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  • Page 1 Electric Piano USER GUIDE...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CHAPTER 2 QUICK START GUIDE ..............................6 CHAPTER 3 INTERFACE AND CONTROLS ..........................7 3.1 INTERFACE ............................................7 3.2 CONTROLS ............................................7 3.2.1 Keyboard Control ........................................7 3.2.2 Piano Module .......................................... 8 3.2.3 Effects Module ........................................14 CHAPTER 4 ELECTRIC 200 PIANO STANDALONE APPLICATION ................. 21...

  • Page 3: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Welcome Thank you for choosing Waves! In order to get the most out of your Waves processor, please take the time to read through this manual. We also suggest that you become familiar with www.waves.com/support. There you will find an extensive answer base, the latest tech specs, detailed installation guides, new software updates, and current information on licensing and registration.

  • Page 4: Product Overview

    Once struck, this tone generator vibrates, emitting a certain pitch. This vibration is turned into an electronic signal using a pickup. The overall structure is somewhat similar to a tuning fork. Electric 200 Piano is powered by WSE, the Waves Sampler Engine, a state-of-the-art multi-sample engine designed to deliver solid, high-quality performance.

  • Page 5: Components

    1.3 Components The Electric 200 Piano has one component: Electric 200 Piano Stereo Electric 200 Piano is a virtual instrument plugin and will appear under the related selection menus for virtual instruments under all supported DAW host applications. Waves Electric 200 Piano works also as a standalone application. It uses ASIO (Windows) or Core Audio (Mac) drivers to play through your audio device of choice.

  • Page 6: Chapter 2 Quick Start Guide

    CHAPTER 2: QUICK START GUIDE Insert Electric 200 Piano on an instrument track in your DAW or launch the standalone application. Start to play and you will quickly understand how to get the sound you want. There are two modules with which to control the behavior and sound of the instrument.

  • Page 7: Chapter 3 Interface And Controls

    CHAPTER 3: INTERFACE AND CONTROLS 3. 1 Interface The ELECTRIC 200 Piano interface is arranged into two sections. Bottom: The Piano module includes tone controls, a vintage style compressor, and an amplified cabinet that was sampled with both a condenser mic and a dynamic mic.

  • Page 8: Piano Module

    3.2.2 Piano Module Keys Section Vel Curve This control changes the curve of the velocity response from logarithmic to exponential. When the control is set to 0, the curve is linear. Range: -50% to +50% Initial Value: 0 Reset Value: 0 Continuous control Formant The formant control changes the sound character but not the pitch.
  • Page 9 Mix Section Instrument The Instrument control provides a choice between the two sampled electric pianos. Range: 1, 2 Initial Value: Instrument 2 Main The Main control is the sampled sound of the electric piano, without the mechanics and the release keys sounds. It controls the Main samples level in the overall mix.
  • Page 10 Key Up Key Up is the sound of the keys while releasing. It controls the Key Up samples level in the overall mix. Range: 0 – 100% Initial Value: 25% Reset Value: 0 Continuous control Mechanics The Mechanics control is the sampled sound of the electric piano mechanics without the Main and the Key Up sounds. It controls the Mechanics (thump) samples level in the overall mix.
  • Page 11 Amp Section Amp On/Off The Amp button turns the Amp section on or off. Range: Off, On Initial Value: On Switch: On/Off No Reset Value: Alt+click does not affect the current mode of this switch. Drive Controls the level of the amplifier overdrive. Range: 0–100 Initial Value: 0 Reset Value: 0...
  • Page 12 Tone Section Bass The Bass control is a low shelf filter at 203 Hz, which can be decreased or increased by +/-18 dB. Range: -50 to +50 Initial Value: 0 Reset Value: 0 Continuous control The Mid control is a bell filter at 900 Hz, which can be increased or decreased by +/-18 dB. Range: -50 to +50 Initial Value: 0 Reset Value: 0...
  • Page 13 Volume Controls the output gain level after plugin processing. Range: 0–10 Initial Value: 7 Reset Value: 7 Continuous control...

  • Page 14: Effects Module

    3.2.3 Effects Module FX In/Out The FX In/Out switch toggles all effect module sections on and off. When the FX module is again turned on, each section will return to its previous state. Tremolo Section Tremolo On/Off The Tremolo button turns the Tremolo section on or off. Range: Off, On Initial Value: On Switch On/Off...
  • Page 15 Tremolo Rate Tremolo Rate provides control over Sync rates (such as ¼) or Free rates (in Hz), using the same knob. The middle position,12 o’clock, is the slowest Free value. Turning the knob clockwise from this position increases the rate from 0.25Hz to 28Hz.
  • Page 16 AutoPan Section AutoPan On/Off The AutoPan button turns the Autopan section On or Off. Range: Off, On Initial Value: On Switch On/Off No reset value: Alt+click does not affect the current mode of this switch. Autopan Rate Autopan Rate provides control over Sync rates that relate to the host (such as ¼), or Free rates (in Hz) that can be set independently of the host BPM, using the same knob.
  • Page 17 Pan Depth Controls how far the panning extends from the center. Range: 0–100 Initial Value: 33 Reset Value: 0 Continuous control Phaser Section Phaser On/Off The Phaser button turns the Phaser section on or off. Range: Off, On Initial Value: On No Reset Value: Alt+click does not affect the current mode of this switch.
  • Page 18 Phaser Rate Phaser Rate provides control over Sync rates that relate to the host (such as ¼), or Free rates (in Hz) that can be set independently of the host BPM, using the same knob. The middle position, 12 o’clock, is the slowest Free value. Turning the knob clockwise from this position increases the rate from 0.01 Hz to 22 Hz.
  • Page 19 Chorus Section Chorus On/Off The Chorus button turns the Chorus section on or off. Range: Off, On No reset value: Alt+click does not affect the current mode of this switch Depth The Depth control influences the dry/wet mix of the signal into the chorus and determines how much the module oscillator will influence the delay.
  • Page 20 Reverb Predelay Controls the amount of the delay between the dry and wet signals. Range: 20 ms–400 ms (milliseconds) Initial Value: 55 ms Reset Value: 55 ms Continuous control Reverb Time Control the reverb time, up to 6 seconds. Range: 0.4 sec–6 sec Default: 2 sec Reset Value: 2 sec Continuous control...

  • Page 21: Chapter 4 Electric 200 Piano Standalone Application

    CHAPTER 4 ELECTRIC 200 PIANO STANDALONE APPLICATION The ELECTRIC 200 Piano application can be used as a standalone instrument. It requires ASIO drivers for Windows or Core Audio for Mac OS X. Opening ELECTRIC 200.exe (Win) or ELECTRIC 200.app (MAC) loads the ELECTRIC 200 Piano instrument and configuration preferences dialogs.
  • Page 22 The MIDI channel control allows the selected MIDI device to receive MIDI input only from certain channels, as selected in the checkboxes. User > Load Previous Settings: When checked, the Electric 200 Piano application loads with the last settings used. Unchecked, Default settings load.

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