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As you know you can employ DK as Controller Voltage based or play DK with 
internal  VCO  (saw).  For  this  you  have  four  controls: 

Frequency

Dynamic 

Range

Tuning  Spread

  and 

Level

. As  explained,  middle  F#  produce  0V,  if 

you want to tune the 

iVCS3

 you will need to play F# adjusting the 

Frequency

 

knob to 369.99 Hz (i.e. tempered F#4 and is default value for VCO 1 and DK 
VCO Frequency). Thus you will achieve standard musical scale tuned to 440 
Hz  (diapason).  Likewise,  when  you  employ  DK  as  Voltage  Controller,  you 
must calibrate the VCO Frequency controls.
In the original VCS3, the 

Tuning Spread

 range is +- half semitone (although 

it is voltage), where zero spread produces no tuning deviation. In 

iVCS3 

this 

range was extended to +- 2 semitones and default value is 0 (which means 
no  spread).  When  you  use  DK  as  Voltage  Controller,  tuning  spread  can  be 
done by the Input Level (Ch.1 or 2) on the main panel.
IN order to achieve perfect pitch from the DK (temperate scale) you need to 
set the Input Level Channel 1 or 2 to 0.32v. If input level knobs are at other 
settings you`ll get +- tones per keyboard octave, this is good for using other 
scales like 

 

quarter tone, 19 or 21 notes/octave or such.

Dynamic 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 (dynamics) of the 
note i.e. MIDI key velocity (0 ÷ 127). Another new feature of DK is that there 
is a VCA inside where you can send an audio signal from the 

iVCS3

 for 

mixing with the internal DK VCO.

If  you  send  something  to  the  METER  (i.e.  SCOPE 
jack-socket) row, then that will go to the DK and the 
signal  will  be  mixed  with  the  internal  DK  VCO,  you 
control  the  mix  with  the  DK 

Level.

 

 

Then  you  can 

send this mixed signal back to the VCS to input 1 by 

putting  the  switch  to  "signal"  .  The  keyboard 
dynamic  (velocity)  will  affect  this  mixed  signal!  So, 
for  example,  you  can  send,  lets  say,  VCO  1&2  to 

METER, then they will go to the DK "mixer" and mix the internal DK VCO as 
the  third  VCO.  Then  put  switch1  to  "signal"  and  switch2  to  "key  voltage".

 

 

Input 1 goes to "input 1" row in the 

iVCS3

 and so this is the mixed signal of 

the  three  VCOs  but  with  the  level  controlled  by  the  keyboard  dynamic.  Key 
voltages  go  to  input2  so  that  you  can  patch  to  VCO1  &  2  frequency,  so  all 
three can track in pitch.

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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