Soundbank Manual

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Table of Contents

Introduction......................................................................................................................................................4
Main.....................................................................................................................................................................5
Instruments and Sequencer.......................................................................................................................6
Effects..................................................................................................................................................................7
Links.....................................................................................................................................................................8
Credits and Thanks........................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction

Prime 8+
Return of a Legendary ‘80s Drum Machine

• All sounds multi-sampled through a Class-A signal chain Adding a little spice to the mix we’ve outfitted each channel with
• Mastered by Chris Gehringer at Sterling Sound in NYC useful effects, including reverb, delay, drive, and a combo LP/HP filter,
• 140+ handcrafted preset kits, 1100+ built-in MIDI patterns
helping you to quickly create rich and dynamic instrument mixes. As
INSPIRATION well, Prime 8+ can easily switch between a single stereo output or per-
The most iconic and sought after drum machine in the world, channel multi-out operation allowing you to further refine your mix.
genre-defining, used on countless hits, proving itself decade
A built-in sequencer comes preloaded with over 1100 patterns,
after decade, presented and represented time and time again in
from classics to modern genre. You can easily program your own
sample libraries, software and hardware emulations, we offer you
through the UI then drag-and-drop the result as MIDI to your DAW,
our best-in-class take on this legendary beat machine.
or sequence any way you like. Over 140 handcrafted presets give you
INSTRUMENT instant gratification, providing ready-to-go setups or starting points
Prime 8+ is designed to be the first and last word for these classic drum for your own design.
machine sounds. Using an old-school analog hardware approach we More than classic drum machine sounds, Prime 8+ delivers the sound
deliver the real hit-record sound, not just the machine, but the sound of of a world-renowned studio and mastering engineer, giving you the
a world-class recording studio. Starting with a full hardware inspection best possible version of a beat machine legend.
and restoration, we ran each sound of Prime 8+ through a Class-A
signal chain and captured it using the best converters at the highest
resolution available.

After meticulous editing, the entire library was mastered by Chris

Gehringer at Sterling Sound in New York City, a modern legend of Minimum System Requirements
urban music and someone with a true ear for this machine. The result • Latest verion of UVI Workstation or Falcon
is a distinct and immediate punch, giving the sounds a polish, presence, • 161.9 MB of disk space
and clarity that strict hardware emulations miss - and for us, it captures For more information on the installation process, please refer to
the document: Soundbank Installation Guide
exactly the energy that this machine is so famous for.

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Main

Multi Output 4

Velocity Switch 2 3 INS / FX Switch

Volume 1

1 Volume 4 Multi Output

Volume amount (Stereo output) Click to enable multi-output mode, a FX (Delay and Reverb) stereo return output on Main Out and
individual instrument stereo outputs sequentially thereafter.
2 Velocity
ON: Incoming velocity data is respected UVI Workstation / Falcon
OFF: All notes register at max velocity Main 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
FX (DL-REV)

Bass Drum

Snare Drum

Low Tom/Conga

Mid Tom/Conga

Hi Tom/Conga

Rim Shot/Claves

Clap/Maracas

Cowbell

Cymbal

Open Hat

Closed Hat

3 INS/FX Switch
Change between Instrument and
Instrument Effects edit screens

MIDI Mapping

» Pitched BD C-1 - B0 » Cowbell B1 » Pattern 1 C3

» Bass Drum C1 » Cymbal C#2 » Pattern 2 D3
» Snare Drum D1 » Open Hat A#1 » Pattern 3 E3
» Low Tom F1 » Closed Hat F#1 » Pattern 4 F3
» Mid Tom G1 » Pattern 5 G3
» Hi Tom A1 » Pattern 6 A3
» Rim Shot C#1 » Pattern 7 B3
» Clap D#1 » Pattern 8 C4

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Instruments and Pattern Sequencer

