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1. S HARP GUITAR ONE OF A KIND 30 STRING HARP GUITAR MULTI SAMPLE LIBRARY 13 powerful open format Kontakt nki instrument presets 4 203 Samples 1 8 GB Installed Plucks Palm mutes Chokes Slides Hand Percussion String Percussion Glisses and Effects Deep Multi Sampling with up to 12x RR and up to 7 Velocity Layers Real time String Selection Finger Position Control Chord Creator amp Auto Strum Sequencer Independent String Control and Tuning True Legato Slides 24bit 48kHz stereo PCM wav samples non encrypted Powerful Custom Performance and FX Control Interface Full Effects Rack with chorus flanger stereo modeler compression amp and cabinet simulation distortion delay and convolution reverb with dozens of room and fx impulses to choose from Note The full version of Kontakt 5 3 1 or later is required for all Kontakt presets The free Kontakt Player and the Libraries tab do not support this library CREDITS Recording Editing Programming UI Design and Artwork Gregg Stephens Mike Peaslee Ryo Ishido Chris Marshall and Gregg Stephens and Spencer Nunamaker Photography Sound Design Gregg Stephens and Mike Peaslee Gregg Stephens and Mike Peaslee Documentation Systems Design amp Scripting Gregg Stephens Chris Marshall Gregg Stephens TABLE OF CONTENTS ARY INTRODUCTION Pages 2 OVERVIEW amp CREDITS Page 3 FIDELITY REQUIREMENTS INSTALLATION amp LOADING Page 4 COMMON FRONT PANEL CONT
2. CURRENT CHORD S E 68 5 E gt KEY TYPE 6660 STRUMULATOR TUNING HELP 5 DELETE SE D Performance FX Rock Fret Board and Fret Buttons At the top of the Strumulator is a graphical representation of the neck of the Harp Guitar Each fret has a button that is labeled with the corresponding note for that fret on that string Only one fret note button can be activated at a time The Choke buttons at the far right of the fret board toggle the choke setting on off and are independent of the note buttons OPTIONS Tightness This knob sets the amount of time between notes in a chord Lower values are tight strums while higher values are long drawn out strums or more of an arpeggiation Random This knob adds an amount of randomness to the delay be tween each note in a chord This humanizes strums and at extreme settings can make them sloppy CHORD SELECT Current Chord This display shows the individual notes from low to high for the currently selected chord Key This drop down menu allows you to select any key to auto matically create a chord The User setting will bring up the saved chords in the Type drop down menu ecrTrrTrinic lt S I THINGS ORL ne tel Type This drop down menu allows you to automatically select the chord type for example major minor etc When User is selected in the Key drop down the saved chord appear in the Type drop down menu Note that you can click o
3. Harpnotix nki This preset features 20 different ambiences in a tuned Dual Layer setup with custom key range mapping gbs Harp Guitar XFX Ambiences Undulus nki This preset features 20 different ambiences in a tuned Dual Layer setup with custom key range mapping mbp BRAD HOYT S HARP GUITAR SOUNDIRON 19 SOUNDIRON SOFTWARE LICENSING AGREEMENT LICENSE AGREEMENT By installing the product you accept the following product license agreement LICENSE GRANT The license for this product is granted only to a single individual user No unlicensed use is per mitted All sounds samples programming imag es scripting designs and text contained in this product are copyrights of Soundiron Ilc This soft ware is licensed but not sold to you by Soundi ron for commercial and non commercial use in music sound effect creation audio video post production performance broadcast or similar finished content creation and production use Indi vidual license holders are permitted to install this library on multiple computers or other equipment only if they are the sole owner and only user of all equipment this software is installed or used on Soundiron allows you to use any of the sounds and samples in the library s you ve purchased for the creation and production of commercial re cordings music sound design post production or other content creation without paying any addi tional license fees or providing source a
4. MB STRUM PATTERN REST R KEYSWITCHES OPTIONS o HUMANIZE ee rr ore oe ss m m Performance FX Rock Timing The timing drop down menu above each step in the se quencer allows you to change the duration of each individual step The button just below the Timing label locks all steps to the same timing Steps This value edit box allows you to change the length of the sequence from to l6 steps Velocity Table The velocity of each step is represented by the teal bar You can click or click and drag to adjust the velocity level Stroke Dir Stroke Direction The button below the velocity table for each step toggles between up and down strokes as indicated by the or v arrow Art Articulation Each articulation button provides a drop down menu to choose from either normal palm mute or choke Rest The rest buttons below the velocity table allow you to insert rests into the sequence When activated the currently play ing note s will be released O semines strumutator sequencer O Options Humanize This knob adds an amount of randomness to the delay be tween each note in a chord as well as the timing between steps in the sequence This humanizes the sound with im perfect timing Sequence Selection The drop down menu in the middle just below the rest but tons allows you to select any saved sequence pattern Note that you can click on the text in the drop down and type in a cu
