Wusik Dot eve 2 User manual

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For Windows VST and MAC VST/AU hosts
V2.5.1 User Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………….. p.3
2. Quick Features Overview…………………………………………………….. p.5
3. EVE 2 SoundSet Library……………………………………………………… p.6
4. System Requirements………………………………………………………… p.7
5. Installation……………………………………………………………………… p.8
6. LEARNING AND USING EVE 2…………………………………………….. p.9
6.1. Layer Structure………………………………………………………………. p.9
6.1.1. SoundSet Image and Name…………………………………………………. p.9
6.1.2. ADSR Envelope………………………………………………………………. p.10
6.1.3. Velocity Sensitivity and Key Scaling………………………………………... p.10
6.1.4. The Filter………………………………………………………………………. p.10
6.1.5. Three Band EQ……………………………………………………………….. p.11
6.1.6. LFO…………………………………………………………………………….. p.11
6.2. FM Switch Matrix……………………………………………………………. p.12
6.3. Pitch Envelope………………………………………………………………. p.12
6.4. Master Controls……………………………………………………………… p.13
6.5. Vintage Effects Racks………………………………………………………. p.14
6.5.1. MODULATOR…………………………………………………………………. p.14
6.5.2. ECHO…………………………………………………………………………... p.17
6.6. Key and Velocity Splits Interface…………………………………………... p.17
6.7. Mixer Strip……………………………………………………………………. p.18
6.8. Tips and Tricks………………………………………………………………. p.19
7. Multi-Out and Single-Out Versions………………………………………….. p.20
8. Global Menu and Settings……………………………………………………. p.21
9. MIDI Implementation………………………………………………………….. p.22
10. SoundSet Add-on Libraries…………………………………………………. p.23
11. Acknowledgements………………………………………………………….. p.25
12. Support……………………………………………………………………….. p.25

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1. Introduction
Welcome to EVE 2, a Virtual Instrument for Windows (VSTi) and OS X
(VSTi/AU).
EVE stands for Electronic Vintage Ensemble, which suggests the design
philosophy behind the instrument. EVE was made to recreate in the virtual world
of softsynths the exciting and immediate experience of the early age of
electronics in pop, rock and jazz music from the 1960’s and 1970’s. In this
creative period in music history, many musicians started to employ the innovative
sounds of the ‘electric keyboards’ which were newly available for use on stage
and in the studio: Rhodes electric pianos, Hammond and Vox organs, Hohner
clavinets, strings machines such as the Arp Solina string ensemble, Moog
synthesizers, and all those that are now considered ‘classics’.
Not only were keyboards a part of this revolution in popular music, but the use of
effects and recording techniques for layering, blending and manipulating sounds
transformed the way music was produced and conceptualized: Tape based delay
lines, rotating speaker cabinets, guitar distortion pedals, wah wah, phasing,
flanging and other effects became an integral part of the process of sound
design.
EVE takes these vintage sounds and this early approach to ‘electronic’ music
production as a starting point, and brings this general philosophy and sound into
the modern virtual environment with an intuitive and powerful interface.
At the core of the EVE approach to sound design is the basic structure of 3
sample-playing layers, 2 multi-effect racks, and a selected library of multi-
sampled ‘electric keyboards’. This enables the blending of several waveforms
and instruments into a vintage wall of sound, or alternatively, the use of the 3
layers multi-timbrally as a vintage workstation. These layers can then be further
processed through the EVE’s powerful multi-effect racks. There is a well
designed system of parameters for tweaking instruments and effects towards
musical results, with all parameters accessible on a single page for easy and
intuitive sound design. Using EVE 2 is just like having the vintage boxes at your
fingertips.

