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ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 1 USER’S MANUAL Version 2.6.
2 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL Programmin g: Robert Bocqui er Nicolas Bronne c Pierre-Jean Cami li eri Thomas Dili gent Sylvain Gubian Xavier Oudi n Gilles Pomme reuil Cedric Rossi Graphics: Yanni ck Bonnefoy Thomas & Wol fgang Merkl e [Bitpl ant] Manual: Antoin e Back (V2.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 3 I I n n t t r r o o d d u u c c t t i i o o n n t t o o v v e e r r s s i i o o n n 2 2 . . 5 5 o o f f t t h h e e M M o o o o g g M M o o d d u u.
4 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 What's new i n Moog Mod ular v 2.6................... .......... ............... ............... ........... ... 7 2 Introducti on ...................... ............... ...
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 5 6.4.7 Key foll ow or sequencer connecti ons ........... ........... ............... .............. .......... 65 7 The modul es ................. ............... ......... ............... ..........
6 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 10 Using the Moog Modul ar V in different m odes .......... .............. ............... .............. .. 140 10.1 Stand-al one........... .............. ............... ......... ...............
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 7 1 WHAT'S NEW IN MO OG MODU LAR V 2.6 Moog Modul ar V 2.6 i ncludes the fol lowi ng new features: • Support for 64 -bit V ST and Audi o Unit .
8 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 2 INTRODUCTIO N 2.1 T HE BIRTH OF MOD ULAR MOOG SYSTEM S Robert A. Moog was b orn in May 1934 in New York. A pas sionate for music (he took pi ano lessons for 12 years), h e was introduced to electronics by hi s fat her, an engi neer i n this domain .
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 9 A se cond p rototyp e, regroupi ng the all of the new modul es, wa s bu ilt during the summer of 1964 a nd was presented du ring the A ES sh ow (Au dio Engi neering Society), whe re M oog worked from an un used stan d.
10 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL In 1968, worldwi de recogni tion came wit h the success of “Swi tched-On Bach ” by W. Carlos .
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 11 In 1969- 70, th e company whi ch n ow has aroun d forty employees w as bui lding up to t hree modula rs per week a nd the order bo ok was al ways fu ll. The modu lar had 5 years of hi gh sal es, and sold aroun d 200 model s in th e United Sta tes.
12 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 2.2 A MODULAR SYNTHESIZ ER , WHY ? Why create a modular synthesizer, tha t is to say comprised of i ndependent modules t hat we must connect ourse.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 13 In detail , TAE means: 2.3.1 Aliasi ng-free oscil lators: Standard di gital synthesi zers p roduce ali asing in high frequenci es, an d when usi ng Pulse Width Modulati on or FM.
14 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL Temporal rep resentation o f a waveform on a Modu lar Moog 55 Temporal rep resentation o f the waveform of a n existing Moog -like software synth esizer Temporal rep resentation o f the Moog Mod ular V waveform th anks to TA E In addi tion, origi nal analog oscillators we re unst able.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 15 Standard 24 dB digital low pass resonance filter for a typical softw are synthesizer Very selective 2 4 dB resonance filter of the MiniMoog TAE made Moog Modular V resonance filter: F irst 24 dB resonance fi lter to be that selective Comparative response filters 2.
16 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL -1,5 -1 -0,5 0 0,5 1 1,5 -1 -0,8 -0,6 -0,4 -0,2 0 0,2 0,4 0,6 0,8 1 Soft-clipp ing transfer functio n.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 17 3 INSTALLATION 3.1 W INDOWS I NSTALLATION (XP, VISTA, 7) Insert the CD-R OM in the drive. Expl ore the CD-ROM con tent; doubl e-click on th e “Moog Modular V 2 Setu p PC.e xe” icon At th e first step i n th e install ation, choose the folder to i nstall the Moog Modul ar V.
18 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL Choosing the protocols For the VST and RTAS proto cols, you need to choose the i nstall ation folder to al low th e host appli cation to use the M oog Modul ar V2.6 as a pl ug-in. Selecti ng all is a good i dea.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 19 3.2 I NSTALLATION M AC OS X Insert the CD -ROM int o the drive. Expl ore the con tent of the CD-R OM, th en double-cli ck on the icon named “M oog Modu lar V2.6 Setu p”. Follow thes e steps: Read and accept t he End User License A greemen t, Select a desti nation.
