KONG AUDIO QIN-POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL
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1. es e ws es we es em e m e we mas es er nes nr HO 37 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL2. M 34 ADDENDUM MIDI CONTROLLER PARAMETERS II QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL Definitions Subset A subset is the basic building block of a QIN instrument s sound and it is what you access as a whole unit for further editing inside the QIN It is a pre mapped sample unit installed by the soundbank installer A subset s file extension is KAS Extenders Ext Extenders are one of several kinds of modules that extend the functions of a plugin and can be loaded or unloaded as needed Some advanced interactive results can be achieved by combining extenders QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL Chapter One The Interface 1 1 Main Interface ee c m RN Default LAYERS APS Time al 1 50 Oms 0 1 9 p R Time 1 80 Q 3 ewe a US e SURETY 7 DRY WET 40Hz 22 0 2 2 0 0dB hy TM MM E 5 Fig 1 1 Main User Interface The main interface comprises of several areas Instruments List 1 Instrument Edit Zone 2 Effects List and Effects Edit Zone 3A 3B MIDI keyboard 4 1 1 1 Instrument List 1 If the plugin is not authorized the logo displays an unregistered mark cn 1 Audio out 1 Fig 1 2a Logo QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED
3. 32 5 QIN Engine Enlivens the Sound QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL Rack Version Kong Audio Software Technology LLC 2012 All rights reserved QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL Table of Contents Chapter One Th EE 1 er R NS er 1 tede t cot uaa tated toast liana Sal 1 1 52 Instrument Zone 2 auper 2 1 1 3 Effects List and Effects Zone 2 1 ETE RCV OO ANCA eects strate 2 I2 21 61618 LE Ne 3 mt RN 3 1 3 1 Main IBIe lae utei IE nm IAE ba eee E UAE 3 1 9 2 AV OlS E RC Rm 5 LSS 5 AIK CY MANS eet 6 19 5 Extenders Intela Osmica mere xen n ve cota eae hui eaeque bs cx nos Pe Rosa aes 7 Chapter 2 The BASICS oo ERR EIU REN RI NINE MEN M 8 2 sing ME PTOS CNS casei bem Oo ed tu itio A a s ED 8 2 2 Ihe secos ata set cam aes wean isan ca 8 2 3 Delay IE Aussie oco cede qat cca bc Made 8 S UDISIOFTOEI ES ioo uso de
4. F 4 Fig 2 5 Low and High Pass Graphic Fig 2 6 Distortion Graphic HPF and LPF can be used to shape the frequency of the audio wave as shown in Fig 2 5 Distortion on the other hand shapes the sound without affecting the frequency Filter amp Distortion Usage 1 Turn on or off either the Filters or the Distortion module 2 Filters Use the Low Pass to decrease the high frequencies and use the High Pass to decrease the low frequencies 3 Distortion the distortion module gradually modifies the wave shape into a square wave shape and by doing so gives the sound a different feel 2 5 Techniques You can use the features discussed in Section 2 2 to add effects to enrich the patch and enliven the sound 10 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL Chapter Three The Extenders There are two types of Extenders the General Extenders e g KeySwitch that control all 12 subsets loaded through the Layers Editor and the Subset Extenders e g the Pitch Envelope Extender that control each subset loaded into the Layers Editor 3 1 General Extenders The General Extenders are mostly for the sound weaving performance arrangement type of functions in order to make the sound alive you use the effect Extenders to enrich the audio Loading an Extender On the EXTENDERS User Interface right click any empty Extender slot to display the selection menu Aft
5. Click the down arrow and select a subset group from the pop up menu The Speed Detection Window The blue area shows the current set up of the speed detectors The detector time bars can be dragged to change the parameters The two numeric displays below the Speed Detection Window can be dragged and each 19 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL represents Medium and Quick type intervals respectively The Poly switch enables disables the polyphony mono modes The ON button activates deactivates the current Extender There are 16 independent Speed Detection controllers on 16 MIDI Channels Speed Detection s work flow is similar to Legato Assignment They both switch groups automatically The difference is the switch rules upon which they are based Speed Detection switches groups based on the time interval between the notes non Hotkeys The two time detector bars divide speed detection into three different speed zone groups Slow Medium Quick When the time interval is bigger than the Medium speed zone the time detector bar on the left or the numeric display on the left the Slow group is engaged and the last note triggers the subsets assigned to Slow group When the time interval is smaller than or equal to the Medium speed zone between the two detector bars but bigger than the Quick speed zone the Medium group is engaged and the last note triggers the subsets assigned to Medi
6. Touch group After Touch Usage 1 Setup subsets with trigger types The Thru type is unaffected by the After Touch Ext 2 The Normal group The subsets in the Normal group play back the sound only when the After Touch channel 15 not activated 3 The Touch group The subsets in the Touch groups play back the sound only when the After Touch channel 15 activated 4 The Both group The subsets in the Both group will always play back whether the After Touch channel 15 activated or not 5 There are three types of After Touch trigger modes ALL where all notes being pressed are treated as participants of the After Touch act LAST KEY where only the last key pressed is treated as the participant of the After Touch act LIMIT only the notes within the Note and Vel Range bars settings are participants of the current After Touch set 6 Click The ON button to activate deactivate the current Extender 23 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL 3 1 12 Delayed Trigger Fig 3 18 Delayed Trigger Interface As shown in Fig 3 18 the 12 slots correspond to the 12 subset loaders Click and drag the numeric displays to change the values Delayed Trigger Extender is quite simple It delays the triggering of the sound by the assigned time Delayed Trigger Usage 1 Setup the Delayed Timer 2 After pressing a note the delay timer starts counting If the note is released
7. s sound will be triggered otherwise only the first subset in sequence or a random subset the smallest number with the ON button activated will be triggered Round Robin Usage 20 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL Click the ON button to activate Round Robin for the Subset Loaders The default Round Robin mode is the Sequential Mode Click the Random button to activate the Random Mode In the Sequential Mode pressing a note will trigger the sound from one of the activated subsets and the subset loader is selected sequentially from the 12 subset loaders In the Random Mode the subset is selected randomly The Self Trigger mode In this mode only when the pressed note is the same note as the last pressed note then a randomly or sequentially selected subset s sound will be triggered Otherwise only the first subset in the sequence or the random list will be triggered The default mode 15 Random mode Click The ON button to activate deactivate the current Extender 21 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL 3 1 10 Release Trigger Fig 3 16 Release Trigger Interface As shown in Fig 3 16 the 12 slots correspond to the 12 subset loaders The Normal button tells the subset to be triggered when a MIDI note is incoming the Reltrig button tells the subset to be triggered when a MIDI note is released The R
