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U U S S E E R R ’ ’ S S M M A A N N U U A A L L J J U U P P I I T T E E R R - - 8 8 V V[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 2 PROGRAMMI NG : Nicolas Bronne c Fabrice Bourge ois Gavin Burke Vincent Travaglini Jean–Mich el Blanchet Philippe Wi cker Cristi an Kreindler Damien Va nderbeyvang he MANUAL : Jean–Mich el Blanchet (V ersion franç[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 3 T T h h a a n n k k y y o o u u f f o o r r p p u u r r c c h h a a s s i i n n g g t t h h e e A A R R T T U U R R I I A A J J U U P P I I T T E E R R - - 8 8 V V ! ! In this package yo u will find: • This paper ma[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 4 1 Introduction 7 1.1 Roland/Jupiter-8 St ory 7 1.2 TAE ® 10 1.2.1 Aliasing-free os cillators 10 1.2.2 A better reprodu ction of analog o scillator wavefo rms 11 1.2.3 Direct Filter Circ uit Modeling 12 2 Installation[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 5 6.1.1 The oscillators (« VC O 1 et 2 » ) 48 6.1.2 The mixer (« VC O 1 / VCO 2 ») 50 6.1.3 The filter (« FILT ER ») 50 6.1.4 The Amplifier 53 6.1.5 The ADSR Envelo pes 53 6.1.6 The LFO 54 6.1.7 LFO MODULATION, PO[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 6 9.3.2 Opening the instr ument (Sonar) 95 9.4 Audio Unit (Max OSX only) 96 9.4.1 Installation 96 9.4.2 Use in Logic Au dio 9 6 9.4.3 Use in Digital Perf ormer 97 9.5 RTAS - Pro Tools 98 9.5.1 Installation 98 9.5.2 Util[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 7 1 Introduction 1.1 Roland/Jupiter- 8 Story The history of Ro land is inti mately tied to the pe rsonal sto ry of its founder, Mr. Ikutaro Ka kehashi. When he was j ust 16 years old, the you ng Mr Kakehas hi notice d t[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 8 On 18th April 197 2, Mr. Kakehashi esta blished the R oland Corporati on. The first synthes izer fro m Roland, was also Ja pan's first synthesizer . The sh-1000 came to the market in 1973 , just before the Ko rg [...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 9 By the end of the 19 70s, Ro land establish ed itself as a ma jor manufactur er, and in 1981 Mr. Ik utaro Kakehashi ope ned four ne w companies in t hree mon ths. Roland UK, Rolan d GmbH and M usitronic AG in Switzerl[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 10 In 198 4 there was the i ntroductio n of three synthes izers. The Juno 106, the J X8P an d the JX10P . The last one was the replaceme nt f or t he J upiter-8. Unfortunately, the JX10 wa s never destined for the same [...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 11 TAE® allows the productio n of to tally a liasing-free os cillators in all contexts (P WM, F M…), and at no extra CPU cost. Linear freque ncy spectrum of the Jupiter -8V oscillato r made with TA E 1.2.2 A bette r [...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 12 Temporal r epresenta tion of a “saw to oth” wave form reproduced by t he Jupiter- 8V What’s more, the hardwa re analog oscil lators were u nstable. In fa ct, their wav eform varies slightly from one period t o [...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 13 Comparison o f Harmonics generated by the filter circuits of t he Arturia Ju piter-8V and the Roland Jupiter-8[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 14 2 Inst allation 2.1 Notes about US B key prot ection and the insta llation: The Ju piter-8V applicatio n is delivered with a USB key, also ca lled << dongle>>. This key contains your Jupiter-8V license an[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 15 Choose the Installation Fo lder Next, select the proto col(s) that yo u wish to i nstall. The ava ilable options ar e: • The VST plug-in • The DXi plug-in • The RTAS plug -in Choose yo ur protocol For more [...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 16 Select install ation folder f or plug-ins A dialogue box w ill ask you if you wish to have a s hortcut on yo ur desktop. This will give you access to the standalone ap plication. Shortcut to your desktop The [...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 17 Syncrosoft Instal lation The insta llation program now has enough informati on to finis h. In a f ew s econds yo u wi ll be able to use Jupiter-8V. 2.3 Installation M ac OSX Insert the CD-ROM into the driv e. Exp[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 18 Choice of instal lation disc Jupiter-8V will auto matica lly install as a standalone applicati on (f unctioning independe ntly an d apart from any s equencer host). In the sam e way, a ll the available protoco ls (VS[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 19 3 Quick S t art This cha pter wil l allow you to fa miliarize y ourself with the ge neral fu nctioning of the JUPITER-8V . This is a s ummarized pres entation of the dif ferent parts of the synthesizer. Yo u will f i[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 20 3.1 Structure of th e Jupiter-8 V The stru cture of the Jupit er-8V a llows yo u to play t wo to nes at once (called "Low er" and "Upper" Program in the t erminology of the Jupiter-8). You can pla[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 21 Preset o rganization of the J upiter-8V To familiarize your self wi th the differ ent inc luded sounds of The JUPIT ER-8V, we will select the preset "Full_Pad" situated in th e bank "JMB / Pads / JMB_ [...