Xils lab PolyKB II, User Manual

Table of contents

1 INTRODUCTION

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2 FEATURES

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3 INSTALLATION

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3.1 

E

L

ICENSER

DRIVERS

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3.1.1 If you already own a eLicenser 

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3.1.2 If you have received a eLicenser dongle from XILS-lab

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3.2 

I

L

OK

DRIVERS

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3.3 W

INDOWS

 (XP, VISTA, W

INDOWS

 7)

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3.4 M

AC

 (OSX 10.3.9 

AND

LATER

)

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4 QUICK START

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4.1 L

AUNCH

, P

LAY

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4.2 T

OOLBAR

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4.3 A

DJUSTING

THE

INSTRUMENTS

PARAMETERS

 (K

NOBS

, 

SWITCHES

)

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5 PRESET COMPATIBILITY WITH VERSION 1

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6 PRESET MANAGEMENT

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6.1 M

AIN

 T

OOLBAR

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6.2 P

RESET

MENU

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6.3 S

ORT

MENUS

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6.3.1 Sorting Menu: Additional Functions 

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6.4 A/B 

COMPARISON

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7 POLYKB MODULES DESCRIPTION

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7.1 S

YNTHESIS

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7.1.1 Oscillators

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7.1.2 Oscillator 2 Special features. Optional Noise Oscillator

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7.1.3 Filter

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7.1.4 Envelopes

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7.1.5 LFO1/2

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7.1.6  Matrix Modulation sections

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7.1.7   Main level and keyboard settings

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7.2 A

RPEGGIATOR

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7.3 S

EQUENCER

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7.3.1 Sequencer display module

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7.4 V

IRTUAL

KEYBOARD

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7.5 S

PECIAL

 E

FFECT

AND

 S

TEREO

MODULES

. A

DDITIONAL

MODULATION

TOOLS

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7.5.1 Sequencer display module

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7.5.2 DynaMYX

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7.5.3 PolyMYX

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7.6 E

FFECTS

MODULES

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7.6.1 Delay

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7.6.2 Chorus

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7.6.3 Phaser

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7.6.4 EQ

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8 OPTION MENU

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8.1.1 Main

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