8. use both to control the deviation range of the pitch By dragging the slider bars the value can be adjusted The ON button is to activate deactivate the current Extender ERC Extender is very straightforward It changes the volume and pitch as instructed when a note 15 triggered This adds some flavor of human inaccuracy to the final sound in order to make it more alive ERC Usage 1 Setting up the volume and pitch deviation range a The Volume deviation range value is from 0 127 As the velocity curve is non linear the effect of the deviation 15 also non linear The fine tuning knob controls the volume range that matches 1 127 b The Pitch deviation range value 15 from 0 127 and each number equals to 100 cents 2 After activating the ERC Ext the same note played twice with the same velocity will sound slightly different the second time 3 Click The ON button to activate deactivate the current Extender 3 1 15 Micro Tuning Fig 3 21 Micro Tuning Interface As shown in Fig 3 21 12 sliders control the fine tuning of each note on the scale Click and drag each slider bar to change the value The TUNING blue button toggles the current Extender on off The tunable range for each note name is 50 cents Micro Tuning Usage 1 Setup the scale s micro tuning as needed 25 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL 2 Activate the Ext then when C 2 C 1 CI C2
9. 3 Now let us disable Legato Assignment and enable Speed Detection and play back the notes on the MIDI track we can see the result of the subsets triggered by the MIDI notes of Fig 4 1 as shown in Fig 4 3 In Speed Detection the first note pressed is seen as in the Slow group so it triggers subset 03 of the Slow When the 2nd note C6 being pressed due to the short time interval it triggers the subset of the Quick 30 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL group e g when tempo is 120 Speed Detection Extender s two bar values are set to 500 ms Now the time interval between and 5 is only 250 ms The rest of the notes can be analyzed in the same fashion As subset 01 is assigned to the Thru group every note triggers subset 01 gt O 02 A 03 J Normal Quick Legato Slow Legato Quick Legato Fig 4 4 Example MIDI Track Results 3 of 3 Now let us enable both Legato Assignment and Speed Detection and play back the notes on the MIDI track again On the Layout Interface page we can see the result of the subsets triggered by the MIDI notes of Fig 4 1 as shown in Fig 4 4 And now we have a new performance technique Speed Legato We can eve follow the same train of thought and divide the three groups for further Speed Detection assignments if so desired 3 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USE
10. C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 are pressed the notes pitches will be modified according to the settings of the note in this Ext 3 Deactivating the TUNING button disables the Ext the same as unloading it The default setting is off The default tuning is set to 12T 12 tone equal temperament and it is not affected by the on off switch The rest scales are quartertones scales 3 2 Subset Extenders Subset Extenders extend the control of the parameters of each independent Subset s sound E g Amplitude Envelope Extender is a Subset Extender as it controls the amp envelope of each subset each subset loader of the 12 slots on the Layers Editor has its own amplitude envelope extender parameters Loading an Extender Right click an empty Ext slot and select an Ext from the pop up menu After loaded the empty Ext slot will be represented by the Ext s icon While the General Extenders editor can be opened by clicking the icon the Subset Extenders editor has to be opened from within the Layers Editor s EDIT buttons Unloading an Extender To unload an Ext right click a loaded Ext slot and select Unload to unload the Ext Once unloaded the Ext will no longer function NOTE Some default Extenders cannot be unloaded such as the Amplitude Envelope 3 2 Amplitude Envelope Fig 3 22 Amplitude Envelope Interface Click the Edit button of a subset loader slot on the Layers Editor to open the corresponding Ampli
11. Hot key 2 You may set up a new Hot key for each Subset Loader or you may also set one Hot key for two or more Subset Loaders making it serve as a Combi 3 cancel a Hot key activate right click the Hot key slot and then click switching to a different User Interface also cancels any Hot keys associated with the previous User Interface 4 Subset Loaders with no assigned Hot keys are not affected by KeySwitch III Extenders 5 When you switch between different subsets or Combi by pressing Hot keys the subset or the Combi corresponding to the last pressed Hot key will be triggered by MIDI notes NOTE After the current Hot key is released it is being treated as if the first Hot key 15 being pressed This is the only difference between KeyS witch and KeyS witch III 6 Atany given time KeySwitch III activates only the subset or Combi assigned to one Hot key When 14 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL a Hot key 15 active the subsets of other Hot keys remain untriggerable 7 When switching between the Hot keys in the SYNC mode all the notes that are still being pressed on the MIDI keyboard will trigger the corresponding subset of the new Hot key and a release trigger of the subset of the previous Hot key will be executed Otherwise not in the SYNC mode only the newly pressed notes will trigger the corresponding subset and the previously triggered subset will not be released until t
12. INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL Fig 3 5 KeySwitch III Editor Interface As shown in Fig 3 5 KeySwitch Extender s editor is similar to KeySwitch Extender There are 16 KeySwitch HI controllers on 16 MIDI channels 2 X m x o gt 7 2 O ed m EN Lx w c o gene o o c E 2 trigger i 2 4 Subset 04 Fig 3 6 KeySwitch III Flowchart The KeySwitch IMs flowchart is shown in Fig 3 6 The KeySwitch III Extender receives a MIDI note from the MIDI Keyboard then checks if the note 15 defined as a Hot Key If a Hot Key 15 verified the switch controller tells the note filter to filter out everything else except the current Hot key s corresponding subset from being triggered by any MIDI note message and disables the filtering out of the current Hot key so the corresponding subset of the new Hot key can be triggered When the current Hot key 15 released the switch controller tells the note filter to disable everything else other than the first Hot key s corresponding subset the smallest number of the 12 slots available and make it triggerable If no Hot key 15 received the MIDI note goes through the note filter and triggers the subset as each subset s filter switch requires KeySwitch III Extender Usage 1 Right click a Hot key slot When the hot key slot blinks which means it is activated for MIDI Learn press a note on your MIDI keyboard to set up that note as the
13. INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL 1 1 2 Instrument Edit Zone 2 YOLUME Fig 1 2b Instrument Edit Zone Interface The Instrument User Interface is the most essential part of QIN RV It is where you manage presets customize the instruments and adjust the parameters 1 1 3 Effects List and Effects Zone 3A 3B AY 2 REVERS Insert OUT 1 Fig 1 3 Effects List 1 1 4 MIDI Keyboard 4 Fig 1 4 MIDI Keyboard Using the virtual MIDI keyboard you can test the plugin directly from the plugin UI Each key plays 2 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL louder velocity responsive the closer to the edge it 1s clicked vertically The lowest key is Cl 1 2 About 3 PRODUCED BY KONG A JDIO PARTNER E Y CHOU PROGRAMMER HI JANG BITAO LIN W IQIANG AUDIO EDITOR LIN ZIXIN INTERFACE GRAPHIC BY SHAN SPECIAL THANKS TO DU XINXIN ZHENG YIYANG POWERED BY immi MA 95 2012 KONG AUDIO Fig 1 5 The About Page Clicking at a question mark on the Instrument Icons on the left panel opens the About page of the instrument Here you can find the credit list and you can access the HELP button which opens a quick start guide of that specific instrument Clicking anywhere on the About page will flip it back to the front 1 3 User Interface The User Interface UI is the main focus of the plugin interface It is where the tweaking and operating tak
