R.A.M.S.E.S. User Manual - Xils-Lab
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1. _xils lad RAM S E S Rhythm and Motion Stereo Engine System PRESET Init SAVE le 1 3 ils lab KAN ZS gh OPTIONS Dm n ITET WT III Prep PTT tite in i i I l II E Wal Wy N Au BEEEEIEEEEEE G EEEEIEEEEEE NEOEEIEEEEELAEEEEIEEEEEE e AO LUH ULLLVELLELLLLL m ra SE ae II BA KA LE a GRUSH STEREO WIDTH LEVEL GE mM DARYAWET DELAY LEVEL FILTER GRID y Ka RANDOM l TE TT DAN cor i Te DELAY TIME OFFSETLR BT SPRAY ADVANCED GAID d GE ill Hil es Bun oe dk Fs ot ELL LLL LLL LE eee BEND WHEEL Ze NOTE VELOCITY PAD M WHEEL None ER E AFTERTGH VELOCITY Mana H BEND KB TRACK User Manua www xils lab com Table of contents 4 WEL OME TOR AM SEE oie siese ki Ge N Ge be ee be ee Ge Ge HE eb Ge Ge GR ed 7 4 1 RAMSES AUDO EEN 7 A REENEN 7 eB a A OO eee een 7 4 4 i LA or RE ME CONTROLLING KAMERA Ge EG 8 4 5 STILL Not ENOUGH TRY THE MDI LEARN FUNCTION ese esse sees sees sees sees sede ese seed sees eed ee eed Ged Ged sed ee ee Ged eed Gee dee 8 4 6 OTHER Ee EE 8 AFPRESET MANAGEMENT issie ese esse a 9 Ai Ke OE RE EE OE EE ROET N OE EE ET OO N OE ETE N 9 SEPT Ge ee eT a eer Teer reer 9 SEENEN 11 34 SORTING MENU A BOORD FUNCTIONS oncoran a aa era iaaii ll 5 5 A B COG EE 12 Oy A ETE od N BEE 13 6 1 Morimont Frrr MAN ARTA aire EE EE OO OE OR E2. OFFSET L R and Midi Sync Diode 2 Set the value of the beating between the delay lines when the Midi Sync Diode 2 is not engaged Otherwise set an independent value for the second Delay line to mimic the behavior of conventional midi synced stereo delays ST SPRAY set how the left and the right channel are mixed in the stereo field Tip You can also modulate the delay parameters with the Advanced Mask Sequencer or Live by using RITA Module Examples Quantized delay with Beating between lines Set the main delay time 16th notes dotted 8th etc Turn the Offset Knob to find the good beating Done Adjust Stereo Width if desired Quantized Delay with different settings for the 2 Delay Lines Ensure that the two Midi Sync Diodes are lit Use the Delay Time and Offset Knobs to set the values of the two Delay lines Human tuned by ear Delay Set the main delay value and adjust Offset to get the second delay value Ensure that the 2 Midi Sync diodes are not lit 11 R I T A section 11 1 Introduction to R I T A BEND WHEEL XY NOTE VELOCITY PAD Mi WHEEL AFTERTCH VELOCITY P BEND KE TRACK e e oO MIDI With R I T A Realtime Interactive Transformation Area you can operate R A M S E S with a simple Midi keyboard or any Midi device and control any Ramses parameters with Velocity Modulation Wheel Aftertouch Pitch Bend and active keyboard scaling or in other words the number of the note played Ve
3. you have two axes horizontal and vertical which will give the same results To increase a parameters value click and drag the knob to the right or to the top To decrease a parameter value click and drag the knob to the left or to the bottom If you right click on a parameter or if you hold shift while clicking you can adjust the parameter with fine precision the button of the toolbar displays a panel summarizing these shortcuts Adjusting and modifying locators and masks within the grids are explained below 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 6 The Main Panel 6 1 Multi mode Filter Main Area XILS lab Multimode Odf Analog filter allows precise control of the frequency content of the incoming signal In this area you can specify the BASE values of the filter s parameters Filter Type Clicking on any of the 6 switch around the cut off frequency knob allows you to select the
4. of the same category same author Same project or same bank wv XILS lab MagicDry1_Synth Rename MagicDry2_Drum Delete XILS lab Export Bank AMOUNT Import Bank Use Factory Sort By Export Bank exports a bank in R A M S E S 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 R A M S E S the default activated memory is A When you load or modi fy 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 5 6 Adjusting the parameters Knobs On R A M S E S 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 R A M S E S with the mouse
5. of this manual Configuring your host to Send Midi Data to R A M S E S How to 11 2 R I T A Modulation Matrix You can assign up to TWO modulation targets to each of the 6 following sources Modulation Wheel Velocity Pitch of note played KB Scaling Aftertouch Pitch Bender and finally an assignable Midi Controller in the 6 slot Cc4 expression pedal for example Setting a connection To assign a modulation target to a source just click in one of the two destination Slots This will open a drop down menu where you can select the desired target There are 91 possible target parameters see the list of targets parameters at the end of the manual Canceling a connection To cancel any Source Target modulation repeat the operation above and just choose NONE at the top of the drop down menu Activating a modulation After you have established a connection between a source and a target you must specify the amount of modulation positive or negative that will affect the target parameter This is done by turning the AMOUNT knob clock wise or anti clock wise Turning the AMOUNT Knob clockwise will result in Positive modulations and anti clockwise in negative modulations In the central neutral position no modulation occurs and therefore no change is heard Example ModWheel gt CutOff positive Moving the mod wheel will increase the cut off value ModWheel gt CutOff Negative Moving the ModWheel will decrease th
6. parameter but a modulation source which can be used to further modulate R A M S E S Parameters To increase or decrease the levels of each Mask by click Drag the white or red bar Tip When the white and yellow bars have the same value only the white level is visible the yellow bar is under the white one Moving the white bar will allow you to see the yellow one Using ALT modifier will allow you to move the yellow bar instead of the white one regardless if it s visible or hidden 9 3 Copy Past Random In the overview panel when the three grids can be see in a glance you can easily copy past a grid from one to an other LOGO LGL dl II S kSsapbigsbsshb DRERRIRERRRRe RR DRERRR el oo a Er ER CES EHH He HU AAA Ai LE GC RH HR FILTER GRID PASTE N PASTE N RANDOM 3 8 TEMPO NDOM ra ADVANCED GRID GOPY P PAN LEV GRID x2 if Just click on the COPY button of the grid you want to be copied from and then to the PAST button of the grid you want to be put this will overwrite the current masks The RANDOM button allows you to create masks in a random which may help you to discover new possibilities 9 4 Play Stop select tempo The TEMPO knob allows you to select which multiple or submultiple of your DAW tempo the grids will run From 4 to x2 the range allows you to choose the right speed and then with the 16 beat of each grids getting up to 64 beat loops Hittin
