User Guide - LinPlug Virtual Instruments
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1. a Br EPTH TREMOLO G CAY A a o O ta a LoveAndRespe 7 VEL ECS Parameter Explanation Range Vibrato switches the Vibrato unit on or off If it s On Off switched off the controls to the right of this switch have no function Speed sets the speed of the vibrato Vibrato 2 12 Hz speed can be synced to the song tempo using the popup menu beneath the Speed dial See Appendix C for a list of all Sync settings Depth determines the depth of the vibrato 0 200 effect periodic change of the pitch Tremolo determines the depth of the tremolo 0 100 effect periodic change of the amplitude Note that the tremolo may never be set higher than the vibrato setting thus a value of 100 means 100 of the vibrato setting LinPlug daOrgan User Guide 13 The Preset Browser Section daOrgan s Preset Browser section is located in the middle the user interface below the drawbars Located in the Preset Browser section are controls for all preset related operations Lilim PiU Pis tis 1 E ROTARY SPEAKER VOLUME SPREAD DRIVE CLICK MOTOR one ae SE ore nos LO SLOW HI LO ACCEL HI Sc I Mii rA VIBRATO O PERC a KONER ae FASI Ld WEH DEPTH SPEED DEPTH TREMOLO EN DEGAY s Port pe men Parameter Explanation Range Preset Name The preset name is displayed for N A your reference You can change it by clicking on it Load The button labeled with the folder icon N A allows you2. daOrgan User Guide Dei a AS vi gt instruments NAF PC Mere rma Copyright LinPlug Virtual Instruments GmbH 2002 All rights reserved daOrgan 2 0 VSTi Drawbar Organ 16 515 8 4 2 241 Vy 1 Lila 2 aan AE 3 1 ROTARY SPEAKER VOLUME SPREAD ORVE CLIK MOTOR 2 6 6 LO SLOW HI LO ACCEL HI a Of ff Fal Fil F VIBRATO oo oa ro K Di WIDTH DEPTH SPEED VIBRATO TREMOLO LEC DECAY XOVER is OSE c e PC LoveAndresuect alc DIE LU mM Copyright LinPlug Virtual Instruments GmbH 2002 All rights reserved Instrument by Peter Linsener and WilliamK Sounds by Peter Linsener and David Albone Manual by Chris Share and Peter Linsener Thanks to all beta testers and especially to WilliamK from DashSynthesis com All technical specifications of the products specified in this manual may be subject to change without notice The documents may not be changed especially copyright notices may not be removed or changed LinPlug and all LinPlug product names are trademarks of LinPlug Virtual Instruments GmbH Cubase and VST are registered trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies AG All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners LinPlug daOrgan User Guide 2 Welcome Thank you for licensing daOrgan In the late 1930s Hammond released the B3 organ Since then the sound of the Hammond B3 has become one of the most common and most recognizable sounds in popular music The presence of t
3. LinPlug daOrgan User Guide 20 Appendix A MIDI Implementation Chart Product Function Basic Channel Default Changed Mode Default Changed Note Number True Voice Velocity Note On Note Off Aftertouch Poly Key Mono Channel Pitch Bend Control Change Program Change System Exclusive System Common Song Position Song Select Tune Request System Realtime Clock Commands Aux Messages Local On Off All Notes Off Active Sensing System Reset LinPlug daOrgan Version 2 0x Date 20 Aug 2002 Transmitted Recognized Remarks no no no no no Omni no no no yes no no no yes switchable no no no no no no no no no yes sustain pedal expression pedal channel volume no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no yes no no no yes LinPlug daOrgan User Guide 21 Appendix B Predefined ECS Assignements The following MIDI CC parameter assignments are automatically set up on startup of daOrgan Of course the assignements can be replaced with your own preferences using the ECS button see chapter The Preset Browser MIDI CC 12 MainVolume MIDI CC 13 Distortion MIDI CC 14 Spread MIDI CC 15 Vibrato Speed MIDI CC 20 Vibrato Tremolo MIDI CC 21 Vibrato Depth MIDI CC 22 Vibrato On Off MIDI CC 23 Percussion On Off MIDI CC 24 Percussion Volume MIDI CC 25 Percussion Harmony MIDI CC 26 Percussion Decay MIDI CC 27 Rotary Off Slow Fast MIDI CC 29 Rotary XOve
