders e Galaxy Librarians contains all Galaxy Librarian M odules e Galaxy Editors contains all Galaxy Editor M odules Galaxy Manual 11 PART 1 Getting Started with Galaxy To perform an automatic Librarian instal lation the Preferences option Auto Scan Install Librarians must be checked it is checked by default For more information about automatic installation for Librarian M odules see Preferences pg 110 and read the Auto Scan Install Librarians section To allow Galaxy to perform auto matic Librarian installation D Double click the Galaxy icon to launch Galaxy D CR F Galaxy 2 0 Figure 2 2 Galaxy Icon Galaxy looks at your OMS Studio Setup document to see what MIDI devices you re using It then loads Librarian Mod ules for each supported device IMPORTANT To use this Librarian instal
150. on You can add multiple devices by shift clicking their names For more information see Creating Bun dles with M ultiple Devices pg 31 Banks in Device Choose this command to select which Bank types to include in the Bundle When you choose the Banks in Device command Galaxy opens the Banks in Device dialog box Include which Proteus banks 3 Master Parameters x Presets EJ Tuning EJ Program Map Figure 15 2 Banks in Device Dialog Box for a Proteus Sound Module The dialog box lists all possible Bank types for the selected device Check those types you want included in the Bundle When you check a Bank type Galaxy adds that Bank to the Bundle When you un check a Bank Type Galaxy deletes that Bank from the Bundle Therefore make sure you save anything valuable before un checking a Bank Galaxy Manual PART 4 Menu Reference For a tutorial using the Banks in Device command please see Choosing the Banks You Want in the Bundle pg 29 IMPORTANT Galaxy remembers your Bank choices for each device type The next time you add that device to a Bundle Galaxy includes only those Banks you chose in the Banks in Device dialog box Remove Device Choose this command to remove the selected device from the active Bundle Window This means that all Banks in the selected device are deleted If the Banks are valuable be sure you save them before choosing this command Save As Template
151. opens the file SAVING PATCH INFORMATION Custom categories and keywords are saved in a file called Galaxy Keywords Galaxy creates this file automatically the first time you create a custom keyword or category and places it in the Preferences folder in the System folder There may be times when you want to use patches with attached custom keywords on another computer To make sure that your custom keywords appear when you use the other computer system you need to also copy your Galaxy Keywords file to the new computer s Preferences folder for System 7 If that computer already contains a Galaxy Keywords file you can temporarily move it outside the System folder while using your own K eywords file 70 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 12 Finding Patches OVERVIEW You find patches by entering patch infor mation patch names patch comments and keywords in a Find dialog box Galaxy supports two different levels of Find methods General Find for details see Per forming A General Find pg 71 Specific Find for details see Per forming A Specific Find pg 73 The method you choose depends on how targeted you want your search to be If you ve followed this manual straight through you should have already attached keywords and comments to some of your own patches see Chapter 11 Cataloging Patches Galaxy also comes with over 1500 factory patches with keywords already attached
152. ou want to change a device ID you must do so in OM S Setup However if a device is undefined in OM S Setup then you can use the device ID numerical to match Galaxy s ID to the undefined device s ID Viewing the Bank List The Bundle Window s Bank list shows a Bank name and icon for every patch type supported by the device To view the Bank list without icons Select the Bundle gt View By Name command This will remove the Bank icons from the Bundle Window resulting in smaller Bundle Windows Proteus 2 Bundle Device amp Banks m Device Type Proteus 2 1 E mu Proteus Master Parameters il Presets Tuning i Program Map E Figure 5 4 Bundle Window viewed by name You can display the icons again by choosing Bundle gt View By Icon as shown below Proteus 2 Bundle Presets Tuning Program Map Figure 5 5 Bundle Window viewed by icon 28 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 5 Creating and Getting a New Bundle Choosing the Banks You Want in the Bundle There may be times when you don t need to include all possible patch types in a Bundle For instance you might have a device that supports RAM card data trans fers but you don t want these included in the Bundle To choose the patch types you want included in a Bundle D Choose Bundle Banks in Device Galaxy opens a dialog box listing all the possible Bank types for that device Include which Proteus bank
153. oup at the bottom of the pop up menu Selecting a group changes the pop up menu to display all values for that group While still holding the mouse button and with the new group selected drag the cursor over the desired value and release the mouse button 138 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 20 Using Editor Modules EDITOR AND GALAXY WINDOW INTERACTION Since you can have Editor Windows and other Galaxy windows open at the same time there is some inter relationship between them The following sections dis cuss those relationships Closing a Galaxy Window Closing a Galaxy window causes all of the Editor Windows containing patches from that Galaxy window to close If an Editor Window contains an edit that you haven t saved you ll be asked if you wantto save changes at which point you can save your changes discard your changes or cancel the command Renaming a Galaxy Window When a Galaxy window is renamed by using the Save As command Editor Windows containing patches from that Galaxy window will display the Galaxy window s new name Renaming the Edited Patch If you happen to use Galaxy to rename a patch being edited the new name will be entered into the Bank or Library and the current edit This is the only case wherea change you make to a Bank or Library affects a patch being edited Pasting Clearing or Cutting the Edited Patch Any of these actions will bring up a mes sage ask
