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1. When you want to create a sound there are many methods of synthesis from which to choose e Additive which creates a timbre by adding various waveforms together e Subtractive in which partials of an audio signal are attenuated by a filter to reduce the original harmonic content of the sound e Frequency Modulation FM where waveforms are used in carrier modulator relationships and tuned according to the harmonic series to produce overtones in the carrier waves e Wavetable which offers a wide selection of digital waveforms and then allows them to be layered filtered and or used as the crossfade targets of an X Y controller or a looping envelope e Sample Playback where recordings of a sound are triggered by a playback device and can be transposed by increasing the playback speed when different pitches are required e Granular which splits samples into very short grains and allows them to be manipulated through a myriad of playback options and e Physical modeling In this method the output waveform is calculated according to a set of equations and algorithms derived through extensive analysis of a physical sound source 1 3 1 Music and math yet another link A physical model attempts to codify the laws of physics that govern a particular form of sound generation A model typically will have multiple parameters some of which are constants that describe the physical materials and dimensions of the instrument while others are time2. dependent components representing the players interaction with the instrument such as plucking a string pressing a valve or reducing the pressure of his embouchure etc This idea has been around for a long time but develooment has been hindered until recently because processors that were powerful enough to handle the computational complexity of the physical models either didn t exist or were too expensive But if you ve been watching the technological trajectories you know those days are in the past And we re just as happy about that as you are 1 3 2 A computational conundrum Here s an example of what must be taken into account while developing a physical model To recreate the sound of a drum for instance a formula must be in place to represent all of the ways the collision between a drum stick and a drum head sends shockwaves through a two dimensional membrane Among other things the formula must incorporate e The properties of the striker its rigidity the velocity of the hit the material and how where the strike happens e The membrane its mass density elasticity woven fabric vs plastic vs skin etc e The sympathetic resonances of the membrane and the body of the drum e The conditions at the membrane boundaries is there a rigid termination to the drums body or are there multiple independently adjustable pressure points ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 10 1 INTRODUCTION e The ancillary and perhaps l
3. Sample rate 44100 Hz Play Test Tone MIDI Devices 828x MIDI Port 828x Sync Port Arturia BeatStep Spark Controller Spark Public IN Spark Controller Spark Private IN Mac OS X Audio MIDI Settings window The above window illustrates one of several configuration options The settings indicate the selection of two Arturia controllers as MIDI sources while the setting Built in Output means the user will hear the sound of the VOX Continental V through the computer s speakers as opposed to the external USB audio interface If a different configuration is desired all you need to do is select a different audio device in the drop down menu and then check and uncheck the various MIDI Devices until you have exactly what you need Other options enable you to e choose the memory buffer size a smaller size will increase the CPU load but will reduce latency and vice versa e choose a sample rate between 44100 Hz and 96000 Hz You can also play a test tone to make sure the audio interface responds properly Just click the Play Test Tone button and a simple clear tone will play It shuts itself off after one second so if you need to hear it again just click the button a second time 3 2 2 Choose the organ color VOX Continental normally conjures up mental images of the organ with the orange red top But the family history actually includes quite a few gray tops which were mostly dual manual units made in the
4. actual button It will remain highlighted to indicate that the VOX Continental V software has entered learn mode ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 30 4 USER INTERFACE At this point all of the assignable controls will be highlighted in purple VOX V has so many of these that we ve split them into two pictures All Banks All Types TN_Believer EA EXT OPEN PEDAL AMP All MIDI Y JENNINGS vox ENGINE e Tu BACKGROUND KEY RV 1 LOW CUT NOISE CONTACT TTT sa a a aw o aaa oe sa sa E gt AGE MUTT SPUT BASS LOWER UPPER VOX ES oulincenlal U sn HIT REVERE BASS DECAY MIDI assignable controls in the top half of the VOX Continental V niet PERCUSSION MIDI Control Setup y ER Learning Chorus Type AMT MIX is Relative 2 STRATE ST WIDTH 2 IM 3 amp me Lar IA MIDI assignable controls in the lower half of the VOX Continental V In the picture above one of the controls has been selected the Chorus Type switch on the FX unit A MIDI Control Setup window for that switch now shows the parameter name its Min Max range and whether the control has already been assigned to a MIDI Continuous Controller number CC In this case the control has not yet been assigned it is waiting for a controller on an external device to be activated so it can learn the MIDI CC and establish a relationship between the two You ll notice that as soon as a new assignment is made the co
5. So if you d like to create a preset using altered intonation for example these are the controls to use ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 23 4 USER INTERFACE G Gs Tuning F 1 20 cents The range of each potentiometer is 50 cents in 0 4 cent increments But if you need finer resolution right click on your mouse and then click and drag the tuning potentiometer a k a pot This allows tuning to be done in increments as small as 0 025 cents Engine The large switch toggles the engine mode between two choices VOX and Jennings A few minor differences exist in the circuitry between the two organ lines resulting in a subtle distinction in the overall tone quality You may find you prefer one over the other but functionally they are identical Background Noise As analog circuits age a certain amount of instability in various components can give rise to a higher noise floor VOX Continental V models even this undesirable condition but allows you to control the amount of the background noise with this rotary knob The range is from 90 dB completely sterile to 30 dB positively bristling with maturity Key Contact Age The design of the organ keyboards gives them a fair amount of character Each key has a separate contact for each drawbar stop and as these connections age the contacts age as well and often at different rates This knob allows you to dial in as much of this unpredictability as you wo
6. Thaddeus Cahill circa 1897 The Telharmonium a k a the Dynamophone was originally heard by most people through means of electrical wires attached to paper cones the forerunners of today s loudspeakers The music was transmitted to various locations in New York City over the burgeoning telephone system Crosstalk from the Telharmonium sometimes interfered with telephone conversations so that idea didn t last long Between 1906 and 1908 there were a number of well received public performances in a concert hall setting as well Build it and they will come Well they had to didn t they The Telharmonium wasn t exactly portable Sadly there are no surviving recordings of the Telharmonium But there are many web sites containing a wealth of information about this fascinating and groundbreaking instrument 1 1 3 Technological innovations Another thing that made the Telharmonium different from other electrically powered organs of the day was the use of an electromechanical device to generate the tones rather than simply using electricity to blow air into a pipe or past a reed These devices came to be known as tonewheels and they were the progenitors of the technology later employed by the Hammond Organ Company in its legendary instruments The resultant sound finally enabled the electronic organ to distinguish itself from the pipe organ and reed organ and also allowed musicians to sculpt the tone of the instrument throu
