User's Manual

Table Of Contents
1. ACTIVATION & FIRST START.................................................................................................................................. 3
1.1. Computer system requirements .................................................................................................................................. 3
1.2. How to Install and Activate the JUP-8 V4 on your computer .................................................................. 3
1.2.1. Download and install the software ................................................................................................................................................................... 3
1.2.2. Activate the JUP-8 V4 License using the Arturia Software Center (ASC) ............................................................................... 4
1.3. How to select the instrument's MIDI input and audio outputs (standalone mode) .................. 5
1.3.1. Audio and MIDI settings: Windows................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.3.2. Audio and MIDI settings: macOS ...................................................................................................................................................................... 7
1.3.3. Using JUP-8 V4 as an instrument plug-in in a DAW............................................................................................................................. 7
2. Quick Start: How to play JUP-8 V4 Presets ................................................................................................ 8
2.1. Sections of the visual interface .................................................................................................................................... 8
2.2. Preset selection tools in upper toolbar................................................................................................................... 8
2.2.1. Scrolling through presets using the upper toolbar ................................................................................................................................ 9
2.2.2. Preset Library............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 10
2.2.3. JUP-8 V4 menu (top left corner of app window)................................................................................................................................... 11
3. Quick Tour of the Arturia JUP-8 V4 ................................................................................................................ 13
3.1. How to display the Advanced Panel ....................................................................................................................... 13
3.2. Right sidebar ......................................................................................................................................................................... 14
3.2.1. Settings ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15
3.2.2. MIDI Controllers......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
3.2.3. Macro ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 17
3.3. Top panel general controls........................................................................................................................................... 19
3.3.1. Volume .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 19
3.3.2. Master Tune................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
3.3.3. Unison Detune............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 19
3.3.4. Pan Spread ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
3.3.5. Portamento ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
3.4. Virtual keyboard area ................................................................................................................................................... 20
3.4.1. The virtual keyboard.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
3.4.2. Parameter help and value popups................................................................................................................................................................ 21
3.4.3. Bender .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 21
3.4.4. Modulation Wheel (LFO MOD).......................................................................................................................................................................... 21
3.4.5. Arpeggiator .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 22
3.4.6. VOICE ASSIGN ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 24
3.4.7. HOLD................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 25
3.4.8. Bottom toolbar ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 25
4. How Analog Synthesis Works........................................................................................................................... 28
4.1. What each module does ............................................................................................................................................... 28
4.1.1. VCO...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 28
4.1.2. VCF...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 28
4.1.3. VCA ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29
4.2. Audio and modulation signal paths...................................................................................................................... 29
4.3. VCOs generate the sound........................................................................................................................................... 30
4.4. VCF (Voltage Controlled Filter) filters the sound ............................................................................................ 31
4.4.1. The difference between HPF CUT and VCF CUT................................................................................................................................... 31
4.4.2. Envelope choice and Resonance (RES) ...................................................................................................................................................... 31
4.5. VCA (Voltage-Controlled Amplifier) controls the amplitude of the sound over time ............. 31
4.6. Summary................................................................................................................................................................................ 32
5. VCOs................................................................................................................................................................................. 33
5.1. VCOs 1 and 2 ......................................................................................................................................................................... 33
5.1.1. Differences between the oscillators .............................................................................................................................................................. 33
5.2. Source Mix control ............................................................................................................................................................ 33
5.3. VCO-1 Controls..................................................................................................................................................................... 34
5.4. VCO-2 Controls ................................................................................................................................................................... 34
5.4.1. Noise waveform......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 34
5.5. About waveforms.............................................................................................................................................................. 35
5.5.1. The RECTANGLE wave and PULSE WIDTH Modulation (PWM).................................................................................................. 35
5.6. SYNC .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 37
5.7. CROSS ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 38
5.7.1. Frequency Modulation............................................................................................................................................................................................ 38