Soundfont Player™ 1.0 Operation Manual
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SoundFont Player™ 1.0 Operation Manual E-MU World Headquarters E-MU / ENSONIQ P.O. Box 660015 Scotts Valley, CA 95067-0015 Telephone: (+1) 831-438-1921 Fax: (+1) 831-438-8612 www.soundfont.com www.emu.com SoundFont Player™ 1.0 Operation Manual E-MU World Headquarters E-MU / ENSONIQ P.O. Box 660015 Scotts Valley, CA 95067-0015 Telephone: (+1) 831-438-1921 Fax: (+1) 831-438-8612 Internet: www.soundfont.com www.emu.com SoundFont Player Operation Manual Page 1 This manual is © 2001 E-MU / ENSONIQ. All Rights Reserved Legal Information The following are worldwide trademarks, owned or exclusively licensed by E-mu Systems, Inc, dba E-MU / ENSONIQ, registered in the United States of America as indicated by ®, and in various other countries of the world: E-mu®, E-mu Systems®, the E-mu logo, Ensoniq®, the Ensoniq logo, the E-MU / ENSONIQ logo, Orbit The Dance Planet, Planet Phatt The Swing System, Proteus®, SoundFont®, the SoundFont logo, SoundFont Player,. 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SoundFont Player Operation Manual Page 2 Table of Introduction ...................................................................................6 About SoundFont Player...............................................................6 Contents System Requirements ..................................................................6 Installation Instructions .................................................................7 Margin Icons...............................................................................11 Parts of the Screen..................................................................... 13 Main Panel .................................................................................15 SoundFont Bank Browser Panel.................................................16 Global Parameters Panel............................................................16 Virtual MIDI Keyboard Panel.......................................................17 Getting Started.............................................................................18 Launching the Application...........................................................18 Launching the SoundFont Player for the First Time ....................18 Selecting MIDI In and MIDI Out Devices.....................................18 Quick Tour................................................................................ 19 Using the Menus..........................................................................22 File Menu....................................................................................22 Edit Menu ...................................................................................23 Help Menu ..................................................................................24 Opening and Closing Panels......................................................25 Opening and Closing the Browser Panel ....................................25 Opening and Closing the Global Parameters Panel....................25 How to Play a Preset ...................................................................26 Playing a Preset With an External MIDI Keyboard ......................26 Playing a Preset With the Virtual MIDI Keyboard........................27 Playing a Preset With an ASCII Keyboard ..................................28 Playing a Preset With a Combination of Keyboards....................30 How to Access Drum Kits...........................................................31 Using the Main Panel ..................................................................32 Using the Memory Meter ............................................................32 Using the Volume Slider .............................................................32 Using the Pan Meter and Adjustment Slider ...............................32 Adjusting Global Parameters .....................................................33 Using the Main Sliders................................................................33 Using the Filter Fc Slider.................................................34 Using the Filter Q Slider ..................................................34 Using the Pitch Coarse Slider .........................................35 Using the Pitch Fine Slider ..............................................35 Using the LFO1 Rate Slider ............................................35 Using the LFO1 Filter, Volume & Pitch Sliders ................36 Using the LFO1 Delay Slider...........................................37 SoundFont Player Operation Manual Page 3 Using the LFO2 Rate Slider ............................................37 Using the LFO2 Pitch Slider ............................................37 Using the LFO2 Delay Slider...........................................38 Using the Effects A Slider................................................38 Using the Effects B Slider................................................38 Using the Envelope Controls ......................................................39 Delay...............................................................................39 Attack..............................................................................40 Hold ................................................................................40 Decay..............................................................................40 Sustain............................................................................41 Release...........................................................................41 Using the Reset Button...............................................................42 Creating Custom SoundFont-Compatible Banks .....................43 Creating a New SoundFont-Compatible Bank.............................43 Adding Presets to an Existing SoundFont Bank..........................44 Cataloging SoundFont Banks ....................................................46 Editing Settings and Properties .................................................47 Editing Preset Names, ID and Type............................................47 Editing Bank Properties ..............................................................47 How to Purchase More SoundFont Banks ................................49 Assorted Sounds ........................................................................49 Orchestral Sounds......................................................................50 Vocal & String Sounds................................................................51 Brass Sounds .............................................................................51 Dance/Techno Sounds ...............................................................51 Guitar Sounds.............................................................................52 Keyboard Sounds .......................................................................53 Synth Sounds .............................................................................54 World Sounds.............................................................................55 Vintage Sounds ..........................................................................55 Sound Effects .............................................................................56 General MIDI Sounds .................................................................56 Woodwind Sounds......................................................................56 Special Bundle............................................................................56 Using the Help System................................................................57 Technical Support .......................................................................58 For More Information ..................................................................60 Appendix A: Using WinZip .........................................................61 SoundFont Player Operation Manual Page 4 Appendix B: Connecting an External MIDI Keyboard ..............64 Connecting a BlasterKey MP3 Keyboard to your Computer........64 Connecting an External MIDI Keyboard to your Computer..........64 Appendix C: A Word About Terminology..................................66 Appendix D: Warranty.................................................................69 SoundFont Player Operation Manual Page 5 Introduction E-MU / ENSONIQ's new SoundFont Player is an exciting software application which enables you to: § play presets from a SoundFont bank using an About external MIDI keyboard, the virtual MIDI keyboard included in the application, or your SoundFont computer's ASCII keyboard. Player § browse through all of the SoundFont banks located on your computer's local drives (hard drives, CD-ROM drives, zip drive, diskette drive, etc.) § create custom SoundFont-compatible banks using existing presets. § adjust global parameters of a preset such as Filter Fc, Filter Q, Pitch Coarse, Pitch Fine, LFO1 Rate, LFO1 Filter, LFO1 Volume, and many other parameters. These parameters can be adjusted by moving user-friendly sliders and graphs. § edit preset settings and bank properties such as the preset name, the preset ID, the bank ID, the location of the preset within the bank (melodic or