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Page 1 ZVORK OBERON User Manual version 1.0.0...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
ZVORK OBERON - User Manual Table of Contents Keyboard Mode and Glide.....14 Oscillators...........14 Tuning............14 First Contact.............3 Keyboard Tracking......14 Multi-point loop-able envelopes....3 Filters............14 Editable waves..........3 Modulation..........14 Editable Filter response curves.....4 Keyboard Tracking.........14 X-Morph between oscillators......4 Back Panel............15 Unison and Octave copies......4 Timbre bend..........4...
Page 3: First Contact
First Contact The Oberon synthesizer has two oscillator sections and two filters. Each oscillator can be fed to one of the two filters or to both, in serial or parallel mode. These filters enable you to alter the timbre of your sound but are not the only mean to do so.
Page 4: Editable Filter Response Curves
OBERON - User Manual Editable Filter response curves In Oberon, the filters don't have predefined modes such as low pass, high pass or comb. Instead you define the filter response yourself, again with an editable curve. Each filter response can morph between two curves for even more dramatic and changing effects.
Page 5: The Oberon Engine
Wave 1 and 2 : these are two editable wave sequences that produce user defined periodic waveforms. • Oberon : as the name suggests, this is Oberon's presentation phrase in a heavily robotic fashion. • Metal : look no further for metallic sounds. When in motion, this wave sequence is finger nails on board metal heaven.
Page 6: Partial Clip
Response Curve The filters in Oberon are in fact akin to graphical equalizers. You draw the frequency response with a multi- point curve. By default, this curve is defined around a central frequency and ranges eight octaves below to eight octaves above this central frequency.
Page 7: Unison
There are two LFO's in Oberon. Both of them can be synced to the song tempo and reset at each note on. Each LFO can be configured to produce a certain wave form among the following list: •...
Page 8: Envelopes
ZVORK OBERON - User Manual • Saw : a classic saw wave with initial high value then fall, • Saw 4, 8, and 16 : same saw wave as above but sampled and held at ¼, 1/8 and 1/16 of the wave period, •...
Page 9: Destinations
Breath Control Unipolar CV input 1 to 5 Any signal from other devices can be plugged in Oberon and Bipolar used as modulation sources with these inputs. Note On random value 1 and 2 At a each “note on” event, a random value is generated and Bipolar held throughout the key press.
Page 10 ZVORK OBERON - User Manual Oscillator 1 and 2 width Both oscillators receive the same amount of modulation Oscillator 1 or 2 morph position Controls the amount of morphing Oscillator 1 or 2 morph target The pitch transpose value of the morph target.
Page 11: Front Panel
Front Panel Display At the top of Oberon's front panel lies a huge display. This is where all the curves, for envelopes, waves, bend, morph and filter responses, are edited. Switching from one curve to another is done by activating the corresponding button underneath the display.
Page 12: Common Controls
ZVORK OBERON - User Manual • Filter 1 “X” curve, • Filter 1 “Y” curve, • Filter 2 “X” curve, • Filter 2 “Y” curve, • Oscillator 2 bend curve, • Oscillator 2 morph curve. Common controls All curves share a common set of controls for edition. Specific controls are listed in curve specific paragraphs.
Page 13: Envelope Controls
ZVORK OBERON - User Manual Envelope controls Envelope curves have four specific controls. The first one, “Lock” at the right of the snap controls changes the way the curve is adjusted when a point's horizontal position is changed. Except for envelopes, moving a curve point doesn't have any effect on all the other points.
Page 14: Keyboard Mode And Glide
ZVORK OBERON - User Manual Keyboard Mode and Glide There are four keyboard modes: • Polyphonic – Key Pressed: the default mode where each new pressed key creates a new voice. • Polyphonic – Note : voices are allocated to notes. If you press a key twice on the same note and the previous voice for that note is still playing, this previous voice will be killed and restarted.
Page 15: Back Panel
The back panel exposes the input / output CV and audio output sockets. CV Inputs Some of Oberon's parameters can have their values modulated by control voltage signals coming from other devices. Trim knobs let you control the amplitude of the modulation. Five special CV inputs (labelled CV 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) are by default not routed to a specific parameter.