7. sequences but also being able to adapt to the most complex subtle Human rhythms e Make your Digital Synthesizer sounds analog But also able to offer the gift of velocity to your vintage old hardware true analog synth That s R A M S E S Three Grids to control rhythm of the Filter the Panoramic and level and any of other sources from your Midi keyboard to two dedicated envelopes of LFOs Filter Pan amp Level Advanced H snap ATTACK RELEASE ATTACK RELEASE N NUMBER OF BARS ED GEIER EE P L ENVELOPE LEV V PAN K DECAY euer REL AMNT 2 Features R A M S E S offers R A M E Universal True stereo path independent Right and Left filtering One multimode Analog like self oscillating filter An Advanced true stereo engine Crunch Delay with easy advanced settings Three Grids based on masks Multi and freely positionable steps All parameters are MIDI controllable S E S is available in the following formats Mac OSX 10 5 and later 64 and 32 bits VST Audio Unit RTAS Pro Tools 7 0 and later AAX 32 amp 64 bits Windows 7 XP and Vista 64 and 32 bits VST RTAS Pro Tools 7 0 and later AAX 32 amp 64 bits CRTAS f ER Ti Ae Sore Audio Units Minimum system requirements 1 Gigabyte of RAM and a 1 GHz processor R A M SES is a plug in and is not available as a standalone application 3 Installation 3 1 Serial number R A M S E S us
8. which the preset will be saved and also enter information in the other fields e Author Your name otherwise used by Sound Designers for factory presets e Type Category of the instrument like Keys Leads Basses etc e Style Musical Genre e Feeling Cold warm soft e Project My Song My Live Project Note You can also see its creation date and the last update date To modify a preset name click in the preset field and enter the new preset name this will also save all the Current settings To change preset information click on the display this will open a menu when you can select one of the existing items Note You can add a new item in any category and therefore create custom banks custom styles Projects categories of instruments etc To add a new item in any filed select New at the bottom of the list Note You may have to browse until the end of the list in order to select new depending on its length A Pop Up window opens when you can enter the new name The current preset will then be associated to this new item Note Please be aware that creating too many categories can also have its drawbacks and make browsing become from difficult and painful to nearly impossible Should you create around 200 different custom 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 cur
9. Bend Modulation Wheel Velocity Note ON After Touch The modules are mono or stereo depending on your input and output channel number e Input Mono and Output Mono Filter Volume Crush and delay are monophonic No Stereo module e Input Mono and Output Stereo Filter is mono Stereo Volume Crush Dealy are stereo e Input and Output Stereo all modules are stereo 4 2 Try the presets R A M S E S comes loaded with a lot of useful presets that you can consider as starting blocks or use as it As R A M S E S is a MULTIEFFECT presets are spread in different categories e Hybrid Ramses will control Filter Pan Volume Crusher Spray Delay simultaneously including added Real Time modulation the solution for very complex modulations e Filter Only Ramses will only control the filter Sweeps Wah Wah AutoWah ReFilter StepSequences etc e Level Only R A M S E S will only control the volume FadeIn Out Tremoloe TranceGate etc e Pan Only R A M S E S will only control the Balance Pan Autopan Pan Sequences Narrow to Large Stereo e Real Time Only You can use R A M S E S Rita engine to control it with any keyboard or Midi Device The key for live fun and organic performances Tip To display presets by category go to the Menu Bar top left and ensure that TYPE is selected as the main criteria then click in the Criteria field gt to open the drop down menu Presets will be displayed accordin
10. CISION ATTAGK RELEASE ATTACK RELEASE NUMBER OF BARS 3 EIA enger EF ER ER FILTER RES FILTER FREQ ac ds With long Release a 1 1 1 J 1 1 L IE 1 1 1 dt Tol eo dae Jf ono even q jy GRID PRECISION x ks V SNAP ATTACK REL NUMBER OF BARS ER Es EE ABO GRID PRST Ge SEEE EASE ATTACK RELEASE BEAT MASK MIDI switch this switch set how the envelop is trigged In the BEAT position it is trigged every beat When set to MASK it is trigged and gated every masks and finally in the MIDI position it is trigged every received Note ON Below are schematics showing the effect of the envelopes when trigging by the masques or the Beat When the decay attack is smaller than the masque ECH BS HE A e HE HEN EE PEN WEE EE EE El e 1 SS SS e E ESA E SSS SS OO OPL GEES GRID PRECISION ATTACK RELEASE ATTACK RELEASE NUMBER OF BARS EE FILTER FRE ES EQ 0000 GRID PRST dar FILTER KL FLT ENVELOPE FLT LFO MASK N kd BEAT eo O L Di mo TY MT Tr dd vaN SUST _ REL AMNT N OT When the decay attack is larger than the masque j T rr titi i T P a a MOE It Tt OO GRID PRECISION ATTACK RELEASE ATTAGK RELEASE NUMBER OF BARS 1 ER ES 4 ON GRID PAST FILTER RES FILTER FREQ a W FLT ENVELOPE Ga FLT LFO BEAT FRO ag sech DELAY ATTAGK DECAY SUST REL AMNT AMNT When the release is larger than the interval between mas
