Novation Vstation

The V-Station is a polyphonic soft-synth for Mac and PC. It has the same real 3-oscillator flexibility as the award winning K-Station, with powerful filters, 8-voice polyphony, simultaneous Novation FX.

Analogue modelled Oscillators
Three powerful oscillators provide all the classic waveforms including a noise generator.
All waveforms feature a “Double” facility which provides twin waveforms with no loss of polyphony. Oscillators may be set to Unison or Synced operation and can be frequency modulated (FM) to generate metallic or percussive timbres.

Novation's trademark synth-FX
Novation set the industry standard with the Supernova synthesiser; providing a complete set of powerful effects on each part. The V-Station can accommodate six simultaneous effects per instance.
The effects include a distortion unit that adds edge for harder sounds, a synchronised stereo chorus or phaser for spatial effects and a reverb that adds an extra dimension of realism. A synchronised panner and the delay engine is also available.

Arpeggiate, tweak and sync to the beat
An arpeggiator with programmable speed, synchronisation and sweep range is available within each instance. Comprehensive synchronisation of time-based effects are easily added - for example the delay effect may be set to a quarter note repeat whilst another LFO (built in to the effects unit) can sweep the phaser every two bars. All parameters respond to MIDI controllers which can be recorded in realtime on a track in your music software. All running arpeggiators and LFOs can be individually synchronised to MIDI clock in different time signatures.

Loads of Factory sounds
V-Station ships with 200 factory presets and 400 user programs

Programming V-Station is simple. All the primary controls are on the main screen. Recall a named factory preset, tweak it and instantly save it in any of the 400 program locations. You’ll find additional functions and controls on three further tabs

Key Features
Novation-class Virtual Synthesis
Industry-standard VSTi (for PC and Mac OSX Platforms) and Mac OSX Audio Unit plug-in format
Analogue Sound Modeling
Digital-analog sound based on K-Station sound engine
Arpeggiator with synchronisation lock - Play rhythmical patterns in sync with an incoming MIDI clock
Simultaneous high quality effects- Including reverb, chorus, phaser, delay, panning, distortion and EQ
Novation Synth Engine
Powerful 3-oscillator sound engine with noise and FM capability
Presets- 
400 user programs and 200 factory presets provide a huge array of instant sounds

Specifications
Plug-in format
PC: VSTi
Mac OSX: Audio Units and VSTi

Architecture
Voices: 8
Instances/Multitimbrality: Unlimited (in practice up to 4 on a 2.5GHz PC and up to
4 on a 1.25GHz dual-processor Mac G4)
Effects may be switched off to increase number of instances

Sound Storage
Programs: 400 Re-Writable (200 factory preset) for each instance
Compatibility: Programs from A-Station and K-Station can be uploaded and downloaded

Oscillators 1, 2 and 3
Waveforms: Square/Saw/Variable Pulse/Tri/Sine/Double Saw/Double Tri/Double Sine
Octave Range: Shift -2/-1/0/+1/+2
Mod Env Depth: -64 to +63
LFO1 Depth: -64 to +63
PWM Source: Mod Env/Manual/LFO2
Ring Mod: 1 * 2
FM: 2 * 3
2 * 3 FM Level: 0-127
2 * 3 FM Mod Level: -63 to +64
FM Env Attack Rate: 250uS-20 Seconds
FM Env Decay Rate: 1mS-20 Seconds
Comprehensive Aftertouch, Breath and Pitch/Mod Wheel control of both static pitch and modulation of pitch

Mixer
Osc 1 Static Level: 0-127
Osc 2 Static Level: 0-127
Osc 3 Static Level: 0-127
Noise Static Level: 0-127

Filter
Frequency: 5Hz-24kHz
Slope: 12dB/24dB
Modes: Low Pass
Resonance: 0-Self Oscillation (24dB mode)
Mod Env Depth: -64 to +63
LFO 2 Depth: -64 to +63
Cutoff: 0-127
Keyboard Tracking: 0-127
Overdrive: 0-127
Q normalise: 0-127

Comprehensive Aftertouch, Breath and Pitch/Mod Wheel control of both static filter freq and modulation of filter freq

Amplifier Envelope
Velocity: -64 to +63
Attack: 250uS-20 Seconds
Decay: 1mS-20 Seconds
Sustain: 0-127
Release: 1mS-20 Seconds

Mod Envelope
Velocity: -64 to +63
Attack: 250uS-20 Seconds
Decay: 1mS-20 Seconds
Sustain: 0-127
Release: 1mS-20 Seconds

LF01
Mode: Cyclic
Waveforms: Sine/Tri/Saw/Squ
Speed: 0 Hz-1Khz
Delay Fade In: 0-5 Seconds
LFO Sync: Internal/MIDI Clock

LF02
Mode: Cyclic
Waveforms: Sine/Tri/Saw/Squ
Speed: 0 Hz-1Khz
Delay Fade In: 0-5 Seconds
LFO Sync: Internal/MIDI Clock

Arpeggiator
Controls: On-Off/Speed/Octave range/Gate Time/Latch/pattern/MIDI Clock/Sync/Keysync

Effects
Reverb: Level/Echo Chamber, Small Room, Large Room, Small Hall, Large Hall, Grand hall/Decay/Wheel Level
Chorus-Phaser: Level/Rate/Type/MIDI Clock Sync/Feedback/Mod Depth/Centre/MIDI clock sync initial Position Wheel Level
Distortion: Drive/Compensation/Wheel Level
Panning: Position/Mod Depth/Speed/MIDI clock Sync/Initial Position
Delay: Depth/Time/Feedback/MIDI Clock Sync/Stereo Width/Ratio/Wheel Level
EQ/Filter: Depth/Freq/Mod Depth/Mod Speed/ MIDI clock sync/MIDI clock sync Initial position

System Requirements:
Minimum Spec Windows
Windows 98SE/ME/2000 SP3/XP
450 MHz PIII Processor
128 MB RAM
10 MB free hard disk space
800x600 pixel display

Minimum Spec Macintosh
Mac OSX 10.2.4
450 MHz G3 Processor
256 MB RAM
10 MB free hard disk space
800x600 pixel display

Recommended spec Windows
Windows XP
1.5 GHz P4 processor
256 MB RAM
10 MB free hard disk space
1024*768 pixel display

Recommended spec Macintosh
Mac OSX 10.2.4 or higher
1 GHz G4 processor
512 MB RAM
10 MB free hard disc space
1024x768 pixel display
 
Both the Windows and Mac version of the V-Station a host application is necessary, e.g. a sequencer. For Windows the host application must support the VSTi standard and for the Mac running OSX the host application must support the Audio Unit standard or the VSTi standard.