20 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 4 AUTHORIZATI ON Now your M oog Modula r V 2.6 has b een inst alled, you have to aut horize the synt hesiz er. Earlier v ersions used a n “o rigin al CD + li cense n umber” prot ection s cheme, h owever, the Moog Modular V 2.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 21 Or if you al ready have a n account , simpl y log in: Once you are logg ed i nto your accoun t, you can register y our M oog M odula r V and request your acti vation code .
22 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL You will then see the co nfirmati on screen: And finally there is a screen from whi ch you can copy the eL icenser Activat ion Code , which i s needed for th e next st ep. The ve ry same i nformation i s sent t o y ou by email as a backup.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 23 In the eLi censer Control Cente r mai n window you should see a S oft-eL icenser (S eL) virtual dongle created onto you r computer. eLicenser Control Center mai n windo w, showing a n empty Soft-eLicenser.
24 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL The eLicens er Control Center is now ready t o downl oad the softwa re li cense that wi ll allow you to u se Mo og Modul ar V. Cli ck on St art, the pr ogress bar sh oul d anim e until download completi on.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 25 5 QUICK START This section of the m anu al will allow you to l earn th e gen eral princi ples of ho w t he Moog Modular V w orks. Thi s will b e a p resentation of the d ifferent vi ews ava ilable, the m odules and signal s used whil e using t he p rogram for th e first time.
26 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL The first section compo sed of 2 cab inets 5.1.2 The ot her three s ections The first, si tuated at the top of the synthesiz er, contains the step sequ encer and 4 effects (th e right hand effect can b e either a choru s or phaser).
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 27 The virtual ke yboard an d extensions section 5.1.3 Reduc ed view of t he keyboard and the rea l time contr ollers You a lso have t he pos sibili ty t o onl y keep the keyboard and its assi gnable control lers visible on the screen.
28 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL Select the p reset bass1 The presets, located on the Moog Modular V toolbar, are classed in “banks” and “sub-banks”. Each bank contains a certain number of sub-banks , which determine in general a type of sound: s ub-ban k “basses”, sub-bank “sound effects”, etc.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 29 Saving a preset 5.3 M ODULAR SYNTHESIZ ER The modu lar synthesi zer cabi net contain s 28 modules, wh ich will help you to create an in finite variety of sound s. Thes e 28 modul es can be broken down i nto differen t catego ries an d will be connected by cables.
30 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL Connection of the filter1 au dio output to the VCA1 aud io input Once you have obtain ed a basic soun d, you can a dd elements to enri ch the soun d. Take the “saw” output o f oscill ator2 and connec t it to the aud io input of filter2.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 31 Connection of the VCA2 audio input Slightl y detune the pi tch of the second oscillat or by turni ng t he “frequency” button. You wil l obtain a sound that i s more “ali ve” and “thi ck”.
32 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL Turn the ja ck ring On the original Moog Modular, it was not possible to dire ctly set the value of the modulation input signal. To do this we needed to go through controllable VCAs or dampenin g modules of which there were not very many.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 33 The final p atch 5.3.2 Descript ion of the synthesis sec tion modu les 5.3.2.1 The oscillators They are 9 i n total, reg rouped in threes li ke the origin al Moog: 1 “Driver” osci llat or: all ow the man agement of th e frequenc y an d impulse width of the 3 “slave” oscilla tors.
34 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL White and p ink noise g enerator 5.3.2.3 The filt ers The Moog Modul ar V po ssesses 3 fi lters. Each o f these filt ers can be ch osen between 4 .
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 35 The auxilia ry envelop e 5.3.2.5 The dua l trigger d elay A modul e with two trigger d elays all ows the man agement of th e si gnals u sed to tri gger envelopes and sequenc er. The trigger d elays 5.
36 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL The LFO mod ule 5.3.2.7 The VCAs There are two output ampli fiers (VCA), each wit h an i ndividu al envelope. We can i magine placin g a VCA on the ri ght and one on th e left to create a stereo eff ect.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 37 The mixer VCAs 5.4 T HE OTHER SECTION S 5.4.1 The sequ encer This module conforms to t he orig inal Moog whil e simpli fying th e programmi ng with internal connecti ons.
