Preset Template Listings - Novation X-Station User Manual

Preset Template Listing
Absynth - Native Instruments
No Template label is required since the panel layout suits the Absynth for-
mat. Absynth has very few parameters that can be controlled via MIDI. It is
necessary to specify a maximum amount of modulation a particular parame-
ter will respond to over MIDI in order for this parameter to be able to
respond to MIDI at all. For example,
filter frequency is a parameter
Absynth will respond to if the filter
freq mod depth is set to an amount
other than 000.
The X-Station Audio can control the
following: FM index, LFO 1,2 & 3
Sample and Hold Rate, Filter
Frequency, Lfo 1,2 & 3 Rate, Lfo 1,2
& 3 Mod Depth, Pan. Controls are
laid out as expected except those
shown in the table to the right.
Albino - Linplug
Albino does not have a specific MIDI control list. It has a mod matrix where
a small number of MIDI controllers can be mapped to modulate some of the
synthesizer functions. Albino responds to MIDI continuous controllers 16, 17,
18 and 19 as well as controller 2 (breath control) and controller 4 (Foot
Control). Controllers 2 and 4 have been mapped to the X and Y axis of the
touch pad respectively and con-
trollers 16 to 19 to the following
pots and encoders.
Atmosphere Synth / Trilogy
Synth - Spectrasonics
The external MIDI control for these
two synths are the same so use
this electronic template for
either synth. No template
Spectrasonics - Trilogy - Atmosphere Dream Synth
Panel Legend
label is required since the
Oscillator Section
panel layout suits the format
Osc1 / Osc2 Select
for both instruments.The OCTAVE
UNISON
plug-in works with two
LFO DEPTH
Layers, A and B. Use the
PWM
SYNC
'Osc Select' grey buttons to
Filter Section
switch between OSC controls
Filter 1 / Filter 2 Select
Envelopes section
for Layer A and B. The layer
Mod / Env3 Select
view can be changed by
Amp / Mod / Env3 Select
pressing the Unison buttons
F1
Effects Section
which is mapped to Layer
CONTROL
switches. The Pitch/Mod/Amp
and Pan controls may be freely assigned to any of the 'No Control' knobs.
B4 Upper / Lower - Native Instruments
Use the supplied Template label 'B4' since the panel layout does not suit the
format of the B4. Two Templates are
used to control the B4, one for the
Upper manual and one for the Lower
manual. Use the DATA/VALUE encoder
to quickly switch between the two.
Bass Station VST / AU - Novation
No template label is required since the
panel layout suits the format for the
Bass Station. A few controls listed in the table shown on the right have dif-
ferent functions to the front panel legends.
Cubase SX 1 - 4 - Steinberg
The Driver / Resource CD has a default project for Cubase SX included
which will need to be used with the four Cubase SX templates for full control
of this sequencer.
The Driver / Resource CD also has both a Cubase SX and SX2 set up file.
To import this into Cubase, click on the 'Devices' tab at the top of the
Cubase menu bar and select 'Device Setup..' from the drop down menu.
Click on the Generic Remote line from the list at the left of the pop up page.
(Cubase names any external controller as 'Generic Remote') Click on the
import button at the right of the pop up page. Import the 'X-Station' file from
the CD Rom or from the hardrive if this file has been downloaded from the
Novation website. Click the 'Open' button to import the file. To use the tem-
plate it will be necessary to select the X-Station as the MIDI input.
All controls have been set to transmit on MIDI channel 16 across each of the
4 electronic templates. When using the Generic Remote with the X-Station
Native Instruments - Absynth
Panel Legend Actual Control Function
Oscillator Section
WAVEFORM FM INDEX
SEMITONE LFO1 S/H
DETUNE LFO2 S/H
LEVEL LFO3 S/H
Envelopes Section
VELOCITY VOLUME
LFO Section
DELAY DEPTH
Effects Section
LEVEL EFFECT TIME
CTRL 2 PAN
Linplug - Albino
Panel Legend Actual Control Function
Oscillator Section
OSC 1 WAVEFORM CONTROLLER 16
OSC 1 SEMITONE CONTROLLER 17
OSC 1 DETUNE CONTROLLER 18
OSC 1 LEVEL CONTROLLER 19
Actual Control Function
Layer A / B Select
SOLO
LAYER A / B VIEW
ENV TIME
PAN
LAYER A / B ON-OFF
Master Filter / Filter Select
Filter / Env3 Select
Amp / Filter / Env3 Select
FILTER ENV INVERT
MASTER VOLUME
Novation - Bass Station VST
Panel Legend Actual Control Function
Oscillator Section
LEVEL OSC 1-2 MIX
Envelopes Section
DEST button TRIGGERING OPTIONS
Effects Section
CONTROL MASTER VOLUME
in Cubase it is advisable to exclusive-
ly reserve MIDI channel 16 of the X-
Station MIDI port to solely control
Cubase. Do not use MIDI channel 16
for MIDI or virtual instruments!
