1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................ 4
2 FEATURES .......................................................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 P K P ( U 2 K ) ............................................................................................ 5 ER EYBOARD ARAMETERS P TO EYBOARDS
2.2 P LER AYER ARAMETERS P TO AYERS P ( U 8 L ) ........................................................................................................ 5
2.2.1 Oscillators ............................................................................................................................................... 5
2.2.2 Filters ...................................................................................................................................................... 5
2.2.3 Modulators .............................................................................................................................................. 5
2.3 P PER ATCH LOBAL ARAMETERS AND FFECTS G P E ..................................................................................................... 6
3 INSTALLATION ................................................................................................................................................. 7
3.1 L E ICENSER DRIVERS ............................................................................................................................................. 7
3.1.1 If you already own a eLicenser ............................................................................................................... 7
3.1.2 If you have received a eLicenser dongle from XILS-lab .......................................................................... 7
3.2 L .................................................................................................................................................... 7 I OK DRIVERS
3.3 W (XP, VISTA, W 7) ................................................................................................................. 8 INDOWS INDOWS
3.4 M (OSX 10.5 AC AND LATER) .............................................................................................................................. 8
4 QUICK START .................................................................................................................................................... 9
4.1 L , PAUNCH LAY ................................................................................................................................................... 9
4.2 TOOLBAR ........................................................................................................................................................... 9
4.3 A DJUSTING THE INSTRUMENTS PARAMETERS NOBS SWITCHES (K , ) ................................................................................. 9
5 PRESET MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................... 10
5.1 M TAIN OOLBAR ................................................................................................................................................ 10
5.2 P RESET MENU .................................................................................................................................................... 11
5.3 SORT MENUS ..................................................................................................................................................... 12
5.3.1 Sorting Menu: Additional Functions .................................................................................................... 14
5.4 A/B COMPARISON .............................................................................................................................................. 15
6 SYN’X ARCHITECTURE ................................................................................................................................ 15
6.1 K , LEYBOARDS AYERS OICES & V ......................................................................................................................... 16
7 SOUND DESIGN AND SOUND EDIT WITH THE SYN’X 2 : THE EASY AND ADVANCED
EDITORS ............................................................................................................................................................... 17
7.1 T E M AO SWITCH FROM ASY ODE TO DVANCED ODE M ............................................................................................. 18
7.2 T E AHE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ASY AND DVANCED DIT MODES E ......................................................................... 18
7.3 H E M ERE ARE SOME GUIDE LINES TO HELP YOU DECIDE WHICH DIT ODE YOU SHOULD USE TO CREATE OR EDIT SOUNDS, . .... 18
8 THE EASY EDIT MODE ................................................................................................................................. 19
9 THE ADVANCED EDIT MODE ...................................................................................................................... 21
9.1 T DO ISPLAY THE ADVANCED DIT ODE E M ............................................................................................................. 21
9.2 LAYER ANAGEMENT M : T AHE DVANCED ANEL P .................................................................................................... 21
9.2.1 How to assign a Voice to a Layer and to a Keyboard ? ........................................................................ 22
9.2.2 Keyboard Range and Midi Channel ..................................................................................................... 22
9.2.3 Keyboard Play Mode and Unison .......................................................................................................... 23
9.2.4 Play Modes ........................................................................................................................................... 23
9.2.5 The Guitar Mode ( aka Midi Polytimbral Mode ) ................................................................................. 24
9.3 ADVANCED ODE M : LAYER ANAGEMENT AND MULTISELECTION TECHNIQUES M ............................................................ 25
9.3.1 The Central Multi Layer Area ............................................................................................................... 25
9.3.2 Editing a single Layer ........................................................................................................................... 25
9.3.3 Layers Multiselections techniques ......................................................................................................... 25