38 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL Assign “Dri ver” osci llators to one of the 4 sequen ce li nes. Fo r th is, on t he sequ encer screen click a few ti mes on t he corre spondin g LCD display on the bottom of the “Dri ver”, ( on the right) to select the sequ ence line :L1, 2, 3 or 4.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 39 Click on “on ” to start the seq uencer Set the pit ch of each note i n tu rning the knobs of the sequen ce row appli ed to the Dri ver oscilla tor.
40 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL Turning th e “smooth” kn ob It is also very easy t o rhyth micall y enri ch the sequence by lin king (“link” button) or repeatin g cer.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 41 The 3 effect modules Resonant filter b ank ( Fixed Fil ter bank): affects equ aliza tion to t he outgoi ng sign al coming from the 2 output ampli fiers in functi on wi th th e state of t he i nterrupters “VCA1” and “VCA2”.
42 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL To add a complex filtering with the fi xed filt er bank, start by acti vating the 2 swi tches “VCA1” and “VCA 2”. Thi s will connect the effect to the tw o VCA outpu ts. Modify the filter frequency bands by turni ng the gain knobs.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 43 The delay effect As is the cas e for al l of the Moog Modular V effects, the Dual Delay wor ks in “real ” stereo in th e sense that i t possesses an ind ependent in put and output for both si des.
44 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL The “feedba ck” settings Now, s et the balan ce between the s ound wi thout eff ect (“dry” knob) and the delay return (“wet” knob).
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 45 To co rrectly hear th e different modul ati on depths, simpl y in crease the val ue of the “amount” knob . The hi gher the val ue, the more discordant the soun d. The “amou nt” parame ter Set the modul ation rate by turni ng the “rate ” k nob.
46 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL The pitch b end and modul ation di als are al so available for heigh t (affected t o th e os cillator or filters) and m odulati on setting s (a ffected to an y of the synth esiz ers m odulati on sources).
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 47 4 independent key follows : apply a continu ous change o f a modulati on parameter in relation to the scale of the keyboard (tune the oscillators f or example). The pitch bend a nd modula tion dials : add a mo dulation to the parameter(s) connect ed to its sour ce.
48 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL The “ret rig” b utton, al so active wh en the synt hesizer i s in monophoni c mode, al lows the systemati c re -trigg ering of the env elopes, even if you link the no tes in your pl aying sequence.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 49 The conn ection of modu lation inputs of filter1 to the 2D controller Return to the s econd screen and mani pulate the 2D controll er hand le vertical ly ( X) or horizonta lly (Y) to hear t he result of the modulat ion.
50 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL The three filter cu toff frequenc y controllers This chapter has gi ven you a l ook at some of the many asp ects o f the Moog Modul ar V. Now try to go a littl e deeper usi ng th e rest of th e documentation.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 51 6 THE INTERFACE 6.1 U SING THE PRESETS The presets memori ze the Mo og Modul ar V s ounds. A preset conta ins a ll of the inter modul e connecti ons an d the d ifferen t c ontroll er i nformati on n ecessary f or the recreati on of an identi cal sound.
52 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL Choice of p reset in ano ther sub-bank To choose a preset i n another m ain bank, cli ck on the button on the left of the name of t he current ba nk.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 53 6.1.3 Saving a user pres et To sav e you r cur rent se ttings under the current preset, cl ick on the “Save” butt on on th e Moog Modular V to olbar.
54 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL Preset bank import butto n on the toolbar When you cli ck on this b utton, a dialog appears a llowing the choi ce of Moog M odular V preset bank fil es (*.amb). Ch oose the fil e that you want to i mport, and click on “ Open”.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 55 The compl ete view conta ins all of the M oog Mod ular V sections. The full interface bein g too big to be di splayed on a sin gle screen, a scroll function allows you to m ove to the desired secti on.
56 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 6.3.1.2 Mous e control (hi gher linear p recision) The M oog Modul ar V al lows access t o a hi gher level of precisi on when adju sting the knobs with the m ouse, wi th the use of t he ri ght click (or [Sh ift]+click).
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 57 Rotating selectors • The digital di splays : Th ey a re n otabl y used in t he sequencer. We can mani pulate by click and drag (li ke the knobs), or by a sim ple cli ck: a left click increments the val ue, whil e a right cli ck ([Shift]+click for Ma c) decre ments the val ue.
58 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL • “Save Confi g As” saves current confi gurati on to a new one • “Delete Current Config ” removes current configu ration from li st .
