Yellow Tools INDEPENDENCE User Manual

OPERATION MANUAL

for

Independence 1.0.6

The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of yellow tools GbR. 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 yellow tools GbR. All product and company names are ™ or ® trademarks of their respective owners.

Table of Contents

Welcome

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Installation & Product Activation ............................................................................ 15

Independence system requirements ............................................................................... 15

Available Interfaces for Independence .......................................................................... 15

Installing Independence for Mac OS X ......................................................................... 16

Installing Independence for Windows XP .................................................................... 18

Yellow Tools Authorization Key ...................................................................................... 20

Yellow Tools Key Manager - Activating Independence ............................................. 21

Architecture & Operation ............................................................................................. 27

Projects, Layer Sets, Layers, Alternates, Sections & Zones .................................... 27

Zone ................................................................................................................................... 27

Section ................................................................................................................................ 27

Alternate ............................................................................................................................. 27

Layer .................................................................................................................................. 27

Layer Set ............................................................................................................................ 27

Project ................................................................................................................................ 27

General Operation .............................................................................................................. 29

Input Fields ........................................................................................................................ 29

Pull-Down Menus .............................................................................................................. 29

Buttons ............................................................................................................................... 29

User Interface & Basics ................................................................................................... 30

Project Area .......................................................................................................................... 31

Layer Set Area ...................................................................................................................... 33

Layer Area ............................................................................................................................. 34

MIDI Programs ................................................................................................................. 38

Pre-cache ........................................................................................................................... 39

Auto-Mapping-Import ....................................................................................................... 40

X-Y-Z Mapping .......................................................................................................... 41

Multi Key Mapping .................................................................................................... 41

Chromatic Mapping ...................................................................................................

Basic Settings ..................................................................................................................... 43

Read Model ........................................................................................................................ 43

Tune Model ........................................................................................................................ 44

Dynamic Range Settings ................................................................................................... 47

Polyphony Settings ............................................................................................................ 49

One Key Mapping ...................................................................................................... 42

MIDI Basics Settings ......................................................................................................... 46

MIDI Extended Settings .................................................................................................... 46

Modules ..................................................................................................................................... 50

Module Editor ...................................................................................................................... 52

Output Settings .................................................................................................................. 52

Layer internal key switch .................................................................................................. 54

Playing Direction ............................................................................................................... 55

Filters ................................................................................................................................. 55

Skip ..................................................................................................................................... 56

Volume AHDSR ................................................................................................................. 57

Flexible Modiﬁers ................................................................................................................ 60

External Sources ............................................................................................................... 63

Fix Value ..................................................................................................................... 63

Velocity ........................................................................................................................

Release Velocity ..........................................................................................................

Random ....................................................................................................................... 64

Pitchbend .................................................................................................................... 64

Modwheel .................................................................................................................... 64

Mono Aftertouch (channel pressure) ........................................................................

Poly Aftertouch (key pressure) .................................................................................

MIDI Automation ....................................................................................................... 64

Host Automation ........................................................................................................ 64

Key Position (keyboard tracking) ............................................................................. 64

Key Down .................................................................................................................... 64

Internal Sources ................................................................................................................ 65

LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) ............................................................................. 65

Free Envelope Unipolar / Bipolar .............................................................................

Step Modulator Unipolar / Bipolar .......................................................................... 69

Glide (Portamento) .................................................................................................... 70

Insert FX ..................................................................................................................... 71

Key Distance ............................................................................................................... 64

Key Up ......................................................................................................................... 64

AHDSR Envelope ....................................................................................................... 67

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Mapping (Independence only) .................................................................................... 72

Working with Zones ........................................................................................................... 77

Select and move one or multiple Zones ............................................................................ 77

Copy one or multiple Zones .............................................................................................. 79

Resize a Zone ..................................................................................................................... 79

Invisible features ............................................................................................................... 80

Mapping parameters .......................................................................................................... 80

Creating Sections in the Mapping Editor ......................................................................... 83

Edit Preferences Menu ...................................................................................................... 84

Zoom Menu ........................................................................................................................ 85

Special Menu ..................................................................................................................... 85

Audio Files Browser .......................................................................................................... 86

Audio Editor ......................................................................................................................... 88

