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Manual e
Version 15
Much has happened since the previous versions. A milestone in Live-Stylers history has been the introduction of the BASS components in version 12. Because of these technical innovations there now were possibilities that no one would have thought of in 2010, since the FluidSynth alternative of the Live-Styler had been a technological leap already.
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Live-Styler basic version You will get the Bank LS-gm.SF2 in the Liver-Styler basic version. You can find it in the Live-Styler folder after installation. Among other things this bank contains XG instruments, with them you can reach a good sound quality in the basic version without having to buy an expensive sound card. Only the OnBoard sound card of your computer or any other sound card is necessary. To be able to use the Mega Samples your settings in Midi IO must be BassSynth, to be able to use sound banks the setting must be BassSf2Bank. If you should have a different instrument such as a Yamaha Instrument the setting must be the driver of your instrument. Should you want to work with VST instruments you have to select the according VST instrument. Have you ever seen an instrument that provides you with this many different possibilities to use such a diversity of sound generators?
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You will get the link for the release shortly. You should then also install the release key in your Live-Styler directory. Stick Version The stick version will function similarly. The setup program SetupLiveStyler15.exe can be found on the stick. Note: Since the stick, similar to a car key, is the license key to your Live-Styler you must not delete any file from it. The stick must not be renamed either and must be in the USB port of your computer when you start the LiveStyler.
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Klick ok here [OK] Now you just have to choose a MIDI IN port:
Choose an available MIDI-input device. The red arrow (MidiIn 1) will oint you to it: Here you have to configure a Midi input! That way your keyboard will be hooked to the Live-Styler via the MIDI IN of your PC. Note: If there are no entries in your MidiIn pull-down-menu, your PC doesnt have an active MIDI IN port! After selection and restart of the program the Live-Styler will have been configured and you will be able to kick off immediately without having to set single parameters. (Of course the parameters are still there and neccessary for further reaching configurations!) Note: The Midi Input Port is the connection between your keyboard and the computer. Most Master-keyboards are connected through USB-Port nowadays and no longer through DIN-plugs with a special PC/Midi-cable.. The Software will be delivered with the most Master-keyboards as well.
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Note: "Double-click" means to click on an icon twice within about 2.5 seconds, at about the same place. The Double-click function can be changed in a way that a single-click can trigger a double-click. This is a windows function and can be read in many different pieces of literature. In this manual we will focus on the necessary Windows standard functions.
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Here you can get some pieces of information that are helpful for the usage. 15.0.1.177 is the version number of the installed Live-Styler. A plus after the number will show you that you have the stick version. On the Hompage http://www.Live-Styler.de You can always find a link to the newest version: http://www.live-styler.de/home/?News:Actual_Version
If you have checked Checkbox15 in the Setup design (C)k) any designs, the current Midi Event will be displayed hexadecimally, for 90 33 00 90 = Note On (key pressed on MIDI Kanal 1) 33 = Note Nummer (manual key A) 00 = Anschlagstrke (zero equals having let go of the key higher values show how hard the keys are struck)
This blue LED will show you if you are pushing a key on your keyboard. LED lights up = key pushed. If the LED should not light up while playing check the MIDI-cable connection, the MIDI OUT activity of your MIDI instruments and the corresponding MIDI channels, as well as the MIDI settings of the LiveStyler.
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The [?] Button: Here you can learn much about eager users, developers and decent helpers, that helped develop the Live-Styler.
The [T] Button: Here you can wrote a short note for every style, that will be shown for a short time everytime you load the style, for example:
The [C] Button will delete the current style from the memory:
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The [ _ ] Button: with it you can attach the Live-Styler to the task bar (Minimize).
The [X] Button: The Live-Styler will be terminated. Funcitonal area Start/Stop:
The buttons in this area are pretty self-explanatory: [Start Stop] Will start/stop a Style/Rhythmus in the Live-Styler [Sync Start] Every time you hit a key in the split area for the rhythm, the rhythm will be started (Synchrony start) [Sync Stop] If you let go oft he keys in the split area for the rhythm the style/Rhythm will stop in the Live-Styler [Accomp] Will turn on/off the accompaniment, the drums will keep sounding
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This area will be described later on. Velo Fill If the button [Velo Fill] is lit, a Fill will be triggered everytime the checkbox 1 is checked in Accomp (D), a) Accomp Extensions and the velocity value is higher or the same as the set velocity value:
Bass only With the button [Bass only] all instruments oft he accompaniment but bass and drums will be hidden.
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This area will also be described later on. Transposer These two buttons will shift the tone pitch of the Live-Styler up or down by a mximum of 6 semitones. A klick on the currently shown transpose value will shift the transposer back to 0 (normal settings).
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Here you can load styles, samples, MIDI-Files, MP3-Files, preset / songbook and B4 settings. Furthermore you can open the music finder, which will be described later, and use the databases styles, samples und PDF.
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The functions are described later. The function of the following buttons are similar: [Load Sample] [Load Midi] [Load MP3] [Load SBk] (Songbook) A more detailed description will be given later as well. Save SBk (Songbook) With the button [Save SBk] you can save songbooks (Presets)
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Lock Tempo Is the button [Lock Tempo] lit, the tempo of the loaded style and of the styles uploaded afterwards will be frozen. Full Panic If there should ever be a MIDI loopback, you can switch off all hanging MIDI-keys with one click of the button [Full Panic]. The MIDI IO area will be reset. Note: Loopbacks almost always stem from the sending keyboard or the MIDIwiring. MIDI-loopbacks thus can happen with all MIDI sound instruments. In most cases the cause is a misalignment or damage oft he key contacts (e.g. at MIDI-Accordions) or very large MIDI-cables.
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With the controls of the equalizer you can lower or higher the different frequencies. Adapt the sound to your personal whishes and save the set values with the button [Save as Default]. You can undo any changes by clicking the button [Default Setting]. Functional area volume etc.
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The buttons [Style Editor], [Show Style Informations], [Save Style Informations], [Change Drumset], [Part Routing] and [Show Style SF2 Instruments] are discussed later.
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Melo Drum
Here you can change the volume of the accompaniment. Here you can change the volume of the drums
If the little squared box (in the lower middle with the two right sliders) is ticked, the sliders "Melo" and "Drum" will be equated and the sliders will move in a parallel manner.
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Intro 1..3 You are given the opportunity to push the [Intro 1], [Intro 2] or [Intro 3] button before you start playing. The chosen button will be lit and the button [Main A], [Main B], or [Main C] will get a small red dot on its left. That way you know that intro A is pre-programmed and will start playing when i start my play resp. when i start pushing the keys of the keyboard in the split area of the accompaniment. Main A, B, C, D Here all the possible variations of a style will be chosen. Fill 1..4 A click on [Fill A] will change to Variation A [Main A] with running rhythm after finishing the fill beat, regardless of the variation that had been playing. The same thing happens to [Fill B], it will change to [Main B], [Fill C] changes to [Main C] and [Fill D] changes to [Main D].
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If you should want a different logic, thus changing the automated order, for example "Intro A" to "Main D", then you can do so by defining it through the [Style-Editor] in the window [Part Routing] just as shown in the picture above.
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Single Finger If the button [Single Finger] is activated, you are given the choice to operate the accompaniment with one or two keys. If a button is pressed the corresponding key will be played. As for example by pushing G g-major will be played. If you should push the key button AND the button left next to it, the key will be changed to minor. In our example if you should push G and Fsharp the key will be changed to Gmin. If you push 2 buttons on the left next to the key button, the chord will be played in 7 (septime). In our example this would be G7 and you would have to push the buttons G and F. Fingered If the button [Fingered] is lit, the "Single Finger" mode will be deactivated. In this mode you no have the opportunity to control the accomp harmonies through fully gripped chords. Folgende Akkorde werden erkannt: Maj6, Maj7, Maj7(#11), Maj(9), Maj7(9), Maj6(9), aug, min, min6, min7, min7b5, min(9), min7(9), min7(11), minMaj7, minMaj7(9), dim, dim7, 7, 7sus4, 7b5, 7(9), 7(#11), 7(13), 7(b9), 7(b13), 7(#9), Maj7aug, 7aug, 1+8, 1+5, sus4, 1+2+5 CC chords are 3 buttons next to each other, for example. C-Csharp-D oder Fsharp-G-Gsharp. The CC chords will turn off the accompaniment for a little, the drums will keep running (drumsolo).
