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Page 1: ...USER MANUAL...

Page 2: ...nd designers musicians and programmers who specialize in creating the world s most advanced virtual instrument libraries Vir2 is producing the instruments that shape the sound of modern music 29033 Av...

Page 3: ...USER MANUAL...

Page 4: ...SING KONTAKT AS A VST PLUG IN IN CUBASE AND NUENDO 08 USING KONTAKT AS A VST OR AUDIOUNIT PLUG IN IN ABLETON LIVE 09 USING KONTAKT AS AN AUDIOUNIT PLUG IN IN LOGIC PRO LOGIC STUDIO LOGIC EXPRESS ETC 1...

Page 5: ...6 Release Noise 25 Performance Page 30 Settings Page 44 FAQS 48 CC List Performance Page 48 CC List SETTINGS Page 51 Keyswitch List Default 51 Keyswitch List ALTERNATIVE 53 TECH SUPPORT 53 THE FULL VE...

Page 6: ...containing the most advanced detailed and versatile collection of electric guitars ever made in a virtual instrument Electri6ity contains eight of the most famous and distinguished guitar tones from...

Page 7: ...om soft to loud Advanced string and fretboard positioning is performed by artificial intelligence which adapts to your playing Play fluid lines in real time using the legato engine play chords using t...

Page 8: ...ITY library Insert the installation disc into your computer and you will see the installers for both components It doesn t matter which is installed first Run each of the installers and they will guid...

Page 9: ...meaning it will only work for 15 minutes at a time To fully authorize it launch Service Center found in the Applications folder on a Mac or the Program Files folder on Windows and follow its instruct...

Page 10: ...ioUnit and RTAS plug in formats Any host sequencer that supports these plug in formats properly will be able to use Kontakt Instructions vary slightly from sequencer to sequencer but the general proce...

Page 11: ...ble to handle lower values while very slow computers may need higher values 01 The MIDI page of the Options dialog box must be configured in order to let Kontakt know which MIDI device s to respond to...

Page 12: ...ork in earlier versions if the computer meets the system requirements Once the project is open go to the Devices menu and choose VST Instruments 01 When the VST Instruments window appears click in the...

Page 13: ...ve been prepared in Live 7 although Kontakt may also work in earlier or later versions if the computer meets the system requirements Once the project is open go to the left side and click on the third...

Page 14: ...menu in the central area of your screen and choose Track New 01 The New Tracks dialog box will appear Make sure Software Instrument is selected then click Create 02 The new instrument track will be cr...

Page 15: ...ent then click Choose 06 On the right side of the interface the Browse tab will be showing Switch to the Edit tab 07 The Sound Generator will default to Piano Click on Piano and a popup menu will appe...

Page 16: ...n also change the number of MIDI tracks to be added if you know you will want to use more than one 02 The Kontakt window will appear and a MIDI track will be created transmitting to Kontakt s MIDI cha...

Page 17: ...rough the popup menu to choose multichannel plug in Instrument Kontakt 3 06 The Kontakt window will appear At this point you can skip down in the instructions to the Getting Started With ELECTRI6ITY s...

Page 18: ...nformation about which articulation is active which keyswitch is pressed which chord is detected and an overview of all the main parameters which control the scripting engine behind ELECTRI6ITY On the...

Page 19: ...ough a virtual guitar amp This page does not appear in any DI instrument because the DI instruments have been created for users who use their own real or virtual guitar amps and effects Fretboard Page...

Page 20: ...legato lines automatically by simply playing The engine chooses the right articulations for you We want to give you an overview over all available articulations in ELECTRI6ITY on the following pages T...

Page 21: ...ticulation is active by default when you first load up an ELECTRI6ITY instrument The Muted Half Muted articulation allows you to morph from very short muted notes to half muted notes It s suitable for...

Page 22: ...t hand from the fretboard to make a note sounding This technique is used if notes are played very fast for legato playing and for tapping licks You can switch between muted pull offs and open pull off...

Page 23: ...om down to 4 frets below and slides from each fret to each other fret on the same string You can play a slide in by pressing the slides keyswitch and playing one note at a time If you have more than o...

Page 24: ...e Here is the reason why If you play a chord on the keyboard usually each key might arrive slightly earlier or later than the other keys of the chord To compensate for this sloppiness and to correctly...

Page 25: ...keyswitch All notes played while the keyswitch is pressed will be played with tremolo Press and hold the Trill 1 Fret keyswitch All notes played while the keyswitch is pressed will be played as half...

Page 26: ...igger key pressed Muted Strum Up A 5 keep trigger key pressed Muted Strum Dn A5 keep trigger key pressed Half Muted Strum Up G 5 keep trigger key pressed Half Muted Strum Dn G5 keep trigger key presse...

Page 27: ...lease noise and how it is selected We are also going to describe each noise and show example situations in which it might be useful You can set up default releases for Poly Mono and Legato modes see S...

Page 28: ...ase Mixed I is active one the following release samples is randomly chosen Release Finger Noise Release Finger Noise Short Release Slide Noise Down or Release Slide Noise Up If Release Mixed II is act...

Page 29: ...on the fretboard fret 5 or higher because otherwise a medium long slide isn t possible since it s not possible to slide beyond the nut This is a longer variation of Release Slide Down Medium Note for...

Page 30: ...middle of the performance view 2 If you want to change a certain parameter manually you can also use your mouse by simply clicking in the corresponding field and drawing the change while keeping the l...

Page 31: ...tag in their name AMT Articulation Morphing Technology You can either control the morphing like you would control typical X Fade patches with the mod wheel for example or you can control it via veloc...

