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Quasimidi CYBER-6 Manual

The realtime-enhancer
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  • Page 1 CYBER-6 The Realtime-Enhancer...
  • Page 3 -the original packing of Cyber 6 is ideal for dispatch. Thus keep the original packing and you will have no problems in case of mailing -when opening the CYBER-6 without pulling the power cord or in case of any objects or liquids in the case there is danger for life...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Initialization of the memory ......................................... 52 Kalibrierung der Spielhilfen ......................................... 52 selecting the key-velocity curve ........................................54 Assigning of special footswitch-functions ....................................55 COMPLETE INITIALIZATION ........................................ 56 The Sysex-Dataformat ..........................................57 converting of standard-MIDI files into the cyber-6´s dump format ............................59 MIDI-Implementation ........................................... 60...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Introduction Introduction Congratulations for purchasing Cyber 6. You not only get a standard masterkeyboard but also a very complex machine to enhance your live and studio sequencing and composing. You will create life-opera- tions less stressfully and first of all in a more interesting way. With Cyber 6 at your disposal you have a rational management of your instrument park and a precios live-sequencing-function which offers you new possibilities in life-management.
  • Page 6 Basic Operation The "info"-key facilitates managing midi-channels. While pressing this key a "channel-usage" -display appears explaining which midi-channels is controlled by what section of Cyber 6. Cyber 6 offers following sections at your disposal: 1.) masterkeyboard (K) The letters in breackets appear on channel- 2.) motivator arpeggiator (A) usage-display on the channel which is used 3.) motivator-gater (G)

  • Page 7: Connection

    Basic Operation With the four "edit" - buttons the four edit menus can be chosen. There are following edit-menus: [KEY] = masterkeyboard-edit [MOT 1] = motivator 1-edit [MOT 2] = motivator 2-edit [SEQ] = sequencer-edit As already mentioned at the beginning, the Cyber 6 does not only contain masterkeyboard-functions, but also two motivators and one sequencer.

  • Page 8: Exercise 1

    CYBER-6 and another midi-device, you can connect the other device with the midi-thru jack. It gets the same data like the CYBER-6. On this jack Cyber 6 does not send any own data. However, if more than five MIDI-devices are connected in a thru line, data might be lost during midi transmission.
  • Page 9 The first one or two octave of the keyboard are often assigned to the realtime-transpose-feature of the CYBER-6. At the end of the chain, the sequencer will be stopped. To start chain again it must be loaded again. Let´s have a lot of fun with the sequences and masterkeyboard-programs!

  • Page 10: Using Cyber 6 As A Simple Midi-Keyboard With Changing Programs

    It makes no sense to use the same midi-channels for different sections of the CYBER-6. You can not use the same channel for masterkeyboard and motivator at the same time because your synthesizer will not work at the same time with more than one program at one midi-channel.

  • Page 11: Editing The Master-Keyboard Programs

    Organisation of the MIDI-channels masterkeyboard-programs with motivator-programs without having conflicts with the midi-channels. Following table shows the assignment of the midi-channels in our example-programs: MIDI-channels -> A01 A02 A03 A04 A05 A06 A07 A08 A09 A10 A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 Synthesizer MIDI-channels as used by: K = masterkeyboard, M1 = motivator 1, M2 = motivator 2, S = sequencer...

  • Page 12: Selection Of Midi-Channels And Key-Window Of The Keyboard-Zones

    |1> CYBER-6 Program 001 Layer Before selecting the masterkeyboard-edit-menu please load program 31 (operation: (31) (Enter) ) This program is built up very simple and spartanic, thats why it is a good basic to get to know the features. The display shows following content: |1>...

  • Page 13: Ecercise 2: Playing Different Synthesizers

    - to setup-tables which are enclosed to Cyber 6. This facilitates the orientation of our midi-system. It make sense to reserve groups of midi-channels for different sections of cyber-6. Then it´s possible to combine different sequences, motivator-programms and masterkeyboard-set- tings, because you don´t have problems with double used midi-channels.

