Air Fabric XL User manual

Fabric XL
User Guide
English
Manual Version 1.1

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Introduction
Thank you for purchasing the AIR Fabric XL plugin instrument. Fabric XL is the brand-new flagship sample-based
synthesizer from AIR Music Technology and delivers the ultimate sounds for all your production needs. Fabric XL
brings a stunning collection of cutting-edge presets, including everything from twisted and dark motion pads, drone
and sub-basses, acoustic and electric guitars, acoustic and electric pianos, classic poly and lead synths, and much
more.
This user guide explains how to use your plugin instrument. For more information on using other parts of the MPC
software or hardware, please consult the respective MPC Software User Guide and MPC hardware User Guide.
System Requirements & Product Support
For complete system requirements and compatibility information, visit airmusictech.com.
For technical support, visit support.airmusictech.com.
Installation
1. Double-click the .exe (Windows) or .pkg (macOS) file you downloaded. Follow the on-screen instructions to
install the software.
2. Open the plugin application.
3. Click Sign In to sign into your inMusic Brands Profile using your Internet browser. If you do not have an inMusic
Brands Profile yet, you will be prompted to create one.
4. Once you have signed in, click Activate in the plugin window to enter your serial key to unlock the plugin. You
can unlock each plugin on up to three devices at a time.
5. If you do not have a serial key, you can click Try Unlicensed to explore the plugin with intermittent audio alerts.
You can also click 10-Day Trial to initiate a free, fully featured trial of the plugin for 10 days.
If you would like to purchase a serial key, click the link to purchase a license at profile.inmusicbrands.com.

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Operation
Overview
Setup
Section
View
Toggles,
Main Vol
Perform
Controls
Layers
Controls

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Effects
Controls
Settings

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Setup Section
1. Keyboard: Click this icon to enable or disable the virtual keyboard. When enabled, you can click these keys to
input notes, or view notes being played on an external MIDI device.
2. Tempo: Displays the current plugin tempo. To change the tempo:
•Click the number and use your keyboard to input a new value.
•Click and drag the tempo value up or down using your cursor.
•Click the Tap button at regular intervals.
3. Settings: Click this icon to open the Settings window, where you can set the following parameters:
•Output: Click this drop-down menu to select an audio hardware driver in your computer system. Click the
Test button to play a test tone for checking your audio output settings. (Careful! You should lower the
volume on your audio system beforehand.)
•Sample Rate: Click this drop-down menu to select the desired sample rate for your project. This depends
on the available sample rates of the type of MPC hardware you are using or of your audio interface (i.e.,
select 96000 Hz only if your interface allows a 96 kHz sample rate).
•Audio Buffer Size: Click this drop-down menu to set your audio system’s latency. Lower values result in a
more immediate playing response but also more CPU consumption. If you are working with larger projects,
this may cause audible clicks and pops. Higher values are more CPU-friendly but can produce more delay
between pressing a pad and hearing the corresponding sound. The ideal audio buffer size also depends on
your computer’s CPU performance. Experiment with this to find the best setting for your system.
•Active MIDI Inputs: Displays available MIDI input devices. To enable a device, check the box next to its
name.
•Bluetooth MIDI: Click this icon to open your system’s Bluetooth settings menu, where you can select a
Bluetooth-enabled MIDI device to control the plugin.
4. Menu: Click this icon to open the menu, where you can find the following options:
•Scale: Click here to select a value to scale the plugin window to a new size.
•Load Preset: Click here to load a saved preset.
•Save Preset: Click here to save the current preset.
•Open User Guide: Click here to open this User Guide.
•About: Click here to view plugin version information.
5. Preset: Click this drop-down menu to view the list of included plugin presets. You can also click the up and
down arrows next to this field to move to the previous or next preset.
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Perform
All settings in this view except Delay On/Off and Reverb On/Off are available in all other plugin views.
Parameter Description Value Range
Main Vol Overall level of the plu
g
in. -inf – 0.0 – +6.0 dB
Layer 1/2 Enable or disable the layer. Off, On
V
olume Level of the layer. -inf – 0.0 – +12.0 dB
Layer 1/2 Cate
g
ory Sound cate
g
ory of the layer.
V
aries
Layer 1/2 Preset Preset sound within the selected category. Varies
Cutoff Filter cutoff frequency of the layer. -100 --- 0 --- +100%
Reso Amount of resonance/emphasis of the filter cutoff
point for the layer.
-100 --- 0 --- +100%
Attack Amount of amplitude attack reduced from or added
to the sound.
-100 --- 0 --- +100%
Release Amount of amplitude release reduced from or added
to the sound.
-100 --- 0 --- +100%
Formant Decreases or increases resonant frequencies to
adjust the timbre of the sound.
-100 --- 0 --- +100%
Sample Start Starting point of the sample. -100 --- 0 --- +100%
Delay Enable or disable the delay effect. Off, On
Delay Mix Wet/dry amount of the delay effect. 0–100%
Reverb Enable or disable the reverb effect. Off, On
Reverb Mix Wet/dry amount of the reverb effect. 0–100%

