Egoist iPad Edition User Manual
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1. Load Sample Open the sample browser to access the factory content folders or load your own sample Pre Listen Press the little PLAY icon next to the sample browser listen the selected sample BASS3 LONG SENSITIVITY BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS AMBIENT ITUNES SHARED BASS CHORDS DRUMS ELECTRO Egoist 19 Rai li Slice the sample Mui AI CM LES ESA lt CO il 13 14 D SA ELE PARA lt DS IONI APE Ce X QNS EN S A li 3 f 1 2 3 4 5 7 12 24 HOLD 100 LOU LR EA PU 2 100 CH 0 LENGTH ENVELOPE MAX OUT SENSITIVITY RND Wave window with full sample and waveform zoom On top the smaller waveform display is showing the full sample Use the blue indicators to define the waveform zoom and your starting point when slicing Waveform zoom Tap the waveform zoom to launch individual slices or move the slicing points manually The orange slicing point defines the length of the last slice Egoist uses a linear progressive slicing engine A low sensitivity will give you longer slices so the engine will go deeper into the length of your sample Slice Controls Induce Auto Slicing Start the slicing engine by fiddling with the Sensitivity meter Random Create random slices of random len2. 8 s v E 5 ea F A Mi 4 O Place your drums in the beat sequencer at the bottom of the screen All drums can be placed attenuated icon is a little smaller or at full loudness In the hi hat row you can also choose between open and closed hi hats Use the Sequencer Clipboard to copy paste setups between different patterns for random populations or to nudge the values in the matrix The Beat section s clipboard will copy not only the content of the sequencer but also the settings of the synth section Shortcut Buttons Besides the usual copy paste reset and random buttons the Beat Sequencer has 16 ready made beats BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Egoist 28 EFFECTS FILTER DELAY REVERB LO FI CHORUS TAPE STOP amp LOOPER 4 SLICE ENV AMT SS Ee 11 5 32 80334 gt a 5 Nidin s Se RS curorr 91 x DEL FILT gt Lu co LL 7 On the Effects tab there s streamlined Effectrix section with some down to the point settings and a sequencer area Place one or several effects on the matrix and adjust parameters in the upper half of the screen BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Egoist 29 Filter There are seven different filter types in Egoist High Pass Passes frequencies above i
3. Select your iPad in the devices section H s Then press Apps below the Apple logo near the top of the window Scroll down to the File Sharing section and select Egoist Choose the appropriate audio file and press the etc button save the audio file s to the desired location BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Egoist 11 Egoist Documents 221 Content Yesterday 16 05 GarageBand genome MIDI 8 iFLECTRIBE B8 Add File Save to v k E Presets 120 Chord 44 120 Deep In Detroit 1 120 Deep In Detroit 2 120 Detroit 120 Es Vedra 1 120 Love Parade 120NYC 120 Rowdy Swing 120 Sketch Pad 1 122 ES Vedra 2 122 House Drums 2 D m ele Mm WIC erocrai Copy to Migi Frograi MIDI LEARN MIDI LEARN CLEAR Double press any control button to assign incoming MIDI CCs MIDI clear to delete the assignment MIDI CC assignments will not be saved or changed with the presets AUDIOBUS In AudioBus Egoist can be used as a Sender INTER APP AUDIO Use Egoist as an Inter App Audio Instrument inside compatible host apps and DAWs such as GarageBand Auria Beatmaker and Cubasis Attention When using Egoist as an IAA set the to external host start so that Egoist will sync to the host s start When you press play in the IAA transport controls the pattern will start where ever your host clock is at this point in time USING EGOIST AS AN IAA
4. 15 THE FOOTER Tum mumsu DE oe a ae You switch between Pattern and Song mode with the three buttons the right hand side of the footer Pattern Keys In its default state Pattern mode the footer displays the 16 pattern keys Each pattern contains a complete setup in the slicing engine Beat Bass Effects and the controls in the header Access each of the 16 patterns by tapping the pattern keys 1 16 The pattern keys are mapped from C1 upwards As soon as you press a note on your MIDI controller or press a note in your Host the pattern will Start playing When the Is set to internal the pattern will start playing from the beginning unless you play In external mode the patterns will always start at the current song position If the clock option is set to external amp host start Egoist will sync to your host start So when you press play in your DAW the pattern will start wherever your host clock is at this point in time Vary existing patterns You can transfer content and settings from one pattern to another Use the global clipboard or the 4 sequencer clipboards slicer bass beat amp effects The Bass Slicer Effects can be used to transfer individual sequencer populations pitch setups etc mm x The will copy all engines Effects setup and lt La a all sequencer populations to another pattern lt When is O