5. Options section allows you to adjust the volume of the fret slide sounds separate from everything else The glowing radio button next to the knob will toggle an additional fret scuff sound on every release This is useful for realistic chord and string transitions KEYSWITCHES MOMENTARY LATCHING Keyswitches O Each of the 5 keyswitches can be either momentary or latching Momentary keyswitches 2 reset after the keyswitch key is released Latching keyswitches toggle the state on each key O press O QUICK HELP KEYSWITCHES cas 2 jl Ill 1 ee aoe STRINGS Quick Help Panel This quick help panel is available to provide a fast way to access the most important information regarding functionality The te ELAYADLE RAN information displayed shows where and what the keyswitches BASS GET 5 REBLE na ii EA EAA ADVANCED PERFORMANCE Continued Strumulator Panel The Strumulator Panel found in the row of buttons along the lower right side of the interface provides controls for the power ful auto strumming feature which includes custom chord creation chord saving and loading keyswitch automation tightness of the strum and randomization for a more human and natural sound BRAD HOYT S HARP GUITAR SOUNDIRON 10 Harp Guitar Advanced Performance Output st 1 v I Voices 0O Mok Midi Ch A 1 Memory 0 61 6B y STRUMULATOR aan A O_ __ __ _o__ 9 CHORD SELECT
6. auto strumming chord building adaptive arpeggiation custom tuning and tons of other exclusive features As always we ve included a collection of ambiences fashioned from the raw source recordings of the Harp Guitar We ve also included our comprehensive FX Rack panel with multi effects compression EQ amp speaker simulation and convolution reverb featuring dozens of our most popular custom recorded rooms halls cathedrals and otherworldly fx impulses all in stantly available through the control interface BRAD HOYT S HARP GUITAR SOUNDIRON a A 4 y f ABOUT BRAD HOYT Brad Hoyt is a composer pianist and harp guitarist who has recorded with some of the world s leading guitarists and jazz musicians His first CD release in 2009 Together Alone featured duets with himself and 10 other harp guitarists His most recent release Far Away From Everyday features 30 musicians from around the world including 3x Grammy winner Jeff Cof fin 2x Grammy winner Howard Levy fingerstyle guitar masters Stephen Bennett Phil Keaggy Muriel Anderson Antoine Dufour Joscho Stephan and many more Brad is looking forward to combining elements from both tangi ble and virtual harp guitar performances in future com positions For more information on the creation of the Harp Guitar visit http www harpguitars net luthiers hoyt sedgwick htm BRAD HOYT S HARP GUITAR SOUNDIRON SOUNDIRON BRAD HOYT
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8. fill the gaps with the selected method BRAD HOYT S HARP GUITAR SOUNDIRON ADVANCED PERFORMANCE Continued Independent String Control Each individual course of guitar strings is conceptualized as an independent monophonic unit separate from the other strings This logic mirrors that of the real world instrument one can play each string in a different way perhaps sliding on one string palm muting another or playing the same note on two different strings String Controls Tuning The knob value edit pairs pictured to the left represent the guitar strings of the Harp Guitar These controls can be used to set the range of each string The highest availa ble note of one string depends on the low note of the string that is higher to prevent gaps and unintentional overlapping Touching a knob will briefly reveal the full maxi mum allowable range for the given string while hiding all other keyswitches and playa ble ranges in Kontakt s built in keyboard String Ranges Pictured below is the built in Kontakt keyboard with all the playable colored key ranges set to their default set tings The maximum allowable range for each guitar string is shown through the colored lines The assigned ac tive range is visible in the color coded keys Each string s range is represented on Kontakt s built in keyboard shown below by the blue 1 red 2 green 3 teal 4 and yellow 5 key ranges in the middle of the key board The stri
9. BRAD HOYT S HARP GUITAR SOUNDIRON SOUNDIRON A i u Welcome to Brad Hoyt s Harp Guitar Brad Hoyt s Harp Guitar is a powerful completely multi sample based full range 30 string acoustic harp guitar library It offers powerful single note lead chord creation rhythm building gliss and strum per formance all with total real time control and automation support We sampled plucks palm mutes chokes slides glisses scrapes guitar body percussion and tons of other effects to fully capture every nuance of this exquisite instrument with deep round robin and velocity layering and total attention to detail It was recorded up close and dry in wide stereo through a matched pair of large studio Neu mann microphones and Sound Devices preamps for maximum tone fidelity and clarity This also gives you the power to shape the sound to work in any arrangement and mix We sampled the custom designed harp guitar which was commissioned by classical guitarist Brad Hoyt This unique instrument titled the Arpa Viola Caipira is the result of a four year design and construc tion process with master luthier Stephen Sedgwick from the U K based on Brad s concept drawings With a massive and lush tone wide key range rich bass and pristine highs it takes the entire concept of an acoustic guitar to new frontiers The Harp Guitar library gives you deep round robin variation responsive dynamic layering world class programming true legato
