User Manual
Table Of Contents
- About this manual
- Contents
- Introduction to NAUTILUS
- Playing and editing Programs
- Playing and editing Combinations
- Creating songs (SEQUENCER mode)
- Set Lists
- Sampling (Open Sampling System)
- Arpeggiator function
- Global Settings, Wave Seq., Drum Kits
- Loading & saving data
- Using Effects
- Appendices
- Troubleshooting
- Error and confirmation messages
- A (ADC–Are You Sure)
- B (Buffer)
- C (Can’t calibrate–Completed)
- D (Destination–Disk)
- E (Error–Exceeded)
- F (File–Front)
- H
- I (Illegal–Index)
- K
- M (Master–Multisample)
- N (No data–Not enough song memory)
- O (Obey copyright rules–Oscillator)
- P (Pattern–Program)
- Q (Quick Layer/Split function)
- R (Rear sample–Root)
- S (Sample–Source)
- T (The clock–/TEMP folder detected)
- U (Unable to create directory–USB Hub)
- W (Wave)
- Y (You)
- Internal drive and Media information
- Specifications
- MIDI Implementation Chart
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Contents
About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Introduction to NAUTILUS. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Front and rear panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
TouchView user interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
About the NAUTILUS’ modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
About the NAUTILUS’ PCM memory. . . . . . . . . . . . 13
About polyphony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Basic operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Turning the power on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Playing and editing Programs . . . . . . . .25
Playing Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Selecting Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Easy Program Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Quick edits using the RT control knobs . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Quick Layer/Split. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Quick Layer example:
adding strings to a piano sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Quick Split example:
adding left-hand bass to a piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Detailed Program Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Editing HD-1 Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using LFOs and Envelopes (EGs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using Alternate Modulation (AMS)
and the AMS Mixers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Controlling Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using the Amp section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Using EXi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Using Vector Synthesis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Playing and editing Combinations . . . .55
Playing Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Selecting Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Easy Combination editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Changing the Programs within a Combi . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Adjusting the mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Quick Layer/Split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Quick Layer example:
adding strings to a piano Combination . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Quick Split example:
adding a lead synth to a Combination . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Detailed Combination editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Combination overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Layers, Splits, and Velocity Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
MIDI Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Altering Programs to fit within a Combination . . . . . .67
Editing Programs from within a Combination or
Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Saving your edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Creating songs (SEQUENCER mode) . . .71
Playing Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
MIDI recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Preparations for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Recording MIDI in real-time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
MIDI step recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Recording the sound of a Combination or Program. . .85
Recording multiple MIDI tracks from
an external sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Recording System Exclusive events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Recording patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Other ways to record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Audio recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Audio recording overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Audio input settings and recording source selection . .93
Recording procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Other variations of audio track recording. . . . . . . . . .101
Placing a WAVE file in an audio track . . . . . . . . . . .102
Song editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Using RPPR (Realtime Pattern Play/Record) . .106
Creating RPPR data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
RPPR playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Recording an RPPR performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Sampling in SEQUENCER mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Saving your Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Other notes about SEQUENCER mode. . . . . . . .110
NAUTILUS sequencer file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
The Compare function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Memory Protect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
About MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112