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 59 6.3.5.3 Man age configurati ons New in Moog M odula r V 2.6: the po ssibili ty to main tain multiple confi guration s. Default confi gurati on By defaul t, Moog Modul ar V loads th e configu ration for Arturi a Anal og Experience keyboard s.
60 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL parameter_val ue = MIN + (M AX – M IN) * control _value 6.3.5.5 Mul tiple assigned pa rameters It is possibl e to as sign mul tiple param eters t o a single cont rol. Th is al lows y ou to change many parameters wi th one fa der or knob.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 61 6.4 U SING CABLES The conn ection of different modules i s the base work of creati ng a new patch. The Moog Modular V o wes i ts c reative possib ilities i n n o small pa rt to th e i nnu merable conn ections possibl e between modul es.
62 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL Modulatio n input conn ectors To c onnect a modul es o utput to the i nput of anoth er modul e, click on the output an d d rag i t to the target i nput while hol ding d own the mouse bu tton. Wh en you a re above t he in put, the connector l ights up.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 63 6.4.2 Modify ing a conn ection To disconn ect the end of a cab le at inpu t connector l evel, a nd recon nect it to anoth er i nput, click on the end of the cabl e conc erned and hol d down t he m ouse bu tton.
64 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL The cable display filter allows the display of a section of existing cabl es i n a gi ven patch, dependin g on th eir type.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 65 Trigger type in put connec tion menu This m enu tells us to which modul e a trigger inpu t i s connected, and allows u s to create a new connecti on or delete an exi sting one.
66 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL convert a key on the k eyboard t o a H ertz freq uency value that can be u sed by th e osci llator. The M oog Modu lar V has four di fferent k ey follows. The defau lt setti ng fo r each key fol low i s that of the Western te mpered (scal e of tw elve equ al semi -tones).
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 67 Key follow Driver Osci llator Filter K1 Key foll ow No 1 K1 Key foll ow No 1 K2 Key foll ow No 2 K2 Key foll ow No 2 K3 Key foll ow No 3 K3 Key fo.
68 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 7 THE MODULES The Moog Modul ar V can be b roken down into 4 parts, from top to bott om, a s ection conta ining sequencer and effects, a secti on dedi cated to the soun d prog rammi ng, a small extension where the external cables are regrouped (velocity, aft er-touch, e xternal signals.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 69 The controll er is for the management of the im pulse frequency and width of the 3 slave oscilla tors. It can b e u sed either stati call y wi th th e knobs or t hanks to the modul ation inp uts, which can be connected to the outpu t of any m odule (envelope , oscill ator, modulati on dial…) .
70 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL The first two frequency modul ation inputs w ork in an exponential mode, while the third, “Lin” works in a linear mode. Connected di rectly to a g enerator (env elope, oscill ator, sequenc er…), t he maxi mum ampli tude of t he modul ation is of +/ - 4 octaves.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 71 The 921B type slave osci llators p ossess fou r outputs that can be used si multaneously: sawtooth, si nusoid, tri angle, square.
72 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL A co nnected oscillator is ac tive and consumes calculation po wer. It is therefore necessary to verify that the connected o scillators are in use. Similarly, a group of oscillators disconnected f rom the keyb oard by the “keyb” interrupter is perman ently active.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 73 The l ow-pass 24 dB/ octave fil ter i s typical of M oog synt hesiz ers. It ha s a s ettin g for th e cut -off frequency and a setting for the resonanc e. Only connecting the output of a ny m odule to one of the 3 modul ation in puts can dynami cally modu late the cut-off f requenc y.
74 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL Unli ke the low-pass 904A filter, t he h igh-pass 904B filter does n ot p ossess re sonance. The cu t- off frequency can be set with th e rotati ng “frequency” d ial or b y th e 3 modul ation inpu ts whi ch functi on in the same ma nner as th e inputs of th e low-pass.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 75 first m odulati on i nput all ows the dynamic modification of th e ba ndwi dth, th e 2 others, the central frequenc y. A “type” sel ector provides a choice of fi lteri ng, band pass or band reject.
