User Manual
Table Of Contents
- User Manual
- Special thanks
- Introduction
- Table Of Contents
- History of the original instrument
- ACTIVATION AND FIRST START
- USER INTERFACE
- THE SYNTHESIZER
- THE BASICS OF SUBTRACTIVE SYNTHESIS
- A FEW ELEMENTS IN SOUND DESIGN
- END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
Table Of Contents
1. History of the original instrument ..................................................................................................................... 3
1.1. Arturia’s secret ingredient: TAE®................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1.1. Aliasing-free oscillators .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
1.1.2. A better reproduction of analog oscillator waveforms ........................................................................................................................ 7
1.1.3. Direct Filter Circuit Modeling.................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
2. ACTIVATION AND FIRST START.......................................................................................................................... 9
2.1. Register and Activate .......................................................................................................................................................... 9
2.2. Initial setup............................................................................................................................................................................ 10
2.2.1. Audio and MIDI settings: Windows .............................................................................................................................................................. 10
2.2.2. Audio and MIDI settings: Mac OS X.............................................................................................................................................................. 12
2.2.3. Using Mini V in plug-in mode ............................................................................................................................................................................ 13
3. USER INTERFACE ........................................................................................................................................................ 14
3.1. The virtual keyboard ......................................................................................................................................................... 14
3.2. Toolbar....................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
3.2.1. Save Preset..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
3.2.2. Save Preset As….......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
3.2.3. Import preset............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
3.2.4. Export preset ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 16
3.3. Resize window options.................................................................................................................................................... 17
3.3.1. Audio settings ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 17
3.3.2. Preset browser overview..................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
3.3.3. Open and Close Advanced section ............................................................................................................................................................... 18
3.3.4. MIDI Learn assignment........................................................................................................................................................................................ 19
3.3.5. Assigning / unassigning controls ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
3.3.6. Min / Max value sliders ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
3.3.7. Relative control option................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 20
3.3.8. Reserved MIDI CC numbers.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
3.3.9. MIDI controller configuration ........................................................................................................................................................................... 21
3.3.10. The lower toolbar .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 22
3.3.11. Current control Value .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 22
3.3.12. MIDI Channel setting................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 22
3.3.13. Panic button and CPU meter................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 23
3.3.14. Play mode......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
3.3.15. Maximum Polyphony ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 23
3.4. The Preset Browser.......................................................................................................................................................... 24
3.4.1. Searching presets ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 24
3.4.2. Using tags as a filter.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 25
3.4.3. The Preset Info section ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 26
3.4.4. Preset selection: other methods...................................................................................................................................................................... 27
3.4.5. Selecting a preset by its Type................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 27
3.4.6. Playlists........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 28
3.4.7. Add a playlist..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 28
3.4.8. Add a preset....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 28
3.4.9. Re-order the presets..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 28
3.4.10. Remove a preset.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29
3.4.11. Delete a playlist .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 29
3.5. The synthesizer panels................................................................................................................................................. 30
3.5.1. Overview of the “Classic” mode....................................................................................................................................................................... 31
3.5.2. The “Extended” mode ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 32
3.5.3. The modulation matrix............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
3.5.4. The LFO................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 32
3.5.5. The arpeggiator section............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 33
3.5.6. The effects section ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 34
4. THE SYNTHESIZER ................................................................................................................................................... 35
4.1. The oscillators....................................................................................................................................................................... 35
4.2. The mixer................................................................................................................................................................................ 37
4.3. The filter and its envelope ........................................................................................................................................... 39
4.4. The output volume and its envelope.................................................................................................................... 40
4.5. The polyphonic mode, the playing modes........................................................................................................ 41
4.6. The pitch bend and modulation wheels............................................................................................................. 43