Arturia Wurlitzer-V, User Manual

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Page 2: ...Cowgill Glen Darcey Boeles Gerkes Steve Ferlazzo Kevin Lamb Katsunori Ujiie Paul Steinway Manual Sylvain Missemer Niccol Comin Tomoya Fukuchi Glen Darcey Antoine Back Valentin Fesigny Special thanks...

Page 3: ...16 4 USER INTERFACE 20 4 1 Menu bar 20 4 1 1 Configuring audio and MIDI 20 4 1 2 Configuring knob mode 21 4 1 3 Configuring skin color 21 4 2 Use of Presets and tool bar 22 4 2 1 Select a bank type p...

Page 4: ...tor 46 5 MODES OF OPERATION 47 5 1 Standalone 47 5 1 1 Launch the application 47 5 1 2 Configuration of the instrument 47 5 2 VST 2 48 5 3 VST 3 48 5 4 RTAS 48 5 5 AU 48 5 6 64 bit compatibility 49 5...

Page 5: ...he instrument was discovered in 1994 amazingly the instrument was still in perfect tune Neo Bechstein Electric Grand Piano ViViTone Clavier 1 1 3 Technologies Different method of tone production exist...

Page 6: ...k wise the Wurlitzer seems to sit more comfortably with an amplified guitar based rock band a than does the Rhodes It can even replace a rhythm guitar quite successfully whereas the Rhodes is more of...

Page 7: ...roduced the Orgatron This utilized Meissner s individual pickup arrangement but instead of striking a string for a percussive attack Everett s system incorporated air blowing over flat reeds for an el...

Page 8: ...oard range was from A an octave above the lowest note of a standard 88 note piano to the C an octave below the top note of an 88 note piano The plastic body was only available in black and avocado gre...

Page 9: ...sening the reed and re tightening it is enough to change the tuning Should you dare try removing some of the solder whilst the reed is still in the pickup assembly microscopic lead filing can cause ha...

Page 10: ...of which are constants that describe the physical materials and dimensions of the instrument while others are time dependent sections that describe the player s interaction with it such as plucking a...

Page 11: ...this technology and a revolutionary equation has been developed in the prestigious Institute of mathematics of Toulouse to recreate piano and electric piano s sound This brand new physical model has b...

Page 12: ...rlitzer_V_Setup exe and follow the on screen instructions First you can choose the item s to install Standalone application allows you to use Wurlitzer V without any Digital Audio Workstation DAW VST...

Page 13: ...proceed to the authorization step 2 2 Installation for Mac OS X Insert the CD ROM into the drive Explore the contents of the CD ROM double click on the icon named Wurlitzer V mpkg Just follow the on...

Page 14: ...the administrator name and password of your computer in the authentication window The installation program now has enough information to complete the installation When the installation process is com...

Page 15: ...re and are printed on a small plastic card Connect your computer to the internet and go to this web page http www arturia com login If you already have an Arturia account set up simply log into If you...

Page 16: ...Windows Start Programs eLicenser eLicenser Control Center Mac OS X Finder Applications eLicenser Control Center The following screenshots have been taken on a computer running Mac OS X however the pr...

Page 17: ...imply paste in the 32 digit code you have just copied from your account on the ARTURIA website Select the destination for your license Default destination is the Soft eLicenser virtual dongle but you...

Page 18: ...applications in the eLicenser Control Center to drag and drop your license from the Soft eLicenser to the USB eLicenser This transfer which requires a valid Internet connection can be done both ways f...

Page 19: ...Now the main eLicenser Control Center window should show your Wurlitzer V license installed and activated It s now time to launch the Wurlitzer V ARTURIA WURLITZER V User s Manual 19 3 AUTHORIZATION...

Page 20: ...the knobs respond and the options for the skin color This menu is available in Standalone mode but your computer will keep your settings when using the Wurlitzer V with a host DAW 4 1 1 Configuring au...

Page 21: ...mode you have to turn around them with the mouse or in easier Linear mode moving the mouse vertically turns the knobs 4 1 3 Configuring skin color Menu Setup Wurlitzer color allows you to choose betwe...

Page 22: ...ve it as a new personalized preset 4 2 1 Select a bank type preset The bank type and preset in use by the Wurlitzer V are permanently displayed in the plug in tool bar To choose a preset in the curren...

Page 23: ...they are in This function is particularly useful to quickly see all of the presets of the same type When a preset has been modified an asterisk appears next to its name in the tool bar 4 2 2 Saving a...

Page 24: ...ll automatically appear among the available banks The Wurlitzer V equally offers the possibility to export your own sounds to save them to use them on another machine or to make them available to othe...

Page 25: ...ied during calculating each note dynamics feature can be seen as the perfect compressor as it allows you to adjust the dynamics without any distortion Octave Stretch Octave stretch allows you to simul...

Page 26: ...at will allow you to listen the pure sound on the output There is a reverb that follows the direct box just as it would be in a studio Guitar amp The concept is to recreate the sound of the Wurlitzer...

Page 27: ...c changes to radical changes meant to create a totally new crazy Wurlitzer 4 2 8 Maximum Polyphony By clicking this button you will be able to adjust the upper limit for the number of voices played th...

Page 28: ...o this click on the PANIC button to shut off all notes that might be stuck on 4 2 10 CPU usage indicator The processor usage gauge lets you see how much processing power is being used by Wurlitzer V s...

