Expert Sleepers Silent Way ES-4 Controller User Manual v1.7.2
Expert Sleepers
Silent Way ES-4 Controller
v1.7.2
User Manual
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Contents
Introduction! 6
Current Limitations! 7
A note on MIDI channels! 7
Gate Expander outputs! 7
Plug-in variants! 7
Installation! 8
Mac OS X, Audio Unit (AU)! 8
Mac OS X, VST! 8
Windows (VST)! 8
System Requirements! 8
Mac OS X! 8
Windows! 8
Using Silent Way! 9
Using the controls! 9
Knobs! 9
Dropdown menus! 9
Value edit boxes! 9
Name/value display! 9
The ES-4 Controller Controls! 10
MIDI/CV 1/2! 10
Channel! 10
Min & Max! 10
Gate! 10
Vel! 10
Priority! 10
Outputs! 11
Gates! 11
Triggers/Accents! 11
Triggers! 11
Accents! 12
MIDI Out! 12
Channel! 12
Channelise! 12
Output! 13
Clock! 13
Swing! 13
Offset! 13
Misc! 13
Output Indicators! 13
Inputs! 14
Thru! 14
1-5! 14
Input Modes! 15
Panic Button! 15
Preferences! 16
OSC Base Port! 16
Eye candy! 16
Constant redraw! 16
Floating tooltip! 16
OSC Control! 17
Reference! 17
MIDI & OSC Scripting! 17
Reference! 17
Script locations! 17
Version History! 18
Contact! 19
Acknowledgements! 20
Lua! 20
oscpack! 20
glew! 21
FreeType! 22
FTGL! 22
libpng! 22
zlib! 22
Introduction
The Silent Way ES-4 Controller plug-in is a special element of the Silent Way plug-in suite,
dedicated to controlling the Expert Sleepers ES-4 module.
Unlike the rest of the Silent Way plug-ins, the ES-4 Controller does not time out, allowing
unrestricted use without a Silent Way licence. However, some advanced features of the
ES-4 Controller are only available to owners of a active licence.
The ES-4 Controller offers:
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Two MIDI/CV channels, offering the features of a standard MIDI/CV converter,
driving the ES-4’s two pitch outputs (1 & 2).
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Controls that directly set the exact output signal of the ES-4’s five channels.
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MIDI note on/off control over the 40 possible gate outputs.
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A MIDI out generator, allowing an ES-4 Gate Expander output to be used as a MIDI
output, transmitting all the usual MIDI messages, including MIDI clock.
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Inputs for routing generic CV sources (e.g. other Silent Way plug-ins) or audio to the
ES-4’s outputs (requires a Silent Way licence).
Current Limitations
The current release of the ES-4 Controller is an early version of the software, released to
support the first customers of the ES-4 modules. It is anticipated that the software will mature quickly in response to customer feedback. Also, there are a number of features that
are definitely required that have not yet been implemented:
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The MIDI/CV channels need a trigger output, as well as a gate output.
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The MIDI/CV channels don’t have a generic MIDI CC response (e.g. for mod wheel),
though you can achieve the same thing by using the DAW’s MIDI parameter control
to drive the direct output controls.
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There is currently no pitchbend support.
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While the plug-in has now been integrated with the rest of the Silent Way suite, giving access to the powerful Silent Way LFO, we may build LFOs and envelopes into
the ES-4 Controller itself.
A note on MIDI channels
The ES-4 Controller packs a lot of functionality into one plug-in, and to address all of that
functionality via MIDI, the various blocks of the plug-in let you choose which MIDI channel they respond to.
However, not all DAWs pass MIDI to plug-ins on multiple MIDI channels. Ableton Live,
for example, always passes MIDI to plug-ins on channel 1, no matter what the MIDI channel of the messages arriving into Live itself.
The exact implications of this will vary from DAW to DAW, but it’s worth bearing in mind,
if things don’t appear to be working as you expect.
Gate Expander outputs
A number of the plug-in’s controls let you choose ES-4 Gate Expander outputs. These are
listed as a pair of numbers e.g. “1/6” is gate 6 on the Gate Expander connected to the ES4‘s channel 1; “5/2” is gate 2 on the Gate Expander connected to the ES-4’s channel 5.
Plug-in variants
The ES-4 controller is supplied in both ‘instrument’ and ‘effect’ variants. These are identical; they simply appear in different places in your DAW’s plug-in lists, and are provided to
allow maximum flexibility in how you use the plug-in.
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