154. patch name rather than play it from the Macintosh keyboard To enter and use Enter Names mode D Select Edit Enter Names to place a check mark next to the option Q Click a patch name to select it and type a new name In this mode you don t need to type an apostrophe before editing a name The Macintosh keyboard will never be used to play the MIDI device Copy Names Choose this command to copy the names in text format from a Bank Window or Library Window to the M acintosh Clip board You can then paste the names into any text editing program to customize patch lists Galaxy Manual 97 PART 4 Menu Reference If you copy names from a Library Galaxy copies the names to the M acintosh Clip board alphabetically If you copy names from a Bank Galaxy copies the names to the M acintosh Clip board in the order they appear in the Bank Window NOTE You can also copy patch namesinto a sequencer like Vision to see patch names without subscribing to them through OM S However because of OM S s dynamic and automatic features you should always use the OM S Names M anager to subscribe to patch names whenever possi ble Delete Duplicate Patches Choose this command to delete all patches in a Library with duplicate parameters It s possible for your Libraries to contain duplicate patches if you paste patches into them with the No Duplicates in Library option disabled in the Setup gt P refer
155. presents a precise musical M IDI or audio term In addition you can create your own keywords In addition in OM S 2 0 compatible applications such as Vision you can view patches by keywords NOTE See Appendix B Using Galaxy with the OM S Name Manager for complete details e Comments You can enter text com ments up to 60 pages containing any information you might want about a particular patch and later search your Libraries and Banks for matching text strings This chapter tells you how to attach preset keywords to your own patches and how to create custom keywords It also tells you how to attach comments to patches Chapter 12 Finding Patchestells you how to search your patches for spe cific patch information ATTACHING KEYWORDS TO PATCHES To attach keywords to a particular patch D Open the Bank or Library Window containing the patch to which you want to attach keywords Select the desired patch by clicking its name highlighting it 3 Choose Edit Patch Info to open the Patch Information dialog box Notice the name and number of the selected patch appears in the upper right corner of the dialog box In Figure 11 1 the patch number is 71 and the name is Dark Violas Galaxy Manual 65 PART 3 Auditioning Cataloging and Finding Patches CATEGORIES KEYWORDS 71 DakViolas T U Fast Attack i5 Brass F
156. questions about a specific device look for the answers in the device specific on line help Sub Instruments Some Bank Windows have a sub instru ment control as shown in Figure 6 2 on page 35 If your Bank has a sub instru ment control read this section A Bank Window contains a sub instru ment control if your device e is multitimbral has an edit buffer for each sub instrument Use the sub instrument control to e tell Galaxy which edit buffer receives patch information and or e tell Galaxy which channel to use to audition patches Read Galaxy s on line help to find out about your specific devices and their sub instruments IMPORTANT If you re using a module created with PatchT alk patches will usu ally be sent to sub instrument 1 by default and the Bank Window will not contain a sub instrument control SELECTING PATCHES To select a patch or group of patches in a Bank Window Select the patch name To select additional patches shift click their names Alternately you could select multiple patches by selecting the first un selected patch you d like and then dragging the cursor over additional patches while holding the mouse button down You must start dragging on an un selected patch otherwise Galaxy assumes you want to edit the selected patch s name 3 To de select a patch shift click its name To select all of the patches in a window choose Edit gt Select All
157. r M ultiPatches Galaxy needs some way to reference the Single Patches Galaxy Manual 19 PART 1 Getting Started with Galaxy and Effect Patches that make up the M ultiPatch In Galaxy terminology the M ultiPatch is called a parent patch and the Single and Effect Patches are called child patches Galaxy provides the capability of attach ing child patches to parent patches if you first save all the patch types in a Bundle Then if you copy a parent patch from a Bundle into either a stand alone Bank or Library Galaxy also copies their child patches and attaches them to the parent patch as if they were part of the parent patch If you copy a parent patch to another stand alone Bank or Library its child patches are copied with it When Galaxy sends a parent patch to a synthesizer it generally sends the attached child patches as well though some devices do not support this capability NOTE Thecapabilities of attached patches vary from device to device You should always read Galaxy s on line help for each devicein your studio It provides important information about patch types and the rela tionships between parent and child patches Pasting Parent Patches into a Bundle If you paste a parent patch with attached child patches into a bundled Bank here s what happens to each child patch Galaxy searches the Bundle for a Bank containing the same patch type as the child patch If it doesn t find
158. rack Therefore e Ifyou export data patches or Banks from a single device you create a MIDI File with a single track Ifyou export data from multiple devices you create a M IDI File with the same number of tracks as devices The following sections provide examples of how to e export single patches and paste them into Vision e export entire Banks and paste them into Vision Example 1 Exporting Patches When you re exporting patches rather than entire Banks you must export them one at a time If you select multiple patches and try to export them simulta neously Galaxy exports only the first one you selected In Galaxy D Open a stand alone Bank Window or a bundled Bank Window Select one patch 3 Choose File gt Export to Clipboard Galaxy exports the patch to the Clip board as a MIDI File format 1 In Vision Select a track by clicking its selector dot in the Tracks Window Choose Edit gt Paste Vision pastes the system exclusive data into the selected track Beater Sequence A FE Meter 474 Seq Len irm Display Praes 10 3 240 Tempo 164 62 1 M 2 9 shewe rv IP EcL 2 e t m ns Track Len instrument Comment 14 5 3 fe 4 i oil Play Quant 4t off Dur off Shift 0 eL Bern Figure 13 9 Patch Pasted into a Vision Track As a
