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Table Of Contents

1.

Welcome............................................................................................................................................................................ 2

1.1.

History of Ensoniq .................................................................................................................................................................. 2

1.2.

About the SQ-80 .................................................................................................................................................................... 2

1.3.

Arturia's Version of the SQ-80 ...................................................................................................................................... 2

2.

Activation and First Start........................................................................................................................................ 3

2.1.

Activate the SQ80 V license ........................................................................................................................................... 3

2.1.1.

The Arturia Software Center (ASC).................................................................................................................................................................... 3

2.2.

SQ80 V as a plug-in ........................................................................................................................................................... 4

2.3.

Initial setup for Standalone Use................................................................................................................................. 5

2.3.1.

Audio and MIDI settings.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

2.4.

Taking SQ80 V for a test drive .................................................................................................................................... 7

3.

The User Interface ...................................................................................................................................................... 8

3.1.

High-Level Overview ........................................................................................................................................................... 8

3.2.

The Upper Toolbar ............................................................................................................................................................... 9

3.2.1.

The SQ80 V menu....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9

3.2.2.

Browsing Presets ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12

3.2.3.

Side Panel ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13

3.3.

The Lower Toolbar............................................................................................................................................................. 14

3.4.

Side Panel................................................................................................................................................................................ 13

3.4.1.

MIDI controller configuration............................................................................................................................................................................. 15

3.4.2.

Assigning / Un-assigning controls................................................................................................................................................................. 16

3.4.3.

Min / Max value sliders ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 16

3.4.4.

Relative control option ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 17

3.4.5.

Unassigning or "un-learning" a MIDI mapping ..................................................................................................................................... 18

3.5.

The Preset Browser in Detail ...................................................................................................................................... 19

3.5.1.

Browse Presets With MIDI Controller........................................................................................................................................................... 19

3.5.2.

Playlists.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20

4.

Hardware Panel and Features ......................................................................................................................... 22

4.1.

Oscillators 1, 2 and 3. ....................................................................................................................................................... 24

4.2.

Transwaves ........................................................................................................................................................................... 24

4.3.

Filter Section ......................................................................................................................................................................... 25

4.4.

Mod Wheel and Pitch Bend........................................................................................................................................ 25

5.

Synthesis Panel and Features.......................................................................................................................... 26

5.1.

Overview .................................................................................................................................................................................. 26

5.2.

Oscillator Section............................................................................................................................................................... 27

5.3.

Voice Section ........................................................................................................................................................................ 29

5.4.

Filter........................................................................................................................................................................................... 30

5.5.

DCA 4........................................................................................................................................................................................ 30

5.6.

Tune............................................................................................................................................................................................. 31

5.7.

Envelope Section ................................................................................................................................................................ 32

5.7.1.

The SQ80 Envelope Mode.................................................................................................................................................................................... 32

5.7.2.

The MSEG Envelope Mode .................................................................................................................................................................................. 34

5.7.3.

The DADSR Envelope Mode................................................................................................................................................................................ 35

5.8.

LFO Section ........................................................................................................................................................................... 36

5.9.

Mixer........................................................................................................................................................................................... 37

5.10.

MIDI Modulation sources .......................................................................................................................................... 37

5.11.

Modulation Parameters (Mod Param)................................................................................................................ 38

6.

FX Panel and Features........................................................................................................................................... 39

6.1.

The Effects............................................................................................................................................................................... 39

6.1.1.

Why use effects at all? .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 39

6.1.2.

Selecting an effect................................................................................................................................................................................................... 40

6.1.3.

Each effect in detail ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 40

7.

Software License Agreement............................................................................................................................ 63

Summary of Contents for SQ80 V

Page 1: ...USER MANUAL _SQ80 V...

Page 2: ...Maxime Audfray Florian Marin Tom Wolfe Solidtrax Thomas Koot Leonard de Leonard Maxime Dangles Hayden Moskowitz Leo Hivert Joey Diego Tejeida Simon Gallifet Greg Cole TESTING Aur lien Mortha Roger Sch...

