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- Page 1 Electric Grand Piano USER GUIDE...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
CHAPTER 2 QUICK START GUIDE ..............................7 CHAPTER 3 INTERFACE AND CONTROLS ..........................8 3.1 INTERFACE ............................................8 3.2 CONTROLS ............................................8 3.2.1 Keyboard Control ........................................8 3.2.2 Piano Module .......................................... 9 3.2.3 Effects Module ........................................14 CHAPTER 4 ELECTRIC GRAND 80 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
Hall and Oats, Toto, Rainbow, Roxy Music, U2, Billy Joel, and many more. Waves Electric Grand 80 Piano is based on a library sampled from a CP80. It produces a full array of velocity and alternative samples for each key. Waves also developed a method to recreate the ethereal sound produced by sympathetic resonance introduced by idle strings when the sustain pedal is pressed and the string dampers lift to release the string. -
Page 5: Concepts And Terminology
The mechanics and form of an electric grand piano are quite similar to those of an acoustic grand piano, except that the acoustic chamber is replaced by electronic pickups. Waves Electric Grand 80 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 6: Components
DAW host applications. Waves Electric Grand 80 Piano also has a standalone application. It uses ASIO (Windows) or Core Audio (Mac) drivers to play through your audio device of choice. Electric Grand 80 Piano receives MIDI data to trigger notes and control changes. -
Page 7: Chapter 2 Quick Start Guide
CHAPTER 2: QUICK START GUIDE Insert the Electric Grand 80 Piano plugin on an instrument track in your DAW, or launch the standalone application. There are two modules with which to control the behavior and sound of the instrument. Use the top module to create and control effects such as tremolo, phasing, stereo imaging, chorus, and reverb. -
Page 8: Chapter 3 Interface And Controls
CHAPTER 3: INTERFACE AND CONTROLS 3. 1 Interface The Electric Grand 80 Piano interface is arranged in two sections. Bottom: The Piano module includes tone controls and a vintage-style compressor. Top: The Multi Effects Processor provides modulation effects and reverb. -
Page 9: 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 10 Mix Section Main The Main control is the sampled sound of the E.Piano, without the mechanics and the release keys sounds. It controls the Main samples level in the overall mix. Range: 0–100 % Initial Value: 100% Reset Value: 100% Continuous control Key Up Key Up is the sound of the keys while releasing.
- Page 11 Pedal Pedal is the sampled sound of the mechanical sustain pedal press and depress. It controls the Pedal samples level in the overall mix. Range: 0–100 % Initial Value: 35% Reset Value: 0 Continuous control Comp The Comp control influences the mix of the internal compressor. Turning the knob clockwise increases the level. Range: 0–100% Initial Value: 50% Reset Value: 0...
- Page 12 Tone Section Bass The Bass control is a low-shelf filter at 203Hz, which can be decreased or increased by +/-18dB. Range: -50 to +50 Initial Value: 0 Reset Value: 0 Continuous control The Mid control is a bell filter at 900Hz, which can be decreased or increased by +/-18dB. Range: -50 to +50 Initial Value: 0 Reset Value: 0...
- Page 13 Output Section Volume Controls the output gain level after plugin processing. Range: 0 – 10 Initial Value: 7 Reset Value: 7 Continuous control Limit Turns the output brickwall limiter On or Off.
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Page 14: Effects Module
3.2.3 Effects Module FX In/Out The FX IN/Out switch toggles all effects 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 2/1 equals one cycle in 2 bars. Scaling: Custom. Range: Sync 1/32T-2/1; Free 0.25Hz-28Hz Initial Value: 1/16D sync rate Reset Value: 1/16D sync rate Continuous control Tremolo Depth The Depth control increases or decreases the amplitude level. Range: 0–100 Initial Value: 60 Reset Value: 0 Continuous control AutoPan Section...
- Page 16 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 independent 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 0.25Hz–28Hz.
- Page 17 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. Phaser Mix Controls the level of the Phaser effect. Range: 0 –...
- Page 18 Range: Sync 1/32T-2/1 / Free 0.01Hz-22Hz Initial Value: 0.03 Hz free rate Reset Value: 0.07 Hz free rate Continuous control Phaser Depth The Depth control controls the Phaser feedback. Range: 0–100 Initial Value: 53.5 Reset Value: 0 Continuous control Chorus Section Chorus On/Off The Chorus button turns the Chorus section On or Off.
- Page 19 Reset Value: 0 Continuous control Reverb Section Reverb Mix Controls the balance between the dry and wet signal, and also controls the amount of reverb added. Range: 0% (dry) to 100% (wet) Default: 30% Reset Value: 0 (dry) Continuous control Reverb Predelay Controls the amount of the delay between the dry and wet signals.
- Page 20 Reverb Damp Decreases the level of the high frequencies during the decay as a factor of the reverb time. Range 0.1 – 2.0 Default: 0.8 Reset Value: 0.8 Continuous control Meters Meter Scale Peak meter: -30 dB–0 dB, showing a VU meter scale calibrated for 18 dB of headroom (0 dBVU = -18 dBFS Split Meters Separate left and right meter indicators.
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Page 21: Chapter 4 Electric Grand 80 Piano Standalone Application
CHAPTER 4: ELECTRIC 200 PIANO STANDALONE APPLICATION The Electric Grand 80 Piano application can be used as a standalone instrument. It requires ASIO drivers for Windows or Core Audio for Mac OS X. Opening Electric Grand 80 .exe (Win) or Electric Grand 80 .app (MAC) loads the ELECTRIC Grand 80 Piano instrument and configuration preferences dialogs. - Page 22 MIDI Input device displays a list of available MIDI input devices on the current system. Select the MIDI device for receiving MIDI data. Input Channel Electric Grand 80 Piano standalone is ready to receive MIDI in OMNI mode from all channels. The MIDI channel control allows the selected MIDI device to receive MIDI input only from certain channels, as selected in the checkboxes.
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