Full Bucket Music Mono/Fury User manual
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Table of Contents
Introduction.......................................3
What's New With Version 2?.................3
A Warning to the Potential User.............3
Architecture.......................................4
Key Assignment Modes........................4
Trigger Mode and Auto Damp..................5
Programming the Chord Memory.............5
Tweaks..............................................6
Patches.............................................8
Program and File Menu........................8
The monofury.ini Configuration File.......9
MIDI Control Change Messages...............9
MIDI Learn...........................................9
Parameters......................................10
Global................................................10
Keyboard Assignment Modes................10
Wheels Section...................................10
VCO 1................................................11
VCO 2................................................11
VCO 3................................................11
VCO 4................................................11
All VCOs............................................12
Noise.................................................12
VCF...................................................12
VCF EG..............................................12
VCA EG..............................................12
MG 1.................................................13
MG 2.................................................13
Effects Section....................................13
Arpeggiator........................................13
Tweaks..............................................14
Frequently Asked Questions................15
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Introduction
The Mono/Fury is a software synthesizer plug-in for Microsoft Windows (VST) and
Apple macOS (VST/AU) simulating the classic KORG Mono/Poly analog synthesizer of
the early 1980's. It is written in native C++ code for high performance even on
“lighter” systems. The main features are
●Close emulation of behavior and all controls
●Monophonic/quadrophonic keyboard action
●Four band-limited oscillators
●Four-pole lowpass filter with self-oscillation
●“Effects” section including Cross modulation and hard sync
●Arpeggiator with sync-to-host option
●Additional tweak section
●Plug-in supports Windows and macOS (32 bit and 64 bit)
What's New With Version 2?
Version 2 of the Mono/Fury is fully compatible with previous versions; it should be
safe to replace the old plug-in with the new one.
●Fresh and bigger UI
●MIDI Learn for parameters to be controlled by MIDI controllers
●New tweak parameters VCF and VCA can be controlled by Velocity
●User-defined Startup VST bank (FXB)
●Many internal fixes, optimizations, and improvements
A Warnin to the Potential User
1. The Mono/Fury does not sound like it's famous analo archetype.
I own the Mono/Poly since 1984 and I am aware that there is a difference – however,
I think the aura is captured pretty well. While testing and recording some songs with
the Mono/Fury I immediately felt home.
2. The Mono/Fury is no extended polyphonic oversized buzz-and-bells has-
nothin -to-do-with-the-ori inal recreation.
Why that? Because the Mono/Fury is a simulation – I wanted to do something close to
the original, not something more or less. The layout of the Mono/Poly offers some
unique features but also has some limitations. To me this combination was and is a
source of creative inspiration.
3. Hey, but neither “real” Polyphony nor Panorama control!?
Yes. Because the Mono/Poly has only one voice and a single mono output. Be grateful,
I do spare you the five to ten minutes warm-up time until all four VCOs would be in
tune. And I'm pretty sure you will find a pan in your favorite host – or in the kitchen.
4. Damn, why should I ever download or even use this crap?
Damn, you're right. Better go and download the real thing.
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Architecture
The Mono/Fury features four band-limited oscillators (VCO1), each with four selectable
waveforms (triangle, sawtooth, pulse with modulated and fixed width), four octave
ranges (16' to 2'), individual tuning and volume controls. The VCOs and an optional
white noise generator feed a classic four-pole low-pass filter (VCF) with resonance up
to self-oscillation. Two envelope generators (EG) control the contour of the filter cutoff
and the amplifier (VCA) respectively.
In the Effects section, the VCOs can be Cross-modulated and/or hard-synchronized as
well as frequency-modulated by the VCF EG or the first modulation generator (MG1).
MG1 features four waveforms (triangle, falling and rising sawtooth, square) and is also
capable of modulating the overall pitch, the pulse width of the VCOs, and the VCF
cutoff frequency.
Modulation generator 2 (MG2) produces a triangle waveform used to modulate the
VCOs' pulse width. Additionally, it is used to control the speed of the built-in
arpeggiator. The latter offers three modes (up, down, and up & down), three key
ranges (1, 2 or 4 octaves), and can be latched.
Key Assi nment Modes
Although the Mono/Fury is a monophonic instrument, it offers two “polyphonic”
keyboard modes where the VCOs can be played individually (resulting in a four-voice
“pseudo-polyphony”; mind that there still is only one VCF and only one VCA!).
