Cv / Gate / Mod Connections; Cv Input Connector; Parameters (User Edit Mode) - Arturia KEYLAB mkII User Manual

7. CV / GATE / MOD CONNECTIONS

Rather than merely focus on controlling DAWs, plug-in software, and MIDI devices, the
engineers at Arturia thought it would be really cool if the KeyLab mkII could also interface
with modular analog synthesizers and their components.
And so on the rear panel we included a handful of control voltage connections, giving the
KeyLab mkII the ability to interface with almost any kind of music-making technology.
Incoming voltages can be converted to USB/MIDI data and captured by your DAW, where it
can be used as a modulation source for plug-in synthesizers such as those found in Analog
Lab 3.
And in the opposite direction, the front panel controls and pedals can be routed through the
output connectors to the inputs of a modular synthesizer system.

7.1. CV Input connector

The CV input connector allows an incoming voltage to be used as a modulation source. In
User Edit mode the converted voltage can be routed to a specific MIDI CC#, on a particular
MIDI Channel, within a defined range, as if it were another control such as an Aux Pedal,
for example.
The converted signal will be sent to the MIDI and USB ports, where it can be used as a
modulation source for external MIDI devices or a software plug-in, etc.
The incoming voltage would most likely be received from a semi-modular analog
synthesizer such as
some great modulation sources available in Eurorack format, and the CV In connector
enables you to grab the signal coming from one (or more) of those modules and use that
complex signal within a DAW environment.
Different manufacturers use different voltage standards, and so the KeyLab mkII and the
MIDI Control Center [p.61]
device. The range is 1-10 Volts, which is broad enough to cover any analog synthesizers you
might encounter.

7.1.1. Parameters (User Edit mode)

Connector / User Edit mode name
CV In / CV Mod In
Arturia - User Manual KeyLab MkII - CV / Gate / Mod connections
Arturia's MatrixBrute, a
(MCC) allow you to set the voltage range to match the incoming
MiniBrute 2, or some other synthesizer. There
Parameter Range
MIDI Ch 1-16, User, Part 1, Part 2
CC 0-127
Max/MSB 0-127
Min/LSB 0-127
Volt range 1-10 V
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