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- Page 1 2a TWYCROSS STREET LEICESTER LE2 0DU ENGLAND TELEPHONE: 0116-255 6225 E-MAIL: info@wernick.net WEB-SITE: www.wernick.net Hand Built Electronic Percussion VAT No: 834748304 XS7s-3 Rev 008...
- Page 2 Index 1.0 Introduction PAGE NUMBER 2.0 Setting Up Your Xylosynth System 2.1 Sound Sources 2.2 Amplification 3.0 A Quick MIDI Lesson 3.1 MIDI Programme Number 3.2 MIDI Bank Number 3.3 MIDI Note Number 3.4 MIDI Velocity Number 3.5 MIDI Channel Number 4.0 Patches 5.0 Control Panel 5.1 Push Button Control...
- Page 3 1.0 Introduction Thank-you for choosing a Wernick Xylosynth. You are now the owner of a hand built MIDI compatible tuned percussion controller designed to put mallet players in the most comfortable MIDI environment possible. We’ve asked players like you a lot of questions over the last few years and the information gathered together has resulted in many of the unique features of the Xylosynth.
- Page 4 3.0 A Quick MIDI Lesson The Xylosynth is a MIDI controller so it might be useful to include a short section on the basics. MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface and is a digital computer code that all manufacturers in the music industry use. It means that the Xylosynth and any other MIDI device can communicate.
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Page 5: Control Panel
6 which is always Sustain. Inputs 1- 4 can only be used with analogue/expression pedals and inputs 5-7 can only be used with digital/on/off pedals (or expression pedals with digital functionality). Pedal Type Analogue/Expression Pedals Digital On/Off Pedals Input Number Wernick Pedal – (ON/OFF ü ü ü ü ü ü... -
Page 6: Analogue Settings
So the specially adapted Wernick pedals (digital but with a stereo jack) can be used in all 7 inputs. On/Off (digital) pedals can be 'normally open'or 'normally closed' (or switchable). If you plug your pedals in first and power up the instrument the Xylosynth will recognize the difference and adjust itself accordingly to work with them. -
Page 7: Programming Section
7.2 Sensitivity Knob This is the master sensitivity control and affects all the keys equally no matter which patch you are in. It can be used to adapt the Xylosynth’s playing characteristics to your playing style and choice of mallets. At its lowest setting it will be very hard to achieve full 127 velocity. - Page 8 There are 4 main programming/edit screens. 1. Press the EDIT/EXIT button on the right of the display, keep it pressed and it will scroll through the 4 options – Global Settings – Song List – Patch Settings – Patch Template. If you want to edit Global Settings, release the button when you see Global Settings.
- Page 9 E. NOISE THRESHOLD 0-200 Threshold above which the instrument does not pick up external noise and trigger randomly (blue light flashes randomly). Will also affect the sensitivity of the lightest hits. May only need to adjust one or two notches either way. See 10.0 page 13.
- Page 10 You can link song lists – there is always a minimum of 3 linked song lists - go to song list edit screen – press octave shift button left – choose your order of song lists. PRESS 'EXIT' AT ANY TIME TO GET OUT OF A SCREEN. 9.3 Patch Settings See section 4.0 for a definition of Patch.
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Page 11: Overlay Settings
C. Patch Down ⌂ Allows foot control of patch down. D. WMI Pitch bend For future use with special Wernick Pedal! E. Pitch bend Up ⌂ Movement in the pitch bend pedal sends corresponding pitch bend messages of range 8000-16000. -
Page 12: Advanced Settings
Movement in the pitch bend pedal sends corresponding pitch bend messages of range 0-8000 G. WMI Modulation For future use with special Wernick Pedal! H. Modulation Up ⌂ Movement in the pedal sends corresponding control change 'Modulation' messages of range 8000-16000. -
Page 13: The Noise Threshold
10.0 The Noise Threshold This is the threshold at which the instrument will trigger - a sound will be heard or the blue LED will flash. So that even the gentlest strikes produce a sound we have set the noise threshold at 7. - Page 14 Guitar 25. Acoustic Guitar (Nylon) 29. Electric Guitar (Muted) 26. Acoustic Guitar (Steel) 30. Overdrive Guitar 27. Electric Guitar (Jazz) 31. Distortion Guitar 28. Electric Guitar (Clean) 32. Guitar Harmonics Bass 33. Acoustic Bass 37. Slap Bass 1 34. Electric Bass (Finger) 38.
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Page 15: General Notes
Ethnic 105. Sitar 109. Kalimba 106. Banjo 110. Bag pipe 107. Shamisen 111. Fiddle 108. Koto 112. Shanai Percussive 113. Tinkle Bell 117. Taiko Drum 114. Agogo 118. Melodic Tom 115. Steel Drums 119. Synth Drum 116. Woodblock 120. Reverse Cymbal Sound Effects 121. -
Page 16: General Care
hand if necessary. If using a battery powered drill you will have to stop before the screws ‘bottom out’ i.e. slowing down well before then. You cannot rely on any torque limiter that comes with the drill. Hand tightening means just ‘nipping up’ the screws. Description 1/ Find a suitable area to carry out the task. -
Page 17: Physical Specifications
URL: htttp://www.wernick.net Contact Name: Will Wernick, Julie-Ellen John Patents: United States 5854436 UK & France (EP) 0732683 Germany 69610518 © Wernick Musical Instruments 2005 All Rights Reserved All Specifications in this manual are subject to change without notification... -
Page 18: Midi Implementation Chart
MIDI Implementation Chart Function Transmitted Remarks Basic Channel 1-16 0-15 Set within each Patch Default Mode Default Incremental Patch 1-200 0-199 Toggled with Song List/Song Link Altered Song List 1-25 Song link 1-25 Links Song Lists Note Number Default 0-127 Key range, C-1 to C9 C0 to C10 Set Chromatically set within each Patch Velocity...
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