159. re in the studio and need to send the correct sounds to all the synthe sizers in the studio Storing Patches in a Library You may find it convenient to keep many patches of a single type in one central location This location is called a Library Libraries differ from Banks in the follow ing ways Libraries hold an infinite number of patches e You can only send patches from a Library to your M IDI device one at a time Generally you should think of a Library as a central storage location for all patches of a particular type Y ou can audi tion individual patches in the Library and you can use the Library to select patches for making Banks Assume for example that you have hun dreds of Single Patches for the generic synthesizer shown in Figure 3 1 on page 17 Rather than keeping dozens of patch Banks you might like to keep all the patches together in a Library Simi larly you might like to keep Effects patches and M ultiPatches in their own libraries as shown in Figure 3 6 MIDI Device Effect Patch Bank Single Patch Bank Multi Patch Bank Effect Library Single Library Multi Library Figure 3 6 Using Galaxy Libraries You can then assemble custom Banks and Bundles by copying patches from the Library Attached Patches In Figure 3 2 on page 17 notice that one M ultiPatch is made up of numerous Single Patches and an Effect Patch Obvi ously if you store a stand alone Bank or Library o
160. rease perfor mance synthesizer manufactures removed all the knobs and switches and put the parameters under software con trol This resulted in synthesizers with very few buttons and many pages of parameter lists It s not uncommon on today s instruments to push a half dozen buttons in order to alter one parameter setting This editing method has pro duced more affordable synthesizers but has removed much of the experimenta tion spontaneity and sound design from the musician Opcode Editor M odules are a solution to complicated synthesizer programming An Opcode Editor can show many of the synthesizer s parameters on the M acin tosh screen at once You can draw envelopes change routings and make any adjustment with a simple click of the mouse All of your changes are trans ferred to your synthesizer in real time In addition since Opcode Editor M odules install into Galaxy Plus Editors you will be able to save your creations into Banks or Libraries This means you can use a single application for creating and storing all of the patches for your synthesizers n GENERIC EDITOR CONTROLS This following sections describe editing techniques common to all Opcode Editor M odules In an Opcode Editor most parameters are of the following types numericals toggles guides pop up menus envelopes You can select different parameters by clicking them or by stepping between them with the tJ
161. rical is dis cussed in M acintosh Keyboard Velocity Control pg 61 Velocity Range Control M ouseK eys are touch sensitive Although the M acintosh has no way of knowing how firmly you click the mouse you can generate different amounts of key velocity by clicking in different parts of the key To experiment with this first make sure you re using a device that rec ognizes key velocity and a sound programmed with a large amount of sensi tivity to key velocity The higher up you Click on a note the more softly it plays less leverage on the key The lower you Click on the note the louder it plays more leverage on the key Clicking Clicking toward the toward the top of the key bottom of the results in low key results in key velocity high key velocity Galaxy Manual 59 PART 3 Auditioning Cataloging and Finding Patches The shaded bar in the middle of the area above the keyboard controls the K ey Velocity Range of the M ouseK eys To change the M ouseK eys velocity range click at the high or low end of the range then drag the gray area to the other end of the range If you want to confine the range to a specific value just click any where on the bar and don t drag the mouse Wide Key Velocity Range Wel l nm Vel SSS Narrow Key Velocity Range Figure 10 5 Setting Key Velocity Range LazyKeys Button When you click the LazyKeys button highlighting it you no longer need to clic
162. s 3 Master Parameters EJ Presets Ed Tuning EJ Program Map Figure 5 6 Choosing Banks to be Included in the Bundle Cancel Q Un check those Banks you don t want included in the Bundle then click the OK button If you re not sure what some of the Banks are for you should use Galaxy s on line help as discussed in Chapter 4 Using Galaxy s On Line Librarian Help SETTING UP YOUR MIDI DEVICE You re almost ready to transfer patches from your synthesizer to Galaxy but you must first verify that Galaxy and your syn thesizer are speaking the same language To do this D Make sure that your synthesizer is enabled to send and receive MIDI System exclusive messages If necessary open Galaxy s on line help to learn about enabling system exclusive messages for your device THEORY System exclusive sys ex mes sages are unique types of MIDI messages that allow you to send specific patch and parameter information between identical synthesizers or between a synthesizer and a computer Make sure that your synthesizer s device ID matches the Device ID number shown in the Bundle Window If not you ll need to open OMS Setup and modify the Device ID Your OMS manual describes Device ID s and how to set them THEORY Device ID s are used to identify devices that use the same sys ex messa ges In the same way that note information is conveyed on a specific MIDI channel patch
163. s Bundle 3 Galaxy Editors G Application HD DH11 Effects Galaxy Librarians BENT Performance EB Matrix 1000 Bundle Type of new library Bulk Storage Document DH11 Effects DH11 Performance DH11 System Setup DH11 Voice DH21 Voice Generic Bulk K2000 Channels Figure 13 6 Open Dialog Box K2000 Dummy Patch K2000 Effects f K2000 Intonation Tables The dialog box contains two scrolling K2000 Keymaps lists h om Setup HA Proteus 2 Bundle Desktop DH21 Voice Eg R 8M Bundle K2000 Channels B 1812 Bundle K2000 Dummy Patch K2000 Effects Selected file s type Bundle Patch Type This left hand list con tains alist of all patch types supported the Librarian M odul i A dialog box opens showing all the possi ee ae ble Library types The list is based on the Librarian M odules you installed into Galaxy Figure 13 5 New Library Dialog Box e Files This right hand list functions much like a standard Open dialog box and lists all files of the type selected From the scrolling list select a Library in the left hand list type then click the OK button Galaxy opens a new Library Window ofthe selected type Libraries are discussed in detail in Chapter 8 Libraries Galaxy Manual 87 PART 4 Menu Reference Opening a Bank or Library To open a a stand alone Bank or Library D From the Patch Type list left hand side select the patch type you
