User Manual

Declaration of Conformity......................................................................................................................... 3
1.1 Warranty ............................................................................................................................................... 7
1.1.1 Term .................................................................................................................................................... 7
1.1.2 Coverage ...................................................................................................................... 7
1.1.3 Transfer of warranty .................................................................................................. 7
1.1.4 Liability ....................................................................................................................... 7
1.2 Safety notices ........................................................................................................................................ 8
2. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 9
2.1 What is the Spectralis? ................................................................................................ 10
2.2 Preparations ........................................................................................................................................ 10
2.2.1 Unpacking .................................................................................................................. 10
2.2.2 Set-Up......................................................................................................................... 10
2.2.3 Firmware update ..................................................................................................... 10
2.3 Connections and File operation ........................................................................................................ 11
2.3.1 Audio connections ..................................................................................................... 11
2.3.2 MIDI connections ..................................................................................................... 12
2.3.3 Formatting Media ..................................................................................................... 13
2.3.4 Power connection ...................................................................................................... 13
2.4 Explanations of basic terms ............................................................................................................... 13
2.5 Frontpanel overview........................................................................................................................... 16
2.5.1 „Part“-button section ............................................................................................... 16
2.5.2 „Num-Button-Assignment“-section ........................................................................ 17
2.5.3 "Sequence-Edit"-section .......................................................................................... 18
2.5.4 "Groove-Edit"-section ............................................................................................. 18
2.5.5 "Filterbank"-section ................................................................................................ 19
2.5.6 "Mixing-desk"-section ............................................................................................. 20
2.5.7 "Master"-section ...................................................................................................... 20
2.5.8 "Creativator"-section ............................................................................................... 20
2.5.9 "Synth-Edit"-section (LFO, VCO, VCF, VCA) ..................................................... 21
2.5.10 "Transport"-section (the section with the green button) .................................... 21
2.5.11 Numeric buttons ..................................................................................................... 22
2.6 Control elements ................................................................................................................................. 22
2.6.1 Buttons ....................................................................................................................... 22
2.6.2 Rotary encoders ........................................................................................................ 22
2.6.3 Display ....................................................................................................................... 22
3.0 "How to...?"-chapters: It's finally time to get started! ................................................................... 24
3.0.1 Preparations ..............................................................................................................24
3.0.2 Establishing audio connections ............................................................................... 24
3.0.3 Connect MIDI-keyboard .......................................................................................... 24
3.1 Select, play and adjust patterns - the ”Pattern-Jam” mode ......................................................... 25
3.1.1 Introduction............................................................................................................... 25
3.1.2 The first “Pattern-Jam”-session .............................................................................. 25
3.1.3 "Mute"-function – Muting individual parts ......................................................... 30
3.1.4 "Solo"-mode .............................................................................................................. 26
3.1.5 Adjusting levels to your liking ................................................................................. 26
3.1.6 Editing panorama and FX-sends ............................................................................ 26
3.1.7 Sound selection for your parts ................................................................................. 26
3.1.7a The pattern transpose function ............................................................................. 27
3.1.8 Saving patterns ......................................................................................................... 28
3.1.9 What data are saved inside a pattern? ................................................................... 29
3.1.10 Turning off the “Default”-sound .......................................................................... 29
3.1.11. Deactivating the “Pattern changed, Save First”-messages ................................ 30
3.2 Editing DSP-synthesizer sounds ....................................................................................................... 32
3.2.1 Introduction............................................................................................................... 32
3.2.2 Selecting a sample or multisample for the sound .................................................. 32
3.2.3 Tuning the sample set ............................................................................................... 33
3.2.4 Further Sample-Oscillator parameters .................................................................. 33