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Bass Chord If you hit the button [Bass Chord], [Single Finger] or [Fingered] will be termianted automatically and the corresponding bass-chord combination will be shown next tot he chord display (info bar at the bottom of the main window). [Bass Chord] the bass will be enhanced (if it is defined in such a manner by CASM). Typical for Yamaha User, the lowest key of the chord will set the bass basic tone. Simple Bass Mode This mode will be activated with the button[Simple Bass Mode]. It is especially for Yamaha User and allows for defining the bass tone with a Two-finger grip. If three keys are pushed the bass will ALWAYS be the chord base tone. Example: E-G-C or G-C-E or C-E-G will always be C-Dmajor with bass on C, E-C however will be C with bass on E, G-C correspondingly C/G. Once you have figured that out, it can be used brilliantly. In the lower area of the main window you can see in addition to the currently played chord the currently used chord recognition mode:
Left Hand Hold If this function is activated (Button [Left Hand Hold] lit up), the sounding instrumentation of the left hand will be played until another chord is pushed, even if you dont have your fingers on the keys anymore. Harmony The button [Harmony] will switch the harmony function on and off. If the button is lit the harmony function is activated. The info bar at the bottom of the main window will shown which harmony type is activated, see also the following picture:
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OTS A, B, C and D OTS = One-Touch-Settings (settings) OTS provides 4 special registrations for every style. Choose the style that you want and push one the One-Touch-Setting-Buttons: [OTS-Y A], [OTS-Y B], [OTS-Y C] or [OTS-Y D] OTS will choose matching voices and effects for every parts of the right and left hand and you can start playing right away! If you should be playing with style Bebop you can change from piano to trumpet, saxophone or jazzguitar in a second by the push of a button.
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With the SoloPresets you can change Instruments, soundcombinations, styles, Midi Files and so on very fastly. A more detailed description will be given later on.
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Keyboard The screen keyboard can be activated with the button [Keyboard] and can be used to try out an instrument or to start a rhythm in Single fingered mode:
Midi Player With the button [Midi Player] you can open the internal MIDI-player. It is used to play MIDI-Files:
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You see 8 areas that you can assign an Output Port to. Recommended is, for example if you have a 3 manual organ, to assign 3 instruments to the upper manual, 2 instruments to the middle manual, 2 instruments to the lower manual and 1 instrument for the pedal. It is up to you how to adjust it, for example:
The red LED in area R1 will show you that [Harmony] is set for R1. The green button [X] next to R8 or PED states that you can detach this area from the entire area and place it in a different spot.
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You can change the split point (play area) for this instrument:
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Here you can limit the play are for R4. To be exact a split is the division of the manual in different zones, most of the time the sounds fort he right hand and the left hand are split. In the Live-Styler it is solved like this: a) R3 and R4 should only be played with the left hand b) R5, R6, R7 und R8 should only sound on the right manual side The play areas of R3 and R4 are being set as follows: Left Split = 0 - Right Split = 65 The play areas from R5 to R8 are being set as follows: Left Split = 66 - Right Split = 127 To be able to change the split point the right split has to be changed from R3 and R4 to 54 for example and the left split from R5 to R8 then to 55. If play areas cross the corresponding keys will have the sounds of both play areas. Note: If there is a gap beween the play areas, the corresponding keys will have no sound at all, for example it will be the case when: The play areas of R3 and R4 e.g. are set as follows: Left Split = 0 - Right Split = 63 and the play areas from R5 to R8 e.g. are set as follows: Left Split = 66 - Right Split = 127 Since no playable area has been defined for key numbers between 63 and 66, no sound from R1 to R8 will be played on keys with key numbers 64 and 65.
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On/Off The button [On/Off] activates or. Deactivates the corresponding manual area:
This is the mute function fort hat particular manual area. You can switch every single manual area on or off, use them separately.
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With this sider you can change the volume of the manual area. Note: Clicking on the area above or below the slider will move the slider up or downwards in small steps. This is especially interesting for users with a touch screen monitor.
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Here you can set different Controller, such as Reverb, Chorus, Panorama etc. for this manual area.
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If the button [Dynamic] is activated, the sound of the corresponding manual area for example piano or E-Piano, can be played dynamically (keyboard expression). If you are using Organ sounds and effectsounds [Dynamic] should be turned off. Shift With these two [Shift] buttons the manual area can be adjusted in its octavo position (a maximum of 5 octaves higher or lower).
A Click on Shift value, thus between the two [Shift]-buttons, will change the octavo position back tot he middle settings (0 = Normal).
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For example a Cook Sax, if you click on the name you can change the display even later:
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1. column
Here the number of beats and the running beat number are displayed. Beat 1 is displayed as a green LED the other beats as a red LED. Right below there is a bargraph for the part length. On the bottom left the current Computer time is shown, and its right you can find the used harmony type. Again to its right there are 2 smaller LEDs: Green LED on = KeyControl is switched on Red LED on = Extended KeyControl is switched on 2. column
Here the current tempo of the style is shown. Below it you can see if an OTS is turned on or off 3. column
In the 3rd column you can see the currently played style part and the correspondingly turned on chord recognition mode. 4. column
The 4th column will show the currently gripped chord. Furthermore it lets you know if part routing is turned on and it will tell you which device handles the audio output, in our case its Creative ASIO.
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In this column the accomp split is shown, meaning the chord recognition area for the accompaniment. With help of the Checkbox Auto Switch SD2/T2 you can advice the accompaniment, if the megasamples should be uploaded automatically or not. Of course this requires you to have bought the Mega Sample package. The next row will show you which megasample file you have chosen. Note: T2 Emulation is ONLY available in association with the LS MEGA Samples (2 DVDS)! SD2 Emulation is ONLY available in association with the LS MEGA Samples AND the SD 2 Mega Samples (1 DVD)! Accordions and Midi Custom Atlantis Mega Samples are ONLY available in association with the Atlantis GM Mega Samples on DVD! (You can purchase a new DVD with more than 600 Mega samples for SD2Emulation and Symphonic Orchestra on the Live-Styler Homepage. You can also purchase the DVD with 20 Accordions and Atlantis GM Mega Samples on the Live-Styler Homepage.) http://www.live-styler.de/home/?Shop 6. column
This area is responsible for the Mega Samples.Here you can choose, whether you want the T2 Emulation, T4 Emulation, PSR3000 Emulation or the SD2 Emulation for the rhythm area. The button below: [Engine: Yamaha] or. [Engine: Ketron]
Will switch between the two Rhythm styles. The ketron engine is a part of the LiveArranger engine.
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responsible for Yamaha Emulation, for Ketron Emulation, for the T4 Emulation and for the PSR3000 Emulation.
GM and XG are the easy emulations for sound font banks or external tone generators.
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If you should still have chosen the option basic in the setup your Midi IO window will look like this:
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Most Masterkeyboards are nowadays connected to the PC by USB cable. It used to involve a 5-contact DIN-plug with a special PC/Midi-cable/adapter. The driver software is included in most Masterkeyboards. As soon as you have successfully installed the driver software of your masterkeyboard you should be able to find and choose your Masterkeyboard resp. the MIDI connection in the selection field. If you should have a Midi-Keyboard without USB to Host connection, thus only the 5-contact DIN-cable (MIDI OUT), you will need a PC-MIDIInterface, for example from Steinberg. The Midi interfaces of today can be connected through a USB-port and there is an excellent driver software that is constantly broadened and updated! The Input Ports stay the same even after the changes in windows (created for example by the USB MidiInput). In case the Inputport doesnt exist anymore (USB-Keyboard turned off or not connected to the computer) the port will be set to none. The outputports will also stay the same after the changes in windows (caused by Midi Yoke etc.). If the Outputport doesnt exist anymore the port will be set to none.
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With an entry in these fieldswill be set which soundname-files are being used for the different play areas. It is standard to use the option StGMInst.isf" in the Live-Styler. But you can use every selection youd like. If you want to load a Yamaha Soundlist (LID file) you should have checked the checkbox XG so that the correct MSB and LSB settings can be given tot he instrument. To load for example the VST Presets, the box should look like this:
LID files (Cubase LID Files) This for example is very interesting if your soundbank is not GM compatible or if you want to connect an external Roland or Yamaha expander. For further expansion you can also upload "*.lid" files; these are instrument definition files that contain a list of instruments, that are subject to programswitch-numbers, MSB and LSB. You can make these lists yourself and adjust it for your instrument. When reading your instrument the bank select will be executed automatically. The delivery already includes 6 different *.isf-files and 9 different *.lid-files. Settings for a Yamaha Expander would look as follows:
Is an instrument definition file loaded for example for R2 a click on the button [Solo], that now is called Yamaha will open the instrument selection window as follows:
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If you have a Yamaha compatible sound generator, you may also you the typical effects here. (Echo, Rotor etc.)
To do so Yamahas own SysEx are being sent. If your Lid file has instrument divisions buttons will be created automatically for them. You can add on to the divisions for example if you write the text piano above the pianos there will be a new button made for it. In the field search instruments you can search for the instrument you want in the LID file.
With these button you will jump to the beginning or the end of the LID file.
