Arturia 2 manual

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 1 USER’S MANUAL 2.0[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 2 PROGRAMMI NG: Nicolas Bronne c Fabrice Bou rgeois Gavin Burke Vincent Travaglini Jean–Mi chel Blanchet Phili ppe Wicker Cristi an Kreindler Damien Va nderbeyvang he Thomas Dili gent MANUAL: Thomas Dili gent (Engli sh version) Christiaa n de Jong (Engli sh version) Houston Hayn es (Engli sh version) Ri[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 3 T T h h a a n n k k y y o o u u f f o o r r p p u u r r c c h h a a s s i i n n g g t t h h e e A A R R T T U U R R I I A A J J u u p p i i t t e e r r - - 8 8 V V ! ! In this packag e you will find: • This paper manu al for t he Jupit er-8V • One CD-ROM containi ng the Jupiter-8V i nstaller for MAC[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 4 N N e e w w f f e e a a t t u u r r e e s s i i n n J J u u p p i i t t e e r r - - 8 8 V V 2 2 . . 0 0 If you al ready own Jupi ter-8V, versi on 2 inclu des the followin g changes: • “Sound Map” g raphical preset browser add ed • RPN “pitch b end range” mes sage is now recognized • NRPN m[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 5 T T a a b b l l e e o o f f c c o o n n t t e e n n t t s s 1 INTRODUCT ION 8 1.1 Roland /Jupiter-8 Story 8 1.2 TAE ® 12 1.2.1 Aliasin g-free oscillat ors 12 1.2.2 A better rep roduction of analog oscil lator waveforms 12 1.2.3 Direct Fil ter Circuit Modeli ng 14 2 INSTALLAT ION 15 2.1 Notes about soft[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 6 6.3.5 Modulati on button 54 6.3.6 Virtual keyboard 54 6.3.7 LCD Scre en 54 6.3.8 MIDI Contr ol 55 6.3.9 The prefer ence screen 55 6.4 The Sound Map 56 6.4.1 The MAP mai n interface 57 6.4.2 The Sound Map overvi ew 58 6.4.3 The LIST pre set manag er 61 6.4.4 The COMPASS morphi ng interface 62 7 THE DIFFE[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 7 9.2 Arpeggiat ed sounds 103 9.3 A sequenc e with the Jup iter-8V 107 10 MODES OF OPERATION 111 10.1 Stand-al one 111 10.1.1 Launchi ng the Stand -alone appli cation 111 10.1.2 Preference C onfigurati on 111 10.2 Using a VST and Audi o Unit instrumen t in Ableton Li ve 112 10.3 RTAS - Pro To ols 113 10.3[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 8 1 INTRODUCTIO N 1.1 R OLAND /J UPITER -8 S TORY The hi story of R oland is i ntimately tied to t he p ersonal story of i ts found er, M r Ikutar o Kakehashi . When he was ju st 16 y ears old, th e you ng Mr K akehashi noticed th ere wa s no wat ch or clock industry i n post-war Japa n. He the refore und[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 9 In 1954 Mr K akehashi opened an el ectrical goods and repa ir shop by the name of “Kakehashi Musen”. - L ater th e name was to b e changed to A ce Elect rical Company. His initial goal was to produce an el ectronic instrument cap able of generatin g si mple monophoni c m elodies, and so he en ded up[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 10 By the end of the 19 70s, Rol and establi shed itself as a m ajor m anufacture r, and i n 1981 Mr. Ikutaro Kak ehashi opened four new c ompani es in three month s. R oland UK, Rol and GmbH and Musi tronic AG i n Switzerland. He al so established a new Japanese divi sion called AMDEK (A nalogue Musi c D[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 11 Costello, Tears for Fea rs, Huey Lewis an d the News, Journey, M oog Cookb ook, Yes, D evo, Freddy Fresh, Simple Min ds, Jan Hamme r, and BT. In the early 8 0’s R oland an d Sequenti al Circuits combin ed forces t o create the MIDI protocol . The techn ology was d erived f rom Rolan d’s earl ier DC[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 12 It was th e introducti on of COSM and the “ V” products i n 1995 that set the future direction for R oland. M r. K akehashi and h is teams had rec ognized t hat di gital signal processin g and physical modeli ng were t he futu re of th e electr onic au dio in dustry. Rol and appli ed these technolo[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 13 Roland Jupiter 8 waveform, and tha t of t he Jupi ter-8V. They are both equall y deformed by the low-pa ss and hi gh-pass filt ering. Temporal representation of a “saw tooth” waveform of the Jupi ter 8 Temporal representation of a “saw tooth” waveform reproduced by the Jup iter-8V[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 14 What’s m ore, the ha rdware anal og oscill ators were unstabl e. In fact, thei r wav eform varies sli ghtly from one period to an other. If we add thi s to t he fa ct that the starti ng point for each period (in Trig ger mode) can va ry with the temp erature a nd oth er environmental condi tions, we [...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 15 2 INSTALLATION 2.1 N OTES ABOUT SOFTW ARE PROTECTION AND THE INSTALLATION Jupiter-8V2 i ncludes the Soft-eLi censer protec tion system. C ompati bility with v1.0 USB- eLicenser d ongles i s carri ed on to v2.0 . Th us Jupiter-8V1 own ers can u se th eir USB dongles to authori ze Ju piter-8V2 updat e. J[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 16 Choose the installation folder  Next, select the applicati on or plug-in s that you wi sh to i nstall. For more informati on on th ose protocols, please see to chapter 10 of this manual. The availabl e options are: Choose the components to be installed  For the in stallation of the V ST prot ocol[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 17 Select installation folder for plug-ins  Set up the p rogram’s sh ortcut in th e Start menu , or use the d efault setting.  