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Excepted I'm not sure of the * * meaning of the word 'quite'... * * * * * * DO NOT FORGET : THIS IS A SHAREWARE * * =================================== * * * * First of all, read the SHARWARE.TXT file for explanation of what a * * SHAREWARE is, how to register and what advantages you can get by doing that. * * I wish you good sounds. * * Gilles * ******************************************************************************** SC55 Pilote is an edition software for ROLAND SC-55 synthesizer, also known as 'THE SOUND CANVAS'. CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED 1.1 Installation ---------------- 1.1.1 What do you need ? To use the Pilot, you need : * an ATARI computer (STF, Mega ST, STE, Mega STE, TT or FALCON) with at least 1 Megabyte memory, * a monitor allowing a resolution of 640x400 pixels at least (see next paragraph). A Roland SC-55 synthesizer is not essential, but if you don't have, poor you... To connect it to your computer, you'll need two MIDI cables (in good condition). More, it is recommended to use a master keyboard (or a synth guitar... ). 1.1.2 Screen resolution - Working with a STF, STE, Mega ST or Mega STE, a high resolution monochrom monitor is the best. By default, you may use a color monitor or a TV , provided you install a monochrom emulation (like Sebra). - With a TT, you can set high ST (not so kind...), medium TT (extra) or high TT. - With a Falcon 030, all resolutions allowing at least 640x400 pixels work, excepted True Color mode. Best choice is 16 colors VGA mode. 256 colors mode works, but needs more memory and makes redraws slower, without any improvement on colors. The Pilot release 1.3 works (more or less...) with MultiTOS, provided you desactivate memory protection (with MultiTOS CPX). I suggest you to avoid working with MultiTOS. 1.1.3 Sofware First of all, make a safety copy of the Pilot disk, then store the original away from dog, coffee, ants... You may copy the SC55 folder on your hard disk (if you have a hard disk). This folder contains the following files : * SC55.PRG : the program, * SC55.RSC : the resource file. These two file are essential. They MUST be in the same folder. * SC55.HLP : the Help file. * SC55ICON.RSC : a file containing 3 new icons for your Desktop. (optionnal : copy them in your DESKICON.RSC, then install them with the "Install an icon..." item of GEM desktop). To launch the Pilot, double-click on SC55.PRG icon. Without a graphic Blitter, the installation of a graphic accelerator, like TurboST, is possible, even useful. GDOS may be in use, but in this case the Pilot may have problems to install its own fonts. However, this should not generate other effects. 1.2 MIDI connections -------------------- 1.2.1 Without a Master Keyboard In that case, the SC-55 and your ATARI computer are connected as follows: ---------------- ---------------- ! A T A R I ! ! S C - 5 5 ! ! ! ! ! ! MIDI OUT O-------------O MIDI IN ! ! MIDI IN O-------------O MIDI OUT ! ---------------- ---------------- With this configuration, the Pilot can fetch informations inside the SC-55. But this is not convenient to listen to the sounds you're editing. 1.2.2 With a Master Keyboard A master keyboard may be any synthesizer or piano, provided it has a MIDI OUT socket and, of course, a keyboard. But it also may be a synth guitar or a sequencer. ---------------- ---------------- ! A T A R I ! ! S C - 5 5 ! ! ! ! ! ! MIDI OUT O-------------O MIDI IN ! ! MIDI IN O----- O MIDI OUT ! ---------------- ! ---------------- ! ! ------------------ ! ! Master Keyboard! ! ! ! ! O MIDI IN ! ---------O MIDI OUT ! ------------------ This wiring makes easier listening to the SC-55 sounds, by the use of the MIDI_THRU fonction (see § 2.2.3 and 3.3.5). At the opposite, the Pilot cannot receive data from the SC-55. If you Master Keyboard can emulate a MIDI THROUGH fonction on its MIDI OUT socket, connecting keyboard MIDI IN to SC-55 MIDI OUT should work. 1.2.3 SC-55 Settings Whatever wiring configuration you're using, 3 conditions are necessary for correct work: * the basic MIDI channels (also called exclusive MIDI channels or Device ID number) MUST BE IDENTICAL on SC-55 and on the Pilot. To set the Device ID number on SC-55, light up the ALL button, then select channel with the MIDI CH arrowed key. To set it for the Pilot, see § 3.3.5. * The SC-55 must accept exclusive MIDI messages. This setting is called >Rx SysEx on SC-55. To set it, light up the ALL button, press both PART arrowed keys, then use ALL and MUTE buttons to select this setting. Select 'ON' position. * The SC-55 must accept instrument change messages. This setting is called >Rx Inst Chg, find it as described above and set it to 'ON'. 1.2.4 MIDI Wires The ATARI MIDI OUT socket is a bit tricky. If your MIDI cable is correct (5 INDEPENDANT pins, but you should look INTO the plugs to see that), you don't have to worry about that. Beware of that: I've seen MIDI cables that were stamped as such, but were wrong. With a wrong MIDI cable, you will NOT be able to make a good use of the Pilot. Exchange it with a good cable, or unsold the wrong connections inside the plugs. 1.3 Reading the manual ---------------------- 1.3.1 Vocabulary Patch = All the SC-55 internal memory, excepted some parameters (device ID number, MIDI exclusive messages filtering). Part = same concept as in SC-55. 