1O P E RAT I O N MANUA L

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6 1IntroductiontoGeist

6 1:1IntroductiontoGeistsarchitectureandinterface6 Geistsarchitectureexplained6 Geistsinterface7 Geistinterfaceconcepts8 1:2Loadingsoundsforthefirsttime8 WorkinginAutoloadmode10 1:3Playingthepadsandrecordingapattern10 Real-timepadtriggering10 SequencingpadtriggersintoaPattern11 ApplyingSwingtotheenginespatterns11 Padmodes11 Patternsandsequencinginmoredetail12 1:4PadClassificationandSlicing12 IntroductiontoClassificationinGeist12 SlicingabreakbeatwithGeist14 1:5Moreaboutbrowsingandsavingyourwork14 DisablingAutoplayandloading-in-contextinAutoloadmode14 LoadingGURU1.5formatfilesandotherfiles14 WorkingwithAutoloadmodedisabled15 UsefulBrowserfunctions15 Sampler15 Savingyourwork16 1:6Editingsounds16 Pad/Layerselector16 Layereditorcontrols17 Padeditorcontrols17 Padandlayermanagement17 Selectingandeditingmultiplelayersandpads18 1:7MixerpagesandFX19 AutomatingFX20 1:8Patternsinmoredetail20 Retrorecord20 Transportcontrols20 Programmingandeditingpatterns20 Advancedpatternfunctions21 EditingeventswiththeMultitool22 1:9Graphs22 Graphtypemenu22 Graphinsertmenu23 Viewmode23 Drawinggraphvalues23 Recordinggraphvaluesinrealtime24 MappinggraphstoMIDICCs25 1:10ApproachingsequencingandarrangementwithGeist25 Geistasasampleplaybackmoduleordrumsampler25 AdvantagesofpatternsequencinginGeist:25 Ahybridapproach:exportingpatternsfromGeist25 Triggeringpatternsandscenesfromyourhost25 ArrangingpatternchangeswithinGeistsSongpage25 AdvantagesofarrangingpatternsintheSongpage26 1:11Performingwithpatterns26 Playmode26 Turningoffpatternsequencingonanengine27 1:12Performingwithscenes27 Creatingscenes27 Playingscenes27 ScenesandPatternPower28 1:13ArrangingpatternswithinGeistsSongpage28 Realtimerecordingandcaptureofsongevents

329 1:14UsingMIDIandhostautomationtoremotecontrolGeistparameters29 MappingGeistcontrolstoMIDICCs29 MappingGeistcontrolstohostautomationparameters29 Mappingpanel30 1:15MIDI/audioexportandMIDIoutput30 ExportingpatternsasMIDI30 Audioexport31 MIDIoutput(standaloneandVSTplugininsuitablehostsonly)31 1:16Geistsignalflowdiagram32 2Browser32 2:1Browseroverview32 2:2BrowserModes33 2:3Browsersidebar33 2:4Navigation34 2:5Files36 2:6Searchfunctions37 2:7Shortlist37 2:8AdditionalBrowsercontrols38 3Slicer38 3:1Sliceroverview39 3:2Transientslicemode40 3:3Classificationandextractioncontrols41 3:4Divideslicemode41 3:5Confirmingordiscardingaslicingsession41 3:6Usefultipsforslicing42 4Sampler42 4:1IntroductiontousingGeistsSampler42 4:2Mainsamplingcontrols44 4:3Additionalcontrolsvisiblewithatakedisplayed45 4:3TheSpitterplugin46 5Padsandlayers46 5:1Pad/Layersselector47 5:2PadEditscreen49 5:3Padcontextmenu50 5:4LayerEditoverview50 5:5Layeredit:Non-destructivesampleediting51 5:6Layeredit:Mainparameters52 5:7Layeredit:PlaymodeandChokemode52 5:8Layeredit:Envelopes53 5:9Layeredit:Timestretchcontrols53 5:10SummaryofPadlockfunctions54 6LayermixerandPadmixer54 6:1Mixeroverview54 6:2Layermixer56 6:3PadMixer57 7Engines,AuxbussesandtheMasterchannel57 7:1Engines58 7:2EngineMixer60 7:3Globalelements60 7:4Globalmixer61 8FXdevices61 8:1Distortion61 8:2Dynamics62 8:3EQ62 8:4Filters63 8:5FX64 8:6Reverb

465 9Patternsandgraphs65 9:1IntroductiontoPatterns66 9:2Patternpage67 9:3Patternpagecontrolreference68 9:4Editingtools71 9:5Graphs74 9:6Trackcontextmenu74 9:7Summaryofpatternlockfunctions75 10Scenespage75 10:1Scenespagecontrolreference77 11Songpage77 11:1WorkingwiththeSongpage77 11:2Relevanttransportcontrols78 11:3Tracksandparts79 11:4Songpagecontextmenu80 11:5Editingtools84 12Otherpanels,menus,controlsandindicators84 12:1Transportarea85 12:2Mastersectiondisplay85 12:3Learnmode&Mappingpanel86 12:4Loadmenu87 12:5Savemenu87 12.6Exportasaudio...(Savemenu)88 12:7Geistmenu88 12:8Preferences(Geistmenu)

5CreditsProgrammingPaulChana,SteveBaker,HenryLindsay-Smith,AngusHewlett,SKoTMcDonald

InterfaceDesignAngusHewlett

VideoProduction,ContentManagementRoryDow

PackagingDesignRusBrockman

WebProgrammingAndreasSchnetzler

ManualMayurMaha

QAAndrewVernon,PeterSlotwinski,RobertBantin

TechnicalSupportRyanSellers,AlexVolmer

Artistrelations&publicityClareOBrien

Distribution&ProjectAdministrationRhiannonBankston-Thomas

FXpansionUSATerryHardin,LeslieCrook

DiracTimeStretch/PitchShifttechnology(c)2005-2010TheDSPDimension/StephanM.Bernsee

SamplecontentContentfilenameacronymsshowninsquarebracketsusetheseinthesearchfunctionintheBrowser.

Goldbabyhttp://www.goldbaby.co.nz[GB]GrooveCriminalshttp://www.groovecriminals.co.uk[GC]KevinSawkahttp://kjsdrumline.com[KS]DerikWhitehttp://www.dustedwilliamsounds.com[DW]HarisCustovichttp://hariscustovic.com[HC]DomKanehttp://www.domkane.co.uk[DK]LesProductionsZvonhttp://www.lesproductionszvon.com[ZV]BHKSampleshttp://www.industrialstrengthrecords.com[BHK]

PresetsGoldbabyhttp://www.goldbaby.co.nzKickfliphttp://www.bogus-noise.co.ukDJSubjectSkiRizeStudioshttp://myspace.com/skirizestudiosSvenborg64Engdahlhttp://www.borg64.comDJGroovyhttp://www.djgroovy.com

Artistpresets7Skieshttp://www.7skies-music.comArminVanBuurenhttp://www.arminvanbuuren.comDRamirezhttp://www.dramirez.comDeanColemanhttp://www.djdeancoleman.comJasonPhatshttp://www.jasonphats.comportioncontrolhttp://www.portion-control.netSharoozhttp://www.sharooz.comShirobonhttp://www.myspace.com/shirobonmusic

www.fxpansion.com

2010FXpansionAudioUKLtd.AlltrademarksAcknowledged.MacisatrademarkofAppleComputerInc.TheBuiltforMacOSXgraphicisatrademarkofAppleComputerInc.usedunderlicense.RTASisatrademarkofDigidesign.VSTisatrademarkofSteinbergMediaTechnologyAG.WindowsXPisatrademarkofMicrosoftCorporation.Othertrademarksmentionedareheldbytheirrespectiveowners.

61 Introduction to Geist1:1 Introduction to Geists architecture and interface

Geistisanadvancedstep-sequencerandsample-baseddrummachinerealisedinsoftware.Itsintendedtobeanergonomicwaytoeffortlesslybuildgroovesandbeats.Whileitincludesanextensivesetofadvancedintegratedfeatures,itslayoutisfasterandmoreintuitivethantheprocessofaccomplishingsimilartaskswithinacomplexDAWwithtoomanyusuallyunnecessaryfeaturesandoptionsthatintrudeuponthecreativeprocess.

GeistsarchitectureexplainedThebasicelementsinGeistareasfollows:Layers: ThebasicslotsforloadingsamplesinGeist.Thereare8layersoneachpad.Pads: Thereare16padsineachengine.Eachpadcontains8layers.Patterns: Eachpatternfeatures16tracksoneforeachpadintheengine.Thereare24patternsineachengine.Engines: Thereare8enginesintotal.Eachenginefeatures16pads,and24patterns.Aswellastheaboveelements,Geistalsofeaturesthefollowingfeaturesforarrangingpatterns:Scenes: Snapshotsofthecurrentlyplayingpatternsinallengines,whichcanbeperformedtoplaythepatternson8enginesatonce.Song: Atimeline-basedarrangementwith8tracks1foreachengineforpatternreferences.

Geistsinterface

Learn TransportPads SwingPadmodecontrols

Mastergain

Pagebuttons

MenusTempo

Context-sensitiveLCDscreen

Masterpitch

Engineselector

Patternmemorykeys

Browser

Browsershow/hide

BrowserTheBrowseristhemainmethodofloadingsoundsintoGeist.TheBrowsershow/hidebuttonallowsyoutoturnofftheBrowserontheinterface.

PadsandPadmodecontrolsTheon-screenpadsrepresentthe16padsinthecurrentengine.EachpadhasacorrespondingMIDInote.

PatternmemorykeysThepatternmemorykeys,orpatternkeys,representeachofthe24patternsinthecurrentlyselectedengine.Patternsareselected/playedbyclickingorholdingdownthesekeys.EachpatternmemorykeyalsohasacorrespondingMIDInote.

EngineselectorThesebuttonsselect1ofthe8enginesforediting.ItalsocontainsMute,SoloandPatternpowerbuttonsforeachengine.

Context-sensitiveLCDscreenTheLCDisusedfordisplayingandeditingthepropertiesofeachhardwareelementsuchasthepads,patternmemoriesandlayer/pad/engine/additionalsoundengineblocks.ThecontentsoftheLCDaredictatedbytheselectedelement,andalsobythePagebuttonsatthetopoftheGeistinterface.

PagebuttonsThesebuttonscontrolwhichpageisshownontheLCDscreen.EachpagecoversdifferentaspectsofsounddesignandsequencinginGeist.

TransportThetransportcontrolsarevitalinGeisttoplaypatternsandusetheirassociatedfeatures,thetransportmustberunning.

LearnTheLearnbuttonisusedformappingGeistcontrolstoMIDIcontinuouscontrollersorhostautomationparameters.

Swing,MasterpitchandMastergainTheSwingcontrolappliesasyncopatedswing/shuffleeffecttothecurrentenginespatterns.TheMasterpitchcontroladjuststhepitch/tuningofallelementswithinGeistsimultaneouslyrelativetotheirindividualsettings,whiletheMastergaincontroladjuststhegainoftheMasterchannel.

TempoGeiststempoislockedtothehostwhenrunningitasaplugin.Inthestandaloneapplication,clickanddragtheTempocontrolup/down,ordouble-clickittotypeanewtempo.

MenusTheSavemenuisusedforsavingyourGeistprojects,kitsandotherfiles.TheLoadmenuoffersanotherwayofloadingfiles,whiletheGeistmenucontainsanumberofadditionalfunctions,includingthePreferencespanel.

7GeistinterfaceconceptsBeingaverydeepinstrument,Geistsdesignattemptstoexposeonlythemostimportantcontrolsaspermanentlyvisiblepartsoftheinterface.Mostofitseditingfunctionsareselection-dependentandshownonitsLCDarea,whilemoreadvancedfunctionsarelocatedoncontextmenus,displayedbyright-clickingonvariousareasandcontrols.

SelectingelementsforeditingOneofthemainconceptsusedinGeistsinterfaceisselectinganelementforediting.

Selectingengine2

SelectinganengineOnly1ofthe8enginescanbevisibleforeditingatonce.Theotherengines,however,arestillactiveandcanbetriggeredviaMIDIorhavepatternsrunning.Selecttheenginetoeditbyclickingoneofthe8engineselectorsunderneaththeLCD(engine1isselectedbydefault).

Selectingpad5

SelectingapadTheconceptoftheselectedpadisusedforloadingsamplesfromtheBrowserinAutoloadmode,andforeditinginthePad/LayerspageandinthePadmixer.ClickapadtoselectitandplayitslayersALT-clickapadtoselectitwithoutplayinganyaudioIfthePadselectionfollowsMIDIsettingisenabledintheGeistpreferences,incomingMIDInotesalsochangethepadselection(seesection12:8).

SelectingalayerInthePad/Layerspage,andintheLayermixer,alayermustbeselectedforeditingitssounddesignandFXparametersseesections5:1and6:2foraguidetoselectinglayers.

Selectingpattern1

SelectingapatternEachofthe8enginescontains24patterns.Selectthepatternforeditingusingeitherofthefollowingmethods:ClickthepatternmemorykeyPlaythepatternmemorykeyscorrespondingMIDInoteWhatyouwillactuallyhearwhenyouselectapatterndependsonthestateofthepatternsPlaymodesettingsforexample,GatedmoderequiresthepatternsmemorykeyoritscorrespondingMIDInotetobehelddowntobeheard.Seesection1:11formoredetailsofperformingwithpatterns.

