XILS 3 LE Version 2.0 Matrix Modular Synthesizer User Manual
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1. A trig connection is connecting a trig or gate signal to the envelop As shown in the picture below a trig is a one pulse information event for beginning an envelope cycle starting a sequencer A gate is a pulse with a certain width from the keyboard the gate is remained until the note is off from the sequencer the gate is depending on the sustain knobs see the sequencer chapter Note ON Note OFF _ ___ __ Keyb Trig Gate Decay Envelope Attack Sustain With Gate ee Envelape Without Gate Details will be explained in the chapter related to module which need trig or gate 10 XILS 3 2 LE modules description The XILS 3 2 LE GUI is divided into three areas 10 1 Main synthesizers One cabinet is dedicated to the main synthesizer one cabinet dedicated to the keyboards and its controls and one cabinet dedicated to the advanced analog like 3 layer sequencer based on the EMS 256 old unit and other modules The main synthesizer is divided in two parts the synthesis and the matrix and level part The matrix part itself has tabs that can display the main 16x16 matrix the advanced 15x15 matrix with extended connection menus or the both matrix When only one matrix is displayed the output level and pan as well as a joystick are also displayed i dis Y LL b aji SHAPE we LEVEL 4 LEVEL FREGUENCZY RESPONSE LEVEL 09 o RAY DC AMNT 12452. eeemmm 18 19 e e e ee eee e e e 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing the XILS 3 2 LE The XILS 3 2 LE is a virtual instrument based on the architecture of a classic matrix based modular synthesizer Modularity and the Modulation Matrix are the basis of these synthesizers Up to 440 connections are available to build any synthesizer structure from a lot of finely emulated synthesis modules The XILS 3 2 LE is based on one main Synthesizer and one 3 layers sequencer ng PJ outputs for the first one 10 inputs and 11 out put for the second SIGNALS V CONTROLS F R F F prises L BUT E asc Main and extended Matrix PWH T LVL T OUT E T FREG Reb SIE sh showing input an Or 4 PITCH TRACK TRANSIEN Other matrix for connecting the MOD WHEEL 10 AFTER TOUCH TRAPEZDID t sequencer or the various trig EHV SIGNA 12 5 VELOCIT 13 signal are also available KEYH REVERE KEYB 2 SK 3 id um OO UM LIP X like us on Facebook http www facebook com XILSLabs and join in the conversation Note We plan to release a lot of tutorial videos to help you to get the most of XILS 3 2 LE When available you will be able to see these videos on our YouTube Channel http www youtube Icom user xils
3. DRY WET Sets the mix level between the initial signal and the processed signal SPEED Sets the rate of the internal low frequency oscillator of the chorus AMOUNT Sets the amount of the effect TYPE Toggle through the three available types 11 Option menu This menu allows to choosing the global settings These settings are defined for all the instances of XILS 3 Each time an option is changed the related option file is saved 11 1 1Main In the toolbar the Options button opens a menu for selecting various options for XILS 3 This menu shows the following options settings XILS 3 About displays information about XILS 3 version build date and credits Open MIDI settings panel Opens a popup where you can assign MIDI controllers for each of XILS 3 s parameters Click on the parameter label to select the parameter you want assign then enter the MIDI controller number from 0 to 127 or switch on the learning switch and send a MIDI command with the correct MIDI controller number XILS 3 will memorize it This setting popup can also be opened by CTRL ALT Apple Left click Mac or CTRL Win ALT Left click Win on the desired XILS 3 parameter 11 1 2Display Display low frequency as Allows displaying the low frequency LFO oscillator 2 in low mode clock rate in BPM instead of Hz GUI follows presets When checked this option allows the GUI to follow the presets That means that the special display modules are refreshe
4. LAYER 3 END SEQ MATRIX SEQUENCER _ 7 INPVT EFFECTS SEQUENCER Al SUSTAIN 1 SUSTAIN 2 SUSTAIN 3 p TRIPHONIC ENVELOPES L MATRICE SEQ SEQUENCER INPUT EFFECTS PITCH TRACKER 52 TY SNAP QUAL gt i po ZERO EFFECTS In the same way you will find a tab to display either the keyboard trig matrix or the keyboard controls velocity mod Wheel and so on ranges ENT SEU T TRIG R R CONNEXION Z T ON KEYH OFF TRANSIENT 1 Important note your computer screen shot is not hight enough to display the whole graphic interface go to the Option menu and select Display gt Reduced Then relaunch the plug in This will dispatch the keyboard panel into the tabs over the sequencer 8 XILS 3 2 LE Matrix description All the XILS 3 2 LE audio paths and trigs are done with the matrix so having some information regarding this major component is important A matrix is a component that allows you to connect the output of one module to the input of another In all the XILS 3 2 LE matrix outputs are listed in the raw and inputs in the column Putting a pin will connect the corresponding output to the corresponding input Input or output can be audio signal oscillators filters or control signals Trapezoid Stick Osc Frequency Filter frequency There is not a limitation you can always connect audio
5. OFF The envelope shaper of the synthesis part is linked Q oO Q with an internal amplifier it is the only internal T 8 t connection of the synthesizer TRAPEZ0I0 SIENAL The amount of the amplifier level modulated by this envelope is set by the TRAPEZOID knob and the output level is set by the SIGNAL nob The envelopes of the XILS 3 have two modes Trapezoid as the original model and ADSR as almost all the Standard synthesizers SHAPER ENVELOPE ADSR ATTACK DECAY OFF ATTACK DECAY SUSTAIN RELEASE Trig Keyh Gate or Seq Gale Decay Envelope Attack f Sustain T With Gate Release Envelope Without Ga DA C NF NF ON TRAPEZE Without ga TRAPEZE With Attack OFF Here is a schematic of the two mode cycle Envelope ADSR and Trapeze ATTACK Set the attack time step common for the both modes ON set the ON time step of the Trapeze mode DECAY set the decay time step common for the both modes SUSTAIN set the level of the sustain step for the envelope ADSR mode RELEASE set the release time step for the envelope ASDR mode OFF set the Off time step for the Trapeze mode This is the time between the end of the decay and the beginning f a new cycle When this knob is turned full right there is no loop As you can see in this schematic the sustain step is maintain only if the Gate is connected I
