XILS Vocoder 5000 User Manual - XILS-lab
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1. ETEen a ences cpt atacand atten ae cae ee cena ll ol CO T AL a aE aa shes naka en Sead esate ieee ge die Perea siete BM sich cc soca ne gin pi eee en eaoda aa eieinetiecbiles ILE 5 ee eee 14 TOREN 28 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing the XILS Vocoder 5000 The XILS Vocoder 5000 is a virtual effect based on the architecture of one of the coolest vintage effect out there One of the best vocoder ever built the XILS Vocoder 5000 can bring you back some years ago when sound was so important for the great artists who began the electronic music We at XILS lab do our best to create authentic recreations of the great synthesizers and machines we emulate and then take it even further What can be done with today s computers allows us to take these emulations beyond what was feasible when these products were first created Our goal is to be true to the original in sound and modulation routings and then add features that were just not before possible If you not yet developed your skills as a sound designer we have included a lot of presets from famous sound designers and artists So you can fuel your synthesizer or robot voices dreams as soon as you load the XILS Vocoder 5000 into your DAW Please enjoy this very powerful sound creation tool We love what we do and we want you to get the most enjoyment you pos2. Enough for 2 notes Chords apr ean 82 PRESET C Chords From Drums 7 AMNT O AMNT w lt w lt rrPZzr ron FM AMNT PWM AMNT MONK GNK gt LFO2 WIDTH DELAY FREQUENCY PITCH TTT TTT tS TTT TTT Ge TL TTT TTT preser ETT 00000011111111 7 Preset Management 7 1 Main Toolbar le a N ee a p 71 th PRESET Aniti B OPTIONS T 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 of the resulting selected group of presets Clicking on the arrow to the left of the category or preset names opens the corresponding menus Info Once any one parameter of a preset has been modified the name of the preset is followed by a indicating that the current settings of XILS Vocoder 5000 no longer match 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 overwritten using the SAVE f
3. sets the gain of the shelf filter e SWITCH sets the filter type High shelf Low shelf of OFF no filter applied e SOURCE PWM this menu selects the source of the pulse width modulation LFO1 or LFO2 e SOURCE this menu selects the source of the frequency modulation LFO1 or LFO2 e WAVEFORM this menu selects the wave form of the oscillator Saw Square Pulse Triangle Sine 5 5 5 NOISE This module is feeding the Filter bank with un pitched sound on the contrary of the oscillators see above The output of the noise module can be controlled by the Voice unVoice module COLOUR L E 1 a b F e OM COLOUR Sets the colour of the noise LEVEL Sets the level of the noise when enable ON OFF GATE When set to ON the noise is continuously output at the level sets by the LEVEL knob When OFF the noise is muted When set to GATE the noise is enable only when the voice unVoice detector is detecting a unvoiced signal For adapting the sound of the noise a analog like filter either high or low shelf is applied before the filter bank This filter can be tweak in the advanced panel Clicking on the advanced icon opens the advanced settings popup NOISE ADVANCED SETTINGS FREQUENCY EMPHASIS GAN FILTER e FREQUENCY sets the cutoff frequency of the filter e sets the resonance or emphas
4. _ xils lab XILS Vocoder 5000 PRESET VOC Init LEVEL THRESH QUALITY Q VOIES s UNWOICE OSCILLATOR 1 PIEH GATE LEVEL AMNT OFF F Fe FST OSCILLATOR 2 VAR PITCH GATE LEVEL A 9 6 CO ON 0 ON 4 888 F PRESET NOISE LFO 1 LFO SLEW RATE COLOUR GATE FREQ WIOTH WIOTH oe ie ee ee ee n FREQUENCY SHIFTER n __XILS 5000 Tes SS __ 7 KEYE CONTROL ATTACK DECAY SUSTAIN RELEASE LEGATO GLISSANDO oh gt TTT TTT DAARARARNNANNA TTT MODE Circular Pol NER VOICES User Manual www xils lab com J OPTIO NS Table of contents SU ING SiTe ALIS 5 2 ADJUSTING THE INSTRUMENTS 5 335 33553558355835583555835553558335835583555835558355533553358255835558355582553358325822583 3 3 Using THE AILS Vocoper S000 AS A SIMPLE EFFECT FEE EIO IERE E EE TI AE OT ASAN AE AIEE E ARAS So ae AILS Zr ee ae AR MODU ee AEAEE
5. All instruments that were recently imported into a bank like additional sound sets from Xils Lab or it s 3 party vendors There are many possibilities but we are confident that you will 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 Type Category of the instrument like Keys Leads Basses etc Style Musical Genre Feeling Cold warm soft and finally Project My Song Project ALL this item is not used for sorting the preset These primary results can then also be filtered according to the 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 There is an example below showing 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 through the different banks In a factory bank the author Xils Lab is selected and then the Preset Init1 In this example the preset is selected in a single click operation and the presets available in the preset list will be all th
6. Modified 08 10 2014 This window allows to specify or change the data below to be saved with the newly named preset 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 and finally Project My Favorites My Song My_Live_Project Patches for my next CD etc You can also see its creation date and the last update date All the above can also be determined when moving presets to another file location 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 appear at the bottom of the list This will open a separate new window in which you can write the name of the new item Click OK to confirm this then the name and the newly created tag will now be active and selected for the current preset Note You may have to browse down to the bottom of the list in order to sele
