Wusik SQ200 User manual

Wusik SQ200
William Kalfelz
www.Wusik.com (c) 2018
www.Beat707.com
www.Kalfelz.com

Table of Contents
Introduction 3
Wusik SQ 200 4
Installing 10
Features 13
The Interface 14
Structures 15
Project Structure 16
Multi-Core Structure 17
Screens Structure 18
Starting Up 20
Your First Project (Song) 21
The Mixer (Looping and Muting) 25
How Long is my Song 26
Exporting 26
Playing with the Computer Keyboard 27
Plugin Parameter Editing 27
MIDI Tracks 27
Working With Sections 28
External Sync (Plugin Version) 29
Internal Compressor 30
Compressor Side Chaining 30
Fade In and Out 31
MIDI Learn 32
Audio Files 33
Keyboard Focus 35
MIDI Processors 36
Plugin's Programs 38
Skins 38
Phil Tone's Skins 40
Wrong window size when changing skins 41
Can I make my own skins? Or make small changes to current ones? 41
Editing Notes 42
Using It Live 44
Input MIDI Channel 45
Live Songs Selector 45
Using Key Switch With Tracks 47

Introduction

Wusik SQ 200
Welcome to Wusik SQ 200, a "hardware" sequencer like no other. Featuring VST/AU hosting for instruments and
effects.
The idea behind this project is to have a sequencer that works just like old hardware sequencers. With little mouse
usage, you get to use keyboard shortcuts for everything. You can still use the mouse in place of keyboard usage, but
using the keyboard makes things go much faster.

With the interface open, click the Wusik SQ200 logo to open the options menu. Click Audio/MIDI Settings. This
option may show up on its own the first time you open the application, until you select an audio device.
Here you can select the type of audio interface you want to use and all the settings. Don't forget the MIDI input. Midi
Output is selected on the track itself, when you add a MIDI track.

The next step is the Plugin Manager, so you can use your VST/AU Instruments/Effects.
Click Options and select Scan at the bottom. On Windows you will see two options, Scan ... VST and Scan ... VST3.
You will need to do two scans to find all your VST and VST3 plugins. On OSX you will see Scan ... AU too.

Add the folders where your plugins are stored at, and click Scan to start.
On Windows, the code will launch a special scanner app to check for plugins. If this app crashes, it won't affect the
main code, which will continue to run and scan the next plugins. It also scans 32 bits plugins in the 64 bits version of
the Wusik SQ200 app/plugin. It uses special internal bridge code to handle the conversion.
On OSX the code will check the files and it a plugin crashes validation you will need to restart the app, but it will add
the last plugin that crashed to the black list.
Click on a plugin line to show the options menu. Here you can change how you want Wusik SQ200 to show this
plugin's name in the plugin's list. You can disable plugins from showing up on the list. You can force a plugin to

show in the Instrument's list. Top of List will show this plugin before all others.
The next option, if you want, is to use your own set of keyboard shortcuts. Open the options menu again and click
Learn Keyboard Keys. The application will prompt you to press keys for each button on the interface. The only keys
you can't change are the Shift and Ctrl keys.
If you plan on using audio files (acid loops supported too) you need to setup the Samples folders.
Just use the + button on the near-bottom left to add folders, and click save when you are done.

Under Options you will see a list of interface options.
Grab Keyboard Focus: will always get the keyboard focus even when you open a plugin's editor (GUI) and use the
mouse with it. There's a keyboard shortcut that disables this behavior temporally until you click back on the main
window. This shortcut is "K".
Auto Save on Exit: this will save your project when you close the application.
Close With the Sequencer Running: if disabled the application won't close until you stop the sequencer.
Copy Audio Files to Project: will copy any audio file you import to the project's folder. If the project was not saved
yet, it will copy to a temporary location and copy again when the project is saved.
Track Limiter Default: when enabled, any new track and project will activate the limiters by default.
Show Complete Message: when activated will display "Completed..." when you perform tasks such as Quantize,
Copy, Erase, Transpose, ... on track events.
Automations Default On: when disabled, any new track and project will have automations disabled by default.
Show Details on Tool Bar: will display project and sequencer information on the application tool bar.
Skin: here you can select a different look for the application. Skins can also be user created or changed. They are
just png files with a text-based XML settings file (which you can open on any text editor).
Metronome: change the sound of the metronome. You can also add new sounds, just open the Data folder /
Extras / Metronome folder and see how files are organized.
File Revisions: here you can set how many revisions of a project are saved on separated files. Each time you hit
save it creates a new file and deletes the oldest file from the revisions list.
Messages Delay: this allows you to change the time a message such as Project Loaded "Complete" shows up.
Play Key: you can set if the Play key / button also stops the sequencer.
Event Editor: resolution options for the event editor and also the auto play event when selecting.
Display Refresh Rate: how often the display is redrawn for showing VUs.
Temporary Msg Delay: when you start or stop the sequencer on a page that is not the Track or Section, it shows a
temporary message of which Section, Track and Measure you are on.

Scroll Message time: for larger texts to scroll on the display, this sets the time per character.
There are other Skins for Wusik SQ200, just open Options and select Skins
Installing
The install process is very easy. On both Windows and OSX the installer works the same way.