14. If it still does not work 34 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL please verify if the User ID you sent us matches the User ID you are seeing now If it still does not work please contact us directly for further support Q Why are the plugins suddenly no longer authorized A There are some possible causes that may disturb the authorization mechanism It is usually caused by a change of the working environment such as the change of hardware parts the change of system times etc You can contact us for support and we will help you work out the issue Q Why do I hear weird sounds from the instrument A The authorization mechanism does not check for the validity of the serial code other than simple verification and it does not verify the encrypted key for the sound An incorrect decryption key will cause unpredictable sound results In other words an incorrect serial code is likely causing the issue Please delete the XML files in the product folder e g where the Qin RV dll 15 installed and then reconfigure the plugin reset the sample folder and try to re authorize it again CODA Here we have explored a small portion of QIN Engine s potentials There are many more possible ways to combine the subsets and the Extenders to create your own unique playing styles and sounds and to make it your own instrument QIN Engine 15 an ongoing project QIN RV 15 another step forward since the
15. above the Max value If the Max 15 127 then this trigger group High does not function and leaves only the other two trigger groups Normal and Low functioning 2 Changing the Mod Wheel parameter to a different Trigger group s value range will activate deactivate the subset Combi corresponding to each Trigger group and make the subset Combi triggerable or untriggerable 3 Each MIDI channel s triggered subsets Combi is decided by each channel s Mod Wheel value When a new Mod Wheel message value is received in the SYNC mode all the notes that are still being pressed on the MIDI keyboard will trigger the corresponding subset of the new group and a release trigger of the subset of the previous group will be executed Otherwise not in the SYNC mode only the newly pressed notes will trigger the subsets of the new Mod Wheel group and the previous group Will not be released until the notes themselves are released 5 Click The ON button to activate deactivate the current Extender 3 1 6 Legato Assignment Normal d Self Trigger Normal Up amp Down Up 32 5 99 Fig 3 11 Legato Assignment Interface As shown in Fig 3 11 the 12 slots correspond to the 12 subset loaders Click a down arrow on the right of a slot to display the selection menu to assign a Trigger group The Self Trigger drop down menu provides several self triggering modes The REL A knob controls the Attack speed upon release Th
16. current Hot key so the corresponding subset of the new Hot key can be triggered If no Hot key is received the MIDI note goes through the note filter and triggers the subset as each subset s filter switch requires KeySwitch Extender Usage 1 Right click a Hot key slot When the hot key slot blinks which means it 15 activated for MIDI Learn press a note on your MIDI keyboard to set up that note as the Hot key You may set up a new Hot key for each Subset Loader or you may also set one Hot key for two or more Subset Loaders making it serve as a Combi To cancel a Hot key activate right click the Hot key slot and then left click switching to a different User Interface also cancels any Hot keys associated with the previous User Interface Subset Loaders with no assigned Hot keys are not affected by KeySwitch Extenders When you switch between different subsets or Combi by pressing Hot keys the subset or the Combi corresponding to the last pressed Hot key will be triggered by MIDI notes The KeySwitch Extender makes only ONE subset or Combi corresponding to the current Hot key available for MIDI notes triggering at any given time When one Hot key is activated the subset loaders of other Hot keys cannot be triggered When switching between the Hot keys in the SYNC mode all the notes that are still being pressed on the MIDI keyboard will trigger the corresponding subset of the new Hot key and a release trigger of the
17. groups In the Up amp Down mode pressing the same note will cycle through Up and Down groups In the Normal mode pressing the same note will only trigger the Normal legato mode In the Up mode pressing the same note will trigger the Up group In the Down mode pressing the note repeatedly will only trigger the Down group 4 When the notes played are from lower notes to higher notes if there is no subset assigned to the Up group and there are subsets assigned to the Down group then the Down group will be engaged instead Conversely the same rule applies when the notes are played from the higher notes to the lower notes and there is no subset assigned to the Down group and there are subsets assigned to the Up group then the Up group will be engaged instead If the both Up and Down groups are not assigned then the Normal group will be engaged 5 KEY RANGE semitone delimits the scale interval between two consecutively played notes Only when the semitone interval is within this KEY RANGE will the notes meet the requirement for triggering groups other than Normal 6 TIME RANGE ms delimits time interval between two notes Only when the time interval is within this TIME RANGE will the notes meet the requirement for triggering groups other than Normal 3 1 8 Speed Detection Fig 3 14 Speed Detection Interface As shown in Fig 3 14 the 12 slots correspond to the 12 subset loaders subsets on the Layers Editor
18. increase memory usage If the subset contains velocity layers and the Sub Layer Layout Extender is activated see Section 3 2 2 clicking the Subset Loader slot will open up the Subset Editor see Section 1 3 3 2 Subset Editor Click on the right of each Subset Loader slot to open the Subset Editor 1 3 3 Subset Editor On the Layers Editor click to open the Subset Editor as shown in Fig 1 9 Click 9x to return to the Layers Editor Fig 1 9 Subset Editor 1 Subset Loaders py Nme This button is the same as the subset loader slot on the main Layers Editor window for easier access to the subset management without having to go back to the Layer Editor 2 Subset Extenders There are four subset Extender Ext buttons Clicking any loaded button opens up the Extender s editor The AMP Ext is the amp envelope module which is loaded by default cannot be unloaded The rest of the subset Exts can be loaded through the Extender Interface See Section 1 3 4 3 Fine tuning QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL The range is 50 cents It can be controlled by VST parameter No 30 No 41 Click the knob and drag up and down to change the range double click the knob to reset it to zero NOTE The total amount of fine tuning is the total of the fine tuning knob plus each subset s own fine tuning settings ranging 100 cents If the Micro T
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22. R ID User ID is used for verifying the legitimacy of the serial code in the authorization mechanism Please note a legitimate serial number does not equate to a successful authorization See 5 2 2 for more info on the serial code The User ID is also used by the official authorization procedure for generating the serial code 5 2 2 Serial Code A legitimate serial code is comprised of nine sets of segments and each set contains five digits or syllables An official serial code is generated by the authorization procedure based upon the User ID and User s Name An official serial does not contain the letter I digit 0 and 1 The letter case does not matter The serial code is the crucial part of the authorization mechanism A serial code contains 45 valid characters with 23 messages The messages contain info used for UI markings noise burst sound encryption function parameters etc So you have a one 32nd raised to the power of 45 s chance to combine the digits and the alphabets as an unofficial serial number and register the plugin with it and the UNREGISTERED markings on the banner will disappear but the noise burst 15 still there and the sound is awkward because that serial number would only contain the valid info for the UI marking The chance of your ever running into such a situation is extremely tiny because an unofficial serial 15 very unlikely to pass through the validation mechanism So you may have another ques
