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control the keyswitching using the transpose setting in
the Config Panel. These instruments can be found in:

Orchestral/1 - VSL Strings EkeySwitch

Orchestral/2 - VSL Woodwinds EkeySwitch

Orchestral/3 - VSL Brass EKeySwitch

The instruments in

Choir/Vowel Keyswitches

have

also been set up the same way.

The following table shows which notes to play to switch to
which articulation.

Low E

Strings

Brass/Woodwind

Choir

Fret 1

Sustain

Sustain

a

Fret 2

Fortepiano

Fortepiano

e

Fret 3

Sforzando

Sforzando

i

Fret 4

Staccato

Staccato

o

Fret 5

Tremolo

Sustain 2

u

Fret 6

Pizzicato

Sustain 3

m

6.4

Dynamic Keyswitching

With Dynamic Keyswitching you can switch notes while

they are playing (see the Overview section of the Kontakt6
Library Manual for more details). The note is switched
only for the time the Dynamic keyswitch note is playing,
after that it reverts to the previous articulation.

Dynamic Keyswitching is interesting in the
Choir instruments, for instance you can
switch between sounds to make it sing ‘m-a-
m-a’ !

We have set all the Gtak6 instruments to use the

same keys for dynamic keyswitching, starting 7 semi-
tones above the first normal keyswitch notes. For the

EkeySwitch

instruments these correspond to:

Low E

Strings

Brass/Woodwind

Choir

Fret 8

Sustain

Sustain

a

Fret 9

Fortepiano

Fortepiano

e

Fret 10

Sforzando

Sforzando

i

Fret 11

Staccato

Staccato

o

Fret 12

Tremolo

Sustain 2

u

Fret 13

Pizzicato

Sustain 3

m

6.5

VSL legato instruments

The VSL legato instruments have 24 extra samples for

each normal sample. The extra samples are played legato
starting from a different note (from 12 semitones below to
12 semitones above). This greatly increases the realism of
legato playing.

The standard VSL legato script was written for keyboard

players, who can only play legato by playing single notes
and overlapping the starts and ends. This limits legato
playing to playing one note at a time.

Guitarists play legato using hammers, slides and bends -
sometimes on more than one string. Gtak6 harnesses this
power by detecting legato playing, triggering a new note,
and telling the custom

Gtak6 Legato script

to trigger

one of the special legato samples. This means you can play
legato chords.

The Kontakt6 library has 5 of these special legato instru-

ments:

Violin ensemble (legato)

Cello ensemble (legato)

Viola ensemble (legato)

Flute (legato)

French Horn ensemble (legato)

They are in the

Orchestral/Legacy VSL Instru-

ments/

section under the appropriate instrument. For

instance the violin is in

Orchestral/Legacy VSL In-

struments/01 Violin ensemble/04 Legato In-
struments/

.

To quickly hear the legato effect in action, load up the

French Horn ensemble (legato)

. Then try play-

ing an open string and hammering on the 7

th

fret.

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Содержание Gtak6

Страница 1: ...itched instruments 13 6 4 Dynamic Keyswitching 14 6 5 VSL legato instruments 14 6 6 Monophonic instruments 15 6 7 Harmonized Instruments 16 6 8 Arpeggiator Instruments 16 6 9 Micro Tuned Instruments 1...

Страница 2: ...ment files This manual describes how to install and operate Gtak6 and also how to use the Gtak6 instruments in the Kon takt6 library You can probably figure out a lot about how to use Gtak6 just by pl...

Страница 3: ...re for details 3 2 Locate the Kontakt6 Library The Gtak6 files must be installed in the Kontakt6 library folder so that the sample paths in the Gtak6 instruments work To find your Kontakt6 library fol...

Страница 4: ...ontakt6 User folder is in your Documents under Native Instru ments Kontakt After copying the folder should look like this 3 5 Guitar to MIDI converter set up Certain parameters in your Guitar to MIDI...

Страница 5: ...r must be put into Hardware Mode The aim is to make sure that the controller is sending MIDI in Mono mode and the Pitchbend is not quantized Note only select TriplePlay s main MIDI port in your music...

Страница 6: ...you know what is in those patch locations 3 5 2 3 Selecting TriplePlay s main MIDI port The TriplePlay receiver shows up as two MIDI ports in music software It is important to just select the main po...

Страница 7: ...audio settings so that your Guitar to MIDI converter is routed to Kontakt6 and Kontakt6 is routed to your sound card outputs If you are running Kontakt6 in a sequencer you must make sure that all the...

Страница 8: ...nstruments on different strings or use pedal control you have to make settings on the Gtak6 Panel If you want to do more advanced things such as config ure a guitar in a non standard tuning transpose...

Страница 9: ...Pick 0 and HiPick 64 the in strument will play when you pick anywhere between the bridge and a point about half way towards the neck Then you can set up another instrument to play in the other po siti...

Страница 10: ...e pedal functions by playing notes on a particular string using the Gtak notes to CC multiscript see here The pedal settings are below the fret filter From left to right the controls are Pedal mode Of...

Страница 11: ...w 5 2 Pedal Holds Pedal Holds mode is used when you want an instru ment to keep playing while you play another instrument If you select Pedal Holds when up then the instrument will not play until you...

Страница 12: ...loose all that work 6 Gtak6 in the Kontakt6 Library We have tweaked the Kontakt6 Library in many ways to make it easy to use with Guitar to MIDI converters Most obviously we have added the Gtak6 scrip...

Страница 13: ...truments also have a tab that plays loop presets We have not mapped these presets to any particular position but you can play them using the notes from C3 up wards Our version of the Loops script has...

Страница 14: ...n Sustain a Fret 9 Fortepiano Fortepiano e Fret 10 Sforzando Sforzando i Fret 11 Staccato Staccato o Fret 12 Tremolo Sustain 2 u Fret 13 Pizzicato Sustain 3 m 6 5 VSL legato instruments The VSL legato...

Страница 15: ...rtamento The knob under neath controls how fast the pitch changes to get to the next note These settings make a big difference to how it feels to play the instrument so experiment to see what suits yo...

Страница 16: ...alism for instruments that are not tuned to an equal tem perament scale the standard in modern western music So for instance if you play a Db you will hear the Db with micro tuning applied In the defa...

Страница 17: ...ume and you are using another pedal to switch between two instruments using Pedal Mutes you should select CCBlock Muted in both instruments The con troller will then change the volume of whichever in...

Страница 18: ...of pitch bend means in terms of semitones It must be set to the same value as your guitar to MIDI converter 7 7 Pick Control settings Pick Control only works with Axon Guitar to MIDI con verters Ther...

Страница 19: ...h note is a display showing what CC number is sent set to 127 when the note is played You can change the values of the notes and the CC s they send individually The six virtual pedals work like button...

Страница 20: ...the Script Editor button to open the script editor unless it is already open 3 Click the first script slot tab 4 Click Preset then user and select the Gtak6 preset you saved before If you have setting...

Страница 21: ...g click the Workspace manage ment toolbar button and turn on the display of the Quick load catalogue Then navigate to the Kontakt6 library in the file browser and drag the Gtak6 folder into the Quick...

Страница 22: ...right notes then check the pitchbend range is set correctly If normally played notes sometimes sound out of tune again check the pitchbend range If you get messages about missing samples when loading...

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