Cakewalk Project 5 User's Manual

Project5 Version 2

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Table of Contents

1 Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Anatomy of Project5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Main Control View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Track View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Track Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Track Pane Context Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Arrange Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Groove Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Bus Pane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

The Device Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Track Inspector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

The Bus Inspector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

The Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Arpeggiator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Loops/Ptns (Patterns) Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Basic Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Selecting MIDI and Audio Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Opening a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Playing a Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

The Now Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Inserting New Audio or Instrument Track s . . . . .30

Loading and Saving Device Chains . . . . . . . . . .30

Loading Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Muting, Soloing, and Arming Tracks . . . . . . . . . .32

Looping a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Changing the Tempo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Changing the Time Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Using the Metronome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Saving a Proje ct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Exporting Wave and MP3 Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

2 Tutorials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Playing a Proj e c t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Looping a Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Choosing MIDI Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Copying MIDI Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Using Audio Loops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Adding Instruments a nd Tr a cks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Using Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Using Aux Bus e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Arpeggiator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Remote Con trol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Using Devic e C h a i n s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Recording Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Setting Up a Velocity Drum Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Using Grooves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Exporting Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Exporting Wave and MP3 Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

ReWiring to S O N A R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

3 New Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

User Interf a ce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Main Control View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Track Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

Bus Pane and Tempo Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Track Inspector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

The Bus Inspector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Device Browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Arpeggiator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Loops/Ptns (Patterns) Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

The Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Automation Editing in th e Tra ck View . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Automation Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Editing Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Transposing Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Merging Patterns (Clips). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Splitting Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Shift-dragging Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Ctrl-Alt-dragging Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Shifting Even t s i n Ti m e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Scaling Velocity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Unlinking Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Groove Quantizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Show Waveform or MIDI Notes on Patterns. . . .88

Tap Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Using the Groove Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Groove Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Cell Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Editing Grooves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

Recording Grooves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Track Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

ReWire Hosting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

New Audio Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Audio Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Audio Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Loading Audio Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Recording Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Choosing a Sound Card Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Input Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Starting to Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Working Wit h Gr oove Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

Groove Clip Editor Pane Controls . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

4 Device Chains, Instruments, and Effec ts. . . . . .101

Inserting Tracks, Instruments, and Device Chains . 102

Multiple Outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Loading, Editing, and Saving Device Chains. . . . . . 105

Loading Device Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Changing Instruments and Effects. . . . . . . . . . 106

Controlling Device Chain Parameters . . . . . . . 107

Saving Device Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Automating Device Chain Controls . . . . . . . . . 109

Using Aux Bus e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Layering Instruments for Real-time Playback . . . . . 110

Using the Arpeggiator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Playing Through the Arpeggiator. . . . . . . . . . . 112

Adjusting the Arpeggiator’s Settings . . . . . . . . 113

Using VST instruments and Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

5 Patterns: Loading, Arranging, and Editing. . . . .117

Loading Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Loading and Deleting Patterns in the Loops/Patterns

Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Previewing Patterns in the Loops/Patterns tab 120

Arranging Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Slip-editing and Slip-copying (Rolling-out) Patterns

121

Drag-copying Patterns with the Ctrl Key . . . . . 122

Copying and Pasting Patterns with Edit Menu

Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Moving, Selecting, and Deleting Patterns . . . . 123

Transposing Multiple Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Editing Pa tt e r n s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Displaying Patterns in the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Zooming and Scrolling in the Editor. . . . . . . . . 126

Pattern Appearance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Naming Patterns and Saving Patterns. . . . . . . 127

Assigning a MIDI Channel to a Pattern . . . . . . 127

Setting the Transposition Level of a Pattern . . 128

Using the Snap to Grid Button in the Editor . . .129 Selecting and Deselecting Notes and Data in the

Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Changing the Length of Patterns . . . . . . . . . . .131

Editing Not e s in a P a t te r n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Groove Quantizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Shifting Even t s i n Ti m e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Merging Patterns (Clips). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Splitting Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Splitting MIDI Patterns in the Editor . . . . . . . . .138

Setting Swing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Undoing Edits, and Undo History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

6 Creating MIDI Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Importing Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Creating P a tt e r n s in Step Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 3

Using Flam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Using Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Using Legato. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Changing the Default Pattern Length and Step Count 145

The Time Rul e r in St e p M od e . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Drawing No te s In Free Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 4 6

Drawing Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Recording a MIDI Pattern in the Editor. . . . . . . . . . .147

Recording a MIDI Pattern in a Track. . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Step Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

7 Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Quick Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Automating Track Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Automating Instrument and Effect Parameters . . . . .155

Automating Aux and Master Buses. . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Automation Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Reassigning Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Editing Velocity, Pitch Wheel, and MIDI Controllers .160

Automating Arpeggiator Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . .161

8 Remote Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

Using Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

The MIDI Remote Control Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . 166

9 ReWire and MIDI Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

ReWire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

MIDI Synchro n i zation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

10 Guide to

Instruments and Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

What Instrument Should I Use?. . . . . . . . . . . . 172

What Effects Should I Use?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

DS864 Samp l e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Using DS864 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

DS864 Program Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

DS864 Performance Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Master Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Envelope s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

LFOs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Key Map Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

DS864 Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

nPULSE Modular Drum Synth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Feature Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Using nPULSE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Master cont r o l s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 0

Common con trols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

PSYN II Virtual Analog Synth e sizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Using PSYN II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9 3

PSYN II Graphical User Interface . . . . . . . . . . 194

PSYN II Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Envelope Generators (EGs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Low Frequency Oscillators (LFOs) . . . . . . . . . 202

Effects Secti o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Performance Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

FM and Ring Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

VELOCITY Dr u m Sampler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

Master Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210

Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210

Pad Inspector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

Dimension Sampling Synthesizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

The Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

The Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

The Interfa ce C o n trols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 1 4

Up/Down Se l e c tors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215

Text Selectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215

The Sound Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

The Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231

The Global Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232

The Piano Body/Damper simulator . . . . . . . . . .234

Program and Element File Handling . . . . . . . . .234

Program, Element, Multisample and Sample folder

and files organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Parameter Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236

MIDI Matrix So u rces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 4 1

MIDI Matrix Destinatio n s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241

Dimension R e s ources Usag e . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244

