@DATABASE CS1xEditor @AUTHOR "AlcoRhythm of The Problem" @$VER: "CS1x Editor v1.0 by AlcoRhythm of The Problem." @INDEX Index @NODE main "CS1x Editor by AlcoRhythm of The Problem" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor by AlcoRhythm of The Problem@{uu}@{ub} Welcome to the CS1x Editor Manual. CS1x Editor 1.0 by AlcoRhythm of The Problem. Thanks already for using this CS1x Editor! I recommend you not to dive into this manual right away. At first, only read the parts that are highlighted below. Then just start the program and play around with it. If anything is fuzzy, go back to the manual. I don't think you'll need it a lot. @{" " LINK Why} Why A CS1x Editor? @{" " LINK Short} CS1x Editor In Short @{" " LINK Startup} @{fg shine}Starting The CS1x Editor@{fg text} @{" " LINK System} CS1x System Editor @{" " LINK Edit} CS1x Performance Editor @{" " LINK Menu} The Menus @{" " LINK Load} Loading Files @{" " LINK Save} Saving Files @{" " LINK Receive} Receiving Dumps @{" " LINK Send} Sending Dumps @{" " LINK Request} Requesting Dumps @{" " LINK TroubleShoot} @{fg shine}Startup Troubleshooting@{fg text} @{" " LINK DoDont} @{fg shine}DO's and DON'Ts@{fg text} @{" " LINK Tips} @{fg shine}Tips And Tricks@{fg text} @{" " LINK RTUpdate} @{fg shine}Notes On Real Time Update@{fg text} @{" " LINK Future} Future Plans @{" " LINK Register} Register??? @ENDNODE @NODE "Who" "Who did it?" @{b}@{u}Who did it?@{uu}@{ub} I am AlcoRhythm of The Problem (an Amiga based music group) from The Netherlands (party country number one!). You may know me from earlier days when I was still active in the MODs scene for Amiga. Nowadays I still do mods on occasion, but I have moved on to the CS1x and Bars & Pipes Professional (wow! what a cool program that is!). I've created various songs, which are available on the CS1x Archives on the net. Also I released a sample editor with full midi support for Sample Dump Standard called ProDUMP and a small database program for quickly finding CS1x Material voices called 'CS1xFind'. More information about releases can be found on my homepage. Once I got the hang of programming for MIDI I decided to do the impossible and create a CS1x Editor. With help from Infinity (another member of The Problem), I input thousands of lines of data such as the CS1x Material Voice list, XG Voice list and the CS1x Effect Parameter list. Then I put them all together in the CS1x Editor that now has your name on it! Guilty as charged for creating a full featured CS1x Editor is: Alco Lammers (alias AlcoRhythm of The Problem) Lage Veld 114 7122 ZK AALTEN The Netherlands +31 (0)543 475746 alcortm@subway.student.utwente.nl http://subway.student.utwente.nl @ENDNODE @NODE DoDont "CS1x Editor - Do's and Don'ts" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor - Do's and Don'ts@{uu}@{ub} DON'T change the controller numbers using the CS1x System Editor, unless you know exactly why you are doing it. DO use the knobs on the CS1x for testing. Just remember that the values of the knobs CUTOFF and RESONANCE are ADDED (by the CS1x) to the values of Cutoff and Resonance in the Performance Filter Editor. And that the values of the knobs ATTACK and RELEASE are ADDED to the values of Attack Time and Release Time in the Performance AEG Editor. In short: the knobs have no effect on the performance settings! See the description of the Filter and AEG editor for more information. Note that the value of the knobs is reset to neutral if you (re)send a performance to the CS1x. DO use the 'Send Performance' function of the editor. If you have used the CS1x's controls for changing to another performance or for changing parameters, you should use the 'Send Performance' to bring the CS1x up to date again. DO use the 'Request Performance' function of the editor. In stead of using 'Send Performance' to update the CS1x, you can also use 'Request Performance' to update the Editor. DON'T leave the CS1x in Multi mode or Utility mode. If you need to go into these modes, be sure to go back to performance mode after you're finished and before using the editor again. This will avoid problems I haven't bothered to think about yet :) You can use the 'Re-Init CS1x' menu-option to put the CS1x in the correct mode again. DON'T use screen promotion utilities to permanently promote the CS1x Editor screen. You can set the screenmode of the editor internally, although you may have to promote it the first time you run it. When you quit the CS1x editor it will save the screenmode used into the file 'S:CS1xEdit.config'. The editor will also store the last used device number here! At first startup, the CS1x Editor will open a 'PAL:High Res' screen, sized 640x256. @ENDNODE @NODE Tips "CS1x Editor - Tips And Tricks" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor - Tips And Tricks@{uu}@{ub} @{fg shine}TIP 1:@{fg text} If you've changed controller numbers using the CS1x System editor, your CS1x will do very strange things! To fix this, quit the CS1x Editor and restart it. This will reset the controllers in the CS1x Editor. Then go into the CS1x System editor, and press the bottom cyclegadget repeatedly until you've seen all the fields (from 'MW' up to 'Foot Switch'). The CS1x has now received all the default settings again and should act normally. @{fg shine}TIP 2:@{fg text} If you happen to own a Multi Sync monitor, try using the Euro 72 Productivity screenmode. It suits the Editor perfectly. Any other high resolution screen sized 640 x 400 will also do nicely. The editor will work fine with screens sized 640 x 200 and bigger. Bigger screens look better though. @{fg shine}TIP 3:@{fg text} When editing the FEG (Filter Envelope), increase the resonance level a bit to make changes more audible. @{fg shine}TIP 4:@{fg text} If you feel more confortable editing some parameters from the CS1x's control panel (e.g. switching the Arpeggiator or Scene modes on and off), feel free to do so. After you have made the change(s), use 'Request Perf' to bring your changes over to the Editor. @{fg shine}TIP 5:@{fg text} When you start the CS1x Editor it will attempt to load a bank file called 'default.bank' from the directory from which the editor is started. You are free to replace this bank with another bank. To do this, simply copy a new file over it, or save a bank over it from the Editor. You can even delete it, if you don't want to wait for it to load every time. If the file is not present, the editor will startup (faster) with a completely empty bank. @{fg shine}TIP 6:@{fg text} You can see the CS1x-update happen in real time. If you are editing a parameter in the CS1x Editor, bring the parameter up on the CS1x display using it's control panel. Then edit the parameter from the Editor and you will see the update happen in real time. Ultimate proof! @ENDNODE @NODE RTUpdate "CS1x Editor - Notes On Real Time Update" @{b}@{u}Notes On Real Time Update@{uu}@{ub} Every change you make in the editor will be sent to the CS1x immediately. This happens in the form of a (stream of) Sys/Ex message(s). The Editor ONLY uses Sys/Ex data. It never sends controllers. If you type a number in an integer gadget for example, the value you typed is sent to the CS1x immedately after you are finished typing. If you use a slider, a whole stream of Sys/Ex data is sent to the CS1x while you are dragging. This offers you a realtime control over every single parameter in the CS1x. You don't even have that kind of control in the CS1x itself! For instance, you can change every parameter of the Variation Effect, while you (or the Arpeggiator) play notes. You can hear the effect of each parameter change in real time. To see this take place with your own eyes, simply bring up a parameter on the display of the CS1x using it's control panel and then use the CS1x Editor to change that parameter. You will see that the value in the display of the CS1x changes while you are using the Editor. This real time update goes for all parameters that the Editor can influence. This includes master and system parameters like Master Volume and Master Tune. Once you get used to real-time update, you will never want to live without it again! @ENDNODE @NODE "Why" "Why a CS1x Editor?" @{b}@{u}Why a CS1x Editor?@{uu}@{ub} As far as I know, there's only one other CS1x Editor for the Amiga. And that one didn't really work on my Amiga. No offence intended, but I didn't like the other editor too much, because all sliders were too small, the windows didn't seem to listen to their close gadget, you had to press an 'Update CS1x' button to send changes to the CS1x and... well, you get the point. Also, the other CS1x Editor is a Demo version, with the nasty restriction of no saving. I believe you had to pay something like 40 DM or more to get the full version, which I think stinks. That's why. I know this sounds very unfriendly toward the other editor, but I have to stress that this is only my own opinion. I'm probably the only one who sees these problems! I want an editor where everything is realtime. You drag a slider, and the CS1x is updated immediately. I want it to be this way for every single parameter in the CS1x. I want to receive Bulk Dumps as quickly as technically possible, and I want graphical editors where possible. That's why I wrote this CS1x Editor. It's an editor where everything is updated realtime over Midi, where envelopes can be edited by dragging points in a graphical display and where Bulk Dumps can be received as quick as the CS1x can squeeze them out. My fingers are black and blue from typing all the data lists for the CS1x Voices and Effects Parameters, but now that it's finished, I think it was worth the effort! @ENDNODE @NODE "Short" "CS1x Editor In Short" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor In Short@{uu}@{ub} Amiga and CS1x have one thing in common: they are both great machines! And they work perfectly together. Here's some of the most important features of this Editor: @{fg shine}Features:@{fg text} - ALL PARAMETERS ARE UPDATED REALTIME OVER MIDI! Dragging a slider, pressing a button or typing a value will cause immediate updates to occur in the CS1x for ALL parameters. - Easy GUI with all parameters grouped together in logical groups. - Graphical editors for cut-off filter, AEG, FEG and PEG. - Big buttons and sliders for more precision. - Easy selection of voices from a categorised voicelist. Each category can be made visible or invisible at any time. There are search and sorting options available as well. - Layers can be muted for better pre-view listening. - You can select voices from the XG Bank, Material Voice Bank, XG SFX Bank AND the Demo Bank 'Drum Machine' for use in performances! - Fast sending and reception of Bulk Dumps and Performance Dumps. - List select for many items. - Load and save sys/ex files of Performance or Bulk Dumps. - Uses the MIDI library. - Easily accessable About requester... - Work with any device number, configurable from the editor. - Work on any screenmode sized 640x200 or bigger. - Edit all parameters of the Variation effect. - CS1x-style receive for bulkdump and performance dumps: just send it over and CS1x Editor will receive and record. - CS1x style edit buffer, so changes will not immediately destroy old data. - MIDI Thru option. - Easy to use. - Much, much, much