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Layers
Layer Controls
Parameter Description Value Range
Layer 1/2 Click the power button to enable or disable
the selected layer.
Off, On
Sample Start Starting point of the selected sample. 0–100%
Key Low Set the lowest key for the layer key range. C-2 – G8
Key Hi
g
h Set the hi
g
hest key for the layer key ran
g
e. C-2 – G8
Undamped Keys Set the starting note above which all notes
are undamped.
Off, >D5, >E5, >F5
Octave Coarse tuning of the layer in octaves. -4 – 0 – +4
Semi Transposition of the layer in semitones. -12 – 0 – +12
Cents Fine tunin
g
of the layer in cents. -50.0 – 0.0 – +50.0
Formant Decreases or increases resonant frequencies
to adjust the timbre of the sound.
-12 – 0 – +12

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Amp
Parameter Description Value Range
V
ol Level of the layer. -inf – 0.0 – +12.0 dB
Spike Applies additional velocity to the amplitude
attack.
0–100%
Spike Length Length of time for the Spike to decay. 0–100%
Pan Stereo pannin
g
of the layer. L64 -
-
- C -
-
- R64
Pan Keytrack Ties the stereo panning to the pitch being
played.
At negative values, the lower notes will be
stereo right, and higher notes stereo left.
At positive values, lower notes will be stereo
left, and higher notes stereo right.
-100 – 0 – +100%
Pan Alternate Alternate successive notes between stereo left
and ri
g
ht.
-100 – 0 – +100%
Filter
Parameter Description Value Range
Mode Type of filter applied. Off, Lowpass 24dB, Lowpass
12 dB, Band 18, Band 12,
High 12, Peak EQ, Presence,
Damper,
Cutoff Cutoff frequency of the filter. 0–100%
Reso Resonance of the filter. 0–100%
Env Depth Envelope depth of the filter.
At negative values, decreases the cutoff value
based on the decay value.
At positive values, increases the cutoff value
based on the decay value.
-100% – 0 – +100%
Keytrack Ties the envelope parameters to the pitch being
played.
At higher values, the envelope time is
decreased as the pitch is increased.
0–100%
Velocity The amount of effect velocity has on filter
control.
-100% – 0 – +100%

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Envelopes
Click the Amp Env, Filter Env, or Pitch Env buttons to view the selected envelope.
Click the Edit button to view and edit the selected envelope parameters. You can also click and drag the envelope
points directly.
Parameter Description Value Range
Amp
Envelope
Attack Length of time for the sound to reach full
level.
0 ms – 32 s
Decay Length of time for the note to reach sustain
level.
0 ms – 32 s
Sustain Level of the sound while the note is held. 0–100%
Release Length of time for the note to dissipate when
released.
0 ms – 32 s
Fade Level decrease or increase to the envelope
sustain level.
-100 – 0 – +100%
Velocity Amount of effect the note velocity has on the
amplitude envelope.
-100 – 0 – +100%
Vel > Att The amount of effect velocity has on the
amplitude attack.
-100 – 0 – +100%

