User Manual - Oli Larkin
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1. Puin Plugin 2 NENNEN ion gt NENNEN coo ENNIO mda DubDelay mda RingMod mdaRezFilter no plugin ied 2 mda RingMod id menu Y rnd qui menu Y rnd qui menu Y rnd gui menu Y rnd gui 01 Preset 1 01 Delay E 0i Freq Bi Freq i i 02 Preset 2 02 Feedback 02 Fine 02 Res 03 FbTone 03 Feedback 03 Output O4 LFODep 04 Env VCF OS LFORate OS Attack 06 FXMix 06 Release OF Output OF LFO gt YCF 08 LFORate 09 Trigger 10 MaxFreq iSpace 3 5 Preset 5 M 128 1 Preset 1 g2 1 Preset 1 234 Preset 4 mda RingMod add delete rename plugin pres update hide clear i 933 Preset 4032 Preset 2 Preset 2 mda RezFilter 7 GO mda DubDelay d D Index Parameter 0 0 1 0 Displayed Value m a n 1 Delay E 1635 ms 2 Feedback n 44 Sat lt gt Lim 01 3 Preset 3 3 Fb Tone J 20 Lo Hi 4 LFO Dep JJ 0 7 5 LFO Rate m 3 16 sec 6 FX Mix 33 n Output J D dB pMix is open source free software It has taken a very long time to make so if you like it please consider making a donation to support development Requirements e 2Ghz Cpu Intel Recommended e MacOSX 10 4 e Hardware Accelerated Graphics card 3 Oli Larkin 2011 www olilarkin co uk pMix User Manual Installation e Drag pMix app to your root Applications folder e For keyboard shortcut support copy the file com olilarkin pmix app plist to root users currentuser Library Preferences Getting Started Double c2. Plugins VST There are may freeware VST plugins available on the internet Here are some that are nice to use with pMix Maxim Digital Audio MDA Plugins http mda smartelectronix com http mda smartelectronix com vst mda_vst_ub zip Many more free plugins are available For more info see www kvraudio com For this document we will demonstrate pMix using the MDA Plugins Setting Up The Plugin List pMix lets you set up a list of favorite plugins that you want to use This is useful if you have a lot of plugins Also it can help you to avoid loading any unstable plugins Choose the Plugins tab of the Preferences panel Preferences Plugin List All the plugins in your VST check all none g 01 DeepPhaseNine folder are listed here select Serum dless flanger the ones you want to use OG endless phaser UTE and click Save List Shift DT endless tone iere serial i 09 GRM BandPass Parallel click to select more than one 10 GRM Comb Stereo at a time 13 GRM Contrast 14 GRM Delays Stereo 15 GRM Delays 16 GRM Doppler Stereo 17 GRM Doppler 18 GRM Equalize Stereo 19 GRM Equalize 20 GRM Freeze Stereo 21 GRM Freeze 22 GRM FregShift Stere 23 GRM FreqShift 24 GRM Freqwarp Stere 25 GRM Freqwarp 26 GRM PitchAccurm Ste Save List 5 Oli Larkin 2011 www olilarkin co uk pMix User Manual oc Presets m 1 plugin 1 Presets Plugins add delete rename update hide clear Loading Plu
3. ain window and click update If you want to delete a preset select it and click delete You can also hide a preset and clear all the presets 8 Oli Larkin 2011 www olilarkin co uk pMix User Manual Automation pMix features two modes of automation The first of these allows freehand gestures to be recorded played back and looped The second method uses a point and click Break Point Function BPF generator with which you can adda series of points on the interpolation space The points are joined to form a trajectory Each line segment is listed in the BPF editor with its duration in seconds and a signed curve factor to adjust the velocity as the interpolation point traces the trajectory of the segment Positive curve factors result in a pseudo exponential velocity curve and negative factors result in an inverse pseudo exponential curve z p oOo S n E d o o o 1 T ai o S A jr j o Vane N 4 v gt 3 d N S y Ne tt d o EJ o f f d y 1 z A e o vw BOC Automation Mode BPF ES delete automation gt m u o Progress 3 Break Point Function BP X Y Time Curve Sel 0 063050 1 6 o 0 52 4a 1 078 018 16 B o v 2 035 0 7216 m 0 32 v B 0 25 0 72 16 0 548 v 4 9 0 16 0 35 1 6 ay onto red AS 0 14 0 17 1 6 8 O 0 8 E i 063 050 16 a 0 55 M 9 Oli Larkin 2011 www olilarkin co uk pMix User Manual When def
