User manual
Soundtower Tetra PlugSE V1.1 4
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
Tetra. Rewind, put the automation track into ‘Read’ and start playback and conrm that automation data is
communicating with the Tetra.
Tetra PlugSE™ Operation
The Tetra PlugSE™ allows to you ‘reach inside’ the Tetra with total control of all the functions built into the instrument
– not only the front panel controls, but also the ‘hidden’ functions found in the Tetra menus.
Parameter Panel
The Tetra PlugSE™ Editor displays a faithful reproduction of the Tetra’s front panel. Every knob, switch, and
rotary control is exactly as you would nd it on the Tetra, and all Editor controls are interactive and functional.
Changes made anywhere on this panel will cause corresponding changes to be made on the Tetra hardware,
and also sent to the DAW (host) automation while recording.
At the top of the Parameter Panel window are a series of buttons that select functions or display drop down
menus. From left to right: BANK, FILE, EDIT, MIDI, HOST, Send, Receive, WRITE, and PIANO. A description
of each button appears below.
BANKS
Click on the BANK button and the Parameter Panel splits into two sections: a reduced panel view on the right-
hand side, and a new view containing a scrollable list of program banks on the left-hand side. There are three
banks with 128 programs in each bank (arranged just like the three banks in the Tetra), and each bank entry
contains both a program name and its corresponding sound category.