  • Page 14: Selecting The Program-Change And Adjusting The Volume For The Different Zones

    Before sending the program-change you have to use the bank-change command to select the de- sired Program bank. At the CYBER-6 the parameter “bank” allows the input of a bank-select command. Like the program- change also the bank-select command has 128 different values. The CYBER-6 always will send the bank-...

  • Page 15: Namingof The Masterkeyboard-Program

    128 programs. Nevertheless you don´t program know everything about the CYBER-6´s masterkeyboard capabilities it´s useful to learn now, how to save the changes you made in a new program. One important information in association with the masterkeyboard programs are the motivator parameters.

  • Page 16: Storing The Masterkeyboard-Programs

    For fat solo-sounds you can also layer four or more synths all with different intervalls. With simple waveforms on the different synths you have a crea- tive additive synthesis controlled by CYBER-6. The transpose-parameter is available on submenu 4 of the masterkeyboard-edit menu. You can select this sub-menu with the page-dial.

  • Page 17: Exercise 4: Programming Of Examples With Transpose Function

    2.) While holding the "enter"-button you can also change the pitch by pressing only the desired transpose offset at the keyboard of the CYBER-6. The original pitch is at C 4 on the keyboard. At the top of the keyboard you see printed numbers between 1 - 32. The key direct under the number 15 is the note C 4.

  • Page 18: Invertation Of Realtime-Controllers

    Con3 Control 3 (Regler 3) The footpedal must have a resistance between 10 and 50 KOhm to work proper with the CYBER-6. When first used, the footpedal must be calibrated. This procedure is shown in chapter "Calibration of realtime- controls" on page 54. Best results we had with a Yamaha FC 7 Footpedal.

  • Page 19: Motivator-Assignment

    (motivator-control). For this reason, you will not find the parameter "zone" in the following submenus. Motivator-Assign- The CYBER-6 contains two independent motivators. A motivator is the ideal partner for creating ma- ment chine-sequences like you know from Tangerine-Dream, Klaus Schulze, Kraftwerk and many other elec- tronic musician.

  • Page 20: Realtime Controller Assignment

    MIDI-data flow. In this case the synthesizer is able to understand the datas but the willingness to react has to be switched on first. Some controllers can be disabled this way. So if you have a synthesizer that doesn’t understand aftertouch, you can select an other controller of the CYBER-6 which is known to the synthe- sizer.
  • Page 21 On the following page you see in the chartlist, which MIDI - controllers are sent by the modulation-sources of the CYBER-6 if you not yet call up a covered program ( “Enhanc x” ). MIDI-Message...

  • Page 22: Exercise 6: Assigning The Realtime-Controllers

    6 can ascertain the polarity of the switches. There are sensors that interrupt a connection when being switched and there are sensors which make a connection when being switched. The CYBER-6 works with both kinds of sensors. To determine the function of the sensors call up again the Edit-submenu 13 of the edit-menus of the masterkeyboard.

  • Page 23: Realtime Control To Sequencer And Motivator

    If you still have no idea about motivators and sequencers at the moment, you can leave out this sub-chapter for the present and come back to it later. Some real-time-modulation-possibilities are already implemented in the sequences which are found in the storage of the CYBER-6 at extradition. They only have to be activated in the masterkeyboard-programs.

  • Page 24: Modulation Of The Sequencer

    Modulation of the sequencer Inverting the effects of the modulation Invert If several parameters should be controlled by one modulation-source it may be meaningful to invert the effect of the regulators. Turning up the regulator causes a lowering of the intensity of the modulation.

  • Page 25: How To Trigger Motivators From The Sequencer

    How to trigger the motivators from the sequencer If no modulation-source was programmed in the sequencer-patterns, the determination of the regulator still shows no effect. Therefore, if desired, you can control one totally different parameter for each pattern. How to trigger Also this submenu mainly is thought for advanced users who already have gotten to know the sequencer motivators from and motivator.

