User manual DIGITAL BLUE MIXMAN LOOP STUDIOMP3 PRODUCER - REFERENCE GUIDE

QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE Mixman StudioXPro ® Mixman StudioXPro THE CONTROL ROOM 1 Control Room Audio Meter Lights Mix name / Megs Display Go to Remixing Studio Go to Editing Studio Loaded Single Single Auto-Loader Go to Recording Studio Go to FX Studio D-Plate Auto-Loader Loaded D-Plate Get More Tracks Online Go to Trackmaker Studio Activate Help System Turn on expanded bubble help for context sensitive help New Mix Open Mix Load toMix Save Mix Export Mix to: Start a new session in the Open a previously Save performance a File, Mixman remixing studio saved .mix file data, track selections, Radio, My Mixzone overdubs, and FX as part of a .mix Options Customize settings and create preferences for a wide variety of features Quit Quit Mixman Mixman StudioXPro THE REMIXING STUDIO 2 Remixing Studio Double-click to load sounds Click-and-Drag the mouse in this area of either turntable to scratch. Track Indicators Macro Tabs Press the function key to trigger Macro Activate Platter Click to select a group of 8 tracks. Load Sound Recording Studio Copy Track Cut Track Paste Track Micro-Tempo Adjust Transformer Indicator Opens gate for left or right platter Cross Fader Adjusts left/right sound balance between the left/right turntables Open Stop Play Mix Record Punch-In Performance Record Break/Solo Display Help System Lock Display Track Name Display Provides help and hints when you Volume Knob Panning Knob mouse-over items Changes the volume Changes the left/right on screen of the selected track sound balance of the selected track Back to Save Control Room Tempo Slider Changes mix tempo Pitch Knob Increases /decreases the pitch/tuning of the selected track Scratching FX Studio Editing Studio System Volume Clear Mix New Mix Control audio FX in realtime by clicking and dragging W.A.R.P. W.A.R.P. State Selector W.A.R.P. Presets Changes the type of audio FX loaded into W.A.R.P. W.A.R.P. Name Display Auto-W.A.R.P. Quit Left Turntable Macros Macros Snapshots of the Remixing Studio settings. Set a macro by pressing a function (F1-F12) key while holding down the shift key. Access a macro by pressing a function key. Stop Pitch esc Right Turntable Parameters F6 * 8 F1 ! 1 @ 2 F2 # 3 F3 $ 4 F4 % 5 ^ 6 F5 & 7 F7 ( 9 F8 ) 0 F9 _ - F10 F11 F12 + = Backspace insert page up page down Pitch / 7 4 1 8 5 2 ~ ` Tab * 9 6 3 . ­ + Q A Z W S X Alt E D C R F V T G B Y H N U J M I K < , O L > . P : ; ? / Alt { [ " ' } ] Enter delete Cap Lock Play Solo Mutes all tracks that are not manually being held down Lock/Unlock Simultaneously hold the + or spacebar and any track key to lock/unlock the track Shift Enter Ctrl Space Bar Ctrl 0 Play Lock Solo Parameters Mixman StudioXPro THE RECORDING STUDIO 3 Recording Studio Overdub & FX Name Display Load a Wav or previous overdub Use to adjust your Overdub Use to increase / decrease % of applied effect to overdub Overdub Volume Slider Performance Volume Slider Sample Mode Selector Overdub Mode Selector CD Player Controls Edit Sound File Controls the volume for your Remix Studio Performance FX percentage Slider Allows you to use internal Windows beep as a metronome. Record light blinks at current tempo Removes silences at the beginning & end of recordings Boosts the level of the recording by setting the overall gain Metronome Mode On/Off Auto-Trim Launch the Windows CD Player that controls input for sampling. Launches chosen sound editing program for editing in Sample Mode. Auto-Normalize Volume Controls Master Input Slider Click to launch the Windows Controls for volume settings. Active prior to making a Sample or Overdub Full Speaker Mode Headphone Mode Indicates a loaded performance. Provides help and hints when you mouse-over items on screen Remix Performance Graphic Display Channel Help System Indicates a stereo Overdub is recording Overdub Graphic Display Channel Hear your input signal while recording. Beware of Feedback! Recommended Mode. Input will sound in headphones, not speakers. Solo / Mute Indicators Time Length Indicator Indicates Length of your performance or overdub Stops the recording of either a Sample or Overdub. Stop Play Click Record to make Engages a playback for a sample or OverDub Samples or Overdubs Record Load to Mix Back to Control Room Click here to load the Wav Save directly back Saves either the sample or the OverDub session into the Remixing Studio when in sample mode. Back Quit Quit Mixman Mixman StudioXPro THE EDITING STUDIO 4 Editing Studio Song Marker Select Areas to edit Use to draw in performance data Erase performance data Use markers to easily locate positions in a song Snap performance data to a grid Select Tool Draw Tool Undo Copy Cut Undo last edit Copy selected performance data Click to cut. Click and hold to select paste mode Eraser Tool Insert Marker Paste Click to paste. Click and hold to select paste mode. Scrolling Quantize Turns display scrolling on/off Performance Data Track Name Display Zoom Ratio Move to zoom in and out Colored bars that represent a recorded performance Tempo Pitch Zoom Ratio Slider Modifies the tempo of the selected performance data Modifies the pitch of the selected performance data Panning Help System Provides help and hints when you mouse-over items on screen Stop Play Skip to the next song marker Counter Displays time in Skip Previous Skip to the previous Bars | beats | Ticks (480 ticks per beat) song marker Skip Next Open Save Quit Back to Control Room Modifies the panning of the selected performance data Volume Modifies the volume of the selected performance data *Note: Parameter Controls in editing mode are "dynamic" and can change over time. Mixman StudioXPro THE FX STUDIO 5 FX Studio FX Preset Name FX