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1. V STATION USER MANUAL novation psrrisureosr t c electronic in music anything is possible attr SOUND MACHINES Table of Contents Introduction Requesting your personalized V Station PowerCore plug in 4 Installing the V Station OS X eee 4 Installing the V Station Microsoft Windows XP 6 Inserting into a Track 000 eee 6 Main Panel COTOS ati nak ae ood aoe wart cele a al ae ea ee 7 Oscillators aru Bet oes WA oe Eee ae oe eee 8 Mixers nr Se hee atta eee eal ea 9 Ella eet feet aan en he pene oe ete ee 10 MOG acre HIROSE Gee a eRe e ae ea ADS 10 BNW aces es Baek Gy Ee hie aie orale oe PRN Bee een eee 11 AMID ENV mirad Oe RI aaa T ae Boe O 11 POT 2 ia ion E naan Pou Maspeth aes eee aetna bog 11 Master SOctiON er cc 4 rondo bend eas aes Weds bd bale ea ees 12 Arpegglaton eto ss vaca Ae ace wad See eae 2 awe We ee 12 Portame nto unica ee eA Bee ee ee Bee ra eee ete 13 EMOS sence ERAS wa tokens ee ee as 13 Selecting and Writing Programs 00000220000 14 Loading and Saving Banks 00000 0c eee eee 15 Editing SOUNdS viciado ee 16 MIDI Clock Sync aeei ie ena ae e pAr nA pana ata aa e na 17 Extra P ge CONtFO S nesia a a ee 19 Controls Page Controls sasaa anaana nannaa 20 Global Page Controls 0 cece eee 21 Conclusion o 22 V Station Version1 00 PAGE 1 CONTACT DETAILS If you would like to get in touch with us pleas2. a K Station The exact number of instances depends on how much PowerCore processing power you have Naturally the more free DSP s you have available the more instances you can use simultaneously Requesting your Personalized V Station on DAW s that are connected to the Internet 1 If the Audio workstation is connected to the internet insert the V Station PowerCore CD and double click the Plug in installer icon A setup splash screen will appear Press the continue button 2 A dialogue box will appear titled Plug In Setup Click Next 3 a Fill in the Plug In serial number This is found on the V Station PowerCore box b Enter your valid email address A download link for a personalized version of the V Station PowerCore plug in will be emailed to this address The authentication ID of your PowerCore device is recognized automatically If multi ple PowerCore devices are used you can choose which PowerCore device the V Station PowerCore is to be authorized for The PowerCore system allows for a plug in that has been authorized on one PowerCore device to run on all PowerCore devices in the same system Consequently TC recommend that if a PowerCore Firewire is installed in a PowerCore system that the V Station PowerCore is authorized for the PowerCore Firewire in preference to any PowerCore PCI cards PAGE 4 V Station 4 Your default internet browser will open the Plug in download page on the TC web site Verify all
3. parameters for the Oscillators LFOs Envelopes and Arpeggiator For more details of the controls provided on this page please consult the PDF documentation that comes on the installation CD ROM V Station N mal oS Z Lu PAGE 19 CONTROLS PAGE novation AS ME IN Main J _Extra J Controis Global Mod Wheel O en Q Q 9 Q AG delay reverb chorus distortion Q Q g 9 Q pitch pitch mod freq freq mod amp gain osc 123 filter Q Y 6 9 Ga filter osc 123 pitch pitch mod freq freq mod amp gain ser 90000 Q Q 9 pitch pitch mod freq freq mod amp gain osc 1 osc 2 osc3 Program Randomiser Arpeggiator Portamento Effects a program Bassi e 100 Here you can set how the various controllers such as pitch bend mod wheel after touch and breath can control pitch filter cutoff effects balance etc for performance control For more details of the controls provided on this page please consult the Operator manual documentation that comes on the installation CD ROM PAGE 20 V Station GLOBAL PAGE novation Aa man J extra eos Global Global note 1 note P 9 int sort 99yu oe Js 0 song start O ont O hard ovation master tune sync mode clock source vel curve Version 0 etai Memory User M Code www novationmusic com restore import export Preferences linear of of off olay on on or pot control sustain gt arp latch auto write nu
4. run on all PowerCore devices in the same system Consequently TC recommend that if a PowerCore Firewire is installed in a PowerCore system that the V Station PowerCore is authorized for the PowerCore Firewire in preference to any PowerCore PCI cards 7 From an internet ready computer open a web browser and visit www tcelectronic com requestplugin This will bring you to the PowerCore optional plug in download page Select the Request Authorized V Station PowerCore option Enter and verify all the requested information and press the Request Download button An email will be sent to the email address that has been submitted to the form This email will have a link to your personalized plug in Click this download link to begin to download the plug in It will be necessary to save this to removable media CDR flash disc external HD etc so that this can be transferred to the Audio workstation V Station PAGE 5 Installing the V Station for OS X 1 Click the download link that you have received by e mail If the Audio workstation is connected to the internet the download should start automatically If you wish to install the V Station on a different computer copy the downloaded file from removable media to your Audio workstation The plug in installer will have been archived to reduce the file size either WinZip or Stuffit Expander will be needed to uncompress the plug in 2 After the file is extracted run the installer program V Sta
