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Tutorial 10—Cyclone DXi
This tutorial explains how to use Cyclone DXi. You will learn how to open, play
and edit loops as you create a short song.
Cyclone Overview
Cyclone DXi allows you to trigger individual parts or “slices” of Riff Wave files and
ACIDized files. There are 16 pads, and you can assign a file to each pad. You can
trigger pads with a MIDI file, your mouse or a MIDI keyboard. You can edit the
content and length of each file all while syncing to SONAR’s tempo changes and
pitch markers.
Let’s start by opening Cyclone.
To Open Cyclone DXi
1. Open a new project by selecting File-New and selecting the Normal template.
2. Select View-Synth Rack.
The Synth Rack appears.
3. In the Synth Rack click the Insert DXi Instrument button and select
Cyclone from the menu that appears.
The Insert DXi Synth Options dialog appears.
4. For the purposes of this tutorial, select First Synth Output (Audio) in the
Create These Tracks section, and Synth Property Page in the Open These
Windows section.
5. Click OK.
Cyclone DXi and the Cyclone DXi’s audio output track appear.
Now let’s add some files.
Adding Files to a Pad Group
There are several ways to assign a file to a Pad Group.
To Import Files to a Pad Group
1. Click the Load Files button in pad group 1.
The Open dialog appears.
2. Open the Tutorials folder located in the directory where you installed SONAR.
3. In the Tutorials folder select 100
BEAT2.WAV and click Open.
The loop 100
BEAT2.WAV appears in the Loop bin and Loop view.
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