Right-clickingontheEngineselectortodisplaytheenginecontextmenu

ContextmenusGeistincludesmanyadditionalfunctionsoncontextmenus,evokedviaaright-click(orCTRL-clickonMacwhenusingasingle-buttonmouse)ontherelevantareaoftheinterface.Thesearetypicallymorepowerfulprocessandmanagementfunctionswhichmaynotbeneededveryoftenhowever,theirfunctionalityisalwaysonlyaright-clickaway.Thevariouscontextmenusaredocumentedinfullthroughoutthismanual.Itishighlyrecommendedtotryright-clickinginvariouspartsoftheinterfaceandexperimentwiththeextrafunctionsthatbecomeavailable.

AdjustingtheMasterpitchcontrolNotethetooltipwiththeparameterscurrentvalue.

Controllingrotary/slidercontrolsinGeistControlsareadjustedbyclickingsliderorrotarycontrolsanddraggingup/downwiththemouse.Inordertoachievefinercontroloveraparameter,holddowntheSHIFTkeywhilemakingtheadjustment.Double-clickanyrotaryorslidercontroltoreturnittoitsdefaultvalue.

TooltipsTooltipsareusedforshowingparametervaluesandotherusefulinformationinGeist.Hoveroveracontroltodisplayatooltipcontaininginformationaboutthecontrolscurrentvalue.Tooltipsareshownwhileadjustingacontrol,withvaluesupdatedinrealtime.

UsingthismanualGeistisanadvancedinstrument,anditisrecommendedtoreadthismanualcarefullyinordertomakethemostofitscapabilities.Themainfunctionalityisintroducedinchapter1,withchapters2-12comprisingareferenceguidetoallthefunctionswithinthesoftware.

81:2 Loading sounds for the first timeTheBrowseristhemostimmediatemethodofloadingsoundsintoGeist.Itisusedforloadingkits,samplesandotherfiles.ThissectionincludesanintroductiontoloadingsoundsintheBrowser.Seesection1:5foranintroductiontothemoreadvancedfunctionsintheBrowser,andchapter2forafullreferenceguide.

WorkinginAutoloadmodeThissectionshowshowtousetheBrowserinAutoloadmodewiththeAutoloadbuttonenabled.Inthismode,clickafileintheBrowsertoloadittotheselectedelement.NotethatyoucanalsoloadsoundswithoutAutoloadmodeenabledseesection1:5.

Loadingakit

Viewoptions

1.ClickonGeist FactoryintheContentsectionofthebrowsersidebar. 2.Double-clickonthePresetsfolder.

3.Double-clickontheKitsfolder. 4.Double-clickonanyfolderandclickonakittoloadit,suchasDirty Old 808intheGoldbabyfolder.Thekitisloadedtothecurrentengine.Clickthepadstohearthesounds!

YoumayalsowanttodisabletheTypeandSizecolumnsusingtheViewoptionsmenu,tomakefilenameseasiertosee.

Lockingpadsandloadinganotherkit

1.Right-clickonapadandusetheLockpadfunctioninthepadcontextmenu.Lockafewotherpads.

2.ClickonanotherkitintheGoldbabyfolderfromearlier,suchas4 Dirt Hop.

3.Youllnoticethatthelockedpadsarenotaffectedonlytheunlockedpadsareloadedwithsoundsfromthenewkit.

Eachpadandpatternfeaturesitsownlockfunction,availableviaright-clickcontextmenus.Inaddition,theBrowserfeaturesbuttonstolock/unlockallpadsorallpatternsinthecurrentengine.

9ReturningtoapreviousstatewiththeUndofunctionIftheAutoloadfunctionalitycausesanundesiredchange,youcanalwaysusethemulti-stageundoandredotoreverttopreviousstates.

Replacingapadwithanewsound

1.Selectapadbyclickingit.2.ClickontheGeistFactorysectionofthecurrentfolderpaththisreturnsyoutotheGeist Factoryfolder.

4.Double-clickontheSnaresfolder. 5.Double-clickanyfolderandthenclickonasampletoloadit,suchasSN 309 20 GCintheProcessedfolder.Thesampleisloadedtotheselectedpad.

3.Double-clickontheHitsfolder.

Layeringmultiplesoundsonasinglepad

Clickthepadtohearbothsamplesplayedtogether.

1.ClickonanothersampleinthefolderwhileholdingdowntheALTkey.

Thesampleisloadedtothenextfreelayeronthepad.NotetheextraLEDonthepadthatislitwhenthe2ndlayerisloaded.

alt

Bydefault,layeredsoundsonapadareplayedtogetherwhenthepadistriggered.BychangingapadsLayerMode,itslayerscanbesettoplaydependingoninputvelocity,orbecycledinaround-robinorrandomorder.TheLayerModeselectorislocatedinthePadEditor(selectthepadinthePad/Layerspage).

LoadingapresetAGeistpresetstorestheentirecontentsofaGeistsession.Presetsareloadedbydouble-clicking,unlikeotherfiletypesusedinGeist.NotethatloadingaGeistpresetmeansthepreviouscontentsofthesessionarediscardedthiscannotbeundone.

1.ReturntotheGeist Factoryfolder,anddouble-clicktheArtist Presetsfolder. 2.Double-clickonanyfolderandthen

onapresetinsideit,suchasSeven ShadesinthePortion Controlfolder.

4.Clickthepatternkeystohearthedifferentpatternsinthepreset.

3.ClickthePlay/Stopbuttononthetransport,orstartyourhostifrunningGeistasaplugin.

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1:3 Playing the pads and recording a patternGeistisamultitimbralinstrument.Thismeansthatitrespondsonmorethan1MIDIchannel.Pleasedonotconfusethisconceptwithmultipleoutputs,whichmeansthataudiocanbeoutputfrommorethan1stereoaudiochannel(althoughGeistiscapableofthistoo).Geistcontains8engines,eachcontaining16padsand24patterns,whichareallassignedtoanindividualMIDInote.BecausetheresimplyarenotenoughMIDInotesinasingleMIDIchannel,eachofthe8enginesisassignedtoaMIDIchannelfrom1-8.TherearealsoseveralotherMIDIchannelstowhichGeistresponds:

Channels1-9:Channels1-8:Engines1-8Channel9:Currentlyselectedengine

C-1toB0Patterns1-24

C1toD#2Pads1-16

F#2NoteRptG#2NoteErase

Channel11:Scenes

C0toB3Scenes1-64

Channel16:Currentengineandscenes53-64

C-1toB0Patterns1-24

C1toD#2Pads1-16

E2toB3Scenes53to64

Channel10:Allpadsinall8engines

C-2toD#-1Engine1pads

E-1toG0Engine2pads

G#0toB1Engine3pads

C2toD#3Engine4pads

E3toG4Engine5pads

G#4toB5Engine6pads

C6toD#-7Engine7pads

E7toG8Engine8pads

Graphrecord(seesection1:9)

PadModes PadsReal-timepadtriggering

The4x4padbankrepresentsthepadsinthecurrentengine.Toplaypadsyoucaneither:playtheircorrespondingMIDInotesclicktheon-screenpadsontheGeistinterfaceItishighlyrecommendedtouseagoodMIDIcontrollertoplaythepadsplayingtheGeistinterfacepadswiththemousedoesnotprovideasgoodaresponseintermsoftimingaccuracy.Thefacilityisprovidedforquickpreviewing.

SequencingpadtriggersintoaPatternGeistallowsyoutorecordsequencesofthepadsbeingplayedthesesequencesarerecordedintoanyof24patternsineachengine.Youcanalsoprogram/editpatterneventsdirectlyontotheGeistinterface.

AnintroductiontoGeistsstep-sequencingparadigmItisimportanttorememberthatGeistisastep-sequencer.Itssequencingsystemisinherentlybasedaroundasetgrid,definedbytheStepsandStepLengthparameters.However,Geistcanalsoaccomodatedeviationsbeforeorafterstraightgriddivisions,usingShift graphvaluesforeachstep.graphsareintroducedindetaillater,butbriefly,theyprovidestep-basedautomationofvariousparametersforeachstepineachpattern.WhenusingtheShiftgraph,positivevalues(abovethecentreline)resultinthestepseventbeingplayedlate,andnegativevalues(belowthecentreline)meanitisplayedearly.Shiftgraphvaluescanbeprogrammedoreditedvisually,andtheyarealsogeneratedduringrealtimeMIDIinputrecordingofpatternevents.Bydefault,eachpatternissetto16Steps,withaStepLengthof1/16(a1/16thnote).Thesetwoparametersestablishthegridofthestep-sequencerpattern.VaryingtheseparametersinthePatternpagechangesthelengthofthecurrentpatternanditsstepresolution.

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RecordingeventstoapatternviaMIDIOnceyouhaveloadedsomesoundsontothelayersontheenginespads,proceedasfollowsinordertorecordpatterneventsinrealtime:

1.ClickonthePatternpagebuttontodisplaythePatternpage.

2.Selectthedesiredpatternintowhichtorecord.Youcanuseanewpattern,oraddeventstoanexistingpattern.

3.SettherequiredvaluesfortheStepsandStepLengthparameters.

4.ClicktheRecordbuttontoarmtherecordingfunction.

5.ClicktheMetronomebuttontohearaclickoneverybeat.

7.ClicktheRecordbuttontodisarmtherecordingfunctionandreturntoplaybackmode.

6.ClickthePlay/Stopbutton(orstartthehosttransportifusingGeistasaplugin)tostarttheGeisttransportandbeginrecording.Playthepadseventsarerecordedintothepatternaspadinputisreceived.

Click the pads or play their corresponding MIDI notes

ApplyingSwingtotheenginespatternsEachenginefeaturesindividualswing/shufflecontrolstoapplyasyncopatedtimingadjustmenttothepatternswithintheengine.ControltheamountforthecurrentenginewiththeSwingcontrolontheinterface.YoucanalsousetheEnginemixersSetupviewtoviewandedittheSwingsettingsforall8engines(seesection1:7).

PadmodesGeistfeaturesanumberofadditionalmodesforthepads,intendedforperformanceandpatternrecordingviaMIDIwhiletheGeisttransportisrunning.

SettingtheNoterepeatstepperiod

NoteeraseandRpt(Repeat)HolddowntheNoteerasefunctionandanypadwhileapatternisplayingback:iftheplaybackpositionpassesanyeventsforthepadwhiletheNoteerasebuttonisactive,theyareerased.HoldingdowntheRpt(Repeat)functionwhileplayingapadresultsinmultiplestepsbeingrecordedinsuccession.Thedrop-downmenuunderthisbuttondictateshowofteneventsarerepeated.These2functionsfeatureMIDIkeymappingsinthedefaultkeymaps.

Sampleplaybackmode

Velocityplaybackmode

Fulllevelmode

Noteerase

Noterepeat

Chromaticplaybackmode

Enginemute/solomodePadplaybackmodeIftheChromaticplaybackbuttonisenabled,thecurrentlyselectedpadisplacedonallnotes+12and-12fromtheselectedpad,atdifferentpitchesasemitoneapart.Wheneventsarerecordedforpadperformancesinthismode,thedifferentpitchesofthepadsareconvertedtoPitchgrapheventsonasinglepadtrackinthepattern.Wheninthismode,notesforpatternsandsceneswhichmayusethissetof48notesareinactive

allthenotesareusedforthechromaticallypitchedpad.WithVelocityplaybackenabled,thecurrentlyselectedpadisplacedonallpadsatdifferentvelocities.Velocitygraphinformationiscapturedwhenrecordingaperformanceinthismode.UnlikeChromaticplaybackmode,Thismodeonlyusesthe16pads,withvelocityproportionallyascendingfromthelowestvelocityonpad1.TheEngineMute/Solomodeisslightlydifferenttotheothermodes,asperformancesinthismodecannotberecorded.Withthismodeenabled,thefirst8padsmuteengines1-8,whilepads9-16soloengines1-8.Thismodeisintendedforliveperformanceonly.ClicktheSampleplaybackmodebuttontoreturntoregularpadtriggeringoperation.

FulllevelmodeWhenthisbuttonisenabled,thevelocityofallreceivednotesisforcedtothevaluesetbythecontroltotherightofthebutton.

PatternsandsequencinginmoredetailPatternsandsequencingareexploredinmoredetailstartingfromsection1:8.

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Percussionpads

Hihatpads

Snarepads

Kickpads

1:4 Pad Classification and SlicingIntroductiontoClassificationinGeist

The16padsineachengineareclassifiedinto4padrows:13-16percussion*9-12hihats5-8snares1-4kicks*InGeist,thePercussiongroupisdefinedaspercussivesoundsthatfalloutsidethekick,snareandhihatcategories.ThisclassifysystemisusedthroughoutGeistasawayofstandardizingpatternsandkitssothatelementscanquicklybeswappedoutforfast,creativebrainstormingofsoundandsequencedesign.TheclassifysystemisusedinseveralwayswithinGeist,andisawayofspeedingupcertaintasksandsituations.Itsentirelyuptoyouwhetheryouchoosetosticktotheclassifysystemornot.Anytypeofsoundcanbeloadedtoapadlayer,andGeistisnotlimitedtousingpercussivesounds.FactorysoundsAllfactorykits,loops,enginefiles,patternsandsoonhavebeencreatedusingthepadrowsystemdescribedaboveasaguideline,meaningthatitisveryeasytomixandmatchbetweenthem.

