IK Multimedia IP-UNO-SYNTH-IN User manual

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TRUE ANALOG SYNTHESIZER

USER MANUAL

TRUE ANALOG SYNTHESIZER

USER MANUAL

UNO Synth

Contents

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Table of Contents

English 1

Table of Contents 2

Introduction 4

Inthebox 4

RegisteryourUNOSynth 5

Precautions 5

1 – Installation and setup 7

2 – Turning the unit ON/OFF - Calibration process 9

3 – Overview 10

4 – Front panel interface 11

4.1–SoundEditor 12

4.1.1–OscillatorRow 12

4.1.2–FilterRow 13

4.1.3–EnvelopeRow 14

4.1.4–LFORow 14

4.2–MasterSection 15

4.2.1–Display 15

4.2.2–TempoKnob 16

4.2.3–VolumeKnob 16

4.2.4–DataButtons 16

4.2.5–PresetButton 16

4.2.6–Octave 16

4.2.7–Glide 16

4.2.8–Scale 16

4.2.9–DelayTimeandMix 17

4.2.10–AlternateFunctions 17

4.2.11–ArpeggiatorandSequencer 18

4.2.12–TransportFunctions 18

4.3–Performancecontrols 18

4.3.1–PerformanceButtons 19

4.3.2–Keyboard/16StepButtons 19

4.3.3–HOLDButton 20

5 – Presets 21

5.1–LoadingaPreset 21

5.2–StoreaPreset 21

5.3–FactoryPresets 22

6 – The Arpeggiator 23

7 – The Sequencer 25

7.1–StepRecording 25

7.2–Real-TimeRecording 27

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7.3–StepEditRecording 28

7.4–Deletingasequence 29

7.5–SequencerLengthandDirection 29

7.6–KeyboardPriority 29

8 – MIDI Implementation 30

8.1–General 30

8.2–ControlExternalDeviceswithUNOSynth 30

8.3–ControlUNOSynthfromExternalDevices 30

8.4–ConnectingUNOSynthtoacomputerviaMIDI 30

8.5–ConnectingUNOSynthtoacomputerviaUSB 31

8.6–SettingtheMIDIChannel 31

8.7–SettingtheSyncMode 31

8.8–MIDISoftThru 31

8.9–MIDIInterfaceMode 31

8.10–MIDIImplementationChart 32

9 – Specifications 36

10 – Troubleshooting 38

11 – Support 39

11.1–UserArea 39

UNO Synth

Introduction

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Introduction

ThankyouforpurchasingUNOSynth.

Inthebox

Yourpackagecontains:

• UNOSynth

• USBcable

• 4AABatteries

• MIDIcables

• QuickStartGuide

• RegistrationCard

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RegisteryourUNOSynth

Byregistering,youcanaccesstechnicalsupport,activateyourwarrantyandreceivefreeJamPoints™whichwill

beaddedtoyouraccount.JamPoints™allowyoutoobtaindiscountsonfutureIKpurchases!Registeringalso

keepsyouinformedofallthelatestsoftwareupdatesandIKproducts.

Registerat:www.ikmultimedia.com/registration

Precautions

Locations

Usingtheunitinthefollowinglocationscanresultinamalfunction.

• Indirectsunlight

• Locationofextremetemperatureorhumidity

• Excessivelydustyordirtylocations

• Locationsofexcessivevibration

• Closetomagneticfields

Power Supply

PleaseuseonlytheUSBcableprovidedwiththeunit,andconnectthesamecabletoacorrectUSBportinthe

deviceorpoweradapter.

UNOsynthworkswithbothNi-MHandAlkaline.Ni-MHbatteriesaretestedtolastabout4hoursofcontinuous

use,whileAlkalinebatterieslastabout3hoursofcontinuoususe.

Interference with other electrical devices

Radiosandtelevisionsplacednearbymayexperiencereceptioninterference.Operatetheunitatasuitable

distancefromradiosandtelevisions.

Handling

Toavoidbreakage,donotapplyexcessiveforcetotheknobsandcapacitivecontrols.

Care

Iftheexteriorbecomesdirty,wipeitwithacleananddrycloth.Donotuseliquidcleanerssuchasbenzeneor

thinner,orcleaningcompoundsofflammablepolishes.

Keep this manual

Afterread,pleasekeepthismanualforlaterreference.

Keep foreign matter out of your unit

Neversetanycontainerwithliquidinitnearthisunit.Ifliquidgetsintotheunit,itcouldcauseabreakdown,fire,

orelectricalshock.

