Wizoo LATIGO User Manual
Latigo
Virtual Percussionist
Latigo
Virtual Percussionist
The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Wizoo Sound Design GmbH.
The software described by this document is subject to a License Agreement and may
not be copied to other media.
No part of this publication may be copied, reproduced or otherwise transmitted or
recorded, for any purpose, without prior written permission by Wizoo Sound Design
GmbH. All product names and company names are ™ or ® trademarks of their respective owners.
Producers Peter Gorges and Clay Ostwald
Head of Delevopment Paul Kellett
Percussion Recordings:
Producer: Clay Ostwald
Percussion Artists Edwin Bonilla, Olbin Burgos
Virtual Instrument:
Audio Engine Paul Kellett
Playback Algorithms Mario Reinsch
User Interface Benjamin Wendelstein
Ambience and Dynamics Klaus Piehl, Matthias Klag
Audio Preparation:
Sound Design Mark Ovenden, Edwin Hettinger
Editors Malte Bieler, Sascha Haske
User Interface Design and 3D Instrument Rendering Schmidtdesign, Hamburg
Additional Graphic Design Julius Schmitz
Wizoo and Latigo are trademarks of Wizoo Sound Design GmbH. VST is a registered
trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. The Audio Unit logo and the Audio
Unit symbol are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc. RTAS is a registered trademark of
Avid Technology, Inc. and its subsidiaries and divisions. Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. AMD is a trademark of
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. The Mac logo is a trademark used under license. Macintosh, Power Macintosh and Mac OS are registered trademarks used under license.
Microsoft and Windows XP are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other product and company
names are ™ or ® of their respective holders.
Unauthorized copying, hiring and lending of this software is strictly prohibited. All specifications are subject to change without notice.
© 2004 Wizoo Sound Design GmbH
All rights reserved.
Made in Germany.
Welcome
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 Conga player
with a MIDI track and some multisamples? Why not just hire
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 ‘Latigo’ were produced by Grammy-award winning songwriter and keyboardist Clay Ostwald and played by percussionist Edwin
Bonilla and drummer Olbin Burgos, all members of Gloria Estefan’s backing band the world-famous Miami Sound Machine—probably the best
Latin percussion group in the world. Now they’re playing for you. Isn’t that
priceless?
Best regards,
the
best guys
Peter Gorges
Contents
1
System Requirements & Installation
Minimum System Requirements PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Minimum System Requirements Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installing Latigo PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Uninstalling Latigo PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Installing Latigo Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Uninstalling Latigo Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Product Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
On-line Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Off-line Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Demo Licences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2
General Overview
What Is a Style? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Previewing Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Style Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Loading Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Playing Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Saving Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
The Color Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Latch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
What Is aTrack? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Track Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Scrolling Track Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
The Instrument Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adding Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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Contents
Replacing Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Copying Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Moving Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Deleting Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Sorting Styles in the Styles Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Changing Latigo’s Master Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
XXL Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3
The Play Page
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Variance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Swing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Muting Track Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Complexity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Master Ambience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Ambience in Stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Ambience in Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Ambience Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Master Equalizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Master Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Stereo and Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
4
The Mix Page
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Mixing Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Mixing Tracks Using the Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Vertical Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Horizontal Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
The Track Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Punch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Ambience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Assigning Tracks to Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
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Contents
Working in Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Enabling Surround Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Placing Tracks in the Surround Panorama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
5
The Edit Page
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
What Is a Part? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
What Is a Pattern? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Arranging with Latigo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
The Pattern Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Naming a Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Moving Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Setting Play Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Color Shading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Arranging in the Pattern Arranger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Using the Mouse Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Using Key Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Choosing All Parts in a Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Choosing a Whole Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Choosing a Single Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Selecting Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Special Options in the Part Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
The Part Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
6
Performing with Latigo
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Using MIDI Controller CCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Default MIDI Controller Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
MIDI Channels 2 to 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
MIDI Controllers for channels 2 to 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Using Track Mute Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Color Coding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
7
The Setup Page
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Main Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Individual Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Mute Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Sync Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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Contents
Pattern Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Time Sig. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Mix Page Vertical Axis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Knob Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Tooltips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Save As Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Default MIDI CC Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
8
The Producer and Percussionists of Latigo
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Clay Ostwald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Edwin Bonilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Olbin Burgos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
9
The Instruments in Latigo
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Agogos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Bombo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Bongos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Cabasa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Caxixi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Claves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Congas (Including Quinta) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Cowbell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Cuica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Djembe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Ganza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Guiro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Maracas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Pandeiros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Quinta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Reco Reco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Repenique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Samba Whistle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Shaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Shekere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Surdo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
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Tambora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Timbales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Guataca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Drum Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Kick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Snare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Rim or Sidestick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Sticks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Hi-Hat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Toms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
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Style Information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Contents
Index of Parameters and Values
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
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1 System Requirements & Installation
Minimum System Requirements PC
❖
Pentium® III 500 MHz or AMD7. (Pentium 4/Athlon 1 GHz or faster
recommended.)
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256 MB RAM.
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1 GB free hard disk space.
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Windows® XP.
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VST 2.0 compatible host software.
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MIDI Interface.
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DVD-ROM drive for installation.
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Internet connection for software certification.
Minimum System Requirements Mac
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Power Macintosh® G3 500 MHz. (G4 or faster recommended.)
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256 MB RAM.
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1 GB free hard disk space.
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Mac® OS X Version 10.3.2 or higher.
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VST 2.0, AU or RTAS compatible host software.
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MIDI Interface.
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DVD-ROM drive for installation.
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Internet connection for software activation.
The actual performance of virtual instruments depends on the performance of the computer you use.
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System Requirements & Installation
Installing Latigo PC
To install Latigo on a PC:
1
Power up your computer and launch Windows XP.
2
Insert the Latigo DVD into the computer’s DVD drive.
3
Open the folder ‘PC’ from the DVD and double-click Latigo Setup.exe.
Uninstalling Latigo PC
To uninstall Latigo on a PC:
1
Open the Control Panel of your windows system.
2
Double-click ‘Add or Remove Programs’.
3
Select ‘Latigo’ from the list.
4
Click ‘Remove’ and follow the instructions.
Installing Latigo Mac
To install Latigo on a Macintosh:
1
Power up your computer launching Mac OS X.
2
Insert the Latigo DVD into the computer’s DVD drive.
3
Open the folder ‘OS X’ from the DVD, then open the subfolder used by
your host application. Please check the ReadMe files for further information.
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Uninstalling Latigo Mac
Uninstalling Latigo Mac
To uninstall Latigo on a Macintosh:
1
Delete the Latigo Data folder /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/Wizoo/
Latigo Data/.
If you have installed the Latigo content somewhere else on your Macintosh and are not
sure where, use the Mac OS X Find feature ([Command][F]) and search for ‘Latigo
Data’.
2
Delete whichever Plug-ins you have installed:
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VST/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/Wizoo/Latigo.vst
❖
Audio Unit/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/Latigo.component
❖
RTAS/Library/Application Support/Digidesign/Plug-Ins/Latigo.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
Latigo box into he field labelled ‘Product Certification’.
Note: If your plug-in does not allow you to enter text, you have to uncheck the ‘Always
on top’ option. For this purpose, right-click into the menu bar of the plug-in window
(above the actual plug-in interface graphic) and uncheck this option.
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System Requirements & Installation
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.
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 …’.
If your email gets received on a computer other than your music workstation, then please transfer the attached file to your music computer and
double-click it there to complete the certification process.
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 internet-connected 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.
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