SlicingabreakbeatwithGeistGeistfeaturesaSlicerpanelwhichcanbeconsideredasanextensionoftheBrowser.ItisdisplayedwhenclickingonafilewhiletheSlicebuttonisenabledintheBrowser,anditallowsyoutonon-destructivelycutuploopsandbreakbeatsandextractthefollowing:TheaudioslicestothecurrentenginespadsTheanalysedscoreofthelooptothecurrentpatternNotethatthefactoryloopssuppliedwithGeistareinRX2formatandpre-slicedsoyoudonthavetofindtheirslicepoints.However,theSlicercanbeusedwithanyWAVorAIFFformatsamples.Alsonotethat,aswithanyslicingtool,itisusuallynecessarytoperformsomedegreeoffine-tuningtooptimizeallslicepointsforaloop.

SlicingwithAuto-loadenabled

1.InitializeGeistbyusingtheResetGeistfunctionontheGeistmenu.

3.NavigatetotheGeist Factory/Loops/Hip Hopfolder.Clickonthe080 Elecbeat 01 KSloop.

4.Clickorplaythepadstheslicesarealreadyassignedtothepads.Notetheplaybackindicatoronsliceswhentheyareplayed.

5.SincetheGeistloopsarealreadypre-slicedwiththeirslicepointslocked,theSensitivitycontrolwontaffectthemuntiltheslicepointsareunlocked.

Whenslicingyourownloops,usetheSensitivitycontroltoadjustthethresholdfordetectingtransientsintheloop.Playback

indicator

2.EnabletheSlicebuttonintheBrowser.

SlicingwithAutoloadandClassifyenabledmeansthatthefollowingoccurswithasingleclick:TheloopisslicedItsslicesareextractedtothepadsItsanalysedpatternisextractedtothecurrentpatternslotToconfirmthechanges,youcanclicktheDonebutton.Ifyouwanttotweaktheslicingfurther,theSlicerpanelcontainsanumberoffunctionstoadjustslicepointsexactlyasyourequire.YoucanalsosliceloopswithoutAutoloadenabledseesection3:3formoredetails.

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Workingwiththeslicer

Right-clicktousetheLock/Unlockslicefunctions

Moveaslicepointbyclick/draggingitleft/right

ALT-clicktodeleteaslicepoint,orusetheslicecontextmenu

Clickinthewaveformrulertoaddaslicepoint

alt

ScrollZoom

Upperpartofwaveform:clicktoaudition

Centralpartofwaveform:click/dragtozoom/scroll

Lowerpartofwaveform:click/dragslicetopadmanually

ExtractionsummaryIfanyslicehasbeenextractedtoapadlayer,itisshadedmorebrightlythanunusedslices.Hoveringthemouseoverasliceforafewmomentsdisplaysspecificinformationaboutthepadassignmenttheengine,padandlayertowhichitisassigned,aswellasitsclassifystatus.

UselayersClickingtheUselayersbuttonresultsinallslicesintheloop(uptoamaximumof128)areusedandassignedtoadditionallayersonthepads.Ifthepatternisextracted,informationaboutthelayersrequiredisalsoextractedwithit,andstoredinForcelayergraphvaluesforthepatternstracksseesection1:9.

Thesecondkickpadfeaturesahihatinsteadofakick,duetothebassenergyinthetailofthekickprecedingit.Toreclassifythesliceasahihat,right-clickonthesliceinthewaveformdisplayandclickonHihatintheslicecontextmenuthatappears.

ClassifyIntheSlicer,theclassifyfunctioncanbeusedtoassignsuitableslicestoeachpadrowinotherwords,thekick,snare,hihatandpercussionpads.Itisdesignedtoallowyoutobrowsethroughloopsorotheraudiomaterialandquicklyextractkick,snareorhihatsoundsforuseasakit,andtoextractapatternthatresemblestheoriginalloopascloselyaspossible.Geistsdetectionalgorithmmakesanintelligentattempttoclassifyslices.However,evenahumancanfinditdifficulttomakethesechoicesinsomesituations,especiallywhendealingwithheavilyprocessed,sculptedoresotericsounds.Therefore,youcanoverrideclassificationwhereneeded,stillarrivingatthedesiredendresultmorequickly.ClassificationindicatorsThesmallcolourstripsatthebottomofthewaveformdisplayprovideinformationabouttheclassifystatusofeachslice.ThecoloursusedcorrespondtotheeachpadrowslayerLEDs.ManualclassificationToreclassifyaslice,right-clickonitinthewaveformdisplayandclassifyitasKick,Snare,HihatorPercussionintheslicecontextmenu.

RecreatingloopsaccuratelySlicingwiththeclassifyfunctionnecessitatessomecompromises:notallslicesintheloopmaybeextractedthetimingandaccuracyoftheextractedpatternmaynotbepreservedintheirentiretyTheendresultisthattheextractedloopmaynotsoundexactlythesameastheoriginalaudiofile.ThisisunavoidablebecausetheClassifyfunctionisdesignedtoextractkitsfromaudiomaterialquicklywithasingleclickinmanycases.Ifyouwanttopreservetheloopasaccuratelyaspossible,youshoulddisabletheClassifybutton,additionallyenablingtheUselayersbuttonwhenworkingwithmorethan16slices.Thisdisregardsthepadclassificationsystem,insteadsendingslicestothepadssequentially.

DisablingtheClassifybuttonresultsinslicesbeingmappedtopadssequentially.ThisexampleshowstheUselayersbuttonenabledinordertoextractallslicesfromtheloop.

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1:5 More about browsing and saving your workDisablingAutoplayandloading-in-contextinAutoloadmode

1.InitializeGeistandloadanenginefileintothefirstengine,suchas086bpm Urban VinylintheGeist Factory/Presets/Engines/Rozzerfolder.Thisloadssoundsandpatternsintotheengine.

5.NavigatetotheGeist Factory/Hits/Kick/Analoguefolder,andclickonasample.Thesampleisnotpreviewed,butitisloadedtothepadandheardwhentriggeredbypatternevents.

6.NownavigatetoGeistFactory/Presets/PatternBanks/HipHopandclickononeofthepatternbanksinthefolder.Thepatternsreplacetheexisting24patternsintheengine.

2.Clickthefirstkickpadtoselectit.

3.DisabletheAutoplaybuttonatthebottomoftheBrowser.

4.StarttheGeisttransportbyclickingthePlay/Stopbutton.

NoteforGURUusersTheAutoloadsystemreplacesthepreview-in-contextsystemfromGURU1.x(theAutobuttonwithOK/Cancelconfirmation),asitisfasterformostpurposes.However,theOK/CancelbehaviourfromGURUisstillpresentwithinGeistsSlicer,whichcanbeconsideredasanextensionoftheBrowser.PreviewingsoundsbeforeloadingwithAutoplaydisabledIfAutoplayisdisabled,youcanpreviewsoundsbeforeloadingbyclickingthePreviewplaybuttonwhichappearsattherightofthefile.Anypreview(automaticormanual)canbestoppedwiththePreviewstopbutton,locatednexttotheAutoplaybutton.

LoadingGURU1.5formatfilesandotherfilesThereareanumberofotherfiletypessupportedinGeistsBrowser,suchasGURU1.5formatfileswhichcanbeimportedintoGeist.Seesection2:5foraguidetousingGURUfilesandallotherfiletypessupportedinGeist.

WorkingwithAutoloadmodedisabledIftheAutoloadbuttonisdisabled,clickingaloadableelementdoesnotresultinitbeingloadedautomaticallyinstead,youmustaddsoundsviadraganddrop.

Loadingsamples,kitsandpatternsWhiledragginganddroppingsamples,pads,kitsandpatterns/patternbanks,youcanhoveroveranyotherengineselectorbuttoninordertoswitchthecurrentlyselectedengine.Thismeansyoudonothavetoabandonthedraganddropoperationtochangethecurrentenginebeforeloadingthefile.Samples

1.DisabletheAutoloadbuttonatthebottomoftheBrowserifitisenabled.

Draganddropasampletoapadtoloadittothepad.Anyprevioussamplesonthepadareremovedfirst.

DraganddropasampletoapadwhileholdingdowntheALTkeytoloadittothenextfreelayer.

Youmaynoticethatifyouhoverthemouseoverthepadforafewmoments,thePad/layerspageisopened,allowingyoutoloadasampletoaspecificlayer.

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Kits,patternsandengines

Draganddropkitfilesontothepads.

Draganddroppatternsontothepatternmemorykeys.Dragsinglepatternstosinglekeys,orbankstoanykey.

Draganddropenginefilesontoanengineselector.

UsefulBrowserfunctionsTheBrowserfeaturesanumberoffeaturestomakeitaseasyandquickaspossibletolocatethesoundsyouneed.Seechapter2forafullguidetotheiroperation.

FavouritesItispossibletosavefavouritelocationsinordertoaccessthemquicklyinfuture.FavouritesaredisplayedintheirownsectionintheBrowsersidebar.Seesection2:3formoredetails.

SearchingTheBrowserfeaturescomprehensivesearchingfunctionsseesection2:6.

ShortlistsTheshortlistallowsyoutocreatealistofsoundsfromdisparatelocationsinordertoauditionthemtogether.Shortlistscanbesavedasanewfolder(copyingtheincludedsamplestoit)andaddedtoyourfavouritesseesection2:7.

DiablingslicingforthecontentsofafolderYoumayhavenoticedthatclickingonsampleswithintheGeistFactory/HitsfolderdoesnotresultininvokingtheSlicer,eventhoughtheSlicebuttonisenabled.ThisisbecauseGeistcontainsafeaturefordisablingslicingforthecontentsofanyfolderifafolderonlycontainssingle-hitsamples,itcanbeusefultodothis.Seesection2:5formoredetails.

SamplerGeistalsohastheabilitytosampleaudiofromexternalsources,ortoresampleitsownoutput.Whenusingthestandaloneversion,youcansampleaudiofromyouraudiointerfaceinputjustlikeinahardwaresampler.WhenusingGeistasaplugininahost,anadditionalplugincalledSpitter,includedwithGeist,isprovidedforsamplingaudiofromanyothertrackinthesessiondirectlyintoGeistsSamplerpage.YoucanevensetupmultipleinstancesoftheSpitterpluginondifferenttracks,andrecordintoGeistfromanyofthem.Seechapter4forafullguidetousingtheSampler.

SavingyourworkTosaveyourworkatanytime,usetheSavemenu.YoucansaveanumberofdifferentelementsfromGeistusingthismenu.

SavingapresetTosavetheentirestateofGeist,usetheSavepresetfunction.EnterafilenameintheOSSaveAsdialogthatappearsandpressENTER.ThedefaultsavelocationisyourGeistdocumentsfolder,accessibleusingthePlaces/GeistitemintheBrowsersidebar.

SavingotherelementsYoucansavethekit,engine,pads,pattern,orthewholebankof24patternsinthecurrentengine.Seesection12:5fordetails.

ExportingasMIDIoraudioSeesection1:15foranintroductiontoexportingMIDIandaudiofromGeist.

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1:6 Editing soundsThePad/Layerspageallowsyoutoeditnumerousparametersforalteringthesoundandplaybackcharacteristicsofeachpadlayer.Seechapter5forafullreferenceguidetothePad/Layerspage.

Pad/LayerselectorThePad/Layerspageislaidoutinaparent/childviewtheparentbeingthepadatthetop,withthe8childlayersbeneathit.ClickontheparentpadtodisplaythePadeditorcontrols,whichmostlyrelatetohowthelayersareplayedback.Clickanylayerintheselectortodisplayitseditorparameters.

Layereditorcontrols

SampleStartandEndpoints

PanandGaincontrols,Sendcontrolsforthe4Auxbusses

Waveformdisplay Outputselector,ChokemodeandPlaymodedrop-downmenus

TuneandFinetuningcontrols,Vel-Pitchcontrolshowsampletuningisaffectedbyvelocity.Predelayisusefulforlayeredsounds.

AmpenvADSR

FreeEnvADSR

AmpenvDestinationandDepthcontrolsCurrentlyselectedlayer

Parentpadselectthistoeditpadparameters.

Filterpower

Filtercontrols

PhaseReverse

Filtermode Timestretchpower

Timestretchcontrols

Mute,Solo,ClearandLockbuttonsareavailablefortheparentpadandallchildlayers.Eachelementalsofeaturesalevelmeter.

FreeenvDestinationandDepthcontrols

Zoomcontrolsandscrollbar

EnvelopesGeistsEnvs(envelopes)areadjustedintermsofabsolutetime.ThefirstEnvishard-wiredtothelayersamplitude,andcanadditionallybesetto2furtherdestinations.ThesecondEnvisaFreeenvelope,andcanalsobesetto2destinations.TheavailabledestinationsincludeFiltercutoff,Resonance,DriveandPitch.AlldestinationsfeatureaDepthsetting.

