Document Outline

• INTRODUCTION
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• Authorization
• Credits
• A word from Devine Machine
• Welcome to GURU!
• Installation
  • Windows Installation
  • MacOSX Installation
• CHAPTER ONE
• GURU: Fundamental Philosophy
  • 1:1 Engines, Pads, Patterns and Graphs
  • 1:2 SmartSlice: GURU’s enlightened approach to drumloop-slicing
  • 1:3 Overview of the GURU interface
  • 1:4 Control conventions and keyboard shortcuts
• CHAPTER TWO
• Starting to use Guru: the Browser
  • 2:1 Operating the Browser
    • Favourites
    • Browsing and Preview tools:
      • Auto mode
      • Preview tools
  • 2:2 Hit tab
    • Using Auto mode
  • 2:2 Loops tab
    • Slicing/Mapping tools
      • Score button
      • Slice mode context menu
    • Using Auto mode
      • Using component slices
    • Operating without Auto mode
    • More about the Score mode
    • Using REX files with GURU
  • 2:4 Patterns tab
    • Loading Patterns and Pattern Sets
    • Saving Patterns and Pattern Sets
  • 2:5 Kits tab
• CHAPTER THREE
• Working with Pads & the Pad Edit view
  • 3:1 Pad Edit view
    • Pad Edit Keyboard modifiers
    • Waveform display
    • Utility controls
    • Gain, Pan, Tune/Fine, Cut/Rez/Type
    • Pad effect slot
    • Direct/Aux Controls
    • Amp Envelope
    • FX Envelope
    • Audition
    • Layers and Velocity Splits
      • Velocity Split
  • 3:2 Automating Pad Edit view parameters in your host sequencer
  • 3:3 Other Pad operations
    • Operating Pads
    • Pad context menu
    • Moving/Exchanging/Copying Pads
• CHAPTER FOUR
• Patterns and Graphs:
• Patterns
  • Graphs
  • Sequencer Master
• CHAPTER FIVE
• Working with Patterns
  • 5:1 Pattern view
    • Editing Patterns in the Pattern view
      • Draw mode
      • Select mode
    • Utility controls
  • 5:2 Other Pattern operations
    • Undo button
    • Pattern keys
    • Pattern context menu
    • Moving/Copying/Exchanging Patterns
    • Exporting Patterns as MIDI files
• CHAPTER SIX
• Working with Graphs
  • 6:1 Graphs view
    • Graphs Select view
    • Graphs Edit view
      • Editing events in a sub-Graph
      • Instant Graph Recorder
  • 6:2 Graphs reference
    • Level Graph type
      • • Velocity
      • • Pan
    • Pitch Graph type
      • • Pitch
      • • Fine
    • Filter Graph type
      • • Filter Cutoff
      • • Filter Resonance
    • Repeat Graph type
      • • Repeat
      • • Shift
      • • Scrub
• CHAPTER SEVEN
• Sequencer Master section
  • 7:1 Sequencer Master display
    • Naming Patterns
  • 7:2 Tempo control & Tempo multiplier ratio
  • 7:3 Recording Patterns
    • Record-arming
      • • Click on Record
      • • Quantized Record
    • Record mode
    • Commit/Undo
    • Record mode options
  • 7:4 Using Groove
    • Groove controls
    • Groove and Shift Graphs
• CHAPTER EIGHT
• Working with Engines
  • 8:1 Engine controls in GURU toolbar
    • Engine selectors
    • Engine activity display
  • 8:2 Aux Effects View
  • 8:3 Mix View
    • Engine channels
      • Engine insert effects
    • Master channel
      • Master insert effect
  • 8:4 FX Group automation
  • 8:5 Scenes view
• CHAPTER NINE
• Customizing GURU: the Options panel
  • 9:1 MIDI Options
  • 9:2 Audio Options
  • 9:3 Browsing
  • 9:4 Misc
• CHAPTER TEN
• Effects reference
  • 10:1 Pad Effects
    • Compressors
    • Waveshaper Distortion effects
    • Ring Modulators
    • Bit crushing type effects
    • Oscillators (Oscs)
    • Equalizers
  • 10:2 Engine Effects
    • • DELAY
    • • FLANGER
    • • CHORUS
    • • COMPRESSOR
    • • REVERB
    • • DISTORTION
    • Filter LFO and ENV effects
    • Bitcrusher LFO and ENV effects
    • Ring Modulation LFO and ENV effects
    • Parametric Equalizers
    • • TRANCEGATE
    • • FREEZER
• CHAPTER ELEVEN
• Technical Reference
  • 11:1 Signal Flow diagram
  • 11:2 Keyboard shortcut reference
  • 11:3 MIDI Keyboard layout
  • 11:4 Host Automation Parameters
  • 11:5 Loading and Saving in GURU
  • 11:6 Support and Troubleshooting
    • • Registering and downloading the latest version of GURU
    • • Obtaining technical support