Cyclone DXi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Cyclone DXi Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Pad Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247

Pad Inspector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248

Loop Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250

Loop View and Key Map View . . . . . . . . . . . . .250

Pad Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252

Slice Inspector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252

Using Cyclone DXi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252

Roland GrooveSynth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253

The Edit View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253

Using The Rh ythm Edit Vie w . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255

Controlling the Roland GrooveSynth from a MIDI

Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256

Parameter Control Via MID I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256

Controlling Individual Pads—Volume, Pan, Mute,

Solo, Sync, Looping, and Content. . . . . . . . . . .259

Loop Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Keyboard Shortcuts in Cyclone DXi. . . . . . . . . 260

Undo and Redo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Cyclone Tu to rial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

A Few Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Hit Replacement—Map Your Favorite Samples to Any

Groove. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Apply Effects to Slices within the Loop . . . . . . 262

Mix It Up: Creating Loop Variations. . . . . . . . . 263

Chorus/Flanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Classic Phaser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Compressor/Gate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Tempo Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

HF Exciter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Modfilter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Para-Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Studioverb2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Spectral Transformer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Alias Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

How Alias Factor Works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Using Alias Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Alias Factor Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Project5 Arpeggiator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Playing Through the Arpeggiator. . . . . . . . . . . 281

Adjusting the Arpeggiator’s Settings . . . . . . . . 281

11 Spectral Transformer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283

Getting Sta rted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Musical Aspects of Working with Sound . . . . . 314

Spectral Transformer: A Friendly Guide to Technical

Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

12 Connecting a MIDI Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331

If Your Keyboard Has a Built-in USB MIDI Interface

332

If You Have a Stand-alone USB MIDI Interface 332

If Your Sound Card Contains a MIDI Interface 333

13 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

There’s No Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336

No Sound When I Play My Keyboard . . . . . . . .336

It Takes a Long Time to Hear my Keyboard When I

Play it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337

CPU is at 100% and I Get Distortion. . . . . . . . .337

When I Preview a Pattern, the First Note Doesn’t

Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337

ReWire Client Interface Does Not Open . . . . . .337

14 Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

File-New-Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340

File-New-Project From Template File . . . . . . . . . . . .340

File-Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340

File-Save. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340

File-Save As . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340

File-Save As Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340

File-Info. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340

File-Import. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340

File-Export. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340

File-Recent File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340

File-Exit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340

Edit-Undo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340

Edit-Redo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341

Edit-Undo History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341

Edit-Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341

Edit-Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341

Edit-Paste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341

Edit-Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341

Edit-Combin e Se l e cted Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341

Edit-Split Selected Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341

Edit-Unlink Selected Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341

Edit-Groove Clip Looping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341

Edit-Split Until Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

Edit-Split From Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .342

Edit-Insert Audio Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .342

Edit-Delete Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .342

Edit-Freeze/Unfreez e Track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Edit-Clone Instrument Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Edit-Insert Time Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Edit-Change Time Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Edit-Delete Time Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Edit-Select All. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Process-Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Process-Groove Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Process-Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Process-Slide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Process-Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Process-Scale Velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Process-R e trograde. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

View-Show/Hide Track Ins p e ct o r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

View-Show/Hide Groove Matr ix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

View-Show Ed i to r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

View-Show Loops and Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

View-Maximize/Restore Track View . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

View-Show/Hide Track Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

View-Show/Hide Bus Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Transport-Stop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Transport-Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Transport-Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Transport -R e w ind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Transport-Jog Bac kward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Transport-Jog Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Transport-Loop ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Transport-Patte rn Preview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Transport-Metr o nome ON/ OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Transport-Count ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

Options-M I D I D e v i c e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

Options-Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

Options-Send MIDI Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

Options-MIDI Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

Options-Metronome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

Options-Freeze Tail Duration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

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Options-Default Step Size for Step Sequencer-Measure 345 Options-Default Step Size for Step Sequencer-Half Note 345 Options-Default Step Size for Step Sequencer-Quarter

Note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345

Options-Default Step Size for Step Sequencer-Eighth Note 345 Options-Default Step Size for Step Sequencer-Sixteenth

Note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346

Options-Default Step Size for Step Sequencer-Thirty

Second Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346

Options-Default Step Size for Step Sequencer-Sixty Fourth

Note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346

Options-Default Step Size for Step Sequencer-One Twenty

Eighth Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346

Options-Default Step Size for Step Sequencer-Follow Snap

Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346

Options-Default Step Count for Step Sequencer-Eight

Steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346

Options-Default Step Count for Step Sequencer-Sixteen

Steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346

Options-Default Step Count for Step Sequencer-Thirty Two

Steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346

Options-Default Step Count for Step Sequencer-Sixty Four

Steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346

Options-Open Last Pr o j e ct At Startup. . . . . . . . . . . .346

Options-S croll With No w Ti me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347

Options-Left Click Sets Now Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347

Options-Right Click Sets Now Time . . . . . . . . . . . . .347

Options-Show Transport At Left (For Multiple Monitors). 347

Help-Help Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347

Help-Proje ct5 Owner’ s Pa g e. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347

Help-Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347

Help-Project5.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351

Help-View R E ADME.rtf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351

Help-Order Project5 Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

Help-Abo ut Pr o j e ct5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

15 Dialogs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353

Audio Optio ns d i a l o g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Create Shortcut dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Export dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

Freeze Tail Duration dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

Groove Quantize dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

ID3 Tag dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Import dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Insert Time Signature and Change Time Signature dialog 358

Length dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

Metronome Properties dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

MIDI Devic e s d ia l o g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

MIDI Remote Control dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

MP3 Encoder Activation dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

No MIDI Inputs Selected dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Open dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Open Pattern dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Open Preset dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Quantize dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Save As dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

Save Device Chain dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

Save Preset dia l o g. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 3

Scale Velocity dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Slide dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Song Information dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Transpos e dia l o g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Undo History dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

16 Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367

17 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .371

18 LICENSE AGREEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .381

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Basics

Project5 is intended for the creation of pattern-based electronic music using DirectX and VST instruments, Groove clips (ACIDized wave files), standard audio files (wave), and effects. You can play through Project5 using a MIDI controller, or create patterns to play through instruments and effects.

