NymphCV for Dreadbox Nymphes
Introduction
This module is designed as an add-on expansion module for NymphCC which is sold separately. NymphCV is not designed to be used stand-alone.
NymphCV allows the ability to control and extend the features of NymphCC – and therefore your Dreadbox Nymphes synthesiser – in creative and advanced ways which are simply not possible using the synth directly. NymphCC has three main sets of functionality: First, to allow positive, negative and bipolar modulation of standard parameters found in NymphCC and ultimately controlled in your Nymphes synth. Second, to allow up to six notes to be played on your Nymphes synth via the CV+Gate inputs provided. And third, to access incoming MIDI from your keyboard, sequencer or DAW to facilitate creative modulation capabilities before that MIDI is ultimately routed to your Nymphes itself.
Walk-Through
For an overview of NymphCC and to understand its main functions, it is strongly recommended that you watch the following walk-through video:
Availability
This software tool is distributed as a module for Cherry Audio’s Voltage Modular product. Voltage Modular runs on Windows and Apple Mac, both as a standalone application and as a VST plugin for your DAW. Modules can be purchased and downloaded using Voltage Modular’s online store. Voltage Modular itself is completely free to download. Please check out Cherry Audio’s website for more information here.
User Guide
Inputs
use these standard CV inputs to modulate the main synth parameters of your Nymphes synth. The modulation can be negative, positive or bipolar and will be applied to whatever the parameter setting is within NymphCC. It is NymphCC that applies this modulation and then generates MIDI messages to update the same parameter in your Nymphes itself. A +5 voltage is interpreted as a +127 MIDI value for all continuously variable parameters. Some parameters such as LFO1 Type and LFO2 Type have a maximum MIDI value of 4 so the voltage is scaled accordingly. Similarly, LFO1 Sync and LFO2 Sync can only have a MIDI value of either 0 or 1, so +5V is interopreted as a value of 1.
CV+Gate Inputs
Six pairs of Pitch CV+Gate patch points are provided specifically to allow notes to be played on your Nymphes that are generated from within the Voltage Modular environment. The gate patch points are cascaded, so if a gate signal is not specifically supplied then its value will be taken from the nearest active gate patch point above it.
Outputs
This section supplies a number of control voltages generated by NymphCV’s internal MIDI to CV converter. MIDI messages received from both MIDI inputs are used to supply CV’s.
MW – Mod wheel.
VEL – Velocity. The control voltage is held from one note received to the next.
PITCH – Note pitch. The control voltage is held from one note received to the next
AT – Monophonic aftertouch.
PB – Pitch bend.
Note: MW, VEL and AT are all unipolar signals between 0 and +5V. Pitch and PB are bipolar signals.
TRIG – Trigger generated by note-on MIDI messages. TRIG is a dual use input, see CLK below.
GATE – Gate generated by note-on plus note-off MIDI messages.
Note: The MULTI switch determines whether TRIG and GATE are multi-trigger or not. Multi=Off is equivalent to legato operation.
CLK – When this switch is on, the TRIG socket now outputs MIDI CLOCK pulses.
MIDI CC and OUT – The OUT socket is a configurable CV output, you specify which MIDI CC value it responds to by setting the MIDI CC value.
MIDI
The NYMPHCV module has two MIDI input connections and one MIDI output connection. The output MUST be connected to NymphCC. The two inputs can be used to connect to whatever MIDI keyboard or sequencer you like and the DIN input connection is provided so that you can connect to Voltage Modular itself and receive MIDI from the host. The messages from both inputs are combined, passed to NymphCC’s internal MIDI to CV converter, and then forwarded to NymphCC for further processing. Ultimately, those messages will be forwarded to your Nymphes synth.