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CLAV SPECS

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14,880 samples , 24 bit 48 khz stereo sampling

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9.6 GB library (just under 5 GB with Kontakt NCW compression)

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5 octaves: 60 notes, from F1 to E5

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31 velocities on all articulations; straight, mute, release, and mute release

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Modeled impulse responses of Clavinet D6 preamp /filters.

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Separation of pickups with independent volume and pan.

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Intelligent round robin, switchable.

SONICCOUTURE CLAV USER GUIDE

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Page 1: ...SONICCOUTURE CLAV USER GUIDE www soniccouture com email support soniccouture com ...

Page 2: ...URE CLAV CONTENTS INSTALLATION ABOUT THE CLAV THE KONTAKT INSTRUMENT INSTRUMENT PANEL OPTIONS PANEL EFFECTS PANEL SUPPORT E U L A SONICCOUTURE CLAV USER GUIDE www soniccouture com email support soniccouture com ...

Page 3: ...ion of the Soniccouture Clav Library folder This will add it to the Kontakt Library list AND to the Service Center 4 If Kontakt asks you to Activate the library the NI Service Center program will launch and you will need your serial number to authorize Clav If Kontakt doesn t ask you to authorize you can force it to by clicking the little Activate button in the upper right corner of our Clav Libra...

Page 4: ...t damper over the resonant part of the strings to create a diﬀerent timbre The Clavinet gained popularity in the 1970s primarily as a funk instrument and especially when used together with a wah pedal One of the earliest recordings of a Clavinet being used with a wah pedal however is The Band s Up On Cripple Creek which was released in 1969 We have a Clavinet model D6 which was one of the later Cl...

Page 5: ...es 60 notes from F1 to E5 31 velocities on all articulations straight mute release and mute release Modeled impulse responses of Clavinet D6 preamp filters Separation of pickups with independent volume and pan Intelligent round robin switchable SONICCOUTURE CLAV USER GUIDE www soniccouture com email support soniccouture com ...

Page 6: ...l in Clav to get Info about its function if you have the Kontakt Info pane activated THE INSTRUMENT PANEL Selecting the Instrument tab provides access to the main controls of the Clav instrument SONICCOUTURE CLAV USER GUIDE www soniccouture com email support soniccouture com ...

Page 7: ...nd pass If all four of these are off there is no sound from the Clav Again if all four of these filters are off there is no sound from the Clavinet There is in fact no sound from the pre amp of the Clav which we ll see later we can get behind in this virtual emulation of a Clav The pickup switches CD and AB are also rather confusing so we ve put a menu below those that show you what pickup configu...

Page 8: ...sses the filters entirely Panning the pickups apart from each other creates a great stereo effect not available to an un modified Clavinet If you Command Click Control Click in Windows on any of these knobs it sets it back to a nominal position which is our basic real Clavinet setting ie pan centre no Direct out etc All controls can be automated by right clicking on the knob to Learn MIDI CC routi...

Page 9: ...ves you control over the Attack Decay Sustain and Release of this instrument If the FEG switch is enabled you are editing the Filter Envelope Note that if you lengthen the Release of the amplitude envelope you risk a weird result if the Key Off samples are audible If you want to make a Clav sound with a long release it s best to turn down the KEY OFF samples which you can do on the Options panel I...

Page 10: ...ITY which is how our instrument s volume responds to velocity and you can adjust the CURVE of the velocity response to suit your playing style or keyboard KEY OFF At the bottom right there is a knob to adjust the level of the KEY OFF samples These are the usually quite soft sounds of the hammer action bouncing back when you release a key On the bottom left there are some options which can be turne...

Page 11: ...RANGE This limits our Clav to respond only within the original range of the Clavinet F1 to E5 OCTAVE UP Shifts the entire range of the Clavinet up an octave PURGE This will purge the MUTE samples from memory when MUTE is off or the normal samples from memory when MUTE is on This about halves the RAM required by Clav but introduces clicks if you switch the MUTE in real time BRIGHT FONT Switch to a ...

Page 12: ...mpressor cabinet simulation an Equalizer and a saturation overdrive Here is a list of the controls in each eﬀect inside the Clav AUTO WAH AUTO WAH is a modulated filter eﬀect FREQ sets the frequency around which the modulation occurs Use it to find the modulation sweet spot RES controls the filter resonance to emphasize the wah wah eﬀect SPEED controls the modulation rate in Hz SONICCOUTURE CLAV U...

Page 13: ...h just like you would a real wah wah pedal AUTO PAN AUTO PAN has DEPTH and SPEED controls to set the LFO amount and speed of pan modulation Here too the rate can be set in Hz or tempo synced note divisions by using the SYNC button on the far right bottom CHORUS The CHORUS is a standard chorus fattening eﬀect and gives you three controls MIX adjusts the level DEPTH and SPEED control the amount and ...

Page 14: ...s of the delay as it feeds back into itself REVERB The REVERB is based around Kontakt s convolution processor and can provide both realistic spatial reverberation of natural spaces or more creative FX style textures and eﬀects Choose an impulse response from the drop down menu The top half of the list features natural spaces the lower half are the special eﬀects You can vary the amount of reverb a...

Page 15: ...o of the compressor as well CABINET Choose from a drop down menu of various loudspeaker cabinets You can also adjust the BASS and TREBLE response of the cabinet The entire section is turned on or oﬀ with it s own LED EQUALISER This is a three band EQ the new Solid Gold EQ in Kontakt 5 Here you adjust the gain of three bands LOW MID and HIGH If you hold down ALT or OPTION on your keyboard you can a...

Page 16: ...ort soniccouture com or we have a support forum within the KVR Audio community which can be found here Soniccouture Support Forum We will always endeavour to reply to any enquiry within 12 hours but do bear in mind the diﬀerences in time zones so please be patient SONICCOUTURE CLAV USER GUIDE www soniccouture com email support soniccouture com ...

Page 17: ...ise the Soniccouture product The making of sample libraries in any form commercial or otherwise using Soniccouture audio or software be they single hits loops fully mixed audio clips or scripts is STRICTLY FORBIDDEN without express written agreement of Soniccouture Ltd and violations will be prosecuted to the full extent of international and local copyright law The ownership of all title and copyr...

Page 18: ...warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose with regard to the software and any accompanying hardware To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law in no event shall Soniccouture be liable for any consequential incidental direct indirect special punitive or other damages whatsoever including without limitation damages for loss of business profits business interruption lo...

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