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iVCS3 

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 is the official EMS emulator. You can learn all that you need to know 

about  the 

EMS  VCS3

  from  the  original  User  Manual  or  from  the  many 

resources now online.

Important Changes (Since Ver. 1.6)
 

In  this  version  we  have  updated  the  Samplers  (see  back  panel).  This  new 
implementation adds many new interesting features such as Loop Crossfade, 
Wave  Scrubbing,  Precise  Zoom  etc.  When  you  save  a  new  preset,  all 
sampler  information  (file  name,  loop-point,  start-point)  are  saved.  But  since 
this new update implements our new sampler, the presets saved with the old 
sampler are no longer available for the loop-points parameter. So we suggest 
you may need to resave your presets. 

Almost  all  the  build-in  Preset  Banks  have  been  updated,  they  have  more 
consistent levels & panning now. Users of previous versions can restore the 
Factory  Presets  from  the  Preset  Manager  to  benefit  from  these  new 
improvements. See the Preset Manager for more details.

Also  the  In-App  purchase  ‘LALA  -  Sonic  Pleasures  library'  has  now  been 
updated.  To  get  the  new  version,  press  ‘Restore  Purchases’  under  Presets 
and Mod. Shop.

Important Changes (Since Ver. 1.1.3)

The  Ramp  wave  of  VCO  1  has  been  reversed  in  polarity,  exactly  as  on  the 
original Putney VCS3.

The  Square  wave  of  VCO  2  and  VCO  3  has  been  modified  to  recreate  the 
offset  drift  during  PWM  (Pulse  Width  Modulation),  exactly  as  on  the  original 
Putney VCS3.

The

 

  Triangular/Ramp  wave  of  VCO  3  has  been  redesigned  to  reproduce 

better  original  PWM  wave  shaping  and  amplitude,  exactly  as  on  the  original 
Putney VCS3.

The changes in VCO, VCA and VCF implementations can affect the resulting 
sound  of  some  old  presets.  But  only  for  the  CONTROL  INPUT  MATRIX 
marked  with  ‘I’,  ‘J’,  ‘K’,  ’N’,  ‘O’  and  ‘P’,  do  we  suggest  updating  the  old 
presets.

Содержание iVCS3

Страница 1: ...g now Users of previous versions can restore the Factory Presets from the Preset Manager to benefit from these new improvements See the Preset Manager for more details Also the In App purchase LALA Sonic Pleasures library has now been updated To get the new version press Restore Purchases under Presets and Mod Shop Important Changes Since Ver 1 1 3 The Ramp wave of VCO 1 has been reversed in polar...

Страница 2: ... s connected to Audiobus or Inter App Audio When the user presses the Home button the app goes to the background process and will store the whole status of parameters to reload when next opening the app See Settings for more explanations Double tap on the Knobs Toggles to show the options In the Edit field you can enter the value from the keyboard Tap Random to generate a random value Default to r...

Страница 3: ...ver the Recovery Pins Matrix bottom to change pin color to white green or red White pins are 2 7K Ohm resistance and green ones are 68K Ohm For the iVCS3 this translates as white pins no attenuation green pins for 0 66 red pins will allow a connection to be adjusted between the normal signal and its inverse See Essential and Recommended EMS Modifications for more details MIDI Panic sends a general...

Страница 4: ...ee MIDI Manager the MASTER BPM slider will be disabled and the Tempo value is controlled by the MIDI Clock When connected to Ableton Link the slider is enabled Ableton Link description Ableton Link is a new technology that synchronizes the beat phase and tempo of Ableton Live and Link enabled iOS apps over a wireless network It lets you play devices together with the freedom of a live band Anyone ...

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Страница 6: ... Shape 4 Sample Hold 5 Filter Slew Unslew1 6 Envelope Shaper Attack and Decay Time Extension 7 Inverted Controlled Matrix Red Pins 8 Joystick Glide Oscillators Synchronisation The Sync feature provides a tonally harmonic sound the VCO 2 is the MASTER and you can select VCO 1 or both VCO 1 and VCO 3 as slaves This means every cycle of VCO 2 involves a resetting of the VCO slaves phase Lo Hi Range S...

Страница 7: ...dom numbers are distributed Filter Slew Unslew The novel glide parameter was introduced to enhance the sound quality of the VCF and optimize the smoothing of the cutoff frequency control You can adjust and trim this parameter to get the most concise sound We ve found that the lower the glide threshold the better the sound when the VCF is frequency modulated by oscillators In other words when high ...

Страница 8: ...the Control Manager Presets Preset Manager will collect all the Banks i e ivcs3 suffix and Snapshots A Snapshot is a simple photo of the parameters in the UI i e User Interface Both the Matrix and Keyboard Sequencer are included but they can also be excluded see the Settings for more details So once you find an interesting sound you can take a snapshot i e save this new preset by touching the plus...

