User manual IZOTOPE PHATMATIK PRO 1.1 INSTALLATION

[. . . ] Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Welcome to pHATmatik PRO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 About the manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Choose whether you like circular or linear (slider-style) mouse-interaction with pHATmatik PRO's knobs. When checked, exported midi files will have velocity corresponding to the `loudness' of the corresponding audio for each slice. This is really only useful for extracting `groove templates' from a loop, as using a midi file exported with this option engaged to trigger the source loop sounds very strange! bit . WAV file with additional headers describing the tempo and slice points of a sliced file. If you subsequently load a pHATfile from pHATmatik PRO's browser, all the slice and tempo information will be intact. This also lets you transfer slice information to other applications and virtual instruments that support pHATfiles. Slice on Metric Value Buttons ­ Clicking on these buttons will ignore transient information in the loop and instead place slice markers on every 16th or 32nd note, respectively. The placement of slice markers when you slice on metric values is dependent on the current number of beats and tempo. In order for the markers to be placed correctly, the `Beats' setting (see next section) must be accurate for the current loop. Tip: you can slice on metric values other than 16 or 32 by `fudging' the beats value. For example, if the loop actually has 8 beats (2 bars), you can place slice markers on every 64th note by temporarily changing the number of beats to 4 and clicking on the `32nd Note Slice' button. Beats entry/display ­ This field displays the beats in the current loop. If you've loaded a pHAT file or ACIDized wav file, this will be set to the actual number of beats in the file. If not, pHATmatik PRO makes an educated guess (which is always four) and calculates the tempo of the loop based on the number of beats and the length of the file. To change the number of beats, simply click in the blue area and type in the new number of beats. Save as pHATfile Button ­ Clicking on this button will open a standard `Save As. . . ' dialog for saving the current loop as a new pHATfile. A pHATfile is simply a standard 24- If your loop isn't four beats long, you MUST enter the correct number of beats into this field before exporting midi or pHATmatik PRO - 15 - engaging play preview. Otherwise, pHATmatik PRO will calculate the tempo of your loop incorrectly and will not be able to match it to the host's tempo in a sensible fashion. Tempo display ­ This field displays the currently calculated tempo. you must change the number of beats in order to change the tempo. Channel select control ­ this display tells you which of pHATmatik PRO's 16 channels you're currently working on. Each of pHATmatik's 16 slots corresponds to the same midi channel. So if you're working on channel 3 in pHATmatik PRO, you want to make sure that the corresponding track in your host application is also set to send midi to pHATmatik PRO on channel 3. To change the current channel simply click in the blue area of the channel select control and select the channel from the drop down. REMEMBER: All of pHATmatik PRO's controls correspond to the current channel. If you `re making tweaks and you don't hear what you expect to, check to make sure you're making the tweaks in the right channel. pHATmatik PRO - 16 - Working with slices Although pHATmatik PRO's automatic transient detection is the best available, you may still want to edit the slice markers manually. pHATmatik PRO makes this painless. 5. Selecting a slice ­ to select a slice for editing in the slice editor, simply click on it. The selected slice gets a white overlay to indicate that it's selected. [. . . ] Feedback knob ­ controls how quickly signal in the comb filter's buffer is attenuated down to zero. Useful to think of this as an `amount' control. pHATmatik PRO - 26 - The Comb Filter feedback knob is automatable via midi cc. Master multipurpose edit The channel master's multipurpose edit screen provides access to three master functions. The master pitch and filter envelopes, and the super-powerful modulation matrix. Master pitch envelope - a standard ADSR envelope envelope modulating the master playback pitch. To adjust the envelope, simply click on one of the envelope's handles and drag. [. . . ]