USER’S MANUAL Project management Kevin Molcard Niccolò Comin Product management Glen Darcey Romain Dejoie Frédéric Brun Programming Niccolò Comin Kevin Molcard Design Shaun Ellwood (decoderdesign.com) Morgan Perrier Sound design Jean-Michel Blanchet Glen Darcey Katsunori Ujiie Charles Capsis IV Boeles Gerkes Paul Steinway Richard Courtel Steve Ferlazzo Jim Cowgill Kevin Lamb Manual Sylvain Missemer Tomoya Fukuchi Antoine Back Niccolò Comin Glen Darcey Valentin Fesigny Special thanks to: Kosh Dukai, Douglas Kraul, Sean Weitzmann, Hernan Velasco (Jacobo Abreo), Alexandre Schmitz, Noritaka Ubukata. 2nd edition, November 2014 © ARTURIA S.A. – 1999-2014 – All rights reserved. 30, Chemin du Vieux Chêne 38240 Meylan FRANCE http://www.arturia.com ARTURIA WURLITZER V User's Manual -2- Table of contents 1 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................. 5 1.1 The electric piano.......................................................................................................5 1.1.1 Terminology......................................................................................................................5 1.1.2 Origin.................................................................................................................................5 1.1.3 Technologies....................................................................................................................5 1.1.4 Popularity..........................................................................................................................5 1.2 The Wurlitzer EP 200-A.................................................................................................7 1.2.1 History................................................................................................................................7 1.2.2 Description........................................................................................................................8 1.2.3 Sound.................................................................................................................................9 1.2.4 Maintenance...................................................................................................................9 1.2.5 Discography.....................................................................................................................9 1.3 Physical modeling synthesis....................................................................................10 1.3.1 Music... and mathematics..........................................................................................10 1.3.2 The puzzle.......................................................................................................................10 1.3.3 The revolution................................................................................................................10 2 ACTIVATION & FIRST START.........................................................................................12 2.1 Register & Activate...................................................................................................12 3 USER INTERFACE..........................................................................................................13 3.1 Menu bar....................................................................................................................13 3.1.1 Configuring audio and MIDI.......................................................................................13 3.1.2 Configuring knob mode..............................................................................................14 3.1.3 Configuring skin color...................................................................................................14 3.2 Use of Presets and tool bar.....................................................................................15 3.2.1 Select a bank, type, preset.........................................................................................15 3.2.2 Saving an user preset...................................................................................................16 3.2.3 Import / Export a bank of presets..............................................................................17 3.2.4 Open mode...................................................................................................................17 3.2.5 FX Panel..........................................................................................................................18 3.2.6 Output mode.................................................................................................................18 3.2.7 Variation option............................................................................................................20 3.2.8 Maximum Polyphony....................................................................................................20 3.2.9 Panic button..................................................................................................................21 3.2.10 CPU usage indicator....................................................................................................21 3.2.11 MIDI channel selection................................................................................................21 3.2.12 MIDI control....................................................................................................................21 MIDI menu..............................................................................................................................22 Assigning MIDI controls.........................................................................................................22 Manage configurations.......................................................................................................23 Minimum and maximum bounds........................................................................................23 3.2.13 Virtual keyboard............................................................................................................23 3.2.14 Use of controllers...........................................................................................................24 Potentiometers......................................................................................................................24 Switches..................................................................................................................................24 3.3 The real Wurlitzer EP 200-A interfaces....................................................................26 3.4 The basic mode........................................................................................................27 3.5 The effects..................................................................................................................27 3.5.1 SLOT 1: Wah-Wah/Auto-Wah/Volume pedal..........................................................30 Volume pedal........................................................................................................................30 ARTURIA WURLITZER V User's Manual -3- Wah-Wah................................................................................................................................30 3.5.2 Auto-Wah.......................................................................................................................31 3.5.3 Flanger............................................................................................................................32 3.5.4 Phaser..............................................................................................................................32 3.5.5 Chorus.............................................................................................................................33 3.5.6 Delay...............................................................................................................................34 3.5.7 Compressor....................................................................................................................34 3.5.8 Overdrive........................................................................................................................35 3.5.9 Vocal Filter......................................................................................................................35 3.5.10 Pitch Shift Chorus...........................................................................................................36 3.5.11 Reverb (Direct output).................................................................................................37 3.5.12 Leslie speaker simulator...............................................................................................38 3.5.13 Guitar amp simulator...................................................................................................39 4 MODES OF OPERATION............................................................................................... 40 4.1 Standalone................................................................................................................40 4.1.1 Launch the application...............................................................................................40 4.1.2 Configuration of the instrument.................................................................................40 4.2 VST 2............................................................................................................................41