Страница 9: ... snapshot will be created by mixing the four snapshots depending on distance Thus you can modify hundreds of parameters with a single touch this is also called Hyper Vectorial Synthesis Snapshots Pad can be resized on fullscreen for detailed controls left bottom icon N B Snapshot Pad have no effect on Matrix Sequencer and Toggles Samples Samples manager can read write in the Documents folder you c...

Страница 10: ...o the iPod library this allows the application to read user s songs audio books and audio podcasts The file can be converted in wav PCM 16 bit 44 1 kHz or caf formats and stored in the local app Documents Folder If the file exist at path then progressive number will be attached to the file name The document picker feature lets users select documents from outside your app s sandbox These include do...

Страница 11: ...the widget to vertical movement on the keyboard Scrub Y An additional setting allows you to specify the speed gravity of the action Aftertouch Y Scrub you can assign one or more iVCS3 parameters to aftertouch scrub Y so after a played note you can scrub in the vertical axis Y by controlling one or more of the parameters An additional setting allows you to specify the speed gravity of the action N ...

Страница 12: ...l 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 8 1 16 1 32 1 64 Triplets 1 1T 1 2T 1 4T 1 8T 1 16T 1 32T 1 64T Dotted 1 1D 1 2D 1 4D 1 8D 1 16D 1 32D 1 64D Where D is a dotted note and T is triplet With 1 4 Default the BPM follows the SYNC BPM or MIDI Clock BPM when enabled i e 120 BPM corresponds to 1 Hz 1 4 each step is a quarter note or BPM e g 60 BPM is 0 5 Hz 1 4D each step is a dotted quarter note or 1 5 x BPM 1 4T each s...

Страница 13: ...pport All established connections are secure which means that pairing is enforced and connections cannot be made to your devices without your explicit consent After a connection is established it simply appears as an ordinary MIDI device that any MIDI application can communicate with Enable NRPN NRPN stands for Non Registered Parameter Number and is part of the MIDI specification for the control o...

Страница 14: ...e bus as Audiobus Inter App Audio or from Integrated Samplers INPUT can be also feed from DK Sequencer or From SCOPE feedback All Signals connected to the METER in the Matrix will be shown in the Oscilloscope and you can feedback through to the VCS3 Ext Input The first features is the Dk Sequencer Mute or Mic Sampler switch As you know the VCS3 is Voltage Controlled Based and you have to remain aw...

Страница 15: ...mic Range The DK keys have a built in VCO when you are playing with this VCO and the DYNAMIC VOLTAGE knob is turned left disabled the amplitude of the DK VCO plays with the same amplitude mezzo forte The level of DK VCO is controlled according to touch position of DK keys top pianissimo middle mezzoforte bottom fortissimo Playing iVCS3 keyboard keys from top to bottom you can change the amplitude ...

Страница 16: ...n from the Sequencer Manager while Groove Values sets information for every step We have two independent groove values one for the DK and another for the Joystick Every groove takes two values for every step Key and Dynamics An auxiliary groove with one parameter is for Channel 1 Panning and is expressed as an absolute and will overwrite when enabled Ch1 PAN Ext in the Main Panel Joystick and Pann...

Страница 17: ...ge and Horizontal is the Dynamics You can disable only vertical both the Joystick Outputs from the toggle N B The Joysticks Vertical Range 16 must be set to 0 32 0 32 V Octave sensitivity for an equal scale as for Input 1 8 The Joystick handles work as an offset you can resets it to zero central handle position double tap for reset DK GROOVE Keyboard Voltage Input 1 8 Dynamics Voltage Input 2 9 ST...

Страница 18: ...ignal into the Studio via one of the Input Amplifiers see section V in the official VCS3 Putney User Manual Naturally you can rescale feedback signals with knobs exponential knobs Oscilloscope Spectral Oscilloscope can manage time scale for zooming and amplitude input gain you can read either DC and AC signals In Spectral mode the time scale and amplitude are used as exponent to logarithmically di...

Страница 19: ...s If you are loading a stereo sample you can chose the input channel left right or 50 mix of both channels It s possible trigger the reset scanning from DK or the Sequencer Finally you can link the Ratio of Sampler Ch 2 with the Sampler Ch1 lock icon in this mode you can feed iVCS3 with stereo files and keep the scanning ratio synchronised N B You can disable the Crossfade and change Waveform styl...

Страница 20: ...sor limiter expander using either soft knee or hard knee mapping and with dynamically variable performance characteristics Settings Sampling Rate for full range audio the recommended sampling rate is 44 1 kHz Using a lower rate iVCS3 will reduce the number of samples that has to calculate this will facilitate your Device s burden but it will also reduce the frequency range If your device is strugg...

Страница 21: ...s a simple multiplication between two signals A and B 2 VCS3 use a quadratic operator and can also simulate the vintage leakage as the original 3 Diode is an implementation of Julian Parker s digital model of a Ring Modulator N B The RM Input A is the Modulating Signal and the Input B is the Carrier Signal By inverting the order you can achieve different sound results Include in Presets The switch...

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