USER’S MANUAL
PROGRAMMING: Thomas Diligent Robert Bocquier Adrien Courdavault Mathieu Nocenti SOUND DESIGN: Luca Torre (Multis) Michael Hosker (All) Ted James (Jupiter8V) Matthew Sevant (ProphetV) Knowlton Walsh (MiniV) Matt Sterling (Arp 2600V) Ted James (CS80V) MANUAL: Randy Lee Pierce Warnecke Tomoya Fukushi Noritaka Ubukata Antoine Back Thomas Diligent DESIGN: Shaun Ellwood Morgan Perrier © ARTURIA SA – 1999-2014 – All rights reserved. 4, Chemin de Malacher 38240 Meylan FRANCE http://www.arturia.
Thank you for purchasing Arturia’s Analog Lab! This manual covers the features and operation of Arturia’s Analog Lab, a software synthesizer that allows you to play and modify over 5,000 sounds. After the purchase of this software you will receive its serial number and an unlock code by e-mail. This information enables you to register the software online.
Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................ 6 1.1 HISTORY .................................................................................................................................................. 6 1.2 HERE AND NOW....................................................................................................................................... 7 1.3 TAE® ...............
.3.5 Exporting/Importing the MIDI Configuration (*.lab2midi) ......................................................... 45 5.4 SOUND MODE ........................................................................................................................................ 46 5.4.1 Instruments ................................................................................................................................... 47 5.4.2 Sound Types ...............................................................
1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 History Early in 2001 Arturia began working on advanced algorithms for the digital emulation of analog circuit audio characteristics. They are known as TAE®, standing for True Analog Emulation. In non-technical language, this is an unprecedented way of analyzing and recreating the analog circuits of the original product. Nearly a year after they began work on the algorithms, Arturia was ready for feedback.
1.2 Here and Now Analog Lab brings all of these classic instruments together into one software app. It allows the user access to the sounds of all these great instruments that now are out of reach for most to be able to purchase. With its simple but powerful browser and data filtering, it makes finding the right sound quick and easy. The new MULTI page allows you to create your own splits and layers of these powerhouse synths and keyboards with simple drag and drop functionality.
Linear frequency spectrum of the Analog Lab oscillator made with TAE® 1.3.2 A better reproduction of analog oscillator waveforms The waveforms produced by the oscillators in analog synthesizers are affected by the presence of a capacitor in the circuits. The discharge of a capacitor results in a slight ‘bend’ in the original waveform (most notably for sawtooth, triangular and square waveforms). TAE® reproduces the result of this capacitor discharge in software.
Temporal representation of a “sawtooth” waveform reproduced by TAE® What’s more, the hardware analog oscillators were unstable. In fact, their waveform varies slightly from one period to another. If we add to this the fact that the starting point for each period (in Trigger mode) can vary with the temperature and other environmental conditions, we see why vintage synthesizers have such a typical sound. TAE® reproduces the instability of oscillators, resulting in a fatter and “bigger” sound. 1.3.
Comparison of harmonics generated by the filter circuits in self oscillation of Analog Lab and a hardware synthesizer 10 ARTURIA – Analog Lab – USER’S MANUAL
2 INSTALLATION 2.1 System requirements 2.1.1 REQUIRED MINIMUM CONFIGURATION: PC: 2 GB RAM; CPU 2 GHz (Multiple cores required) Mac: 2 GB RAM; CPU 2 GHz (Multiple cores required) 2.1.2 PLATFORM SPECIFICATIONS: Windows: SEVEN/EIGHT Mac OS X: 10.6 or higher 2.2 Windows installation (7/8) Download the installer file and double-click on the icon named Analog_Lab.exe.
On the next screen you will be asked to choose a set of installation folders for the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the Analog Lab VST plug-in. The default folders are the ones most likely to be used by other plug-ins, but you may define other locations if you like. Choose the locations of the VST plug-in installation folders Analog Lab is installed as a standalone application by default; the following step lets you choose whether to install it as a plug-in as well.
The installation program now has enough information to complete the installation. When the installation process is complete, proceed to the authorization step (Chapter 3). 2.3 Mac OS X installation Download the installer file and then double-click on the icon named Analog_Lab.dmg. Follow these steps: Read and accept the End User License Agreement Select a destination. When prompted, enter the administrator name and password of your computer in the Installer window.
