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Page 2: ...ase Selection 14 7 2 2 Phrase Playback 15 7 2 3 Intensity 15 7 2 4 MIDI Export 16 7 2 5 Browsing and Editing Phrases 16 8 Scale View 19 8 1 Scale Preset Root and Ornament Controls 19 8 2 Scale Editor...
Page 3: ...11 1 Controller Options 36 11 2 Perform Options 37 12 Credits 38 3...
Page 4: ...e Instruments GmbH hereinafter referred to as Native Instruments Native Instruments NI and associated logos are registered trademarks of Native Instruments GmbH Mac macOS GarageBand Logic and iTunes a...
Page 5: ...ound of bamboo and steel ready for modern productions It combines authentic sounds recorded in Shenzhen China with a range of intuitive parameter controls so you can create dynamic melodies that are e...
Page 6: ...ftware interface elements Brackets References keys on a computer s keyboard The following three icons represent different types of information The light bulb icon indicates a useful tip suggestion or...
Page 7: ...4 Click INSTALL for the following products KONTAKT or KONTAK PLAYER YANGQIN The software is installed automatically If the software is already installed click the Available updates tab and check for n...
Page 8: ...If you are new to KONTAKT and want more information visit KONTAKT PLAYER and KONTAKT INSTALLATION AND SETUP 5...
Page 9: ...r more information see Tremolo and Damping 2 Sound Preset The Sound Preset selector can be used to browse between different preset sounds included in YANGQIN For more information see Sound Presets 3 S...
Page 10: ...on see Options To open a control page click on the respective tab 5 2 Tremolo and Damping A Yangqin is played by striking the strings with hammers traditionally made of bamboo wood As the sound of a s...
Page 11: ...lo Auto control To read more about keyswitches and their mapping see Mapping 5 3 Sound Presets To the top right of the interface you will see the Sound Preset menu From here you can browse through pre...
Page 12: ...N includes a selection of scales that are typically used with the instrument Click the Scale name to display the list of scale presets included in YANGQIN 2 Root Selects the root note of the scale Use...
Page 13: ...t is active the first Snapshot on the list will be loaded For more information see Loading a Snapshot 4 Save Snapshot floppy disk icon Allows you to save changes made to a sound When a User Snapshot i...
Page 14: ...User Snapshot list User Content Folder All User Snapshots are automatically stored in the default User Content folder On Mac OS X Macintosh HD Users User Name Documents Native Instruments User Content...
Page 15: ...open Snapshot view 2 Load the User Snapshot you wish to delete and click the Delete button bin icon 3 Confirm deletion of the Snapshot by selecting Yes in the dialog box The User Snapshot nksn file i...
Page 16: ...rformance Turn the control left to compress the dynamic range Turn the control to the right to compress the dynamic range 2 Body Controls the amount of resonance in the body of the sound Turn the cont...
Page 17: ...ses 4 MIDI Export Contains the controls for exporting phrases in MIDI format For more information see MIDI Export 5 Intensity Adjusts the overall dynamic of the played phrase For more information see...
Page 18: ...tion display These controls include synchronizing the phrase to the host tempo altering the playback speed and playing and stopping the phrase playback The Phrase Playback controls The Phrase Playback...
Page 19: ...ruments and projects 1 Click on the Export icon to the right of the Edit button 2 While holding down the mouse button drag the pattern to your file system or DAW 3 Release the mouse button to copy the...
Page 20: ...end and start position of the phrase choosing whether the phrase is retriggered automatically adjusting the velocity of the active phrase and shifting the phrase notes up or down the scale The Phrase...
Page 21: ...ntensity control 7 Shift Notes Shifts the notes of the phrase up or down within the scale Phrase Browser In the lower section of the Phrase Editor and Browser view is the Phrase Browser You can use th...
Page 22: ...on see Scale Preset Root and Ornament Controls 3 Ornament Activate the Ornament button to play all notes with their designated ornament type For more information see Scale Preset Root and Ornament Con...
Page 23: ...Activate the Ornament button to play all notes with their designated ornament type When the Ornament button is deactivated notes are not remapped and all non scale notes can be played for instance the...
Page 24: ...h degree of the scale Drag to set the tuning of the specified scale degree in cents 7 Staff Displays each note of the scale on horizontal lines Whole notes depict scale notes while cue sized notes dep...
Page 25: ...ect the C note by clicking it 2 Click Note Function Out 3 Click the Upper or Lower button to remap the note into a scale note Depending on the chosen option the C note played on the MIDI keyboard is p...
Page 26: ...range Ornaments can also be activated using keyswitches To learn more about keyswitches and their locations see Mapping Remap and Ornament controls can also be used simultaneously For example you can...
Page 27: ...ange the tuning offset of all notes in the scale 1 In the middle position the scale tuning as set in the scale page is applied 2 Turn the Tuning Amount control all the way to the right to double the t...
Page 28: ...root note of the scale by using the up and down arrow keys 2 Alternatively click the root note to display and select the root note of the scale 3 Click the Global button to apply the displayed root no...
Page 29: ...o load it into the selected Scale Preset slot 3 The loaded scale is also indicated in the Scale preset selector 8 4 Copy and Paste Scale Use the Copy and Paste buttons to copy scale settings between d...
Page 30: ...cale Preset slot you want to load the scale into 3 Click Paste to copy the Scale from the clipboard into the active Scale Preset slot The Scale Preset is replaced with the copied scale along with all...
Page 31: ...in sections the Channel Strip and Channel Effects For more information see Instrument Channel 2 Reverb Control Contains a convolution based reverb effect For more information see Reverb 3 Main Channel...
Page 32: ...tains the following controls 1 Pre Post When enabled the send FX is positioned after the volume fader for instance reducing the volume will also reduce the reverb signal 2 Pan Controls the position of...
Page 33: ...paciousness to the sound The Reverb page consists of two main sections the Reverb Channel section includes the controls for adjusting the volume level size and pre delay of the Reverb and the Reverb E...
Page 34: ...erb selection options The Reverb Effect controls The lower section of the Mixer will display a series of images each representing a different reverb type For the YANGQIN library there are five differe...
Page 35: ...turned all the way to the left the signal becomes mono 3 Limiter The Limiter ensures the output signal coming through the Main Bus level stays below 0 dB thus preventing digital clipping 4 Level Fade...
Page 36: ...but without making it sound like it is in as large a space as the Reverb effect 3 Punch Turning this knob to the right will emphasize the transient peaks in the sound making it more percussive and pun...
Page 37: ...range C0 to B0 can be used to play notes in the main playing range with ornaments and sound variations as well as muting them Hold down a Key Switch note while playing a note in the main range to tri...
Page 38: ...ivated when the extended playing range of YANGQIN is enabled 7 Reso Use the Reso range C5 to A6 to play notes in resonant articulation The Reso range is deactivated when the extended playing range of...
Page 39: ...troller Options In the Controller section you can define how certain common MIDI controllers should interact with the instrument The Controller section of the Options Page There are four options in th...
Page 40: ...natural and humanized or if desired more mechanical and tight The Perform section of the Options Page There are three controls in this section 1 Tightness Controls the sample start position to set the...
Page 41: ...n Sebastian M ller Tommaso De Donatis Stewart Walker MIDI Phrases Wang Se Yu Chun Huang Andreas Bonkowski Emeric Zubar Einar Stray Product Management Konstantin Hess Marketing Pia Detjen Antonio de Sp...