  • Page 26: Editing The Motivators

    Editing the motivators Editing the Now let´s take a look at the highlights of the CYBER-6 - the motivators. The motivators allow you to motivators produce musical themes and sequences, which are not to be realized with traditional methods, at least it would be very complicated and - of course - very costly.

  • Page 27: The Operating Modes Of The Motivators

    The operating modes of the motivators The operating operating-mode of motivator display function/explanation modes of the motivators arpeggiator Arpeg According to the played notes the arpeggiator of the motivator generates exciting sequences. In contrast to conventional arpeggiators these sequences are given out with a much more interesting rhythm than you have ever heard before.
  • Page 28 Editing the motivators Since at the moment you have not yet gotten to know the way how to rhythmize the motivator-patterns, the gater and chord-mode is not yet right interesting. Perhaps you look at the chapter “The rhythmization of the motivator-patterns” before trying out the gater- and chord-mode to make your first attempts with these functions more interestingly.

  • Page 29: Exercise 7: Get To Know The Parameters In The Arpeggiator-Mode

    exercise 7: get to know the parameters ...Arpeggiator Changing the octave-range of the played With this parameter you can adjust the arpeggiator notes so, that it repeats the generated arpeggiator-pattern over the range of some more octaves. Setting the value to “4” the generated pattern sounds four times, but each time transposed one octave higher.

  • Page 30: Rhythmizing The Motivator-Patterns

    rhythmizing the motivator-patterns switching on the counter for the 1Shot If the parameter OneShot is turned “On”, the run-throughs motivator-pattern runs through completely for only one time. Linked with the “Hold”-mode a peculiarity takes place: “Hold: ON” - The pattern runs through completely for one time, even when the keys already have been released.
  • Page 31 Simultanuously the CYBER-6 notes the dynamic of the pressed key and considers the now selected instrument. If you like to choose another instrument you can do that - without changing the mode - by holding the “ENTER”-button presssed...

  • Page 32: How To Edit The Instruments Of The Motivator

    How to edit the instruments of the motivator changing the dynamic individually for each Dyna If you are already content with your choice of step instruments and the rhythmic but like to correct the dynamic you can do this in the now described mode.

  • Page 33: Exercise 8: Using All Motivator-Functions

    “+/-” - buttons. As a control, the CYBER-6 shows, if the chosen number is already called up by a masterkeyboard-program. In this case the name of the depicted program is shown on the display. If this is not the masterkeyboard- program you are editing right now, you should choose another number.

  • Page 34: Basics Of The Cyber-6 Sequencer

    9.) Recording of any controller-data into the sequencer, e.g. generated from the modulation-sources/ regulators of the CYBER-6. The sequencer of the CYBER-6 has been optimized in a way, that all sorts of modern electronic-music, from TECHNO to AMBIENT and from Berlin to Dusseldorf can be realized and produced in a totally new and innovative manner.
  • Page 35 Sequencer: Pattern Format measure length: 4/4 With the “+/-” - Tasten you can set the desired measure. Therefore the CYBER-6 allows the following values: After you have confirmed again by pressing the “ENTER”-button the pattern is formatted and can be treated and played in now.

  • Page 36: Track Oriented Parameters

    Track oriented parameters Changing the octave-range of the played With this parameter you can adjust the arpeggiator notes so, that it repeats the generated arpeggiator-pattern over the range of some more octaves. Setting the value to “4” the generated pattern sounds four times, but each time transposed one octave higher.
  • Page 37 “Transp”. Activating the keyboard-realtime-transpose KBD-Trans Already played-in sequences can be transpose by the CYBER-6 while they are played. This is a marvellous and very helpful feature for live-acts. Sometimes it is meaningful to exclude several tracks from these transposes (e.g.: drum-tracks etc.).

  • Page 38: Realtime Recording

    Although it sometimes may seem a little bit antiquated or outdated today, we have implemented this feature in the CYBER-6. Call up page 5 in the display to get to the recording-window for realtime-recordings: <...