3 AUTHORIZATION Now that Analog Lab has been installed you will need to authorize the software. Analog Lab uses the Soft-eLicenser virtual dongle solution so as to avoid tying up a USB port. This system enables the use of the synthesizer on one computer, which will need to be connected to the Internet during the authorization process.
Click the ‘Authorize’ button to proceed. The screen that follows contains a link to the Arturia web site, where you have the option to sign into your existing Arturia account or create a new one. This next window will stay open while you go through the registration steps online; once you’ve done that you’ll use it to proceed through the activation steps that follow. 3.1.
If you don’t have an Arturia account yet, please create one. When you do you will see this form: Once you are logged into your account, you can register Analog Lab and request your activation code. Go to the “My Registered Products” section of your account and click on the “Add” button: The registration page that appears will ask you for a serial number and an unlock code for your software.
If you purchased Analog Lab online, you will receive the serial number and an unlock code in an email confirmation If you purchased a controller keyboard such as MiniLab or some other Arturia controller that came bundled with Analog Lab, you will find the serial number and an unlock code on a sticker inside the Quick Start Guide that ships with the controller.
The third and final window of the Activation wizard will appear, and this is where you will enter the activation code. Copy and paste the activation code into the space provided and click Finish. The software has now been authorized on your computer. 3.1.2 If all else fails… If the process described in the previous section fails for some reason, an error message will be displayed and the eLicenser Control Center should open automatically.
3.2 Entering activation code into eLicenser Now that you have retrieved the activation code, launch the eLicenser Control Center (if it isn’t already open). This application was automatically installed on your computer along with Analog Lab.
Analog Lab Enter the activation code The eLicenser Control Center is now ready to download the software license that will allow you to use Analog Lab. Click “Continue” and the progress bar should advance until the download is complete. Once the popup window has confirmed completion of the download, click “Close”. If a USB-eLicenser hardware dongle is found connected to your computer, the Center will favor it as the default destination for the license download.
License is installed and activated It’s now time to launch the Analog Lab application.
4 ANALOG LAB QUICK START The following chapter is a quick overview of how to start using Analog Lab immediately. It does not go into exhaustive detail; the goal here is to help you start enjoying the sounds as soon as possible. For more a more in-depth description of how Analog Lab works, please see Chapter 5. 4.1 Audio & MIDI Setup The first thing to do after launching Analog Lab is to make sure your software is set to output Audio correctly and that it will receive MIDI from an external keyboard. 4.1.
Audio and MIDI Settings window 4.1.2 MIDI setup Your experience with Analog Lab will be seriously enhanced through the use of an external MIDI keyboard such as Arturia’s MiniLab. As an added bonus, if your MIDI keyboard is one of ours, Analog Lab will detect which model it is and automatically configure its main screen with a virtual keyboard that matches the one you’re using. Note: For the purpose of this manual we will assume you are using the default virtual keyboard interface for Analog Lab.
This calls up the Sound mode Preset Manager and displays a list of all available presets. From this window you are able to select single presets and play them from the virtual MIDI keyboard or by way of an external MIDI source. The Sound mode Preset list Click on the name of a preset to select it. As shown above, it will become highlighted in blue to indicate which preset is the current selection. 4.2.
Note: Depending on the size of your monitor you may need to click the KEYB button at the top of the application window to help you see all the filtering options. Use this window to zero in on the type of sound you want by telling Analog Lab you only want to be shown presets that contain one or more of the following characteristics: Type (Bass, Lead, Pad, Sequence, etc.) Instrument (the synthesizer on which the preset was developed) Characteristics (Aggressive, Ambient, Funky, Soundtrack, etc.
Modular V has been selected in the Instruments filter Now, thanks to the two active filters, only Brass sounds made using the Modular V instrument are visible in the Preset list: The list of presets that correspond to the “Modular V” and “Brass” filters Let's listen to the “OctBrass” preset toward the top of the list. To load the preset, just click on its name. If it is highlighted, it has been loaded.
If you have an even more specific idea of the sound you are looking for you can add additional filter criteria using one of the Characteristics filters. If you click on the “Bright” box, for example, the Preset list will now display only bright-sounding Brass presets that were made using Modular V. As you can see, “OctBrass” is still contained in the list because it has a characteristically bright tone. 4.2.
4.2.4 Saving a User preset If you own the instrument you have been editing, then once a preset has been modified to fit your needs it can be saved as a User preset. After this you’ll be able recall it as easily as any other preset. You can even add filtering options so it shows up along with other presets of similar characteristics.