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 22 It is also possible to directly select t he pres ets on the toolbar s ituated on the top of the Jupiter-8V interface. Click on the on e of the first 2 tabs situated on th e too l bar to choose a filtering criteri[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 23 Tunnig the se cond oscil lator While chang ing these first s ettings, yo u have modified the preset "Full_ Pad". Now you will be able to save the soun d that you have jus t created. To choo se anot her d es[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 24 • « SEQUENCER / GALA XY » interface to access the SEQUENC ER / GALAXY • « EFFECTS » interf ace to access the effects To open the exte nsion panel of th e Jupiter-8V, c lick o n this button: 3.4 Overview of th[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 25 Signal path of the Jupiter-8 V Begin by loweri ng the cut of f frequency of the low pass filter " VC F ". A sound with less brightness will be the resu lt. To do that, adj ust the knob "Cuto ff&quo[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 26 Increase the l ength of the a ttack In the same manne r, change the va lue of the Decay ; the filt er will diminis h more o r less quickly while you wi ll play the keybo ard. The "Decay" envel ope param[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 27 of dynamic modulatio ns of other parameters such a s the cutoff frequen cy of the VCF o r on the width of the squar e wavefo rm of the VCO's . It enables you to affect up t o 3 simultaneous parameters. The step [...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 28 Set the val ue of each step Set the speed of th e sequencer wit h the “Rate” kno b. If it is synchronized with an external sequencer like Cubase or Lo gic Audio for example, use the «Quantization» (« Q »)[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 29 • Click on the tab "S EQUENCER/ GA LAXY" then o n the tab " GALAXY" to show t he interface. Click on the tab " GALAXY" Choose a paramete r (take the "Cuto ff of the LP VC F&qu[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 30 Choose the wave form triangle for the α angle 3.5 The Effects The interfa ce " EFFECTS" off ers a unique treatme nt p ossibility to route the effects through the synthesis chai n of the JUPI TER-8V, betwee[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 31 The « Distortion » effect Place a secon d effect bet ween the VCF and the VCA . Take the "Param EQ" . Certain pa rameters of this effect wil l be modula ted by the LFO i n order to create compara ble effe[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 32 3.6 The "Patch" section of th e effects. The section o f the "patch" eff ects allows you to ad d 2 maste r eff ects to your s ound. They are accessible while clicking o n one of th e 2 displays si[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 33 3.6.2 The del ay The Delay brings a stereo echo effect t hat adds spa ce to your sound. It pos sesses independe nt settings for s peed and the number o f repetitions o n the rig ht and left side. Th erefore it is po [...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 34 To sav e the setting that we have j ust carried out during this chapter, click on the butto n "Save" situated on tool bar. Attention! The MIDI sett ings will only be saved when you quit the application of t[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 35 4 A unique syn thesizer , Why ? 4.1 The Roland Jupiter-8 The Jupite r-8 is capa ble o f creating v ery versa tile s ounds. T he J upiter-8 so unds the way i t looks , sleek a nd polishe d’. It offers oscillator syn[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 36 Furthermore the J upiter-8V of fers two connectio ns of "Vo ice" effects. The co nnections of the effects can be made insi de the sy nthesis chain , between th e V CO and the VC F and between the VCF and th[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 37 5 the interface 5.1 Tool bar The tool bar consists of an e nsemble of essential i cons f or the J upiter-8V o rganized from left to right allowing yo u to: • Access drop menus o ffering choices of banks/ sub-banks [...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 38 - The MIDI config uration - The settings of the arpeggia tor - The modulatio n module sett ings(« BEND », « MO D », « PORTAMENTO »… ) - The master eff ects settings (delay, chorus). 5.2.1.2 The Programs The &[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 39 Select a pre set from the toolbar 5.2.2.2 The « PRES ETS » screen The second solutio n is to use the « PRESETS » scre en to select a p reset PATCH o r PROGRAM. To do that, open the ex tension panel (click on the [...