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M-AUDIO Wizoo Darbuka User Manual [ru]

Welcome to Darbuka
The overwhelming success of our first virtual musician - the Virtual Guitarist – proved that there’s a huge demand for intelligent music tools that put you in the producers’ rather than the musicians’ chair; tools that produce professional, authentic tracks based on real performances from skilled musicians. Why waste a lot of time trying to imitate a Darbuka player with a MIDI track and some multisamples? Why not just hire the best guys for the job?
Thanks to the proprietary FlexGroove engine Wizoo’s Virtual percussionists deliver nothing less than real performances recorded by real musicians, with you in full control. Everything from the groove, the arrangement, the timing and the tempo to the mix is in your hands, ready to make your song special.
The grooves of “Darbuka” were performed by Suat Borazan and Mohamed Zaki, two of the best Middle­Eastern percussion players in the world and definitely big stars in their countries. Whether you’re into Middle­Eastern music or just want to add the flavor to your tracks – these guys deliver with cultural credibility and musical performances like nothing that was affordable for any of us – in the pre-Darbuka era that is.
Best regards,
System Requirements & Installation
System Requirements
< Minimum System Requirements PC
• Pentium® III 500 MHz or AMD7. (Pentium 4 / Athlon 1 GHz or faster recommended).
• 256 MB RAM.
• 2 GB free hard disk space.
• Windows® XP.
• VST 2.0 compatible host software.
• MIDI Interface.
• DVD-ROM drive for installation.
• Internet connection for software certification.
< Minimum System Requirements Mac
• Power Macintosh® G3 500 MHz. (G4 or faster recommended)
• 256 MB RAM.
• 2 GB free hard disk space.
• Mac® OS X Version 10.3.2 or higher.
• VST 2.0, AU or RTAS compatible host software.
• MIDI Interface.
• DVD-ROM drive for installation.
• Internet connection for software activation.
(The actual performance of virtual instruments depends on the performance of the computer you use.)
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To install Darbuka on a PC:
1. Power up your computer and launch Windows XP.
2. Insert the Darbuka DVD into the computer’s DVD drive.
3. The installer should start automatically, simply follow the instructions on the screen. If the installer does not start automatically, open the Explorer or the Desktop window and double-click the Darbuka DVD icon.
To uninstall Darbuka on a PC:
1. Open the Control Panel of your windows system.
2. Double Click ‘Add or Remove Programs’.
3. Select ‘Darbuka’ from the list.
4. Click ‘Remove’ and follow the instructions.
To install Darbuka on a Macintosh:
1. Power up your computer launching Mac OS X.
2. Insert the Darbuka DVD into the computer’s DVD drive. If the installer does not start automatically
double-click the Darbuka DVD icon.
3. Double-click the Installer icon and follow the instructions on the screen.
4. If your host platform supports Audio Unit or RTAS formats, then run the appropriate additional installer.
To uninstall Darbuka on a Macintosh:
1. Delete the Darbuka Data folder /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/Wizoo/Darbuka Data/
If you have installed the Darbuka content somewhere else on your Macintosh and are not sure where, use the OSX Find feature ([Command][F]) and search for ‘Darbuka Data’
and
2. delete whichever Plug-ins you have installed:
• VST/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/Wizoo/Darbuka.vst
• Audio Unit/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/Darbuka.component
• RTAS/Library/Application Support/Digidesign/Plug-Ins/Darbuka.rtas
Product Certification
Product Certification is a fast and easy process that certifies your purchased Wizoo product for unlimited legal use on your system. All Wizoo products – demo and full versions – require a certification.
The certification process is integrated into your Wizoo product and can be executed using a standard web browser and email client – there is no need to install additional applications or hardware.
To certify your Wizoo product, proceed as follows:
1. Open your Wizoo plug-in in your host application (sequencer).
2. Click the “Setup” button on the user interface.
3. Enter the Product Certification Code provided on the card inside the Darbuka box into he field labelled
“Product Certification”. Now you have two options. If your music computer is connected to the internet, proceed with “On-line Certification”, if not refer to the “Off-line Certification” instructions below.