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With the setting Simple the labeling of the [Set] button will be changed to Lid:
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The [Set] button gets the labeling B4 After pushing the [Set] button this window will appear:
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And will open this window by pushing the [Set] Buttons SD2:
If you have a Ketron SD2 connected to the PC you can control all the settings of this instrument with the Live-Styler though this interface.
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Most keyboards will work with MIDI channles 1 and 2, thus MIDI channel 1 for the right hand and MIDI channel 2 for the left hand. MIDI channel 3 will only be set of a bass pedal is available or if youre playing a MIDIaccordion. These settings are valid globally for all Solo Presets, thus you should leave the settings in fields R1-R8 the way they have been set by the manufacturer, unless your instruments would normally send on different Midi-channels (e.g.. Roland, Technics). For more information look it up in the handbook of your instrument or simply try out the 16 possible Midi channels one after another. Example 1: Set for R1 the input channel "Input channel" to 11. Your keyboard now has to send on channel 11 to access play area R1. Example 2: With your 3-manual organ the upper manual sends on channel 4. Set the input channel for R5 on 4 to access play area R5. Example 3: For your 2 manual organ(OM Kanal 1, UM Kanal 2, Pedal Kanal 3) or your Midi accordion (Diskant Kanal 1, Akkorde Kanal 2, Bass Kanal 3).
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In these fields you can specify which connector socket your Midi instrument is connected to. Since we, as we have described already, have had the Midi-Port 1 configured by the manufacturer, we should leave those settings untouched, to not risk the keyboard of your instruments to be dead. Load Midi IO and Save Midi IO It is often the case, that you have configured a decent Midi setting, that works quite well. This you can now save and load if needed. Thats what the buttons [Load Midi IO] and [Save Midi IO] are for.
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The Split areas can also be adjusted in the main window by a click on the buttons [R1], [R2], [R3], [R4], [R5], [R6], [R7], [R8]:
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In this example there are 2 Audigy 2 ZS soundcards installed The first one has the address [DC00], the second [E400]. Only these addresses let you differ between them for your configuration. These addresses are being given by windows automatically. If you should have installed a Creative soundcard: With an Audigy 2 / Audigy 4 soundcard you will have two independent sample-sets available, called SB Audigy 2 ZS Synth A and SB Audigy 2 ZS Synth B in the output device selection window. You can also use the Yamaha XG SoftSynthesizer under Midi output port, that you can also find on the Live-Styler DVD. You wont find this enormous sound diversity even in big organs!
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The buttons [All Ports equal] and [Standard] will adjust all ports to the settings of the first port (R1).
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You can see that the labeling of the [Load] button will change to [Load Soundfont Bank[*.SF2]]. Thus you can load any soundfont bank for Midi-files. b) Custom Elective SF2 Output. Enclosed: T2-GM.mega, SD2-GM-BankA.mega, WersiGM.mega
You can create the output Instruments yourself here. c) Output directly to the Hardware Port (like always) to access external sound generators e.g. SD2
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The Accompaniement Output file also is a .mega file, that instead of Soundfonts includes styles. Standard is: FLStyles.mega Accomp Split - Switch
With the butto [Switch] you can adjust the splitarea from left to right and the other way round. This button lies on keycontrol 337, so that you can reverse the split area with the push of a button even while playing.
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In this window you can adjust the settings for your outputs. Up to windows XP there were 2 output drivers: Direct Sound and ASIO. Since Windows Vista there now is an additional output named WASAPI. The standard driver is direct sound, that tends to be somewhat slow on slower computers. ASIO is the ideal driver for the Live-Styler, but does have the disadvantage that it is soundcard specific. For many devices that do not have an ASIO driver there is ASIO4ALL. In many cases this driver is sufficient. WASAPI is a new driver from Microsoft, that is a little faster than the Direct Sound driver.
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As mentioned before the Live-Styler can have different outputs. Through the integration of BASS it is now possible to use Soundfonts,that had only been able tob e played with a creative card, without any additional devices. With the button [Load Soundfont Bank] you can open an appropriate Soundfontbank, to play your styles. Direct Sound Output (Direct X)
If you use DirectX please note that the buffer size needs to be as small as possible. The latency should not be noticeable! Ive had good experiences with values around 50.
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By selection of ASIO you should adjust the settings in the Asio module of the available soundcard (not a part of the Live-Styler). Show ASIO Control Panel
One click on the button [Show ASIO Control Panel] will show you the adjustment possibilities of your ASIO control panel. Note: The ASIO Control Panel is different for every ASIO driver. The following example will show the ASIO control panel of a Creative soundcard:
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You should adjust all the adjustable values so there is no latency noticeable and there are no scratchers. The smaller the buffer latency, the smaller the latency but the risk will rise that there will be scratching. All values will be saved so you only have to adjust them once. WASAPI
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These two radio buttons control the `BASS loading behavior of samples. Usually the samples are being streamed, meaning there loaded slowly. This has the disadvantage, that slow computers can get ahead of the streaming process and that in turn will lead to scratching or interruptions. Through Preload Megasamples the Live-Styler will wait until all the necessary samples have been uploaded into the storage completely. Sleep Time
Here you can set, how long the Live-Styler should wait before using the streamed Megasamples. With this you can give your computer a little extra time. A SSD (Solid State drive) has been proven convenient because it allows a faster loading than normal magnetic hard disks. Maximum number of samples that can play in a MIDI stream
For R1..R8 you can set the maximum of playable samples here.
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If this box is checked the Live-Styler recognizes automatically if it is a Yamaha or Ketron Style and will select the corresponding emulation automatically. This is also true for T4 styles. PSR-3000 Styles (P3) cannot be recognized automatically and will be treated as T2 style.
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The switch Basic Settings is responsible for these settings. In this manual I imply Advanced Settings and will only show changed setting adjustment possibilities.
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What all is included in index card settings 1 (A)? The first area 1-8, has the areas Sound, Preset, Styles, Midifiles... 1. Use pitchbend globally You can apply the Controller Pitchbend separately on every manual area. Selecting leads to the pitchbend being used globally, thus that all instrumetns are treated equally. Locally it has the advantage that you can adjust the tone pitch of a guitar on R2 with the pitchbend wheel without effecting the organ on R1. For playing that makes a lot of sense.
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You can turn the Micro tuner on or off (Check box). You can set the pitch with the buttons pitch [<] and [>]. You can load different parameter sets with buttons [1]..[9]. With help of the buttons [Save] and [Load] you can assign these settings to buttons 1 through 9 and also retrieve it.
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You can load and send different sysex files. Especially Roland has numerous Sysex parameters and their descriptions on the website. You can also start the Micro tuner with the key [Micro Tuner] at the lower edge of the keyboard.
7b. Ketron Microtune Will turn on the hardware Ketron SD2 microtune.
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1. XG Mode There will be a XG on SysEx command sent. This mode represents the Yamaha XG-norm. This ways the highest possible compatibility to XG-MidiFiles is guaranteed XG Mode). 2. GM Mode A GM on SysEx command will be sent. This mode represents the GM-norm (General MIDI). Most Midi-files work in GM mode no matter what origin they have. 3. GS Mode A GS on SysEx command is being sent. This mode represents the GS norm of Roland. That way the highest possible compatibility to Roland GSMidi-Files is guaranteed. 4. None Initializing No SysEx command is being sent out. 5. Send Sysex always when you change an Instrument Every time you change an instrument the corresponding SysEx command is being sent. Note : Again you can imply try out the different modes even if you do know the origin and norm af a certain Midi-file. Depending on the selection a Midi-file will sound quite interesting even in a different mode!
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1. Volume Event change all Volume Sliders Volume Control of your external keyboard controls the volume sliders of your Live-Styler. 2. Swell changed slider volume "Overall Trackbar" A possibly attached volume foot pedal will influence all sliders.
e) Splitpoints
1. Show Splitpoints A click on the button [Show Splitpoints] will open this window:
Here you can see graphically, how far the manual areas for reception of MISI keys is activated. In this example only the chord recognition for the accompaniment is activated til C = keynumber 48. Higher key numbers are ignored by the accompaniment.
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This area consists of the buttons [Key Control], [Key Translate] and [Extended Keycontrol]. By clicking on the button [Key Control] the following window opens:
In the column Action we have the functions or adjustment possibilities of the Live-Styler, that can be carried out through Keycontrol or Keybinding. In the column "Midi-Keyboard" you will note all the functions that you want to control with your Midi-Keyboard. In the column "PC-
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If you then push a key, a slider or make a selection on your MIDI-keyboard, the received vlaue will be transfered to the field "Midi Message". The procedure is similar for the function assignment for your PC keyboard. One klick of the button [...] Input Dialog: will open the window Keyboard
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: Lyric Up : Lyric Down The lyric display area (BMP, JPG, TXT oder Lyric) can be scrolled with the now defined keys. : Fill-Plus With the help of a chosen key the next or the previous fill in can be selected. : ShowPlugin With the help of a certain key the selected VST-plugin can be displayed. : ShowSplit The set split area will be displayed.