Furthermore, the C ord Memory mode allows to play a chord of up to four notes (one
per VCO) by a single key. This function compensates the lack of a dedicated control
for interval-tuning of the VCOs.
1 VCO = Voltage Controlled Oscillator. Of course the modules of the Mono/Fury are not
voltage-controlled in the same way as in analog synthesizers, but I will stick to this neat
old-fashioned acronyms.
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The following key assignment modes are available
Unison Monophonic keyboard action
The VCOs are stacked and play the same key.
Unison/Share Polyphonic keyboard action
The pressed keys s are the VCOs, i.e. if one key is pressed
all VCOs will play the same note; if two keys are pressed
each note will be played by two VCOs. If more than two keys
are pressed each note will be played by one VCO.
Poly Polyphonic keyboard action
Each key is played by one VCO. If the arpeggiator is
activated each note will be played by one VCO while the next
note will be played by the next VCO in row.
Chord Memory Monophonic keyboard action
The VCOs are stacked and play the relative notes defined by
the Chord Memory function.
Round Robin Tweak mode – see section Tweaks!
Monophonic keyboard action
The pressed key is played by one VCO while the next key is
played by the next VCO in row (similar to Poly when the
arpeggiator is activated).
Tri er Mode and Auto Damp
Since there is only one filter and one amplifier the parameters Trigger and Auto Damp
are of special interest when playing one of the two polyphonic modes (Unison/S are
or Poly).
On key press, Single Trigger will restart the envelopes only when no other key is
pressed (legato) while Multiple Trigger will restart them always.
If Auto Damp is set to Off the VCOs will play until all keys have been released (even if
their assigned keys are already released). If set to On a VCO will be muted as soon as
its assigned key is released.
Pro rammin the Chord Memory
Of course this has to be done as with the Mono/Poly! Play a chord on the keyboard
and click the C ord Memory button at the same time. Or activate the Hold button,
play the desired keys one for one, and then click the C ord Memory button. Or set the
relative chord notes directly via the hosts' built-in plug-in parameter dialog (if
available).
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Tweaks
At some places I decided to insert some minor additions or tweaks to the Mono/Fury
which are not part of the original design. The purist will cry out loud but I think these
tweaks are quite useful. Some tweaks are obvious You can save a plug-in program,
you have an integrated MIDI interface, it does not take minutes until the VCOs have
warmed-up, the plug-in weights just some hundered kilobytes and not kilograms... ;-)
Here, I'm talking about some new controls. These tweak controls will be shown when
the “Danger / High Voltage” symbol at bottom left of the panel is clicked.
Mod Wheel
Override
The amount of modulation by MG 1 is controlled by the
modulation wheel. However, the position of the mod
wheel cannot be stored with the plug-in's programs. This
tweak parameter fixes this issue by emulating an initial
position of the mod wheel.
Arpe iator
Tri er Source
The arpeggiator is usually triggered by MG 2 while the
Mono/Poly provided a clock input jack for external
triggering. This tweak parameter can be used to
synchronize the arpeggiator to the host tempo.
Arpe iator
Tempo
If the arpeggiator is synchronized to the host, this tweak
parameter is used to set the tempo in note lengths.
Key Assi n Mode
Reset By Effects
Button
When you activate the Effects section, the key
assignment mode will be reset to Unison. On the
Mono/Poly it was possible to avoid this behavior by
setting a specific jumper on one of the circuit boards.
Here, you just set this tweak parameter to Off.
Round Robin This is an additional monophonic key assignment mode
not to be found on the Mono/Poly (see section Key
Assignment Modes). Round Robin schedules only one
VCO to a key; however, when the next key is pressed it
will be scheduled to the next VCO in row (similar to the
Poly mode when the arpeggiator is activated).
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Frequency Shift of
Slave VCOs
by X-Mod
Actually this consists of two tweak parameters for the
Single and Double Effects modes respectively and needs
a bit more explanation.
The Effects section provides Cross modulation which is
equivalent to amplitude modulation of one or more slave
VCOs by a master VCO; the modulation intensity is
controlled by the X-Mod parameter (for maximum X-Mod
the Cross becomes Ring modulation).
However, when I compared the sound of the Mono/Fury
to the original, it turned out that on the Mono/Poly the
X-Mod parameter does not only control the Cross mod
intensity but also causes a pitc s ift of the slave VCOs,
i.e. the higher X-Mod the higher the pitch2, and the
amount is different for Single and Double mode.