Audio Editor Parameters ................................................................................................... 90

Working with Slices ........................................................................................................... 92

Performance (Independence only) ........................................................................... 98

Overview ................................................................................................................................ 98

Operation (example) ........................................................................................................... 99

Alternate Mode parameters ............................................................................................. 101

Advanced Legato Mode parameters .............................................................................. 104

Legato Playing Techniques

Legato Start ........................................................................................................................ 107

Legato Option .................................................................................................................... 108

Legato Target ..................................................................................................................... 109

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Mixer (Independence only) ........................................................................................... 110

Content Editor: .................................................................................................................... 111

Group Editor: ....................................................................................................................... 112

Show/Hide Editor: ............................................................................................................... 113

Channel Display: ................................................................................................................. 114

Layer Channel ................................................................................................................... 114

Group Name ............................................................................................................... 115

BUS sends ................................................................................................................... 116

Audio Out selection pull-down menu ....................................................................... 117

Volume fader and graphic level meter ..................................................................... 117

Volume chart ............................................................................................................... 117

Panorama chart .......................................................................................................... 118

Layer Channels ..........................................................................................................

Custom Channel ......................................................................................................... 119

BUS Channels ............................................................................................................. 119

Output Channels ........................................................................................................ 119

Insert Button ............................................................................................................... 115

Solo and Mute button ................................................................................................ 117

Level indicator ............................................................................................................ 117

Channel types .................................................................................................................... 118

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Preferences & Key Status .............................................................................................. 120

Preferences ............................................................................................................................ 120

Outputs ............................................................................................................................... 121

Default Root Key ............................................................................................................... 121

Use original BIT rate / Pre-convert to 32 BIT ................................................................. 121

MIDI CC defaults .............................................................................................................. 121

Sample auto ﬁnd ................................................................................................................

Program Change ............................................................................................................... 121

Surround (Independence PSE only) ................................................................................. 122

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Independence basic path ................................................................................................... 122

Current RAM overview ..................................................................................................... 122

RF-HDD (Read From Hard Disk Drive) .......................................................................... 123

Version overview ................................................................................................................ 123

Key Status .............................................................................................................................. 124

Insert Filters and Effects ................................................................................................ 125

Load, save & remove insert ﬁlters and effects ............................................................. 125

Equalizers .............................................................................................................................. 127

4 band parametric EQ ....................................................................................................... 127

6 band parametric EQ ....................................................................................................... 127

Vintage 3 band EQ ............................................................................................................ 128

Filters ...................................................................................................................................... 129

2D Filter ............................................................................................................................. 129

X-Filter ............................................................................................................................... 129

Filter Follower ................................................................................................................... 130

Low Cut Filter ................................................................................................................... 130

Multi Mode Filter .............................................................................................................. 131

Dynamics ............................................................................................................................... 132

Compressor ........................................................................................................................ 132

Limiter ................................................................................................................................ 133

Gater ................................................................................................................................... 133

Modulation ............................................................................................................................ 134

Chorus ................................................................................................................................ 134

Phaser ................................................................................................................................ 135

Vinylizer ............................................................................................................................. 136

Distortion ............................................................................................................................... 137

Time clipper .......................................................................................................................

Bit reduction ...................................................................................................................... 137

Dual band distortion .......................................................................................................... 138

Tube distortion ................................................................................................................... 138

Delay ...................................................................................................................................... 139

Delay .................................................................................................................................. 139

Filter Delay ........................................................................................................................ 140

Doubler .............................................................................................................................. 140

Echo ................................................................................................................................... 141

Helper ..................................................................................................................................... 142

Volume ............................................................................................................................... 142

Panorama ........................................................................................................................... 142

XY panorama .....................................................................................................................

Phase invert ....................................................................................................................... 143

Sample delay ...................................................................................................................... 143

Level meter ......................................................................................................................... 143

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Reverb .................................................................................................................................... 144

Reverb ................................................................................................................................ 144

Reverb TWO ...................................................................................................................... 145

Special ..................................................................................................................................... 146

Origami LE ........................................................................................................................ 146

Origami LE Positioner ...................................................................................................... 149

Credits ...................................................................................................................................... 151

License Agreements ........................................................................................................... 152

License Agreement Software ............................................................................................ 152

License Agreement Sound Library ................................................................................. 154

Index ...................................................................................................................................... 155

CHAPTER 1

Welcome

Thank you very much for purchasing INDEPENDENCE - your ultimate Sonic Workstation.

