User manual
Table Of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 XILS 4 Features:
- 3 Digital Audio Workstation compatibility:
- 4 Installation:
- 5 Quick Start
- 6 Preset Management:
- 7 XILS 4 GUI description
- 8 XILS 4 common GUI description:
- 9 XILS 4 Matrix description:
- 10 XILS 4 Trig connection description
- 11 XILS 4 Synthesizer routing:
- 12 XILS 4 modules description:
- 13 Option menu:
- 14 Credits:
• RESET POLY: A polyphonic mode with up to 18 active notes at a time. Each new note is played with
the first free voice, cutting the current release and reducing the CPU load.
• UNI2: A monophonic mode with two active notes of the same pitch playing. Thanks to the detune
knob, a phasing effect can be created.
• UNI4: A monophonic mode with four active notes of the same pitch playing.
• UNI6: A monophonic mode with six active notes of the same pitch playing.
The portamento/glide parameters define how the note transitions behave. In monophonic mode, only one note
is played, so each transition glide occurs between two successive notes. When a polyphonic mode is enabled,
note transitions are cyclic. This means that note transitions are undetermined, and the note from which the
glide is calculated is one of the previously played notes. The following parameters are available:
PORTAMENTO: Activates or deactivates the portamento mode. When the portamento mode is enabled, the
note transitions are progressive in pitch.
GLIDE TIME: This knob adjusts the transition time between the notes.
GLISSENDO: This switch activates semitone transitions between notes. When deactivated, the glides are
continuous.
LEGATO: This switch determines if the notes have to be legato to activate the glide function - i.e. if the previous
‘note off’ has to occur after the current ‘note on’.
PRIORITY: This switch allows the selection of the mono priority mode; High or Low. In Low mode, when a
second note is pressed, it will change the pitch only if this new note is below the previous one. In High
mode,when a second note is pressed, it will change the pitch only if this new note is above the previous one.
There are two tabs in this section: TRIG and CTRL. The first one displays the keyboard related trig
connection, and the second the values of various keyboard parameters.
In the Trig tab, you can easily setup a connection
between a trig source and a trig destination.
The trig destinations are obviously the envelopes
but also the LFO reset (and Delay), as well as the
sequencer Start, Stop and Reset.
A trig delay has also been integrated: this function
allows delaying the keyboard trig information. This
delay is set by the DELAY knob in either
milliseconds, or a multiple of the DAW tempo when
the SYNC switch is engaged.
Note: Only the trig information is delayed. Velocity
and keyboard follow are not taken into account.
As you can see, the keyboard is sending a note ON
trig and a Note GATE information. This is used to
control the envelope for sustain and looping (see the
envelope chapter)
This tab displays the various values and ranges of
the keyboard related controls: Velocity, After Touch,
Keyboard follow, Modulation wheel and Pitch Bend.