TC Electronic V-STATION, User Manual

Page 1: ...U S E R M A N U A L V STATION...

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Page 3: ...Microsoft Windows XP 6 Inserting into a Track 6 Main Panel Controls 7 Oscillators 8 Mixer 9 Filter 10 Mod 10 Env 11 Amp Env 11 LFO1 2 11 Master Section 12 Arpeggiator 12 Portamento 13 Effects 13 Selec...

Page 4: ...ic com TC SUPPORT INTERACTIVE The TC Support Interactive website is designed as an online support and information center At the site you can find answers to specific problems regarding TC software All...

Page 5: ...dows XP PIII 1 GHz or faster 256 MB RAM VST compatible host application System must meet requirements of the host application MAC OS X POWERCORE PCI or FIREWIRE running system 1 9 or later Mac OS X 10...

Page 6: ...vailable the more instances you can use simultaneously Requesting your Personalized V Station on DAW s that are connected to the Internet 1 If the Audio workstation is connected to the internet insert...

Page 7: ...appear within this window to show how to request a personalized plug in from a different computer 6 Make a note of the V Station PowerCore plug in serial number shown on the product box and the PowerC...

Page 8: ...so copy the V Station PowerCore VSTi version to LIBRARY AUDIO PLUGINS VST POWERCORE Installing V Station PowerCore for Windows XP 1 Click the download link that you have received by e mail if the Audi...

Page 9: ...For more information on the various pages please consult the PDF documentation supplied on the CD ROM If you are not familiar with analogue syn thesizers you may find this next section useful as it pr...

Page 10: ...oscillators in different ways a wide palette of sounds is available You can select from four waveforms sine triangle square and sawtooth Each oscil lator has control of pulse width modulation but uni...

Page 11: ...ors 1 and 2 and outputs sum and difference frequencies This allows you to create many discordant and bell like sounds The noise generator can be used to create many unpitched sounds such as drums or s...

Page 12: ...ing and to add more edge the O DRIVE control allows you to add distortion The filter can be switched between 12db and 24db Octave The 12dB setting is good for emulating older Japanese synths whilst th...

Page 13: ...ide range of control waveforms for a variety of different effects LFO1 is typically used for vibrato and other pitch sweep effects whilst LFO2 is used for filter sweeps and pulse width modulation The...

Page 14: ...e supplied Any of these can be edited and tweaked and saved Also in this section is a master level control Below this section is a horizontal meter that shows how many voices are being used A MIDI rec...

Page 15: ...synchronized with each other you can create weaving rhythmic and melodic soundscapes Portamento With the portamento control you can add glide between notes to re create the slide function of the Rolan...

Page 16: ...act on the available CPU power If you find yourself run ning low on CPU power you can claim some back by switching the effects off with the ON OFF switch Selecting programs The V Station comes supplie...

Page 17: ...the COMPARE button Loading and saving banks Most sequencer hosts allow you to load and save banks of sounds This is useful if you want to create your own library of sounds and you could for example cr...

Page 18: ...separately from the song To illustrate this you could be working on a song but can t find the right sound You can load a different bank of sounds into the V Station where you have access to 400 diffe...

Page 19: ...down menus as well place the mouse over a drop down and scroll Notes about MIDI Clock Sync By default the V Station is set to sync to the tempo of the sequencer and by default the arpeggiator is set...

Page 20: ...ry simplified block diagram should make things clearer Of course each LFO has its own independent sync settings and divider as do those effects that can be synchronised In this way some effects and LF...

Page 21: ...S H H EXTRA PAGE Here you can set lesser used parameters for the Oscillators LFOs Envelopes and Arpeggiator For more details of the controls provided on this page please consult the PDF documentation...

Page 22: ...rious controllers such as pitch bend mod wheel after touch and breath can control pitch filter cutoff effects balance etc for performance control For more details of the controls provided on this page...

Page 23: ...lock source internal or external velocity curve and so forth Also in this page you can restore the factory presets and also import sounds from a real K Station You can also export sounds to be used in...

Page 24: ...creative possibilities However to get a deeper understanding of the V Station s remarkable capabilities it s worth taking the time to read the other PDF documentation provided on the CD ROM Here you w...