the bass station ii librarian
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1. Bass Station Il Librarian User Guide novation CONTENTS IntroducHOrn uii CY a CY wd Gwd TW 3 Operating System Compatibility e nn 3 Installation Mac Windows 9999999259uuySLLLL LL nnr nn HRN n noon 3 The Bass Station ll Librarian 22eemenaaamanenaaaaeammmnaaammmmnanannmrsnnnnmr 3 A 3 Transferring a patch from the Librarian mmameaaamranannanenmnamaranmaraneananmmnaranrn 3 Using Banks and FolderS econ ita 4 Transferring an entire Bank from the Librarian to the Bass Station ll 4 Transferring subsets of patches from a Bank to the Bass Station ll 4 Restoring Factory Defaults Limita 4 Re ordering patches within a Bank sssssnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nnmnnn nnn 4 Grabbing patchE5 nnmnnn nnmnnn na 4 Resetting patches and the Init Patch sssssnnsnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nnmn 4 Naming parchear nara 4 Searching Tor patch ES id JU RW YG 4 IMportrEXDOR SVS loans I YT EW EF UON 5 Drag and DIODSyS EE NU nd 5 Trade marks Novation is a registered trade marks of Focusrite Audio Engineering Limited Bass Station ll is a trade mark of Focusrite Audio Engineering Limited Sony Philips Digital Interface SPDIF is a trade mark of Sony Corporation and Philips Electronics VST is a trade mark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Audio Units AU is a2. Organ Straight Ahead Straight Lead Octave Lead Punch Stack Deep Fuzz Daft Oscillator Clicky Sub Clint is On Birdland Bass League of Bass 4 Library 09 My Patches EJ Grabbed Patches By Factory 4 On My Bass Station II Sounds Perc d Bass Teddys Berlin Acid House DeviceStatus Connected Overview The Librarian window is arranged as a conventional file management screen with two panes the left hand one listing folders and the right hand one listing files patches in this case The folder system is basically divided into two patches stored in the computer On My PC or On My Mac and those stored on the Bass Station ll On My Bass Station II In addition to the patch name the pathname is also listed showing the file location of the patch English The On My PC or On My Mac folder contains three further folders My Patches where any patches you want to keep are stored You can right click on the My Patches icon select Create Folder and create and name further folders within My Patches Grabbed Patches reserved for patch capture from the Bass Station Il Factory this contains backup copies of all the original Bass Station ll factory patches These cannot be altered so will be available even if you overwrite the original versions in the Bass Station ll itself This folder contains one bank The On My Bass Station ll folder contains the patches which are currently stored on your Bass Sta
3. MB O H o Searching for Patches The Librarian includes a convenient real time Search function which allows you to display only patches with text in their various fields which match that entered as search criteria The text to search for is entered in the Type here to search box on the toolbar Click the arrow to open a drop down list of the fields to which the search criterion is to be applied Patch Name and Location are available and any or all may be selected The displayed subset of patches may then be used in the normal way Home Help L ul i mh BD ox 23 Copy Paste Previous Next Grab Reset Redo New New Delete folder bank Clipboard Bass Station II Edit Search Y Name Y Location 4 Library Name Location 4 On My PC Paul s Oscillator On My PC My Patches Live Live EN Grabbed Patches 4 BN Factory Sounds 4 On My Bass Station II Es Sounds HINT Once a subset has been found by the Search function its contents may be auditioned in sequence by using the Next and Previous keys as described in Transferring a patch from the Librarian on page 3 The Search criterion may be cleared by clicking in the box and using your computer keyboard s Backspace key to delete the text characters one at a time or by selecting the text and pressing the Delete key Deleting the search text string will automatically display the full patch list in the selected folder NOTE The Search function only works in the My
4. patches stored on the Bass Station Il HINT A series of patches may be auditioned in sequence by using the Next and Previous keys on the toolbar Double click the first patch in the seguence to load it into the Bass Station ll and use Next and Previous as reguired Home Help Cut a e P Undo e x N arch MAS 33 Copy Paste Previous Next Grab Reset Redo lew New Dele Clipboard Bass Station II Edit Search 4 Library Name 4 On MyPC 0 Anabass 1 EZ My Patches ia E ES Grabbed Patches a 3 Wobbiness lb a 4 Acid Morphing m Ei Sounds 5 WizardofOz 4 On My Bass Station II 6 Hellish Run E Sounds 7 Vinspired 1 8 Catch the Metro 9 Dr Organ 10 Straight Ahead 11 Straight Lead 12 Octave Lead 13 Punch Stack 14 Deep Fuzz 15 Daft Oscillator 16 Clicky Sub N Clint is On Birdland Bass League of Bass NR O o co Perc d Bass Teddys Berlin Acid House Fretless YNNN BU N A DeviceStatus Connected Using Banks and Folders The Bass Station ll s internal patches are arranged in a Bank This arrangement is represented in the Librarian with one Bank being provided in the Factory and On My Bass Station ll folders We ve named this Bank Sounds Ed Bankicon Ei E It is also possible to create a new Bank in My Patches This is effectively a new folder with provision for 128 patches You can rename such Banks at will The advantages of using Banks over folders as the basis for y
