Xils lab PolyKB II, User Manual

Page 1: ...PolyKB II User Manual www xils lab com...

Page 2: ...SORT MENUS 13 6 3 1 Sorting Menu Additional Functions 14 6 4 A B COMPARISON 15 7 POLYKB MODULES DESCRIPTION 16 7 1 SYNTHESIS 16 7 1 1 Oscillators 16 7 1 2 Oscillator 2 Special features Optional Noise...

Page 3: ...8 1 2 Display 41 8 1 3 Misc 42 9 SPECIAL TIPS 43 9 1 1 Voices management 43 9 1 2 Sequencer and Arpeggio synchronization 44 9 1 3 How to modify a preset to make it V2 compatible 44 10 CREDITS 46...

Page 4: ...ameter can be modulated with a large amount of sources This brings very new and special synthesis sound you have never heard before This synthesizer provides a wide range of modulation possibilities m...

Page 5: ...aser Delay and EQ effects Mono Unison Poly playing mode with up to 16 voices of polyphony 3 independent Modulation Matrixes One exclusive fully configurable Dynamic Stereo Enhancer All parameters are...

Page 6: ...code Enter your Activation Code in the reserved 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 o...

Page 7: ...der 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 ProTools...

Page 8: ...at the left of the preset name See Picture Below Note We have also provided different Init Patches which can be seen as a good basis to begin to design new presets All these presets can be found in th...

Page 9: ...t the parameter with fine 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...

Page 10: ...1 3 section at the end of this manual to get more detailed information about compatibility modes 6 Preset Management 6 1 Main Toolbar In the toolbar you can find two buttons displaying the category n...

Page 11: ...t and the disappears Clicking on the Save As button to save this preset with another name and or to other sorting groups 6 2 Preset menu Click the Preset arrow button to open the preset menu Here you...

Page 12: ...the display this will open a menu when you can select one of the existing items Note You can add a new item in any category and therefore create custom banks custom styles Projects categories of inst...

Page 13: ...ments for a musical genre like Electronica or Funk All instruments that were recently imported in a bank like additional sound sets from Xils Lab or 3rd party vendors There are indeed a lot of possibi...

Page 14: ...he 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 6 3 1 Sorting Menu Additional Functions In...

Page 15: ...n 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 P...

Page 16: ...quency can be displayed by semi tone or in Hz Waveform This knob sets the Waveform of the oscillator It can be anything between a pure triangle when turn left to a narrow pulse when turn right in a pe...

Page 17: ...Below is a view of the various available waveforms through the waveform setting Triangle Saw Saw double Saw Saw Square Square Pulse 17...

Page 18: ...an think of it as an additional LFO with the difference that its frequency will vary according to the pitch of the note played Except if the Key Off switch is on Audio Noise Adds white noise to the au...

Page 19: ...ong driving effect Depending where this stage is placed pre or post filtering you can get a subtle low end enhancement or a sort of saturation effect DRV Pre Post Clicking on the label DRV PRE or DRV...

Page 20: ...level Sustain set the sustain level maintains while the EG is gated the note is held Release set the time the output decrease to zero after the note is released While knobs control the last 4 paramet...

Page 21: ...form associated to this switch a sine or a triangle waveform The triangle Waveform is the default choice Noise Waveform Noise Sample and Hold at the LFO rate Delay set the delay time between a note ON...

Page 22: ...atrix you re working on On the picture below you can see where are located the three Modulation Matrixes of the PolyKB The 3 Modulation Matrixes The yellow area is allocated to the Main Switch Matrix...

Page 23: ...he modulation is very easy a switch connects a source to a destination while a knob sets the level of the source signal and therefore the amount of modulation applied to the destination Important The...

Page 24: ...e modulation The possible destinations for ADSR 2 modulation source are Pitch of VCO 1 2 Waveform morphing for VCO 1 2 Please note that the Cut Off Filter is not available as a target because the ADSR...

Page 25: ...ow If the MAIN velocity knob is set to zero no modulation will occur With the MAIN velocity knob turned fully clockwise the maximum modulation will occur Example To fully control the VCA and get a hug...

Page 26: ...1 and 2 or Mod Wheel are self explanatory Seq Pitch means that the pitch of the note played by the PolySequencer will determine the modulation The Higher the note the more modulation Same with Sequenc...

Page 27: ...chorus effects Modulating the Glide parameter will provide crazy TeeBee patches for example Finally modulating the delay times can lead to glorious Spring Reverb like ambiances Please note that the s...

Page 28: ...tone Velocity set the level of the velocity used by the Main Matrix Modulation section Pressure Set the level of the polyphonic after touch used by the modulation section Drift Each voice gets differe...

Page 29: ...value Warning This setting added to long release and a high available voice number is very CPU intensive The second menu allows choosing between playing in polyphonic or monophonic mode POLY circular...

Page 30: ...eggiator Poly enable the polyphonic mode Up play notes ascending mode Down play notes descending mode Oct enable octave cycles before restart Other parameters controlling the arpeggiator can be found...

Page 31: ...eful there is no undo Step del delete the current step of the voices selected Be careful there is no confirmation panel Triggered When on this switch will start the sequencer in play mode only when a...

Page 32: ...move the displayed part inside the whole range The current time slot is shown as a white cursor line at the bottom of the view Each of the current sequences is displayed in a different color The sequ...

Page 33: ...te So you can use the sequencer just for creating pitched sequences but using the velocity or the pitch through the modulation section gives you endless design possibilities To display or edit the vel...

Page 34: ...ls one for the modulation and the other for the pitch bend The output of the modulation wheel and details of which modules it modulates are set in the modulation section of the PolyKB The pitch bend w...

Page 35: ...to the two simulated microphones These microphones have a cardioid pick up pattern and can be oriented thanks to the Mic knob They can also be moved to get a wider or narrower stereo effect Width Chan...

Page 36: ...Reset modes are selected and static modulation for all other monophonic modes The PolyMyx is an XY Pad type You can freely drag move the points position on it A point red circle represents a note play...

Page 37: ...he Pad to give them the position you wish Please note that you can monitor each voice in real time when playing as the status of the current voice will change from a red circle to a green one when thi...

Page 38: ...puts them randomly within all the available space while Random Tiny in a smaller space keeping voices close to each other 7 6 Effects modules By clicking on the labels the corresponding effect is disp...

Page 39: ...treatments 7 6 3 Phaser Dry Wet set the mix level between the initial signal and the processed signal Speed set the rate of the internal low frequency oscillator of the phaser Amnt set the amount of...

Page 40: ...ain set the level of the shelf Centered knob turning it clockwise will increase the frequency content specified while turning it anti clockwise will lower the specified frequency content ON Led enable...

Page 41: ...lator 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 followin...

Page 42: ...en 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 wh...

Page 43: ...r instance Polyphony Number 3 Sequencer selected voices 1 Unison 1 Available voices for the keyboard 2 When using the keyboard in polyphonic circular mode the note ON will be assigned to voice 2 then...

Page 44: ...totally synced Synchronization of two instances To synchronize two instances of the PolyKB within your music software application you need to switch ON the MIDI sync control on the both instances but...

Page 45: ...stination Oscillators noise output levels you have to tune its level oscillator or noise and the amount The rule used to apply the modulation has been changed to allow a total mute of the module thank...

Page 46: ...esets were done by Celmar Engel Cliff Douse Drew Neuman Frank Sieben Georges Poropat Julian Ray Kevin Lamb Kire Lotuzia Luftrum Peter Schelfhout Soundsdivine The Circuit Symphonie Tzadi The graphical...