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User Manual

K-station

polyphonic synthesizer

in music, anything is possible.

in music, anything is possible.

Novation EMS Limited
Platinum House 32 Clivemont Road Maidenhead Berkshire England SL6 7BZ
Phone +44 1 628 678520 Fax +44 1 628 671122 E-mail [email protected]

Novation USA Limited
Int. Toll-free Tel: 011 - 800 - NOVATION (6682-8466) E-mail [email protected]

Specification subject to change without prior notice.

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Summary of Contents for K-Station

Page 1: ...K S T A T I O N User Manual K station polyphonic synthesizer in music anything is possible...

Page 2: ...Copyright Novation E M S Limited 2002 K Station User Guide Version 1 1a Features and specifications subject to change without notice due to improvements www novationmusic com...

Page 3: ...LFO Section Envelopes Section Volume and Keyboard Octave Controls Arpeggiator Section Effects Section Display and Data Entry Section Mode and Keypad Section Advanced Features Oscillator Menu Filter Me...

Page 4: ...eforms Synchronization and FM between two Oscillators allow the generation of metallic or percussive timbres A white noise source completes the waveform engine External Audio Input The Mixer allows an...

Page 5: ...buttons Ensure that Menu Mode is not active the LED above the MENUS but ton must not be flashing If the K Station is already in Menu Mode simply press the MENUS button again to cancel Menu Mode There...

Page 6: ...Menu Mode either by pressing the MENUS button again or by pressing the PROGRAM button the LED above the MENUS button extinguish indicating that the K Station is no longer in Menu Mode To save a Progra...

Page 7: ...because the harmonics present in a piano sound are different to those found in a harpsichord sound Volume Volume which is referred to as the amplitude or loudness of the sound is determined by how la...

Page 8: ...ing sound effects and percussion type sounds To extend the range of sounds that may be reproduced a typical Analogue synthesizer often has more than one Oscillator By using more than one Oscillator wh...

Page 9: ...lues are 12dB or 24dB per Octave The higher the number the faster the harmonics are cut and the more pronounced the filtering effect The button on the K Station s front panel marked SLOPE allows eithe...

Page 10: ...controls which are used to adjust the shape of the envelope The Envelope controlling the Amplifier uses sliders When controlling Volume these controls adjust the following phases of the Envelope as sh...

Page 11: ...zers produced many years ago were large modular machines where each part of the synthesizer was housed in a separate unit block These blocks could only be physical ly connected together by combination...

Page 12: ...struments may not have a MIDI Thru socket fitted In these cases the instrument should be placed at the end of the MIDI chain or a Thru box should be incorporated into the MIDI system A Thru Box simply...

Page 13: ...t receiving devices using the same MIDI channel For example a pitch bend mes sage sent using MIDI channel 1 would have no effect at all if it were received on a synthesizer set to respond on MIDI chan...

Page 14: ...ill be re transmitted by the sequencer not on MIDI channel 1 but MIDI channel 2 This is known as re channelising This would be quite useful for programming parts into the sequencer for other MIDI devi...

Page 15: ...Arpeggiator Section Contains controls associated with the Arpeggiator These include the TEMPO knob and Arpeggiator ON OFF button 9 Effects Section Contains controls associated with the various effects...

Page 16: ...Menu select buttons After selecting a new Program in this way the K Station will enter Program Select Mode Note By altering the Global Prog Mode Display Control setting it is possible to make the K S...

Page 17: ...kwise or anticlockwise end stop positions If fact the sound will extinguish completely at maximum settings Leave the knob at the 12 o clock position Select LFO 2 using the PW SELECT button Slowly rota...

Page 18: ...e no audio output Fully clockwise results in full volume for this Oscillator SOURCE Button and LEVEL Knob The SOURCE button selects which sound source the LEVEL knob will control With the NOISE positi...

Page 19: ...t off frequency Adjusting the knob anticlockwise from centre will introduce an increasing amount of nega tive modulation The filter will close as the MOD ENV runs through its cycle Adjusting the knob...

Page 20: ...d throughout its duration The AMP Envelope determines the volume of the sound with respect to its duration The MOD Envelope may be used to control other sound elements of the synthesizer throughout th...

Page 21: ...ced Features chapter for more details on these TEMPO Knob This controls the speed at which the Arpeggiator plays back its notes When turned fully anticlockwise the Arpeggiator will step through a sequ...