11. E EE NE N OE N 13 6 2 TRUE STEREO ENGINE AND VCA VOLUME MAIN AREA ees ese se ee see se ee ses ees ee ee ees ee ee ees ee ee see ee see ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 13 7 MLULIEMODE FH TER PA NET Gees ss ss eise ses ok gee gie N ie ee si Ge ob ek Gee on Gie se Ve ed ees eN N ek 14 7 1 THE FILTER S MASK CONTROL Apta ses se sees se see se ses se ses ee ee see se ee ee es ee ed ee ee ee ee ee ee Ge ee Se Ge Ge Ge Ee 14 EP UR Hd EEUE ed ARE DLE ee EE EE ee Ee ER ONE OO OE OR EEN 15 7 3 FILTER S LFO SETTINGGS 0 cccccceccscscescscestscseussscuscecesuecustssssuesssusuesustssustssssussseusussustesustssustssssussssustssustssssussssuses 17 e PA NORAMIG AND VOLUME PAIN Bl BEEN 18 8 1 THE PAN LEVEL MASK AREA AAA 18 8 2 NB La e ENVELOP EE EE N 19 8 3 PAN LEV s LEO SETTINGS cccccccccescecsscesssssscuscsssssuecsesesuscussssuesussssesuecsssssuscusssstssussusssstscusdsstscussssssussssues 19 Je 0 Oe Seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 11 11 4 L 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing R A M S E S Imagine a multi effect that could e Give Rhythm and Motion to any signal e Add or restrain Space and Depth in a true True Stereo Scene bigger than pan larger than life e Re Shape Re filter Re envelope and sculpt all that comes in e Create hypnotic robotic
12. Mask don t have to be of equal length You can have a succession of a big Mask followed by several very small masks Possibilities are huge e Free Time Position mask can be quantized but don t have to The can be freely positioned along the time line e Two levels Unlike Step Sequencers that have only one level of control Masks have TWO levels Up to four bars Timeline loop Most Step Sequencers use only one bar Masks have their own envelopes including a release stage prolonging its actions outside of the Mask s zones Consequences Le Masque can create or be adapted to the most complex human rhythms and shuffles You can mix triplets with 16 notes for example very easily The Release of the envelope can be used to get a soft modulation tail Additionally as you ll see above the Masks can trigger standard DADSR Envelopes as well as LFOS control LFO rates envelope segments times etc etc Put all this at work and you ll be able to create incredible organic modulations and make Le Masque breathe and live mm EE EE EN EE EE EN BSP HEN EN HE EE EN HE EN EN EE EN HE EN EE EN EE HE n EE EN EE il l Ahh 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 J J 1 pO 2000p d GRID PRECISION he ATTACK RELEASE ATTACK RELEASE ep Ce FILTER RES FILTER FREQ a EE ER MASK ON Jl GEID PRET LES REM ELE 9 2 Creating Editing Deleting the Masks Masks are the light blue zones visible on the Grid If the Grid has only its black
13. background then no mask iS present 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 a new 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 Moving the mouse over a mask select it the color changes as well its left or right locators when the mouse is ready to catch them You can create up to 16 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 to change their position in the Grid The Locators can also be quantized See Below Editing Multiple Maske Clicking on the ALL 1 3 or 2 4 buttons allows you to select all masks only the odd or only the even masks Using CTRL Click on a masks selects it You can then edit several masks very easily The Mask Levels Parameter Within in each Mask you can see two little white and red horizontal bars A freshly created Mask will inherit two default one located at mid height this are the Levels Parameter This is not a standard level
14. displaying the low frequency in BPM instead of Hz 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 13 3 Misc Init settings from current settings initializes the default values of R A M S E S 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 Hiss gated This setting allows the internal noise be mute when no audio signal is incoming 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 14 Credits Concept of R A M S E S and orig
15. e cut off value ModWheel gt CutOff Centered No modulation occurs Neutral point 11 3 R I T A YY Pad Modulation Wheel and Pitch Bend controllers These three modules can perform like a simple display reflecting in real time the actions you perform on an external keyboard or Midi device or they can be active You can actually play the ModWheel the Pitch Bend or the XY pad Just grab the red ball and move it with your mouse XY Pad The vertical axis represents Velocity and the horizontal axis the pitch of the note played Tip It can be handy to use the XY pad if you only have a 3 octaves physical keuboard to address the whole range of the modulations assigned to keyboard scaling Tip You can also use these items as a monitor to verify that RAMES is receiving correct midi DATA from your hardware controllers and that you DAW is well configured 11 4 Live Scenes R I T A Presets You can experiment with R I T A factory presets to get a feel of what it can do You can also save your own RITA presets To save a preset Click on the R I T A INITIALISATION button under the XY Pad then choose New Rita Preset In the pop up box choose Create New with Current Settings To load a preset Click on the RITA INITIALISATION button under the XY Pad Select a preset in the drop down list The selected preset will be loaded in R I T A 12 Configuring your DAW to control R A M S E S with MIDI Data In this chapter
16. enlighten during a few seconds CRUSH this fader is adjusting a simple but efficient bit sample rate reduction allowing to add modern digital distortion to your sounds Tip Even if you feed R A M S E S input with a Monophonic signal like a mono synth it can be useful to control the width of the stereo scene for at least two good reasons The Spray Delay will allow you to get some huge stereo images even if it processes a mono source All the Panoramic movements that you can give to a mono signal when using Masks EV LFO or Real Time control will be subdued by the global stereo width you have set here unless you have opted for a dynamic control of the Stereo Width simultaneously O E DRY WET Dry Wet Control the Mix between the incoming DRY and processed Wet signal in R A M S E S Though usually you will only use the 100 WET position Full right it can be useful sometimes to add a bit of DRY signal Lock Switch Please note that the DRY WET signal is saved with each preset but if you want to browse the preset without modifying this control lock it by clicking on the lock switch 7 Multi mode Filter Panel In this area you will learn how to control the Frequency content of the incoming signal by modulating the cut off and the resonance of the filter using the dedicated Filter Mask Grid the Filter dedicated LFO F LFO and the dedicated Filter Envelope generator F EV To enter the MultiMode Filter Contr
