Mixman StudioXPro QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
THE CONTROL ROOM 1 Control Room Audio Meter Lights Mix name / Megs Display Go to Remixing Studio Go to Editing Studio Loaded Single Single Auto-Loader Go to Recording Studio Go to FX Studio D-Plate Auto-Loader Loaded D-Plate Get More Tracks Online Go to Trackmaker Studio Activate Turn on expanded bubble help for context sensitive help New Mix Start a new session in the remixing studio Open Mix Open a previously saved.mix file Load Save to Mix Save performance data, track selections, overdubs, and FX as part of a.mix Export Mix to: a File, Mixman Radio, My Mixzone Options Customize settings and create preferences for a wide variety of features Mixman
THE REMIXING STUDIO 2 Remixing Studio Track Indicators Double-click to load sounds Scratching Click-and-Drag the mouse in this area of either turntable to scratch. FX Studio Macro Tabs Press the function key to trigger Macro Activate Platter Click to select a group of 8 tracks. Load Sound Editing Studio Recording Studio System Volume Copy Track Clear Mix Cut Track New Mix W.A.R.P. Control audio FX in realtime by clicking and dragging W.A.R.P. State Selector W.A.R.P. Presets Changes the type of audio FX loaded into W.A.R.P. W.A.R.P. Name Display Auto-W.A.R.P. Provides help and hints when you mouse-over items on screen Play Mix Record Performance Punch-In Record Lock Display Volume Knob Changes the volume of the selected track Back to Open Save Control Room Break/Solo Display Track Name Display Panning Knob Changes the left/right sound balance of the selected track Paste Track Micro-Tempo Adjust Transformer Indicator Opens gate for left or right platter Cross Fader Adjusts left/right sound balance between the left/right turntables Tempo Slider Changes mix tempo Pitch Knob Increases /decreases the pitch/tuning of the selected track Left Turntable Right Turntable Macros Snapshots of the Remixing Studio settings. Set a macro by pressing a function (F1-F12) key while holding down the shift key. Access a macro by pressing a function key. Pitch esc ~ ` Tab Shift! 1 Cap Lock Ctrl F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 @ 2 Alt # 3 $ 4 Macros % 5 ^ 6 Q W E R T Y U I O P A S D F G H J K L : " ; ' Z X C V B N M < >?,. / & 7 Space Bar * 8 Lock ( 9 ) 0 _ - F9 F10 F11 F12 Alt { [ + = } ] Backspace Enter Ctrl Solo Parameters insert delete Play page up page down / * 7 8 9 4 5 6 1 2 3 0. Parameters + Enter Pitch Play Solo Mutes all tracks that are not manually being held down Lock/Unlock Simultaneously hold the + or spacebar and any track key to lock/unlock the track
THE RECORDING STUDIO 3 Recording Studio Overdub & FX Name Display Load a Wav or previous overdub Overdub Volume Slider Use to adjust your Overdub FX percentage Slider Use to increase / decrease % of applied effect to overdub Metronome Mode On/Off Allows you to use internal Windows beep as a metronome. Record light blinks at current tempo Auto-Trim Removes silences at the beginning & end of recordings Auto-Normalize Boosts the level of the recording by setting the overall gain Master Input Slider Active prior to making a Sample or Overdub Overdub Graphic Display Channel Indicates a stereo Overdub is recording Remix Performance Graphic Display Channel Indicates a loaded performance. Provides help and hints when you mouse-over items on screen s the recording of either a Sample or Overdub. Play Engages a playback for Samples or Overdubs Record Click Record to make a sample or OverDub Load to Mix Click here to load the Wav directly back into the Remixing Studio when in sample mode. Back Back to Control Room Save Saves either the sample or the OverDub session Performance Volume Slider Controls the volume for your Remix Studio Performance Sample Mode Selector Overdub Mode Selector CD Player Controls Launch the Windows CD Player that controls input for sampling. Edit Sound File Launches chosen sound editing program for editing in Sample Mode. Volume Controls Click to launch the Windows Controls for volume settings. Full Speaker Mode Hear your input signal while recording. Beware of Feedback! Headphone Mode Recommended Mode. Input will sound in headphones, not speakers. Solo / Mute Indicators Time Length Indicator Indicates Length of your performance or overdub Mixman
THE EDITING STUDIO 4 Editing Studio Song Marker Select Tool Select Areas to edit Draw Tool Use to draw in performance data Eraser Tool Erase performance data Insert Marker Use markers to easily locate positions in a song Quantize Snap performance data to a grid Track Name Display Zoom Ratio Zoom Ratio Slider Move to zoom in and out Provides help and hints when you mouse-over items on screen Play Skip Next Open Save Back to Skip to the next Control Room song marker Counter Skip Previous Displays time in Skip to the previous Bars beats Ticks song marker (480 ticks per beat) Undo Undo last edit Copy Copy selected performance data Cut Click to cut. Click and hold to select paste mode Paste Click to paste. Click and hold to select paste mode. Scrolling Turns display scrolling on/off Performance Data Colored bars that represent a recorded performance Tempo Modifies the tempo of the selected performance data Pitch Modifies the pitch of the selected performance data Panning Modifies the panning of the selected performance data Volume Modifies the volume of the selected performance data *Note: Parameter Controls in editing mode are "dynamic" and can change over time.
