Blamsoft VK-1 Viking Manual de usuario

1.1.0 User Manual

10 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. Now the resonance knob has been turned up. Notice the peak at the cutoff frequency. Gain Freque

11 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. When in Highpass/Lowpass mode, one of the filters is a highpass filter. The two filters are connected

12 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. This image shows a side by side comparison of an analog lowpass filter and Viking’s lowpass filter wi

13 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. Envelopes The envelopes control the filtering and volume of the sound to create movement within a not

14 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. Amount The Amount knob controls how the filter cutoff is affected by the filter envelope. When it is

15 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. LFO The LFO is a low frequency oscillator used for modulation. Its output is a triangle wave, a squar

16 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. Tuning There are many parameters that affect tuning in Viking. Tuning is a very important factor in a

17 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. Modulation Busses The Modulation Busses allow you to route signals that can subtly or drastically imp

18 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. Common Tricks One common trick is to use filter envelope (Filt Env) shaping with the filter envelope

19 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. Programmer The VP-1 Viking Programmer is an optional unit that can be connected to the VK-1 through i

2 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. Overview Viking is a monophonic synthesizer. It has three variable wave oscillators, two filters for a

20 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. Destination LFO Rate – LFO Frequency Resonance – Filter Resonance Amount Spacing – Filter

21 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. uses approximate solutions to differential equations in the time domain, sometimes called circuit or

22 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. Audio Connections Input The external audio input allows audio to be routed into the Mixer section.

23 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. CV Inputs The CV Inputs allow Viking to be controlled by other devices in the rack. CV inputs general

24 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. Envelopes Rel On – A digital signal that controls whether the release phase of the envelopes will occ

25 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. CV Outputs The CV Outputs allow Viking to control other devices in the rack. Performance (unipolar

26 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. MIDI midi_cc_chart: 4 - lfo_rate_normal 67 - lfo_sync 5 - glide_rate 68 - mw_source 69 - mw_destin

27 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. 45 - three_kb_control 46 - three_frequency 47 - mw_pgm_source 48 - mw_pgm_dest 49 - mw_pgm_shaping 50

28 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. osc1_on - "Oscillator 1 On", "OSC1", "On1" osc2_mix - "Oscillator

3 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. Oscillators The middle three columns of the front panel control the three oscillators. Octave The Oct

4 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. thin grainy sound. Since the knob is continuously variable, the in between sounds offer many possibili

5 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. From square to PWM the waveform looks more typical. The pulse continues to widen past the square shape

6 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. 3 Freq The Oscillator 3 Frequency Switch selects whether Oscillator 3 is high or low frequency. When i

7 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. Mixer The mixer section is used to adjust the volume of the oscillators and external input. The mixer

8 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. Filters The filter in Viking is actually two filters. These filters are modeled after the classic tran

9 © 2013 Blamsoft, Inc. All rights reserved. KB. Amount Keyboard Amount controls the tracking of the filter with respect to the keyboard notes. Whe