17. enu This menu allows choosing the global settings These settings are defined for all the instances of R A M S E S Each time an option is changed the related option file is saved 13 1 Main In the toolbar the Options button opens a menu for selecting various options for R A M S E S This menu shows the following options settings R A M S E S About displays information about R A M S E S version build date and credits Assignation of MIDI Ccs to control RAMSES parameters You can control any of the 91 Ramses automatable parameters by assigning an unique MIDI controller to it These links are permanent and are stored in a special file Its therefore very easy to build a special Ramses template to control it with a Midi Control Device like a Novation Keyboard for example Using this feature you ll be able to automate in your DAW that are NOT available in the different modulation Matrixes of Ramses UI pushing one step forward the level of control you can gain over RAMSES Two simple examples You ll be able to sitch On Off waveforms of the cumulative Lfos and also to switch Filter types Not only does it open new sound design possibilities but it also mean that if you have a controller with enough knobs sliders etc you can program Ramses without ever touching the mouse except for saving patches or a few tasks like this To assign a Midi Controller Number to a RAMSES parameter 1 Click on Open MIDI settings panel a popup wind
18. envelop trig 8 3 PAN LEV s LFO settings AMNT This LFO dedicated to the Panoramic Balance and Output Level has the same feature than the LFO dedicated to the filter see above It has five mixable waveforms SAW RAMPE SQUARE TRIANGLE and RANDOM The AMNT knob allows to change the amount of the Resonance or Cutoff frequency modulation and the FREQ knob change the rate of the LFO Clicking on the led allow to tweak the rate in multiple or submultiple of your DAW tempo The LFO can be FREE or reset every Beat or Masks 9 Le Masque Inherited from XILS lab Le Masque Delay and Oxium R A M S E S provides up to three Masques all operating simultaneously in perfect sync with your host The first one is hardwired and dedicated to the control of the Filter Engine The second Masque is hardwired and dedicated to the control of the VCA Volume and Stereo Balance pan Engines The Third Advanced Mask has freely assignable levels and can be used to establish custom complex modulations Prior to show you how to create delete select multi select Masks and edit them in depth just a few lines about Le Masque overall concept 9 1 What is Le Masque Le Masque can be seen as first sight as a standard Step Sequencer and it can indeed be used like one It s also much more than that The differences between Le Masque and standard Step Sequencers are e Discontinuity Masks do not need to be continuous e Free Length
19. ertical 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 with 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 ZOOM Le Masque provides two zoom level By clicking on this label you can get the full masque zoom1 x4 or zoom2 x8 When zooming move the view by moving the slider just above the Grid GRID INIT opens a menu to save the current settings of Le Masque as a template or load a factory or previously saved template 10 The Spray Delay The Spray Delay Was invented to fill the gap between Quantized Robotic Delays and Human Friendly Delays with a beating between the Delay Lines The Spray Delay delay can easily do both but it adds a third type Quantized Delays with a human beating between the lines With ONE knob DELAY LEVEL a Ow DELAY TIME OFFSETLAR ST SPRAY DELAY TIME and Midi sync LED set the main time of the delay If the Midi Sync Diode is lit the Main Delay Time will be synced to your host Click on the Diode to enable disable Midi Sync Note When Midi Sync is engaged Delay Time will be displayed in musical values Otherwise its value will be displayed in mS DELAY LEVEL set the feedback of the delay Turn it full left for no delay effect and full right for a very long echo
20. es a simple proprietary serial number based protection When launching R A M S E S 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 It is always a good idea to back up this serial number or to print it in case you should have to reinstall R A M S E S 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 R A M S E S on Windows XP Vista or Windows 7 launch the installer file RAMSES full win setup oox exe Please download the latest version from the XILS lab website Once you have accepted the license agreement you will be asked to select the installation directory and provided with a default one Presets and various files like this manual used by R A M S E S will be stored in this directory Please note that this location is different from the VST install directory which you will need to specify in the next step of the installer Once the installation directory is specified you will be asked to select the VST plug in directory with a suggested default location Keep this default directory if you do not use the VST version Important notice for Vista or Windows 7 be sure to use a folder owned by the user do not use c program files for instance Otherwise you will have to run your music ap