With the introduction of Independence, yellow tools once again sets new standards for sample based instruments and offers by far the fastest, most powerful and easiest way of performing, customizing, and creating authentic instruments on your computer. Enabled by the fusion of innovative Virtual Instrument technology with state-of-the-art sampler architecture, this sophisticated creativity tool meets the demands of music producers, ﬁlmcomposers, sound designers, songwriters and remixers. Enhanced by a clear user interface, the ﬂexibility of a full-modular structure, stunning effects and ﬁlters and many unique features Independence is still easy to use and offers immediate access to a fantastic and intuitive handling.

Independence comes with a vast 18 GB sound library of premium instruments. Next to a “best-of” collection of the award-winning instruments from yellow tools products Independence also contains totally new and specially optimized instruments. Additionally Independence is fully compatible with all yellow tools Modular Virtual Instruments and you can also import WAV and AIFF ﬁles (up to 32bit/192kHz). The amazing Auto-MappingImport feature lets you import your sound libraries and creates your custom mappings within just a few seconds.

Independence is the ﬁrst product that is based on yellow tools’ innovative Advanced Instrument Technology (A.I.T.). In combination with RF-HDD ultra fast streaming and the Auto-RamCleaner you will experience an unmatched performance: Unlimited layers and samples, unlimited polyphony, unlimited insert effects and ﬁlters, unlimited custom channels (internal virtual channels) and BUS channels... Independence manages all this simultaneously and automatically in the background.

So you can care about the really important things - making music!

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Independence comes with a multipage user interface that contains any controls and parameters you need for authentic instrument performances, available in clearly designed categories for an intuitive and user-friendly workﬂow.

One of the most powerful features of Independence is the MODULES EDITOR, in particular the Flexible Modiﬁers. They let you customize your sounds and instruments at will as you can connect any source with any destination. Tempo-synchronized LFOs, the use of any external MIDI controller, randomizers and ﬂexible free envelopes - Independence offers anything you need to modify your music. The ingenious structure of the modiﬁers and the perfect integration into the user interface enable a quick, easy and unmatched workﬂow.

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With Independence’s clearly arranged MAPPING EDITOR it has never been so easy to create your custom mappings in just a few seconds. The sophisticated editing options and the amazing graphical representation enable you to edit multi-velocity instruments with any kind of x-fades, fade-ins, fade-outs and individual curves for each fade. To facilitate the process of creating mappings for your sounds, Independence includes an unique Auto-Import feature: Independence recognizes the name-structure of multiple samples that belong together and offers in addition the following import options for the ﬁles: multi key mapping (for melodic instruments), one key mapping (for percussive instruments), chromatic mapping (loops and FX), and the unique yellow tools import for auto recognizing Sections and Alternates. The visual display of the audio ﬁles contains next to the waveform and the ﬁle name also all information on sample rate, bit rate, ﬁle type, length, number of frames and ﬁle size.One of the most innovative features of the Mapping Editor is the unique “Auto Groove Recognition”. In the Audio Editor you can switch to the „Slice“ mode at any time. Using the „sensitivity“ settings you can adjust the automatic groove recognition for the selected loop. Furthermore the Slice Editor allows many more ﬂexible and intuitive editing options: Zoom, ﬁxing amd moving slice markers, manual deletion and adding of slice markers and ﬁnally the frame accurate movement and adjustment of all slice markers. To get the best possible overview about your current settings and adjustments you can simply click on a slice to play back only this one, so you can always check the results of your adjustments immediately... as usual for Independence all this is possible in real-time!!! For the ﬁrst time it is now possible to slow down your audio loop in its original tune up to 60% without loss of quality!

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The PERFORMANCE MODE of Independence is the „humanizer“ for your sampled instruments. With up to 32 different variations per sample (Section) any static sounding performance is a thing of the past. The playback of the alternate steps can be at random or also assigned individually. It is the unique sample and ﬁle management architecture of Independence that allows such realistic performances that are far away from previous sample based instruments. Thus the typical “machine gun” effect deﬁnitely is a thing of the past.

To make these instruments sound even more authentically, Independence also offers an amazing Advanced Legato Mode. The legato parameters can be assigned to each Section individually to achieve an unmatched simulation of the realistic behavior of an instrument played with legato. Separate start, option and target values enable you to perfect your legato sequence on the keyboard up and down.

To achieve even more spectacular results you can combine the Advanced Legato Mode with Independence’s Tune Model. More than 50 different presets of arabic, turkish, indian, historic and many more tunes for your instruments. Furthermore you can also create your own tunes and add them to your preset list.

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The professional built-in MIXER of Independence allows you to edit, mix and ﬁnish your instrument projects completely independent from your host.

You can assign UNLIMITED BUS channels to your project. For your individual settings each Layer channel contains 5 BUS sends (selectable as pre and post). Furthermore you can add an unlimited number of „Custom“ channels (internal virtual channels) which let you customize the Sections of each Layer. Thus you can create additional virtual channels for an easier and more comfortable editing of your Layer.

Especially for the mixer it is very important to have fast access to your tracks, pure control and a best possible overview of your channels. All these features, the individual assignment of your channels in groups and the quick show/hide overview turn this Independence feature by far into the most professional and most powerful plug-in mixer.

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Installation & Product Activation

Installing Independence is very easy. The package contains 1 Software Installation CD-ROM and 3 Sound Content DVDs, a printed manual, the yellow tools authorization key (depending on the version you purchased) and the registration card with your serial number and Activation Code (Depending on the version you purchased). Please register Independence immediately at our website after you‘ve opened the package. As a registered user you get exclusive access to the yellow tools user area where you will get free software updates and many more add-ons for Independence. On the software CD-ROM you will ﬁnd the software installers for your OS. The Content DVDs 1, 2 and 3 contain the sound content of Independence. For technical reasons we could not include the sound library into the software installer.

IMPORTANT: Before you install the software from the CD-ROM please check out the yellow tools website for available updates of Independence. So you can be sure that you will install the latest version.

Depending on the version of Independence you purchased you maybe ﬁrst have to activate the software on your yellow tools authorization before you can use it. If you purchased a BOX version the yellow tools authorization key is included in delivery. If you ﬁrst have to activate the software on your yellow tools authorization key, please use the „Activation Code“ that is printed on your registration card. You can activate Independence with the yellow tools key manager software that has to get installed separately and is available on the software CD-ROM.

Independence system requirements

To use Independence 1.0.0 you need a computer with at least the following speciﬁcations:

MAC OS X: • PowerMac G4 1GHz, 512MB RAM

• MAC OS 10.4 or higher

• 18GB free hard disk space, DVD drive

• free USB port for yellow tools authorization key

• recommended: PowerMac G5 1.8 GHz, 1GB RAM

WINDOWS: • Pentium/Athlon XP 1.4GHz, 512MB RAM

• Windows XP

• 18GB free hard disc space, DVD drive

• free USB port for yellow tools authorization key

• recommended: Pentium IV/Athlon XP 3GHz, 1GB RAM

Available Interfaces for Independence

Mac OS X: VST 2.0, RTAS, AudioUnits, standalone

Windows: VST 2.0, RTAS, DXi, standalone

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Installing Independence for Mac OS X

Insert the Independence Installation CD-ROM and double-click “independence installer”.

To continue with the installation please read the information and agree to the license agreement. You can now select your destination directory for Independence - please keep in mind that also the Independence Sound Content (up to 18GB) has to get copied to the destination you select.

Select „Easy Install“ to install all components of Independence or "custom install" to install only selected components.

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The installer will create the folder „yellow tools Independence“ on your hard disk. The standalone version gets installed into this folder. All other interfaces get installed automatically.

You can now register Independence online at www.yellowtools.com. After the software installation was ﬁnished successfully please quit the application.

To install the Key Manager, open the Independence Software CD-ROM on your desktop again. Open the „Key Manager“ folder and double-click the installer application.

