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    USER’S MANUAL ARP2600 V[...]

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    Programming: Nicolas Bronnec Sylvain Gubian Xavier Oudin Cedric Rossi Graphics: Yannick Bonnefoy Manual: Jean-Michel Blanch et Frédéric Brun Yuji Sano Tom Healy Mitsuru Sakaue Xavier Oudin Cedric Rossi Kentaro Wakui Sound Designers: Jean-Michel Blanch et Celmar Engel Klaus Schulze Ruff & Jam Kevin Lamb from Neptunes Chis Pitman Norikata Ubuka[...]

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    Table of Contents 1 Introduction 5 1.1 The birth of ARP Instruments and the ARP2600 5 1.2 A better emulation thanks to TAE® 6 1.2.1 Aliasing-free oscillators 6 1.2.2 A better reproduction of analog os cillator waveforms 7 1.2.3 A better reproduction of analog filters 8 1.2.4 Ring modulator 8 2 Installation 9 2.1 Windows installation (Win9x, Me, 20[...]

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    5.1.7 Voltage processor (Mixer / inverter / lag generator) 44 5.1.8 Sample and Hold generator 45 5.1.9 The”electronic switch ” module (Electronic switch) 45 5.1.10 Envelope follower 46 5.1.11 Ring modulator 47 5.1.12 “Tracki ng” generator 48 5.1.13 Reverberation 49 5.1.14 Chorus and delay effects 49 5.1.15 Control voltages (CV control) 50 5[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 5 1 Introduction 1.1 The birth of ARP Instruments and the ARP2600 Alan R. Pearlman, whose initials would form the name of ARP Instruments, became interested in instruments for electronic music as early as 1948, when he was a student at the Worcester Poly- technic Institute. This was a means for him to a sso[...]

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    6 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL they presented the Omni, which would become one of ARPs biggest successe s. The instrument al- lowed the combination of two polyphonic violin sounds – a great innovation for the company – and two monophonic bass sounds. But in 1981, ARP was finally bought out by CBS. The following year, CBS with part [...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 7 Linear frequency spectrum of the ARP2600 V o scillator made with TAE 1.2.2 A better reproduction of analog oscillator waveforms The waveforms produced by the oscillators in analog synthesizers are marked by the presence of a capacitor in the circuits. The discharge of the capacitor results in a light bend[...]

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    8 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL What’s more, the original analog oscillators were unstable. In fact, their waveform varied slightly from one period to another. If we add to this th e fact that the starting point for each period (in Trigger mode) can vary with the temperature and other environmental conditions, we find one of the chara[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 9 2 Inst allation 2.1 Window s installation (Win9x, Me, 2000, XP)  Insert the CD-ROM into the drive. Explore the co ntents of the CD-ROM, and double-click on the icon named “ARP2600V Setup PC.exe” First you will need to define an installation folder for the program. By default it will be installed in[...]

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    10 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL Choice of installation folder for SVT plug-in The installation program now has en ough information to finish the procedure. In a few seconds, you will be using the ARP2600 V. 2.2 Mac OS X installation Insert the CD-ROM into the drive. Explore the cont ents of the CD-ROM, and double click on the icon name[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 11 3 Quick st art This chapter will help you to familiarize yourself with the general basics of using the ARP2600 V. A summary of the different parts of the synthesizer will be presented to you as we guide you through your first use of the program. You will find a de tailed and precise description of all se[...]

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    12 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 3.1 Using presets The use of presets is one of the biggest improveme nts of the ARP2600 V compared to the original. In fact, the latter was unable to save sounds! In the ARP2600 V, a preset contains all of the pa rameter settings of the synthesizer, including the synthesizer and different real-time contr[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 13 Change the brightness of the sound  In the same manner, you can change the range of oscillator 1 by setting the “Range” selector to one of the values expressed in steps: LF = low freq uencies, 32’ = -2 octaves, 16’ = -1 octave, 8’ = standard tuning, and 4’ = + 1 octave. Setting the range o[...]

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    14 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 3.2 The 3 sections of the ARP2600 V The ARP 2600V offers three main sections separated into flight cases: From top to bottom: The synthesizer, the sequencer / LFO / general settings, and keyboard To access the different parts of the AR P2600 V there are two simple methods:  Click on a part of the synt[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 15 Synthesis parameters Let’s look at quickly creating an evolving lead sound:  To really understand the programming of the ARP 2600 V, let’s use a very simple sound. Select the preset “1_Osc” in the “Template / Temp_Syn th” sub bank. The structure of synthesis for this sound is relatively si[...]