21. evel with the Mod Wheel while still being able to increase Resonance with Aftertouch and Crunch with the Expression Pedal In R I T A all these controls represent a LIVE SCENE and the good news is that R I T A has its own presets so can can load new SCENES as well as save your own Live Scenes completely adapted to gear way of playing desires and needs Note You can see the list of R I T A Factory Scenes Presets in appendix xx at the end of this manual 4 5 Still Not enough Try the Midi Learn function Almost any R A M S E S parameter can be controlled by MIDI In order to make it work or use R I T A module Realtime Interactive Transformation Area you ll first need a MIDI controller like a keyboard or any other device than can send midi notes and or Midi Controller DATA and then to assign a MIDI track to Ramses The process can be different according to the host you use Once this is done you can check that it works by moving the Mod Wheel or play a note and you should see the mod wheel move on Ramses GUI and the note played be reflected with its velocity in the XY pad at the bottom of Ramses To assign a Midi Cc to any R A M S E S Parameter first go to option and choose Open Midi Settings Panel In this Panel Click on Parameter to display the list of all the parameters and choose the one you want to automate Then just click the learn button and move any slider knob on your Midi Device and it will be auto
22. filter type two poles Low Pass filter two and four poles Band pass filter two and four poles or two poles high pass filter FREQ Set the cut off frequency of the filter RESONANCE Set the resonance or Emphasis of the filter from no resonance to self oscillation DRIVE Increase the internal no linearity response adding some analogish distortion to your incoming Signal Once the base settings of the filter are done you can control them in a dynamic way with Envelopes LFOs Masks in real time with a keyboard or any MIDI device To learn more about how to control the filter please consult the following chapters of our manual Multimode Filter Control Area Advanced Mask Area Realtime Interactive Transform Area R I T A 6 2 True Stereo Engine and VCA Volume Main Area R A M S E S will let you control precisely the Stereo Balance point the Stereo Width and the Volume which will feed its output bus The whole Audio Path in R A M S E S is in True Stereo STEREO WIDTH BALANCE Move the red ball to place the signal in the left right or center Default value of the Stereo Scene This is a WYSIWYH What you see is what you hear control STEREO WIDTH Adjust the width of the bar to reduce or enlarge the stereo Width A narrow bar will result in a narrow stereo width LEVEL This fader is adjusting the general output level at the very end of the plug in The led over the fader is lighten when clip occurs It remains
23. g the Play or the stop button allows you to control the grid independently of your DAW Of course these buttons are MIDI controllable 9 5 Mask controls Under the grid you can find various parameters oe Seer rt GRID PRECISION ATTACK RELEASE ATTACK RELEASE NUMBER OF BARS an e SE EC gS EB ER MASK ON GRID PRST S SE ATTACK RELEASE 1 and 2 two pairs of attack release parameters one for each of the internal locator parameter are available Le Masque as a source of modulation offers either the fix level of its internal value either the output of an attack release envelope fed with these levels When the current cursor is inside a locator Le Masque output the level When it is outside it outputs a zero no modulation Grid display The grid can be off 4 8 16 or 32 bars each bar divided in 1 3 for triplets for quarter notes 1 8 or 1 16 You can easily place a locator on the grid thanks to the horizontal and vertical SNAP Switches Lock Function Locking the grid by clicking on the Lock label avoid to change your settings by error Only the Levels can be changed not the mask position 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 Use the Snap Mode to quantize locators and align them according to the GRID PRECISION settings Grid Precision Displays green v
24. g to their type category Thanks to the Lock feature advanced mode Only you can browse presets keeping the dry wet in the full wet position 4 3 Toolbar r Pa p p p p EQ SSK Um Lag Author Lotuzia PRESET IMS Lounge EPLtz IENE eg cp A d B j OPTIONS T Note The toolbar at the top of the interface allows you to load or save presets make a comparison between settings A and B or modify the options These functions are described in detail later in this manual Click on the PRESET name field to show the available presets in the current sorted group Please note that selecting a new preset without saving your current settings will erase any changes you have made to those settings Click on the sort arrow button to display the current sorted group and to choose the preset within it You can sort presets by Author Feeling Type Style Bank or Projects Click on the sorting label over the sorted group name to sort your preset according to your preferences Please note that R A M S E S powerful Preset management is described in full details in chapter 5 of this manual 4 4 RITA or Real time controlling R A M S E S R A M S E S real time R I T A Module let you control your multi effect via your Midi Keyboard You can for example simultaneously control Filter CutOff with velocity trig the filter envelope with Key Strokes Note ON Control Balance with Keyboard Scaling Number of note played Cutoff again AND Delay L
25. inal Ul design was done by Laurent Bourgeon Additional designs were done by Xavier Oudin and Laurent Bourgeon Filters Stereo processing concept and coding were done by Xavier Oudin Digital Signal Processing and plug in coding was done by Xavier Oudin The graphical user interface was created by Laurent Bourgeon helped by Xavier Oudin The graphics created by Xavier Oudin and 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 Tzadi
26. ing Create Delete Masks L R Locators Lenght Snap Quantize MultiSelect MultiEdit etc please consult chapter Mask Management in this manual Note You can also control the Drive parameter of the Filter To know more about this please consult the following chapters of our manual Advanced Mask Area Realtime Interactive Transform Area R I T A Using the grid and the masks are explained below 7 2 Filter s Envelop settings The envelop within this section is dedicated to the Filter Turning the RES or FREQ AMNT knobs allows you to modulated either the cut of frequency or the resonance of the R A M S E S Multi mode filter MIDI FLT ENVELOPE MASE BEAT _ DELAY ATTACK DECAY SUST REL AMINT DELAY set the delay between the trig and the beginning of the attack ATTACK set the attack time of the envelop DECAY set the decay time of the envelop SUSTAIN set the sustain level the level of the envelop during all the time the control signal in activated When the envelop is trigged with a one shot signal see below then the envelop is siwthcing to the release state immediately after reaching the sustain state RELEASE set the release time of the envelop Below are schematics showing the effect of the Attack and Release feature With short attack D TD GRID PRECISION NA ATTACK RELEASE ATTACK RELEASE NUMBER OF BARS r oa Pa fa FILTER RES FILTER FREQ With long attack B ss va da Oe GRID PRE
