User Manual

ARTURIA – BRASS 2 – USER’S MANUAL
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Riff mode
The screen breaks up into 4 zones:
• At the center, the selection and editing section of the riffs which allow choosing a
riff, editing the notes and the real time parameters for each instrument.
• On the left side, the configuration of the selected riff with the choice of
instruments, length and riff tonality and the buttons used for riff managements
(saving, etc...)
• On the right side is the configuration part of the instrument and the selected riff,
with the spacing and MIDI control parameters.
• At the bottom is the keyboard which can be used to trigger riffs, according to the
mode chosen by the user in the MIDI configuration menu.
5.2.1 Riff selection, preset management
BRASS 2 contains an ensemble of riffs with several different styles and configurations.
The lower central part of the Riff screen, called “riff explorer” allows us to classify and
select the riffs, and contains 4 columns:
Style Musical style of the riff.
Riff Displays the riff names, which matches the previous criteria.
You can also move an existing riff by directly click-and-dropping it into another
instrument or style bank. To do this, click on the riff you want to move, and move the
mouse to the desired destination bank while holding the mouse button down.
5.2.1.1 Management of riff presets
The file menu allows use of the riff presets in different ways: