If you don't have a TurtleBeach Tropez Plus this session won't be useful to you. If you do, and it is your only soundcard, you probably won't have to configure your MIDI ports.
This session uses a set of Buttons panels controlled by a Joystick panel/Pointer panel pair.
The Joystick panel sets up your joystick's fire-buttons and axes as follows:
Fire-button A remotely presses the buttons on one of the hidden Buttons panels, which send pre-configured effects presets to the Tropez Plus.
Fire-button B is a 'PnlPtr Down' command, which remotely scrolls down the controlled panels list in the Panl Pointer panel.
The joystick's X-axis changes the effects level of the last effect set by fire-button B. The X axis is set to 'Center-defeat', so you just 'bump' the stick in one direction or another, to increase or decrease the level.
The Y-axis is a 'PnlPtr Chg' command, which moves in either direction through the controlled panels list in the Panl Pointer panel. The Y axis is set to 'Center-defeat', so you just 'bump' the stick in one direction or another, to move forward or backward through the list of effects presets.
The Panl Pointer Panel contains a list of (hidden) Buttons panels, each of which is configured to send a complete setup for one of the Tropez' effects units. The Tropez can produce up to three different effects simultaneously. This panel controls which effects will be set by the joystick's X axis and B fire-button. As in the previous session example, the other two joystick controls point back to the Panl Pointer panel, controlling it. Another self-configuring Joystick...
Start up the sequence and work the joystick's controls. Use the Y-axis or fire-button A to select an effect. Use fire-button B to send the selected effect preset to the T+. Once you've sent the effect, use the X-axis to adjust the level. To turn an effect off, adjust its level to 0.
You may want to call up each of the buttons panels that set the effects preset and tweak them to your favorite settings. We have laid the preset effect levels on very thick for the purposes of this example. You could also add more effects preset panels...
Note that it really doesn't make sense to use 2 different joystick controls (a fire-button and an Axis) to switch through one Panl Pointer panel. We have done this in these examples to show different ways a task can be accomplished.
If you don't have a joystick (get one!) you can use the Tpz EffectsCtrlr buttons panel to trigger each of the hidden effects panels.
If you're a musician you will really want to use foot switches and foot pedals instead of joystick fire-buttons and axes, so you can send MIDI controller messages while you're playing. These aren't too difficult to wire up yourself, espescially foot switches. See the end of the Overview help topic for details.
After you have gone through these examples, you may want to check the 'Auto Sel' box on this Help Viewer panel. The help text will change automatically depending on the location of the mouse cursor, so you can roll the mouse around to find out what things are. Later still, you may want to turn off the Help Viewer...