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Becarefulnottoletmetalobjectsgetintotheequipment.Ifsomethingdoesslipintotheunit,unplugtheUSB

cable,thencontactyournearestIKMultimediadealerorthestorewheretheequipmentwaspurchased.

Specification subject to change

Theinformationcontainedinthismanualisbelievedtobecorrectatthetimeofprinting.However,IKMultimedia

reservestherighttochangeormodifyanyofthespecificationswithoutnoticeorobligationtoupdateexisting

units.

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1 – Installation and setup

Pleasenote:Topreventmalfunctionandequipmentfailure,alwaysturndownthevolumeandturnoffallthe

unitsbeforemakinganyconnections.

UNOSynthcanbepoweredbytheUSBbusorbyinternalAAbatteries.

USB:WhenconnectedtoanUSBhost(MAC,Windows),alltherequiredpoweristypicallyprovidedbythehost.

Iftheconnectedhostisnotcapabletoprovidetherequiredpower,batteriesmaybeneeded(forexample,using

aniOSdevicewithacameraconnectionkit).

IMPORTANT:IfthepowerswitchissettotheBatterypositionbutUSBpowerisconnected,notethatthelow

battery“BAT”indicatorwillnotappearonthedisplaywhenthebatteriesreachalowlevel.Buttheunitwillstill

beunderbatterypowerandwilleventuallyshutoff.SettheswitchtotheUSBpositiontoavoidthis..

1 - Power switch

Thisswitchturnsthepoweronandoff.Theunitcanbepoweredby4AAbatteriesorbyUSB.

Ni-MHbatteriesaretestedtolastforabout4hoursofcontinuoususe,whileAlkalinebatterieslastabout3hours

ofcontinuoususe.

2 - Micro USB port

ConnecttheUNOSynthtoaHostsuchasaMac/PCoraniOSdevicewithaLightningtoUSBCameraAdapter

orpowersupply(forexampleaUSBpoweradapterorUSBpowerbank).

3 - MIDI IN/OUT ports

TheMIDIportsworkswiththeincluded2.5mmmicroplugstoMIDIDINadapters.

4 - Audio IN

ConnectanotherUNOunitoranyexternalmonoaudiosource.

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5 - Audio OUT

ConnecttheUNOSynthoutputtoanexternalamp,mixeroraudiointerfaceortoyourheadphoneswithstereo

mini-plughere.

6 - Knobs Behavior

UNOSynthknobbehavioruses“AbsoluteMode”bydefault.Thismeansthattheknobvalueisrecalledusing

theabsolutevalueofthepositionoftheknobwhenedited(i.e.:turnapotandthevaluejumpsimmediatelyfrom

thestoredvaluetotheeditedvalue).

Theother2modesarePass-ThroughandRelative.InPass-ThroughMode,turningtheknobhasnoeffect

untilaftertheeditedvalueequalsthepresetvalue(or“passesthrough”thestoredvalue).InRelativeMode,the

changesarerelativetothestoredsettingandthefullvaluerangeoftheknobisnotavailableuntileitherthe

minimumormaximumvalueandtherespectivelowerorupperlimitoftheknob’stravelisreached.

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2 – Turning the unit ON/OFF - Calibration process

WhentheunitispoweredON,itautomaticallystartsthefirsttuningandcapacitancesensingcalibration.During

thecalibrationthedisplaywillfirstshowastatic“UNO,”thenblink“CAL.”Attheendofthecalibration,itwill

displaythefirmwareversion.Theunitwillthenbereadyforuseandthelastusedpresetwillbeloadedand

indicatedonthedisplay.

Donotpressbuttonsorputobjectsontheunitduringthecalibrationasthiswillincorrectlycalibratethe

capacitnancesensingsystem.Incaseofincorrectcalibrationofthecapacitancesensingsystem,pleasepower

offtheunit,andthenturnitonagaintorepeattheprocess.

Variousnoisesandcalibrationsoundsmightbeaudibleduringthestartupoftheunit,sowerecommendturning

thevolumedownwhilestartingup.

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3 – Overview

UNOsynthisapowerfulandportablemonophonicsynthesizerwithfeaturesthatchangethemeaningof

“completeinstrument”forthepricerange.Itisaninstrumentthatwillbecomeknownforitssoundandflexibility,

readyforcreativeartiststhatneedinspiration.