5. airly self explanatory For more information on the various pages please consult the PDF documentation supplied on the CD ROM If you are not familiar with analogue syn thesizers you may find this next section useful as it provides a quick overview of the V Station s functions Main panel ques 1 Br en pos ie La ioe Be anu o dl semi detune wave pwm mod env lfol Oscillator 2 S i g ru 0 l Ea pos ei A a Ho de o ru oa any oct semi detune wave pwm modenv Ifoi Oscillator 3 So A E s The main panel is where you ll find the most important parameters for the majority of the V Station s sounds Here you will find the OSCILLATORS a 5 channel MIXER the FILTER the ENVELOPE GENERATORS and the LFOs If these terms mean nothing to you read on V Station PAGE 7 Oscillators Oscillator 1 a i ru o pa pos d E la Bez on Dany oct semi detune wave pwm modenv lfol Oscillator 2 3 an o ES pos CE p O ifo2 de mi a env oct semi detune Wave pwm modenv Ifol Oscillator 3 i Dr o 0 g gt TE nu dany oct semi detune wave pwm modenv lfol 3 pos The oscillators on an analogue synthesizer can be likened to the strings of a guitar and they provide the basic sound source for the majority of the V Station s sounds All three oscillators are identical offering a wide range of waveforms and you have control
6. ation where you have access to 400 different sounds Don t be confused by all of this however most of the time you will simply insert instances of the V Station into your song select sounds as required maybe even tweak them to suit the song and then you ll just save the song s sequence file When you load that song again the instances of the V Station will be recalled along with the sounds you selected edited The WRITE and SAVE BANK options are more for building up a library of your own sounds Editing sounds on the V Station The V Station s panel s can be edited much like the K Station s real panel Simply move your mouse over the control you want to change the selected parameter and its value is shown on the LCD Click on the control and move the mouse up or down As the control is moved the value changes in the display Switches can be enabled disabled simply by clicking on them PAGE 16 V Station LFO 1 gt Pe p 4 om O s h Wave Also some selections such as Oscillator and LFO waveforms Oscillator octave Filter slope etc are selected by clicking on their LEDs directly Other parameters such as those shown below are set by selecting an item from a drop down menu OFF sync rate Click and hold on these and make your selection by dragging down the drop down list and releasing the mouse on the value you want to set If you have a mouse that is equipped with a wheel you can use this to great effect wi
7. build up your own private library of V Station sounds It s also likely that banks of sounds will appear on the Internet which can be down loaded and used with your V Station You should consult your sequencer s documen tation for details on loading and saving banks NOTE We have used the term bank to describe a collection of sounds that can be loaded saved on a plug in Different sequencers use different terminology for the same thing V Station PAGE 15 Notes about loading saving generally There are generally three ways to load and save items within your sequencer At the top level you can save your song This will not only save the music but it will also save the current settings of the V Station When you subsequently load that song the V Station s sound s will also be recalled Even if you have edited a sound the edited version will be recalled when the song is opened again At the next level you can save or write individual sounds to the V Station s internal memory Thus whenever you use the V Station in any song the sounds you have edited created can be used However once you start building up lots of sounds of your own creation you can save these as a bank or whatever your sequencer calls them and these can be loaded into the V Station quite separately from the song To illustrate this you could be working on a song but can t find the right sound You can load a different bank of sounds into the V St
8. e e mail info tcelectronic com Alternatively you may contact the TC Electronic distributor in your area or write to TC ELECTRONIC A S Customer Support Sindalsvej 34 Risskov DK 8240 Denmark www tcelectronic com USA TC ELECTRONIC INC 5706 Corsa Avenue Suite 107 Westlake Village CA 91362 USA www tcelectronic com e mail support tcelectronic com Copyright Novation E M S Limited 2004 V Station PowerCore Getting Started user s guide Version 1 0 Features and specifications subject to change without notice due to improvements All trademarks are the property of their respective owners www nova tionmusic com TC SUPPORT INTERACTIVE The TC Support Interactive website is designed as an online support and information center At the site you can find answers to specific problems regarding TC software All resolved problems are stored in a database searchable by product category key words or phrases Under the section My Stuff you can login to check the status of your questions download materials such as product manuals software updates and new presets This site has been specifically designed to meet the needs of our users We constantly update the database and you will find the site to be a huge resource of information Browse through Q amp A s and discover new aspects of your TC product If you can t find an answer online you have the option of submitting a question to our technical support staff who will then reply to
