Category : Music and Digitized Voice
Archive   : BBDEMO.ZIP
Filename : PROTEUS1.DOC

PROTEUS1.DK Help File
Loading in the file PROTEUS1.DK will setup Band-in-a-Box for the Proteus 1
and the Proteus 1/XR multi-timbral synthesizer modules. It will setup:
1. Drum #'s for the Proteus 1 and Proteus 1/XR (Patch 14 "Rock Drums 1")
2. Patch Map (assigned to factory settings of the Proteus 1)
3. Startup Patches and Channels in the Midi Settings Window.

The only thing you'll need to ensure is that your Proteus is setup to
receive in Multi mode. This enables the Proteus to produce 8 instruments
simultaneously. To setup your Proteus, do the following:
1. Select the MASTER button.
2. Turn the DATA knob 6x clockwise. You should arrive at MIDI MODE.
3. Press the CURSOR button until you see the flashing cursor under Poly.
4. Turn the DATA knob to MULTI.
The Proteus is now ready for you to use with Band-in-a-Box. All you need to
do now is go under the MIDI pulldown menu and select Load Alternate Drum/
Midi Set. Select PROTEUS1.DK and you'll be ready to start having fun with
Band-in-a-Box!
A few key points to know is that the guitar patches are an octave too low
for the General MIDI patch map within Band-in-a-Box,so we made the octave +1
in the MIDI settings window. Another is that the Acoustic Bass patch in the
Proteus1 is a split patch;the upper portion being Acoustic Piano. We chose
to include this anyway since the split is high enough that you'll never hear
Piano coming through when the bass plays in it's higher register. The drums
are usually too quiet in relation to everything else so you might find the
need to increase the drums for certain styles. Along those same lines, the
String patches are generally too loud so the opposite would apply.

Have Fun!