Filtercutoff,Resonance,DriveTheseclassicsounddesignparametersallowyoutoshapethesoundsinvariousways.Thefilterisswitchablebetweenanumberofdifferentmodes,NotethatthefilterisdisabledbydefaultforCPUreasonsyoumustenabletheFilterpowerbuttontoactivatethefilter.TheFiltermodedrop-downmenuselectsbetweenseveralfilterresponses.TheCutoffandResparameterscontrolthefrequencycutoffandemphasisatthecutoff.TheDrivecontrolincreasesthelevelofthesignalenteringthemodelledfiltercircuithigherlevelscausethefiltertoreactdifferently,changingthetimbrequitedrastically(inparticular,theresonanceislessapparent).Vel-Cutoffadjustshowincomingvelocityaffectsfiltering.MorefiltersareavailableasFXintheLayermixer(seesection1:7).

TimestretchTimestretchisusefulforplayingfullloopsonasinglepad,stretchedtothecurrenttempo,andalsoforgeneral-purposecreativesounddesign.Seesection5:9foraguidetothetimestretchfunctions.

OutputandSendsEachlayersOutputselectorcanbesettotheparentpad,theMasterchannel,the15sub-outputsorthe4Auxbusses.TheSend1toSend4controlsallowyoutorouteanadjustableamountofthelayersaudiotothe4globalAuxbusses(availableontheGlobalmixerpage).

ChokemodeChokingisameansofstoppingalayerssampleplayingbackbythesameoranotherlayer.Youcansetalayertobechoked(stopped)byitself,anylayeronthepadoranypadinthesamepadrow.Additionallytherearealso2assignablechokegroupsperengine,andanother2globalchokegroups.

PlaymodeGeistcanplaylayersinOneshot,GatedorLoopingmodes.Theseshouldbefairlyself-explanitory,butseechapter5forafulldescription.Thestateofthissettingalsoaffectcertainaspectsofthepatterneditor(eventsforGatedmodepadscanbeclickedanddraggedtosettheirduration).

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Padeditorcontrols

PanandGaincontrols,Sendcontrolsforthe4Auxbusses.Theseaffectalllayersroutedtotheparentpad.

TheAutobuttonarrangeslayersautomaticallywhentheLayermodeissettoVelocitysplit

TheLayermodedrop-downmenuoffersseveralwaysofplayinglayers.ThedefaultsettingisAlllayers.

Outputselector

TheVel-Ampcontroldictateshowthepadsamplitudeisaffectedbyincomingvelocity

Parentpadselectedforediting

TheVelocityspliteditorappearswhentheLayermodeissettoVelocitysplit

Therearefarfewercontrolsfortheparentpad.OverallGain,PanandSendcontrolsareavailable,aswellasanOutputselector.Thissettingdefinestheoutputforlayerswiththeiroutputsettingassignedtoparent.TheVel-Ampcontroldictateshowmuchtheamplitudeofthepadslayersisaffectedbyvelocity,bothfromMIDIinputandfromVelocitygraphvaluesinpatterns(see1:9formoredetailsongraphs).TheotherfunctioninthePadscreenistheLayermode,whichdefineshowthepadslayersareplayedwhenitistriggered.Bydefault,alllayersplaysimultaneously.YoucansetthepadtoVelocitySplitmode,whichenablestheSpliteditor(theAutobuttonarrangesthelayersinalinearsplitlayoutautomatically).LayerscanalsobesettoplayinRound-robinandRandommodes.

PadandlayermanagementRight-clickonthepadoranyofitslayersintheselectortodisplaythepad/layerselectorcontextmenu.Thiscontainsanumberofusefulmanagementfeatures,aswellastheTunelooptotempofunction,whichpitchestheselectedlayer(s)upordownsothatitfitsthecurrenttempo.Seesection5:1forfurtherdetailsofthiscontextmenu.

alt

alt

shift

+Windows

Mac

cmd

ctrl

SelectingandeditingmultiplelayersandpadsMultipleselectionoflayersInthePad/Layerspage,itispossibletoselectmultiplelayersinordertoedittheirparameterssimultaneously:SHIFT-clicktocreateacontiguousselectionbetween2layersCMD-click(Mac)orCTRL-click(Windows)toaddalayertotheselection

MultipleeditshortcutsThePad/Layerspageallowsyoutoeditmultiplepadsandlayersusingkeyboardmodifiers.EditingmultiplepadsHolddownthePadsbutton(theALTkey)toeditthesameparameteracrossallpadsintheengine.HolddowntheRowbutton(ALT+SHIFT)toeditthesameparameterinallotherpadsinthesamerow.Youcanusethesemodifiersinconjunctionwithamultiplelayerselection.EditingalllayersHolddowntheLayersbutton(CMDkeyonMacorCTRLkeyonWindows)toeditthesameparameteracrossalllayersofthecurrentpad.

InterfaceButtons KeyModifiers FunctionLayers CMD/CTRL AlllayersonthecurrentpadPads ALT SelectedLayer(s)onallPadsintheenginePads+Layers ALT+CMD/CTRL AllLayersonallPadsintheengineRow ALT+SHIFT SelectedLayer(s)onallPadsofthesame

rowintheengineRow+Layers

ALT+SHIFT+CMD/CTRL

AllLayersonallPadsofthesamerowintheengine

ThisfunctioncanbeusedinconjunctionwiththePadsbutton(ALT)ortheRowbutton(ALT+SHIFT)toperformtheoperationonalllayersofallpadsintheengineorofallpadsinthesamerow.

NotethatonlyoneofthePadsorRoweditmodescanbeactiveatanyonetime.NotethattheRowfunctionusestheSHIFTkey,andoverridesthenormalfunctionoftheSHIFTkey(finecontroloverparameters).Ifyourequirefinecontrolwhenadjustingaparameteronallpadsofthesamecategory,youmustclicktheRowbuttonontheinterfacetoenablethemode,(ratherthanusethekeyboardshortcut).

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1:7 Mixer pages and FXAllFXblocksinGeistareaccessedviaMixerpagesforthecurrentlyselectedLayer,PadandEngine.ThereisadditionallyaGlobalmixerpagefortheMasterchannelandtheAuxbusses.EachMixerpageshows6FXslotsfortheselectedelement,andarowofchannelsrepresentingeachselectableelement.Thechannelsfeaturebasicmixingcontrols,aswellassomeadditionalfunctions.LayerMixer

FXview/flowcontrol

ClicktheDevicepickertochoosethedesiredeffectfortheslot

Mute,Solo,PanandGaincontrolsareavailableintheMixcontrolsforeachlayer.ThereisalsoalevelmeterandOutputselector.

VisibleFXslots

Multipleeditshortcuts

InsertingaVari-EQFXdeviceinthe2ndslotoflayer1intheLayermixer.

TheMixcontrolsarecurrentlyshown.ClickonSendtodisplaytheSendcontrols.

ChainpickerChainnext/previouspreset

Chainmix

Chainpower

ItisimportanttobeawarethatwhenusingFXonlayers,eachoftheFXprocessesaudioinrealtimeeverytimethepadistriggered.ThiscanstarttousealotofCPUwhenaddingmultipleFXtomultiplelayersofthesamepad.Ifatallpossible,applyFXtotheentirepad,unlessyouspecificallywanttoaffectonlycertainlayerswithcertainFXwhenperformingdetailedsounddesign.

PadMixer

OneofthemainadvantagesofaddingFXtotheentirepadisthattheFXdevicesbecomeavailableinGeistsgraphstep-basedautomationsystem(seesection1:9formoredetailsongraphs).Asmentioned,itcanalsobemoreCPU-friendlytouseFXontheentirepadratherthanmultipleindividuallayers.

EngineMixer

EngineFXareforoverallprocessesforallpadsintheengine,especiallythoseyoudonotneedtoautomatewithgraphs.NotethatyoucanstillautomateanyFXdeviceinGeistfromyourhostbysendingupto32hostautomationparameters,oranyavailableMIDICC(seesection1:14).

GlobalMixer

TheMasterchannelisthedefaultoutputroutingforallchannelsinGeist,unlessyouspecificallyspecifyasub-outputinanychannelsOutputselector.GeistsAuxbussesareusefulforparallelprocessingandclassicsendeffectssuchasreverbsandparallelcompressionformultiplechannels.Ifyouresub-mixingyourpartsentirelywithinGeist,theMasterchannelisagoodplacetoputaBuscompressoroverthewholemix.

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UsingtheMixerpages

UsingtheFXview/flowcontroltore-orderFXslots.

ToapplyanFXdevicetoachannelinaMixerpage,selectthechannelbyclickingonit.Theremaybeotherwaysofselectingthechannel,suchasbyclickingoneofthe16padsifyoureusingthePadmixer.4oftheavailable6FXslotsareshownsimultaneously.ClickinthedesiredareaoftheFXview/flowcontroltojumptothatareainthedisplay.Changetheorderofthe6FXslotsbyclickinganddraggingFXdevicesleft/rightintheFXview/flowcontrol.

Mixcontrol

OutputLevelcontrol

UsetheDevicepickertochooseanFXdevicefortheslotFXPresetpicker

Next/Prevpreset

FXpowerFXcontrolsThecontrolsfortheFXthemselvesarefairlyself-explanatoryseechapter8foraguidetoindividualFXdevicescontrols.ThereareseveralcommoncontrolsforallFX:TheMixcontrolexistsonallFXslots,andletsyoucreateawet/drymixforanyoftheprocessors.ThereisalsoaMixcontrolforthewholeFXchain,whichletsyousetthewet/drymixoftheentireFXchainvs.theoriginalsignal.InadditiontotheMixcontrol,eachFXslotfeaturesanoutputLevelcontrol,whichisusefulforattenuatingorboostingasignalaftercertainFXsettings.

UsingtheChainpickertoselectapresetfortheentireFXchain.

NotethateachFXdevicefeaturesaPresetpickerwhichallowsyoutosaveandloadFXdevicesettings.TheFXchainpickerprovidestheabilitytosaveandloadpresetsfortheentirechainof6FXslots.

OtherMixercontrolsEachmixeralsodisplaysimportantmixparametersforeachofthecontainedelementswhicharearrangedaschannelsfromlefttoright.YoucanselectmultiplechannelsorusetheLayers/Row/Padsmodifiersinordertoadjustmixparametersformultipleelementssimultaneously.NotethatitisnotpossibletousethismethodtoinsertoradjustFXonmultipleelementssimultaneously.Sendsview(Layer/Pad/Enginemixers)ClickingtheSendsbuttonattheleftoftheLayer/Pad/EnginemixersdisplaystheSendcontrolsforeachmixerchannelinsteadofitsusualMixcontrols.TheS1toS4controlsallowyoutorouteavariableamountofthechannelssignaltoanyofthe4Auxbusses.

WhenSendsviewisactive,Send1-4controlsforthe4AuxbussesareshownwiththeMute,SoloandOutputselector.

TheAuxbussesarelocatedintheGlobalmixerpageseesection7:4formoredetailsonAuxbusses,includingthewaythePre/Postcontrolswork.NotethatitisalsopossibletorouteatheentireoutputofchannelstoanAuxbus,usingtheOutputselectors(shownatthebottomoftheMixviewclicktheMixbuttontotheleftofthemixerpagetoreturntoviewingtheMixcontrols).Setupview(Enginemixer)TheEnginemixersSetupviewoffersanumberofcontrolswhichrelatetotheenginespatternplaybackbehaviour.ClicktheSetupbuttonattheleftoftheEnginemixerinordertodisplaytheSetupviewcontrols.

TheEnginemixerSetupviewshowsSwing,PitchandTempomodifiercontrolsfortheengine,withMuteandSolobuttons.

TheSwingcontrolsallowanoverviewoftheSwingsettingsforall8engines.TheseSwingcontrolsarealsoavailableonthemaininterfaceforthecurrentlyselectedengine.ThePitchcontroladjuststhepitchoftheentireenginessounds,relativetotheirindividualPad/LayerTunesettings.Meanwhile,theTempomodifiermultipliestheplaybackspeedoftheenginespatternsbyaratio,whichcanbeafraction(toslowdownthetempoofthepatterns)oravaluegreaterthan1(toincreasethetempo).

AutomatingFXPadFXcanbeautomatedwithGeistsgraphstep-basedautomationsystem,foundinthePatternpageseesection1:9.YoucanalsoautomateanyotherFXdeviceparameterusinghostautomationorMIDICCcontrol,eitherliveusinghardwarecontrols,orfromtracksinyourhostwhenrunningGeistasapluginseesection1:14.

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1:8 Patterns in more detailPatternrecordingisintroducedinsection1:3.Geistalsoallowsyoutorecordpatterneventsretrospectively,whileyoucanalsoprogramandediteventsdirectlywiththemouse.

RetrorecordYoumayfindthatyouperformbetterwhenyourenotinrecord.GeistsRetrorecordfunctionallowsyoutoretrospectivelycaptureeventstriggeredbyMIDIinputduringplayback,sothatifyouplaysomethingyoulike,youdontneedtorecreateitagainwithRecordenabledonthetransport.

1.SelectapatternandsettherequiredStepsandStepLengthvaluesinthePatternpage.Youcanuseaneworexistingpattern,dependingonyourrequirements.Youdonothavetoselectapatternatthistime,butbeawarethatthepositionofanycapturedeventsisalwaysbasedonthepatternplayingbackwhiletheeventswereplayed.

2.ClickPlay/Stoptostartthetransport.Alternatively,startthehosttransportwhenusingtheplugin.