THE FX STUDIO 5 FX Studio FX Preset Name FX Slot Right mouse click to load FX Track Name Displays the name of the Track being processed with FX Loop Length Maximum length of loop in bars Load Multi-FX Preset Algorithm Name Slider Move to change settings Selected Track Location Save Multi-FX Preset Alogorithmic Parameter Adjusting Double Click on a Parameter Name to type in specific settings Provides help and hints when you mouse-over items on screen Mixman Preview with FX Load Load to to Mix Mix Load Sound Back to Control Room Load TRK or WAV back to Remixing Studio without Save Track with FX altering the original. FX Saves the TRK of Wav with processing will be saved the FX processing. Be careful with Mix file. to rename the file if you want to keep the original. Algorithm List Auto Pan Speed Band Pass Filter Freq / Resonance / Gain Delay Time / Fine / Feedback Distortion Drive / Gain Pitch Shift Steps / Cents / Stretch Random Pitch Pitch Down / Pitch Up Reverse Slice / Order / Align Attacks Low Pass Filter Freq / Resonance / Gain High Pass Filter Freq / Resonance / Gain Flange LFO Time / Depth / Delay / Feedback Envelope Follower Min Freq / Max Freq / Resonance / Gain / Type Filter Sweep Start Freq / End Freq / Type / Resonance / Gain / Multi-Trigger Multi-Trigger Time / Repeats / Volume Mode / Delay Mode Mid Pass Filter Freq / Width / Resonance / Gain Reverb Size / Surface / Mix / Cutoff / Diffusion / Gate Chordinator Freq 1 / Freq 2 / Freq 3 / Freq 4 / Feedback / Gain Wah Wah LFO / Max Freq / Resonance / Gain / Depth / Type Chopper Chunk Size / Envelope / Silence Chopper Sweep Start Size / End Size / Envelope / Silence Comb Filter Freq 1 / Freq 2 / Freq 3 / Width / Resonance / Gain Time Adapter Factor / Pitch Shift / Time Stretch Time Stretch Factor / Quality Beat Twister Shuffle Slices / Random Time / Pitch Up / Pitch Down Volume Sweep Start Volume / End Volume / Envelope / Multi-sweep Multi- Filter Sweep Start Frequency / End Frequency / Resonance / Spread / Mix / Multi-sweep
TRACKMAKER STUDIO 6 Track Maker Studio Volume & Pitch Parameter Stepper Control pitch and/or volume for each step on the grid. Click the pitch button or volume button to select parameter. Tempo Slider Adjusts Tempo Micro Tempo Adjust Adjusts Tempo Copy Grid Row Cut Grid Row Paste Grid Row Clear Grid Row Clear Parametrics Load TRK to FX Studio Volume Knobs Controls the volume of the overall sound source Sample Sound Source Slot Select any of the 8 slots to load a sound source. Wav format only Pattern Mode Click to activate. Audition up to 12 patterns. Sequence Mode Click to activate. Audition up to 8 loaded patterns. Mute / Solo Indicators Mute or Solo a sound source while in play mode Provides help and hints when you mouse-over items on screen Play Use stop Use play mode to load mode to hear and reload patterns or samples sequences Save TRK File Save your sequence as a trk file remixing studio Load TRK to Mix Load a saved trk to the Explode TRK Exploding reveals all samples within a trk file, for use as a source file in the TM studio. Open TMX File Opens a previous TM session. Back Save TMX File Saves the state of the TM studio, including loaded samples, patterns & sequences. Pattern tabs P1 - P12 Click on tab to activate. Create up to 12 different grid patterns for each set of sounds. Step Pulser Display Displays each step as it pulses across the grid Copy Grid Pattern Cut Grid Pattern Paste Grid Pattern Clear Grid Pattern Clear Entire Sequence Row Clear Individual Sequence Slot Loop Length Slider Adjust the length of a pattern in the Grid anywhere from 4 to 16 steps. Sequence Row In Mode, right mouse click on any of the 8 cells in the Sequence Row to load any of 12 patterns. Main Grid Click on the individual grid cells to activate or de-activate. There are 16 cells to a row for each sound source. Bright Green indicates active, and will respond to parametric adjustments.