New features include a streamlined user interface, ReWire hosting, a powerful new arpeggiator, numerous editing enhancements, a separate bus pane and tempo track, tap tempo, audio recording, audio playback from disk (no size limit on clips), input monitoring, freezing tracks, real-time Groove triggering, track lanes for layered patterns, Groove clip (ACIDized clip) editing and export, the new PSYN II instrument, and the multi-mode sampling synth (Dimension). Project5 now creates a separate folder for each project’s audio data, which is located inside the folder that the project is located in, and is called “[project name] Audio.”

Project5's advanced MIDI input filtering system lets you layer and control multiple instruments, or even play along with other musicians at the same time. Because of this MIDI flexibility , you can think of Project5 as a "super-instrument" with multiple layers and sounds, or as an instrument hub where numerous musicians can play together through various MIDI devices.

See: Tutorials Anatomy of Project5 Basic Operations Looping a Project Changing the Tempo Changing the Time Signature

Uninstalling Project5

When you installed Project5, the setup program placed an Uninstall icon in the Start menu. T o uninst all Project5, click the Start button and choose Programs-Cakewalk- Project5 Version 2-Uninstall Project5 Version 2. You can also uninstall Project5 from the Windows Control panel as follows:

To Uninstall Project5 Using the Control Panel

1. Click the Start button, and choose Settings/Control

Panel.

2. Double-click on the Add/Remove Programs icon.

3. Choose Project5, then click Add/Remove. Click Yes to confirm that you want to uninstall Project5.

Anatomy of Project5

Arpeggiator

This section covers the Project5 user interface.

Main Control view (left side)

Track/Bus Inspector

See: Main Control View Track View Track Inspector Arrange Pane Groove Matrix Bus Pane The Editor Loops/Ptns (Patterns) Tab The Device Browser

Track pane

Bus pane

Groove Matrix

Arrange pane

Editor

Main Control View

The Main Control view has controls for starting and stopping; tempo; metronome; project name; swing; global mute, solo, and arm; selection; automation; Snap to Grid; looping; master volume; and CPU usage.

The Main Control view is split into three groups of controls. Here’s a description of each group of controls:

Main Control View—Left Side

Here’s a picture of the Main Control view controls that are grouped on the left side:

Main Control view (left side)

Tempo field-double-click to set

Tap Tempo control--click at the speed you want to set the tempo to.

Song Title—This is the name of the current project as it was last saved. If you have made any edits since you last saved the file, an asterisk appears at the end of the song title.

Swing strength

Now Time display (in M:B:T format--right-click to use H:M:S format)

Metronome on/off

Master arm, mute, solo

Tempo (BPM) Control—The Tempo control displays the current tempo, which is displayed in the BPM (Beats Per Minute) field. Tempo automation can be edited in the Editor.

To set the tempo, double-click the BPM field and either type a number, or click the Up/Down arrows to set the tempo. You can also click and drag up/down over the arrows for faster response. See Changing the Tempo for more information.

Tap Tempo Button—You can set the tempo in Project5 by clicking the T ap button that’ s in the Main Control view . Just click the button at the playback speed that you want your project to use. You can also click the Tap button by Remote Control--right-click the Tap button and choose MIDI Remote Control from the context menu, and assign a MIDI note or controller to the Tap button.

Swing Strength —The swing strength field sets the amount of swing applied to a selected pattern in the Editor when the swing note-size menu in the Editor is displaying a note size. The amount of swing ranges from 0 to 100%. See Setting Swing for more information.

Metronome On/Off—The Metronome On/off button turns a click sound on or off, so you can hear the tempo while you’re recording. To set the count-in and other metronome options, use the Options-Metronome command.

Now Time Display—The Now Time display shows the current Now Time as a numerical value. You can choose to display the Now Time in either measures, beats, and ticks (M:B:T) or in SMPTE. To change the display, right-click the display and choose the option on the popup menu.

Master Arm Button—This button lights up whenever any track or bus is armed. You can disarm all tracks and buses by clicking the button.

Master Mute Button—This button lights up whenever any track or bus is muted. You can unmute all tracks and buses by clicking the button.

Master Solo Button—This button lights up whenever any track is soloed. You can unsolo all tracks by clicking the button.

Transport Controls

The Transport contains the Play, Record, Rewind, Jog Backward, and Jog Forward buttons.

Main Control view (transport section)

Play

Record

The following table gives a brief description of each of the Transport buttons:

Button Description

Play The Play button begins playback at the

Record The Record button begins recording

Rewind The Rewind button moves the Now

Jog Backward

current Now Time.

MIDI data to all armed tracks at the current Now Time.

Time to the beginning of your project.

The Jog Backward button nudges the Now Time backward by the current Snap Grid resolution.

Jog backward by Snap to Grid value

Rewind

Jog forward by Snap to Grid value

Jog Forward

The Jog Forward button nudges the Now Time forward by the current Snap Grid resolution.

Main Control View—Right Side

Here’s a picture of the Main Control view controls that are grouped on the right side:

Main Control view (right side)

Select tool

Selection Tool—Use this tool to select data in t he Arrange pane.

Automation T ool —Use this tool to draw automation in the Arrange pane.

Snap to Grid On/Off Button—Click this button to turn on or turn off the Snap to Grid in Project5. The resolution of the Snap to Grid button is determined by the setting in the dropdown menu to the right of the Snap to Grid button.

Snap to Grid Resolution Menu—Set the resolution of the Snap to Grid in Project5.

Loop On/Off Button—Project5 allows you to loop over a section. Enabling the Loop On/Off button displays two markers in the Time Ruler of the Arrange pane that show what time range your project is repeating.

Snap on/off Snap menu

Automation tool

Loop on/off

Main output volume slider and meter

Set loop to selection

CPU meter

Set Loop to Selection Button—Clicking this button creates markers at the beginning and end of the selection. A selection can be either a pattern or several patterns.

Master Volume Slider and Meter—Drag this slider to control the main output volume. This slider is a duplicate of the one on the Master track in the Bus pane. The meter to the right of the slider displays the master volume level. If the meter is displaying the red clipping indicator, turn down your loudest track, and click the meter to reset the meter.