4. set the overall tuning of daOrgan Tuning can be set from 430 0 Hz to 450 Hz Finally the rear panel also contains daOrgan s serial number and version number For instructions on how to register daOrgan see the Get The Full Version chapter of this manual To switch back to the front panel click on the LinPlug logo on the rear panel LinPlug daOrgan User Guide 19 Get The Full Version Registering daOrgan is very easy All you have to do is visit our online shop at www linplug com and purchase a license As soon as your credit card transaction has been authorized you will be sent a personal serial number In most cases this will only take a few minutes After you ve installed and opened the full version of daOrgan go to the instrument s rear panel The S N edit box should read Please enter serial number here Enter the serial number you have received into the S N edit box If the serial number has not been entered or it has been entered incorrectly the full version of daOrgan will not play any notes After entering the serial number return to daOrgan s front panel Now send daOrgan a few note on messages After daOrgan receives the first few note on messages it automatically becomes registered After registration the S N field is no longer editable You can confirm this by looking at the S N field on the instrument s rear panel If you have any questions regarding daOrgan s registration process please contact support linplug com
5. to load presets saved in daOrgan fxp format Prev Next Once you have loaded a preset N A you can use the arrow icons on either side of the folder icon to browse within the currently selected directory This significantly reduces the time taken to locate and load presets Save The button labeled with the disk icon N A enables you to export daOrgan presets Clicking on this button opens a file dialog allowing you to choose the directory and file into which the preset will be saved daOrgan loads and saves all of its presets directly to hard disk so your computer s RAM does not limit the number of available presets daOrgan automatically loads the first sound in alphabetical order found in the folder LinPlug daOrgan User Guide 14 daOrganFx which is located in the same folder as the instrument The default setting is the preset _Default fxp You can change this preset so that a different daOrgan preset is loaded when the instrument is opened The preset name that the user enters into the Preset Name display that is what is visible in the edit window does not have anything to do with the actual filename that the preset is given when it is saved Similarly when a preset is opened the name of the file will not be shown in the Preset Name display Instead the display shows the name that has been entered by the user the preset name before saving LinPlug daOrgan User Guide 15 The ECS Button The ECS Easy
6. Controller Setup button makes it simple to control daOrgan from an external MIDI controller either hardware or software All you have to do is switch on the ECS button select a daOrgan parameter with the mouse and then send some MIDI messages to daOrgan from your MIDI source That s all there is to it From now on you can change the parameter with that controller In addition to this more than one controller can be defined to change a particular parameter In fact you can define up to 128 parameter controller combinations This does not depend on the type of controller you have nor the particular MIDI Control Change messages it sends Don t forget to switch off the ECS button after you have finished using it See Appendix B for a list of all predefined ECS assignments The predefined assignments can be replaced with the assigments of your choice by the procedure we described in this chapter A Word About ECS in Orion To make ECS work in Orion it is necessary to set up Orion so that it routes MIDI Continuous Controllers to the Instrument This can only be done by setting Options Config Automation Type MIDI CC from the Instrument s edit window The Vel Button The Vel ocity button is used to determine whether daOrgan responds to the velocity component of MIDI note on messages When Vel is off MIDI note on messages are played with a velocity of 127 LinPlug daOrgan User Guide 16 The Rotary Speaker Simulation The Rotary Speaker S
