Arturia Analog Factory S.E., User Manual

Page 1: ...ARTURIA ANALOG FACTORY S E MANUAL 1 U US SE ER R S S M MA AN NU UA AL L A An na al lo og g F Fa ac ct to or ry y S S E E ...

Page 2: ...o change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Arturia The software described in this manual is provided under the terms of a license agreement or non disclosure agreement The software license agreement specifies the terms and conditions for its lawful use No part of this manual may be produced or transmitted in any form or by any purpose other than purchaser s personal...

Page 3: ...h recreations Shortly thereafter Arturia started receiving many requests from musicians producers and bands Many of them explained how they were planning to replace their original hardware synthesizers by virtual instruments Artists around the globe were beginning to see the advantages of a software alternative to hardware based synthesizers The CS 80V emulated the legendary Yamaha CS 80 considere...

Page 4: ...r the difference Analog Factory S E makes in your studio 1 3 TAE TAE True Analog Emulation is Arturia s outstanding technology dedicated to the digital reproduction of analog circuits used in vintage synthesizers When implemented in software code TAE s algorithms guarantee authentic emulation of hardware specifications This is why the ANALOG FACTORY S E and all of Arturia s virtual synthesizers do...

Page 5: ... circuits The discharge of the capacitor results in a light bend in the original waveform notably for saw tooth triangular and square waveforms TAE allows the reproduction of this capacitor discharge This is the analysis of a waveform from one of the 5 original instruments that Arturia s software emulates and that of the ANALOG FACTORY S E They are both equally deformed by the low pass and high pa...

Page 6: ...o achieve unprecedented accuracy in the emulation of a hardware synthesizer s filter By modeling the operation of the individual hardware components of the filter circuit the warm nuances synonymous with analog sounds are recreated This graph is a frequency domain plot as just a single example of direct circuit modeling in action it shows the generation of harmonics at multiples of the resonant fr...

Page 7: ...ARTURIA ANALOG FACTORY S E MANUAL 7 Comparison of Harmonics generated by the filter circuits of the ANALOG FACTORY S E and a hardware synthesizer when in self oscillation ...

Page 8: ...on called Analog Factory S E Setup exe After having accepted the license agreement you can choose the folder in which the Analog Factory S E will be installed Choose the Installation Folder Next select the protocol s that you wish to install The available options are The VST plug in The RTAS plug in ...

Page 9: ...otocols please see to chapter 4 of this manual For the installation of the VST protocol you should select the installation folder of the plug in to allow the host application to use them If you don t know how to do this go to the Protocol Chapter Ch 4 Select installation folder for plug ins ...

Page 10: ...contents of the CD ROM and double click on the icon called Analog Factory pkg The installation program requiring administrative rights may have the system ask you to enter the login of an administrative user of the system In this case enter your login and administrative password and click on OK to continue the installation After the software license has been validated the installation program will...

Page 11: ...nd apart from any sequencer host In the same way all the available protocols VST Audio Unit and RTAS HTDM will be installed For more information on those protocols go to chapter 4 The standalone application will be installed in the applications folder and the different plug ins will be installed in folders reserved to each type of plug in ...

Page 12: ... the Preset Manager screen SHOW ANIMATION choose to activate or deactivate the animation keyboard and Preset Manager folding SHOW CONTROL POPUP WHEN MOUSE CLICKS ON CONTROL a small popup window appears each time that the mouse clicks on a modifiable parameter in order to give information about the parameter and modifiable values Choose ON to activate this preference or OFF to deactivate it Default...

Page 13: ...f Analog Factory S E This allows the user to finely tune the general tuning of the instrument 5 VIEW choose the view of the interface The selection buttons offer the choice to View all of Analog Factory S E only the Preset manager or only the Keyboard 3 3 Using Preset Manager Presets account for the various sounds of Analog Factory S E there are 200 presets A preset contains all the settings infor...

Page 14: ...for more than one Instrument that means the user can look for sounds from CS 80 V and Arp 2600 V at the same time by selecting both instruments in the Instrument frame When no Instruments are selected for preset filtering then the Manager will either automatically list all presets or list presets based on other filters All presets are listed to the immediate right of the filters under Preset Name ...

Page 15: ...deeper by selecting and combining the different filters For example one may choose BASS PAD and STRINGS under the Type filter and MOOG MODULAR V and ARP 2600 V in the Instruments filter The Preset Manager will then offer a list fulfilling only the above criteria 3 3 3 Characteristics To further filter the choices there is a third filter offered Characteristics allows the user to choose presets acc...

Page 16: ...uttons function as follows RESET removes any filters that the user may have applied to the presets so that a new search may be started FAVORITES presents only the favorites that the user has checked in the favorites list see 3 2 7 When the Favorites Filter Option is selected then the filters Instrument Type and Characteristics will be applied only to the list of favorites 3 3 6 Current Preset Info...