Check or n ot to install an icon on your d esktop (di sabled by default) .  Before p erformin g the install ation, t he i nstalled components a re summ arized. Click on[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 18 2.3 M AC OS X I NSTALLAT ION  If you purcha sed th e Boxed versi on of the Ju pi ter-8V2, insert t he CD- ROM i nto the drive. E xplore th e c ontents o f the CD-ROM a nd double click on the icon call ed Jupiter-8V2.pkg .  If y ou purchas ed the D ownload versi on of the Ju piter-8V2, doubl e cli[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 19 3 AUTHORIZATI ON Now that you r Jupit er-8V2 has been in stalled, you need to authorize th e synthesi zer. This d oesn’t apply to owners of the Jupiter-8V previous version, who may use the software right away usin g their USB-eLicenser hardware d ongle. Contrary to 1 .x versions th at used the USB- e[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 20 If you al ready have an account, sim ply log i n:  Once y ou ar e logg ed in to you r account , you can register yo ur Jupiter-8V2 and request your acti vation code. G o to th e “M y Registered Produ cts” section of you r account an d click on the “Ad d” button:[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 21  In th e form that appears, sel ect “Jup iter-8V” fr om the drop d own menu, and type in your syn thesiz er seri al numb er and unlock code (as written on t he registration card):  You will then see the co nfirmation scre en:  And finall y th ere i s a sc reen f rom w hich you can copy the[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 22 interface differs, and possibly al so the langua ge used. These little details shoul d not prev ent you from understanding th e full process.  In the eLicenser Cont rol Center mai n window you should see a “SeL” vi rtual dongle i nstalled onto yo ur compute r. The eLicenser Control Center main w[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 23 Enter the activation code  The eLi censer Control Cente r i s now ready to d ownload the software license that will all ow you to use Ju piter-8V2. Cli ck on Start, the p rogress ba r s hould anime until downl oad compl etion. A popup wi ndow w ill confirm completi on, just cl ick “Close”.  N[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 24 It’s now ti me to launch J upiter-8V2.[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 25 4 QUICK START This ch apter will allow you to fami liarize yoursel f with th e general functi oning of th e Jupiter-8V. Th is is a summarized presentat ion of the di fferent parts o f t he syn thesiz er. You wil l find specified descripti ons and detail s of al l t he paramet ers and screenshots in the[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 26 • “Whole”: al lows you to play th e “Upper” Program over the full range of the keyboard. These thre e methods allow y ou to create very rich soni c combinati ons. 4.2 U SING THE PRESETS 4.2.1 Select ing the presets The Jupi ter-8V has two ki nds of presets: 4.2.1.1 The Pat ches The “PATCH?[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 27 To famili arize yourself wi th the different i ncluded sounds of Th e Jupiter-8V, we wi ll select the preset “Ful l_Pa d” situated in the bank “JMB / Pads/ JMB_Full _Pad”.  First, cli ck on the button, on the toolbar, to open the expan sion i nterface.  Then, cl ick on t he but ton “Pre[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 28 Choose a preset patch from the toolbar The Jupi ter-8V is deli vered with 400 facto ry presets th at will allow you t o become familia rized with th e tones of the synth esizer. It is also possible to show all the presets when choosing th e option “All” in the bank. For example, to see the bass pre[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 29 While chan ging t hese fi rst s ettings, you have modi fied the preset “F ull_Pad”. Now you will be abl e to save the sound that y ou have jus t created.  To choose anothe r destinati on for th is sound, cli ck on the icon “Save As” , then choose you r l ocation. F or exampl e, create a n ew[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 30 4.4 O VERVIEW OF THE J UPITER -8V USER INTE RFACE The i nterface of the Jupit er-8V has 54 synthesi s parameters and a programme r that allows you to navig ate qui ckly th rough the 44 factory p resets of the ori ginal machine. The knobs and a ssociated swi tches to the se paramet ers wi ll allow you t[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 31 Signal path of the Jupiter-8V Start lowering t he cutoff frequency of the low pass filter “VCF ”. A sound w ith less bright ness will result.  