Instrument Controls 1

Instrument Switch 4

Pattern Switch 5

Swing 2

Pattern Sequencer 3

1 Instrument Controls » Instrument Switch » RES (from top to bottom)

Controls for instruments in Prime8+ Change the sound triggered (see labels) 1/16th triplet, 1/16th, 1/8th triplet, 1/8th
are arranged in columns across the top » Steps
of the interface. Each instrument has 2 Swing Change pattern meter: 16 steps (4/4)
discrete level and pan controls, beyond Adjusts the global groove/swing or 12 steps (4/3)
that they vary slightly by instrument. » Start/Stop
Five of the instruments are switchable: 3 Pattern Sequencer Playback of the internal sequencer
Toms/Congas, Rim Shot/Claves, and Prime8+ is outfitted with a classic step » MIDI
Clap/Maracas. Use your mouses scroll sequencer. Global controls are available Click the left ‘Gen’ button to generate
wheel for fine value control, or double- for meter, rate and pattern length. A MIDI from the current pattern, then drag
click a control to enter a precise value maximum of 8 32-step patterns can be the right button and drop on your DAW’s
with your numpad. Basic controls programmed in per patch. Patterns can MIDI/Instrument track, or desktop
available are as follows: be played via MIDI keyboard or by using » Step Entry
» Status LED (passive) the built-in start/stop button. Controls Step entries can have 1 of 3 states:
Lights when triggered available are as follows: OFF: no sound triggered
» Level » Edit Menu RED: trigger at maximum volume
Adjust level per-instrument Click to copy/paste/clear patterns or ORANGE: trigger at medium volume
» Pan clear instruments settings
Adjust pan per-instrument » Pages 4 Instrument Switch
» Tone Select the pattern length 1 or 2 page Change the current instrument in the
Adjust the tonal character » 1/2 Button pattern sequencer
» Decay Changes the pattern editor between
Adjust the decay time page 1 and page 2 5 Pattern Switch
» Snappy » 1:16/2:32 LEDs Change the current pattern in the
Mix amount of snare attack sound Column 1 = pattern page visible pattern sequencer (1-8)
» Tuning Column 2 = pattern page playing back
Adjust the pitch in semitones

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Effects

Reverb 1

Delay 2

Drive 3

LP/HP Filter 4

All effects in Prime8+ are available per-

instrument, affording a great deal of
creative control over the sound of your
drum kit.

1 Reverb
Adjust reverb mix amount

2 Delay
Adjusts delay mix amount

3 Drive
Adjust drive amount

4 LP/HP Filter
Combo LP/HP filter
LEFT: LP enable + cutoff freq
CENTER: bypass
RIGHT: HP enable + cutoff freq

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Preset List
00 Init Preset

01 Crushed 02 Future 808 03 LoFi 05 Electro Funk 07 8o8 Classics

01 Crushed Body Shake Beatworks Apple Pie Bell Rock 98BPM
Analog Crush Clipped Calm Clap Your Hands Collins Night 68BPM
Bailar Box Dance Hall Clean Freak Flex Action Cybertron 125BPM
Burned Valve Double Time Deep Sea Hacky Sack Egyptian Walker 127BPM
Carnival Lights Downbeat Stress Groove Tapes Maracas Future Off 75BPM
Clapology Drain House Manoeuvre Mirage Go Girl 75BPM
Crying Rivers Full Throttle 1 LoFi House Oxidized Out Jack Beat 139BPM
Frankenstein Full Throttle 2 Old Gen Radio Star Planet Pop 127BPM
Garage Fire Heavy Riddim Origami Romy Tecords Sensual Healing 94BPM
Heavy Summer Limen Manoir Parasite House Scatter Somebody Dance 119BPM
Hipster Moon Linear Base Revival Shuffle Truck
Mashed One Long Eight Shuffle Mood Sneakers 08 Utility
Mechanic Maniac City Signal Decay Trash Can 4x4 Kick And Hats
Minimal Friction Metallic Slow Heal Tuning Claves
Molecular Methodic Crystal Tape And Chill Wah Wah Hats
Old Crunch On The Floor Vinyl Groove Kick Snare
Overdriven Piston Slow 06 Ambient Percussions
Pop Fiction Punchy Kit 04 Processed Arctic Congas Shuffling
Returning RespectR Alice Tape Argontron Snare And Clap
Saturated Breaks River Run Broken Robot Chill Island Snare Fill Grooves
Savage Ride Rocky Trap Canned Drums Dark Room Snare Grooves
Shapes System Check Conga Modal DNB Phase Tom Fills
Syncoplate Tapping Cyber Drug Immersion Tonal Congas Grooves
Tonal Kick Traptastic Damaged Console Machine Room
Top Hiss Wet House DisTomTion Parasite Line
TS City Workout Drainpipe Silly Rain
Urban Swing Fast Hardcore Slow Lurker
Gated Speed Sub Teel
Heard On Radio Sunset Vibes
Jungle Walk Tangerine Slow
Lazer Factory Tune Sofa
Mangle Beat Vad Hill
Mean
Metallic Cave
Moonbatech
Retrograde
Shadow Skillz
Singing Drums
Slow Bubbling
Top Madness
Unrelenting Clock

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 Credits and Thanks

Produced by UVI
Recording / Editing / Sound Design
Alain J Etchart
Kevin Guilhaumou
Thomas Kowalski
Floriane Palmkrantz
Nathaniel Reeves
Emeric Tschambser
Damien Vallet

Software + Scripting
Olivier Tristan
Bastien Commelongue
Remy Muller

UI + Design
Nathaniel Reeves
Anthony Hak

Documents
Nathaniel Reeves
Kai Tomita

Special Thanks
Chris Gerhringer @ Sterling Sound