Versus Audio VS MUSIC BOX User manual

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USERGUIDE
byVERSUS AUDIO

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■UserGuideOverview
■"PLAY"screen
■Keyswitchesandmainmenu
■Knobs
■"VOL,TONE"screen
■"SETTING"screen
■Credit
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■UserGuideOverview
VSMUSICBOXUSERGUIDEdescribestheVersusAudioproduct"VSMUSICBOX".
Werecommendthatyoustartthetargetinstrumentsandreadthisguide.
(*Thepresence/absence,numberandrangeofinstalledfunctionsmaydifferdependingonthe
instrumentsandversion.Thedescriptionofthisguidemaybechangedwithoutnoticeduetoversion
upgradesorcorrections.Thisguidedoesnotexplainthefunctionsofthe"NIKONTAKT".)
Targetproduct：「VSMUSICBOX」

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■"PLAY"screen
Whenyoustarttheinstruments,thePLAYscreenisdisplayedfirst.
①Infomationbar
Displaysinformationaboutoperatedkeyswitches.
②Knobs
（※See” ■Knobs ”）
③Helpswitch
Displayshelpaccordingtothestateoftheinstruments.Itisusedwhenyoudonotunderstandthe
operationorwhencheckingthekeyswitch.(HelpcontentisinJapanese)
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Playingrange
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④Panicswitch
Ifyoupressthepanicswitchwhentheinstrumentsisunstableorwhenthereleasekeydoesnotstopthe
sound,allsoundsarestoppedandinternalvariablesrelatedtosoundingandsoundingstopareinitialized.
⑤Mainmenu
Themostimportantitemsforsettingtheinstruments,suchasplayingstyleselectionandlegatoselection,
arelinedup.
EverythinginthemainmenusupportskeyswitchandCC(controlchange)operations.
Thecolorofthesmallbar( “A”intheimage)justtotheleftofthemenurepresentsthecolorofthe
correspondingkeyswitch.GrayisnotakeyswitchbutcanbeoperatedwithCC.Whenyoupressthissmall
bar,thecorrespondingkeyswitchturnsblackandtheoperationwiththekeyswitchetc.isinvalidated.
Pressitagaintoreturn.Thekeyswitchisenabledwhenthesmallbarislightanddisabledwhenitisdark.
Itcanalsobeusedtocheckthepositionofthekeyswitch.
(*Forthefunctionsofthemainmenu,see" ■Keyswitchesandmainmenu ")
⑥Screenchangeswitch
SwitchtothePLAYscreen,VOLTONEscreen,orSETTINGscreen.TheimageshowsthePLAYscreen
selected.
（*FortheSETTINGscreen,see" ■SETTINGscreen "）
（*FortheVOL,TONEscreen,see" ■VOL,TONEscreen "）
⑦Velocityinformationdisplay
Displaysvelocityinformation."VelocitytoVolume"isdisplayedforplayingstylesthatspecifythevolume
byvelocity.
⑧Informationdisplayfieldsuchasfingeringandplayingstyle
・SUS:Themainsoundplayedinthemostbasicway
・Attacknoise(At.Noise):Thesoundoftheclawsrotatingjustbeforethemusicboxsounds.
(Mutesthesamekeyboardsoundthatwasplayingimmediatelybefore.)