Page 29: ...4 2 12 MIDI control All the knobs faders and switches on the Wurlitzer V can be manipulated with external MIDI controllers Before anything else make sure that the MIDI device that you wish to use is...

Page 30: ...ighlighted to indicated that the learn mode is ON All the assignable controls will be highlighted in purple The control you are assigning will be black framed The controls which are assigned will be h...

Page 31: ...ions described in the previous section This configuration has to then be saved by clicking on the MIDI drop down menu Save current config as entry In both cases a popup opens enter the name of your co...

Page 32: ...tary The faders place the mouse pointer over the fader click on it and move your mouse up and down by dragging This will increment or decrement the fader in the GUI and display the new parameter value...

Page 33: ...real Wurlitzer EP 200 A interfaces The classic EP 200 A embeds two front mounted speakers A mechanical sustain pedal similar to a conventional piano one is fitted This version also contains two knobs...

Page 34: ...to the vibrato controls the tremolo effect intensity It s off at the 9 o clock position and is fully on when turned 270 degrees The real Wurlitzer has a fixed rate of approximately 6 34Hz It s a mono...

Page 35: ...al board below They are 5 slots on the effects pedal board that allow for a wide variety of sound On the Slot 1 you can select between 3 pedal effects the Wah Wah Auto Wah and Volume pedal The others...

Page 36: ...l be 100 dry When the pedal is on the red LED of the effect turns on when you bypass the effect the LED will turn off All effects parameters are MIDI assignable and learnable You can easily assign a M...

Page 37: ...This Slot provide 3 effects Wah Wah Auto Wah and Volume pedal Volume pedal This works as a volume pedal that is assigned to MIDI CC 7 You can also click and drag on the pedal to change the volume amo...

Page 38: ...h effect AutoRate Sets the speed of the Auto wah In Auto Wah mode the wah wah effect is triggered by the amplitude of the incoming sound Thresh sets the level at which the Auto Wah is triggered If the...

Page 39: ...langing effect is created by mixing two identical signals together with one signal delayed by a small and gradually changing period Varying the Delay amount causes these to sweep up and down the frequ...

Page 40: ...the input signal gain and processed signal gain Stereo Rate Set the speed of the stereophonic evolution Stereo Width Sets the width of the stereophonic space The chorus module makes it sound like the...

Page 41: ...ob allows you to select a time between 12ms and 1000ms for the delay The Feedback knob sets the feedback level The FB Tone knob controls a feedback filtering effect low pass to left high pass to right...

Page 42: ...the low pass filter An overdrive effect saturates and distorts a sound by increasing the volume of a signal then clipping the excess The Drive knob sets the amount of saturated sound The Tone knob co...

Page 43: ...this simply click on one of the 5 letters and drag it to the place you wish on the screen Those changes will introduce some interesting variations when you modulate your five filters manually or with...

Page 44: ...reverb emulates the reflections of a sound in a different space room hall etc The material section Damp and Brightness sets the timber for the reverb dark or bright sounding The shape section Diffusi...

Page 45: ...an electric motor to rotate an acoustic horn around a loudspeaker sending its sound in a 360 degree circle This results at the listener s ear in rapidly fluctuating frequencies of a keyboard note Usin...

Page 46: ...entiometers boost or cut the energy of specific frequency bands The Drive knob sets the gain of saturation the Reverb knob sets the reverb level Microphone option allows you to select between 4 types...

Page 47: ...tion on Windows go to the menu Start Programs Arturia Wurlitzer V and choose Wurlitzer V on Macintosh open the finder Applications Arturia and double click on the Wurlitzer V application icon 5 1 2 Co...

Page 48: ...VSTi Virtual Studio Technology Instrument format plug ins 5 3 VST 3 VST3 is a new update of VST audio plugins protocol It was updated in 2008 This has improved performance over previous versions of VS...

Page 49: ...t programs in C Program Files x86 Mac users don t have to bother with this because the same plug in file contains both the 32 bit and the 64 bit versions and the host automatically chooses the better...

Page 50: ...zer V will load the P1 preset plus the modifications you made previously The drop down menu in which the VST sequencer allows you to save a new preset is of course usable with Wurlitzer V However it i...

Page 51: ...ut saving them in the plug in itself the next time you open the session Wurlitzer V will load the P1 preset plus the modifications you made to it The Librarian Menu of Pro Tools can be used with Wurli...

Page 52: ...only AU Make sure the plug in has been tested OK in the Logic Audio Units Manager To launch it click on the menu Preferences Start Logic AU Manager Create a new Software Instrument track On the chann...

Page 53: ...VST or AU icon or drag and drop the plug in into a MIDI track If necessary you can perform a rescan of the plug in directory in the Preferences File Folder tab press the Scan button or press Scan whi...

Page 54: ...osed disks and all subsequent copies of the SOFTWARE regardless of the media or form on or in which the original disks or copies may exist The License is not a sale of the original SOFTWARE 2 Grant of...

Page 55: ...ing the Soft eLicenser or using the OEM software must be connected to the server of SIA eLicenser through the Internet If the product was delivered with the eLicenser dongle the license information wa...

Page 56: ...use the software to another person subject to the conditions that a you assign to this other person i this Agreement and ii the software or hardware provided with the software packed or preinstalled...

Page 57: ...ties 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 written information...