To do this, adj ust the knob “Cutoff”. (F or fi ne tuning, u se th e right mouse button or [Alt]+cli ck on Mac)  Note th at t he cut off f requenc[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 32 Increase the length of the attack  In the same man ner, change the val ue of the Decay; th e filter frequenc y will decrease mo re or less q uickly whil e you will play the ke yboard. The filter envelope “Decay” parameter. Carry out a sh ort modifi cation on the second “ADSR” envel op to mod[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 33 4.5.1 Creati ng a melod ic sequence with the SEQ UENCER The sequenc er i s accessi ble by clickin g on the “MODULAT IONS” tab, si tuated on t he expansion pan el. Click on the “SEQUENC ER” icon. The sequ encer i s a 32-step “st ep sequenc er”. It allows the creat ion of several melodi c lin[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 34  Connect the frequenc y of VCF to the secon d m odulation output and set the am ount knob to l et it blend in to your li king. Set Sequencer Output 2  Enablin g “Retrig” but ton triggers envel opes at each st eps of the sequ ence Set Retrig  To start the sequencer, set t he “start/st op?[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 35 If it is synchronized with an external sequencer like Cubase or Logic Audio for ex ample, use the “ Quantization ” (“Q”) parameter , situated next to the “sync” button in the same section. Choose one of the tempo divisions t o set the speed t o your likings. To ad d addi tional pun ch to th[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 36 Click on the “GALAXY” tab  Choose a pa rameter (f or example, the HP VCF Cu toff) for th e X axis, th en adjust the speed pa rameter of the LFO to y our li king. Choose a destination for the modulation of th e X axis.  Choose a paramet er for t he Y axi s (for exampl e the LP VCF Cutoff) t he[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 37 Choose the triangle waveform for th e α (alpha) angle 4.5.3 Contr ol parameters with the Key board unit The Keyboard u nit enabl es you to contr ol paramete rs via velocit y and aftertouch.  Click on the “MODU LATIONS” tab th en on t he tab called “KEYBOAR D” to sh ow the interface. Click o[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 38 Customize the velocity curve  You can do th e same for the aftertouch. Customize the aftertouch curve 4.6 T HE E FFECTS The “ EFFECTS” interface of th e Ju piter-8V offers uniqu e signal processin g possi bilities, allowin g you to insert e ffects in the synt hesis ch ain, between the VC O an d [...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 39  In order to enri ch th e sound, the ef fect “Dist ortion” ha s been i nserted betwe en the VCO a nd V CF ( Filter). Ch ange t his effect to “No Effect” and back to “Di stortion” to observe th e differences of sound. Choose the effect of “Distortion” in the effects menu. The interfa [...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 40  Appl y a modul ation on the frequenc y of ba nd “3 ” wi th the LFO. To d o that cli ck on the button “M ods” situ ated on th e ri ght of t he EQ i nterface. Thi s will show you t he possibl e modulation conn ections avail able.  Click on the display situated next to “Band3” / “F”[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 41 Activate the button «ON/OFF» of the Chorus  Adjust the “D ry/Wet” kn ob of the Chorus in a mann er tha t i s bala nced b etween th e origin al sound and th e treated sound.  Next, turn the “Rate” knob of th e Chorus to s et th e speed o f the oscill ations affectin g pitch.  Finall y[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 42 The settings of the delay 4.8 R EALTIME CONTROLL ERS AND MIDI ASSIGN As i ts brilliant sounding ancest or, The Jup iter-8V is pa rticularly a dapted for playi ng in real time. One of the bi g evolu tions in compari son wit h the ori ginal i s the possibilit y to assign any knob of the Jupit er-8V to an[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 43 In addit ion to the “L earn” butt on, m idi assignments can be set by clicking on the midi channel labels and “Use NR PN” checkbox . To sav e the setti ng that we have just carried o ut duri ng t his chapt er, click on th e button «Save» sit uated on tool bar. The MIDI settings will only be s[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 44 5 A UNIQUE SYN THESIZER, WH Y ? 5.1 T HE R OLAND J UPITER -8 The Jupi ter-8 i s capabl e of cr eating very versat ile sound s. The J upiter-8 sounds t he way it looks, ‘sl eek an d poli shed’. It offers oscilla tor sync, c ross modul ation, a switchable 12dB/24d B fil ter and pol yphonic portament [...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 45 modules are avai lable on the end of the synth esis chain. The two mod ules are p laced on top of the outpu t of the VCA, an d can not receive external modul ations. A mongst t hese «PATCH» ef fects are a d elay, reverb, fl anger and a phas er. Another a ddition is t he sequenc er which is a 32-step [...