CPU Meter—The CPU meter displays the current CPU usage on a percent scale.

The Overload indicator lets you know if you have exceeded your computer’s CPU. Clicking the number field in the CPU meter resets the audio and MIDI engines of Project5. You can try this if you have any stuck notes or sudden audio problems.

Show/hide Track Inspector Button —Click this button to show or hide the Track Inspector.

Add Track Buttons —Clicking the left button adds a new audio track below the last track in the Track pane. Clicking the right button opens the Device Browser, which lets you add a new instrument track or device track just above whatever track is highlighted.

Show/hide Groove Matr ix Button —Click this button to show or hide the Groove Matrix.

Track View

The Track view lets you insert instruments, control track and bus parameters, arrange patterns, and create and edit automation for tracks and buses. The Track view provides an overview of your project, and contains the Track pane, the Bus pane, the Groove Matrix, and the Arrange pane.

The Track view also contains the Show Aux/Master/T empo button, which hides or shows the Bus pane and Tempo Track when you click it.

See: Track Pane Track Pane Context Menu Arrange Pane Groove Matrix Bus Pane

Audio Track Controls

Input monitor on/off

Track number

Trac k n am e

Input menu

Mute

Track Pane

The Track pane is where you control individual track parameters such as volume, pan, mute, arm, solo, input monitoring, audio inputs, and MIDI routing. You can also create track lanes in the Track pane, so that you can drag overlapping patterns into their own lanes.

Note: double-clicking a track’s volume, pan, or width control sets the control to its default value.

Here’s a picture of the controls in the Track pane:

MIDI Track Controls

MIDI Routing Override

Arm

Expand track for automation editing

Track number

Vol um e slider

Output menu for multi-output instruments. Drag up or down to change outputs. Disabled output numbers are grey. Double-click an output number to enable the output.

Presets menu

s t

Show Instrument property page

Mute

Solo

Meter

Arm

Expand tr ack for automation editing

The following two tables describe the parameters in both audio and MIDI tracks in the Track pane:

Audio Track

Vol ume slider

Description…

Pan/Width slider--Ctrl-drag to adjust Width

Solo

Meter

Parameter…

Input monitor button

If you’re recording audio, you can enable this button to hear the instrument or voice that you’re recording together with any plug-in effects that are on the armed track.

Track number This number represents the

order the track appears in the Track pane. If you drag an individual track strip to another location, the name of the strip that you drag stays the same but its number changes.

Track name A name for the track that you

can edit. Double-click the name to enable editing, and press Enter to save your name change.

Input menu Click this menu to set the

audio input to Stereo, Left, Right, or None. Choose None if you want to record automation on the track without recording audio data.

Volume slider Use this slider to adjust the

track’s volume as it goes to the Master bus. The minimum volume for a track is -INF (no volume) and the maximum volume is 6 dB.

Pan slider Use this slider to change the

stereo balance for the track. This value ranges from 100% Left to 100% R. Center is represented by C, which is the default value.

Width slider Ctrl-drag the Pan slider to

adjust Width. Width is the perceived distance between the left and right stereo channels. Width ranges from 0 to 120 degrees. 0 degree is effectively mono while 120 degrees is extreme left/right separation.

Mute button Click this button to silence a

Solo button Click this button to play only

Volume meter Displays the track’s volume

Arm button Click to arm the track for

Show/HIde Automation button

MIDI Track

track.

this track and any others that are soloed.

level.

recording. Click this button to expand

the track so that there is space below the track in the Arrange pane to view and edit track automation.

Description…

Parameter…

MIDI Routing Override button

Track number This number represents the

MIDI indicator light

Track name A name for the track that you

Clicking this button to the on position forces all live MIDI input through this track only. You can enable the button on multiple tracks by holding the Ctrl key down while you click each button.

order the track appears in the Track pane. If you drag an individual track strip to another location, the name of the strip that you drag stays the same but its number changes.

Behind the track number is an indicator light that lights up when the track receives MIDI data from either live input or from a pattern in the track.

can edit. Double-click the name to enable editing, and press Enter to save your name change.

Preset menu If you want to save or load

some particular parameter settings of the track’s instrument, you can use the Preset menu. An instrument preset does not save effects, effect parame te r s, or remote control assignments, so if you want to save these along with your instrument’s settings, save a device chain instead of a preset. See Loading and Saving Device Chains for more information.

Show Instrument Property Page button

Arm button Click to arm the track for

Click this button to display the property page of the instrument that is patched into this track. You can also open the property page from the Presets menu, the Track pane context menu (right-click to open this menu), or by double-clicking the track number.

recording.

Show/HIde Automation button

Click this button to expand the track so that there is space below the track in the Arrange pane to view and edit track automation.

Output menu When you load a multi-output

instrument into a track, the track displays the Output menu. This menu shows you which output the track controls apply to. You can display controls for a different output by dragging up or down on the menu. To enable an output, double-click its number in the menu so that the number is not grey.

Volume slider Use this slider to adjust the

channel’s volume as it goes to the Master bus. The minimum volume for a track is -INF (no volume) and the maximum volume is 6 dB.

Solo button Click this button to play only

this track and any others that are soloed.

Volume meter Displays the track’s volume

level.

See: Track Pane Context Menu Arrange Pane Bus Pane

Track Pane Context Menu

Right-clicking on a track name or number opens the Track pane context menu. The following table describes each of the commands:

Pan slider Use this slider to change the

stereo balance for the track. This value ranges from 100% Left to 100% R. Center is represented by C, which is the default value.

Width slider Sets the perceived distance

between the left and right stereo channels. Width ranges from 0 to 120 degrees. 0 degree is effectively mono while 120 degrees is extreme left/right separation.

Mute button Click this button to silence a

track.

Command… Description…

Show Instrument

(MIDI tracks only)

Insert Instrument This command opens a

Displays the property page of the instrument that is patched into this track.

menu where you can select from a list of the instruments installed on your machine. Selecting an instrument inserts a new instrument/track combination.

