Steinberg Hypersonic User Manual

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Keyword selection
Instead of typing text, you can search for pre-defined search terms 
(keywords) by selecting them from a menu:
1.Right-click (Win)/[Ctrl]-click (Mac) into the text entry field to open the 
selection menu.
2.Choose either a category or an attribute.
3.You can choose more keywords, or combine the search with text you 
type, to narrow your search.
Technically a menu selection does nothing else than “type” the pre-
defined term into the entry field. 
Find on Load Page
When you right-click (Win)/[Ctrl]-click (Mac) a patch name in a part 
slot in the Part area and select the “Find on Load Page” option from the 
displayed pop-up menu, on the Load page, the name of the currently 
loaded patch is highlighted in the list of patches.  
						

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Managing banks and patches
The preset patch library is an integral part of Hypersonic 2. Although 
the preset banks and patches cannot be changed or removed, you 
can edit any preset patch and save the result to a user bank.
Hypersonic 2 can manage up to 20 user banks with up to 128 patches 
each (2560 total).
User banks and patches reside in the “Patches” folder within the 
Hypersonic 2 content folder. User banks are folders, while patches 
are FXP files inside these folders. 
The Load page always reflects the Patches folder of the content folder.
Instead of editing banks or patches in Hypersonic 2, you can edit, copy, 
rename or delete their respective files in the Patch folder of the content 
folder in the Windows Explorer or the Macintosh Finder. This is particu-
larly helpful when you want to add banks and patches from another user 
or 3rd party vendor.
Managing user banks
You can create or rename banks in the Load page. 
Creating a user bank
Depending on whether you want to create a patch or combi bank, 
right-click (Win)/[Ctrl]-click (Mac) a corresponding bank in the Load 
page and choose “New Patch Bank” or “New Combi Bank” from the 
pop-up menu. A new entry will be created and you can type a name 
into the text entry field.
Renaming a user bank
Right-click (Win)/[Ctrl]-click (Mac) a bank name and choose “Rename” 
from the pop-up menu, then type a new name or edit the existing one. 
						

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Managing user patches
Creating your own patches
You can change preset patches to your liking and save them as user 
patches. Here’s what you can edit:
•Hyperknob settings
•Patch and element settings in the Edit page
•Patch name and comment
Editing patch comments
You can enter your own patch comments into the text entry field of the 
Hyper display. 
Saving a patch
1.To save a patch to a specific user bank, open the user bank in the 
Load page first. Otherwise the patch is saved to the first user bank.
2.In the Part area, right-click (Win)/[Ctrl]-click (Mac) the patch you want 
to save and choose “Save” from the pop-up menu.
3.If there is already a patch with the same name in that bank, you’ll be 
asked if you want to overwrite it. If not, your new patch is saved under 
the same name so you have two patches with that name.
As with hardware, patch names don’t have to be unique because each 
patch has a program number.
Deleting a patch from a user bank
Right-click (Win)/[Ctrl]-click (Mac) the patch in the Load page and 
choose “Delete” from the pop-up menu.  
						

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Renaming a patch in a user bank
1.Right-click (Win)/[Ctrl]-click (Mac) the patch in the Load page and 
choose “Rename” from the pop-up menu. 
2.Type a new name or edit the existing one.
Resetting a patch
You can reset an edited patch by right-clicking (Win)/[Ctrl]-click (Mac) 
the patch in the Load page and choosing “Reset” from the pop-up 
menu. This reloads the patch from the library, discarding all changes 
made since you loaded the original patch.
Selecting banks and patches via MIDI program change
Bank and program numbers are shown in the Hyper display.
Hypersonic 2 receives MIDI bank select and program change mes-
sages, so you can remotely select any patch from any bank (preset or 
user) via MIDI.
Here’s how:
1.To change the bank, first send a bank select message. 
When you click on a patch name in the Load page, its bank number is shown for a few 
seconds in the Hyper display. User banks start at bank number 100.
2.Next, send a program change with the patch number.
The patch number is also shown in the Hyper display.  
						

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Combis
A combi is an entire Hypersonic 2 setup including all patches, FX, and 
part settings. By loading or switching combis, you can change from a 
4 channel string layer to a multitimbral 16-part setup and on to a grand 
piano just by hitting a button. Combis can be loaded or selected via 
program change. There’s a bank of preset combis included with 
Hypersonic 2, and you can create your own combi user banks.
Combi files are FXB files. 
Managing combis (loading, saving, deleting, renaming, and managing 
combi banks) is exactly like managing patches. If you’re not already fa-
miliar with those concepts, please refer to the corresponding explana-
tions in the section “Managing banks and patches” on page 42.
Note that when saving a combi to a combi bank you should first edit the 
combi name in the host’s display (in monotimbral plug-ins, this is the 
display area that normally shows the current patch name).
Combi MIDI channel and bank select messages
Hypersonic 2 accepts program changes for combis only on MIDI 
channel 16. To access the combi banks, send the following bank 
select messages:
•Preset combi bank: 120
•User combi banks: 121-128
•Within the combi bank, you can directly access combis by their correspond-
ing program change number (which is, like always, viewable in the Hyper dis-
play when you click a combi in the Load page).
If there are fewer than 8 user combi banks, bank select messages with 
no matching number will be ignored.
Enabling MIDI combi loading
We’ve provided a safety feature that prevents you from erroneously 
switching a combi before saving your temporary setup: You have to 
enable the switch “MIDI Combi Sel” on the Setup page. 
						