23. R MANUAL Chapter Five Product Authorization This chapter explains how to authorize QIN plugins you will also find some detailed info about the registration mechanism 5 1 How to Authorize the Instrument First purchase a license and check your User ID See Section 5 1 1 then send your User ID and your name to Kong Audio s personnel info chineekong com and you will receive your xml keyfile within a work day A more detailed explanation follows 5 1 1 Getting Your User ID QIN RV s registration process can be done only using the Registration Tool whose download link is provided upon purchase First install the purchased Kong Audio instruments then run the Registration Tool to get your User ID The correct format for the User ID is KACS XXXX XXXX Eong Audio QIN Engine Reztool v20 X AKONG F Audio GIN Engine RV Inherit HINEE ORCHESTRA Installation Folder C Program Files x86 vstPluginsiong Audio version Info 2 0 0 version Info 0 1 Saundbank Folder 4udio Sound Audio Qin Library chineeErHu Sound module 4udio Sound 4udio Library iChineeErHutchinee ID KACS Import the Regkey File Fig 5 1 Kong QIN Registration Tool Window 5 1 2 Product Authorization After you have received your registration XML keyfile you are ready to authorize your instruments Again the authorization can be
24. be triggered by the MIDI Program Change messages 2 Each subset loader can have its own Program Change number a Program Change number can be shared by many subset loaders too which makes it a Combi 15 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL 3 Ifa Program Change message points to an empty Program Change number then none of the subset loaders will respond to the incoming MIDI notes 4 When receiving a new Program Change message in the SYNC mode all the notes that are still being pressed on the MIDI keyboard will trigger the corresponding subset of the new Program and a release trigger of the subset of the previous Program will be executed Otherwise not in the SYNC mode only the newly pressed notes will trigger the corresponding subset and the previously triggered subset will not be released until the notes themselves are released 5 Click the button to activate deactivate the current Extender 3 1 5 Mod Wheel Normal Normal LOW High Thru Thru Fig 3 9 Mod Wheel Interface As shown in Fig 3 9 the 12 slots correspond to the 12 subset loaders The LEDs indicate whether the subsets can be triggered Click the down arrow on the right of the LED to display the selection menu to choose a Trigger Group The Vel Range slider is for setting up the responding range of each subset group s Mod Wheel controller The SYNC button activates the Note Syncing mode Th
25. before the timer reaches the set off mark the note will not be executed NOTE If the note is a Hot key and 15 released before it is triggered the Hot key functions also will not take place 3 Click The ON button to activate deactivate the current Extender 3 1 13 One Shot Fig 3 19 One Shot Interface As shown in Fig 3 19 the 12 slots correspond to the 12 subset loaders The ON button on the right of each slot turns the feature on and off The One Shot Extender controls all the playback of all the subsets with One Shot feature enabled This Ext will play back the sample until the sustain stage of Amplitude Envelope and ignore the release stage so the sample will be played out till its natural end For a looped sample this Ext will use the Amp Env s Release stage when it repeats the looped region for the first time to fade out the playback One Shot Usage 1 Setup the subsets with One Shot enabled 2 Click The ON button to activate deactivate the current Extender The Default value is off 24 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL 3 1 14 Erratic Range Control E R C Fig 3 20 Erratic Range Control Interface As shown in Fig 3 20 the ERC Extender is comprised of two parts Volume and Pitch Volume has a fine tuning knob and a slider use both to control the deviation range of the volume Pitch also has a fine tuning knob and a slider
26. c displays can be adjusted by dragging on them vertically The left numeric is the lowest velocity value the right numeric is the highest velocity value The Sub Layer Layout Ext extends each Subset loader with another six subset loaders The six extended subsets work as one multi layered subset In other Extenders these six extended subsets are being treated as one single subset and hence are being controlled by other Extenders as a whole Sub Layer Layout Usage 1 Load six subsets and arrange the velocity range at will The velocity range of each subset can overlap each other When a note in the overlapped area 15 triggered all the subsets mapped to that note will be played back 2 Once SLL Ext is activated the corresponding subset loader slot on the Layers UI can no longer load up Subset Click at the slot will open up the Editor 3 The Vel Range on Keymaps Editor works similar to SLL s velocity range However Vel Range s layout unit is the 12 Subset loader slots where the SLL s 6 subsets are treated as one whole Subset of the 12 slots 4 When using SLL Ext yu MUST REMEMBER to set up the velocity and key range for the 6 extended subset as a whole 5 After unloading the SLL Ext all 6 subsets will be unloaded as well 21 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL 3 2 3 Pitch Envelope Fig 3 25 Pitch Envelope Extender s Editor Once the Pitch Envelope Exten
27. click at a loaded Ext slot and select Unload to unload the Ext Once unloaded the Ext will no longer function for the selected patch QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL Chapter 2 The Basics 2 1 Using the Presets QIN RV has two types of preset management The first 1s the newly implemented Multi format Multi patches save or load everything in the QIN RV all the currently loaded and adjusted instruments and effects are included Users can easily save and load or even exchange with other users the presets of the whole rack The second type of preset is for each individual instrument Using this type of preset 15 the easiest way to start playing right away You can choose either an existing preset through the preset browser or load an FXP file shared by other users For more information see Section 1 3 1 NOTE The built in presets have been carefully designed and have always been one of the best selling points of our products due to our true knowledge of the physical instruments Be sure to explore the presets 2 2 Using the Subsets You use the subsets to build and customize patches and can save them as FXP patches that you can share with other users 1 Select a subset from Subset Loaders on the Layers Editor 2 Click the Edit button on the Layers Editor to access the Subset Editor 3 Set the volume fine tuning etc 4 Setup the Velocity and Key range from the K
28. der 15 loaded click the Edit button on the Layers Editor to open the Pitch Envelope Extender Editor as shown in Fig 3 25 The ON button turns the Extender on off in the corresponding subset The REL button switches on off the release envelope stage which is represented in the dark color on the graphic display The V T2 button switches on off whether to use a specially defined velocity range to be applied with the pitch envelope The numeric display corresponds to every parameter of the pitch envelope control points You can click at a control point on the graphic envelope display and then click at the numeric display and drag it to change the value The Pitch Env Graphic Display is used for adjusting all the parameters of the pitch envelope Each control point can be either dragged directly or by clicking at it and then adjusting the value in the numeric display P Range controls the pitch range of the pitch Env The maximum range is two full scales The Vel Range bar controls the velocity range to which the pitch Env applies Vel Range works only when V T2 is activated Pitch Env Ext works on the subsets that have the ON button activated When a note triggers the subsets that are enabled with Pitch Env Ext the Ext checks the note velocity against the Vel Range settings and if the note velocity falls in the Vel Range then the Pitch Env settings will be applied to the sound When the V T2 butto