3.ClicktheMetronomebuttonifyouneedtohearaclick.

5.ClicktheRetrorecordbuttontocapturetheperformance.Eventsfromthelastnon-emptypatterncycleareused.

4.PlaythepadsontheinterfaceorviatheircorrespondingMIDInotes.

TransportcontrolsThetransportisvitaltousingpatternsinGeist.

Play/StopbuttoninPlaymode.Thetransportmustbestartedto

hearpatterns! Record

WiththeSongmodebuttonenabled,youcannotrecordeventsintopatterns.ThecurrentpatternchangesifthepatternchangesintheSongpage.

Therefore,wheneditingandrecordingpatterns,turnofftheSongmodebutton.

Metronome

Inputquantize

Metronomelevel

Retrorecord Panic

ProgrammingandeditingpatternsGeistseditingfunctionsarecoveredinfullinchapter9.TheguidetotheMultitoolonthenextpageshowswhatispossiblewheneditingpatternsinGeist.

OtherusefulpatternpagefunctionsTheQuantizebuttonallowsyoutoquantizetheentirepatterntothegrid(anyShiftgraphvaluesareremoved).Ifaselectionofeventsexist,theprocessisappliedonlytotheselection.ThisbuttonisdistinctfromtheInputquantizebuttononthetransport,whichautomaticallyquantizeseventsduringrecording.TheDuplicatefunctiondoublestheentirepatternorthecurrentselectionanidenticalcopyisinsertedafteritsend.Remixmodeisaspecialeditingmodewhich,whenenabled,allowsonly1padtoplayinanysinglestep.Itisintendedasaquickwaytorearrangeorremixaslicedloop.

Swappingandcopyingpatterns

Clickanddragapatternkeyontoanothertoswapthe2patterns ClickanddragapatternkeyontoanotherwhileholdingdownALTtocopythepatternontothedestinationpatternkey.

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AdvancedpatternfunctionsTempomodifierEachenginefeaturesaTempomodifierfunction,whichappliestotheentirepatternoutputfromtheengine.Itappliesaratiothatmultipliesordividesthespeedatwhichpatternsplayback.Itcanbeaninstantroutetocomplexpolyphonicexperimentation.ThisfunctionislocatedintheEnginemixersSetupviewseesection7:2.

ConverttimingThisfunctionallowsyoutochangetheresolutionofapatternwithoutchangingthepositionofeventsinthepattern.Itcanbeusefulifyouwanttochangetoworkingintripletstepsratherthan16ths,forexample.Thisfunctionisavailableonthepatternkeycontextmenu,displayedbyright-clickingonapatternmemorykeyseesection9:1formoredetails.

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EditingeventswiththeMultitool

Using Insert patterns

Clicktoaddanevent. alt

Right-clickwhileholdingdownALTonaselection,anevent,oranemptyarea

toshowthetrackcontextmenu.

1.Clickanddragrighttoinsertaseriesofevents.

Creating velocity fade-ins and fade-outs

Clickanddragrighttoinsertaseriesofevents,thendragdownwhile

holdingdownALTtocreateavelocityfade-out.

alt

Clickanddragrighttoinsertaseriesofevents,thendragupwhileholdingdownALTtocreateavelocityfade-in.

alt

Moving / Copying a selection

Selectsomeevents.

Moving a selection

Copying a selection

Clickanddragtheselectiontomoveit.AnyGraphdatathatexistsonselectedstepsismovedwiththeevents.

ClickanddragtheselectionwhileholdingdownALTtocopyit.AnyGraphdatathatexistsonselectedstepsiscopiedwiththe

events.

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2.CyclethroughavailableInsertpatternsbyrepeatedlyright-clicking,withoutreleasingtheleftmousebutton.

Gated / Looping mode pads

ClickanddragrighttocreateaGated/Loopingmodeeventwithaduration

greaterthan1step.

ClickanddragtheendofanexistingGated/Loopingmodeeventleft/right

tochangeitsduration.

Adding an event

Clickanddragrighttoaddaseriesofeventsonadjacentsteps.

Clickanddragrighttoaddaseriesofevents,thendragdown/uptoadjust

thevelocityofalltheevents.

Adding a series of events

Displaying the track context menu

Clickanddragup/downonaneventtoadjustitsvelocity.

Setting event velocity

Right-clickanexistingeventtoeraseit. Theseactionscanbeswapped

viaapref(see12:8).

Erasing an event

shift

shift

Selecting and deselecting events

SHIFT-clickaneventtoselectit.Anypreviouslyselectedeventsarede-

selected.

ClickaneventwhileholdingSHIFTandCMD(Mac)orCTRL(Windows)toaddittotheselection.Clicking

theeventagainwiththesekeyboardmodifiershelddownde-selectsit.

SHIFT-clickanddragfromanemptyareatodrawaselectionbox,whichis

addedtoanyexistingselection.

SHIFT-clickanemptyareatode-selectanyselectedevents.

shift

shift

+WindowsMac

cmd ctrl

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Showgraphsbuttons

Graphinsertmenu

Graphtypemenu

1:9 GraphsClickingthesmalltriangulararrowtotheleftofeachpatterntrackdisplaysitsgraphautomationcontrols.Graphsareautomationsequenceswhichsendavaluetoaparameterat the onset of each step.Theyarenotcontinuousautomationcurves,andshouldnotbeconsideredinthisway.Graphsarediscussedinmoredetailinsection9:5.graphsofferalotofpotentialforsounddesignandmovementforyourpatterns.TheyarealsocrucialinseveralaspectsofsequencinginGeist.

ShiftgraphThisgraphrepresentstimingdeviationsawayfromstraightsteptimingbyplacingpadeventsonpatterntracksatvariabledistancesbeforeorafteractualsteponsets.Positivevalues(abovethecentreline)resultinthestepseventbeingplayedlate,andnegativevalues(belowthecentreline)meanitisplayedearly.Shiftgraphvaluescanbeprogrammedoreditedvisually,andtheyarealsogeneratedduringrealtimeMIDIinputrecordingofpatternevents.

CoarseandFinePitchgraphsThesegraphsrepresentchangesintheoverallpitchofpadsoverthecourseofthepattern.Pitchgraphvaluescanbeprogrammedoreditedvisually,andtheyarealsogeneratedduringrealtimeMIDIinputrecordingofpatternevents,whenusingChromaticplaybackmodeforthepads(seesection1:3).

ForceLayersgraphThisgraphisproducedbytheUselayersfunctionintheSlicerpanelwhenextractingthepatternalongsidetheslicesfromaloop.Ithas8steps,witheachvalueforcingthecorrespondinglayer(1-8)tobeplayedonthatstep.

GraphtypemenuUsethisdrop-downmenutoselectthegraphtypetoview/edit.Anygraphcontaininganyeventsishighlightedinthemenulisting.Hereisasummaryoftheavailablegraphs:

Velocity,Pan PadvelocityandpanRepeats NumberofeventrepeatswithinasinglestepusefulforglitchyeffectsShift DeviationfromhardbeatdivisionsReverse ReversesalllayersonthepadforthestepCoarse/FinePitch CoarseandFinepitchforallpadlayersStartPoint ChangesthestartpointofsamplesonpadlayersFilterCutoff,Res FiltercutoffandresonanceforthestepFilterType FiltertypeforthestepForceLayer ForcesGeisttoplayonlyacertainlayer(1-8)forthestepSend1-4 SendlevelsforAuxsends1-4AmpEnvDepth1/2 DepthforAmpEnvdestinations1and2FreeEnvDepth1/2 DepthforFreeEnvdestinations1and2PadFX1-6... Allparametersforall6PadFX(notLayerFXoranyothertypeofFX!)areavailable.

GraphinsertmenuTheInsertdrop-downmenuprovidesanumberofusefulgraphautomationshapestoinsertontothelane.Notethatusingashapefromthismenuresultsinoverwritingallexistingvaluesinthegraphlane.

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Viewmode

ChangingtoMultigraphview

ViewmodeThefollowing2buttonsactasradiobuttonsonly1ofthemcanbeactiveatatime.

MultitrackviewWhenthisbuttonisenabled,all16padtracksarevisiblesimultaneouslyinthePatternpage.

MultigraphviewWiththisbuttonenabled,thecurrentlyselectedpadstrackisshownalongwith4graphlanes,whichcanbesettoshowanyofthepadsgraphs.

Drawinggraphvalues

alt

ClickanddragwhileholdingdowntheALTkeytodrawlinesofgraphvalues.

Clickanddragup/downtoadjustavalue.

HolddowntheSHIFTkeyforfinecontrol.

Clickanddragacrossthegraphlanetopaintvalues.Youcanalsosimplyclickvaluesinsinglesteps.

Right-clickonthegraphlanetodeleteastepsvalue.

RecordinggraphvaluesinrealtimeGraphvaluescanberecordedasaperformanceineitherof2ways:

UsingtheGraphrecordcontrolTheGraphrecordcontrolprovidesaninputsourceforrecordinggraphvaluesinrealtime.Thevariableoutputfromthiscontrolissampledandheldontheonsetofeachstep,withthevaluebeingrecordedinthecurrentlyselectedpadsgraphlane.ThecontrolcanbeassignedtoaMIDICCtofacilitatehands-onperformance.

1.Selectthedesiredtrackbyclickingthetrackname.Makesurethedesiredgraphisdisplayed.

3.Clickanddragup/downontheGraphrecordcontrol.

ThevalueoftheGraphrecordcontrolisrecordedastheplaypositionpasseseachstepinthepattern.ClicktheRecordbuttonagaintostoprecording.

2.ClicktheRecordbuttontorecord-armthetransport.

NotethatiftheViewmodeinthePatternpageiscurrentlysettoMultigraphview,theGraphrecordcontroloperatesonthefirstofthe4graphsshown.Therefore,setthefirstgraphlanetothedesiredgraphtypebeforeproceeding.

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UsingaMIDICCEachgraphcanbeassignedtoaMIDIcontinuouscontroller(CC),andgrapheventscanberecordedbyadjustingtheCCwhiletheGeisttransportisinrecordmodeseebelow.Notethatusingthismethod,itisnotnecessarytoselectthetrack(step1above),ortoensurethattherequiredgraphisthefirstshowninMultigraphview.

MappinggraphstoMIDICCsEachindividualgraph(eachgraphtypeoneachpadtrackoneachengine)canbemappedtoaMIDIcontinuouscontrol(CC)orhostautomationparameter,usingGeistsLearnfunction.TheprocessofusingtheLearnbuttontomapCCs/hostparametersisdescribedinsections1:14.WhenLearnmodeisactivatedbyclickingtheLearnbutton,aclickableLearnbuttonisshownoneachgraph,whichisusedtoassignthegraphtotheCCorhostautomationparameter.

ThereareseveralsituationswhenitisusefultomapgraphstoCCsorhostautomationparameters:RecordinggrapheventsinrealtimeThisisachievedinasimilarwaytousingtheGraphrecordcontrol(seeabove),exceptthatspecificMIDICCsareusedtorecorddataforspecificgraphs.Mappedgraphsdonotneedtobeselectedtoberecordedintopatterns.

ExportinggraphdatawithapatternAslongasyouassignanygraphsusedinapatterntoMIDICCs,thegraphdataiswrittenasMIDICCvalueswhenthepatternisexported.Therefore,theexportedpatternsoundsthesamewhenplayedbackthroughGeist.IfyouattempttoexportapatternwhichcontainsgraphdatanotcurrentlyassignedtoaMIDICC,GeistautomaticallyassignsMIDICCstoanygraphsthatcontainevents,andvaluesareexportedasMIDICCdatawiththepattern.Ifyoudonotwantthisautomaticbehaviourtooccur,youcandisableitintheGeistpreferences(seesection12:8).

TransmittinggraphdatafromGeistsMIDIoutputGraphswhichareassignedtoMIDICCsaresentasMIDICCdataaongwithpatterneventsfromGeistsMIDIoutput(seesection1:15).

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1:10 Approaching sequencing and arrangement with GeistGeistsarchitectureisdeepenoughtoaccomodatemanydifferentwaysofworking.Nosinglewayisbetterthananotheritspurelydowntothepersonalpreferenceoftheuser.

GeistasasampleplaybackmoduleordrumsamplerIfyouprefertouseyourhostsMIDIsequencingfeaturestotriggerGeistsPadsfromhostMIDItracks,youcandisregardthePatternsequencingfunctionsentirely.Instead,triggertheGeistinstrumentwithseparatehostsequencertracksforeachEngine,usingtherelevantnotesforeachPad.UsingGeistinthiswayallowsyoutosequenceGeistusingasequencerspianorollratherthanGeistsstep-sequencerparadigm.YoucanstilltakeadvantageofGeistssounddesign,FXandsamplemanagement/browsingfunctions.

AdvantagesofpatternsequencinginGeist:Geistfeaturesaslickstep-sequencingenvironmentwhichcanbefasterandmorefunforcreatingdrumpatternsthanthesometimescumbersomeandfiddlyMIDIeditorsinsomehosts

Geistssequenceroffersadvancedfeatureslikeretrorecordingandunlimitedundo,whichmaynotexistinyourhostGeistfeaturesstep-basedparameterautomationgraphstheseallowyoutoefficientlyaddvariation,movementandmuchmoretoyourparts

Ahybridapproach:exportingpatternsfromGeistYoumaywanttocomposepatternsinGeist,butthenexportthemtoMIDItracksinyourhosttouseitsarrangementanddetailededitingfeatures.Geistallowsyoutodrag+dropanypatterntoaMIDItrackinyourhost,byclickinganddragginganypatternkeyontheinterface(seesection1:15).ThiscanbeveryusefulevenwhennotusingGeistforpatternsequencingforexample,whenextractingpatternsfromslicedloops.