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With this tool you can redirect any MIDI-function. If your Master keyboard doesnt support a certain function you can use a different function Source to display this function Dest (=Destination).
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An example: I you want to change the volume on the keyboard, the keyboard will sned the command B0+Channel 07. Since a keyboard is set on channel 0 by default a B0 07will be sent. You can then see that the volume slider is moving. Now you have a 2nd Device in your configurations (for example a Synthesizer). It will react to channel 9. If the keyboard sends B0 09 now the synthesizer will not know about it because has 09 as its channel. Keytranslation will then translate B0 09 to B9 07. Another example for the function "KeyTranslation": You want that an accordion which send the switch of registers through C4 xx accessible for the Live-Styler. It would look somewhat like this in Keytranslation: Source Dest (Accordion) C4 00 (Piano) (Live-Styler) C0 01 (Electr. Piano) Switch for KeyControl 2.) Here you can choose which functions you want to be active and inactive. 3.) Here you can choose if you want "KeyTranslate" to be active or inactive. Midi Keycontrol only with global Midi key Here you can set a global Midi Key. Keycontrol is only executed if the global key has been triggered before.
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With extended keycontrol you can send complete Midi passages or Midi SysEx commands. Status display in the main window
The LED's in this area can display the follwing states: No LED lit: Keycontrol and Extended Keycontrol are off Red LED lit: Extended Keycontrol is turned on Green LED lit: Keycontrol is turned on Red and green LED lit: Extended Keycontrol and Keycontrol are turned on
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OTS = One-Touch-Settings OTS offers four especially programmed settigns for every style. Choose the desired style and then push on one of the One-Touch-Setting buttons: OTS will choose the matching voices and effects for every part of the right and left hand and your can start playing right away! If you, for example, are playing with the style bebop you will switch from Piano to saxophone to jazz guitar immediately. 1. Use OTS Yamahahas ist own norm of the OTS-definition of the styles. If you should have such styles from Yamaha you also need a Yamaha keyboard, then the styles resp. the OTS defintions will work! Youll have to select this menu bullet. 2. use the original OTS (from Style) If you want to use the original OTS from Yamaha, this radio button needs to be selected. 3. Using the Live-Styler OTS If you should want to creat your own OTS with the Live-Styler or if you have already done so, this radio button should be selected. 4.) Clear OTS before load a style Recognizes styles with OTS-definitions automatically and will execute them. Hinweis: When creating the 4 OTS via Live-Styler these styles will not be overwritten when being saved!
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i) Auto setting R1..R6 1. Set Accomp Instruments to R1..R6 This function will automatically assign the instruments in the style to R1 through R6. Should there, for example, be a tuba on channel 11 (bass) this sound will be assigned to R1. The equivalent is true for R2..R6.
The button [Show Log] will show you the log file of the rhythm device. Settings 1 (A) => Show Log (Displays all instruments, that are loaded `BASS memory)
If you think an instrument in the accompaniment sounds wrong you can check here if the correct instrument has been uploaded. With loaded SD2 instruments there will be a letter with a - in front of every instrument. These are the only soundbanks of the SD2 (A-001-Grand Piano.sf2). You can either save or delete the displayed Bass Synth Log.
Note: The new Mega Sample drive cannot yet exist.. If there should already be a directory: Mega Sample, the copying process will not be executed!
The Ketron engine is completely different from the Yamaha engine. The Ketron engine can load Ketron Styles (*.pat) from SD1 til Audya as well as the Yamaha styles available in the Live-Styler. You will probably not notice many differences in the Yamaha styles but the Ketron Styles have some very interesting sound possibilities. When loading *.pat styles there will not be a transformation into a Yamaha style, as it is done in the plus version, but the styles will automatically be uploaded in a Ketron engine.
KETRON-Styles editing The editing of Ketron-styles is NOT intended for the Live-Styler. For that ther is the LiveArranger, that does so in an excellent manner. Here you can change the volume and the effects of the different parts. As well as create completely new styles out of different old styles. You can even create new styles (*.pat) from Midi-files. The LiveArranger is inclueded in the Live-Styler complete package..
If you accept this with [Ja] the factory file will be loaded and your LiveStyler will be on the level you set for it. 10. Ignore Error Messages Error messages can be ignored with this checkbox. 11. Volume Slider Changes Midi Events Is this checkbox checked, you can control the slider Slider R1..R8 through the volume controller. This is an advantage, for example, when a foot pedal is connected. 12. Volume Slider Changes Windows Volume (*) If this checkbox is checked the main control of the windows volume control will be ignored. Even when the Windows Volume is set at 0 you can still adjust the volume from 0 to 127. This setting is the (*) standard setting. If this checkbox should not be checked the set value of the main windows volume will be used as the maximum volume. If the windows volume control is set at 20 for example you can not adjust the volume higher than 20.
Here you can choose which parameters from the songbook should be uploaded. If, for example, the checkbox 14 is not checked no equalizer settings will be loaded.
c) Velocities With these controllers you can decide the estimate-start of the different manual areas:
If ,for example, R1 is a piano and range high is at 127 and range low is at 0, then the piano is playable with all different key stroke strengths. Now R2 is e.g.. a Flute, Range high is set at 127 und Range low at 80. Then the flute will only be playable when the keys are struck with a strength of 80 and higher. That way you have the possibility to turn certain instruments on or off simply by adjusting the way you play.
Dynamic Linear (Standard) and Dynamic 2 Linear are solid standard settings. If Dynamic Soft gets lelected, the settings area gets broadened with the button [Set Dynamic]:
One click on the button [Set Dynamic] will open this window:
Here you can assign the stroke values between 0 and 127, save them [Save Dynamic] and load them again [Load Dynamic].
g) color for background gradient Here you can choose a color for the background in the setup area. Well appropriate are white and light grey for example so the text can be read well. h) color for the foreground gradient Here you have the opportunity to choose two colors for the gradient. The area in the main window will run from start color to end color, for example from black to dark blue and so on. i) Skins Here you can either create skins yourself of choose pre made standard skins. k) Design others 1. Dock external windows on to the main window All external windows, like the Midi player or the Screen keyboard search for a place in the main window. 2. Controller Plus or Minus Here you can adjust the step width of the sliders: 1 =The slider is adjusted one step up or down (fine) 10 = The slider is adjusted 10 steps up or down (rough) 3. Automatically Screen-Keyboard The Live-Styler Keyboard or else the windows native keyboard will be loaded. The corresponding settings you can find here:
4. Capital letters in upper-/lower case spelling Texts in the SoloPresets area and Instruments are automatically being transformed into upper-/lower-case spelling. 5. Show help texts With certain buttons help texts are inserted. You can deactivate that here. 6. Live-Styler Position may not be changed If this checkbox is active you can no longer move the Live-Styler, This comes in very handy especially if you are using a touch screen monitor.
8. Best Position for 800x600 The Live-Styler is positioned in a way, as if you had a screen with a solution of 800x600. 9. Best Position for 1024x600 (Netbook) Live-Styler will be positioned in a way, as if you had a screen with a solution of 1024x600. 10. Keyboard Horizontal The Keyboard can be displayed vertically or horizontally. 11. Standard Size The button [Standard Size] will be discusse in the next bullt point: 12. Different Scaling
With these settings you can change the picture size of the Live-Styler in broad areas (scaling). You can reduce (e.g. 95%) or enlarge (110%) the size of the Live-Styler. The button [Standard Size] will set the scaling back to 100%. After every change the Live-Styler has to be restarted!
Here you can follow if a Midi event for r1..R8 is received and on which channel this event is being sent. 15. Show Midi Event The MIDI event displayed by the Live-Styler will be shown in the title row of the main window in HEX-Codet:
16. Not scale MP3 Player, Midi Player, Show Window These windows are excluded from the scaling process if the box is checked.
a) Accomp Extensions
1. Velocity > (Velocity Value) Start Fills This functions is responsible for triggering a Fill in with a hard velocity value in the slit area of chord recognition. This playfunction usually only exists in top of the class keyboards. The desired velocity value can be adjusted individually. If number 1 is not checked this function is deactivated.
Here you can change drum instruments, store them as a map and load them again. 2. Use DrumMap's This box must be checked in order to use the maps.
