User Guide

yellow tools INDEPENDENCE 1.0
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Architecture & Operation
Projects, Layer Sets, Layers, Alternates, Sections & Zones
To give you any option for a personal customization of your instruments Independence is based on
an very sophisticated architecture and file management - but still very easy and intuitively to use.
Even as you can start playing Independence‘s premium instruments right out of the box without
being concerned why it sounds that incredibly authentic, it is still important that you know and
understand the hierarchy and structure of instruments in Independence.
Zone
The smallest but of course most basic element is the Zone. One Zone can be a sample of a multi-
sampled instrument as well as an audio loop. Zones are shown in the Mapping Editor as single
quads which you can move and edit at will. If you use Independence‘s „slicer“ in the Audio Editor
you can additionally divide a Zone into several Parts (most commonly used with the auto-groove-
recognition feature for loops). Parts of a Zone are marked yellow in the waveform display.
If you have a multi-sampled instrument which contains several articulations for the same note you
can combine several Zones that belong together into Sections.
Section
Sections are a group of Zones and thus very useful elements to edit multiple Zones simultaneously.
The Independence core library uses Sections mainly to combine the different articulations, dynamics
or playing styles of an instrument into groups for easier editing. Sections get created in the Mapping
Editor of Independence. Simply select one or multiple Zones you want to combine to one Section
and enter a new name for this Section.
Alternate
If each note of an instrument was recorded in multiple articulations you will have one Section
for each articulation. For an easier and much faster editing, you can now group all these Sections
to one „Alternate“. So an Alternate enables you to edit the parameters of an entire group of
Sections simultaneously with simply one mouse click. Alternates are also the basic elements for
Independence‘s Performance Mode. Here you create a new Alternate and then assign any of the
available Sections to this Alternate to make your instruments sound incredibly real.
Layer
„Layer“ is the most important item of Independence and the basic element that contains ALL
settings of an instrument, including all Module, Mapping and Performance settings.
See chapter „User Interface & Basics“ on page 34 for all details about Layers.
Layer Set
Each Independence Layer Set can contain an unlimited number of Layers. Use the Layer Sets for
an easier management and customization of groups of instruments that have some basic settings in
common. See chapter „User Interface & Basics“ on page 33 for all details about Layer Sets.
Project
Projects contain ALL settings of the integrated Layer Sets, Layers, Alternates, Sections and Zones.
See chapter „User Interface & Basics“ on page 31 for all details about Project.