4. d processor design and software overview Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference Venice Italy 1982 Bencina R The Metasurface Applying Natural Neighbor Interpolation to Two to Many Mapping Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression Vancouver Canada 2005 Momeni A and Wessel D Characterizing and Controlling Musical Material Intuitively with Geometric Models Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression Montreal Canada 2003 Spain M Polfreman R Interpolator a two dimensional graphical interpolation system for the simultaneous control of digital signal processing parameters Organised Sound Vol 6 no 2 pages 147 152 2001 License pMix is free open source software pMix is provided as is The author cannot be held responsible for any damages resulting from the use of this software Please do not distribute without the author s permission 13 Oli Larkin 2011 www olilarkin co uk
5. ed with MIDI controller values You can set up the MIDI input port and the controller numbers for X and Y coordinates on the controllers preference page ReWire pMix can output it s audio to a rewire host To do this select the rewire audio driver in the audio preferences and consult your rewire host s manual to find out how to route rewire inputs 11 Oli Larkin 2011 www olilarkin co uk pMix User Manual Keyboard Shortcuts By default pMix uses the following keyboard mouse shortcuts which can be changed in the Keyboard preference pane in OSX system preferences as Key Mouse Command open preferences 12 Oli Larkin 2011 www olilarkin co uk pMix User Manual Known Issues e VST instrument plugins are not supported e VST Tempo Sync not supported e Resizing the iSpace in the preferences window is problematic e Some plugins are unstable e Rewire driver is not always reliable Bibliography If you re interested in the preset interpolator concept here are some papers you might like to read Teruggi D Technology and Music Concrete The technical developments of the Groupe de Recherches Musicales and their implication in musical composition Organised Sound Vol 12 no 3 pages 213 231 2007 Larkin O Int lib A Graphical Preset Interpolator for Max MSP Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference ICMC 2007 Copenhagen Denmark Allouis J F and Bernier J Y The SYTER project Soun
6. gins pMix Plugins Pugin noplugin Plugin 3 ERR e an Plugin 2 MEN e Y noplugin nm Plugin 4 MEN sor no plugin no plugin menu Y rnd qui menu Y rnd qui menu rnd qui menu Y qui plugin preset Y plugin preset Y plugin preset Y plugin preset T bypass bypass bypass bypass pMix has four plugin inserts which can either be routed in serial or parallel The plugins are colour coded To change a plugin s colour click the large coloured area in the presets section To load a plugin into slot one select an item from the list rugn 9 mda DubDelay hoi meni rnd nii The plugin s parameters show up beneath 01 Delay E 02 Feedback OS FbTone 04 LFODep OS LFORate 06 FAM ix OF Output Now select which parameters to use in the interpolation by clicking them To avoid glitches during interpolation don t select parameters that are stepped e g ON OFF switches NOTE Although you selected only certain parameters of the plugin in fact pMix stores the values of all the parameters in the preset This means that if you forgot to select a certain parameter you can add it at a later Stage Oli Larkin 2011 www olilarkin co uk pMix User Manual 01 Delay i 02 Feedback OS FbTone 04 LFODep OS LFORate 06 FXMix Adding Presets Tweak the selected parameters using the plugin GUI or by pressing the RND button to randomise them When you find a sound you like select Add from the P
7. ining the break point function if you move the mouse over a preset that preset is highlighted When created the new breakpoint is flagged as selective and is snapped to the position of the highlighted preset Any lines drawn between two breakpoints that are flagged selective are coloured green During playback only the two associated presets will be used in the interpolation calculation This enables precise transitions from one preset to another over a specified time period The user can decide whether transitions are selective or not which makes it easy to switch between one dimensional and multi dimensional preset interpolation 10 Oli Larkin 2011 www olilarkin co uk pMix User Manual Using pMix with other software pMix supports several protocols for communication with other applications OSC To control pMix using OSC you need to set up a port to listen to in preferences controllers Tick the check box to enable OSC control An Preferences OSC port 7500 Enable OSC L MIDI input port 1 EDIROL F A 66 1142 Plug 1 M x MIDI CC 10 Y MIDI CC 11 MIDI input port 2 EDIROL FA 66 1142 Plug 1 e Route to Off il The OSC namespace used to control pMix is as follows pmix the one of the tags below Tag Notes 1 1 1 1 Set plugin 1 interpolation position 1 1 1 1 Set plugin 2 interpolation position ee ies Dlan id MIDI Currently the active plugin interpolation postion can be controll