more! @{fg shine}Requirements:@{fg text} - An Amiga with WB2.0 or better. - A MIDI interface connected to your Amiga. - A CS1x synth connected to your MIDI interface. - The midi.library (included). For technical reasons I was not able to include a CS1x with the program. Sorry! :-) @ENDNODE @NODE Startup "CS1x Editor - Starting The Editor" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor - Starting The Editor@{uu}@{ub} Before starting the Editor, make sure your CS1x is turned ON and connected to your Amiga in the correct way. Make sure that the midi.library is installed. Now doubleclick the CS1x Editor icon and wait for it to load up. After the screen opens, the Editor will attempt to load the file 'default.bank'. While it is loading, you will see a progress indication. If the file is not available, it is simply not loaded (the file is not required). After loading is finished, the CS1x should be in User Performance Mode, at user performance number 001. This performance should be called '--:Empty ' and the 'E' (edit) sign should be visible. If you play the CS1x, you don't hear any sound. This is correct. At this point the Editor is ready for use, except when something went wrong. Here's @{"what to do in case of an error" LINK TroubleShoot}. Throughout the program, you will always find a list of buttons on the left, and a specific editor on the right side of the screen. The buttons on the left bring up editors on the right. Everything works pretty much like a browser. @ENDNODE @NODE TroubleShoot "CS1x Editor - Startup trouble" @{b}@{u}Startup trouble@{uu}@{ub} Here are some suggestions for what to do when the editor doesn't startup normally. First: - Check MIDI connections. - Select 'Re-Init CS1x...' from the menu (or press RightAmiga + I). If the CS1x display gives you the message 'Device No Error', press the 'PERFORMANCE' button on the CS1x to clear the error. Now you need to change the Device Number setting. Here are two ways of doing that: - Press 'UTILITY' to put the CS1x in Utility mode. - Select 'DEVICE NO' and note the device number in the CS1x display. - In the CS1x Editor on your Amiga press the 'CS1x System' button. - Fill in the correct value for 'Device Number:' so that it matches the value in the CS1x display. - Press the 'PERFORMANCE' botton on the CS1x again to leave the Utility mode. Or, if you want to do it all from the editor: - Press the 'CS1x System' button in the Editor. - Grab the 'Device Number' slider with the mouse and drag it slowly all the way from the left to the right, so that all values are touched at least once. (While you drag the slider, the CS1x will automatically be found on one of the device numbers. You can see this happen if you put CS1x in Utility mode and select 'DEVICE NO'). - Now drag the slider to the desired Device Number you want to use (or type it into the integer-gadget next to the slider). And, after you've finished going through one of the above lists: - In the Editor, press the 'Back' buton at the bottom left of the screen. - Press 'Send Performance' in the Editor. - Check the CS1x display. It should now say '--:Empty ' and 'E001' If can't get the CS1x Editor to work, please @{"let me know" LINK Who}! @ENDNODE @NODE Edit "CS1x Editor - Performance Editor" @{b}@{u}Performance Editor@{uu}@{ub} On the main screen you can find the @{" Performance List Editor " LINK PerfList}. Select a performance from the list and press 'Edit' or 'Edit Performance' to bring up the performance editor. On the left you will now find access to the following editors: @{" Performance " LINK PerfEdit} Performance General Editor @{" Effects " LINK Effects} Performance Effects Editor @{" Scenes " LINK Scenes} Performance Scenes Editor @{" Knobs " LINK Knobs} Performance Knobs Editor @{" Arpeggiator " LINK Arp} Performance Arpeggiator Editor @{" MW,PB,FC,Porta " LINK Porta} Performance MW/PB/FC/Porta Editor @{" Layers " LINK Layers} Performance Layers Editor @ENDNODE @NODE Layers "CS1x Editor - Performance Layers Editor" @{b}@{u}Performance Layers Editor@{uu}@{ub} From the Performance Editor you come to the Layers Editor. This is where you can edit the four layers that make up a performance. On the left of the screen, at the top, you see four buttons (Layer 1, Layer 2, Layer 3 and Layer 4) to switch layers with. Just press any of the buttons to switch to the corresponding layer. Press 'Copy' to copy the currently active layer into the layer copy buffer. Press 'Paste' to paste the current layer copy buffer to the current layer. Also, you can find access to the following editors: @{" General " LINK GenLayer} Performance Layer General Editor @{" Velocity " LINK Velo} Performance Layer Velocity Editor @{" Effects " LINK LayerFX} Performance Layer Effects Editor @{" LFO " LINK LFO} Performance Layer LFO Editor @{" Filter " LINK Filter} Performance Layer Filter Editor @{" Amplitude Env " LINK AEG} Performance Layer AEG Editor @{" Pitch Envelope " LINK PEG} Performance Layer PEG Editor @{" Filter Env " LINK FEG} Performance Layer FEG Editor @ENDNODE @NODE Menu "CS1x Editor - The Menus @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor - The Menus@{uu}@{ub} @{u}Project Menu@{uu} @{fg shine}New Bank@{fg text} Clears all performances in the editor. @{fg shine}New Perf@{fg text} Clears the current performance. Note that the change will only have a permanent effect when you press 'Store' afterwards. @{fg shine}Load Bank@{fg text} Load a complete performance bank. More info @{"here" LINK Load}. @{fg shine}Load Performance@{fg text} Load a single performance as current performance. More info @{"here" LINK Load}. @{fg shine}Save Bank@{fg text} Save all