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Vox Humana - Polymoog 280a preset - Emulation notes

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Polymoog "Vox Humana" preset | Showcase & Tutorial

Osc 1

  • Saw
  • Detune: -1 Hz
  • Level: -26 dB

Osc 2

  • Square
  • Pulse width ~50% (53% used)
  • Level: -15 dB

LFO 1

  • Target: Osc 1 (Saw) pitch
  • Rate: 5 Hz
  • Amount: 40 cent
  • Shape: Triangle or Sine

LFO 2

  • Target: Osc 2 (Square) pitch
  • Rate: 3.1 Hz
  • Amount: 24 cent
  • Shape: Triangle or Sine

LFO 3

  • Target: Osc 2 (Square) pulse width
  • Rate: 0.2 Hz
  • Depth ~25% (28 used)
  • Shape: Triangle or Sine

Filter

  • Lowpass, 12 dB/oct
  • Cutoff: 2637 Hz
  • Resonance: -7.0 dB
  • Key tracking: 144 cent/key

Envelope

  • Attack: 0.2 s
  • Decay: 0
  • Sustain: 100%
  • Release: 4 s

Effects

  • Phaser
  • Reverb

Sound samples in the video:

  • 6:42: modulated saw wave only (A)
  • 6:53: modulated saw wave only (C)
  • 7:37: modulated square wave only (Bflat)
  • 9:04: pulse wave without PWM
  • 10:12: both waves together
  • 11:56: sequences of sounds
  • 12:49: added reverb
  • 13:13: added phaser

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Preset for Arturia Jupiter-8V (emulation of Roland Jupiter 8).

VCO1

  • Shape: saw

VCO2

  • Shape: pulse
  • small detune

Mixer

  • equal mix of both VCOs

LFO1

  • Target: VCO2 pulse width
  • Rate: 5.72 Hz
  • Amount: 0.625 (62.5% ?)

LFO2

  • Target: VCO1 (saw) pitch
  • Rate: 5.04 Hz
  • Amount: 0.084 (50.4 c)

LFO3

  • Target: VCO2 (pulse) pitch
  • Rate: 3.5 Hz
  • Amount: 0.052 (31.2 c)

VCF:

  • Cutoff 1.986 kHz
  • Resonance: 0
  • Key follow: 0.75

Envelope:

  • Attack: 453 ms
  • Decay: 0
  • Sustain: 100%
  • Release: 4.942 ms

Effects

  • reverb
  • and other effects if needed

Conversion of LFO amount to cents: (value * 600)

  • amount scale: 0 - 10
  • amount = 10: CV = 5V
  • CV = 1V: depth = 1200 c (1V / oct)
  • depth = (0.5 * amount) * 1200 = 600 * amount

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How to reproduce the Polymoog "Vox Humana" sound