KEYBOARD COMMANDS 7 Keyboard Commands Control Room Go to the Remixing Studio....................... Ctrl + M Go to the Recording Studio.......................Ctrl + R Go to the Editing Studio.......................... Ctrl + E Go to the FX Studio.............................. Ctrl + F StudioPro..................................Ctrl + Q....................................Ctrl + H Open Mix......................................Ctrl + O Export Mix.....................................Ctrl + X New Mix...................................... Ctrl + N Save Mix.......................................Ctrl + S Remixing Studio Play Mix......................................... Enter Lock/Unlock Tracks.......................... Spacebar Solo........................... Ctrl or (-) on number pad Record a Performance..........................Ctrl + R Go to the Editing Studio.......................... Ctrl + E Go to the FX Studio.............................. Ctrl + F Paste Track....................................Ctrl + V Delete Track....................................Ctrl + X Undo Record................................... Ctrl + Z Save Mix.......................................Ctrl + S Clear Performance Data.........................Ctrl + B Copy Track.....................................Ctrl + C Paste Track....................................Ctrl + V...........................................Ctrl + Q....................................Ctrl + H Open Mix......................................Ctrl + O New Mix...................................... Ctrl + N Save Mix.......................................Ctrl + S Clear Performance Data.........................Ctrl + B Copy Track.....................................Ctrl + C Delete Track....................................Ctrl + X Undo Record................................... Ctrl + Z Load Sound.................................... Ctrl + I Set Macro............................... Shift + F1 - F8 Back to Control Room....................... Backspace Select Pitch Knob..............................Page Up Select Volume Knob......................... Page Down Select Panning Knob............................. Insert Select Tempo Knob.............................. Delete Change Parameter Values...........Up/Down Arrow Keys Select Paramater Knob............ Left/Right Arrow Keys Silent Track Selection............... Alt + the Track s Key Clear Track Copy Buffer.........................Ctrl + K Left Transformer...................................... A Right Transformer.................................... B Left Turntable Platter Toggle........................... D Right Turntable Platter Toggle.......................... K Auto-W.A.R.P On/Off select................... Alt+Shift+A FX Studio Preview with FX................................. Enter Preview......................................ESC Load Sound with FX to Mix....................... Ctrl + L Load Sound..................................... Ctrl + I Back to Control Room....................... Backspace Editing Studio Quantize Selection...............................Ctrl + G Select Tool..................................... Ctrl + 1 Draw Orange Bar............................... Ctrl + 2 Draw Green Bar................................ Ctrl + 3 Eraser......................................... Ctrl + 4 Go to the Remixing Studio....................... Ctrl + M Go to the FX Studio.............................. Ctrl + F Set Zoom Ratio 1:1................................... S Zoom to Entire Mix................................... F Zoom Out........................................... A Zoom In............................................. D Scroll Left One Cell.................................. W Scroll Right One Cell................................. E Scroll Left Whole Screen............................. Q Scroll Right Whole Screen............................ R StudioPro..................................Ctrl + Q....................................Ctrl + H Open Mix......................................Ctrl + O New Mix...................................... Ctrl + N Save Mix.......................................Ctrl + S Track Maker Studio Scroll between row.....................up/down Arrows Tempo increase by 5...................... Right Arrow Tempo decrease by 5.......................Left Arrow Tempo increase by 1................. Shift+Right Arrow Tempo decrement by 1................ Shift+Left Arrow Increase loop length.................crtl+right Arrow Decrease loop length................. CRTL+Left Arrow
KEYBOARD COMMANDS (continued) 8 Clear Entire Grid.................................Shift+D Copy Entire Grid.................................Shift+C Cut Entire Grid................................Shift+X Paste Entire Grid..............................Shift+V Playback................................... Esc Copy Row......................................... C Cut Row............................................. X Paste Row......................................... V Clear Row......................................... D Play mode................................... CTRL+P Save out TRK file (.TRK)....................... CTRL+K Explode a TRK............................... CTRL+E Save Track Maker Session (.TMX).............. CTRL+S Open Track Maker Session.................... CTRL+O Back to Control Room...................... Backspace Activate Onscreen................ CTRL+H Load TRK to.mix............................. CTRL+L Studio XPro................................ CTRL+Q Select Sequence Mode............................. S Select Pattern Mode................................ P Toggle Between Patterns...................... F1-F12