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 46 6 THE INTERFACE 6.1 T OOL BAR The t ool bar con sists of an ensembl e of ess ential i cons for the Jupi ter-8V o rganiz ed from left to righ t allowing you to: • Access drop m enus offe ring filters with the followi ng criteria: o Characterist ics o Factory / Use r o Mode (Whol e / Dual / Split) o Pr[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 47 6.2 U SING THE PRESETS The pres ets all ow saving and recalling t he sounds of the Ju piter-8V. A p reset contain s all the new s ettings of the vari ous cont rollers to r eproduce a s ound. In the softwa re ve rsion, just l ike on t he original one, th e p resets a re classifi ed i n t wo categories o[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 48 You have tw o options to select a pre set: 6.2.2.1 Sele ct from the toolba r The fastest way t o s elect a preset i s t o cl ick on the “preset” bu ttons on the to olbar. Two preset filt er wi ndows, situa ted on th e l eft of the pr eset screen al low preset sel ection according to availa ble crit[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 49 The Preset page Once th e fil ters cri teria are set, you can select Patch presets in the resulting list on the right of t he pa ge. Cli ck on “PATCH”, then sel ect criteri on (for instan ce, Project: JMB, Type: Pad) an d finall y choose a preset i n the li st. Selection of a preset from the same b[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 50 The choice of filters is t he same as wi th “PATCH” preset s. In the unfoldi ng menu, the choi ce “No fi lter” is particul arly useful to qui ckly pass through presets of the same type. If a preset i s modifi ed, this symbol “*” will appear next to the name of the preset. The key mode must [...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 51 When y ou work from a factory preset, it cannot be overwritten. Clicking on the “Save” button will not replace the factory preset, but wil l automaticall y open the “Save As ” dialog to save it as a user pres et. 6.2.6 Delete a preset To d elete a s elected P ATCH or PR OGRAM, cl ick on th e ?[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 52 Export a preset “project” bank 6.3 U SING THE CONTRO LLERS 6.3.1 Knob s Generall y DAWs offer se veral knob con trol modes. The defaul t control mode f or knobs with the mouse is the ci rcular mode: click on the knob and tu rn aroun d it in order to cha nge the value of th e control ler. The ci rcu[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 53 A rotary knob 6.3.1.2 Sli ders These con trols are vertical and li near. They set a conti nuous settin g (cutoff frequen cy of the VCF fil ters, or setti ngs of the two A DSR envel opes, for exampl e) A vertical slider 6.3.2 Button s There ar e several types o f buttons on the Ju piter-8V. Som e acti v[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 54 the mouse horizontall y to modify the pitch . The wheel comes b ack to i ts i nitial position at the releas e of the mous e. The Pitch Bend Wheel 6.3.5 Modul ation button The m odulati on but ton appli es the modulati on created by the LFO, according t o the modula tion rate set by t he LFO. The m anip[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 55 LCD screen 6.3.8 MIDI Control Most of the knobs, sliders and switches on the Jupiter-8V can be manipulated with external MIDI controllers. Before anyth ing else, make sure th at th e M IDI d evice i s correctly connect ed t o t he co mputer, and that th e sequenc er or th e sta ndalone Jupi ter- 8V app[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 56 6.4 T HE S OUND M AP The sound map i s an in novative preset explorer whi ch offe rs an ea sy and revol utionary way to locate and choose a p reset on a m ap area , thus si mplifyin g preset ma nagement and maki ng it much q uicker to find an a ppropriate soun d. The s ound map al so offers a bran d n [...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 57 6.4.1 The M AP main interf ace The Sound Map mai n i nterface shows a map wher e all the preset s of t he Ju piter-8V2 are spread ou t, organi zed by their different types of sound and t heir own audio characteristi cs. The Map interface The t ypes o f pr esets a re represent ed b y di fferent geometri[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 58 Select a preset You can creat e new presets thanks to an exclu sive real time morph ing featur e: o Click between several preset s an d drag the mo use. F our red arrow s dr awing a cross appear l inking the g roup of fou r presets. The s ound of the Ju piter-8V2 will modified with regards to the di st[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 59 The map overview interface o To navi gate i nto the m ap, click inside of t he red square and drag it on the map area to view othe r sections o f the Sound ma p. o To zoom in the vi ew on the sound map, click on the Z oom sli der, under the overview wi ndow, and d rag it toward s the righ t to increase[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 60 o First click on the All b utton , on the b ottom of the type filter wind ow: this will hi de all the instru ment types from the sound map. o Then, sel ect th e t ype(s) you want to see by c licking on t he correspondin g square box(es). A check appea rs on th e sel ected box(es) and the type(s) of pre[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 61 6.4.3 The L IST preset ma nager The l ist preset mana ger offe rs a m ore t raditional way to exp lore presets u sing a list interface in whi ch the pre sets are classifi ed an d filtered in order to simpli fy preset management. o To open t he li st i nterface, click on the L IST b utton l ocated on th[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 62 Inverse the order of the instrument types 6.4.4 The COMP ASS mo rphing interf ace The Morphi ng pa ge is a n i ndependent modu le all owing you to q uickl y creat e some new sounds th anks to a real ti me morphin g featu re between the fou r selected presets saved on the snapsh ot memori es. The four p[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 63 Create a new sound o If you wish , you can sa ve it on a Us er bank of th e Jupiter-8V2 mem ory.