76 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL The mul ti-mode 12 d B/octav e fil ter has different types of fil tering th at th e origi nal Moog modula r synt hesizers cou ld not offer. The selector hol ds six typ es i f fil tering: l ow-pass, band- pass, notch, hi gh-pa ss, low-shel f, high-shel f, bell.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 77 7.1.4 Modul ation envelo pes Envelop e Attack Sets the attack time (A ttack) Decay Sets the decay ti me Release Sets the release ti me Sustain Set.
78 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 7.1.5 Output amplifiers (VCA) Output en velope Attack Sets the attack time Decay Sets the decay ti me Release Sets the releas e time (rel ease) Su.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 79 t D S A R Sn St t On Trigg Representatio n of the ou tput VCA envelope The out put ampli fier i nternall y conn ected to th is envelope has vol ume “gain ” an d amplitude input modu lation setti ngs.
80 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL Frequency Sets the o scill ation frequency Delay Delay ti me setting after a keyboard tri gger Mode Choice of frequ ency sett ing: l ow, mid, sync.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 81 There ar e 16 in dependent amplifiers. E ach h as i ts own volume setting with the rotating “level” button an d its ampli tude modul ation inpu t. These am pli fiers can be r egrouped t o fo rm m ixers.
82 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL A trigger del ay module man ages the sig nals used for tri ggering envel opes and sequ encer. There are 2 delays, which can functi on i ndependen tly, in series or pa rallel following th e setting on the “mod e” selector.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 83 Serial mod e 7.1.9 Noise generator Noise generato r Low Pass Fr equency Sets the l ow-pass fil ter cut-off frequ ency Low Pass In put Low Pass fi .
84 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL White noise spect rum Pink n oise spectrum Whether i t is for whi te or pink n oise, the two output ja cks correspond to two ind ependent noi se generators.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 85 7.1.11 Envel ope followe r Envelop e follower Time choice Sel ection of foll ow mode Time Sets the const ant ti me of the level mea surement Thres.
86 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 7.1.12 Ring m odulator Ring mo dulator Frequency Sets the frequency of the mul tiplicati ve sinusoid Depth Sets the ampl itud e for the mul tiplication of si gnals HiQ Selection High qu ality selecti on Freq.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 87 7.1.13 Forma nt filter Formant filter Frequency Sets the frequency Resonance Sets the reson ance Gain Sets the gain FM Input Frequency m odulati o.
88 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL Scale Sets the scal e frequency Amount of S hift Sets the frequ ency transi tion Mix Mix between the posit ive and negati ve translat ions Mixed o.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 89 7.2.2 Resona nt filter ba nk Filter bank Gain Sets the band level to p ositi ve or negative Resonance Sets the band width Connection VCA1-VC A2 Co.
90 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 7.2.3 Chorus Chorus Types Sets the 3 ch orus Types Rate Sets the choru s rate Depth Sets the depth of the ch orus action Time Sets the del ay appl.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 91 7.2.4 Phase r Phaser Amount Sets the depth of the phaser acti on Rate Sets the sp eed of the ph aser Sweep Sets the phaser resonance Stereo widt h.
92 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 7.2.5 Stereo Delay Stereo Delay module MIDI sync Synchroniz es delay wi th the tempo of the host a pplicati on Time left S ets the ti me of the ri.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 93 7.2.6 Sequenc e generato r Sequen cer Also called sequence r, t his module is simil ar to t he origin al Moog 960 sequence r whi le simpli fying the program min g with internal connections.
94 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL The l ow frequency osci llator gives rhyth m to the passag e from one s equence t o anoth er. The speed can b e stati call y set wi th the “fr equenc y” knob and dynam icall y wit h th e modul ation input situat ed on t he first secti on.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 95 It is possi ble to fo rce the s equencer t o ini tialize itsel f on a parti cular step, either by cli cking on the “Forcin g” button of th e desired step, or thro ugh a sign al in the associ ated input trigger.
96 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL The fourth output , fo r whi ch the smooth can a lso be set with a “smoot h” knob, is m anaged in the foll owing manner. It ta kes t he valu e of one of th e 3 outpu ts in function with the curren t step and the type of pro gression speci fied by th e “Mode output 4” selector.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 97 7.4.1 Keybo ard follow m anagement Keyboard follow Slope Sets the sl ope of the ke yboard foll ow Pivot Selects the pi vot note o f the keyboa rd .