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 40 Selection of a pre set from the same bank To select a preset « PROGRAM » c lick on the « UPP ER » o r « LOW ER » button . The name and the filter crite ria of the preset is show n in the field above the butto n[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 41 5.2.4 Save a us er preset To save your c urrent setting s of the preset, click on the "sa ve" button on the toolbar 5.2.5 Save a us er preset using t he “Save as ” option To sav e your current s etting [...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 42 When this button is selected, a wi ndow ap pears, al low ing the choic e of a pres et bank “ Project” f or the Jupite r-8V. Choose the file to import, and click on "Open". T he n ew ba nk o f presets wi[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 43 The linear mod e can some times be simp ler to use th an the circ ular mode, alt hough we ca n lose in precision (the p recision is li mited by the numbe r of v ertical pixels on the screen o n which the mouse moveme[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 44 Switches 5.3.4 Pitch Bend wheel The Pitch bend co ntrols the frequency/pitch of the s ynthesizer osci llators. Simply c lick on the wheel while playing a n ote on the master keyboa rd or in a sequencer, then mov e th[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 45 To choose the fu nction to edit, click on one of th e butt ons situated on left top co rner of the screen. (« PRESE T » for ex ample). The « S EQUENCER/ GALAXY » scre en has two tabs that let you edit the seq[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 47 6 The different mod ules The interface of the Jupiter-8V consi sts of fo ur main parts : - The interface of the origin al Jupiter-8V - The « PRESET MA NAGER » o ffers a dedicated int erface to the manage the p rese[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 48 • 1 modulation section (WHEEL MOD ) dedicated to th e LFO 6.1.1 The osci llators (« VCO 1 e t 2 ») There are two os cillators. The oscillator contro ls the basi c frequen cies and timbres of t he Jupiter-8V with [...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 49 LOW FREQ : Switch f or " THE F REQ /N ORMAL" (low fr equencies / audible frequencies) , of VCO 2, of which th e o scillation frequency is lower, and enabl es you to use i t a s a LF O to modulate the freque[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 50 Triangle Sine 6.1.2 The mixer (« VCO 1 / VC O 2 ») The mixer allows regulating the vo lume of the mix betw een oscillators 1 a nd 2. VCO 1 : knob to set the v olume for OSC1 (LEFT) VCO 2 : knob to set the v olume f[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 51 • A non-resonant 6 dB/ Octave high pass filter: CUTOFF FREQ : k nob to set of the cut off f requency of t he filter Non resonant Hig h pass filte r • A resonant 12 or 24 dB/Octav e low pass filter : CUTOFF FREQ :[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 52 • The high pass filter 6dB /oct (H PF) The high pas s filter, eliminates the bas s frequencies while it lets the high f requencies go thru. The sound wi ll beco me then more "Thin". It is v ery us eful to[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 53 6.1.4 The Amp lifier The amplifier is the last step in co ntrolling the s ound. It allow s setting the ge neral volum e of the Jupiter-8V. The amplifier (VCA ) This module is ve ry simple, it consists of: VOLUME : Kn[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 54 6.1.6 The LF O Using the (« LFO » ) as a modulation source i s v ery common. It can be used t o create an v ibrato (when the LFO modulates the freq uency of a n oscilla tor) or "Wa h wah" (w hen it mo dul[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 55 BEND : Selectors of the destinations that can be modulat ed by the PI TCH BEND • ON / OFF sw itch (« VCO 1») • ON / OFF sw itch (« VCO 2») • ON / OFF sw itch (« VCF ») VCO level : Slider to set t he inten[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 56 • Four octaves (butto n ON/OFF « 4») MODE : Choose the playi ng mode: • UP (button ON/OF F) • Down (button ON/ OFF) • Up and Down (button ON/OF F) • Random (button ON/O FF) The arpeggiato r HOLD : Control[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 57 Assing mode se ction Attention! Only the volume envelope will be used by the hold function. T hat allows you to bri ng live to the sound while keeping the envel ope free for the filter. 6.1.11 The Tune se ction Among[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 58 The step sequen cer The interface of the sequencer co nsists of thre e main parts : 6.2.1 The tran sport The t ransport is on the left side of the s equence r. It consists of the necessary parameters to play and stop[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 59 The transport s ection 6.2.2 Edit the se quence The editable part o f the sequenc er is located in t he center of the sequence r's interface. Edit tools : Five too ls are ava ilable for editing t he sequence : ?[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 60 • « None » : Nothing is conne cted • « VCO1 Pitch » : VCO1 FREQUENC Y • « VCO2 Pitch » : VCO2 FREQUENC Y • « VCO1 PW » : Im pulse width of the sq uare wave fo rm of VC O1 • « VCO2 PW » Larg eur d?