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From: Gary Goldberg <[e-mail]>
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Subject: B&PPro: Pro Studio ToolKit Docs
Date: 15 Mar 1996 01:48:21 GMT
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These are the docs to Bars&Pipes Professional's Pro Studio ToolKit

Articulation Modifier

DESCRIPTION: The Articulation Modifier alters the duration of notes
by shifting them and scaling them.

SPECIAL TYPE: None

USAGE: PipeLine, ToolPad

CONTROLS: The Articulation Modifier Tool changes a note's duration by
first scaling, then shifting it.  To set the degree of scaling, drag
the Scale: slider. For example, if you set Scale: to 80%, every note
will now be 80% its original length, while Scale of 100% does
absolutely nothing.

To change the shift amount, drag the Shift: slider.  If you set
Shift: to negative, Articulation Modifier shortens each note's
duration by the amount specified.  If you set Shift: to positive,
it increases each duration by the amount specified.

DeFlam

DESCRIPTION: DeFlam removes any duplicate notes that come too
close to a preceding one. DeFlam can send the removed note to
another Track, if desired.

SPECIAL TYPE: None

USAGE: PipeLine, ToolPad

CONTROLS: DeFlam keeps track of each note as it passes through
the PipeLine. When a note enters, DeFlam checks the time and sets
a delay timer.  If another note of the same type enters and falls
within the delay time, DeFlam throws that second note away, or
branches it to another Track, if it is connected.  To set the
delay, enter it after the Delay: prompt.

DeGlitch

DESCRIPTION: DeGlitch removes notes with very short durations.
Useful for removing tiny "glitch" notes created by guitar controllers,
as well as accidental notes that sometimes occur when lazy fingers
bump two keys on a keyboard by mistake.

SPECIAL TYPE: None

USAGE: PipeLine, ToolPad

CONTROLS: DeGlitch erases all notes with durations below a set minimum.
To set the minimum duration, drag the Min Length: slider.

      NOTE: When you enter notes from your keyboard, the DeGlitch
Tool delays them slightly. This is necessary in order for the DeGlitch
Tool to determine whether the notes are above the minimum duration.
However, they record properly into the Sequencer and play back properly
when the DeGlitch Tool sits in the Output PipeLine.

Event Smoother

DESCRIPTION: The Event Smoother Tool fills the gaps between continuous
controller, pitch bend, and after-touch events. For example, you may
wish to fill in a smooth transition between two Pitch Bend events.

SPECIAL TYPE: None

USAGE: PipeLine, ToolPad

CONTROLS: To specify which types of events Event Smoother will fill,
click on Pitch Bend, Mono A-Touch, Poly A-Touch, and Control Ch:
buttons. If you are smoothing Control Change events, select the
controller number by dragging the slider. For example, to smooth
a volume curve, set the slider to Controller #7.

To set the minimum interval between values, drag the Minimum Step:
slider. If you want a high-resolution curve, set Minimum Step: to
very small.  For a coarser resolution, drag Minimum Step: to the
right. Note that all Controllers and After-Touch Events have a range
of 0 to 127.  On the other hand, Pitch Bend Events range from -8194
to +8193 and should have a larger Minimum Step.

The Event Smoother works best in the ToolPad, since it often needs
to smooth between events that are a great distance apart in time.

Feels Good

DESCRIPTION: Feels Good shifts and randomizes the time and dynamics
of selected notes in order to control the "feel" of your drum Track.
Each note of a 16-note drum kit can be moved independently ahead
of or behind the beat, as well as have its dynamics and time altered
randomly.

SPECIAL TYPE: None

USAGE: PipeLine, ToolPad

CONTROLS: To edit up to 16 drum notes, open Feel Good' Control window.
Each drum note ha a set of 6 parameters arranged in a horizontal strip
across the window.  To scroll through the 16 sets, drag the vertical
slider on the far right of the window.

Begin by setting the names and MIDI note numbers for each drum. By
default, Feels Good opens with these preset for the Roland MT-32 drum
kit.  To change a drum name, click on it with the mouse, then edit
the text.  To change the MIDI note number, drag the slider shown
under the name.

Once you've specified your names and note numbers, set the Time Shift
& Feel in the center column. The top slider sets the Time Shift. To
move the drum earlier in time, drag the Time Shift to the right.

Add "human feel" by dragging the Time Feel: slider. This slider adds
a shade of randomness to the time.  The greater the Feel: number, the
more the timing will vary.

Finally, set the Dynamic Shift & Feel sliders in the right column.
These sliders control the dynamics, or velocity of each note.  The
upper slider sets the dynamic shift.  A positive value increases the
velocity of each note, while a negative value decrease each note's
velocity. For example, if you'd like to bring up your snare drum,
you might add a shift of 20. Add randomness to the velocity by
dragging the second slider to the right.

Jump Start

DESCRIPTION: Jump Start triggers the Transport Controls the first time
a note enters the Pipeline. This helps automate the recording process.

