Behringer Victor Unboxing - Vector Synthesis

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This is the first in a series on the new Behringer Victor quad oscillator. It implements Vector Synthesis which was first introduced by Sequential Circuits with their Prophet VS. This technology went on to be used in the Korg Wavestation and the current Korg Wavestate synthesizers.

[@monodux]

Nice! I see that you, moogfooger & I all shop at the same place. :) I look forward to hearing more from this module!

[@ozhalljr]

thx! Next "episode" should be out by the weekend.

[@moogfooger]

I think Sweetwater is the only place that has stock on most of this stuff. Cheers

[@ozhalljr]

I think so too!

[@DisciplinedCommotion]

cheers, look forward to part 2

[@ozhalljr]

Thanks DC!

[@WayneInBlood]

Excellent informative video!

[@ozhalljr]

Thank you! Stay tuned for the detailed followup videos.

[@kratersignal]

i hope your liking it👍👍

[@ozhalljr]

yes I am! thx. @kratersignal

[@joshuabpolys]

U didn’t explain why all of a sudden there were X and Y outputs. Where did they go?

[@ozhalljr]

@joshuabpolys No, I did not go into any detail on that. These outputs will produce +/- 5 volts each to represent the location of the Joystick. Anywhere you can use a control voltage, you could use these outputs. I'll be releasing Part 2 tomorrow, then in a week or so, Part 3 may well have some examples (use cases) for the X and Y outputs.
One example is to use the X output for pitch bend (route it back into the FM input). Another could be for filter cutoff, or vibrato amount.
does that help?

[@joshuabpolys]

@@ozhalljr yes👍🏼. Thx much!😊

[@joshuabpolys]

@@ozhalljr Very much!1

[@moogfooger]

This is my next purchase. Got the note from Sweetwater that they were in. Thanks for the great info as usual.Cheers

[@ozhalljr]

Cool!

[@moogfooger]

@@ozhalljr Thanks OZ. I do have a quick question about voices. Is the Victor capable of playing more than 1 note at a time or is it monophonic? Cheers

[@ozhalljr]

@@moogfooger Great question. There is only a single CV input, but there are 4 VCOs which can be at 4 different frequencies. So, yes, monophonic, but 4 VCOs.

[@moogfooger]

@@ozhalljr Thanks OZ. I guess you will be going over this in your presentation. The VS mini can do paraphonic 4 voice but Victor has no midi in so no way to control the VCO's pitch individually. Cheers

[@moogfooger]

@@ozhalljr Hey OZ, another quick question about the Victor, Does the display have a pass thru function? (the Brains unit has this) Just wondering if you can use it as an oscilloscope for any signal going through it! Cheers

[@kaszaniarz]

this module is broken, gate input is not doing anything

[@ozhalljr]

@kaszaniarz Here are a few debugging suggestions:
1) The Gate input requires a v-trigger (goes positive 5v when the gate is on). If you use an s-trigger, it will not work properly.
It's best to use a keyboard with CV/Gate (v-trigger), or a MIDI to CV converter, so that you have full control over the length of the gate.
Otherwise, if you have a 960 sequencer, try the 960 oscillator output (clock) running in the low LFO range (3 to 5 seconds per step).
If you don't have a v-trigger, but you have a 961 interface, convert the s-trigger to a v-trigger.
OR Try the square wave from a 921 (not 921b) oscillator.
Note: a SLOW clock is very important to be able to hear the "mix envelope", which may well take 3 seconds or more to run it's course.
2) be sure you're using a preset (e.g. #20 or #25 ) which has a slow enough mix envelope to be able to hear it. #20 takes a 3 seconds to get to one of the waveforms that is an octave lower than the beginning waveform. Because of the pitch change, it's easy to hear.
3) be sure you're listening directly to the Mix Out. A filter may well mask the harmonics that are changing.
Let me know if that helps.