[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 61 • « VCO2 Pitch » : VCO2 FREQUENC Y • « VCO1 PW » : Impulse width o f the square wa ve form of VC O1 • « VCO2 PW » : Largeur d’impu lsion de la f orme d’onde car rée du V CO2 • « HPF Cutoff » : Fr[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 62 RATE : knob to set the f requency of the c horus DEPTH : knob to set the depth of the modulation FEEDBACK : knob to set the feedback of the modulation. (to a ch ieve more of a fla nged effect) AMOUNT : knob to set th[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 63 The "MOD" display allows accessing the modulati on connect ions for eac h of the pa rameters of t he distortion as well as the cho ice of the sources o f modulati on: KEY FOLLOW VELOCITY AFTERTOUCH ENVELOPE[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 64 BAND 4 (High fre quencies) FREQUENCY (F) : knob to set the ban d of the high fr equencies GAIN (G) : knob to set the gain for t he band of the high freque ncies DRY/WET : knob to set the ba lance betwee n the origina[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 65 ENVELOPE 2 GALAXY Y GALAXY X LFO SEQUENCER The “BYPASS” butto n allows deacti vating the PHAS ER eff ect. Phaser 6.4.5 RING MO D: The RING MOD ULATOR allows adding meta llic effects to the sound w ith modu lation[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 66 6.5 Patch Effects Two « PATCH » eff ect mo dules a re availabl e on t he e nd of the s ynthesis chain. The two m odules are placed after the o utput of the VCA , and cannot rec eive external modulations. 2 « Patch[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 67 CROSS FEEDK R : knob to set the f eedback of the right channel to wards the left channel CROSS FEEDK L : knob to set the f eedback of the left channel tow ards the ri ght channel DAMPING : knob to set the amount of h[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 68 6.5.4 DUAL PHA SER The phaser unit prov ides a class ic phasing sound s imilar to analog effects us ed in the 70 's. SWEEP GENERAT OR 1 /2: selection of the wav eforms f or the modulatio ns of pha sers 1 and 2: [...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 69 7 The basics of subtractiv e syn thesis Subtractive synt hesis appe ared at the e nd of the 1 960 ’s, giving birth to the firs t analog sy nthesizers: Moog, A RP, EMS, Ob erheim, Rolan d (SH or Jupiter s eries), Ya[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 70 • The tuning param eter (“FREQU ENCY”) allows you to t une the o scillator by semi -tones on range of 5 octa ves. • The fine tuning pa rameter (“FINE”) fi nely tunes th e os cillator upwards by a semi-ton[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 71 PWM (Pulse Width Mod ulation) i s a setting that a llows you to modif y t he wav eform cycle (o r wav e length). This can be done manually with the help of a knob «PW» or by modulation (with an envelope or LFO). Pu[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 72 PWM (Pulse Width Mod ulation) i s a setting that a llows you to modif y t he wav eform cycle (o r wav e length). This can be done manually with the help of a knob «PW» or by modulation (with an envelope o r LFO ). [...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 73 Frequency modulation ( FM or CROSS MOD in case of the J upiter) can be created betwe en 2 oscillators by connecti ng the a udio out put from a fi rst osci llator to the modulati on input o f a second oscillator. On t[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 74 7.1.3 The fi lter or VCF The a udio s ignal generated by a n osci llator (the wa veform) is next ge nerally directed to a filter module or V CF ( Voltage Contro lled Filter ). It is thi s module that we use to c ontr[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 75 7.1.2.2 The low-pas s filter (LPF) The low-pas s filter (LPF) progress ively removes high frequencies abov e the a ssigned frequency limit (the cut-off frequency) and allow s the sou nd belo w the cut-of f to pa ss t[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 76 With a hig h resonance level, the fi lter itself wi ll beg in to pro duce a so und close to a sine wavefo rm with no outside i nput, w hich is referred to as self-oscillation. At this stage, the use of a key f ollow [...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 77 the so und as soo n as a key is pressed and end it w hen releas ed, a s w ell as tune the os cillator to the selected key. Secondarily, th e keyboard's pitch is also used to modulate oth er sources, suc h as fil[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 78 The envelope g enerator of the Jupiter-8V 7.2.3 The lo w frequency os cillator The LFO ( Low Frequency Oscillator – or LFO on the Jupiter-8V) poss esses more or less the same characteristics of the classic oscillat[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 79 Le LFO in vibrato The LFO modul e of the Jupiter -8V The JUPITER-8V al lows you to use VCO2, placed at a low frequency (position "LOFREQ"), to m odulate the frequ ency of VCO1 . 