Here you can adjust the time, how fast the automatic fade out should occur after clicking the button [Fade Out]. c) Chord recognition 1. one-finger accompaniment Here you have the choice if you want to control the accompaniment through one or two keys. If a button is pushed the corresponding key is being played, for example for a G G-major will be played. If you should push the key button AND the button left next to it, the key will be changed to minor. In our example if you should push G and Fsharp the key will be changed to Gmin. If you push 2 buttons on the left next to the key button, the chord will be played in 7 (septime). In our example this would be G7 and you would have to push the buttons G and F. 2. Fingered Modus (mit CC Akkorden) If the button "Singlefinger" is not lit (frontpage), the "Fingered" Mode is activated. Here you have the opportunity to grip the nown chords. Following chords are being recognized: Maj6, Maj7, Maj7(#11), Maj(9), Maj7(9), Maj6(9), aug, min, min6, min7, min7b5, min(9), min7(9), min7(11), minMaj7, minMaj7(9), dim, dim7, 7, 7sus4, 7b5, 7(9), 7(#11), 7(13), 7(b9), 7(b13), 7(#9), Maj7aug, 7aug, 1+8, 1+5, sus4, 1+2+5 CC chords are 3 keys next to each other that dont create a harmony, such as C-Cmajor-D or E-F-Fmajor. CC chords lead to a short deactivation of the accompaniment in styles, to, for example, play a drum solo to a running rhythm. 3. Fingered on Bass (with CC chords) If you push this button single-finger will automatically be switched off and below the chord display (info bar, bottom) the corresponding bass chord will appear. With bass chord the bass (if it has been defined in CASM of the style) will be enhanced. Typically for Yamaha users, the lowest key of the gripped chord will define the bass tone.
e) Convert (Ketron, Roland, Wersi OAS, Technics, Yamaha) This area is only relevant for the Live-Styler Plus Version. If you should have bought the Live-Styler Plus Version you will have the EMC Style Converter available in your Live-Styler. With these flags you can set how the styles converter should treat the style you want to convert:
1. Convert => GM All styles (Ketron, Roland, Wersi OAS, Technics)are being converted to GM format. The styles are playable right away. This makes sense, if you, for example, have a GM compatible sound module. 2. Convert => XG All styles (Ketron, Roland, Wersi OAS, Technics) are being converted to XG Format. The styles are playable right aways. This makes sense if you, for example, have a Yamaha compatible sound module. 3. Convert => 1:1 (Instrument Bank compatible) All styles (Ketron, Roland, Wersi OAS, Technics) are being converted 1:1. The styles are playable right away. This option is mainly though to convert Ketron styles 1 to 1 to be able to play these styles on a external SD2 sound module.
Note: To be noted at this time: The Ketron SD2 module is one of the best sound modules that i have encountered so far. The instruments are very natural and sound great. Even a converted ketron style sounds fantastic. I can highly recommend this soundmodule!
3. When accomp is on, then mute left hand If this box is checked the sounds of the left hand will be muted as long as the accompaniment automat is playing. After stopping the style the left hand will be playable again with the registered sounds. This function is being used by keyboard players and accordion players in the same amount and is very suitable for being used with the single-fingered mode. 4. put Fills, Breaks on 1st beat This check causes that, after choosing a break or a fille, the currently playing beat will play to the end and the break of the fill will only begin with 1 of the new beat. If this function isnt selected, the fill or break will be played right after pushing the corresponding button. If you should, for example, push Fill A on the 3rd 4th of 4/4 style only the second part of the fill is being played.
These functions are there to turn off the arrangement keyboard with two fast strokes at the splitarea of chord recognition. This play function also exists in many popular keyboard manufacturers. The time can be individually set by you. If the box os not checked at On/Off, this function is deactivated. 10. Emulate Megavoices Megavoices emulation will be turned on or off. 11. Ignore unknown Midi Events Unknown Midi events are being ignored.
13. Lock Tempo The current tempo is being locked even if there is a tempo change, if this box is checked. 15 Start Style Directly Normally if a new style is being uploaded, the old style will be stopped. If Start Style directly is checked the old style will be stopped and the new style will be played. That way an overflow to the next style is possible. Without breaks this is only possible if you own the necessary hardware. 16. Start Style after PART change If checkbox 15 is checked, a newly loaded style will only be switched over with this automatic mode if a part is being changed. Example: You load style 1 and play. You load style 2. Nothing happens. Only if you then change from main A to B,C or D the new style will be activated and a seamless transition to style 1 follows. Attention: This will ONLY work, if you have uploaded the style through a .mega file!
1. XG Mode 2. GM Mode 3. GS Mode 4. None InitialisingStyle Specialities 1. Every style can have its own tempo for every part Up until now only 1 tempo was possible per style. Now every part can have its own tempo. In the Style-Editor you can change that corresponding tempo of every Style part. The different tempi are becoming effective if the box Equal Tempo for all Parts is not checked:
2. Every Yamaha Style can have changing beats per part For example. 4/4 in MainA and 3/4 in Main B. (The entertainers are going to be quite happy about this opportunity, for example a march or waltz).
German, English, French, Polish, Italian, Danish, hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Turkish, Spanish, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, und Swedish. After having change the language you should re-start the Life-Styler to make sure everything gets displayed correctly. A very happy thank you to all the voluntary translators. Without you the Live-Styler would be a purely German product!
Note: Here you can also see your ShareIt number that you NEED to declare with EVERY correspndance. The black box is the personalization of your Live-Styler. Here your name and the serial number you have been given should appear. If you should have gotten the stick version the settings may very a little.
After activation with your license key that index card register (G) will no longer appear. This chapter is only important for those Live-Styler users that are isntalling the Live-Styler for the first time or that are using the Live-Styler as shareware. If you should have installed the Live-Styler for the first time, you are currently still in shareware mode even if you have paid for it already. A paid license only allows only one installation on one PC. Unfortunately it has been noted in the past that there are costumers that dont comply to those rules. With the new variant of registration this is automatically guaranteed.
Here you will set the paths for the directories, where all the Styles, MIDIFiles, MP3-Files, Samples (SF2), Presets, Waves, Solo Presets, Database, VST-PlugIns and VSTi-Presets can be found. You can choose the path by clicking on the the button right next to the input row. With help of Execute File, Path and Parameters you can adjust the name and the path of a path that might be uploaded with songbook. If the checkboxes Backup this Folders are checked, these folders (directories) are being considered when saving the data. The button will switch the current settings back to the standard paths, that had been set at setup.
One klick on the button [Backup all Folders] will create a *.zip-file named Live-Styler-Backup.zip on the Desktop. All files of the above mentioned directories will be put in that *.zip-file. The created *.zip-Datei should be copied onto a CD/DVD or be stored on a different hard drive every once in a while so your valuable music data doesnt get lost in a possible crash.
Start a recording Click on the button[Start Recording] And everything you hear well be recorded. Stop the recording One click of the button [Stop Recording] Will stop the recording. Save the recording It is up to you if wou want to save your file as an MP3- file or a Wave file.
If the recording should be save das an MP3-File gespeichert werden soll check the circles next to Save as MP3 File and then click on [Save File]. The storage in MP3-format will save you about 75% of the storage capacity in contrast to Wav-files, that are in turn ideal for further processing.
MP3-Files can be played with lyrics and, whereby there is a row mode and a syllable mode depending on the way the lyrics are being added.
The buttons [ffnen], [Start], [Pause] and [Stop] as well as [Tag], [Lyric] and [Clr] can still be accessed. The functions start, stop, pause and the sliders are also controllable through KeyControl.
The color of the background, the letters and already played lyrics can be adjusted as well as the Font and size.
The slider Volume changes the volume. The button fading will pull the volume towards zero automatically and will then start the next file from the play-list.
The tempo can be adjusted with this slider. If you change the Tempo the tone pitch will stay the same so we dont have the so called Mickey mouse effect.
You can also change the tone pitch with the slider "Real Time Transpose" in half-tone steps. Again there will be no Mickey-Mouse effect.
Der Pitch-Slider ndert die Samplerate. Hierbei entsteht der sogenannte "Micky Mouse"-Effekt. Diese Funktion dient der Anpassung von MP3-Titeln, die nicht genau auf 440Hz getrimmt sind.
With the reverb slider you can mix ambience in with the music piece. (value 0 = no ambience).
It doesnt matter if your are adding WAV-, MP3-, or OggVorbis-Files. The player will recognize that automatically. With the [Plus] button you can add a music piece, with [Minus] you can delete a marked row. The [Clr] button will delete the complete playlist. Load Playlist / Save Playlist All entries are being saved. You can save different playlists and load the again:
If the Checkbox Use Title Parameters is checked, the setup settings for this titles are being uploaded every time. That way youll always have the right tempo or volume that you need for your performance.
that unfortunately are only displayed as a static text. Running syllables or rows (lyrics) have to be created with corresponding programs (e.g. Jet Audio).