98 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 7.4.2 Gener al settings General setting s Course Bend (filter) Filt er coarse for the pi tch bend wh eel Course Bend (accord) Oscill ator tuning coarse for the pi tch bend whe el.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 99 8 THE BASICS OF SUBTRACTIVE SYNTHESIS Of a ll of the forms of so und synth esis, subtractive synthesi s i s still one of the old est an d most frequentl y used t oday.
100 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL could be used for sub basses emp hasized in the m ix (the squ are oscill ator shoul d be thus set an octa ve below t he th at of th e saw tooth), wo oden sound s (cl arinet i f the square sig nal is a lit tle filtered), etc.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 101 Triangle wavefo rm • The s inusoid is the purest wavefo rm of t hem all. It is composed of a si ngle fundament al harmoni c and p roduces a ver y “dam per” sound ( the tonali ty of a telephone is sinusoi d).
102 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL The comp lete cycle of a wave form (sawtooth ) = one perio d Oscillator synchro nization: the second is synchronized on the first one In th e imag e abo ve, oscill ator2 is synchr onized wi th the first, and th en t uned to a fr equency with double the tonali ty.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 103 On the Moog Modul ar V, you h ave acc ess to 7 di ffere nt types of fil tering. Let’s h ave a l ook at their respecti ve properties.
104 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL Band-pa ss filter The ban d-reject filter ( notch ) el iminates the frequencies i nside a band of f requencies.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 105 Low-shell filter The hi gh-shell filter increas es or decr eases th e frequencies ab ove the cut-off frequenc y (w ith the action of the gain knob). High-shell filter A second setti ng completes the cut-of f fr equency: the resona nce .
106 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL Filter resonanc e, noted as “Q” 8.1.3 The amplifier or VCA The ampli fier (Vol tage Controll ed Ampli fier) i s ch arged with receivin g the .
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 107 8.2.2 The enve lope gene rator The envelop e generator, c onnected to the am plifier, is used t o “sculpt ” the form of a sound durin g a cycle, which begi ns wh en we press a n ote on the keyboard, an d ends when w e release.
108 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL VCA modu lated by a LF O Now to fini sh, the scheme of a full synthesizer contai ning: 3 oscilla tors (VCO) 1 noise modul e 1 mixer (.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 109 9 A FEW ELEMEN TS OF SOUND DESIGN Here is a series of exa mpl es designed to g uide y ou throug h the c reation of a sound and a sequence.
110 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL Simple pa tch #1 To begi n, l oad t he “Bl ank_Synth” preset i n th e “User” / “Bl ank”.You w ill n otice th at it has no cab le connecti on and it delivers no sound . T his i s normal, it is from this preset that y ou will program y our sound s from scratch.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 111 1 envelope 1 LFO It will m ore or less cons titute th e classic compo sition of a ba sic synthesi zer. You will be able to regul arly reuse thi s patch, do n’t erase it . Patch # 2 complete For more cl arity, reuse t he “Blank” pr eset.
112 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL Create a lin k between these 2 VCA by cli cking on the “l ink” button situ ated between the first and se cond VCA. This will allow you to mi x these 2 s ources b efore directi ng t hem towards the audi o in put of filter1.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 113 To give m ore l ife to your sound, click on the “fr equency” kn ob on th e fi rst oscill ator wi th the right click of the mouse (“F ine tun e” position) then li ghtly tu rn towards th e righ t (to increase th e h eight of its ton e) or the left (to d ecrease i t).
114 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL This sound wil l b e polyphon ic and constit ute a g ood exampl e of accom panim ents wi th subtle stereo evol utions. The comp lete patch For the conc eption of th is sound, y ou can compl ete the previous pa tch.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 115 Connection towards the second filter Change the second fi lter typ e: f or example, se lect t he 1 2 d B multi-mode fil ter by cli cking on the button on the to p left of th e modul e. Choose the l ow pa ss mode.
116 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL modula tion input directed towards th e cut-off. Do the s ame thi ng on fil ter2 using envelope2. If you do not hear the sound , ma ke su re wi th a right click on the “trigg” in puts of these 2 envelopes that “keyboa rd trig ger” has been sel ected.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 117 The setting o f the VCA en velopes 9.1.4 Compl ex patch #2 This f ourth examp le w ill l et you go a little further in the a pproach of different types of modula tions.