[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 64 7 THE DIFFEREN T MODULES The interfa ce of the Jupi ter-8V consists of four mai n parts: • The interface of the ori ginal Jupiter-8V • The “PRESET MANAGER” off ers a dedi cated interface to man age the pr esets • The “EXPA NDED PARA METERS” pa rt offers a selection o f real -time contr ol[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 65 • 1 LFO (l ow frequency oscil lator) • 1 modula tion section (WH EEL MOD) d edicated to th e LFO 7.1.1 The o scillators (« VCO 1 and 2 ») There are tw o oscill ators. The oscil lator control s the basi c frequencies and ti mbres of the J upiter-8V with the frequency setti ngs, choice of wavefo rm[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 66 FINE TUNE Knob to fin e tune pitch wi th the range of pl us or minu s one half ton e. SHAPE • Switch for the four wavef orms: • Sine • Saw Tooth • Variable Pul se • White noi se The white noise waveform bri ngs an interesting complem ent to the sonic possibiliti es. It is ver y useful to crea[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 67 Triangle Sine 7.1.2 The m ixer (“VCO1 / VCO2”) The mixer al lows regulat ing the volu me of the mi x between oscil lators 1 and 2. VCO 1 Knob to set th e volum e for Oscill ator1 (LEFT) VCO 2 Knob to set th e volum e for oscill ator 2 (RIGHT) VCO 1/2 Knob to set th e volum e for both oscil lators ([...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 68 7.1.3.1 A n on-resonant 6 dB/octave high -pass filter The high -pass filter elim inates the frequen cies wh ile lettin g hig h frequ encies go th rough. The sound will become thin ner. It is very use ful to remove b ass fr equenci es of a pad sound for e xample. The non-resonant high pass filter CUTOFF[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 69 Resonant low-pass filter CUTOFF FREQ Knob to set of the cut off f requency of the fi lter, Fr om 10 Hz to 2 5 KHz. RES Knob to set th e resonan ce of the fil ter. SLOPE Switch the filterin g slope 12 or 24 dB/ octave. ENV. AMT Knob to manu ally set the rat e o f filt er mo dulation by the ADS R envelop[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 70 The amplifier (VCA) This modul e is very simp le, it consi sts of: VOLUME Knob to set th e volum e of the synt hesizer LFO MOD Slid er to set the inten sity level of the m odulati on by the LFO. The ampli fier’s volume i s directly affect ed by envelope 2 (ADSR2). 7.1.5 The ADSR Envelopes The «ADSR [...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 71 POLARITY Switch to set the polari ty for envel ope1: • If th e sw itch is on the t op, th e env elope polari ty i s posi tive ( this is the more comm on way to use an env elope). • If the swit ch i s on the botto m, the pol arity is n egative. The envelope’s time settings are reversed: the s hort[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 72 LFO M ENV1 Selector to choos e either a manual setting (via the fader), LFO or envelope 1 a s a source for the pulse wi dth modu lation. The VCO modulator section 7.1.8 The LFO MODULATIO N, PORTAMENT O and BEND section The “LFO MOD” s ection show s the param eters that can be modul ated by th e LFO[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 73 Destination connections 7.1.9 The pitch bend whee l and LFO MOD button The pitch b end wheel a nd the push bu tton for th e am ount of mod ulati on by the LFO (« MOD ») a re situated to the left si de of the vi rtual keyboard. PITCH This wheel controls the p itch bend of the two oscill ators LFO MO P[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 74 7.1.11 The arp eggiator (“A RPEGGIO”) This section show s th e conn ections th at are ne cessary t o m ake t he arpeggi ator wo rk. It allows p erformance o f patterns of not es i n a p articular order, evolving accordin g to the notes pl ayed. • In SPLIT mod e, the arp eggiator only wo rks with [...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 75 SOLO Button for selecting th e monophonic mod e. UNISON Button for selecti ng the Un ison mode. When “ UNISON” is activated, all the voices are regr ouped to be pl ayed by one note of the k eyboard. Th e result i s a ri ch h armonic sound. It sounds sim ilar t o a chorus effect. When the Uni son mo[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 76 7.2 S TEP S EQUENCER The sequen cer is a 32-s tep sequenc er. It allows the creati on of several m elodic lines (when on e of the three avai lable modula tions i s a ffecting th e pi tch of the VCO) a s well a s creati on of dyn amic modul ations of other pa rameters su ch as th e cutoff frequ ency of [...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 77 Mode Playing modes of the seq uencer: • FORWARD: Pl aying th e sequence forward • BACKWARD: Pl aying the sequence backwa rd • FORWD/ BACK WD: Play ing the sequenc e forward an d backward • RANDOM: Pl aying the sequence randoml y SMOOTH Amount of i nterpolati on between valu es of each step i n [...