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What's EVE 2?
EVE 2 adds several enhancements and new synthesis features to the simple yet
powerful EVE design. All the original functionality and ease of use is still there,
with the following changes and additions –
 The original LP resonant filter per layer in EVE has been replaced by a
multimode filter (LP, HP, BP, BR) with control over cut, resonance and
envelope modulation, as well as a special ‘fractal’ modulation parameter.
This expanded filter design provides further tools for balanced layering of
sounds, and deep pads.
 FM/AM modulation capabilities per layer have been added via the ~FM
switch matrix. FM and AM can be used to add interesting harmonic
distortions to the original instruments, or to manipulate new sounds from
the existing samples.
 The vintage multi-effect racks have been updated, with an expanded
ECHO rack, and a new overdrive effect in the MODULATOR rack, as well
as various enhancements to other effects.
 New routing options between the layers and the effects allow the
MODULATOR rack to function in both ‘send’ and ‘insert’ modes.
 EVE 2 now supports the loading of WusikSND SoundSets, opening up a
whole range of extra sample content that can be loaded into the EVE
engine. Due to synth design differences, EVE 2 does not load Wusik
presets (FXP, FXB, BNK or WusikPRST files). For EVE 2 to read
WusikSND SoundSets, they must be installed into the ‘EVE Data’
directory in any subfolder.
 The EVE 2 default sound library features new SoundSets and presets in
addition to those that shipped with EVE.

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2. Quick Features Overview
 3 sample playback layers (oscillators). Each layer includes settings for:
oADSR envelope.
oVelocity sensitivity
oDouble Key-Track scaling - envelope speed and amplitude
oMultimode filter with ADSR envelope send (+/-).
o‘Fractal’ modulation feature for Multimode filter
o3 band EQ
oIndependent LFOs for Pitch, Amp and Pan with three modes –
Free, Sync, and Invert
oPitch envelope enable
oSemitone transpose
oFine pitch adjustment
oFM/AM depth
oSend/Insert to FX 1 (Modulator)
oSend to FX 2 (Tape Echo)
oVolume
oMute switch
oVU meter
oVelocity Zone: minimum and maximum per layer
oKey Zone: set high and low notes limits per layer
oMIDI channel
 Master controls: glide, mono mode, fine tuning, and velocity sensitivity
 MIDI Learn: More than 100 parameters can be controlled with
Automation via any Midi Controller or Sequencer automation.
 Effects: EVE’s effects are distributed over two effects slots,
MODULATOR and ECHO.
oMODULATOR - You can choose from any of six quality vintage
effects for this module: Phaser, Chorus, Flanger, Rotary (Leslie),
Filter (with Wah) and Overdrive. Each effect is specially coded with
its own parameters.
oECHO – EVE’s echo is a true stereo delay unit modeled on an
analog tape echo device for a warm sound. As well as standard
parameter’s you would expect from a stereo delay, EVE’s echo
features a ‘flutter’ control for introducing modulations and artifacts
similar to those heard with tape degradation, a special chorus
modulation for making pitch effects and chorus sounds, and a
‘reflections’ parameter which can be effectively used in combination
with the delay lines to create spring reverb type sounds.

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3. EVE 2 SoundSet Library
EVE 2 comes with a comprehensive library of multi-sampled keyboards all
professionally captured from the original instruments. The default library features
a range of electric pianos, organs and those rare string machines, rounded off by
a nice selection of raw vintage waveforms, including samples of the saw and
square waves from the Korg MS20 and the Minimoog. On top of this large
selection of vintage sounds, there are a number of ethnic and experimental tones
and percussive elements to choose from. The full default library includes:
Electric Pianos Waveforms AOS Zvon Prepared
Rhodes Light
CP70B Soft Analog Noise Acoustic Guitar Africa or Java
D6 Clavinet Hard Korg 770 2 OSC’s Analog Voices Bamboo Too
Fender Bass Korg 770 Ring Mod Arp Multi SAW Bamboo You
Rhodes73 MK1 Microrock Fat Delta Square PW Catching Anything
Suitcase 88 soft Minimoog Saw Delta Square Click Click
Wurlitzer EP Minimoog Triangle Delta Two PW Clockoo
MS20 Pulse 50 Energy Chimes Don’t Know
Ensembles MS20 Pulse 90 EP SV Dreamy Bell
8-BitVocals MS20 Saw Farfisa Hard Knock
Electro Drum Kit MS20 Square FX Sounds Honky Funk
Korg Poly 800 MS20 Triangle Grand Piano Javaneese
Mellotron Strings A Noise Korg 700 Chorus Kalimba Stew
Oberheim Matrix 12 Pure Sine M1 Pad EP Looking for a Tunin
PE2000 Strings Slience M5 Flute Pitching a Curve
Roland Jupiter 8 M5 Synth Pitching a Fastball
Solina 1 Ethnic MonoPoly PWM Pitching a Screwball
Trident Strings B Flute Polysix Prepared Rhodes 1
Vintage Strings 03 Mbira PS3200 Triangle Prepared Rhodes 2
Salterium Short Attack Rimging Harp
Organs Vintage Drum Kit Sharp Bass
60’s E-Organ VS Voices Sharp Kalimba
B3 Percussive Dry Soft Gong
CX3 Drawbar Set 1 Zvon Funny MBH Spring in Bali
CX3 Drawbar Set 2 At the Circus Type of Noisewriter
CX3 Drawbar Set 3 Metallic Vibrating Orient
CX3 Drawbar Set 4 Regal Woods Done It
CX3 Drawbar Set 5 Strange Wrong Echo
CX3 Drawbar Set 6 Swell Fun Zest of Gong
CX3 Drawbar Set 7
Korg DW Organ
Vox Continental C
While all the vintage sounds in the default library stand on their own, the three
layer design of EVE is intended to achieve and expand the possibilities of the
recording technique of layering and blending tracks. In EVE, such layering is
achieved by blending and layering sounds within an intuitive interface. This
makes it easy to create, for example, a stack of 70’s string machines with
dynamic movement, or a Mellotron string/flute ensemble supported by a