Page 17: ...rganize alphabetically under the Instrument column TYPE in this column the TYPE of instrument appears corresponding to each preset By clicking at the top of the column on the TYPE title bar the presets presented will be listed alphabetically according to TYPE in the same column CPU in this column the CPU usage rate appears for each preset By clicking the title bar labeled CPU at the top of this co...

Page 18: ...up or down the keyboard for notes in higher or lower ranges than is visually presented Virtual Keyboard 3 4 2 The Wheels The wheels found on the left side of the virtual keyboard give the user control over the frequency of the sound PITCH and the modulation rate MOD Wheels PITCH WHEEL Wheel controlling the pitch of the tone When pushed in the up direction the sound bends and becomes higher in tune...

Page 19: ... Oscillator is used as a modulation source for Analog Factory S E s sound It allows the user to create variations in a sound parameter to generate diverse effects such as a vibrato wahwah effect etc The two parameters that may be modulated within the LFO are LFO Rate knob setting the LFO rate speed Amount knob setting for the amount of LFO modulation 3 4 5 Key Parameters The key parameters section...

Page 20: ... user s sequencer If none the less the user wishes to access more advanced effets they are available in most sequencer programs Cubase Garage Band Pro Tools to name just a few FX MIX Chorus the Chorus effect permits one to double and detune the sound in order to make it deeper and richer The Chorus MIX controls the amount of Chorus applied to the original sound making it more wet or dry Delay the ...

Page 21: ...log Factory S E with an external MIDI keyboard 3 4 8 SNAPSHOT Buttons Snapshot buttons The Snapshot buttons are found at the top left hand corner of the Keyboard view These eight buttons allow the user to quickly save any preset being used along with modifications that may have been made to them for easy access These 8 snapshots are automatically saved when Analog Factory S E closes and will be au...

Page 22: ...g Factory S E application is correctly configured to receive MIDI events coming from the device Every instance of the Analog Factory S E receives MIDI events transmitted on a given channel This reception channel is defined in a global manner for the synthesizer either in the sequencer or in the standalone Analog Factory S E application On the reception channel the Analog Factory S E can receive di...

Page 23: ...n To launch the Stand alone application on your PC go into the Start menu Programs Arturia ANALOG FACTORY and choose ANALOG FACTORY On a Macintosh open the folder Applications Arturia ANALOG FACTORY and double click on the application icon ANALOG FACTORY 4 1 2 Preference Configuration In order to access the preferences window click on the menu File Audio Midi Preferences Macintosh and PC This wind...

Page 24: ...t choices of plug ins The installer will automatically detect the VST folder of the instruments used by Cubase In the case of another compatible VST sequencer such as Logic Audio you will have to manually copy the plug in file in the appropriate folder You will be able to find this file after the installation in the folder C Program Files Arturia ANALOG FACTORY The file is called ANALOG FACTORY dl...

Page 25: ...NALOG FACTORY S E must be loaded on an audio stereo track We can now make ANALOG FACTORY S E sounds by playing with the mouse on the virtual keyboard Connection to a MIDI channel So that ANALOG FACTORY S E can play the information coming from a MIDI track you have to associate it to a MIDI channel via the appropriate menu See the Pro Tools menu for more information on plug in connection Connecting...

Page 26: ...difications The Librarian Menu of Pro Tools is able to be used with ANALOG FACTORY S E like with all other plug ins Nevertheless it is highly recommended to use the internal ANALOG FACTORY S E menu with the presets saved like this they are usable no matter which mode standalone or other sequencer and they can be exported exchanged more easily and will stay compatible with the future versions of AN...

Page 27: ...rack Analog Factory S E opening in Cubase SX3 Connection to a MIDI track So that ANALOG FACTORY S E can play information coming from a MIDI track you have to choose a MIDI track and select ANALOG FACTORY as MIDI output of this track See the picture below for more detail on how this is accomplished Connection of a MIDI track to ANALOG FACTORY S E The events played on a MIDI keyboard are recorded by...

Page 28: ...works the same with ANALOG FACTORY S E as with any VST plug in for more detail about automation refer to the VST sequencer documentation 4 4 Audio Unit Max OSX only 4 4 1 Installation The Audio Unit plug in is automatically installed in the folder reserved for this purpose in Library Audio Plug Ins Components 4 4 2 Use in Logic Audio Select an instrument track On the slice of the mixer correspondi...

Page 29: ...ecking that this plug in has passed the compatibility test and that it is actually selected for use 4 4 3 Use in Digital Performer To add an instrument choose the menu Project Add Track Instrument Track ANALOG FACTORY Opening of ANALOG FACTORY S E in the Digital Performer Once you have added this instrument it s possible to assign a MIDI track to it In the connection menu of the MIDI track select ...

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Page 31: ...m accident abuse modification or misapplication Any replacement software will be warranted for the remainder of the original warranty period or thirty 30 days whichever is longer No other Warranties The above warranties are in lieu of all other warranties expressed or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose No oral or writ...