29. done using the Registration Tool only You can download it from our website or you can run it from the DVD disc Click Import the Regkey File and select the XML keyfile you received after submitting your User ID to us You can also simply drag n drop the XML file onto the Registration Tool s UI 32 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL The instruments will show up with unregistered markings removed only AFTER reloading the instruments NOTE Make sure the plugins are properly installed and usable prior to authorization Manually moving copying the installed files can easily cause problems and can be difficult to trace the culprit Please avoid manually moving and organizing your QIN RV program and instrument files If you already have QIN v1 0 instruments installed you can use the inherit button to import the authorization info to QIN RV 5 2 Authorization Mechanism If you have any further questions about the authorization mechanism you can get more info from this Section You will find more info about the failed registration attempts too 5 2 1 User ID User ID is a machine code Each PC has its own unique machine code tied to hardware parts Changes of motherboard CPU flashing the BIOS 1 updating computer s BIOS can cause a change of USER ID On the other hand a change of RAM network card graphic card or your screen monitor will not affect the USE
30. e REL G knob controls the gain volume upon release The Poly button toggles between the polyphony and mono modes The ON button activates deactivates the current Extender There are 16 independent Legato controllers on 16 MIDI Channels The Legato controller s work flow is very similar to Mod Wheel but the Legato controller switches between the groups automatically depending on the current playing sequence matching to the Trigger group s definition The Legato Assignment Extender has four Trigger groups Normal Up Down and Self Trigger e Normal when no note is previously pressed then pressing a new note starts the Normal mode and the new note triggers the subset Combi that is assigned to the Normal group e Up when there is a previously pressed note pressing a new note that is higher than the previous one triggers the subset or Combi that are assigned to the Up group e Down when there is a previously pressed note pressing a new note that is lower than the previous one triggers the subset or Combi that are assigned to the Down group e Self Trigger There is one special feature Self Trigger When a newly pressed note is the same as the last pressed note it triggers the subsets or Combi that are assigned to this mode 17 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL Legato Assignment Extender Usage 1 Assign groups to the subsets The Thru Group means the subset will be unaffec
31. e ON button activates deactivates the Mod Wheel Extender There are 16 independent Mod Wheel controllers on 16 MIDI channels and each can be controlled by each channel s Mod Wheel controller 1 Note Filter B B i Switch Controller 1 1 i een ur Bub OC 1 00 lt gt aoe 7 Subset 03 MIDI KEYBOARD TE TE po Fig 3 10 Mod Wheel Flowchart The Mod Wheel Extender s flowchart is as shown in Fig 3 10 The Mod Wheel controller receives MIDI messages from the MIDI keyboard and then checks the MIDI message type If the received message 1s a change of the Mod Wheel parameter the switch controller tells the note filter to respond according to the change of parameter value so the corresponding subset Combi status toggles between triggerable and untriggerable If 1t receives MIDI notes then the notes go pass through the note filter and triggers the sound according to each subset s configuration Mod Wheel Extender Usage 16 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL 1 Setting up the Trigger groups The Thru group Not affected by the Mod Wheel Extender The Normal group this trigger group s functioning range is between 0 Min Min is Min value from the Value Range bar The Low group the trigger group s functioning range is between M 1 Max Max 15 the Max value from the Value Range bar The High group the functioning range is
32. ed by VST Automation Parameter 2 or by MIDI CC 54 Click the knob and drag up and down to change the range double click the knob to reset it to zero NOTE The total amount of fine tuning is the total of the Main Fine tuning knob plus each subset s own fine tuning settings ranging 100 cents If the Micro Tuning extender is activated then the total amount of the fine tuning includes the Micro Tuning too so the total range would be 150 cents 6 Main Panning The parameter can be controlled by VST Automation Parameter 10 or by MIDI CC 10 Click the knob and drag up and down to change the range double click the knob to reset it to zero 7 Main Volume The parameter can be controlled by VST Automation Parameter 0 or MIDI CC 7 Click the knob and drag up and down to change the range double click the knob to reset it to zero YOLUME QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL 1 3 2 Layers Editor Fig 1 8 Layers Editor Interface 1 Subset Loaders Noe There are 12 Subset Loader slots on the Layers Editor page Click each loader slot to load a subset The sequence of the loaders are from top to down left to right 1 6 are on the left 7 12 are on the right You can create advanced performance configurations by weaving subsets with Keymaps and Extenders see sections 1 3 4 and 1 3 5 below NOTE Loading the same subset into different loaders does not
33. el Vel control bar controls the triggering velocity difference between release triggered note and the one it replaces when a release note is being triggered The Delay knob controls the time to wait before playing the triggered sound The time unit is ms The Hold knob controls how long should the triggered sample should maintain the time unit is ms NOTE You can click and drag the numeric displays above the knobs to change the values The work flow of Release Trigger is based on the subsets triggering mode When a note is pressed the note triggers all subsets that are set to be triggered all the subsets that are assigned to the NORMAL mode in the Release Trigger Extender When a note is being released after the time set up using the Delay knob the note s release will trigger all subsets assigned to the Reltrig mode and add the velocity difference to the note s original velocity as set up in the Rel Vel control bar and continue playing for the time set by the Hold knob Release Trigger Usage 1 Assign the subsets to the Normal and Reltrig modes 2 The Normal mode If being triggered the subsets assigned to the group play back when note is being pressed 3 The mode If being triggered the subsets assigned to the group play back after a note 15 released and with a start delay controlled by the Delay knob The triggered velocity is the note s original velocity plus t
34. er an Extender is loaded left click the loaded Extender icon to display the Extender editor which includes the Extender settings Click the button at the bottom right corner to exit the current Extender editor Unloading an Extender right click the loaded Extender Icon and select Unload to unload the Extender Once unloaded the Extender no longer functions 3 1 1 KeySwitch Fig 3 1 KeySwitch Interface As shown in the Fig 3 1 the 12 slots correspond to the 12 Subset Loaders in the Layers UI Right click a slot to activate MIDI learn for MIDI notes only in order to set up a hot key for that subset The LEDs indicate the status of the subsets The SYNC button activates the Note Syncing mode The ON button activates deactivates the KeySwitch Extender There are 16 different KeySwitch controllers for 16 MIDI channels a 1 r Subset 01 n Subset 0 a I 9 MIDI KEYBOARD Fig 3 2 KeySwitch Flowchart The KeySwitch flowchart is shown Fig 3 2 The KeySwitch Extender receives MIDI note from MIDI Keyboard then checks if the note is defined as a Hot Key If a Hot Key is verified the switch 11 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL controller tells the note filter to filter out everything else except the current Hot key s corresponding subset from being triggered by any MIDI note message and disables filtering of the
35. es place The User Interface is comprised of four major sections Main Layers Keymaps and Extenders Clicking the front buttons Fig 1 6 will change the current focus to the different User Interface sections 5 EXTENDER Fig 1 6 User Interface Sections Buttons 1 3 1 Main Interface YOLUME Fig 1 7 Main Instrument Interface 1 Preset Browser As shown in the picture on the left the up and down arrows 9 be used for browsing through patch QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL list and selecting a patch Click or to load or save an FXP format VST patch file 2 Pitch Bend Click the color frame to access the pop up menu The default value is 2 which means the pitch bend range is 200 cents NOTE Each integer represents the maximum pitch bend in chromatic scale half steps semi tones thus the pitch bend may be set anywhere from zero to a half step 1 to an octave 12 3 Velocity Sensitivity This knob controls the velocity sensitivity of the plugin The default is the max value of 127 This parameter can be controlled by VST PARAMETER 3 4 L R Channel Volume Left Click g to toggle the Mono mode on and off The LEFT and RIGHT Tm sliders can be controlled by VST Automation Parameter 4 and 5 IP 5 Main Fine tuning The Main Fine tuning s pitch range 15 50 cents This parameter can be controll
