Document Outline

• IMPORTANT NOTES
• Contents
• Introduction
  • Check the contents of the package
• Startup
  • Names of Things and What They Do
    • Front Panel
    • Rear Panel
    • V-Producer screen
    • Restoring the factory settings (Factory Reset)
  • Connections with external devices
    • Attaching the rackmount adaptors
    • Connecting MIDI and audio devices
  • Installation
    • Windows users
      • Installing V-Producer
      • Installing the Driver
    • Macintosh users
      • About the included MIDI drivers
      • Installing OMS
      • Installing V-Producer
      • Connections and OMS setup
  • MIDI and audio settings
  • Listening to the demo songs
    • Loading the demo songs
    • Playing the demo song
  • Turning the VariOS on/off
    • Turning on the VariOS when connected to a computer
    • Turning off the VariOS when connected to a computer
• Operation Guide: Software (V-Producer)
  • An overview of V-Producer
    • What is VariPhrase?
    • What is encoding?
  • Loading wave files (Load Wave Files)
  • Make settings for samples and play them (Sample List)
    • Auditioning a sample
    • Switching the keyboard map
      • (Phrase Map)
      • (Groove Map)
    • Deleting a sample
    • Copying a sample
  • Editing the sample parameters (Sample Edit)
    • Key Assign mode
    • Playback mode
    • Robot (robot voice switch)
    • Reset
  • Re-encoding a sample (Wave Edit)
    • Waveform preview
    • Changing the encoding type
    • Changing the original tempo
    • Changing the location of a event
  • Creating a song (Vari Track)
    • Changing the tempo
    • Setting the time signature
    • Arranging samples
    • Editing a frame
      • Select the frame to edit
      • Moving a frame
      • Changing the length of a frame
      • Copying a frame
      • Deleting a frame
    • Loop playback
      • Using the Quick Loop function to set the loop region
    • Editing the settings of a frame (Frame Properties)
    • Solo/Mute/Volume/Pan settings
    • Playing your MIDI keyboard and recording (RealTime Rec)
  • Phrase editing (Scope Editor)
    • Phrase scope
    • Groove scope
  • Editing in the Phrase Scope
    • Waveform display area
    • Note display area
    • Controller display area
    • Editing the Pitch/Time/Formant/Dynamics
      • Erasing controller data
    • Editing notes
      • Grid Snap setting
      • Selecting multiple notes
      • Changing the pitch (fixed movement of the note upward or downward)
      • Adjusting the legato timing
      • Moving a note to another position
      • Adding a note
      • Changing the length of a note
      • Erasing a note
      • Copying a note
      • Dividing a note
      • Joining two notes
      • Editing the velocity
    • Modify Recording
    • Quantize
  • Editing in the Groove Scope
    • Original waveform display area
    • Slice (note) display area
    • Controller display area
    • Editing the Pitch/Time/Formant/Dynamics
    • Editing a slice (note)
      • Selecting multiple slices
      • Moving a slice
      • Adding a slice
      • Adjusting the length of a slice
      • Deleting a slice
      • Copying a slice by dragging and dropping
      • Copying a slice with the Copy and Paste commands
    • Modify Recording
    • Quantize
  • Saving
    • Saving a song
    • Exporting a wave file
  • Using the effects of the VariOS (Mixer)
    • Using the Mixer
    • Using effects
      • MULTI (Multi-effect)
      • CHORUS
      • REVERB
      • Switching the effect type
  • Taking advantage of the VariOS Keyboard(VariOS Keyboard)
    • Using the VariOS Keyboard
      • Note name display
      • Turning a note on/off from your computer keyboard
      • Surface controller
• Operation guide: Sound module (VariOS)
  • An overview of the VariOS
    • Internal structure of the VariOS
      • “Samples” and “performances”
      • To play sounds
      • Saving sounds
      • What is “keyboard map”?