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Envelopes (continued)
Parameter Description Value Range
Filter
Envelope
Attack Length of time for the filter to reach full level. 0 ms – 32 s
Decay Length of time for the filter to reach sustain
level.
0 ms – 32 s
Sustain Level of the filter while the note is held. 0–100%
Release Length of time for the filter to dissipate when
released.
0 ms – 32 s
Fade Level decrease or increase to the envelope
sustain level.
-100 – 0 – +100%
Velocity Amount of effect the note velocity has on the
filter envelope.
-100 – 0 – +100%
Vel > Att The amount of effect velocity has on the filter
attack.
-100 – 0 – +100%

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Envelopes (continued)
Parameter Description Value Range
Pitch
Envelope
Level 1 Pitch level (relative to the Env Depth) at the
start of the note.
-100 – 0 – +100%
Delay Len
g
th of time to reach Level 2. 0 ms – 32 s
Level 2
Pitch level (relative to the Env Depth) at the
start of the note.
-100 – 0 – +100%
Attack
Length of time between Levels 2 and 3. 0 ms – 32 s
Level 3
Pitch level (relative to the Env Depth) at the
start of the note.
-100 – 0 – +100%
Decay Length of time for the note to reach sustain
level after the Attack.
0 ms – 32 s
Sustain
Pitch level (relative to the Env Depth) as the
note is held.
-100 – 0 – +100%
Release Length of time for the note to dissipate when
released.
0 ms – 32 s
Level 5
Pitch level (relative to the Env Depth) when
the note is released.
-100 – 0 – +100%
Env Depth Sets the range of pitch adjustment in
semitones.
-12.00 – 0.00 – +12.00

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LFO
Parameter Description Value Range
Mode Waveshape of the low frequency oscillator. Off, Constant, Sine, Triangle,
Sawtooth, Square, S+H
Random, S+H Alternate,
Random Drift, Slow Drift
Sync Disable or enable and select how the LFO is
synced to the
g
lobal tempo.
Off, First Note, Each Note,
BPM & Note, BPM & Beat
Destination Where the low frequency oscillator is applied. Pitch, Cutoff, Reso, Amp,
Pan,
Rate Speed of the low frequency oscillator.
When Sync is set to Off, First Note or Each Note: 0.03 – 30.00 Hz
When Sync is set to BPM & Note or BPM & Beat: 8/4 – 1/64
Depth
A
mount of LFO modulation applied. -100 – 0 – +100%
Fade Level decrease or increase to the LFO level. -100 – 0 – +100%

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Percussion
Parameter Description
V
alue Range
Percussion Click the power button to enable or disable
percussion sample.
Off, On
Sample Select the percussion sample used.
V
aries
Trigger Selects when the percussion sample is
tri
gg
ered.
Note-On, Note-Off
Octave
A
djust pitch of the percussion sample. -4 – 0 – +4
Cutoff Cutoff frequency of the percussion sample. 0–100%
Decay Length of time for the percussion sample to
decay.
0.0 ms – 32.0 s
Release Length of time for the percussion sample to
become silent after bein
g
released.
0.0 ms – 32.0 s
V
olume Level of the percussion sample. -inf – 0.0 – +12.0 dB