Page 3: ...e terms of a license agreement or non disclosure agreement The software license agreement specifies the terms and conditions for its lawful use No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted...

Page 4: ...red automatically Special Messages Specifications Subject to Change The information contained in this manual is believed to be correct at the time of writing However Arturia reserves the right to chan...

Page 5: ...on the original design with new features that make this groundbreaking synthesiser a powerhouse instrument adapted to a modern workflow As with all of our products we believe in offering the best of b...

Page 6: ...3 4 4 Relative control option 17 3 4 5 Unassigning or un learning a MIDI mapping 18 3 5 The Preset Browser in Detail 19 3 5 1 Browse Presets With MIDI Controller 19 3 5 2 Playlists 20 4 Hardware Pane...

Page 7: ...00 note MIDI sequencer Each voice consisted of 3 x DCO s based on the DOC5503 chip into 3 DCA s an analogue CEM 3379 based low pass filter a stereo DCA 4 envelopes and 3 LFO s It has hard sync between...

Page 8: ...rturia Software Center This program allows you to keep you Arturia software up to date at all times 2 1 1 The Arturia Software Center ASC If you have not already installed the ASC you can do so by goi...

Page 9: ...re its interface and settings work the same way as in standalone mode with a few small differences SQ80 V will synchronize to your DAW s host tempo bpm rate when tempo is a factor You can automate num...

Page 10: ...uters This section only applies to users who plan to use SQ80 V in standalone mode If you are only going to use SQ80 V as a plugin inside a host music software you can safely ignore this section your...

Page 11: ...you set the sample rate at which audio is sent out of the instrument The options listed here will depend on the capability of your audio interface hardware Virtually all audio hardware can operate at...

Page 12: ...some of the other on screen controls to see how it affects the sound Play freely with the controls nothing is saved unless you specifically save a preset described later in this User Guide so there is...

Page 13: ...and browsing presets editing various setup and configuration parameters adjusting MIDI mappings and accessing advanced features of SQ80 V We will go over the Toolbar in the next section of this chapte...

Page 14: ...corner opens a pull down menu and lets you access ten important features New Preset This option creates a new preset with default settings on all parameters It is a good place to start if you would l...

Page 15: ...et with someone else The default path to these files will appear in the save window but you can create a folder at another location if you like The saved preset can be reloaded using the Import Preset...

Page 16: ...ent features of the instrument Select one of the tutorials to get step by step descriptions of how to make the most of the SQ80 V features Help This section provides handy links to the SQ80 V User Gui...

Page 17: ...e filtered options To reset the filter and show you all options open the menu and select any preset from the ALL TYPES menu 3 The Preset Name is listed next in the toolbar Clicking on the name reveals...

Page 18: ...ccess to various MIDI related options In here you can set the global MIDI channel set up MIDI controller mapping to virtually any parameter of the SQ80 V select either a generic MIDI keyboard controll...

Page 19: ...vert to an earlier configuration Redo redoes the last change in SQ80 V The Undo and Redo buttons only become visible AFTER you have started editing on the Main Panel Try moving a control now and you l...

Page 20: ...rneath this you have the MIDI configuration dropdown menu Here you can manage different setups of MIDI mappings for controlling SQ80 V For example if you have multiple hardware controllers small live...

Page 21: ...e assigned to other controls A popup window appears providing additional information and various adjustable parameters about the newly learned connection 3 4 3 Min Max value sliders By default a hardw...

Page 22: ...e of this is that physical knobs always remain in sync with on screen controls However not all hardware devices support this mode of operation which is why both options are available in SQ80 V There a...

Page 23: ...d using the back or forward arrows either side of the name and if you click on the name it can be changed You can add extra controls into the macro by selecting add control and clicking on the desired...

Page 24: ...one Details about the currently selected preset are listed in the right column If you really like a preset click the heart icon at the top right corner to tag that preset as a favorite Click the heart...

Page 25: ...locate the presets you want to add to your playlist Once you have found the right preset click and drag it onto the playlist name on the left You will see a message which tells you that the new preset...