This may not happen on every model of the Mono/Poly,
thus I decided not to hard-code the pitch shift amount
into the Cross mod algorithm but to add these two little
tweak parameters.
Velocity to VCF/VCA The original Mono/Poly does not react to Velocity – the
Mono/Fury v2.0 can!
2 A quite similar effect will occur if one pushes the panel of the Mono/Poly close to the X-Mod
control. This is obviously no feature but related to the analog circuit board mounted directly
under the panel. Anyway, I decided not to emulate this behavior.
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Patches
The Mono/Poly does not have any preset or patch memory to store and recall sounds
by a few clicks (thanks to advances in quantum physics, the Mono/Fury does have this
capability). Instead, the manufactures often provided patc s eets for their products –
small diagrams on real paper with parameter settings of “factory presets”.
The Mono/Poly was delivered with a booklet of such Setting C arts, and I have
integrated those 24 presets into the program memory of the Mono/Fury. They are
identified by the prefix “Chart ” in the patch name followed by the original English
preset name as given in the booklet (except on the patch “Elektronengewehr” where I
used the German preset name).
In some cases I had to tweak the patches a little bit since the original charts missed
one or more parameter values (for example “Synthetic Guitar” or “Elektronen-
gewehr”); I hope I have captured the original sound designer's intention here.
Pro ram and File Menu
When clicking on the File button (disk symbol in the Program section), a context menu
opens with the following options
Copy Pro ram Copy current program to internal clipboard
Paste Pro ram Paste internal clipboard to current program
Load Pro ram Load a VST program file containing a patch to the
Mono/Fury's current program
Save Pro ram Save the Mono/Fury's current program to a VST
program file
Load Bank Load a VST bank file containing 64 Mono/Fury patches
Save Bank Save the Mono/Fury's 64 patches to a VST bank file
Init Pro ram Initialize the current program
Reload Confi uration Reload the Mono/Fury's configuration file (see section
T e monofury.ini Configuration File)
Save Confi uration Save the Mono/Fury's configuration file (see section
T e monofury.ini Configuration File)
Select Startup Bank Select the VST bank file that should always be loaded
when the Mono/Fury is started
Load Startup Bank Load the Startup VST bank file; can also be used to
check what the current Startup bank is
Unselect Startup Bank Unselect the current Startup bank
Check Online for
Update
When connected to the Internet, this function will
check if a newer version of the Mono/Fury is available
at fullbucket.de
Visit fullbucket.de Open fullbucket.de in your standard browser
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The monofury.ini Confi uration File
The Mono/Fury is able to read some settings from a configuration file (monofury.ini)
located in the same directory as the Mono/Fury VST DLL (monofury.dll or
monofury64.dll) itself. After you have edited this INI file in a text editor, you have to
reload it using the Reload Configuration command from the File menu (see section
Program and File Menu).
MIDI Control Chan e Messa es
All parameters of the Mono/Fury can be controlled by MIDI controllers, or more
precise Each MIDI controller (except Modulation W eel and Sustain Pedal) can control
one of Mono/Fury's parameters. The mapping is defined in the monofury.ini for
example like this
[MIDI Control]
# trying to follow GM2 definitions here ;-)
CC7 = 8 # Vol me
CC70 = 38 # Effects X-Mod
CC71 = 44 # VCF Resonance
CC72 = 57 # VCA Release
CC73 = 54 # VCA Attack
CC74 = 43 # VCF C toff
CC75 = 55 # VCA Decay
CC76 = 48 # MG 1 Rate
CC77 = 39 # Effects FM
CC84 = 13 # Portamento
CC94 = 12 # Det ne
...
The syntax is straight forward
CC<controllernumber> = <parameterID>
Given the above example, controller 7 directly controls the overall Volume parameter,
controller 74 the VCF Cutoff etc. As you can see, comments are introduced by the
Pound sign (#); they are here just for description purposes and completely optional.
The parameter ID of one of the Mono/Fury's parameters is given in the section
Parameters below. Note that the controller number can run from 0 to 110, with the
exception of 1 (Modulation W eel) and 64 (Sustain Pedal); the latter two are simply
ignored.