5. When you use LFO as a source regulate the intensity and the LFO waveform sine or square with the modulation amount cross fader Decay or LFO rate The fader right next to the modulation cross fader is flexible when envelope is your modulation source it adjusts the decay When using LFO you can define the LFO s rate between 0 1Hz and 30Hz Drive Drive over the limit to produce asymmetric soft clipping creating warm sounding even order harmonics and a saturated sound Amp Decay Experiment with different decay times of the bass notes Bass Preset Browser The bass presets contain ready made settings for the synth section Sequencer and Root Note are not affected BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Egoist 25 Bass Seguencer jim gt gt M m m t3 x 8 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 SY ES 4 gt 34 EB A 7 You can add bass notes in the top row Pick from four different lengths Quarter step half step almost a full step amp tie Tie If the next step is filled with a note they will tie if it s empty it s a true full step note Glide notes These are the forked steps in the right column of the bass note menu If only glide notes are being used one after another the glide time adds up If used individually the glide time equals the step time In the bass sequencer s second row you can adjust the pitch of each step Just drag up and down
6. Arrange the parts A F in up to 16 steps The song will start playback on any MIDI note When triggering part and song per MIDI we recommend setting the on Egoist s setting page to internal As in Part mode make use of the loop bar to define the length of your song Egoist 17 Slice Key Mode Tap the piano keys button on the left of the footer Each of the 16 keys will now trigger the slice on the respective step of the slicing engine This is a funky feature you can play any of the 16 steps including assigned effects This turns Egoist into a slice keyboard Try using the same slice on different steps and vary pitch and effect setup Slice Keys are mapped from C 3 When Slice Keys are activated pattern keys can still be triggered starting from C 1 Pattern Selector Selects the pattern that you wish to play MIDI Learn double press the arrows in the pattern selector this is giving you sixteen playable slice keyboards complete with Settings Effects etc Extremely handy for live purposes BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Egoist 18 SLICER LOAD UP A SAMPLE SLICE THE SAMPLE GLOBAL SLICER SETTINGS ARRANGE THE SLICES PITCH CONTROLS SLICE SETTINGS ATTACK DECAY AND LEVEL SEQUENCER CLIPBOARD GLOBAL CLIPBOARD SEQUENCER GESTURES Load up a Sample Load audio content through the sample browser on the Slicer tab ACC FUNKIOSPTID D Egoist works with wav aiff mp3 files 0 100 SENSITIVITY RAD
7. CONTENTS Egoist 23 BASS WAVE FILTER TYPES CUTOFF amp RESONANCE MODULATION AMOUNT DECAY OR LFO RATE DRIVE AMP DECAY BASS PRESET BROWSER BASS SEQUENCER MOO AMT IEC AY DRIVE DECAY m 10 10 L E y 0 o l ROOTNOTE FILTER TYPE Cs 1 030 GI gt i Egoist s Bass synthesizer features a single analogue oscillator with two waveforms saw or square an excellent VCF filter and Overdrive The Cutoff can be modulated via Envelope or a variable LFO curve Wave Use saw for harmonic spacing or square to add a little more character The frequency of your wave is defined by the Root Note and Pitch settings in the sequencer BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Egoist 24 Filter Types Three different low pass filters 030 Our interpretation of a 303 18dB octave if you looking for that resonant and sharp sound Moog filter A 24dB octave ladder filter and the most musical sounding of the filter designs This one will give lush thick creamy tones MS 20 Our diode filter with12 dB octave useful in a creative musical context This one s very bassy and has its edges rounded off Cutoff amp Resonance Define cutoff frequency resonance will amplify a narrow band of frequencies at this level Modulation Amount Switch your modulation source between the Envelope and an LFO to SOURCE modulate Cutoff
