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  • Page 1 Xpand! ™ Version 1.0...
  • Page 2 Copyright © 2006 Digidesign, a division of Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. This guide may not be duplicated in whole or in part without the express written consent of Digidesign. Digidesign, Avid, Pro Tools, Pro Tools|HD, Pro Tools LE,...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents contents Chapter 1. Introduction ............1 Features.
  • Page 4 Xpand! Plug-In Guide...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1. Introduction

    chapter 1 Introduction Welcome to the Xpand!™ virtual workstation Supported Systems plug-in. Xpand! is supported on the following systems: Xpand! is a plug-in instrument that is developed • Pro Tools|HD® with the musician, arranger, composer and mu- • Pro Tools LE™ sic producer in mind—a sonic powerhouse, •...

  • Page 6: System Requirements

    System Requirements Conventions Used in This Guide To use Xpand!, you need the following: All Digidesign guides use the following conven- • A Digidesign-qualified Pro Tools|HD sys- tions to indicate menu choices and key com- tem, Pro Tools LE system, or Pro Tools M- mands: Powered system Convention...

  • Page 7: Chapter 2. Installation

    chapter 2 Installation Installing Xpand! Removing Xpand! If you need to remove the Xpand! plug-in from To install Xpand!: your system, follow the instructions below for Double-click the Xpand! installer application. your computer platform. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete Windows XP the installation.
  • Page 8 Xpand! Plug-In Guide...

  • Page 9: Chapter 3. Operate Xpand

    chapter 3 Operate Xpand! Xpand! is a virtual music workstation featuring Editing Parameters a broad range of sound generation possibilities including multi-sampled instruments as well as FM, wavetable, and virtual analogue synthesis. Using a Mouse Getting started with Xpand! is very easy and You can adjust Xpand! plug-in controls by click- self-explanatory, especially if you are already fa- ing and dragging the control’s slider or knob, or...

  • Page 10: Assigning Parameters To Midi Controllers

    Using a Control Surface To remove a MIDI controller assignment: Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac- Xpand! can be controlled from any control sur- intosh) an assigned control and choose “Forget” face supported by Pro Tools. Refer to the appro- to remove its MIDI controller assignment priate controller product guide for more infor- mation.

  • Page 11: Edit Pages

    Level (Master Volume) Edit Pages Below the Smart knob section are four tabs for accessing different control pages where you can On the right-hand of the Smart knob section edit the Parts in more detail. Click one of the there is a master Volume control as well as a Clip four tabs on either side of the Smart display to indicator.

  • Page 12: Mix (Mixer) Page

    Level Mix (Mixer) Page This page is where you set up each Part’s vol- ume, position in the stereo field and its send amount to the built-in effects. There are also set- tings for MIDI input transposition and key range to set up split layers. Move the slider to set the Part’s volume level, in- creasing volume to the right and decreasing to Select and Load Parts...
  • Page 13 Tr/Fine To assign a Part to a certain key range do the following: Click the Upper/Lower key range limit control and drag up or down to increase or decrease its Semitone value. Cent -or- The Tr/Fine (Transpose/Fine) section includes Do the following: two different controls for transposing incoming •...

  • Page 14: Mod (Modulation) Page

    Select a destination for the modulation by your Mod (Modulation) Page MIDI keyboard’s modulation wheel from the lower pop-up list: Destination Description Pitch Affects the Part’s pitch. The Mod page lets you easily create sophisti- Wave Changes the sound based on its cated modulation settings for shaping a Part.
  • Page 15 Pressure Controls Many MIDI keyboards provide pressure (also called aftertouch) to generate a MIDI control signal which depends on how hard you press down held keys after the initial “note on.” With Xpand! you can use this control signal to modulate a number of useful controls.

  • Page 16: Arp (Arpeggiator) Page

    Mode Arp (Arpeggiator) Page Click the Mode display to select an Arpeggiator mode from the appearing pop-up list. An Arpeg- giator Mode is a pre-defined rhythmical pattern the Arpeggiator uses to trigger held notes. See Appendix C for details of the available Arpeggiator modes.

  • Page 17: Fx (Effects) Page

    Parameters 1 & 2 FX (Effects) Page Edit the selected effect by two parameters. The parameters are varying and depend on the type of effect. See Appendix D for a list of all Effects and their available parameters. To FX1 (FX2 Send to FX1) Xpand! provides two FX (effects) per instance.
  • Page 18 Xpand! Plug-In Guide...

  • Page 19: Appendix A. Midi Controller Assignment

    appendix a MIDI Controller Assignment Some controllers have a standard function if the Default controller assignments to parameters: controller is not assigned to a parameter: MIDI CC Standard Function MIDI CC Standard Function Master Output Level Modulation Wheel Part A Pan Glide Time Part A Smart Knob 1 Expression...
  • Page 20 Xpand! Plug-In Guide...

