Yamaha MU15 - User Manual

Installing the interface Desktop Soundbeam Manual Page 7 Installing the Interface Connect the USB cable to the rear panel of the Desktop Soundbeam interface. Now connect the opposite end of the USB cable to your host PC USB Socket. Next connect the power supply unit to your mains socket output, now ...

Desktop Soundbeam Manual Page 8 Windows Millennium After you have turned on the desktop Soundbeam’s interface, the Found New Hardware Wizard will report it has detected Soundbeam 2 Desktop USB Driver, shortly afterwards the wizard will detect the Soundbeam 2 Desktop MIDI Driver. The Desktop Soundbea...

Windows XP REPLACING THE DEFAULT WINDOWS XP DRIVERS The Windows XP operating system contains drivers that work with the Desktop Soundbeam. However, the Soundbeam drivers provide greater stability and to ensure compatibility with the Desktop Soundbeam applica- tion and interface. You MUST follow thes...

2. Double click the “System” Control Panel. 3. Select the “Hardware” tab. Desktop Soundbeam Manual Page 11

Desktop Soundbeam Manual Page 12 4. Click the “Device Manager” button. 5. Click on the ‘+’ next to ‘Universal Serial Bus Controllers’.

Desktop Soundbeam Manual Page 13 6. Check to see if the heading ‘ USB Composite Device’ appears. 7. Double-click on the ‘USB Composite Device’. 8. Select the “Driver” tab, and click the “Update Driver...” button.

Desktop Soundbeam Manual Page 14 9. When the Hardware Update Wizard appears, select “Install from a specific location (Advanced)” and click “Next”. 10. Select the option “Don’t search, I will choose the driver to install”, click “Next”.

Desktop Soundbeam Manual Page 15 11. On the next screen select the Soundbeam 2DT USB Driver and click “Next”. 12. A warning that the driver has not passed Windows logo testing will display. Ignore this and click “Continue Anyway”.

A LIGHTNING TOUR of the controls The main screen of the application contains the most often used functions in one visible area, in the following exercise we will create a Set-up . A Set-up is a complete collection of settings for the 4 ultrasonic sensor inputs as well as the 8 inputs from the switch...

And finally try selecting Enable , this will either transmit the notes or other MIDI data that is contained within the pitch sequence to the selected MIDI Output port. Desktop Soundbeam Manual Page 20

The Maximum Range of Soundbeam is the furthest distance from the within which interruptions of the Beam will be detected. It can be set to any distance from 0.56m to 6.00m. The Default Range is 0.60m and, unless you change the Default Range setting, 0.60m will be selected each time you Load up a Set...

Divisions Divisions are the numbers of sections (from 1 to 64) into which the Beam or Switch can be divided. Each division can contain from a single note up to a maximum of ten notes per division. We will now change the number of divisions for Beam 1 you can alter this by positioning your mouse poin...

Now put the divisions setting back to 16. TIP If you wish to increment the number of divisions in smaller steps try using the Left and Right arrow buttons next to the divisions number window, this enables you to increment the number of divisions in division steps. Now try say 3 divisions you should ...

Divisions Offset Divisions Offset – defines the note (or chord) of the selected Pitch Sequence from which to start the Pitch Sequence in relation to the Sensor. For Example if we use the Preset Chromatic Scale Pitch Sequence this contains 64 separate divisions containing single notes (see diagram on...

If we now adjust the Divisions Offset Slider to 1 we will now play from Division 1 (C0) thru to Division 16 (Eb1). (see diagram below) If the Divisions Offset number is changed to 8 and the divisions number reduced from 16 to 3 then the sensor would trigger divisions number 8 (G0) to 10 (A0). (see d...

Transpose This enables the whole Pitch Sequence - the sequence of notes which is heard when you move your hand backwards and forwards to and from the Sensor - to be shifted up (+) or down (-) by the number of semitones you set with the Slider control. To try this out, move your hand backwards and fo...

Next change the Transpose setting to “-26”. The screen will show and the whole Pitch Sequence will sound 2 octaves and a tone below the original pitch. Finally, return the Transpose setting to “+00”. and the whole Pitch Sequence will sound once more at the original pitch. Desktop Soundbeam Manual Pa...

Trigger Modes The Trigger Modes are the different ways of starting and stopping the notes sounded by interruptions of the Beam. You will find a full description of the effects of the various articulations listed on page 21. For the moment, listen to the effect - on the sounds pro- duced by movements...

Now select Polysustain trigger mode In Poly Sustain Mode - if you are using sounds which can be sustained indefinitely (e.g. organ, choir, bowed strings, wind instruments) - each time you make a fresh inter- ruption of the Bea m, a new note will be sounded and sustained, even when the inter- ruption...

Trigger Modes are the various ways in which sounds generated by movements in the Beam s, or activated by Switches, can be made to start, stop and, in some cases, overlap; Trigger Modes for Beams Single Shot - plays a single note for the length of each interruption (but no longer). A new note is only...