Page 26: ...reset from the playlist To remove a preset from a playlist right click on the preset name 3 5 2 5 Delete a playlist To delete a playlist right click on the playlist name 21 Arturia User Manual SQ80 V...

Page 27: ...e of a chord rather than hearing all of the notes at once they are delivered at different times Many great pieces of music have arpeggios at their core from Bach s Prelude 1 in C Major to Eddie Van Ha...

Page 28: ...s adjustable from 0 01 to 50 Hz When Sync is on the rate is adjustable from 1 to 1 64th of the current tempo with 1 4 equaling one beat There are also triplet and dotted options too The tempo is set i...

Page 29: ...you shift the basic tuning of the Oscillator up or down 12 semitones LVL lets you set the gain of the Oscillator You can intentionally overdrive the input to the filter too which can sound great Fine...

Page 30: ...but will also attenuate frequencies outside the cut off band resulting in a quieter sound with more emphasis around the cut off frequency Mod Amount 1 sets the amount of modulation that will be appli...

Page 31: ...ng accuracy and leave it at that We want to make powerful instruments that are relevant to the music makers of today We try to do this in a way that is tasteful and honors the sound and legacy of the...

Page 32: ...licated with absolute accuracy There are many banks of waveforms included most of which are static waveforms but there are also special Transwaves These are wavetables which can be modulated Exciting...

Page 33: ...ms have a Pulse Width Modulation PWM control which is the white fader on the visualiser The transcient waveforms are looping and their PWM can be modulated by the white fader too The X waveforms are t...

Page 34: ...usly playing it That Voice will be stolen to play the new note When OFF If a key is replayed before the note has died away a new Voice will be assigned to it and the first Voice will continue to play...

Page 35: ...nance around the cut off frequency Turning up Resonance not only boost frequencies at the cut off band but will also attenuate frequencies outside the cut off band resulting in a quieter sound with mo...

Page 36: ...y you would leave it set to 440Hz but you can drop as low as 400Hz and as high as 480Hz It has one main control which is Tune mod param This sets the initial pitch of the instrument This parameter als...

Page 37: ...There is a handy visualiser to give you immediate visual feedback of how the envelope is set You can just click and drag on the handles on the envelope to change level and time of each stage or just...

Page 38: ...ar On the original values below 64 are the Lin values and 65 and above are the Exp values Stage 1 LVL this sets the level at the end of the attack portion of the envelope Stage 1 Time this sets the le...

Page 39: ...activated and when Rate Type is set to Hertz When Rate Type is set to Sync Triplets or Dotted the rate is set in divisions of bars Rate Type this can be set to Hertz or one of 3 synced modes that wil...

Page 40: ...copy the parameters from the currently active envelope to any of the other envelopes Key Time This allows you to map the length of time of each stage of the DADSR to MIDI notes The higher the note the...

Page 41: ...are Noise Sine Saw Initial When delay is set above zero it sets the initial fade in level Delay This determines the time between the Initial level and Amp level This determines the rate of change of s...

Page 42: ...Amount control When you click on it you get the list of possible operators to use on the 2 inputs These are basic mathematical opperations and do as their name suggests Amount This controls the level...

Page 43: ...ker will show the range of modulation on the chosen mod param control These controls are also bipolar so can be positive or negative The following 16 modulation sources are available and are colour co...

Page 44: ...nthesis process and were used sparingly Today effects are a vital component of a sound and their importance sometimes even supersedes that of samples and other sound generators Why We believe it s bec...

Page 45: ...n use the MIDI learn function to map effect parameters to hardware controls on an external USB MIDI device This is covered in the MIDI controller configuration p 15 section of this guide 6 1 3 Each ef...

Page 46: ...de expansive stereo sound field Predelay Sets the amount of time before the input signal is affected by the reverb Adjusting this parameter can affect the sense of space Decay mod param Sets how much...

Page 47: ...ones that can make reverberation sound sizzle y or unnaturally bright This filtering happens on the input signal before the reverberation takes place Use this knob in conjunction with the Input HP Fre...