The installation of Independence‘s sound library can last a few minutes as you are copying several GB of sounds. The sound library comes on three DVDs. There is no installer for the sound content since you only have to copy the folders from the DVDs into the „Independence Basic Path“ folder on your hard disk. Please insert the Content DVD 1 and follow the instructions of the „readme“ ﬁle.

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Installing Independence for Windows XP

Insert the Independence Software CD-ROM and double-click the Independence Installer”.

Please read the upcoming information and agree to the license agreement to continue. You can now select your destination directory for Independence - please keep in mind that also the Independence Sound Content (up to 18GB) has to get copied to the destination you select.

Select „Typical“ to install all components of Independence or "Custom" to install only selected components.

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The installer will create the folder „yellow tools Independence“ on your hard disk. The standalone version gets installed into this folder. All other interfaces get installed automatically or you get asked if there should be more than one option. You can now choose if you want to register Independence online at www.yellowtools.com. The yellow tools Key Manager and the sound library of Independence are not part of this installer and have to get installed separately.

After the software installation was ﬁnished successfully please quit the application. You can now install the sound library and/or the Key Manager. To install the Key Manager, open the Independence Software CD-ROM on your desktop again. Open the „Key Manager“ folder and double-click the installer application.

As soon as the installation of the sound library is ﬁnished, Independence is installed on your computer with the options you selected.

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Yellow Tools Authorization Key

It is because we want to be able to offer you high-quality sound-libraries, fast and knowledgeable support, as well as continuous development of our software and sounds that we have to protect our products against illegal piracy. Because we don‘t want to overcharge the honest customer in order to make up for our losses, we have decided to implement the ﬂexible yellow tools Authorization Key. Besides functioning as a copy protection device, the Key also has the following advantages for our customers: You can save all your yellow tools authorizations on one robust Key and take all of your instruments with you to sessions, home, on the road etc. With the Yellow Tools Key Manager software you can additionally program and update the Key. This ﬂexible Key management gives the you the freedom to put certain authorizations on certain Keys, move your products between the Keys, activate new products on your Keys etc. Here is how the Yellow Tools Authorization Key works: The Authorization Key gets plugged into a free USB port on your computer. Every Key has its own serial-number and is capable of saving plenty of authorizations. The yellow tools Authorization Key is compatible with Mac OS 9, Mac OS X and Windows. As soon as a product is activated on one Key it can be used on all three platforms.The Authorization Key allows you to use the yellow tools products on as many computers as you want. All you have to do is plug-in your Key, and you can start making music!

Because you can save multiple authorizations on one Key you only need one Key for all of our products. If you already possess a Key you can keep adding new authorizations of new products from yellow tools. To give you full control over your Authorization Key we developed the Yellow Tools Key Manager. This software is available as free preference panel in your System Preferences (Mac OS X) and as standalone application (Windows XP) and enables you to exercise the following options:

• Status of the Key and updates: You get a read out of all products currently available on your Keys. Should there be an update for your Authorization Key software, you can update your Key immediately.

• Activation of additional products via entering an Activation Code: If you have purchased a new yellow tools product that includes an Activation Code, you can enter this code here and activate your new product on your Authorization Key.

• Moving of authorizations between multiple Keys: If you own multiple Authorization Keys, you can move certain authorizations to the Key of your choice. This way you have the ability to use our products with greater ﬂexibility among multiple work spaces.

• If you don‘t want to program your Key online, you can also program the Key manually.

Programming the Key online is not in any way connected to the computer where you are installing our products; the Key can be managed on any MAC OS X or WINDOWS XP computer you might have, providing it has a USB port, internet connection and you installed the Yellow Tools Key Manager.

IMPORTANT: TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR KEY! A LOST KEY WILL NOT BE REPLACED. ONLY DEFECTED KEYS WILL BE REPLACED BY YELLOW TOOLS AT NO COST.

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Yellow Tools Key Manager - Activating Independence

Depending on the version of Independence you purchased, maybe the product activation on your Authorization Key is required before you can use it. This activation can be done with the yellow tools Key Manager and is a very comfortable and simple process. The Yellow Tools Key Manager gets installed together with the Independence software installation. To start the Key Manager please open the preference pane (Mac OS X) or the standalone application (Windows XP)

IMPORTANT: WHEN YOU MAKE USE OF THE ONLINE PRODUCT ACTIVATION OR MOVEMENT, NEVER DISCONNECT YOUR AUTHORIZATION KEYS DURING THIS PROCESS. YOU WILL ALWAYS GET A CONFIRMATION MESSAGE WHEN THE PROCESS IS FINISHED!

