Summary of Contents for ExcelValley X3M
- Page 1 ExcelValley X3 M User Manual MIDI + USB Sound Module: Supports hardware wavetable synthesis + audio playback, multifunctional MIDI DIN connector. www.excelvalley.com...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
As a USB MIDI device USB Audio Playback USB Audio Digital Recording X3M Upload Software Overview Uploading Soundbanks SoundBank upload process Uploading Presets Preset upload process X3M Preset Editor X3M Routing X3M Chorus Acoustic Settings X3M Equalizer / Amp Settings www.excelvalley.com... -
Page 3: Introduction
User Manual Introduction Thank you for purchasing the X3M. The X3M is a MIDI wavetable board which is fully General MIDI compat- ible. It comes with 64 MB of flash memory, has a USB interface and is software configurable. Software development tools are available which let the user easily program the on-board flash memory. -
Page 4: Specifications
OS X, … • Preloaded with a high quality 16 MB Dream General MIDI SoundBank • X3M Preset Editor software: For creating and modifying profiles to tweak the sound signature • X3M Upload software : For flashing the X3M via USB Latency Low latency <... -
Page 5: Board Overview
Left & Right Audio. MIDI in (default) or MIDI out X3M - Connectors Mini USB interface used for flashing the X3M and as a MIDI interface Proprietary program header DIN connector jumper header for the Dream DSP chip X3M - Pinout Bootup jumper header www.excelvalley.com... -
Page 6: Pinout
All 3 jumpers have to be positioned either on the left, or either on the ride side. Bootup jumper header When a jumper has been connected to the J2 connector, the X3M will boot “clean“. This without loading any preset configuration. www.excelvalley.com... - Page 7 User Manual Proprietary program header for the Dream DSP chip This jumper is a proprietary header for the Dream DSP Chip and is used with initial setup of the board by the manufacturer. This jumper is irrelevant for the user. www.excelvalley.com...
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Page 8: Using The X3M
As a USB MIDI device The USB interface of the X3M is a full MIDI interface. Connect the X3M to a USB port to your PC and after a short while the X3M will appear as a MIDI device: Windows supports several MIDI devices, so it’s important to configure the software so that the X3M is actually being used, rather than the default Microsoft GS SoftSynth. - Page 9 MIDI device of your system. We recommend the Cool- Soft MIDIMapper: Once you have configured the X3M as the default MIDI device, you can use most media players to play MIDI files. It will then also work with DOSBox and ScummVM without having to change the MIDI device inter- nally.
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Page 10: Usb Audio Playback
‘complete’ sound card solution. USB Audio Digital Recording The X3M is ideal for USB audio digital recording of MIDI + Wave Output. This is very useful for the digital recording of game soundtracks. All sounds from the game, sound effects + MIDI, are provided by the X3M. -
Page 11: X3M Upload Software
• NES8.DXB : NES / Famicom (Requires special MIDI files) • GRANDPIANO_100.DXB : ‘Salamander’ Large Piano Beta SoundBank (First instrument = piano) X3M compatible Soundbanks are binary files in the .DXB format. The X3M and Dreamblaster X2 use the same Soundbanks. www.excelvalley.com... -
Page 12: Soundbank Upload Process
User Manual SoundBank upload process Plug the X3M in a USB port and the USB MIDI driver X3M will become available. Start X3MUPLOAD and in the “Select interface” section select the right MIDI device: X3M for OUT and IN. Look under “Target Device” and confirm the model and firmware version. -
Page 13: Uploading Presets
• Serdaco Preset (A balanced Preset with slight Reverb and Chorus effects) Preset upload process Plug in the X3M in a USB port and the USB MIDI driver X3M will become available. Start X3MUPLOAD and in the “Select interface” section select the right MIDI device: X3M for OUT and IN. -
Page 14: X3M Preset Editor
With this utility you can create, read, edit and preset files. Remember that you still have to flash the preset file to the X3M as described in the previous chapter. For easy testing you can have the preset editor, as well as X3MUPLOAD open at the same time. -
Page 15: X3M Routing
• to both: The MIDI input signal is sent directly to the synthesizer and is also sent over USB MIDI to the computer The X3M can be used as a MIDI interface and generate sound from a computer program. The generated sound can be streamed back to the outputs. -
Page 16: X3M Equalizer / Amp Settings
User Manual X3M Equalizer / Amp Settings General Output Amp : Some sound cards clip or distort with wavetable boards and certain games that output loud music. With this setting you can adjust the volume to avoid this. Swap Stereo : It can be necessary to correct left sounds coming out of the right speaker and vice versa.
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