PatternpowerTostoppatternsplayingwithinGeistatthesametimeasbeingtriggeredbyexportedMIDI,makesureyoudisablethePatternpowerbuttonfortherelevantengine(s).Seesection1:14formoredetailsonexportingMIDIandaudiofromGeist.

TriggeringpatternsandscenesfromyourhostAnotherwayofworkingistoprogramorrecordpatternsinGeist,andtriggereitherindividualenginepatternsfromMIDItracksinyourhost.AllpatternsareassignedtoMIDInoteswithintheirenginesMIDIchannel.Scenes,ontheotherhand,canbeusedtotriggerpatternsinall8engineusingonlyasingleMIDIinputchannel(eitherchannel11or16).UsingGeistinthiswayeffectivelyusesyoursequencinghostasthesongsequencerwhiletakingadvantageofGeistsquickpatternrecording/editingworkflow.

ScenesItcanbecumbersometotriggerandkeeptrackofthepatternson8differentengines,whichiswhyGeistfeaturesScenes.Scenesaresnapshotsthatrepresentthepatternstateofall8engines.ThesescenesnapshotscanbetriggeredwithMIDInotesinthesamewayasindividualpatterns.Effectively,Scenesallowyoutostorewhatyourehearingintermsofthepatternsonallactiveengines.Therefore,youcanuseMIDInotestotriggerscenesfromMIDItracksinyourhost.YoucanrecordtheMIDInotesusedtojamasceneperformancetoahostMIDItrack,orsimplyprogramthenotesinyourhostsMIDIeditor.

ArrangingpatternchangeswithinGeistsSongpageGeistsSongpageletsyouarrangepatternsasblocksonalineartimeline.PatternscanberecordedintotheSongtimelineinreal-time(youcanuseScenetriggerstotriggerpatternsonmultipleengines),oryoucanusetheRetroRecordfunctiontocaptureapattern/sceneperformanceafterthefact.Workinginthiswaycanhavethefollowingadvantages:

AdvantagesofarrangingpatternsintheSongpageYoucaneasilytrydifferentrhythmbedswithinthesamehostprojectbyloadingdifferentGeistprojectsintothepluginYoucancomposebeatsandsample-basedpiecesintheGeiststandaloneversion(withouthavingtodealwithacomplex,resource-hungryhostapplication)perhapsonalaptopthenlaunchtheprojectwithinahost/pluginenvironmentfordetailedwork

Ifyoudonotrequirethekindsoffeaturesfoundinfully-fledgedsequencerhosts,itisperfectlypossibletocreateentiresample-basedmusicalpieceswiththestandaloneversionofGeistandnothingelsethebuilt-inaudioexportfunctionsallowyoutomixdownentiresongsorindividualpatternstofinishedstereofiles.

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1:11 Performing with patterns

1.InitializeGeistandloadanenginefileintothefirstengine,suchas086bpm Urban VinylintheGeist Factory/Presets/Engines/Rozzerfolder.

2.Clickonthepatternkeystoplaytheavailablepatternsintheengine.EachpatternkeycanalsobetriggeredbyitscorrespondingMIDInote(seesection1:3).

keydown

keyup

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indicatesstartpointofpattern(step1)Playmode

Eachpatternfeatures2playmodeswhichdictatecertainaspectsofhowitisplayedback:Restartmodeand/orGatedmode(bothmodescanbeactiveatthesametime).

GatedandRestartmodesbothdisabledThepatternisstartedbyplayingthekeyandreleasingit.Itstartsinphasewiththeplayingposition,andloopsindefinitelyuntilanotherpatternisselected/played.

keydown

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GatedModeenabled,RestartModedisabledThepatternisstartedbyholdingthekeydown.Itstartsinphasewiththeplayingposition,andplaysuntilthekeyisreleased.

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GatedModedisabled,RestartModeenabledThepatternisstartedbyplayingthekeyandreleasingit.Thepatternalwaysplaysfromitsstart,andcanplayofphasewiththeplayingposition.Itloopsindefinitelyuntilanotherpatternisselected/played.

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GatedandRestartmodesbothenabledThepatternisstartedbyholdingthekeydown.Thepatternalwaysplaysfromitsstart,andcanplayoutofphasewiththeplayingposition.Itplaysuntilthekeyisreleased.

TurningoffpatternsequencingonanengineIfyouwantanenginespatternstobeinactive,youcanturnoffthePatternpowerbuttonfortheengine.Thereareseveralsituationswhenyoumaywanttodothis:Ifyouresequencingtheenginessounds,orentirelysequencingGeist,fromMIDItracksinyourhost

IfyouvejustexportedoneormorepatternsfromtheenginetoahostMIDItrackPatternpowerisveryimportantinthecontextofscenesinGeistifyouhavebeenswitchingbetweenscenes,thePatternpowerofoneormoreenginesmaybedisabled.Seethenextsectionformoredetails.

Whenanenginespatternpowerisdisabled,itsengineselectorbuttonishighlightedinred.

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1:12 Performing with scenesItcanbeimpracticaltokeeptrackofandchangebetweenthepatternson8differentengines,andforthisreasonGeistfeaturestheScenespage.Senesaresnapshotsthatrepresentthepatternstateofall8engines.ThesescenesnapshotscanbetriggeredwithMIDInotesinthesamewayasindividualpatterns.Effectively,scenesallowyoutostorewhatyourehearingintermsofthepatternsonallactiveengines,andrecallthisstatewithasingleaction.Seechapter10formoredetailsabouttheScenespage.

Creatingscenes

1.InitializeGeistandloadanenginefileintothefirstengine,suchas086bpm Urban VinylintheGeist Factory/Presets/Engines/Rozzerfolder.

4.Switchtoengine1andselectpattern5.

5.Nowswitchtoengine2andselectpattern10.

2.Selectengine2asthecurrentengine.

3.Loadanenginefileintoengine2,suchas808 Old SchoolintheGeist Factory/Presets/Engines/Rozzerfolder.

6.SwitchtotheScenespage.

6.ClicktheSnapshotscenebuttononthefirstsceneslot(noteC-2).

10.Startthetransportifyouhavenotalreadydoneso!

11.ClicktheSnapshotscenebuttononthesecondsceneslot(noteC#-2).

8.Nowswitchtoengine1andselectpattern6.

9.Switchtoengine2andselectpattern1.

Clickthemainareaofeachsceneinordertoplayit.YoucanalsoplaytheircorrespondingMIDInotes.

ClickorholdtoplayClicktoselect

PlayingscenesLikepatterns,scenescaneitherbeclickedon-screen(intheScenespage),orbycorrespondingMIDInotesontheappropriateMIDIchannel(seesection1:3forasummaryofMIDIchannelsusedinGeist).Notethatscenessimplyreferencethenumberedpatternsineachengine.Ifascenereferencespattern2inengine1,deletingoreditingthereferencedpatternwillresultinthescenesoundingdifferentwhenitistriggered.WhatyouactuallyhearwhenselectingascenedependsonthePlaymodesettingsforthepatternswithinit.IfanypatternsaresettoGatedmode,youneedtoholddownthescenetrigger/MIDInoteforaslongasyouwantthemtobeheard.PatternswithinscenesalsofollowthebehavioursetbytheRestartmode.Youcanalsospecifyhoweachscenebydefault,scenesstartassoonastheyaretriggered.TheycanalsobesettostartonthenextbeatorthestartofthenextbarusingtheStartmodebuttons.Scenescanbeselectedwithoutbeingplayedbyclickingthebuttonatthebottom-leftofthesceneslot,whichalsodisplaysthescenesMIDInote.ThiscanbeusefultoinspecttheSceneinfosummaryforascenewithoutplayingit.

Whentheabovescenesareplayed,thePatternpoweron

engines3-8isdisabled.Patternpower

buttons

ScenesandPatternPowerIfyouwantanenginespatternstobeinactiveinascene,disableitsPatternpowerbuttonbeforecreatingthescene.Ifanyenginesarecurrentlysettoablankpatternwhenasceneiscreated,thePatternpowerisdisabledfortheengineswithinthescenedatawhenitiscreated.Thismeansthatwhenthesceneisrecalled,thePatternpowerfortherelevantenginesisdisabled.Thisistomakesurethatthescenesoundsthesameifyousubsequentlyaddeventstoanenginepatternthatwasblankatthetimewhenthescenewascreated.Therefore,whenswitchingscenes,oneormoreenginesPatternpowerbuttonmaybeturnedoffsimplyre-enableitifrequired.IfanenginesPatternpowerbuttonisturnedoff,itsengineselectorbuttonishighlightedinred.

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1:13 Arranging patterns within Geists Song pageTheSongpageprovidesasequencerthatallowsyoutoarrangepatternsalongalineartimelinetoformasongstructure.TheSongpageisonlycapableofsequencingpatternstherearenoparameterautomationfeatures,forexample.IfyouwanttoautomateparametersovertimewithinGeist,youmustusehostMIDIorautomationtrackstosendtherequireddatatoGeist.ThissectionintroducesusingtheRecordandRetrorecordtocapturesongeventsinrealtime.ItisalsopossibletoprogramandeditSongpageeventsusingthemouseseechapter11foraguidetoprogrammingandediting,aswellasareferenceguidetoallSongpagefunctions.

RealtimerecordingandcaptureofsongeventsRecordinginSongmode

1.InitializeGeistandloadanenginefileintothefirstengine,suchas086bpm Urban VinylintheGeist Factory/Presets/Engines/Rozzerfolder.

7.Playsomepatternkeysinengine1.

Eachtimeyouplayanewpatternkey,youllnoticethatanewpatternblock,calledapart,isinsertedontotrack1intheSongpage.

2.ClicktheSongpagebuttontodisplaytheSongpage.

3.EitherclicktheActivatebuttonortheSongmodebuttononthetransport.

4.Forthepurposesofthisexercise,disablethePatternpowerbuttonforengines2-8.Thismeanstheirpatternswontberecorded.

5.ClicktheReturntostartandMetronomebuttonstoenablethem,andthenclicktheRecordbuttontoarmsongrecording.

6.StartthetransportwiththePlay/Stopbutton.Youllnoticethatrecordingbeginsontrack1,asbelow.

8.StoprecordingwhenrequiredbyclickingtheRecordbuttonagain.

Youcanalsousesceneswhenrecordingintothesong,whichisusefulwhenrecordingmultipleenginetrackssimultaneously.

Recordingretrospectivelyintothesong

1.Afterrecordingsomepartsintothesongasabove,clicktheLoopbuttononthetransportandsettheloopendindicatortothestartofbar9.Thissetsupan8barloop.

5.Youllnoticethatthepatternsyouplayedoverwritethepreviouscontentsofthetrackwhiletheywereplayed.

2.Startthetransport.Thefirst8barsarelooped.

4.ClicktheRetrorecordbuttononthetransport.

3.Playsomepatternkeysinengine1whiletheplaypositionpassesthefirstfewbars.

YoucanalsocaptureapatternorsceneperformancewhichoccurredwhiletheSongmodebuttonwasdisabled.Aftertheperformance,clicktheSongmodebuttonandthenclickRetrorecord.Thecapturedpartsareinsertedfromthebeginningofthesong.

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1:14 Using MIDI and host automation to remote control Geist parametersGeistsLearnsystemallowsyoutomapmultipleGeistparameterstosingleMIDICCs(continuouscontrollers)orhostautomationparameters.EachparametersmappingfeaturesitsownindividualpropertiessuchasMin/Maxvaluesandsettingsforvariousaspectsofcontrolbehaviour.MappingsarestoredwithpresetstorecallyourmappingswheneveryoulaunchGeist,savetheminadefaultpreset(seesection12:7).

MappingGeistcontrolstoMIDICCsHardwarecontrollerswhichsendMIDICCstendtobecheapandaccessible.Theyofferarangeof127values.

1.ClicktheLearnbuttontoenterLearnmode.ParametersinGeistwhichcanbemappedtoMIDICCsarehighlightedingreen.

2.ClicktheparameteryouwanttomapontheGeistinterface.

Theparameterisnowmapped,andtheMIDIchannelandCCnumberisoverlaidonthecontrol.

3.Movethephysicalknob,sliderorothercontrolleryouwanttouse.

MappingGeistcontrolstohostautomationparametersHostautomationparametersgenerallyofferhigherresolutionthanMIDICCs.Theycanbedrawnascurvesinmostsequencinghosts,orrecordedwithadedicatedcontroller.Suchcontrollersarenotsimple,genericMIDIcontrollers,butusuallydedicateddevicesthatintegratespeciallywiththehost.

1.ClicktheMappingpagebuttontodisplaytheMappingpanelinplaceoftheBrowser.Thispanelcontains32buttonswhichrepresenttheavailavblehostautomationparameters.