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    16 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL Change the brightness of the sound  To clearly hear the effect produced by the ADSR envelope on the filter cut-off frequency, in- crease the resonance value. This will amplify the filtering effect on the sound and it will begin to “whistle”. increase the resonance value  Change the attack lengt[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 17  Increase the “Attack time” for this envelope so that the volume of the sound progressively in- creases. Increase the “Attack time” of the AR envelope 3.4 The sequencer The “SEQ” section gives you access to the sequencer as well as different functions allowing an ex- tension of the possibi[...]

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    18 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL The two lines of faders and selector switches • The oscillator sets the speed of the sequencer as well as the start and stop. set the oscillator speed • The “Quantizer” quantifies the value s for the 16 steps by semi-tone. the quantizer section Let’s take a simple melodic sequence for example: [...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 19 the connexions between the sequencer and synthesizer  The “Clock Out” sequencer output is directed to the “Gate” input on the ADSR envelope mod- ule.  The sequencer “Quantized A Out” output is directed to input “KBD CV” of the “VCO 1” module.  Start the sequencer by clicking [...]

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    20 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL Set the 16 linear potentiometers 3.4.2 The LFO On the original ARP 2600, oscillator2 could be set to low frequency position (“LF” position in the range) for use in LFO mode. Although practical, this solution prevented us from using 3 oscillators simultaneously and a slow modulation on th e filter cut[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 21 Modulate the filter frequency (“Cutoff Fr equency”) with the LFO 3.5 The effects The effects section lets you add a Stereo Delay an d Chorus to your sound on top of the reverbera- tion which is already present in the original inst rument. The two effects can be found in the place of the left speaker [...]

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    22 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 3.5.1 Chorus Chorus is used to copy your sound, and slightly detune the copy, to give it more depth and the Cho- rus “ON/OFF” button in the effects sect ion, on the right of the toolbar.  Set the Chorus “Dry/Wet” potentiometer to balance the “raw” sound and the one returning from the effec[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 23  You can then record movements from your MIDI cont roller on your MIDI sequencer or simply play live. MIDI assign for “Cutoff frequency” potentiometer To save the settings that we have seen in this ch apter, click on the “Save” button in the toolbar. Attention ! The MIDI assign settings are on[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 25 4 The interface 4.1 Using the presets The presets memorize the ARP2600 V sounds. A preset contains all of the inter-module connections and the different controller information necessary fo r the recreation of an identical sound. In the ARP2600 V, presets are classed in “banks” and “sub-b anks”. E[...]

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    26 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL Once a preset has been changed (modification of a controller or connection), an asterisk appears next to its name in the tool bar. In the “BANK” dropdown menu, the “All” option allo ws you to open a sub-list with all of the sub- banks available in all of the banks. This gives yo u access directly[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 27 “Save” button on the toolbar If you want to save your preset under a different preset name, click on the “Save As” button in the toolbar. A drop-down menu will appear allowing the ch oice of either an existing preset (in this case, the preset contents will be replaced by the current setting), or [...]

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    28 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL Current preset bank export bu tton in the toolbar Select the type of export that you wish to perf orm (bank, sub-bank or preset) from the list and a window will appear prompting you to choose a dest ination folder and a name for the file you are about to export. 4.2 Use of controllers 4.2.1 Vertical line[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 29 In circular mode, click on the knob and turn around it in order to change the value of the controller. The circular mode gives high precision in the manip ulation of controls: The further the mouse goes from the knob, the higher the precision of the setting. 4.2.4 The selectors: The selectors (the filter[...]

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    30 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 4.3.1 Audio and modulation connections The audio connections can be used, for example, to rout e the audio output of a wave form from an oscillator to the audio input of the filter or VCA mixer. In the same manner, the modulation connec- tions allow you to route the output of a LFO or en velope generator[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 31 point in the “Connect to” menu to create a connection . It is also possible to delete the curent con- nection by choosing the “R emove connection” option. Right click for input/output conne ction menu (or Shift + click) 4.3.2 Modifying a connection To disconnect a cable from an input connector, a[...]