164. s items into the locations you select If you ve selected fewer locations than the number of items on the Clipboard Galaxy won t paste some of the items If you ve selected more locations than the number of items on the Clipboard Galaxy won t fill some of the locations If you re pasting to a Library Galaxy adds the entire contents of the Clipboard to the Library If a pasted patch has either the same name or same patch data as an existing Library patch you ll see a dialog asking you to rename a patch or remove one of the duplicates For more informa tion see Patch Namesin a Library pg 45 and Avoiding Duplicate Patches pg 46 Clear Choose this command to delete the selected items from the active window This command does not affect Galaxy s Clipboard If you clear a patch from a win dow Galaxy replaces it with an empty patch which you can define using the Set Empty Patch command as discussed in Set Empty Patch pg 99 Select All Choose this command to select all of the patches in the active Bank Window or Library Window This command is useful when you want to copy entire Banks into Libraries Enter Names This command is related to the Testing Sounds command For more information see Testing Sounds pg 97 96 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 14 Edit Menu Testing Sounds Galaxy can use the M acintosh keyboard in one of two ways either to type patch names or to send notes to your MI
165. s a remote control You can use any MIDI event such as an Opcode footswitch a particular MIDI note a control change a program change event etc The event then appears in the selected field To program a M IDI event that selects the previous patch perform the same steps in the Select previous patch field To clear MIDI events select the field and type the Delete Backspace or Clear key OMS Studio Setup Choose this command to open or switch to the OMS Setup application This opens your current Studio Setup document Galaxy Manual PART 4 Menu Reference OMS MIDI Setup Use this command to open the OMS MIDI Setup dialog box OMS MIDI Setup OMS External ports to use x Q5 Modem OO Printer o O Run MIDI in background When Run MIDI In background is checked OMS will retain control of external ports used by MIDI interfaces until all OMS applications have quit New Easy Setup Error o O Edit custom setup Figure 16 6 OMS MIDI Setup Dialog Box As you can see in Figure 16 6 the OM S MIDI Setup dialog box contains numer ous elements Specifically External ports to use Check the box next to each M acin tosh port you wish to use for M IDI communication If you choose to use the same port for M IDI communica tions that your printer is connected to you will be unable to use the Print command in Galaxy You may how ever d
166. sing Galaxy Configuration 13 complete list 149 custom 68 definition 65 deleting 69 detaching 67 finding 75 rearranging 67 removing from Find List 76 saving 70 L LazyKeys 60 Learning Galaxy 3 Librarian M odules drag and drop installation 12 installing automatically 11 installing w Galaxy Configuration 13 overview 10 removing 14 updating 12 Libraries copying entire Patch Banks 44 copying Patches between 49 copying Patches to 43 creating 41 creating randomized patch collections 126 definition 19 device selection 42 features 41 filling 43 saving 47 sending Patches 47 Library Sampler command 126 Library Window anatomy 42 copying Patches to 43 i Load Send M enu 105 Keywords Get Patch from Device 105 adding to Find List 76 Get Bank from Device 106 attaching to ALL Patches 67 Play on Select 63 attaching to Patches 65 Send Patch to Device 38 106 attaching w o closing dialog box 67 Send Bank to Device 106 170 Opcode Systems Inc Index Send on Select 38 63 107 w Editor active 143 Loop Sequence command 63 118 M M anuals conventions 4 Technical Publications 7 using 3 M iddle C is preference 112 MIDI auditioning Patches w MIDI controller 61 configuring devices 29 connecting cables 14 controlling sequencers from Galaxy 127 defining M iddle C 112 echo keyboard 118 enabling input devices 112 indicator light 59 panic button all notes off 118 parameter editing 136 sequencing p
167. sive and Electric Bass key words but not the Distorted keyword Galaxy Manual 77 PART 3 Auditioning Cataloging and Finding Patches And Or Not Example Follow through this exercise to learn how to use the and or and not buttons to set up the Find list shown in Figure 12 14 D Select the Tone Color category and add the keywords Aggressive and Distorted to the Find list Galaxy automatically puts an or between the keywords since they re from the same category as shown in Figure 12 15 CATEGORIES KEYWORDS FIND Brass Airy gt gt gt Aggressive or lt Strings Aggressive Cm Distorted Guitars 3 Belltone ay Keyboard il Brassy Synth Vocals amp 3 Breathy 23 Brittle eal Buzzy crean ok J i Crystalline Dissonant Woodwinds World Brightness Feel Performance i Realism a Musical Style Part a Attack 5l Release l i z gt a and Br nat i Save Clear Glasslike n gure 12 15 Selecting Tone Color Keywords 2 Select the Guitars category and add the keywords Electric Guitar and Electric Bass to the Find list Galaxy joins the first new keyword to the last keyword with an and since these keywords are from different categories Galaxy joins the second new keyword to the first with an or since they re from the sa
168. sure it is capa ble of doing this IMPORTANT Whilecapturing is enabled you should be careful about what operations you perform In particular Get Patch and Get Bank for many devices causes Galaxy to transmit a patch request message Since you ordinarily would not want to capture such a message you shouldn t use these commands while capturing is enabled You may also want to inhibit the capturing of events like notes and controller changes To do this check Only Capture Dumps amp Param Chgs When this option is checked any notes or controller messages generated by Galaxy are not captured Clear Capture Use this command when you don t like what you have captured so far and want to start over It erases everything captured so far and disables capturing To begin capturing again choose Capture to MIDI File Only Capture Dumps amp Param Chgs When you check this option Galaxy cap tures only patch dumps and parameter change messages If this option is not checked then everything sent out by Galaxy is captured This includes all play ing by sequences an echoed keyboard M ouseK eys or the M ac K eyboard Send MIDI To The Send MIDI To submenu lists the names of any open OM S 2 0 compatible applications that are capable of receiving MIDI data These are called Virtual Destinations d No One v Vision Studio 5 driver Figure 17 3 Typical Send MIDI To Submenu Send MIDI To You can send M IDI data directly t