7. an receives MIDI messages on all channels simultaneously r pese Cet ee la i rr Speaker E E Noise The output of the drawbars is sent to the Vibrato section The output of the Vibrato section is then sent to the Amplifier Drive section The Percussion section and the KeyClick section both send their output to the Amplifier Drive section The output of the Amplifier Drive section is then sent to the Rotary Speaker section Motor Noise is added to the output in the Rotary Speaker section The audio outputs of daOrgan are automatically connected to the inputs of your host software s mixer Here you can set the pan position of daOrgan s output The design of daOrgan imitates that of a real drawbar organ As a result when notes in a higher keyboard range are played the overall sound becomes less bright This is because a drawbar organ utilizes a limited range of harmonics which wrap around at particular points in the instrument s upper range Hopefully this chapter has given you a brief overview of how daOrgan works More detailed information can be found in the following chapters LinPlug daOrgan User Guide 6 What s New in daOrgan 2 0 The Rotary Speaker Simulation has been enhanced in many ways and now includes two speed settings slow and fast adjustable acceleration as well as a wide range of unique sync options Vibrato can now be synced to tempo Master tune is now available 430 450 Hz daOrgan
8. ed to create daOrgan s percussion effect You can use either the 4 or the 2 2 3 drawbar Once the percussion effect is switched on the particular drawbar used no longer has any influence on the sound You can move the particular drawbar up and down and it won t change the sound Parameter Explanation Percussion switches the Percussion unit on or off If the Percussion unit is switched off the controls to the right of this switch have no function Legato determines whether the percussion is triggered for legato notes Soft switches between normal and soft percussion volume Note that this changes the volume of the drawbars and not the percussion effect itself Thus the percussion seems to be at either normal or soft volume Harmonic switches between adding a harmonic 12 4 or 19 2 2 3 semitones above the note being played Decay sets the decay time of the percussion LinPlug daOrgan User Guide Range On Off On Off Normal Soft 4 2 2 3 0 900 ms 12 The Vibrato Section The Vibrato section is located on the bottom left of daOrgan s user interface The controls in this section are used to add vibrato and tremolo to daOrgan s output Cin gt i ay i Moa i 16 5 8 4 2 D A le VOLUME SPREAD DRIVE CLICK MOTOR CS s es s ope D n A Y ROTARY SPEAKER Ca Leon a FAS nu ar nono ie Bf 5 gt NUana uo MOT BR AA 12 AST HI WIDTH DEPTH delo
9. f harmonics a wide range of sounds can be created Each drawbar has eight continuously variable degrees to which it can be drawn or pulled out A setting of eight is the loudest while all the way in silences the drawbar Thus each drawbar or stop can be voiced or individually altered even while the instrument is being played On its own the fundamental drawbar generates a sine wave thus producing a pure flute like tone Adding odd harmonics creates a square wave producing a more clarinet like tone The odd harmonics squared generate a triangle wave thus producing a string like LinPlug daOrgan User Guide 10 tone Finally all harmonics together generate a sawtooth wave producing an oboe like tone Drawbar settings use the same kind of premise various levels and volumes of harmonics are used to create different sounds There are a limitless number of tone qualities and endless shades of dynamic level available on the LinPlug daOrgan Drawbar setting 00 6200 000 is an example of a flute tone Drawbar setting 00 4345 554 is an example of a violin tone Drawbar setting 00 6876 540 is an example of a trumpet like tone and Drawbar setting 54 5444 222 is an example of an organ like tone A typical jazz setting is 88 8000 000 This used by most jazz players 90 of the time with 88 8400 080 being used for a bit more of a whistle during solos while 80 0000 088 is used for high end choral voicings You may have heard the ex