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< On-line Certification
1. Make sure you have established an internet connection.
2. Click the button “Certify Online”
3. The plug-in retrieves the Wizoo Certification form from the server and opens it in your web browser.
4. Enter the required information into all fields if possible, at least fill out the ones marked with an asterisk (*). The #“Product Certificate”# field will automatically get filled out by the certification server.
5. Click the #“Submit”# button to send your certification request. Your certificate will be emailed to the address you provided.
6. Receive your email and double-click the file attached to it. Your Wizoo product will be certified and enabled for permanent use. As a confirmation, the “Product Certification” field in the Setup page will read “Product certified ...”.
< Off-line Certification
If your music computer is not connected to the Internet, you can carry out certification on any other computer with an internet connection – e.g. your office or home computer.
1. Click the button “Certify Off-line”.
2. Check your desktop folder for a html file named after the product. Transfer this file to your internet­connected computer.
3. On your internet computer, establish a connection and double-click the html file. It will be opened in your web browser and take you to the Certification form on the Wizoo server.
4. Fill out all fields if possible, the fields marked with an asterisk are obligatory. The #“Product Certificate”# field will be filled out automatically.
5. Click the “Submit” button to complete your certification request. Your certificate will be emailed to the address you provided.
6. Open your email and transfer the attached file to the computer where the Wizoo product is installed.
7. Here, double-click the file to complete certification. As a confirmation, the “Product Certification” field in the Setup page will read “Product certified ...”.
Demo Licences
Included on your product installer DVD you will find other demo versions of our products. A demo version allows you to test the full product over a period of 30 days.
To activate a Wizoo demo version simply follow the procedure described above but do not enter any Certification code in the Product Certification dialog.
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General Overview
Darbuka is a very easy to use yet sophisticated virtual percussion instrument that plays real Arabic and Middle Eastern multi-track percussion recordings at any tempo, and gives you the freedom to edit numerous aspects of every instrument’s performance and sound.
Let’s take a quick tour of Darbuka and check out the most important general features.
What Is A Style
A Style is a full authentic percussion arrangement, complete with up to fourteen individual Tracks, up to sixty­one Patterns (or arrangements), fills, mixer settings and a lot of other important information. When you save or load a Style you are basically saving or loading every parameter in Darbuka .
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< Previewing Styles
Before loading a Style you might like to hear what it sounds like. A short example of every Style (played at it’s original tempo) can be heard by simply choosing one in the Styles Selector and clicking Listen.
If you would like to hear a preview every time you click a Style in the Styles Selector then click Auto.
Listen is disabled when Darbuka is playing.
< Style Info
When you click a Style in the Styles Selector, information such as tempo and time signature is displayed in the info display in the top center of Darbuka. You can sort Styles by tempo and time signature by using the Sort List option below the Styles Selector.
< Loading Styles
There are four easy ways to load a Style:
1. By double clicking in the Styles Selector menu on the left of Darbuka.
The Styles Selector.
2. Using Drag and Drop: Click the Style you want from the Styles Selector with your left mouse button, drag it anywhere to the right of the Styles Selector, and release your mouse button.
When using Drag and Drop a ‘+’ symbol is displayed next to your mouse pointer.
3. Highlighting a Style in the Styles Selector and clicking Load.
4. Using the usual Load Instrument menu provided by your host application.
The last option will probably be the slowest since you will have to navigate to the folder containing the Styles.
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< Playing Styles
Now that you’ve loaded a Style, just play a note on your MIDI keyboard (try C2) and Darbuka will start to play at the tempo of your host application, even if it is currently stopped. Try playing another note (C#2 for example), Darbuka will change to another variation of the rhythm.
If you want Darbuka to stop, play C6 on your MIDI keyboard.
< Saving Styles
If you are using Darbuka in a sequencer project you don’t need to save the Style you have been working on; all settings in Darbuka are saved with your song. If you’ve customized or created your own Styles and want to save them, there are two ways:
1. Click the Save button (bottom left) and you’ll be presented with a familiar Save dialog
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2. choose Save Instrument from the usual Save/Load menu provided by your host application.