169. t a master M IDI keyboard to transmit on multiple chan nels to multiple synthesizers or a multitimbral synth The Multi setting doesn t affect M acintosh or M ouseK eys playing but for keyboard echo and sequences it takes priority over automatic or manual channel selection NOTE If the Multi check box is shaded notes recorded from M ouseK eys will be played back on the lowest numbered chan nel selected in M ouseK eys Auto Check Box Ifthe Auto box is shaded Galaxy gets the device and MIDI channel information from the active Bank or Library Window Galaxy then sends notes from the M ouseK eys to the device displayed in the active Bank or Library Window usually using the window s Device ID as aMIDI channel If the active Bank or Library has a sub instrument control the M ouseK eys MIDI channel usually defaults to the channel on which the current sub instru ment is receiving Sub instruments are defined in Sub Instruments pg 37 Here are two device specific examples that illustrate how the Auto check box interacts with sub instruments e Proteus If the active Bank Win dow s sub instrument control is set to Ch 14 in the Proteus the 14th sub instrument always receives on channel 14 then channel 14 will be the default M ouseK eys channel e Roland D 110 If you send a multi timbral setup patch to the synth and ifthe active Bank Window s sub instrument control is set to Part 5 Roland s term for the
170. tch These types of patches are called Attached patches since they have other patch types attached to them See Child Patch and Parent Patch Bank Patches of the same type are stored together in banks A Galaxy bank contains the same number of patches as the corresponding bank in your MIDI device Basic MIDI Channel Some devices usually older do not have a separate channel on which system exclusive mes sages can be communicated so they designate one of the 16 or 32 MIDI channels to send and receive sys ex data This is the basic MIDI channel Bundle M ost M IDI devices store more than one type of patch and therefore con tain more than one bank Galaxy allows you to store all the banks for a particular MIDI device together in a single bundle In addition bundles can contain banks from numerous devices Child Patch When a patch is referenced by another patch the referenced patch is called a Child patch If for example a Program patch references a particular Effect patch then the Effect patch is called a Child patch See Attached Patch and Parent Patch Device See MIDI Device Device ID This is a standard term for a device s setting that uniquely identifies the device In the same way that note information is conveyed on a specific MIDI channel patch system exclusive information usually contains a device ID specifying the device to which the patch data is directed OM S Studio Setup doc
171. te 8623 cGuitarte 102z9AcBuiFlue 11855AcffyFlute 8724AcGuitarte 103 40AcGulute 11956AcffuFlute 8825AcGuitaute 10441AcGuiFlute 120574cffuFlute i 8926AcGuitaute M10542AcGuyFlute 121 58AcffuFlute 9027AcGuitaute 10643AcGugFlute 122 59AcffyFlute 9128AcGuitaute 107 44AcGuyFlute 125 60AuffuFlute 66 O3AcGuitar 67 04 AcGuitar 68 0SAcGuitar 69 O6AcGuitar 70 07AcGuitar 71 O8AcGuitar 72 09AcGuitar 78 10AcGuitar 74 1 1AcGuitar 75 1 2AcGuitar 76 13AcGuitar e 77 14AcGuitar e 78 15AcGuitar e 79 16AcGuitar e 92 29AcGuitaute 108 45AcGuyFlute 124 61 AuffyFlute 93 30AcGuitaute 109 46AcGuyFlute 125 62AuffyFlute 9421AcGuitlute 11047AcGuyFlu 126 6zAuffyFlute 95z24cGuitlute 111 48AcGfuFl 127 64AuffuFlute Be These patches sound more like PuffyFlute Figure 18 3 Bank of Shade Two Patches NOTE This algorithm is not available for some patch types CONSTRAINED RANDOM The Constrained Random algorithm lets you control on a parameter by parameter basis the limits of random generation Like the Shade Two algorithm it requires that you select two inspiration patches Galaxy uses the parameter values of the two inspiration patches as the upper and lower limits of each parameter in the ran domly generated patches By careful selection of your inspiration patches Galaxy can randomize some parameters those that are different in the inspiration patches wh
172. ted patches aren t visible in windows that aren t active 140 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 21 Editor Menus This chapter describes menu commands and options that appear whenever an Editor Window is active and which behave the same for all Editors It also describes operations that do different things depending on whether an Editor Window is active or a Galaxy window is active If any special features apply to a specific Editor M odule these will be dis cussed in a device specific manual The Opcode Proteus Editor module is used as an example though the discus sion applies to all Opcode Editors M odules FILE MENU Refer to Chapter 10 for a full description of the File menu Some File menu com mands operate slightly differently when Editor Windows are active and these are outlined here Close The Close command closes the topmost Editor Window Save and Save As The Save and Save As commands store your currently edited patch then save the Bank Library or Bundle document con taining the patch Print The Print command prints the currently edited patch EDIT MENU When an Editor window is active the Edit menu is different from the Galaxy Edit menu Also the Edit menu varies depend ing on the type of patch you re editing Undo Redo M ost editing commands are un doable If you make a series of changes to a single parameter Undo will return you to the original value of the parameter
173. ted to for MIDI com munications you must disable itin the OMS Setup dialog box accessed in the Setups menu for printing to work If you don t like the way Galaxy prints patches simply copy the names to the M acintosh Clipboard then paste them into a word processing spreadsheet or database program To do so D Choose Edit Copy Names Galaxy automatically copies all the patch names in the active window to the Mac intosh Clipboard as two columns of text separated by a tab 52 Opcode Systems Inc Auditioning Cataloging and Finding Patches Galaxy Manua 53 PART 3 Auditioning Cataloging and Finding Patches 54 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 10 Auditioning Patches There are four ways to audition patches with Galaxy e Play Galaxy s M ouseK eys e Play your MIDI keyboard Play your Macintosh keyboard Play asequencethat you record using either a MIDI keyboard or Galaxy s M ouseK eys PLAYING THE MOUSEKEYS Galaxy s M ouseK eys consists of a tiny graphical on screen keyboard you use the mouse to play the keyboard In addi tion to the graphical keyboard the M ouseK eys Window contains numerous controls to help you audition patches To open the M ouseK eys Window D Select Play MouseKeys Galaxy opens a MouseKeys Window similar to the one shown in Figure 10 1 eee ANATOMY OF THE MOUSEKEYS WINDOW Channel Device