7. Oudin This manual was written by Xavier Oudin The plug in design algorithm and Digital Signal Processing was done by Xavier Oudin Modules licenses The Oscillator the vocoder filters the frequency shifter effect are licensed by Xavier Oudin to XILS lab for exclusive use in the XILS Vocoder 5000 virtual synthesizer
8. Win Alt CTRL click open the MIDI Control panel with the parameter already selected e Appletleft 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 Control panel with the parameter already selected 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 5 3 Using the XILS Vocoder 5000 as a simple effect This is the easiest way to use the XILS Vocoder 5000 when chords or notes are not going to be changed For this you just have to insert your XILS Vocoder 5000 in an audio track mixer or effect rack it can be used as an insert or a send effect Once the XILS Vocoder 5000 is launched select the following preset Bank Factory Author XILS lab Preset Simple VocoderC1 As you can see the note C1 is held it was right clicked then saved in the preset see below Then start your DAW your audio content should be input the XILS Vocoder 5000 and modulating the carrier done with the oscillators trigged by the note C1 a typical Robot vocoded sound You can listen to your audio track by raising the SPEECH level knob listen to the Synthesis sound by raising the SYNTH level knob or adjusting the V
9. better voice recognition SLEW This knob sets the slew rate time Turn left for a fast analysis with sometime harsh sound turn right for a low slew rate smoother sound but less articulation Clicking on the advanced icon opens the advanced settings popup Hes FREEZE SLEW ADVANCED SETTINGS Gini eT 4 A ATTACK SLEW INTERNAL OFF OFF OFF FREEZE e MIDI This menu selects which MIDI controller will control the freeze feature NONE no controller or FOOT foot switch controller e INTERNAL this menu selects which internal module will control the freeze feature NONE no modules LFO1 LFO2 When selecting a LFO the the freeze will happen every cycle e FORMANT PITCH V UNVOIVE These switches are selecting which modules are involved in the freeze Formant the whole spectrum the pitch from the pitch tracker or the Voice UnVoice detector e ATTACK SLEW this knob sets the attack of the slew rate Turn left for a fast attack turn right for a slow one 5 5 9 Frequency Shifter A frequency shifter is an effect which shifts the frequency of the whole spectrum As the spectrum is simply shifted the formant won t be preserved and then some very strange effect can be heard With a small frequency shift and using the various available panoramic parameters nice stereo effects can also be done FREQUENCY SHIFTER FREQUENCY PITCH zl SPEECH STEREO DRY WET On SYNT
10. fist hear the FM8 then the FM8 effected by the Vocoder 5000 Inspecteur Visibilite Eteint VST Instruments Both tracks are record enable Ctrl Click to select additional tracks 0 00 All MIDI Inputs Midi Output of the 151 Midi track FM8 Ins 1 5000 MIDIn feeds the Vocoder 5000 input 2 Visibilit Stereo In Vocoder 5000 FM8 Rhodes gt VST Instruments Stereo Out Same Midi data is played recorded on both tracks TrackVersions Piste d Accords Expression Map Note Expression Param tres MIDI Effets d Insert MIDI Tranche de Voie MIDI Bloc notes Contr les Instantan s a mercer Effets d Insert Audio Strip KILS 500C The Vocoder 5000 has been inserted into the FM8 Track Eteint Eteint The two Midi tracks one for 8 and one for the Vocoder 5000 6 5 Generating Vocoded Chords from a Live Drum pattern In this example you need only two tracks 1 Insert the V 5000 on your Drumtrack Channel 2 Create a new Midi Track in your Daw and assign its Midi output to the Vocoder 5000 Midi input 3 Play Record some chords the V5000 Midi Track while your Daw is in Play Mode You ll notice that the rhythm of the drums is printed in your Vocoded Chords To hear the result please listen to the following short audio clip I ve left a bit of the Speech signal here the drums pass thru the Vocoder 5000 mixed with the chords so that one can hear the interactio
11. is used to separate the voice and the sibilant sounds of the input signal SMOOTH THRESH e SMOOTH This knob sets how the Sibilant detection will be applied fast turn left or slow turn right Clicking on the advanced icon opens the advanced settings popup e LISTEN this switch connect the filter output VOICE UNVOICE ADVANCED SETTINGS to the main output of the plug in helping for 9 choosing the correct settings e FREQUENCY This knob sets the frequency which separates voice and sibilant sounds 5 5 4 Oscillator 1 amp 2 These two modules are feeding the Filter bank with pitched sound on the contrary of the noise which is outputting un pitched sound These oscillators finely emulated from the original VCS 3 Synthesizer can be controlled in pitch by the keyboard but also by the pitch tracker Their output can be controlled by the Voice unVoice module gy FREG OSCILLATOR 1 PITCH VAR PITCH LEVEL FM AMAT PWH AMAT a E 2 i 3 Q he OFF ae OFF l ob s ONH e FREQ sets the pitch of the oscillator the outer ring sets the range by octave e PITCH set the amount the pitch modulation from the pitch tracker when the corresponding switch is set toVAR e ON OFF VAR when this switch is OFF the oscillator pitch doesn t follow the pitch tracker When ON the pitch is following th