Slot Right mouse click to load FX Load Multi-FX Preset Algorithm Name Track Name Displays the name of the Track being processed with FX Loop Length Maximum length of loop in bars Selected Track Location Save Multi-FX Preset Alogorithmic Parameter Adjusting Double Click on a Parameter Name to type in specific settings Slider Move to change settings Help System Provides help and hints when you mouse-over items on screen Stop Preview Load to to Mix Load Mix Load Sound Back to Control Room Load TRK or WAV back to with FX Save Track with FX Remixing Studio without altering the original. FX processing will be saved with Mix file. Saves the TRK of Wav with the FX processing. Be careful to rename the file if you want to keep the original. Quit Quit Mixman Algorithm List Auto Pan Speed Random Pitch Reverse Pitch Down / Pitch Up Slice / Order / Align Attacks Envelope Follower Min Freq / Max Freq / Resonance / Gain / Type Reverb Band Pass Filter Delay Size / Surface / Mix / Cutoff / Diffusion / Gate Chopper Sweep Comb Filter Start Size / End Size / Envelope / Silence Beat Twister Shuffle Slices / Random Time / Pitch Up / Pitch Down Freq / Resonance / Gain Time / Fine / Feedback Filter Sweep Low Pass Filter Freq / Resonance / Gain Start Freq / End Freq / Type / Resonance / Gain / Multi-Trigger Time / Repeats / Volume Mode / Delay Mode Chordinator Wah Wah Chopper Freq 1 / Freq 2 / Freq 3 / Freq 4 / Feedback / Gain LFO / Max Freq / Resonance / Gain / Depth / Type Chunk Size / Envelope / Silence Freq 1 / Freq 2 / Freq 3 / Width / Resonance / Gain Start Volume / End Volume / Envelope / Multi-sweep Volume Sweep Distortion Drive / Gain High Pass Filter Flange Multi-Trigger Time Adapter Time Stretch Factor / Quality Freq / Resonance / Gain LFO Time / Depth / Delay / Feedback Factor / Pitch Shift / Time Stretch Multi- Filter Sweep Pitch Shift Steps / Cents / Stretch Mid Pass Filter Start Frequency / End Frequency / Resonance / Spread / Mix / Multi-sweep Freq / Width / Resonance / Gain Mixman StudioXPro TRACKMAKER STUDIO 6 Track Maker Studio Volume & Pitch Parameter Stepper Control pitch and/or volume for each step on the grid. Click the pitch button or volume button to select parameter. Pattern tabs P1 - P12 Tempo Slider Micro Tempo Adjust Copy Grid Row Cut Grid Row Paste Grid Row Clear Grid Row Clear Parametrics Click on tab to activate. Create up to 12 different grid patterns for each set of sounds. Adjusts Tempo Adjusts Tempo Step Pulser Display Copy Grid Pattern Cut Grid Pattern Paste Grid Pattern Clear Grid Pattern Displays each step as it pulses across the grid Controls the volume of the overall sound source Load TRK to FX Studio Volume Knobs Sample Sound Source Slot Pattern Mode Clear Entire Sequence Row Clear Individual Sequence Slot Loop Length Slider Sequence Row Adjust the length of a pattern in the Grid anywhere from 4 to 16 steps. In Stop Mode, right mouse click on any of the 8 cells in the Sequence Row to load any of 12 patterns. Select any of the 8 slots to load a sound source. Wav format only Click to activate. Audition up to 12 patterns. Click to activate. Audition up to 8 loaded patterns. Mute or Solo a sound source while in play mode Provides help and hints when you mouse-over items on screen Sequence Mode Main Grid Explode Open Use stop TRK mode to load mode to hear Save your Load a saved Exploding TMX File Opens a and reload samples patterns or sequence trk to the sequences as a trk file remixing studio Stop Mute / Solo Indicators Play Save Load TRK Use play TRK File to Mix Save TMX File Back Quit Help System reveals all previous samples TM session. within a trk file, for use as a source file in the TM studio. Saves the state of the TM studio, including loaded samples, patterns & sequences. Click on the individual grid cells to activate or de-activate. There are 16 cells to a row for each sound source. Bright Green indicates active, and will respond to parametric adjustments. Mixman StudioXPro KEYBOARD COMMANDS 7 Keyboard Commands Control Room Go to the Remixing Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl + M Go to the Recording Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ctrl + R Go to the Editing Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl + E Go to the FX Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl + F Quit StudioPro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ctrl + Q Help System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ctrl + H Open Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ctrl + O Export Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ctrl + X New Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl + N Save Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ctrl + S Left Transformer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Right Transformer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B Left Turntable Platter Toggle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D Right Turntable Platter Toggle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K Auto-W.A.R.P On/Off select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alt+Shift+A Remixing Studio Play Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enter Lock/Unlock Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spacebar Solo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl or (-) on number pad Record a Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ctrl + R Go to the Editing Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl + E Go to the FX Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl + F Paste Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ctrl + V Delete Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ctrl + X Undo Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl + Z