I'm hoping someone can give me some basic pointers on using this lovely VSTi. The parameters in the top-left section particularly, above the envelopes.
Thanks
PS. Here's a link which gives an overview of the synth which inspired it:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov01/a ... phetvs.asp
How to use Augur?
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Roland Babbage Roland Babbage https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=51895
- KVRist
- 118 posts since 17 Dec, 2004
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- KVRist
- 333 posts since 2 Sep, 2003 from Brazil
Supposing that your question is about the ABCD square/knobs:
- The ABCD square represents the "mixing plane" of the four Augur oscilators.
- On this plane you can draw a four-segment envelope. For example, selecting the preset number 5 (4osc pad) you will see a figure with five numbered points (0-4). This is the 4-segment envelope, where each point is a mix of the four Augur's oscilators depending on the point position inside the square. Each of the five points can be freely positioned anywhere inside the square.
- Press a key on your keyboard. You can see a little moving point going from 0 to 1, then to 2, then to 3, then stop; it only moves from 3 to 4 when you release the key.
- When this happens the sound changes because the oscilator's mix varies in time according to the 4-segment envelope and its five point positions on the square.
- The four knobs under the square control the travelling rates for each of the four segments. The leftmost knob, for example, controls the time that the moving point takes to go from 0 to 1. The same applies to the other knobs/segments.
- You can loop this envelope in several different ways (segments/directions). Using the 4osc pad preset, change the looping options and see/hear what they do. It is pretty self-explaining.
- If you loop the envelope (any "Loop" option but "off") you can also control how many times the loop will repeat: continuous - the chosen loop loops forever; 1, 2, 3...7 times and then stop.
Well, I don't know if I made myself clear but that is pretty much it. Play with the presets and change things - for me this is still the best way to understand a new synth
- The ABCD square represents the "mixing plane" of the four Augur oscilators.
- On this plane you can draw a four-segment envelope. For example, selecting the preset number 5 (4osc pad) you will see a figure with five numbered points (0-4). This is the 4-segment envelope, where each point is a mix of the four Augur's oscilators depending on the point position inside the square. Each of the five points can be freely positioned anywhere inside the square.
- Press a key on your keyboard. You can see a little moving point going from 0 to 1, then to 2, then to 3, then stop; it only moves from 3 to 4 when you release the key.
- When this happens the sound changes because the oscilator's mix varies in time according to the 4-segment envelope and its five point positions on the square.
- The four knobs under the square control the travelling rates for each of the four segments. The leftmost knob, for example, controls the time that the moving point takes to go from 0 to 1. The same applies to the other knobs/segments.
- You can loop this envelope in several different ways (segments/directions). Using the 4osc pad preset, change the looping options and see/hear what they do. It is pretty self-explaining.
- If you loop the envelope (any "Loop" option but "off") you can also control how many times the loop will repeat: continuous - the chosen loop loops forever; 1, 2, 3...7 times and then stop.
Well, I don't know if I made myself clear but that is pretty much it. Play with the presets and change things - for me this is still the best way to understand a new synth
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- KVRAF
- 37409 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
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- KVRist
- 418 posts since 19 Nov, 2002
Tim, that bank rules. Thanks for taking the time to create it and bring this synth (which had been languishing in many a VSTi folder due to limited patches) to life. Awesome work!
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- KVRAF
- 37409 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
Tim who???geeseaplenty wrote:Tim, that bank rules. Thanks for taking the time to create it and bring this synth (which had been languishing in many a VSTi folder due to limited patches) to life. Awesome work!
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Roland Babbage Roland Babbage https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=51895
- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 118 posts since 17 Dec, 2004
Thanks Boin for the superb explanation - I understand that section now. After reading a Wavestation article, I think I maybe should have called it the vector section but yes, you answered the right question! 