36. eymaps Editor 5 Setup the Main Volume and Panning etc from the Main Interface Done 2 3 Delay amp Reverb FX Loup 0 096 Fig 2 1 Delay amp Reverb Interface As shown in Fig 2 1 the Delay amp Reverb UI is divided into two parts SYNCED DELAY and MAIN REVERB The LEDs are the on off switches for each effect Synced Delay has two separate settings LEDs for the left and nght channels FEEDBACK controls the feedback loop amount Hi Pass and Low Pass control the High Pass filter and the Low Pass filter LEVEL controls the wet level amount of the delay output MAIN REVERB Size controls the size of the room space Pre Dly controls the first reflection time 8 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL Damp controls the decay time of the reverb Width controls the stereo image and Level controls the wet amount of the reverb output Dry controls the output of the dry sound Wet controls the level of the mixed sound The ON button toggles the current effect on or off DRY DELAY HPF LET REVERB Fig 2 2 Delay amp Reverb Flowchart The work flow of Delay amp Reverb is as shown in Fig 2 2 The audio input is split into three different routes The first the top on in the figure goes to the final output directly The Wet and Dry parameters control the mixture portion The 2nd route the mid one in the figure goes through Delay HPF and LPF then outputs to the wet s
37. function parameters These parameters are obtained through the serial code If somehow the noise burst 1s hacked through brutal cracking of the plugins it does not mean the parameters are there In a proper product purchased through the official vendor the noise burst only means that the product is not properly authorized yet If necessary you may obtain a special serial code to remove the noise burst yet the product could still remain unregistered We do not provide this serial code under normal situations The removal of noise burst is another true way to tell whether a plugin is legitimately authorized 5 2 6 Successful Authorization The product shows the registration status though the UI hints e g the UNREGISTER markings on the main logo banner intermittent noise burst and sound indication distortion and pitch changing Once properly authorized the backpanel will display registered user info All in all everything will work as it should after proper authorization 5 3 Authorization FAQ How do I authorize the product A See sections 5 1 5 1 1 5 1 2 for instructions Q How do I know whether the product 1s properly authorized A See section 5 2 6 Q Why did my authorization fail even though I have entered the regcode A Please check again carefully whether you have entered the regcode correctly Use copy paste to minimize possible human errors Be sure not to include any space before and after the name code
38. he notes themselves are released 8 Click the ON button to activate deactivate the current Extender 3 1 4 Program Change Fig 3 7 Program Change Interface As shown in Fig 3 7 the 12 slots correspond to the 12 subset loaders The blue LEDs on the left of each slot indicate whether that subset can be triggered Left click the down arrow on the right of a slot to display the pop up menu and select a Program Change controller number The SYNC button activates deactivates the Note Sync mode The ON button activates deactivates the current Extender There are 16 independent Program Change controllers on the 16 MIDI channels Note Filter Switch Controller lt srwmocssannnonssos ete Subset 01 Program Change MIDI MESSINGE 4 MIDI KEYBOARD Eg Al trigger Subset 04 1 D Fig 3 8 Program Change Flowchart The Program Change controller is similar to the KeySwitch controller The technical difference is that Program Change can disable all the controlled subsets from being triggered as shown in Fig 3 8 The Program Change controller receives and checks the incoming MIDI messages If a MIDI Program Change message 15 verified then the controller will change switch on or off the triggered subset according to that message Program Change Ext Usage 1 Set up the Program Change number for subset loaders Thru not affected by the Program Change Ext 0 11 can
39. he velocity difference controlled by the Rel Vel bar The triggered sound will maintain as long as the Hold knob designates A subset can be set to be either in the Normal or the Reltrig mode or can be in both modes where the subset will be triggered both when the note is pressed and when the note is being released 4 Click The ON button to activate deactivate the current Extender 22 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL 3 1 11 After Touch Normal Touch Both Thru Thru Thru Fig 3 17 After Touch Interface As shown in Fig 3 17 the 12 slots correspond to the 12 subset loaders Click the down arrow on the right of each slot to select a trigger group from the pop up menu The Note Range bar controls the valid trigger note range in Limit mode The Vel Range bar controls the valid trigger velocity range in the Limit mode Use the Trig Mode to select different After Touch modes The On button activates deactivates the After Touch Extender When the After Touch Ext is activated the Ext receives a MIDI message to start the channel After Touch and releases all subsets in the Normal and Both groups according to the After Touch trigger groups and in the mean time triggers all subsets in the Touch and Both trigger groups When it receives a MIDI message to stop the After Touch it releases all the subsets in the
40. n 15 not activated 1 no special velocity range triggering is assigned the incoming notes will not be checked against the Vel Range and the Pitch Env settings will be applied immediately When the Release Env is not enabled the REL button not activated the Pitch Env goes through six stages Delay Attack Hold Decay Sustain and Release When the Release Env is enabled it instead goes through seven stages Delay Attack Hold Decay Sustain Attack2 and Release Pitch Env Usage Set up the parameters for each Subset in the 12 Subset Loaders 2 When note is released no matter which stage of the release state the note is at 1t will move into the Attac2 or the Release stage 3 The measurement unit for Delay Attack Hold Decay Attack2 and Release is s econd Level HL and Sustain s measurement unit is cent The maximum value is decided by P Range 3 3 Special Features 3 3 1 Multi MIDI and Audio Channel 28 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL ee 2 m m Default KEYMAPS EXTENDERS out 1 Lad P 4 12 Midi C12 Audio out 1 ch 1 ch 9 Right ch 2 ch 10 we YOLUME 3 X ch 11 ch 12 ch 5 ch 13 ch 6 ch 14 ch7 ch 15 8 ch 16 Fig 3 26 Main User Interface MIDI and Audio Channels As shown in Fig 3 26 the MIDI and audio channel of each loaded instruments can be assigned at will Once an ins
41. need only to show the difference between Legato non legato mode so either the Up or Down group will do In other words either Normal up or Normal down s non legato legato mode will do Speed Detection setup Subset Loader 01 assigned to Thru Subset Loader 02 to Quick and Subset Loader 03 to Slow Both Speed Detector bars have the same bar values in the Quick Slow group 1 e Tempo 1206 then set to 500 ms Ejo Fig 4 1 Example MIDI Track Now let us test some notes on a MIDI track as shown in Fig 4 1 02503 02803 Normal Legato Fig 4 2 Example MIDI Track Results 1 of 3 Now let us enable legato and play back the notes on the MIDI track On the Layers Editor we can see the result of the subsets triggered by the MIDI notes of Fig 4 1 as shown in Fig 4 2 The first note B5 triggers subset01 From 2nd note B5 trigger both subset02 and subset03 This is because when B5 was pressed for the first time B5 is the only note in the status of being pressed That is in the non legato mode so the it triggers the Normal subset subset 01 From the 2nd note when a note is being pressed the previous note 15 still being held so there are two notes in the status of being pressed and that is the legato mode hence the subsets subset 02 and 03 in the Up or Down groups are being triggered Slow Quick Slow Quick Fig 4 3 Example MIDI Track Results 2 of