8. lt gt SUGAR BYTES Egoist iPad Edition User Manual Egoist 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT EIGHT MINI WORKFLOWS CONNECTIVITY SELECT FILE EKPORT FILE ITUNES FILE TRANSFER MIDI AUDIOBUS INTER APP AUDIO REFERENCE GUIDE THE HEADER THE FOOTER SLICER BASS BEAT EFFECTS SETTINGS AUDIO MIDI BOUNCE AUDIO SHARE TEMPO CLOCK SOURCE SLICER TIME BASE FINE TUNE SLICER MAX OUT CC PRESET ISOLATE CC MAP IGNORE PROGRAM CHANGE DIRECT PATTERN CHANGE MASTER TUNE FINE TUNE BASS CONTACT APP STORE O CAL iu BG WOW Turnado Thesys Effectrix Egoist 2 ABOUT Egoist is a jamming unit giving you a handy toolkit to sketch out your next track within a few minutes And it s fun Press the Play button to get a first feel and check the factory presets in the dial next to the Play button EGOIST combines a SLICER with a SEAT and ASS section There s also a sequencer with multiple FFECTS to add some special SB sauce The typical Egoist workflow would look something like this Load up a sample Slice and Arrange Pick a beat and add some bass Use up to seven effects to make it funky 1 2 3 4 Start varying across the 16 patterns via copy paste ALL WI AA nA The simplicity and limitations of EGOIST will focus your creativity Everything in Egoist is immediate change anything on the go while the loop is running and there s plenty of intelligent random buttons Your ear will know when it s g
9. ACKGROUND Run Audio in Background Audio Buffer 64 samples 128 samples 256 samples 512 samples AUDIO IN BACKGROUND Run Audio in Background Midi Devices SOURCES Virtual Input Network Session 1 DESTINATIONS BASS Network Session 1 Active Midi Clock Sync Channel Bounce Audio Share Use the to export your audio files and to share audio with the iTunes File Sharing folder Tempo Egoist reguires tempo information in order to synchronize loopers slicers or delays to the beat Tap the BPM Control panel to match the tempo or move bpm up or down Long press to directly enter the tempo Clock Source Determines how the Egoist engine is started and stopped When the Clock is set to internal the pattern will start per playing a MIDI note and will always start from the beginning unless you play In external mode Egoist starts playing by MIDI notes and will always start at the current song position If the clock option is set to external host start Egoist will sync to your host start So when you press play in your DAW the pattern will start wherever your host clock is at this point in time Slicer Time Base When the clock icon is selected the internal envelopes amp length adjustment are based on the length of the respective slices In note mode timing is based on a step length Fine Tune Slicer Pitch Fine tune Slicer between 100 cents Max Out Be careful with t
10. FF pattern change will only after the old pattern has finished playing x GR When ON it will react immediately if you switch to another I wA pattern 4 gt v Screenshot x clipboards for slice arranger EERE pitch controls and step settings 4 Be Global clipboard on the bottom inno E m 2 TO TABLE CONTENTS Egoist 16 Part Mode Switch to part mode to create up to six different pattern progressions parts A F PTRN PART SONG The part will start playback with any MIDI note Each part can contain up to eight patterns For editing individual parts hit the buttons A F Part Tempo Determines the duration of one step in the part sequencer 16 means one part step lasts for sixteen sequencer steps Make use of different part tempi The part tempo can be defined specifically for each of the six parts A F So part A could run each pattern for two steps part B four steps C for eight steps etc Since each pattern can contain a different sample this feature allows you to easily create fast breaks and unconventional tempo changes Loop bar You can define the length of each part with the loop bar indicators in the Part Arranger When the sequencer reaches the end of the part loop it will proceed to the next part BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Song Mode PTRN PART SONG