6. Trapezoid envelope of course MIDI controllable The LEVEL and PAN knobs are setting the output level of this synthesizer part 10 2 Sequencer The sequencer of the XILS 3 2 LE is very useful and can bring a lot of sound design possibilities but need a little learning curve to be able to use it with all its power 10 2 1 Front sequencer controls The XILS 3 2 LE sequencer is inspired from the original EMS 256 sequencer which was in its time a revolutionary machine It has three layers each one with two tracks This means that each of the layers can send trig information and can record two independent values SLEW RATE LI LAYER 1 The sequencer has six output tracks organised into three independent layers of two linked banks The section of the sequencer panel shows the six tracks and how the three layers are used The external ring of the corresponding double knob with a small triangle shows each current output value You can set the current output value of a sequencer step by clicking on the corresponding double knob s external ring The internal part of each double knob sets the range of the corresponding output bank and thereafter the amount of modulation Used as pitch modulator this inner ring should be set to 12 o clock to provide a normal scaled pitch modulation 4 z LAYER RECORD Switching ON the RECORD button allows you to enter sequence with your Midi keyboa
7. Type Category of the instrument like Keys Leads Basses etc Style Musical Genre Feeling Cold warm soft and finally Project My Song My Live Project ALL this item is not used for sorting the preset These primary results can then also be filtered according to second criteria Which can be chosen from a similar list in the secondary sort menu Sometimes a picture is better than a lot of text so you ll find below an example where you can find out how to select all the basses designed by a given Sound Designer Please note that once you are familiar with this system you can also perform some operations in a single click by using the Sub Groups to choose a preset In the picture below the primary sort menu is used to browse the different banks Then in a factory bank the author Xils Lab is selected and finally the Preset Init2Osc Left In this example the preset is selected in a single click operation and the presets available in the preset list will be all the Xils Lab presets available in the entire Factory Sound Library PRESET Init 20s Laft ia uet OPTIONS GE PRO o INY TYPE LEVEL IIT ENVELOPE SHA TRAPEZE SUP 1 DEG OSCILLATOR 3 REVERBERATION TEE SHAPE iy LEVEL LEVEL TYPE MIX TRAPE 0 ul ATTACK OM DECAY LEVEL ZR Fr FAL a 79 Click on the row of the sorting button to open the menu used to manage this sorting group or sub group Here you can directly select and
8. enable and owned by the user do not use c program files for instance Otherwise you will have to run your music application with administrator rights The RTAS plug in and its table control management Pro Tools are directly copied into the following directory C Program Files Common Files Digidesign DAE Plug Ins 4 3 Mac OSX 10 4 and later To install Oxium on a computer equipped with Mac OSX 10 4 or later download the latest version from the XILS lab website to make sure you have the latest version of the software http www xils lab com pages XILS32LE Download html Then launch the install program XILS 3 pkg and follow the instructions Warning the install program will ask you for your system password The various files of XILS 3 2 LE will be copied into the following directories Library Application Support Digidesign Plug Ins Library Audio Plug Ins Components Library Audio Plug Ins VST Library Application Support Documentation XILS lab XILS 3 2 users username Library Preferences XILS lab XILS 3 2 5 Quick Start 5 1 Launch Play When you launch XILS 3 2 in your host an Init preset is loaded It is a simple filtered one oscillator sound which can be seen as a basis for your sound design You can directly use or modify this preset or load one of the factory presets To browse the preset library just select a category of instruments using the BANK drop down menu found at the left of XILS 3 2 Tool Bar See Pict
9. load any preset from any group or subgroup 6 3 1 Sorting Menu Additional Functions In this menu other actions are also available Delete deletes all of the presets of the current group that are not factory ones WARNING Use this function with EXTREME care If the bank does not contain any factory presets ALL PRESETS IN THIS BANK WILL BE PERMANENTLY DELETED Rename modifies the current group name Selecting this choice will open a window where the new name will be entered Bank Rename UE j Delete User Project y Export Bank Type Import Bank Style Feeling 1 Sort All zi Use Factory Use Factory enables or disables the display of factory presets Sort By This function sorts the presets according to bank author project or shows all presets Bank Name Author Name Project Name Presets The preset menu will show presets of the same category same author same project or same bank Export Bank This function exports a bank in XILS 3 s proprietary cross platform format Mac and PC The selected bank i e the bank which contains the currently active preset will be exported to a user specified location on your hard drive Import Bank This Function allows you to browse your hard drives to select a file and imports an XILS 3 bank Please note These last two functions Import Export are not available from the second sort menu 6 4 A B comparison You c
10. minimal and maximal frequencies LVL OUT sent the level of this control signal 10 4 4 Input Gate This module is applied on the two effect inputs when the XILS 3 is used as an effect processor GATE ATTACK RELEASE OPENING CLOSING GATE THRES THRES LEVEL E ATTACK This knob sets the time the gate will open RELEASE This knob sets the time the gate will close OPENING THRESHOLD This knob sets the threshold over the gate level The external input signal must at or over this level to open the gate CLOSING THRESHOLD This knob sets the threshold below the gate level The external input signal must below this level to close the gate LEVEL This knob sets the level for opening or closing the gate 10 5 Effects modules AMOUNT 4 ON DR Y WET TIME 3 F RACK T L RIGHT SEQ MATRIX SEQUENCER INPUT 1 EFFECTS 10 5 1 Delay DRY WET TIME F BACK T SYNC F BACK TIME 000710 RIGHT DRY WET Sets the mix level between the initial signal and the processed signal DELAY set the time delay right or left FEED B Sets the amount of the delayed signal which is reused left and right TIME Sets the time of the delay DAMP set the amount of high frequencies that are discarded during the feedback MIDI S Sets the time delay according to the tempo the time will change each time the current tempo of the host application changes 10 5 2Chorus ORY WET SPEED AMOUNT 6
