Steinberger VSTi Xphraze Manual Addendum

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Xphraze 1.2 New Features & Improvements

General Enhancements

? Probably the first thing you will notice when you start Xphraze 1.2 is that the phraze

generator cells are now blue instead of orange. This is a purely aesthetic change intended
to make Xphraze easier on the eyes.

? Right clicking ([Ctrl]-click Mac) any silver metallic surface now produces a global

contextual menu featuring important information about Xphraze and useful internet links.

? All buttons in Xphraze 1.2 are now more clearly displayed. Bright is 'on' or 'selected', dark

is 'off' or 'unselected'.

? A number of Xphraze Xpansions are currently in completion and due for release in the

second quarter of 2004. Xphraze version 1.2 is the minimum software version necessary
for use with any Xpansions.

Let's take a section by section look at the new
features and changes in Xphraze 1.2.

Patch Selector Panel

The Patch Selector Panel in Xphraze 1.2 has a number of very useful new features.

Global Voices

This meter strip display allows you to visually monitor the number of voices being used by
Xphraze at any time. For practical reasons the meter has a range of up to 64 voices although an

Xphraze combi has a theoretical limit of 1024.

Voices

The four smaller meter strips (directly above patch slots A-D) display the number of voices
being used by each patch. For practical reasons the meter has a range of up to 16 voices although

an Xphraze patch has a theoretical limit of 256.

Mute/Solo

Each patch slot in Xphraze now has it’s own mute and solo butto ns. Simply click the left LED
switch to mute a patch (it goes yellow) or the right to solo a patch (it will change to red). Any
number of patches can be additionally soloed or muted for fast and flexible monitoring while
editing.

Filter Section

New Filter Type

Xphraze 1.2 features an additional filter type.

Selected by switching HQ in the Filter Section off

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