11. INSTRUMENT INSIDE GARAGEBAND Launch GarageBand and select Egoist from the list of available Inter App Audio Instrument apps My Songs Instruments 1 Now Egoist runs alongside your GarageBand project Record the audio output of Egoist by pressing Record in the IAA transport controls in Egoist BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Egoist 14 REFERENCE GUIDE THE HEADER TEMPO SWING SLICER EFFECTS BASS EFFECTS BEAT EFFECTS PIANOSCAPIST 1 8 0 Vi Ip Ip Ip Preset Browser amp Global Settings for Tempo Swing The PLAY button starts all engines UNDO and REDO recent actions with the curved arrows PRESETS load any factory preset save your own work or scroll using the horizontal arrows TEMPO Control sets the step resolution 1 4 1 8 1 16 1 32 1 4T 1 8T 1 16T 1 32T So the duration of one step is either a quarter note an eighth sixteenth etc The SWING function moves certain hits of your rhythm off the grid just enough to create a Swing feeling Mixer Section SLICER EFFECTS EFFECTS EFFECTS Each sound unit features three mixer controls bypass effect assign amp volume Bypass Each engine Slicer Bass and Beat can be switched on off by pressing the respective button in the header Effect Assign Route each section through the effect sequencer by pressing the Effects button in the header On the far right find master volume and level meter BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Egoist
12. PIST 1 8 0 Tempo Swing Controls PTRN SONG 100 DE SENSITIVITY RND Sample browser with Sensitivity Meter Auto Slice Egoist 4 3 ARRANGING THE SLICES Slice Arranger with vertical indicators 1 1 16 On the right Copy Paste controls Reset Random and arrows for sequence shifting Here s a polyphonic 16 step sequencer switch single slices on off by pressing their numbers Arrange by moving the slice indicators up down change loop length amp play direction in top row Screen random arrangements by pressing the cube icon in the slicer controls on the right The little cross right next to the cube will reset the slice arranger to its default state pictured in screenshot shortcut The Reset button puts the Slice Arranger back into Default mode pictured above BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Egoist 5 4 PICK A BEAT I I I I I I AD SASSI LE PSS ELL EELS I LI 27222 YA Go to the Bass Beat Tab pick any of 32 kicks snares 4 hihats with the four drum selectors in the beat section Adjust volume and pitch of each drum with the grey knobs Now check the beat seguencer on the bottom To Da Dh SANI Beat Settings with Kit selector here Waste Kit In each kit pick any of 32 Ki
13. and pitch in semitones For a more immediate amp rough adjustment go to the row below and drag up for a quick 41 octave down for 1 octave Use the to copy paste setups between different patterns for random populations or to nudge the values in the matrix Check out for efficient workflow You can on Egoist s settings tab BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Egoist 26 BEAT SPP s PPP ff Fr ar ur ur ur ur urn TS 2 i UBER ILS A x L4 Di YA YA YA YA 4 YA 6 YA YA DI YA YA la e D YA YA YA YA 7 P P YA P t The beat section contains 15 drum and percussion kits with 32 kick drums 32 snares and 32 hi hats each Control loudness and pitch of each drum with the knobs in the beat section Via the drum set icon in the lower left you can roll through the 32 drum sets in each kit his can also be done via the controls for the individual drums kick snare and hi hat Fine tune your drum section by playing with the individual volumes Adjust the pitch of each drum Max out Normalize the drum track Attenuate Regulate the level of attenuation for the gentle drums smaller icon in the sequencer Each kit contains 32 sets you can combine different sets within one kit BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Egoist 27 BEAT Seguencer e
14. are the forked steps in the right column of the bass note menu If only glide notes are being used one after another the glide time adds up If used individually the glide time equals the step time In the bass sequencer s second row you can adjust the pitch of each step Just drag up and down and pitch in semitones Shortcut In the bass sequencer you can populate the pitch lines with random values separately BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Egoist 7 6 SPRINKLE SOME EFFECTS 4 SLICE ENV AMT D n o 7 a LI TYPE 02 J4 12780333 RS CUL O nl NS s UR 4 gt 3 es SSS S gt m m um 1 RR DI mem x B Ca me m Effect Parameters Modify each effect by using their icons as an x y pad or by moving the sliders SLICER EFFECTS EFFECTS Switch effects on off You can switch on off the effect section for all three inputs Slicer Bass amp Beat in the header Once again choosing between some random populations in the sequencer should give you a good starting point Shortcut The effect parameters have their own L random button The cube icon with the 3 arrows on the left of the parameter section will give you random effect settings across the board BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Egois
