Sonik Synth™ 2 Version 2.1 User Manual Addendum
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1. 2 with specific audio outputs on the chosen audio interface This allows you to assign where the audio from Sonik Synth 2 is routed Sample Rate and Buffer Size the sample rate and buffer size drop down menus allow you to change the sample rate and buffer size of the audio interface These settings are dependent on the driver of the audio interface itself Not all audio interfaces have the same sample rates or buffer settings To get the optimum performance from Sonik Synth 2 stand alone set the buffer size as small as possible without clicks and pops This will create the least amount of possible latency while playback Panel this control will open the Control panel for the selected audio interface Depending on the audio interface this panel could contain more advanced feature settings on the audio interface drivers This panel is only available when ASIO drivers are selected MIDI Input the MIDI input drop down menu allows you to select the MIDI input device with which you will control Sonik Synth 2 Any MIDI interface or controller with driver support for Windows XP or MAC OSX will work with Sonik Synth 2 Preferences The Preferences window Settings gt Preferences allows you to adjust the tempo for internal Loop Sync and BPM sync effects as well as to select Reload previous session on Startup for an easy recall of the last open state of your Sonik Synth 2 In Sonik Synth 2 you can change the BPM Tempo in2. 2 with more than one MIDI channel up to 16 by selecting All in the Logic MIDI Channel field of the Audio Instrument track At this point all single MIDI events should be assigned to the proper MIDI channel from the Event List editor This can also be achieved by switching the transmit MIDI channel on your MIDI keyboard when you record your parts Alternatively to set up Sonik Synth 2 as a Multi Channel Instrument please follow the next instructions 1 Launch Logic Open a new project Double click Instr 1 Click on Input and follow this path Multi Channel AU Instruments IK Multimedia Sonik Synth 2 Its name will appear as the mixer s fader input Blue background Open a Sonik Synth 2 instrument folder and double click on a desired instrument Add until 16 instruments per Sonik Synth 2 instance 2 Go to Windows Environment This should launch you into the MIDI Instr section If it does not go to your left column click in the 2nd dark grey box area below the icons and choose MIDI Instr 3 Now go to the upper left hand corner of this screen and click on the NEW menu Then select Multi Instrument a rectangle with 16 individual slashed boxes should appear 4 Click each of these numbers once to take away the slash that covers them and then click one more time in the white background square 5 Now go back to the left side column again and in the 3rd dark grey box Parameter bo
3. will appear as a Device with an XY controller on it To show hide the Sonik Synth 2 interface click the edit plug in panel small wrench button at the top of the Device window Open a Sonik Synth 2 instrument folder and double click on a desired instrument To monitor just click on the virtual keyboard click on the MIDI track In button or rec enable the MIDI track and play via your MIDI controller To record click rec and play from the transport bar and play your MIDI controller To use multiple MIDI channels in Sonik Synth 2 in Live just follow these simple steps In Sonik Synth 2 select another instrument for part 2 In Live go to Insert Insert MIDI Track From the MIDI To drop down menu select the Live MIDI channel in which you have inserted Sonik Synth 2 e g 2 MIDI From the Track In drop down menu select your desired Sonik Synth 2 channel e g 2 Sonik Synth 2 Starting Sonik Synth 2 in Sonar 6 Launch Sonar and create your new session Go to Insert Soft Synths Vstplugins Sonik Synth 2 and press OK Double click the mini keyboard icon located on top of the MIDI icon Sonik Synth 2 interface will appear Then open a Sonik Synth 2 instrument folder and double click on a desired instrument To monitor just click on the virtual keyboard or play via your MIDI controller To record click on the Restore Strip Size icon first click the MIDI track