MIDI Learn
The easiest way to assign MIDI controllers to Mono/Fury parameters is to use the
MIDI Learn function. To activate MIDI Learn, click on the respective button and wiggle
both the MIDI controller and the Mono/Fury’s parameter that you want to link. If you
want to unlearn the assignment, right-click the MIDI Learn button (the label now
reads “UNLEARN”) and activate it. Now wiggle the MIDI controller or the parameter
that you want to unlearn.
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Parameters
Global
parameter ID description
Volume 8 the overall volume
Range 9Off (no output), Low and Hig
Master Tune 11 overall tuning of the VCOs
Detune 12 detunes VCO2 in negative and VCO4 in positive
direction
Portamento 13 portamento time (0 to 5 seconds)
Keyboard Assi nment Modes
parameter ID description
Key Assign Mode 0 five modes are available Unison, Unison/S are, Poly,
C ord Memory, and Round Robin (tweak mode)
Hold 3 if set to On the pressed keys will be held until Hold is
set to Off
Trigger 1 two trigger modes are available Single and Multiple
Auto Damp 2 switches Auto Damp mode on or off
C ord Memory 1 4
relative pitch of the respective notes of the Chord
Memory; a CC value of 127 switches the note off
C ord Memory 2 5
C ord Memory 3 6
C ord Memory 4 7
Wheels Section
parameter ID description
Bend Intensity 15 intensity of pitch bend modulation (source is the pitch
bend wheel)
Bend Destination 14 destination of pitch bend modulation VCO 1 or Slave
VCOs (depending on effects On/Off state), Pitc , or
VCF
MG1 Intensity 17 intensity of modulation by MG1 (controlled by the mod
wheel)
MG1 Destination 16 destination of modulation by MG1 VCO 1 or Slave
VCOs (depending on effects On/Off state), Pitc , or
VCF
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VCO 1
parameter ID description
Waveform 18 four types are available triangle, sawtooth, pulse with
modulated and fixed width
Octave 19 footage (16', 8', 4', or 2')
Volume 20 output volume
VCO 2
parameter ID description
Tune 21 fine tuning
Waveform 22 four types are available triangle, sawtooth, pulse with
modulated and fixed width
Octave 23 footage (16', 8', 4', or 2')
Volume 24 output volume
VCO 3
parameter ID description
Tune 25 fine tuning
Waveform 26 four types are available triangle, sawtooth, pulse with
modulated and fixed width
Octave 27 footage (16', 8', 4', or 2')
Volume 28 output volume
VCO 4
parameter ID description
Tune 29 fine tuning
Waveform 30 four types are available triangle, sawtooth, pulse with
modulated and fixed width
Octave 31 footage (16', 8', 4', or 2')
Volume 32 output volume
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All VCOs
parameter ID description
PW 35 controls the fixed pulse width for all VCOs
PWM 33 amount of pulse width modulation for all VCOs
PWM Source 24 source of the pulse width modulation (VCF EG, MG1,
or MG2)
Noise
parameter ID description
Volume 36 output volume of the white noise generator
VCF
parameter ID description
Cutoff 43 cutoff frequency of the filter
Resonance 44 feedback amount of the filter; high values will cause
self-oscillation
EG Intens 45 amount of cutoff frequency modulation by VCF EG
(positive or negative)
KBD Track 46 amount of keyboard tracking
VCF EG
parameter ID description
Attack 50 attack time of the envelope
Decay 51 decay time of the envelope
Sustain 52 sustain level of the envelope
Release 53 release time of the envelope
VCA EG
parameter ID description
Attack 54 attack time of the envelope
Decay 55 decay time of the envelope
Sustain 56 sustain level of the envelope
Release 57 release time of the envelope
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MG 1
parameter ID description
Waveform 47 four types are available triangle, falling and rising
sawtooth, and square
Rate 48 rate of the MG1
MG 2
parameter ID description
Rate 49 rate of the MG2
Effects Section
parameter ID description
On/Off 37 switches the effects on and off
X-Mod 38 amount of Cross modulation of slave VCOs (if Mode is
set to S&X or XMod)
Freq Mod 39 frequency modulation of slave VCOs
Freq Mod Source 40 source of frequency modulation (VCF EG or MG1)
Mode 1 41 three types affecting the slave VCOs are available
Sync hard sync
S&X hard sync and Cross modulation
XMod Cross modulation
Mode 2 42 selection of slave VCOs
Single VCO 1 modulates slave VCOs 2 – 4
Double VCO 1 and 3 modulate slave VCO 2 and
4 resp.
