AudioThing LATIN PERCUSSION User manual

LATIN PERCUSSION
USER GUIDE
2016/01/28

Table of Contents
1. Latin Percussion...............................................................3
1.1 Specifications.................................................................3
1.2 Installation.....................................................................3
1.3 Registration...................................................................3
. Parameters......................................................................4
3. Sequencer........................................................................4
4. Features and Settings......................................................5
4.1 Randomizer....................................................................5
4.2 Glo al Settings...............................................................6
5. End..................................................................................6
5.1 Credits..........................................................................6
5.2 EULA.............................................................................6
5.3 Thank You......................................................................6
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1. Latin Percussion
Latin Percussion is a sample- ased emulation of the Sound Master Latin
Percussion, a rare analog drum machine form the 80s. The instrument features
6 classic latin sounds: Bass, Low Conga, High Conga, Bongo, Claves, and
Maracas, which can e pitched, panned or mixed independently.
You can additionally shape the sound with the Overdrive and Rever .
The sequencer lets you easily uild patterns that you can also drag and drop to
your DAW.
1.1 Specifications
•6 classic latin sounds
•20 Factory Presets / 9 Factory Patterns
•Overdrive and Rever Effects
•Sequencer with Midi Drag to DAW
•Preset system with randomizer
•Formats: VST, AU, and AAX (32/64 it)
•Platforms: OSX, Windows
1. Installation
OSX
•Dou le click on the DMG image LatinPercussion.dmg
•Right click on the package LatinPercussion.pkg and click open
•Follow the instructions to install the plug-in(s)
Windows
•Extract LatinPercussion.rar
•Run LatinPercussionSetup.exe
•Follow the instructions to install the plug-in(s)
1.3 Registration
In demo mode the plugin will output silence for 3 seconds every 30 seconds.
To register it, you should have a valid license file (latinpercussion_license.atl).
Click on the More utton and then choose Registration.
A popup window will open, click on Load License File... and locate your license
file (latinpercussion_license.atl).
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. Parameters
For each Channel
Pan Controls the alance of the sound from left to right
Pitch Controls the pitch (and the speed) of the sound from -24 to
+24 semitones
Volume Controls the volume of the channel
Effects
Drive Controls the amount of overdrive wet signal
Rever Controls the amount of the Plate Rever wet signal
Master Gain Controls the volume of the entire instrument
3. Sequencer
The sequencer can e played in three different ways. By default the sequencer
will start when your DAW/host is playing (or recording). When you ena le the
Start/Stop with Keys, the sequencer will only start when the selected keys are
pressed (default C4 and D4). Alternatively you can also just click on the Play
utton.
The Power utton ena les or disa les the sequencer entirely.
The Play utton turns on when the sequencer starts (or can
e used to start it).
Th e Patterns menu lets you load/save, copy/paste,
or even randomize the patterns.
The Tempo menu allows you to change the speed of
the Sequencer.
You can drag and drop the pattern to your DAW as a MIDI
region/file y clicking on the Pattern utton. The sequencer will
e automatically powered off, so e carefull in live situations.
You can choose to mute or solo each individual channel
using the M and S uttons.
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You can uild your patterns y clicking (or dragging) the
red squares.
You can also choose the amount of steps for the
Sequencer y clicking (or dragging) on the num ers at
the top.
The first utton lets you randomize the corresponding
track at every sequencer cycle.
The RND utton lets you randomize the track every time
you press it.
The X utton erases all the track steps.
4. Features and Settings
4.1 Randomizer
It is possi le to randomize all the parameters in the
interface y clicking on the Random utton in the top ar.
Right-clicking on a parameter will show the Randomizer
menu.
Lock/Unlock Random Decides if the parameter can e randomized
Lock All No parameters will e randomized
Unlock All All parameters will e randomized
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4. Global Settings
To access the glo al settings, click on
the More utton and then Settings.
You can change the note mapping for
each sound, and also for the Start and
Stop keys.
If Start/Stop with Keys is selected the
Sequencer will only start or stop when
the selected keys are pressed.
I f Stop with Note Off is selected, the
sequencer will also stop when the
Start key is released.
When Reset at every start is selected, the sequencer will always re-start from
the first step.
5. End
5.1 Credits
Programming: Carlo Castellano
Design: John Gordon (vstyler)
Special thanks to Mathias Brüssel for his support.
5. EULA
Please visit www.audiothing.net/eula to review this product EULA.
5.3 Thank You
Thank you for uying AudioThing Latin Percussion! We hope you will have as
much fun using it as we had making this product. For help or any question,
feel free to mail us: [email protected]
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