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harmonic bassline, for big and dynamic vintage layers. Alternatively, you could
layer a pure sine tone with a Rhodes key multi-sample to reinforce the
fundamental harmonic, or use the attack part from a Wurlitzer sample to start a
stack of vintage strings and analogue square waves. You can find many
examples of such layering techniques in the default EVE 2 preset bank. These
can also serve as a starting point for your own sound design. If you like to be
creative and love the vast range of sounds that where created in the classic
period of ‘electric keyboards’ and vintage effects, you will find how exciting it can
be to compose with the mini vintage workstation that is EVE.
Also, don’t forget that the sounds don’t end with the default EVE 2 library. There
are a number of SoundSet add-on libraries available to expand EVE’s sonic
spectrum – see the ‘SoundSet Add-On Libraries’ section of this manual for more
details on the current product range.
4. System Requirements
Windows
Minimal: IBM-PC 32 bits compatible processor such as P2, AMD Athlon, AMD
Duron, AMD K6-II.
Windows® 2000, or XP, minimum screen resolution of 800 x 600, high color (16
bit) (may work in Windows 98/ME as well, but not officially supported)
Suggested: 1000 MHz SSE Capable CPU with Windows® XP, 256 MB RAM,
Screen settings: 1024x768, true colors (32 bit)
An ASIO audio card is recommended for low latency real time play.
To use EVE you need a VST2 Host: Cubase, Logic Audio or any other
sequencer compatible with VST instruments. EVE is not a stand-alone
instrument.
OS X
Minimal: A Mac capable of running OS X, Mac OS X version 10.3.
Recommended: A Mac with G3/G4/G5 or Intel Core processor with 800 MHz or
more, Mac OS X 10.4
To use EVE you need a VST2 or an AU Host: Cubase, Logic or any other
sequencer compatible with VST/AU instruments. EVE is not a stand-alone
instrument.

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5. Installation
Windows
Upgrade from EVE1.x to EVE 2: To upgrade to EVE 2 you only need to replace
the EVE.dll with the new one, or they may even stay installed concurrently if
you VST host allows. The new ‘EVE Data’ for EVE 2 can be installed over and
merged with the existing ‘EVE Data’ directory. This will update the Data files to
the new EVE 2 default package.
For any question: http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=29
New Installation of EVE 2: If you are a new user, or simply would like to make a
fresh installation after uninstalling EVE 1.x, you need only to unzip EVE_2_FULL
and place the dll and user manual files (optional) in your folder for vst plugins. To
install the data, run EVE Data.part1.exe (the other data files will follow
automatically) and choose a suitable location for the files. When EVE 2 is first
launched, you will be asked to locate the ‘EVE Data’ directory .
OS X
Just use the new Package installers and follow the instructions.
On both OS you will need to first install the DATA files, and after, the
Plugins. (VST/AU)