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Raw,warm,tightandeverythingin-between,thismonophonicbeastisthefirstofitskindthankstotheeasy

andpowerfulanalogarchitectureandthecomplexdigitalcontrols.ThesyntharchitectureprovidedbySound

MachinesbasedontheIKMultimediadesignpresentsananalogaudiopathwithadigitally-controlledengine

withthesefeatures:

• 2analogoscillatorspervoicewithcontinuouslyvariablewaveshapesincludingtriangle,sawandsquare

withpulsewidthmodulation

• Noisegenerator

• 2-poleanalogmultimodefilterthatcanbesettoLP,HPandBPwithoverdrive

• 2digitalenvelopes,oneforthefilterandonefortheamplitude

• 1digitalLFOwithsine,triangle,sawup,sawdown,square,randomandsample-and-holdshapes

• 5performancebuttonsforinstantmusicalarticulations

• A10-modearpeggiator

• Apowerful3-modesequencerwithparametersequencingandparametersteprecording

• Adigitaldelay

• Capacitancesensingkeyboardwithsmartscalecapabilities

• AudioinputtoconnectanotherUNOunitoranyaudiosource

• 20factorypresetsand80userpresets

• FullyMIDIcontrollable

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4 – Front panel interface

Thesynthhas3mainsections:theSoundEditor,theMasterSectionandthePerformanceControls.

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4.1–SoundEditor

Thesoundeditorsectionusesamatrixof4buttonsand4knobstomodifythesynthesisparametersinreal-

time.However,thesoundeditingcapabilitiesofthesyntharenotlimitedtothematrix,andwiththehelpofMIDI

ContinuousControllers,itispossibletoadditionalsynthparameters(seeMIDIimplementationchartformore).

Hereisthedescriptionofeachrowofthesoundprogrammingmatrix.

4.1.1–OscillatorRow

Theoscillatorsgeneratethebasicsoundofasynthesizer.

TheUNOsynthhastwoanalogoscillatorsandanoisegenerator.Bothoscillatorshavecontinuouslyvariable

waveformsthatgofromtriangletosawtosquareandthenvariablepulsewidthsquarefrom50to98%.

TheOSCrowcontainsthesecontrols:

TheWAVE1andWAVE2controlscontinuouslychangethewaveformoftheoscillatorstartingfromtriangleat

theminimumsettingtosquarewithitspulsewidthat98%atthemaximumsetting.

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Tochangethetuningoftheoscillators,asemitoneanddetunecontrolforeachoscillatorisavailable.The

controlsarelabeledTUNE1andTUNE2.Fromthecenterpositionoftheknob,detunetheoscillator+/-100

cents.Thenattheouterextremes,thetuneadjustmentswitchestoquantizedsemitonestotransposethe

oscillator.

ToadjustthelevelsofOSC1,OSC2andthenoisegenerator,holdtheOSCbuttonfor1secondunitltheOSC

LEDstartsblinking.NowtheknobsadjustthevolumesforOSC1,OSC2andNoise.

Theoscillatortuningisdigitallycontrolled.Thetuningisupdatedatstartupandthenautomaticallyduring

momentsofinactivity.YoucanalsotunetheoscillatorsmanuallybypressingtheALT+TUNEbuttons.

4.1.2–FilterRow

Thefiltercolorsthesoundoftheoscillatorsinasynthesizer.

TheUNOfilterisa2-polemultimodefilter.Itfiltersfromthecutofffrequencyat12dBperoctave.

TheUNOSynthhasadedicatedfiltercutoffknob.TurningCUTOFFisthemostimmediateandeffectivewaysto

changethesound.

ThentheFILTERrowcontainsthesecontrols:

MODE:selectsbetweenLowPass(LP)wherehighsabovethecutofffrequencyarereduced,HighPass(HP)

wherelowsbelowthecutofffrequencyarereducedandBandPass(BP)wherebothhighsandlowsaroundthe

cutofffrequency(theselected“band”)arereduced.

RES:adjusttheresonanceofthefilterwhichistheleveloftheresonantpeakatthecutofffrequency.

DRIVE:adjuststheamountofsaturationappliedtothesoundgoingfromsubtleoverdrivetodistortion.

ENV AMOUNT:setstheamountthatthefilterenvelopewillmodulatethefiltercutofffrequencywithboth

positiveornegativevaluesavailable.TheFilterEnvelopeisapowerfultoolandanessentialpartofthesoundof

asynthesizer.Itssettingsandamountletsyoucreatealltypesofsounds.

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4.1.3–EnvelopeRow

Envelopesaremodulationsourcesinasynthesizerthatcreateshapesthatchangethefiltercutofffrequency,the

amplitude(volume)oreventheoscillatorshape.

TheUNOSynthhastwoseparateenvelopes,oneforthefilterandonefortheamplitude(volume).Thepanel

providesAttackandDecaycontrolsfortheFilterEnvelopeandAttackandReleasecontrolsfortheAmplitude

Envelope.