11. of the reverb 10 1 7 Output filter There is a static filter low pass or high pass for each of the two outputs left and right This filter can be useful for limiting some high frequencies or removing rumble while keeping a full range for the dynamic filter OUTPUT FILTER CHANMELTI 2 HFF Ee HPF dies OFF OFF LFF The two knobs set the cutoff frequency of the filters and the switch is selecting the type high pass or low pass When the switch is set to the centre no filter is inserted 10 1 8 Input Level INPUT SIGNAL CHANANEL1 CHANNEL The XILS 3 can also be a useful and versatile audio processor effect In this case the Audio Input of the plugin is directed in the Main matrix and the level can be adjusted with these two knobs 10 1 9 Joy Stick and output levels V RANGE H RANGE OUTPUT CHANNEL LEVEL EXT PAM EXT LEVEL OUTPUT CHANNEL As its original model the XILS 3 has a joystick of course fully controllable by MIDI messages The V RANGE and H RANGE set the level of the horizontal and vertical modulation CTRL click puts it back to the centre and right click allows you to keep the mouse moving the Joystick without keeping the button pressed This could be useful in certain performances sessions The ATTACK button named as the original model allows to trig the main
12. open To erase the current step removing the trig information and setting the value a zero hit the erase evt button 10 2 4 Playing sequence If a sequence is already recorded in the sequencer then for playing it you need to Connect the recorded sequencer output to some parameters see above start the sequencer by hitting the start button The sequencer will start outputting trig and value information To stop it just hit the stop button If you need to reset the sequencer clock hit the reset button RESET START NEXT STOP LO P COMT 15 KEYE Ly ERASE REVERSE STEP ERASE ALL 2 EVT C ee TEN EM Mm The keyboard can do starting stopping or resetting the sequencer after connecting the keyboard trig information to the corresponding sequencer trig inputs see the Keyboard trig Matrix When the sequencer is running you can adapt the speed by turning the inner knob of the sequencer clock The outer ring is setting the number of steps from 2 to 128 These two values are displayed in the led like display MAX CURRENT CLOCK COUNT 0 CLOCK RATE The switch LOOP 1SHOT REVERSE allows you to select to mode of the sequencer In the first case the sequencer will read the information in the forward mode looping from the end to the beginning of the sequence In the 1 shot mode the sequence will be read only once stopping at the end To read the sequence a new time the start button mus
13. panel you will find a check box named OLD XILS 3 When engaged this parameter allows a almost full compatibility with the previous XILS 3 versions including e Monophonic Ring Modulator instead a polyphonic module in the 2 0 version FO sine frequency twice the triangle frequency instead of the same frequency e Oscillator width amount modulation divided by two When launching an old preset this box is engaged but when tweaking a new preset it s worth to disengaged it to get all the evolutions and new features In the Trig tab you can easily setup a connection between a trig source and a trig destination The trig destinations are obviously the envelope but TRIG also the sequencer Start Stop and reset CONNE XION As you can see the keyboard is sending a note ON trig and a Note GATE information This is used to EARS control the envelope for sustain and looping see the envelope chapter This tab displays the various amount and range of the keyboard related controls Velocity After Touch Keyboard follow Modulation wheel and Pitch Bend Finally in this keyboard panel you will fine the GLOBAL LEVEL applied after all the internal treatment the GLOBAL TUNE which set the overall tune of the synthesizer this parameter is not record in the preset The ANALOG knob increases decreases the internal instability The GLIDE TIME sets the time the keyboard will change its pitch co
14. tab SIGNALS CONTROLS V RANGE lout Ritl2 l ose T FREO 112 51 T E E v E R B R M ale laly v RIE R BIR H RANGE ATTACK TPU DUTPUT CHANNEL1 CHANNEL2 LEVEL PAN EXT PAN EXT LEVEL Q H RANGE ATTACK OUTPUT UTPUT CHANNEL1 CHANNEL2 LEVEL PAN EXT PAN EXT LEVEL Q PITCH TRACK TRANSIENT ENV FOLLOW MAIN Z EXTENDED 7 SIGNALS CONTROLS _ F L OUT T Hoe R osc FREQ tlala E v E B R M ale OUT E n E E A R R v R PITCH TRACK AFTER TOUCH VELOCITY gt gt D 00 OS AHH gt In the sequencer modules panel you can switch between several tabs to display various functions Env LFO Inputs Effects Sequencer Sequencer connection AMP 0 HOLD D GE PRO DR RATE SYNC LEVEL DELAY ATTACK RELEASE INY TYPE LEVEL i Q i LFO TRAPEZESUP 1 RATE WIDTH LEVEL ATTACK ON DECAY OFF LEVEL SYNC TRAPEZESUP 2 DELAY FADE ATTACK ON DECAY OFF LEVEL ENVELOPES LFQ MATRICE SEQ SEQUENCER INPUT EFFECTS T SEQ UENCER R SEQ TRIG CONNEXION 952 CONNEXION SEQ LAYER 1 SEQ LAYER 2 SEQ
15. the square and the symmetry of the triangle waveform SHAPE LEVEL 9 The third one outputs the same waveform than the second but two octaves below to be used as a LFO The pitch of the oscillator is set by the internal knob for fine tuning from 12 to 12 semi tones or by the external ring for the octave range Note The pitch of the oscillator must be connected This connection is done in the advanced 15x15 matrix Putting a pin between the Keyboard follow 1 or 2 and the Oscillator Frequency modulation will do the trick To tune the oscillators according to the standard midi notes the keyboard follow level in the Keyboard control panel must be set to 0 5 and the amount of the pin must be maximum Shape this knob sets the shape of the sine square ramp or triangle waveform For the sine wave it adds odd harmonics for the square it modifies the impulse width for the ramp it adds a second front and for the triangle it modifies the raising front 0 or 5096 Ramp Triangle Frequency this knob has two parts one for coarse tuning and the other for fine tuning The outside ring sets the octave of the oscillator frequency you can set it from 2 to 2 octaves or it can be set to Low This Low setting gives a very low frequency oscillator which can be used for effects The inside part of the knob fine tunes the frequency When tuning with the left mouse button it sets the frequency by semitone s
