Vir2 Instruments Apollo Manual - Manual (Page 16)

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AMBIENT DESIGNER
CHAPTER 08
/ AMBIENT DESIGNER
BASIC USE
The AMBIENT DESIGNER is a revolutionary approach to guitar-based
ambient sound design. There are six basic groups: Red, Yellow, Green, Blue,
Cyan, and White. Each group has a set of sounds loaded, which can be
triggered by simply pressing a note on the keyboard. Click the LATCH
switch to engage Latch mode, which allows for the basic foundation of
sound design within Ambient Designer. Press a key to trigger a sound, that
sound will latch and continue to loop (a light will illuminate below the group
that a sound is triggered). Press the same key again to disengage the
looping sound. With this feature, you can trigger as many sounds as
possible within the six groups. Click the colored tab above each group to
load different groups, each with unique sounds. Click EDIT to bring up the
mixer page, which gives deeper mixing control for each triggered sound.
The triggered keys in that particular group will be illuminated by a light on
the bottom right of the channel. On the mixer page, the user can click the
REV button to reverse the sound of each channel. Use each channel’s fader
and pan for further customization. Click BACK to return to the main
Ambient Designer page.
MAIN PAGE
• Latch Mode - When engaged, a triggered sample will continuously loop
until retriggered
• Group Select - Click to load desired group of sounds
• Group Edit - Click to navigate to group Mixer page
• Mute/Solo - Mute or Solo group
• Surround Output - Click to select surround mode
• Global FX - Choose to engage either Transient Master, Compression, or
Limiter to the Ambient Designer
• Global FX Switch - Engages selected Global Effect
• Group Playback Indicator Light - Illuminates when a sample within group
is being triggered
• Info Button - Clicking the Info Button brings up info slide
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