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:
5 Quick Start
5.1 Launch, Play:
When you launch XILS 4 in your host, an INIT preset will be loaded.
It is a simple filtered one-oscillator sound, which can be seen as a basis for your sound design.
You can directly use or modify this preset, or load one of the factory presets.
To browse the preset library, just select a category of instruments, using the BANK drop down menu found at
the left of XILS 4 Tool Bar. (See Picture Below)
You can then use the up and down arrows located at the right of the preset name, or open the bank drop down
list by clicking in the PRESET NAME AREA
Note: We have also provided different INIT Patches, which can be seen as a good basis to begin to design new
presets.
5.2 Toolbar:
Note: The toolbar at the top of the interface lets you load or save presets (as well as BANKS of presets), make
a comparison between two different versions of the current preset (A & B), or modify the options. These
functions are described in detail later in this manual.
Selecting a preset: Click on the PRESET NAME AREA to display the list of the available presets in the current
sorted group.
Warning: Please note that selecting a new preset without saving your current settings will erase any changes
you have made to those settings.
Selecting a group of presets: Click on one of the two CRITERIA buttons to change criteria, and define a group
of presets that will match the two filtering criteria.
You can sort presets by: Author, Feeling, Type, Style, Bank or Projects.
Info: Please note that XILS 4 will display presets sorted by instruments Categories (Type = Bass, Keys, Leads
etc.) and Library Bank by default.
Please note that the XILS 4’s powerful preset management is fully detailed in chapter 6 of this manual.
5.3 Adjusting the instruments parameters (Knobs, switches):
On XILS 4, most sound parameters, such as the pitch of an oscillator, or the filter’s Cut-Off Frequency, are
controlled using knobs.
To adjust the parameters of XILS 4 with the mouse, you have two axes: horizontal and vertical, which will give
the same results.