The ‘Save As’ window Be sure to select one of the “Types” and some “Characteristics” so you can locate your preset more easily in the future. After you have done this, click the “Save” button. If the filter options of your new preset match the current filter settings, your new preset will appear in the Preset list of the Sound Search window. Note that there are settings like Pitchbend Range and Polyphony in the Preset details window that can be customized for your new preset as well (see section 5.4.
4.4 Taking a Snapshot The Snapshot feature of Analog Lab gives you even faster access to your favorite presets. If you find yourself frequently using a particular Sound or Multi, save it as a Snapshot. You can store up to ten Snapshots, depending on the selected controller type, and they will be reloaded when you launch Analog Lab for instant recall. Note: We’ll discuss what a Multi is and how to create one in Chapter 5.5.
The Snapshots section You can see the blue Snapshots tab has moved to the right side of the above picture. When you want to close the Snapshots window, click its tab again. It’s very easy to store the current preset as a Snapshot; simply drag it onto one of the Snapshot buttons. For example: If you open the “daf” preset by clicking on it, all you have to do to save it as a Snapshot is drag it to the Snapshot 1 button.
4.5 Multi Mode Quick Start 4.5.1 Select a Multi preset First a quick definition: A Multi is a combination of any two Sounds that can be triggered at the same time from a single keyboard. They can be layered together or split, with one on the left side of the keyboard and the other on the right. That’s just the tip of the iceberg, though: Each Sound in the Multi (known as a ‘Part’) has an independent setting for level, stereo panning, two FX sends, and transposition (both chromatic and/or by octaves).
Multi mode window And also as with Sound mode, you can sort the list of Multis according to the columns on the top of the Multi window: Preset Name, Favorite, Rating, Designer, Genre, and Factory/User. The Preset details window on the right side of the screen tells you a lot at a glance: the two Parts are clearly marked (Part 1 and Part 2), and you can see the name of the Sound that was used for each Part inside the smaller windows. Notice that Part 1 is outlined in red, while Part 2 is outlined in yellow.
See the grayed-out word ‘Sound’ at the top of the Preset list window? Click on this word and the entire list of Sounds from Sound mode becomes visible. You can sort the Sound list inside Multi mode by clicking on the columns just as you would in Sound mode. Click on one of the Sounds from this list and drag it on top of the name of the Sound inside the Part 1 window or the Part 2 window: the Sound you dropped inside the Part will now be present inside the Multi.
4.6 Live Mode Quick Start There’s a third performance option for Analog Lab positioned next to the Sound and Multi mode buttons for easy access: Live mode. Simply put, this mode allows you to construct a set list, for example, by assigning Sounds and/or Multis to particular MIDI program change numbers for instant recall from a MIDI controller keyboard or a host application such as a DAW. We’ll delve into the details of Live mode in chapter 5.
5 USING ANALOG LAB Analog Lab builds upon the success of its predecessors Analog Laboratory, Analog Factory, and Analog Player. Like those esteemed software packages, it contains thousands of presets taken from Arturia's award-winning emulations of the world's greatest hardware synthesizers. This chapter will go in-depth into the features Analog Lab offers so you can get the most out of this incredible software. 5.1 Configuration 5.1.
The following options are available: RAM Allocation Low, Normal, Comfortable, No Limit Screen Height Small, Medium or Large. You must restart Analog Lab for this change to take effect. Drag-and-drop targets flash When dragging a Sound to a Part in Multi mode, or when dragging a Sound or Multi to one of the Program Map locations in Live mode, this setting determines whether the target for the selected item will flash or not.
The “Audio &MIDI Settings” windows for Windows and Mac OS X DEVICE The top line allows you to select the audio driver for Analog Lab. The second line chooses the audio output. The default setting is “Built-in Output” for the Mac; for Windows we highly recommend the use of an adequate ASIO driver for your sound card. 38 TEST Sends out a short sine wave tone to help make sure sound is being sent out the correct device. SAMPLE RATE Chooses the sample rate; the default is 44.1 KHz.
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MIDI Enables ‘learn’ mode for the virtual controls in Analog Lab. Each control can be linked to an incoming MIDI control message, and the entire set of learned assignments is called a Configuration. Click on the drop-down arrow to access the MIDI Configuration export/import menu. All Click the button and a drop-down menu allows you to choose the master MIDI channel for Analog Lab (All, 1-16). The Default is ALL, which means Analog Lab will respond to data sent on any MIDI channel (Omni mode).