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 78 GLIDE Pl ace an effect of porta mento b etween the sel ected step and the f ollowi ng step. ACCENT Place an ac cent effect on the selected step . The edit section of the sequen cer 7.2.3 Outputs The m odul ation destinati on ( “OUTPUT”) i s l ocated to rig ht of th e i nterface of the sequencer, wh[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 79 The connection section 7.3 G ALAXY The galaxy m odule crea tes very compl ex modulat ions with the i nteraction of 3 LFO s. The first 2 LFOs can each modula te a different p arameter on t he X/Y ax es, repr esented i n the fram ework of the i nterface. A third LFO al lows modifyin g the a lpha angl e b[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 80 The Galaxy module 7.4 V OICE E FFECTS The Jup iter-8V offers two conne ctions of “Voi ce” effects. Thes e conne ctions can be mad e insid e the synth esis cha in, between the VCO an d t he VCF an d between t he VCF and th e VCA. These effects can be modul ated by s ources of modu lation such as the[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 81 • KEY FOLLOW • VELOCITY • AFTERTOUC H • ENVELOPE 1 • ENVELOPE 2 • GALAXY Y • GALAXY X • LFO • SEQUENCER The “BYPASS” button de activates the Ch orus / Fl anger effect. The Chorus/Flanger 7.4.2 Distorti on The di stortion un it brings a soft or strong saturati on to th e soun d, on[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 82 • ENVELOPE 1 • ENVELOPE 2 • GALAXY Y • GALAXY X • LFO • SEQUENCER The “BYPASS” button de activates the di stortion effect. Distortion 7.4.3 Param etric EQ This equali zer uni t adjusts t he harmoni c con tent of the sound wi th four ban ds of frequency c ontrol. Bands 1 a nd 4 (l ow and[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 83 BAND 4 (Hi gh frequenci es) FREQUENCY (F) Knob to set th e band of the high frequencies GAIN (G) Knob to set th e gain for th e band of the high frequencies DRY/WET Knob to set th e bal ance b etween t he o riginal sign al and the output of the effect OUTPUT Knob for the PARAM EQ‘ s output vol ume. T[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 84 OUTPUT Knob for the volume of the output o f the phaser. The “MOD” di splay all ows accessing the modul ation connection s for each of the paramete rs of the PHAS ER as well as the choice of the sources of modulati on: • KEY FOLLOW • VELOCITY • AFTERTOUC H • ENVELOPE 1 • ENVELOPE 2 • GA[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 85 • ENVELOPE 2 • GALAXY Y • GALAXY X • LFO • SEQUENCER The “BYPASS” button allows deactivati ng the RING MOD effect. Ring Mod 7.5 P ATCH E FFECTS Two “PATCH” e ffect m odul es are a vail able on th e end of t he synthesi s ch ain. The t wo modules a re placed afte r the output of the VC[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 86 The “BYPASS” button allows deactivati ng the “CHORUS/ F LANGER” eff ect. Chorus / Flanger 7.5.2 Stereo Analog Del ay The del ay effect all ows creatin g echo ef fects or doubling in th e sound. Th is effect is used on all types of sounds t o add stereo space. This effect r ecreates t he charact[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 87 7.5.3 Reverb The reve rb effect create s a v ery dense series of decayi ng echoes in the sound, simul ating the sound's p erformance wi thin a th ree-dimensional space. FEEDBACK Knob to set feedback ti me for the r everb DAMPING Knob to s et the rat e at wh ich high frequencies tha t are rolled of[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 88 Dual Phaser[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 89 8 THE BASICS OF SUBTRACTIVE SYNTHESIS Subtracti ve synthesis appear ed at th e end of th e 1 960’s, gi ving birth to the fi rst anal og synthesizers: Mo og, AR P, EMS , Oberh eim, Roland (SH, Ju no or Jupi ter seri es), Yamah a (CS series) and Korg (MS a nd PS seri es). Of al l forms of audi o syn th[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 90 • The tuni ng parameter ( “COARSE” or “FR EQUENCY”) all ows you t o tune the oscillat or by semi- tones on a ran ge of 5 octave s. • The fin e tuni ng pa rameter (“F INE”) fi nely tu nes the oscilla tor upwards or downwards by a sem i-tone. Thi s param eter gives a bit more li fe to you[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 91 The PWM (top) and the Square (botto m) waveforms and their respective harmon ic spectrums • The PWM ( Pulse Wi dth Modul ation) is a setti ng that all ows you to modi fy the waveform cycl e ( or wav e l ength). Thi s can b e done manua lly with the hel p of a knob “PW” or by m odulation (wi th an[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 92 The Sinusoid waveform and its harmonic spectrum • The synchronizat ion o f an oscillat or wit h an other creates more compl ex w aveforms. If for example, y ou sy nchronize oscillat or2 with oscillator1, oscil lator2 wi ll restart a new peri od eve ry t ime the fi rst osci llator comp letes i ts peri[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 93 • The noise generator : th e n oise si gnal pro duces ac oustic en ergy across a b road spectrum of fr equencies wi th no discernibl e “fundamental” or harmoni c sign ature. Fo r this reason , the n oise m odule i s used to create di fferent noi ses like the i mitation of wind or special effects.