16. Control panel with the parameter already selected e Mouse wheel on the matrix open a zoom The switches are simpler just left click to change their state A right click will change the state only while the button is pressed and return to the previous state when it is released When a parameter is chosen via a drop down menu just click on the button or label and select the item 6 Preset Management 6 1 Main Toolbar PRESET Osc OPTIONS In the toolbar you can find two Criteria buttons displaying the CRITERIA name Bank Author Type Style Feeling or Project which open the sort management menus The first two text fields show the current sorting criteria and the third shows the chosen preset in the resulting selected group of presets Clicking on the arrow on the left of the category or preset names opens the corresponding menus Info Once one parameter of a preset has been modified the name of the preset is followed by a indicating that the current settings of XILS 3 2 LE no longer matches the stored preset When you want to save a modified preset click on the Save or Save As button The SAVE function will overwrite the current preset with all the edits you have made The Save As function gives you the opportunity to save your preset under another name in a different bank and with different tags Factory Preset Protection In order to prevent you from erasing them the Factory presets cannot be overwritt
17. QE 24 ido OSCILLATOR 2 ENVELOPE SHAPER SHAPE in LEVEL ATTACK DECAY FF O ool OSCILLATOR 3 REVERBERATION SHAPE La LEVEL LEVEL TYPE MIX 01919 INPUT SIGNAL OUTPUT FILTER CHANNEL1 CHANNEL2 CHANMEL1 CHANNEL L SIGNAL LEVE TRAPEZOID NOISE GENERATOR COLOR LEVEL HPF EXTENDED BOTH osc asc EIEN lour FREG T LWL 1 2 3 1 2 ayy 1 2 MAIN V RANGE H RANGE ATTACK PITCH TRAC K OUTPUT CHANNEL PAM EXT LEWEL OUTPUT 1 LEVEL EXT gi e KEYH2 The synthesis part is build with from the left to the right top to bottom Three oscillators One ring modulator One self oscillating filter One envelope shaper with its dedicated amplifier VCA One noise generators One input level for using the XILS 3 as an effect processor One output static filter One vu meter The second part shows the connection matrix and the output level and pan A Joy tick MIDI controllable can be connected through the matrix 10 1 1 Oscillators Three oscillators are available The first one is outputting a sine wave and a saw with independent level The Shape knob allows to change the sine wave form and to add a new pulse to the saw The second oscillator provides a square and a triangle both with independent level The Shape knob changes the pulse width of
18. XILS 3 LE Version 2 0 Matrix Modular Synthesizer LL ee aes bimor b P i R F 55 E zu P 5SEO UENCER 1 QUT SEQ TRIG 1248 CONNEXION CONNEXION RMY DC 1242 FRED E LVL ENVELOPE SHAPER TI SEQ LAYER 1 ATTACK N DECAY SEQ LAYER 2 SEQ LAYER 3 OSCILLATOR 3 REVERBERATION SHAPE t LEVEL LEVEL TYPE MIX TRAPEZOID SIGNAL NOISE GENERATOR INPUT SIGNAL OUTPUT FILTER SEQ MATRIX COLOR LEVEL CHANNEL CHANNEL CHANNEL1 CHANMEL2 4 _ coe m m umo emm mS a LE SEQUENCER 255 RANGE ib c RANGE E ATTACK 4 1 CLOCK RATE OUTPUT OUTPUT 2 START LEVEL EXT PAM EXT LEVEL 4 L SLEW RATE SLEW RATE C 15 s a 2 r CURRENT 00 2 05 h REVERSE STEP MODE NBR YOICES K FOLLOW2 VELOCITY AFTER TOUCH PRIORITY ret LEGATO HIGH User Manual www xils lab com Table of contents IB MERERETUR 4 YEN T 5 PS AIEO EC eee 5 2 2 INPUT 5 IUE XILS 352 LE MODULES DESCRIPTIUN bocna E ausu qu uS 17 20 0e 17 Hum eKe e
19. ack Click on the or button allows zooming in the sequencer piano roll The SUSTAIN knobs are setting the time during which the trig information are hold When set to 0 0 the trig is hold during the entire current step otherwise it is hold according to the value If the sustain is longer than a step then some trig information won t be sent the envelop if connected won t be restart its cycle TEMPO SYNC switch allows the sequencer clock to sync to your DAW tempo TRIPHONIC this switch has a particular action The sequencer has three layers and then three trig inputs You can send each of them to a different envelope But in the case you need two envelopes or more for your sound three layers is not useful Switching on the TRIPHONIC button allows the sequencer to send trig information to three independent voices This way you will get a three voices sequencer 10 2 6 Using the Sequencer preset menu The XILS 3 2 LE provides a menu to save sequencer settings Only the sequencer values and the sequencer trig and connection are saved within this feature If you need to start stop reset the sequencer with the keyboard you will need to set this independently Clicking on the sequencer 256 label opens the menu where you can launch a preset save the current one or create a new one either with the current settings or with the default values The Random choice allows to initialize the sequencer with random values and trig and step num
20. an store two different versions of a patch simultaneously in the two A and B NON PERMANENT memory slots and instantly switch from one to the other to compare their settings When you launch XILS 3 2 the default activated memory is A When you load or modify a preset this memory A is also modified in real time according to your edits You can switch to B memory by clicking on the B button To copy the current active memory content to the other memory slot just press the button labeled gt or lt according to the current active memory With this A B comparison system you can easily have two settings and compare them in a convenient way Note Please note that by default the B memory slot until you copy settings into it or until loading a other preset within the other memory slot is populated with the init patch loaded in the A memory when you first start XILS 3 2 7 XILS 3 2 LE GUI description As you ve seen your XILS 3 2 LE is based on one main synthesizer and other modules The main synthesizer is a matrix base modular machine for which every connection has to be done There is NO default connection between modules and even trig must be taken into account This is why the XILS 3 is so powerful albeit having a learning curve which worth to go through The main synthesizer has two matrixes one 16x16 called main the other 10x11 called extended You can display either the Main the Extend or both clicking on the corresponding
