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4hoursofcontinuous
use,whileAlkalinebatterieslastabout3hours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cleananddrycloth.Donotuseliquidcleanerssuchasbenzene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believedto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therequired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:Ifthe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4hours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externalmonoaudiosource.
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5 - Audio OUT
ConnecttheUNOSynthoutputtoanexternalamp,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absolutevalue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relativeto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bereadyforuseandthelastusedpresetwill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,
readyforcreativeartiststhatneedinspiration.
Raw,warm,tightandeverythingin-between,thismonophonicbeastisthefirstofitskindthankstotheeasy
andpowerfulanalog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theamplitude
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powerful3-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thePerformanceControls.
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4.1–SoundEditor
Thesoundeditorsectionusesamatrixof4buttonsand4knobstomodifythesynthesisparametersinreal-
time.However,thesoundeditingcapabilitiesofthesyntharenotlimitedtothematrix,andwiththehelpofMIDI
ContinuousControllers,itispossibleto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WAVE1andWAVE2controlscontinuouslychangethewaveformof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aroundthe
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fromsubtle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–EnvelopeRow
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separateenvelopes,oneforthefilterandonefortheamplitude(volume).Thepanel
providesAttackandDecaycontrolsfortheFilterEnvelopeandAttackandReleasecontrolsfortheAmplitude
Envelope.
FullADSRcontrolsareeditablevia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.
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upto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
knobstravelsyncstheLFOtothemastertempousingnotevaluesstartingwith1/1(wholenote)andcontinuing
with½(halfnote),¼(quarternote),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oftheVCOs,andto
theperformancebuttonscalledTremolo,Wahand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displaysthe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thesequencerandthearpeggiator.NotethatifthesyncissettoUSBorexternal,
thetempoknobwillworkasnotevalue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instruments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.SeeChapter5forfurtherinfo.
4.2.6–Octave
Thisbuttonselectstheoctaveofthekeyboardusingthe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feedbackamount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ofthesequence.
SYNC:adjuststheMIDIClocksettings.ThedefaultisInternalwheretheinternal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16using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willstop
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playbackmodes: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LFOdrives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editablevia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wahwah-styletimbralchanges.ThewahwahrateandwaveshapearesetintheLFO
section.
TREM:negativeamplitudemodulationoftheVCAfor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envelopedecaytooscillatorpitchwitharangeof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touseandalsoextremelyportable.Bysettingaparticularscale,itgetseven
easierasonlythebottomkeysareused.Thecreatesthepossibilityforeveryonetoplayinkeyandexperiment
withsolos,strangeriffsorjust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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