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  • Page 1 USER MANUAL _SOLINA V...
  • Page 2 Information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Arturia. The software described in this manual is provided under the terms of a license agreement or non-disclosure agreement. The software license agreement specifies the terms and conditions for its lawful use.
  • Page 3 Product version: 2.10.1 Revision date: 9 August 2022...
  • Page 4 This manual covers the features and operation of Arturia’s Solina V, one of our many powerful virtual instruments. Be sure to register your software as soon as possible! When you purchased Solina V, you were sent a serial number and an unlock code by e-mail. These are required during the online registration process.
  • Page 5 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of Arturia's Solina V! We’d like to thank you for purchasing Solina V, a virtual instrument recreation of the famous Solina string ensemble keyboard (also known as the ARP String Ensemble), a signature sound of popular music in the 1970s.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    2.3.1. Audio and MIDI Settings: Windows ................................10 2.3.2. Audio and MIDI Settings: macOS .................................. 12 2.4. Playing Solina V for the First Time.......................... 12 The User Interface ..............................13 3.1. Overview ....................................13 3.2. The Upper Toolbar ................................14 3.2.1.
  • Page 7 5.3.1. Humana............................................51 5.3.2. Ensemble ............................................51 The Advanced Panel .............................. 53 6.1. The Advanced Panel and its Controls ........................53 6.1.1. Master Section ..........................................54 6.1.2. LFO..............................................55 6.1.3. Bass Section: Filter and Envelope controls ..............................57 6.1.4. Bass Section: Arpeggiator....................................58 6.1.5.

  • Page 8: Welcome To Solina V

    If this is the first Arturia product you have owned, we think you'll find it's an excellent way to become acquainted with our stuff. If you’ve purchased our products before, you know we take great pride in recreating the sound and feel of the original instruments –...

  • Page 9: Meet The Solina (And Its American Siblings)

    8 seconds long and would stop abruptly at the end – it could sustain forever. Added together, Ken Freeman's idea, Eminent's application, and ARP's worldwide reach created a world-beating success story. Arturia - User Manual Solina V - Welcome to Solina V...

  • Page 10: String Songs: A Selected Discography

    Solina and String Ensemble – and it is with the utmost respect for the history of the technology and the music it inspired that we now offer to you the Arturia Solina V. 1.1.3. String songs: a selected discography The Solina string sound has been used to great effect on many albums through the years.

  • Page 11: Physical Modeling Synthesis

    In the electrical world, these parameters include the properties of different electrical components and circuits and how they interact in complex ways. This is the basis for Arturia's TAE® (True Analog Emulation) technology, which models the behavior of classic electronic instruments down to the finest details.

  • Page 12: The Endless Revolution

    Arturia. And when Arturia decides to honor the history and beautiful sound of the string machine, you wind up with our brainchild: the Solina V.

  • Page 13: Activation And First Start

    2.1. Register and Activate Solina V Solina V works on computers equipped with Windows 8.1 or later and macOS 10.13 or later. You can use it as a standalone version or as a plug-in for your favorite DAW, in Audio Units, AAX, VST2, or VST3 format.

  • Page 14: Using Solina V As A Plug-In

    2.2. Using Solina V as a plug-in Solina V comes in VST, Audio Unit (AU) and AAX plug-in formats for use in all major DAW software such as Ableton Live, Cubase, Logic, Pro Tools, Studio One, and more. When using Solina V as a plug-in, all audio and MIDI device settings are handled by your host music software.

  • Page 15: Initial Setup For Standalone Use

     ! This section only applies to readers that plan to use Solina V in standalone mode. If you are only going to use Solina V as a plug-in inside a host music software, you can safely ignore this section (your host music software handles these settings).
  • Page 16 44.1kHz or 48kHz, which will be perfectly fine for most applications. If you have a specific need to use a higher sample rate, up to 96kHz, Solina V will happily support that. The Show Control Panel button will jump to the system control panel for •...

  • Page 17: Audio And Midi Settings: Macos

    If you haven't done so already, launch Solina V as a plug-in or as a standalone instrument. If you have a MIDI controller set up, use it to play some notes on Solina V. If not, use your mouse to play the on-screen keyboard.

  • Page 18: The User Interface

     ♪ Your computer's keyboard can also play Solina V. The top row of letters acts as the black keys on a piano keyboard, the next row of letters acts as the white keys, and the first two keys on the bottom row act as octave shift keys, down/up.