[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 94 decibels per octa ve (o r dB/oct). Most filt ers us ed in classi c analog synthesizers h ave 24 dB/oct or 12 d B/oct slo pes. The removal of undesirable frequencies at th e cut-off frequency On th e Jupi ter-8V, you have ac cess to a typ e of fil tering with a 24 dB/Oct slope and to a type of fil terin[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 95 Resonant low-pass filter 8.1.3.3 The resonance A second s etting to co mpliment the cut-off frequency is the resonan ce (y ou wil l al so find it called “emph asis” or “ Q” (for Quali ty of fil tering) elsewhere). The resonance i s a ble to ampli fy frequencies cl ose to the cut-o ff f requency[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 96 The filter settings of the Jupiter-8V 8.1.4 The amplifier or VC A The ampl ifier (Vol tage Controll ed Ampli fier) receives th e audi o signal comi ng from th e filter (or directl y from t he oscill ator if i t i s not bei ng filtered) t o be adju sted before the volume i s sent to the sp eakers. Jupit[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 97 Secondari ly, t he keyboard's pit ch is also u sed t o modul ate other sources, such as fi lter cutoff. If you do not use a MIDI keyboard, you can also play on the virtual keyboard of the Jupiter-8V, but your MIDI sequencer will not record those acti ons, it is for auditionin g presets and prog ra[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 98 The envelope generator of the Jupiter-8V 8.2.3 The low frequency os cillator The LFO ( Low F requency Oscillato r – or LFO o n the Ju piter-8V) posse sses more or l ess the same chara cteristi cs of the classic oscill ator bu t i t only produces frequencies lower than 20 Hz. In other wo rds, you won [...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 99 The LFO module of the Jupiter-8V The Jupiter-8V allows you to use VCO2, placed at a low f requency (position «LOFREQ»), to mod ulate the frequency of VCO 1. 8.3 M ODULES OF THE J UPITER -8V The essenti al elements of th e Jupi ter-8V consist of: • 2 oscillat ors • 1 noise gene rator • 1 mixer ?[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 100 9 SOME ELEMENTS O F SOUND DESIGN Here are five exampl es that can gui de you when programm ing different tone s on t he Jupiter-8V. These tone s are cl assified from sim ple to compl ex, and are organized in 3 parts: • The fi rst pa rt wi ll allow you to expl ore the basi s of the su btractive synt [...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 101 Click on the “Range” selector of VCO1  Choose the m odulat ed square wav eform on VCO2 Choose the modulated square waveform on V CO2  Set VCO 2 sligh tly out of tune by tu rning the “F ine Tune” knob a li ttle bit. The sound will become mo re ali ve. Set VCO 2 slightly out of tune  Lo[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 102 200 ms) and, fi nall y, l ower the Sustai n toward «0.0.600.000» . The maxi mum l evel of the cut off frequency is thu s reduced. Increase the attack time  Increase t he posi tion of th e «PWM» s elector (f or «Pulse Wi dth Modulati on») to th e center of it s range. Pl ace the si tuated swi [...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 103  You also can adjust the n umber of repeti tions («feedback») t o your con venience. The Delay settings  Save the sound as « Violi n 1», you wil l then be able to use it later. Open th e preset interface and click on the «Save as» button. Choo se a new n ame («St rings» for example). Al [...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 104 • An ADSR env elope conn ected to the ampl ifier • The Galaxy modu le • The Arpeggi ator • Voice effect » Chorus / F langer » • Patch effect » St Reverb » • Patch effect » St Delay »  Increase t he release t ime fo r the sec ond ADS R envelope (f or exampl e to th e range of 8000 [...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 105 We wi ll use th e Gala xy u nit to m odulate t he wid th of the square wave form of th e second VCO, the cut off freque ncy of the hi gh pass fil ter and the low pass fil ter (VCF)  Open the «Modul ations» p age situ ated in th e u pper panel of the Jupit er-8V. the Galaxy uni t is selected by de[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 106 Setting of the Chorus  In th e first «Pat ch» effects sl ot (u nderneath the «Voice» effects on the connecti on diagram for the effects) , choose «St FX Reverb »  Set t he «Siz e» knob tow ard th e right to lengt hen the ti me of re verberati on. ( Take a value around “0 .700»)  Se[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 107 9.3 A SEQUENCE WITH THE J UPITER -8V In th is exampl e, y ou will discover the basi cs of programmi ng a sequ ence on the J upiter- 8V. Thi s can be done wit h the «32-step step se quencer». This will be u sed togeth er wi th Galaxy uni t and th e St Delay effect t o create rich and complex rhythm i[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 108  Place th e sequ encer i n MID I SYNC mode by clickin g on th e button «Syn c.» Th e synchroni zation to the MIDI tempo al lows regul ating t he speed of the sequ encer, Galaxy and S t Delay pr ecisely.  Select t he speed of the sequencer by cl icking on the li st «Q» (for «Quan tized») ch[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 109 The interface of the Jupiter-8V sequencer  Open the Galaxy modul e to compl ete t he rhyth m. Thi s will modul ate the volu me of the VCA to c reate «gate » effects that are often used in electroni c music.  