15. cks Snares or Hi Hats xx mm 3 x EB NH lt gt 7 m sui Beat Sequencer pick loud or attenuated drums Choose open or closed hi hats The grey controls on the bottom address the global clipboard for exchange between patterns 4 4 See the and buttons to the right These toggle between 16 ready made beats the quickest way to add some structure to your track BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Egoist 6 5 ADD SOME BASS The bass unit is simple but very effective CUTOFF RESO MOD AMT RATE DRIVE AMP DECAY a strong and nasty sound combined with Em Em E the flexible sequencer will add the right T harmonic fundament for your track F1 030 62 gt E BASS WAVE Choose random sequences to get a feel for the bass A F T li i i Bass Filter section Toggle Root note bottom left x f _ en y 10 11 12 x Bass Sequencer define note length quarter step half step almost full amp tie with next step The right column of the pop up menu contains the glide notes Tie Tie notes will connect several sequencer steps You ll find them in the last row of the panel If the next step is filled with a note they will tie If the subsequent step is empty a tie note becomes a true full step note Glide notes These
16. each part A F Song Mode Arrange six parts in a 16 step sequencer In SONG mode define the progression of up to six parts across sixteen steps This system allows you to compose a full song PTRN PART SONG Song Mode Use the loop indicators to define the length of parts and songs BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Egoist 9 Si Itunes Shared Ambient Bass Chords Drums Electro Drums Plus Drums Real Drums Sascha Guitar Keys Mike Huckaby Modular Music Music EKPORT AUDIO FILE Bounce your audio files and share them in AudioShare AudioCopy Dropbox or Soundcloud You find the Bounce Share function in the Settings Page of Egoist The basic routine is creating a bounce file first then exporting it SOURCE AMOUNT TIME FINE TUNE SLICER 7 SN 3 INTE VERSIO RIC Bounce Share P 95 counsellor troy 2015 01 16 10 50 42 v gt 6 ll Press to bounce the current Pattern Part or Song Parts or even a full song will take a little longer to process Once you ve created a bounce tick the line and press the Export icon in the lower right of the menu Choose between four destinations AudioCopy AudioShare require installation or Dropbox amp Soundcloud you ll need a login ITUNES FILE TRANSFER Transfer audio files between Egoist and your computer with iTunes Connect your iPad to your computer and open iTunes
17. fferent setups left to right right to left ping pong amp random Use the to copy paste setups between different patterns for random populations or to nudge values in the matrix Pitch Controls 7 10 7 10 10 6 3 x m A A A A lt gt a PITCH Adjust individual slices pitch You can adjust the pitch in the two rows under the arranger grid Switch up down by 12 octaves in the bottom row and adjust semitones in the upper row Use the to copy paste setups between different patterns for random populations or to nudge the values in the matrix BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Egoist 21 Slice Settings Attack Decay and Level The amplitude of each slice can be manipulated in the grid at the bottom of the page Attack Define how long it takes for the volume of each slice to go from silence to maximum level Decay Define the hold fade out time of each slice Level Individual Volume control for each slice When a slice is more than one step long the parameters defined at the starting step will affect the full duration of the slice not only the starting step The step parameters have a huge influence on the groove of your slicing sequence so try screening arrangements with the Random function Max Out v Level Max out will override the specific per step level settings in the sequencer Use the to copy paste setups between different patterns for random populations or to
18. gth Global Slicer Settings Pitch All slices 24 semitones Length Global setting to influence the duration of all slices The length of each slice is the time base for the envelopes which controls the amplitude Length s scale is relative to the full duration of each slice Envelope Crossfader between Hold and Decay Hold will not affect the original amplitude Decay will introduce fade out Envelope length is always slice length Max out is a juicy limiter normalizing the slicer output to 0 dB The settings above are applied to all slices It makes sense to use these dials to create an inital setup BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Egoist 20 Arrange the Slices 6 13 3 ta 8 4 gt v Te Pl You can allocate the numbered slices to each step by sliding the slice indicator up down The number is showing up in the top line of the arranger matrix 12 3 2 2 Define Loop Length On top of the sequencer you can define the loop length Asynchronous loops across Egoist will result in ever changing arrangements of the three engines Varying loop lengths can be defined in the Slicer the Bass section amp Effects Switch off single steps Tap the number on top of the Slice Arranger This way you can leave pauses or give longer slices more room Reverse single slices The slices play backwards if you hit the reverse arrow at the bottom of the arranger Play Direction There are four di
