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Summary of Contents for ESS MATRIX one
- Page 1 Characteristics & quick guide for use Electronic Sound Solutions s.r.l., Via Parigi 79, 46042 Castel Goffredo MN -Italy Tel. +39 0376 778712 Fax +39 0376 772100 www.essound.com info@essound.com assistenza@essound.com...
- Page 2 Thanking you for the purchase of MatrixOne and confiding that the unit will fully satisfy your needs giving you also, in the meantime, increasing great satisfactions, ESS invites you to read this quick guide to the principal characteristics and functions. It will be possible to deepen every issue directly...
- Page 3 MatrixOne. ESS declines any responsibility for possible damages derived by the non respect of this important instruction of use.
- Page 4 5) L+R independent monitor output. The regulation is the same of headphones output. 6) 4 audio input, mono XLR/Jack Neutrik™ balanced. 7) MatrixOne ON/OFF button. 8) VDE connector feeding. 9) Cooling fan grate. In order to allow a correct inner ventilation of the unit, it is highly recommended not to obstruct it with objects or others.
- Page 5 Front panel 1) MIDI player and Audio volume. 2) Samples' reproduction volume. 3) Independent volumes of 4 audio inputs. 4) Keyboard volume connected via MIDI. 5) Main volume. Operates on all volume levels 1/2/3/4. 6) Knob to modify values and to carry out changes according to the selected window. 7) Play/Pause/Stop Keys (by pressing the Stop and successively the Start key, the selected song will be repeated from the beginning).
- Page 6 Main Display Description & quick guide for use Before starting Matrix One, duly verify that no devices are connected to the USB ports. By pressing the ON/OFF button in On position, and after a short time (more or less 30 seconds) the touch screen display will show the main screen of the unit.
- Page 7 generic voice canceller. As always, the result in canceling a voice in an audio song depends on the characteristics of the song itself. Function currently not implemented For both MIDI song or audio it is possible to change tonality, without altering the movement or, modify the movement without altering the tonality.
- Page 8 the right of the title of the song played (green) or on the left of the next song title (red) is very useful, as it allows to be acknowledged before hand if the song (current or next) will contain text information. 8) Group of buttons including: “INFO”...
- Page 9 14) Section dedicated to the view of text eventually included in the songs. By pressing the icon (below right on the "LYRICS VIEW" window) it will be possible to view the window at full screen. To return normal view, press the icon again, which is also present in the full screen view.
- Page 10 A quick look to the principal functions and screens: When pressing the "CONSOLE" key (below left), the following window will appear, which will occupy the bottom half of the display. To exit the CONSOLE, press the same key again or "EXIT" directly from the console. The keys are the ones of a computer keyboard, excluding some keys which are described below.
- Page 11 Choose the type of media you would like to import files from. You may choose from: Transferring CD/DVD Rom songs from Megabeat Pro Floppy drive USB USB Drive (hard disk, USB key or other device) Please note that if one of these devices is connected, then it's symbol will be duly defined, while on the contrary the symbol will be grey coloured.
- Page 12 G) To cancel files. The procedure is similar to the import files one (see A). H) To export files on a device unlocked in writing and connected to MatrixOne. The procedure is similar to the import files one (see A). I) Screen dedicated to pedal command assignment, display brightness regulation, spelling option (if available in the file text info), and finally by pressing the "NEXT >"...
- Page 13 A) MIDI channel number. Under each one, volume value and indicator of activity per single trace. B) Volume slider. C) Access next channel window. D) Reset values to original default. E) “SOLO” to exclusively listen to the selected channel; "MUTE" to mute it. F) After pressing the "EDIT"...
- Page 14 By selecting channel 10 the "MIDIOUT" button becomes "DRMEDIT", where it is possible to modify velocity and replace single battery sounds within the drum kit in use. Number of rhythmical instruments used in the selected Scroll to select the single MIDI song rhythmical instrument in the MIDI song in use.
- Page 15 Back to the 8 button bar available at the bottom left. 2) In this window it is possible to singularly modify volume, sample frequency and panpot, for each of the 9 loaded samples. 3) This window proposes individual settings for each of the 4 analogical inputs. Y pressing the button corresponding to the input you want to work with (i.e.
- Page 16 “LAYERS”, to access the window where it is possible to assign the keyboard portion to which assign a particular instrument. “EDIT” to access the window where it is possible to regulate volume and balance (panpot), the effects (Reverb/Chorus), and the soundfont to be used for each single layer. ...
- Page 17 Back to the last of the 8 buttons of the bar, below left: 5) In this window it is possible to regulate the monitor and headphones sends of the 7 available sound sources (the songs MIDI&Audio, the samples, the 4 analogical IN and the keyboard eventually connected via MIDI), as well as the reverb level, allowing thus to difference and adapt to your needs the principal output Left/Right, monitor send, eventually connected and headphones.
- Page 18 “PNOISE” utters a test signal. IMPORTANT NOTICE: be sure to keep the sliders low, and then, increase them little by little before pressing this button (PNOISE). ESS declines any responsibility for eventual damages to audio instrument/device derived by the missed respect of this important notice.
- Page 19 “AUDIOREV”, where it is possible to regulate parameters relative to reverb, to be exclusively applied to audio sources. “MIDREV”, where it is possible to regulate parameters relative to reverb, to be exclusively applied to MIDI songs. “MIDCHOR”, includes parameters relative to chorus which should be exclusively applied to MIDI songs.
- Page 20 “CUE/CUT” We would like to underline, beforehand, that within this function addressed to "cut" (and not only) the songs per your needs, the view of both MIDI and Audio songs is represented by a waveform, which is a very common issue for audio files, but represents a new concept for MIDI files. A specific point within the MIDI file will not be, therefore, located by means of musical measures, but graphically, through this model of waveform.
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Page 21: Technical Specifications
It is important to underline that a customized fade-out effect between two files, whether MIDI or audio, may be applied to songs present in the same group only, and/or next. By selecting a second song, the wave form (red) will be shown in the bottom part of the CUE/CUT window. - Page 22 List of instruments available in the preloaded soundfont MATRIX ONE Pc#:CC0 Pc#:CC0 000:050 Synth Strings 1 000:000 Grand Piano 000:051 Synth Strings 2 000:001 Bright Piano 000:052 Choir Aahs 000:002 Piano 3 000:053 Voice Oohs 000:003 Honky 000:054 Synth Voice...
- Page 23 Tutti i marchi citati sono registrati ESS s.r.l. si riserva il diritto di modificare caratteristiche tecniche e/o estetiche dei prodotti in qualsiasi momento e senza preavviso. Le informazioni contenute in questo manuale sono state controllate accuratamente, tuttavia non si assume alcuna responsabilità circa eventuali inesattezze.
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