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43. of the 12 subset loader slots Click and drag to change the velocity mappings 2 Key Range It contains 12 range bars each corresponds to one of the 12 subset loader slots Click and drag to change the key mappings NOTE Each subset has its own predefined velocity and key boundaries These fixed boundaries cannot be adjusted in the Keymaps Editor In Keymaps changing the Velo or the Key ranges can only reduce the velocity or the key range Neither range can be increased beyond the subset s base settings Only by unloading or loading through the subset loaders on the Layers Editor will the velo and key range be reset to the default values Changing a subset does not reset the velo and key ranges so readjusting the velo and key ranges may be necessary when changing to a different subset 1 3 5 Extenders Interface Use the Extenders Interface to load up and unload the Extenders Ext There are 10 Ext slots as shown in Fig 1 11 Fig 1 11 Extenders Interface 1 Loading an Extender Right click at an empty Ext slot and select an Ext from the pop up menu Once loaded the empty Ext slot will be represented by the Ext s icon The general Extenders editor can be opened by clicking at the icons Subset Extenders editors have to be opened from within the Layers Editor s EDIT buttons NOTE Almost all Extenders have an ON switch It must be selected for the Extenders to be functional 2 Unloading an Extender Right
44. ound The output is controlled by the Level knob on the SYNCED DELAY module The 2nd route s delay wet sound and the first route s dry sound mix together as the final output The third route does not exist when the reverb 15 disabled When the reverb is turned on the delay web sound mixes with the dry sound of the 3rd route then goes into the reverb If the delay module is turned off then only the dry sound will be the input of the reverb module The reverb module outputs wet sound The level of the output 1s controlled by the MAIN REVERB s Level knob after which it mixes with the dry sound of the first route as the final audio output Delay amp Reverb Usage 1 Turn on or off the delay and reverb effects 2 Setup functions of Delay and Reverb 3 Setup the dry wet proportion 4 The button activates deactivates the current effect 2 4 Filters amp Distortion FX 9 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL 40 092 0 0 Fig 2 4 Filters amp Distortion Interfaces As shown in Fig 2 4 the Filters amp Distortion UI 15 divided into two parts Filters and Distortion The LEDs are the switches for each effect High Pass is the High Pass Filter and Low Pass is the Low Pass Filter The Resonance knob controls Resonance The Distortion module s SHAPE controls the amount of distortion LIMIT controls the limitation of the maximum volume h E 1 EA n i Leb pd J
45. release of the original QIN v1 0 We will keep on improving QIN to meet our own needs for developing more articulating more realistic Chinese instruments We can use all the suggestions and feedback from you Please do not hesitate to share with us your thoughts so we may keep on bringing you better products and better experience in the future Thank you once again for your support of Kong Audio in developing the sound content and the technology required to fulfilling both your and our dreams for making better music 35 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL Addendum A MIDI Controller Parameters 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 CC7 7 384 448 512 576 640 704 768 832 896 960 CCIO CCIO CCIO CCIO CCIO CCIO CCIO 10 CCIO CCIO CCIO CCIO CCIO CCIO CCIO CCIO Pan 1 465 129 193 257 321 385 449 513 577 641 4705 769 833 897 961 Main 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 Fine 2 66 130 194 258 322 386 450 514 578 642 706 770 834 898 962 Main 67 131 195 259 323 387 451 515 579 643 707 771 835 899 963 68 132 196 260 324 388 452 516 580 644 708 772 836
46. subset of the previous Hot key will be executed Otherwise not in the SYNC mode only the newly pressed notes will trigger the corresponding subset and the previously triggered subset will not be released until the notes themselves are released Clicking ON to activate deactivate KeySwitch Extender has the same effect as unloading the Extender The ON button is off by default 3 1 2 KeySwitch II Fig 3 3 KeySwitch Editor Interface As shown in Fig 3 3 KeySwitch II Extender s editor is similar to KeySwitch Extender There are 16 KeySwitch II controllers on 16 MIDI channels 12 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL Note Filter I I Switch Controller Subset 01 a Subset 02 MIDI KEYBOARD Loney trigger To Subset 04 a oo um umo um um um Fig 3 4 KeyS witch II Flowchart The KeySwitch II s flowchart is as shown in Fig 3 4 The KeySwitch II Extender receives a MIDI note from the MIDI Keyboard then checks if the note is defined as a Hot Key If a Hot Key is verified the switch controller tells the note filter to allow or disallow the current Hot key s corresponding subset from being triggered by any MIDI note message If no Hot key 15 received the MIDI note goes through the note filter and triggers the subset as each subset s filter switch requires NOTE The difference between KeyS witch and KeyS witch 15 that in KeyS wi
47. tch II every Hot key is independent The Hot keys in KeyS witch II can be seen as the subset s independent on off status switches KeySwitch II Extender Usage 1 Right click at a Hot key slot When the hot key slot blinks which means it 15 activated for MIDI Learn press a note on your MIDI keyboard to set up that note as the Hot key 2 Youcan set up a new Hot key for each Subset Loader or you may also set one Hot key for two or more Subset Loaders making it serve as a Combi 3 cancel a Hot key activate right click the Hot key slot and then click switching to a different User Interface also cancels any Hot keys associated with the previous User Interface Subset Loaders with no Hot key assigned are not affected by KeySwitch II Extenders 5 Pressing a Hot key to activate or deactivate the assigned subset to be triggerable The difference between KeySwitch II and KeySwitch in KeySwitch II every Hot key is independent The Hot keys in KeySwitch II can be seen as the subset s independent on off status switch 7 When switching between the Hot keys in the SYNC mode all the notes that are still being pressed on the MIDI keyboard will trigger the corresponding subset of the new Hot key Otherwise not in the SYNC mode only the newly pressed notes will trigger the corresponding subset 8 Click the ON button to activate deactivate the current Extender 3 1 3 KeySwitch 13 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED
48. ted by the Legato Assignment Extender 2 Self Trigger In the All mode pressing the same note will cycle through the Normal Up and Down groups In the Normal amp Up mode pressing the same note will cycle through the Normal and Up groups In the Normal amp Down mode pressing the same note will cycle through the Normal and Down groups In the Up amp Down mode pressing the same note will cycle through Up and Down groups In the Normal mode pressing the same note will only trigger the Normal legato mode In the Up mode pressing the same note will trigger the Up group In the Down mode pressing the note repeatedly will only trigger the Down group 3 When engaged in the Up legato mode if there 15 no subset assigned to the Up group and there are subsets assigned to the Down group then the Down legato mode will be engaged instead The same rule applies when engaged in the Down legato mode with no subsets assigned to it then the Up legato mode will be engaged instead If the both Up and Down legato groups are not assigned then the Normal mode will be engaged REL G RELA Release Sustain Fig 3 12 Legato Amplitude Envelope Graph 4 When REL A is not zero the amp envelope of Fig 3 12 will be applied to subsets in all legato modes except the subsets assigned to Thru 5 Legato mode engages in the mono mode by default When a note 15 pressed the last pressed note will be released automatically no mat