5. trade mark of Apple Inc RTAS is a trade marks of Avid Inc 2010 O Focusrite Audio Engineering Limited All rights reserved Disclaimer Focusrite has taken all possible steps to ensure that the information given here is both correct and complete In no event can Novation accept any liability or responsibility for any loss or damage to the owner of the eguipment any third party or any eguipment which may result from use of this manual or the eguipment which it describes The information provided in this document may be modified at any time without prior warning Specifications and appearances may differ from those listed and illustrated English INTRODUCTION The Bass Station ll Librarian is a dedicated software application which provides a powerful management tool for on and off line synth patches NOTE The scope of this manual is to introduce the software features available in the Librarian lt does not provide detailed explanations of each synthesizer parameter For a more detailed explaination please refer to the Bass Station ll User Guide supplied with the synthesizer NOTE The Bass Station ll is capable of generating audio with a large dynamic range and If taken to extremes could cause damage to loudspeakers or other components and also to your hearing OPERATING SYSTEM COMPATIBILITY Macintosh OS X 10 9 Mavericks OS X 10 8 Mountain Lion Windows Windows 8 1 Windows 8 Windows 7 For more information
6. INIT PAT Import SysEx 17 Straight 18 INIT PATCH NOTE Undo and Redo buttons are available in the toolbar Inadvertently deleted or reset patches in the Librarian can be restored using these buttons The usual keyboard shortcuts should also be available It is important to remember that all Undo history will be lost as soon as the Librarian is shut down Care should be taken so that you do not unintentionally lose any sounds when using the Delete Reset command Naming Patches Once a patch has been Grabbed it will generally be desirable to rename it Right clicking anywhere on any patch entry in any folder Bank will open a pop up menu from which Rename may be selected This will select the patch name it turns blue for editing Click outside the field or hit Return on the keyboard when finished Patch names stored on the Bass Station Il can also be renamed in this way Naming can be performed on patches in any of the My Patches and Grabbed Patches folders or Banks Home Help a Um D Undo x x Type here to search in 33 Copy Paste Previous Next Grab 4 Redo New New Delete Clipboard Bass Station II Edit Search 4 Library Name 4 On My PC a My Patches ES Live ES Grabbed Patches 4 BN Factory Es Sounds 4 On My Bass Station II Sounds Hellish Run Vinspired 1 Catch the Metro INIT PATCH Straight Ahead Punch Stack Paul d Oscillator Clicky Sub INIT PATCH Deep Fuzz INIT PATCH oon Du gt Uw
7. Patches and Grabbed Patches folders lt will also work with any subfolders of My Patches but not with patches located in Banks Import Export SysEx Patches can be imported to or exported from the Librarian in the form of MIDI SysEx syx files It is possible to export either entire folders Banks by selecting them in the left hand pane or a subset of patches by selecting them in the right hand pane using the SHIFT and or CTRL Cmd keys as necessary to select contiguous or individual patches Once the chosen folder Bank or patches are selected a right click will open a pop up menu from which Export SysEx may be selected Choose the file name and location where the syx file is to be stored in the usual manner Home Help amp Cut a Um 5 Undo x Pas pal tb d 33 Copy Paste Previous Next Grab Reset Redo Ne Vv New Delete older bank Clipboard Bass Station II Edit Search 4 Library amp Name 4 On My PC 0 Hellish Run 4 Eg My Patches 1 Vinspired 1 1 YN 2 Catch the Metro Luc Copy 3 INIT PATCH a War Cut 4 Straight Ahead PA 3 EN 5 Punch Stack med 6 Paul s Oscillator 4 OnMyB Rename 7 Cithy Sub E soj Delete 8 INITPATCH 9 Deep Fuzz 10 INIT PATCH 11 Dr Organ p N INIT PATCH INIT PATCH INIT PATCH INIT PATCH Straight Lead Octave Lead INIT PATCH TANT DATCU Reset Bank Send to Synth Rot pp in B w Export SysEx Import SysEx H o Rh o oo N a D The procedure for importing SysEx files is very
