User manual ASUS NEXUS 2-1A003A

[. . . ] User Manual Copyright 2006-2009 by reFX Audio Software Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, including photocopying or recording, without the written permission of the copyright holder, application for which should be made to the publisher at the above address. Such written permission must also be obtained before any part of this publication is stored in an information retrieval system of any kind. The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of reFX Audio Software Inc. [. . . ] The higher the value, the looser and slower the strum. shuffle Also called ‘swing’ by some, delays every second note in a 1/16th-speed pattern by this amount. This is a global parameter that affects ALL arpeggiators, even the ones played by the individual layers. editing patterns Notes can be entered at any position with a simple left-mouse-click. Each note can be adjusted in length: Simply left-click on the right edge of a note and drag it to the desired length. You can also hold down ALT and use the left mouse-button to adjust the notes’ velocity. Notes can be transposed up and down (+/- four octaves max. ) – try entering notes anywhere in the grid. The small box under each set note is used to display and adjust the semi-tone transpose of the respective note. A right click deletes existing notes. arp-librarian In the top right hand corner of this page you can toggle between the full view and a reduced one. The extra parameters are replaced with a small browser with which you can manage arpeggio presets. This works in a similar way to the library browser described earlier. Simply double-click on a preset to load it. saving presets Right-clicking on the currently loaded arpeggio preset name brings up a menu similar to when you save other presets. To rename the currently selected arpeggio preset, simply double-click on its name and make your changes. NEXUS2 User Manual 33 Trance gate mode Selects whether the Trance Gate works in mono or stereo mode. If you switch it to stereo, a thin line appears in the center of the pattern editor, effectively seperating the left (top) and right (bottom) channels. contour If you find that the resulting sound is too “choppy” for your taste, you can adjust its smoothness by increasing the value of contour (actually the attack and release times of an envelope). Higher values make the Trance Gate softer. speed Should you want to change the speed in which the pattern is played back, you can do it here. width This slider determines the stereo width of the trance gate. length Determines the total length of the trance gate pattern. The pattern-display zooms accordingly. delay This delays the ‘wet’ level of the trance gate, so first you’ll only hear the ungated signal and as soon as the delay-time has elapsed, the gated one. mix This slider determines the dry/wet mix i. e. the relative levels of non-gated and gated signal. fadein Lets the gated signal fade-in over the designated amount of time. 34 NEXUS2 User Manual Trance gate editing patterns The bottom half of this screen controls/displays the currently selected Trance Gate pattern. The blocks can be switched on or off by simply clicking on the steps in the grid (“filled” boxes are on, “empty” boxes are off ). A left-click sets a box, a right-click clears it. tg-librarian In the top right hand corner of this page you can toggle between the full view and a reduced one. The extra parameters are replaced with a small browser with which you can manage trance gate presets. This works in a similar way to the library browser described earlier. Simply double-click on a preset to load it. saving presets Right-clicking on the currently loaded Trance Gate preset name brings up a menu similar to when you save other presets. To rename the currently selected Trance Gate preset, simply double-click on its name and make your changes. NEXUS2 User Manual 35 Frequency analyzer freeze This button freezes the current waveform display, in effect, taking a snapshot of the current frequencies being output by NEXUS2. scope / FFT This button switches the display mode between waveform (Scope) and “Fast Fourier Transform” i. e. frequency analysis. clear Lets you delete the current display and start from scratch. L+R This button switches the display mode to show both channels (L+R), Left only (L) or Right only (R). filled Changes the waveform appearance. [. . . ] Next, we need to look at the portamento settings in the “mod” section. Here, you should set the status to “lgt” (legato) and the speed to 1/4. You’re probably playing some notes by now and can hear that we’re almost done. All that’s left to do now is to increase the amp modifier’s attack (atk) parameter a little. [. . . ]