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Key Pull-Down: Pull-down menu that includes all currently connected Yellow Tools Authorization Keys. The Key Manager always reads out the currently selected key. Any operation you may execute will always affect the selected Authorization Key.

Product Column: List of all products that are currently saved on the selected Yellow Tools Authorization Key.

Company Column: List of manufacturers of the products.

Status Column: Shows the current status of each product. At the moment there are four different status types:

• „activated“: The product is usable without any restrictions.

• „... starts left“: The product is connected with a counter. When expired the product can not be used anymore.

• „expires in ... days“: The product is connected to an expiration date. When expired the product can not be used anymore.

• „has expired“: The product has expired and can not be used anymore.

Product Activation (online connection required!): In this area you can activate additional products on the selected Authorization Key. For any activation you need an „Activation Code“. If the product you purchased ﬁrst has to get activated on your Authorization Key, you will ﬁnd this Code on your registration card. The Code is NOT the serial number of the product and contains ﬁve sections, each with six characters.

To activate a product please ﬁrst select the Authorization Key on which you want to activate the product. Now enter the Activation Code and please pay attention to the upper and lower case of the characters. Before you start the activation please make sure your Authorization Key is still connected to your computer and your computer is connected to the internet. Click the „Activate Product“ button afterwards to start the online activation. If the activation was successful the following message will show up and the product will now be listed in your „Product Column“:

Product Movement (online connection required!):

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If you have several Yellow Tools Authorization Keys you can here move your products between these Keys at will. This process is also very easy: First of all click on the product (in the product list) you want to move. Then select the destination key on which you want to move the product in the pull-down menu of the Product Movement area.

The pull-down will only include connected and valid Keys for this process. Before you start the activation please make sure your Authorization Keys are still connected to your computer and your computer is connected to the internet. Click the „Move Product“ button afterwards to start the online product movement. If the movement was successful the following message will show up:

Now the product is no longer available on the currently selected Key and thus was deleted from the Product List. Select the Destination Key from the Key Pull-Down menu and you will see that the product you moved is now available on this Key.

„Update Key“ button (online connection required!):

If there is an update for your Authorization Key available just click this button to start the online update. Before you start the online update please make sure your Authorization Key is still connected to your computer and your computer is connected to the internet. The following message will show up when the update is ﬁnished:

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Whenever a Key update is possible you ﬁrst have to pass this update before you can continue with any other online process. If the „Update Key“ option is not available your key is up to date.

„Register Product“ button (online connection required!):

This button will launch your web browser and load the yellow tools website where you can register your products.

„Options“ button: If your computer should require any custom proxy settings for the online connection of the Yellow Tools Key Manager you can enter these details in the „Options“ area. If you are not sure about the required information please contact your system- or network administrators.

The „Options“ window also contains the details of the currently installed version of the Yellow Tools Key Manager. The application number refers to the software version installed on your computer, the webservice number refers to the currently used webservice version installed on the yellow tools webservers.

„Save Key File (RTC)“ button:

If you do not want to make use of the online programing options of the Yellow Tools Key Manager you can also manage your Key manually. The ﬁrst step for this process is the read out of the Key information into a ﬁle. These ﬁles are so-called RTC ﬁles and contain the ﬁle extension *.rtc. Then you have to send this ﬁle via email to our support, we activate the product and send the ﬁle back to you.

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EXAMPLE: If you want to activate a product on your Authorization Key manually, you

have to create a RTC ﬁle of the Key on which you want to activate the product and then send this RTC ﬁle via email to the yellow tools support. Please always add the serial number and the Activation Code of the product you want to activate to your email. Only if we receive all these details we are able to activate the additional product on your Key. Our support will send an email back to you. This email contains the activated ﬁle for your Authorization Key.