9. eate the slide function of the Roland TB303 or add extra authenticity to vintage synth emulations The portamento function can be used monophonically and polyphonically Effects Effects delay reverb chorus distortion eq P feedback width panning OFF us sync rate onioff V Station PAGE 13 Whilst it is easy to add effects to the V Station in your host sequencer the V Station s own internal multi effects are an integral part of the sounds themselves The V Station offers a variety of delay echo effects various reverbs chorus flanger phaser distortion EQ and autopan which can all be used simultane ously Effects can be synchronized to incoming MIDI clock if you want Of course each instance can use its complement of multi effects but please note that the effects will have an impact on the available CPU power If you find yourself run ning low on CPU power you can claim some back by switching the effects off with the ON OFF switch Selecting programs The V Station comes supplied with 400 program memory locations of which the first 200 are occupied with factory presets These presets can be selected and auditioned simply by clicking on the PROGRAM up down buttons to the left of the LCD in the bottom left of the window It is worth while going through these to get a feel of the sounds the V Station is capable of Amongst them you will find a wide range of synth basses pads arpeggiators and other dramatic so
10. lation The rate of the LFOs is indicated by a flashing LED above the speed control The two LFOs can be independently synchronised to incoming MIDI clock so that sweeps and other effects are in time with the sequencer s tempo The following are constant to all pages V Station PAGE 11 Master Section Program Randomiser a program volume compara write confirm voices DR mio Y Here you can select programs using the PROGRAM up down buttons to the right of the LCD These two buttons are a good start to hearing what the V Station is capable of as you can step through the 200 preset sounds that are supplied Any of these can be edited and tweaked and saved Also in this section is a master level control Below this section is a horizontal meter that shows how many voices are being used A MIDI receive indicator is also included Arpeggiator Arpegglator LIP pattern 1 The V Station s arpeggiator is the key to building complex sequences It can sync to the tempo of your song or can be free running and you have a choice of several pat terns up down up down random etc over a maximum range of four octaves PAGE 12 V Station With each instance of the V Station having its own arpeggiating possibilities all per fectly synchronized with each other you can create weaving rhythmic and melodic soundscapes Portamento Portamento With the portamento control you can add glide between notes to re cr
11. mpad program select Program Randomiser Arpeggiator Portamento Effects a gt delay program Bass 100 In this page you can set parameters that affect the V Station as a whole such MAS TER TUNING clock source internal or external velocity curve and so forth Also in this page you can restore the factory presets and also import sounds from a real K Station You can also export sounds to be used in a hardware K Station For more details of the functions provided on this page please consult the PDF documentation that comes on the installation CD ROM V Station PAGE 21 Conclusion That concludes our overview of the V Station PowerCore plug in Even if you don t consult the English Complete Operational manual documentation provided on the CD ROM simple experimentation will yield many creative possibilities However to get a deeper understanding of the V Station s remarkable capabilities it s worth taking the time to read the other PDF documentation provided on the CD ROM Here you will find not only more details of the V Station s functions but also a brief course in analogue synthesis From all of the team involved in bringing you the V Station PowerCore plug in thank you once again for buying it we hope you enjoy it for some time to come PAGE 22 V Station
12. nique tonal characteristics of a true analogue filter The filter can be swept with its own envelope generator or LFO2 Resonance is fully vari able from nothing to screaming and to add more edge the O DRIVE control allows you to add distortion The filter can be switched between 12db and 24db Octave The 12dB setting is good for emulating older Japanese synths whilst the 24dB setting is punchier and more like older American synths Mod Env Mod Enw attack decay sustain release The MOD ENV is a 4 stage envelope generator that can be used for a huge variety of filter sweeps Use the MOD ENV for synth basses slow swells brassy attacks and more The MOD ENV can also be used to affect pitch and the pulse width of the three oscillators waveforms PAGE 10 V Station Amp Env Amp Env k _ attack decay sustain release This 4 stage envelope generator is responsible for shaping the overall amplitude of the sound With this envelope sounds can be made sharp and percussive or slower and more legato Su n release LFO1 2 LFO 1 eo o nu s h wave speed delay LFO 2 a a A 90 O sh i wave speed delay These two low frequency oscillators provide control signals to modulate pitch and tone Each LFO offers a wide range of control waveforms for a variety of different effects LFO1 is typically used for vibrato and other pitch sweep effects whilst LFO2 is used for filter sweeps and pulse width modu