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    32 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL the need to use a VCA which would normally be necessary to set the amplitude of the modulation signal. When the modulation input connector is conne cted, click on one of the edges of the jack’s hex nut and drag the mouse up or down to change the depth of modulation: Setting the quantity of modulation 4[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 33 4.3.6 MIDI control Most of the knobs, sliders and switches on th e ARP2600 V can be manipulated with external MIDI controllers. Before anything else, make sure that the MIDI device that you wi sh to use is correctly connected to the computer, and that the sequence r or the ARP2600 V application is correc[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 35 5 The modules The ARP2600 V can be separated into 3 parts: from to p to bottom, the first is a cabinet dedicated to sound programming and effects, the second concer ns the ARP sequencer and the playing mode con- figuration interface with the keyboard and LFO, and finally the third contains the keyboard. [...]

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    36 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 5.1.2 The Oscillators (Oscillators - VCO) There are three oscillators in the ARP2600. The oscillators permit the management of the ba se frequency and tone of the ARP 2600. It also manages the impulse width of the wave forms. These changes can either be made with linear poten- tiometers, or thanks to mod[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 37 Audio outputs : Connection jacks for 4 wave form outputs: triangle, sine, saw-tooth and square Impulse width : Impulse width for “Sawtooth”, “Square”, “Triangle” wave forms FM Inputs : connection jack for frequency modulation inputs • Key follow : pre-cabled for ma nual setting of the key f[...]

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    38 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL the use of the synthesizer. For example: the fr equency of oscillator 1 can be modulated, from the left to the right, by the key follow, the sample and hold, the ADSR envelope and the oscillator 2 sine. In low frequency position (LF), the oscillators perform modula tion using the lower CPU power compared[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 39 Sine 5.1.3 The Filter (Filter - VCF) The ARP2600 V possesses a multimode filter module (t he original had only one resonant low pass mode). It is possible to choose a filter type among the five offered: a low pass 24 dB (identical to that found on the ARP2600), a low pass, a high pass, a band-pass and a [...]

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    40 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL • Key follow (KYBD CV) : Pre-cabled for th e manual setting of the key follow • Oscillator3 sine (VCO3 Sin) :pre-cabled for the manual setting of the modulation by sine wave form of oscillator2 • ADSR Env : re-cabled for the manual setting of the modulation by ADSR envelope. It possesses a cut-off [...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 41 The high pass filter • The band pass filter (BP 12) The band pass filter is a combination of the low pa ss and high pass: It eliminates the frequencies on each side of the cut-off frequency. The band pass filter • The notch filter (Notch) The notch filter coupe is the oppo site of the band pass filte[...]

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    42 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 5.1.4 The envelopes Two in number, the modulation envelopes allow the ev olution of the sound in relation to the time. The first envelope (ADSR) possesses four temporal periods which are performed sequentially: the Attack time, Decay time, Sustain voltage and the Release time. When the trigger input move[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 43 5.1.4.2 AR Attack (Attack time) : Sets the attack time Release (Release time) : Sets the release time 5.1.4.3 Trigger modes Trigg input (S/H gate) : Input connection for an external trigger signal (pre-cabled to the Sample and Hold clock) “Gate” output type (Gate) : Output connection for a “gate”[...]

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    44 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL Modulation inputs (Control) : Modulation input connection jacks (pre-cabled on the AR and ADSR envelopes). 5.1.6 Noise Generator The noise generator generates white noise or colore d noise. It possesses a low pass filter to dampen high pitched frequencies. the noise generator Low pass frequency (white / [...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 45 4 signal outputs (output) : Audio or modulation signal output connection jacks 4 “Mix” switches : This switch allows yo u to merge one or several inputs pairs into the one above. 4 “volume” potentiometer : potentiometer to set the volume of 2 input signals (A and B for example) 5.1.8 Sample and H[...]

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    46 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL the electronic switch An example:  Connect the output of the square wave form of oscillator 1 to input A and the sine output of oscillator 2 to input B.  Place these two oscillators to low frequency position (LF) so as to slow the oscillation speed. Set the frequency potentiometers for th e two osc[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 47 The envelope follower An example:  Try for example to insert an audio signal comin g from a drum loop sample to the input of the envelope follower.  Connect the output of the envelope followe r to one of the filter modulation inputs.  Increase the modulation rate for the amp (VCA).  Do the sa[...]

