Lab4Music Sipario User manual

User Manual
Lab4Music
Rev. 1
OS 3.03

ank you for purchasing sipario.
With a wish that can accompany you in the music and in time.
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SAFETY INFORMATION
Do not open the instrument.
Any unauthorized opening will void the warranty.
Use only standard usb power supplies or a common usb socket for pc. Do not wet the device, do not
immerse in water.
is product should be disposed of in an appropriate collection point.
Do not dispose of with household waste.

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Front Panel
A:fun backlit buon dedicated to the change of
sound within a scene.
B: Display touch 320 x 240.
C:exit buon used to exit a screen or deny an
operation.
D: Rotary encoder for selection by rotation and
conrmation by pressure.
Rear Panel
A:midi in/out ports.
B:usb port used for updating rmware, for
saving / restoring the scenes, and for send and
receive midi data.
C: Input jack for pedal (type sustain).
D:usb port used for power only +5V. Connect
the device to a usb pc port type aor an
alternative to a standard usb power adapter.
Let’s Start
Connect the port midi out of a master keyboard
to the input midi in1 of sipario. Connect the
output midi out1 of sipario to the input midi in
of a sound source like expander or keyboard.
Set a sound to the sound source, for example a
piano, so that it responds to midi channel 3.
Select, using the encoder, the menu scenes.
Select from the list Scene 01 and conrm by
pressing the encoder. Stand on the rst
performance empty, rst element indicated by a
question mark and select it by pressing the
encoder.
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A: Select the Active parameter and set it to on.
B: Select the parameter Ch. Rout. and set it to 3
(midi channel of the piano sound on the
expander).
C: Set parameter Midi Out to o1 (midi out port
where is connected the expander).
D: Set parameter Midi In on in1 (midi input port
where is connected the master keyboard).
E: To change the icon representing the
performance touch the question mark icon and
select from the list the piano icon. To save, press
exit and conrm with the encoder. Try playing
… you will hear the piano sound!
Layer
To add to the piano sound previously created, a
layer, with for example a synth pad, set the
expander to sounds such as a pad on the midi
channel 1. Surng sipario until the page
parameter of the performance piano just
created. Each performance has up to 8 maps, to
scroll the maps select m1 and turn the encoder.
Position yourself on the map 2 (m2) and activate
the map, seing parameter Active on, the midi
output on O1 and Ch. Rout. on 1. Try playing …
you will hear the sound of piano + pad!
To adjust the volume, use parameter Volume of
single map!
Each performance is organized in 8
maps. Each map is capable of handling
signals from the midi inputs in1,in2 or
usb, lter and remap them to the exits
midi out1,out2 or usb. To obtain the
layer two sounds you can alternatively
set the two timbres to the same channel
on the sound source and use a single
map that directs that channel!
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Split
To get the split zones, modify the parameters
KeyL and KeyH of the individual maps. In this
way the single map will sound only in the area
between KeyL eKeyH.
To set the faster the key range, select
KeyL or KeyH and press the
corresponding buon on the master
keyboard!
e Scenes
sipario has preinstalled 40 scenes initialized and
numbered from 1 to 40 (Scene 01,Scene 02, …).
Every single scene is a song to play!
To select the list of scenes go to the menu
scenes and conrm by pressing the encoder.
To change a scene, tap and hold the screen at
one entry in the list of scenes until the
appearance of the menu.
To scroll through the menu items, rotate the
encoder. To go to change the scene, select and
conrm the item edit. To initialize the scene
select and conrm the item delete.
e section edit scenes is structured in two
pages p1 and p2.
Title: title of the scene, once selected, act with
the encoder to change the leer, use the A+ and
A- for, respectively, add and delete a character.
FUN: [page, next, back] function backlit buon.
•page: when pressed, on the screen of the
scene, allows progress of page.
•next: if pressed, in the screen of the scene,
allows progress forwards in sequence the
selection of the sound.
•back: if pressed, in the screen of the scene,
allows progress backwards in sequence the
selection of the sound.
In the screen of the scene, you can send
note off to the devices to reset them
by holding buon fun for more that 3
seconds. It is like midi panic function.