The symbolic oft he buttons is the same as in the other players. The upper blue area (line) is a progress indicator. If you move over the bar with your mouse the house pointer will change form an arrow to a hand. With it you can move the red bar to the left or right and thus reel the song for- and backwards. Note Below it is shown, which output is assigned to the MIDI-player. If you are using the Yamaha Softsynthesizer the display oft he picture would look as it does in the picture. It would be an advantage if you assigned the MIDI player to a different output than R1..R8, then there wont be any complications between that player and the different instruments on R1..R8.
The lyric window has the same features as have been described in the MP3-player. The special thing about this lyric window is, that the text will be animated according to the keys. With it learning text and singing along with it is much easier and fun as well. The part that has already been sung will be displayed in brown letter.
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Virtual Keyboard Animation This option will only be shown, if you piano is already opened with the MIDIplayer. Youll see a simplified, slightly yellow piano keyboard. If you are playing the keys of of the MIDIi file will be displayed animated. It does makes sense to select certain channels under mute in order to only hear, for example, the melodic voice and only see its animations. Otherwise there would be too many instruments that could not be displayed clearly anymore. Thus it is probably easier to learn a piece if you see the playing as an animation. If you have MIDI file that, for example, only consist of a piano, the files will be ideal for that purpose. Button More If you click on the [More] button, the following window will be opened:
You can switch single Midi-channels on or off. The channel 10 usually means the drums.
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One push of the button[Rec] will open the window Midirecorder: Here you are given the possibility to record only the accompaniment as well as only channel R1 to R8. Of course the two channels can be recorded together. If the accomp area is being recorded as well, the SysEx commands, the tempo changes, the basic settings in SINT and so on, will also be adopted into the MIDI file. The ceckboxes Auto Start and Auto Stop causess the recorder to start automatically as soon as a style is being started. You can access it manually with the buttons [Start] and [Stopp]. After you have pushed the[Stopp] button the [Save] button to save your MIDI recording will be enabled.
You can now choose the accompaniment as well as the instruments parallel with the keyboard. The left area is reserved for the accompaniment if you have set the corresponding split points. On the bottom right there is the button [PC Keyboard]. A click on it will open the following window:
Here a Computer keyboard has been reproduced. OYu can assign keys ot all the buttons and then use you Computer keyboard as a keyboard. This is especially interesting for Chinese users. Please note: As soon as the Keyboard window has been opened your PC buttons are now a note keyboard. If you close the window the PC buttons will go back to their normal functions.
Click on the key that you want to adjust: the key will turn yellow. Now click on the button of you PC-keyboard that you want to use. If you want to, for example, switch Z and Y then you need to push the button Z and then Y on your PC-keyboard, then push the button Y and on your PC-keyboard push Z. if you want to delete an assignment click on the button that needs to be deleted (will turn yellow) and then the [Clear] button. You cannot change the functional keys F1 to F12 and all keys in the right area (Ins, Del, Num usw...). After having adjusted the keyboard you can now assign keys to the buttons. To do so push the button [Customize Keydefinition]. Afterwards click on the button your want to change (it will turn yellow), after that push the corresponding key on your note keyboard. In our accompaniment keys C2 to C6 are available.
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[Show Plugin] will show you the adjustment possibilites of the PlugIn. For example the native B4 PlugIn looks like this:
Additionally there are 4 VST effect PlugIns possible for each R1..R8, Accomp and Midi. Additionally there is 1 VST effect master PlugIn possible for R1..R8, Accomp and Midi.
You can create and save VSTi-Presets and VSTi-Preset-Banks yourself. VST Effekt PlugIns You can assign 4 VST efffect PlugIns to R1..R8, Accomp:
Here a flute on R1 has been assigned a Classic ReverbPlugIn. The button [Unload Effect Plugin] will delete the chosen effect PlugIn and the corresponding Preset. The button [Unload Plugin] will delete the chosen VST and the corresponding Preset.
The button [Unload all VST Effects] will delete all effect Plug-Ins. the button [Unload all VST Plugins and Effects] will delete all VST PlugIns and effects. By using the buttons [Save] and [Load] you can load and save these settings. If the checkbox Show VST Plugin while loading is checked, the Plug-In will be displayed after loading. The window position of the Plug-In is saved and will be restored on next display. Effect Plug- Ins, VST Plug-Ins, as well as their presets will be saved in Solo-preset. We will discuss this in more depth a different time.
Here you can see the Midi-IO settings. You can now choose the PlugIn B4 in the menu for these slots and the program will run on, for example slot R1, right away. In contrast to normal instruments you can change the Midi input channel for VST PluIns. If you have, for example, loaded B4 onto VST1 you can assign this PlugIn to 3 outputs: R1, R2 and R3, if you were to set the Midi Input channel to 1 for all outputs all of them would play the same thing. But that is not meant by this feature. B4 has 3 areas: upper manual = Channel 1, lower manual = Channel 2 and pedal = Channel 3.
In the Midi-IO settings you can also see the ASIO area that has to be turned on in order to activate the VSTi-host. If you are using a creative soundcard you have to choose the creative ASIO driver as pictured above to make sure everything is working correctly. You will get great results by using the driver ASIO4ALL. This freeware driver has gotten excellent feedback throughout the world. Your Live-Styler will work very well with this driver. Note: If a PlugIn shoudl not work, i fit reacts slowly tot he key push of a keyboard or if it sounds distorted, click on the button [Show Asio Control] and define it between 10-50 ms with the [OK] button; most problems will solve themselves. I am only giving you a piece of advice, you will have to try it out yourself to get the wanted results. In the Midi-IO settings you can load the PlugIns and Presets.
In contrast to earlier Live-Styler versions this tool is now usable bidirectional. With a right click on any function the following dialogue will open:
Here you can set the output-parameters as well as the Input-parameters. If your Keyboard has a drawbar you can control the sliders of thte drawbar window with these drawbars that in turn can execute any MIDI-function. Note: This will only work with instruments whose drawbars can send out MIDIinformation. This is not always the case with older MIDI-instruments. Sometimes there are only few drawbars that can send MIDI information.
If the box Listen is checked you can choose the different parts of a style that you want to preview
In this window.
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The [Stop] button Will stop the search. In this row you can so how many styles have been found:
With Find Filename you can search for a certain file name in your list: The [Clr] button Will delete the list with the discovered file names. The list with the file names will be saved when closed and will be available again at the next start. Listen You can only pre-listen to Yamaha and Ketron Styles.
The upper checkboxes 9 to 16 will switxch off the corresponding channel. The checkbox All will mute all channels at the same time (accomp is muted). With the controllers you can adjust the volume of the different backing tracks.
The upper checkboxes 9 to 16 will mute the correponding backing track. The checkbox All will mute all channels simultaneously (accomp is muted) With the sliders you now can adjust the volume oft he different channels and save them with the [Save] button That way you can create individual styles. With Yamaha styles you are also given the opportunity to influence the different channels in the octave range.
With this switch you can move the corresponding backing track up or down 5 octaves.
In order to set time and delay more precisely, the values are risen or lowered by 500 steps.
Via the button [SoloPreset] you can activate the area Bereich Solo Presets:
In the SoloPresets the current parameters of the Live-Styler are being stored. gespeichert. If you hve found good settings for your style xyz.sty and the instruments match your style you can save those settings in a SoloPreset.
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Again these settings can be stored and uploaded again. If your settings are only valid for a certain part you can blend these areas in or out here.
For solo presets with VSTs the following entries should be turned on: 1, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 und 30 I think with this tool, speed problems in the area of SoloPreset switching should be a thing of the past. Please note though: VSTs need to be loaded. This can take up quite an amount of time. For example the HS2 takes about 5 seconds for the loading procedure!
Now you can adjust the screen better to your basic needs. A second click on this button will recover the normal design. The green LED (top right) is lit if checkbox 9 Program-change changes Solo-Preset is turned on in the setup:
26 buttons, that you can each assign a group of 128 SoloPrests to, will broaden your Live-Styler to now 3.328 available SoloPresets. This is gigantic! Have you ever seen an instrument that offers you these possibilities?
Now you can, for example, select fanfare.wav (fanfare.wav will automatically be inserted in the button labeling) and then save. Now everytime you click on the SoloPreset Button [fanfare.wav] the fanfare will be played. Of course you change the labeling of the button before saving, for example, in Fanfare. 128 Buttons can now be filled with Presets, Waves, MP3's and Program Files interchanging with normalen SoloPresets. In the edit fields "feeler label" you can insert label 1 and label 2. Change Drumset In this Preset the chosen drumset will be saved. This is particularly interesting, if you want to vary a single rhythm. Wave/MP3/Midi/Style/Ogg/Sty By clicking on these buttons you can assign a Wave, MP3, Midi, Style or Ogg file to the preset button, such as clapping, whistles, a fanfare and so on. This style function also has the advantage, that you can hot-swap different styles. SD2 will load a Ketron setup in the plus version B4 will load a B4 setup Load Programm File will load a selected program. If you should have left, for example, Cubase here, you can load it with the SoloPreset button.
