Waldorf Edition - Manual (Page 8)

Waldorf Edition
User Manual 8 Waldorf
Using the Attack
You can play the Attack via MIDI like any other instrument, and record what you
play on a MIDI track. To make sure, press a key on your MIDI keyboard. You should
now hear a sound. If you don’t hear anything, determine first whether your host ap-
plication receives MIDI data at all. If you notice considerable latency times (delay)
when you play the Attack via MIDI, please read the chapter "Playing the Attack
Live".
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If you don’t want to play the Attack exclusively from the integrated screen key-
board, make sure that your host application receives MIDI data that you generate
from your external MIDI Master keyboard.
 To activate the Attack as a virtual instrument please consult the corresponding
documentation of your host application.
Audio Channels of the Attack
The audio signals that are created by a virtual instrument are automatically routed to
the Channel Mixer of your host application. Open this mixer. For each open Attack
plug-in, you find six stereo channel strips in the Channel Mixer. These are named
„Atk 1L“, „Atk 1R“ through „Atk 6L“ and „Atk 6R“ (note that some hosts only show
the names of the left channels). By using the Output parameter in the Amplifier sec-
tion, you can assign the audio signals to any of the output channels.
Using the Channel Mixer, you can comfortably mix the signals created with the At-
tack and treat them in the same manner as audio tracks. You can apply EQ, effects,
or other external studio gear, and process the audio in diverse ways.
If needed, you can transform any or all Attack tracks into an audio file. To do this,
simply use the “Export Audio” function of your host application. Please find more
information in the corresponding documentation.
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To get the most out of the Attack, please make sure that you use the latest soft-
ware version of your host application.
Loading Banks and Kits
An Attack (drum-) Kit consists of 24 different sounds. The Attack comes with several
preset kits, created by renowned sound designers.
A Bank consists of 16 complete kits, each with 24 sounds.
You can load complete banks or single kits. For information on loading, please read
the corresponding manual section of your host application.
When you use the Attack as AudioUnit on the Macintosh, you can only play the first
kit of a loaded bank. You can, however, copy individual sounds from one of the ot-
her 15 kits to the first kit through the Preset menu, if you have loaded a bank that
contains 16 kits.
Storing Banks and Kits
In the Attack, you can save both single kits or a complete bank.