SPECIAL TYPE: None

USAGE: PipeLine

CONTROLS: Jump Start will start the Transport Controls the first time
a note enters the PipeLine.  Enter the starting time after the Start:
prompt.

To enable Jump Start, click on the Active button.


Note Converter

DESCRIPTION: The Note Converter Tool transforms one specific note into
another.

SPECIAL TYPE: None

USAGE: PipeLine, ToolPad

CONTROLS: Two sliders control this Tool: The From Note: slider determines
the note that Note Converter will change.  The To Note: slider sets
the new value of the converted note.

Note Filter

DESCRIPTION: The Note Filter Tool is an improved version of the
original Note Filter Tool included with Bars&Pipes Professional
[no version mentioned--GWG].  This Tool filters out all notes
within a specified range and either removes them or sends them
to another Track.  We've also included the Note Retlif MacroTool,
which performs the inverse: It passes on all notes between the
filter points and throws out the remainder.

SPECIAL TYPE: Branching

USAGE: PipeLine, ToolPad

CONTROLS: To set the filter range, drag the Highest: and Lowest:
sliders.  The Note Filter Tool will sent all notes between (and
including) these values to another Track.  If you haven't connected
Note Filter via a branching pipe to another Track, all filtered
notes will be discarded.

Note Mapper

DESCRIPTION: The Note Mapper Tool translates every MIDI note to a
different MIDI note.  It stores a list of all notes and their
corresponding mapped notes.  Use this Tool, among other things, for
translating between drum settings.  Your note maps may be loaded and
saved as disk files for future use.

SPECIAL TYPE: None

USAGE: PipeLine, ToolPad

CONTROLS: To display each MIDI note, drag the Mapped From: slider.
Each note may be mapped to any other note.  Choose the reciprocal
note by dragging the Mapped To: slider.

The Note Mapper also contains three menu options: Select Load to load
a previously saved note map from disk, select Save to save the current
note map to disk and select Reset to reset all notes to map to their
original pitches.


On Hold

DESCRIPTION: The On Hold Tool merges the Hold Pedal and Note Events,
eliminating the need for Hold Pedal information. Normally, Control
Change #64 carries Hold Pedal down and up events.  On Hold remembers
when the Hold Pedal is on and off.  Notes that occur while the hold
pedal is on have their durations extended until the time the Hold
Pedal turns off. In turn, On Hold discards all Control Change #64 Events.

SPECIAL TYPE: None

USAGE: PipeLine, ToolPad. (Requires Bars&Pipes Professional Version
1.1 [equal to 2.0+--GWG] to operate in ToolPad)

Pitch Bender

DESCRIPTION: The Pitch Bender Tool simulates a pitch bend wheen for
Bars&Pipes Professional users with no pitch bend wheel but with pitch
bend-capable output devices. In addition, the Pitch Bender may be set
NOT to snap back to the center (as a real pitch bend wheel does) in
order to create interesting pitch bend effects. Like MixMaestro, Pitch
Bender inserts the pitch bend curve directly in the Track.  In addition,
you can save and load different pitch bend curves from the ClipBoard.

SPECIAL TYPE: None

USAGE: PipeLine

CONTROLS: If Pitch Bender sits in the output PipeLine, it will display
the movement of Pitch Bend events in its Control window, much like the
automated mix sliders in MixMaestro.  When you place it in the input
PipeLine, it will still create and record Pitch Bends, but will not
display them.

The Pitch Bender Control window contains just one item--the Pitch
Bend slider.  This slider acts just like a pitch bend wheel. Click
and drag it to sent Pitch Bend Events down the PipeLine.

The Pitch Bender Menu provides additional options.  Bypass, Snap to
Center, Copy to ClipBoard, Paste from ClipBoard, and Clear.

To disable Pitch Bending in the Track (but only if Pitch Bender is
in the Output PipeLine) select Bypass.

Select Snap to Center if you want the slider to snap back to center
every time you lift up with the mouse.

To save a particular Pitch Bend curve to the ClipBoard, select Copy
to ClipBoard.  This pulls the current pitch bend curve from the Track
and places a copy of it in the ClipBoard.

To retrieve a pitch bend curve from the ClipBoard, select the Paste
From ClipBoard command.  This replaces the pitch bend currently in the
Track with the pitch bend curve selected in the ClipBoard.

To remove all Pitch Bend events from the Track and start over, select
the Clear command.


Remote Patch

DESCRIPTION: The Remote Patch Tool allows you to designate part of
your keyboard as various program change buttons.  This provides
a quick and easy way to switch between a small number of patches while
playing.

NOTE: Remote Patch requires the Event Converter Tool from MusicBoxA
[formerly a separate ToolKit; Event Converter is included in B&PPro
v2.5--GWG].  Since Remote Patch is a MacroTool, you must make sure
that its componenet Tools, Note Filter, Merge, and Event Converter,
are loaded in the ToolBox.