Desktop Soundbeam Manual Page 39 Polyphony Setting In Soundbeam and other electronic instruments, polyphony means the number of musical notes which can be played simultaneously. The maximum is 32 simultaneous notes per Beam or Switc h. This function is particularly valuable for regulating the densit...

MIDI Control Chains A B Soundbeam Desktop enables the simultaneous control of two real time MIDI Controller Messages. This is selected via MIDI Controller Chain A and B. (see diagram below) Each Control Chain A and B has the same functions. Enable This turns off or on the transmission of the Control...

MIDI Controllers Controller selects the destination for settings from Control Source, Minimum and Depth settings. Controller Contentions If the user selects the same MIDI Controlle r for Either Control Chain A or B then only one control chain can only send one MIDI Controller of the same type. In th...

MIDI Setup MIDI Setup This is used to access settings for a number of different possibilities - for assigning MIDI Program and MIDI Port settings. You may like to try just one of these MIDI Settings for Program Number , since you can use it to explore the various sounds stored in your MIDI musical i...

Bank Hi Bank Lo Bank Hi Bank Lo enables in combination with MIDI Program Number for the user to select alternative Banks of sounds. These messages are commonly called Bank Select Messages . Their are two MIDI controllers that are commonly used for this purpose they are MIDI Controller 0 MSB and MIDI...

Menus Their are several other Menus within the Desktop Soundbeam application, they are described below. FILE Load Set-Up Load Patch loads a Set-up file already created, select the file you wish to load then click on the open button to load the file. Open as Read only This enables a file to be loaded...

Save Enables a user to save any changes to a current file, there are a number of Preset Set-up files these are locked “Read Only” files. If you wish to save any changes to preset files use the Save As function described below Save Set-Up As Enables the user to name a Set-up File before saving the fi...

Save Channel As Save Channel enables the user to save the settings for the currently Selected Sensor. This option is useful if you already have a setting for a particular Sensor in one Set-up and you would like to save this setting so it can be Loaded using Load Channel into another Set-up at a late...

Export Set-Up As Set-up files and Pitch Sequence files are saved as separate files . The Export Set-up function enables the user to save any custom made Pitch Sequences that may be included with the Set-up and the Set-up as one complete file. Exporting a Set-up automatically includes any custom made...

MIDI MIDI Port Settings Enables the user to select the MIDI input Port to enable the following functions: • To Route MIDI Data for recording to the Pitch Sequence Recorder: • Set-up List Arrange r application: To Select a MIDI Port Click on the MIDI Port Settings Icon. There is also a short cut Icon...

Selecting MIDI Input Channel Click on the MIDI Receive Channel Drop down list to select one of the 16 available MIDI Channels. Click on OK to save the Setting. Allow Program Change Set-up Selector This enables a MIDI program change message recived via the currently selected MIDI input to load a Set-...

Controller Reset Controller Reset enables the automatic reset of a MIDI Controller Used within the MIDI Control Chains. Click on Controller Reset to select the Controller reset panel. The User can select to Reset MIDI controllers Now, or automatically resetting MIDI Controllers. Desktop Soundbeam Ma...

Desktop Soundbeam Manual Page 59 The remote select MIDI Input Program Change checkbox enables or disables MIDI Program Change messages to load the Set-up . Switches 1&2 checkbox enables or disables switch selection of the Set-up .

Tools Menu The tools Menu enables the user to access the following functions. • To Record a Pitch Sequence • Record events from the Sensor via the Sensor Event Recorder. • Define a user defined controller • View the Sensor Monitor • Select the Set-Up Macro Settings Panel • Select the MIDI Mixer Pitc...

To Record a Pitch Sequence via the Keyboard Another option is to use your computer keyboard to record a pitch sequence, this way you do not need to connect a MIDI Keyboard. The first step is to insert number of divisions your pitch requires 21 notes. You can insert a division by pressing the Insert ...

Now Select the type of Division we require, as we are recording note information then select Note as the division type . Now type in via your Computer keyboard the follow- ing four notes separated by a space between each note D3 A2 G2 D2 into the Divisions contents window. The Divisions contents win...

To Load a User Pitch Sequence Open the Pitch Sequence Recorder Panel, select the Load Pitch Sequence Icon ,this Icon locates the Folder Containing your own custom made Pitch Sequences . Load Pitch Sequence Icon The Open Pitch Sequences Panel displays your current custom made Pitch Sequences click on...

Pitch Sequence Division Types There are 3 types of MIDI Data that can be placed into a Pitch Sequence Division , they are • Notes • Program Change • System Exclusive We will add a series of MIDI Program numbers into our already created Pitch Sequence Scottish Fiddler. Open the Pitch Sequence Recorde...

