User Manual

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Drum and Bass Rig • User Guide
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Using the Drum and Bass Rig in Stand-Alone Mode
In addition to support for most popular plug-in formats, the M-Audio Drum and Bass Rig runs as a stand-alone application. On the Macintosh,
the stand-alone version of Drum and Bass Rig uses the default audio settings of the operating system. On Windows, the stand-alone version
includes additional configuration settings:
Windows Stand-Alone
The Drum and Bass Rig stand-alone application for Windows includes four controls at the top of the application’s window:
The controls are as follows (from left to right):
Sound Card Selector
: click this control to select the desired sound card for audio output.
Output Selector: click this control to choose the audio outputs for Drum and Bass Rig (for multi-output sound cards only).
On Button: clicking this button turns Drum and Bass Rig on or off.
Cfg...: click this button to open the selected sound card’s ASIO Control Panel.
Using the M-Audio Drum and Bass Rig
The M-Audio Drum and Bass Rig is a device consisting of four instruments, a Master Effect Generator, and global settings. Each of these sections
are explained below:
Global
The strip at the top of the Drum and Bass Rig sets Global Settings that affect all instruments.
Certification Dialog: to open the Certification dialog, click the Drum and Bass Rig or M-Audio logos on the left or right side of the top strip of the
rig. This window also displays the Drum and Bass Rig version number information.
Load/Save: the Load/Save buttons at the top of the Drum and Bass Rig are for loading and saving bank files. These files contain all program/
patch information, MIDI channel and MIDI CC assignments, volumes, panning, key range, transpose, MFX (master effects) send, on/off status,
etc. for all four instruments within the Drum and Bass Rig, as well as the global MFX settings, fine tune, tempo, master swing and master volume
parameters. The user can also save and load banks via the menu that appears in their host application. Drum and Bass Rig banks are saved
and loaded from a folder called “Drum and Bass Rig Patches.”
Master FX
Clicking the master effects section produces a drop-down menu of 49 effects algorithms, organized into submenus by type. For a listing of effects
types see the “Effects Presets” listing below.
Once an effect is selected, the effect name will be displayed and two specially chosen effect edit parameters, plus a mix parameter, will be
displayed with useful preprogrammed preset settings. The names of the two effect edit parameters vary depending on the type of effect that is
in use. For example, a reverb may display “Size” and “Damp” (room size and damping) for its parameters. A delay may display “Time” and “Fbk”
(delay time (speed) and feedback (regeneration)).
Mix: governs the MFX wet/dry balance.
Fine Tune: adjusts the fine-tuning of all instruments in the Rig.
Tempo: allows the user to set a song tempo that will set tempo-sync’ed delays and LFOs when there is no tempo detected from the host by the
Drum and Bass Rig.
Master Volume:
controls the output volume of the whole Drum and Bass Rig.
Master Swing: a swing control that affects the LC-5 and the BL-6.