  • Page 19: The Upper Toolbar

    MIDI control assignments, the four Macro controllers, and a set of tutorials. 3.2. The Upper Toolbar 3.2.1. The Solina V menu In the top left corner of the window, the icon of three horizontal lines labeled SOLINA V leads to a drop-down menu for important global operations. 3.2.1.1. New Preset...
  • Page 20 Both types are stored in the .solx format. After selecting this option, the default path to these files will appear in the window, but you can navigate to another folder if needed. Arturia - User Manual Solina V - The User Interface...
  • Page 21 Export Bank: This option can be used to export an entire bank of sounds from the • instrument, which is useful for backing up or sharing presets. Saved banks can be reloaded using the Import Preset menu option. Arturia - User Manual Solina V - The User Interface...
  • Page 22 3.2.1.6. Resize Window The Solina V window can be resized from 60% to 200% of its default size without any visual artifacts. On a smaller screen, such as a laptop's, you might want to reduce the interface size so it doesn’t dominate the display, although some smaller controls might be harder to see and click/drag.

  • Page 23: Preset Browser

    3.2.2. Preset Browser Solina V comes packed with lots of useful factory presets, and of course you'll create many more of your own. To help you search through this large preset library, the Preset Browser is designed to help you catalog, filter, and search for the perfect preset in just a few clicks.

  • Page 24: Advanced Panel Access

    3.2.3. Advanced Panel Access Solina V takes the sound of the original string synth and massively updates it with a bunch of modern features – everything from an LFO and tuned resonators to an entire effects chain. Since the front panel of the original Solina doesn't have room for all these extra controls, they've been hidden away under the lid of the virtual keyboard.

  • Page 25: The Lower Toolbar

    3.3. The Lower Toolbar The Lower Toolbar runs along the bottom of the Solina V user interface and provides quick access to several important parameters and useful bits of information. 1. Parameter Name: Displays the name of the parameter being edited as you •...

  • Page 26: The Side Panel

    The gear icon at the top right of the Upper Toolbar opens the Side Panel, which in turn contains four tabs covering important subsystems that you won't have to access quickly when you're playing or editing sounds on Solina V. Let’s look at them from left to right. 3.4.1. Settings Tab This tab covers settings to control how a Preset responds to incoming MIDI.
  • Page 27 Use the New Preset... selector in the Solina V menu to call up the Default patch. Slide the Crescendo control and the Sustain level control all the way to the right. Open the Side Panel, select Settings Tab, and turn Poly off.

  • Page 28: Midi Tab

    MIDI messages on its selected channel and the other will respond to all MIDI data. Put all these channel settings together, and Solina V should be able to deliver any MIDI setup you might need.
  • Page 29 At the top right of the MIDI tab is a drop-down menu where you can select templates for many Arturia MIDI controllers. These map physical controls to many “most wanted” parameters in Solina V for a plug-and-play experience. A Generic template is also provided for third-party MIDI controllers.
  • Page 30 3.4.2.2. MIDI Config Menu Another drop-down lets you manage different sets of MIDI maps for controlling Solina V from MIDI hardware. You can Save/Save As the current MIDI assignment setup, Delete it, Import a configuration file, or Export the currently active one.
  • Page 31 3.4.2.3. Assigning and Unassigning Controls Click the Learn button in the MIDI tab to put Solina V into Learn mode. Controls available for assignment are purple. Controls that are already assigned are red, but can be reassigned if desired. The screenshot below shows the assigned and unassigned controls for Solina V's Default configuration.
  • Page 32 These are: • Pitch Bend • Aftertouch (Channel Pressure) • All Notes Off (CC #123) All other MIDI CC numbers may be freely assigned to control any parameter in Solina V. Arturia - User Manual Solina V - The User Interface...

  • Page 33: Macro Tab

    Brightness , Timbre , Time , and Movement , but you can rename them by double- clicking the name field. The knob above the name corresponds to the knob of the same name in the Lower Toolbar. Arturia - User Manual Solina V - The User Interface...
  • Page 34 Right- or control-click on a point to remove it. The first and last breakpoints cannot be removed.  ♪ A simple diagonal line would produce a linear curve, but the potential fun here is to make things non-linear. Arturia - User Manual Solina V - The User Interface...

  • Page 35: Tutorials

    In this tab, which can also be opened by selecting Tutorials from the Solina V menu, you can click on titles for the individual chapters, which in turn will take you through different areas of Solina V in steps. The parts of the panel to focus on are highlighted as you go. ...

  • Page 36: The Preset Browser

    4. THE PRESET BROWSER The Preset Browser is how you search, load, and manage sounds in Solina V. It has different views but they all access the same banks of Presets. To access the search view, click the browser button (the icon looks a bit like books on a library shelf).

  • Page 37: Search And Results

    The Results list beneath shows all Presets that fit your search. Click the X icon at right to clear your search terms. Filter by typing text in the Search field Arturia - User Manual Solina V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 38: Using Tags As A Filter

    Preset you're looking for was tagged with Keys or Pad, select both to broaden the search. Results columns can be inverted by clicking the arrow buttons to the right of their titles (Name, Type, Designer). Arturia - User Manual Solina V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 39: Styles

    4.2.3. Banks Next to the Types and Styles buttons is the Banks button, which lets you do your search (using all the methods above) within the factory bank or user banks. Arturia - User Manual Solina V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 40: Search Results Window

    Click the TYPE header in the second column to do the same thing by Type. Click the Arturia logo to the left of TYPE to bring factory-featured Presets to the top of the list. These will appear just under any Presets you have liked [p.36].