On page 2 (p2) there is the possibility to send up
to 5 program change (c1 ⇐⇒ c5) on the selection
of the scene. In this way it will be possible to
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address up to 5 external devices to initialize them,
so that they are ready with the selected sounds.
P. Change: [O, 0 ⇐⇒ 127] handles the sending
or not the program change. If this parameter is
inactive no data is sent even if the other
parameters are measured.
Channel: [1 ⇐⇒ 16] midi channel sending
program change.
Bank Msb: [O, 0 ⇐⇒ 127] midi values of bank
msb associated with the program change.
Bank Lsb: [O, 0 ⇐⇒ 127] midi values of bank
lsb associated with the program change.
Midi Out: [o1,o2,usb]midi output port where
to direct the program change, o1 →midi out 1,
o2 →midi out 2,usb →usb socket.
C: [c1 ⇐⇒ c5] to send multiple program
changes select c1 and turn the encoder to change
the value.
e Scene
e single scene is organized in 5 pages of 6
performances for a total of 30 performances.
Each performance is rappresented by an icon!
You can go from a performance to another in
several ways:
•Touching the display.
•Pressing the buon fun if the fun has been
programmed to the next value (green color).
•By a foot pedal connected to the
sustain-type pedal of sipario.
We can freely hold a chord on the rst
sound, select the second sound, play,
and then release the chord!
If the fun buon is programmed with the value
Page (red color) it will advance to the next page
on pressure!
Also you can point directly to a performance
sending a program change from 1 to 30 on one of
the two midi inputs.
To select a performance you can
connect a midi pedals on a sipario midi
input or on a midi thru of a master
keyboard, and send a program change
(eg: prog change 1 select performance
1, see chapter settings).
Touching and holding the display at a
performance a menu will appear with the
following functions: copy, paste, insert, cut and
delete, useful for organizing the sequence of
sounds.
•Copy: Copies the performance in memory.
•Paste: Overrides the performance
previously copied to the selected location.
•Insert: Inserts the performance previously
copied to the selected location and moves
the others performance of a position.
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•Cut: Deletes the performance selected
shiing the others performance of a
position.
•Delete: Initializes the performance selected.
Holding the pedal connected to sipario
for more then 3 seconds you can pass
through the next scene present in list.
To enter the programming, position on a
performance and conrm with the encoder.
e Performance
Each performance is represented by an icon or
text and can handle up to 8 maps that can be
combined in split or layer by adjusting the
parameters KeyL and KeyH. e icon is
representative of all 8 maps and is in fact a
conguration where you can associate midi
inputs to midi outputs.
For each map you have 3 pages p1,p2 and p3.
Active: [O, Solo, On] Enables / Solo / Disables
the map.
Ch.In: [O, 1, 2] Sets the input midi channel, if
o all channels are accepted.
Volume: [0 ⇐⇒ 100] Volume midi output.
Key L.: [c-1 ⇐⇒ g9] Lower note that limits the
action of the keyboard.
Key H.: [c-1 ⇐⇒ g9] Higher note that limits the
action of the keyboard.
Ch. Rout.: [1 ⇐⇒ 16] channel midi output.
Midi In: [in1,in2,usb] selects the midi input
port.
Midi Out: [o1,o2,usb] selects the midi output
port.
Picth: [O, On] Enables / Disables the pitch
control.
A. Touch: [O, On] Enables / Disables the
aertouch coming from the master keyborad.
Sustain: [O, S, R0 ⇐⇒ R127] controls the
action of the sustain pedal from the master
keyboard.
•O: disables the action of the sustain.
•S: enables the action of the sustain.
•R: the sustain acts such a switch on the
control changes specied in the number
aer the leer R. It’s shown as Rotor (R)
because the normal use is to activate /
deactivate the rotary organ eect when you
press the pedal.
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Rtm: [O, start, continue, stop] Sends Real Time
Message to start, continue and stop a sequence.
Will only take eect on touch of the
performance.
Velocity: [L2, L1, N, H1, H2, C] Value of the
velocity from the lightest to the hardest.
•L:Light, buon light.
•N:Normal, velocity of the master keyboard.
•H:Hard, buon hard.
•C:Custom, custom velocity curve (see
chapter settings).
Transp.: [-60 ⇐⇒ +60] manages the
transposition of the sound in terms of semitones.
