Dark Planet

10
Plug-in Controls
Performance Control Section
Performance Control Section
The performance control section in the lower part of the plug-in panel contains the
elements that you need to “play” the instrument: pitchbend and modulation wheel,
virtual keyboard, and sphere.
Wheel Controls
To the left of the virtual keyboard, you can find the pitchbend wheel and the
modulation wheel. The modulation wheel is hardwired to MIDI controller #1.
Ö The fixed assignment of MIDI controller #1 cannot be changed. Therefore, the
modulation wheel offers no “Learn CC” function.
Keyboard
The virtual keyboard can be used to trigger MIDI notes just like a real keyboard. By
clicking the keys at different vertical positions you can control the note-on velocity.
Furthermore, the keyboard displays keys that are not used to trigger notes but act as
key switches. The “Shift Keyboard” buttons to the left and right of the keyboard shift
the keyboard range by octaves. This allows you to display key switches that are
located on lower keys, for example.
Sphere H and Sphere V
The sphere is the ball on the right. It is a two-dimensional control, which allows you to
adjust two quick controls simultaneously by dragging the mouse horizontally and
vertically within the sphere. The quick control on the horizontal axis is called Sphere H.
The quick control on the vertical axis is called Sphere V. Typically, two parameters that
belong together are assigned to the sphere. For instance, Cutoff is assigned to
Sphere H and Resonance to Sphere V.
Ö The small triangles for indicating the horizontal and the vertical axis are only available
if parameters are assigned to Sphere H and V.
Center Horizontal/Center Vertical
You can set up the sphere to return to its center position automatically. This can be
defined for each axis separately.
To do so, activate the “Center Horizontal” or “Center Vertical” options on the context
menu for the sphere.