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    48 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 5.1.12 “Tracking” generator This very original module was added to modify the course of a modulation thanks to four curves which can be edited in real-time by the user. It ca n also be used as source of modulation to create envelope forms or complex LFO waves. the tracking generator’s main interfac[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 49 Sine tool : Tool for drawing a sinusoid. Square tool : Tool for drawing a square signal. Noise tool : Tool for adding noise to an existing signal. Eraser tool : Tool for erasing an existing signal. Undo / Redo : To undo or redo a drawn signal. A few tips for using it:  To create an exponential curve: [...]

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    50 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL The chorus effect Delay has two potentiometers, “Time Left” and “Time Right”, respectively for setting the time for the left channel, and the right channel. The two potentiometers, “FeedB Left” and “FeedB Right” respectively set the channel return gain for left and right channels. Finally[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 51 5.2 Keyboard interface (Model 3620) The keyboard interface contains all of the para meters necessary for playing on a keyboard: the monophonic or polyphonic playing modes, the port amento, the LFO (mainly used for vibrato), key- board triggering modes, etc... the keyboard interface Portamento trigger inp[...]

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    52 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL the LFO Low frequency oscillator speed (LFO speed) : Sets the clock speed for the low frequency oscillator. Low frequency oscillator delay (LFO delay) : Sets the delay of the low frequency oscillator action. Vibrato depth (vibrato depth) : Sets the depth of the vibrato. MIDI synchronization (MIDI sync) :[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 53 • Sequence step management, setting and management of the 16 sequencer steps 2x 8 output levels (1 ... 16 faders) : Sets the modulation or tuning level for sequence steps. Bus 1, 2 and 3 (switches Gate bus 1, 2, 3) : Trigger se lector switch for steps by bus 1, 2 or 3 Bus inputs1, 2 and 3 (inputs Gate [...]

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    54 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL PW input (PWM) : Jack input for the modulation of the impulse width of the signal. • Setting the sequencer input / outputs (quantizer) the sequencer input / outpu ts Quantized outputs A and B (Quantized outputs A/B) : Output jacks A and B for the quanti- zation of the step signals in semi tones. CV inp[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 55 6 The basics of subtractive sy nthesis Of all forms of sound synthesis, subtractive synthesi s is one of the oldest and still certainly one of the most employed today. It is this method that was developed toward the end of the 60’s on ana- log synthesizers like the ARP, Moog, Oberheim, Ya maha, Buchla,[...]

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    56 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL • The square possesses a more “hollow” sound that the saw tooth (it only contains odd harmonics) but none the less, its rich sound (notably in low frequencies) can be used for sub-bass sounds that will come out well in the mix (the square oscillator is often set an octave below that of the sa w too[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 57  The sinusoid is the purest of all. It is a single har monic and produced a very “damped” sound. It can be used to reinforce the low frequencies of a bass sound or as a frequency modulator in or- der to create harmonics that don’t exist in the original waveforms. PWM ( P ulse W idth M odulation)[...]

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    58 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL In the above image, oscillator2 is synchronized with the fir st and tuned to twice its frequency. The resulting waveform is unique in that it cannot be created by standa rd synthesis techniques such as layering or filtering. A frequency modulation ( FM ) can be created between 2 oscillators by connecting[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 59 the ARP2600 V noise module 6.1.2 The filter or VCF The audio signal generated by an oscillator (the wa veform) is next generally directed to a filter module ( Voltage Controlled Filter ). It is this module that we use to control the sound by filtering (by subtraction, which explains the name given to thi[...]

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    60 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL pass through unchanged. Depending on the setting we will hear the sound becoming more or less “brilliant”, more or less “dampened”. This is the type of filtering that you will find mor e often than not on synthesizers that use subtrac- tive synthesis. It can be found on most of the recent analog [...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 61 • The band-reject (band-reject filter or no tch) eliminates the frequencies inside a band of frequencies. This filter is above all else interesting when we want to vary this band of frequencies (with the “fre quency” on the ARP2600 V filters or the modulation of an LFO on this same paramete r). You[...]

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    62 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL With a high resonance level, the filter will begin to produce a sound close to a sine waveform. At this stage, the use of a key follow is very importa nt as you can create a melody by tuning the cut- off frequency of the filter along wi th the frequency of the oscillators. 6.1.3 The amplifier or VCA The [...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 63 If you don’t have a keyboard, you can play on the ARP2600 V virtual keyboard. the virtual keyboard of the ARP2600 V 6.2.2 The envelope generator. The envelope generator, connected to the amplifier, is used to “sculpt” the form of a sound during a cycle, which begins when we press a note on the keyb[...]