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Effects
Parameter Description Value Range
Chorus Use the button in the upper-left corner to enable or
disable the chorus effect.
Off, On
Rate Modulation speed of the chorus effect. 0.05 – 20.00 Hz
Mix Wet/dry amount of the chorus effect. 0–100%
Tremolo Use the button in the upper-left corner of this section
to enable or disable the tremolo effect.
Off, On
Rate Modulation speed of the effect. 0.05 – 20.00 Hz
Shape Adjusts the modulation waveshape. -100 – 0 – +100%
Stereo De
g
ree of stereo spread of the effect. 0–360 de
g
.
Modwheel Enable or disable tremolo control by the modwheel. Off, On
Depth Modulation depth of the tremolo effect. 0–100%
Phaser Use the button in the upper-left corner to enable or
disable the phaser effect.
Off, On
Rate Modulation speed of the effect. 0.05 – 20.00 Hz
Depth Amount of modulation applied. 0–100%
Feedback Amount of phaser signal fed back into the phaser
circuit.
0–100%
Stereo De
g
ree of stereo spread of the effect. 0–360 de
g
.
Cente
r
Center frequency of the phaser filter. 0–100%
Mix Wet/dry mix of the phaser effect. 0–100%

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Effects (continued)
Parameter Description Value Range
Flavor Use the button in the upper-left corner of this
section to enable or disable the flavor effect.
Off, On
Timbre Selects an emulation type to color the sound.
V
aries
Timbre Depth
A
mount of timbre emulation applied to the sound. 0–100%
Vinyl Distortion Amount of vinyl distortion noise applied to the
si
g
nal.
0–100%
Vinyl Noise Amount of vinyl noise such as clicks and pops
applied to the si
g
nal.
0–100%
Flutte
r
A
mount of speed fluctuation of the sound playback. 0–100%
Monofy Reduces the stereo spread of the sound to mono. 0–100%
EQ Use the button in the upper-left corner of this
section to enable or disable the EQ effect.
Off, On
Low Amount of attenuation or boost applied to the low
frequency band.
-12 – 0 – +12 dB
Low Mid Amount of attenuation or boost applied to the low-
mid frequency band.
-20 – 0 – +20 dB
High Mid Amount of attenuation or boost applied to the high-
mid frequency band.
-20 – 0 – +20 dB
High Amount of attenuation or boost applied to the high
frequency band.
-12 – 0 – +12 dB
Amp | Cab Use the button in the upper-left corner to enable or
disable the amp/cab effect.
Off, On
Cab Model Type of amplifier simulated. D.I., Brit, 1x8”, 1x12”,
2x10”, 2x12”, 4x10”,
4x12”, 1x15” Bass, 4x10”
Bass, Radio
Drive
A
mount of overdrive applied to the amp si
g
nal. 0–100%
Soft Clip Amount of softening applied to the clipped signal to
decrease high-frequency harmonics and add
warmth.
0–100%
Mono/Stereo Determines whether the simulation is mono or
stereo.
Mono, Stereo
High Amount of high-range tone reduction or boost. -100 – 0 – +100%
Mid
A
mount of mid-ran
g
e tone reduction or boost. -100 – 0 – +100%
Bass Amount of bass-range tone reduction or boost. -100 – 0 – +100%
V
olume Output level of the amp si
g
nal. -12.0 – 0.0 – +12.0 dB