49. ter whether the last note 1s still being pressed or not If the polyphony mode 15 engaged then the actual note status will decide whether a note is being released or not NOTE the mono poly modes only affect the subsets assigned to groups other than Thru 6 Click the ON button to activate deactivate the current Extender 3 1 7 Automatic Select Normal Self Trigger Thru Normal amp Up Thru Thru Thru Thru Fig 3 13 Automatic Select Interface 18 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL As shown in Fig 3 13 slot 01 12 corresponds to the 12 subset loaders in the Layers Editor Click the down arrows to assign the Auto Select groups The Self Trigger drop down menu provides several self triggering modes The KEY RANGE knob defines the scale interval settings The TIME RANGE knob defines the time interval between two consecutive notes The ON button activates deactivates the current Extender Automatic Select Usage 2 Assign groups to the subsets The Thru Group means the subset will be unaffected by the Legato Assignment Extender 3 Self Trigger In the mode pressing the same note will cycle through the Normal Up and Down groups In the Normal amp Up mode pressing the same note will cycle through the Normal and Up groups In the Normal amp Down mode pressing the same note will cycle through the Normal and Down
50. tion how do you know you are properly authorized even if you use official serial code and with the UI markings gone You need not to worry about it As long as you use official serial code the disappearance of UNREGISTERED markings means it is properly authorized Even if for some reason such as the change of User ID the serial code does not work the UNREGISTERED markings will not disappear The official serial code contains info to prevent this from happening 33 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL 5 2 3 User Name The User Name functions similar to User ID It is used for verifying the legitimacy of the serial code on the user s end 5 2 4 Sound Decryption The sound of the instrument is encrypted and it requires the right key for decryption If the sound 1s not decrypted pitch variation and sound distortion will be heard upon playback The sound decryption key 15 dynamically generated and it decrypts the sound in real time and it is not the only encryption so every time when the plugin is executed the decryption key can be different Most of its messages come from serial code s sound decryption message so the decrypted sound will be perceived as abnormal and distorted if it is not properly decrypted This is the true way to tell whether a plugin is legitimately authorized 5 2 5 Noise Burst Noise burst is intermittent and it means that the product is missing some
51. trument receives the MIDI message through a MIDI channel from the sequencer the corresponding instrument will be triggered and make a sound to the corresponding audio output All instruments audio output is set to the first stereo out Out by default QIN RV has 16 MIDI channels and 16 pairs of stereo outputs The effects are set to use the first stereo by default They are inserted to the corresponding instruments audio outputs NOTE If needed enable the multiout support in your host sequencer when you use QIN RV or some audio channels may be silent 29 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL Chapter Four Combining the Extenders In this chapter we will show you how to combine the Extenders to create advanced performances You are encouraged to explore even more possibilities by experimenting with the Exts 4 1 Speed Detection and Legato Now we have a legato patch that has three subsets and two of them are in a legato group and we want these two to be triggered by different playing speeds To make this happen we need to combine both Legato Assignment and Speed Detection Extenders Subset setup Load up Subset Loader 01 with the NORMAL subset Subset Loader 02 with the subset Legato Quick and Subset Loader 03 with the subset Legato Slow Legato setup Subset Loader 01 assigned to Normal Subset loaders 02 03 assigned to Up or Down Here we
52. tude Envelope Extender as shown in Fig 3 22 This Ext consists of 5 sliders and numeric displays from left to right Attack Hold Decay Sustain and Release Attack N Fig 3 23 Amplitude Envelope Graphic Sustain The Amplitude Envelope is the volume envelope as shown in Fig 3 23 Amplitude Envelope Usage 1 Setting up the Amp Env 26 QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL 2 When a note is released the sample will enter into the release stage accordingly regardless of the current stage The Amplitude Envelope applies to a sound after a note 15 triggered It contains five stages as shown in Fig 3 26 1 Attack controls the time from silence to the initial loudest point 2 Hold how long to remain at the loudest point 3 Decay the time for the envelope to decrease to a steady value 4 Sustain the steady level of the continuous sound 5 Release the time for the sound from release to silence 3 2 2 Sub Layer Layout SLL Fig 3 24 Sub Layer Layout Entender s Editor Once the SLL Extender is loaded click the Edit button on the Layers Editor to open the corresponding Sub layer Layout Extender s Editor as shown in Fig 3 24 Once the SLL Extender is activated each subset loader slot is extended to hold another six subset loaders respectively The two numeric columns on the right of each extended subset loader represent the velocity range The numeri
53. um group When the time interval is smaller than or equal to the Quick speed zone the Quick group is engaged and the last note triggers the subsets assigned to Quick group Speed Detection Usage 1 Setup and assign subsets to different speed groups The Thru group is unaffected by the Speed Detection Extender 2 When the two time detector bars share the same value the Medium group is ignored as is the case shown in Fig 3 14 3 Inthe mono mode when a note is pressed the last pressed note is automatically released The default mode is poly mode NOTE poly mono mode does not affect the subsets assigned to the Thru group 4 Click The ON button to activate deactivate the current Extender 3 1 9 Round Robin Fig 3 15 Round Robin Interface As shown in Fig 3 15 the 12 slots correspond to the 12 subset loaders subsets on the Layers Editor Click ON to turn each subset s Round Robin function on or off The ON button on the right is to activate deactivate the current Extender There are 16 independent Round Robin controllers on 16 MIDI Channels The Round Robin Extender changes groups automatically When you press a note a subset will be selected and triggered sequentially or randomly with the ON button activated In the Self Trigger mode with the Self Trigger button activated only when the note being pressed is the same as the last pressed note then a sequential or random subset
54. uning extender 15 activated then the total amount of the fine tuning includes the Micro Tuning too so the total range would be 150 cents 4 Volume This can be controlled by VST parameter No 6 No 17 Click the knob and drag up and down to change the range 5 Panning It has no control knobs or sliders on the UI but it can be controlled by using VST parameter No 18 No 29 6 Pitch SEM The range is two scales up and down The pitch of the subset will shift accordingly This also shifts 0 the note range on Keymaps Editor 7 Amplitude Envelope For information see Section 3 2 1 The Attack slider controls the time from silence to the initial loudest point The Hold slider controls the time to maintain the volume at its loudest The Decay slider controls the time for the envelope to decrease to a steady value The Sustain slider controls the steady level of the decreased continuous sound The Release slider controls the time for the sound to fade to silence from the moment of release 1 3 4 Keymaps Editor The Keymaps Editor is comprised of two parts Velocity Range and Key Range When a subset is loaded from the Layers Editor the mappings are automatically imported according to the subset s embedded settings QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL QIN POWERED INSTRUMENT ENGINE USER MANUAL Fig 1 10 Keymap Editor Interface 1 Velocity Range It contains 12 range bars each corresponds to one
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