To create this ﬁle please select the Key you want to read out from the Key pull-down menu and click the „Save Key File (RTC) button. The Key Manager for Mac OS X will always save RTC ﬁles directly onto your desktop. The Windows XP version will save RTC ﬁles always into your local „Key Manager“ program folder. The name of the RTC ﬁle is always the serial number of the selected Key. If the Key was read out successfully, the following message will show up - of course with a different user name (Mac OS X):

The ﬁle that was created on your desktop looks like this - the number depends on the serial number of your Authorization Key:

Send this *.rtc ﬁle together with the other required product information to „authorization@yellowtools.com.

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Please read number

for all further information about the transfer of the ﬁle you

receive from our support back to your Authorization Key.

„Load Key File (RTU)“ button:

The yellow tools support center can now activate your product using the received RTC ﬁle. Edited RTC ﬁles get saved as so-called RTU ﬁles. These ﬁles contain the updated information, in this case the product activation. In short: You send a RTC ﬁle and get back a RTU ﬁle and save it at the same location as your RTC ﬁle. The RTU ﬁle you will receive has the same name as your RTC ﬁle, only the ﬁle extension changed to *.rtu.

Save the RTU ﬁle from the email onto your desktop (Mac OS X) or into your local „Key Manager“ program folder, start the Yellow Tools Key Manager again, select the Key you‘ve created the RTC ﬁle from and click the „Load Key File (RTU) button. The following message will show up and the product was activated on your Authorization Key successfully.

„Refresh“ button:

Click this button to refresh the Key Manager if you connected/disconnected Authorization Keys during your session.

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Architecture & Operation

Projects, Layer Sets, Layers, Alternates, Sections & Zones

To give you any option for a personal customization of your instruments Independence is based on an very sophisticated architecture and ﬁle management - but still very easy and intuitively to use. Even as you can start playing Independence‘s premium instruments right out of the box without being concerned why it sounds that incredibly authentic, it is still important that you know and understand the hierarchy and structure of instruments in Independence.

Zone

The smallest but of course most basic element is the Zone. One Zone can be a sample of a multisampled instrument as well as an audio loop. Zones are shown in the Mapping Editor as single quads which you can move and edit at will. If you use Independence‘s „slicer“ in the Audio Editor you can additionally divide a Zone into several Parts (most commonly used with the auto-grooverecognition feature for loops). Parts of a Zone are marked yellow in the waveform display. If you have a multi-sampled instrument which contains several articulations for the same note you can combine several Zones that belong together into Sections.

Section

Sections are a group of Zones and thus very useful elements to edit multiple Zones simultaneously. The Independence core library uses Sections mainly to combine the different articulations, dynamics or playing styles of an instrument into groups for easier editing. Sections get created in the Mapping Editor of Independence. Simply select one or multiple Zones you want to combine to one Section and enter a new name for this Section.

Alternate

If each note of an instrument was recorded in multiple articulations you will have one Section for each articulation. For an easier and much faster editing, you can now group all these Sections to one „Alternate“. So an Alternate enables you to edit the parameters of an entire group of Sections simultaneously with simply one mouse click. Alternates are also the basic elements for Independence‘s Performance Mode. Here you create a new Alternate and then assign any of the available Sections to this Alternate to make your instruments sound incredibly real.

Layer

„Layer“ is the most important item of Independence and the basic element that contains ALL settings of an instrument, including all Module, Mapping and Performance settings. See chapter „User Interface & Basics“ on page 34 for all details about Layers.

Layer Set

Each Independence Layer Set can contain an unlimited number of Layers. Use the Layer Sets for an easier management and customization of groups of instruments that have some basic settings in common. See chapter „User Interface & Basics“ on page 33 for all details about Layer Sets.

Project

Projects contain ALL settings of the integrated Layer Sets, Layers, Alternates, Sections and Zones. See chapter „User Interface & Basics“ on page 31 for all details about Project.

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For a better understanding of Independence‘s architecture, here an example:

Your Independence Project compares well to your song. The project contains ALL instruments and sounds you want to use in this song.

Thus a reasonable layout of your Layer Sets is the subdivision into groups of instruments that belong together:

Layer Set A: Drums Layer Set B: Percussion Layer Set C: Basses Layer Set D: Guitars Layer Set E: Saxophones Layer Set D: ...

