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XBow Guitars

RATE 

controls the speed of the Jammer, this is always related to the tempo of Kontakt or 

the host sequencer. 

LENGTH

  is  an  offset  to  the  duration  of  the  created  notes.    In  the  centre  position,  the 

notes are created at the same duration set by the Rate knob, but using LENGTH you can 
make these longer or shorter. 

VEL  OFFSET

  adds  or  subtracts  from  the  velocity  of  the  notes  created  by  the  Jammer.   

Automating this can be useful for creating fades. 

SWING

  adds  some  time  to  the  offbeat  notes  to  give  a  shuffle  or  swing  feeling  to  the 

rhythm. 

The next five sliders are controls for the generative part of Jammer, which are essentially 
randomising various aspects of note generation.   These are: 

NOTE

 add random offsets to the pitches you give Jammer (are holding down).  This is in 

semitones,  so  if  it’s  set  to  “1”  the  Jammer  will  output  notes  plus  or  minus  1  from  the 
notes you play, as well as the note you play. 

OCTAVE

 add random octave offsets to the pitches created by Jammer.  This control only 

ADDS octaves, it doesn’t subtract octaves. 

TIME

 add random changes to the timing of the Jammer, so that the result is less stable 

and rhythmic. 

VELOCITY

 add random changes to the velocity of the output notes.  This always uses the 

input velocity as a starting point, so if the VELOCITY range is small, it will just add small 
changes to your input velocity. 

GAPS

 add random rests or silent beats into the Jammer sequence. 

In the middle of this section you’ll see a button titled “

EVOLVE

”, with the number 16 to 

the right of it (by default).   

EVOLVE

 mode means that the Jammer is working to generate 

new  data  constantly,  the  randomisers  are  always  creating  new  patterns  from  your  input 
notes. If you click on 

EVOLVE

, the button changes to display 

LOOP

.  Now the Jammer is 

repeating the pattern it most recently created.   The length of this pattern is determined 
by the number to the right, so by default it repeats the last 16 generated ‘notes’.      

 

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Содержание XBOW SERIES

Страница 1: ......

Страница 2: ...4 THE XBOW GUITARS PROJECT 5 THE KONTAKT INSTRUMENTS 7 THE JAMMER PANEL 8 A BASIC JAMMER TUTORIAL 11 THE GUITAR PANEL 12 THE OPTIONS MENU 16 THE EFFECTS PANEL 18 MODULAR EFFECTS INSERTS 18 THE SPACE M...

Страница 3: ...kt in standalone mode In the Libraries tab click Add Library 2 Navigate to the downloaded product and choose the Library folder 3 When the library graphic loads in Kontakt click Activate 4 The NI Serv...

Страница 4: ...ns Bowed Electric with 4 articulations EBow Acoustic EBow Electric 1 EBow Electric 2 Vibrator Acoustic Vibrator Electric Gizmotron Electric 24 bit 48 khz stereo sampling 9 GB library with NCW compress...

Страница 5: ...in which both acoustic and electric guitars are played with a violin bow We sampled several articulations like this including playing with the wood of the bow col legno The main violin bow articulati...

Страница 6: ...strings You can vary the speed velocity of the wheels on the device itself which we then sampled to create a dynamic crossfade system in the virtual instrument These four techniques have been collecte...

Страница 7: ...itle bar Click on the little camera icon and the snapshot menu will appear beneath the instrument title You can choose Snapshot presets for any instrument here Our own presets will appear in a submenu...

Страница 8: ...eft enables or disables the Jammer When the Jammer is ON all throughput of MIDI is disabled you only hear the output of the Jammer The five knobs along the top of the Jammer are global controls these...

Страница 9: ...the notes you play as well as the note you play OCTAVE add random octave offsets to the pitches created by Jammer This control only ADDS octaves it doesn t subtract octaves TIME add random changes to...

Страница 10: ...a drop down menu with some popular scales but you can click on the keyboard directly to allow or disallow any pitch as you like You can also use the MIDI input switch on the left of the keyboard to LE...

Страница 11: ...asionally randomly to the input notes Octaves are only added whereas NOTES are added and subtracted Now increase both the NOTE and OCTAVE controls you should hear a pretty random crazy bunch of notes...

Страница 12: ...lways contains similar elements The most elaborate instrument is the Bowed Guitar so we ll use that to discuss the controls GUITAR SELECT Click on the ACOUSTIC GUITAR title and you can also select oth...

Страница 13: ...t for that guitar no matter which Snapshot you use ARTICULATION FADER In the Bowed Guitar there are four articulations at the top of the main Guitar page ARCO SPICCATO LEGNO and MARCATO You can select...

Страница 14: ...mpled both a Mic and a contact Pickup on the guitar on some electric guitars we have sampled the Bridge and Neck pickups simultaneously If this is the case you ll see two level knobs like here on the...

Страница 15: ...ASE amplitude envelope controls F ATTACK and F DECAY filter envelope controls VELOCITY velocity to level CUTOFF Filter cutoff frequency FILTER TYPE is changed by clicking on the menu icon RES resonanc...

Страница 16: ...pitch bend TOP NOTE in which only the highest note responds LOW NOTE in which only the lowest note responds to pitch bend and HELD NOTE in which any notes now released don t respond to pitch bend You...

Страница 17: ...nth edit section to then shape this new attack as you like ROUND ROBINS This is a popular method for increasing the sample variety in a performance and avoiding the machine gun effect sometimes heard...

Страница 18: ...ly selected effect appear on the far left and you can choose which effect you re editing with the buttons on the right You can place effect inserts in any order you like which can be very creative Swi...

Страница 19: ...IENT CONVOLUTION Note you cannot have the same type of effect in two different blocks if you choose an effect that is already in another effect block the two effects will simply swap positions All eff...

Страница 20: ...filters of the reverb The Space processor can be switched ON or OFF using the square switch in the top left EFFECT PRESETS At the bottom of the effect panel you can store effect presets separately fr...

Страница 21: ...If you have any problems or questions relating to the use of this product please feel free to contact us You can email us at support soniccouture com We will always endeavour to reply to any enquiry...

Страница 22: ...deo audio music text and applets incorporated into the Software is fully asserted by Soniccouture Ltd The Owner may only install and use Soniccouture libraries and software on multiple computers stric...

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