10. Performance FX Rack Layer Menu These drop down menus choose the current ambient sound You can also use the Keyswitches to select the current sound The red keyswitches to the left side of the keyboard control Layer and the green keyswitches to the right side of the keyboard control Layer 2 Key Range Assignment You can type in or user your midi keyboard to set the playa ble range of each layer Layer appears in play on Kontakt s built in keyboard and Layer 2 appears in teal The overlap ping range of Layers and 2 appear in yellow Swell CC 72 CC73 This knob controls the volume swell of the instrument ATTACK E TLF Of v gt C6 ATTACK 4 a C UBERPEGGIATOR STEPPING C OFFSET C RELEA SE C STEPPING V Attack CC 74 CC75 This knob controls the sharpness of initial note attack High er values soften the attack Offset CC9I CC92 This controls the amount of sample start offset allowing you to jump ahead into samples to change the sound and bypass syllables This knob also moves the green mark er in the waveform window Release CC76 CC77 This knob controls the release time of notes when Please keep in mind that this library was recorded in a vocal booth so the maximum release time is short Stepping This knob controls the pitch stepping in semitones PERCUSSION PRESETS The Tuned Percussion Effects Effects Percussion and Effects Percussion Untuned pr
11. Power Button Toggles the effect on and off Custom Button Turning this On bypasses the our built in impulses so you can save presets with your own impulses in the Insert FX module through Kontakt s Editor view FX Menu This menu allows you to select one of our special effect convolutions Selecting an impulse from this menu overrides and unloads any currently loaded impulse from the Spaces menu Rooms Menu This menu allows you to select one of our real world environmental convolutions Selecting an im pulse from this menu overrides and unloads any currently loaded impulse from the Effects menu DELAY The Delay FX module is a configurable Delay effect Power Button Toggles the effect on and off Rate This knob controls the time between delays Higher values mean a longer time between delays creating a more pronounced echo Damping This knob controls the damping of the delay effect which attenuates and damps each successive echo Pan This knob controls the amount of stereo panning of the delay effect Lo Pass Sets the low frequency cut off of the impulse response allowing you to dull and darken the sound Hi Pass Sets the high frequency cut off of the impulse response allowing you to remove rumble and low end Size Sets the simulated room size of the convolution Delay Sets the amount of pre delay time before the wet signal is returned Mix This knob controls the amount of wet an
12. ROLS Page 5 PRESET TYPES amp ADVANCED PERFORMANCE Pages 6 10 AUTO STRUMMER Pages II 12 AMBIENCE AND PERCUSSION PRESETS Page 13 UBERPEGGIATOR Page 14 FX RACK Page I5 I7 INSTRUMENT PRESET LIST Page 18 S SOUNDIRON LICENSE AGREEMENT Page 19 THANK YOU Page 20 SAAOW T a WI ae f C am y AJ BRAD HOYT S HARP GUITAR SOUNDIRON Format All of the sample content is included as standard open PCM wav files to allow you easy access to manipulate reprogram and customize the sounds however you wish We know that it s important for many users to be able to go beyond the limitations of any one format so we ve kept this library s directories and files open for our ad vanced users As a professional you may have your own workflow or format requirements and we trust that you ll respect our hard work and won t share this con tent with anyone who hasn t paid for it You ll need the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5 3 1 or later to use the nki presets in this li brary The free Kontakt Player and any other version of Kontakt that came bundled with another library or software product other than NI s full Komplete pack age don t support this library The free Kontakt Player is NOT a full version of Kontakt and cannot load or play standard open format Kontakt instruments wav samples or libraries Please read all instrument specs and software requirements before purc