  • Page 41: Liking Presets

    Results list. Use as many of the sorting and filtering features as you need and you will find the exact sound you want every time. Arturia - User Manual Solina V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 42: Sidebar

    Clicking My Sound Banks brings up a window with all of the currently available Sound Banks, starting with the Factory bank. User banks appear next to it, and can be deleted, renamed, or exported by right-clicking them. Arturia - User Manual Solina V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 43: My Favorites

    To add Presets to a particular set of Favorites, simply drag and drop them over the appropriate color. Then click on the color itself to display your grouping. Arturia - User Manual Solina V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 44: My Playlists

    The bottom part of the sidebar displays any Playlists you have created or imported. Playlists are a very powerful management tool for set lists for gigs. Learn more about them in the Playlists section [p.44] below. Arturia - User Manual Solina V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 45: Preset Info Section

    “Funky” Style tag and then save that Preset, it will not show up in future searches for Funky sounds. Clicking on the three-dots icon at the top right pops up a menu with organizational options for the Preset. Arturia - User Manual Solina V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 46: Editing Info For Multiple Presets

    ♪ If you want to alter the information for a Factory Preset you must first use the Save As command to re-save it as a User Preset. After this the Info section will gain Edit and Delete buttons at the bottom of the window. Arturia - User Manual Solina V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 47: Preset Selection: Other Methods

    Preset name will step through only the results that conform to your search. However, “All Presets” in the drop-down menu always ignores those criteria. Likewise for the Type choices below the line — they always include all Presets within that Type. Arturia - User Manual Solina V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 48: Macro Knobs

    These are simply larger duplicates of the Macro knobs in the Lower Toolbar. Move one and its partner moves with it. Assigning parameters to Macros is covered in the Macro Tab [p.28] section of Chapter 3. Arturia - User Manual Solina V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 49: Playlists

    The subheading My Playlists appears under My Favorites in the Sidebar. However, when you first start using Solina V, you'll have no Playlists yet, and My Playlists won't be there yet. To make it appear, you'll have to create your first Playlist.

  • Page 50: Add A Playlist

    Preset, click-drag it onto the Playlist name. Click and drag from the Search Results list onto one of the playlists To view the contents of a playlist, click on the playlist name. Arturia - User Manual Solina V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 51: Re-Order The Presets

    To delete a Preset from a playlist, right-click on its name to bring up a pop-up menu. This menu also includes Rename, Copy, Paste, and Duplicate options. More management options are described below. Arturia - User Manual Solina V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 52: New Song And Playlist Management

    Export Playlist: Exports your Playlist to a location on your computer, with the • filename extension “aplst.” Delete Playlist: Deletes the current Playlist but does not delete any of the Presets • in it. Arturia - User Manual Solina V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 53: The Main Panel

    If you click on the Advanced button in the Upper Toolbar, or just click the lid of the Solina V case, it will flip open to reveal the Advanced Panel. This is where you'll find all of the special additions that make Solina V a 21st-Century update to a 20th-Century classic.

  • Page 54: The Main Panel And Its Controls

    Here’s a description of each control, moving from left to right. 5.2.1. Left of the keyboard Bend Amt: Controls the range of Pitch Bend information sent to Solina V. It ranges from 0 cents (no bend) to 1200 cents (one octave).

  • Page 55: Right Of The Keyboard

    Mono and Stereo mode. 5.2.3. Right of the keyboard FX1, FX2, and Rev: control the relative levels of the two FX processors and the Reverb, which are otherwise accessible from the Advanced Panel. Arturia - User Manual Solina V - The Main Panel...

  • Page 56: Beyond The Solina

    5.3. Beyond the Solina If you were to compare the Main Panel of Solina V to the front panel of an original Solina, you'd notice some small differences. The original had a fine-tuning knob but no pitch bend or mod wheels; it didn't have a master volume control; and Solina V adds three extra switches –...
  • Page 57 "richness" when many string players try to hit the same note in unison.  Note that Humana is the one voice in Solina V that has some thickness to it even without the Ensemble effect. That's because it's modeled from a very different circuit than the Solina's.

  • Page 58: The Advanced Panel

    6. THE ADVANCED PANEL Now that we've mastered the Main Panel, it's time to go as deep as Solina V will take us. Click the Advanced button in the Upper Toolbar, or click on the lid, to open the Advanced...