12. H 9 Sli 65 OUT EF FREQUENCY sets the frequency with which the spectrum will be shifted e PITCH sets the amount of the frequency modulation came from the pitch tracker when the selector is set to VAR e KEYB VAR OFF ON selects which sort of modulation will be applied to the Frequency KEYB for following the Keyboard VAR for following the pitch tracker with variable amount set by the PITCH knob OFF when no frequency modulation is desired and finally ON when the pitch tracker is modulating the frequency with a scaled amount SPEECH SYNTH VOC OUTP selects on which part of the XILS Vocoder 5000 internal signal the frequency shifter must be applied ON OFF enables or disable the frequency shifter STEREO increases or decrease the stereo effect DRY WET increases or decrease the dry and wet mix Clicking on the advanced icon opens the advanced settings popup The frequency shifter is separated in two parts each one as well as the dry path has its one level and FREQ SHIFT ADVANCED SETTINGS panoramic knob GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN sets the level of the corresponding DRY LOWER UPPER part e PAN sets the panoramic of the corresponding part Turn left for a full left effect turn right for a full right effect 5 5 10 Output Mixer and Side Chain This module allows to mix every signal present in the XILS Vocoder 5000 the input Spee
13. ILS Vocoder 5000 8 Option menu This menu allows to choosing the global settings These settings are defined for all the instances of the XILS Vocoder 5000 Each time an option is changed the related option file is saved 8 1 1 Main In the toolbar the Options button opens a menu for selecting various options for the XILS Vocoder 5000 This menu shows the following options settings XILS Vocoder 5000 About displays information about the XILS Vocoder 5000 version build date and credits Open MIDI settings panel Opens a popup where you can assign MIDI controllers for each of the XILS Vocoder 5000 s parameters Click on the parameter label to select the parameter you want assign then enter the MIDI controller number from 0 127 or switch on the learning switch and send a MIDI command with the correct MIDI controller number The XILS Vocoder 5000 will memorize it This setting popup can also be opened by CTRL ALT Apple Left click Mac CTRL Win ALT Left click Win on the desired XILS Vocoder 5000 parameter 8 1 2 Display Display low frequency as BPM 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 refreshed following the preset settings Otherwise it keeps the same view Output level follows presets When checked this option allows the out
14. ITCH BEND RANGE Q ADVANCED SETTINGS MOD WHEEL FOOT SWITCH WELOCITE TS _ __ __ e PITCH BEND RANGE sets the range of the pitch bend wheel from 1 semi tone to 12 semi tones e MOD WHEEL this menu selects toward which parameter the modulation wheel will be affected SLEW OSC1 amp 2 FM and PWM amount e FOOT SWITCH this menu selects toward which parameter the foot switch will be affected NONE FREEZE e VELOCITE this menu selects toward which parameter the velocity switch will be affected NONE VCA 5 5 8 Slew Rate This module is controlling how the filter bank is analysis the input audio and how it is modulating the carrier spectrum SLEW RATE FREEZE 4 POND SLEW 4 RMS gt FREEZE when engaged this switch freezes the spectrum Of course this parameter ca be assigned to a Midi controller or to the foot switch This could be useful for creating a particular sound or effect ABS RMS this switch allows you to select how the input signal will be analysed Level can be measured in absolute ABS or Root Means Square RMS POND This knob allows you to control the ponderation applied to the spectrum level Turn left for no ponderation turn right for a full ponderation The ponderation allows to keep a low slew rate in the low part of the spectrum for a smoother sound and a high slew rate in the upper part of the spectrum for a
15. OCODER level or the OUTPUT level with the two corresponding knobs The level of each part is displayed with the vu meters You can then adapt the gain of each bands and see the corresponding level h k E h h _____ _____ ie change the note of this Vocoding sound click on the C1 note this will released it Of course no sound is then created by the Vocoder Click on an other note a sound is output but stops as soon as the note is released To hold the note just right click on it instead of left click You can add any number of notes doing this Using the Save as button the save button see the preset management chapter below this new chord can be recorded in a new preset 5 4 asa Midi Controlled effect A robot voice is interesting but we may want to change the note or the chords for this Midi messages must be sent to the XILS Vocoder 5000 They way it is done depends on the DAW You will find below two examples one for DAW that are working like Logic 9 and an other which are working like Cubase Several other examples for several different DAW are explained at the end of this manual Logic needs the XILS Vocoder 5000 to be inserted in an instrument track Be careful to insert the Midi controlled effect no
16. VS573 32bits plug in F 2 RTAS plug in plug in Current selection requires at least 49 1 MB of disk space Back a 64 bits windows Vista 7 8 1 Setup XILS 5000 _ ioj xj Select Components Which components should be installed Select the components you want to install clear the components you do nok want to install Click Next when you are ready to continue Fui installation bl Settings Files 4 32bits plug in 32bits plug in RTAS plug in Aas plug in xI xI KI lt Current selection requires at least 49 1 MB of disk space Back cancel You can choose which format to be installed between RTAS AAX VST2 4 32 and 64 bits and VST3 of course you can install of them Then you will be asked to select various install directories A destination directory 15 provided as a default Presets and various files like this manual used by XILS Vocoder 5000 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 Make sure that the path for the 32 bits plug in differs than for the 64 bits plug in as the default path does Important notice for Vista or Windows 7 be sure to use a folder wr