Select the one that most closely matches the number of controls available on your MIDI controller. Analog Lab will remember this choice the next time it starts. 5.3.2 Virtual keyboards: Common controls and features 5.3.2.1 Master Volume Each of the virtual keyboard choices has a Master Volume knob in roughly the same location: between the pitch/mod wheels (or strips) and the Controls section. This knob allows you to set the overall volume of Analog Lab and will not change when a new preset is selected.
To create a Snapshot, click on a Sound or Multi and drag it on top of the Snapshot button. Then next time you want to find that preset, simply open the Snapshots tab and click on that button. The Sound or Multi you placed there will be loaded into memory.
5.3.3 Virtual keyboards: To each its own control section Default controller The Default virtual has the largest number of controls: ten knobs, nine sliders, ten Snapshot buttons, and sixteen pads. The Laboratory virtual controller is pretty similar: ten knobs, nine sliders, ten Snapshot buttons, and four pads. Player controller The Player virtual controller gives you eight knobs, plus four Snapshot buttons and no pads.
MiniLab controller The MiniLab virtual controller gives you fourteen knobs, eight Snapshots and eight pads. KeyLab controller The KeyLab virtual controller gives you ten knobs, nine faders, ten Snapshots and sixteen pads. 5.3.4 Assignable MIDI control of parameters The knobs and sliders on the virtual keyboard can ‘learn’ which external MIDI controls you want to use to control the parameters inside Analog Lab. This is very easy to do.
Assigning an external MIDI controller Let’s discuss the information in the above window. Learning… Signifies that the selected Analog Lab control is waiting to receive MIDI information from the hardware control you activate. Control name: Lets you know the internal identity Analog Lab has assigned to the virtual control you have selected. It is not possible to edit this name. Min / Max: These two graphics indicate the detected range of motion for the external control.
Here’s a breakdown of what each of those features does: Copy current config Any changes you make to the current configuration become part of that configuration. So be sure to use this feature before you create a new configuration so will not accidentally alter the current configuration. A window will prompt you to give the new Configuration a name, after which it will appear at the bottom of the drop-down list.
Sound mode screen To load a preset, click on a name in the Preset list on the left side of the Sound mode screen as shown above. Analog Lab is chock full of Factory presets: we’ve included over 5,000 of them! Searching through them all could be a daunting task, so in order to help you find the appropriate sound for a project more quickly, we’ve tagged the Presets in a number of ways.
If you click on CS-80 V, for example, the Preset Manager will provide a list of presets drawn exclusively from the CS-80 V. But you can also choose to browse the presets for more than one Instrument at the same time. For example, by selecting both CS-80 V and ARP 2600 V in the “Instruments” frame, you’ll see a list of presets from only those two instruments.
5.4.3 Sound Characteristics The Characteristics filter Further refinement of your search is available through a third filter: “Characteristics”.
5.4.5 Preset details To the right of the Preset list is a window showing essential details about the selected Preset. You can edit any of the details from this window except the name of the preset; that operation is accomplished using the Save As procedure. (The Synth instrument type is fixed, of course.
For instance, if you own a copy of CS-80 V you can open any of the CS-80 V presets you find by clicking on the CS-80 V picture: CS-80 V picture Next, the CS-80 V editing window will open: An open CS-80 V preset being edited from within Analog Lab After this you can edit the preset however you like with the CS-80 V controls and then save the edited preset as new User preset.
Factory presets cannot be overwritten; they can only be modified and saved as User presets. 5.4.7 Organization In addition to the search filters mentioned earlier, there are also viewing options within the Preset Manager that allow you to choose how the presets are listed. The list of Presets always appears in a vertical column on the left side of the screen under Preset Name. When Analog Lab is first launched, the presets are listed in alphabetical order from A to Z.
quality digital effects that will take your combined synthesizer programs and make them positively formidable. And of course you can open the editing panel for any Arturia plug-in synth you have installed and authorized, so it is possible to adjust any parameter of either Sound and dial in the exact combination you’re looking for. We’ve included hundreds of Multis already so you can get a feel for what’s possible. When you’re ready to learn more about what a Multi can do, please read on. 5.5.