4. IK Multimedia www ikmultimedia com Sonik Synth 2 Version 2 1 User Manual Addendum This Sonik Synth 2 User Manual addendum gives information on features that have been introduced with version 2 1 For all other features please refer to the Sonik Synth 2 User Manual Using Sonik Synth 2 as a Plug In Using Sonik Synth 2 as a Stand Alone Octave Transposition Synth Sampler Range controls Updated Stretch Pitch Shift and Time Stretch engines BPM Sync LFOs 16 Stereo Outputs ee eee eee 1 Using Sonik Synth 2 as a Plug In Note for information about how to set up Sonik Synth 2 in previous host application versions please refer to the original Sonik Synth 2 User Manual Chapter 2 Starting Sonik Synth 2 in Pro Tools 7 x 99 eee Launch Pro Tools and create a new session Go to Track New Select stereo instrument track and click Create Click on the track insert and select Sonik Synth 2 from the following path Multi channel plug in Instrument Sonik Synth 2 Open a Sonik Synth 2 instrument folder and double click on a desired instrument Play your MIDI controller or the virtual keyboard to monitor Sonik Synth 2 To record just rec enable the Pro Tools Instrument track and hit REC from the transport To use multiple MIDI channels in Sonik Synth 2 in Pro Tools 7 x just follow these simple steps In Sonik Synth 2 select and load another instrument for ch 2 In Pr
5. R button rec and the Record transport button To use multiple MIDI channels in Sonik Synth 2 in Sonar 6 just follow these simple steps In Sonik Synth 2 select another instrument for part 2 In Sonar 6 go to Insert MIDI tracks From the MIDI track s Output below the fader select Sonik Synth 2 and from its CH channel drop down menu select your desired Sonik Synth 2 channel Starting Sonik Synth 2 in GarageBand 3 x Launch GarageBand go to Track New Track Software Instrument and click Create Expand the Details menu if it is necessary and in the Track Info window choose Sonik Synth 2 from the Generator drop down menu and then click on the pencil icon Open a Sonik Synth 2 instrument folder and double click on a desired instrument To monitor just click on the virtual keyboard or play via your MIDI controller To record click the REC transport button Starting Sonik Synth 2 in Acid 6 x Launch Acid and go to Insert MIDI track Then go to Insert again and click on Soft Synth Select Sonik Synth 2 from the Soft Synth Chooser window and click OK its interface will show up Open a Sonik Synth 2 instrument folder and double click on a desired instrument To monitor just click on the virtual keyboard or play via your MIDI controller To record arm the MIDI track click the REC transport button and play your MIDI controller To playba
6. ag and drop a new filter from the top right area to the selected track When the plug ins list appears select Sonik Synth 2 so its interface will open Open a Sonik Synth 2 instrument folder and double click on a desired instrument To monitor just click on the virtual keyboard or REC enable the track click R from your selected track input device left area and play via your MIDI controller To record click the REC transport button To use multiple MIDI channels in Sonik Synth 2 in Tracktion 3 just follow these simple steps In Sonik Synth 2 select a new instrument for the part 2 In a new track select your Input device Click on the track name e g track 7 to open the track window From the destination output for this track area select the Tracktion MIDI channel in which you have inserted Sonik Synth 2 e g track 6 Click the Input device area so the MIDI Input window appears Select your desired Sonik Synth 2 channel e g 2 moving the channel slider 2 Using Sonik Synth 2 as a Stand Alone In addition to being a plug in instrument Sonik Synth 2 functions as a stand alone application This allows Sonik Synth 2 to have all the functionality and flexibility of the plug in in a self contained software instrument This makes it possible to use Sonik Synth 2 for live applications when there is no need for a complex sequencer setup The stand alone mode can also be usefu
7. ck select Sonik Synth 2 from the MIDI track output small keyboard icon with a number below it located in the MIDI track To use multiple MIDI channels in Sonik Synth 2 in Acid 6 just follow these simple steps In Sonik Synth 2 select another instrument for part 2 In Acid insert another MIDI track and select Sonik Synth 2 as its output e g Soft Synth 2 Sonik Synth 2 1 In the same window select MIDI channel 2 Starting Sonik Synth 2 in Nuendo 3 Launch Nuendo open a new project then go to Devices VST Instruments and choose Sonik Synth 2 from the drop down menu where it says No VST Instruments Open a Sonik Synth 2 instrument folder and double click on a desired instrument Add a MIDI track from Project Add track MIDI menu and select Sonik Synth 2 as its output The MIDI channel 1 is selected by default To monitor just click on the virtual keyboard or REC enable the MIDI track and play via your MIDI controller To record click REC on the transport bar To use multiple MIDI channels in Sonik Synth 2 in Nuendo 3 just follow these simple steps In Sonik Synth 2 select another instrument for part 2 In Nuendo insert another MIDI track Sonik Synth 2 will be automatically selected as its output as well as the MIDI channel 2 Starting Sonik Synth 2 in Tracktion 3 Launch Tracktion open a project and select your Input device from a particular track Dr
