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Xpand! Plug-In Guide Xpand!™ Version 1.0 Copyright © 2006 Digidesign, a division of Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. This guide may not be duplicated in whole or in part without the express written consent of Digidesign. Digidesign, Avid, Pro Tools, Pro Tools|HD, Pro Tools LE, Pro Tools M-Powered, Digidesign Digi 002, Digidesign Command|8, Digidesign Control|24, Digidesign D-Command, Digidesign D-Control, Digidesign ProControl, and RTAS are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Avid Technology, Inc. in the US and other countries. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. Product features, specifications, system requirements, and availability are subject to change without notice. PN 9329-19038-00 REV A 1/06 Contents contents Chapter 1. Introduction . 1 Features. 1 System Requirements . 2 Working With Plug-ins . 2 Conventions Used in This Guide. 2 Chapter 2. Installation . 3 Installing Xpand! . 3 Removing Xpand! . 3 Chapter 3. Operate Xpand! . 5 Editing Parameters . 5 Assigning Parameters to MIDI Controllers . 6 Smart Knobs . 6 Edit Pages . 7 Mix (Mixer) Page . 8 Mod (Modulation) Page . 10 Arp (Arpeggiator) Page. 12 FX (Effects) Page. 13 Appendix A. MIDI Controller Assignment. 15 Appendix B. Available Parts . 17 Appendix C. Arpeggiator Modes. 29 Appendix D. Effects And Parameters . 31 Contents iii iv Xpand! Plug-In Guide chapter 1 Introduction Welcome to the Xpand!™ virtual workstation Supported Systems plug-in. Xpand! is supported on the following systems: Xpand! is a plug-in instrument that is developed • Pro Tools|HD® with the musician, arranger, composer and mu- • Pro Tools LE™ sic producer in mind—a sonic powerhouse, • Pro Tools M-Powered™ which features a thousand high-quality factory sounds, suitable for any music genre. Its intui- Xpand! requires Pro Tools 7.0 or higher. tive interface allows users, no matter their level of sound-designing skill, to quickly create or ad- Sample Rate and Channel Format just sounds to their needs in virtually no time. Support The Xpand! engine consists of a sample play- Xpand! supports 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, back, FM, wavetable, and virtual analogue synth 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz, and 192 kHz sample rates. architecture, capable of creating complex sounds very efficiently, allowing for multiple si- Xpand! works with mono and stereo formats multaneous patches with integrated effects on only. any Pro Tools system. Control Surface Support Xpand! can be operated from the following con- Features trol surfaces: • Digidesign® Digi 002® Supported Formats • Digidesign Command|8® Xpand! is only available in RTAS® format for • Digidesign Control|24™ Windows XP and Mac OS X. • Digidesign D-Command ™ • Digidesign D-Control™ • Digidesign ProControl® • Mackie HUI-compatible controllers Chapter 1: Introduction 1 System Requirements Conventions Used in This Guide To use Xpand!, you need the following: •A Digidesign-qualified Pro Tools|HD sys- All Digidesign guides use the following conven- tem, Pro Tools LE system, or Pro Tools M- tions to indicate menu choices and key com- Powered system mands: : Compatibility Information Convention Action File > Save Session Choose Save Session Digidesign can only assure compatibility and from the File menu provide support for hardware and software it has tested and approved. Control+N Hold down the Control key and press the N key For a list of Digidesign-qualified computers, op- Control-click Hold down the Control erating systems, hard drives, and third-party de- key and click the mouse vices, refer to the latest compatibility informa- button tion on the Digidesign Web site (www.digidesign.com). Right-click Click with the right mouse button The following symbols are used to highlight im- Working With Plug-ins portant information: Refer to the DigiRack Plug-Ins Guide for informa- User Tips are helpful hints for getting the tion on working with plug-ins, including: most from your Pro Tools system. • Using Plug-Ins as Inserts • The Plug-In Window Important Notices include information that • Adjusting Plug-In Parameters could affect your Pro Tools session data or • Automating Plug-Ins the performance of your Pro Tools system. • Using the Plug-In Settings Librarian Shortcuts show you useful keyboard or mouse shortcuts. Cross References point to related sections in this guide or other Pro Tools Guides. 2 Xpand! Plug-In Guide chapter 2 Installation Installing Xpand! Removing Xpand! To install Xpand!: If you need to remove the Xpand! plug-in from your system, follow the instructions below for 1 Double-click the Xpand! installer application. your computer platform. 2 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. Windows XP The Xpand! installer puts the Xpand! plug-in To remove the Xpand! plug-in: files in the following location: 1 From the Start menu, choose Settings > Con- On Windows Program Files\Common Files\ trol Panel > Software. Digidesign\DAE\Plug-Ins 2 Select the Xpand! plug-in from the list of in- On Mac OS X /Library/Application Support/ stalled applications and click the Change/Re- Digidesign/Plug-Ins move button. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions to remove By default, the Xpand! installer puts the plug- the plug-in. in’s content file (Xpand!.dat) in the following location (content folder): Mac OS X On Windows Program Files\Digidesign\Xpand! To remove the Xpand! plug-in: On Mac OS X /Library/Application Support/ Digidesign/ Xpand! ■ Drag all files with “Xpand!” in their names from the Plug-Ins and the content folder to the The Xpand! plug-in is not copy-protected Trash, or to the Plug-Ins (Unused) folder. and does not need to be authorized. Chapter 2: Installation 3 4 Xpand! Plug-In Guide chapter 3 Operate Xpand! Xpand! is a virtual music workstation featuring a broad range of sound generation possibilities Editing Parameters including multi-sampled instruments as well as FM, wavetable, and virtual analogue synthesis. Using a Mouse Getting started with Xpand! is very easy and You can adjust Xpand! plug-in controls by click- self-explanatory, especially if you are already fa- ing and dragging the control’s slider or knob, or miliar with virtual instruments or hardware by moving over it and scrolling up or down with workstations. the scroll wheel. Note that Xpand! is not multi-timbral—one in- Adjust rotary controls by clicking and dragging stance is assigned to one MIDI channel and pro- horizontally or vertically. Parameter values in- vides four synthesizer slots, each with individ- crease as you drag upward or to the right, and ual Mix, MIDI, Arpeggiator, Modulation and decrease as you drag downward or to the left. Effects settings. A slot can hold one of 500 syn- thesizer presets, called Parts. The settings of all four slots and their respective Parts can be saved as a single Patch. Xpand! comes with a set of over 1000 Patches, created Dragging a control by renowned sound designers. It’s worth brows- ing through these Patches to get an impression Keyboard Shortcuts of the versatility of Xpand!. ◆ For finer adjustments, hold down Control (Windows) or Command (Macintosh) while Patch is another name for the plug-in set- moving the control. tings. Refer to the DigiRack Plug-Ins Guide for information on working with RTAS ◆ To return a control to its default value, Alt- plug-ins. click (Windows) or Option-click (Macintosh) the control. Chapter 3: Operate Xpand! 5 Using a Control Surface To remove a MIDI controller assignment: ■ Xpand! can be controlled from any control sur- Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac- face supported by Pro Tools. Refer to the appro- intosh) an assigned control and choose “Forget” priate controller product guide for more infor- to remove its MIDI controller assignment. mation. See Appendix A for a list of MIDI controllers and their standard assignment to parame- ters. Assigning Parameters to MIDI Controllers Xpand! has pre-defined parameter assign- ments for Digidesign and supported third party hardware control surfaces. Smart Knobs In addition to pre-assigned MIDI controllers such as Sustain Pedal and Volume, you can as- sign MIDI controllers to Xpand! parameters for The upper section of Xpand! provides 6 useful automation or real-time control from a MIDI pre-assigned controls called Smart knobs. These keyboard or control surface. MIDI assignments are intended for quickly adapting a preset Part are saved per Patch. or Patch to your session in terms of feel, timbre, enveloping and other settings. For each Part, the To assign Xpand! parameters of to a MIDI Smart knobs are intelligently pre-assigned to im- controller: portant parameters by professional sound de- ■ Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac- signers to make working with Xpand! as easy as intosh) the control, select “Assign” and choose a possible. The assigned parameter is displayed in controller number from the pop-up MIDI CC the black field below each knob. list. -or- Smart Knob Assignment List ■ Right-click (Windows)/Control-click (Macin- tosh) the control, select “Learn” from the menu and move the desired knob or controller on your MIDI keyboard or sequencer. Xpand! will set this MIDI controller to the parameter you have chosen. Select from the list on the left to set whether Xpand! displays the Smart knobs for the whole Patch (Global) or for a specific Part (A, B, C, D). 6 Xpand! Plug-In Guide Level (Master Volume) Edit Pages Below the Smart knob section are four tabs for On the right-hand of the Smart knob section accessing different control pages where you can there is a master Volume control as well as a Clip edit the Parts in more detail. Click one of the indicator. four tabs on either side of the Smart display to display the respective page. Smart Display Tab Controls MIX Mixer, Panning, FX Sends, MIDI MOD Modulation Matrix Settings ARP Arpeggiator Settings The Smart display is a context-sensitive text dis- FX Load & Edit Effects play.
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