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■Keyswitchesandmainmenu
ThisimageshowshelponthePLAYscreen.
Help①Selectionofplayingstyle[Play:●●](C-2toD-2)
Selectaplayingstyle.[Play:Auto,SUS,At.Noise]
In[Play:Auto],specifytheplayingstylebyvelocity.In[Play:Auto],youcannotspecifythevolumeforeach
singlenoteinvelocity,soitwillalwayssoundatthemaximumvolumeofthespecifiedsample.
Ifyouwanttospecifythevolumebyvelocity,specifyeachplayingstylesuchas[Play:SUS].
Help②Release(Ｇ0)
Pressthereleasekeytostopthesound.
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①Knob[EXPRESSION](defaultCC#11)
Changethevolumetoaddinflectiontothesound.
②Knob[P.BENDRANGE](defaultCC#5）
Changesthepitchbendrange.
③KNOB[TUNE](defaultCC#4)
Adjuststhetuningofpitchedsounds.(-12.00st~+12.00st)
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■"VOL,TONE"screen
Pressthe"VOL,TONE"buttonatthebottomlefttodisplaytheVOLTONEscreen.
①Menu[EachMICStereo/MonoL/MonoR/MonoC]
Specifiesthestereomonoforeachmicrophone.(MonoL:LeftCH,R:RightCH,C:LeftCH+RightCH)
②Switch[eachMICPHASE]
Invertsthephaseofeachmicrophone."Normal"isthenormalphaseand"Reverse"istheinvertedphase.
③Knob[eachMICVOL]④Knob[eachMICWIDTH]
Adjustthevolumeandstereowidthofeachmicrophone.
⑤Menu[Curveselection(Linear/Light)]
Changethecurveofvolumechangewithrespecttovelocity.Linearchangesthevolumelinearlywith
respecttovelocity,butLightmakesitloudevenwithalighttouch.
⑥Knob[VEL-VOL]
Adjuststheamountofvolumechangewithrespecttovelocity.
⑦Knob[RELEASE]
Adjustthelengthoftherelease.
⑧Knob[MASTERVOL]⑨Knob[MASTERTONE](defaultCC#8)
Adjustthemastervolumeandmastertone.
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Clickthe"SETTING"buttonatthebottomleftoftheimagetodisplaytheSETTINGscreen.
Inthemenuintheredframe,youcanspecifytheCC(controlchange)numberforoperatingthe
parameter.Foreachcolumn,theleftisforbend,thecenterisforknoboperation,andtherightisformain
menuoperationCCsettingmenu.
Thevaluewith"*"inthemenumeansthatitisthedefaultvalue.
◎[Bend:CC#●]
Inadditiontopitchbend,youcanalsobendwithCC.DeterminetheCCtoperformthebendaffectedby
[BendRange:●][BendVol:●dB][BendCurve:Linear,Quadratic]describedlater.
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■"SETTING"screen
CCoperationsetting

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①[BendRange:●]
SpecifythebendrangetobeperformedbyCC.
②[BendVol:●dB]
SpecifiestheamountofbendvolumeattenuationperformedbyCC.
③[BendCurve:Linear,Quadratic]
SpecifythebendcurveofthebendtobeperformedbyCC.
④[Tune:Equal,Just]
Selectequaltemperamentorjustintonation.
⑤[AdjastVol]
Thevolumeisautomaticallyadjustedandaveraged.
⑥[Humanizer(dB)]
Appliesarandomlyselectedvolume(dB).Forexample,when[Humanizer(dB):1dB]isselected,the
volumechangesrandomlybetween0and1dB.

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⑦[SampleCycle:4-1,4-2,8](*Onlydisplayedifthenumberofrecordingcyclesis2orless.)
[SampleCycle:4-1]limitsthenumberofsamplecyclesto4orless.[SampleCycle:4-2]alsolimitsthe
numberofcyclesto4orless,butusesthesampleofcycle8andselectsatonedifferentfrom[Sample
Cycle:4-1].[SampleCycle:4-1]and[SampleCycle:4-2]aremainlyusedasdoubletracks.
⑧[LoadMic:Near/Near+Top/Top](*Ifthereisonlyonetypeofrecordingmicrophone,itwillonlybe
displayed.)
Limitthemicrophonetoreducememoryusage.Loadsthesoundofthemicrophonespecifiedin[Load
Mic]andpurgesothersounds.
⑨[Near/TopCH]
Specifytheoutputchannelforeachmicrophone.Itisusedtopara-outforeachmicrophone.Itisa
conditionthattheoutputchannelissetontheKONTAKTsidebeforestartingtheinstruments.Ifthe
settingsarecomplete,thechannelwillbeaddedtothemenuwhentheinstrumentsisstarted.Setto
[NearCH:-]toreturntothedefaultsetting.Whenyouchangetheoutputchannel,theoutputofthe
previousstageofinserteffectssuchascompressorandconvolutionreverbisoutputtothespecified
channel.
Ifyouwanttopara-outforeachinstruments,changetheoutputchanneloftheinstrumentsitself.

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Artwork(packagesandGUI3D/2DCG),players,recordings,scripts,engineers：HironariWatanabe
※"KONTAKT"isaproductofNativeInstruments.
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