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The Part area
Arranging parts
Selecting (loading) a patch for a part
Highlight the part into which you want to load a patch, then double-
click a patch in the Load page (or drag it into the patch name row). 
Removing a patch from a part slot
To free up memory, you can remove patches from part slots:
•Highlight the patch name and hit the computer’s [Delete] key (hold 
[Shift] to bypass the delete confirmation dialog), or
•Right-click (Win)/[Ctrl]-click (Mac) on the patch name and choose 
“Delete” from the context menu.
Renaming a patch in a part
You can rename patches (e.g., just in the current song) by double-
clicking on the patch name. You have to save patches to a user bank 
to make changes permanent. 
You cannot edit preset patch names in the Load page.  
						

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Copying/moving parts
To copy or move a part to another one (including the MIDI and Mix 
page parameters):
•To copy a part, click on the name and drag it.
•To move a part to another, hold [Shift], click the patch name, and drag it.
Layering parts (Link)
You can use the Link function to layer any part with its neighbor(s) be-
low. For example, linking parts 1, 2 and 3 causes MIDI events received 
on channel 1 to also trigger parts 2 and 3, so all three parts play simul-
taneously. Setting a link is easy:
•To link a part to its neighbor above, click the arrow in the Link column.
The arrow changes to a right-angled arrow to indicate an active link.
You can “test drive” any linked part within a layer by highlighting it and 
[Ctrl]-clicking notes on the on-screen keyboard.
Muting parts
You can mute any part by activating its Mute button, which then turns 
orange.
A Mute button does double-duty as a MIDI indicator that flashes when 
MIDI events are received on the corresponding channel.   
						

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Setting levels and metering
The fader area in the middle of the user interface, called the Level Strip, 
contains 16 faders. Use these for mixing the part volumes internally. Un-
der the hood, you can turn the light blue bars into meters.
Setting part levels
Move the fader in a part row to set that part’s volume.
Remember – holding [Shift] enables fine-adjustment, click with [Ctrl] 
(Win)/[Command] (Mac) sets a default level.
Activating meters
To activate metering, proceed as follows:
1.Click on the label “Level” (on top of the Level Strip) and select the 
metering option you’d like to monitor.
2.Select one of the options described below. The light blue bars that 
used to follow the fader position are magically transformed into meters.   
						

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Metering options
•Polyphony: Shows the number of currently used voices in each part – one dot 
per active voice.
The polyphony meter is especially useful for measuring a patch’s relative 
CPU load.
•Velocity: Shows the incoming velocity. One dot always remains lit while keys 
are held.
•Audio Level: Shows peak audio level at the part’s output. One dot remains lit 
until the output is silent.
•Level: No metering – the light blue bars follow the fader position.
The Combi Chain
The Combi Chain feature allows you to set up and preload up to 128 
combis which you can switch through by program change. This feature 
is very helpful for performing on stage. You set up a whole chain of 
combis (e.g. one combi for each song) that can be preloaded into RAM. 
This allows you to play one song with Combi A and load Combi B within 
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To setup a Combi chain, proceed as follows:
1.Set up your Combis and save them.
2.Go to the Combi page.
3.Right-click (Win)/[Ctrl]-click (Mac) a number in the list (e.g. 000).
4.Choose a combi from the list that appears.
5.Go to the next numbers in the list and assign the number of Combis 
you need.
6.Now you can switch through the Combi Chain by clicking the arrows 
on top of the page, or assign these arrows to MIDI controllers by right-
clicking and choosing a MIDI control from the menu.
If this control is a slider or mod wheel, for Hypersonic 2 any transition 
between the top and the lower half is a switching operation. Same if the 
control is a foot pedal or switch. If both buttons (prev/next) are assigned 
to the same slider or mod wheel control, Hypersonic 2 interprets any 
movement into the top quarter as an “next” command, every movement 
into the bottom quarter as a “prev” command. 
•Use the buttons on the left to Save, Load or Clear your Combi Chain.
You can also change Combis from the Combi Chain via program 
change. To do this:
1.Go to the Setup page.
2.Set the button MIDI Combi Sel to “Chain”.
Now you can select Combis from the Combi Chain via program change sent on any 
MIDI channel.
Note that enabling this feature will disable the feature “Selecting banks 
and patches via MIDI program change”.