The 1st Division in our Pitch Sequence should now con- tain an empty Division . Now Select Program Change as a Division Type. Program Change Division Type Enter 1 in the Divisions Contents window. This Division 1 will now contain a MIDI Program Change message, this message will select a Acoustic Gra...

On interruption of the 1st Division furthest away from the sensor will transmit MIDI Program number of 1 Acoustic Grand Piano. Movements along the beam between Divisions number 2 and 23 will generate the notes of our Pitch Sequence Scottish Fiddler. Desktop Soundbeam Manual Page 71

On interrupting the 24th Division closest to the sensor will transmit the MIDI pro- gram number of 90 Warm Pad. Desktop Soundbeam Manual Page 72

System Exclusive Division Type System Exclusive MIDI Messages are custom MIDI messages that correspond to a particular Musical Instrument Manufacturer. We can insert into a Pitch Sequence Divi- sion System Exclusive messages. As each type of System Exclusive message is unique to a particular manufac...

Sensor Events Recorder The Sensor Events Recorder enables you to record the output from each separate sensor. This can be saved as a comma separated file format for importing into a 3rd party software package like Exel for further analysis. To open the recorder select. This will open the Sensor Even...

User Defined Controllers User defined Controller Panel enables the user to define their own Variable System Exclusive Message. To open the panel select Tools Menu then click on. This then opens the User Defined Controllers Panel . The user can input the Name for the controller into the Controller Na...

Firstly input the Controller name as ‘Yamaha XG Reverb Time’ into the Controller Name window . we now need to define and enter our System Exclusive MIDI Message into the MIDI Message Window. The Yamaha System Exclusive ID is 43 10 4C, as with any System Exclusive MIDI Message we need to start this m...

The next step is to define our variable parameter Minimum and Maximum parameters as this data is given normally in Hexadecimal numbering we will input this data in this format. The minimum variable parameter is 00 the Maximum value is 45. We input the data like so. Next click on the button, if you h...

The new User Defined Controller has now been added to our usable list of controllers for use within the MIDI Control Chains . The controller is available at the end of the pre defined MIDI Controllers list. Applying the controller to the control chain automatically sets the depth to the maxi- mum ra...

SENSOR Monitor The Sensor Monitor displays information about the interruption and position of any of the four ultrasonic sensor inputs or the eight switch inputs. To open the panel select Tools Menu then click on. This will open the Sensor Monitor Panel . The Four left-hand channels correspond to Be...

Set-Up Macro Settings Patch Macro Settings Panel enables the user to set the following sensor controls. • Global Transpose all sensors • Global Transpose from any source sensor • Transpose from one sensor to another • MIDI File Replay triggered from any sensor Desktop Soundbeam Manual Page 82

Cross Sensor Transpose Cross Sensor Transposition enables the interruption of one sensor’s Pitch Sequence to Transpose the Pitch Sequence assigned to one of the available sensor’s. The Transposition information is derived by adding the octave of the controlling Sensors Pitch Sequence to the octave o...

Desktop Soundbeam Manual Page 85 MIDI File Replay MIDI File Replay enables the user to load a MIDI File in either 0 or 1 format. Then using any Sensor to start the MIDI File . There are two options for the MIDI file replay Reatime Mode . They are, Start/Stop This mode enables the interruption of a S...

Desktop Soundbeam Manual Page 87 The MIDI Output Port Selector connects the MIDI file playback to any available MIDI port installed on your computer.

Desktop Soundbeam Manual Page 88 MIDI MIXER The MIDI Mixer enables the user adjust the audio mix between any Sensor . To open the MIDI Mixer Panel Select the tools menu then click on, This opens the MIDI Mixer Panel . The Mixer Panel allows you vary independently the following parameters for each Se...

• The Volume level • Pan Position • Reverberation Level • Chorus Level Volume Control The Volume Contro l Varies two simultaneous MIDI Controllers , they are • Volume Controller No7 • Expression Volume Controller No11 Varying the Fader Control alters the controller from a Minimum of 000 to Maximum o...

Configure Program To Open the Configure Program Panel click to to open Configure Program Panel. The Configure Program Panel. Lets the user configure the default Pitch Sequence directory, this defaults to the installed default directory displayed in the Pitch Sequence Path window. Show Preset Pitch S...

Desktop Soundbeam Manual Page 93 Short cuts Menus The Icon Short-cuts enable the user to select the most commonly used features without utilising the drop down Menus. File Open Ctrl+O Enables the user to Open a Set-up file. File Save Ctrl+S Enables the user to save the current Set-up . Set-Up Macro ...

Desktop Soundbeam Manual Page 94 The Desktop Soundbeam The Desktop Soundbeam was deigned for Edward and Judy Williams by Adam Fullerton : Interface Firmware Gerald McKenzie : Soundbeam Application Mark Newbold : Specification, Installer, Software Testing, Manual, Set-up design Tim Orr: Hardware Desi...