21. ber 10 3 Virtual keyboard and Controls The keyboard lets you play notes by clicking on its keys that are sent to XILS 3 2 LZ The keyboard also reflects the MIDI note ON information that XILS 3 2 LE receives triggered by an external keyboard controller or your DAW When the HOLD button is engaged all the notes are held until this button in disengaged TUNE ANALOG 6GLIDE TIME KEYE MODE NBR VOICES i Q Q TRIG F PRIORITY PORTMMENTO LEGATO GLISSANDO HIGH ge 4 LAST Las TRANSIENT In this panel you will also find global controls and amount of the keyboard related parameters NBR VOICES set the number of available voices in the case of polyphonic sounds KEYBORD MODE set the playing mode of the synthesizer This is a drop down menu where you can choose between several options MONO monophonic mode only one note playing at a time with low note priority CIRCULAR POLY a polyphonic mode with up to 18 active notes at a time Each voice is chosen in a circular manner When a lot of voices are available and long release are setup this mode can be very CPU heavy RESET POLY a polyphonic mode with up to 18 active notes at a time Each new note is played with the first free voice cutting the current release and reducing the CPU load UNI2 monophonic mode with two active notes of the same pitch playing Thanks to the detune knob phasing effect can be created UNI4 monophoni
22. c mode with four active notes of the same pitch playing UNIG6 a monophonic mode with six active notes of the same pitch playing The portamento glide parameters define how the note transitions behave In monophonic mode only one note is played so each transition glide occurs between two successive notes When a polyphonic mode is enabled note transitions are cyclic This means that note transitions are undetermined and the note from which the glide is calculated is one of the previously played notes The following parameters are available PORTAMENTO activates or deactivates the portamento mode When the portamento mode is enabled the note transitions are progressive in pitch GLIDE TIME This knob adjusts the transition time between the notes GLISSENDO This switch activates semitone transitions between notes When deactivated the glides are continuous LEGATO This switch determines if the notes have to be legato to activate the glide i e if the previous note off has to occur after the current note PRIORITY This switch allows to select the mono priority mode High or Low In low mode when a second note is pressed it will change the pitch only if this new note is below the previous one In high mode it is the contrary There are two tabs in this section TRIG and CTRL The first one is displaying the keyboard related trig connection and the second the amount of various keyboard parameters Within the Trig
23. d following the preset settings Otherwise it keeps the same view Output level follows presets When checked this option allows the output level to follow the presets That means that the output level is programmed with the value saved in the preset Otherwise it keeps its value Popup On shows a popup window while modifying the value of a knob Popup Over On shows a popup window when the mouse is over a switch Popup Name On the name of the current modified parameter is displayed GUI update low slow refresh rate for the GUI Useful when it is necessary to save CPU power GUI update middle standard refresh rate for GUI GUI update fast fast refresh rate for GUI Useful when it is necessary to precisely follow the sequencer s led for instance GUI Small select a small GUI 1024x800 GUI Reduced select the reduced version with the keyboard part dispatched in the Tab panels This is for low resolution screens GUI Big select the big GUI not yet available 11 1 3Misc Init settings from current settings initializes the default values of XILS 3 from the current settings All the new presets will be created from these settings when the init settings choice is selected These parameters will also be used when setting a control to its default value Win CTRL click OSX ALT Apple Click Wheel Incr 0 01 parameter increment of 0 01 when using of the mouse wheel Wheel Incr 0 05 parameter increment of 0 05 when using of
24. dth 4 Installation 4 1 Serial number XILS 3 2 LE uses a simple serial number based proprietary protection When launching XILS 3 2 LE for the first time it will ask for this number After submitting you must close and re launch it once to complete the registration This serial number will never be asked for again even when installing updates Tip It is always a good idea to back up this serial number or to print it in case you should have to reinstall XILS 3 2 LE i e if you encountered a HD crash for example or have to reinstall your OS 4 2 Windows XP VISTA Windows 7 To install XILS 3 2 LE on Windows XP Vista or Windows 7 launch XILS 3 2 LE installer file Please download the latest version from the XILS lab website http www xils lab com pages XILS32LE Download html Once you have accepted the license agreement you will be asked to select the installation directory A destination directory is provided as a default Presets and various files like this manual used by XILS 3 2 LE will be stored in this directory Please note that this location is different from the VST install directory which you will need to specify in the next step of the installer Once the installation directory is specified you will be asked to select the VST plug in directory with a suggested default location Keep this default directory if you do not use the VST version Important notice for Vista or Windows 7 be sure to use a folder write
25. e current preset in another location Bank This is handy to gather a lot of preset into a single location or User Bank which you can export in a single file containing all the presets you created or edited for a given project CANCEL Will just cancel all operations and return to the standard XILS 3 GUI 6 3 Sort menus P _ newPreset L Rename Delete User 1298 Export Bank ENVELOPE SHAPER Import Bank Peer ON DECAY Sort o Use Factory 1 REVERBERATION LEVEL LEVEL TYPE MIX TRAPEZOID sI The sorting menus are unique and a powerful tool Allowing you to perform sophisticated tasks such as displaying the preset list organized in a variety of different ways e All the Basses of your Sound Library e All the Basses tagged with a given musical genre e All the Pads made by a given Sound Designers e All instruments for a musical genre like Electronica or Funk e All instruments that were recently imported in a bank like additional sound sets from Xils Lab or 3 party vendors There are indeed a lot of possibilities and we re confident that you ll find the best way to customize it to your personal needs In order to perform such selections all you have to do is to select an item in the first sort menu This represents the first and main criteria for the search engine AUTHOR Your name or a Sound Designer name for factory presets