118 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL For this exam ple, we re commend tha t you start ov er with th e patch #2 base . Successivel y connect the outputs of the wa veform s of os cillators 3 and 4 to the VCA inputs 3 an d 4 of the mi xer.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 119 The mixing On t he fourth o scill ator, set the “synchro” mod e to “ON” and to “Hard” type. Then , tu rn th e “frequency” butt on t o fi nd the c olor an d h eig ht of the sound that you l ike.
120 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL Finall y, set the 2 outpu t VCA en velopes a s you wish, whil e tryin g to keep t he same values on the 2 env elopes.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 121 Selection of Sequenc er trigger Now m ove to t he s econd screen and click on the “O N” bu tton situated in the “Oscill ator” module. Th e sequ encer starts up but you onl y hear the same p itch for all the steps.
122 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL Set the “Len gth” knob To stop th e sequencer cl ick on the “OFF ” button . Sequen ce1 9.2.2 Sequenc e #2 Now let’s s ee how to u se the di fferent co mbinati ons between knob s (by lines or columns to create 8, 16 o r 24 step sequences) .
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 123 Select the fu nction “L1-2 ” Do the same th ing for t he third li ne. To hear it, select “L1-2-3” an d try the oth er s election s and the colum ns (3 knobs per column ) by activating “C1-2-3”.
124 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL “Force” the trigg ering of a step You can also “tri gger” one of th ese steps using a MIDI ke yboard b y sel ecting “Keyboard Trigger” on th e “ Trigg” outp ut above the “ ON” butt on.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 125 Sequen ce 2 complete 9.2.3 Sequenc e #3 Reuse agai n the melodi c sequence #1 and com plete it by ad ding another type of modula tion. For examp le, m ake a varia tion on the openi ng fr equency of fil ter1 (“f requency ”), whi ch will be managed b y the secon d l ine of knobs.
126 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL Now connect the L4 seq uencer outp ut (at the bottom of t he section ) t o th e fi rst modu lati on input of fi lter2.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 127 Click several times o n the ke y follow displa y You can al so try an other type of VCA control , PWM, os cillator fine tune, LFO speed… by selecting one of the 4 key follows i n one of the modul ation inp uts.
128 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL To obtai n an in verted slope (t he hi gher you go in the scal e on your key board, the fast er the filter w ill cl ose), connec t th e key foll ow1 output to th e filt er modul ation inpu t and turn th e modula tion jack ring counter clockwi se.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 129 Click on the trigg “in” plu g on the envelope Generall y the envelope is trigg ered by t he keyb oard. The use o f a trigg er d elay all ows you to make th e m odulati on appear after a d etermi ned time, as l ong as the note is sti ll active.
130 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL Sequen cer startup thro ugh a MIDI keybo ard 9.3.3 Stereo without the effects Obtaini ng a stereo soun d comes do wn to treati ng 2 independent chann els. Each of the out put VCA is posi tioned in stereo space usin g the “pan ” knob.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 131 Connection of an auxiliary envelope for th e output VCA These patch es, you will have noti ced have very di ffer ent l evels of di fficul ty. We hop e that they will have all owed you to see som e of the p ossi bilities tha t the Moog M odul ar V h as to offer.
132 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL The bod e Shifter modu le It allows th e creation of a huge num ber of u nique sounds, wh ich we wi ll see, in the two followin g examples: 9.4.1.1 More stereo widt h Obtain more ste reo wid th by sligh tly depha sing th e pitch of the s ound.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 133 The “Bod e-Bass” patch 9.4.1.2 Electr onic percussi on sequ ence For th is example we will use the sequenc er to cre ate a si mpl e mel ody w ith the Bode Shift er. Sequ ence li nes 1 and 2 wi ll modul ate the heigh t of the Bode frequency (” Frequency sh ifter modul ation”).
134 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL The “Bod e_Seq” patch We a re not obli ged to use a sequence r as s ource of frequency modul ation for th e B ode Shift er. More subtl e modifi cations are also pos sible with a LFO or a key fol low.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 135 The “envelo pe follower” mod ule Let’s have a closer look at these two situati ons: 9.4.2.1 Trig by an external au dio sour ce. In t he fi rst case, the Moog M odula r V will be used as a VST in sert effect for an au dio track in Cubase SX.
136 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL The “Ext_In ” preset This modul e will be used to modul ate the low pa ss fil ter fr equency ( LP Filter 24 dB) .