Create SoloPresets Configure the wanted sounds, volumes, octaves, echo strengths and if neede other controller values (se.g. panorama) in the Live-Styler. To save the current settings, right-click on the desired button of the SoloPresets, as has been described in the earlier SoloPresets chapter. There will already be a file "Solopreset.pst", this is the file that is being uploaded by the system automatically. Here youll have 8x16 = 128 SoloPresets available to you. If this isnt enough you can create another database, that includes another 8x16 SoloPresets with the button [New PresetFile]. If you should want the old file "Solopreset.pst" tob e uploaded, click on the button [Load PresetFile] and youll see the files that exist or that can be loaded, again. There are other folders with the label SoloPresets. THere you can save your own SoloPresets to keep it organized. The Live-Styler can store hundreds of these SoloPresets on the hard drive. That makes it possible to access many thousand SoloPresets. You can hold on to your ideas and settings without hesitation.
Note: If you have at least one key on the note-keyboard pushed while changing to another SoloPreset, the Live-Styler will remember that change and will only activate the new SoloPreset after all keys and the sustain pedal (Midi-Controller #64) have been let go of. This is true for pretty much all functions that include Midi-commands. [Speichern] Saves all definitions [Clear Preset] Deletes all definitions [Zurck] Closes the window The functions described above can be executed for all 128 SoloPreset buttons, wherein the 8 lower buttons pre-selection are responsible for a different category selection. Thus there are 8x16 SoloPresets available per *.pst-file. You can label the lower 8 buttons, by right clicking on the button, you will then get the following picture.
You can change the labeling anytime. Right Mousebutton This button will pretend to the Live-Styler that you have pushed the right mouse-button. Now you can click on any of the 16 buttons and the LiveStyler will react as if you had pushed on this button with a right-click.
Here youll see 10 different types of harmony that you can assign to a Solo Instrument in play area R1..R8. Harmony Type 1 Up 1 Octave A tone one octave higher than the original tone is being added to every tone automatically. Harmony Type 2 Down 1 Octave A tone one octave lower than the original tone is being added to every tone automatically.
With it you can switch the harmony function on or off. In addition you can see on the info bar at the bottom which harmony type is activated:
The button [Style Editor] will open the style editor for Yamaha styles:
You can adjust the style per part, But it is more advisable to only change the Controller Midi event settings in the part SInt. Tempo / Save Tempo Here you can set the style standard tempo and save it.
These settings can be set for every backing track separately. The tracks 9 and 10 are both reserved for the drums.
[Save] Here you can save the changed style (over write) or with [Save as ] you can save it under a different name (which is advisable)
Section Beats Ticks SInt Intro A Main A 8 4 16 2980 1920 7660 1920 1920 3820 1920 7660 1920 1920 3820 NTR NTT RTR Chord Mute Instrument
NTR_TRANS MELODY PITCHSHIFT FF FF FF FF 03 NTR_TRANS MELODY PITCHSHIFT FF FF FF FF 03 NTR_TRANS MELODY PITCHSHIFT FF FF FF FF 03 NTR_TRANS MELODY PITCHSHIFT FF FF FF FF 03 NTR_TRANS MELODY PITCHSHIFT FF FF FF FF 03 NTR_TRANS MELODY PITCHSHIFT FF FF FF FF 03 NTR_TRANS MELODY PITCHSHIFT FF FF FF FF 03 NTR_TRANS MELODY PITCHSHIFT FF FF FF FF 03 NTR_FIXED BYPASS BYPLAY NTR_FIXED BYPASS BYPLAY NTR_TRANS BASS NTR_TRANS CHORD NTR_FIXED CHORD NTR_TRANS CHORD FF FF FF FF 07 FF FF FF FF 07
PSHIFTTOROOT FF FF FF FF 03 bass
PSHIFTTOROOT FF FF FF FF 03 bass
PSHIFTTOROOT FF FF FF FF 03 bass
PSHIFTTOROOT FF FF FF FF 03 bass
PSHIFTTOROOT FF FF FF FF 03 bass
NTR_TRANS M_ONLY_H PSHIFTTOROOT FF FF FF FF 03 bass NTR_TRANS M_ONLY_H PITCHSHIFT NTR_TRANS M_ONLY_H PITCHSHIFT NTR_TRANS M_ONLY_H PITCHSHIFT
PSHIFTTOROOT FF FF FF FF 03 bass
PSHIFTTOROOT FF FF FF FF 03 bass
PSHIFTTOROOT FF FF FF FF 03 bass
NTR_TRANS M_ONLY_H PSHIFTTOROOT FF FF FF FF 03 bass NTR_TRANS M_ONLY_H PITCHSHIFT NTR_TRANS M_ONLY_H PITCHSHIFT NTR_TRANS M_ONLY_H PITCHSHIFT
Save Style Informations The style CASM information can be saved with this button under any name. If you would like more detailed information on the CASM area, please look up its structure in the corresponding literature.
With the button [Change Drumset] you can set the drumsets for the Not MEGASAMPLE output, thus for the SF2 banks and so on.
Since there are so many drumsets available in the MegaSamples, this area actually is no longer relevant.
If you click on the button [Part Routing], the following window will open:
If you don#t like the logic of the standard routing or you have other whishes to make your play easier, you can set the adjustments here that you like best. For example you can define an IntroA on MainD or on FillC. Please consider that these settings will then apply to all styles, otherwise you will have to change a newly uploaded style back to StandardRouting. You can also carry out multiple routing. If for example a jump should be made from Intro A to Fill D and then to Fill F this is absolutely possible. After these settings you do have to uncheck the Checkbox Standard Routing unchecken.
When clicking this button [Show Style SF2 Instruments] the following will happen: The instrument list will be saved on the desktop under InstrumentenList.txt.
In area R1 to R8 you now have the opportunity to take a closer look at the instruments, that are set, by right-clicking. By right-clicking on the headings On/Off, Solo, Set, Dynamic or Shift) title, patch, bank and path will be shown. The button [Clear] will remove the instrument from this play area completely. A click on the path name will show you the complete sample and the path:
On the far left there is the volume slider, with which you can influence the volume of the instrument. If the slider-head has a red dot or is colored youll know that this slider is currently active. R2, for example, is being selected by pushing any button within the R2 block or by clicking on any empty field in that block. If the slider is selected (red dot or colored) you can change the volume with the scroll pad. The volume value will be shown under labeling Vol and can be between 0 and 127. The selecting slider can be moved with the keyboard for more precise entries. The buttons "Cursor up ()" und "Cursor down ()" are explicitly set for this. In the top middle of every block you can see the area of your Keyboard this block is responsible for (R1, R2, R3, ...). You can adjust these labels yourself, youll find the information in chapter Midi-IO. All selected sliders or controllers can be controlled by the scroll pad of your mouse as well.
That way you can, for example, play a drum solo with the bassist.
Button R1 (R2..R8) A click on this button will open the Split setup:
Lsche diesen Split will only delete this split point, in this case for R1. Lsche alle Splitpunkte will delete all split points (R1..R8), except the areas Accomp and KeyControl. Setze diesen Split will open the following window:
You can also input the split-point directly via the Midi-keyboard or the keyboard of your MIDI-instrument. To do so click on the edit field of the corresponding split point and push the desired note-keyboard key.
Okt With these two buttons you can move the sound in the play area up to 5 octaves up or down. How many octaves you have moved, you can see by the displayed value between the Okt- buttons. While the octaves are being changed no key should be pushed on your note-keyboard. Even further down youll find the instrument name of the currently set solo instrument.
If you edit the instrument name here, it will not change the instrument name or sound in the database! Dynamic The button [Dynamic] will turn the dependance on the stroke of the block (solo instrument) on or off. This has the advantage that if you should be playing a piano with strok dynamic and at the same time are playing a registered stringorchestra (e.g. block R2) without dynamic, you will here the piano louder and the strings will be in the background if you are playing with a harder stroke. If you are on the other hand playing with a softer stroke you will here the strings in the foreground since only the piano reacts stroke dependent. Note: A button is active when it is lit. An area is lected when the slider is lit.
If the button [on/off] resp. the block (solo-instrument) e.g. R1 is switched on this button will be lit. The [on/off] button will turn the block e.g. R1 on or off. (Mute Function) Solo
The button [Solo] will open, depending on the settings in MIDI IO, the corresponding editors or selecting functions. With the button [Solo] you can access the different instruments individually, quickly.
With help of the different sliders you can set the intensities for Modulation, Reverb, Chorus, Expression, Panorama etc. for the corresponding block (Solo-Instrument). All settings of the sliders are being considered when saving Presets. The 3 [Init] buttons will adjust the sliders above to their standards (middle), the button [Reset] will set all sliders to their standard value at the same time.
