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1. This elegant solution is also a Lemur coding tour de force The project takes only 13 of Lemur internal memory thanks to which you can easily fit it into your set of Lemur projects on one iPad We hope you will find rnetagric an indispensable tool for Cubase Studio One or Logic X Pro Ee USER GUIDE metaorid DISCLAIMER This software is sold as is No warranties are offered or implied The user uses the templates at their own risk cannot assume any responsibility for any data loss or corrupted files resulting from the use of atsl UNMUTED tem plates cannot provide support related to the operation of any 3rd party software mentioned in this document cannot guarantee that this manual is free of errors You may modify the templates for your own use You may sell give away post online or distribute atsl ir MUTED templates or any derivatives based on atsl UNMUTED templates without prior permission of the author TEST CONFIGURATION This Lemur project has been tested on the following iPad v1 3 Air with Lemur 5 0 3 iOS 8 e PC workstation based on Intel 980x processor and Asus Rampage Extreme motherboard Apple Macbook Pro Retina 2013 with Mac OSC 10 9 Cubase 8 Studio One 2 6 Logic X Pro 10 0 7 USER GUIDE meta gri CJ ABOUT THIS MANUAL Every complex tool needs a user manual metagrid has been designed with ease of use but it is ad visable to take some time and read the user gui2. meraocricd user guide USER GUIDE 5 1 INTRO 2 DISCLAIMER TEST CONFIGURATION 3 LEGEND 4 ABOUT THIS MANUAL 4 IMPORTANT INFORMATION 5 KNOWN ISSUES 5 WHAT 5 IN THE PACKAGE 6 HELP 6 MAIN SCREEN 7 SETUP SCREEN 9 ADDITIONALINFO 13 metaorid CONTENTS USER GUIDE meta gri CJ INTRO THANK YOU for your purchase and trust our products we hope you ll find rmetagrid worth of your hard earned money We started to work on metaorid as a custom assignment for Arnau Bataller http www arnaubataller com As an awarded prolific and seasoned composer Arnau has specific needs that could met only by a dedicated solution One of his requests was a Lemur page that would allow him to assign Cubase commands of his choice to a set of buttons We wanted to make it as transparent to the user as possible and let him easily customize the com mand sets directly on the iPad without cumbersome manual command assignments through Generic Remote in Cu base So we created an engine that stores internally over 1000 commands categorized in function related groups which reflect command keys shortcut groups in DAW Each pad can be in no time assigned with any command and one of 16 colors to make a powerful command grid made of 5 x 36 buttons Arnau was kind enough to turn this custom template into a commercial product and let other composers musi cians producers use this very useful tool in their studios Thanks Arnau
3. mur Editor select cGrid container and delete it A In Project Browser select the root folder metagrid In your file manager navigate to your saved grid module and double click it The object will be imported to metagrid with all your previous settings intact 2 UPLOADING YOUR PROJECT FROM IPAD TO COMPUTER For backups you have to download your custom metagrid project to your computer To do so follow upload procedure in Lemur Editor on Mac PC but this time click Download Name and save the file 13 USER GUIDE metaorid 3 ASSIGNING CUSTOM MACROS FROM 1 metaorid enables you to easily assing your custom macros To do so 1 In Studio One click the small down arrow in the second black pane on the toolbar and select METASYSTEM Add Device 2 The following pane will show up 1 Ctrol 2 Control Extender 3 Control Extender 4 Control Extender PAP ENENES 3 Right click one of 15 cells that stand for 15 USER PANEL macros available in Macro group in meta grig Restart Recording Play From Selection 4 Click ASSIGN COMMAND 5 Navigate to the command you d lke to assing one of 15 macro buttons 6 Click ok 7 Now you set up a button metaorid to trigger the macro command Mmetasystem 14 USER GUIDE metaorid 4 ASSIGNING CUSTOM MACROS FROM CUBASE rnetagric enables you to easily assing your custom macros To do so 1 In Cubase to pevices gt Generic Remote named rnetagric use
4. cted Events to Part Fade In to Cursor Fade Out to Cursor Automation Regions Pool BERE CIE Generate Harmony Increment Event Increment Fade In Increment Channsi Voices Volume Length Fade Out Length amp Track Visibility Chords le USER GUIDE metaorid To select a command 1 Choose a command category from catecory sELECTOR on the left Scroll the categories with up down arrows COMMAND SELECTOR will appear with available commands Some categories have got multiple pages you can scroll between them with left right arrows or a slider below com 2 Choose a command from The selected command will be assigned to PAD Press the pad to apply the changes to the currently selected pad za USER GUIDE metaorid ADDITIONAL INFO 1 FUTURE UPDATES There may be some updates and fixes in the future To prevent from loosing your custom assignments meteoric lets you easily export just the grid with custom settings and import the exported grid to the updated version of metaorid do so 1 Open your saved custom rnetagric in Lemur Editor on Mac PC 2 In Project Browser Lemur Editor select cGrid container in the root folder Export this object clicking Export Selection on the toolbar 3 Open the updated version of metagrid Lemur Editor on Mac PC In Project Browser Le