Replace Instrument

Clone Instrument Creates a copy of the

Create Layer This option creates an

No Ports (MIDI

tracks only)

Select from a menu of instruments with which you can replace the instrument that you rightclicked.

track that you rightclicked.

auxiliary track below the track you right-clicked. You can drag any overlapping patterns into the auxiliary track so that the patterns are easy to see and edit. The auxiliary track uses the same instrument, volume slider, and pan/width slider as the original track, but has its own mute, solo, arm, and show/hide automation buttons. Auxiliary MIDI tracks have their own MIDI Routing Override button.

This option prevents the instrument from responding to input from your MIDI controller.

All Ports (MIDI tracks only)

Port “n” (name of port) (MIDI tracks

only)

Audio Input

(audio tracks only)

Phase Invert

(audio tracks only)

This option causes the instrument to respond to a specific MIDI channel that comes in through any MIDI port (interface). If you choose Omni, the instrument responds to any MIDI input on any MIDI port.

This option causes the instrument to respond to a specific MIDI channel that comes in on a specific MIDI port. If you choose Omni, the instrument responds to any MIDI input on the specified MIDI port.

This option lets you choose an audio input for the track. If there are no options in the menu, you need to use the Options- Audio command and choose an Input Channel.

This command inverts the track’s phase. Try this command if you think a track may be experiencing phase cancellation with another track.

Freeze Track This option mixes your

track and all of its plug-in effects down to an audio pattern, and then disables the instrument and/or effects that are patched into this track. This greatly reduces the load on your CPU, especially if you’re freezing a MIDI track.

Bypass For MIDI tracks: Click this

option to open a menu of bypassed outputs. Checkmarks in the menu show which outputs are disabled. Click an output number to enable or disable the associated output.

For audio tracks: enabling the bypass option in this menu mutes the audio track, and removes the audio track and any plugins from the audio stream, reducing the resources that your computer needs to play your project.

Delete Deletes the track that you

right-clicked.

See: Arrange Pane Bus Pane

Arrange Pane

The Arrange pane displays your project’s sound patterns on a timeline. Each instrument track or audio track has a corresponding row in the Arrange pane which displays that track’s sound patterns.

Here’s a picture of the Arrange pane:

Snap to Grid button

Tim e Rul er

Save as Device Chain

This command opens the Save Device Chain dialog, which allows you to save the instrument that you right-clicked along with its settings and effects.

Now Time cursor

The Arrange pane has the following components:

• Time Ruler—The Time Ruler is located at the top of

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the Arrange pane. The Time Ruler displays your project’s timeline in measures, beats and ticks (M:B:T). The Time Ruler conforms to the current time signature, so a song in 3/4 time would have just three beats per measure. The time your project is at on the Time Ruler is called the Now Time. For more information about the Now Time, see The Now Time. For information about setting or changing the time signature, see Changing the Time Signature.

• Patterns—Below the Time Ruler, and taking up most of the Arrange pane is the area where each track’s MIDI or audio patterns are represented by rectangles. You can click and drag out repetitions of these patterns in addition to moving, cutting and pasting them to other parts of a track or to a different track.

• Z oom ing and scrolling controls—You can drag the scroll bars that are at the bottom and right borders of the Arrange pane to scroll horizontally or vertically, respectively. If you drag the center of the horizontal scroll bar up or down, you can zoom horizontally. Dragging the center of the vertical scroll bar to the left or right zooms vertically. Enabling the Scroll Lock key on your computer keyboard causes the Arrange pane to scroll along with the Now Time cursor.

• Arrange pane context me nu —Right-clicking over a pattern in the Arrange pane opens the Arrange pane context menu which has the following commands:

Command… Description…

In Use This command displays a popup

menu of the patterns that are already in the Arrange pane. Select a pattern to add it to the Arrange pane at the spot where you right-clicked.

Not in Use This command displays a popup

Groove-Clip Looping

Cut Only available when right-clicking

Copy Only available when right-clicking

menu of the patterns that have been used in your project, but are not currently being used. Select a pattern to add it to the Arrange pane at the spot where you rightclicked.

If you right-click an audio pattern, this command changes the pattern to a Groove clip (ACIDized wave file). Repeat the command to turn the pattern back into a standard wave file.

over a channel. This command removes the channel and its data. The channel and its data remain on the clipboard.

over a channel. This command places a copy of the channel and its data on the clipboard.

DISK This command displays a popup

menu of your Project5 patterns that are on your hard disk. Select a pattern to add it to the Arrange pane at the spot where you rightclicked.

Paste This command pastes cut or

copied data at the point of insertion. If you access this command by right-clicking over a channel, the paste appears above that channel.

Delete Only available when right-clicking

over a channel. This command removes the channel and its data without storing it on the clipboard.

Merge Selected Patterns

Split Selected Patterns

Unlink Selected Patterns

Combines selected patterns on the same track into one pattern.

Splits selected patterns at the Now Time.

Makes selected duplicate patterns into independent patterns.

The Global Track Override button determines allows you to mute the output of all patterns in the Arrange pane, or mute all patterns in the Groove Matrix, or let all patterns sound. The individual Track Override buttons allow you to mute an individual track’s patterns in the Groove Matrix, and/or the Arrange pane.

For more information about the Groove Matrix, see Using the Groove Matrix.

Groove Matrix

Groove headers

Global Track Override button

See: Bus Pane

Groove Matrix

A groove in Project5 is a collection of one or more patterns stacked vertically in the Groove Matrix, one pattern per track. Each groove lasts as long as the longest pattern in that particular groove. The shorter patterns in a groove repeat until the longest pattern in that groove finishes (by default, but you can change this). Each column in the Groove Matrix is made up of cells, which are just pattern holders, one per track. You can drag one pattern into each cell, or leave the cell empty.

The Trigger Snapper menu sets the time lag between when you trigger a groove or cell, and when it starts playing.

By default, you can play one groove at a time, starting each groove by clicking its header, or by triggering the groove with remote control.

You can record your grooves in the Arrange pane.