Template 1 controls MIDI tracks 1-8,
Template 2 controls MIDI tracks 9-16
Template 3 controls Audio tracks 1-8,
Template 4 controls Audio tracks 9-16
The template overlay sequencer /
mixer should be used with the
Cubase SX templates. Differences to
the template overlay are shown in the
here in the tables.
FM7 - Native Instruments
Use the supplied template label
'FM7'. Native Instruments FM7 does
not have a standard MIDI implemen-
tation. There is a file entitled X-
Station.f7c inside the FM7 setup folder on the X-Station Driver and
Resource CD and also on the Novation website at
www.novationmusic.com. To load this file into the FM7, from the master
section of the FM7 click on the controller load button. Find the X-Station.f7c
file and open this file. Note: this can then be saved to the c:/program
files/native instruments/FM7/assigns folder where C: is the hard drive that
the FM7 is installed on.
From the FM7 preferences option make sure that the following options are
checked:
MIDI controller range 000-127
Use OP A controllers for selected op
Use 3 ccs for ratio.
Generic General MIDI 2 - Roland / Yamaha / Korg - Any
Use this Template to control any instru-
ments which conform to General MIDI
2 (they may need to be switched to this
mode). No Template label is required
since the panel layout suits the General
MIDI format. A few controls listed in the
table shown on the right have different
functions to the front panel legends.
Note that the controls are limited.
Groove Agent - Steinberg
No template label is required since
Groove Agent only responds to a few
MIDI commands. These are Ambience,
Humanise, Shuffle, Host BPM, Volume,
Snare / Stick selection, Half Tempo and
Vintage on/off. They are found on the
controls as shown is the table opposite.
Halion - Steinberg
No template label is required since the
panel layout suits the format for
Halion. Both Halion and Halion 2 have
an identical MIDI specification so this
template can be used for both plug-
ins. The controls are as shown is the
table opposite.
impOSCar - Gmedia
No template label is required since the
panel layout suits the format for the
impOSCar. A few controls respond
differently to the legend shown on the
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APPENDIX
Steinberg - Cubase SX MIDI 1 - 2
Panel Legend Actual Control Function
Send Section
SEND 1 CHOOSE SEND 0
SEND 2 CHOOSE SEND 1
SEND 3 CHOOSE SEND 2
SEND 4 CHOOSE SEND 3
SEND 5 NOT ASSIGNED
SEND 6 NOT ASSIGNED
Panel Legend Actual Control Function
Envelope Section
ENV TRIGGER PUNCH IN ON/OFF
ENV REPEAT PUNCH OUT ON/OFF
F3 MASTER ON/OFF
Arp Section
ARP TEMPO SYNC ON/OFF
ARP LATCH CLICK ON/OFF
Effect Section
EFFECTS SELECT CYCLE ON/OFF
Steinberg - Cubase SX AUDIO 1 - 2
Panel Legend Actual Control Function
Envelope Section
ENV TRIGGER PUNCH IN ON/OFF
ENV REPEAT PUNCH OUT ON/OFF
F3 MASTER ON/OFF
Arp Section
ARP TEMPO SYNC ON/OFF
ARP LATCH CLICK ON/OFF
Effect Section
EFFECTS SELECT CYCLE ON/OFF
0...63: off 64...127: on
OP select controller: 9
Generic - General MIDI
Panel Legend Actual Control Function
Oscillator Section
LFO DEPTH VIBRATO DEPTH
LFO Section
SPEED VIBRATO RATE
DELAY VIBRATO DELAY
Envelopes section
F1 POLY MODE
F2 MONO MODE
Effects Section
LEVEL REVERB LEVEL
CTRL 2 PAN
GROOVE AGENT
Panel Legend Actual Control Function
Oscillator Section
OSC 1 WAVEFORM AMBIENCE
OSC 1 SEMITONE HUMANISE
OSC 1 DETUNE SHUFFLE
Arpeggiator Section
ARP TEMPO HOST TEMPO
Effects Section
EFFECTS CONTROL VOLUME
Envelopes section
F1 SNARE / STICK
F2 HALF TEMPO
F3 VINTAGE ON/OFF
Steinberg - Halion
Panel Legend Actual Control Function
Oscillator Section
OSC 1 WAVEFORM OCTAVE
OSC 1 SEMITONE COURSE
OSC 1 DETUNE CENTS
OSC 1 LEVEL SAMPLE VOLUME
PORTAMENTO GLIDE
Filter Section
FILTER FREQUENCY CUT-OFF
RESONANCE RESONANCE
FILTER ENV DEPTH ENVELOPE AMOUNT
SLOPE SLOPE
Effects Section
EFFECTS CONTROL SPREAD