19. his one This is a master maximizer making your output super fat and limiting it to OdB This makes your track breathe intensively CC Preset Isolate MIDI CC assignments MIDI Learn will not be saved or changed with the presets Ignore Program Changes Incoming program change messages will be ignored Only presets from the folder MIDI Programs will be used for program changes BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Egoist 36 Direct Pattern Change When off switching between patterns will only be executed after the old pattern has finished playing When on patterns will switch immediately Manual Press the lt gt button to automatically open Egoist s manual Master Tune General fine tune for Bass and Slicer 100 cents Fine Tune Bass Fine tune Bass between 100 cents BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Egoist 37 APP STORE WOW FILTER BOY Need some state of the art filtering on your iPad Go for WOW2 Use 3 finger XY pads to control filters distortions and modulations With audio recorder AudioBus and Auria Plugin ready for each and every situation TURNADO We crafted Turnado for massive real time audio manipulation It combines unique and dynamic effects with a most intuitive and immediate control Just turn it on and crank it up THESYS Thesys is a MIDI stepsequencer plugin giving you control over just about all aspects of your favorite MIDI devices Use Thesys to create varied and organic bass
20. ider Rate Chorus speed Depth SAMPLING RATE 9NI d iN Y 1430 118 gt 1430 w F i TE Chorus intensity goes from slight widening to extreme de tuning TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Egoist 31 Tape Stop amp Looper Tape Stop emulates the effect you get when you turn off a tape recorder or a turntable with the sound still on Adjust the time until full stop INI 4 H 9 11 d gt p 4 LENG TH The Looper is repeating its audio buffer according to the defined loop size Size Negative settings make the loop size getting smaller over time Positive settings let the size grow over time Pitch Increases positive or decreases negative pitch BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Egoist 32 renro GRID ore SLICER TIME BASE e e a CLOCK SOURCE AMOUNT TIME FINE TUNE SLICER UU O INTERNAL EXTERNAL Re ES _ IGNORE PROGRAM CHANGES HOST START MAX OUT gt DIRECT PATTERN CHANG ANGE SNS 4 SS NS MASTER TUNE lt AUDIO SETTINGS CC PRESET ISOLATE O MIDI SETTINGS BOUNCE AUDIO SHARE OPEN MANUAL VERSION 1 0 3 FINE TUNE BASS SUGAR BYTES RICO BAADE ROBERT FEHSE PHILIPP ROLLER VINCENT MIETHE GABRIEL MULZER MARKUS LEUCHT Audio Settings AUDIO Output Out 142 gt Audio Buffer 256 samples AUDIO IN B
21. lines screaming leads pulsating chords and organic pad sounds in the studio or on stage EFFECTRIX Effectrix is a multi effect sequencer featuring 13 effects and a 32 step sequencer with 12 sub patterns Effectrix is the ideal tool for grooving sound mutations and exciting breakbeat effects CONTACT Sugar Bytes GmbH Purely made of passion Greifswalder Str 29 10405 Berlin Germany Tel 49 30 60920395 info sugar bytes de www sugar bytes com BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Egoist 38
22. nudge the values in the matrix Sequencer Clipboard Egoist contains four sequencer based engines the Slicer Bass Beat and Effects In each of these four sections you ll find these clipboard controls Copy amp Paste Use these to transfer sequencer setups from one pattern to another Reset This cleans out the sequencer for a fresh start Random Egoist suggests a setup Using random is great to get you started m f es Left Right Moves sequence along the grid Up Down Nudge values up or down 55 A wr Plus Minus Step through sixteen ready made beats Beat section only BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Egoist 22 Global Clipboard You can start working from scratch in each pattern or you can copy paste existing work from one pattern to another In the lower right hand corner of each tab you ll find the Global Clipboard grey Transfer settings from one pattern to another a handy tool for composing songs or parts out of varying patterns Copy then switch to another pattern key on the bottom of the page and paste All parameters the sample content and the slicer setup are pattern specific Sequencer Gestures Horizontal Swipe Fill multiple cells with identical values Populate Start swiping from the cell you want to copy Delete Start swiping from an empty cell Vertical Swipe Toggle through the values of each cell Double Tap Blanks a cell BACK TO TABLE OF
