REAKTOR 6 Diving Deeper Expands on the Concepts Introduced in the Getting Started Docu- Ment
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Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 Welcome to Diving Deeper .........................................................................................7 1.1 The REAKTOR 6 Documentation .................................................................................................. 8 1.2 Manual Conventions ................................................................................................................... 12 2 Play Mode vs. Edit Mode ...........................................................................................13 2.1 Play Mode ................................................................................................................................... 13 2.2 Edit Mode ................................................................................................................................... 14 3 Controlling REAKTOR with MIDI and OSC .....................................................................15 3.1 Configuring OSC Settings ........................................................................................................... 16 3.2 Making OSC Connections ............................................................................................................ 22 3.2.1 MIDI and OSC Learn ................................................................................................... 22 3.2.2 Connection Manager .................................................................................................. 23 3.3 Connect Properties ..................................................................................................................... 26 3.3.1 MIDI Properties .......................................................................................................... 28 3.3.2 OSC Properties ........................................................................................................... 28 3.3.3 Ensemble and Instrument Properties ......................................................................... 32 4 Automation ...............................................................................................................35 4.1 Automation Properties ................................................................................................................ 35 4.2 Common Issues .......................................................................................................................... 37 5 Snapshots and Presets ..............................................................................................39 5.1 Snapshots for Multiple Instruments ........................................................................................... 39 5.2 Snapshot Master ........................................................................................................................ 40 5.2.1 Changing the Snapshot Master ................................................................................. 41 5.3 Bank Name ................................................................................................................................. 42 5.4 Storing and Editing Snapshots ................................................................................................... 43 5.5 Re-ordering Snapshots ............................................................................................................... 44 REAKTOR 6 - Diving Deeper - 4 Table of Contents 5.6 Morph and Random .................................................................................................................... 45 5.7 Snapshot Banks ......................................................................................................................... 48 5.7.1 Creating and Editing Snapshot Banks ....................................................................... 49 5.8 Default Values ............................................................................................................................ 51 6 The Player and Recorder ...........................................................................................52 6.1 The Player ................................................................................................................................... 52 6.2 The Recorder ............................................................................................................................... 53 6.2.1 Recording Audio ........................................................................................................ 54 6.2.2 Recorder Settings ...................................................................................................... 55 7 The Preferences Window ...........................................................................................57 7.1 General Preferences .................................................................................................................... 57 7.2 CPU Usage Preferences .............................................................................................................. 60 7.3 Directories Preferences ............................................................................................................... 61 7.4 Usage Data ................................................................................................................................. 66 8 The Sample Map Editor ..............................................................................................69 8.1 Sample Maps .............................................................................................................................. 70 8.1.1 Importing and Exporting Sample Maps ...................................................................... 71 8.2 The Sample List .......................................................................................................................... 72 8.2.1 Editing the Sample List ............................................................................................. 73 8.3 The Map View ............................................................................................................................. 78 8.4 Waveform View ........................................................................................................................... 84 8.5 Note Actions ............................................................................................................................... 86 8.6 Sample Map Editor Settings ....................................................................................................... 88 8.7 External Editor ............................................................................................................................ 89 REAKTOR 6 - Diving Deeper - 5 Table of Contents 9 Panel Layouts ...........................................................................................................90 10 Panelsets ..................................................................................................................94 10.1 Recalling Panelsets .................................................................................................................... 94 10.2 Creating and Editing Panelsets .................................................................................................. 98 11 An Introduction to Building ........................................................................................101 11.1 Navigating the Structure View .................................................................................................... 102 11.2 Navigation Tools ......................................................................................................................... 105 11.2.1 Split Screen ............................................................................................................... 105 11.2.2 Breadcrumbs ............................................................................................................. 109 11.2.3 Bookmarks ................................................................................................................