27. matically assigned to this parameter The assignation list is permanent and will work with all presets Note Ctrl Alt cmd click on a Midi assignable control allows to directly open the Midi CC panel with the correct parameter selected ready for learning 4 6 Other resources You can also watch the Tutorial Videos on XILS lab and Le Lotus Bleu Youtube channels Sometimes things are much easier to understand watching a video than reading the manual At R A M S E S release time there is already a lot of video material There will be much more as time goes by Then Once you ll have experimented with all the above we nevertheless recommend that you Carry on and read the manual We ve made the most to make R A M S E S useful fun efficient and usable at once Then R A M S E S is a VERY complex and subtle piece of software If you want to take the step from fun utility to mastering it thoroughly you ll be fully rewarded and you ll soon find out that R A M S E S has a big depth in programming and tweaking Its indeed only limited by your imagination and can do things that even we as the authors of the program are not able to imagine Each button knob concept is explained in depth in the manual and you can combine them in many various ways 5 Preset Management 5 1 Main Toolbar At the left of the toolbar you can find one displaying the category name Bank Author Type Style Feeling or Project which open the so
28. ol Area just click on the FILTER button located at the top center left of the unit Versailles will now display the Filter Grid Mask area and the F LFO and F EV area under it IR IR Win T rT T ji ul ui i kl lll S222 EE EE EES EE ES e EE EES ES EES ES ES ESP f III ND HE EE EE EE ee EE EE HE HE HE EE EE HE eee e e em en e e E bn e E e e e 9 G 8 ATTACK RELEASE ATTACK RELEASE FILTER RES FILTER FREQ GRID PRECISION NUMBER OF BARS AAA z in Ee 2 H GRID MID FLT ENVELOPE ao FLT LFO MASK MASK BEAT BEAT Ei Ad amp DELAY ATTACK DECAY SUST REL i AMNT 7 1 The Filter s Mask control Area The two Filter Masks Levels have fixed targets or destinations Cut Off and Resonance of the filter The Level 1 of each Mask White will control the Filter s CutOff while the Level 2 of each mask Blue will control the Resonance of the Filter Neutral point When a Level 1 2 is vertically centered no action occurs and no difference is heard while the signal crosses the Mask area If the Level 1 of a mask is set below the center of the Mask the CutOff of the Filter will be lower when the Signal goes thru the Mask Resp If the level 1 of a Mask is set ABOVE the center the CutOff Frequency of the filter will be raised according to how high the Level when the incoming signal crosses the Mask Note To know more about Masks handl
29. ow appears where you can assign MIDI controllers for each of R A M S E S s parameters e emm le Sal lege reas gg PAN 009 SAVE Save A gt B OPTIONS S Di OVERVI P L lt L Misc d D y Ze z e ei i Eh H IT TTT HI ll OTT II 44 Mk TUTE TU ai IIL ll ll 4 TE TUTE 7 II z 6 II DT 2 Click on the Parameters label to select the parameter you want assign in the drop down list Delay Live Delay Offset LIR Delay Spread wm um Ins 1 RAMSES Modulation Wheel Pitch Bend Ge HIDI CONTROLERS Parameters Balance Stereo Width Envelope Filter Delay mull Bote Attack Es ys Sustain R ya Envelope Filter Release LOA Envelope Freg Amount Envelope Res Amount Envelope Pan Lev Delay Envelope Pan Ley Attack Envelope Pan Ley Decay Envelope PanjLev Sustain Envelope Pan Lev Release Ei Envelope Pan Amount Envelope Lev Amount LFO Filter Frequency E LFO Res Amount VP LFO Freq Amount DRY WET DELAY LEVEL LFO PanjLev Frequency LFO Pan Amount LFO Lev Amount j Filter Freg Mask Attack is ME ENEE Filter Freq Mask Release Filter Res Mask Attack Filter Res Mask Release Pan Mask Attack Pan Mask Release Lev Mask Attack Lev Mask Release Advanced Mask Attack Advanced Mask Releasel Advanced Mask Attack2 Advanced Mask Release2 Modwheel Mod Amnt1 Modwheel Mod Amnt2 velocity Mod Amt velocity Mod Amt KeybT
30. plication with administrator rights 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 5 0 and later To install R A M S E S on a computer equipped with Mac OSX 10 5 0 or later double click the file RAMSES full_osx_setup_xxx dmg Please download the latest version from the XILS lab website Then launch the install program RAMSES pkg and follow the instructions Warning the install program will ask you for your system password The various files of R A M S E S will be copied into the following directories Library Application Support Digidesign Plug Ins Library Application Support Avid Audio Plug Ins Library Audio Plug Ins Components Library Audio Plug Ins VST Library Application Support Documentation XILS lab RAMSES Library Application Support XILS lab RAMSES users username Library Preferences XILS lab RAMSES _ Ge 4 Welcome to R A M S E S 4 1 R A M S E S Audio path R A M S E S is a multi mode analog like filter followed by a Stereo Engine a Volume Crush effect and simple but easy and powerful delay as described by the next schematics Input Left Ka ar ag Output Left A KD Delay D Filter j WIE JI Input Right amp Output Right R A M S E S AUDIO PATH Every modules are fully modulated by Envelopes LFOs Masques based sequencers MIDI real time messages Pitch