7. all its forms has been at the heart of some of the greatest music ever produced Even within the musical realm the history of the organ has many parallel branches But prior to the late 19th century AD the method of tone production always depended on the flow of air through a pipe or past a reed with the airflow provided courtesy of one or more humans pumping bellows with their arms pushing pedals with their feet or exhaling into some device belonging to the harmonica family So imagine the rejoicing when someone had the idea to involve electricity Not only did this allow the players to focus more on the music than on their heart rate it opened up a range of technological innovations that led to a nearly infinite number of timbral possibilities And the organ still arguably reigns supreme as the musical instrument capable of the widest diversity in both pitch and timbre Perhaps this is why it is also found in nearly every style of music known to humankind There is much information available elsewhere regarding the history of the organ leading up to the 20th century Our focus here will be on the development of the electronic organ 1 1 2 The spark that started the fire the Telharmonium The very first electronic organ was the Telharmonium invented in 1897 by Thaddeus Cahill Only three were made with the final model weighing almost 200 tons ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 5 1 INTRODUCTION A Telharmonium console by
8. for a harsher or ringing sound Set this straight up for zero feedback A flanging effect is created by combining two identical signals delaying one of the signals by a small amount and then modulating the delay time The recombined output produces a sound that sweeps up through the harmonics of the original signal and back down Flanging can create both subtle and extreme effects depending on the Rate and Depth of the modulation With higher Depth settings you will begin to hear changes to the pitch of the sound This is how the circuits in an analog flanger work and we have taken care to recreate these conditions 3 6 2 Phaser ee 00 PHASER Ca Rate Sets the soeed of the phaser Depth Sets the depth of the phaser activity Feedback Controls the amount of phaser resonance Stereo Determines the stereo width of the overall effect The phase shifter was one of the most popular effects used with electric instruments in the 1970s It works by splitting the incoming signal changing the phase of one side and recombining it with the unaffected signal This creates a notch comb filter sweeps through the frequency spectrum You can then modulate the phase of the affected half with an oscillator with the frequency determined by the Rate control The Depth knob sets the amplitude for the action of the filtering while Feedback amplifies certain harmonics Phase shifting is easily identified by a characteristic whooshing sou
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10. keyboards and pedal board in the main VOX Continental V window allow you to play a sound without the need for an external MIDI device Just click on a virtual key or pedal to hear the corresponding sound Drag the cursor across the keys or pedals to hear a glissando II 3 2 The tool bar introduction and initial setup Across the top of the main VOX V window is a narrow strip known as the tool bar It houses the preferences and MIDI settings various sound selection and output options and gives access to advanced editing functions among other things ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 15 4 USER INTERFACE 3 2 1 Audio and MIDI settings Windows Click on the Setup gt Audio MIDI Settings menu insert picture of Windows Setup Audio MIDI Settings menu This is the same dialog box that appears when starting the software for the first time Here you can e Select the audio interface e Set the audio output port e Set the buffer size e Set the sample rate e Select which MIDI input port s will be recognized Mac OS X Select Preferences from the VOX V pull down menu ca About Vox V Preferences 3 Services e Hide Vox V 36H Hide Others 3H SNOW Ai Quit Vox V HQ Another window will open that shows your options for connection audio and MIDI interfaces ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 16 4 USER INTERFACE Audio MIDI Settings CoreAudio Built in Output Buffer size 512 samples 11 6 ms
11. labeled Empty Selecting this option will close the FX pedal and the FX Slot menu removing the FX device from the signal path But Empty isn t the only option if you just want to hear the sound without the FX unit temporarily You ll notice that almost every FX device also has a bypass button which when clicked will cause the FX mix to become 100 dry A red LED indicates when the FX device is on so when you bypass the effect the LED will turn off The only FX device without a bypass switch is the Wah pedal That unit is basically a filter so the way to remove it from the signal path is to push the pedal all the way forward by clicking the pedal top and dragging the cursor all the way up When you reach a value of 100 the pedal is wide open bypassed One more thing All FX parameters are MIDI assignable which means they learn the controllers on your external USB MIDI device For information about this process refer to the section on configs What follows is a description of each available FX device 3 6 1 Flanger DELAY DEPTH 00 FLANGER amp Mm ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 37 4 USER INTERFACE Delay Sets the delay time which changes the harmonic content Depth Sets the modulation depth This is set to max out at less than 100 to limit runaway feedback Rate Sets the modulation rate for the delay time Res Short for Resonance This control adds positive or negative feedback
12. switch between multi channel and single channel performance when using an external MIDI keyboard controller the MIDI Mode tabs ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 34 4 USER INTERFACE The MIDI Mode tabs Note For the following examples we will assume the Global MIDI channel is set to All Simply select the MIDI Mode tab that corresponds to the configuration you need Multi This places the Upper and Lower manuals and pedals on independent MIDI channels If the pedals have been retracted they share a MIDI channel with the Lower manual The MIDI channel values are set inside the MIDI Preferences menu Split No matter which MIDI channel is received all three instruments will be available to the external MIDI device on that channel They will be spread across the MIDI note range according to the Split Point settings as defined in the MIDI Preferences menu Bass No matter which MIDI channel receives the note data the Bass sound will be the only one to respond The organ keyboards will only be available to the cursor Lower Any incoming data will trigger the Lower manual regardless of its MIDI channel setting The other two instruments can only be played by the cursor unless the pedals have been retracted in this case the Bass sound will be triggered below the split point by incoming MIDI data Upper Data received on any MIDI channel will trigger only the Upper manual the other instruments will respond only to the c
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15. IDI Devices 828x MIDI Port 828x Sync Port Arturia BeatStep KeyLab 49 Mac OS X Audio MIDI Settings window The above window shows one of several configuration options The settings indicate the selection of an Arturia controller as one of the MIDI sources while the setting Built in Output means the user will hear the sound of the Vox V through the computer s speakers as opposed to the external USB audio interface If a different configuration is desired all you need to do is select a different audio device in the drop down menu and then check and uncheck the various MIDI Devices until you have exactly what you need Other options enable you to e choose the memory buffer size a smaller size will increase the CPU load but will reduce latency and vice versa e choose a sample rate between 44 100 Hz and 192 000 Hz You can also play a test tone to make sure the audio interface responds properly Just click the Play Test Tone button and a simple clear tone will play It shuts itself off after one second so if you need to hear it again just click the button a second time ARTURIA VOX V User s Manual 14 3 AUTHORIZATION 3 USER INTERFACE In this chapter we will describe the many features available to you with VOX Continental V As with every Arturia product we have gone to great lengths to make the use of this software instrument as simple and as much fun as possible 3 1 Virtual keyboards and pedals The virtual