Page 16: Audio Outputs
Mixed outputs The stereo output is sent to the left and right mixed audio socket. If only the left socket is connected to another device, Oberon sends the mixed mono signal to the left socket. Separate outputs Oberon can output individual voice stereo outputs separately from the mixed stereo output.
Page 17: A Brief Introduction To Additive Synthesis
Typical sounds consists of hundreds of sine waves so controlling each one of them is a bit of a challenge. We will see how Oberon handles the problem later on but in the mean time, let us see how typical sounds are built from these individual partials.
Page 18: Midi Implementation Chart
ZVORK OBERON - User Manual MIDI Implementation Chart MIDI Controller # Parameter Oscillator 1-2 Pan Oscillator 1-2 Width 10 & 12 Oscillator 1-2 Pitch octaves 13-14 Oscillator 1-2 Pitch semi-tones 15-16 Oscillator 1-2 Pitch cents 17-18 Oscillator 1-2 Pitch keyboard tracking...
Page 19 ZVORK OBERON - User Manual 60-61 Oscillator 1-2 Wave sequence motion – free running 62-63 Oscillator 1-2 Wave sequence motion – synced Amplitude Envelope – Point Count Amplitude Envelope – Sustain Point Index 67-82 Amplitude Envelope – Point Levels 1-16 83-95 Amplitude Envelope –...
Page 20: Remote Map Templates
ZVORK OBERON - User Manual Remote Map Templates English Scope Zvork fr.zvork.Oberon //Map _control_ Osc. 1 - Stereo - Pan //Map _control_ Osc. 2 - Stereo - Pan //Map _control_ Osc. 1 - Stereo - Width //Map _control_ Osc. 2 - Stereo - Width //Map _control_ Osc.
Page 21 ZVORK OBERON - User Manual //Map _control_ Osc. 2 - On/Off //Map _control_ Osc. 1 - Morphing Destination //Map _control_ Osc. 2 - Morphing Destination //Map _control_ Osc. 1 - Morphing Position //Map _control_ Osc. 2 - Morphing Position //Map _control_ Osc.
Page 22 ZVORK OBERON - User Manual //Map _control_ Amp. Env. - Duration 5 //Map _control_ Amp. Env. - Duration 6 //Map _control_ Amp. Env. - Duration 7 //Map _control_ Amp. Env. - Duration 8 //Map _control_ Amp. Env. - Duration 9 //Map _control_ Amp.
Page 23 ZVORK OBERON - User Manual //Map _control_ Mod. 5 - Source //Map _control_ Mod. 6 - Source //Map _control_ Mod. 1 - Destination 1 //Map _control_ Mod. 2 - Destination 1 //Map _control_ Mod. 3 - Destination 1 //Map _control_ Mod. 4 - Destination 1 //Map _control_ Mod.
Page 24: Français
ZVORK OBERON - User Manual Français Scope Zvork fr.zvork.Oberon //Map _control_ Osc. 1 - Stéréo - Pan //Map _control_ Osc. 2 - Stéréo - Pan //Map _control_ Osc. 1 - Stéréo - Largeur //Map _control_ Osc. 2 - Stéréo - Largeur //Map _control_ Osc.
Page 25 ZVORK OBERON - User Manual //Map _control_ Osc. 2 - Position de Morphing //Map _control_ Osc. 1 - Transposition de la Cible de Morphing //Map _control_ Osc. 2 - Transposition de la Cible de Morphing //Map _control_ Osc. 1 - Forme d'Onde //Map _control_ Osc.
Page 26 ZVORK OBERON - User Manual //Map _control_ Env. Amp. - Durée 9 //Map _control_ Env. Amp. - Durée 10 //Map _control_ Env. Amp. - Durée 11 //Map _control_ Env. Amp. - Durée 12 //Map _control_ Env. Amp. - Durée 13 //Map _control_ Env.
Page 27 ZVORK OBERON - User Manual //Map _control_ Mod. 3 - Destination 1 //Map _control_ Mod. 4 - Destination 1 //Map _control_ Mod. 5 - Destination 1 //Map _control_ Mod. 6 - Destination 1 //Map _control_ Mod. 1 - Destination 2 //Map _control_ Mod.