Page 48: ...re are shown in either bars or milliseconds depending on how Sync is set see below Width This knob controls the stereo width of the delay Low settings will sound monophonic whereas high settings will...

Page 49: ...s place Use this knob in conjunction with the LP Frequency to dial in clear delays LP Freq This is a low pass filter that can be used to remove some of the high frequency tones that can make delay sou...

Page 50: ...e Time this allows adjustment of the delay time in milliseconds and Sync Straght Triplet or Dotted When one of the Sync modes is switched on Delay Time is displayed in Bars If Sync is deactivated Dela...

Page 51: ...Delay into a looper Be aware that maximum feedback can overdrive and distort your audio output Fine This allows fine adjustment to the delay time up or down in thousandths of a millisecond Input Vol...

Page 52: ...re four options which are Time this allows adjustment of the delay time in milliseconds and Sync Straght Triplet or Dotted When one of the Sync modes is switched on Delay Time is displayed in Bars If...

Page 53: ...that can be used to remove some of the low frequency tones that can make the delay sound muddy indistinct and washed out This filtering happens on the input signal before the delay takes place Use th...

Page 54: ...ffect which results in a subtle and pleasing choral effect The controls are LFO Shape Selects the shape of the LFO used to modulate the delayed voices Options are Sine or Sawtooth Delay Sets delay tim...

Page 55: ...ove the rate parameter There are four options which are Hertz this allows adjustment of the LFO rate in Hertz and Sync Straight Triplet or Dotted When one of the Sync modes is switched on Rate speed i...

Page 56: ...shape of the LFO used to modulate the delayed voices Polarity This determines whether the feedback polarity will be positive or negative This can provide smoother or harsher flanging effect depending...

Page 57: ...cutoff frequency for the flanger effect Frequencies below this are not flanged LP Freq Sets the lowpass cutoff frequency for the flanger Frequencies above this are not flanged Arturia User Manual SQ80...

Page 58: ...ate control locks the phaser s LFO to the current tempo of the DAW LFO Amount Sets the strength of the LFO s modulation LFO Shape This is a dropdown menu and allows you to select the wave shape of the...

Page 59: ...to an overdrive pedal for a guitar The controls are Drive mod param Sets the overdrive amount Tone Brightens the sound and adds a harsher edge through a high frequency shelving filter Level Sets the...

Page 60: ...in volume range The controls are Makeup Switches the compressor s automatic make up gain feature on and off This feature compensates for the natural reduction in output loudless as the compressor brin...

Page 61: ...nes the amount of compression that will be applied once the threshold is reached For example if the ratio is set to 2 1 signals exceeding the threshold by 2 db will be allowed to increase by only 1 dB...

Page 62: ...op or bottom of a bar you can adjust the point at which the compression or expansion for the selected band starts working Ratio If you drag inside of a bar you can adjust the amount of compression for...

Page 63: ...before it starts working Mode This drop down menu selects whether the bars for both compression and expansion Above Below or just the bars for compression Above Only are displayed Release Sets the re...

Page 64: ...coming signal Each knob has a different degrading effect and you can experiment with different settings to find the perfect blend of sonic destruction for your sound The controls are Bit Depth mod par...

Page 65: ...ontrols The controls are as follows Filter Mode This is a dropdown beneath the filter graphic You can choose from one of 5 different filter modes Low Pass High Pass Band Pass Comb Feed Back Comb Feed...

Page 66: ...isualizer The circles may be dragged around which adjusts the frequency and the gain of the selected band at the same time A right click on the circle will adjust the width of that band as you drag th...

Page 67: ...der and wider until it covers the entire range The controls are as follows Amount Controls the amount of deviation from center Rate mod param Sets the rate at which the stereo motion will occur with f...

Page 68: ...ses other than storage purposes You shall have no further right or interest to use the software other than the limited rights as specified in this Agreement Arturia reserves all rights not expressly g...

Page 69: ...t apply to you All programs and accompanying materials are provided as is without warranty of any kind The complete risk as to the quality and performance of the programs is with you Should the progra...

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