16. RAIE AFO OEF IH analog 4 N ge ay ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 39 4 USER INTERFACE Delay Sets the delay time The delay is mono for authenticity LFO rate Controls the modulation rate Feedback Adjusts Feedback FB Tone Changes feedback filfering Mix Alters wet dry mix LFO Depth Sets the amount of delay time modulation which follows a sine wave A delay repeats a sound like an echo giving it more space and depth This analog delay reproduces the sound of the old solid state units that used analog bucket brigade circuits The Delay knob allows you to select a time between 12ms and 1000ms for the delay The Feedback knob sets the feedback level The FB Tone knob controls a feedback filtering effect low pass to the left high pass to the right You can set the delay modulation by changing the LFO rate and LFO depth values The Mix potentiometer sets the ratio between the original and modified signals 3 6 5 Overdrive TONE OVERDRIVE Drive Controls the amount of distortion Output Sets the output trim level Tone Sweeps the low pass filter An overdrive effect saturates and distorts a sound by increasing the volume of a signal then clipping the excess The Drive knob sets the amount of the saturated sound The Tone knob controls the distortion filtering You can adjust the output level by setting the Output knob ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 40 4 USER INTERFACE 3 6 6 Wah This FX device em
17. UK by VOX and later JMI Again being sticklers for authenticity we have given you the option to select whichever of the two colors you prefer The choice you make is stored with the preset so you can have gray for one preset and red orange for the next To make this selection click the Sa button in the upper right corner of the VOX V window This will open another window which has a field toward the bottom labeled Organ Color ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 17 4 USER INTERFACE Preferences MIDI Channels Upper Lower Bass Split Points Upper Lower Lower Bass Octave Shift Upper Lower Bass Organ Color Click the pull down menu window and you will be able to select between the two options 3 3 Managing presets Presets preserve the settings for any sounds you create with VOX Continental V When saving a preset you will designate the bank and type to which it belongs Each bank contains a certain number of types which are there to helo you categorize the presets into groups such as FX Each type contains within itself a certain number of presets VOX Continental V ships with several banks of factory presets but it is possible to create your own user banks each containing a number of types and presets The factory banks types and presets cannot be overwritten but they are great starting points for creating new presets Then you can use the SAVE AS feature to save the changes a
18. USER S MANUAL ARTURIA YOUR EXPERIENCE YOUR SOUND Project management Glen Darcey Theo Niessink Product management Glen Darcey Programming Adrien Courdavault Pierre Lin Laneyrie Theo Niessink Design Glen Darcey Shaun Ellwood Morgan Perrier decoderdesign com Sound design Glen Darcey Theo Niessink Luca Torre Stephane Schott Manual Randy Lee Ist edition May 2014 ARTURIA S A 1999 2014 All rights reserved 30 chemin du Vieux Ch ne 38240 Meylan FRANCE http www arturia com ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 2 1 INTRODUCTION Table of contents Table of Contents EECHELEN ee 2 ee opa E E T A 3 Jet ee eh ee E 5 Mella PTV HS ST OS OCI NEE 5 Felel ios UC O EE 5 1 1 2 The spark that started the fire the Telbommonum 5 kko Tec POLO CIS ainina VOI EE 6 BATME A A EE 6 eee IS SUN IANNIS uge oS IN EEN 6 1 2 2 Physical features what a IOOK TEE 7 a OS ot qe O TENON EE 8 IS IMENT NO EE 7 Zo Ihe VOX rocks e selected als CODINA EE 7 1 3 Physical modeling fea A an A 10 b3 Sic and matni yeranother e EE 10 ME Ao o EG TONIC Ol 18 ie tel OIA oseere E E Upa 10 UE se PUSS NSS 010 0 NEE 11 ACIVANON amp AP REE ENE Oaa a E EOE RNEER inan 12 AFRE GNG ACV E 12 As O A Eo AP OOO EE 12 221 Avdio oana MIO SS TIOS WiNdOWS dotadas 12 2 2 2 Audio ana MIDI settings Mac OS X EE 13 Beggen 15 SL VION ee VOC SON te bere 15 3 2 The tool bar introduction and initial STUD E
19. ate the knob graphic and display the new values in a small window nearby ENGINE Age 84 3 OUND KEY NOLS CONTACT AGE 3 5 1 1 Coarse vs Fine adjustments Normally controls will make coarse adjustments to parameter values However they can also make fine adjustments allowing for greater precision This is possible by dragging the cursor while holding the Control key or by using the right click first and then dragging the cursor To reset the parameter value to its default setting double click on the knob This will set it to the center position immediately works only on some parameters 3 5 2 Switches VOX Continental V has two types of switches Simply click on these switches to change their state Some are the on off style such as the Bass 8 16 switch m Bass 8 16 16 Others allow several choices such as the Chorus Type switch in the FX 3 6 The effects To add one of the effects to the VOX Continental V output click the arrow to the right of the words FX SLOT at the bottom of the main window ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 36 4 USER INTERFACE A pop up menu will show you the available FX choices FX Slot Y Empty Flanger Phaser Chorus Analog Delay Overdrive Wah When you select an effect it will appear on the virtual floor below the VOX Continental We ll take each of the FX Slot menu choices one ata time starting from the top The first one is
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22. d turn the instrument into an antique with the Key Contact Age control We DEPTH vo ENGINE TREM DEPTH REV RV 1 LOW CUT y Here s a list of the Open mode features from left to right and top to bottom Vibrato Depth This allows you to control how deep the vibrato will be for the preset You ll only hear vibrato if the Vib button is toggled to On though Note Vibrato is a global effect it affects the upper lower organ manuals and the pedal equally Vibrato Rate Sets the speed of the vibrato Tremolo Depth This allows you to control how deep the tremolo will be for the preset You ll only hear tremolo if the Trem button Is set to On though Note Tremolo only affects the upper manual It has no effect on the lower manual or the pedal Tremolo Rate Sets the soeed of the tremolo Rev Reverb New to VOX Continental V is the inclusion of a convolution reverb derived from the impulse responses of three different spring reverb models the Spring King the RV 1 and the RV 2 Use this parameter to select the one that best fits the preset you are creating REV RV 1 LOW CUT y Reverb Model King Dark King Medium King Bright RV 1 High Cut RV 1 Flat RV 1 RIAA RV 1 Low Cut RV 2 High Cut RV 2 Flat RV 2 RIAA RV 2 Low Cut Tuning controls The VOX Continental utilizes octave divider circuits to generate the pitches in each octave These controls allow you to fine tune the notes in the chromatic scale
23. deling synthesis can produce And when you gather a bunch of music fanatics who also possess a knowledge of the pertinent laws of physics and an in depth understanding of the characteristics of electronic circuits you wind up with Arturia And Arturia now offers you our latest brainchild the VOX Continental V May it light the fires of creativity for you ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 1 1 INTRODUCTION 2 ACTIVATION amp FIRST START Vox V works on computers equipped with Windows 7 or 8 and Mac OS X 10 7 or later You can use the stand alone version or use Vox V as an Audio Units AAX VST2 or VST3 instrument Nya 9 Audio Units 2 1 Register and Activate Once the Vox V has been installed the next step is to register the software in order to obtain the activation code that will enable you to use it The registration process will require you to enter the serial number and the unlock code you received with the product In order to proceed go to this web page and follow the instructions http www arturia com register Note If you don t have an Arturia account yet you will need to create one The process is quick but it does require that you can access your e mail address during the registration process Once you have acquired an Arturia account you will be able to register the product 2 2 Initial Setup At the top of the Vox V application is a pull down menu If houses the MIDI settings and various
