Le Masque: Delay User Manual - Xils-Lab
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1. Als lab Le Masque Delay Type p Demo PRESEIF 120 Back In Town LiZ o Le nasque FEEDBACK 2 LEFT PAN N LOGATOR NUMBER OF Sr GRID PRECISION ATTAGK RELEASE LEVEL DAY WET FILTER LEVEL FAATORO GAIN CUTOFF RESONANCE DRIV j LFOMOD ENV MOD ENVY MOD _4 lt fons Bee xilsleb Gia User Manual Table of contents MESSEN RB Le RTRT ani TTT RR meee 8 de a E E a a ie 8 CERERE a Wi OY I nee use 1 Cia 11 SR ace E E E 11 ER ROM RR EEEE TE create E EEEE E PEE E EE EE E EEE TET 13 5 4 SortING MENU ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS 5 5 A B COMPARISON 6 ADJUSTING THE INSTRUMENTS PARAMETERS KNOBS zesssssssssssssssssnnnnnnssssnsnnnsnnnnssssssssnsssnsnnnnsssss 14 ZI HE MAIN AN ine ei e oo ee 15 7 1 Tae e E ET TI e tdiftifilffillll i l T Tpgg rp 16 7 1 1 The Time and Feedback Knobs iii 16 7 1 2 The Midi Synchro Button RR E ee a een 16 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing Le Masque Delay Le Masque Delay is a revolutionary Time Line driven Delay Effect which can be used to perform unique and totally new Delay based effects in a fast and intuitive way To accomplish this task Le Masque Delay inherits the renowned XILS lab filters and all the experience accumulated from the making of Virtual Analog synthesizers and audio effects PRESEIF 120 Back In Town Liz As 1 FEEDBACK lo TIME LOCATOR NUMBER OF BARS REGISION ATTACK RELEASE FILT2. Type Category of the instrument like Keys Leads Basses etc Style Musical Genre Feeling Cold warm soft and finally Project My_Song My_Live_Project Note You can also see its creation date and the last update date To modify a preset name click in the preset field and enter the new preset name this will also save all the current settings To change preset information click on the display this will open a menu when you can select one of the existing items Note You can add a new item in any category and therefore create custom banks custom styles Projects categories of instruments etc To add a new item in any filed select New at the bottom of the list Note You may have to browse until the end of the list in order to select new depending on its length A Pop Up window opens when you can enter the new name The current preset will then be associated to this new item Note Please be aware that creating too much categories can also have its drawbacks and make browsing become from difficult and painful to nearly impossible Should you create around 200 different custom instrument categories it would become very difficult to browse the library using the Style sorting Once you have filled all the desired required fields SAVE AS Will save the current preset in the chosen Bank with its new or unchanged Name tags in all the fields you filled in MOVE TO Allows saving the current preset i
3. Click the Preset arrow button to open the preset menu Here you can choose and load another preset from the current sort groups into Le Masque Delay PRESETP DEL lLoc D Hip Drums Dynamic Filter LtZ ScreenShot Soul Funk 01 A 80 Open Preset Information Export Preset Delete Preset 4Loc You can also use the Up next preset Down previous arrows located at the right of the preset name to browse presets In this menu other actions are also available Delete Preset use this to delete the current preset a popup confirmation window appears This option is only available if the current preset is not a factory one Export Preset Use this function to export the current preset in an external file mskd format This file can be imported later as a new bank It always makes sense to back up your presets on external support like CD ROMS etc Open preset Information or click on SAVE AS opens the following preset information window where the name and all other information related to the current preset can be displayed or changed PRESET INFORMATION Screenshot Factory test CREATED 21 12 2011 XILS lab ODIFIED 21 12 2011 Init Cancel Save Movell As lo Tutorial Default In this window you can modify the Name of the preset specify the Bank in which the preset will be saved and also enter information in the other fields Author Your name otherwise used by Sound Designers for factory presets
4. Sustain setting during a time specified by the Decay setting It stays to this sustain level as long as the EG is gated i e as long as the note is hold Then when the note in off it goes into the release stage while the output continuously decreases to zero depending to the Release setting 10 The Time and Modulation panel In this panel you can specify the Modulation targets of sources like the Mod Wheel and the Grid Level Parameter You can also specify all the parameters of the incoming threshold function and the adaptive clock specifications 10 1 Modulation Matrix Here you can specify the Mod Wheel and the Mask s Level parameters targets Available Target List Filter Cut Off Resonance and Drive LFO Rate Note If you want to use the Mod Wheel for real time control of Le Masque Delay parameters in your DAW there s a very short tutorial at the end of this manual PER TIME amp MOD i In this example the Locator levels will modulate simultaneously both Filter Cut Off and Resonance Filter Freq LOCATOR LEVEL While the Mod Wheel will modulate the pe Envelope attack and the rate of the LFO Filter Res Please note that you can apply positive or negative modulation Envy Attack N When the Knob is centered no modulation MOD WHEEL will apply 10 2 The Start Stop quantization The grid starts or stops mirroring your music application but you can control the way this is done Choosing Free in the Sta