8. lick on the pMix icon to start the application Setting Up Your Audio Interface First open the preferences to set up your audio interface Press Command or select Preferences in the File menu Here you can choose the desired audio driver set the various inputs and outputs AD Preferences Driver Core Audio EDIROL FA 66 1142 Input Device EDIROL F A 66 1142 Sampling Rate 44100 1 0 Vector Size 512 Input Channel 1 1 input Input Channel 2 2 input n Signal Vector Size 64 m Output Channel 1 1 output bil Output Channel 2 2 output Test your audio is working by loading and playing an audio file Press Command or select Player in the Panels menu Press play GO Player debussy piano 2 way m u E You should hear the file being played back If you don t hear anything check that you selected the correct audio driver To work with live audio input instead of soundfile playback set up your input channels in the Audio tab of the Preferences window and check the Audio Input item in the Panels menu nop X v Audio Input X Enable DSP 4 Oli Larkin 2011 www olilarkin co uk pMix User Manual Installing Plugins pMix currently supports VST effect plugins Instruments and AudioUnits will be supported in future versions Before you start using pMix you need to make sure you have installed some plugins in your VST plugin folder The VST plugin folder is located at Library Audio
9. pMix User Manual plugin preset interpolator User Manual www olilarkin co uk 1 Oli Larkin 2011 www olilarkin co uk pMix User Manual Table of Contents Takle ls fod a ORRE NE nT ren rrr EE 3 FUNN r vere 3 HIN 4 FNS 4 NNN NN 4 Instalime 0 2 EE NE NN EN ME ee 5 Semne Up The Plugin havvann 5 HE AN uan eaaa 6 VG 0 EG IV PEE EN NE pero 7 HEIN 7 Mo crs Cc teen et ee ee en te ee ee 8 Se Eg EE IA 9 Using pMix with other Software sscsccscscsccsccccsccccsccccsccccscsccccscescuscccnceccsccens 11 EO NE 11 EE EEE EE 11 ELEN EE EEE MV M 11 Keyboard ee SE EE iinrtatiMits 12 Ge PE RE NE EEE 13 2 91 et es ENE EEE EE EEE 13 Bey EE A O A E E 13 2 Oli Larkin 2011 www olilarkin co uk pMix User Manual Introduction pMix short for preset mixer is a composition and performance tool that facilitates the control of multiple plugin parameters using an intuitive graphical interface pMix hosts four plugins and lets you interpolate between presets by navigating a 2D visual environment Presets are represented by coloured balls that are positioned on a plane The size of each ball and its proximity to the cursor affects the weight of the associated preset in the interpolation pMix is easy to use and has some fun features such as automation real time visual feedback and randomization pMix Presets Plugins BEEN
10. resets menu or press Command a A new item is added to the plugin 1 presets list and a ball appears in the iSpace interpolation space If your mouse is in the iSpace window the new preset is placed at the cursor position if not it is placed randomly Presets are named and these names can be displayed in the iSpace if desired By default presets are named automatically If you want to be prompted for the preset name every time you add one disable auto name in the options menu Presets 1 mda DubDelay hd 01 Preset 1 i f E Preset 1 mda DubDelay Interpolating When you have added a number of presets to the iSpace you can navigate between them to interpolate 7 Oli Larkin 2011 www olilarkin co uk pMix User Manual EN EN EN mda DubDelay Index Parameter 0 0 1 0 Displayed Value 1 Delay a 5448 ms 2 Feedback _ 3 Sat lt gt Lim O 1 1 Preset 1 3 Fb Tone pee 20 Lo Hi 4 LFO Dep j 52 5 LFO Rate aS _ 11 93 sec 6 FX Mix _ 33 mda DubDelay 7 Output por 0 dB mda DubDelay Q 12 Preset 2 Index Parameter 0 0 1 0 Displayed Val ue 1 Delay p 1898 ms 2 Feedback EE 42 Sat lt gt Lim 3 Fb Tone j 20 Lo lt gt Hi 4 LFO Dep _ 1 5 LFO Rate _ 3 26 sec 6 FX Mix _ 33 mda DubDelay 7 Output po 0dB Modifying Presets If you want to update a preset to the current parameter values select it in the Presets panel of the m
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