  • Page 21: Appendix B. Available Parts

    appendix b Available Parts Folders Folders (Cont.) Soft Pads Hits Bright Pads Synth Basses Action Pads Basses Pad Layers Drums Percussive Percussion Polysynths Loops Synth Brass Basics Soft Leads Hard Leads Ambience + FX Acoustic Piano Electric Pianos Organs Clavinets Strings Vocals Brass + Woodwind...
  • Page 22 Softpads Softpads (Cont.) Bright Pads (Cont.) Sweepscape Triangle Pad Fuzzy Saws 1 Massive Pad Simple Saw Band Pass Square Sea Spray Soft Noiseband Bright Octaves Shimmer Soft + Squarish Heavy Octaves Singing Pad Soft Machinegun Phaser Jet Sweeping Overtones Square Sample&Hold Resolution Epic Pad Squarish...
  • Page 23 Action Pads Pad Layers Pad Layers (Cont.) Glittering Pad Classic Bell Heaviness Harmonics Reso Atmos Dirt Monster Bendy Chime Synco Funk Lightness Dancing Harmonics Vocoder Loop Pad Lunar Desert Eerie Space Sample & Hold Pad 2 Menacing Ghost Choir Hollow Phaser Gate Heavy Breathing Dark Bells Accented Gater...
  • Page 24 Percussive Percussive (Cont.) Percussive (Cont.) Hollow Arp FM Percussive Kick Drum Metal Noize Arp Vibes Attack Partial Metal Girl Strung Up Tapped Bottle Metal Guy Random Chime Analog Pulse Pitched Cabasa Popper Analog Saw Reso Zap Galloping Woodblocks Ac Guitar Attack Partial Steamy Pipes Arpogee Muted El Guitar Attack...
  • Page 25 Polysynths Polysynths (Cont.) Soft Leads Attackertronic Lush Digi Stack Nice Saw D Something 1 Percussive Choral Lost In Space Techno Stadium Perky Chords Metal With Mandolins Porta Bend Propogate Not Too Phased Smooth Metal Sync Funk Unison Square Lead Simple Strings Techno Chords Soft Sync Sparkling...
  • Page 26 Hard Leads Ambience + FX Acoustic Piano Saw Stack Underwater Cave Natural Grand Piano Dangerous Snoring Vogon Grand Piano Eco Velosync Reverse Melody Reduced Piano A Little Phased S&H Reso Atmos Resonant Ambience Excited Vogon Alarm Clock Resonant Ambience Eco Deep Fried It's Damp In Here Honky Tonk Piano...
  • Page 27 Electric Pianos Organs Clavinets Suitcase The Classic B Clavinet Suitcase Selector Clean + Warm Clavinet + Tone Control Mark 1 Full Bars Voice Mod Clav Mark 1 Selector Dirty 70s Wah Clav Wurli Full n Rich Bi-Phaser Clav Wurli Selector Jazz Phaser Clav Pretty FM...
  • Page 28 Vocals Brass + Woodwind Bells Aah Choir Natural Brass Section Glockenspiel 1 Aah Choir Pad Brass Soft Layer Tubular Bells Aah Choir High Pass Brass Hard Layer Pretty Chimes Ooh Choir Bigger Section Light Bells Ooh Choir Pad Hybrid Brass Analog Chimes Ooh Choir High Pass Hybrid Octaves...
  • Page 29 Guitars Ethnic Steel String Acoustic Sitar Steel String Ac + Harmonics Gentle Sitar Steel String Ac Harmonics Kalimba Soft Steel String Melodic Kalimba Med Steel String Panpipes Hard Steel String Soft Panpipes Nylon String Acoustic Hard Panpipes Nylon String Ac + Harmonics Panpipes Pad Nylon String Ac Harmonics Percy Bottle...
  • Page 30 Synth Basses Synth Basses (Cont.) Drums Pulse Thumper Subsonic 1 Kicks Selector Wide Unison Saw Bass The Lonely Guy Snares Selector Two Osc 303 Imposter Tight Ow Bass Hats+Toms+Cyms Selector Percy FM Bass 303 Imposter Clap+Cow+Tam Selector Ultra Fuzz Attack Unison Square Bass Kicks Menu Tek Bass...
  • Page 31 Percussion Loops Basics Natural Percussion Human Beatbox 080 Poly Saw Electronic Percussion Acoustic Drums 100 Poly Square Conga Menu 1 Acoustic Drums 120 Poly Pulse Conga Menu 2 Acoustic Rock 120 Poly PWM Bongo Menu 1 Acoustic Vintage 100 Poly Triangle Bongo Menu 2 Reggae 120 Poly Sine...
  • Page 32 Xpand! Plug-In Guide...

  • Page 33: Appendix C. Arpeggiator Modes

    appendix c Arpeggiator Modes Arpeggio Description Arpeggio Description The held notes are played from Random 2 Same as Random, but notes an lowest to highest. octave above are also played. Up 2 Same as Up, but with 2 octave Synth Bass A typical synth bass pattern is range (held notes are repeated an played with the lowest held note.
  • Page 34 Xpand! Plug-In Guide...

  • Page 35: Appendix D. Effects And Parameters

    appendix d Effects And Parameters Category Name Knob 1 Knob 2 Hall Hall Size Shape Soft Hall Size Shape Bright Hall Size Shape Predelay Hall Size Pre-Del Dense Hall Size Shape Room Room Size Shape Soft Room Size Shape Bright Room Size Shape Predelay Room...
  • Page 36 Category Name Knob 1 Knob 2 Special Reverb Cho+Rev Chor Depth Rev Size Cho+Rev Soft Chor Depth Rev Size Cho+Rev Bright Chor Depth Rev Size Non-Linear Size Reverse Size Diff Early Reflections Size Drum Room Size Club Size Shape Overheads Size Height Stadium...
  • Page 37 Category Name Knob 1 Knob 2 Delay Delay Delay Feedback Lofi Delay Delay Feedback Stereo Delay Delay Feedback Lofi Stereo Delay Delay Feedback Ping Pong Delay Feedback Lofi Ping Pong Delay Feedback Gallop Echo Delay Feedback Tape Echo Delay Feedback Ducking Delay Delay Feedback...

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