5. if you browse them on ANY audio material BUT You ll VERY probably make the most of it by UNDERSTANDING the base concepts which are very intuitive after an hour of intensive use with Le Masque Delay and then create your own instruments best suited to the situation Remember also that you can also move the Masks in real time with the mouse and that in addition to all the modulations possibilities provided you can also AUTOMATE all the parameters via Midi CC Mangling with Le Masque Delay in real time is a very creative experience 4 4 Toolbar me p fi Pe EEE aaa aa Author gt Lotuzia PRESEIP IMSLoungeEPLiz SAVE sel p TI BT options gt Note The toolbar at the top of the interface allows you to load or save presets make a comparison between settings A and B or modify the options These functions are described in detail later in this manual Click on the PRESET arrow to show the available presets in the current sorted group Please note that selecting a new preset without saving your current settings will erase any changes you have made to those settings Click on the sort arrow button to display the current sorted group and to choose the preset within it You can sort presets by Author Feeling Type Style Bank or Projects Click on the sorting label over the sorted group name to sort your preset according to your preferences Please note that Le Masque Delay powerful Preset management is fully detailed in chapter 5 o
6. envelope Loop mode In this mode the envelope is looping and only the A and D parameters are sued The length of the loop is given by the very simple equation L A D ENVELOPE DECAY SUSTAIN RELEASE on LOCATOR u EN 1 OFF 4 I z FILTERMOD TRIG LEVEL MOD Trigger Modes The Trigger selector specifies by which event the envelope will be triggered You have three choices Locator the LEFT locator of each Knob will trigger the envelope Off Disengages the ADSR which won t be trigged anymore you can use this to cancel all the modulations caused by the envelope without modifying the settings In The envelope will be triggered by the level of incoming delay signal Each time a signal is detected in the delay audio path it will trigger the envelope The threshold of the incoming signal triggering the Envelope can be modified in the time and mod tab Note please note that the Filter Modulation Knob is duplicated on the main panel of the UI under the Grid for ease of use Note on ADSR An envelope generator is a classic electronic module that outputs a command signal built on four parts ADSR Attack Decay Sustain Release When the envelope is triggered See the different trigger modes above it begins with the Attack part From zero to the maximum level the EG outputs a signal which increases in a time depending on the Attack setting Then follows the Decay part while the output decreases to a level specified by the
7. lab MIDI Export Bank Import Bank Use Factory Bank Name Sort By b DAY WET w Author Name Project Name Type Name Style Name PAN Feeling Name All Presets Export Bank exports a bank in Le Masque Delay proprietary cross platform format Mac and PC The selected bank i e the bank which contains the currently active preset will be exported to a user specified location on your hard drive Import Bank allows you to browse your hard drives to select a file and imports a Masque bank 5 5 A B comparison You can store two different settings at the same time and instantly switch from one to the other to compare their settings These two settings are stored in the A and B memories When you launch Le Masque Delay the default activated memory is A When you load or modify a preset this memory A is also modified in real time according to your edits You can switch to B memory by clicking on the B button To copy the current active memory content to the other memory slot just press the button labeled gt or lt according to the current active memory With this A B comparison system you can easily have two settings and compare them in a convenient way 6 Adjusting the instruments parameters Knobs On Le Masque Delay most sound parameters like the delay time and feedback or the filter s Cut Off frequency are controlled using Knobs To adjust the parameters of Le Masque Delay with the mou
8. part of the composition process After you have gained some experience with Le Masque Delay you ll soon develop and invent your on way to use it as a creative and inspirational tool Le Masque Delay is polymorphic unit and it can have a very experimental side We will publish some video tutorials soon on our YouTube channel http www youtube com user xilslab 4 3 Insert or Bus Like any other Delay unit or Time based effect Le Masque Delay can be inserted in the instruments channel of your mixer or DAW or be used in an auxiliary bus Lets see the pros and cons of each method 4 3 1 Le Masque Delay as insert When inserted on the instrument channel you can adjust the dry wet signal between the incoming dry Signal and the delay signal wet using the DRY WET knob located at the bottom right of the unit This can result in a loss of the global volume therefore you should use the Global Output Gain knob to compensate for this If the Mask is used as an insert you can control simultaneously the synth and Le Masque Delay with the mod wheel for complex effects Note The factory library includes many presets intended to be used in insert mode All these presets are prefixed with an I where I stands for INSERT as opposed to presets prefixed with B where B stands for Auxiliary BUS It might be a good idea to start form one of these presets 4 3 2 Le Masque Delay on a Bus When placed in an auxiliary bus Le Masque Delay provides yo
