Sonicware Liven Evoke Full Tutorial - Cinematic Ambient Synthesizer

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0:00 Teaser

0:15 Intro

1:03 Overview
Layout, powering on/off, playing a pattern, Shift, Func, speaker mute, headphone gain

4:16 PTN button (pattern)
Loading patterns, queuing a pattern, pattern chaining, pattern chain mode, BPM, origin mark, knob latch mode, pattern reload, pattern BPM vs global BPM, shift lock, natural release

8:37 Pattern Contents
Per pattern vs per track settings, select Tracks, mute Tracks, mute modes, Hold function

10:45 Playing the Keys
New pattern, playing keys, Octave buttons, Velocity, voice modes, Poly, Mono, Glide, Legato, Arpeggiator, Note setting, Arp patterns

12:46 Chord Mode
Turning chord mode on, selecting styles, chord transpose, chord play mode, using chord mode on external equipment, rave piano!

15:04 Making your own Patterns
Instrument setting Easy, Inst, Blend, Pitch, direct entry of notes, Note setting, Metronome, direct entry of chord, Clr (clear a step), Length, page buttons, duplicate pattern, Copy a track, Save a pattern, rename pattern, Copy track between patterns

21:29 Step Recording
Using Rec to enter step mode, removing specific notes, Auto step, Copy notes, entering long notes, Tie function

23:55 Seq & Randomisation
Gate length, Transpose, Swing, Dice, Rnd Seq (random sequence), R.Stp, (random sequence step count)

26:55 Easy Sound Tweaks
Attack, Release, filter Type, Cutoff and Resonance, Level, Pan, → Grain FX, load Grain Patch, → Reverb, Reverb Type (reverb type), Reverb output level, Grain FX level, G.RST (grain reset), R.RST (reverb reset), Clr + Track to clear track data.

33:01 Real-time Recording
Metronome count in, Real-time recording and overdubbing, pattern Save

35:09 Sound Design
Instrument mode Norm (normal), how Backtide works, Speed, Attack speed (track + Value), Attack curve, Blend, Wave, how wavetables work, Harmonic, Sync, Pitch, white noise, white noise cutoff and resonance

39:07 LFOs
Rate, Depth, Shape, Assign, shape details, LFO Settings, LFO 1 trigger, using the LFO as an envelope, Delay, LFO 2 trigger, LFO destination details

43:26 Patch Examples
Making a pad, making a plucked sound, making a filter swell

47:38 Grain FX
Load Grain Patch, Grain FX description, → Reverb, Grain menu, Fdbk (feedback), Buf (buffer size), Dir (grain direction), Grain FX Size & Timing, Shp (grain shape), Filter Type, Freq (filter cutoff), Rate & Depth of Grain FX LFO, Random Spry (spray), Diff (diffusion), Jttr (jitter), Pitch Rang (range), Alin (alignment), Grain Patch save, Rst (grain patch reset), Line In menu

55:12 Parameter Locks
Direct entry of automation, clear parameter locks, real-time recording of automation

56:53 Misc Menus
Export patterns, Clock source, track Midi Channels, pattern channel, auto channel, output type, program change channel, Midi settings menu, Tune menu, tune type, pitchbend range, Battery type, Auto power off

59:39 Outro"