Cell with pattern

Cell header

Empty cell

Arm Groove Matrix for recording

Trigger Snapper menu

Individual Track Override buttons

Reset playback state and selection of all cells

Groove Matrix scrollbar

Bus Pane

The Bus pane is located below the Track pane, and contains strips of controls for the master output (main output), the aux buses, and the tempo track. You can hide or show

the Bus pane by clicking the Show/Hide Aux/Master/ Tempo button that’s at the bottom of the Bus pane. The Bus pane, and the part of the Arrange pane that the Bus pane uses, are separated from the Track pane and the upper part of the Arrange pane by a splitter bar. You can drag the splitter bar to resize the Track pane and the Bus pane. Each control strip in the Bus pane contains the following controls:

Volume meter Displays the bus’s volume

level.

Volume slider Drag this slider to adjust the

bus volume. The minimum volume for a bus is -INF (no volume) and the maximum volume is 6 dB.

Parameter… Description…

Arm button Click this button to arm a bus

strip for automation recording. After you start recording, you can move any of the bus strip’s controls, and record the movements as automation.

Strip number This number represents the

order the bus appears in the Bus pane. If you drag an individual track strip to another location, the name of the strip that you drag stays the same but its number changes.

Bus name A name for the bus that you

can edit. Double-click the name to enable editing (except for the Master bus), and press Enter to save your name change.

Mute button Click this button to silence a

bus.

Balance/Width slider (balance)

Balance/Width slider (width)

Drag this slider to change the stereo balance for the bus. This value ranges from 100% Left to 100% R. Center is represented by C, which is the default value. You can restore most Project5 controls to their default values by double-clicking them. This slider also controls Width, when you hold the Ctrl key down while you drag.

Ctrl-drag (hold the Ctrl key down while you drag) the Balance slider to control Width. Width is the perceived distance between the left and right stereo channels. Width ranges from 0 to 180 degrees. 0 degree is effectively mono while 180 degrees is extreme left/right separation.

Tempo track You can draw tempo

changes in this track with the Automation tool that’s in the Main Control view. The slider on the Tempo Track controls what range of tempo is displayed in the Arrange pane. When the slider is all the way to the left, the Arrange pane can display tempos ranging from 0 to 200 bpm. When the slider is all the way to the right, the Arrange pane can display tempos ranging from 0 to 1000 bpm.

See: The Editor Arpeggiator

The Device Browser

Formerly known as the Patch Browser, the Device Browser displays device chains that are saved on your hard drive. Instead of loading an instrument and some effects, you can load everything at once by loading a device chain (formerly known as a patch). A device chain is made up of an instrument, any effects that were loaded with the instrument when the device chain was saved, the parameters for the instrument and effects, and remote control settings for the instrument and effects. The Device Browser appears when you click the right button in the Add Track section that’s just above Track 1 in the Track pane.

Here’s a picture of the Device Browser:

Most Recently Used list

The Device Browser has the following components:

• The Device Chains button—displays the device chains that are on your hard drive. Clicking the name of a device chain loads it into the currently-selected track.

• The DXi and VSTi Instruments button—displays the DXi, VSTi, and ReWire instruments and applications that are on your hard drive. Clicking the name of an instrument or ReWire application loads it into the currently-selected track.

• Most Recently Used list—at the top of the right column is a numbered list of your most recently used instruments or device chains.

See: Track Inspector

Track Inspector

The Track Inspector replaces the old SYN.OPS view. The Track Inspector displays the track information of the track that is currently selected in the Track view. You can show or hide the Track Inspector by clicking the Show/Hide Track Inspector button that’s just left of the Add Track buttons in the Main Control view.

Track Inspector

Show/HIde MIDI Input section

Instrument controls

Aux send enable buttons

Device Browser and Save Device button

Show/Hide Settings button

Display instrument property page

Aux send level controls—drag to set

The Track Inspector is divided into three sections:

MIDI Input Section

The Input section of the Track Inspector contains:

• The track name (at the very top of the Track Inspector)

• MIDI input port and channel—this menu filters out any live MIDI input that’s not on the listed port and/or channel.

• Key range filter—excludes any live MIDI input that’s not in the selected range of notes that is bounded by the low note and high note that you select in these two fields.

• Velocity range filter—excludes any live MIDI input that’s not in the selected velocity range that is bounded by the lower velocity and higher velocity that you select in these two fields.

• Input transposition field—transposes live input and patterns up or down by the positive or negative number of half-steps you enter in this field.

• Send to MIDI channel menu—sets the MIDI channel for patterns in this track, and for incoming notes and data when you’re playing live. This menu overrides the MIDI channel menu that’s in the Editor , unless this menu is set to None.

Note: If you create multiple lanes in a track, each lane has its own instance of the T rack Inspector with it s own Send to MIDI channel menu. Just highlight each lane in succession to see each lane's Track Inspector. If a lane's Send to MIDI Channel menu is set to None, then each pattern in that lane will play back on the MIDI channel that the pattern contains. Otherwise, patterns play back on the MIDI channel that's listed in that track's Send to MIDI Channel menu in the Track Inspector.

Device Chain Section

The Device Chain section of the Track Inspector contains the device chain, which displays the instrument and effects that a track uses in the order of their signal flow . To hide or show the parameter controls on the instrument or effects, click the Show/HIde Settings button that’s on the right end of the titlebar of each instrument or effect.

The Device Chain section has modules that contain the following devices:

• Device Chain menu—use this menu to open the Device Browser, which allows you to choose a device chain for the current track. A device chain is made up of an instrument, effects, parameter settings for the instrument and effects, and remote control assignments for the parameters. Once you’ve created or edited a device chain, you can click the disk icon to save the device chain for use in other projects.

• Add MFX (Add MIDI effects)—MIDI effects come first in the device chain’s signal flow. When you click the Add MFX button to add a MIDI effect, a popup menu of MIDI effects appears, from which you can select one to insert. You can use as many as your computer’s processing power can handle. You can change the order of effects by dragging one from a lower position to a higher one

• Arpeggiator—each track gets its own instance of Project5’s powerful new arpeggiator. See Arpeggiator for more information.