8. and or CTRL Cmd keys as necessary to select contiguous or individual patches The selected subset can then be dragged from the right hand pane to the Sounds Bank Hold the pointer over the Sounds bank and its list of presets will then be displayed in the right hand pane Move the pointer to the location where you want the first patch to occupy and release The transferred patches will seguentially occupy the bank starting at the chosen location Restoring Factory Defaults Because the Factory folder in On My PC or On My Mac always contains a locked set of the original factory patches restoring the Bass Station ll to its initial factory default settings is simply accomplished by dragging the Factory Sounds Bank on to the Sounds Bank in On My Bass Station II Re ordering patches within a Bank When working with patches in User Banks in On My PC or On My Mac it will be generally useful to arrange the patches in sequential order If the Bass Station ll is being used in live performance this will be the order in which they will be reguired in the set list To re order patches within a Bank click on the patch to be moved in the list in the right hand pane and drag it to its new position All patches with a higher location will move down one to make room for it Grabbing patches The Bass Station ll s current patch may be stored in the Librarian at any time by clicking on the Grab icon on the toolbar a large green arrowhead This opens
9. nce released the patch es will import directly into that Bank starting from the location of the pointer English
10. on compatibility visit www novationmusic com Bass Station ll THE BASS STATION II LIBRARIAN The Librarian is a dedicated software application that lets you save and organise your synth patches in a manner which is much easier to access and manage than with the Bass Station ll s internal patch management system The Llbrarian can be launched from Start gt All Programs gt Novation gt Bass Station Il gt Bass Station ll Librarian for Windows and Applications gt Bass Station ll Librarian for Mac Thus no other applications need to be running in order for the Librarian to operate e PEC 3 Copy Paste Next Grab Reset cut tex gu Cut Redo Ne dew Delete folder bank Clipboard Edit Bass Station II Search Location On My PC Factory Sounds On My PC Factory Sounds On My PC Factory Sounds On My PC Factory Sounds On My PC Factory Sounds On My PC Factory Sounds On My PC Factory Sounds On My PC Factory Sounds On My PC Factory Sounds On My PC Factory Sounds On My PC Factory Sounds On My PC Factory Sounds On My PC Factory Sounds On My PC Factory Sounds On My PC Factory Sounds On My PC Factory Sounds On My PC Factory Sounds On My PC Factory Sounds On My PC Factory Sounds On My PC Factory Sounds On My PC Factory Sounds On My PC Factory Sounds On My PC Factory Sounds On My PC Factory Sounds Name Anabass 1 Pulse Sync Owl Bass Wobbiness Acid Morphing Wizard of Oz Hellish Run Vinspired 1 Catch the Metro Dr
11. our patch management are e An entire Bank can be uploaded to the Bass Station ll as a single action e Patches can be assigned specific patch numbers within a Bank which is of enormous benefit when creating a live performance set list orem OS ES ES M Folders have no limit on the number of patches which they may contain but can contain further folders and can be organised in whatever manner just like any other computer file management system that suits your method of working However because patches in a folder are not associated with any specific patch number it is not possible to re order the patches in a folder Note that for easy reference the icon in the left hand pane denoting a bank is different from that denoting a folder Transferring an entire Bank from the Librarian to the Bass Station Il This can be simply achieved by selecting the Bank to be uploaded in the left hand pane and dragging it on to the Sounds Bank in My Bass Station ll The patches contained in the new Bank will occupy the eguivalent locations in the Bass Station ll but note that this procedure will overwrite the previous contents of the Bass Station ll s internal Bank Transferring subsets of patches from a Bank to the Bass Station II It is also possible to load a subset of patches of a Bank into the Bass Station ll To do this select all the patches to be uploaded by clicking on their entries in the list in the right hand pane using SHIFT
12. similar To import a file into a folder or Bank select the destination in the left hand pane and right click From the pop up select Import SysEx and choose the file to be imported NOTE For folders all imported patches will be added to the bottom of the patch list displayed in the right hand pane For Banks all imported patches will be added sequentially from patch location 000 onwards To import patches to specific locations in a Bank first in the right hand pane highlight the chosen patch location where you want the initial patch to be imported into Then right click and select Import SysEx Choose the desired syx file and the patch es will be imported If the file contains multiple patches the first patch will be loaded into the highlighted location and the remaining patches will load sequentially thereafter Note that importing patches into Banks will overwrite any existing patches in those locations Drag and Drop SysEx In addition to the Import Export SysEx command it is also possible to select a folder Bank or patch es and with a left click and hold action drag it them off the Librarian window and directly on to the computer s desktop or into an open directory or folder This is in effect a shortcut to using the Export SysEx feature Likewise it is possible to drag and drop a syx file into the Librarian If dragging a file into a Bank you can position the pointer over the location where you want the patches to load O