1.3.2 Graphics 1.4 Using the Pilot ------------------- The Pilot uses the GEM interface: desktop, icons, windows and menus should be familiar to you. However, the Pilot offers a little more. First, the Pilot make some use of the RIGHT mouse button. The LEFT mouse button is sometimes used in relation with the Shift, Control and Alternate keys. Everything is detailled in Chapter 2. Then, the Pilot offers "pop-up" objects : they are objects (menus or sliders) that appear in the middle of the screen when you click on an object. There are also secondary menus (explained in chapter 2). At last, the mouse form tells what the Pilot is doing : * an arrow : the Pilot is waiting for your command, * a floppy disk : the Pilot is working with the disk, * a pencil : the Pilot is preparing redraws of some window, * a MIDI socket : the Pilot is talking with the SC-55. CHAPTER 2 THE DESKTOP 2.1 The icons ------------- 13 icons lay on the Desktop: * 7 icons SYSTEM, MAIN, OTHERS, SYNTH, FILTERS, CONTROLS & SCALING which are called 'Patch icons', * 2 icons DRUM 1 & DRUM 2, * the SC-55 icon, * the NOTEPAD icon, * the DISK icon, * the PRINTER icon. As on GEM DESKTOP, you can open or move the icons. 2.1.1 Opening an icon 2.1.2 Moving an icon 2.2 Windows ----------- 2.2.1. General Purpose Operating the windows is the same as on GEM Desktop. Inside the windows are displayed all the SC-55 parameters. 2.2.2 Windows description * the SYSTEM window * the MAIN window * the OTHERS window * the SYNTH window * the FILTERS window * the CONTROLS window * the SCALING window * the DRUM 1 & DRUM 2 windows 2.2.3 the Active Part Inside all windows containing Part parameters, one Part is given a check mark, just before its number. It is the 'Active Part'. When you click on a parameter of another Part, this Part becomes the Active Part. 2.2.4 The Headers 2.2.5 Moving a Part 2.2.6 Copying a Part 2.2.7 Notepads 2.3 How to handle the objects ----------------------------- 2.3.1 General purpose * Alternate gives another choice (Alternative choice) * Control makes parameters change slower (a better Control) * Shift (left Shift only) makes parameters change faster. * Right button click aborts current setting. 2.3.2 Linear pots 2.3.3 Rotating knobs 2.3.4 "ON/OFF" switches 2.3.5 Pop-up pots 2.3.6 Pop-up menus Right click (or Alt clic) to get the MT-32 instruments pop-up. 2.3.7 Patch name 2.3.8 The Undo key 2.3.9 The Space bar 2.4 Online Help --------------- Double-click on a parameter to get help on it. Help key gives general Help pannel. Online Help works like a Hypertext, click on a bold character word to get help on this word, an so on. Online Help needs a file called 'SC55.HLP', and reads this file everytime it is invoked. Working with floppy disks may leads to confusing situations, if you remove the disk containing the Help File. CHAPTER 3 THE MENU BAR 3.1 First menu -------------- 3.1.1 "Informations" 3.2 "File" ---------- 3.2.1 "Load Patch" 3.2.2 "Save Patch" 3.2.3 "Load Drum" 3.2.4 "Save Drum" 3.2.5 "Save Config." 3.2.6 "Load Config." 3.2.7 "Kill a file" 3.2.8 "Quit" 3.3 "SC-55" ----------- 3.3.1 "Receive Patch" 3.3.2 "Send Patch" 3.3.3 "Send Drum" 3.3.4 "Receive Drum" 3.3.5 "MIDI Definition" This entry calls a VERY IMPORTANT dialod box. Here is set the communication parameters between the Pilot and the SC-55. This dialog box shows three things to set : * the basic MIDI channel (aka Device ID number), on which (exclusives) messages between the Pilot and the SC-55 are carried on. It may be set from 1 to 32. It is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY that the value choosen here be the same than the one set on SC-55. Without that, no message can be understood and, shortly said, nothing works. * the activation of the MIDI THROUGH function (MIDI_THRU). When this function is ON, all MIDI messages entering the computer MIDI IN socket are at once copied on the computer MIDI OUT socket. Normally, they're copied without change, unless the CHANNEL=ACTIVE PART function is ON (see later). * the activation of the see CHANNEL=ACTIVE PART function. When MIDI_THRU function is ON and CHANNEL=ACTIVE PART function is OFF, every MIDI message entering MIDI IN is send back on MIDI OUT, whithout any change. When MIDI_THRU function and CHANNEL=ACTIVE PART function are ON, every MIDI message entering MIDI IN is send back on MIDI OUT, but some of them are changed: the MIDI channel number of all messages (excepted exclusives) is modified in accordance with the Active Part MIDI channel number (the one whose number is checked in the last toped window). So, when you're playing on a master keyboard to listen to the sound of the Part you're editing (the Active Part), this function sends note messages to the SC-55 with the MIDI channel of that Part. You don't need to change the MIDI channel on your master keyboard. When MIDI_THRU function is ON, a little mouth is drawn in the right upper corner of the screen. When the Pilot sends messages, this mouth talks. This allows you to check if your computer is receiving messages. 3.3.6 "Virtual Keyboard" -> Virtual Keyboard can be called by double-clicking on the Desktop area. -> During Virtual Keyboard usage, the Alternate Key works exactly as a Hold pedal (limited to 64 notes). 3.4 "Windows" ------------- 3.4.1 "Cascade" 3.4.2 "Mosaic" 3.4.3 "Cycle" 3.4.4 "Open all" 3.4.5 "Close all" 3.4.6 on top : "System", ..., "Drum 2" 3.4.7 headers "Static"/"Moving" 3.4.8 "Relax!" 3.5 "Print" ----------- 3.5.1 "System", "General", ... , "Drum 2"