10. he Hammond B3 is virtually everywhere from Gospel Blues and Jazz to Funk Rock Reggae and Dance styles The original Hammond B3 weighed in at over 180 kilograms and required a separate Leslie speaker cabinet that was six feet tall and weighed almost as much as the organ itself daOrgan is a VST Virtual Studio Technology software Hammond B3 organ emulation designed for creating music on your PC or Macintosh daOrgan features all of the controls found on the original B3 These include 9 drawbars a vibrato and percussion section as well as a sophisticated rotary speaker simulation These features have been incorporated into an easy to use interface capable of producing a wide range of classic and modern organ sounds This manual describes all aspects of daOrgan and is designed so that your use of this instrument is as efficient and enjoyable as possible At LinPlug we re very proud of daOrgan it s the result of a long and extensive period of research into the famous Hammond B3 organ and its various components We hope you get a lot of pleasure using daOrgan and that it becomes an integral part of your music making LinPlug daOrgan User Guide 3 Table of Contents NI IS cate occ re ets lis gelo acari co oco co co sog em aaa 3 OVENI ex Sic brevis Suen rors Siete cc oad e alado dle er tasted ee ia ad pdt a ed atest ee dl nad add ara eaei 5 SUC atei IA Ii 6 Whaks Newind30fgan2 Di lalla 7 ES AA E SA A A E ATE A A E ANO A 8 A Word About Contr
11. i dial See Appendix C for a list of all Sync settings Width sets the size of the speaker cabinet and influences the brightness of the sound Depth sets the intensity of the Doppler effect LinPlug daOrgan User Guide 1 720 rpm 1 720 rpm 1 720 rpm 1 720 rpm Slow Fast Slow Fast Very small very large 0 200 18 The Rear Panel The Rear Panel of daOrgan is accessed by clicking on the LinPlug logo found on daOrgan s front panel Two master controls have been located on the rear panel to make the front panel less crowded and also so that they are not changed accidentally while daOrgan is in use The controls located here are Dial Mode and MasterTune Copy LinPlug daOrgan VERSION DIAL MODE MM MASTER TUNE 440 0C JC Dial Mode is used to select daOrgan s dial operation mode Two modes are available Circular and Linear In Circular mode daOrgan s dials track cursor movement in a circular fashion around the dial In Linear mode daOrgan s dials track vertical cursor movement The Dial Mode switch setting is initially determined by preference settings within the host software provided that the host software supports this feature This means that whenever you load daOrgan in for example Cubase the Dial Mode setting of Cubase will automatically overwrite the user setting This is useful because it allows the user to set one operating mode for all of their VST Instruments Master Tune is used to
12. imulation section is located on the right of the user interface It contains a range of controls for setting the parameters of daOrgan s rotary speaker or Leslie simulation Linu tute de MW n 7 n n VOLUME SPREAD ORIVE CLICK MOTOR te oe ote ee we Y ae wow ees er a LETTICE 2 TT El AO EN Q VIBRATO 0 Wasa SPEED DEPTH TREMOLO DEGAY s di as it Por CA The original Leslie speakers that usually accompanied the B3 consisted of a single cabinet containing two speakers one for the higher frequencies and one for the lower frequencies Both speakers were mounted on a separate motor that rotated the speaker at two speeds slow and fast the speaker could also be stopped daOrgan s rotary speaker simulation enables you to control a wide range of speaker parameters including the slow and fast speed settings as well as the motor acceleration settings You can also set the size of the speaker cabinet as well as the crossover frequency of the low and high frequency speakers Parameter Explanation Range Off switches the unit off If it is switched N A off the controls to the right of this switch have no function Slow sets the speaker rotation to the slow N A speed settings Fast sets the speaker rotation to the fast N A speed settings X Over sets the crossover frequency between 240 6400 Hz the rotary speaker s low and high frequency speakers For example a middle setting 800 Hz means that al