The Layers of Layer Set E (saxophones) are:

Layer 1: Alto Saxophone Layer 2: Soprano Saxophone Layer 3: Baritone Saxophone mf+f Layer 4: Tenor Saxophone classic mouthpiece Layer 5: Tenor Saxophone metal mouthpiece Layer 6: ...

Layer 3 (Baritone Saxophone mf+f) contains the following Alternates:

Alternate 1: long notes f Alternate 2: long notes mf Alternate 3: vibrato notes f Alternate 4: vibrato notes mf Alternate 5: short notes f Alternate 6: ...

Alternate 2 (long notes mf) contains the following Sections:

Section 1: long notes mf - articulation 1 Section 2: long notes mf - articulation 2 Section 3: long notes mf - articulation 3 Section 4: long notes mf - articulation 4 Section 5: long notes mf - articulation 5 Section 6: ...

Each Section contains multiple Zones (samples) of the respective articulation.

In general you do not have to group Zones into Sections or Sections into Alternates. You can also create Sections only for an easier editing. Layer 4 (Tenor Saxophone classic mouthpiece) in the example could also include Sections that are not part of any Alternate, like a single Section for noteoff samples, a single Section for FX, etc.

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Manual

General Operation

The operation of Independence is extremely intuitively and user-friendly. There are some basic control that we will explain in the following overview:

Input Fields

These are the most common operating controls of Independence. We deliberately decided not to use many different control types for the basic operation of Independence. Only the Mixer and the Insert FX contain rotary knobs and faders. All other parameters get adjusted by the input ﬁelds. There are several ways to use the input ﬁelds:

1.) With the keyboard:

Double-click on an input ﬁeld, enter a new value and press the return key to activate the new

value.

2.) With the mouse:

Click and hold the mouse button on an input ﬁeld. Keep the mouse button pressed and move upwards to increase the value or move downwards to decrease the value. Release the mouse button when you reached the desired value. The faster you move the mouse the faster the parameter value of the input ﬁeld will change.

If you use the mouse for adjusting your values, you can additionally use the following keyboard short cuts:

• For a better ﬁnetuning, press and hold the „shift“ key before you move up or down.

• To reset the input ﬁeld to its „default“ value, press and hold the „command“ key (Mac OS X) or the „ctrl“ key (Windows XP) and click on the respective input ﬁeld. As soon as you start editing the value of an input ﬁeld (whether with the keyboard or with the mouse), the area of this input ﬁeld and the value itself get displayed inversely:

Pull-Down Menus

Independence‘s „pull-down“ menus are labeled with a little triangle icon in front of the parameter name. You can click anywhere on the name or the triangle to open the pull-down menu.

Buttons

Most of the buttons of Independence are self-explanatory. Nevertheless there are some special buttons we want to mention separately:

• „content“ button:

The different Working Areas of Independence contain a „content“ button in the upper right corner. Use this button to switch the left Layer parameter area into the Content Browser display for the selected Layer. The Content Browser gives you an immediate overview and choice of all available Sections and Alternates of the selected Layer.

• „bypass“ buttons:

Many of Indepencence‘s features and parameters have additional „bypass“ buttons which enable you to deactivate your changes and settings temporarily. Thus you can better compare the effect of your new settings with the prior/original ones.

CHAPTER 4

User Interface & Basics

The user interface of Independence is divided into the basic part on the left and the different working areas on the right. The multipage structure allows you to switch between the multiple working areas immediately. For an even better overview some working areas allow an additional „Content“ view which enlarges the working area to the entire width of Independence and hides the Layer details on the left as long as activated.

1: Project Area with global volume settings, pitch settings in semitones or Hertz, sync selection and content search option. 2: Layer Set Area with custom volume settings, pitch settings in semitones or Hertz and selection between 16 Layer Sets (from A to P) 3: Layer Area with individual settings for each Layer. The position of the Layers can get changed by drag‘n‘drop. Priority option for immediate solo playback of one Layer. 4: Working Area Selection for immediate switching between the main working areas „Modules“, „Mapping“, Performance“, „Mixer“, „Preferences“ and „Key Status“. 5: Working Area that always shows the settings of the selected Layer patch.

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