24. ed config will be removed from the list in the MIDI menu but it will still exist in the folder to which it was exported previously lt can be imported later if needed e Import Config A config which has been exported can be loaded into VOX Continental V through this process You can import configs from another user who has already mapped the controls for a particular MIDI controller for example e Export Current Config Use this feature to export your configs one by one to a folder on your computer or to an external memory device USB stick hard drive etc This can serve two purposes as a backup in case a config is accidentally deleted and as a way to share your configs with other users The second and lowest section of the MIDI menu contains the list of existing configurations The one with the check mark to the left of its name is the current config To select a new one click on its name and it will become the current config 3 4 10 2 Assigning MIDI controls Every control in VOX Continental V is available for external MIDI control drawbars switches buttons knobs tuning pots the swell pedal and each FX parameter right down to the stomp box on off switch The Guitar Amp Cab and Mic settings are fair game too You can even assign a MIDI controller to handle the job of switching between the convolution reverb models If you re ready to give this a try click the MIDI button in the tool bar not the arrow to its right the
25. electing a new preset inside the Preset Type menu To choose a preset in another bank click on the Preset Bank button the left most of the three A drop down menu will appear with a list of the available banks within which sub menus exist for the preset type and preset name Navigate to the preset name level to choose a new preset ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 19 4 USER INTERFACE eo Niessink Classic TN_Absolutely S EXT OPEN PEL All Banks Factory All Types Stephane Schott J Y Theo Niessink r Vox gt Bizarre Y Classic FX LT Drive User LT Zelda Selecting a new preset inside the Preset Bank menu In the Preset Bank menu the All Banks option allows you to navigate directly to any preset type or any preset in any bank This gives you direct access to all of the presets of a given type such as the FX presets no matter which bank they are in MEG TN Abe lt olutelv S Fe 7 PEDAL AMP 4 LT_Alien Bizarre LT_Aqua Factory LT_Bibandom Luca Torre aen Pur Bird Distorted Stephane Schott LT_Cheerch Y Theo Niessink a LT_Cheesy Bass Vox LT_Classic FX Delete in All Banks Type Classic LT_Clav Delay SS_ Full Selecting a new preset through the All Banks gt All Types menus One more important thing to know When a preset has been modified an asterisk appears next to its name in the tool bar 3 3 2 Saving an edited preset To save the changes you ve made to the current pre
26. er frequency sounds Speed and Rate adjust the rotor soeed or stop it altogether High Depth controls the famous Doppler effect of the Leslie soeaker Level sets the output audio gain 3 6 8 Guitar amp model Volume Controls the output level Drive Adjusts the amount of crunch Reverb Increases or decreases the amount of spring reverb Low Boost or cut of low frequency EQ Mid Boost or cut of midrange EQ High Boost or cut of high frequency EQ Amp Type Select one of four amplifier models Mic Type Select one of four classic microphone models ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 42 4 USER INTERFACE This output option faithfully recreates the characteristics of a physical guitar amplifier In the early years of the British Invasion dedicated keyboard amplifiers other than a Leslie did not exist So in most cases the original band experience with a VOX Continental organ was plugging the VOX into a guitar amp These models are reminiscent of everything from the garage to the main stage Low Mid and Hi knobs offer tone sculpting options They boost or cut the levels of specific frequency bands The Drive knob sets the amount of saturation and the Reverb knob sets the level for a simple built in spring reverb The Cabinet pull down menu allows you to select between four types of guitar amp cabinets 1x12 Blackface 2x12 Blackface 4x10 Tweed or 4x12 HalfStack Each of these c
27. evice you want to use is connected to your computer and that your DAW and or the VOX Continental V software are correctly configured to receive MIDI events from that controller See section 4 2 1 for information about the Arturia side of that equation 3 4 10 1 MIDI menu The MIDI menu on the right side of the tool bar provides access to sets of definable MIDI controller assignments known as configs configurations Click on the arrow to the right of the word MIDI and a drop down menu will appear This menu is composed of two main areas ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 29 4 USER INTERFACE All MIDI Y PREF MIDI Controller Configs Copy Current Config Delete Current Config Import Config Export Current Config Default Y KeyLab map BeatStep map The first section of the MIDI menu MIDI controller configs is split in two and provides four features e Copy Current Config This duplicates the current config allows you to give it a new name and places it at the bottom of the contfig list Changes made to this config can be exported to your computer or a memory stick for transfer to another computer e Delete Current Config The current config is indicated by a check mark in the bottom portion of the MIDI menu If you select Delete Current Config a confirmation box will open in the middle of the VOX V main window Either click Cancel to abort the process or click OK to proceed The delet
28. gh the use of additive synthesis We owe much to these innovations Another form of tone generation became available with the advent of the transistor and with it an increase in portability and reliability When combined with the frequency dividing technology that had been developed roughly 10 years earlier electronic or combo organs became even more affordable and easier to maintain For example rather than tuning hundreds of individual oscillation circuits the technician only needed to set the fundamental frequency of 12 circuits The rest of the pitches and their overtones were derived through the combined use of frequency dividers and phase locked loop PLL frequency synthesizers You tune one you tune them all times 12 And from these discoveries sorang the VOX Continental and its descendants arguably the most popular and influential combo organ series ever produced 1 2 The VOX Continental 1 2 1 Beginnings with Jennings The VOX Continental was originally created by the Jennings Musical Instrument company JMI JMI had been in the organ business since the 1950s at first making accordions and then expanding into the home and church organ markets Their first somewhat portable organs were instruments called the UniVOX which were initially designed to be attached by means of metal clios beneath the right hand side of a piano keyboard Later they designed an adjustable chrome plated stand to streamline the setup
