User Guide

yellow tools INDEPENDENCE 1.0
Manual
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General Operation
The operation of Independence is extremely intuitively and user-friendly. There are some basic
control that we will explain in the following overview:
Input Fields
These are the most common operating controls of Independence. We deliberately decided not to use
many different control types for the basic operation of Independence. Only the Mixer and the Insert
FX contain rotary knobs and faders. All other parameters get adjusted by the input fields.
There are several ways to use the input fields:
1.) With the keyboard:
Double-click on an input field, enter a new value and press the return key to activate the new
value.
2.) With the mouse:
Click and hold the mouse button on an input field. Keep the mouse button pressed and move
upwards to increase the value or move downwards to decrease the value. Release the mouse
button when you reached the desired value. The faster you move the mouse the faster the
parameter value of the input field will change.
If you use the mouse for adjusting your values, you can additionally use the following
keyboard short cuts:
• For a better finetuning, press and hold the „shift“ key before you move up or down.
• To reset the input field to its „default“ value, press and hold the „command“ key (Mac OS X)
or the „ctrl“ key (Windows XP) and click on the respective input field.
As soon as you start editing the value of an input field (whether with the keyboard or with the
mouse), the area of this input field and the value itself get displayed inversely:
Pull-Down Menus
Independence‘s „pull-down“ menus are labeled with a little triangle icon in front of the parameter
name. You can click anywhere on the name or the triangle to open the pull-down menu.
Buttons
Most of the buttons of Independence are self-explanatory. Nevertheless there are some special
buttons we want to mention separately:
• „content“ button:
The different Working Areas of Independence contain a „content“ button in the upper
right corner. Use this button to switch the left Layer parameter area into the Content
Browser display for the selected Layer. The Content Browser gives you an immediate
overview and choice of all available Sections and Alternates of the selected Layer.
• „bypass“ buttons:
Many of Indepencence‘s features and parameters have additional „bypass“ buttons
which enable you to deactivate your changes and settings temporarily. Thus you can
better compare the effect of your new settings with the prior/original ones.