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- Page 1 User's Manual Version 2.0, November 2018...
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Page 2: Welcome
I hope you will enjoy The River as much as I did while creating it and now using it. Baloran SAS is a small and young enterprise. I have started a forum and a wiki to bring together a FAQ, support, discussions and news about The River. -
Page 3: Safety Warning
Contact the manufacturer or your nearest reseller for all repairs or alterations. When disposing of the appliance at the end of its usable life, The River should be recycled through an electronic recycling scheme. - Page 4 The manufacturer's legal warranty does not cover the costs of repairs or replacement in case of improper or incorrect use. These costs are not covered by the manufacturer warranty and therefore will be supported by the owner of the appliance. The River, User’s Manual PAGE 3...
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
III. SUMMARY WELCOME __________________________________________________________________ 1 SAFETY WARNING _____________________________________________________________ 2 IV. DISCOVERING THE RIVER _______________________________________________________ 6 The control panel set up ........................6 The Shift button ________________________________________________________________________________ 6 Channels, voices, outputs and FX organiser __________________________________________________________ 7 General commands _____________________________________________________________________________ 7 Synthesis commands. ___________________________________________________________________________ 8 The Riverkey, manager of play inputs/outputs _______________________________________________________ 8 Discovering the Sounds banks ...................... - Page 6 CHORD and HOLD Modes ........................42 Autres commandes ..........................43 Calibration of the physical controllers ....................43 THE BACK PANEL ____________________________________________________________ 44 Inputs / Outputs ..........................44 Energy supply, start/stop switch and fuses..................46 XI. ANNEXES __________________________________________________________________ 47 The River, User’s Manual PAGE 5...
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Page 7: Discovering The River
(sequence/arpeggio, transposition, filtering, channels, type of CV/Gates, etc.). All the parameters can be saved in The River. A Single contains the information of a sound and of effects, a Profile contains the configuration of The Riverkey, a Multi contains the complete configuration of the machine (sounds of each channel/voice, tuning of multitimbrality, effects and all the adjustments of The Riverkey). -
Page 8: Channels, Voices, Outputs And Fx Organiser
This section of the panel allows to manage the allocation of voices to channels as well as the access to the main menus of The River and the adjustment of outputs and the effects. The first row of 8 buttons (red) allows to choose the active channel. The secondary function of these buttons allows you to access the main menus of The River. -
Page 9: Synthesis Commands
4' ����. e. The Riverkey, manager of play inputs/outputs The left side of The River is reserved to the earphone socket and its control level . On the right, the screen of The Riverkey is flanked by its two encoders. - Page 10 Functionally it could be said that The Riverkey is the internal and external traffic controller of the performance data. In order to achieve this, it has a clock which gives you a common tempo to all the controls of The River, as well as a management system of the inputs and outputs of four layers.
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Page 11: Discovering The Sounds Banks
1. Discovering the Sounds banks The time has come to hear The River in action. We will start by reconfiguring The River in its simplest mode by loading the template 1L RIVER: 1 layer, 1 channel of 8 voices. Press LOAD MULTI then immediately press the button Voice 1 before the blinking stops. -
Page 12: Les Modèles De Multis, Templates
"Brass" type sound, Wheel very active 5 STRING "String" type sound 6 VOX "Voice" type sound 7 FM "FM Bell" type sound + echo 8 MPE MPE sound with Osc 2 in Y and Cutoff on Z PAGE 11 The River, User’s Manual... -
Page 13: More Advanced Tutorials
2. Layers and connecting with a sequencer software Load template 4. You should see on the screen Riverkey four layers, each going to a channel of The River. The ranges of layers 3 and 4 are overlapping. So if you play on the keyboard a C5, it will go to channel 3 and channel 4. -
Page 14: Split, Arpeggios And Sequences
Add a MIDI track in your software program, set it for recording. On The River, select channel 2 (its MPE) and record. -
Page 15: Detune And Unison
River should implement them. Load template 8. At first glance it seems there is only a single standard layer. But in the Global menu of The Riverkey the MPE option is activated. Because this mode gives a totally different role The River, User’s Manual PAGE 14... -
Page 16: External Clock
You can use the other layers just for external communications MIDI, USB and/or CV + Gate. The River has one channel with 8 voices. This is a simple configuration. With the ROLI keyboard, the user must choose to limit the polyphony to 8 voices as by default it goes up to 16. On the Linnstrument, the user can simply choose in PerNOteCha channels 2 to 9 to limit the polyphony to 8 voices. -
Page 17: Compare Function
RATE button. The screen displays Tempo Sync. Select 1/1. The DLFO is now in sync on the clock of The River and therefore on the arpeggio. and turn the RATE button. The screen displays Tempo Sync. Select 1/2. Now the DLFO goes at twice Press the speed of the arpeggio, for each note there are two variations of the pitch. -
Page 18: References
In the first stage of configuring The River we need to organise the multitimbrality and the polyphony. To keep it simple, we will say that 1 sound = 1 channel and 1 note = 1 voice. The River has 8 voices and 8 channels. -
Page 19: Loading Singles And Fxs
Be careful, you will not be asked to confirm the backup of a SINGLE. The program held in memory at this slot will be replaced definitively. Confirm the backup by pushing one of the encoders. Please wait until the message WAIT goes away before continuing. The River, User’s Manual PAGE 18... -
Page 20: Loading Multis
Amplitude of the modulation LFO of the Filter Rate Lfo, Rate Lfo/2 Rate of the LFO Mix Osc1, Mix Osc1/2 Level of the VCO 1 Mix Osc2, Mix Osc2/2 Level of the VCO 2 The River, User’s Manual PAGE 19... -
Page 21: System Settings
The same can be done on the Key Screen (see The Riverkey, GLOBAL Setup) AutoSave (No, Yes) Set on Yes, automatic backup is activated. When you switch on The River, you will find your environment as you left it at the last session even if you did not do a backup. - Page 22 Dump All Single This function sends a SYSEX backup of sound (160) and FX (40) of The River through the USB PANEL socket. Make sure that the USB cable is connected to the computer and that the Library Editor application is on. Click on the Recept button of the app to put it in receiving mode.
