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  • Page 1 WAVE FOR MUSIC QUICKSTART GUID...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Content About Wave for Mu ic Included in the box Wearing Wave Turning Wave on and off Charging Wave Function 6–15 Overview Tilt, Pan and Roll 9–10 Vibrato Click 13–15...
  • Page 3: About Wave For Mu Ic

    About Wave for Musi Wave is the ring that allows you to ontrol sound with motion. Wave has three buttons, a LED display for visual feedba k, mi ro USB harging port and an adjustable strap. Led Interfa e on Top Charging Port Upper Button Middle Button...
  • Page 4: Included In The Box

    Included in the bo Included in the sales packaging of Wave is: One (1) Wave ring One (1) micro USB charging cable One (1) soft case. WAVE by G E N K I Wave Ring Micro USB Charging Cable Soft Case...
  • Page 5: Wearing Wave

    Wearing Wa e Wear Wa e on your index finger, with LED display on top and buttons on the finger's side - where you ha e easy access to them with your thumb. Led Interface on Top Buttons Facing the Thumb...
  • Page 6: Turning Wave On And Off

    Turning Wave on and o To turn Wave on, toggle the Middle button on Wave. Lights should appear on top of the ring. To turn Wave off, hold the Up and Down button on Wave simultaneously until the lights on the ring turn o . If Wave doesn’t turn on, then the battery might be drained.
  • Page 7: Charging Wave

    Charging Wa e Connect one end of the charging cable to Wa e and the other one to a power source, such as your computer's USB port, in order to charge it. You may want to charge Wa e before using it for the first time. A full charge takes 90 minutes and gi es 8+ hours in constant use.
  • Page 8: Function

    Functi n Wave has six functi ns that can be used individually r c mbined in any way y u like. Each functi n has its wn characteristics. In order to map functions from Softwave to your DAW (such as Ableton Live or Logic Pro) you need to attach a MIDI CC number to the function.
  • Page 9 Tilt Pan Tilt hand vertically 
 Pan hand horizontally 
 to control parameters. to control parameters. Roll Vibrato Roll hand side to side 
 Move Wave sideways 
 to control parameters. to control parameters. Tap Click Hit any surface to trigger Issue commands and samples or notes.
  • Page 10: Overview

    Overview Add a New Function To add a new function to your Preset, hover over "Add function" and then select 
 the function you want to add. Each function is represented by an icon. Rename a Function To rename a function press its name, for example "Tilt" or "Roll", write in a new name and hit Enter.
  • Page 11: Tilt, Pan And Roll

    Tilt, Pan and Roll Tilt, Pan and Roll allow you to control parameters in a new way. Tilt is the orientation of Wave vertically, Pan horizontally and Roll the rolling of Wave to its side. These movements can easily replace sliders and rotary knobs, allowing you to control all three axes of Wave at the same time.The current state of a movement is indicated by the brown circle on each slider.
  • Page 12 Movement’s starting point The default starting point for each movement is in the center of the slider. You can change it by moving the small brown tick, as long as the preset is set to Relative. This is the value the movement jumps to when you Reset the movements (long press on Middle button).
  • Page 13: Vibrato

    Vibrato Vibrato lets you add natural vibrato to your playing. Vibrato is the side to side movement of your hand. It uses acceleration so it depends on how fast you move how much Vibrato you add. Vibrato Move Wave sideways 
 to control parameters.
  • Page 14: Tap

    Tap Tap lets you change any surface into a trigger pad, triggering notes or samples while tapping your finger. The Tap function is velocity sensitive. Tap Hit any surface to trigger samples or notes. Tap sensitivity You can change the sensitivity of the Tap function by dragging the line up or down, making it longer or shorter.
  • Page 15: Click

    Click Click lets you use the buttons on Wave to send MIDI and Key commands to your DAW. Using the buttons on Wave to send commands opens up a lot of possibilities, for example you can use them to hit record, play and stop, to launch clips or to control switches in your plugins.
  • Page 16 Setting up a Click function You can choose between 6 types of behaviors for each button: Click is when you press a button once to send a command. Click allows you to choose between Trigger and Latching. A drop down menu is available in the bottom left corner of the Click function window when either Click or Long Press is chosen.
  • Page 17 MIDI map Click: CC/Note To map a Click to your DAW you need to tie a CC number or a Note to each function. Press the MIDI icon in the bottom right corner of the Click and select a CC number or Note of choice. Solo the Click you want to map in order for Softwave to only send the signal for that particular function to your DAW.

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