3.Clickthebuttonfortherequiredhostparameternumber.TheGeistcontrolismappedtothehostparameter,withthenumberoverlaidonthecontrol.

2.ClicktheGeistcontrolthatyouwanttomaptoahostautomationparameter.

MappingpanelAswellasthe32hostparameterbuttons,theMappingpaneldisplaysatableshowingallcurrentMIDICCandhostautomationmappings.Eachmappingscurrentpropertiesareshown,suchasitsminimumandmaximumvalueswhichareadjustablebyclickinganddraggingleft/right.Therearefurthersettingstoadjustthebehaviourofthemappingsseesection12:3forafullguidetothesesettings.

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1:15 MIDI / audio export and MIDI outputAlthoughGeistiscapableofcreatingfinishedsongstructures,youmayprefertoarrangepatternsasMIDIoraudioclipswithinafully-featuredDAW/sequencerhost.

ExportingpatternsasMIDIGeistallowsyoutoexportpatternsasMIDIdatabydraggingpatternkeysoutsideGeist.PatternscanbeexportedasMIDIfilesordirectlytoMIDItracksinyourhost.

Exportingtoadiskfolder

1.ClickanddragtherequiredpatternkeytothedesktoporanyotherfilelocationinFinder(Mac)orExplorer(Windows).

ThepatternisexportedasaMIDIfiletothefilelocation.

ExportingtoaMIDItrackinahost

1.MakesuretherequiredMIDIoraudioinstrumenttrackonyourhostsarrangepageisvisible,andclickanddragtherequiredpatternkeytotherequiredpointonthetrack.

ThepatternisexportedasaMIDIcliptothetrackatthepointatwhichthemouseisreleased..

NotethatifyouareusingtheMIDItracktodriveGeist,itisadvisabletoturnoffthePatternpowerfortherelevantengine,ortoselectanemptypattern.ExportinggraphdataAslongasyouassignanygraphsusedinapatterntoMIDICCs,thegraphdataiswrittenasMIDICCvalueswhenthepatternisexported.Therefore,theexportedpatternsoundsthesamewhenplayedbackthroughGeist.IfyouattempttoexportapatternwhichcontainsanygraphdatanotcurrentlyassignedtoaMIDICC,GeistautomaticallyassignsMIDICCstoanygraphsthatcontainevents,andeventvaluesareexportedasMIDICCdatawiththepattern.IfyoudonotwantgraphdatatobeautomaticallyconvertedtoMIDICCdatauponexport,thisbehaviourcanbedisabledintheGeistpreferences(seesection12:8).

AudioexportTheExportasaudiofunctionislocatedintheGeistSavemenu.InvokingthefunctiondisplaystheAudioexportpanel,whichoffersavarietyofwaystoexportaudiofromGeist.Seesection12:6forafullguidetothecontentsofthepanel.

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MIDIoutput(standaloneandVSTplugininsuitablehostsonly)IfyouuseGeistasastandaloneapplication,orasaplugininasuitablehost,itispossibletodriveotherMIDIinstrumentswitheventsfromGeistssequencer.Whenusingthisfunctioninahost,themustsupportMIDIoutputfromVSTinstrumentplugins.ItisonlypossibletoutilizetheMIDIoutputwhenrunningGeistasVSTpluginnotasanAUorRTASplugin.ThecontentofGeistsMIDIoutputisthepatternoutputfromengines1-8,whichisstreamedoverMIDIchannels1-8.AnygraphscurrentlyassignedtoMIDICCsareexportedasMIDICCdataalongwithnoteeventsinthepattern.PleasenotethatintheVSTpluginspecification,MIDIoutputfrompluginsisnotsample-accurate.Therefore,pleasebearinmindthatthetimingofanytriggeredinstrumentwillnotbesampleaccurate!

1:16 Geist signal flow diagramThissignalflowdiagramrepresentsthepossiblesignalpathsfortheaudiofromasinglelayeronapad.Modulationofparametersisnotrepresented.Allsample-basedprocessessuchastuning,timestretch,phase,reverseetccanbeconsideredtotakeplacewithintheSampleblockintheLayersection.

Sincethereare4AuxbussesinGeist,thisblockrepresents4parallelblocksofthesametypeallprocessesfromSummingtooutputroutingoccurin4parallelchannels.

Auxpre-/post-faderroutingsaresetoneachofthe4Auxbusses.Thesettingdictatestheroutingsettingforalllayers/pads/enginesroutedtotheAuxbuss.

ThisdiagramdoesnotrepresenttheentireaudiostructureinGeist.Thereare8engineseachcontaining16pads,eachofwhichcontain8layers.Therefore,thereare128padsand1024layersintotal.

Global

Master

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Aux busses1-4Sample

Filter

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Post-fader Aux send

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Post-fader Aux send

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SummingAux Buss 1-4 FX

MasterSub-outs

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From other layers, pads and engines

From other layers, pads and engines

From other pads in engine routed to parent

From other layers on pad routed to parent

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2 Browser

Previewstop Slice

Browsersidebar

LockallpadsAutoplay

Path

Previewlevel(right-clicktosetanoutput)

ClicktoshowthebrowseriftheMappingpaneliscurrentlyvisible.

ClicktoshowtheMappingpanelNavigationcontrols

Searchcontrols

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Return

Autoload

Previewplay

Shortlist

Lockallpatterns

Filesarea

2:1 Browser overviewTheBrowseristheprimarymethodofloadingsoundsintoGeist,andisintroducedinsections1:2and1:5.NotethatyoucanalsoloadGeistandGURUfilesusingtheLoadmenu,describedinsection12:4.CertainareasoftheBrowserfeatureacontextmenu,eachofwhichisdescribedintherelevantsectionbelow.

BrowservisibilityYoucantogglethepresenceoftheBrowserontheinterfaceusingtheBrowsershow/hidebutton.YoumaywanttohidetheBrowserwhenyouareworkingoncompositionafterhavingloadedthesoundsyouneed.

2:2 Browser ModesAutoplayWhentheAutoplaybuttonisenabled,selectingasampleintheBrowserresultsinitbeingpreviewedautomatically.Whenthisbuttonisdisabled,aPreviewplaybuttonappearsontheselectedsampleintheBrowserwhichcanbeusedtoauditionthesoundmanually.AnypreviewcanbestoppedusingthePreviewStopbuttonatthebottom-rightoftheBrowser.

SliceIfthisbuttonisenabled,selectingasampleresultsinitbeingopenedintheSlicer.TheSlicerletsyouperformadvancednon-destructiveslicingforthesampleandautomaticpadassignmentbasedonclassification.NotethatitispossibletosetthecontentsofanyfoldernottoinvoketheSlicerpanel,evenwhentheSlicebuttonisenabled.Right-clickonanyfileinthefolderandusetheAllow/Disallowslicingoffilesinthisfolderfunctiononthefilescontextmenu.

AutoloadWhenthisbuttonisenabled,selectingafileintheBrowserresultsinitbeingloadedtothecurrentlyselectedpadorlayer.Continuingtoclickonotherfileswillresultinthemreplacingthecurrentcontents.HoldingdownALTwhileclickingonasampleresultsinitbeingloadedtothenextavailablelayeronthecurrentpad.Thiscontinuestooccuruntilyouselectanotherpad,LockthepadoruntilyoudisabletheAutoloadbutton.DisablingAutoloadIfAutoloadisdisabled,samplesmustbeloadedtopadlayersviadrag&drop.Draggingasampleontoapadloadsittothepadsfirstlayer,replacingallothersamplesonthepadslayers.HoldingdownALTwhiledraggingasampleontoapadloadsittothepadsnextavailablelayer.Inthismode,youcanalsoselectupto8samplesandsubsequentlydraganddropthemtoapadinordertoloadthesamplestothepads8layers.

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2:3 Browser sidebar

Settingthecolourforafavouriteusingthecontextmenu

ThisareaoftheBrowserdisplayslinkstocontentlocationsofvarioustypes.DrivesThissectiondisplaysallavailabledrivesclickonanydrivetobrowseitscontents.ThecontextmenuallowsyoutorevealanydriveinyourOSfilebrowser(Exporer/Finder).

OtheritemsThecontextmenufortheseitemsallowsyoutorenameandremovetheselecteditem,aswellastosetacolourlabel.Someitemsfeatureadditionalfunctionsonthecontextmenu(seebelow).FavouritesClickanddraganyfolderfromthefilesareatothissectiontosaveitasafavourite(orright-clickinthefilessectionandusetheAddtofavouritesfunction).ThecontextmenuforfavouritesallowsyoutorevealtheselecteditemslocationinyourOSfilebrowser.

Adjustingthesidebarborder

SearchesSavedsearchesareshownhere.Seesection2:6formoredetailsonsavingsearches.Thecontextmenuforsavedsearchesallowsyoutorefreshtheselectedsearch.ShortlistsSavedshortlistsareshownhere.Seesection2:7formoredetailsonshortlists.

Adjustingtheborderbetweenthesidebarandthefilesarea/shortlistTheborderbetweentheBrowsersidebarandthefilesarea/shortlistcanbeadjustedtoresizetheareas.Simplyclickanddragtheborderleft/right.Youcanalsodouble-clickthebordertohidethesidebarcompletelydouble-clickitagaintorestoreit.

2:4 NavigationPath

ThecurrentPathisshownatthetopofthelistoffiles.Thenameofeachfolderlevelisabbreviatedforspacereasons,butitisshowninfullasatooltiporinthecontextinfodisplay.ClickonanylevelofthePathtojumptotherelevantlocationintheBrowser.

DraganddropfromOSfilewindowDraganddropafolderfromFinder(Mac)orExplorer(Windows)toshowthefolderscontentsintheGeistBrowser.

PreviousfolderPath

Previous/Nextfile

Nextfolder

Refresh

EnterfolderReturntoparent

Prev/NextfilePrev/NextfolderEnterfolder/ReturntoparentRefresh

ThePrev/Nextfilebuttonsselectthepreviousornextfileinthefileslist.ItcanbeusefultolearnthesebuttonstoMIDICCsforaquickwayofbrowsingthroughfilesinthecurrentlocationwithahardwarecontroller.ThePrev/NextfolderbuttonsareExplorer/Finder-stylenavigationbuttons.Whenasub-folderisselected,theEnterfolderbuttonopensthesub-folder.TheReturntoparentbuttonnavigatestotheparentfolderabovethecurrentfolder.YoucanalsousetheReturnbutton(seesection2:5)ifyouarecurrentlyviewingthecontentsofafolder(iftheBrowserisnotcurrentlydisplayingthecontentsofasearch).TheRefreshbuttonreloadsthecurrentfolderlisting.

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Columnheading

Files

Return

Viewoptions

Scrollbar

Previewplay

2:5 FilesThissectionshowsthefilescontainedwithinthecurrentlyselectedcontent.Nestedsub-foldersarealsoshownfornavigatingfurtherdowninthefolderstructure.

ReturnTheReturnbuttonvariesitsfunctiondependingonthecurrentstateoftheBrowser.Whenbrowsingafolder,itactsasaReturntoParentbutton.Whenasearchtermisactive,itcancelsthesearchandreturnstodisplayingfilesnormally.

FilesareaThefilesareashowsthecontentsofthecurrentfolderlocation,orthecurrentsearchresults.

SelectionClickafiletoselectit.ThebehaviourthatfollowsselectiondependsuponthestateoftheAutoload,AutoplayandSlicebuttons(seesection2:2).Right-clickingonaselectiondisplaysthefilescontextmenu.

MultipleselectionMultiplefilescanbeselectedusingthefollowingmethods:SHIFT-clicktocreateacontiguousselectionbetween2filesCMD-click(Mac)orCTRL-click(Windows)toaddafiletotheselectionThisisusefulforseveralfunctions,suchas:addingfilestoshortlistsloadingupto8samplestoasinglepadwhennotinAutoloadmodevariousoperationsonthefilescontextmenu

ViewoptionsBydefault,theBrowserissettoshowallpossibletypesoffilesrelevanttoGeist.TheBrowserviewoptionsmenubuttonallowsyoutoenableordisableeachfiletypeinthefileslisting.

ViewYoucansettheBrowsertoshoworhidethefollowingelements,ortoviewthemall.

Audio SamplesinWAV,AIFF,REXandRX2formatsPresets GeistpresetsstoretheentirestateofGeist,andmustbedouble-clicked

toloadthemfromtheBrowser(whetherAutoloadmodeisenabledordisabled),discardingthecontentsofthecurrentsessionNotethataLoadpresetoperationcannotbereversedusingtheUndofunction

Engines Enginefilesstoretheentirestateofanengine:thesoundsonthepad(plusPad/Layerspagesettings),24patterns,andanylayer/pad/engineFX.WhenAutoloadmodeisdisabled,youcandraganddropanenginefiletoanengineselectorbutton.

Kits Akitfilecontainsthecontentsofthepadsonanengine,includinglayerandpadFX.