5. de this document LEGEND For convinience e All references to Cubendo functions GUI elements are highlighted in yellow e g UNMUTE ALL e All references to metagrid internal functions GUI elements are highlighted in blue e g PROJECT IMPORTANT e mportat information are marked with red IMPORTANT mark WARNING e Actions or condition that can cause mulfunction or other issues are marked with the orange WARNING message Procedures for Mac OSX are marked with the green MAC box Procedures for Windows OS are marked with the violet PC message USER GUIDE metaorid IMPORTANT INFORMATION artslUNMUTED meteoric takes 13 of Lemur internal memory which means that you can use it practically with any oth er project KNOWN ISSUES warninc Due to problems with OS 8 02 and Liine Lemur rnetagric has to be uploaded to your PC Mac after you create your custom rnetagric command ma trix Remember to upload your work in progress or completed grid to your PC firstly as a ref and storage and secondly as a temporary means to load your project into iPad See ADDITIONAL STEPS section USER GUIDE meta gri CJ HELP metaogrid is accompanied with a video tutorial that covers operation aspects You find it on rtsiUN MUTED website and Youtube channel WHAT 5 IN THE PACKAGE metaogrid includes the following components e XX folder metagrid_for_XX jzml Lemu
6. he color TARGET PAD will reflect your changes and red TO save message will appear When you touch TARGET PAD all you changes will be applied to the currently selected pad When you leave setup without saving your modifications all unsaved changes will be lost 2 COLOR SELECTOR COLOR SELECTOR enables you to select one of 16 colors for your pad 2 FUNCTIONS copy copies the currently selected pad settings and stores them in the clipboard PASTE pastes copied settings into TARGET PAD reflecting the currently selected pad Press TARGET PAD to save the settings to the currently selected pad UNDO reverts the last change to the currently selected pad 10 USER GUIDE metaorid RESET resets TARGET PAD it gets hidden black and the name reset to empty Press TARGET PAD to save the settings to the currently selected pad SHOW HIDE shows hides TARGET PAD hidden pads are black Press TARGET PAD to save the settings to the currently selected pad COMMANDS shows command selector screen below Page 1 2 Adjust Faders to Close Gaps Range Auto Grid Bounce Close Gaps Crossfade Arranger Constrain Delay Decrement Event Decrement Fade In Compensation volume Length Fade Out Length Disable Enable i Event or Range As Audio Export Delete Overlaps Detect Silence Trade Dissolve Part Region Audio Real Time Processing Events f Find Sele
7. r and assign your custom mac ros in the lower section of the dialog box selecting appropriate parameters in Device cHanneL CATEGORY columns 2 In metaogrid switch to serue and display commanos view Scroll to the last command cat egory named macros 3 Choose macro name corresponding to the appropriate macro name in GR that you have just configured 4 Apply the settings to your currently selected pad by pressing TARGET PAD 15
8. r project where XX stands for your DAW this folder contains also all support files needed for your DAW for more information see Setup Guide User Guide this document USER GUIDE Visibility Conf 1 Visibility Conf 5 FX Channel MIDI Audio Mono Visibility Conf 2 Visibility Conf 6 Using Track Preset Instrument Audio Visibility Conf 3 Visibility Conf 7 metaorid MAIN SCREEN Visibility Conf 8 Visibility Conf 4 VST Preset Next Snap Point VST Preset to Cursor Previous Edit In Place Undo Scene 5 a USER GUIDE IMPORTANT metaorid 1 SHIFT metaorid features a dedicated function suirr that modifies the behavior of visible elements and dis plays some additional objects and sections In this manual the description of the display with active sHirT will be marked with the red R box on left To activate just touch it it will turn blue and stay active To deactivate it touch it again You can also touch and hold the button it will remain active as long as you hold it It will be deactivated upon release SHIFT on single touch displays serur screen On double touch it displays SELECTOR which enables you to define Lemur Target selection for your project The default target value is 3 you can modify it as convenient for your setup 2 GRID meteoric is basically a user customizable command grid The grid gives
9. you 36 empty cells buttons each can be filled with any of almost 1000 commands available in Cubase 7 5 To trigger a command press one of the configured pads meteoric is shipped empty the grid elements will be hidden and marked as empty The commands will be visible only when you configure them as described in SETUP section Pads don t trigger com mands in SETUP MODE 2 rnetagric enables you to switch between 5 grid scenes Each scene can be configured separately which totals 180 pads available for configuration To switch between the scenes select a color coded scene name or swipe through the scenes USER GUIDE COPY PASTE UNDO RESET HIDE Snap Point to Cursor metaorid USER GUIDE IMPORTANT metaorid Press sHirt to switch into setuP In this mode metaorid doesn t send any commands to Cubase 1 SETUP GRID In SETUP MODE GRID is used to select a button that you want to customize Buttons that are hidden are dark gray Initially all buttons are marked as empty which means that they are hidden with no com mands or color assigned To select a button for configuration just touch it it will be underlined in blue 2 TARGET PAD TARGET PAD shows all modifications you apply to the currently selected pad Initially when you select a pad TARGET reflects your selection As soon as you start modification e g change t
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