The Control Assign window, where the various MIDI controllers can be enabled or disabled for each Sound The Master section, with FX Return controls for FX sends A and B and a duplicated Master Volume control As you can see, there are a lot of possibilities. We’ll cover each one thoroughly in this chapter. 5.5.2 Sorting the Multis Right off the bat Analog Lab provides lots of great Multis to get you started.
5.5.4 Multi mode: Preset details The upper right-hand area of the Multi mode window is the section known as the Preset details window. It shows you three things: the name of the Multi, its Genre classification, and the name of the sound designer who created it. The Preset details section of the Multi mode window 5.5.5 Parameter control assignments per Part As with Sound mode, every control the virtual keyboard offers can be assigned to one of the Sound parameters.
5.5.6 Editing a Sound Preset within Multi mode The list pictured above shows roughly 20 parameters for each plug-in which you have at your disposal whether you ‘own’ the plug-in or not. And as with Sound mode, you will have access to all of the parameters of a given Arturia plug-in if the full version of that plug-in has been authorized for use on your computer.
Level: Adjusts the volume of one Part without affecting the other Part Pan: Changes the position of the Part in the stereo field FX Send A: Mix: Adjusts the input level of the Part into FX Send A Pre / Post: Switches the FX Send from pre-fader to post-fader FX Send B: Mix: Adjusts the input level of the Part into FX Send B Pre / Post: Switches the FX Send from pre-fader to post-fader Dice : Click the dice to load a random sound.
Trans: Use this parameter for chromatic transposition of a Part. The range of transposition is +/-24 semitones (+/-2 octaves). 5.5.7.4 Multi parameters: FX Sends A and –B Analog Lab has two independent signal processors available for additional audio sculpting of your Multi. The list of available effect types is rather extensive, and the full list is available for both FX Sends.
But in other cases, such as when there’s a bass sound on the left side and a piano sound on the right, you may want to split the controls so the Pitch bend and Modulation controls are assigned to the bass while the sustain pedal controls the piano. The picture below illustrates one such configuration: In this case the pedals and aftertouch control have been reserved for Part 1, and the Pitch bend and Modulation have been assigned to Part 2. To change these settings, click on one of the boxes.
5.5.8.1 Name Modify the name of your Multi. 5.5.8.2 Genre The Genre label allows you to flag a Multi as a good one to use for a particular style of music.
5.5.8.4 Save sounds The sounds provided with Analog Lab are ‘Factory’ thus cannot be modified. If you modified the sounds of a ‘Factory’ Multi that you want to save, then you must create new sounds. They will then be listed in Sound Mode. To save the Sound of the Part 1, check the ‘Save Part 1 Sound As …” checkbox and edit its new name. To save the Sound of the Part 2, check the ‘Save Part 2 Sound As …’ and edit its name. If the check boxes are unchecked, the ‘Factory’ Sounds will be used instead. 5.6.
Now activate the control on your controller keyboard and move it through its full range. You will see its identifying MIDI information captured by the MIDI Control Setup window. Once you have established this connection you can move on to the next pair of controls or exit MIDI Control Setup mode by clicking the MIDI button in the tool bar again. Note that the knobs and sliders in the Controls section of the virtual keyboard have also entered MIDI assignment mode.
The Program Map in Live mode can use either Multis or Sounds We’ll select a Sound first, so click on the Sound tab to view the Sound mode Preset list. The view on the left side of the window should be familiar: it looks exactly like Sound Mode. The Data Filters window is not available, but it is possible to sort the Preset list by clicking on the category columns (Preset Name, Type, etc.) as you would in Sound mode.
5.7.2 The Preset / Song Details window When a Sound or Multi is selected from the Program Map there are certain helpful details that will be displayed in the Preset / Song Details window. The amount of information that is shown will change slightly depending on whether a Multi or Sound is the current program. 5.7.2.1 Sound details This shows the name of the Sound, a picture of the plugin instrument used to create it, and the title of the Song for which the Sound will be used.
In addition, clicking the toolbar Delete button the LiveMap. will erase all the live programs from 5.7.3.2 Importing and exporting the LiveMap The Live Map can be saved to a file and reloaded later. This allows you to manage several Live Maps. Click the Export button to save it to a file. Then a dialog opens and let you choose the output file for the live map. Note that the extension of the Live Map export file is llx. Click the Import button choose the file to import. to load a Live Map from a file.
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