26. en using the SAVE function When you edit a Factory preset the Save button will therefore be grayed and you MUST use the Save As function to save it in another bank If you edit any other preset than a Factory one the Save and Save As functions will both be available As soon as an edited preset has been saved the will disappears Until you eventually begin to edit it again 6 2 Preset menu Click in the Preset Name Area to display the preset list Here you can choose and load another preset from the current selected group of presets into XILS 3 2 LE v Xils Substractiv Open Preset Information Export Preset pee H In this menu other actions are also available Delete Preset use this to delete the current preset a popup confirmation window appears This option is only available if the current preset is not a factory one Export Preset Use this function to export the current preset in an external file format This file can be imported later as a new bank It always makes sense to back up your presets on external media Open preset Information or click on SAVE AS opens the following preset information window where the name and all other information related to the current preset can be displayed or changed Preset informations Name Bank Factor Author XILS lab Type Style Project acto Created Modified ume o CN EE UU NEN Feeling 14 11 11 03 2014 In this wi
27. he beginning of each step the Trapezoid envelope will be trigged gated according to the SUSTAIN knob see below and the oscillator pitch will be modulated according to the sequencer output A value 10 2 3 Recording a sequence First you need to Connect the sequencer output to some parameters see above Start the sequencer by clicking on the start button Switch ON the RECORD button with the 1 2 3 LAYER knob set to 1 if you want to record the other layer just set this knob to 2 or 3 and adapt the explanation below to the corresponding sequencer layer and banks Each time you hit a note on your MIDI keyboard or on the virtual keyboard the value is recorded in the sequencer Pitch for the Bank A Velocity for the Bank B At this time if the switch CONT KEYB STEP is set to the CONT position the record is done at the current step which is continuously changing Useful for live performance this could be tricky for entering a sequence For this set this witch to KEYB position the current sequencer step is changing after each new note Set this switch to the STEP position allows you to change the value of the current step with your Midi keyboard or directly by moving the outer ring of the corresponding bank layer Of course you can also enter your sequencer using the edit panel you will find one the Sequencer Edit Tab see below To erase all of your sequence just hit the erase all button a confirmation popup will
28. lab Note 2 If you have a question about the XILS 3 2 LE we strongly encourage you to join then post on the Xils Lab forum http www xils lab com xo phpBBJ Posting on our forum is the fastest way to get an answer if you experience some trouble with XILS 3 need info about a precise subject or want to exchange ideas or patches with other Xilsonauts It s the best way to be connected to the Xils Lab world 2 XILS 3 Features 2 1 Synthesizer Modules e oscillators grouped in pairs 1 self oscillating low pass filter 12 18 and 24 db with analog like behavior 1 envelopes ADSR or Trapezoid 1 Polyphonic Ring Modulator 1 Spring Reverb Noise generator 2 output filters 2 2 Input Modules 1 Envelope Follower 1 Pitch Tracker e 1 Gate 2 3 Effect Modules 1 Delay 1 Chorus 3 Digital Audio Workstation compatibility XILS 3 2 LE are available in the following formats Mac OSX 10 4 32 bits 10 6 S2 amp 64bits and later VST Audio Unit RTAS Pro Tools 7 0 and later AAX 32 amp 64 bits Windows 7 XP and Vista VST RTAS Pro Tools 7 0 and later 32 amp 64 bits V Universal r Ves 3 0 CRTAS AAX TEA Tia Anii Audio Units Minimum system requirements 1 Gigabyte of RAM and a 2 GHz processor XILS 3 2 LE are a plug ins and are not available as a standalone application Notice The screen resolution must be set at least to 1024 pixels wi
29. module extracts the pitch of the input signal The resulting pitch signal can be applied to the oscillators but it can also be used to modulate any other modules via the connection matrix QUALITY This knob sets the smoothing of the pitch tracking Turned left the smoothing is minimal and the modulation is almost unpredictable whereas turned right the smoothing is maximal and the modulation is very slow applied to oscillators it gives a glide effect SNAP This switch activates the tune option of the pitch tracker the pitch will be tuned to scale notes ZERP This double knob shifts the pitch It allows you to change the pitch of all the modules that use the pitch tracker signal The internal part adjusts the shift in semi tones while the external ring adjusts in octaves LOW FREQ This knob sets the minimal lowest frequency of the pitch tracker It sets the lowest note that the pitch tracker can handle HIGH FREQ This knob sets the maximal or highest frequency of the pitch tracker It sets the highest note that the pitch tracker can handle The settings of the pitch tracker s frequency range must be adjusted according the input signal It affects the pitch tracker s tessitura the range from lowest to highest note expected and tracking responsiveness The broader the tessitura the less precise the detection will be Adjust these two settings according to your input signal As you adjust them you can see the notes corresponding to the
30. n the same way if the gate is not connected the Trapeze mode will loop indefinitely if the OFF time is not set to maximum 10 1 4 Noise Generator Most of the sounds you can hear have a noise component in the background or during the attack To reproduce this sound feature the XILS 3 has a noise generator module NOISE GENERATOR COLDR LEVEL Q Level this knob sets the output level of the noise Colour this knob sets the colour of the noise from a very coloured noise less high frequency to a standard white noise passing through a standard pink noise The level and colour can be modulated through the advanced connection matrix 10 1 5 Ring Modulator LEVEL this knob sets the output level of the ring modulator RMV DC By clicking on this check box you remove the DC component of the input ring modulator signals Connecting the Joystick to one of the input the effect can be listening only when moving it Otherwise the level is null 10 1 6 Reverb A monophonic spring reverb unit is available Monophonic meaning that in case of polyphonic sounds all the voices are mixing before But the output of the reverb can be used as an input of polyphonic modules REVERBERATION LEVEL TYPE MIX Ba 1 z did QE LEVEL This knob sets the output level of the Reverb MIX This knob sets the mixing between the dry and the wet signals TYPE This switch sets the type