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FullADSRcontrolsareeditableviaMIDIcontinuouscontrollers(MIDICC).SeetheUNOSynthMIDI

ImplementationChartforthespecificCCnumbers.

4.1.4–LFORow

LFOstandsforLowFrequencyOscillator.TheLFOisacyclicalmodulationsourcethatcanmoduletheoscillator

pitchorshape,thefiltercutofffrequencyandtheamplitudeofthesynth.

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TheUNOSynthLFOisnotonlyawaytocreatemovingsoundtextures,it’salsothesourceforauser-friendly

performancetoolwithinstantarticulationeffects.

Thereare7LFOwaveforms:Sine,Triangle,FallingSawtooth,RisingSawtooth,Square,RandomandSample-

and-Hold.

TherateoftheLFOgoesupto30Hzandcanbesettofreerunortosyncwiththemastertempousingjustone

knob:Thefirst75%oftheknob’stravelsettheindependentfreerunspeedoftheLFO,andthelast25%ofthe

knob’stravelsyncstheLFOtothemastertempousingnotevaluesstartingwith1/1(wholenote)andcontinuing

with½(halfnote),¼(quarternote),1/4d(dottedquarternote),1/4t(quarternotetriplet),1/8,1/8d,1/8t,1/16,

1/16dand1/16t.

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ThePitchandFiltercontrolssettheamountthattheLFOmodulatesthemasterpitchandthefiltercutoff.

TheLFOmodulationisalsoroutedtothePulseWithModulationandWaveshaperofbothoftheVCOs,andto

theperformancebuttonscalledTremolo,WahandVibrato.

TherelativeamountsofmodulationareeditableviaMIDIcontinuouscontrollers(MIDICC).

SeetheUNOSynthMIDIImplementationChartforthespecificCCnumbers.

4.2–MasterSection

TheMastersectioniswhereyouaccessmoregloabalparametersthatareidentifiedbybuttonswiththered

outline,thedisplaywhichshowstheparametervalues,andtheTEMPOandVOLUMEknobs.

4.2.1–Display

Thisdisplaysthevaluesforparametersselectedbyusingtheknobsandbuttons.

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4.2.2–TempoKnob

Thisknobsetsthetempoforthesequencerandthearpeggiator.NotethatifthesyncissettoUSBorexternal,

thetempoknobwillworkasnotevalueselectorinunitsfrom1/4to2x.

4.2.3–VolumeKnob

Thisknobadjuststheoutputvolume.

4.2.4–DataButtons

TheUPandDOWNbuttonsadjustthevalueforthefunctionsselectedusingthebuttonswiththeredoutline.

Thesebuttonsalsomovebetweenstepsduringthestep-by-steprecordingofasequence.

4.2.5–PresetButton

ThePRESETbuttonisthe“homeposition”oftheinstrument’sinterface.Itcannotbedeselected.Whenthe

PRESETbuttonisactive,youcanmovebetweenthe100presetsstoredinthesynthusingthedatabuttons.

ThePRESETbuttonalsoletsyoustorepresetsbypressingandholdingit.SeeChapter5forfurtherinfo.

4.2.6–Octave

Thisbuttonselectstheoctaveofthekeyboardusingthedatabuttons.

4.2.7–Glide

Thisbuttonselectstheamountofportamentoor“slew”betweenheldnotesusingthedatabuttons.

4.2.8–Scale

This button quantizes the tone generator to different musical scales using the natural note keys (white keys). The

default setting is Chromatic where incoming note data will not be converted.

Press SCALE, and only one LED on the keyboard will be lit which indicates the currently selected key. Press

another note in the first octave of the keyboard to change the key.

Use the data buttons to select the musical scale.

When a scale other than Chromatic is selected, the accidental note keys (black keys) on the keyboard will be

disabled, and you can use only the bottom 16 keys to play the chosen scale in the selected key. This makes it

possible to gliss across the bottom part of the keyboard with ease and play only the notes in the chosen scale.

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TheavailableScalesare:

• CHR:Chromatic

• MAJ:Major

• MIN:Minor

• 1:MajorPentatonic

• 2:MajorBlues

• 3:MinorPentatonic

• 4:MinorBlues

• 5:MinorHarmonic

• 6:Mixolydian

• 7:Dorian

• 8:Klezmer

• 9:HungarianGypsy

• 10:SpanishGypsy

• 11:Japanese

• 12:South-EastAsian

4.2.9–DelayTimeandMix

TheDELAYandMIXbuttonsadjustthedelaytimeandthedelaymixamountusingthedatabuttons.Notethat

thefeedbackamountofthedelayisfixed.

