Summary of Clavinet
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Cla vinet user guide.
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Cla vinet table of contents chapter 1 introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................3 1.1 product overview ...........................................................................
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3 cla vinet chapter 1: introduction thank you for choosing waves! In order to get the most out of your waves instrument, please take some time to read through this user guide. We also suggest that you become familiar with www.Waves.Com/support. There you will find an extensive answer base, the lates...
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4 cla vinet 1.1 product overview the clavinet is a keyboard instrument that uses strings, keys, and electromagnetic pickups to produce a unique, funky sound. Many musical hits, such as “higher ground” and “superstation” by stevie wonder and “outta space” by billy preston, fused the clavinet sound wi...
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5 cla vinet • the reference tuning for the actual sampled instrument was the normative middle a=440 hz. The clavinet’s top toolbar features a global tune control that allows setting of the overall tuning one semitone up or down. For users looking to adhere to a 432 hz reference, the tuning should be...
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6 cla vinet 1.4 functional block/flow diagram 1.5 starting clavinet insert the clavinet plugin on an instrument track in your daw, or launch the standalone application. The plugin will load its default settings and will be ready to use. Before getting started, use the velocity curve control to adjus...
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7 cla vinet chapter 2: interface and controls 2.1 interface 2.2 controls keyboard control a virtual keyboard enables you to preview the sound of a note when a keyboard controller is not available. Use a mouse or similar input device to play a note. This control cannot be automated, although it will ...
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8 cla vinet keys section vel curve the vel curve control changes the curve of the velocity response from logarithmic to exponential. Use it to adjust the feel of your midi keyboard. When the control is set to 0, the curve of the velocity response is linear. Range: -50 to +50 initial value: 0 reset v...
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9 cla vinet mix section main main controls the sampled sound of the clavinet without the mechanics and the release keys sounds. It controls the main samples level in the overall mix. Range: 0% – 100% initial value: 90% reset value: 90% continuous control key up key up controls the sound of the keys ...
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10 cla vinet mechanics mechanics controls the sampled sound of the clavinet mechanics without the main or key up sounds. It controls the mechanics (thump) samples level in the overall mix. Range: 0% – 100% initial value: 12% reset value: 0% continuous control comp the comp control influences the mix...
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11 cla vinet amp setion amp on/off the amp button turns the amp section on or off. Range: off or on initial value: off switch: off or on reset value: off drive controls the level of the amplifier overdrive. Range: 0–100 initial value: 0 reset value: 0 continuous control.
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12 cla vinet type there are two microphone options in front of the amplifier: condenser and dynamic. Range: dyn or cond initial value: cond reset value: cond two-state switch tone setion bass the bass control is a bell filter at 100hz, which can be increased or decreased by up to +/-18 db. Range: -5...
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13 cla vinet reset value: 0 continuous control treble the treble control is a high-shelf filter at 7.5khz, which can be increased or decreased by up to +/-18 db. Range: -50 – +50 initial value: 18 reset value: 0 continuous control fx section fx in/out the fx button turns the fx on or off. Range: off...
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14 cla vinet autowah on/off the autowah button turns autowah on or off. Range: off or on initial value: off toggle switch reset value: off sens sens controls the sensitivity of the wah effects envelope detector. Range: 0 – 100 initial value: 80 reset value: 80 continuous control speed speed controls...
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15 cla vinet range range controls the center frequency of the wah filter. Range: 0 – 100 initial value: 30 reset value: 35.1 continuous control direction the direction switch flips the movement direction of the wah filter. Range: up or down initial value: up toggle switch reset value: up phaser.
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16 cla vinet phaser on/off the phaser button turns the phaser section on or off. Range: off or on initial value: on toggle switch reset value: off phaser mix phaser mix controls the level of the phaser effect. Range: 0% – 100% initial value: 50% reset value: 0% continuous control phaser rate phaser ...
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17 cla vinet 2/1 equals one cycle in two bars. Scaling: custom. Range: sync 1/32t – 2/1 / free 0.01 hz – 22 hz initial value: 1 bar sync rate reset value: 0.18 hz free rate continuous control. Phaser depth phaser depth controls the phaser feedback. Range: 0 – 100 initial value: 15 reset value: 0 con...
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18 cla vinet depth the depth control influences the dry/wet mix of the signal into the chorus and determines how much the module oscillator will influence the delay. The chorus engine contains four delays and four oscillators. Range: 0 – 100 initial value: 34 reset value: 0 continuous control reverb...
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19 cla vinet reverb predelay reverb predelay controls the amount of the delay between the dry and wet signals. Range: 0 ms – 500 ms initial value: 20 ms reset value: 0 ms continuous control reverb time this controls the reverb time. Range: 0.4sec – 6 sec initial value: 1.3 sec. Reset value: 2 sec co...
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20 cla vinet keyboard control volume volume controls the output gain level after plugin processing. Range: 0 –10 initial value: 7 reset value: 7 continuous control limit the limit control confines the instrument’s output with respect to full scale. When limit is active, the clip led pulses to reflec...
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21 cla vinet meter scale peak meter: -48 db to 0 db (shown as -30 db to +18 db) vu meter scale calibrated for 18 db of headroom (0 dbvu = -18 dbfs). Split meters separate left and right meter indicators. Black = left green = right 2.3 wavesystem toolbar controls the wavesystem toolbar sits at the to...
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22 cla vinet clavinet loads the default sample library when the plugin is instantiated or the application is launched. Click on the samples button to navigate to another sample library folder. This library will become the default until you load another library. The folder must contain valid waves sa...
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23 cla vinet velocity (load with preset) when the velocity button is checked, the velocity setting changes to the value specified by the preset that is being loaded. When the box is unchecked, the velocity setting is not affected by the preset. Chapter 3: clavinet standalone application the clavinet...
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24 cla vinet the preferences dialog the preferences dialog allows configuration of audio, midi, and user choices. Audio provides control over the following parameters: device displays the audio devices available on the system. Output channels allows selection of audio outputs from the selected devic...