29. h Hammond organs but we think it works great with a VOX Continental It adds that unbeatable Doppler effect to the sound along with a bit of crunch at higher output levels 3 4 5 The Swell pedal ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 27 4 USER INTERFACE Whether you re using the pedal board an amplifier or an FX pedal the Swell pedal is always there in the middle of the floor under the organ You can click and drag the top of the pedal to set the overall level or you can assign the Swell pedal to the MIDI controller of your choice 3 4 6 FX Slot Loes Next to the Swell pedal is a jump up menu labeled FX Slot Click the arrow next to the label and a list of available effects will appear FX Slot Y Empty Flanger Phaser Chorus Analog Delay Overdrive Wan There s nothing complicated about using the various FX but for a description of each effect and its parameters please refer to chapter 4 6 The effects 3 4 7 The Panic button Stuck happens PANIC If there is an interruption to the MIDI data being received by your computer you can end up with notes that become stuck This means they have not yet received a Note Off message The wizards at Arturia have outfitted the VOX Continental V software with a button that will solve this problem just calmly click the PANIC button and all will be well 3 4 8 CPU meter The CPU meter gives real time feedback as to the amount of processi
30. ible sonically because it does not rely merely on sine waves it also gives the user the ability to add or substitute triangle waveforms which were actually filtered square waves greatly expanding the sonic palette Because of this flexibility its timbre has been described alternately as bright airy edgy smooth and mellow Where its rivals might struggle to be heard in certain settings the VOX Continental had no trouble cutting through a guitar heavy mix And when a more subtle tone was required the simpler sine waveforms could be used instead or used in combination with the triangle waveforms as sweeteners And of course the VOX Continental V software instrument makes all of those options yours ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 8 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 4 Maintenance As much as the tuning of a VOX Continental was simplified by the frequency divider components the electromechanical aspects of the keyboard were still of concern For each key there was an independent contact for each drawbar stop and as the organ aged in proportion to how much it was used these individual contacts would begin to age as well and often at different rates A very old poorly maintained VOX Continental would likely give a very different sound from key to key The overall output can be quite unpredictable when this is the case Call us crazy but we really are serious about faithfully recreating the experience of the
31. ies between each instrument when in Split mode ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 33 4 USER INTERFACE e Octave Shift Places the selected instrument in a different range of MIDI notes without affecting the pitches it will play For example in Multi mode with the pedals deployed when Octave Shift O for the Bass it will respond to MIDI notes from C1 to C2 When Octave Shift 1 the same pitches of the Bass sound will respond to MIDI notes C2 to C3 See section 4 4 12 for a description of the MIDI Modes It s important to remember that the note range of each instrument cannot exceed the limits of their physical counterparts 4 octaves per keyboard 1 octave for the pedals 13 notes total To close the MIDI Preferences window click on the small x in the upper right hand corner 3 4 11 1 Omni mode vs MIDI Channel All Technically Omni mode means listens to all 16 MIDI channels So in the interest of accuracy we gave our most inclusive MIDI Channel setting the label All This reflects the hierarchy of MIDI channel assignments in VOX Continental V starting with the Global MIDI channel and working its way through the available instruments to the Bass channel Here s how it works e The Global MIDI channel setting acts as a filter either passing all channels down the chain of command or allowing only one specific channel to pass to the instruments e Next come the Upper Lower Bass MIDI cha
32. ingering response of additional components such as the snares under a snare drum Similar complexities can be found in instruments such as an acoustic guitar A few years ago a French scientist finally completed a comprehensive modeling of all acoustic guitar parameters The calculations to produce the sound took three days The second biggest challenge of physical modeling synthesis is to simplify the algorithms wherever possible without sacrificing the essential nature of the instrument being modeled The goal is to achieve an efficient model which can be used interactively in real time without limiting the soontaneous paths a musician may take during a rush of creativity 1 3 3 The endless revolution There are several methods of physical modeling synthesis including Karplus Strong algorithms digital waveguide synthesis and formant synthesis Each one uses a different paradigm to bring a modeled sound to its musical fruition The salient point here is that physical modeling synthesis is capable of recreating the character of a real instrument during performance including its subtle nuances of expression while using a thousand times less hard drive space than the sampling method would take to produce an inferior result Not to rub it in but we really should mention the ability of physical modeling algorithms to combine parameters into instruments that have never existed There is no limit to the types of sounds physical mo
33. lassic cabinets have different tonal characteristics You can select the type of cabinet by clicking the cabinet name The Microphone menu gives you a choice of four types of microphones and positions SM57 Off Axis SM57 On Axis 421 Front or U87 Front This is a simulation of the most common ways to use a microphone on a guitar amplifier You can select the type of microphone by clicking the microphone label on the bottom left corner of the cabinet ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 43 4 USER INTERFACE 4 END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT 1 General 1 1 In consideration of payment of the Licensee fee which is a portion of the price you paid Arturia as Licensor grants to you hereinafter termed Licensee a nonexclusive right for the use of software including related media documentation for example program descriptions manuals and other documents and materials manufactured by Arturia SA Product s All intellectual property rights in the software belong to Arturia SA hereinafter Arturia 1 2 The following editions of the Product are available Demo Standard EDU and NER Whilst each edition equips the User with the same software the editions vary as regards both the scope of functions activated in the Product and the rights of use granted under this EULA 1 3 By installing the software on your computer you agree to these terms and conditions If you do not approve these terms and
34. longer respond to incoming data The lowest octave of the lower manual will play the bass sound instead on its MIDI channel Direct 3 4 4 Output mode There are three output options which are placed in the signal path after the FX unit Click on the Direct button and you will see the following options AMP PANIC 4 Output Signal Path Direct Leslie Y Guitar Amp e Direct The VOX Continental V and the FX unit are connected directly to the output bypassing the Guitar and Leslie cabinet models You can still use the built in convolution reverb that resides in the VOX Continental V if you like e Guitar amp The output from the VOX Continental V and the FX unit pass through a modeled guitar amp with multiple speaker and mic placement options The reverb is a simple spring reverb exactly like what amplifiers would ve had back in the day ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 25 4 USER INTERFACE To select a different soeaker output model click the label in the Upper portion of the amplifier s face Guitar Amp Cab Y 1x12 Blackface 2x12 Blackface ke ae Y pe A A A 4x12 Half Stack To select a different microphone model click on the label in the lower left corner of the amplifier s face ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 26 4 USER INTERFACE Guitar Amp Mic Y SM57 Off Axis MET On Axis 421 Front U87 Front e Leslie The Leslie speaker is normally associated wit
