u-he CVilization, User Manual

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INTRODUCTION

Terminology 

Please note the following terms and abbreviations, as they are used throughout this user guide! 

LE

 means 

left encoder

 and

RE

 means 

right encoder

For instance, ’

RE1-4

’ means any or all encoders on the right, while ‘

LE3

’ means encoder 3 on the left. 

Parameter 

A particular function or choice of options. 

Page 

A set of CVilization parameters controlled by the 8 encoders, a 

view

 switchable via press / long-press… 

Press 

Instruction to push the top of an encoder and quickly release. Doing this usually opens a Program Page. 

Long-Press 

Instruction to push the top of an encoder for 

2+ seconds

. Doing this usually opens a Config Page. 

Channel 

One of the four processors controlled by each pair of encoders. Called ‘

track

’ in Mode III. 

Breathe 

An LED smoothly fading in and out (‘breathing’) identifies which Program Page is currently open. Pressing 
the ‘breathing’ encoder takes you back to the Performance Page. Note that Mode II plays a short sequence 
of different colours (‘rainbow’) instead, as all 8 encoders need to display values. 

Blink 

Similarly, a ‘blinking’ LED identifies which Config page is currently open. Blinking is also used for clock or 
trigger activity, for instance that a sequence is running.  

Flash 

While adjusting values, the LED(s) will flash once when either minimum or maximum is reached. LEDs will 
also flash when zero is reached, which is especially useful for centre-zero parameters. 

Tick 

While turning encoders you can feel them snapping to discrete values. We call each of these a ‘tick’. 

Colour Coding 

Solid 

ORANGE

, 

GREEN

, 

BLUE

 or 

MAGENTA

 usually means the numbers 

1

, 

2

, 

3

 or 

4

 – for instance, the 

indices of the inputs and outputs. The MODE indicator LEDs also follow this general rule. An example 
applying to modes I, II or IV: If RE3 is green instead of blue, it often means that input 

2

 is routed to output 

3

. 

YELLOW

 and 

PURPLE

 stand for CV-A and CV-B, respectively. 

TEAL

 (blue-green) is used for random or otherwise unspecified values. 

Solid 

RED

 means ‘mute’, ‘pause’, ‘skip’ or ‘recording’, while 

DARK RED

 means ‘unavailable’. 

RUBY

 signifies negative values or inverted signals, and four PASTEL colours are used for Static Offsets.

MIX  SEQ  MUC  PAN  EXP

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