performances in the editor as Bulk Dump All file. More info @{"here" LINK Save}. @{fg shine}Save Performance@{fg text} Save current performance to a Bulk Dump 1 Perf file. More info @{"here" LINK Save}. @{fg shine}Send Bank@{fg text} Sends all performances in the editor to the CS1x. More info @{"here" LINK Send}. @{fg shine}Send Performance@{fg text} Sends current performance to the CS1x. More info @{"here" LINK Send}. @{fg shine}Request Performance@{fg text} Sends out a request to the CS1x to send the current performance to the Editor. More info @{"here" LINK Request}. @{fg shine}About@{fg text} Display program info and current device number. @{fg shine}Quit@{fg text} Euh... Quit. @{u}Options Menu@{uu} @{fg shine}Screenmode@{fg text} Bring up a screenmode requester for you to select a new screenmode from. The CS1x Editor will remember the last selected screenmode: it will use the same screenmode next time you start the program. @{fg shine}Re-Init CS1x@{fg text} This will re-do the initialisation of the CS1x as has been done at startup. @{fg shine}Suspend On/Off@{fg text} This will turn on and off the Suspend mode of the CS1x Editor. If suspended, the CS1x editor will no longer respond to input and free all MIDI resources. You can use them for something else now. You might need this feature to run the CS1x Editor in parallel with programs like Bars & Pipes Professional and Music X. You don't need to suspend the CS1x Editor if you want to run programs that use the midi.library in parallel. @{fg shine}MIDI Thru@{fg text} If activated, all MIDI data except sys/ex is sent back out. If you enable this, you should set your CS1x to LOCAL OFF (and vice versa). @{fg shine}Mute Layer 1@{fg text} If activated, layer 1 will not produce sound. @{fg shine}Mute Layer 2@{fg text} If activated, layer 2 will not produce sound. @{fg shine}Mute Layer 3@{fg text} If activated, layer 3 will not produce sound. @{fg shine}Mute Layer 4@{fg text} If activated, layer 4 will not produce sound. Use the Mute options for testing layers seperately, or in combination with selected others. Pretty handy. @ENDNODE @NODE "PerfList" "CS1x Editor - Performance List Editor" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor - Performance List Editor@{uu}@{ub} In the Performance List Editor you can select the performance you wish to edit. The checkboxes on the far right of the screen allow you to turn on and off individual categories. This way you can reduce the length of the list for better overview. @{fg shine}NOTE:@{fg text} The category checkboxes have no effect on performances which don't have a category (--)! These performances will always be in the list. The same goes for the currently selected performance. To select a voice, simply click on it with the mouse. When you look over at you CS1x's display, you will see the 'Receiving!' indication. Each time you select a performance, it is sent to the CS1x's current performance buffer, so you can immediately test and hear the selected performance. Use the Copy and Paste buttons to copy performances around the list. You can also Swap performances or Move them Up and Down the list. If you press 'Edit' you can begin to edit the selected performance. All changes you make are recorded in an internal Edit Buffer, so no changes are made to the selected performance directly. When you go back (using the 'Back' button at the bottom left of the screen) to the Performance List Editor you will see the '(E)' indication after the current performance name, just like the 'E' you see on the CS1x's display when you change something there. This means that the performance was edited but not yet stored. When you are happy with the edited performance, simply press 'Store' to fix the changes and make them permanent. To cancel the changes simply select another performance to edit, or the same performance over again. Sounds complicated? Just try it out... It will come naturally! @ENDNODE @NODE "PerfEdit" "CS1x Editor - Performance Editor" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor - Performance Editor@{uu}@{ub} In this small editor screen you can edit the Performance category, name and common volume. When you type a new name, it will also change in the display of your CS1x. Change the category using the cycle gadget, or press the List button to select a category from a list. @ENDNODE @NODE "Effects" "CS1x Editor - Performance Effects Editor" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor - Performance Effects Editor@{uu}@{ub} In this editor you can choose the effects you wish to use for your performance. @{fg shine}Reverb Type:@{fg text} Select a reverb effect type to use. @{fg shine}Chorus Type:@{fg text} Select a chorus effect type to use. @{fg shine}Vari Type:@{fg text} Select a variation effect type to use. For the Vari Effect Type you can also edit the parameters for the effect. Use the sliders to change the values. For each variation effect there are different parameters to edit. All changes you make are sent to the CS1x immediately, so you can hear everything change in realtime. @ENDNODE @NODE "Scenes" "CS1x Editor - Performance Scenes Editor" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor - Performance Scenes Editor@{uu}@{ub} Here you can edit the two scene modes of the CS1x. Using the sliders you can set the knob values for all six knobs in both scenes. All changes are sent to the CS1x immediately so you can test everything in realtime. @ENDNODE @NODE "Knobs" "CS1x Editor - Performance Knobs Editor" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor - Performance Knobs Editor@{uu}@{ub} Use this editor to set the parameters for knob 6 (ASSIGN 