17. ch the internal Synthesizer and the Vocoder output A global gain allows to adjust the output level of the plug in Three vu meter as displaying the various level one can be switched between the Synthesizer and the Vocoder SPEECH this knob sets the level of the input speech signal SYNTH this knob sets the level of the internal synthesizer signal VOCODER this knob sets the level of the vocoder signal OUPUT this knob sets the level of the global output of the XILS Vocoder 5000 SWITICH This switch allows to select which signal will be connected to the Vu meter Synthesizer or Vocoder Clicking on the advanced icon opens the advanced settings popup where the side chain can be controlled SIDE CHAIN SIDE CHAIN SELEC EL EUNE Q PROCESS ADVANCED SETTINGS ANALYSTS SYNTHESIS Mio MHO _ 5 LEFT PAN RIGHT PAN i 9 7 4 STEREO STEREO This popup allows to adapt the internal process SIDE CHAIN SELEC This menu selects the side chain function Not Used Voice amp UnVoice synth Voice Synth Unvoice Synth and finally Speech e SIDE CHAIN LEVEL This knob sets the level of the external side chained signal e MONO STEREO ANALYSIS Selects the analysis process MONO or STEREO In that case two Filter banks are calculated meaning a lot of calculation This mode could be quite heavy for some computers e MONO STEREO YNTHESIS Selects th
18. cillator is used it could interesting that it follows the voice pitch For this we must use a pitch tracker Mixing up all these modules we are now in front of a impressive effect with a lot of sound possibilities Following or not the pitch of the voice changing the oscillators waveform modulating them with LFO changing the spectrum band relation between the analysis and the synthesis filters changing then what is called the formants of the voice Sound design and fun are endless 5 Using the XILS Vocoder 5000 5 1 XILS Vocoder 5000 tools bar OOO eee ee Saye Py SS Bank Factory utt Initi OPTIONS T gt Click on the button ene Click on the qu mn Click on the to ee ee browse the preset in to select a categor name to browse these categories a bank author _ this category SNAP THRESH FREQENCY Fa SPEECH ifn 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 prese
19. ct new depending on the length of the list TIP How to create a Favorite Sound bank There are two possibilities 1 Just create a bank named My Favorites and save all the interesting patches into this sound bank To browse all your favorites just set the first criteria to BANK then select My Favorites You can still use the second criteria to filter the results by categories of instruments in order to browse all your favorite basses for example This method is fast but it will duplicate your patches 2 Just create a new tag in the Project field and name it My Favorites then just re save any interesting patch with this tag using the SAVE AS option To browse your favorites just choose this tag in the project field as the first criteria This method is maybe more interesting because you can reverse it Should you later decide that a particular patch no longer deserves to be honored with it s Favourites tag simply remove the tag then re save it Note Please be aware that creating too many categories can also have its drawbacks making browsing change 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 Use these options wisely Once you have filled out all the desired required fields SAVE AS Will save the current preset in the chosen Bank with its new
20. d field and press Next Wait for the license to be downloaded and then check to see if the license is correctly loaded on the dongle in the main section of the License Control Center 3 2 ILok drivers With the iLok version of the XILS Vocoder 5000 you need to plug an iLok USB key into your computer or uses the so called computer based authorization After downloading and installing the latest PACE drivers please launch the iLok License manager and sign in to your iLok account Then Redeem the iLok code you received to get your license listed Simply drag your XILS Vocoder 5000 license into your iLok USB key or into your computer To download the latest PACE drivers please go to http www ilok com download ilok software html 3 3 Windows XP VISTA Windows 7 To install the XILS Vocoder 5000 on Windows XP Vista or Windows 7 launch the XILS Vocoder 5000 installer file Please download the latest version from the XILS lab website http www xils lab com pages XILS Vocoder 5000 _Download html Once you have accepted the license agreement you will be asked to select the components to be installed 32 bits windows XP 1 Setup XILS 5000 15 x Select Components Which components should be installed Select the components vou want to install clear the components you nok wank to install Click Next when you are ready to continue Ful installation Settings Files VST2 4 32bits plug in M
21. e synthesis process MONO or STEREO In that case two synthesizers are calculated meaning a lot of calculation This mode could be quite heavy for some computers e STEREO DETUNE When two synthesizers are used this knob allows you to detune one from the other giving a true stereo effect e LEFT PAN RIGHT PAN these two knob are controlling the panoramic level of each of the two synthesizers This is useful only in when the STEREO SYNTHESIS mode is engaged 5 5 11 Matrix Patch Area Waa ee Tea a PRESET l L T E R N K T H l N G PRESET This menu selects which preset to launch It is possible to save your own presets Clicking on a hole add a pin which is connecting a Analysis band filter to the corresponding synthesis band Right click on a PIN removes tt Clicking on the advanced icon opens the advanced settings popup PRESET BANDS gt FILTER ORDER 7 ___ FILTERS ADVANCED SETTINGS EMPHASIS PONDERATION LOW PASS HIGH PASS This popup allows to adapt the filter bank BAND NUMBER Selects the number of bands 22 or 20 FILTER ORDER Selects the order of the filters 12db 18db 24db oct EMPHASIS Sets the emphasis resonance of each filters PONDERATION Adapts the resonance depending on the band number Turn left for no ponderation right for maximal ponderation In tha