• Instr ument module (or Add Instrument button if no instrument is loaded)—the instrument comes next in the device chain. If no instrument is loaded in this track, you can click the Add Instrument button to open a list of instruments and ReWire applications. Click the name of a device on the list to load it. After an instrument is loaded, you can open the interface of an instrument or ReWire application by double-clicking the name of the instrument or effect in the device

chain, or by clicking the Show Property Page button that’s just to the right of each instrument or ReWire name in the device chain. The Bank/Patch menu lets you load factory-supplied sounds for the displayed instrument.

• Add FX (Add Audio effects)—audio effects come last in the device chain’s signal flow. When you click the Add FX button to add an audio effect, a popup menu of audio effects appears, from which you can select one to insert. You can use as many as your computer’s processing power can handle. You can change the order of effects by dragging one from a lower position to a higher one. After an effect is loaded, you can open the interface of the effect by double-clicking the name of the effect in the device chain, or by clicking the Show Property Page button that’s just to the right of each effect name in the device chain.

Note: the device chain supports mouse wheel scrolling.

Aux Sends Section

The Aux Sends section of the Track Inspector contains:

• Aux send enable and aux send level controls for the selected track

See: The Bus Inspector

The Bus Inspector

When you click an aux or master strip in the Bus pane, the Track Inspector becomes the Bus Inspector. The Bus Inspector only has one control:

Add FX (Add Audio Effects)

• Effects are displayed according to signal flow, with the earliest effect in the bus’s chain displayed at the top. The Add FX button enables you to insert multiple effects into the bus. To hide or show the controls of

the effects, click the Show Settings button, which is at the right end of the titlebar of each effect.

The Editor

The Editor is where you create new MIDI patterns (you can also create MIDI patterns by recording in the Track view), edit patterns (including pattern automation), and save patterns to your patterns folders. You can also edit Groove clips in the editor.

The Editor has three modes:

• Step mode—this mode models a hardware step sequencer, allowing you to create and edit MIDI patterns on a grid. In Step mode, you can draw notes (always of a fixed length) with the mouse and also do Step Recording, but not real-time recording

• Free mode—in this mode, the Editor displays a traditional piano-roll style editing surface, which allows any note length. In Free mode, you can draw notes with the mouse, and also do both Step Recording and real-time recording.

• Groove clip mode—when you double-click a Groove clip (ACIDized clip) in the Arrange pane, the Editor becomes a Groove clip editor.

Click the Step or Free fields in the Editor menu

to change the Editor to Step

mode, or back to Free mode. Here’s a picture of the Editor:

The Editor has the following controls:

Float/Dock Button

To Float or Dock the Editor:

• Click the Float/Dock button that’s in the upper right corner.

• Double-click the left border

To Resize the Editor:

• Drag any border or corner.

Note: when the Editor is docked, dragging its upper border changes the size of the Arrange pane.

Show/Hide Button

Click this button to show or hide the Editor and the Loops/ Ptns tab.

New Pattern Button

Clicking this button creates a new empty pattern, and automatically loads the pattern into the Arrange pane at the Now time on the selected track. The new pattern is one measure long by default, but you can change this by using the Options-Default Step Size for Step Sequencer command, together with the Options-Default Step Count for Step Sequencer command. For example, if you chose a default step size of 16th notes, and a default step count of 32 steps, that would create a pattern of two measures in 4/ 4 time.

Pattern Menu

The Pattern menu, located the in upper left corner of the Editor, displays the name of the current pattern. You can rename the pattern by double-clicking the pattern name.

Clicking the dropdown button in the Pattern menu displays these options:

• Open Pattern—opens the Open Pattern dialog to the default directory for patterns. Navigate to the directory

you want and select a file to open in the Editor.

• Save Pattern—opens the Export Pattern dialog, enabling you to name and save the pattern to the folder where you store patterns.

• Duplicate Pattern—copies the current pattern under a new name, so that any editing you do to the new copy doesn’t affect the original.

• Automatically send new patterns to track view—if this option is enabled, every time you click the New Pattern button, Project5 automatically places the new pattern on the highlighted track at the Now Time.

• In Use—opens a menu of patterns that are currently in use in the current project.

• Not In Use—opens a menu of patterns that have been used in the current project, but were deleted from the Arrange pane.

Send Pattern to Track Button

Click this button to place the pattern that’s currently displayed in the Editor on the highlighted track at the Now Time.

Pattern Preview Button

Click this button to play the pattern that’s currently displayed in the Editor. The pattern plays back through whatever instrument is currently selected in the Track view. You can set the time where playback begins in the Editor by double-clicking in the Editor’s Time Ruler , which moves the Edit Marker to the location you double-clicked.

Record Pattern Button

Click this button to record a new pattern by either live or step recording in the Editor.

Click the dropdown arrow on the Record Pattern button to choose recording options. Choose any or all of these three options:

• Constant Velocity—when this option is checked,

recorded notes are not affected by velocity changes from the MIDI controller. Note velocities are all set to

100.

• Overwrite—when this option is checked, current note data is overwritten by new note data.

• Step Record—when this option is checked, the recording mode is set to Step Recording. Step Recording means that instead of recording notes that you play at the time the notes were played, Project5 records notes of exactly the same length, one after another, each time you play your MIDI controller, no matter how much time has passed since the last note was entered. The note lengths are determined by the Notes menu setting.

Tools

The Editor has three tools to help you create and edit patterns.

Select tool Note tool

• The Select tool is an all-purpose tool for selecting data, however you can use the Note tool when you just need to select an individual object without dragging it. Pressing T on your keyboard toggles which tool is active (including the Select tool).

•Use the Note tool to draw notes in a pattern. The note length menu determines the length of the notes you draw.

• Use the Automation tool to draw automation in a pattern. Select an automation parameter to draw or edit in the automation edit menu in the Editor.

Automation tool

Automation Menu

The automation menu is just to the right of the Auto tool (Automation tool). Clicking the dropdown arrow on the

automation edit menu displays a menu of automation editing options:

• Output s—choosing this option displays a menu of parameters that are specific to a particular output of the currently-selected track. If the instrument in the selected track has multiple outputs, the menu will show parameters for each output.