23. ood if you re not happy keep playing Egoist works on any sound source connects to AudioBus Inter App Audio and can process input from AudioCopy amp AudioShare i ta x 8 v v p gt ka x BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Egoist 3 EIGHT MINI WORKFLOWS 1 FLICK THROUGH THE FACTORY PRESETS 2 LOAD YOUR OWN SAMPLE amp SLICE 3 ARRANGE THE SLICES 4 Pick A BEAT 5 ADD SOME BASS 6 SPRINKLE SOME EFFECTS 7 CREATE VARYING PATTERNS 8 PTRN PART SONG BUTTONS 1 FLICK THROUGH THE FACTORY PRESETS The PLAY button on the left hand side of the header will start Egoist Use the arrows in the Preset Browser to toggle the ready made factory presets Edit Patterns Switch to Pattern mode to easily access and edit the sequences in Egoist 2 LOAD YOUR OWN SAMPLE amp SLICE Reset Egoist s settings by choosing EMPTY from the Sugar Bytes A folder in the preset browser Open the Sample Browser to load a factory sample stuff from your iTunes Library to jam to one of your songs or use AudioCopy Pre Listen by pressing the black Play icon on the right Induce Auto Slicing by changing the setting of the Sensitivity Meter Trigger individual slices by tapping them in the large waveform display BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Play button Preset browser with Undo Redo amp TEMPO SWING PIANOSCA
24. t 8 7 CREATE VARYING PATTERNS oo D Footer in Pattern Mode with 16 pattern keys Each of the pattern keys in the footer represents one of 16 different patterns in each one you can load a different sample and use different setups for bass beat and effects Enter the global clipboard feature with copy paste you can transfer a complete setup slicer bass beats amp effects from one pattern key to another Reset and random will also affect all of these handle with care and remember there s the Undo ETES button if anything goes wrong DTOM DAD aM Global Clipboard with copy paste reset amp random 8 PTRN PART SONG BUTTONS The Pattern and Part Sequencer is useful for arranging a full song in Egoist A great feature of Egoist is the complete autonomy of each pattern so each pattern can contain a different sample slicing setup individual bass beat and effects Use the global clipboard to copy paste between patterns 1 16 and switch to Part or Song mode The three buttons in the lower right hand corner are the key to the pattern sequencer Switch between pattern part and PART SONG song mode Create varying parts out of different patterns Part Mode Arrange up to 16 different patterns into six individual parts If you switch to PART mode you can define the pattern arrangement of up to six parts buttons A F PTRN SONG Pattern Mode Use different Part Tempo in
25. ts cutoff frequency and attenuates frequencies below its cutoff frequency This N effect can be used to reduce low frequency noise P Band Pass Passes frequencies within the cutoff frequency range and rejects attenuates frequencies outside that range Low Pass Passes frequencies below its cutoff frequency Comb Filter Adds a delayed version of the input signal causing constructive and destructive interference Slice Envelope Amount Use the envelope from the slicer engine as a modulator Delay A typical delay effect with synced delay times Level Level adjusts the loudness of the delayed signal Feedback Determines how long the delayed signal will decay lt 12790334 Time Delay time in sync with your host tempo BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Egoist 30 Reverb Size The room size for bigger or smaller reverbs Damping Damping controls the length of the reverb Level Level adjusts the loudness of the reverb effect LO FI Lower the guality of your audio with our Lo Fi effect Turn Bit Depth down to hear some lo fi goodness Once you get below the 8 bit mark things are going to get a little crazy The Sampling Rate through the Lo Fi channel can be adjusted in the slider at the bottom Chorus The Chorus effect adds a rich shimmering quality to the signal It mixes input with one or more delayed pitch modulated copies of itself making it all bigger and w
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