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Effects (continued)
Parameter Description Value Range
Compressor Use the button in the upper-left corner of this
section to enable or disable the compressor.
Threshold Signal level after which the compression will be
applied.
-30.0 – 0.0 – +10.0 dB
Ratio Amount of compression applied. 1.0:1 – 20.0:1
A
ttack Len
g
th of time to apply the compression. 0–100%
Makeup Amount of additional output gain for the
compressed si
g
nal.
-20.0 – 0 – +20.0 dB
Delay Use the button in the upper-left corner of this
section to enable or disable delay.
Off, On
Time Amount of time between the dry signal and the
delayed si
g
nal.
1/16 – 16/4
L/R Ratio
Reduces the delay Time in either the Left or
Right stereo field. This is useful for creating
offset, panned delays.
50:100 – 100:100 – 100:50
Feedback Amount of signal fed back into the delay line. 0–100%
Reso LP Freq Low pass frequency for feedback resonance. 100 – 16000 Hz
Reso Bell Freq Center frequency for feedback resonance. 100 – 16000 Hz
Reso Bell Gain Amount of gain applied to the resonant
frequency.
0–100%
Mix Wet/dry amount of the delay effect. 0–100%
Reverb Use the button in the upper-left corner of this
section to enable or disable reverb.
Off, On
Pre-Delay Length of time between dry signal and
reverberated si
g
nal.
0 – 250 ms
Time Length of reverb tail. 0.3 – 60.00 s
Size Size of the reverberation environment. 0–100%
Shape Shape of the reverberation environment, which
will alter the density of reverb reflections.
At lower settings, the sound of individual
reflections is more present.
A
t hi
g
her settin
g
s, reflections are more uniform.
0–100%
Damp Amount of frequency dampening applied to the
reverberated signal.
100–0%
HPF Freq Center frequency for reverb signal high-pass
filter.
0 – 2000 Hz
Bri
g
ht
A
mount of hi
g
h frequency decay. -100–0%
Mix Wet/dry amount of the reverb effect. 0–100%

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Settings
Parameter Description Value Range
Global Transpose Transposition of the plu
g
in, in semitones. -36 – 0 – +36
Tune Fine tunin
g
of the plu
g
in, in cents. -100 – 0 – +100
Pitch Bend
Ran
g
e
Number of semitones up or down controlled by MIDI
pitch bend messa
g
es.
0–24 (semitones)
Polyphony Number of allowable voices, and how voices are
tri
gg
ered.
Dynamic Poly, Legato,
Retri
gg
er, 2–6 Notes
Glide Mode Enables or disables pitch gliding for all triggered
notes or le
g
ato notes.
Off, Legato, All
Glide Time Amount of time to slide from the pitch of one note to
the next note played.
0.0 ms – 32.0 s
Modwheel Destination Send Mod Wheel data to one of the following control
destinations.
Pitch, Cutoff, Reso,
A
mp, Pan
Depth Amount of modulation applied.
When Destination is set to Pitch: -12.0 – +12.0
When Destination is set to Cutoff, Reso, Amp or Pan: -100 – 0 – 100%
LFO Ties the modulation to the Control LFO. Off, On
Aftertouch Destination Send Aftertouch data to one of the following control
destinations.
Pitch, Cutoff, Reso,
A
mp, Pan
Depth
A
mount of modulation applied. 0–100%
When Destination is set to Pitch: -12.0 – +12.0
When Destination is set to Cutoff, Reso, Amp or Pan: -100 – 0 – 100%
LFO Ties the modulation to the Control LFO. Off, On

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Settings (continued)
Parameter Description Value Range
Expression Destination Send Expression data to one of the following control
destinations.
Pitch, Cutoff, Reso,
A
mp, Pan
Depth
A
mount of modulation applied. 0–100%
When Destination is set to Pitch: -12.0 – +12.0
When Destination is set to Cutoff, Reso, Amp or Pan: -100 – 0 – 100%
LFO Ties the modulation to the Control LFO. Off, On
Footswitch 2 Destination Send Footswitch 2 data to one of the following
control destinations.
Pitch, Cutoff, Reso,
A
mp, Pan
Depth
A
mount of modulation applied. 0–100%
When Destination is set to Pitch: -12.0 – +12.0
When Destination is set to Cutoff, Reso,
A
mp or Pan: -100 – 0 – 100%
LFO Ties the modulation to the Control LFO. Off, On
Control LFO Shape Waveshape of the Control LFO. Sine, Triangle,
Sawtooth, Square, S&H
Random, S&H
Alternate, Random
Drift, Slow Drift
Rate Speed of the low frequency oscillator.
When Sync is Off: 0.03 – 30.00 Hz
When Sync is On: 8/4 – 1/64
Sync Enables or disables Control LFO sync, and sets how
the Control LFO is synced when enabled.
Off, First Note, Each
Note, BPM & Note,
BPM & Beat

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