NotethattheFeedbackamountisfixed.

4.2.10–AlternateFunctions

TheALTbuttonletsyouselectalternateandglobalfunctions.Thevaluescanbechangedwiththeup/down

buttons.Onceyouarefinishedadjustingthealternatesettings,pressALTagaintoexit.

METRONOME:enablesordisablestheaudiometronomeclickduringtherecordingofthesequence.

SYNC:adjuststheMIDIClocksettings.ThedefaultisInternalwheretheinternaltempooftheUNOSynthis

used.ThedatabuttonsalsoallowtheselectionofexternalMIDIandexternalUSBwheretheUNOSynthwill

synctoincomingMIDIClock.

MIDI:selecttheMIDIchannelsoftheUNOSynthbetween1and16usingthedatabuttons.Thedefaultis

channel1.WhenthebuttonLEDisgreen,theselectionisrelativetheMIDIINchannel.PresstheMIDIbutton

again,andtheLEDwillbecameorange:nowtheselectionreferstotheMIDIOUTchannel.

TUNE:startstheautomatictuningofthesynth.Ifduringthecalibrationthebuttonispressedagain,itwillstop

thecalibration.PleasenotethatwhenSEQorARPisactive,thisfunctionisdisabled.

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4.2.11–ArpeggiatorandSequencer

ThesearethecontrolsfortheArpeggiatorandSequencer.

ARP:activatesthearpeggiator

SEQ:activatesthesequencer

DIR:WhentheARPbuttonisactive,theDIRectionbuttonletsthedatabuttonssettheorderinwhichtheheld

notesarearpeggiated.Thereare10differentarpeggiatormodes.WhentheSEQbuttonisactive,theDIRection

buttonletsthedatabuttonsmovebetween3sequenceplaybackmodes:Forward,BackwardandForward-

Backward.

RANGE:whentheARPbuttonisactive,theRangebuttonletsthedatabuttonssettherangeofthearpeggiator

inoctaveswitharangeof1to4.WhentheSEQbuttonisactive,theRangebuttonletsthedatabuttonssetthe

Rangeofthesequencebetween1and16steps

4.2.12–TransportFunctions

Thetransportfunctionsarepartofthesequencer.Theyworkonlywhenthesequencerisactive.

PLAY:startsandstopsthesequencer.

REC:pressedaloneenablessteprecordingofthesequencer,pressedwithPLAYactivatethereal-time

recordingofthesequence,andpressedwithALTactivatetheStep-Editrecording.

4.3–Performancecontrols

Performancecontrolsareusedtoplayandarticulatethepresets.Theyincludethekeyboardandthe

performancebuttons.

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4.3.1–PerformanceButtons

Theperformancebuttonsprovideinstantmusicalarticulationsthatcanbeusedwithliveplayingorwhilethe

arpeggiatororsequencerarerunning.NotethattheLFOdrivestheVibrato,WahandTremoloeffects.Sothe

selectedLFOwaveformandrateintheLFOrowaffectsthebehavioroftheseperformancebuttons.

TheamountofmodulationfortheperformancebuttonsiseditableviaMIDIcontinuouscontrollers(MIDICC).

Thebuttonsare:

VIB:bipolaroscillatorpitchmodulationformusicalvibrato.ThevibratorateandwaveshapearesetintheLFO

section.

WAH:filtermodulationforwahwah-styletimbralchanges.ThewahwahrateandwaveshapearesetintheLFO

section.

TREM:negativeamplitudemodulationoftheVCAfortremolo.Thetremolorateandwaveshapearesetinthe

LFOsection.

DIVE:appliesthefilterenvelopedecaytooscillatorpitchwitharangeof2semitonestocreateabenddownto

theplayedpitch.

SCOOP:appliesthenegativefilterenvelopedecaytooscillatorpitchwitharangeof2semitonestocreatea

benduptotheplayedpitch.

4.3.2–Keyboard/16StepButtons

Thekeyboardisa27-notecapacitancesensingdevicethatcanbeplayedbyjustswipingafingeroverit.This

makestheUNOsynthveryeasytouseandalsoextremelyportable.Bysettingaparticularscale,itgetseven

easierasonlythebottomkeysareused.Thecreatesthepossibilityforeveryonetoplayinkeyandexperiment

withsolos,strangeriffsorjustforfun.

The16“white”keysinthebottomrowalsorepresentthe16stepsofthesequencerwhichhasitsownseparate

chapter.

Keyboard

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