31. ndow you can modify the Name of the preset before saving it or moving it to a NEW LOCATION Bank specify the Bank in which the preset will be saved or create a NEW BANK and also enter TAGS or create your OWN CUSTOM NEW TAG in the other fields AUTHOR Your name mostly used by Sound Designers for factory presets Type Category of the instrument like Keys Leads Basses also Style Musical Genre Feeling Cold warm soft Sweep and finally Project My Favorites My Song My Live Project Patches for my next CD You can also see its creation date and the last update date To modify a preset name click in the preset NAME field and enter the new preset name To change the preset location click on the BANK display this will open a menu when you can select one of the existing sound banks or create a NEW BANK Note You can add a new item in any category and therefore create custom banks My Sound bank custom styles Musical genres categories of instruments and custom projects etc Creating custom tags and sound banks To add a new item in any field click in this field then instead of using an existing item select New which will appears at the bottom of the list This will open a separate window in which you can write the name of the new item Click OK to confirm this name and the newly created tag will now be active and selected for the current preset Note You may have to browse until the end of the list in o
32. ntrol information 10 4 Input modules When using the XILS 3 2 LE as an effect processor the input is going thought the Input modules before being sent to the main matrix LIT a SEHMSIVITY RELEASE LVL OUT ATTACK RELEASE LVL QUT GATE PITCH TRACKER _ ATTACK RELEASE QUALITY SNAP xx r ZERO OPENING CLOSING GATE THRES THRES LEVEL LOW FREQ HIGH FREQ LY L OUT Q EFFECTS ENVELOPES L MATRICE SEQ SEQUEMCER INPUT These input modules can be used as new modulation sources 10 4 1 Transient follower The transient follower provides a trig information to be used in the keyboard trig matrix as well as an envelop like control signal The RELEASE knob set the time this control return to zero after a transient has been detected SENSIVITY RELEASE LWL OUT The SENSIVITY knob set the sensitivity of the transient detection more detection when turning right less when turning left LVL OUT sent the level of this control signal 10 4 2 Envelope follower The envelope follower provides an envelop like control signal The ATTACK and RELEASE knobs set the time this control raise the input signal level or to return to zero after the input signal is returning to zero ATTACK RELEASE LYL QUT LVL OUT sent the level of this control signal 10 4 3 Pitch Tracker PITCH TRACKER 5 QUALITY SNAP D X d E LOW FREQ HIGH FREQ L L OUT Q This
33. pe Bass Keys Leads etc and Library Bank by default Please note that the XILS 3 2 LE s powerful Preset management is fully detailed in chapter 6 of this manual 5 3 Adjusting the instruments parameters Knobs switches On XILS 3 2 LE most sound parameters like the pitch of an oscillator or the filter s Cut Off frequency are controlled using Knobs To adjust the parameters of XILS 3 2 LE with the mouse you have two axes horizontal and vertical which will give the same results To increase a parameters value click and drag the knob to the right or to the top To decrease a parameter value click and drag the knob to the left or to the bottom Fine adjustments If you right click on a parameter or if you hold shift while clicking you can adjust the parameter with fine precision the button of the toolbar displays a panel summarizing these shortcuts Keyboard shortcuts In addition we have provided some soft keys combination to perform several very useful tasks Windows e CTRL left click reset parameter to its default value e CTRL right click or CTRL Shift left click initialize the default value of the parameter e Win Alt CTRL click open the MIDI Control panel with the parameter already selected e Mouse wheel on the matrix open a zoom OSX e Apple left click reset parameter to its default value e Apple Shift left click initialise the default value of the parameter e Apple Alt CTRL click open the MIDI
34. rd instead using the Sequencer edit panel In this mode when you hit a note the pitch will be memorised in the steps of the first bank of the corresponding layer and the velocity in steps of the second bank The current layer on which the keyboard acts is set with the three position LAYER knob A series of MIDI controllable buttons controls the sequencer and a double knob controls the sequencer s clock rate RESET START EXT STOP P fisnor keve ERASE REWERSE STEP ERASE ALL EVT r i Fg prs CONES arl a MAX CURRENT iO CLOCK RATE To help with your creative workflow independent sequencer presets can be saved and recalled This preset management is under the Sequencer 256 label SEQUENCER 254 10 2 2 Connecting the sequencer Above the sequencer controls you will find the Sequencer Connection tabs F SEQ UENCER SEQ TRIG hid ose ose CONNEXION eri Ee CONNEXION 2 1 2 3 Y 1 2 SEQ LAYER 1 SEQ LAYER 2 SEQ MATRIX SEQUENCER d EFFECTS With these matrix you can connect the sequencer outputs to synthesizer parameters like Oscillator pitch PWM filter cutoff frequency or output level You can also trig the envelope For instance connect layer 1 trig to the first Trapezoid envelope and layer 1 bank A to the oscillator frequency With these connections at t
35. rder to select new depending on its length TIP How to create a Favorite Sound bank Two possibilities 1 Just create a bank named My Favorite and save all the interesting patches in this sound bank To browse all your favorites just set the first criteria to BANK then select My Favorite you can still use the second criteria to filter results by categories of instruments to browse all your favorite basses for example This method is fast but will duplicate your patches 2 Just create a new tag in the Project field and name it My Favorite then just resave using SAVE AS any interesting patch with this tag To browse your favorite just choose this tag in the project field as first criteria This method is maybe more interesting because you can reverse it Should you decide a particular patch doesn t deserve no more to be honored by its Fav tag just remove the tag and resave it Note Please be aware that creating to many categories can also have its drawbacks making browsing go from slightly difficult to very cumbersome Should you create around 200 different custom instrument categories it would become very difficult to browse the library using the Style Category sorting So use these possibilities wisely Once you have filled all the desired required fields SAVE AS Will save the current preset in the chosen Bank with its new or unchanged Name and tagged with all the fields you filled in MOVE TO Allows transferring th