9. the last one The first one controls the Modulation applied by the LFO to the Cut Off and the second the Modulation applied by the ADSR to the Cut Off Please refer to the LFO amp Envelope section of this manual for more details about them Note The gain modulation by the ADSR envelope doesn t belong on theory to the Filter Section but its there so that you can have all the main modulation knobs always available on the screen in a single place 9 The LFO amp Envelope Tab Panel Click on the LFO amp Envelope button to activate the LFO amp Envelope settings tab Here you can specify the settings of the Low Frequency Oscillator and the ADSR envelope 9 1 LFO Low Frequency Oscillator You can use the LFO to modulate the Filter s Cut Off frequency You can adjust the depth of the modulation with the Filter Mod Knob When the Filter Mod knob is centered no modulation is applied Turning the knob clockwise or anticlockwise will increase the depth of the positive or negative modulation The LFO Rate knob specifies the speed of the LFO Turn it clockwise to increase the rate The Midi S toggle enables the sync to Midi function LFO rate values are then displayed in musical values i e multiples or fractions of tempo The Waveform buttons let you specify the LFO waveform Triangle Sawtooth random etc Please note you can select more than one waveform at a time which can create more sophisticated waveforms The reset sel
10. ER LEVEL i A 4 U 4 4 4 CUTOFF RESONANCE DRIVE LFO MOD ENV MOD ENVY MOD TEMPO _ Le Lorus Bren EAT ono Y emol gt Y TO ET Le Masque Delay can also perform like a regular Delay A quick start guide is provided at the beginning of this manual will help you to make the most of Le Masque Delay The Quick Start Guide will help you get familiar quickly with its unique features and concepts and finally exploit all its possibilities We know you will have fun with this effect and get pleasure and inspiration when operating it A_X DI 2 Features Le Masque Delay offers True stereo path independent Right and Left Delay Midi Sync and Stereo Link Delay Modes Sync grid zone with up to 8 custom Masks All Masks have independent length and level One Multimode Filter With Drive Self Oscillating 0 delay Feedback Design Two independent envelopes Loopable ADSR and AR with 3 trigger modes One Syncable Multiwaveform LFO with 3 reset options Snap to Grid function to quantize Mask Locators on musical values Swap Masked Unmasked function Real Time 4 Clock Modes DAW In Tap Temp Fixed Modulation Matrix for real time control of parameters Real time tempo analysis function for Live playing All parameters are MIDI controllable Le Masque Delay is available in the following formats Mac OSX 10 4 and later 64 and 32 bits VST Audio Unit RTAS Pro Tools 7 0 and later Windows 7 XP and Vista 64 and 32 bits VST RTAS
11. Pro Tools 7 0 and later ve RTAS Ris Tin ASTE Audio Units A Universal Minimum system requirements 1 Gigabyte of RAM and a 1 GHz processor Le Masque Delay is a plug in and is not available as a standalone application 3 Installation 3 1 Serial number Le Masque Delay uses a simple serial number based proprietary protection When launching Le Masque Delay for the first time it will ask for this number After submitting you must close and re launch it once to complete the registration This serial number will never be asked for again even when installing updates Tip Itis always a good idea to back up this serial number or to print it in case you should have to reinstall Le Masque Delay i e if you encountered a HD crash for example or have to reinstall your OS 3 2 Windows XP VISTA Windows 7 To install Le Masque Delay on Windows XP Vista or Windows 7 launch the installer file LeMasqueDelay_win32_64_setup exe Please download the latest version from the XILS lab website Depending on your system it will install the 32 or the 64 bits version Once you have accepted the license agreement you will be asked to select the installation directory and provided with a default one Presets and various files like this manual used by the Le Masque Delay will be stored in this directory Please note that this location is different from the VST install directory which you will need to specify in th
12. S ATTACK RELEASE LEVEL BPS 4 LP24 Piz i i Far Mu 1 4 Qo i i LP12 GAIN CUTOFF RESONANCE DRIVE TYPE LFO MOD ENV MOD ENV MOD i LOTUS Bieu You ll find on the main Panel the following areas The Delay Settings area the Filter Settings and Live Modulation Area The TAP bar with all the clock and sync options the Preset Management bar and finally The Grid itself with the Mask s 7 1 The Delay Settings Area Es Is located in the center right section of the Main FEEDBACK FEEDBACK Display and offers 4 Dual Concentric Knobs to control the Delay Settings and one Dual Concentric Knob to adjust the Dry Wet volume and he Global Output Gain Additionally you can find here the Modulation Wheel In this example the Midi Sync button is active lit while the Link button is not active he Dry Wet Button is not set to 100 wet so Le Masque Delay has been inserted in an instrument track The Delay will be much more distinct on the left of the stereo field as the Right Channel Pan is centered And the level of the delay of both channels will equal since their levels are set to the same value 7 1 1 The Time and Feedback Knobs Each channel Left and right has its own Time Feedback Dual Concentric Knob Le Masque Delay is a true Stereo Delay unit you can specify different Delay Time and Feedback for each of the two channels Dual concentric knobs have several advantages Not only did they take less room o
