User manual PRESONUS STUDIO ONE ARTIST

[. . . ] Once you have installed your PreSonus interface's drivers and connected your interface, you can use the PreSonus Studio One Artist music production software included with your Presonus interface to begin recording, mixing, and producing your music. To install Studio One Artist, insert your installation disc into your computer's DVD drive. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation process. To Install Studio One Artist, insert your Studio One Artist installation DVD into your computer's DVD drive. [. . . ] This section will take you through setting up your MIDI keyboard controller and sound module with your PreSonus interface. Please consult the Reference Manual located on your Studio One Artist installation DVD for complete setup instructions for other MIDI devices. A MIDI keyboard controller is a hardware device that is generally used for playing and controlling other MIDI devices, virtual instruments, and software parameters. In Studio One Artist, these devices are referred to as Keyboards, and they must be configured before they are available for use. In some cases, your MIDI keyboard controller is also used as a tone generator. Studio One Artist views the two functions of these types of hardware as two different devices: a MIDI keyboard controller and a sound module. The MIDI controls (keyboard, knobs, faders, etc. ) will be set up as a Keyboard. STEP 1 From the Setup area in the Start page, you can also set up your external MIDI devices. Before we set up a new Song for recording, let's take a moment to configure external devices. Connect the MIDI Out of your external MIDI controller to the MIDI In of your PreSonus interface 11 | PreSonus 2009 CONFIGURING YOUR MIDI DEVICES STEP 2 Click on the Configure External Devices link in the Setup area on the Start page to launch the External Devices window. STEP 3 When the Add Device window launches, select "New Keyboard" from the menu on the left. At this point, you can customize the name of your keyboard by entering the manufacturer and device names. Specify which MIDI channels will be used to communicate with this keyboard. If you are unsure of which MIDI channels to select, we suggest you select all 16. STEP 4 In the Receive From drop down menu, select the MIDI interface input from which Studio One Artist will receive MIDI data. In the Send To drop down menu, select the MIDI interface output from which Studio One Artist will send MIDI data to your keyboard. If your keyboard controller does not need to receive MIDI data from Studio One (say, for moving motorized faders and the like), you can leave this unselected. If your 12 | PreSonus 2009 CONFIGURING YOUR MIDI DEVICES keyboard does need to receive MIDI date, you must connect a MIDI cable from the MIDI output of the MIDI breakout cable to the MIDI input of the keyboard. STEP 5 If this is the only keyboard that you will use to control the virtual instruments and your external synthesizers in Studio One Artist, you should check the box next to Default Instrument Input. This will automatically assign your keyboard to control all MIDI devices in Studio One Artist. If you have a sound module you'd like to connect, leave the External Devices window open and proceed to the next part of this section. If not, you can close this window and skip to Configuring Your Audio I/O. [. . . ] You can also drag an effect or group of effects from one channel to another, drag in customized effects chains, and instantly load your favorite virtual instrument patch without ever scrolling through a menu. In the lower right corner of the Arrange window are three buttons. The Edit button opens or closes the Audio editor or the MIDI piano roll editor, depending on what type of track is selected. The Browse button opens the Browser window, which displays all of the available virtual instruments, plug in effects, audio files, and MIDI files, as well as the pool of audio files loaded into the current session. To add a virtual instrument to your session, click the Browse and Instrument buttons to open the Instrument Browser. [. . . ]