Genuine Soundware and Instruments Key Performer User's Manual

Version 1.1

www.GenuineSoundware.com

Copyright © 2010 – Guido Scognamiglio

Table of contents

– Welcome
– Software description
– Installation and typical configurations
– Sampled sounds
– Virtual Electric Pianos
– Virtual Analog Synth section
– Virtual Tonewheel Organ section
– Effects
– Using Programs and Banks
– MIDI and global options
– License

Welcome

Thank you for trying / buying / using Key Performer. If you are just trying the
DEMO version, please feel free to test it carefully and to contact GSi for
questions not covered by this manual. Reading this manual cover to cover is
highly recommended before or while exploring the program, in order to save
precious time while trying to figure out how something is supposed to work.

DEMO LIMITATIONS: the software shows a reminder screen at the
beginning. Click “RUN DEMO” to start using the demo version. It will play for
10 minutes, after that the reminder screen will appear again, the sound will be
muted and the RUN DEMO button will be disabled.
Saving single programs or banks is also disabled in Demo mode.
Some samplesets may be available only to registered users.

After testing, if you like Key Performer and you feel this is the program for
you, you can purchase your own personal activation key by visiting the GSi
website at www.GenuineSoundware.com and following the instructions.
You can also click the “BUY NOW” button in the reminder screen or go to the

Options Menu → Register Online.

!PLEASE! Don't use cracked / illegal software, don't encourage its diffusion,

stay away from fraudolent websites that sell “preinstalled” copies for a fraction
of the original cost. Buy the software you use from official resellers or directly
from manufacturer's web stores. SUPPORT INDEPENDENT SOFTWARE
DEVELOPERS. If you can't afford expensive major softwares, keep in mind that
there's always an affordable alternative out there. Just look around you and
avoid warez! Thank you.

Software Description

Key Performer can be described as “the Swiss Army knife of the modern

gigging keyboardist”. It's a single software instrument which offers a wide
variety of keyboard sounds that are always used in almost all musical genres
where a keyboardist is involved. Just to summarize a few of its key features, it
offers:

– Several classic keyboard sounds including pianos, electric pianos, synths,

organs, etc.

– A sample playback section (aka “ROMpler”) with “adaptive playback”
– A physical modeling classic Electric Piano
– A physical modeling “Wurly” piano
– A phase modulation synthesizer for the famous DX Piano
– A Virtual Analog polyphonic synthesizer
– A Virtual Tonewheel Organ with rotary speaker effect
– Two effect slots with all the most famous effects
– An AMP simulation section with overdrive
– A global Reverb effect
– 64 Programs per bank, 9 snaphots for organ sections and 9 for VA synth
– Full MIDI implementation
– Easy MIDI Learn
– Huge efficiency with very low CPU power requirements
– Simplicity of use, Versatility, Stability, Expandibility, Authenticity!

Q: Is it multi-timbral? Can I play two or more sounds at once in
split, layer mode or on different MIDI channels?

A: No. It's mono-timbral, you can play only one instrument at a
time on a single MIDI channel (or in OMNI mode).
But don't take this as a disavantage. If you buy an hardware keyboard which is
mono-timbral, the only way to play two sounds at a time is go to buy another
keyboard. With software plugins it's a different matter: you can load multiple
instances in the host software, assign them to different MIDI channels and
have free instant multi-timbrality.

Installation and typical configurations

Minimum System Requirements PC

– Microsoft Windows operating system: 98SE, XP, 2000, Vista
– 900 MHz CPU with SSE2 instruction set
– RAM 512 Mb
– Stereo soundcard with low latency ASIO support
– A MIDI interface or MIDI controller keyboard
– A VST Host program for the plugin version

Installation on a Windows PC

Run the installer and follow the on-screen instructions. After intallation, if you
own your personal activation key, unlock the DEMO by inserting your name
and your license key directly into the reminder screen and click the REGISTER
button. Your name should appear on the interface.

Download the sampled instruments separately and copy them in a folder of
your choice. Assign this folder in the Option Menu → Set GSinstruments

location. MIDI and global options.