8. cord just press rec on the transport bar and play your musical ideas In Logic Express just select the MIDI track then click REC on the transport bar and play your musical ideas Starting Sonik Synth 2 in Digital Performer 5 x Launch Digital Performer and create your new session From the Project menu select Add Track Instrument Track and choose Sonik Synth 2 stereo IK Multimedia Be sure that you have selected an active audio output non italics for the Instrument Track Double click on Sonik Synth 2 just inserted in the Instrument Track open an instrument folder and double click on a desired instrument Create a MIDI track it will be automatically routed to Sonik Synth 2 Ch 1 and REC enable it If you want to add more MIDI tracks and then route them to a different Sonik Synth 2 instrument just change each MIDI track s output to a different Sonik Synth 2 channel Starting Sonik Synth 2 in Live 6 x Launch Live and click on a MIDI track in the Mixer Drop Area The Drop MIDI Effects Audio Effects or Instruments Here text will appear in the MIDI Track View bottom window Now in the Browser Window window on the left hand side of the screen click the Plug in Browser button looks like an electric plug Browse to Sonik Synth 2 from the Audio Units or VST folder and click drag it into the MIDI Track View The Sonik Synth 2 interface will show up and it
9. d for phrase or loop samples Pitch Shift and Time Stretch GRAIN control The GRAIN control allows you to adjust the PSTS engine to work more effectively with a wider variety of sounds and loops 6 BPM Sync LFOs BPM SYNC Allows LFO to be synchronized to host sequencer s BPM 7 16 Stereo Outputs All Sonik Synth 2 16 parts can be assigned to 16 individual stereo outputs 32 mono ouputs
10. different ways In Settings Preferences Typing the BPM value in the Tempo box and then clicking OK Clicking the Tap button at least 5 times with a steady pulse and then clicking OK The recognized BPM value will be displayed in the Tempo field In the main Sonik Synth 2 window you have to close the previously opened Preferences window On your computer keyboard press the Uppercase T letter at least 5 times SHIFT T or T with Caps lock enabled Bottom Info Bar The info bar at the bottom of Sonik Synth 2 stand alone gives some useful information described below Ready this will tell you whether or not the application is working correctly Tempo this will display the tempo of the current Sonik Synth 2 session This tempo controls SYNC related synth parameters and Tempo dependent effects CPU Load this meter is provided for quick reference on the available CPU resources This allows you to check your performance while using Sonik Synth 2 3 Octave Transposition Once an instrument is loaded it can be transposed by clicking on the buttons located to the left of the Trans display The Transposition range is 5 octaves Each octave represents 12 semitones so if you click the button once the Trans display will show a 12 value that means 1 octave higher if you click the button again the Trans display will show a 24 value that means 2 octaves higher etc This setting is stored within each user preset
11. l if you use a second computer for virtual instruments as each PART can be triggered from an individual MIDI input and then routed to its own separate stereo output Audio MIDI Setup When launching Sonik Synth 2 stand alone for the first time the AUDIO MIDI SETUP window will appear This window is also found under the Settings menu at the top of the screen Here you will select the audio card and MIDI device that will be used in Sonik Synth 2 Audio Driver Sonik Synth 2 is compatible with any ASIO or DirectX sound card in Windows and any Core Audio compatible sound card in MAC OSX Windows XP There are two drop down menus to select the Audio Driver The drop down menu on the left selects the type of driver to use such as ASIO or DirectX The drop down menu on the right selects the actual audio interface It will be either ASIO preferred or DirectX Considering that an ASIO compatible sound card will perform with faster response and lower latency than a DirectX one we strongly suggest the ASIO setting when using Virtual Instruments such as Sonik Synth 2 Mac OS X Sonik Synth 2 is compatible with Core Audio compatible audio interfaces in Mac OS X There is one drop down menu to select the Audio Driver On Mac OS X the only possible Audio Driver choice is CoreAudio The drop down selects the audio interface Outputs Routing the Outputs Routing is used to configure the 16 assignable outputs in Sonik Synth
