Creakbox Bassline Demo Documentation

Creakbox Bassline Demo 1.01 Manual - 03.01.2004

Welcome to Creakbox Bassline Demo 1.01

Creakbox Bassline is a mono synth with a built in sequencer. It has a 5 octave range and sounds very much like a killer little box many try to duplicate.

Platforms:

Windows, Mac (tested in OS9.2 and 10.2)

Tested clients:

PC: Cubase 5, Cubase SX, Cubase SX2, Fruity Loops, Plogue Bidule

Mac OS9: Cubase 5 Demo, Logic 5, Logic 6

Mac OSX: Cubase SX2, Logic 5, Logic 6, Plogue Bidule

Creakbox engine: Frank Reitz

VST plugin: Martin Robaszewski

Graphics: Brittnell Anderson

Installation

Windows: Copy CreakboxDemo.dll into your VST plugin folder. Copy msvcr71.dll into your Windows/System32 directory.

Mac OS9: Copy CreakboxDemo file to your VST plugin folder.

Mac OSX: Copy CreakboxDemo.vst file to your VST plugin folder.

About this release

For support and more information please visit http://www.bioroid.com

Please visit the support forum on KVR-VST to report any bugs.

VERSION HISTORY

1.01 Mar 01, 2004 -

Fixed: Annoying noise when sequencer stopped (Cubase SX2)
Fixed: Octave button GUI glitch
Fixed: Slide now wraps around (step 16 -> step 1)

1.00 Oct 01, 2003 -

Initial Release

Synth Controls

VOLUME - sets the volume

WAV - toggles between saw and square wave

TUN - tuning

CUT - cut off freq

RES - resonance

ENV - env mode

DEC - decay

ACC - accent

TEMPO - this sets the tempo of the unsynced sequencer

SYNC - this toggles syncing to the host

RUN - this will run the sequencer at the tempo when not synced to the host

Sequencer Controls

STEP INDICATORS - indicate which step is currently playing when the sequencer is running

ACCENT BUTTON - will toggle accent for the step

SLIDE BUTTON - will toggle slide for the step

NOTE PITCH INDICATOR - indicates the pitch of the step (or off)

NOTE PITCH SLIDER - allows for editing of the pitch

STEP EDIT BUTTON - use this button to select a step to edit with the note keyboard

NOTE OFF BUTTON - turns the selected step off

NOTE KEYBOARD - change the note for the selected step

OCTAVE BUTTONS - change the octave for the selected step

USING CREAKBOX BASSLINE

GETTING STARTED :

Load up Creakbox Bassline and hit play on your sequencer. Turn on your strobe light, bust out some glow sticks and start tweaking the sweet sweet knobs. Load up some effects like distortion, delay and reverb and goto town. And when you think you are ready, try playing with the step sequencer so you don't sound like a clown playing preset groovebox patterns.

LIMITATIONS:

This version of Creakbox Bassline only stores one pattern in memory. You can edit the pattern while playing but you may notice sometimes a step you changed gets reset. To protect the engine from crashing the engine copies the pattern data into a play buffer and plays it from there. If your changes didn't make it into the play buffer then you will notice some steps resetting. This is normal. The alternative is risking a nice crash. If the engine is not running this is not an issue.

Creakbox Bassline has only been tested with 4/4 timing. Anything else and you are taking a risk with your sanity. Just don't do it.

THE HISTORY OF CREAKBOX:

The original Creakbox was programmed in Delphi by Frank Reitz. It was a standalone non realtime application that let you edit a pattern with a cryptic editor and export a raw audio file. It sounded unreal. Martin Robaszewski contacted Frank and offered to port it to a VST plugin. The core engine was ported to a realtime C++ VST instrument over two weekends. Then the real work began and a new interface was designed. Brittnell Anderson stepped in to supply some amazing graphics which gave Creakbox a very sharp and modern look.

MIDI CONTROLLER MAPPINGS and AUTOMATION

The following controls are automatable through standard midi controllers and also through VST automation.

MIDI CONTROLLER MAPPINGS

64	Volume
65	Waveform
66	Tuning
67	CutOffFreq
68	Resonance
69	EnvMod
70	Decay
71	Accent

THANKS TO:

KVR-VST

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