Page 22: ...record level far too high Much loved by guitarists distorted sounds have a very gritty dirty quality to them This is espe cially effective when applied to aggressive lead sounds The Distortion Effect...

Page 23: ...more of the raw Modulator sig nal will be introduced until at the fully clockwise position only the Modulator signal will be present More settings are available to help shape the final Vocoder Effect...

Page 24: ...e when the button was pressed Menu Mode will be can celled and the K Station will return to Program Select Mode Program Select Mode may be also be selected at any time by pressing the PROGRAM button A...

Page 25: ...t is heard VCO Drift Menu Page 4 Controls the amount of tuning drift for the Oscillators Setting a modest value 10 for example will cause each Oscillator to slowly drift fraction ally out of tune Clas...

Page 26: ...changing with time This is the opposite of subtractive synthesis where a low pass Filter is used to remove har monics To complete a simple synthesizer a further envelope is added to con trol the outp...

Page 27: ...limb from the same point because the LFO waveform would be restarted rather than being at an undetermined pitch position Note If the LFO Common To All Voices function detailed below is set to ON for t...

Page 28: ...y To Env Level Menu Pages 2 3 4 These functions determine how the Amp Mod and FM Envelopes respond to Velocity information Setting up a sound to make its volume respond to velocity Select the second P...

Page 29: ...this function to ON automatically triggers the Amp and Mod Envelopes thus opening up the Amplifier whenever the external audio signal strength reaches a certain threshold level This feature ensures t...

Page 30: ...e Sync Time function is set to OFF the timing of the delay repeats will be controlled by the setting of the Time function Menu Page 4 Any incoming MIDI clock messages or Arpeggiator TEMPO settings wil...

Page 31: ...generate the character istic swishing effect The functions available in the Chorus Menu are Type Menu Page 1 Determines whether the K Station s Chorus is behaving as a standard Chorus or as a Phaser R...

Page 32: ...feedback When acting as a Phaser see the Chorus Type setting on Page 29 the effect often requires higher levels of feedback LFO Sync Initial Position Menu Page 7 As well as being able to synchronize...

Page 33: ...c Mod Rate is set to OFF the timing of the EQ sweeps will be controlled by the setting of the Mod Rate Any incoming MIDI clock messages or Arpeggiator TEMPO settings will be ignored by the EQ effect L...

Page 34: ...ce setting When controlling the Panning Rate from a sequencer it is important to ensure that the sequencer is transmitting MIDI Clock messages Consult the sequencer manual for details When Sync Rate i...

Page 35: ...p in case of the K Station s memories becoming acci dentally over written It is also possible to link two K Stations or a K Station and an A Station together with a MIDI cable and use Sysex dumping as...

Page 36: ...am within a Bank will select its Bank from within Program Select Mode then re enter Menu Mode and return to this Page in the Utilities Menu When the WRITE button is pressed the K Station will prompt f...

Page 37: ...se for synchro nization to other musical timings This clock may be derived internally or received from an external device that is able to send a master timing clock This is often known as a MIDI clock...

Page 38: ...ivity Range to LINE Input Sensitivity set to LINE Set to MIC for low level devices such as Guitars or Microphones Once set play or talk into the microphone the input device The first five character bl...

Page 39: ...egative values 1 to 64 decrease the output volume of the Amp Envelope as Aftertouch is applied At a setting of 0 Aftertouch messages will have no effect Routing Breath Control It is also possible to u...

Page 40: ...e arpeggio starts at the lowest note played plays it twice and sweeps up through the notes until it reaches the highest note It then plays the top note again and sweeps back down Order Played The arpe...

Page 41: ...xer and Monitors External Audio Input Device Guitar Microphone CD Player Audio Inputs MIDI IN 2 The diagram above illustrates how the K Station is connected in a typi cal MIDI recording setup It utili...

Page 42: ...ouble waves up and down and the result is similar to a chorus effect At moderate to high settings this sounds much like PWM of a square wave In this sound only oscillator 1 is used It is set to a sawt...

Page 43: ...Velocity 100 to 100 Decay 1mS 20 Seconds Sustain 0 100 Release 1mS 20 Seconds LF01 Waveform Sample Hold Tri Saw Squ Speed 0 Hz 1Khz Delay Fade In 0 5 Seconds LFO Sync Internal MIDI Clock LF02 Waveform...