36. signal output to control inputs and it will be treated at audio rate SIGNALS 5 CONTROLS For instance in this matrix Oscillator 1 saw output is connected to the filter audio input Filter audio output is connected to the VCA audio input named ENV as in the original model im OD Ue DO 10 Finally output VCA ENV SIGNAL is connected to 12 the output of the synthesizer OUT 1 2 n Connection is always going from left to right and bottom to top As the matrix can be small clicking on the magnifier or using the mouse wheel over the matrix will open it in a big pop up for an easier reading To remove connection just right click on a pin 9 XILS 3 2 LE Trig connection description As we explained there are absolutely no internal or default connections in the XILS 3 2 LE This means that even the connection between the keyboard and envelops for instance must be done Two trig sources are available the Keyboard and the sequencer They are grouped in two different panels You will find the Keyboard trig matrix at the right of the virtual keyboard and the sequencer matrix in the sequencer module panel under the tab Seq Matrix SEO UENCER CONNEXION F SEQUENCER p 1 CONNEXION 95C OSC DUT PWM FREG c T LWL A E 1 2 3 1 2 3 Y 1 2 mun SEQ MATRIX SEQUENCER INPUT EFFECTS
37. t be hit or trigged In the reverse mode the sequencer will loop in reverse mode the sequencer will be read backward The switch CONT KEYB STEP allows you to select the clock mode CONT Continuous when you need the sequencer playing continuously KEYB changing when a note is pressed on the keyboard or STEP changing when the NEXT button is pressed 10 2 5 Using the Sequencer Editor The XILS 3 2 LE provides a simple mouse editor for the sequencer Using the old analog push button way to enter or modify a sequence can be difficult that s why this editor was created to help you EDIT VIEW 8 08 rl LOFA SEQUENCER E Nu SUSTAIN 1 SUSTAIN 2 SUSTAIN 3 TRIPHONIC ENVELOPES L MATRICE SEU SEQUENCER INPUT 7 EFFECTS On the left of the screen you will find check buttons The left ones are for selecting which track will be changed by the mouse the right one are for selecting which tracks are displayed For instance clicking on the A edit check will enable the Layer1 track A to be edited by the mouse left click on a step will add trig information and dragging the coloured rectangle will change the corresponding value Only one track can be changed at a time If you need to modify a different track you will need to change the Edit check selection To remove a step just right click on it this will remove the trig information and set the value at zero of the corresponding tr
38. teps When tuning with the right mouse button it fine tunes the frequency with more precision Level this knob modifies the output level of each waveform This can be useful for blending the mix of the waveforms and setting the amount of modulation created between them The oscillator s frequency shape and level can be modulated with control or audio signal thanks to the matrix connection for shape see the advanced matrix setting panel 10 1 2 Filter There are three modes for this low pass filter which can be selected by the horizontal switch ue e 12 db Oct attenuation mode 18 db Oct self oscillating analog filter 24 db Oct self oscillating analog filter When engaged the AMNT x4 check box allows to increase the amount of the modulation Frequency set the cutoff frequency It can be modulated audio or control rate by connecting a pin at the corresponding destination in the matrix Response set the emphasis the Q factor of the filter Over 3 8 it begins to self oscillate for the 18 and 24 db modes The response can also be modulated see advanced matrix explanation Level set the output level of the filter Note the internal non linearities of the 18db and the 24 db filters are not the same The 18 db filter has been finely emulated reproducing as close as possible the behavior of the original 18db diode layer filter 10 1 3 Envelope Shaper ENVELOPE SHAPER ATTACK ON DECAY
39. the mouse wheel Wheel Incr 0 1 parameter increment of 0 1 when using of the mouse wheel 12 Credits Thanks to the artists and musician who really helped us during XILS 3 development Tim Blake Mathias Br ssel The presets were done by Laurent Bourgeon Lotuzia Simon Ball Soundsdivine Nori Ubukata Xavier Oudin Kevin Lamb Drew Neumann Cliff Douse Chris Pitman Celmar Engel The graphical user interface was created by Xavier Oudin and Yannick Bonnefoy The graphical element and 3D design was created by Yannick Bonnefoy This manual was written by Xavier Oudin And proofread and corrected by Michael Logue The plug in design algorithm and Digital Signal Processing was done by Xavier Oudin
40. ure Below You can then use the up and down arrows located at the right of the preset name or open the bank drop down list by clicking in the PRESET NAME AREA Bank Factory zu 4 B OPTIONS NETT term uU T re GE PRO RELEASE INY TYPE LEVEL 290 OSCILLATOR 2 ENVELOP TRAPEZE 5 11 SHAPE La LEVEL ATTACK OM WIDTH LEVEL ATTACK ON DECAY LEVEL Note We have also provided different Init Patches which can be seen as a good basis to begin to design new presets 5 2 Toolbar 1 1 1 1 PRESET ia OPTIONS Note The toolbar at the top of the interface lets you load or save presets as well as BANKS of presets make a comparison between two different versions of the current preset A amp B or modify the options These functions are described in detail later in this manual Selecting a preset Click on the PRESET NAME AREA to display the list of the available presets in the current sorted group Warning Please note that selecting a new preset without saving your current settings will erase any changes you have made to those settings Selecting a group of presets Click on one on the two CRITERIA buttons to change criteria and define a group of presets that will match the two filtering criteria You can sort presets by Author Feeling Type Style Bank or Projects Info Please note that XILS 3 2 LE will display presets sorted by instruments Categories Ty
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