13. sion of Init Patch can be grabbed back into the Librarian in the manner already described see previous section Grabbing patches Note that use of the Reset button does not alter the contents of any folder or Bank in the Librarian it simply loads a copy of Init Patch into the Bass Station Il Patches in Librarian Banks may be reset to Init Patch using a different procedure This method permanently removes unwanted patches from a Bank To do this select the patch es to be replaced with Init Patch and right click Select Delete Reset from the pop up menu This will overwrite the selected patch es with the Init Patch This procedure does not change anything in the Bass Station ll its patch and all its current settings will remain unaltered Similary patches stored in folders can be deleted in the same manner using the Delete Reset command Home Help a Type here to search Scr A f g Undo x Pas i x Ra Copy Paste Previous Next Grab Reset Redo New New Delete folder bank Clipboard Bass Station II Edit Search 4 Library Name 4 On My PC a My Patches ES Live ES Grabbed Patches 4 BA Factory Sounds 4 On My Bass Station II E Sounds Hellish Run Vinspired 1 Catch the Metro INIT PATCH Straight Ahead Octave li Punch Si DaftOsq COPY Clicky Su Paste INIT PAT Delete Reset 10 Deep Fu Rename 11 INIT PAT 12 Dr Orga 13 INIT PAT Grab Cut oa nuk wn O 14 INIT PAT 15 INIT PAT Export SysEx 16
14. the New Patch Received dialogue box Once the current patch is in the Grabbed Patches folder it can be renamed if wished and dragged to a different folder or Bank location in On My PC or On My Mac for future use The usefulness of grabbing patches in this way is that it enables you to rapidly store the sound currently in use whether that has been created from scratch or as a modification to a factory patch There is clearly no advantage in grabbing an unchanged factory patch as they are always available from the Librarian in any case English Resetting patches and the Init Patch If you want to create a sound from scratch a good starting point is to use the Init Patch This is a basic single sawtooth oscillator sound with no filtering envelopes or modulation Patches 70 127 of the Bass Station ll s Sounds Bank are pre loaded with 58 copies of Init Patch The Sounds Bank in the Factory folder contains the same set This procedure is essentially no different from loading any other patch from anywhere else in the Librarian the parameters of Init Patch are transferred to the Bass Station II by clicking on the Reset icon similar to a New document icon on the toolbar As with other patch loading three dashes are shown in the Bass Station ll s display but the patch is now named Init Patch The contents of the original patch location are not overwritten When you have created the sound you want the amended ver
15. tion ll These patches are visible in the Librarian when connected This folder contains one bank of 128 patches to match the synth NOTE It may take up to 20 seconds for the Librarian to sync with your Bass Station ll when connected for the first time Transferring a patch from the Librarian Any patch in any folder may be immediately loaded into the Bass Station ll by double clicking anywhere on its entry in the right hand pane A single click merely highlights the patch in the list Note that loading a patch from On My PC or On My Mac merely configures the synth to the settings corresponding to that patch and does not overwrite any patch memory in the Bass Station ll Selecting patches listed in On My Bass Station II will load the patches stored in the hardware The Bass Station ll s display will show three dashes to show that the current patch has been received from the librarian rather than one currently stored on the product However the original patch remains in its correct location It is of course possible to overwrite it by using the Bass Station ll s save function see Bass Station ll User Manual for details NOTE Pressing the Patch buttons on the Bass Station ll will increment or decrement the patch loaded into the synth with the next original patch stored in the hardware thus overriding the patch loaded in from the Librarian The Patch buttons do not not control the patch list in the software they control the
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