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iVCS3
is the official EMS emulator. You can learn all that you need to know
about the EMS
VCS3™
from the original User Manual or from the many
resources now online.
Important Changes (Since Ver. 1.6)
In this version we have updated the Samplers (see back panel). This new
implementation adds many new interesting features such as Loop Crossfade,
Wave Scrubbing, Precise Zoom etc. When you save a new preset, all
sampler information (file name, loop-point, start-point) are saved. But since
this new update implements our new sampler, the presets saved with the old
sampler are no longer available for the loop-points parameter. So we suggest
you may need to resave your presets.
Almost all the build-in Preset Banks have been updated, they have more
consistent levels & panning now. Users of previous versions can restore the
Factory Presets from the Preset Manager to benefit from these new
improvements. See the Preset Manager for more details.
Also the In-App purchase 'LALA - Sonic Pleasures library' has now been
updated. To get the new version, press 'Restore Purchases' under Presets
and Mod. Shop.
Important Changes (Since Ver. 1.1.3)
The Ramp wave of VCO 1 has been reversed in polarity, exactly as on the
original Putney VCS3.
The Square wave of VCO 2 and VCO 3 has been modified to recreate the
offset drift during PWM (Pulse Width Modulation), exactly as on the original
Putney VCS3.
The Triangular/Ramp wave of VCO 3 has been redesigned to reproduce
better original PWM wave shaping and amplitude, exactly as on the original
Putney VCS3.
The changes in VCO, VCA and VCF implementations can affect the resulting
sound of some old presets. But only for the CONTROL INPUT MATRIX
marked with 'I', 'J', 'K', 'N', 'O' and 'P', do we suggest updating the old
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- Page 1 © iVCS3 is the official EMS emulator. You can learn all that you need to know about the EMS VCS3™ from the original User Manual or from the many resources now online. Important Changes (Since Ver. 1.6) In this version we have updated the Samplers (see back panel). This new implementation adds many new interesting features such as Loop Crossfade, Wave Scrubbing, Precise Zoom etc.
- Page 2 - Double Tab in the Joystick handle to reset at the central position i.e. zero - iVCS3 can play audio in the background and/or mix it’s own audio with other iOS apps. iVCS3 also supports Apple IAA (i.e. Inter-App Audio for iOs 7 or higher) and Audiobus, so you can send and receive audio through applications.
- Page 3 White pins are 2.7K Ohm resistance and green ones are 68K Ohm. For the iVCS3 this translates as: white pins no attenuation, green pins for 0.66, red pins will allow a connection to be adjusted between the normal signal and its inverse.
- Page 4 Captures Output stereo signal (post Effects) and creates an audio file wav format 44.1 kHz 16 bit in the Documents Folder. Files created by iVCS3 are saved with an id-name followed by a number, for example: Output Rec 1.wav, Output Rec 2.wav etc…...
- Page 6 Tapping the Modification buttons will open the mod-view (and before you ask why these buttons are so small and concealed, we didn’t want to mess with the original interface). You will find these symbols on the following iVCS3 modules: 1) Oscillators Synchronisation...
- Page 7 Sample & Hold This modification brings a Simple Random Voltage Generator or a Sample & Hold to the iVCS3. You can switch between S&H to generate random numbers and hold them for a period of time and also Glide to generate a user-controlled random number series with interpolation between each new number.
- Page 8 Control Manager. Presets Preset Manager will collect all the Banks (i.e. .ivcs3 suffix) and Snapshots. A Snapshot is a simple “photo” of the parameters in the UI (i.e. User Interface). Both the Matrix and Keyboard/Sequencer are included but they can also be excluded, see the Settings for more details.
- Page 9 Delete all Presets for a selected bank. A warning message will be displayed. The Snapshots bank file is a kind of Property List format (.ivcs3), you can edit as text and modify the values just rename in .plist Swipe (right to left) on Snapshots or Snapshots Bank, to delete.
- Page 10 • Click on the “Apps” tab above the main window. • Scroll down to the “File Sharing” section. • Select iVCS3 from the list of Apps. • Under “iVCS3 Documents” click the “Add” button; this opens a dialog box to select the location of the presets on your computer.
- Page 11 Scrub Y Accelerometer X Accelerometer Y After selecting MIDI, iVCS3 enters into "learn mode" i.e. it “hears” incoming MIDI Control Change messages. It’s then possible to send messages with MIDI hardware, Virtual MIDI and Network MIDI. Flashing screen means the association between the parameter and the MIDI message has been successful and displays the corresponding control Change and Channel.
- Page 12 MIDI You can enable/disable the incoming MIDI signal from all the physical, virtual and network ports available. iVCS3 also understands MIDI Clock signals from remote apps. As for the MIDI ports, you can enable/disable the MIDI Clock on a port and the configuration is saved as default and restored when you open the app.
- Page 13 Clock for the current port or mutually selects another one in the list. Channel sets the input channel for the selected port, the iVCS3 DK (Keyboard) will receive the Note On/Off messages in OMNI (from all 16 channels) or, one of the 16 channels.
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32 higher. This is the rare 14-bit Continuous Controller feature of the MIDI specification, and NRPNs simply take advantage of that existing option in the same way offering 16,384 possible values instead of only 128. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRPN When you enable NRPN, you should not employ CC 99 and 98 as the normal CC in order to avoid an undesired overlap. - Page 15 VCO. Then put switch1 to "signal" and switch2 to "key voltage". Input 1 goes to "input 1" row in the iVCS3 and so this is the mixed signal of the three VCOs but with the level controlled by the keyboard dynamic. Key voltages go to input2 so that you can patch to VCO1 &...
- Page 16 Another difference between the Original Analogue DK and iVCS3 DK is the “Legato behavior”. In the Original DK, the priority goes to the highest note, this means that if you're holding down a note, the lowest notes can not be played until you release the held note.
- Page 17 interval buttons don´t transpose the recorded sequence but introduce an offset voltage when touched down. After programming Grooves, you can enable or disable every Sequencer step by pushing down Steps buttons. Also you can Sync and/or jump through steps during performance, touching the top bar step numbers, the same goes for selecting programming Groove, below.
- Page 18 The frequency analysis FFT (i.e. Fast Fourier Transform) is 4096 samples. Mic/Samplers You can feed iVCS3 with two samplers and/or mixed signal from microphone /line or Audiobus/Inter-App Audio when connected. See the original VCS3 manual for more details.
- Page 19 It’s possible trigger the ‘reset scanning’ from DK or the Sequencer. Finally you can link the Ratio of Sampler Ch.2 with the Sampler Ch1 (lock icon), in this mode you can feed iVCS3 with stereo files and keep the scanning ratio synchronised.
- Page 20 Settings Sampling Rate, for full-range audio, the recommended sampling rate is 44.1 kHz. Using a lower rate iVCS3 will reduce the number of samples that has to calculate, this will facilitate your Device's burden, but it will also reduce the frequency range.
- Page 21 15 to 350 milliseconds. Short times for higher resolution but higher consumption of CPU. Save/Restore the Last App Setup, when you exit from the application, save the status (all iVCS3 and Fx Parameters) and reload when next opening the app. Joystick Handle Springy, enable/disable.