13. an perform the following tasks create delete and edit the different Masks specify the length of the grid quantize locators swap between mask and non masked areas and specify the background quantization of the Grid itself 7 3 1 Creating Deleting and editing the Masks Masks are the light blue zones visible on the Grid If the Grid has only its black background then no mask is present LOCATOR 0000 Oooo 0000 E amp IZET2 DoOn NUMBER OF BARS GRID PRECISION ATTACK RELEASE NUMBER OF BARS GRID PRECISION ATTACK RELEASE In the left picture a single mask covers all the Grid Area Le Masque Delay behaves like a Standard Delay In the Right Picture you can see 4 different masks Creating a Mask To create a new mask just Left click in any black part of the grid or in other words somewhere else than in another Mask If you only left click in the grid anew mask with a standard length will be created You can always change the length of the mask later If you want to specify the length of a mask at once while creating it you ll have to click and drag Just left click to define the place of the left locator and while keeping the left click on drag the mouse until you reach the desired end of the Mask You can create up to 8 different Masks Deleting a Mask Just Right Click in a Mask area i e between its two locators to delete it Editing Mask s Locators Just click and drag the left or right locator of a Mask t
14. ctions you can perform with Le Masque Delay Some of which could not be done without Le Masque Delay even by using extensive and very time consuming DAW automation tasks 4 2 1 Examples Part One Working on loops or recorded material tracks Extracting and modifying specific part of a Drum loop or any other loop You can apply delay on the snares only on one particular snare in the groove then modulate it in real time via the mod wheel and or any other auto modifiers like a loopable envelope or LFO You can extract the HH and modify their groove change the bass drum only groove turn delayed bass drums into Simmons Toms while totally preserving the quality of the original audio add delay to specific parts of the groove and even build on the fly impressive breaks rolls or fills all in real time Le Masque Delay is the perfect tool to revive and add creative control over your entire existing loop arsenal or live recordings 4 2 2 Examples Part Two Composing with Le Masque Delay Le Masque Delay can change the way you will play live a funky guitar riff an ambient keyboard or a pulsating electro bass or lead line You can begin by choosing some presets that are at first sight adapted to your material or choose random ones and start paying with them along your track or improvise to create the basis of a new track Soon you ll discover that you don t play your part in the same way anymore as Le Masque Delay becomes gradually a
15. e next step of the installer Once the installation directory is specified you will be asked to select the VST plug in directory with a suggested default location Keep this default directory if you do not use the VST version Important notice for Vista or Windows 7 be sure to use a folder owned by the user do not use c program files for instance Otherwise you will have to run your music application with administrator rights The best way is to create a user accessible folder d MyXILS labPresets LeMasqueDelay for instance and use this folder during the install process The RTAS plug in and its table control management ProTools are directly copied into the following directory C Program Files Common Files Digidesign DAE Plug Ins 3 3 Mac OSX 10 3 9 and later To install Le Masque Delay on a computer equipped with Mac OSX 10 3 9 or later double click the file lemasquedelay_osx32_setup dmg or lemasquedelay_0sx64_setup dmg Please download the latest version from the XILS lab website and be sure to download the correct version 32 or 64 bits depending on your system and your music application Then launch the install program Le Masque Delay pkg and follow the instructions Warning the install program will ask you for your system password The various files of the Le Masque Delay will be copied into the following directories ZE 6 Library Application Support Digidesign Plug Ins Library Audio Plug Ins C
16. ector specifies by which event the LFO will be triggered and reset You have three choices Bar The LFO will be reset at the beginning of each bar Locator The LFO will be reset by the LEFT locator of each Mask Free The LFO is free running Choose this option if you want ever changing modulations In this example the LFO is synced to the Midi Clock Midi Sync is lit BAR LOCATOR he LFO is free running FREE he LFO modulates the Filter Cut Off E S eh he waveform of the LFO is given by the 00998 combination of the waveform buttons lit Here WAVE FORM a triangle a sawtooth S amp H Note please note that the Filter Modulation Knob is duplicated on the main panel of the UI under the Grid for ease of use 9 2 ADSR Envelope You can use Le Masque Delay s envelope to modulate the Filter s Cut Off frequency and or the volume of the Delayed signal You can adjust the depth of the modulation with the Filter Mod and or Level Knobs When the Filter Mod knob is centered no modulation is applied Turning the knob clockwise or anticlockwise will increase the depth of the positive or negative modulation The same logic applies for the Level Knob except that this time you modulate the level of the delayed signal ADSR Knobs Let you specify the Attack Decay Sustain and Release time of the envelope Please note that ADR are duration parameters while Sustain is a level parameter The Loop Toggle Will activate the
