User`s manual

4 ARTURIA Analog Lab USER’S MANUAL
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1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................ 6
1.1 HISTORY .................................................................................................................................................. 6
1.2 HERE AND NOW ....................................................................................................................................... 7
1.3 TAE
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1.3.1 Aliasing-free oscillators .................................................................................................................. 7
1.3.2 A better reproduction of analog oscillator waveforms ................................................................... 8
1.3.3 Direct Filter Circuit Modeling........................................................................................................ 9
2 INSTALLATION ........................................................................................................................................ 11
2.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................................................................ 11
2.1.1 REQUIRED MINIMUM CONFIGURATION: .............................................................................. 11
2.1.2 PLATFORM SPECIFICATIONS: ................................................................................................. 11
2.2 WINDOWS INSTALLATION (7/8) ............................................................................................................. 11
2.3 MAC OS X INSTALLATION ..................................................................................................................... 13
3 AUTHORIZATION ................................................................................................................................... 14
3.1 REGISTRATION ...................................................................................................................................... 14
3.1.1 Log in or create a new user account ............................................................................................. 15
3.1.2 If all else fails… ............................................................................................................................ 18
3.2 ENTERING ACTIVATION CODE INTO ELICENSER ..................................................................................... 19
4 ANALOG LAB QUICK START ............................................................................................................... 22
4.1 AUDIO & MIDI SETUP ........................................................................................................................... 22
4.1.1 Audio setup ................................................................................................................................... 22
4.1.2 MIDI setup .................................................................................................................................... 23
4.2 SOUND MODE QUICK START ................................................................................................................. 23
4.2.1 Select a preset ............................................................................................................................... 23
4.2.2 Filtering and sorting the Preset list .............................................................................................. 24
4.2.3 Modify a preset ............................................................................................................................. 27
4.2.4 Saving a User preset ..................................................................................................................... 28
4.3 WINDOW MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................................ 29
4.3.1 Click and resize ............................................................................................................................. 29
4.3.2 Scroll bars ..................................................................................................................................... 29
4.4 TAKING A SNAPSHOT ............................................................................................................................. 30
4.5 MULTI MODE QUICK START .................................................................................................................. 32
4.5.1 Select a Multi preset ..................................................................................................................... 32
4.5.2 Changing a Sound within a Multi ................................................................................................. 33
4.5.3 Saving an edited Multi as a User program ................................................................................... 34
4.5.4 Start a Multi from Scratch ............................................................................................................ 34
4.6 LIVE MODE QUICK START ..................................................................................................................... 35
5 USING ANALOG LAB .............................................................................................................................. 36
5.1 CONFIGURATION ................................................................................................................................... 36
5.1.1 General options ............................................................................................................................ 36
5.1.2 Arturia Plug-ins ............................................................................................................................ 37
5.1.3 Audio & MIDI Settings ................................................................................................................. 37
5.2 TOOL BAR ............................................................................................................................................. 39
5.3 VIRTUAL KEYBOARD ............................................................................................................................. 40
5.3.1 Virtual keyboard options .............................................................................................................. 40
5.3.2 Virtual keyboards: Common controls and features ...................................................................... 41
5.3.2.1 Master Volume .......................................................................................................................................... 41
5.3.2.2 Pitchbend and Modulation wheels / touch strips ....................................................................................... 41
5.3.2.3 Snapshots tab ............................................................................................................................................ 41
5.3.2.4 Pads tab ..................................................................................................................................................... 42
5.3.2.5 5-octave keyboard ..................................................................................................................................... 42
5.3.3 Virtual keyboards: To each its own control section ...................................................................... 43
5.3.4 Assignable MIDI control of parameters ....................................................................................... 44