When you save a Style in Darbuka it will automatically be included in the Styles Selector listing.
The Color Keyboard
The funky looking kyboard at the bottom of Darbuka is not just a fine example of modern interface design, you can also play it by clicking your mouse on any key. The first key at the left of the Color Keyboard is MIDI note C1 (36).
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The Color Keyboard.
Our GUI programmer chose his favorite food colors for the keyboard display, not only are they mouth watering but they also provide a lot of useful information about what Darbuka will do when you play a MIDI key or click the Color Keyboard.
• Blue: The blue keys show normal rhythm grooves. The light blue color is for lighter grooves (with less instruments), the dark blue for fuller grooves.
The color shading can be changed by you to help you find the rhythms you want more quickly, particularly
useful in a live situation (see Color Coding in the Performing With Darbuka chapter of this manual).
• Green: Green keys are for fills. Light green is for light fills or solos and dark green for fuller fills.
• Yellow: The yellow keys are Mute Keys. When played they will mute or unmute Tracks for easy arranging
“on the fly”. For more info check out the Performing With Darbuka chapter of this manual.
• Red: The red keys are the Stop and End keys for Darbuka. Whenever you press a blue or green key Darbuka will play, so there is no need for a start key. The first of the red keys will play a rhythm ending and the second will stop Darbuka instantly.
All color keys can be assigned to any MIDI note (see the chapter The Edit Page.
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Latch
The small blue square to the left of the Color Keyboard is the Latch Mode Selector.
When Latch mode is active Darbuka plays continuously from the moment you play the first key until it receives a Stop or End. When Latch mode is off Darbuka will only play while you are holding a key down.
What Is A Track
A Track is the performance of a single percussionist, complete with all of the variations, fills and solos he has played for a Style. All Tracks in Darbuka can be loaded independently, added to an already loaded Style, or replace any loaded Track.
To see the Tracks available in a Style just click the small ‘+’ arrow to the left of the Style name in the Styles Selector.
< Track Tabs
All Tracks loaded into Darbuka (up to fourteen) are displayed using Track Tabs.
The Track Tabs.
Track Tabs are shown on all pages of Darbuka and display each Track’s name, a level meter and the Track’s Solo and Mute status.
Every Track can be independently edited in a multitude of ways. To select a Track for editing, just click it’s tab; all other Track Tabs become unselected (gray).
The Darbuka is selected.
< Scrolling Track Tabs
Darbuka displays up to eight Track Tabs at a time but a Style may have as many as fourteen Tracks. There are two ways to see Tracks not currently displayed:
• Place your mouse pointer above any Track Tab and use your mouse wheel.
or
• Click the scroll arrows at the right of the Track Tabs.
The Track scroll arrows.
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< The Instrument Symbols
Below the Track Tabs is a dark rectangular area containing a colored symbol for the percussion instrument played by a Track. This area also contains a few functions that are worth mentioning.
The Instrument Symbols area.
• Track Volumes: Although most of your mixing will happen on Darbuka’s Mix Page we’ve hidden a handy little feature that no-one except you guys who read manuals will know about. Using your mouse wheel in the instrument symbol area allows you to control Track volumes on the Play Page. Give it a try, it’s pretty useful.
Hold [Shift] for fine adjustment.
• Track Info: Right clicking (Mac: [Ctrl]-Click) in the instrument symbol area will open an information box with a picture and description of the instrument played on that track. This information is always displayed in English but is also available in other languages in “The Instruments” chapter of this manual.
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• Track Mute Status: When a track is muted the instrument symbol changes from colored to grey. This way you always have an overview of all muted instruments.
< Adding Tracks
When you load or add a Track to a Style, you are adding all of the properties it formerly had, including information about what is played by which MIDI keys and sound edit settings.
To add a Track either:
• Double click it in the Styles Selector menu
or
• drag and drop the Track anywhere to the right of the Styles Selector (except onto an existing Track Tab) and release your mouse button
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• select the Track in the Styles Selector and click Load.