17. et with an other name and or to other sorting groups 5 2 Preset menu Factory Presets Le Masque contains many Factory Presets organized in 6 different categories Insert Full Mask Sync Intended to be used in Insert mode One Single Mask which covers the entire Grid i e behaves like a standard Delay and the Delays are synced to the clock internal or Midi Insert MultiMask Sync Intended to be used in Insert mode 2 to 8 Masks and the Delays are synced to the clock internal or Midi Bus Full Mask Sync Similar to Insert Full Mask Sync but intended to be use on a auxiliary Bus Bus MultiMask Sync Similar to Insert MultiMask Sync but intended to be use on a auxiliary BUS Fix Tempo The Delay times are not synced to the Midi or Internal Clock and they are prefixed with the BPM value suited Delay might be a bit different from a quantize sync delay to add some groove or have an offset between the left and right channel to make some phase effects or have some stutter FX on one channel etc etc This bank is for those who think that quantized delays can be boring and un synced delays very creative FX and Experiment Self Explanatory Welcome to the realm of Sboings Resonators and huge Dub delays Hint We d recommend to Choose TYPE as first criteria in the sorting menu when you begin to play with Le Masque and use the preset type corresponding to the situation Standard or Mask Delay Insert or Bus Mode Fix Tempo or FSU effects
18. f this manual 9 Preset Management 5 1 Main Toolbar At the left of the toolbar you can find one displaying the category name Bank Author Type Style Feeling or Project which open the sort management menus The first text fields show the current sorting group and the second one shows the current preset Clicking on the arrow on the left of the category or preset names opens the corresponding menus Note When a parameter is modified the name of the preset is followed by a indicating that the current settings of the Le Masque Delay no longer matches the stored preset When you want to save a modified preset click on the Save or Save As button In order to prevent you from erasing them the Factory presets cannot be modified When you edit a Factory preset the Save button will be grayed out and you will have to use the Save As function to save it in another bank If you edit any other preset than a Factory one the Save and Save As function will both be available The main difference is that the Save function will save the preset under its current name and with its current tags overwriting the previous incarnation of the preset while the Save as function opens a dialog box where you can modify the name of the preset the bank in which it will be stored and all its tags The settings of Le Masque Delay are then saved in the currently displayed preset and the disappears Clicking on the Save As button to save this pres
19. h the best possible precision However please note that when the SNAP function is enabled the quantized locators will be positioned according to the Grid Precision settings 8 The Filter Section Unlike on some other Delay Units the Filter section is a crucial part of the Mask Not only does Le Masque Delay makes use of the renowned XILS smooth and warm analog filters but it use also their Surgery precision to perform such delicate tasks as extracting the HH from a complete Drum loop and the low mids of a guitar FILTER LEVEL L O LFO MOD ENVMOD ENV MOD The filter section includes 6 knobs and a 5 position Knob Selector The selector is used to select the filter type Choices are Low Pass 12 amp 24 dB BP 6 amp 12 GB and Hi Pass The three first knobs control respectively the Cut Off point the Resonance and the Drive of the Filter Frequency This knob sets the cut off frequency of the filter Resonance This knob sets the resonance or quality factor of the filter When set to the maximum the filter self oscillates That means that it outputs a kind of sine wave even without any audio signal feeding its input Drive Set the level of the overdrive emulation circuit Turning totally left disables it while turning totally clockwise gives a strong driving effect The last three knobs on the right control the modulations applied to the Filter Cut Off for the first two ones and the modulation applied to the VCA for
20. n another location This is handy to gather a lot of preset into a single location or User Bank which you can export in a single file containing all the presets you created or edited for a given project CANCEL Will just cancel all operations and return to the standard Le Masque Delay GUI 5 3 Sortmenus The sorting menus are a powerful and unique tool which allows you to perform sophisticated tasks like displaying the preset list one of the following selections e All the Presets with SYNC delay times of your Sound Library e All the Delays tagged with a given musical genre e All the presets you have made for one tack one live project etc 5 4 Sorting Menu Additional Functions In this menu other actions are also available Delete deletes all of the presets of the current group that are not factory ones IMPORTANT Use this function with care If the bank does not contain any factory presets ALL PRESETS IN THIS BANK WILL BE PERMANENTLY DELETED Rename modifies the current group name Selecting this choice will open a window where the new name will be entered Use Factory enables or disables the display of factory presets Sort By sorts the presets according the bank author project or shows all presets Bank Name Author Name Project Name All Presets The preset menu will show presets of the same category same author same project or same bank PRESET DELA XILS lab gt Rename Delete XILS
