Basic View

The Basic View displays all parameters you need when playing live. You already know most elements such as the Matrix List and the Matrix Control Bars from the original Vienna Instruments – but now they are conveniently placed on one screen!

We'll take a closer look at the Matrix List, Matrix View, Matrix Control and the Browser in the Advanced View chapter on the next pages – the only difference is the appearance of these sections (the Matrix List and Matrix Control sections are simply bigger than the ones in the Advanced View).

All widgets come with Tool Tips, so you get instant information when you hover over each widget with your mouse.

Eight assignable real-time controllers let you customize your Presets, depending on the controllers you'd like to use, and you can save additional information together with the Preset Information, which is displayed instantly when you start to load a preset, as a help for your orientation.

Each selected Matrix and Cell can be easily identified by the bright frame around the Key Switch or cell.

Tip

The Scale Button lets you adjust the size of the GUI to 100% and 200%. A useful feature for everybody working on high resolution screens!

Real-Time Controller Area

Eight Real-Time Sliders, freely assignable, show all the controls and parameters available in the Controller Map tab of the Advanced View, the successor of the rather well hidden "Map Control" page in the original Vienna Instruments.

Choose the parameter you want to control with each slider, then assign your preferred controller, either by "right-click and MIDI learn", or simply choose from the Controller List that appears when you click the Controller Assign button.

The idea of the Basic View is to keep things simple, so please take advantage of this offer – you don't need to assign all 8 sliders for every preset.

  1. Slider:
  • Drag to change value
  • Right-click to enable MIDI-learn.
  • Double-click to set default value.

  1. Controller Assign: Click to select controller for chosen parameter

  2. Parameter Assign:

  • Shows all available real-time controllable parameters.
  • Click-drag to select parameter to control from the current strip.
  1. Parameter On/Off:
  • Only shows when Velocity X-Fade or Reverb Wet are chosen as parameters.
  • Click to turn parameter on/off.
  • Right-click to enable MIDI-learn.

Current Patch Display

The Current Patch Display is placed right below the Matrix Control Window and shows the name of the Patch that's loaded in the first Slot of the current Matrix Cell.

The Slot Rack in the Advanced View is the more complex equivalent, which shows up to 16 slots for each cell.More about this later.

Basic View Virtual Keyboard

The Keyboard displays the range of all loaded patches, even stacked multi-instruments, as white keys. The keys of the virtual keyboard are touch-sensitive. When you move your mouse vertically over one key and click on different positions, you hear different velocities, depending on where you click.

Key Switches:

The A/B Key Switches are red (labeled "A, B").

Key Switches for the Horizontal X-Axis of the Matrix Control Bar are blue (labeled "X").

Key Switches for the Vertical Y-Axis of the Matrix Control Bar are light green (labeled"Y").

Matrix Key Switches are purple (labeled "1-12").

Tip

In case two Key Switches are on the very same key, a striped diagonal pattern will be displayed on this key.