13. l frequencies below 800 Hz are sent LinPlug daOrgan User Guide 17 to the low frequency speaker while all frequencies higher than this are sent to the high frequency speaker Slow Lo sets the slow rotation speed of the low frequency speaker The Slow Lo speed can be synced to the song tempo using the popup menu beneath the Slow Lo dial See Appendix C fora list of all Sync settings Slow Hi sets the slow rotation speed of the high frequency speaker The Slow Hi speed can be synced to the song tempo using the popup menu beneath the Slow Hi dial See Appendix C for a list of all Sync settings Fast Lo sets the fast rotation speed of the low frequency speaker The Fast Lo speed can be synced to the song tempo using the popup menu beneath the Fast Lo dial See Appendix C for a list of all Sync settings Fast Hi sets the fast rotation speed of the high frequency speaker The Fast Hi speed can be synced to the song tempo using the popup menu beneath the Fast Hi dial See Appendix C fora list of all Sync settings Accel Lo sets the rate of change in speaker rotation speed from Off to Slo w and vice versa Accel Lo speed can be synced to the song tempo using the popup menu beneath the Accel Lo dial See Appendix C for a list of all Sync settings Accel Hi sets the rate of change in speaker rotation speed from Slo w to Fas t and vice versa Accel Hi speed can be synced to the song tempo using the popup menu beneath the Accel H
14. n is the most important part of daOrgan as this is where the instrument s overall sound is determined The Drawbar section is located in the upper middle of the user interface Linr tug ROTARY SPEAKER LO SLOW HI LO ACCEL Hi ate ate ate o PO Of AA 1 20 E LO FAST H WIDTH DEPTH R e w poe LAI One of the reasons why the original Hammond B 3 became popular and remains so to this day was because of its versatility And just like its predecessor LinPlug s daOrgan can sound like a wide range of instruments and ensembles ranging from a carnival a horn section and a big band to a small jazz combo a funk group a percussion section or a flute How can all these different sounds be created with one instrument The answer lies in the drawbars daOrgan s nine drawbars Section B are used to set the level of the nine harmonics that make up the instrument s sound Moving from left to right these harmonics are the sub octave 16 the fifth 5 1 3 the fundamental 8 the 8th 4 the 12th 2 2 3 the 15th 2 the 17th 1 3 5 the 19th 1 1 3 and the 22nd 1 All of these except the 17th are either roots or fifths The 17th is a third Each drawbar s color indicates its relationship to the fundamental pitch The white and brown drawbars are called the consonants and comprise all the roots and the lower fifths The black drawbars are called the dissonants and consist of the higher fifths and the third Using this set o
15. ol Parameter RangeS cccccccccccnnncncoooncnnnnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnos 8 The Mah O CTO A are ce artes dees are eat ate A daa Dana Mad A meee ne eae 9 The Drawbaf Section rire oes oud ened steed a 10 TONE POIS ION Id linea 12 TRe VIBrato Sec aaa aca iia se mbes 13 The Preset Browser Seconda aa ias 14 MS A A AS 16 A Word About ECS in Orion 16 PRG VSI A Luciani 16 The Rotary Speaker Simulation 17 Mia RA A A II O A CN 19 Get The Fo cod 20 Appendix A MIDI Implementation Chatt i 21 Appendix B Predefined ECS Assignements i 22 Appendix C Sync UNS ioni ie riesci i lie a cet il aie ae ae 23 LinPlug daOrgan User Guide 4 Overview daOrgan is a monotimbral 24 note polyphonic VST drawbar organ with some extraordinary features daOrgan is based upon the classic drawbar organ concept and features nine drawbars a vibrato section and an excellent rotary speaker simulation The structure of daOrgan can be divided into seven sections the Main Section the Drawbar Section the Percussion Section the Vibrato Section the Preset Browser the Rotary Speaker Section and the Rear Panel Drawbars essa Fi Di Vibrato Perc Preset Browser LinPlug daOrgan User Guide 5 Structure Audio signals are generated by the drawbars using the pitch information from daOrgan s MIDI input The MIDI input is automatically connected to MIDI output of your host software daOrg