  • Page 39: Exercise 9

    The TR-909 Drum-Programmer Exercise 9: Before you now get to know some further recording strategies, you should apply the features you have The realtime already learned in combination with the sequencer. Select a track and a sound of your choice in the track- recording parameters and start a realtime-recording.
  • Page 40 Using the white keys of the keyboard you can set and erase each step of the drum-matrix. But in adition to that the Cyber-6 even records the velocity when setting the steps. The value of the just recorded velocity is indicated by a bargraph for each step, the length of the bar represents the played-in value of the velocity.

  • Page 41: Step By Step Recording

    Step by step programming additional editing of the velocity If you want to change the velocity, without changing the groove,you should select this mode. Touch the key, which corresponds to Grid position,until you are satisfied. The other way is: press the relevant key simultaneously to moving “wheel 2”...

  • Page 42: Recording Of Other Controller

    The CYBER-6 sequencer allow the recording of MIDI-controller. In the overdub-recording-mode is it controller possible to record MIDI-controller on a exist track. Now you can concentrat to play the bass line or melody and after this you can record the MIDI-controller.

  • Page 43: Deleting Midi-Controller Messages

    Motivator themes quite often use mutlitple MIDI-channels, they can only be copied to empty patterns. Sequencer. Since the snapshot copy function is quite often activated spontanously, the CYBER-6 automatically lo- cates the next empty pattern and copies the theme to it. When multiple MIDI-channels are used, one track is created within the pattern for every instrument used.

  • Page 44: Copying Track Parameters

    Usually you´ll want to use similar sounds throughout one entire song, so you probably don´t want the parameters entire set of instruments to be changed every time you change a pattern. With the CYBER-6, it is incred- ibly simple to move all settings from one pattern to another. Simply call page 9 from the sequenzer edit menu.

  • Page 45: Copying An Entire Pattern

    Copy from Track With the "+/-"-buttons you can select the desired source-track. If the sequenzer is runnig, the CYBER-6 will play what you´re selecting. Use the "enter" to confirm the selection. Then you will hear the destination...

  • Page 46: The Chain-Mode

    You see - every single step you make is magic. Plus you can even tell the CYBER-6 how many bars to play this step before moving on to the next. The result is a complete song not only changing the pattern but also the masterkeyboard-programs and their included motivator-programs.

  • Page 47: Playing A Chain

    Chain: 1 Step: 2 Bars: 4 EDIT Working with the chain-mode will show you, why CYBER-6 is called "realtime-enhancer". Never before you have had such an absolute realtime access to the whole keyboard stuff during a sequencer live-per- formance like on the CYBER-6.

  • Page 48: Chain-Programming

    1 Bars: 0 The last step is the end-marker and is automatically generated by the CYBER-6. The sequencer is stopped at the end of a chain. For this reason you´ll always find the end-marker at the end when selecting steps. In...
  • Page 49 chain programming Transpose Transp If you want the current pattern to be transposed, you can adjust it in half-tone steps using the + / - buttons, or by pressing the [ENTER] button and the desired key on the keyboard simultanously. If one of the tracks is NOT transposed, or if the drums sound strange afterwards, the track settings in the sequencer are wrong.

  • Page 50: The Motivator-Freeze-Funktion

    Like the chain-mode also the motivator-freeze function is another highlight for live-performance of the freeze-funktion. CYBER-6. With the freeze-function you can hold a running motivator-sequence with a footswitch. The keyboard zone, which was controlling the motivator transposes this freezed motiv during you hold the footswitch down.

  • Page 51: Midi-Dump-Functions

    3,5" floppy. If you have an ATARI ST, you can either sell it and buy loads of drugs or use it with the program from the supplied utility disk as a bank loader. The CYBER-6 sends it data as system exclusive data.

  • Page 52: Initialization Of The Memory

    Initialisation of memory areas/calibration Initialization of With this function you can reset memory areas of the CYBER-6. Move the cursor until the “INIT?” is the memory highlighted. With the "+/-"-buttons you can choose the option, which memory-area you want to initialize.
  • Page 53 calibration of realtime-controllers Action to be taken to calibrate the options action controllers Choosing the realtime-controller Aftertouch, Pick the “Controller” option and use the "+/-" Pitch-Bend, buttons to select the controller Wheel1, Wheel2, Pedal, Controller Set the MINIMUM value for the selected 1.) Move the cursor to the parameter “value”...