21. n insert mode while when used in Bus mode this knob should be set 100 wet Please consult our Le Masque Delay as Bus or Insert chapters of this manual for more details 7 1 5 The Modulation Wheel We have added a Modulation Wheel to the Mask While the wheel is a standard synthesizer feature it s rarely found on VST effects The Mod Wheel in Le Masque Delay is intended to give you more real time control and fun The targets and destinations of this modulation source can be specified in the Mod Tab Please refer to the Time and Mod section of this manual for detailed information 7 2 The Tab Bar Is located at the bottom of Le Masque Delay and is always visible The Tab Bar manages all the Clock and Synchronization options as well as provides the useful Start and Stop buttons In this example Le Masque Delay is ON it is synced to the DAW midi clock The DAW tempo is currently 120 The On Off parameter let you specify if the Delay is running or not This is especially useful if you use Le Masque Delay in live situation 7 2 1 The Clock Source selector Le Masque Delay can be synced to an external clock like your DAW midi clock or it can follow its internal clock The Tap Tempo choice lets you specify the tempo by clicking on the Tap Temp Button The Fix tempo lets you specify a Tempo by clicking in the Tempo Box to insert the desired value in it La Masque can also try to adapt its tempo by analyzing and following you
22. n the GUI but they also provide better instantaneous visual feedback information The Inner Knob lets you specify the DELAY TIME of each channel The external Knob let you specify the Delay Feedback for each channel 7 1 2 The Midi Synchro Button If enabled all the Delay values are displayed in musical notation if you mouse over the Time Knobs and the Delay times are synced to the midi clock The Link Button When Enabled the Right and Left Delays are linked and moving any of the 4 Dual Knobs will replicate values on the same knob for the other channel 7 1 3 The Pan and Level Knobs Another pair of Dual concentric Knobs let you specify the Pan position of the Delayed signal and its level The inner knob sets the Level value while the external one set the Pan position Note Please note that when Le Masque Delay is used as an insert the Pan position only affects the delayed signal the dry signal stereo is not affected Note 2 Please note that together with the Dry Wet parameter and the Global volume Knob you can control volume in the Mask at three different stages This is not a mistake the Volume parameter of each channel lets you specify a different volume for the Left and Right channel as opposed to the other volume knobs that affect the stereo signal 7 1 4 The Dry Wet Global Volume Knob This dual Knob let you set the Dry Wet balance and the Global output volume The Dry Wet Knob should be used when Le Masque Delay is i
23. o change their position in the Grid The Locators can also be quantized See Below The Mask Level Parameter Within in each Mask you can see a little white horizontal bar A freshly created Mask will inherit a default one located at mid height this is the Level Parameter This is not a standard level parameter but merely a modulation source which can be used to further modulate some Le Masque Delay parameters like the Filter Cut Off or the LFO rate Please see the Time and Mod section of the manual for more details about this You can increase or decrease the level of each Mask by click Drag its bar 7 3 2 Global Mask Controls Under the grid located at the right of the windows you can find two envelope parameters labeled as Locator Attack and Release Please note that these two parameters are global and will therefore affect all the Mask of the Grid You can see the Attack parameter as a Fade In for each mask meaning that the delayed signal will have a kind of delayed attack The Attack parameter is based on each Mask left Locator The Release parameter is identical to an ADSR release You can use this parameter to prevent eventual sharp or brutal transitions click and pops at the end of the delayed signal Each Mask s Right Locator l triggers the Release parameter LOGATOR 0000 OO NUMBER OF BARS GRID PRECISION ATTACK RELEASE In this example the length of the Grid is ONE BAR the swap and Snap modes are not ac
24. omponents Library Audio Plug Ins VST Library Application Support Documentation XILS lab LeMasqueDelay Library Application Support XILS lab LeMasqueDelay users username Library Preferences XILS lab LeMasqueDelay 4 Getting Started General overview Le Masque Delay can operate like a standard delay or in the special Mask Mode 4 1 Standard Delay Mode When operating in standard mode a single Mask covers the entire Grid area whatever the number of bars the Grid covers area La Masks operates like any standard Delay with special filters and a few other tricks however A single Blue Mask covers the entire Grid LOCATOR a lo ME sw 1 4 ve prepa NUMBER OF BARS GRID PRECISION ATTACK RELEASE k Hint The Factory Library contains many presets intended to operate in Standard Delay mode to help you getting started These presets can be found in the Bus Full Sync and Ins Full Sync types categories and are all prefixed with the IFS or BFS letters where F stands for FULL MASK Hint When no masks are present clicking on the swap button will do the same action 4 2 Mask Mode In this mode Le Masque Delay will only generate a Delay signal to the masked zones of the grid to incoming audio data In other words Le Masque Delay lets you specify in a very accurate way which part of the dry signal will be processed by the Delay unit and the modulators In this Example you can see 4 masks on the Grid LOGATOR 11213Ja s