7.3 Modu les of the Jupiter-[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 81 8 Some element s of sound design Here are five exampl es that ca n guide you when prog ramming diff erent tones o n the JUPITER-8V. These tones are c lassified fro m simple to comp lex, and a re organized in 3 pa rts[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 82 Click on the « Ra nge» sel ector of VCO1 Choose the modu lated "squa re " wave form on VCO2 Choose the modulated "squ are " wav e form on VCO 2 Set VCO 2 slightly out of tune by t urning[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 83 On the envelope AD SR situated to the right side o f the fi lter, increase the a ttack time to a value close to "10 0MS". Low er the knob of the S ustain (set it to a value aro und "20 0MS") a[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 84 The Delay se ttings Save the sound as « V iolin 1». Yo u will be abl e to use it later. To do that, open the preset interface and click on the "Save as" button. Choose a new name (" Strings" for[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 85 • Patch effect « St De lay » Increase the rel ease time fo r the second ADSR envelope ("for example to t he range o f 8000 ms) in order to giv e the impressi on of a harp to ne. Increase the release time[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 86 Open the "Modula tions" pa ge Choose the desti nation parameters o f the modulatio ns f or LFO1 (Y output ) and 2 (Y output) . LFO1: "HPF Cuto ff"; and LF O2: "VCF Cutof f". Set [...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 87 Set the "Feedback" k nob tow ard the right to le ngthen the tim e of reverbe ration. (Take a value around “0 .700") Set the "dry/wet" kno b of the chorus i n a manner to ba lance be[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 88 Open the interface o f the " Sequencer" Click on the first lis t "Output" (situat ed to right o f the s equencer) and choos e "VCF Cuto ff" choose "VC F Cutoff" Increas[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 89 choose the v alue “1/8" Select the number of steps that yo u wish to have i n your seq uence. Click on t he left side of the bar situated o n the top o f the programming w indow. Fo r example set i t to 8 [...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 90 Open the Galaxy mo dule to complete the rhyt hm. This will modulate th e volume of the VCA to create "gate" ef fects that are of ten used in ele ctronic musi c. Click on "Outp ut X' (situa[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 91 9 Modes of Operatio n 9.1 Stand-alone The Stand -Alone application allows t he use of t he J upiter-8V o utside of any hos t applicatio n. You can open o ne or s everal instrume nts, and p lay direct ly with th e hel[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 92 • Sampling frequen cy : Here, choo se the sampli ng frequency among t hose of fered in you r sound menu. No te that a high sa mpling frequency wi ll demand i ncreased proces sor performance o n your computer. • L[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 93 or if you have a ctivated the keyboard zone optio n a nd wish to move a limited instrum ent range to a lower or higher r egister of the voice you are playing. 9.1.3.4 Config uration of audio o utput The last selectio[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 94 9.2.2 Instrume nt use in the V ST mode The opening of VST Jupite r-8V plug-ins i s the same as o pening all oth er VST plu g-ins. Pleas e consult the instructio n manua l of yo ur host sequencer fo r mo re specific i[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 95 • Saving of presets When the sess ion/project is sav ed, Jupit er-8V is saved i n its last mo de of operati on, with al l modificati ons intact. F or instance, if yo u were working o n a “P1” preset in which yo[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 96 Connecting to a MIDI track in Ju piter-8 V MIDI events can now play through to the Jupit er-8V virtual instrument, and can be recorded and edited in Sonar. • Save the presets When the sessi on is s aved, the status[...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 97 Jupiter-8 V ope ning in Lo gic Since v ersion 7, there has been a n A udio Unit plug-i n ma nager i n Logic. To launch i t, c lick on t he menu <<Preferenc es -> Start Lo gic AU Manager>> Launching of [...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 98 9.5 RT AS - Pro T ools 9.5.1 Installation On Ma c OS X, the plug-in is directly instal led i n t he folder reserve d fo r t he Pro Tools p lug-ins, in /Library/Applicati on Support/ Digidesign/Plug -Ins/ On Windows, [...]
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_________ _________________ _______________ __________ __________ _________________ _____ ARTURIA – JUPI TER-8V – MAN UAL - EN 99 Connecting a MIDI tra ck to J upiter-8V • Saving the presets When the sessi on is saved , the status of Jupiter-8V is s aved as it is , even if its programmi ng does not correspond to the preset . For example, if y[...]
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