Save Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ctrl + S Clear Performance Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ctrl + B Copy Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ctrl + C Paste Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ctrl + V Quit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ctrl + Q Help System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ctrl + H Open Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ctrl + O New Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl + N Save Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ctrl + S Clear Performance Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ctrl + B Copy Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ctrl + C Delete Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ctrl + X Undo Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl + Z Load Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl + I Set Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shift + F1 - F8 Back to Control Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Backspace Select Pitch Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page Up Select Volume Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page Down Select Panning Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insert Select Tempo Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delete Change Parameter Values . . . . . . . . . . . Up/Down Arrow Keys Select Paramater Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . Left/Right Arrow Keys Silent Track Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alt + the Track's Key Clear Track Copy Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ctrl + K Preview with FX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enter Stop Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ESC Load Sound with FX to Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl + L Load Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl + I Back to Control Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Backspace FX Studio Editing Studio Quantize Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ctrl + G Select Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl + 1 Draw Orange Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl + 2 Draw Green Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl + 3 Eraser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl + 4 Go to the Remixing Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl + M Go to the FX Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl + F Set Zoom Ratio 1:1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S Zoom to Entire Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F Zoom Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Zoom In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D Scroll Left One Cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W Scroll Right One Cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E Scroll Left Whole Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q Scroll Right Whole Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R Quit StudioPro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ctrl + Q Help System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ctrl + H Open Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ctrl + O New Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl + N Save Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ctrl + S Track Maker Studio Scroll between row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Up/Down Arrows Tempo increase by 5... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Right Arrow Tempo decrease by 5... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Left Arrow Tempo increase by 1... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shift+Right Arrow Tempo decrement by 1... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shift+Left Arrow Increase loop length... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CRTL+Right Arrow Decrease loop length... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CRTL+Left Arrow Mixman StudioXPro KEYBOARD COMMANDS (continued) 8 Clear Entire Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shift+D Copy Entire Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shift+C Cut Entire Grid... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shift+X Paste Entire Grid... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shift+V Stop Playback... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Esc Copy Row... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Cut Row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X Paste Row... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V Clear Row... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D Play mode... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CTRL+P Save out TRK file (.TRK)... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CTRL+K Explode a TRK... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CTRL+E Save Track Maker Session (.TMX)... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CTRL+S Open Track Maker Session... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CTRL+O Back to Control Room... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Backspace Activate Onscreen Help System... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CTRL+H Load TRK to .mix... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CTRL+L Quit Studio XPro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CTRL+Q Select Sequence Mode... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S Select Pattern Mode... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P Toggle Between Patterns... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1-F12