13. over octave semitone tuning and detune for each of the three oscillators By combining the oscillators in different ways a wide palette of sounds is available You can select from four waveforms sine triangle square and sawtooth Each oscil lator has control of pulse width modulation but uniquely this can be used on ALL four waveforms allowing a fantastic range of timbral variation in the basic sound to bring your sounds to life The pulse width can be set manually or controlled from the filter s envelope shaper or from LFO2 The oscillators have individual pitch control from the filter envelope or LFO1 PAGE 8 V Station Mixer Mixer This five channel mixer is used to balance the levels of the three oscillators However you can also mix in a ring modulator and a noise generator for special effects The ring modulator takes the signal of oscillators 1 and 2 and outputs sum and difference frequencies This allows you to create many discordant and bell like sounds The noise generator can be used to create many unpitched sounds such as drums or special effects The SOLO buttons allow you to hear each of the sound sources in isolation This can be very useful when setting up a sound for isolating the individual elements V Station PAGE 9 Filter Filter LP r 24 res o drive q norm keytrack mod env Hol The V Station s low pass filter is the heart of Novation s liquid analogue technology by accurately modelling the u
14. r LFOs are set to sync they will synchronise to the free running arpeggiator clock The fol lowing very simplified block diagram should make things clearer OFF VOICE LFOs ARPEGGIATOR EXT Of course each LFO has its own independent sync settings and divider as do those effects that can be synchronised In this way some effects and LFOs can be synchro nised whilst others can be free running Other pages Whilst most of the V Station s functionality is presented on the MAIN panel there are deeper but lesser used parameters available on other sub pages These are selected in the top right of the window Main Jf Extra JiControls f Global Simply click on these buttons to access the other pages These are shown and described briefly on the following pages PAGE 18 V Station EXTRA PAGE novation Oscillators FM level FM env VCO drift uni detune pre glide monoag 0sc12 sync poly 1 O exp start phase uni voices O poly2 Bin voice mode porta mode Arpeggiator D9 o om tempo gatetime keysync latch sync rate Program Randomiser Arpeggiator UP Envelopes prog level FM attack FM decay vel gt FM vel gt amp vel gt mod eave single 9 9 out Portamento Effects AAA va e EME 003 LFO 1 single multi delay trig key sync o eo enable offset LFO2 single 9 multi delay trig key sync enable offset Here you can set lesser used
15. th the panels When the cursor is over a knob or slider simply use the wheel to move it and set a value no need to click just place the cursor over the control and scroll the mouse wheel The mouse wheel can also be used with drop down menus as well place the mouse over a drop down and scroll Notes about MIDI Clock Sync By default the V Station is set to sync to the tempo of the sequencer and by default the arpeggiator is set to sync to this external clock source This makes sense when you switch the arpeggiator on or you select a sound that uses the arpeggiator it is automatically synchronized to the tempo of the song you are working on Of course the arpeggiator s rate can be set to run at divisions of the tempo i e half the tempo twice the tempo etc By switching external clock sync off in the GLOBAL page i e switching it INTERNAL the arpeggiator can be free running independently of the song s tempo at a rate set by the arpeggiator s TEMPO control found in the EXTRA page Furthermore the effects and LFOs can be set to sync to the song s tempo and or the arpeggiator This is done by setting the SYNC RATE to any of the division values 16th 8th etc V Station PAGE 17 When the SYNC parameter for the LFOs and or the syncable effects is set to OFF the effect will free run at speeds determined by their various speed and or delay set tings If sync is set to INTERNAL in the GLOBAL page if any of the effects o