174. the or boxes on the ends of the guide to make incremental changes to the parameter s value Drag the thumb inside the shaded area like a data entry slider on a real synthesizer or a fader on a mixing console Envelopes Some Editors contain miniature envelope displays Figure 20 4 A Miniature Envelope If your Editor Window contains a small envelope display you can usually click it to open alarge editable graphic envelope You can then edit the envelope by drag ging its corners with the mouse Figure 20 5 Typical Graphic Envelope Of course you don t have to use the graphic envelope to edit the envelopes You can also alter envelopes using tradi tional numerical editing techniques as discussed in Numericals pg 135 Pop Up M enus Pop up menus are used when a parameter has many non numeric values Generally though not always pop up menus con tain some kind of small triangle Galaxy Manual PART 5 Galaxy Plus Editors 1 39 Marimba M Figure 20 6 Typical Pop up Menu NOTE Some numericals can only be changed by pop up menu T hese do not have a small triangle on their right edge Click ing anywhere in the numerical opens the pop up menu To use a pop up menu D Press and hold the mouse on the small triangle A pop up menu appears While still holding the mouse button drag the cursor over the desired value 3 Release the mouse when the desired value is highlight
175. the proper Bank type Galaxy warns you of the problem If Galaxy finds a Bank of the proper type itthen searches that Bank to see if it already contains an identical patch If the Bank contains an identical patch Galaxy alters the parent patch to refer to the location of the dupli cate If for example you use the same bass sound in several parent patches you won t get a separate copy of itfor every parent patch all the parent patches will refer to one copy of the child If the Bank doesn t contain an identi cal patch Galaxy tries to store the patch in the position referenced by the parent patch If the location isn t empty Galaxy pastes the child patch into the first empty location it finds and alters the parent to refer to that location Galaxy will warn you if there are no empty locations in which to paste a child patch 20 Opcode Systems Inc Banks Bundles and Libraries Galaxy Manual 21 PART 2 Banks Bundles and Libraries 22 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 4 Using Galaxy s On Line Librarian Help Galaxy offers two types of on line help e device specific help e general Galaxy help Thefollowing sections discuss both types of on line help DEVICE SPECIFIC HELP On line help is available for each Librarian M odule installed into Galaxy Use it to learn important device specific informa tion such as Bank types special features limitations and set up procedur
176. the parameters of all patches in the Library If two patches have different names but duplicate parameters Galaxy produces a Dupli cate Patch Parameter Alert box similar to the one shown in Figure 8 9 This alert tells you the name of the patch you re pasting and the name of any and all duplicate patches in the Library Listen 3L These patch names in the library are all the same patch Choose a name to keep Figure 8 9 Duplicate Patch Parameter Alert 4 Click the Listen button if you need to hear what a patch sounds like This sends the patch to your MIDI device so you can audition it using techniques discussed in Chapter 10 Auditioning Patches 5 Select the name you wish to use then click the OK button When both the name and the patch parameters of a pasted patch match an existing patch in the destination Library the second patch is never pasted and you ll never see any dialog boxes regard less of any preference settings 46 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 8 Libraries If a pasted patch has the same name as one patch and the same parameters as another Galaxy decides what to do based on the status of the Ignore Names in Duplicate check box in the Preferences dialog box If the box is checked the patch is ignored and not pasted If the box is un checked Galaxy first produces an alert box asking you to rename the pasted patch to resolve the name conflict followed by
177. to upgrade from Galaxy to Galaxy Plus Editors please contact O pcode s Cus tomer Service department as discussed in Contacting O pcode pg 6 PART 6 Appendix This part contains miscellaneous Galaxy information such as a list of keywords a glossary and instruc tions on using Galaxy with other OM S 2 0 compatible applications MANUAL CONVENTIONS This manual uses a number of conven tions that make it easier to discuss and understand certain on screen actions Mouse Actions This manual uses the following terms to describe various mouse actions e Click When the manual instructs you to click position the mouse where you re told and press once on the mouse button then immediately release it Double click When the manual instructs you to double click position the mouse where you re told and rap idly press and release the mouse button twice Press and hold When the manual instructs you to press and hold posi tion the mouse where you re told press the mouse button and hold it down until instructed to release it Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 1 Overview e Release When the manual instructs you to release let up on the mouse button which you were holding down because of an earlier press and hold instruction Drag When the manual instructs you to drag position the mouse where you re told then press the mouse button and hold it down as you move the mouse releasing the but
178. ton when you re finished Move When the manual instructs you to move the mouse simply move it to another location on the screen without pressing its button Choose vs Select The words choose and select are often interchangeable in conversational english In this manual however there is a distinct difference between the two terms Select When the manual tells you to select something it stays selected This is the case with most menu options Choose When the manual tells you to choose something a one time action is performed This is the case with most commands they perform their chosen action only once Menu Commands This manual uses a form of verbal short hand to describe how to choose or select various menu items For instance this manual might say Select Play gt Send MIDI To gt Vision Whatthis means in plain english is select the Vision option from the Play menu s Send MIDI To submenu Although the shorthand technique results in sub stan dard grammar it s easier to read and decipher than a complete sentence because it displays the menu s hierarchi cal structure plainly and simply Record Sequence Open MIDI File Only Capture Dumps amp Param Chgs Send MIDI to Vision Studio 5 driver Figure 1 1 Shorthand Invocation of Menu Items Galaxy Manual PART 1 Getting Started with Galaxy SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS To see the latest