22. e Click Install to perform a standard installation of Installation Type XILS 5000 Install 36 2 MB this software on the disk Macintosh XILS 5000 RTAS Skit 24 3 MB Installation Instal ation Sum dary 4 ayy aye 5 ai yh p he ey 4 0 4 Space Required 170 5 MB Remaining 163 67 GB Change Install Location Customize Go Back Install Standard Install Go Back Install The various files of the XILS Vocoder 5000 will be copied into the following directories Library Application Support XILS lab XILS Vocoder 5000 Library Application Support Digidesign Plug Ins Library Application Support Avid Audio Plug Ins Library Audio Plug Ins Components Library Audio Plug Ins VST Library Audio Plug Ins VST3 Library Application Support Documentation XILS lab XILS Vocoder 5000 And for the user preset and various option users username Library Preferences XILS lab XILS Vocoder 5000 4 What is a vocoder A Vocoder is an effect which uses two signals to produce one output signal The first signal is called the modulator Usually vocals are used as the modulator but it can also be drums percussion or any other musical signal The second signal called the carrier signal is usually a synthesizer signal like a sawtooth chord white noise etc A bank of bandpass filters splits the modulator into several frequency bands For a good result and an understandable
23. e Xils Lab presets available in the entire Factory Sound Library Tr 1 ut OPTIONS 7 Click on the to rare tr enti ga browse the preset in to select a categor name to browse gory these categories bank author ity this category MAP THRESH FREGENCY A SPEECH P 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 load any preset from any group or subgroup 7 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 IMPORTANT Use this function with 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 Legacy b Nori Tutorial b default ee test b Project Rename Type Delete Factory Style Feeling Export Bank All Import Bank Sort By 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 All Presets The preset menu will show presets of
24. e pitch tracker with the same variation When VAR the pitch is following the pitch tracker with the amount set by the PITCH knob e PITCH when OFF the oscillator pitch doesn t change When set to PITCH it follows the keyboard and the pitch tracker if this one is enable e GATE OFF ON this switch controls the way the oscillator is feeding the filter bank When set to OFF the oscillator is muted When ON it is always enable and when set to GATE it is enable only in case of voice signal following the Voice unVoice detector LEVEL sets the level of the oscillator FM AMOUNT set the amount of the frequency modulation controlled by the LFO1 or the LFO2 PWM AMOUNT set the amount of the pulse width modulation controlled by the LFO1 or the LFO2 M P these two switches set the modulation as mono all the voices are modulated by the same LFO or polyphonic each voice is modulated with its own LFO For adapting the sound of the oscillator a analog like filter either high or low shelf is applied before the filter bank This filter can be tweak in the advanced panel Clicking on the advanced icon opens the advanced settings popup OSCILLATOR 1 ADVANCED SETTINGS SOURCE Pw FREQUENCY EMPHASIS GAIN A OFF SOURCE ey WaAVEFORM ESOUARE FILTER e FREQUENCY sets the cutoff frequency of the filter e EMHASIS sets the resonance or emphasis of the filter e
25. gnal To achieve this you MUST control the Vocoder 5000 with Midi and therefore create a MIDI TRACK in your daw whose output will be routed to the input of the V5000 1 Insert the Vocoder 5000 on the source Audio Track Vocals speak keys drums etc 2 Create a MIDI TRACK in your Daw and assign its output to the V5000 3 Play or Record a melody Chords on the midi track while your Daw is in Play mode 6 4 Use Internal Synthesizer Optional Vocoder Signal Pitch Shifter etc to play along with a pitched instrument VSTI while changing the character of the instrument This is the way to make a Rhodes Gritty add organic signals modulations to a digital Pad or depth to any synthesizer In this configuration you ll need to simultaneously send the same midi data to both the VSTI and to the V5000 1 Insert the Vocoder 5000 on the VSTI Midi track Keys Pads Guitar Pads etc 2 Create a MIDI TRACK in your Daw and assign its output to the V5000 3 Enable both VSTI and V5000 midi tracks to receive midi data simultaneously in Cubase select the VSTI track first then Control click on the V5000 midi track 4 Play or Record a melody Chords on the 2 midi tracks while your Daw is in Play mode The figure below shows how to set tracks in Cubase 7 5 You can listen to an audio example which shows the results Transforming a clean Rhodes into a kind of gritty analog keyboard using the Vocoder 5000 as insert on an FM8 Rhodes sound You