35. m For details on how to switch instantly between multi channel and single channel performance see section 4 4 12 Notice that we used the word Bass instead of pedals in the second paragraph of this section That s because the part the pedals would otherwise play is made available to the master controller keyboard in that scenario and the left hand is then able to play the bass part on the keys The pedals still have an impact on MIDI reception though depending on whether they are deployed More about this later To access these great features press the PREF button in the tool bar The MIDI Preferences menu will appear in the middle of the VOX Continental V window From here you can set all of the parameters we ve discussed in this section so far plus choose the organ color Red or Grey Preferences MIDI Channels Upper Lower Bass Split Points Upper Lower Lower Bass Octave Shift Upper Lower Bass Organ Color The MIDI Preferences window To change any of the parameters you see in this window click in the value field next to its name and make a selection from the drop down menu that appears Here s a description of what these parameters do e MIDI Channels Multi mode only Set the Upper Lower and Bass to independent channels or set one or more to All for an interesting form of Omni mode response see section 4 4 11 1 for an explanation s Split Points Determines the boundar
36. nd that sweeps through the frequency spectrum ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 38 4 USER INTERFACE 3 6 3 Chorus ST RATE ST WIDTH oa a e M 2 DH ms Q TYPE Type Select one of three chorus types Rate Adjusts the soeed of the chorus Delay Sets the amount of delay applied to the input signal Amount Controls the depth of the chorus Mix Changes the balance between the input signal and processed signal Stereo Rate Sets the speed of the stereo effect Stereo Width Controls the width of the stereo effect A chorus module recreates the sound of multiple takes of an instrument being combined in a mix Even with the best of performances there are always differences in tuning or timing and when taken to either extreme the results can range from slow and lush to a wobbling quick vibrato The speed of the effect is set by the Rate knob while its depth and width are controlled by the Amount and Delay knobs respectively The resulting frequency blur is different for the left and right halves of the signal which allows us to derive a stereo signal from a mono signal The difference between the two halves then can be set with the Stereo width with the speed of the left right rotation under the control of the Stereo rate knob The Mix control sets the ratio between the input signal and the treated signal while the Type switch selects between three different chorus models simple medium and complex 3 6 4 Delay
37. ng power is being used by VOX Continental V at any given moment In addition to the numerical value there is a level meter that lights up as the load increases Note The CPU meter only reports the processing load related to VOX Continental V not the combined system load of all programs and plug ins that may running at the same time ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 28 4 USER INTERFACE 3 4 9 Global MIDI channel You can choose which MIDI channel will be used to access VOX Continental V If you select ALL the software can respond to data from any of the 16 MIDI channels you can specify which ones using the MIDI preference settings All MIDI Y PREF MIDI Channel JEMMIMO Y All If you select a channel here only data arriving on that MIDI channel will be received So when the Global channel matches the MIDI channel for one of the three instruments Upper Lower or Bass that sound will be able to receive MIDI data When it lands on a channel outside of those assignments the sound of the Upper instrument will be available to incoming MIDI data While we re talking about it there s a window under the PREF button where you can specify the MIDI channels for each manual and the pedals See section 4 4 11 for a description 3 4 10 MIDI control configurations All knobs sliders and switches on the VOX Continental V can be assigned to external MIDI controllers But before trying any of this make sure the MIDI control d
38. nnels in that order If any one of those instruments is set to All its channel receives any data transmitted to the remaining MIDI channels leaving nothing for the next in line e If one or more of the instruments are set to the same MIDI channel then a similar thing happens For example if both the Upper and Lower instruments are set to receive on MIDI channel 1 then the Lower instrument will not receive anything The Bass could though as long as it is set to any other MIDI channel That makes perfect sense to us but perhaps an example using some actual MIDI channel numbers would be useful We ll assume the Global MIDI channel is set to All for this example e When Upper is set to All it receives data on all 16 MIDI channels This crowds out the Lower and Bass instruments they cannot be accessed on any MIDI channel e When the Upper is set to 1 and Lower is set to All the Lower instrument allows Upper to be on channel 1 but intercepts any data it finds on MIDI channels 2 16 This crowds out the Bass instrument it cannot be accessed on any MIDI channel e When Upper is set to 1 Lower is set to 2 and Bass is set to All the Bass instrument allows Upper to be on channel 1 Lower to be on channel 2 and the Bass responds to all other channels 3 16 Armed with that knowledge experiment with these settings and see what they do We think they ll prove themselves useful 3 4 12 The MIDI Mode tabs There s a really quick way to
39. ntrol being edited will turn red A controller assignment can be removed by clicking the UNASSIGN button The word UNASSIGNED will then be shown in the MIDI Control Setup window for that control ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 31 4 USER INTERFACE Here s another example Looking closely you ll see a black rectangle around the drawbar being edited It has been assigned to a MIDI CC and will respond to those messages when received MIDI Control Setup Learning Lower Ft 3 ASSIGNED TO CCF 69 Ch 1 Is Relative UNASSIGN Lower Ft 3 5 02 A black rectangle outlines the edited drawbar Note the inverted Min Max values in the MCS window Once you have finished linking the controls to your controller you have completed making a new config Be sure to use the Export function described in section 4 4 10 1 to back it up To close the MIDI Control Setup window and exit learn mode click the MIDI button again 3 4 10 3 Minimum maximum controller ranges Values for minimum and maximum operational range can be set for each assignable control After this the control will still receive the full range of its assigned MIDI CC but will scale its response so these values are spread out within the min max range of the control In other words if the Min value is set to 50 and the Max value is set to 100 e adMIDI CC value of 0 will result in a value of 50 for the selected VOX V parameter e aMIDI CC value of 127 will
40. of the program which looks like this Select the type of export you want to perform bank type or preset and a window will appear allowing you to choose a destination folder and name for the item s you are exporting 3 4 Advanced features 3 4 1 Extended mode When you click the EXT button you will notice immediately that Extended mode adds extra drawbars for each of the VOX Continental V organ manuals and one more drawbar for the pedals But it does more than that it also adds an extra effect switch on the left side of the Upper manual TREM for tremolo and changes the percussion switches to the right of the lower manual adding one more button overall but also altering which percussion stops are available for the preset The best way to illustrate this is to compare the two modes side by side 3 4 1 1 Upper manual drawbars Standard 16 8 4 a m f o gt My Extended 16 8 51 3 4 2 2 3 z 1 3 5 r M s ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 21 4 USER INTERFACE Note See the next page for definitions of Il Ill M and S 3 4 1 2 Lower manual drawbars Standard Extended Note See below for definitions of IV M and S 3 4 1 3 Pedal drawbars DE Note See below for definitions of M and A Definitions Ill a mix of 5 1 3 and 1 3 5 Ill a mix of 2 2 3 2 and 1 IV a mix of 2 2 3 2 1 3 5 8 1 sine wave output per drawbar also kno