Click on «Output X' (situat ed to righ t of g alaxy) and choose «VCA» as desti[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 110 • Patch effect » St Delay » These soun d exampl es presen t different levels of diffi culty. We h ope that t hey hav e allowed you to di scover a part of t he possibilities tha t the Ju piter-8V offers. Bu t do not hesitate to do your own experim entations. This i s the fastest way t o maste r the[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 111 10 MODES OF OPERATION 10.1 S TAND - ALONE The S tand-Al one ap plication all ows t he u se of th e Jupi ter-8V outsi de of any h ost appli cation. You can open one or several i nstruments, a nd p lay directl y wi th the hel p of a master MID I keyboard or external sequencer on a separate compute r. 10[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 112 The preferences window on Windows • Audio p rotocol (Win dows only): select the audi o p rotocol th at you wi sh to use. The ASIO driver offers some increased performan ce in rel ation to the Di rect X drivers. • Audio drive r : he re, sel ect the dri ver c orrespon ding to the sound me nu that yo[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 113 Using Audio Unit and VST Inst ru ment in Live If necessary, you can p erform a rescan of the plug-in directory in Preferences, “File Folder” tab, b utton ”Scan” or button “ Scan” and hold “Alt ” for a full res can. 10.3 RTAS - P RO T OOLS 10.3.1 Utiliz ation of the plu g-in • Opening[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 114 Opening the Jupiter-8V in Pro Tools Jupiter-8V must be loaded on an au dio stereo t rack. We can now ma ke Jupi ter-8V sounds by playin g with the mou se on the vi rtual keyboard. 10.3.2 Connect ion to a M IDI channel To enabl e the Jupi ter-8V to p lay t he in formation comin g from a M IDI track, yo[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 115 Connecting a MIDI track to Jupiter-8V 10.3.3 Saving the presets When the sessi on is saved, the status of J upiter-8V i s saved a s i t is, even if i ts programmi ng does n ot co rrespond to t he p reset. F or exampl e, i f y ou are worki ng on a preset “P1 ” i n which you have modified the pa ram[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 116 10.4 C UBASE VST 10.4.1 Instrum ent use in VS T mode The op ening of VST Jupit er-8V plu g-in is t he same as openi ng all other V ST pl ug-ins. Please c onsult the instructi on man ual of your host sequencer for m ore spe cific informati on. Und er Cubase, open th e menu / VST Instrument s, and ch oo[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 117 10.4.3 Connect ion to a M IDI track In order fo r th e J upiter-8V t o p lay informati on coming from a MIDI track , you have t o choose a MIDI track an d sel ect Jup iter-8V as MID I output of this tra ck. S ee th e pi cture below for mo re detail s on how this i s accompli shed. Cubase ask s you dir[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 118 Jupiter-8 V opening in Logic Since version 7, there h as been an Au dio Unit plug-in manag er in Logic. To lau nch i t, click on the m enu “Prefer ences > Sta rt Logic AU Manage r” Launching of the Audio Unit manager of Logic This Manager al lows us t o see th e list of the availabl e plug-ins,[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 119 10.6 S ONAR VST (W INDOWS ONLY ) Jupiter-8V is compat ibl e with t he VST p rotocol, a nd thus can be u sed w ith Sona r and al so with all other sequencer s that accept th e VST i nstruments. 10.6.1 Opening t he instrume nt (Sonar) In the “Inse rt” menu, op en the sub-menu “Soft Syn th” and c[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 120 10.6.3 Save th e presets When the session is saved, th e status of Ju piter-8V is saved as it is, even if th e programmi ng correspon ds to none o f the pr esets. For exampl e, if you were workin g on the preset “P1” at whi ch time you modi fied the param eters (wi thout savi ng th em i n the plug[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 121 Connection from a MIDI track to Jupit er-8V[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 122 A A R R T T U U R R I I A A J J U U P P I I T T E E R R - - 8 8 V V 2 2 - - 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 In consi deration of payment of th e Licensee fee, w hich is a p ortion of the price you pai d, Arturia, as Licensor, gra nts to you (he reinafter termed “Licen[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 123 • In such a ca se the product includin g the software may only b e returned wi thin 30 days followin g acquisition of the product. Up on return a claim accordin g to § 11 shall not appl y. 4. Support, Upgrades and Updates after Product Re gistration • You can onl y recei ve s upport, upgrad es an[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 124 a han dling fee. The l icenses wil l only be repl aced provi ded that they a re l icenses issued by A rturia. Further claim s against Arturia are excl uded. • Arturia assumes no li ability or obli gation i f the eLicen ser dongl e is mislai d as a result of l oss, theft or oth erwise. A rturia reser[...]

ARTURIA – JUP ITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL 125 modifi cation, or mi sapplicati on. Any replace ment software will be warrant ed for the remainder of the ori ginal warranty p eriod or thirty (30) days, which ever is l onger. 12. No other Warranties The ab ove war ranties are i n li eu of all other warranties, expres sed or impli ed, in cluding but [...]