26. is of the filter e GAIN sets the gain of the shelf filter e SWITCH sets the filter type High shelf Low shelf of OFF no filter applied 9 5 6 VCA Just before feeding the filter bank an amplifier modulated by an envelope is applied to the synthesized sound This envelope featuring the standard ADSR parameters is trigged by the keyboard VEA ATTACK sets the attack time of the envelope to reach the maximal level DEACY sets the decay time of the envelope to reach the sustain level SUSTAIN sets the sustain level RELEASE sets the release time of the envelope to reach zero 5 5 7 KEYBOARD control KEYE CONTROL LEGATO GLISSANDO GLIDE 7776 PORTAM when engaged this switch enables the portamento between notes This means that when a not changed the pitch is slowly changing according to the DRIVE knob LEGATO when engaged this switch enables the legato mode This means that the portamento 15 taken into account only when notes are played legato the keyboard mist not be left between notes This mode is only enable when the keyboard is playing in MONO mode GLISSANDO when engaged the glissando mode is enable This means that when a portamento occurs the pitch is changing between scaled notes and not continuously GLIDE sets the glide time for the Portamento Clicking on the advanced icon opens the advanced settings popup F
27. ite 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 3 4 OSX 10 5 and later To install the XILS Vocoder 5000 on a computer equipped with Mac OSX 10 5 or later download the latest version of either the iLok or eLicensor versions from the XILS lab website to make sure you have the latest version of the software http www xils lab com pages XILS Vocoder 5000 _Download html Then launch the install program XILS Vocoder 5000 pkg and follow the instructions Warning the install program will ask you for your system password Just after selecting the drive where the XILS Vocoder 5000 will be installed you can choose which components to be copied by clicking on customize and selecting or unselecting them Install XILS 5000 Install XILS Introduction License Standard Install on Macintosh This will take 170 5 MB of space on your computer Custom Install on Macintosh HD Package Name Action Size Introduction XILS 5000 Install 1 4 MB XILS 5000 VST2 4 Install 35 5 MB License Z XILS 5000 VST3 Install 38 5 MB Destinatio Selec Destination Selec XILS 5000 AU Install 58 9 MB Installation Typ
28. lysis band to any synthesis band SLEW RATE a module to control the way analysis is done FEQUENCY SHIFTER a finely analog like frequency shifter effect which can be applied on any of the audio content speech synthesis vocoder or global output OUTPUT MIXER where the audio content of the XILS Vocoder 5000 are mixed together e BAND LEVEL where the gain of each band can be adapted and visualized At the right corner of each modules clicking on the advanced icon will open a popup where you can tweak advanced parameters of the module 5 5 1 SPEECH GATE This is the input module of the XILS Vocoder 5000 for the modulator signal voice drums etc This gate avoids to feed the XILS Vocoder 5000 with noise when there is no speech or voices e LEVEL this knob adjusts the gain of the input signal e THRESH this knob adjusts the threshold of the input gate Clicking on the advanced icon opens the advanced settings popup There are three thresholds for finely tweak the input gate The Gate will open when the input signal level is above Threshold Opening and it will close when the input signal level is below Threshold Closing Having a difference threshold for opening and closing is very important when there are a lot of noise avoiding pump effects INPUT GATE ADVANCED SETTINGS ATTACK RELEASE OPENING CLOSING e ATTACK sets the attack time of the gate e RELEASE sets the
29. n between the drums and the generated Chords Usually you ll want to nullify the Speech signal so that you can process the Vocoded chords separately Reverb Delay etc The following figure shows you how to set up your Daw to get similar results VST Instruments Groove Age 01 3 5 5000 v 2 Two Midi Tracks One for Groove Agent playing live and one for the Vocoder 5000 MixConsole Vocodrums Visibilit rones Stereo In VST Instruments Groove Agent ONE 01 5000 Stereo Chords From Drums LtZ Record Play the chords on the V 5000 Midi Track XILS 5000 The V5000 is inserted into the Groove Agent track e Tip To process Drums and the V5000 separately insert the V5000 into an effect bus track and use aux sends to feed it You ll still need a Midi track to control the V5000 ITY 3 Oscillators mast be set to PITCH mode fe Mam Q OSCILLATOR s VAR LEVEL OFF Q OFF osc 215 muted NOISE LFO 1 COLOUR GATE LEVEL FREQ WIDTH FREQ Oo QO OSCILLATOR 1 ADVANCED SETTINGS FREQUENCY EMPHASIS Q waverorm maoa FILTER osc 1 Advanced Panel Waveform can be o KEYB CONTROL LEGATO GLISSANDO ATTACK DECAY SUSTAIN RELEASE PORTAM MODE Circular Poly Circular Poly Gage LEVEL OFF Q SOURCE PWM SOURCE
30. or unchanged Name and tagged with all the fields you have filled in MOVE TO Allows transferring the current preset into another location Bank This is handy to gather a lot of presets into a single location or User Bank which you can then export as a single file containing all the presets you have created or edited for a given project CANCEL This will just cancel all operations and return to the standard XILS Vocoder 5000 GUI 7 3 Sort menus 20scNoiseVocPitchedCl 2OscVocCl 20scVocPitchedCl 2OscVocPitchedSibilantCl SimpleVocC1 VOICE Rename IR 1 F 5 H GABE LEYEL FH AMAT PWH AMAT Delete Newlnit amp 220 a OFF gt Export Bank a 2 1 7 1 E Import Bank Game LEVEL PWM AMNT Sort By gt amp Q ele 5 2 OFF OM 5 8 B 4 Use Factory The sorting menus a unique and powerful tool They allow you to perform sophisticated tasks such as displaying the preset list but organized in a variety of different and specific ways Examples e All the Basses in your Sound Library All the Basses tagged with a specific musical genre All the Pads created by a particular Sound Designer All instruments tagged for a chosen musical genre such as Electronica or Funk