2) and knob 3 (ASSIGN 1/DATA). @{fg shine}Knob 6:@{fg text} Use the cyclegadgets to browse through the available options, or press list to select a parameter from a list. With the 'Layer x' gadgets you can select for which layer the parameter should be used. With the 'Sensitivity' sliders you can change the amount of effect the parameter will have. @{fg shine}Knob 3:@{fg text} Select a parameter using the Cyclegadget or press list to bring up a selection list. All changes are sent to the CS1x immediately, so you can test everything in realtime! @ENDNODE @NODE "Arp" "CS1x Editor - Performance Arpeggiator Editor" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor - Performance Arpeggiator Editor@{uu}@{ub} Here you can set the various options for the arpeggiator. @{fg shine}Arpeggiator:@{fg text} Use this cycle gadget to put the arpeggiator in one of three modes: - Off (no arpeggiator) - On (arpeggiator plays while keys are down) - Hold (arpeggiator plays continuously after first key-down) @{fg shine}Type:@{fg text} Select an arpeggiator type using the 'Type' cycle gadget, or press 'List' to bring up a selection list. @{fg shine}Subdivision:@{fg text} Select the subdivision of a note to use for the arpeggiator. @{fg shine}Tempo:@{fg text} Set the tempo in BPM for the Arpeggiator. @{fg shine}MIDI Tempo:@{fg text} Activate the 'MIDI Tempo' to enable synchronisation of the Arpeggiator to an external MIDI clock. The 'Tempo' setting is then ignored. @{fg shine}Split:@{fg text} Turn the arpeggiator split on and off. If on, only the lower two octaves of the keyboard will trigger the Arpeggiator. @ENDNODE @NODE "Porta" "CS1x Editor - MW, PB, FC and Porta" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor - MW, PB, FC and Porta@{uu}@{ub} @{fg shine}MW = Mod Wheel@{fg text} Edit the amount of effect you want the Mod Wheel to have on any of the following parameters: - Filter Control - open/close the cutoff filter with MW - LFO Pitch Modulation Depth - control the vibrato effect for pitch - LFO Filter Modulation Depth - control the vibrato effect for filter @{fg shine}PB = Pitch Bend@{fg text} Edit the range of the pitch bend wheel in number of semitones. @{fg shine}FC = Foot Controller@{fg text} Edit the amount of effect you want the Foot Controller to have on any of the following parameters: - Filter Control - open/close the cutoff filter with FC - LFO Filter Modulation Depth - control the vibrato effect for filter @{fg shine}Porta = Portamento@{fg text} Control the Portamento Time and Portamento Switch. @ENDNODE @NODE "GenLayer" "CS1x Editor - Performance Layer General Editor" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor - Performance Layer General Editor@{uu}@{ub} Here you can edit the general parameters for each of the four performance layers. You can switch between the layers at any time using the 'Layer' buttons on the left. @{fg shine}Voice:@{fg text} Select a voice to use for this layer using the @{"Voice List" LINK VoiceList}. You can see "Category: Name and MSB/LSB/Program" here. @{fg shine}Volume:@{fg text} Set the volume level for this layer. @{fg shine}Panning Mode:@{fg text} - Normal Panning : Use the panning level set with the 'Panning:' slider. - Random Panning : Put each note at a random position in the stereo space. @{fg shine}Panning:@{fg text} Control the panning level: 0 = Center -63 = Left +63 = Right @{fg shine}Play Mode:@{fg text} - Polyphonic : support multiple sounds to play at once. - Monophonic : only one sound can play at any time. @{fg shine}Note Shift:@{fg text} Transpose the layer with a number of semitones. @{fg shine}Note Limit:@{fg text} - Low : Note number beneath which this layer is to produce no sound. - High : Mote number above which this layer is to produce no sound. @{fg shine}Detune:@{fg text} Detune the layer from the other layers. @ENDNODE @NODE "Velo" "CS1x Editor - Performance Layer Velocity Editor" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor - Performance Layer Velocity Editor@{uu}@{ub} Here you can edit several parameters regarding the keyboard velocity settings. @{fg shine}Sensitivity:@{fg text} - Level : How sensitive this layer is to velocity. - Offset : Value to add to the velocity. @{fg shine}Limit@{fg text} - Low : Velocity depth beneath which this layer will not produce sound. - High : Velocity depth above which this layer will not produce sound. @ENDNODE @NODE "LayerFX" "CS1x Editor - Performance Layer Effects Editor" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor - Performance Layer Effects Editor@{uu}@{ub} Here you can change the Reverb Send, Chorus Send and Variation Send levels for the current layer. @ENDNODE @NODE "LFO" "CS1x Editor - Performance Layer LFO Editor" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor - Performance Layer LFO Editor@{uu}@{ub} This is where you can change the LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) settings of the current layer. @{fg shine}Key Sync:@{fg text} How to respond to key presses. -- = Normal. FreeRun = Free running oscillator, no response to keypresses. Retrigger = Restart oscillator after each keypress. @{fg shine}Wave:@{fg text} What type of waveform to use for the oscillation. -- = Normal Sine wave. Saw = Sawtooth wave. Tri = Trianglular wave. Sample & Hold = Random-like wave. @{fg shine}Speed:@{fg text} How fast the oscillator should run. @{fg shine}AMod Depth:@{fg text} Amplitude Modulation Depth. How much you want the amplitude to change. @{fg shine}PMod Depth:@{fg text} Pitch Modulation Depth. How much you want the pitch to change (vibrato). @{fg shine}FMod Depth:@{fg text} Filter Modulation Depth. How much you want