Page 44: ...ON 11 expression msb 12 effect control 1 msb NON SYNC PAN RATE 13 effect control 2 msb SYNC PAN RATE 0 34 non sync 32Triplet 12bars 14 undefined msb VOCODER STEREO WIDTH 15 undefined msb VOCODER SIBIL...

Page 45: ...en controller 8 lsb NON SYNC LFO2 SPEED 84 portamento control SYNC LFO2 SPEED 0 NON SYNC 85 undefined LFO2 DELAY GRADUAL ONSET TIME 86 undefined may be used in future software releases 87 undefined AR...

Page 46: ...TH 19 AMPLITUDE AFTERTOUCH DIRECT DEPTH 20 AMPLITUDE BREATH DIRECT DEPTH 21 EFFECTS TYPE CONTROL see packed parameter 8 22 EFFECTS GLOBAL SYNC CONTROL see packed parameter 9 23 EFFECTS VOCODER EXTERNA...

Page 47: ...sync 1 on bit 2 lfo1 lock 0 independent per voice 1 all voices same phase bit 3 lfo2 keysync phase shift bit 4 lfo2 keysync 1 on bit 5 lfo2 lock 0 independent per voice 1 all voices same phase note th...

Page 48: ...lues and the data block content SYSEX DATA DUMP MESSAGES CURRENT SOUND DUMP When received this will be the active sound It is not stored in flash The source bank and program number are irrelevant and...

Page 49: ...ransmitted C 1 such that the receiving Station will store the programs in the bank given in the B byte When a third party librarian or device receives either a program dump or program pair dump it can...

Page 50: ...3 01h DEVICE TYPE 41h K STATION SyCh SYSEX CHANNEL 7Fh or current receive channel 42h MESSAGE TYPE Program pair dump request C CONTROL BYTE Reply will copy this value for C Vv SOFTWARE VERSION Don t...

Page 51: ...nd meaning of PROGRAM DATA BLOCK 128 bytes Byte Parameter 0 UNISON VOICE TYPE FILTER TYPE see packed parameter 2 1 UNISON DETUNE 2 INDIVIDUAL OSCILLATOR RANDOM DETUNE 3 PORTAMENTO TIME 4 PREGLIDE SEMI...

Page 52: ...PLITUDE ENVELOPE DECAY 64 AMPLITUDE ENVELOPE SUSTAIN 65 AMPLITUDE ENVELOPE RELEASE 66 MOD ENVELOPE VELOCITY DEPTH 67 MOD ENVELOPE ATTACK 68 MOD ENVELOPE DECAY 69 MOD ENVELOPE SUSTAIN 70 MOD ENVELOPE R...

Page 53: ...are releases 125 VOICE LEVEL TO OUTPUT EFFECTS 126 EFFECT TYPE SELECTOR KEYBOARD OCTAVE see packed parameter 11 127 OSC SOURCE PW LFO SELECTORS see packed parameter 12 GLOBAL DATA BLOCK 256 bytes Byte...

Page 54: ...10 1 3 5 10 See Controller NRPN 12 37 40 65 12 37 40 65 tables for full details 67 85 87 89 67 85 87 89 91 95 98 100 91 95 98 100 102 112 114 119 102 112 114 127 Program 0 99 0 99 Change True System E...

Page 55: ...Sound 5 Envelopes 5 8 26 27 ATTACK Knob Slider 8 18 DECAY Knob Slider 8 18 Multi Trigger 27 RELEASE Knob Slider 4 8 18 SUSTAIN Knob Slider 4 8 18 EQ Effect 20 31 Frequency Point 20 31 Mod Depth 31 Mod...

Page 56: ...itch bend Wheel 13 34 Calibrating 34 Polyphony 23 Portamento 15 23 Power Socket 3 Preset Programs 3 4 34 39 PROGRAM Button 3 13 14 22 Program Change 3 11 31 35 A 12 Program Edit Mode 14 21 Program Lev...

Page 57: ...e power outlets that are on different branch Circuit breaker or fuse circuits or install AC line filter s In the case of radio or TV interference relocate re orient the antenna If the antenna lead in...

Page 58: ...shire England SL6 7BZ Phone 44 1 628 678520 Fax 44 1 628 671122 E mail sales novationmusic com Novation USA Limited Int Toll free Tel 011 800 NOVATION 6682 8466 E mail salesusa novationmusic com Speci...

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