Creative 0404 Owners Manual - Page 45

USB 2.0 Owner's Manual, Choose a Sound for MIDI Channel 2, Add MIDI Clips, Preset Change, Save the Set

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Tutorials 23. Select MIDI Channel 2 as shown at right. 24. Click on the Clip Launch Button on the 4 MIDI clip to get it started. You won't hear anything because you haven't yet assigned a preset to MIDI channel 2 on Proteus VX. Choose a Sound for MIDI Channel 2 25. Click on the 3 MIDI heading to show the Proteus VX VSTi. Next, click on the wrench icon again (in the MIDI Track View) to open Proteus VX. 26. Select MIDI Channel 2 using the channel inc/dec keys . 27. Select a Preset on Channel 2. Place the cursor in the preset number field and use the up/down arrow keys on your computer keyboard to scroll through the list until you find a preset you like. • Note: There are several ways to select presets. See the Proteus VX Operation manual for details. 28. Now you should be hearing the sound you chose on channel 2. If not, check to make sure both clips are playing (green triangle). Each clip plays a different preset. Add MIDI Clips 29. Drop a few more MIDI clips into both MIDI channel slots. Play around with the Clip Launch buttons. Preset Change Here's another way to change the MIDI Program (Preset in E-MU speak) without going into the Proteus VX editor. 30. Double-click on one of the currently playing MIDI clips. The Clip View appears at the bottom of the window. 31. Select the Show/Hide Notes Box located in the lower left corner of the Clip View window. The Notes box appears in the Clip View section. 32. Select a Program number. You'll hear the Proteus VX sound change. Keep selecting until you find one you like. • Hint: Use the Up/Down Arrow keys to select Programs. Use Sub-Banks 2-8 to select presets higher than 128. 33. As an added bonus of selecting programs this way, the program (sound) you selected is now associated with the MIDI clip. Whenever you select this MIDI clip, the sound will also be selected. 34. Select another clip and assign a different program number. Notice that the Preset changes when you switch back and forth between clips. Save the Set 35. Save your work by selecting Save Live Set As... from the File menu. The next time you load the set, the Proteus VX bank will automatically load as well. Record a MIDI Track using your MIDI Keyboard 36. You can use the MIDI Track you set up on MIDI channel 2. Make sure there is at least one empty slot in the MIDI track. (Select and hit backspace to delete a clip.) NOTE Proteus VX sounds are called Presets or Programs. Ableton Live Programs are offset by +1 from Proteus VX. Notes Box Select Preset 0404 USB 2.0 Owner's Manual 45

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Tutorials
0404 USB 2.0 Owner’s Manual
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23. Select
MIDI Channel 2
as shown at right.
24.
Click on the
Clip Launch Button
on the 4 MIDI clip to get it started. You
won’t hear anything because you haven’t yet assigned a preset to MIDI
channel 2 on Proteus VX.
Choose a Sound for MIDI Channel 2
25.
Click on the 3 MIDI heading
to show the Proteus VX VSTi. Next, click on the
wrench icon
again (in the MIDI Track View) to open Proteus VX.
26.
Select MIDI Channel 2
using the channel inc/dec keys
.
27.
Select a Preset
on
Channel 2
. Place the cursor in the preset number field and
use the up/down arrow keys on your computer keyboard to scroll through the
list until you find a preset you like.
Note:
There are several ways to select presets. See the Proteus VX Operation
manual for details.
28.
Now you should be hearing the sound you chose on channel 2. If not, check
to make sure both clips are playing (green triangle). Each clip plays a different
preset.
Add MIDI Clips
NOTE
Proteus VX sounds are
called Presets or Programs.
Ableton Live Programs are
offset by +1 from Proteus
VX.
29.
Drop a few more MIDI clips into both MIDI channel slots. Play around with
the Clip Launch buttons.
Preset Change
Here’s another way to change the MIDI Program (Preset in E-MU speak) without
going into the Proteus VX editor.
30.
Double-click on one of the currently playing MIDI clips.
The Clip View
appears at the bottom of the window.
31.
Select the
Show/Hide Notes Box
located in the lower left corner of
the Clip View window. The Notes box appears in the Clip View section.
32.
Select a Program number.
You’ll hear the Proteus VX sound change. Keep
selecting until you find one you like.
Hint:
Use the
Up/Down Arrow
keys to select Programs. Use
Sub-Banks 2-8
to select presets higher than 128.
33.
As an added bonus of selecting programs this way, the program (sound) you
selected is now associated with the MIDI clip. Whenever you select this MIDI
clip, the sound will also be selected.
34.
Select another clip and assign a different program number. Notice that the
Preset changes when you switch back and forth between clips.
Save the Set
35.
Save your work by selecting
Save Live Set As…
from the File menu. The next
time you load the set, the Proteus VX bank will automatically load as well.
Record a MIDI Track using your MIDI Keyboard
36.
You can use the MIDI Track you set up on MIDI channel 2. Make sure there is
at least one empty slot in the MIDI track. (Select and hit backspace to delete a
clip.)
Select
Preset
Notes Box