25. ontroller number from 0 to 127 or switch on the learning switch and send a MIDI command with the correct MIDI controller number The Le Masque Delay will memorize it This setting popup can also be opened by CTRL ALT Apple Left click Mac or CTRL Win ALT Left click Win on the desired Le Masque Delay parameter 11 2 Display Display low frequency as BPM Allows displaying the low frequency LFO oscillator 2 in low mode clock rate in BPM instead of Hz GUI follows presets When checked this option allows the GUI to follow the presets That means that the special display modules are refreshed following the preset settings Otherwise it keeps the same view Output level follows presets When checked this option allows the output level to follow the presets That means that the output level is programmed with the value saved in the preset Otherwise it keeps its value Popup On shows a popup window while modifying the value of a knob Popup Over On shows a popup window when the mouse is over a switch Popup Name On the name of the current modified parameter is displayed GUI update low slow refresh rate for the GUI Useful when it is necessary to save CPU power GUI update middle standard refresh rate for GUI GUI update fast fast refresh rate for GUI Useful when it is necessary to precisely follow the sequencer s led for instance 11 3 Misc Init settings from current settings initializes the default values of the Le Ma
26. r track Please note that this function is very dependent of the audio source on which Le Masque Delay tries to adapt Sometimes it will work with a great accuracy and well sometimes it will fail To enable this adaptive and context dependent clock just choose the IN option in the lock source selector The Tempo Button is used both to display the tempo when Le Masque Delay is synced to an external clock DAW or IN and can also be sued to specify a FIX tempo This field will also display the result of the TAP TEMPO operation 7 2 2 The Tap Tempo This button is used to input a tempo value by clicking on it like a pre roll or count in for a live track The Tap Tempo is especially useful in live situations to sync Le Masque Delay to a song with a live drummer and is also very handy to Sync Le Masque Delay to non quantized audio or midi material for those who still enjoy to play without the metronome 7 2 3 The Play and Stop Buttons These buttons finally are used to start Le Masque Delay at the beginning of a bar in all situations where an external clock is required live Tracks with fluctuating tempi etc 7 3 The Grid The Gird is the main display of the Mask and in theory if you re not temporarily working on the LFO ADSR or modulation settings it should always be visible as we have designed Le Masque Delay so that every crucial control is visible on a single screen while providing a great visual feedback On the Grid you c
27. rt Stop Quantize menu allows the grid to start or stop exactly at the same time your DAW starts or stops Choosing Next Bar or Next Y bar allows the grid to start stop when the DAW reach the next bar or 2 bar The envelope can be trigged by the input of Le Masque Delay but the threshold must be set accurately depending on the input content for a good result Clicking on the red point will set this threshold and while you keep hold this point you hear what part of the signal is used to generate the trig This trig can also be used to automatically calculate the current tempo set the tempo source to IN Free START STOP QUANTIZE In this example the grid will start stop at the same time your DAW will start or stop THRESHOLD DETECT 11 Option menu This menu allows to choosing the global settings These settings are defined for all the instances ofthe Le Masque Delay Each time an option is changed the related option file is saved 11 1 Main In the toolbar the Options button opens a menu for selecting various options for the Le Masque Delay This menu shows the following options settings Le Masque Delay About displays information about the Le Masque Delay version build date and credits Open MIDI settings panel Opens a popup where you can assign MIDI controllers for each of the Le Masque Delay s parameters Click on the parameter label to select the parameter you want assign then enter the MIDI c
28. se you have two axes hori zontal and vertical which will give the same results To increase a parameters value click and drag the knob to the right or to the top To decrease a parameter value click and drag the knob to the left or to the bottom If you right click on a parameter or if you hold shift while clicking you can adjust the parameter with fine precision the button of the toolbar displays a panel summarizing these shortcuts Keyboard shortcuts In addition we have provided some soft keys combination to perform several very useful tasks Windows e CTRL left click reset parameter to its default value e CTRL right click or CTRL Shift left click initialize the default value of the parameter e Win Alt CTRL click open the MIDI Control panel with the parameter already selected OSX e Apple left click reset parameter to its default value e Apple Shift left click initialise the default value of the parameter Apple Alt CTRL click open the MIDI Control panel with the parameter already selected 7 The Main Panel The base concept of Le Masque Delay is that everything you need to play with it live is available from the Main Panel PRESEIP 120 Back In Town Liz As s j OPTIONS PO DELAY FEEDBACK FEEDBACK 9 TIME TIME LOGATOR E 9 a a r ze 5 J a lt sr TIV ee E sila Ue ea x 3 7 Has ae 2 da Poeti rf ia E 7 tt sii A fa E o HO ci TIR rale ni rm fee PORTI NUMBER OF BAR