16. pression pulling out all the stops The drawbars on daOrgan are the stops referred to in this expression Pulling out all the stops drawbar setting 88 8888 888 is the biggest sound possible on daOrgan It is usually reserved for loud chord solos crescendos and climaxes Of course there are an endless number of other possibilities and every player has his or her own particular setting or sound Experiment and see what you can come up with Parameter Explanation Range Drawbars are the center of daOrgan and set up 0 8 continuously variable the harmonic content of each note Above the drawbars you will find labels indicating the corresponding harmonics Note that the 4 and the 2 2 3 drawbars are also used for the percussion module so if you switch on Percussion for either of these harmonics the corresponding drawbar no longer functions see the following section for more information LinPlug daOrgan User Guide 11 The Percussion Section daOgan s Percussion section is located on the lower left of the user interface inbetween the Vibrato section and the Preset Browser section Lii i Leg NENA cata Vis Y 2 VOLUME SPREAD DRIVE CLICK MOTOR 3 ARE ob te oes ote ea seo 1 Ea YN VIBRATO SPEED OEPTH TREMOLO oe corm ROTARY SPEAKER OFF ta on tid E eses ot gt A mayor Bor A i X OVER to FASI Lo worn DEPTH r n Pod a on e E pl m mie Mc eT One drawbar is us
17. r MIDI CC 30 Rotary Width MIDI CC 31 Rotary Depth MIDI CC 70 Rotary Slow Lo Speed MIDI CC 71 Rotary Slow Hi Speed MIDI CC 72 Rotary Fast Lo Speed MIDI CC 73 Rotary Fast Hi Speed LinPlug daOrgan User Guide 22 Appendix C Sync Settings Off 16 1 16 1 16 1T 8 1 8 1 8 1T 4 1 4 1 4 1T 2 1 2 1 2 1T 1 1 1 1 1 1T 1 2 1 2 1 2T 1 4 1 4 1 4T 1 8 1 8 1 8T 1 16 1 16 1 16T 1 32 1 32 1 32T Note T stands for Triplet and stands for a dotted note In the case of a dotted note the note duration is equal to 1 5 times its original undotted value LinPlug daOrgan User Guide 23
18. s audio generation algorithm has been optimized for improved sound perfomance and CPU usage Use of a sustain pedal is now supported Reworked design Improved and extended Manual LinPlug daOrgan User Guide 7 Controls Users have the option of controlling daOrgan s dials in either a circular or a linear manner depending on the Dial Mode setting on daOrgan s rear panel see the Main section of this manual for more information about daOrgan s rear panel Holding down the ALT key while clicking on a control changes the selected control s value a minimum step upwards when clicking in the upper half of the control or a minimum step downwards when clicking in the lower half of the control Holding down the CTRL key while clicking on a control sets the control to its default value e g for Volume controls it sets the control s value to 6 dB All controls can be automated using external MIDI messages To do this you need to use daOrgan s ECS Easy Controller Setup which is described in the Main section of this manual A Word About Control Parameter Ranges Each daOrgan parameter has a specific range many of which read 0 200 You might be wondering why the parameter range is not 0 100 daOrgan s design is based on a detailed analysis of the famous Hammond B3 organ and for most parameters the adjustable range was simply doubled As a result a middle setting or 100 on daOrgan gives the original parameter s maximum
19. value while 200 gives the maximum daOrgan setting LinPlug daOrgan User Guide 8 The Main Section daOrgan s Main section is located on the upper left of the user interface This section contains a range of controls all of which effect daOrgan s overall sound Several of the controls in this section have a small indicator above them which shows when the control is active Ci iP deg 16 51 8 4 24s 2 115 1 s E 4 g 2 Je 15 8 ROTARY SPEAKER 3 3 ti H H EE LO SLOW HI LO ACCEL HI CVIBRATO ca ia a L 8 cina PO SPEED DEPTH TREMOLO ue DECAY Pins e LL Rn CRETA A p ndRespeci at Pi ME csc E Br z Parameter Explanation Range Volume sets the main Volume of the Instrument 24db 0db Spread allows you to play 5 organs Disabled 0 20 cents simultaneously The leftmost setting is off As the dial is turned clockwise the 5 organs become continuously detuned with each other producing a thicker sound Drive determines the degree to which daOrgan s 0 200 output is distorted by the distortion effect processor Click sets the amount of key click applied to 0 200 each note being played The click is a very short sound that was produced on classic drawbar organs when the keys were pressed Motor adjusts the amount of motor noise that is 0 200 added to the output On classic tone wheel organs this sound was always present to some degree LinPlug daOrgan User Guide 9 The Drawbar Section The Drawbar sectio
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