u-he CVilization, User Manual

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EXPERT FEATURES

Expert Features 

CVilization is customizable in various ways: From the choice of colour-schemes to the clock reset paradigms 
to alternative control options and voltage ranges. However, we strongly recommend that users new to 
CVilization familiarize themselves with the unit before attempting to explore its more ‘esoteric’ side! 

User Scales 

CVilization lets you record two different kinds of user-scales: ‘Basic Scales’ and ‘Volt Map Scales’. While the 
former divides 1 Volt input into 12 steps and maps each to a note within an octave, the latter maps a 
sequence of notes (voltages) onto 1 Volt, in the order they were played. 

Here’s that list of factory scales again. You can replace any or all of them: 

yellow 

Major 

green 

Natural Minor 

cyan 

Harmonic Minor 

light blue 

Pentatonic Minor 

blue 

Blues 

magenta 

Phrygian dominant 

red 

Diminished 

ruby 

Alien Alloy (111211122 semitone steps) 

Basic Scales 

These are your regular ‘can’t play a wrong note’ scales, optimized for playing via keyboards or other 
quantized, 1 Volt per octave CV sources. Each Volt is divided into 12 steps, and any steps that don’t conform 
to the desired scale are shifted accordingly. 

Recording basic scales using a keyboard 

For this you will need 

pitch CV 

and 

gate

 signals, either directly from a CV capable keyboard or from a MIDI 

keyboard via MIDI to CV converter. Then… 

• Select any CVilization 

Mode

 and initialize a preset. 

• Connect the keyboard’s 

pitch CV

 output into a CVilization input and its 

gate

 output to CV-A. 

• Connect the corresponding CVilization output to an oscillator’s pitch CV input (1V/oct) 

• Complete the patch such that you can hear melodies on the keyboard when you play. 

• Open the Quantizer page, choose a scale you would like to replace. then 

long-press

 that same RE. 

All encoders turn a bluish colour to indicate that CVilization is ready for Basic Scale recording. 

• Play the notes you want to be included in the scale. Neither the octave nor the order of notes matter here. 

The encoders will light up whenever a unique note is added. 

• Press any encoder to exit and test the new scale. If you enter all 12 possible notes, recording will end.

MIX  SEQ  MUC  PAN  EXP

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