Depending on the effect setting the appearance of this tools will change. All effect parameters from chorus to reverb are being saved. Even the turning on and off is being saved. With a click in the button [Set] you can assign effects to the selected instruments, such as: Chorus, Compressor, Distortion, Echo, Flanger, Gargle and Reverb. This makes your instrument even more interesting. A guitar with an echo will turn into a Ricky King guitar and so on.
With this tool you can set any controllers, change their parameters, edit them and save them. The yellow fields will display the controller number, the orange fields will display the category and the white fields the label.
You can load the corresponding instruments from the uploaded sound font bank.
Now it is possible to fine tune all guitar sounds, no matter if they came from the Soundexpander or VSTi. The live-playing-styles such as beat-, plucked-, knock-guitar-playing can be implemented ingeniously. For that the guitar is being played with the right hand and beat with the left hand. Example: typical beat-guitar hold a chord on the right, and play the chord with every key push on the left. Moreover a guitar soundeffect can be assigned to every key, thus leading to a typical Seitenanschlag with every sounding chord. Up to 24 of these guitar-sound-effects can be saved. First, we divide the guitar mode into two areas. 1. left Guitar-Mode channel Guitar is played with the left hand and effects are added. 2. right Guitar-Sound (Instrument)channel Here the actual guitar sound is played with the right hand.
The groups of instruments are now managed by a Cubase Parse File and can be edited with a regular Text editor. A comfortable editor is already included in the Live-Styler. You can see the file name in the top row, here: T2 & SD2.mega. This is the standard file name for the Mega samples, but it can be changed at any time by using the button [Open Mega Sample File]. With the following buttons on the front page [T2 Mega Samples], [SD2 Mega Samples], [Solo Instruments] etc. you can preselect the favored instrument.
Here you can select a tone color (Instrument, Sound). If there are more instruments than can fit on this screen you can flip for and backwards. You can also jump the beginning or the end of the *.mega-file comfortably:
Usually cklicking on one instruments button will lead to that instrument being loaded and the window then will close. If the [Hold] button is activated the window will not be closed and you can pre-listen to single instruments.
With the buttons [Open .mega File] and [Save .mega File] you can look at .mega-files or save changed files. The button [New .mega File]
Will create a new .mega-file. First you will be asked for the name of the new file. It is handy if you name the file according to the used files, for example MyMidi.mega:
One click on the button [g1] will open the next page:
The [Test] button is the load button, that will load the corresponding instrument or the corresponding file. A right-click on the [Test] button will show a selection:
As you can see, the button text will be changed to 6033 Toledo- Paso doble automatically, it is part of the file-name of the MIDI file.
Insert Button [G1] G1 means group. Right-click on a group and select new group. A new group button has been created and the button editor will appear.
Well change the text to Schlager and save it with [Save]. It will look like this:
Save .mega File To save you must not forget to click on the button [Save .mega File] after youre done editing.
That way you can easily add groups, sub buttons and load buttons, delete buttons or create new .mega-files.
You will mark the files you would like to add. The button [ffnen] will then create these 5 buttons:
This entry allows you to design the .mega file flexibally. If the entry is changed like this,
[path] C:\Live-Styler 15\
Now you you can copy your MIDI file wherever you want. You just have to change this path:
[path] C:\Live-Styler 15\
The instrument editor does not mean changing of sounds and samples! The settings in the sub-menus such as GM-Inst, SF-Inst, Styles, Midi and MP3 have been done for you but there is still a lot of room four your own ideas. In "GM-Inst" you should not make any changes, since all the different sound-names of the Live-Styler SF2-Bank are stored here and you can load them from the main page of the Live-Styler with the [Solo] buttons in R1..R8. Basically in the entire editor we simply create buttons with names and links to internal music files that can be accessed elegantly while making music.
Converts the *.isf- und *.Lid-files that had been created so far into *.megafiles.
The buttons [Convert Isf/My Files], [Convert Lid File], [Show *.mega] and [Show Converted File]. That way *.isf Files und *.Lid Files can be added to the new select dialohgue as well. The work and time you have put into InstEdit since version 8 has not been for nothing. With [Show Converted File] you can control the conversion. Furthermore you have the opportunity to exchange MSB and LSB: Check Switch MSB <=> LSB You can rise the patch by 1 (Patch +1) or lower the patch by 1 (Patch -1). In some programs the patch is counted from 0 to 127, in others from 1 to 128. If you have converted a file, the button [Show *.mega] will tell you if the conversion was a success:
[g3] Piano [p3 0, 0, 0 ] GM Grand Piano ^-----------------------------------------------This is the patch. It hast o be 0 for a GM GrandPiano. [p3 -1, 0, 0 ] GM Grand Piano ====> set Patch +1 [p3 1, 0, 0 ] GM Grand Piano ====> set Patch -1 ----------------------------------
Or for MP3:
[g1] MP3 Files [g2] MP3 [p3] Ich wr su jn ens Weihbischof "c:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Neu\Desktop\LS\Blck Fss - Ich wr su jn ens Weihbischof.mp3" [p3] Aber dich gibts nur einmal fr mich "c:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Neu\Desktop\LS\Aber_dich_gibts_nur_einmal_fr_mich.mp3" [p3] Anneliese "c:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Neu\Desktop\LS\Anneliese.mp3"
Or for Styles:
[g1] 8-Beat [g2] Yamaha [g3] Fast&Furious [p3, 0, 0, 0] Bigband Styles "c:\HartmutVST\Delphi444\LiveStyler\Styles\SwingJazz\Bigband.sty" [g1] 16-Beat [p3, 0, 0, 0] Ei_Hirte "c:\Live-Styler-14\Styles\16-Beat\Ei_Hirte.pat" [p3, 0, 0, 0] 6-8Schla "c:\Live-Styler-14\Styles\16-Beat\6-8Schla"
Functional for all entries is: If you want to make entries "transportable" you should use the variable [path]. This parameter should be in the header, e.g.: [path] c:\Live-Styler14\mp3\ It means that if you have a path change youll only need to change this path once. So not this way
[p3] Anneliese " c:\Live-Styler14\mp3\Anneliese.mp3"
"Anneliese.mp3"
Or as described above through the parameter [path] If there is no parameter [Path] the Path is empty.
Generally there are 20 group buttons that hide 5 pages (Page 1, Page 2, Page...) with 20 Buttons each. You, thus get access to 2.000 Style buttons, that you can assign with anything, even if they are preallocated. Click the radio button Presets once. Here another 200 buttons are hidden just like in the styles. These are all still empty. They are no SoloPresets, but registrations with rhythm, style, tempo, volume and a sound mixture fort he left and right hand (play areas R1..R8). Depending on the setting of the MIDI channels and play areas, even the sounds for the bass and/or the pedal are savable in the presets. Through the button [Save Songbook] single Presets can be saved. That way you
With the radio button you can choose what category you want to change or create new. You are given the possibility to call u pupt to 2000 rhythms. Further file names can be created with InstEdit (Create other Filename). If you indicate the file names later in the "Setup" menu point 16 or load this file, you will get another 2000 spots for styles, that you can call up with these buttons.
First Caption is the first row of the button Second Caption is the second row. It is applicable still that you can change the labeling again. After confirming with the [OK] button it is important that you click the [Save] button, that way you will have the changes of the main group saved. Now you click on the radio button Change Buttons and then click on the button of the main group you had just labeled. This will take you to the 100 different buttons of the sub group:
Here you can see the 100 still empty buttons of the sub group. The large buttons are the instrument buttons and the small buttons (Page 1, Page 2, Page...) will help you navigate the pages since every page consists of 20 big buttons. 5 x 20 buttons will give you 100 buttons.
Here you can see the input possibilities of a Preset. Name 1 and Name 2 are important for the button labeling. Name will only be used for the play areas R1..R8, so for example: Name 1: Acous Name 2: Grand Name 3: Piano The button is thus labeled Acous Grand
The same principal can be applied to this labeling as already has been described. Additionally you have some extra fields, that you can fill, if you know your way around the SF2 instruments and the Creative Philosophy! Some pieces of information are only given, if you have installed a Creative soundcard, such as X-Fi, Audigy 4 or an. For the Styles, Presets, MIDI and MP3 there is the MultiFile Selection. If this checkbox is checked and you then click on a big button, for example in the group Styles, then youll see 2 additional buttons on the next page of the different styles Select Files for automatically input and Select Files from Database. Click on the button [Select Files for automatically input], and a window will open, where you can set the folder that contains styles, for example. You can select all, or just 10, 20 or more (maximum 100 files) of these and the files are being distributed to the buttons automatically. You can apply the same procedure with the button [Select Files from Database] directly from the database!
Click File in the menu and you will get this selection:
Frei nach Nina Ruge (Zitat): Alles wird gut. (Nur der Live-Styler wird immer besser)