Arpe iator
parameter ID description
Range 58 range of the arpeggiator 1 Octave, 2 Octaves, or Full
Mode 59 arpeggiator mode Up, Down, or Up/Down
State 60 arpeggiator state Off, On, or Latc
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Tweaks
For a detailed description of the tweak parameters see section Tweaks.
parameter ID description
Mod W eel
Override
61 overrides the mod wheel to provide a MG1 modulation
intensity parameter value of the plug-in
Arpeggiator
Trigger Source
65 sets the arpeggiator clock source to MG2 (internal) or
External (VST host)
Arpeggiator
Tempo
66 if Arpeggiator Trigger Source is set to External t is
parameter selects the tempo of the arpeggiator in note
lengths
Key Assign Mode
Reset By Effects
Button
62 if switched to Off the Key Assign Mode will not be
automatically reset to Unison when the Effects section
is activated
Round Robin ‒ additional key assignment mode with cyclic VCO
scheduling (see Key Assign Mode)
Freq S ift of Slave
VCOs by X-Mod
(Single Mode)
63 controls the frequency shift of the slave VCOs by the
X-Mod parameter for Single mode
Freq S ift of Slave
VCOs by X-Mod
(Double Mode)
64 controls the frequency shift of the slave VCOs by the
X-Mod parameter for Double mode
Velocity to VCF 67 amount of Velocity applied to VCF cutoff
Velocity to VCA 68 amount of Velocity applied to VCA volume
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Frequently Asked Questions
Before you read on here, please make sure that you also have read my statements
regarding the Mono/Fury's capabilities and limitations at the beginning of this manual
(see section A Warning to t e Potential User).
How do I install the Mono/Fury (Windows 32 bit version)?
Just copy the files monofury.dll and monofury.ini from the ZIP archive you have
downloaded to your system's or favorite DAW's VST plug-in folder. Your DAW should
automatically register the Mono/Fury VST plug-in the next time you start it.
How do I install the Mono/Fury (Windows 4 bit version)?
Just copy the file monofury64.dll and monofury.ini from the ZIP archive you have
downloaded to your system's or favorite DAW's VST plug-in folder. Your DAW should
automatically register the Mono/Fury VST plug-in the next time you start it.
Note You may have to remove any existing (32 bit) monofury.dll from your VST
plug-in folder or else your DAW may screw the versions up...
How do I install the Mono/Fury
(Mac VST/AU universal 32/ 4 bit)?
Locate the downloaded PKG package file monofury_2_1_3_mac.pkg in Finder (!) and
do a right- or control-click on it. In the context menu, click on “Open”. You will be
asked if you really want to install the package because it comes from an “unidentified
developer” (me J). Click “OK” and follow the installation instructions.
What is the VST plug-in ID of the Mono/Fury?
The ID is 1416.
Will you support the Mono/Fury?
Yes. If you have problems, found a bug, or have some suggestions about the
Mono/Fury please send me a mail [email protected] .
How can I prevent output clipping (for example when I use high
Resonance values)?
Turn down the volume or select the Low output range (Output Range switch on the
left of the panel).
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How can I tune the VCF frequency to the note played on the
keyboard?
Turn the KBD Track parameter to 6.4 and play MIDI key F#1 to adjust the Cutoff
parameter so that the VCF is in tune with the oscillators. Or use the patches 29
(“Chart Whistle”) or 45 (“Duophonic Madness”) as a base class of your sound.
Ups, I cannot find the tweak parameters on the panel...!?
Click the “Danger / High Voltage” symbol at bottom left of the panel and you will.
If the MG rates are pretty high their associated LEDs on the panel
will not blink in sync! Why?
This effect is called aliasing. Never mind, I never thought they would work at all!
Will you someday provide a “true” polyphonic version of the
Mono/Fury?
No. I would add a more flexible modulation infrastructure and velocity sensitivity as
well, but that would be a new synth like the blooo and not a “bigger” Mono/Fury.
How do I know if a new version of the Mono/Fury is available?
When connected to the Internet, open the Options menu (see section Program and
File Menu) by clicking the disk icon and select the entry “Check Online for Updates”. If
a new version of the Mono/Fury is available on fullbucket.de the respective
information will be shown in a message box.
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