  • Page 59: Master Section

    Unlike the original Solina, whose keyboard was nothing more than a row of 49 on/off switches, Solina V takes advantage of modern keyboard designs that provide velocity and aftertouch sensitivity. This implementation, which is simple yet flexible, is controlled in the Master Section.

  • Page 60: Lfo

    (Vibrato). If it's routed to the overall level, it causes a "pulsating" volume change (Tremolo). Solina V can use the Mod wheel to add vibrato and tremolo on the Upper and Bass instruments simultaneously. However, it can also control Bass Cut, an independent filter brightness control for the Bass instrument.
  • Page 61 LFO cycle as the first note held. Retrig won't work until you release all of the keys and then play a new one. Sync: Locks the LFO to the master MIDI clock, which puts it in sync with any other Solina V effects that also have their Sync parameters enabled.

  • Page 62: Bass Section: Filter And Envelope Controls

    It can be set from 0 to 4000ms, and is the equivalent of the Upper instrument's Sustain Length control on the Main Panel.  Remember that Crescendo affects both the Bass and Upper instruments. Arturia - User Manual Solina V - The Advanced Panel...

  • Page 63: Bass Section: Arpeggiator

    One of the most fun ways to use a monophonic synthesizer is to control it with an arpeggiator, to play cycling cascades of notes. Solina V includes a simple and elegant Arpeggiator that can add motion and groove to your tracks.
  • Page 64 Remember: the Arpeggiator's status, including whether it's set On/Off/Hold, can be stored as part of a preset. You can call up a preset, start playing, and the Arpeggiator will do its thing, even if the Advanced Panel is closed. Arturia - User Manual Solina V - The Advanced Panel...

  • Page 65: Upper Resonator

    Moog revisited these modules' capabilities in the Polymoog, which derived a lot of its character from a similar set of fixed filters. (Combined with Humana, that's two Polymoog elements added to Solina V!) These modules are often called formant filters because the frequency responses they create are similar to the formant structure of the human voice, which tells us if a speaker is young or old, male or female, and so on.
  • Page 66  The Upper Resonator can turn the Solina V into a dark, brooding ambient pad generator: add a dash of LFO, a hint of chorus, wash it out with your favorite convolution reverb, and just about any chord you play will make people listen.

  • Page 67: Effects

    There's one last section in the Advanced Panel, another musical fusion between the 1970s and the 2020s. Like most modern synthesizers, Solina V polishes its sounds to a gleaming shine before they reach your ears, using a set of carefully chosen Effects.
  • Page 68 Note: if you save your preset with one effect type active, the settings for the other type will not be saved. If you can't decide which effect type you like better, save a copy of the preset for each type. Arturia - User Manual Solina V - The Advanced Panel...
  • Page 69 Eminent 310 is how Jean-Michel Jarre created the famous pad sound for his earliest albums. The Phaser on Solina V is actually two separate phasers, each with its own controls: Rate: Controls the speed of the sweep. If the MIDI Sync button is pressed, the Rate amount is expressed in fractions of the tempo (from Tempo/15 to Tempo/2) or note values (1/8 or 1/4).
  • Page 70 LFO rate can create everything from a lush and slow thickening to rapid vibrato. The Solina V Analog Chorus has a controllable stereo effect (where the delays for the left and right channels are offset) and a choice of three distinct sonic characters, as well as the usual chorus controls: Type: Selects one of three chorus types.
  • Page 71 Feedback is set to 0, only one repeat is heard, as in vintage "slapback" echoes. Unlike some real analog delays, the Solina V's delay can't be set to "runaway" levels, where each succeeding repeat is louder than the last one, until something either overloads or catches fire.
  • Page 72 Damping: Rolls off the high-frequency content of the delayed signal. This knob controls how quickly the highs are removed. MIDI Sync: Locks the Delay to MIDI clock and also synchronizes it with other Sync-enabled functions like the LFO and the Phaser Rate. Arturia - User Manual Solina V - The Advanced Panel...
  • Page 73 6.1.6.7. Convolution Reverb The Convolution Reverb finishes out the sound of Solina V by placing it in an artificial space, whose dimensions dictate how the sound dies away. Unlike an algorithmic reverb, where individual parameters like Reverb Time and Room Size are adjusted, a convolution reverb creates its sound from a modeled "snapshot"...

  • Page 74: Software License Agreement

    All intellectual property rights in the software belong to Arturia SA (referred to as 'Arturia' from now on). Arturia permits you to only copy, download, install and use the software in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
  • Page 75 (a) return of the purchase price, or (b) replacement of the disk that does not meet the Limited Warranty and which is returned to Arturia with a copy of your receipt. This limited Warranty becomes void if failure of the software has resulted from an accident, abuse, modification, or misapplication.
  • Page 76 (including without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information and the like) even if Arturia was previously advised of the possibility of such damages. Some states do not allow limitations on the length of an implied warranty or the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusions may not apply to you.

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