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Other trademarks are the property of their recorded be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use for a respective owners. period of ninety (90) days from the date of purchase as evidenced by a copy of your Contents Part 1: Plug-ins 50 MasterWorks Gate 52 MasterWorks Leveler 7 Audio Effects Plug-ins 55 MasterWorks Limiter 7 Overview 59 MegaSynth 8 Channel configurations 62 MicroG and MicroB 8 Common settings 63 MS Decoder 10 ACE-30 63 MultiFuzz 11 Analog Chorus 64 Multimode Filter 11 Analog Delay 65 ParaEQ 12 Analog Flanger 67 Pattern Gate 13 Analog Phaser 68 Phaser 13 Auto Pan 68 Plate 14 Bass Manager (surround only) 69 PreAmp-1 15 Calibration 71 Precision Delay 16 Chorus 73 ProVerb 17 Clear Pebble 76 Quan Jr. 17 Custom ’59 77 Reverb 19 D Plus 77 Reverse 19 DC Notch 77 Ring Modulator 20 De-Esser 79 RXT 21 Delay 79 SMPTE-Z 24 Delta Fuzz 80 Soloist 24 Diamond Drive 81 Sonic Modulator 25 Dynamic Equalizer 84 Spatial Maximizer 27 Dynamics 85 Springamabob 28 Dyna-Squash 86 Subkick 28 Echo 87 Tremolo 29 Ensemble Chorus 88 Trigger 30 eVerb 89 Trim 32 Flanger 90 Tube Wailer 32 Hardware Insert 91 Tuner 33 Hi-Top Booster 92 Über Tube 33 Intelligent Noise Gate 92 Wah Pedal 34 Invert Phase 35 Live Room B 37 Live Room G 38 Live Stage 39 MasterWorks Compressor 41 MasterWorks EQ 49 MasterWorks FET-76 iii Part 2: Instruments 158 Mixing and effects 158 Congratulations! 97 Instrument Plug-ins 159 The MX4 Window 97 Overview 159 Overview 98 BassLine 160 The disclosure buttons 99 PolySynth 161 Presets 100 Nanosampler 162 File 107 Modulo 163 Master section 118 Model 12 166 Status 123 MX4 166 Oscillators 124 Proton 171 Filters 127 MIDI Control of instrument settings 173 Envelopes 139 MOTU Instruments Soundbank 174 LFOs 139 Overview 176 Modulation 139 How it works 180 Mods 139 Downloading the soundbank 186 Mixer 140 Activating the soundbank 187 Effects 140 Installing UVI Workstation 189 Random 140 Accessing sounds 191 Modifier key shortcuts 141 A quick tour of UVIWorkstation 191 Contextual menus 142 Soundbank preset list 193 Five Things To Know About MX4 Part 3: MX4 Multi-synth Part 4: Appendices 145 About MX4 197 MX4 Troubleshooting 151 QuickStart Guide 197 Overview 153 MX4 Tutorial 197 MX4 FAQ 153 Overview 198 Conserving CPU resources 153 Load the tutorial preset 198 General troubleshooting 153 Enable an oscillator 199 MIDI troubleshooting 153 Adjust a parameter 200 Audio troubleshooting 154 Modulate OSC1 symmetry 200 Preventing Catastrophe 154 Contextual menus 200 Technical support 155 Use a wavetable 203 Glossary 156 Apply multiple modulation sources 207 MOTU Instrument presets 156 Enable a filter 261 MX4 NRPN Mapping 157 Add a second filter iv Part 1 Plug-ins CHAPTER 1 Audio Effects Plug-ins OVERVIEW Live Room B. 35 Digital Performer includes a variety of audio Live Room G . 37 effects plug-ins. The following sections discuss the Live Stage. 38 settings for each individual effect. MasterWorks Compressor . 39 MasterWorks EQ . 41 For general information about audio effects plug- MasterWorks FET-76 . 49 ins, see chapter 75, “Audio Effects Processing” MasterWorks Gate . 50 (page 897) in the DP4 User Guide. MasterWorks Leveler . 52 MasterWorks Limiter . 55 Channel configurations. 8 MegaSynth . 59 Common settings . 8 MicroG and MicroB. 62 ACE-30 . .10 MS Decoder . 63 Analog Chorus. .11 MultiFuzz . 63 Analog Delay . .11 Multimode Filter . 64 Analog Flanger . .12 ParaEQ . 65 Analog Phaser. .13 Pattern Gate . 67 Auto Pan . .13 Phaser . 68 Bass Manager (surround only) . .14 Plate . 68 Calibration . .15 PreAmp-1 . 69 Chorus . .16 Precision Delay. 71 Clear Pebble . .17 ProVerb . 73 Custom ’59 . .17 Quan Jr. 76 D Plus . .19 Reverb . 77 DC Notch . .19 Reverse . 77 De-Esser. .20 Ring Modulator . 77 Delay . .21 RXT . 79 Delta Fuzz . .24 SMPTE-Z . 79 Diamond Drive . .24 Soloist . 80 Dynamic Equalizer. .25 Sonic Modulator . 81 Dynamics . .27 Spatial Maximizer . 84 Dyna-Squash . .28 Springamabob. ..