As for the two envelope sections underneath, I thought I understood them but now I'm not so sure. Let me see if I've got this right. The top envelope (ie. the left-middle of the screen) controls the levels (volume) of the five points (0-4) on the vector (ABCD) map above, while the bottom envelope controls the overall volume, and is therefore a normal amplitude envelope. Have I got that right? I thought I had and then I checked it again with my labcoat and wasn't so sure! Please confirm somebody. (EDIT: Think I have these the wrong way round!)
Thanks to Amused for the presets. Superb. They give a good idea of the range of this beta beauty.
Mind you, I've found that even without consciously understanding the synth fully, just playing around has produced some beautiful noises.
Oh yes, just remembered. I also don't know what the 8 pan knobs on the right refer to (they're unlabelled in Logic at least). And what do L1 and L2 refer to in the modulation matrix?
Maybe this thread has inspired a few to go and check out the synth again. Soon, I might even feel up to the task of tackling the Korg Wavestation VSTi again.
As for the two envelope sections underneath, I thought I understood them but now I'm not so sure. Let me see if I've got this right. The top envelope (ie. the left-middle of the screen) controls the levels (volume) of the five points (0-4) on the vector (ABCD) map above, while the bottom envelope controls the overall volume, and is therefore a normal amplitude envelope. Have I got that right? I thought I had and then I checked it again with my labcoat and wasn't so sure! Please confirm somebody. (EDIT: Think I have these the wrong way round!)
Thanks to Amused for the presets. Superb. They give a good idea of the range of this beta beauty.
Mind you, I've found that even without consciously understanding the synth fully, just playing around has produced some beautiful noises.
Oh yes, just remembered. I also don't know what the 8 pan knobs on the right refer to (they're unlabelled in Logic at least). And what do L1 and L2 refer to in the modulation matrix?
Maybe this thread has inspired a few to go and check out the synth again. Soon, I might even feel up to the task of tackling the Korg Wavestation VSTi again.
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afreshcupofjoe afreshcupofjoe https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=94815
- KVRAF
- 1838 posts since 17 Jan, 2006 from Portland, OR
Trying to figure this thing out myself, but I'm pretty sure the top envelope (middle left) is the filter envelope, and the bottom envelope is the amplitude(volume) envelope. I don't think either of them are directly related to the vector points. We really need some documentation for this synth. It's a complex beast!
"The Juno 60 was often incorrectly referred to as a synth. It is, in fact, a chorus unit with a synth attached." -PAK
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- KVRian
- 852 posts since 28 Oct, 2004
I just love this plug because you can sculp the transient part of a bass sound with such an exactness.
Just wished it had more saw waves to choose from
top env is filter env
bottom env is amp env
pos 3 is sustain and 4 is release time for both
the 8 pan buttons are linked with the "voices" dial knob
if you set voices to 1, augur becomes monophonic and will
play that voice with the panning of the top pan button
if voices set to 2, it becomes "biphonic" and the pan of
the two available voices will use from the two topmost
don't know how the voice stealing algo work but they will
jump around, I guess in a 121212 pattern (and 123123 if 3 voices)
L1 = lfo 1
L2 = lfo 2
Just wished it had more saw waves to choose from
top env is filter env
bottom env is amp env
pos 3 is sustain and 4 is release time for both
the 8 pan buttons are linked with the "voices" dial knob
if you set voices to 1, augur becomes monophonic and will
play that voice with the panning of the top pan button
if voices set to 2, it becomes "biphonic" and the pan of
the two available voices will use from the two topmost
don't know how the voice stealing algo work but they will
jump around, I guess in a 121212 pattern (and 123123 if 3 voices)
L1 = lfo 1
L2 = lfo 2
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afreshcupofjoe afreshcupofjoe https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=94815
- KVRAF
- 1838 posts since 17 Jan, 2006 from Portland, OR
I wish more synths used this envelope design. It's a dream to use.
"The Juno 60 was often incorrectly referred to as a synth. It is, in fact, a chorus unit with a synth attached." -PAK