29. sque Delay from the current settings All the new presets will be created from these settings when the init settings choice is selected These parameters will also be used when setting a control to its default value Win CTRL Click OSX ALT Apple Click Layer locked when loaded When this option is checked the layer is locked not writeable when a multi later is loaded Wheel Incr 0 01 parameter increment of 0 01 when using of the mouse wheel Wheel Incr 0 05 parameter increment of 0 05 when using of the mouse wheel Wheel Incr 0 1 parameter increment of 0 1 when using of the mouse wheel 12 Tutorial One How to send midi data to Le Masque Delay in Cubase 1 Create a new Midi Track 2 Assign it to the Mask 3 You can now use your Mod Wheel to control Le Masque Delay in real time 13 Credits Concept of le Masque Delay and original Ul design was done by Laurent Bourgeon Additional designs were done by Laurent Bourgeon and Xavier Oudin Filter concept and coding were done by Xavier Oudin Digital Signal Processing and plug in coding was done by Xavier Oudin The graphical user interface was created by Laurent Bourgeon and Xavier Oudin The graphics created by Yannick Bonnefoy This manual was written by Laurent Bourgeon and Xavier Oudin And proofread and corrected by Michael Logue The presets were done by Lotuzia and Xavier Oudin
30. tive the grid precision green vertical bars has been set to 16 notes the attack of all masks is a bit slow and a medium release ensures that no clicks or pops will be heard These settings are perfect to add some non obtrusive groove to a smooth keyboard part Number of bars Specifies the length of the Grid loop in bars The choices are 1 2 3 4 bars Please note that the existing Masks will be preserved if you change the number of bars on the fly Swap Mode Use this to swap between the Masked and unmasked zones of the Grid This control can be used in real time for spectacular changes in the sound and impressive effects Snap Mode Use the Snap Mode to quantize locators and align them according to he GRID PRECISION settings o quantize a locator just click on it in the Grid while the Snap mode is active Lit Button Please note that this function is not global you have to quantize or not each locator individually This ensure that you can have both quantized and un quantized locators in a Mask or in the whole Grid Please note that the quantized position of the Grid is set according to the GRID PRECISION setting If the GRID PRECISION is set to 16 notes then the locator will be quantized on the nearest 16 note position See below Grid Precision Displays green vertical bars based on a musical division of the bar and beat These vertical bars are just indicators which help you define create and edit the Masks wit
31. u total control on the Delayed signal You can EQ it compress it choose to add reverb on it or a different reverb than on the dry signal in short you can perform all the processing you want You can also render the signal of Le Masque Delay on an audio track then cut paste slice edit it In an auxiliary track Le Masque Delay can also receive data from SEVERAL separate audio channels like for example a HH A snare Some individual percussion tracks You can experiment with this and create stunning effects that would be different if Le Masque Delay received only a single channel signal You can still control the Mask using Midi Data and the Mod Wheel for example See our how to send midi data to the mask in Cubase tutorial Note The factory library includes many presets intended to be used in BUS mode All these presets are prefixed with an B where B stands for BUS as opposed to presets prefixed with I where I stands for INSERT These presets can also be seen as templates or good starting points Important Finally to end this Quick Start Tour Le Masque is VERY context dependent the Masks you create rely on the audio data coming and a binary drum loop wont need the same Masks than a Ternary Acoustic Guitar a long evolving Pad or a dance Lead Even two very similar funky Wah Wah guitar lines might require totally different Masks The presets will work for standard situations and will certainly bring you some very happy surprises
32. wap J snap ra Tre paine NUMBER OF BARS GRID PRECISION ATTAGK RELEASE 8 Masks You can create up to eight different Masks or zones in the grid These Masks are totally independent and therefore can have different lengths quantized or un quantized locators and a specific Level parameter A mask is defined by its two locators The left locator specifies the start point while the right locator specifies the end point You must use the mouse to create delete and edit the masks Realtime When you change a Mask Length you can hear the results of the changes in real time See chapter How to create delete and edit Masks for detailed on Mask handling The Level parameter attached to each Mask See picture is a modulation source It has no immediate effect on the gain of the Delay signal but can be used as a modulation source to control target parameters like the Filter Cut Off or LFO parameters See Chapter Modulation sources and targets for more details on this To help you getting started the Factory Library contains many presets with different Multiple Masks configurations and which are intended to serve different purposes You can experiment with all these presets until you get familiar with Le Masque Delay concepts and workflow The presets can be found under the Bus MultiMask Sync and Ins MultiMask Sync categories and are prefixed with the IMS or BMS letters where M stands for Multiple Masks Here are some specific a
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