• MIDI—choosing this option displays a menu of standard MIDI continuous controllers that affect all the outputs on the selected track.

• DXi—choosing this option displays a menu of parameters that are specific to the instrument that is loaded into the selected track.

• Ef fects—choosing this option displays a menu of parameters that are specific to the selected effect on the selected track.

• Arpeggiator—choosing this option displays a menu of parameters that control the Arpeggiator on the current track.

For more information, see Automation.

Editor Menu

Click the Step or Free fields in the menu to change the Editor to Step mode, or back to Free mode. Also, you can click the left or right arrows in the menu to set the length of the current pattern. See Creating Patterns in Step Mode and Drawing Notes In Free Mode for more information.

This Ptn Only Menus

By default, all copies of a pattern in the Arrange pane are identical except for their MIDI channel and transposition. The Transpose and MIDI Ch menus allow you to change the transposition and MIDI channel of a particular instance of a pattern. Double-click the instance of the pattern where

it appears in the Arrange pane to display the instance for editing.

• Transpose menu—this menu lets you transpose just the current instance of a pattern (the pattern in the Arrange pane that has the black border). The field lists the number of half-steps up (+) or down (-) that the current instance of the pattern is being transposed.

If you use copies of this pattern in other parts, the Transpose menu is independent for each copy.

Select a pitch offset for the current instance of the pattern. The range is from -127 to +127 for a MIDI pattern or -24 to +24 for a Groove clip. You can double-click the value, type a number, and press Enter if you don’t want to click the up and down arrows. The transposition value is displayed in parenthesis next to the pattern name

• MIDI Ch menu—this menu allows you to choose which MIDI channel that the displayed pattern plays back through, and also sets the channel that the Editor’s keyboard display uses when you click the keys. Choosing different MIDI channels for a pattern allows you to access different sounds on different channels of a multi-timbral instrument.

Note: the Track Inspector has a menu for each track or track layer called the Send to MIDI Channel menu. This menu overrides the MIDI channel that you assign to a pattern in the Editor, forcing all patterns on a track or track layer to play on the MIDI channel that’s listed in the Send to MIDI Channel menu. To disable the Send to MIDI Channel menu, set the menu to None.

Notes Menu

Click to select a note length

Controls the length of the current step-recorded note, or of notes that you draw with the Notes tool. You can select a new length at any time

Link

The Link button forces the Snap to Grid button resolution and the Notes menu value to be the same. For example, if you change the Notes menu setting then click the Link button, the Snap to Grid resolution will follow the Not e Length setting.

Snap to Grid

When the Snap to Grid button is disabled, or when you are overriding it, data moves by ticks. Project5 divides each beat into 960 ticks.

Swing Note-size Menu

When the swing note-size menu has a note size displayed, patterns of consecutive 8th notes, 16th notes, or 32nd notes play back with a swing feel, instead of a straight feel. Y ou control the strength of the swing effect for each project by dragging the Swing Strength control that’s in the Main Control view.

Keyboard Display

The keyboard display, which is on the left side of the Editor. lights up to show what pitches you’re playing on a MIDI keyboard. It also gives you a visual reference for pitches while you’re drawing notes with the Note tool.

Cursor Display

Snap resolution

Page through resolution options

Turn Snap to Grid button on/off

In Free mode, the Snap to Grid setting sets the precision at which notes can be entered and edited, and also sets the time interval that the Now Time moves when you doubleclick in the Editor’s Time Ruler. The Snap to Grid control is not visible in Step mode, because the Snap to Grid is always on in that mode, and is set to whatever duration the Notes menu is set to. A snap resolution of 1/2 means that entered notes and notes you drag and drop in the Editor “snap” to the nearest 1/2 note boundary. The snap resolution in the Editor ranges from measures to 1/128th notes. The default is 1/16th. You can override the snap resolution setting by holding the Shift key while dragging notes.

Readout area

At the very top of the Keyboard Display is the Cursor Display, which shows a readout of the vertical and horizontal coordinates of whatever tool you’re using in the Note pane, both while the tool is moving and while it’s not.

Time Ruler

Tim e Rul er

Measure number

End marker—drag to set pattern length

Trans “n” % (in Groove Clip Mode Only)

When you double-click a Groove clip in the Arrange pane, the Editor changes to Groove clip mode, displaying the Groove clip with a series of transient markers. The Trans Detect control senses transients in your audio pattern and assigns a marker at the beginning and end of each transient that it finds. As the you increase the sensitivity (by using larger numbers) smaller transients are detected and the number of markers increases.

Slice Division Menu (in Groove Clip Mode Only)

Now Time cursor

The Time Ruler in Free mode shows measure numbers and beat boundaries. The Now Time cursor (vertical black line) moves through the Note pane during playback to show you where the Now Time currently is in your pattern.

In Step mode, the Time Ruler has no measure numbers. See The Time Ruler in Step Mode for more information.

Note pane

Note Pane

This is the pane where you display and edit patterns.

Zooming and Scrolling

You can zoom and scroll in all modes of the Editor (see Zooming and Scrolling in the Editor).

The Now Time

The Editor has its own Now Time, which is independent of the Now Time in the Arrange pane. The Editor’s Now Time marks the point in a pattern at which playback is taking place, or where playback is currently stopped. The vertical cursor in the Editor is a graphical display of the Editor’s Now Time position. You can set the Now T ime in the Editor by double-clicking in the Editor’s Time Ruler.

The Slices Division menu sets the resolution for the creation of markers, or the “slicing” of the looped clip. This menu uses transients or note lengths, so the settings are:

• Transient Only

• Whole 1/1

• Half 1/2

• Quarter 1/4

• Eighth 1/8

• Sixteenth 1/16

• Thirty-second 1/32

The automatic markers appear at the note resolutions according to the slider setting. At the eighth note setting, there are eight markers per measure.

This control works well for slicing audio that has more subtle changes in volume with few dramatic transients.

The markers in a Groove clip preserve the timing of the audio at that moment. Too few or too many markers can cause unwanted “artifacts” when a Groove clip is stretched.

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