P. Change: [O, 0 ⇐⇒ 127] handles the sending
or not a program change to the selection of
performance.
Channel: [1 ⇐⇒ 16] sends channel of the
program change.
Bank Msb: [O, 0 ⇐⇒ 127] parameter midi
bank msb of the program change, sent only if the
program change is active.
Bank Lsb: [O, 0 ⇐⇒ 127] parameter midi
bank lsb of the program change, sent only if the
program change is active.
Vel. Dyn,: [O, 1 ⇐⇒ 127] threshold of velocity
beyond which the map is active.
In p3 page you have the ability to remap the
control change on the routing channel and the
midi output of the map. In the example we can
control with the modulation wheel (Control
change 1) the Pan (panorama, control change
10). To manage reverse increments set the out
parameter with the leer I.
e colored rectangles represent the current state
of the maps: deactivate (red), active (green) and
in solo (yellow).
To represent the performance by a free text, tap
on the image representative, scroll and the icons
and select the last text illustrated with t.
Scroll the list of labels and select the one
desired. To customize a label hold down on the
same.
In maximum conguration, the system allows
you to connect up to 6 master keyboards and to
control 48 midi output channels.
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If we want to drive multiple midi devices, we can
put them in series by connecting them with the
midi thru port.
Backup and Restore
Connect a usb key to sipario.
Select the usb item from the main manu.
To save the data related to the scenes in the
memory, select the item save scenes.
To set the le name, select the item File, turn the
encoder to scroll through the leers, press the A+
and A- for, respectively, add and delete a
character. Press exit and press the encoder to
save. e le is saved with the extension ”.spb”.
To restore the saved scenes, move to the load
scenes item menu and conrm with the encoder.
Select from the list the backup le and conrm
by pressing the encoder.
Firmware Update
To update the rmware, copy the le with the
extension ”.spf” in a usb key, insert it into the
connector sipario, select and conrm the entry
usb with the encoder from the main menu.
Select and conrm the item update firmware.
Wait for the job and restarting the soware.
Alternatively, you can update the rmware by
restarting the device with the key usb inserted!
Settings
To enter the seings of the device, move to and
conrm the menu item settings from the main
menu.
On the Seings screen p1 act on the encoder or
touch the item you want to change.
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•Beep: Enables / Disables the beep at the
touch.
•Lock: Enables / Disables the data protection
from the changes. If set on all the data
of the scenes will be readable only and not
editable.
•Usb: Sets the behaviour of the usb socket:
with is possible to connect sipario to a
Pc / Mac / iOs and play vst loaded into
host programs; with you can use the
usb socket to connect keyboards or memory
stick.
•Prog.C.: with is possible, within a scene,
jump to a performance number nthrough
receiving a program change n. When it’s
the programs change are routed to che
midi channel of the map. When it’s the
programs change are ignored.
•Sync: with all the Real Time Message are
routed to the midi sockets to ensure the
synchronism of the devices. Otherwise
when it’s seed on none sync is active
and all rtm messages are stopped.
On the seings screen p2 you can track and
nish the ride dynamics for the 3 inputs in1,in2
and usb, to compensate any shortcomings of
keyboards in reach the maximum value (127).
Play the keyboard to be monitored for view
real-time velocity: automatically the
corresponding input will take the maximum
value reached. Position on the input and adjust
the value with the encoder if necessary.
On the seings screen p3 you can dene a
custom velocity curve c, to use in the velocity
parameters of the performance.
On the seings screen p4 you can calibrate the
touch screen.
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Press exit and conrm with the encoder to store
the variations made.
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Technical Data
Display touch tft 320 x 240 pixel
4MIDI interface 5-pin DIN sockects
Socket USB A type
+5V power supply connector usb type B
Rotary encoder
Backlit buon
Simple buon
jack 2.5”
Metal chassis, black nish
6.88 x 3.38 x 1.41 inches (W x D x H)
Weight about 1.32 lb
Specications and appearance of the device may change without notice!
Contacts
www.lab4music.it
[email protected]
sipario is a product thinked by Ing. Christian Pasin
Soware Design & Development Ing. Christian Pasin
Ing. Christian Pasin
vicolo A. Aleardi 3
Peschiera del Garda, Verona
Italy