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Page 23: Tune
Performing an Autotune All at 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 degrees Celsius should allow The River to perform correctly in all circumstances. It is also important to warm up the instrument for about 20 minutes at start before performing an Autotune All For average temperatures, The River will interpolate the adjustments against those already recorded. -
Page 24: Chorus 1
Flanger (comb filter). PARAM (Off..+10) For the Echos, it sets the level of the "second reading head”. For the Ping-Pong, it sets the amplitude of the "stereo”. For the Reverberations, it sets the pre-Delay. PAGE 23 The River, User’s Manual... -
Page 25: Fx Page
Small "Small Hall" Reverberation Large "Hall" Reverberation Baloran "Baloran" Reverberation (House secret, he won't say more...) ���� LP FILTER (0...64) Sets the frequency "low-pass" applied to the input signal. This allows to muffle the repetitions or reflections. Precious tool! SYNC / DELAY (ms) Sets the delay effect for the echos and for the reverberations. -
Page 26: Other Page
Model 6 Left, left, left, right, right, right, centre, centre. Model 7 4 voices left to centre, 4 voices right to centre. Model 8 Random distribution. To change the distribution, select again this model. PAGE 25 The River, User’s Manual... -
Page 27: Mixer Page
Encoder 1 allows to indicate which channel will drive channel 1, encoder 2 will allow to indicate which channel will drive channel 2 etc... Using multitimbrality, this function will allow to create complex layers (see Propagating the commands in All and Redirection). PAGE 26 The River, User’s Manual... -
Page 28: Synthesis Parameters
VII. Synthesis Parameters Let's have a look now in detail at the synthesis parameters of The River. 1. OSCILLATOR 1 / 2 These are two real VCOs capable of producing three exclusive wave forms and interacting by synchronisation. a. Parameters Identical for VCO 1 and VCO 2 32-16-8-4 : Octave of the VCO expressed in feet. -
Page 29: Parameters Found Only In Vco2
LFO on the oscillators and the filter, then activate this button. This way, you will be able to use the knob to increase the modulation up to the maximum level as you have defined it.. The River, User’s Manual PAGE 28... -
Page 30: Mixer
*S DLFO MOD (0…127) : action of the DLFO on the VCO2 level NOISE (0…127) : setting the level of the white noise generator, slightly broken (cream white) *S DLFO MOD (0…127) : action of DLFO on the level of NOISE. The River, User’s Manual PAGE 29... -
Page 31: Voltage Controlled Filter - Filter Contour
This is a low-pass 4 poles resonant VCF, in transistors scale, a concept democratised by Bob Moog in the 60s. He is the creator, with others, of the fullness and depth of "his Moog". The River offers the same rich and generous sound. -
Page 32: Loudness Contour
CUTOFF. *S VELO MOD (0…127) of AMOUNT: modulation of amount by the attack velocity. This parameter completes the full array of the expressivity parameters of The River. REVERSED CURVE : inversion of the envelope curve to create negative modulations. -
Page 33: Analog Lfo
RATE (0-127) : rate of LFO *S VELO/DELAY (127-0-127) : Left Setting the modulation of the by the attack velocity maximum strength Right Setting how quickly the LFO’s depth will reach its maximum strength. The River, User’s Manual PAGE 32... -
Page 34: Dlfo (Digital Lfo)
All the way to the right the modulations only affect the speed, all the way to the left they only affect the amplitude. At the centre the 2 parameters are affected at 100%. The River, User’s Manual PAGE 33... -
Page 35: Motion Seq
Set the position of the desired parameters then play a note: the position is recorded and the next step is selected. Set the new position of the parameters for this step, etc. b. Ending a recording Press the*S PLAY button or press again on*S RECORD. The River, User’s Manual PAGE 34... -
Page 36: Starting The Sequence
: detunes the voices one against the other. Useful for thickening the sound in UNISON mode (stored with each program). *S MASTER TUNE (-60…0…60) : tunes The River globally on a range of +/- a semitone (global, non-storable). GLIDE (0…127) : defines the portamento beats (stored with each program). -
Page 37: The Riverkey
In All mode, all the layers are "processed" simultaneously. In Sel mode, only the selected layer is active. This allows to have a different approach of the layers: you can for example define a layer which goes to The River, one which goes to the MIDI socket and one to the USB socket. - Page 38 Ext. clock (Off…On), S KEY G7 Sets if The River must use an external clock (MIDI or USB) instead of its internal clock. If the external clock is selected, The River receives also the MIDI Real Time Start, Stop and Continue messages.