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    64 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL The ARP 2600 V also offers a second s implified envelope (Attack, Release). The envelope generator can also be used to modula te other settings, like the filter cut-off fre- quency or the frequency of an oscillator for example. 6.2.3 The low frequency oscillator. The LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) posses[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 65 VCA modulated by a LFO 6.2.4 The ring modulator The ring modulator is a module which multiplies two signals (generally two oscillators) so as to gen- erate non-harmonic frequential components. We can thus easily obtain metallic sounds. the ring modulator of the ARP2600 V 6.2.5 Sample and hold The sample [...]

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    66 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL the sample and hold module of the ARP2600 V Now to finish, the scheme of a full synthesizer containing: • 3 oscillators (VCO) • 1 noise module • 1 ring modulator • 1 sample and hold • 2 mixers (mix of the 3 VCO, noise and ring modulator towards the filter and the VCA) • 1 filter (VCF) • 1 a[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 67 7 A few element s of sound design Here is a series of five examples designed to guide you through the creation of a sound and a se- quence. They are classed in order of di fficulty and organized into two parts: • The first part will give you an introduction to sound synthesis. For this you will start w[...]

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    68 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL raise the “VCO1” potentiometer on the filter module  To give it more life, still on the same module, raise the “ADSR” potentiometer corresponding to the envelope of the same name. raise the “ADSR” potentiometer  Lower the filter cut-off frequency (“Initial Fi lter Frequency”) potent[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 69 lower the Decay potentiometer  Now raise the volume of “VCO2” on the VCF mixer (“VCO2”). You will hear the 2 oscillators play in unison. raise the volume of VCO2  Lightly detune the second osci llator (“VCO2”). The sound become s more lively and “fatter” ! Lightly detune the second [...]

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    70 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL raise the filter resonance 7.2 Polyphonic patch with cabling Let’s reuse the sound “bass1” as it will be useful to us for the next preset. We will see how to surpass the limits of the pr e-cabled (internal connections between the modules don’t need cables). Thanks to this method, you will discove[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 71  Still on the same mixer, raise the volume of oscilla tor3 to complete the ba se tone. You will hear a sound composed of three oscillators. raise the volume of oscillato r3  Let’s apply a variation to the filter cut-off freq uency with the LFO. For this, connect the sinus wave form of the “LFO?[...]

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    72 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL  If it has a tendency to “disappear” too much (you don’t hear any more sound), gently raise the cut-off frequency potentiometer.  Set the LFO oscillation speed with the “LFO Speed” potentiometer. For this type of sound choose a slow speed (around 0.10 Hz). set the LFO oscillation speed ?[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 73 polyphonic mode  At this stage, you can also enrich your chords by dedicating a third oscillator to sevenths (“+7 semi-tones”) - or fifths (“+5 semi-tones”). set the third oscillator to sevenths  If you wish to bring more space to your sound, add a delay or chorus effect to it. For this, cl[...]

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    74 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL Let’s again use the “bass1” sound as template for the following preset: • two oscillators (VCO1 and 2) • a low pass filter (VCF) • an amplifier (VCA) • the tracking generator connected to the filter We will first see how to create a “complex LFO” modulation type on the filter cut-off fr[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 75  Next click on the “edit” button for this tracking line. A secondary window appears. It will allow you to graphically draw the wave form that will modulate the cut-off frequency. click on the “edit” button  It is composed of three parts: on the left, the selection of the 4 tracking lines, i[...]

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    76 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL  If you wish to modify your curve, return to th e editing screen to make changes. The modifica- tion is directly taken into account as soon as you click on the edit screen. Nothing stops you from creating several types of curves (freehand, curve, sinus, square, noise…) on a single line. To do this j[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 77 connect the “Quantized output A” of the sequencer to the KBD CV input oscillator 1  Play a note on your keyboard (C4 for example). The sequencer starts and you will hear a series of 16 notes of identical pitch, this is normal.  Set each of these 16 potentiometers representing 16 sequence steps [...]