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 137 The preset “Pa ds / Env_F ollow” To modify this wave form, we will connect the result of the mixin g of the 3 oscill ators as source of m odul ation to the inpu t of the enve lope follower.
138 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL The sample and hold module Here we wi ll look at cr eating a rand om modul ation. Use the “P ads / Slow_SH” preset fr om the “Fact ory” bank fo r thi s exampl e. It is made up of 3 oscilla tors, a low pass filter (LP Fi lter 24dB), a noise modul e and a Samp le and Hold .
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 139 The p ink noi se outp ut is fil tered b y a l ow p ass fil ter (6 dB /oct) and directed to th e samp le & hold audio i n. The au dio ou t of the l atter i s connected to one of the 3 cut-off frequ ency modula tion input s of the low pass fil ter.
140 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 10 USING THE MO OG MODULAR V IN DIFFERENT MODES 10.1 S TAND - ALONE The Moog Modul ar V application can be u sed as an instrum ent i ndependent of a sequenc er or other ho st appli cation (stand a lone mode).
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 141 10.1.2.2 Configuring K nob Mode This combo box sets h ow th e knobs respond to mouse m ovements: eith er in “Circular” mode (you have t o tu rn aroun d them with the mouse) or i n easier “Li near” m ode (mo ving the mouse verticall y rotates the kn obs).
142 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 10.3 VST™ 10.3.1 Cub ase™ 10.3.1.1 Ch eck plug-in setup Opening t he Moog Mod ular V2 VST plug-in is done like any other VST plug-in , pl ease consul t the user man ual of the host sequencer for m ore i nformation.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 143 The Instrument selecti on dialog wil l appear, where you can select th e Moog Modul ar V2. Once created, th e routi ng of the de fault MID I input to the Moog Modular V i s set for th at track.
144 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 10.3.1.3 Openin g the inst rument To open the Moog Modu lar, pl ease cli ck on the li ttle Keyboard logo l ocated below the instrum ent track output as shown on the pictur e: 10.3.2 Ableton Live™ 10.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 145 10.3.2.2 In sert an Instrum ent Track To in sert an i nstrument track, open the left sided folder. All your plu g-in devices ar e li sted as below. Then, doubl e-click on your Inst rument will create a MID I track w hich include your Moog Modular.
146 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL The program wi ll a sk you for Track opti on, pres s OK or make your own configurati ons. 10.3.3.2 Openin g the inst rument To open your Virtu al Moog Modu lar, pl ease doubl e-click on th e MIDI logo on your M IDI track a s below: 10.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 147 Go to Au dio Units Mana ger The Audio Units Manager gi ves i nformati on about all th e plug-i n detected by Logic. Please scroll to the Moog Modul ar V 2 and che ck that th e Logic box is ti cked: Audio Units list You are now ready to cr eate a new i nstrument t rack.
148 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL Grey field Then cli ck and select AU Instruments > A rturia > Moog Modul ar V 2 > Stereo.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 149 Insert an in strument track 10.4.2.2 Conn ection to a MID I track So t hat the Moog M odul ar V can pl ay the informati on c oming from a M IDI t.
150 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 10.5 P RO T OOLS ™ (RTAS) 10.5.1.1 In stallation During the initial in stallation, select Install as a RTAS/HTDM pl ug-in . Then, wh en you are asked, indi cate th e folder in which t he other RTAS and HTDM pl ug-ins are placed.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 151 Click on an Insert fiel d and select Mul tichannel plug-in > Instrum ent > Moog Modu lar V2.
152 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL MOOG MODU LAR V2. 6 END USER LI CENSE AGRE EMENT In consi deration of pay ment o f th e Li censee f ee, whi ch i s a portion of the price you pai d, Arturia, as Li censor, gr ants to you (h erein after termed “Licens ee”) a n onexclu sive righ t to u se this copy of th e Moog Modu lar V2.
ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL 153 completely adj ust the nature of the support (ho tline, fo rum on th e w ebsi te etc.), upgrad es an d updates at any ti me. The product regi strati on is possibl e du ring the activation p rocess or at an y time lat er throug h the Internet.
154 ARTURIA – MOOG MODULAR V 2.6 – USER’S MANUAL You may al so not sell the USB-eLi censer separatel y as a license; the usage ri ghts al ways remain wi th the softwar e, in parti cular wit h the origin al software data carri er (e.
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