  • Page 54: Selecting The Key-Velocity Curve

    Keyboard. In some cases, though, you might want to use a different velocity-feel. The CYBER-6 has eight different velocity-curve presets from which you can choose. To choose the velocity curve, pick page 5 from the main menu and select the “CALIBRATION” option with the "cursor"-buttons.

  • Page 55: Assigning Of Special Footswitch-Functions

    Masterkeyboard function Masterkeyb The CYBER-6 uses the settings from the current masterkeyboard program Remote control in the CHAIN mode Chain-Step While being in the CHAIN-STEP menu, you can use the footswitch like [ENTER] to freeze a step. If there is no step length programmed, the footswitch can be used to simply jump to the next step.

  • Page 56: Complete Initialization

    REALLY LOAD PRESET DATA INTO RAM ENTER: YES / EXIT: NO 4.) Press [ENTER] to initialize or [EXIT9 to abort. After a few seconds the CYBER-6 is ready to play 5.) Calibrate the controllers as described above. To initialize single memory areas, consult the “Initialization of memory areas” section in this manual.

  • Page 57: The Sysex-Dataformat

    Only entire programs / patterns / chains may be transmitted and thus should always received entirely. Incomplete / corrupt data for patterns / chains can lead to complete chaos in your CYBER-6 memory! For the same reason, the amount of steps in a chain is implicated in the Chain adress LOW (so the CYBER- 6 can calculate the memory space needed in advance and not overwrites othe data).
  • Page 58 The SYSEX-Dataformat Detail-Information —————————— masterkeyboard-program amount of bits meaning lowest key of zone (36..96) highest key of zone (36..96) channel of zone (0=Off,1..16=A1..A16,17..32=B1..B32) transpose (0..36..72=3 Okt ab,0,3 Okt hoch) MIDI-bank-change 0..127 MIDI-program -change0..127 MIDI-Volume 0..127 2 Bytes perzZone for Controller-Activity bit0..3 dito for Invertation per zone: bit 0 Foot-Control 1 Enable bit 1 Foot-Control 2 Enable...

  • Page 59: Converting Of Standard-Midi Files Into The Cyber-6´S Dump Format

    3=1/2Octave up+1/2 Oct down,2 Octave range converting of Together with the CYBER-6 you´ll get a disk which includes a program, that allows you to convert stand- standard-MIDI ard MIDI-files into the format used by the CYBER-6. Afterwards, the MIDI-file can be dumped to the files into the CYBER-6.

  • Page 60: Midi-Implementation

    MIDI-Implementation MIDI-Implementa- Function... Transmitted Recognized tion Basic Default Channel Changed A 1-16, B 1-16 Default Mode Messages 0 mono/poly Altered Note Number True Voice Velocity Note On Note Off After Keys Touch Channel Pitch Bend MSB (7 bit) LSB (14 bit) Controller Continous MSB 0-31 Continous LSB 32-63...
  • Page 61 QUASIMIDI accessory items are covered under a separate limited warranty. How to obtain warranty performance Return your unit to an Authorized QUASIMIDI Repair Station. If you are unable to locate one, write or call the QUASIMIDI Factory Service Department. We will either refer you to an Authorized Repair Staion or issue you a return authorization number for factory service.
  • Page 62 Warranty-card...
  • Page 63 CYBER-6 Masterkeyboard-Controller with special realtime acces, motivators and sequencer Weight: 12.5 KG Connections: 2 footswitch-jacks, 1 footpedal-jack, MIDI-In-, MIDI-Out- and MIDI-Thru-jack. Power-requirement: 110 V, 60 Hz, 10 Watt max. Physical dimensions: Width:1025mm, Heigth:102 mm, Depth 388mm...

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