      • Sample playback
      • Maximum sample time
      • Maximum polyphony
  • Basic operation of the VariOS
    • The screen and basic operation
    • Switching the screen
    • Editing a value
    • Assigning a name
    • Selecting a sample
    • Changing the tempo of a sample
      • Tempo sync setting
    • Playing the VariOS from a connected keyboard (MIDI Mode)
      • PC mode
      • Internal mode
    • Changing how the sounds are produced
      • Changing the Keyboard Map setting
      • Changing the Key Assign Mode
      • Changing the Playback Mode
    • Loading and saving
  • VariOS Menu Reference
    • Menu 1 Sample Edit (sample settings)
      • 1-1 Key Assign mode
      • 1-2 Playback Mode
      • 1-3 Trigger mode
      • 1-4 Loop Switch
      • 1-5 Robot Voice switch
      • 1-6 Wave Gain
      • 1-7 Fade In/Out
    • Menu 2 Part Edit (part settings)
      • 2-1 Keyboard Map
      • 2-2 Voice Reserve
      • 2-3 Tempo Sync
      • 2-4 Pitch Sync
      • 2-5 Level/Pan
      • 2-6 Tune
      • 2-7 Key Range
      • 2-8 Receive Channel (Receive MIDI channel)
    • Menu 3 Controller Edit (Controller settings)
      • 3-1 CTRL Setting
      • 3-1-6 Pitch Bend
      • 3-1-8 Hold
      • 3-2 Knob Assign
      • 3-3 Knob Output Mode
      • 3-4 Knob Control
    • Menu 4 Effect Edit (Effect settings)
      • 4-1 Effect Switch
      • 4-2 Part Routing (settings for each part)
      • 4-3 Effect Type MFX
      • 4-4 Effect Type Cho
      • 4-5 Effect Type Rev
      • 4-6 Common Routing
    • Menu 5 Tune (Tuning settings)
      • 5-1 Master Tune
      • 5-2 Master Coarse/Fine Tune
      • 5-3 Transpose (System transpose)
      • 5-4 Octave Shift (System octave shift)
    • Menu 6 Utility
      • 6-1 Sample Delete
      • 6-2 Sample Rename
      • 6-3 Sample Swap
      • 6-5 Factory Reset (Restoring the factory settings)
    • Menu 7 System
      • 7-1 Control Channel
      • 7-2 Audio Input Jack
      • 7-3 MIDI Mode
      • 7-4 Panic Key
      • 7-5 LCD Contrast
      • 7-6 M. Attenuation (Master attenuation)
    • Menu 8 DISK
      • 8-1 Load
      • 8-2 Save
      • 8-3 Delete
      • 8-4 Rename
      • 8-5 Format
• Appendix
  • Synchronization settings
    • Synchronizing as a slave (MIDI Clock)
      • V-Producer synchronization settings
      • ProTools
      • Logic Audio
      • Cubase VST
      • SONAR 2.0
    • Synchronizing as a slave (MTC)
      • Synchronization settings on the master device
    • Synchronizing as the master (MIDI Clock)
      • Synchronization settings on the slave device(s)
    • Synchronizing as the master (MTC)
      • Synchronization settings on the slave device(s)
  • Controlling the VariOS from your MIDI sequencer
  • Using your MIDI sequencer to play data (SMF) created by V-Producer
    • Export SMF data
    • Load the SMF data into your MIDI sequencer
  • When not using the USB MIDI functionality of the VariOS (Connecting the VariOS to an external MID...
    • Connections
    • MIDI port settings in V-Producer
    • MIDI MODE setting on the VariOS
  • Reloading the internal demo song into the VariOS
  • Troubleshooting
    • Problems related to the USB driver (Windows)
    • Problems related to the USB driver (Macintosh)
    • Problems when using the VariOS
    • Deleting the driver
      • Windows XP/2000 users
      • Windows Me users
      • Macintosh users
  • List of messages
    • Error messages displayed by V-Producer
      • VariOS (sound module) related errors
      • V-Producer errors
    • Errors displayed by the VariOS (sound module)
      • MIDI-related
      • Hardware-related
      • Disk and file-related
  • List of shortcuts
  • Specifications
    • VariOS: Open System Module
  • INDEX