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6. LEARNING AND USING EVE 2
In this section, we are going to go deeper into the features of EVE 2 and how
they work, including some sound programming tips. To begin, we need to define
two basic terms used in this manual and in EVE 2: ‘Layer’ and ‘SoundSet’.
Layer: A ‘layer’ is basically an oscillator except that in EVE you load single
samples or multi-mapped wave files which are in the DASHsnd format as the raw
sound for each layer. EVE has three layers, labeled A, B, and C respectively.
You can think of each layer as actually being a separate sample playback
engine, with its own waveform, filter, envelope, mixer, EQ, LFO's and voice-
allocation.
SoundSet: A ‘SoundSet’ is the basic set of multi-samples (or single shots
samples) that are mapped in the DASHsnd format. A SoundSet is not the same
as an EVE 2 ‘preset’, it being just one element of the synthesis settings that
make up a ‘preset’. Any number of different presets can use the same SoundSet.
Loading up a SoundSet in an EVE layer is effectively the same as choosing a
raw shape for an oscillator on a standard synthesizer.
6.1 Layer Structure
6.1.1 SoundSet Image and Name
By clicking on the SoundSet name display, a
submenu will open showing all categories of
SoundSets in the default EVE library (Electric Piano,
Ensemble, Organ, Waveform) plus any other add-on
packs you may have installed. Within each submenu is
the list of actual SoundSets that can then be loaded
into each layer. Once a SoundSet it is loaded, the
graphical strip above the name display will either show
a picture of the vintage device the SoundSet derives
from, or a representation of its waveform.
By left-clicking on the ‘A/B/C’ buttons for each layer,
the SoundSet will automatically rotate to the next
available in that category. This can be very useful for
auditioning sounds without opening the menu.

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6.1.2 ADSR envelope
This envelope sets Attack, Decay, Sustain and Release for the amplitude of the
layer, as well as for the filter when it is assigned to the envelope. Each envelope
has its own voice-allocation and settings.
The envelope is not linear- it has logarithmic attack and exponential decay and
release times, thus you may notice extra CPU usage when doing longer attacks,
decays or releases. Also keep in mind that using very long release times will use
more voices. This could cause the sound of some voices to be "stolen" by newer
notes if there are many notes still ‘releasing’ while you play more notes. If this
happens, and if it is a problem for the song mix, set voices to a higher value [16
is the highest] or lower the release values on the envelope.
You can use "Shift + Mouse click" to fine tune the ADSR sliders, which can be
very useful for precise Attack, Decay and Release times.
6.1.3 Velocity Sensitivity and Key Scaling
Velocity Sensitivity: The ‘vel sens’ dial allows you to set velocity sensitivity
independently for each layer. Setting ‘vel sens’ to the hard left (zero) makes the
envelope insensitive to keyboard velocity pressure – this is useful for such
sounds as B3 and VOX organs, or Mellotron sounds, which as hardware simply
feature a note on/note off keyboard. Moving from the hard left position, the layer
becomes gradually more velocity sensitive for more dynamic playing, suitable for
electric pianos, for instance.
Key Scaling: The KEY dial is for ADSR keyboard tracking. It has two modes
[see icons at right of the + symbol] - ADSR Speed (the higher option) and ADSR
Level (the lower option). Both modes are active at the same time, and by clicking
on the symbols the GUI toggles between each mode. With ADSR Speed tracking
you can scale attack, decay and release times along the selected key zone for
the layer. With ADSR Level tracking you can scale the envelope amplitude along
the selected key zone for the layer.
6.1.4 The Filter
With EVE 2 we introduce a new per layer 12 dB multimode filter. This filter
features lowpass (LP), highpass (HP), bandpass (BP), and bandreject (BR)
settings. Unlike in the original EVE LP filter, the new multimode filter features
separate controls for cutoff frequency (FRQ) and resonance (REZ). The filter
frequency can be modulated by the ADSR envelope adjusting the ENV control
for positive or negative response. Centre position (Ctrl + Left mouse click) of the
filter envelope knob does not send any ADSR modulation to the filter.