Minimum System Requirements Apple Mac

– OSX 10.5+
– Intel CPU
– RAM 512 Mb
– Stereo soundcard with low latency ASIO support
– A MIDI interface or MIDI controller keyboard
– A VST or AU Host program for the plugin version

Installation on a Mac

Run the installer. This will copy the following files to the following locations:

KeyPerformer.vst → MacintoshHD/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/VST
KeyPerformer.component → MacintoshHD/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/Components

Copy the file KeyPerformer.app to your Application Folder.

The first time KeyPerformer is launched, it will create the following folders into
the user's Library:

[your_username]/Library/Audio/Presets
[your_username]/Library/Audio/Presets/GSi
[your_username]/Library/Audio/Presets/GSi/KeyPerformer
[your_username]/Library/Audio/Presets/GSi/KeyPerformer/GSinstruments

It is where all files related to KeyPerformer will be created and stored. If you
wish to use a different location to store the sampled instruments, assign this
folder in the Option Menu → Set GSinstruments location.

MIDI and global options.

Download the sampled instrumets of your choice from this URL:

http://www.genuinesoundware.com/vst/KeyPerformer/GSinstruments/

and unpack them into the GSinstruments folder.

Troubleshooting Mac Installation

The installer will ask you for the administrator password before copying the
files. This is required because the folders where the plugin files have to be
copied are protected by root-level access rights. If your host can't load the
plugin, try to move the files to your local user's Library folders:

Move the following files to the following locations:

KeyPerformer.vst → [your_username]/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/VST
KeyPerformer.component → [your_username]/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/Components

Please note: the Standalone application for Mac needs the file

KeyPerformer.component to run.

NOTES FOR THE STANDALONE APPLICATION: Before starting to play the
instrument, you have to set the appropriate MIDI input port and the audio
output driver from the menus.

Installation on SM Pro Audio V-Machine without using the VFX editor

First, install on your PC. Plug a USB stick to your computer and create these
folders:

/banks
/plugs/KeyPerformer

From your Windows PC, locate the folder where the VST plugin has been
installed (typically: C:\Program Files\Steinberg\VSTPlugins\KeyPerformer\), and copy
the whole content of this folder to your USB stick under /plugs/KeyPerformer.
Also, in this same folder, create a folder named GSinstruments and copy all the
sampled instruments you need. Open the KeyPerformer.ini file on the stick and
change the value of GSinstLocation= to a blank value.
Go to www.GenuineSoundware.com download the VFX Bank file and copy it
under /banks onto the USB stick.
Boot up the V-Machine, plug the USB stick and navigate through the banks.
For more information on the V-Machine, please visit www.smproaudio.com

Q: What is the performance like on the V-Machine?

A: You can reach up to 56 notes of polyphony for the ROMpler

section, 16 notes for the DX and the VA synth sections; the two
physical modeling piano sections don't have polyphony limitations, but you can
safely play about 50 notes. And you can reach the whole polyphony for the
virtual tonewheel organ section. The loading times are slower than most
modern Windows computers.

Q: What is the performance like on a Netbook?

A: With an EEE PC based on a 900 MHz Intel Celeron and Windows XP Home,

you can have up to 96 voices of polyphony for the ROMpler secion, 24 for the
DX piano and the VA synth, full polyphony for all other synth engines. With a
Intel Atom N270 CPU you can have full polyphony with all synth engines and
take full advantages of the complete FX section.

Q: What is the latency like?

A: This mostly depend on the soundcard and audio driver you're using. The

internal processing is completely 32-bit floating point, so to have the lowest
latency possible. With a Behringer UCA202 and Asio4all 2.9 drivers on a 900
MHz EEE, you can safely set 256 buffers which, at a sampling rate of 44100
Hz, give about 8 ms of latency. You can reach better results with a more
powerful computer and better soundcard with appropriate ASIO support.

PLEASE NOTE: It's strongly adviced to avoid sampling rates above
48000 Hz, in order to obtain the best performance possible in both

CPU load and sound quality.

Q: Can I install Key Performer on a Receptor?

A: Yes. Please contact Muse Research for more informations.