the filter to change. @ENDNODE @NODE "Filter" "CS1x Editor - Performance Layer Filter Editor" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor - Performance Layer Filter Editor@{uu}@{ub} Here you can edit the cutoff filter and resonance level for the current layer. Use the sliders to change the cutoff and resonance levels. You will see that the graphical representation also changes. You can also grab hold of the graphic and drag it around with the mouse! Ofcourse everything is sent to the CS1x as it happens, so you can hear the effect instantly. This is fun to play with... remember to keep breathing! @{fg shine}NOTE:@{fg text} The parameters 'Cutoff' and 'Resonance' of the Filter Editor can be influenced by the CUTOFF and RESONANCE knobs on the CS1x. If you enter the Filter Editor, you are advised to put these knobs in the neutral position (centered). In the Filter editor you are always editing the neutral position of the knobs. The CS1x adds the values of the knobs to the values you set with the Filter Editor! @ENDNODE @NODE "AEG" "CS1x Editor - Performance Layer Amplitude Envelope Generator" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor - Performance Layer Amplitude Envelope Generator@{uu}@{ub} Here you can edit the AEG parameters of the current layer. Use the sliders to change the various parameters. Watch the graphic change to see what you are doing. You can also drag the editpoints in the graphic and watch the sliders change. Just whatever suits you... @{fg shine}NOTE:@{fg text} The parameters 'Attack Time' and 'Release Time' of the AEG Editor can be influenced by the ATTACK and RELEASE knobs on the CS1x. If you enter the AEG Editor, you are advised to put these knobs in the neutral position (centered). In the AEG editor you are always editing the neutral position of the knobs. The CS1x adds the values of the knobs to the values you set with the AEG Editor! @ENDNODE @NODE "PEG" "CS1x Editor - Performance Layer Pitch Envelope Generator" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor - Performance Layer Pitch Envelope Generator@{uu}@{ub} Here you can edit the PEG parameters of the current layer. Use the sliders to change the various parameters. Watch the graphic change to see what you are doing. You can also drag the editpoints in the graphic and watch the sliders change. You know... whatever... @ENDNODE @NODE "FEG" "CS1x Editor - Performance Layer Filter Envelope Generator" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor - Performance Layer Filter Envelope Generator@{uu}@{ub} Here you can edit the FEG parameters of the current layer. Use the sliders to change the various parameters. Watch the graphic change to see what you are doing. You can also drag the editpoints in the graphic and watch the sliders change. Or try both at the same time and call me if you can do it! :) TIP: In some occasions it's better to turn up the resonance level a bit when editing the FEG. This way you can hear more clearly what you are doing. @ENDNODE @NODE "System" "CS1x Editor - CS1x System Editor" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor - CS1x System Editor@{uu}@{ub} Use this editor to change CS1x Master Parameters and CS1x System Parameters. Note that some of these parameters are pretty low level, so be careful! @{u}CS1x Mater Parameters@{uu} @{fg shine}Master Volume:@{fg text} The CS1x Master Volume level. The effect is the same as using the 'VOLUME' knob on the CS1x. Note that changing the Master Volume affects all of your CS1x... if you forget to turn up the volume again, your CS1x may go silent on you semi-permanently! @{fg shine}Master Tune:@{fg text} For editing the Master Tuning of the CS1x. This is the same value as 'MASTER TUNE' in Utility mode of your CS1x. @{u}CS1x System Parameters@{uu} @{fg shine}Device Number:@{fg text} Use this to set the Device Number used by the CS1x and the CS1x Editor. Always make sure that the CS1x and the CS1x Editor both use the same device number! In the Editor a value of '17' corresponds to 'All' in the CS1x. To check the device number settings, put the CS1x in Utility mode and select 'DEVICE NO'. Then drag the slider around a bit and see if the value on the display of the CS1x matches the value on screen. Once the device numbers match, you will see that the CS1x display keeps track of the slider when you move it! The default value is 'All'. If you have trouble setting the Device Number, see @{"Starting Trouble" LINK TroubleShoot} for more details. @{fg shine}Velocity Curve:@{fg text} Choose the type of velocity curve you wish to use. @{fg shine}Fix Velocity:@{fg text} If zero, this value has no effect. Otherwise it will set the 'Fixed Velocity' value. This means that keyboard velocity has no effect, and all notes will sound at the same level of velocity. @{fg shine}Transpose:@{fg text} Set the keyboard transpose level. @{fg shine}Transmit Channel:@{fg text} Set the transmit channel for the performance mode. @{fg shine}Perf. Rcv. Channel:@{fg text} Set the receive channel for the performance mode. @{fg shine}Scene Controller:@{fg text} Select which controller you wish to use to control the scene modes. @{fg shine}Scene Mode:@{fg text} Here you can put the scene mode in 'Off', 'Scene1', 'Scene2' or 'Scene Control'. In 'Scene Control' mode you can use the selected Scene Controller to do transitions between the two scenes. Finally, at the bottom of the editor, you can find a way to set the controller numbers used for the ModWheel, Foot Controller, Foot Volume, Knobs 1 to 6 and Foot Switch. If you don't know what to do with these, then just DON'T touch them: They can mess things up badly! @ENDNODE @NODE "VoiceList" "CS1x Editor - Voice List" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor - Voice List@{uu}@{ub} The Voice List is much like the Performance List Editor. You have some more options available though, because the Voice List is a BIG thing! Select the voice you want to use from the Voice List by clicking on it. You can de-select a voice by clicking on it again. If you press the 'Accept' or 'Okay' button, the currently selected voice is accepted as new voice for the layer, if you press 'Back', the selected voice is not used. Press 'Accept' with no voice selected to turn the layer off. If you select a voice, you can instantly hear it in the current layer! Use the 'Mute' flags in the menu if you want to hear it more clearly! You can also see the name of the selected voice in the display of the CS1x(!). @{fg shine}Category Flags:@{fg text} With the checkboxes on the right you can turn on and off certain categories of voices in the voice list. This will reduce the length of the list which is pretty handy when you are looking for a specific kind of sound. @{fg shine}List: (cyclegadget)@{fg text} With the cycle gadget 'List:' you can choose what banks you want to list. You can set it to 'All Voices', 'Material', 'XG', 'SFX' or even 'Dance Machine' (the undocumented Demo Bank of the CS1x). The list may be VERY long if you set this gadget to 'All Voices', but you can reduce it using the available filtering options. Note the voices in the Dance Machine Demo Bank have no registered name in the CS1x, and that you can not access this bank in any way from the CS1x control panel(s). Also note that these voices will not be in the list when the list is set to 'All Voices'! @{fg shine}Find:@{fg text} In this stringgadget you can enter a string to find in the performance names. If you type nothing (empty string), all voices are listed. If you enter a string, then only those voices that contain that string in their name will be listed. So if you enter 'oo' then only voices like 'VoiceOoh', 'Bassoon', 'Woodblock' etc. will be in the list. In the resulting list you can still filter the categories using the checkboxes. @{fg shine}Sort By Number@{fg text} The voicelist is presented in order of appearance, sorted by bank and program numbers. @{fg shine}Sort By Name@{fg text} The voicelist is presented in alphabetical order of voicenames. @{fg shine}Sort By Category@{fg text} The voicelist is presented in order of category. All categories are grouped together. The order within each category is meaningless. @{fg shine}Okay@{fg text} Press this to accept the currently selected voice. You can also use the 'Accept' button to do this. Use the 'Back' button to cancel the Voice List. @ENDNODE @NODE "Load" "CS1x Editor - Load File" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor - Load File@{uu}@{ub} @{fg shine}Load Performance:@{fg text} Loads a 'single performance' dump file. You can create these files with any sys/ex receiving program, or with the CS1x Editor itself. Simply use the CS1x's Bulk Dump 1 Perf function to do it. The file is loaded into the editor as the 'Current Performance'. That means that it replaces all changes you have made to the current performance. The newly loaded file will not be stored in the current bank, until you press the 'Store' button. The CS1x Editor behaves the same as the CS1x when it receives a single performance dump: if you don't store the new performance, it will be lost when you change program. @{fg shine}Load Bank:@{fg text} Loads a complete CS1x Bulk dump file. This will replace all the performances in the current bank. The current performance buffer will not change, so if you were editing a performance, it is not lost when loading a new bank. You will ofcourse loose all other performances. Again, this is the same behaviour as the CS1x when it receives a complete bulk dump. @ENDNODE @NODE "Save" "CS1x Editor - Save File" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor - Save File@{uu}@{ub} @{fg shine}Save Performance:@{fg text} Saves the currently selected performance to a 'single performance' dump file. Note that all non-stored changes are also saved to the file. The resulting file contains exactly the same information as a 'Bulk Dump 1 Perf' from the CS1x. @{fg shine}Save Bank:@{fg text} Saves all performances in the current bank to a Bulk Dump All Perf file. The file will contain (almost) the same info as what the CS1x would send if you perform a Bulk Dump All Perf. If the current performance was not stored before you saved the bank, the changes made to that performance are not recorded in the file! See the resemblence with the CS1x... @ENDNODE @NODE "Receive" "CS1x Editor - Receiving Dumps" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor - Receiving Dumps@{uu}@{ub} CS1x Editor behaves just like a CS1x when receiving a Bulk Dump. @{fg shine}Receive Single Performance:@{fg text} You can send single performance dumps to the CS1x Editor at any time. Just go to your CS1x and choose the performance you want to dump. Then go to Utility mode, select Bulk Dump 1 Perf and press Enter. The CS1x Editor will recognise the incoming data and will put up a 'Receiving!' message just like the CS1x does when it receives a dump. The incoming performance is recorded as the 'Current Performance'. All changes you made to the current performance will be lost, as they are replaced by the new performance. The newly received performance will not be stored into the bank yet, you first have to press 'Store' to do that. @{fg shine}Receive Bulk Dump:@{fg text} This works the same way: just start a Bulk Dump All from your CS1x's control panel and the