12. o Tools go to Track New MIDI track and click Create Select Sonik Synth 2 Channel 2 from its output Starting Sonik Synth 2 in Cubase 4 Create a new project Go to Devices VST Instruments Select Sonik Synth 2 from the instrument drop down menu where it says No VST Instruments Sonik Synth 2 interface will show up Then click Create in the pop up window so a MIDI track is automatically created Open a Sonik Synth 2 instrument folder and double click on a desired instrument Play your MIDI controller or the virtual keyboard to monitor Sonik Synth 2 To record just click the REC button from the transport panel To use multiple MIDI channels in Sonik Synth 2 in Cubase 4 just follow these simple steps In Sonik Synth 2 select another instrument for part 2 In Cubase 4 go to Project Add Track MIDI OK Select 1 Sonik Synth 2 as its output and choose MIDI channel 2 for example Starting Sonik Synth 2 in Logic Pro 7 x Logic Express Launch Logic Double click on an Instrument track and insert Sonik Synth 2 in its I O Mono or Stereo AU Instruments IK Multimedia Sonik Synth 2 Open a Sonik Synth 2 instrument folder and double click on a desired instrument To monitor Sonik Synth 2 play the virtual keyboard or REC enable the Inst track and play your MIDI controller To record just click the REC button from the transport panel It is possible to use Sonik Synth
13. so it can be instantly recalled 4 Synth Sampler Range controls The Range section allows you to create complex splits and layers by limiting the key range velocity range and transposing parts by semitones These settings are saved when saving a Combi Preset or when you save a host application session in which Sonik Synth 2 is being used as a plug in Range L determine the playing note range Left limit for the selected Part Parameter range is from C 2 to G8 Range R determine the playing note range Right limit for the selected Part Parameter range is from C 2 to G8 Vel Lo determine the playing velocity range lower limit for the selected Part Parameter range is from 0 to 127 Vel Hi determine the playing velocity range higher limit for the selected Part Parameter range is from 0 to 127 Part Transpose Part Trans transposes the pitch of the selected zone by semitone increments For example to change a Part that has a key range from CO to G4 to a smaller key range for example C2 to G2 adjust the Range L value to C2 and the Range R value to G2 This will limit the key range to the desired amount Setting Range L higher than Range R is also allowed to indicate a keyboard s range where nothing is mapped 5 Updated Stretch Pitch Shift and Time Stretch engines Stretch NOTE and PHRASE options NOTE Enables STRETCH NOTE mode optimized for single note samples or multi samples PHRASE Enables STRETCH PHRASE mode optimize
14. x click once on Multi Instrument and rename it e g SS2 Press the return enter key SS2 will appear below the multi instrument rectangle also on the 3 dark gray area and 16 MIDI Channels SS2 1 SS2 2 etc have been created in the Arrange window 6 On the Environment window go back to upper left hand corner and choose New Audio Object a mixer s fader will appear on the screen 7 Now at the top right corner of the Multi Instrument you will see a little white arrow Please click and hold it so a little virtual plug icon appears 8 Drag the cable from the Multi Instr to the mixer s fader object Click Remove in the pop up message Now you will see 2 little white arrows on the Multi Inst top right side 9 Click on the Audio Object mixer s fader It will change from dark to light gray On the 3 dark gray area of the Environment window select Instrument 1 from the Channel options Now SS2 will appear in the I O of the mixer s fader 10 In MIDI Channel located underneath Channel change from 1 to ALL holding and dragging your mouse down 11 Now go back to Windows Arrange 12 To monitor each of the instruments that you ve selected in your IK workstations click rec on each of the proper MIDI Channels For example if you ve selected in SS2 Ch 1 Mello Ghost and in Ch 2 Rounded B3 click rec on the SS2 1 and or SS2 2 2 MIDI channels To re
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