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    78 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 2 independent sequences of 8 steps To play the steps randomly 7.5 Patch using the sequencer to create a modulation sequence Let’s look at creating a sequence of mod ulation on the filter cut-off frequency. This will be very useful, notably for spec ial effects such as a “techno” sequence. Reuse the[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 79 Connect the sequencer B output to the se cond modulation input of the filter... ...and raise the modulation potentiometer  Play a note on your keyboard to start the se quencer. Change the posi tions of the 16 potenti- ometers representing 16 steps in the sequence. You can hear the variations on the op[...]

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    80 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL These different examples were of varying difficulty. We hope that they will have helped you get to know some of the possibilities offered by the AR P2600V. But don’t hesitate in making your own at- tempts at programming; this is the best way to progress and find a certain originality.[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 81 8 Using the ARP2600 V in different modes 8.1 Stand-alone The ARP2600 V application can be used as an inst rument independent of a sequencer (stand alone mode). It allows you to open one or several instru ments, and to play with a master MIDI keyboard. 8.1.1 Launching the application To launch the ARP2600[...]

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    82 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL The Macintosh preferences window • Protocol (Windows only): Select the audio prot ocol that you want to use. If you have ASIO drivers for your sound card, it is highly recommended that you use them in- stead of DirectX protocol; the ASIO drivers provide a higher performance rate in re- lation to the Di[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 83 8.1.3.3 Configuration of the octave The octave allows you to transpose the notes of your keyboard by one or several octaves. This func- tion is interesting if your keyboard doesn’t cover th e octave in which you wish to play or if you have activated the keyboard zone option. 8.1.3.4 Configuration of th[...]

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    84 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 8.2.2 Using the instrument in VST mode Opening the ARP2600 V VST plug-in is done like any other VST plug-in; please consult the user man- ual of the host sequencer for more information. Fo r Cubase SX, open the menu “Devices / VST In- struments”, and choose ARP2600 V in the rack: Opening the ARP2600 [...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 85 8.2.5 Automation Automation works with the ARP2600 V as like any other VST plug-in (refer to the VST sequencer documentation for more information on the automation of plug-ins). Preset changing (and therefore cable changing) cannot be automated. 8.3 Pro Tools™ 8.3.1 Installation During the initial inst[...]

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    86 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL • TDM systems: the ARP2600 V must be loaded on an audio stereo track. Opening it as a HTDM plug-in is done through the TDM su b menu, as a HTDM plug-in is used ex- actly like a TDM plug-in. • Other systems: the ARP2600 V can be loaded on a mono audio track (which becomes stereo after the insertion) o[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 87 8.3.6 Automation under Pro Tools Automation functions with the AR P2600 V like any RTAS/HTDM plug-in (refer to the Pro Tools docu- mentation for more details on plug-in automation ). Preset changes (and thus cable movements) cannot be automated. 8.4 DXi™ The ARP2600 V is compatible with the DXi protoco[...]

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    88 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL Connecting a MIDI track to the ARP2600 V The events played on a MIDI keyboard are then tran smitted by your Sonar to the ARP2600 V. It is of course possible to record these MIDI events, and use all of the Sonar MID I editing possibilities. 8.4.4 Saving presets When the session is recorded, the state of t[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 89 Adding an instrument in Logic Audio 8.5.2.2 Adding an effect In the mixing table slice you wish to add an effect to, click on “Effect” to get the effects list, and then select “Stereo -> Audio Instru ments -> Arturia -> ARP2600 V Efx”. Adding an effect in Logic Audio Since version 7, Log[...]

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    90 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL Starting Logic’s AU Manager This manager lets you see the list of available plug ins, test their compatibil ity with Logic, and acti- vate or deactivate them. If one of your plugins is creating problems in Lo gic, check that it has passed the compatibility test and that it is enabled. The AU Manager 8.[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 91 Loading a new instrument Once you have added this instrument, you can re direct a midi track toward it. In the connections menu of the midi track, select the instrument as well as the midi channel. sélection du canal MIDI 8.5.3.2 Adding an effect You can insert the ARP2600 V Efx effe ct on an audio trac[...]

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    92 ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL Selecting the AR2600 V Efx[...]

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    ARTURIA – ARP2600 V – USER’S MANUAL 93 A A R R T T U U R R I I A A A A R R P P 2 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 V V - - L L I I C C E E N N S S E E A A G G R R E E E E M M E E N N T T Grant of License In consideration of payment of the Li censee fee, which is a portion of the price you paid, Arturia, as Licensor, grants to you, the Licensee, a nonexclusive ri[...]