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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'.
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? 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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Characteristically this new filter type is more resonant, fat and gritty, great for hard sounds
and techno, probably you'll want to use the original Xphraze filter type for soft, delicate or
natural sounds.
The Filter Section 'Analog' control has no effect on the new Xphraze filter type.
Patch Settings Module
? Yellow activity LEDs now flash more visibly whenever a patch recieves MIDI
information on MIDI channels 1-4.
? The Arpeggiator in Xphraze no longer retriggers when MIDI note-on or note-off
information is received, allowing you to use the arpeggiator purely as a pitch modulation
source. To control whether (or when) notes are triggered when using the arpeggiator,
simply set cell triggers in the phraze generator as usual.
- The arpeggiator pattern is not restarted when additional notes are played. All additional
notes are appended to the current arpeggio sequence.
- Playing a single note will produce a single trigger.
Phraze Generator
Audition Mode
To make the selection of multisamples easier and more intuitive a preview/audition mode has
been implemented.
To activate Audition mode click the small speaker button to the left of the display area
With Audition mode activated, any multisamples chosen in a cell will play for up to 1 second
or until the next multisample is selected.
This is a global parameter, any time you instanciate Xphraze it will remember the
setting previously used.
Multisample Selection Via Mouse Wheel Or Computer Keyboard.
It is now possible to select the previous or next multisamples for a cell via mouse wheel or
computer keyboard. Simply select a cell in the Phraze Generator and move your mouse wheel
up for next, down for previous or use the page up/down arrows on your computer keyboard.
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In drum mode individual drum samples are selected or hold shift for multisamples.
Safer Mouse Drawing In Cells
The drawing of cell values in the phraze generator is handled a little differently in Xphraze
1.2. This is to reduce the chance of accidental editing mistakes.
To draw cell values in the phraze generator now, simply double click and hold your left
mouse button and draw cell changes as before.
Reverse Sample Playback
Clicking any cell trigger for a second time (the cell trigger goes orange) selects reverse
sample playback for that cell. Multiple cell selection is possible.
Combi Name Display
The name of the current Combi is now shown in the name display field above the phraze
generator.
To toggle between Combi, Patch or Phraze name view, click the icon in the left of the
display.
Combi Display
Patch Display
Phraze Display
File Browser
Save Combi Contextual Menu
The option 'Save Combi' has been added to the Browser contextual menu.
To use, right-click ([Ctrl] -click Mac) anywhere in the File Browser.
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Advanced Features Page
Use Best Quality For Export
Best quality is automatically used for Audio exports/mixdowns regardless of the Xphraze
Setup quality.
This feature's default value is off.
New Vector Synthesis Editor
The Xphraze 1.2 vector display has been improved to show up to sixteen vector curves and
allows up to 128 envelope points.
In hosts that allow key commands to plugins, left/right cursors can be used to select the
previous/next vector envelope point for editing.
Damping In Master Delays
Both the stereo delay and the cross delay now feature a damping parameter, individually
controllable for the left and right channels.
Advanced Page Improvements
? The keyboard display in the User multisamples Import section now shows octave
numbers.
? Master stereo reverb sounds thicker and is louder than before.
FX Section
? The mono delay now features a damping parameter.
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Tweaks & Optimizations
? All FX mix and Vector mix curves were formally linear but are now equal power.
Equal power curves are convex shaped curves designed to keep the energy or power
levels constant throughout fades.
? Micro volume changes to level and filter parameters are much faster and punchier.
? Xphraze 1.2 has been further performance optimised. Users with slower computers should
notice an obvious increase in performance of up to 30 percent. The 'best' quality mode has
been specifically optimised.
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