CS1x Editor will recognise the incoming data. The incoming performances are recorded in the performance bank of the Editor. This means that all existing performances will be overwritten. Be sure to save your bank if you made changes to it that you want to keep. @ENDNODE @NODE "Send" "CS1x Editor - Sending Dumps" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor - Sending Dumps@{uu}@{ub} When you select a performance from the Performance List in the Editor, the selected performance is sent to the CS1x as a Bulk Dump 1 Perf. You can see the 'Receiving!' indication in the CS1x display. @{fg shine}Sending Single Performance Dump:@{fg text} You can also manually (re)send the current performance by pressing the 'Send Performance' button. CS1x Editor will send the current performance with all the changes you may have made. You can regard this function as an 'Update CS1x' function. Normally you will not need to use it. @{fg shine}Sending Bulk Dump All:@{fg text} Press 'Send Bank' to send all 128 performances from the Editor to the CS1x. Note that changes made to the current performance are not sent if they are not stored first! @ENDNODE @NODE "Request" "CS1x Editor - Requesting Dumps" @{b}@{u}CS1x Editor - Requesting Dumps@{uu}@{ub} When you select 'Request Performance', the CS1x is expected to send the current performance to the Editor. You will see the 'Receiving' window pop up while seven blocks of data are received. The dump is received just as it would when you send a Bulk Dump 1 Perf manually. The dump is recorded in the current performance buffer, which means that you have to store it before changing to another performance. @{fg shine}REMARK@{fg text} Why is there no 'Request Bank' function? I can almost hear you ask. The reason is that requesting an entire bank from the CS1x is really slow. Instead, you have to start a 'Bulk Dump All' manually from the CS1x. It's almost twice as fast. @ENDNODE @NODE "Future" "Future Plans" @{b}@{u}Future Plans@{uu}@{ub} Depending on what the reactions to this program are, I am planning to do a follow up of this program. Some parts of it are already in the making. These are some of the improvements I am planning to do: - A(n even) better (looking) GUI - Support for reading and writing MIDI files. - An XG and Drum Setup Editor for the 12 MultiParts. - A built in configurable arpeggiator to play with. - More configuration possibilities. - Database function with which you can look up the sys/ex and controller codes for every single parameter in the CS1x. - Midi input support for some editing functions. - Add bank editing and managing functions. - (your suggestions and ideas go here...) @ENDNODE @NODE Register "Register? Eeeeuuhhh...." @{b}@{u}Register...?@{uu}@{ub} The CS1x Editor is kind of free! So it's hard for me to get anything out of it! However, if you want to send me anything (anything at all, as long as it doesn't explode when I open it), please feel free to send it. Especially if it's worth a lot of money! Seriously though, if you think this CS1x Editor is okay and should be prolonged, then I need to know this. So even if you don't want to send anything worth something, please do give me a note saying what you think about this program! I can use the support and criticism. You can imagine that typing in ALL CS1x parameters is a LOT of work. I know, I did it! I don't think I feel like creating an even bigger program if nobody even looks in my direction for it! If you send me something, you can be sure I will send you the latest version of the CS1x Editor with your name on it back to you when it exists! I will reply to bug-reports by sending you a fixed version (I hope). I have not decided yet if the next version will be completely free again... Send your reactions, bug reports, valuables and loved ones to: Alco Lammers (alias AlcoRhythm) Lage Veld 114 7122 ZK AALTEN The Netherlands +31 (0)543 475746 alcortm@subway.student.utwente.nl http://subway.student.utwente.nl @ENDNODE @NODE Index @{fg shine}Index@{fg text} @{u}General@{uu} @{" " LINK main} CS1x Editor by AlcoRhythm of The Problem. @{" " LINK Why} Why a CS1x Editor?. @{" " LINK Short} CS1x Editor In Short. @{" " LINK DoDont} Do's and Don'ts. @{" " LINK Startup} Starting The Editor. @{" " LINK TroubleShoot} Startup Troubleshooting. @{" " LINK Menu} The Menu. @{u}Performance Edit@{uu} @{" " LINK Edit} Performance Editor. @{" " LINK PerfList} Performance List Editor. @{" " LINK PerfEdit} Performance Editor. @{" " LINK Effects} Performance Effects Editor. @{" " LINK Scenes} Performance Scenes Editor. @{" " LINK Knobs} Performance Knobs Editor. @{" " LINK Arp} Performance Arpeggiator Editor. @{" " LINK Porta} MW, PB, FC and Porta. @{u}Layer Edit@{uu} @{" " LINK Layers} Performance Layers Editor. @{" " LINK GenLayer} Performance Layer General Editor. @{" " LINK Velo} Performance Layer Velocity Editor. @{" " LINK LayerFX} Performance Layer Effects Editor. @{" " LINK LFO} Performance Layer LFO Editor. @{" " LINK Filter} Performance Layer Filter Editor. @{" " LINK AEG} Performance Layer Amplitude Envelope Generator. @{" " LINK PEG} Performance Layer Pitch Envelope Generator. @{" " LINK FEG} Performance Layer Filter Envelope Generator. @{u}Other Edit@{uu} @{" " LINK System} CS1x System Editor. @{" " LINK VoiceList} Voice List. @{u}I/O@{uu} @{" " LINK Load} Load File. @{" " LINK Save} Save File. @{" " LINK Receive} Receiving Dumps. @{" " LINK Send} Sending Dumps. @{" " LINK Request} Requesting Dumps. @{u}Extra Info@{uu} @{" " LINK Who} Who did it? @{" " LINK RTUpdate} About Real Time Updates. @{" " LINK Future} Future Plans. @{" " LINK Register} Register? Eeeeuuhhh..... @ENDNODE