31. ques Inn 0 i Release DOCO 2009D GRID PRECISION mg SWAP ATTACK RELEASE ATTACK RELEASE NUMBER Ta FILTER RES FILTER FREQ gp OF BARS 3 Ba MIDI FLT ENVELOPE et FLT LFO ess e MASK BEAT IO BEAT E v DELAY ATTACK DECAY SUST REL AMHT z AMHT 7 3 Filter s LFO settings FREE FLT LFO MASK AMNT This LFO dedicated to the Filter Resonance or Cutoff frequency has five mixable waveforms SAW RAMPE SQUARE TRIANGLE and RANDOM The AMNT knob allows to change the amount of the Resonance or Cutoff frequency modulation and the FREQ knob change the rate of the LFO Clicking on the led allow to tweak the rate in multiple or submultiple of your DAW tempo The LFO can be FREE or reset every Beat or Masks Below are some schematics explaining this When the LFO is reseted every masks ih EE EE EE EE EE EP n EE EE GRID PRECISION ATTACK RELEASE NUMBE RA F BARS Ooae F LIER FREQ aa FLT ENVELOPE 3 FLT LFO MASK e MASK MASK BEAT yD i rE OOG d DELAY ATTACK _DECAY SUST REL AMNT AMNT When the LFO is reseted every Beat AE za ap Emi V KN WAF ATTACK RELEASE ATTAK RELEASE NUMBER AF BARS GH or WET LTER RES FILTER FREQ FILTER FLT ENVELOPE SE gt FLT LFS Q RES _ DELAY ATTACK DECAY SUST REL AMNT AMNT 8 Panoramic and Volume Panel In this area you can control the Panoramic and the Volume of the incoming signal using the dedica
32. rack Mod Amt LAY LEVEL FILTER GRID LS PAN LEV GRID Gay STEREO WIDTH LA ST SPRAY ADVANCED GRID PRESET H BP6 GAT PAN 009 MER xilslab f d S 1 enter manually the MIDI controller number from O to 127 with the computer keyboard 2 or Click on the LEARNING switch and send a MIDI command with the correct MIDI controller number by moving any knob slider or button of your MIDI device R A M S E S will memorize the first Midi Command received If you made a Parameters mistake and moved the wrong knob or slider NCE ER just click on LEARNING switch again 3 Press OK to finish the assignation process or choose another parameter in the list to assign it another controller number and press OK when all parameters have been assigned DELAY LEVEL FILTER GRID w PAN LEV RID ASTE g Ee ee cory E PASTE E Figure 2 The LEARNIG Diode is on and a slider sending Midi CC25 data has been moved then automatically assigned by RAMSES to the Decay of the Filter envelope Note This setting popup can also be opened by CTRL ALT Apple Left click Mac or CTRL Win ALT Left click Win on the desired R A M S E S parameter The Midi assign popup window will open with the correct parameter already assigned and ready to be assigned But you ll still have to write the cc number or initiate the auto assignation process by enabling the Learning function 13 2 Display Display low frequency as BPM Allows
33. rent 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 in another location This is handy to gather a lot of preset into a single location or User Bank which you can export in a single file containing all the presets you created or edited for a given project CANCEL Will just cancel all operations and return to the standard R A M S E S GUI 5 3 Sort menus The sorting menus are a powerful and unique tool Allowing you to perform sophisticated tasks like displaying the preset list with one of the following selections e All the Chorus tagged with a given musical genre e All the presets you have made for one tack one live project etc Bank y Author Project Style Feeling All 5 4 Sorting Menu Additional Functions In this menu other actions are also available Delete deletes all of the presets of the current group that are not factory ones IMPORTANT Use this function with care If the bank does not contain any factory presets ALL PRESETS IN THIS BANK WILL BE PERMANENTLY DELETED Rename modifies the current group name Selecting this choice will open a window where the new name will be entered Use Factory enables or disables the display of factory 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
34. rt management menus The first text fields show the current sorting group and the second one shows the current preset Clicking on the name field of the category or preset names opens the corresponding menus Note When a parameter is modified the name of the preset is followed by a indicating that the current settings of R A M S E S no longer match the stored preset When you want to save a modified preset click on the Save or Save As button In order to prevent you from erasing them the Factory presets cannot be modified When you edit a Factory preset the Save button will be grayed out and you will have to use the Save As function to save it in another bank If you edit any other preset than a Factory one the Save and Save As function will both be available The main difference is that the Save function will save the preset under its current name and with its current tags overwriting the previous incarnation of the preset while the Save as function opens a dialog box where you can modify the name of the preset the bank in which it will be stored and all its tags The settings of R A M S E S are then saved in the currently displayed preset and the disappears Clicking on the Save As button to duplicate and save this preset with an other name and or to other sorting groups clicking on the Move To will change its name and or other sorting groups 5 2 Preset menu Factory Presets R A M S E S contains many Factory Prese
35. ry nice also with drumpads that can send Midi note data and velocity Here s a short list of the things you can do with Rita Spectacular Dj ing effects like Start Stop Volume or heavy filter drops and rises Dub effects on Drumloops Delay Filter on wheel Analogize any digital synth while playing it give velocity to a vintage analog keyboard while playing it and controlling its pan position Drastic combined Filter Pan Volume effects on drumloops or recorded material Wah Wah effects while playing guitar Wobble Dubsteps effects by controlling LFO rates and filters Its only limited by your imagination and its only by using RITA alone You can of course use R I T A in conjunction with all other R A M S E S modules Lfos Envelopes Masks StepSequencers And finally R I T A has its own presets independent from R A M S E S general presets which means that you can mix match R I T A presets on the fly with a complex general R A M S E S scene And that you can also save and load your own R I T A templates or Live Scenes fully adapted to your gear and way of playing live IMPORTANT Please note that to use R I T A you MUST be able to send midi data directly to R A M S E S And eventually simultaneously to the Synth you re playing or track receiving the audio data of an external analog synthesizer you re playing etc etc If you don t know how to send MIDI data to a VST effect in your host please consult the following chapter