Page 32: ...od wheel MIDI Velocity MIDI Velocity high Muted Half Muted AMT C0 Mod wheel MIDI Velocity MIDI Velocity high Sustain Harmonics Octave AMT D0 Mod wheel MIDI Velocity MIDI Velocity high Sustain Harmonic...

Page 33: ...cs Fifth AMT D0 MIDI Velocity Mod wheel Mod wheel Muted Hammer On Hammer On AMT E0 MIDI Velocity Mod wheel Mod wheel Muted Pull Off Pull Off AMT E0 MIDI Velocity Mod wheel Mod wheel Harmonics D 5 MIDI...

Page 34: ...Articulation Volume controlled by Morphing controlled by Vibrato controlled by Sustain B 1 MIDI Velocity n a Mod wheel Half Muted B 1 MIDI Velocity n a Mod wheel Muted Sustain AMT C0 MIDI Velocity Exp...

Page 35: ...ain parameter use the knobs on the right side 3 If you want to control this knob via CC use the CC menu 4 and simply assign a CC number On the following pages we ll give you a in depth description of...

Page 36: ...ng or you can turn the resonance engine off 1 5 Dynamic Sympathetic Resonance Strength You can select the strength of the dynamic sympathetic resonance here from subtle to strong 1 6 Volume You can ch...

Page 37: ...bre You can select the timbre of the Hammer Ons and Pull Offs here which will be used if you switch to the Hammer On Pull Offs articulation 3 3 Chucka Chucka You can switch the timbre of the Chucka Ch...

Page 38: ...ch Bend Auto Unison Bends You can turn on or off Auto Unison Bend detection here If you set it to On you can simply play two notes together either a half step or a whole step and use the pitch wheel t...

Page 39: ...r Chords Display Changes the way the chord names are displayed either F or Gb for example Default setting is Sharp 4 13 Power Chords You can enable or disable the power chord detection here You can al...

Page 40: ...me Threshold Velo Last Velo a slide is chosen if a note is held longer then the time threshold before the next note is played and the next note is played with a lower velocity than the previous note 5...

Page 41: ...gle here 6 5 Strum Range Often a guitarist won t strum all notes in a chord with each stroke You can change the number of notes that will be played here We recommend to automate this setting and to sl...

Page 42: ...er strings G B E you would need more pressure to make all notes sound muted exactly the same way But since more pressure also detunes the notes there is a trade off between muted and detuned For examp...

Page 43: ...troke direction You can set the time threshold to switch to alternate picking here 7 3 Auto Force Sweep If you play notes on different strings very fast for example arpeggios you most likely keep the...

Page 44: ...the stronger the vibrato will be 8 3 Type Default You can set up a default vibrato type for each articulation So for example if you switch to octave pinch harmonics you can define a vibrato that will...

Page 45: ...polyphony so if you have a less powerful CPU you can turn them off to minimize CPU consumption 9 5 Background For ELECTRI6ITY we used a special recording process which resulted in very high quality sa...

Page 46: ...predictable response to your playing However guitar notes contain a relatively large pre attack phase which might vary slightly in length where you can hear the plectrum see 9 1 Picking Noise but not...

Page 47: ...be lowered if your chord playing is very accurate 12 2 Chord Detection Mode By default the chord detection is only active in Poly mode since Solo and Legato are monophonic modes and require no chord d...

Page 48: ...set the curve to hard it will be easier to play open notes and you ll need to hit the softer to play muted notes Play with these settings until you get an response which fits your playing best 12 9 AM...

Page 49: ...he velocity you play the notes with For example if you have a muted sustain articulation selected low velocities will play dead notes while high velocities will play sustain notes Higher velocity will...

Page 50: ...release samples via keyswitches but if you don t choose them manually the artificial intelligence takes over and controls the release samples for you What does the F V C and S tag mean on the keyswit...

Page 51: ...Sustain articulation and all release noises but no slides or legato samples You can use this articulation whenever you ll need a guitar for strumming or as a rhythm guitar only The SUSTAIN ONLY SO pa...

Page 52: ...64 possibilities and so on What ELECTRI6ITY does is trying to minimize these possibilities and finding the most natural way to play those notes on the virtual fretboard a way a human guitarist would...

Page 53: ...irection CC 25 Pick Position CC 26 Vibrato Type CC 27 Vibrato Strength CC 28 Vibrato Speed CC 29 Volume Releases CC 30 Volume Noises CC 31 Electri6ity CC List Settings Page This chart indicate all the...

Page 54: ...ch Sustain to Hammer On Pull Off CC 52 Playing Muted Tightness Chords CC 53 Playing Muted Tightness Single Notes CC 54 Playing Switch to ghost notes at low velocity CC 55 Legato Mode CC 57 Legato Glue...

Page 55: ...C 78 Release Duration CC 79 Release Volume CC 80 Humanize Variation CC 81 Humanize Variation Chuckas Ghosts CC 83 Humanize Position Pick CC 84 Humanize Position Chucka Chuckas CC 85 Humanize Pitch CC...

Page 56: ...Electri6ity 51 Electri6ity Keyswitch List Default...

Page 57: ...52 Electri6ity Keyswitch List Alternative...

Page 58: ...on disc THE FULL VERSION OF KONTAKT 4 ELECTRI6ITY ships with Kontakt 4 running in library mode meaning it is fully able to play back the ELECTRI6ITY library and access the parameters detailed in this...

Page 59: ...and David Das Recording Benjamin Stelzer and Felix Strauss with additional help from Manfred Stelzer Kai Bigler Benedikt Grubauer and Carolin Joas Sampling Tools Felix Strauss Scripting Benjamin Stel...

Page 60: ...Electri6ity 2010 Vir2 Instruments All trademarks used are property of their respective owners Specifications subject to change...

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