User manual SOUNDCRAFT CAKEWALK SETUP GUIDE V9

[. . . ] Consequently you should ensure that the 328 is connected to a dedicated MIDI In and a dedicated MIDI Out port on the computer. Snapshot Automation The 328 also offers Snapshot automation: any Snapshot (or User Setup) can be recalled within an automation track. This is done with standard MIDI Program Changes. You may already have used Program Change commands with a MIDI synthesizer as a means to select voices ­ there are 128 Program Change commands (0-127), each one corresponding to a different voice on the synthesizer: Sending Program Change 52 to the synthesizer would recall voice 52. Snapshot automation operates in the same fashion. [. . . ] Go to the `Tools' pull-down menu, select `Instruments. . . ', and then click on `Define. . . '. A window should open presenting the current instrument definitions available. Click on `Import. . . ', then locate the `Dig328v2. ins' file and click on `Open'. Installation Procedure Now select `Spirit Digital 328' and click on `OK'. `Spirit Digital 328' should now appear as an instrument selection in the `Define Instruments and Names' window. Spirit Digital 328 v2 6 Now click on `Close'. The `Assign Instruments' window should now be displayed. On the left hand of the screen select MIDI Channel 1 for the MIDI Port to which the 328 is connected. Now `connect' the selected port to the `Spirit Digital 328 channel 1' instrument selection on the right hand of the screen. Repeat this for MIDI Channels 1-16 on the selected Port. Ensure that the MIDI Port MIDI Channels are linked to the appropriate 328 MIDI Channels. It is suggested that the `Save Changes for Next Session' box is ticked, otherwise this procedure must be repeated every time a new session is started. Now, any automation data recorded from the 328 into Cakewalk will be labeled with a relevant description, i. e. `Ch5 Pan' or `'STE1 Mute', instead of being presented simply as a numerical Continuous Controller value. Cakewalk Version 9 Setup Guide 7 4 328 Automation The first thing to set on the 328 is which MIDI Channel on which you wish to transmit/receive Snapshot automation data. Press <MENU> then scroll up to `User Options' and press <ENTER>. Here you can configure on which MIDI Channel the transmits/receives Snapshot/User Setup MIDI Program Changes (note that if User Options|Omni Mode is enabled then the 328 will receive and respond to Snapshot MIDI Program Changes on all 16 MIDI Channels). Automation Settings On The 328 < User Options > MIDI Channel: 1 To make use of any automation facilities on the 328, `MIDI Dynauto' must be enabled in the `Automation Setup' menu. Press <MENU> then scroll to `Automation Setup' and press <ENTER>. Here `MIDI Dynauto' must be enabled otherwise the 328 will neither transmit nor respond to any received automation data. <Automation Set> MIDI Dynauto: ON Scroll down one page to the automation `Mode' page. Four automation modes are available on the 328: Read Only, Write Only, Read/Write, Update. Each mode determines how the 328 will transmit/respond to automation data, and each has its own applications. Automation Modes On The 328 Read Only Mode <Automation Set> Mode: READ ONLY When the 328 is in Read Only mode, it only responds to automation data received and does not transmit any automation data. This mode may be useful when a final automation performance had been completed in Cakewalk, and no more automation data was to be recorded. In this case the desk could be set to Read Only as a `safe' mode, to ensure that no further automation data was recorded over the final automation performance. Write Only Mode <Automation Set> Mode: WRITE ONLY Spirit Digital 328 v2 8 When the 328 is in Write Only mode, it only transmits automation data, and ignores any incoming automation data received at its MIDI IN port. This mode is useful for quickly recording several versions of an automation take into Cakewalk, where on each recording pass the previously recorded take is ignored by the 328. Each take can then later be previewed in turn (in Read mode), and the preferred take kept as a performance. Read/Write Mode <Automation Set> Mode: READ/WRITE Read/Write mode is simply an amalgamation of Read Only mode and Write Only mode. In this mode the 328 transmits automation data and responds to any automation data received at its MIDI IN port. [. . . ] You can name the sequence if you wish, by right-clicking on the sequence and choosing `Properties. . . ': Cakewalk Version 9 Setup Guide 11 Now click on Rewind then click on Play Both the original and the new automation should playback on the 328. If you are not happy with the results, simply delete your automation take, and try again!To record additional tracks, create further Digital 328 tracks within Cakewalk and repeat the processes above. Now It's Your Turn. . . This should give you an idea of how easy it is to automate the 328 from Cakewalk. Don't forget that all control surface settings are automatable ­ even the Lexicon FX units and the Dynamic Processing units! [. . . ]