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42. process ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 6 1 INTRODUCTION The UniVOX models had buttons for sound shaping purposes a tube based tone generator and a built in amplifier and speaker They somewhat resembled an accordion but given their fixed position they couldn t be arm powered so they needed an AC power source nearby Pictured below is the second UniVOX model the J10 Y bj elie bf e Ta addig Like its predecessor the J6 the J10 was monophonic But it provided an extra row of buttons for preset selection which multiplied its usefulness and appeal It was used on the song Telstar which was a 1 hit on both sides of the Pond for The Tornados in December of 1962 The Tornados went on to become early adopters of the VOX Continental scoring several more hits in the process After a period of development JMI began mass production of the first VOX Continental organ in 1962 It was later produced as a joint venture with an Italian manufacturer There were a number of models all based on the Continental that were released with various feature differences the Continental itself single manual the Super Continental dual manual the Jaguar switches instead of drawbars the Corinthian similar to the Jaguar the Baroque built in amp and speakers and the 300 The 300 was the most advanced with the equivalent of a Continental on the lower manual and an expanded Continental on the upper with different dra
43. result in a value of 100 for the VOX V parameter e aMIDI CC value that falls between 1 and 126 will result in a value somewhere between 50 and 100 on the VOX V parameter Note that a squashed range such as in the example above means there won t be a 1 1 correlation between the motion of the MIDI controller and the response of the VOX V parameter it may take two or more adjacent values of the controller before the VOX V parameter will change It is also possible to invert the Min and Max values so the parameter responds backward as in the picture on the previous page This comes in handy when dealing with drawbars if the external MIDI controller doesn t have a drawbar mode 3 4 11 MIDI preferences the PREF button With a fully decked out VOX Continental organ the organist could play three parts at the same time the upper manual the lower manual and the pedal board So naturally the VOX Continental V software can respond to three separate MIDI channels simultaneously ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 32 4 USER INTERFACE But Arturia didn t stop there We allowed for other possibilities such as those times when you just want to plug a keyboard controller into your computer and jam So it s also possible to access alll three instruments Upper Lower and Bass from a single incoming MIDI channel shift their octave ranges to spread them across the controller s keys and then specify the split points between the
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45. s your own presets 3 3 1 Select a bank type or preset The bank type and preset selections are permanently displayed in the plug in tool bar gt i i Man Vox All Types V_Ballad Organ ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 4 USER INTERFACE To choose a new preset in the current Bank and Type click on the Preset Name field A drop down menu will appear with a list of the available presets in that category Or if you know which preset you want inside that category and don t need to look at the list simply use the blue arrows to move up and down through the choices Either way as soon as the preset has been chosen the new sound will be available for your MIDI controller or your sequencer N_Absolutely S Y TN_Absolutely Sweet TN_Bring It Home TN_Cheap Combo TN_italian Cheeze TN_Light Your Fire TN_New Orleans Selecting a new preset To choose a different type of preset in the same bank click on the Preset Type button the middle one of the three A drop down menu will appear with a list of the types of presets contained in the same bank Classic Distorted etc Each type listed in the menu contains a sub menu with its own list of preset names Follow the arrows to choose the desired preset from within these sub menus Classic TN_AbsolutelyS E 9 Eer OPEN PEDAL gt All Types 4 Bizarre Y TN_Absolutely Sweet Distorted TN_Believer Dry FX TN_Cheap Combo TN_italian Cheeze S
46. se classic instruments So one of the interesting things we did with our VOX Continental V emulation is give you the ability to add that unpredictability back in You ll find a control in Open mode labeled Key Contact Age Give that a twist and see what happens lt might inject the right amount of personality into a preset you are creating 1 2 5 The VOX rocks a selected discography There have been many many albums made using the various VOX models but here is a brief list of recordings bearing its unmistakable sound 96 Tears Question Mark amp the Mysterians House Of The Rising Sun The Animals lm Down The Beatles Light My Fire The Doors Watching the Detectives Elvis Costello Do You Love Me The Dave Clark Five l m a Believer The Monkees In A Gadda Da Vida Iron Butterfly One Step Beyond Madness Working My Way Back To You The Four Seasons This is only a small sample and yet it represents huge hits soanning several decades Clearly this is a musical instrument with serious staying power and broad audience appeal Still a classic and in great demand the prices of VOX organs have climbed in response to their limited availability Thankfully Arturia s VOX Continental V software brings this iconic instrument back to life placing it within the reach of the modern musician with even the most modest budget ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 9 1 INTRODUCTION 1 3 Physical modeling synthesis
47. set click on the Save button in the tool bar If has the icon of a single floppy disk If you want to keep the original program you ll need to give the edited one a new name So click on the Save as button in the tool bar which looks like two floppy disks on top of each other A drop down menu will appear and let you choose a new name and location for the edited preset ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 20 4 USER INTERFACE Note Factory presets can t be overwritten So If that s what you started with clicking the Save button will automatically open the Save as menu so you can save the edited preset as a user preset 3 3 3 Import Export a bank of presets It is possible to import or export entire banks of VOX Continental V presets To import a bank click on the bank import button on the tool bar After clicking this button a window will appear so you can choose the bank to import look for the VOX extension Choose the desired bank and click Open The new bank of presets will automatically appear among the available banks You can also export your own sounds as a means of backing them up using them on another computer or sharing them with other users And while you can only import an entire bank at once it s possible to export a single preset a Preset Type a specific category of presets or an entire Preset bank To do this click on the preset bank export button in the tool bar
48. sound selection and output options among other things The location of this menu is slightly different for Windows and Macintosh computers so we ll address them separately 2 2 1 Audio and MIDI settings Windows Click on the Setup gt Audio MIDI Settings menu Setup About Audio MIDI Settings The next window you ll see is the same one that appears when the software starts for the first time ARTURIA VOX V User s Manual el 25 3 AUTHORIZATION Audio MIDI Settings Device Windows Audio we Speakers High Defini Buffer size y448 samples 10 2 ms Sample rate w44100 Hz Play Test Tone MIDI Devices MW KeyLab 49 Arturia BeatStep Here the pull down menus and boxes allow you to e Select the audio interface e Set the audio output port e Set the buffer size e Set the sample rate e Play a test tone to check your audio configuration e Select which MIDI input port s will be recognized 2 2 2 Audio and MIDI settings Mac OS X The process is similar for Mac OS X Select Preferences from the Vox V pull down menu Vox A About Vox V Preferences Services gt Hide Vox V 3H Hide Others 3H Quit VoxV Q Another window will open with options for connecting audio and MIDI interfaces ARTURIA VOX V User s Manual 13 3 AUTHORIZATION Audio MIDI Settings Device CoreAudio Built in Output Buffer size w 512 samples 11 6 ms Sample rate 44100 Hz Play Test Tone M
