Fxpansion DR-008 Manuel d'utilisateur

fxpansion DR-008www.fxpansion.comUser Manual version 1.10 - 07/06/2002THIS MANUAL IS COPYRIGHT (C) ANGUS F. HEWLETT / FXPANSION AUDIO2000-2002. ALL RI

10www.fxpansion.comClear AllThis Wizard clears all the pads and resets the DR-008. Before doing so, itwill ask ‘are you sure’, so that you don’t accid

11fxpansion DR-008www.fxpansion.com3.1.5 MultimutesThe Multimutes are eight programmable mutebuttons which allow you to mute and unmutemultiple pads a

12www.fxpansion.comMix – provides large, graphical volume and pan faders for fine-tuningthe levels of each pad. Has a horizontal scrollbar, and allows

13fxpansion DR-008www.fxpansion.comtrack. What it does, when activated (see Config) is to pre-load sounds orsamples in to a pad as soon as you hilight

14www.fxpansion.com3.2.1.6 Using Drag and DropDR-008 supports drag-and-drop between pads. When the padlock icon isdisabled (un-illuminated and ‘unlock

15fxpansion DR-008www.fxpansion.com3.2.3 Details ModeDetails mode gives you a more detailed view ofeach pad, showing the choke group, hold, aux,and ou

16www.fxpansion.com3.2.5 Edit ModeEdit mode provides the same controls as Mixmode, albeit in a somewhat compressed form.However, in addition it also p

17fxpansion DR-008www.fxpansion.comautomation, or take advantage of SONAR’s superior NRPN handling and use the NRPN system.3.4.1 Full AutomationFull a

18www.fxpansion.com3.4.4 MIDI NRPN ImplementationAll DR-008 parameters can be controlled with MIDI NRPN messages. DR-008understands the full 14-bits o

19fxpansion DR-008www.fxpansion.com4Continued on page 20The Modules4.1 Working with modulesIf you haven’t already gathered, modules are of central im

2www.fxpansion.com1. Welcome 42. Getting Started 42.1 Installing 42.2 The Configuration Screen 53. In use 7Finding your way around 73.1 Main Controls

20www.fxpansion.comVpi – Velocity to Pitch. When turned up, this control causes louder notes to be played at a relatively higher pitch.Fc – Filter Cut

21fxpansion DR-008www.fxpansion.comVCA1 and VCA2 are amplifiers and amplitude envelope generators. The controls arefairly self-explanatory: attack rat

22www.fxpansion.com4.2.4 Velo SamplerThe final sampler in the current version of DR-008 is the ‘Velo Sampler’. This is a velocity-switching sampler, p

23fxpansion DR-008www.fxpansion.com(‘Amp DC1’), and a slower linear decay ‘Amp DC2’ The ratio between these twoenvelopes – which, in effect, controls

24www.fxpansion.com4.3.4 809 KickThe 809 Kick module is modelled on the classic Roland808 and 909 drum boxes. Frequency’ controls the basepitch; ‘Swee

25fxpansion DR-008www.fxpansion.com4.3.8 HX-DrumHX-Drum is similar to HX-Bass (see left), but is tuneddifferently for producing hard-hitting synth tom

26www.fxpansion.comby increasing the output level of each bandpass filter. This is useful for rim-shotsounds, and like the harmonics control can add ‘

27fxpansion DR-008www.fxpansion.comDrumSynth008 signal flow diagram4.4 Drum Deploy performance modulesDrum Deploy modules provide a way to process inc

28www.fxpansion.com4.4.3 DD AlternatorDD Alternator causes hits to be re-routed to one ofup to four different pads. The first hit is routed to thefirs

29fxpansion DR-008www.fxpansion.comsequencer, you can use the host to ‘chain’ patterns by triggering different DD Sequencer modules in sequence. Also,

3fxpansion DR-008www.fxpansion.com3.2.4 Mix Mode 153.2.5 Edit Mode 163.3 The Browser 163.4 Automation and controllers 163.4.1 Full Automation 173

30www.fxpansion.com5Credits and ThanksConcept, engine design and main program code: Angus HewlettModule design and coding: Paul Kellett, Bram de Jong,

31www.fxpansion.comModule HeaderThere are a number of useful functionsthat can be accessed by clicking on these module header icons. Below is a descri

32www.gmediamusic.com6GForce Groove LibraryGMEDIA Music’s GForce Multi-Format Groove Library bundled with the DR-008features fifteen different drum ki

4www.fxpansion.com12Welcome. Thank you for purchasing the DR-008 Advanced Rhythm ProductionWorkstation from FXpansion Audio. DR-008 is a VST2.0 VST In

5fxpansion DR-008www.fxpansion.comContinued on page 6The following files and folders will be installed:••DR-008.DLL - the main engine and VST interfa

6www.fxpansion.comOUTPUTS and AUX SENDS let you set, respectively, the number of output and auxsend destinations you want DR-008 to provide in the hos

7fxpansion DR-008www.fxpansion.com3Continued on page 8OPEN ALL EDITORS IN SAME WINDOW – when this box is checked, all popupEditor Windows are opened

8www.fxpansion.com3.1 Main ControlsThis section deals with the various controls on the ‘frame surround’ the greyouter area around the outside of the W

9fxpansion DR-008www.fxpansion.comfind the files; because only references to the files are stored in the bank,not the files themselves, editing or del