Pads Apadcontainsthecontentsofapad,includingallitslayersandtheirsettings,aswellaspadandlayerFX

Patterns Geistpatternfiles.PatternBank Anentiresetofupto24patterns(allpatternsinanengine)MIDI GeistcanimportMIDIfilesaspatterns.AnyMIDInotesthatarenotonpad

notesareignored.GuruKit ImportsaGURUkittothecurrentlyselectedengine.Thekitfilemustbe

savedwithGURU1.5orlater.GuruPattern ImportsaGURUpatterntothecurrentlyselectedpattern.GuruPatternBank ImportsaGURUpatternbank(abankof24patterns)tothecurrently

selectedengine.Folders Ifthisisdisabled,foldersarenotvisibleinthefileslistintheBrowser.Thisis

intendedforsituationswhenafoldercontainingsamplesalsocontainsalotofsub-folders,andtheirpresencemakesexcessivescrollingnecessary.

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ImportingGURUfilessavedinGURU1.5orlaterGeistcanimportGURUv1.5formatkits,patternsandpatternbanksfromtheBrowser.GURUv1.5formatpresetscanalsobeimportedviatheLoadmenu(seesection12:4).FilessavedwithGURUversionspriortov1.0cannotbeimportedtheymustbeloadedintov1.5orlaterandre-saved.Notethatwhiletheimportantaspectsofthefilesareimported,therearesomeparameterswhichcannotbetranslatedduetofundamentaldifferencesbetweenthearchitectureofGeistandGURU.FXarenotimportedThefiltersettingsmaydifferconsiderably,duetotheimprovedfilterinGeist,andthefactthatitfeaturesdiscretefiltertypesratherthanGURUsblendableLP/BP/HPfilter.

Geistsenvelopesarebasedonabsolutetime,whereasGURUsenvelopeswerescaledtothelengthofeachsample.Therefore,envelopessoundsignificantlydifferentwhenimportingGURUfiles.

VelocitysplitrangesareapproximatedfromGURUsvelocitysplitsettings.CutgroupsarealsoanapproximationofGURUssettings.Gain/volumelevelsmaydifferslightly,duetothedifferentgainstructurewithinGeist.Notallgraphsaretranslatedproperlyinparticular,theForceLayersandFilterTypegraphsdifferconsiderably.

ColumnsBydefault,theName(filename),TypeandSizecolumnsareshownforeachitemdisplayedinthefilesarea.UsingtheColumnssub-menuintheviewoptionsmenu,youcanoptionallychoosetohidetheTypeandSizecolumns.Clickingonthecolumnheadingsallowsyoutosortbythecolumnscontents.Repeatedlyclickingthecolumnheadingstogglesbetweenascendinganddescendingarrangement.

FilescontextmenuRight-clickinthefilesareatodisplaythefilescontextmenu,whichoffersthefollowingfunctions:SelectAllSelectsallfilesvisiblewithinthecurrentBrowserlocation.DeletesliceinformationDeleteallsliceinformationinthisfolderSeesection3:5fordetailsofthesefunctions.Allow/DisallowslicingoffilesinthisfolderIfafoldercontainsonlysamplesthatyouwishtouseassinglehitsratherthanasloops,youcandisallowtheSlicefunctionforthefolderscontentswiththeDisallowslicingoffilesinthisfolderfunctionclickingonanysampleinthefiledoesnotinvoketheSlicer,whethertheSlicebuttonisenabledordisabled.Ifthisfunctionhasbeenappliedtoafolder,astarindicatorappearsonthefoldernameandontheiconforeachsamplewithinthefolder.TheAllowslicingoffilesinthisfolderfunctionrevertstonormalbehaviourforthefolder.Allsub-foldersintheGeistFactory/Hitsfolderhavebeensettodisallowslicing.Revealfile/folderinExplorer/FinderLaunchesanOSfilebrowserwindow(ExploreronWindowsorFinderonMac)attheselectedfileorfolderlocation.ShortlistAddsanycurrentlyselectedfilestotheshortlist(seesection2:7).Addfile/foldertofavouritesAddstheselectedfileorfoldertotheBrowsersidebarasafavourite.

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2:6 Search functionsSearchmenu SearchtextboxSearch

TheSearchfunctionprovidesasimplefilename-basedsearch.SimplyclicktheSearchtextbox,typeasearchtermandpressENTER.SearchresultsappearinplaceofthecurrentBrowserlocationinthefilesarea.ToreturntothepreviousBrowserlocation,clickthePreviousfoldernavigationbutton,ortheReturnbuttonabovethefileslist.

SearchmenuClicktheSearchmenubuttonattheleftoftheSearchboxtodisplaythesearchmenu.Searchsub-foldersWiththissettingdisabled,theSeachfunctioneffectivelyappliesafiltertothefileswithinthecurrentfolder.Withthissettingenabled,allsub-folderswithinthecurrentBrowserlocationareincludedinthesearch.

SearchfavouritesWiththissettingenabled,allcurrentFavouriteslocationsarealsoincludedinthesearch.Advancedsearch...ThisfunctionopenstheAdvancedsearchcontrolswithintheBrowser(seebelow).RecentsearchesAnyrecentlyusedsearchtermsarelistedinthissub-menuforconvenience.

Condition SearchtermFileattributeAdvancedSearchTheAdvancedsearch...functiononthesearchcontextmenuopenstheAdvancedsearchcontrols,whichofferadditionaloptionsforsearching.NotethattheSearchsub-foldersandSearchfavouritessettingsinthesearchcontextmenualsoapplytotheAdvancedsearch.LiketheSearchfunction,theresultsreturnedbytheAdvancedSearcharedisplayedinplaceofthecurrentBrowserlocationinthefilesarea.ToreturntothepreviousBrowserlocation,clickthePreviousfoldernavigationbutton,ortheReturnbuttonabovethefileslist.ToremovetheAdvancedsearchcontrols,deactivatetheAdvancedsearch...functiononthesearchmenu.

SearchconditionsItispossibletodefineupto3searchconditionsintheAdvancedsearch.Eachofthe3searchconditionsarestructuredinthefollowingway:

FileattributeThisdrop-downmenuspecifieswhichfileattributeissearched.Thiscanbeanyofthefollowing:Filename,Audiolength,FilesizeandFiletype.ConditionThisdrop-downmenudefinestheconditionforthesearchtermtoreturnaresult.Thepossiblesettingsare:Positivesearches:Contains;Startswith;Endswith;IsNegativesearches:Doesnotcontain;Doesnotstartwith;

Doesnotendwith;Isnot

SearchtermEnterthedesiredsearchterminthistextbox.SearchresultsappearinplaceofthecurrentBrowserlocationinthefilesarea.ToreturntothepreviousBrowserlocation,clicktheBacknavigationbutton.

MatchalloptionsWiththisbuttonenabled,all3searchconditionsmustbepresentforaresulttobereturned.Withthebuttondisabled,anyofthe3searchconditionsmustbepresentforaresulttobereturned.

SavingsearchesRight-clickwithinthesearchresultstodisplaythefilescontextmenu.UsetheSavesearchresultsfunctiontosavethesearchintheSearchessectionoftheBrowsersidebar.

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2:7 ShortlistGeistallowsyoutobrowseforsamplesinamultitudeoflocationsanddragthemtotheshortlist,whereyoucanthenauditionthemtogetherwithoutnavigatingtotheiroriginalfolders.TheshortlististheareaunderneaththeFilesareaoftheBrowser(clickanddragtheborderpaneifithasbeenhidden).Itallowsyoutocompilealistofsamplesfromdisparatelocationssothattheycanbeauditionedtogetherwithoutnavigatingtomultiplelocations.Addafiletotheshortlistusingthefilescontextmenu(seesection2:5).

SavingaShortlistShortlistscanbesavedforfutureusebyright-clickingintheShortlistareaandusingtheSaveasshortlistfilefunctionintheshortlistcontextmenu.ThisactionautomaticallyputsthesavedshortlistintheSavedShortlistssectionoftheBrowsersidebar.ExportingaShortlistasaFavouriteTheCollectfilesandexportasfavouritefunction,alsoavailableontheshortlistcontextmenu,createsanewfolderandcopiesthefilesintheshortlisttothatfolder,whichisalsoaddedtoyourFavourites.

OtherfunctionsintheshortlistcontextmenuSeveralofthefunctionsintheshortlistcontextmenuactuponaselection.Selectasinglefileintheshortlistbyclickingit,orselectmultiplefilesineitherofthefollowingways:SHIFT-clicktocreateacontiguousselectionbetween2filesCMD-click(Mac)orCTRL-click(Windows)toaddafiletotheselectionSelectallSelectsallfilescurrentlyintheshortlist.RemoveselectedRemovesanyselectedfilesfromtheshortlist.CroptoselectedRemovesanyfilesthatarenotcurrentlyselectedintheshortlist.ClearshortlistClearstheentirecontentsoftheshortlist.

AdjustingtheborderbetweentheshortlistandthefilesareaTheborderbetweentheshortlistandthefilesareacanbeadjustedtoresizetheareas.Simplyclickanddragtheborderup/down.Youcanalsodouble-clickthebordertohidethesidebarcompletelydouble-clickitagaintorestoreit.

2:8 Additional Browser controls

PreviewvolumeThiscontrolallowsyoutoadjustthelevelofBrowserpreviews.

PreviewoutputRight-clickonthePreviewvolumecontroltoshowthepreviewoutputmenu,whichallowsyoutorouteallaudiofromBrowserpreviewstoadiscreteoutput.Settingadiscreteoutputallowsyoutosetupacueingsystem,wherebyyoucanauditionsoundswithoutthembeingheardinthemainmix(goodforliveperformance).

Lock/UnlockallpadsLock/Unlockallpatterns

Thesebuttonsallowyoutolockorunlockallpadsandpatternsinthecurrentenginewithasingleaction.TheyareespeciallyusefulforSliceroperationswhileAutoloadmodeisenabledforexample,ifyouonlywanttoextractthesoundsorthepatternfromaloop.Youcanalsolockindividualpads,layers,patternsandpatterntracksseesections5:10and9:7forasummaryofthesefunctions.

UsingtheLockallpadsbuttontolockall16padsintheengine

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3 SlicerWhenbrowsingaudiofilesinSlicemode(withtheSlicebuttonenabledintheBrowser),clickingonasampledisplaystheSlicerpanel,whichallowsyoutoextracttheaudioandpatternfromaudioloops.Itcontainsauto-analysisandpadclassifyfeatureswhichcanspeedupyourworkflow.Notethatthispaneldoesnothaveadedicatedpagetabbutton.ItcanonlybeaccessedbyclickingonasampleintheGeistBrowserwiththeSlicebuttonenabled.AllotherpagesaredisabledwhentheSlicerisopenalthoughmanyfunctionsonthehardwaresectionofGeistarestillavailable,suchasthepadsandtransport.

3:1 Slicer overviewImportantBrowsercontrolsfortheSlicerSliceTheSlicebuttonmustbeenabledforGeisttoopentheSlicerwhenyouclickonasample.NotethatthecontentsofafoldercanbesettonotinvoketheSlicerevenwhentheSlicebuttonisenabled,usingthefilescontextmenuseesection2:5formoredetails.

AutoloadIftheAutoloadbuttonisenabledwhentheSlicerisinvoked,theaudioslicesandanalysedpatternarealwaysautomaticallyextractedfromtheloopandloadedtothepadsandcurrentpatterninthecurrentengine.Thepreviouscontentsofthepadsandpatternarealwaysremovedfirst.Inthecaseofpads,theaudiocontentsareremovedbuttheothersettingsremain.Thisdoesnotapplytolockedpadsorpatternsseesections5:10and9:7forasummaryofpadandpatternlockfunctions.NotethatthisautomaticloadingcanbecancelledbyclickingtheCancelbuttontoexittheSliceranddiscardthecurrentslicingsession.ClickingtheDonebuttonconfirmsthechanges.WhenAutoloadmodeisactive,theextractedpadandpatterncontentsarerefreshedinrealtimewhenmoving/adding/removingslicepointsandusingtheSensitivitysliderinTransientslicemode.

SliceandAutoloadenabled

LockallpadsandLockallpatterns

Slicesextractedautomaticallytopads

Zoomin/outandscrollbar

Slicerwaveformdisplay

Waveformrulerinc.slicepoints

Classifyindicators

Slicingcontrols

Patternviewershowspatternextractedfromloop

DisablingAutoloadmodeIftheAutoloadbuttonisdisabled,padsandaudioslicesmustbeloadedtopadsusingtheExtractbuttons(seesection3:3).Individualslicescanalsobeloadedtopadsusingdraganddrop.Inthismode,simplyclickingtheDonebuttonbeforeperforminganyExtractordrag&dropactionsdoesnotresultinanythingbeingloaded.TheCancelbutton,however,stilldiscardsanyactionsperformedintheSlicersession.UndoYoucanalsouseGeistsUndofunctiontoreverttopreviousstatesbeforetheSlicerwasinitiated,whetherusingAutoloadmodeornot.

Lockallpads/LockallpatternsThesebuttonsareforquicklylockingallpadsandpatternsinthecurrentengine,andisespeciallyusefulforSliceroperationswhileAutoloadmodeisenabled.Individualpadsandpatternscanbelockedusingthepadandpatterncontextmenus(seesections5:10and9:7).

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BasicSlicercontrolsanddisplaysBPM/Bars/BeatsThisinformationiscalculatedfromthesample.REX2filesfeatureembeddedinformationforthesefields,whileWAV/AIFFsamplesareanalysedandcalculatedaccordingtotheirlength.Youcancorrect/overridethisinformationmanuallyifrequired,byclickingtherelevantfieldandtypingnewnumericalvalues.

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