< Replacing Tracks
To replace a Track simply drag and drop the new Track onto the tab of the Track you wish to replace. This works for Tracks listed in the Styles Selector as well as for Track Tabs.
< Copying Tracks
To make a copy of a Track click and drag the Track Tab to an empty place in the Track Tabs display.
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< Moving Tracks
To move a Track to a different Tab position hold [Shift] and drag and drop the Tab.
< Deleting Tracks
To delete or remove an already loaded Track click it’s Track Tab, drag it above or below the Tabs strip and release your mouse button.
Sorting Styles In The Styles Selector
To help you find the Style you need quickly and easily Darbuka has three sorting modes.
• Name: With this option selected Styles are displayed in alphabetical order.
• Darbuka Region: All of the percussion grooves in Darbuka come from particular
geographical regions. When you choose Sort List By Region you can view Styles according to their area of origin.
• Type: Choosing Sort List By Type, displays Styles according to their cultural
• Tempo: Although Darbuka plays Styles at any tempo, sometimes you might like to choose a Style that
was recorded at something close to your song tempo, or play a Style at it’s traditional tempo. The Tempo option collects all Styles of a similar original tempo and groups them into folders by bpm (beats per minute).
• Time Signature: When this option is selected all Styles are sorted and displayed in their recorded traditional time signatures.
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Changing Darbuka’s Master Volume
All of the percussion Tracks in Darbuka have been mixed and Darbuka’s output level optimized for all Styles, but you still may find it occasionally useful to turn the whole percussion instrument up or down in volume. Just use the Output knob in the lower right hand corner.
XXL Mode
All of the percussion performances in Darbuka have been recorded and processed in extremely high audio quality, This also means large file sizes and this is XXL Mode.
To save you loading time and RAM we’ve provided a very efficient professional quality Normal playback mode (which uses a “lossless” form of data compression) and a full quality XXL mode. The difference between these modes is virtually inaudible. Darbuka defaults to playing in Normal mode but if loading time and RAM are no issue for you just click the XXL On feature.
If you would like Darbuka to operate always in XXL mode, then choose XXL On and click the Save As Defaults feature on the Setup Page.
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The Play Page
The first page you’ll see when you start Darbuka is the Play Page. On this page you will find most of the general controls for the whole percussion instrument, the types of controls that affect all or most Tracks being played in a Style. Let’s take a deeper look at what’s possible and what might be useful when making music with Darbuka .
Speed
The Speed control allows you to run Darbuka at normal, half or double your song tempo. This can be very useful in some situations:
now full of drummers on Guarana, the cat gives birth, light bulbs explode..... Never fear, we at Wizoo value
our cats and our light bulbs, with a casual flick of the Speed switch to Half the world will become normal again and hey the Darbukas sound pretty good in there too.
Speed control can also be quite a useful creative tool, allowing you the flexibility to play a nice syncopated 80 BPM groove over a 160 bpm Drum’n’Bass track or an interesting half time groove over a 110 bpm pop song. It’s up to you, Darbuka has no tempo limits.
Variance
Variance is a sophisticated feature with a very simple control. What it does is replace percussion hits within each Track with other percussion hits that sound similar from within the Style, in effect adding variation to each Track. A setting of Max replaces a lot of hits with similar hits and the Off setting plays the groove exactly as the original percussionists played it.
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Timing
The Timing control might also be called humanize or even quantize. Setting Timing to the center value of fifty percent plays the percussion grooves with all the natural anticipations and feel of the real players, increasing the value towards Tight quantizes the timing to strict machine like precision, and decreasing towards Loose exaggerates the natural live timing.
Quantize
Quantize sets a maximum musical timing resolution. Any percussion hits that fall outside of this timing grid are removed. For example you may like a particular Style but there are a lot of 32nd and 64th note rolls and fills and what you’d really like is for the groove to be simpler. Try setting Quantize to a value of 1/16th, all of the busy fills are removed and only the notes that fall close to a 16th note in the bar remain, in effect simplifying the groove. Of course you can simplify Styles quite a lot, right down to a1/4 note value.
Experimenting with combinations of the Tempo and Quantize features can lead to interesting and useful rhythmic variations.
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