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Table of Contents Installation................................................................................... 2 VST/Audio Units............................................................................ 2 Mac OSX Users.............................................................................. 2 Authorization............................................................................... 2 Older versions of Cubase............................................................... 2 MIDI Configuration.....
Welcome! Thanks for purchasing the SoundTower Mopho PlugSE™ for the Mopho synth from Dave Smith Instruments. This proprietary plug-in is installed in your audio software as a Virtual Instrument (VST Instrument or AudioUnits) and will control all of the functions found on the Mopho. Stunning graphics, intuitive functions and easy-to-use menus make tweaking the Mopho hardware fun and easy.
Installation VST/Audio Units Download the version of the Mopho PlugSE™ Editor required for your computer platform (PC/MAC) and audio workstation (VST/AU). Downloads are available from: http://www.soundtower.com/PlugSE The Mopho Editor plug-in will run free of charge in demo mode. Once you download and decompress the .zip file, you will have a .dll file for PC VST. Various DAWs have different requirements for the installation of plug-ins.
MIDI Configuration It isn’t practical to provide specific instruction in this document to cover all the possible MIDI interfaces or configurations that are available. We will show an example of a typical MIDI configuration using a MIDISPORT 2x2 MIDI interface. NOTE: If you create a new MIDI track, the Mopho should appear as a possible input and output for MIDI communication. Click the MIDI button at the top of the Editor window. Select the MIDI interface and port that the Mopho is connected to.
Record/Playback Automation Data Test the writing and reading automation data as you would any other VI in your software. Enable the track to ‘Write’, start playback and tweak some controls on the PlugSE™ Editor or twist some data controls on the Mopho. Rewind, put the automation track into ‘Read’ and start playback and confirm that automation data is communicating with the Mopho.
Click the A , B or C buttons to select the desired bank, and then use the scroll bar on the right to scroll through the list (you can also scroll through the list using the wheel on your mouse, if so equipped). Simply select a bank you wish to explore and click on a Program name you wish to recall. The selected program will appear in the Parameter Panel window.
MIDI Although the main function of the MIDI button was covered above in the MIDI Configuration section, there are more features that can be adjusted in the MIDI Configuration panel. When enabled, the Clock ON/OFF button synchronizes the EDITOR with the host MIDI clock. LATENCY and DELAY Many hosts send MIDI data to Plugin Instruments ahead of time in order for plugins to prepare the Audio to play.
Send The Send button presents two options: • Current Preset - sends the preset that is loaded on the editor panel. • FX Bank Preset - sends the unmodified current VST patch to the Mopho, allowing you to reset the patch if you return to the beginning of the song and need to undo any changes that automation may have made to the sound. Receive The Recv (Receive) button gets the currently selected Program from the Mopho.
Additional features of the Parameter Panel LCD Screen The LCD screen on the Interface Panel has two ‘hot spots’ to assist in selecting a desired program. Clicking anywhere in the Program number field (“A:016” at the top) produces a listing of all of the programs in the current bank from which to make a selection. You can also change the bank and select from any program within that new bank.
SEQUENCER Click on the SEQUENCER button at the top of the SEQUENCER panel to open the complete set of parameters for the SEQUENCER features of the Mopho as seen below. This view of the Sequencer shows the four sequencers available with the topmost set showing master functions on the right that apply to all four sets of programmable steps. Soundtower Mopho PlugSE V1.
Let’s take a look at the three sections of the top Sequencer. This area shows the Mopho parameter that will be affected by the sequenced steps, selected in the drop down list accessed by clicking the down arrow. The Edit button will be explained later. The middle section shows the 16 steps and the values of each step. While all the values may be entered in this window, there is a more convenient way to do this and will be shown below in SEQUENCER EDITING section.
SEQUENCER EDITING This enlarged view of the sequencer allows easier adjustment of the individual steps. The same controls appear at the top of the window along with four small windows showing the current levels of each of the four sequencers. Clicking on any of these areas will bring the values down the larger window for easy editing. Select the sequencer you wish to adjust by clicking on the mini view of one of the four available.
Finale We hope you will enjoy using this software. The Mopho PlugSE™ Editor brings dynamic and exciting automation possibilities to your Mopho synth, and we expect you will spend many happy hours exploring all this program has to offer. If you require more in-depth editing and unique program generation through the use of SoundTower’s proprietary Program Morphing and Program Genetics, please download the full Pro Editor to review and discover the additional available features.