179. tton is checked In the scrolling list select the device you wish to remove Click the Remove button Galaxy asks if you re positive that you want to remove the Librarian Module for the selected device 4 Click the Proceed button Galaxy removes the Librarian Module for the selected device NOTE To quickly remove ALL Librarian modules drag the Galaxy Librarian Modules file into the trash HARDWARE CONNECTIONS Galaxy requires two way communication with your MIDI device This means that Galaxy must be able to send M IDI data to your M IDI device as well as receive MIDI data from the device To do this you must connect both the M IDI IN and MIDI OUT ports on your MIDI device to your M acintosh M IDI interface 14 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 2 Installation amp Setup Connecting a Single MIDI Device The simplest M IDI studios contain a M ac intosh a single port standard M IDI interface and aMIDI keyboard Figure 2 6 illustrates a very simple M IDI studio containing a Kurzweil K 2000 syn thesizer a standard MIDI interface and a M acintosh MACINTOSH STANDARD MIDI INTERFACE Figure 2 6 Simple MIDI Studio In this example Galaxy can get patches from the K 2000 through the cable con nected to the K2000 s MIDI OUT port and it can send patches to the K 2000 through the cable connected to the K 2000 s MIDI IN port Connecting Two or More MIDI Devices
180. u ments and device front panels usually contain device IDs When these IDs are set identically patch data can be trans Galaxy Manual 161 PART 6 Appendix ferred from the device to Galaxy and back to the device On some devices usually older ones there is a basic MIDI chan nel that also functions as a device ID Instead of device ID some manufactur ers may use the terms M IDI ID unit ID unit number device number system exclusive ID Library M IDI devices can contain only a fixed number of patches in a bank Galaxy allows you to create files that store as many patches as memory allows These files are called libraries MIDI Device A term referring to M IDI instruments effects units and drum machines Name List A set of patch names that can be recalled by the 128 MIDI program change messages or a set of note names M any devices have multiple patch name lists which correspond to multiple work ing modes of the device OMS OMS is an acronym for the Open Music System OM S is a M acintosh system extension developed by Opcode that Galaxy uses to communicate with all the MIDI hardware in your studio OM S provides a central location called the Studio Setup document for defining and storing a detailed description of the devices in your MIDI studio and the patches within those devices OMS Name Manager Galaxy Bundles automatically publish their names to the OM S Name
181. u Instrument Switch back to Vision and click the Stop button Play your sequence Vision plays the sequence including all the patch edits you just made in Galaxy NOTE Not all synthesizers are capable of receiving system exclusive data while play ing notes See your device s MIDI specifications to determine it s capabilities Galaxy Manual PART 4 Menu Reference 122 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 18 Factory Menu Factory Constrained Random Library Sampler Shade Two Shuffler Figure 18 1 Factory Menu The Factory menu is available only if a Bank or aLibrary is the active window Use it to access Galaxy s Patch Factory algorithms Patch Factory is a special Opcode feature that allows you to create new patches through various controlled random tech niques With Patch Factory you can Select a random grouping of patches from a Library and paste them into a Bank or Library Library Sampler algorithm Create patches based on the shuf fled parameters of all the patches in a Bank Shuffler algorithm Create patches based on a gradual transition from one patch to another Shade Two algorithm Create patches from random parame ter variation based on the limits imposed by two user selected patches Constrained Random algorithm All four Patch Factory algorithms require some form of inspiration Bank or Library to use as a starting point This is explained in more deta
182. ve 141 Saving Bundles 30 Libraries 47 Search Type options 81 Select All command 96 Select Device dialog box 25 Send Patch to Device command 38 106 Send All Banks in Bundle command 32 103 Send All Banks to Device command 31 102 Send Bank to Device command 106 Send MIDI To command 120 Send on Select command 38 63 107 Sequence looping 63 opening MIDI file 63 playing automatically 63 playing manually 62 recording 62 stopping 63 used for auditioning 62 Set Empty Patch command 99 Setups M enu 109 Enable Input Devices 61 112 Galaxy Configuration 13 109 Galaxy Manual Index OMS MIDI Setup 114 OMS Studio Setup 113 Preferences 110 Remote Control 113 Send MIDI To 120 Shade Two command 125 Show Numerical command 143 Shuffler command 124 Specific Find dialog box 73 closing 80 Stop Sequence command 63 118 Store Current Edit command 145 Sub Instruments definition 37 System requirements 6 T Technical Publications 7 Templates creating Find templates 79 creating Bundle Templates 32 deleting Bundle Templates 33 using Bundle Templates 33 Testing Sounds command 62 97 Toggle editing 136 U UnCompare command 143 Undo command 95 w Editor active 141 Use Omni M ode command 119 V View By Icon command 28 104 View By Name command 28 104 Vision controlling from Galaxy 127 sequencing patch edits 120 subscribing to Galaxy names 157 W Where To Search options 80 Window at Startup preferenc
183. w to use them to audition patches Recording a Sequence To record a sequence D Choose Play gt Record Sequence Play a series of notes on your MIDI keyboard or on the MouseKeys Make sure your MIDI keyboard is enabled in the Enable Input Devices dialog box accessed by choosing Set ups gt Enable Input Devices Click the mouse when you want to stop recording Playing a Sequence There are a couple ways to audition patches with a playback sequence You can either trigger sequences manually or trigger sequences automatically every time you select a patch 62 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 10 Auditioning Patches To play a sequence manually Choose Play gt Play Sequence Galaxy plays the sequence To play a sequence automatically Select the Load Send gt Send on Select option to check it Checking Send on Select causes Galaxy to automatically send each selected patch to your sound module Select the Load Send gt Play on Select option to check it 3 Select a patch in a Bank or Library Galaxy plays the sequence every time you select a new patch because the Play on Select option is checked Select Load Send gt Play on Select when you re finished auditioning patches This disables the automatic sequence playback feature so you can continue with your work Looping a Sequence You can make a sequence loop continuously Select the Play gt Loop Sequence option to che
184. ways Keep If you click this but ton Galaxy always keeps the existing Library patch and discards the patch you re pasting Galaxy does not pro duce the Duplicate Name alert box for the remainder of the paste operation Rename New Enter a new name and click this button to keep both the existing and the pasted patch If the new name is not already in the Library the patch will be added with its new name The copy of the patch on the Clipboard will not be renamed Always Auto Rename Clicking this button causes Galaxy to rename patches automatically It does this by changing the last characters of the name until the name doesn t match Galaxy Manual 45 PART 2 Banks Bundles and Libraries any others in the Library Select Set ups gt Preferences to tell Galaxy how you want it to automatically rename patches Y our choices are to Append numbers to the patch name starting at 0 Append capital letters to the patch name starting at A Append small letters to the patch name starting at a If you rename a patch in a Library it is immediately re alphabetized You may have to scroll in order to locate the renamed patch AVOIDING DUPLICATE PATCHES To avoid pasting patches with duplicate patch parameters D Select Setup Preferences Check the No Duplicate Patches in Libraries option Paste patches into the Library Galaxy compares each pasted patch s parameters to
185. wever Galaxy gives you the ability to create stand alone Banks that are not part of a Bundle Stand alone Banks differ from bundled Banks in the following ways Child patches are not attached when you fill a stand alone Bank unless you copy patches from a bundled Bank When you edit a patch in a stand alone Bank you won t see child patch names in any edit windows You selectthe OM S device in the Bank Window rather than the Bundle Window If you don t expect to use stand alone Banks you can skip ahead to Chapter 8 Libraries A D LEE Ier oc MM CREATING A STAND ALONE BANK To open a stand alone Bank D ChooseFile New Bank A dialog box opens with a scrolling list of all the Bank types for al the devices sup ported by the Librarian Modules you installed into Galaxy Type of new bank Matriu amp Splits Matriu 6 1000 Singles PRD 80 Patch Chains PRD 80 Patches Proteus Master Proteus Preset Proteus Program Map Figure 7 1 New Bank Dialog Box Select a Bank type then click the OK button Alternately you could simply double click the Bank type Galaxy opens a new stand alone Bank of the type you requested Galaxy Manual 39 PART 2 Banks Bundles and Libraries eee dL TOURING THE STAND ALONE BANK WINDOW The stand alone Bank Window is nearly identical to the bundled Bank Window with following differences The title bar of a stand alon
186. wing elements OMS Device Selection pop up menu Galaxy Device Type 9 DevicelD Bank List The following sections discuss how to use the Bundle Window 26 Opcode Systems Inc CHAPTER 5 Creating and Getting a New Bundle OMS Device Selection How you select MIDI devices in the Bundle Window depends on your current OMS Studio Setup document If you have only one M IDI device of the type displayed in the Device Type column it is displayed in the D evice Bank column and no further action is necessary If you have more than one device of the type displayed in the Device Type column you ll need to tell Galaxy which device you want assigned to this Bundle To do so select the desired device from the OM S Device Selection pop up menu NOTE If you are using multipleMIDI devices of the same D evice T ype make sure they have different Device ID numbers S untitled SS Device amp Banks Device Type Se ee 0000000 LESEN Dm PROTEUS ay If your current Studio Setup docu ment doesn t contain any devices of the type shown in the Device Type column then the pop up menu lists all the undefined devices in your cur rent Studio Setup document An undefined device is any device in your current Studio Setup document that is not known to OM S name is set to other If your current Studio Setup docu ment doesn t contain any devices of the chosen type and all of its devices are defined you ll
187. xy is a universal patch librarian that you can configure to work with any sup ported M IDI device With Galaxy you can Store patches for any supported MIDI device You can store patches in one of three ways 1 in device sized Banks 2 in Libraries of unlimited size 3 in Bundles of related patch Banks e Attach keywords to a patch then search any or all Banks and Libraries for patches with the same keywords Search for patches by name or by attached comments Forma dynamic communication link with OM S 2 0 compatible programs The patch names you store in Galaxy Bundles can be automatically dis played in these applications For example if you alter a patch name in Galaxy OM S 2 0 automatically updates the name in any compatible applications Overview Add additional Librarian modules as they become available These mod ules can be either Opcode created modules or modules you create using Galaxy s PatchTalk language If you own Opcode s Galaxy Plus Editors program you can create and edit your own patches using graphic edit windows Editor modules plug in to Galaxy Plus Editors and are available for many popular M IDI devices USING THE GALAXY MANUAL This manual assumes that you are famil iar with basic M acintosh operations If you re not please read the M acintosh manual In particular you should be com fortable with clicking double clicking dragging choosing selecting scrolling
188. ype to Device 0 Get Bank from Device Send Bank to Device Send on Select Figure 15 3 Load Send Menu Use the Load Send menu commands to transfer patches and or Banks between the MIDI device and the M acintosh The actual commands in the Load Send menu vary according to the type of device the patch type and whether the active window is a Bank or Library See the on line help for your device to learn about Load Send commands specific to your MIDI devices Get Patch from Device Select a location in a Bank Window into which you want to load an individual patch then choose the Get Patch from Device command Galaxy asks the device to send itthe requested patch data All devices respond to this request differently e MostM IDI devices simply send Galaxy the requested data Some devices may not respond to Galaxy s request For these devices Galaxy produces a dialog box that tells you exactly what buttons to push on your MIDI device to initiate the patch transfer Look at Galaxy s on line help for more information about your specific device NOTE The Get Patch from Device command is disabled when a Library Window isactive To fill a Library with patches use either the option drag method or standard M acintosh cut copy paste tech niques See Filling a Library pg 43 for a detailed tutorial Galaxy Manual PART 4 Menu Reference Send Patch to Device Choose this

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