49. to you as NFR Not For Resale version grants the Licensee a non exclusive right to use the Product for a limited period of time The Product shall only be used for demonstration testing and evaluation purposes NFR Products must not be used for commercial purposes and must not be resold or transferred The Licensee can activate the Product on up to five computers as long as only one installation is used at any given time The Licensee must register the Product to Arturia to get access to client Support and to activate his Product An internet connection is required to register and activate the Product either on the computer on which the Product is installed either on another device able to exchange files with the computer on which the Product is ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 44 6 END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT installed NFR Products are exempt from update upgrade or crossgrade offers and cannot be purchased with or exchanged for vouchers or coupons Furthermore as an owner of a NFR Product you are not entitled to any vouchers that ship with the standard version of the Product 2 4 Any Products labelled or otherwise provided to you as an Educational version grants the Licensee a non exclusive right to use the Product in perpetuity The Product Shall only be used by students or those working in educational institutions This definition includes students faculty staff and administration attending and or working at an educ
50. ulates a standard wah wah pedal By default it is assigned to MIDI CC 11 Expression You can also click and drag on the top of the pedal to change the filter frequency of the wah effect 3 6 7 Leslie speaker model Speed Selects rotor soeed stop slow fast High Depth Adjusts high rotor frequency modulation Doppler effect High Width Sets modulation amount of stereo panning for high rotor High Shape Controls variable high rotor amplitude modulation Low Width Adjusts depth of low rotor panning modulation Low Shape Sets low rotor amplitude modulation amount Rate Fine control adjustment for rotor soeed Level Controls output level ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 4 4 USER INTERFACE The Leslie soeaker most commonly associated with Hammond organs takes advantage of the Doppler effect by using an electric motor to rotate an acoustic horn around a loudspeaker sending its sound in a 360 degree circle This results in a modulating pitch effect on the audio source The speed of the modulation itself can be modulated allowing for an unparalleled level of expressiveness during a performance And using a Leslie with a VOX Continental organ takes the instrument to a completely different world The High Shape and High Width set the parameters of the high rotor amplitude and pan of the treble sounds The Low Shape and Low Width set the parameters of the low rotor amplitude and pan of the low
51. uld like from none 0 00 to desperately in need of service 100 0 The overall output can be very different from key to key which could be quite interesting in its own right or in conjunction with the effects VOX Continental V provides Another good thing to know is that you can enter Open mode simply by clicking on the top of the organ You can close it with a click too but since the top is not available you must click on the back edge inside the hood just beyond the tuning controls and the other knobs 3 4 3 The pedals PEDAL Sometimes the keyboard player needs to hold down the low end during a song Knowing this the people at VOX were kind enough to offer a pedal board as an optional accessory But the good folks at Arturia have included It for free in VOX Continental V And our pedals are a lot easier to set up Just click the Pedal button and a one octave set of pedals will appear They have a dedicated set of drawbars an octave range switch to the left of the Upper manual and a slider called Bass Decay that controls the release time of the pedal sound They can be set to respond to their own MIDI channel too just like the upper and lower organ manuals ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 24 4 USER INTERFACE You can also click on the top of the pedals or on the floor where they should be and the pedals will appear or be stowed away Note when the pedals have been retracted their MIDI channel will no
52. ursor as noted above depending on the status of the pedal board So there s an important point to emphasize about the first two MIDI Mode tab settings when the pedals have been retracted their MIDI channel will no longer respond to incoming data The lowest octave of the lower manual will play the bass sound instead on its MIDI channel Also keep in mind the MIDI Mode tabs only determine the way VOX Continental V responds to incoming MIDI data They make no difference in what happens when notes are triggered by the cursor The presence or absence of the pedal board is the only factor that affects the way the lower manual responds to the cursor 3 5 Types of controls The VOX Continental V has two basic types of controls potentiometers and switches Let s take a look at each 3 5 1 Potentiometers A potentiometer determines the value of a parameter when it is moved from one position to another There are two types of potentiometers Faders these are called drawbars in VOX Continental V Rotary also known as knobs pots or encoders To edit a drawbar click on it and drag it up and down This will increase or decrease the value of the selected item while displaying the new values in a small window near the drawbar ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 35 4 USER INTERFACE Upper Ft 2 5 27 d A similar action is used to edit a rotary control click on it and drag the cursor up and down This will rot
53. wbars In roughly 1967 Tom Jennings was fired from his own company after a buyout He then started up the Jennings Electronic Instruments JEI company and began making his own organs again These organs were based on the Continental 300 but further expanded with more drawbars on the upper manual an expanded percussion section the addition of tremolo and spring reverb as well as some tone presets The sound of the VOX organs caught on fast and they became a staple of the British invasion sound used by the Animals The Beatles The Zombies and more 1 2 2 Physical features what a looker Few keyboards have a design as immediately recognized as the VOX Continental Its distinctive shape and unique color schemes set it apart from any other portable organ ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 1 INTRODUCTION Two views of the VOX Continental I The chrome legs would store within the detachable lid making the unit much easier to transport than its behemoth rival the Hammond The sturdy flat and red orange top was a perfect place for a second keyboard such as the Fender Rhodes Piano Bass often used by Ray Manzarek of The Doors The inverse coloring of the keys previously only seen on harpsichords was the final stroke of aesthetic genius It was an irresistible combination or combo if you will 1 2 3 The sound of renown The VOX Continental has a sound that is quite distinct from a Hammond organ It is actually more flex
54. wn as the Flute stop M filtered square wave output per drawbar this is labeled the Reed stop S sawtooth wave output per drawbar only in Extended mode and called the String stop 3 4 1 4 Bass Effect switches Trem There are some important things to remember about the Bass Effect switches lt O e The 8 16 switch selects the octave range for the pedals e The Vib switch adds vibrato to both organ manuals and the pedals e The Trem switch adds tremolo only to the upper manual Note also that the amount of reverb is controlled by the Reverb slider next to the Bass Effect switches The Bass Decay slider specifies the amount of time the bass note will continue to sound after the pedal is released 3 4 1 5 Percussion switches Standard BS 4 Mix Short long o o Extended je 4 22 3 1 Short Long There are two important things to remember about the Percussion feature e Mix provides a percussive element with two pitches 5 1 3 and 1 3 5 e The Percussion only affects the upper manual 3 4 2 Open mode ARTURIA VOX Continental V User s Manual 22 4 USER INTERFACE Open mode offers a slew of parameters under the hood that further expand the capabilities of VOX Continental V This is where you select the engine type VOX or Jennings the reverb type set the vibrato tremolo rates and depths add or remove background noise fine tune the octave dividers an
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