SPECIAL TYPE: MacroTool

USAGE: PipeLine

CONTROLS: This MacroTool contains a Note Filter Tool to filter out
the notes used for patches.  Notes filtered from the PipeLine are
passed to a Note Mapper Tool, which converts the notes into Program
Change Events.  To set your Program Changes, change the values in
the Note Mapper Tool.

ReTranscriber

DESCRIPTION: The ReTranscriber Tool forces Bars&Pipes Professional
to retranscribe all affected notes.  When used in the Sequence Editor's
notation display, notes touched (or Toolized) with this Tool get
completely retranscribed.


Sttrrreeeetttcch

DESCRIPTION: This Tool only works with the Toolize command in
conjunction with the Edit Flags. First, set the Edit Flags in
order to mark the boundaries of the section you'd like to stretch.
Then, open the Sttrrreeeetttcch Control window to set the stretch rate.

The upper slider, Final Range: corresponds to the top par of the
stretch ratio, while the Initial Range: slider corresponds to the
bottom part of the ratio.  For example, to double a section, set
Initial Range: to 1, and Final Range: to 2, yielding a fraction of
2 over 1. Or, to squeeze a section down to one-third of its original
length, set Initial Range: to 3 and Final Range: to 1, yielding 1 over 3.


DESCRIPTION:  The Super Setup Tool defines an initial setup for a Track
including patch, volume, pan, and up to two user-defined Control Change
Events.  This information may then be inserted into a Track at the
current Song Position Marker by using Super Setup's Write To Track feature.
In addition, each Super Setup transmits this information down its Track
every time the sequence starts.

   Super Setup also features the ability to select patches (program
changes) by name and patch number, as well as the ability to edit and
save patch names for your own synthesizers.  When you first place a
Super Setup Tool in a Pipeline, it looks for a file name called
"default.patch" in the directory that contains Bars&Pipes Professional.
If "default.patch" exists, Super Setup loads that file.  New patch
files may always be loaded later if desired.

SPECIAL TYPE: None

USAGE: Pipeline

CONTROLS: The five sliders represening Patch, Volume, Pan, and two user-
definable Control Changes are the heart of Super Setup. Each of these
represents a preset value that Super Setup can install in the Track.
Drag each slider to change its value.

To set the two Controller numbers, enter them after the CC#: prompts.
For example, to set the Modulation Wheel value, set one prompt to
Controller number 1.

To the left of each slider, you'll find a check box which you may
turnoff and on. Super Setup will only use the information for those
sliders with check marks next to them. Super Setup automatically
sends this information whenever you activate the Start button in
the Transport Controls window.

You can also permanently embed information into a Track. To do so,
click on the Write To Track button. This writes all active information
directly into the Track at the current position of the Song Position Marker.

The Test button sends out a series of notes to test the current patch
sound, volume, etc.

Directly above and connected to the Patch slider, you'll find a button
that lists patch names.  With Super Setup, you can customize a list of
patch names and corresponding patch numbers. Once you have defined
this information, a pop-up menu of all patches will be displayed in
alphabetical order, so that you may select the patch by name rather than
by number.

Access the Super Setup menu by clicking and holding the right mouse
button. The following commands are available:

Load Patch Names, Save Patch Names, Edit Patch Names, and Clear Patch
Names.

To create or edit a patch name list, select Edit Patch Names.  This
opens the Patch Name Requester.  Select a patch number by typing after
the Patch: prompt or clicking on the up and down arrows.  Enter the
patch name after the Name: prompt. After you enter the name, press
the return key and the requester will automatically prompt you for
the next patch.  When you have finished, click on the Okay button
to close the requester.

To load a patch name list, select Load Patch Names. This opens the
Bars&Pipes Professional File Requester.  Select the patch name and
Super Setup will load it, replacing the current list.

To save a patch name list, select Save Patch Names. This saves the
patch name list to a file of your choice. You can use this to create
your default patch file.  To do so, first create a patch list that
defines your synthesizer's presets. Then save the list with the
Save Patch Names command in the following manner:

In the File Requester, select the current directory by clearing the
field after the Drawer: prompt.  Type "default" after the File:
prompt and click on the Save button.  This saves the patch list in
a file called "default.patch". From now on, every time you drag a
Super Setup Tool into a Pipeline, it will load this list of patches.



Velocity Controller

DESCRIPTION: The Velocity Controller blends Control Change Events
with Note Events so that the Control Change Events determine the
velocity of notes passing through.  For example, set the Velocity
Controller Tool to use Control Change #1, or Modulation Wheel, Events.
Then play a sequence while moving the wheel.  As you move the wheel
up, notes get louder.  Pull the wheel down, and they get quieter.

If you have a synthesizer that does not respond to MIDI volume
commands, you can use Velocity Controller to convert MixMaestro's
Control Change #7 volume events into note velocities.

SPECIAL TYPE: None

USAGE: PipeLine, ToolPad

CONTROLS: Drag the Controller #: slider to set the Controller number.

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