31. parameters are MIDI controllable The XILS Vocoder 5000 is available in the following formats Mac OSX 10 5 and later VST2 4 VST3 Audio Unit RTAS Pro Tools 7 0 and later AAX Windows 7 XP and Vista VST2 4 VST3 RTAS Pro Tools 7 0 and later AAX TAs REAL Tih BUSES Audio Units Universal Minimum system requirements 1 Gigabyte of RAM and a 2 GHz processor The XILS Vocoder 5000 is a plug in and is not available as a standalone application Notice The screen resolution must be set at least to 1024 pixels width 3 Installation XILS Lab offers you the choice of using eLicenser iLok 3 1 eLicenser drivers The XILS Vocoder 5000 uses an USB eLicenser dongle You must have this dongle connected to a USB port on your computer to make the XILS Vocoder 5000 work Important Please take care of your dongle you need it to run the XILS Vocoder 5000 and it carries your license Please Note Even if you have already installed the eLicenser drivers for a previous product please install the latest version of the eLicenser License Control To download the latest eLicenser Control Center eLC please go to http www elicenser net en latest_downloads html You need a XILS Vocoder 5000 Activation Code to load your license onto the dongle First plug your dongle into a USB port of your computer Then launch the License Control Center Launch the Enter authorization code Enter your Activation Code in the reserve
32. put 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 813 Misc Init settings from current settings initializes the default values of the XILS Vocoder 5000 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 the mouse wheel Wheel Incr 0 1 parameter increment of 0 1 when using of the mouse wheel 9 Credits Thanks to the artists and musician who really helped us during the XILS Vocoder 5000 development The presets were done by Xavier Oudin Graphism and 3 D rendering Yannick Bonnefoy The graphical user interface was created by Xavier
33. release time of the gate e OPENING sets the added threshold for opening the gate e CLOSING sets the added threshold for closing the gate 5 5 2 PITCH TRACKER TY SNAP amp 10 QUALITY this knob adjusts the pitch smoothing Turned left for a fast response turned right for a smoother one VOICE VOICE amp UNVOICE this switch allows the pitch tracker to follow only the voiced part of the input signal or to be independent of this detection ZERO this knob adjusts the the range and the base of the output pitch SNAP allows the pitch tracker to match the scaled notes Clicking on the advanced icon opens the advanced settings popup PITCH TRACKER ADVANCED SETTINGS FREQ FREQ PRESET Q MAN e LOW this knob adjusts the low frequency The pitch tracker won t detect any pitch below this frequency e HIGH this switch allows the high frequency The pitch tracker won t detect any pitch above this frequency e PRESET this menu allows you to select various preset for the pitch tracker 5 5 3 Voice unVoice This module is used to detect which part of the input signal must be synthesized with a pitched oscillator and which one with a noise The Voice part is used to enable the oscillator the unVoice part or Sibilant is used to enable the noise of the synthesizer see below e TRESH this knob adjusts the threshold which
34. sibly can from our labors We want to hear from you So like us on Facebook http www facebook com XILSLabs and join the conversation Note 1 We plan to release a series of tutorial videos to help you to get the most out of XILS Vocoder 5000 When available you will be able to view these videos on our YouTube channel Please visit http www youtube lcom user xilslab Note 2 If you have a question about the XILS Vocoder 5000 we strongly encourage you to join then post on the Xils Lab forum http www xils lab com xo_ phpBB Posting on our forum is the fastest way to get an answer if you experience some trouble with XILS Vocoder 5000 If you also need information about a specific subject or want to exchange ideas or patches with other Xilsonauts it is the best way to get connected to the Xils lab world 2 Features The XILS Vocoder 5000 offers Two Synthesizer cores Two oscillators per core modeled from the EMS VCS3 oscillators One noise per core Two LFOs per core One VCA ADSR per core One 22 bands filter vocoder One 20 bands filter vocoder Stereo analysis and synthesis available Side chain for adding external audio source to the carrier A virtual keyboard which can be saved within your presets A finely tweak analog like pitch tracker An input gate for reducing the noise A Voice unVoise detector A huge Frequency Shifter A full output mixed applied on any internal audio path All
35. synthetic voice 22 bands were used in our legacy EMS 5000 model but less bands are also commonly used The level of each band output is constantly measured The same filter bank also splits the carrier signal The measured level of each modulator filter band is then applied to each corresponding carrier filter band This way the spectrum of the carrier is modulated by the spectrum of the modulator The output of all the carrier filters are then mixed together producing the output of the vocoder The quality of a vocoder is depending on different components e The filter bank it must provide a good analysis spectrum for which every band is equally measured without any digital artefacts e The band level analysis the way each band level is measured and analysed gives the key of a good vocoder and how the result is understandable e The synthesis band modulation the way each synthesis band is modulated is also part of the vocoder sound its quality its smoothness e Synthesizer carrier Without a good synthesizer feeding the vocoder filters the result wouldn t be as good as expected All these modules would lack to reproduce the human voice without a voice detector This module is separating the voice part like the vowels called voiced and the sibilants like s sh called unvoiced allowing the synthesizer modules to be adapted for using either noise or pitched oscillators When the pitched os