16. the information entered is correct by paying particular attention to the email address given Press the Request Download button An email will then be sent from TC to the email address supplied with a download link to your personalized V Station PowerCore Requesting your Personalized V Station for DAW s without Internet 1 If the Audio workstation is not connected to the Internet the V Station PowerCore can still be installed A different computer with an Internet connection and valid email account must be used instead to complete the installation 2 Insert the V Station PowerCore CD into the CD drive of the Audio workstation and double click the Plug in installer icon 3 A setup splash screen will appear Press the continue button 4 A dialogue box will appear titled Plug In Setup Click the Off line button 5 A new dialogue box will appear called Plug in Download click the Install button This will copy additional files required by the V Station PowerCore to the DAW Instructions will appear within this window to show how to request a personalized plug in from a different computer 6 Make a note of the V Station PowerCore plug in serial number shown on the product box and the PowerCore authentication ID If multiple PowerCore devices are used you can choose which PowerCore device the V Station PowerCore is to be authorized for The PowerCore system allows for a plug in that has been authorized on one PowerCore device to
17. tion PowerCore Installer The installer will copy the V Station PowerCore audio unit version to the following folder on the system drive LIBRARY AUDIO PLUGINS COMPONENTS and the installer will also copy the V Station PowerCore VSTi version to LIBRARY AUDIO PLUGINS VST POWERCORE Installing V Station PowerCore for Windows XP 1 Click the download link that you have received by e mail if the Audio workstation is connected to the Internet The download should start automatically Alternatively copy the downloaded file from removable media to the Audio workstation The plug in will have been archived to reduce the file size either WinZip or Stuffit Expander will be needed to uncompress the plug in 2 Run the installer program V Station PowerCore Installer included in the download The installer will copy the plug in V Station PowerCore to the VST plug ins folder of the sequencer eg C Program Files Steinberg VST Plugins Note if the installer does not select the correct file copy the V Station PowerCore dll file into the correct plug in folder for the sequencer used PAGE 6 V Station Using the V Station If you are familiar with analogue synthesizers and VSTi Audio Unit plug ins you can probably get started immediately The most important parameters are on the MAIN panel but other lesser used functions can be found on sub pages These are accessed by clicking on the buttons at the top right of the window and should be f
18. unds to get you started At any time these sounds can be tweaked and customized and saved Writing programs A ee program Write to 100 Bassi sa v compere White contirm PAGE 14 V Station If you make any changes to a sound and you like the result the chances are that you will want to keep the sound This is easily achieved simply by clicking on the WRITE button below the LCD The display will prompt you to select a memory location If you want to over write the existing sound simply click on CONFIRM the sound will be written to the current location If you want to save the sound in a different loca tion thereby retaining the original sound in its original location using the PROGRAM up down buttons select the destination memory and click on WRITE again To cancel the WRITE operation simply press WRITE again When editing sounds you can compare your edit with the original by clicking on the COMPARE button Loading and saving banks Most sequencer hosts allow you to load and save banks of sounds This is useful if you want to create your own library of sounds and you could for example create a set of say techno sounds on your V Station these could be saved as a bank named Techno You might also create a series of vintage synth emulations again these could be saved as a bank called Vintage Whatever you can subsequently load all these sounds back into your V Station at any time In this way you can
19. you by e mail The TC Support Team is on constant alert to help you in any way they can PAGE 2 V Station SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS WINDOWS POWERCORE PCI ELEMENT FIREWIRE or COMPACT running system 1 9 or later e Windows XP PIII 1 GHz or faster e 256 MB RAM e VST compatible host application e System must meet requirements of the host application MAC OS X POWERCORE PCI or FIREWIRE running system 1 9 or later e Mac OS X 10 2 8 or higher G4 800 MHz or faster e 256 MB RAM e VST or Audio Unit compatible host application System must meet requirements of the host application V Station PAGE 3 Thank you for purchasing the Novation V Station PowerCore software synthesizer The V Station PowerCore virtual analogue synthesizer recreates the power and rich sound of the K Station synth as a plug in for OS X or Windows At the core of the V Station is Novation s Liquid Analogue synthesis engine deliver ing rich dense sounds that offer vast creative potential The plug in combines these with a clear and responsive front panel interface with all the key sound shaping con trols you need Main Features 3 audio oscillators Noise generator Ring modulator Resonant Liquid Analogue low pass filter 2 x ADSR envelope generators 2 x multi wave MIDI syncable LFOs Portamento Arpeggiator 6 x simultaneous multi effects Multiple instances in your sequencer host Transfer sounds to from
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