36. s then use the Masks Attack and release parameters To do this very quickly Select all Masks Using the select all button Point the mouse towards the right locator of any of the selected masks until it becomes green Drag the right locator to the left until all Masks are narrower Adjust attack and release 1 parameters until you get the desired smoothness 8 2 Pan Level s Envelop settings The envelop within this section is similar to the envelop in the Filter section MASK P L ENVELOPE BEAT DELAY ATTACK DECAY SUST REL AMNT DELAY set the delay between the trig and the beginning of the attack ATTACK set the attack time of the envelop DECAY set the decay time of the envelop SUSTAIN set the sustain level the level of the envelop during all the time the control signal in activated When the envelop is trigged with a one shot signal see below then the envelop is siwthcing to the release state immediately after reaching the sustain state RELEASE set the release time of the envelop AMNT PAN set the amount of the Panoramic modulation AMNT LEV set the amount of the Level modulation BEAT MASK MIDI switch this switch set how the envelop is trigged In the BEAT position it is trigged every beat When set to MASK it is trigged and gated every masks and finally in the MIDI position it is trigged every received Note ON See the Filter s envelope chapter for more explanation regarding the
37. s P E 14 1 1 H 6 0 0 U 0 I F i l i Ramses Control 4 5 6 age HDD D PS EEN Oxium Keys a br teint E 3 m S Ramses Control Eteint EI All MIDI Inputs Synth S ons GS Mic Non Connect 1 Oxium v Synth SW table de sons GS Mic E DSP MIDI Port ECOO Automap MIDI Automap Propellerhead SL MkII Port 1 SL MkII Port 2 Oxium Ins 1 RAMSES 16 Bit Max 410h 54r DI 4 All MIDI inputs being the default value you can now control RAMSES with any Midi Device connected using all the RITA features including control by Mod Wheel Pitch Bend Aftertouch Midi Note On Midi Note Pitch Velocity and all Midi Cc that your device can send Note Please see the Midi Cc assignation chapter of this manual to learn more about assigning Midi Ccs to control any of the 91 Ramses automatable parameters 5 If you want to record SIMULTANEOUSLY the performance of a synthesizer AND RAMSES control data you ll have to select BOTH tracks The instrument track and the RAMSES midi track previously created as shown in the picture above Nom Demarrer Fin onqueur 5 1 4 D TE ST P Decalage Rendre Muet Yerrouiller Ramses Control d 3 8 All MIDI Inputs Effets d insert MIDI Tranche de Yoie MIDI Bloc notes Figure 1 Both tracks Oxium and Ramses are enabled lit You can see the Mod Wheel data recorded on Ramses channel while recording the Keyboard part with Oxium 13 Option m
38. ted Pan Level Mask Grid the Pan Volume dedicated LFO P LFO and the dedicated Pan Volume Envelope generator P EV l mm ms mm ee EER EER SPP Ed ed E Ee Een be Es ba Ee Ee Ss II ia pm GRID PRECISION i ATTACK RELEASE ATTACK RELEASE NUMBER OF BARS LEVEL AM LEWY DA ENVELOPE SE L DELAY ATTACK DECAY SUST REL AMNT AMNT 8 1 The Pan Level Mask Area It has a similar structure to the Filter Mask area explained above The Level 1 of each Mask White will control the Panoramic Position of the incoming Signal while the Level 2 of each mask Blue will control the Volume of the incoming signal When the Level 1 is vertically centered no action occurs and no difference is heard If the Level 1 of a mask is set below the center of the Mask the incoming signal will be directed to the LEFT of the stereo field when the signal goes thru the Mask Resp If the level 1 of a Mask is set ABOVE the center the signal will be directed to the RIGHT of the Stereo Field when the incoming signal crosses the Mask Tip Smooth Volume transitions using the Masks to control Volume using the Masks envelops If the Masks are continuous and that there s no room between them you might encounter some clicks and abrupt volume falls and rises which are a typical StepSequencer effect consequence To get smoother transitions you must introduce a more or less gap between the Mask
39. ts including standard well known Bucket Brigade Delay based chorus Hint We d recommend to Choose TYPE as first criteria in the sorting menu when you begin to play with R A M S E S and use the preset type corresponding to the situation Click the Preset name field to open the preset menu Here you can choose and load another preset from the current sort groups into R A M S E S PRESET Open Preset Information Export Preset Delete Preset MagicDry2_Drum 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 TNFORMATION ScreenShot PROTECT Factory test CREATES 2112 2011 XILS lab ODTFT 2412 2011 Init Cancel As Tutorial Default In this window you can modify the Name of the preset specify the Bank in
40. we ll see how to configure various hosts so that you can control it s R I T A module and benefit of the implementation of direct midi CC automation possibilities As we cant cover in this chapter every possible host here are the general guide lines To control R I T A or use direct Midi Cc automation your host must be configured so that R A M S E S receives Midi Data There are several ways to do that l Insert R A M S E S in your Virtual Instrument track When you re doing this the Virtual instrument this track is assigned to and R A M S E S will both receive the same Midi Data from your Midi Keyboard or Hardware controller 2 Method 1 won t work if R A M S E S is due to process an Audio Track like a drum loop or a recorded Guitar track In this case you should usually insert R A M S E S in this Audio Track THEN create another MIDI Track and finally this MIDI Track to Ramses The same method is often required if R A M S E S is inserted in a BUS Example 1 Control RAMSES in Cubase step by step tutorial 1 Insert RAMSES in an instrument track or Audio Track Variant Insert Ramses on a bus track 2 Add a MIDI Track in Project Menu select Add Track then Midi This is the track wich will be used to control RAMSES in Midi 3 Assign RAMSES to this track Choose RAMSES in the drop down menu of the MIDI output of the Track Nom Demarrer Fin Longueur D calage Rendre Muet verrouiller Transp Oxium Key
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