36. t the instrument only plug in Once the XILS Vocoder 5000 is launched you will find a side chain menu created by the DAW You just have to select the audio track to feed audio content to the XILS Vocoder 5000 Each Midi notes are also sent to the XILS Vocoder 5000 and driving the Virtual Keyboard Cubase needs the XILS Vocoder 5000 to be inserted as an effect either insert or sent Create then a Midi track and select the XILS Vocoder 5000 in the list of the instruments where which the midi message are sent You can use now your XILS Vocoder 5000 vocoder in the same way explained in the above chapter excepted that you can change the note or the chords the way you like 5 5 XILS Vocoder 5000 modules The XILS Vocoder 5000 features several modules to gives you endless possibilities using a vocoder SPEECH GATE a simple gate to avoid feeding the XILS Vocoder 5000 with noise PITCH TRACKER analog like pitch extractor to follow the pitch of the voice V unVOICE a module which is separating the voice part from the sibilant OSCILLATOR 1 amp 2 two finely emulated analog oscillators from the legacy VCS3 NOISE an analog like noise generator LFO1 amp 2 two low frequency oscillators used for modulating the synthesizers parts VCA an envelope generator modulating the synthesizer output KEYB CONTROL several controls for adapting the virtual keyboard to your performance FILTER BANK PATCHING AREA a pin matrix to connect any ana
37. t case the low end is preserved without the tube effect but the voice is very articulated LOW PASS sets the frequency of the low pass filter wnen the 22 bands mode is selected HIGH PASS sets the frequency of the high pass filter wnen the 22 bands mode is selected 6 Getting started How to set up your Vocoder 5000 in your Daw Depending on what you want to achieve there are several ways to use the Vocoder 5000 Whatever the situation the two very important things to remember are e Vocoder 5000 will appear as an EFFECT Don t waste time searching it in the Instrument list e You will only hear the Vocoder 5000 when your Daw is in PLAY MODE unless you check the option option gt misc gt Vocoder runs when DAW stops witch can bring non desired artefacts in certain daws situations combinations 6 1 General cases 6 2 Vocoder 5000 on a Vocal track drums etc without controlling pitch with Notes Midi Playing Just insert the Vocoder 5000 as an effect on the track Browse presets You can still control the base pitch with V5000 internal keyboard right click to set a permanent note or add note to a Chord Left Click to play it in real time Note will last until you release the left click 6 3 Vocoder 5000 on a Vocal track any other signal while controlling the pitch in real time This is the way to make a melody from a spoken voice or to make Vocoded Choirs and chords out of any si
38. the same category same author same project or same bank Export Bank This function exports a bank the XILS Vocoder 5000 s proprietary cross platform format 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 a XILS Vocoder 5000 bank Please note These last two functions Import Export are not available from the second sort menu 7 4 A B comparison You can store two different settings at the same time and instantly switch from one to the other to compare their settings These two settings are stored in the A and B memories When you launch the XILS Vocoder 5000 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 contains the same init patch loaded in the Amemory when you first launch the X
39. ts Click on one of 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 Vocoder 5000 will display presets sorted by instruments Categories Type Bass Keys Leads etc and Library Bank by default Please note that the XILS Vocoder 5000 s powerful preset management is fully detailed in chapter 6 of this manual 5 2 Adjusting the instruments parameters On XILS 4 most sound parameters such as the pitch of an oscillator or the filter s Cut Off Frequency are controlled using Knobs To adjust the parameters of XILS 4 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 selected parameter with greater 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 CTRLtleft click reset parameter to its default value e CTRL right click or CTRL Shift left click initialize the default value of the parameter e
40. unction 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 preset other 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 disappear until you start to edit that saved version yet again 7 2 Preset menu Click the Preset arrow button to open the preset menu Here you can choose and load another preset from the current sort groups into the XILS Vocoder 5000 20scVocC1 9 2OscVocPitchedCl SimpleVocC1 a Open Preset Information Export Preset TF Delete Preset 20scNoiseVocPitchedCl T In this menu other actions are also available Delete Preset Use this to delete the current preset a pop up 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 to an external file location 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 This opens the following preset information window where not only the name but all the other information related to the current preset can be displayed or changed Preset informations Name Bank Author Type Factor Style Legacy Feeling Default Project F Created 08 10 2014
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