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Page 39: Layer Setup Parameters
Chn Out (Sam, 1...16), S KEY G4 = Channel -, S KEY A4= Channel + Sets the MIDI output channel for the MIDI Out and USB outputs. Sam transmits the MIDI channel received. For one output The River, this parameter indicates the Channel receiving the events. NB CV (1...8) Sets the number of CV for the destinations CV + Gate. - Page 40 Sets the functioning of the velocity for the destinations MIDI and USB. Real The true velocity is transmitted The fixed velocity of 64 is transmitted The fixed velocity of 92 is transmitted The fixed velocity of 127 is transmitted The River, User’s Manual PAGE 39...
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Page 41: Arp Setup Parameters
Tempo (30...300), S KEY D3 = Tap Tempo Sets the global tempo of The River. The modules using the Tempo can only personalise fractions of the Tempo (see below Divide). In External Clock mode, the Tempo is recalculated. A rectangle in the right upper part of the screen blinks in the rhythm of the tempo. -
Page 42: Lfo Setup Parameters
Tempo (30...300), S KEY D3 = Tap Tempo Sets the global tempo of The River. The modules using the Tempo can only customise the fractions of the Tempo (see below Divide). En External Clock mode, the Tempo is recalculated. A rectangle in the right upper corner of the screen blinks in rhythm with the tempo. -
Page 43: Split Setting
The chord or the note is held. If you touch a key, the previous chord is transposed to this note. To deactivate the HOLD mode, release all the keys of the keyboard then press again at least 2 seconds on the S KEY button then release it. The River, User’s Manual PAGE 42... -
Page 44: Autres Commandes
Confirm by pressing again the S KEY and the key C8. If you start a calibration accidentally, you have to finish it. If not, the controllers will not function properly any more in normal use. The River, User’s Manual PAGE 43... -
Page 45: The Back Panel
The Back Panel Apart for its unique sound, The River has been created to also be the control centre of your other instruments, new as well as vintage ���� To this purpose, it offers numerous inputs/outputs that we will review now. For the CVs and the Gates, the main settings can be done from The River. - Page 46 For a monophonic source, connect the instrument on the LEFT socket. Two pairs of XLR stereo outputs and TRS 6.35 jack. The symmetry for the signal is obtained by THAT Corporation high end components PAGE 45 The River, User’s Manual...
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Page 47: Energy Supply, Start/Stop Switch And Fuses
You must only use the cable supplied in the box to connect The River to the power supply. If you have to change the power supply cable, use only a cable in perfect condition, with an IEC standard socket, 3 conductors 0.75mm2, 250V, 10A. -
Page 48: Annexes
Nominal voltage adaptable to all networks through the services of an approved technician. • Electricity requirements: 120VA. IEC filtered socket. • Dimensions (L x W x H): 104 x 52 (radiator included) x 20 cm. • Weight: 26 kg (Optional Flightcase: add 15 kg). • The River, User’s Manual PAGE 47... - Page 49 Program and documentation available on forum.baloran.com 5. Sound and Multis banks Other banks are available to share on forum.baloran.com 6. Updates for The River Programs, Firmware and documentation available on forum.baloran.com 7. FAQ This is the main role of forum.baloran.com .
- Page 50 9. General Diagram THE RIVER USB IN 1-16 MIDI IN 1-16 KEYBOARD RIVERKEY SOURCE ASSIGN LAYER 2 LAYER 3 LAYER 1 LAYER 4 Zone, Arpeg, Sequence Zone, Arpeg, Sequence Zone, Arpeg, Sequence Zone, Arpeg, Sequence RIVERKEY DESTINATION ASSIGN CV 1-16...
- Page 51 10. General Diagram of The Triko 1- Voices 1 to 8 inputs and external line L and R inputs 9- Summing L and R of the Chorus outputs 2- Levels and Panoramics settings for inputs 1 to 8 10- Settings Levels L and R of the Chorus Master (final chorus) 3- L and R Input Summing.
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