13. brary doesn t require any special acti vation BRAD HOYT S HARP GUITAR SOUNDIRON Common Front Panel Controls This instrument has a variety of special front panel performance controls that allow deep real time performance customization Harp Guitar contains multiple preset categories that share a number of common controls which allow users to shape the sound You can see each control s internal midi CC assignment by hovering your mouse over many of the controls and looking down at the hint text displayed in the Info bar at the bottom of Kontakt To turn on the Info bar press the i button at the top of Kontakt To assign midi CC automation to any knob simply right click PC or Command Click Mac on the knob and then click the Assign Midi CC button that appears The next midi controller you move will automatically be assigned to the control You can access more automation features in the Auto tab window on the left side of Kontakt You can customize and create your own custom presets by using the File Save Load menu at the top of Kontakt Just choose a new preset name and save it in the same Instrument folder location to insure that Kontakt can locate all necessary files the next time you load it All custom control knob settings will be saved with the instru ment preset cr Swell CC72 This knob controls the volume swell of the instrument E Attack CC 74 This controls the sharpness of attack Lower values ha
14. ck that integrates many of Kontakt s built in effects The following sec tion describes all of the available effects The FX Rack is accessible in all presets by clicking on the UI tab at the bottom of the instrument labeled FX Rack BRAD HOYT S HARP GUITAR SOUNDIRON 13 Effect Types amp Controls MOD MULTI FX The Mod FX module features Chorus Flanger and Stereo Power Button Toggles the effect on and off Drop down Use this drop down menu to select the active effect Rate This knob not available in Stereo mode controls the Rate of the selected effect Feedback This knob not available in Chorus Stereo mode control the amount of feedback for the active effect Phase Spread This knob controls the Phase of the active effect In Stereo mode it controls the stereo width DYNAMICS COMPRESSOR The Dynamics FX module is a configurable compressor Power Button Toggles the effect on and off Threshold This knob controls the volume threshold of the compressor Ratio This knob controls the ratio of the compressor The value is displayed to the right Attack This knob controls the attack time of the com pressor Depth Pan This knob controls the depth intensity of the selected effect In Stereo mode it controls the pan Mix Vol This knob controls the amount of wet and dry output of the effect Values left of center reduce the wet level while values right of center keep wet l
15. d dry out put of the effect Values left of center reduce the wet level while values right of center keep wet levels the same but reduces the dry level Feedback This knob controls the feedback of the delay effect High values can cause and endless loop Mix This knob controls the amount of wet and dry out put of the effect Values left of center reduce the wet level while values right of center keep wet levels the same but reduces the dry level BRAD HOYT S HARP GUITAR SOUNDIRON 18 INSTRUMENT PRESETS KONTAKT gt gt Soundiron Harp Guitar lnstruments lt lt Please note that all presets listed are designed to be used with Kontakt 5 3 1 or higher Also note that Lite version of all presets are also included in a subfolder named Lite with the exception of the Ambience presets The Lite ver sions of each preset are less CPU and memory resource dependent than the standard version but may lack certain features and include a reduced amount of total sample con tent such as a reduced sample start offset modulation range lower voice limits and fewer round robin variations Harp Guitar Advanced Performance nki The Advanced Performance preset is a very complex and powerful preset with many features to create realistic guitar leads and chords performances The playable range is BI G6 Note that the Treble Harp strings mapped from A 5 G6 are mapped an octave higher than natural due to the overlappin
16. eat length Humanize This knob humanizes the velocity and timing of each Uberpeggiator step Note Order Menu This drop down menu allows you to select any number of simple or com plex cycle patterns that the arpeggia tion will follow as it plays through the sequence of notes you have triggered Choosing As Played will cause it to follow the original order you played the notes in with the newest note always added to the end of the chain Scale Selector Control binds the arpeggiation se quence to a specific scale that you can choose by turning the knob Free Constrain Button Limits and adjusts any new note to the currently selected scale and key Velocity Graph Sequencer This graph allows you to draw the velocities that you want each step in your arpeggiation sequence to play at Reset This button resets all steps in the graph to a default value of 0 blank Steps This setting determines the number of sequencer steps 2 32 that can be set with the velocity graph step se quencer As Played Table This activates or bypasses the Velocity Graph When active the arpeggiation follows the velocities that youve drawn on the graph from left to right When it is bypassed each note is played at the velocity that it was origi nally played at Save Load These buttons allow users to save and load Uberpeggiator table patterns DSP EFFECTS RACK The FX Rack tab contains our advanced flexible FX Ra
17. esets all contain similar controls to the Ambience presets with identical functionality The Effects preset only contains one layer but has a drop down menu for articulation selection The Effects Percussion Untuned preset only contains one layer and does not have the drop down menu as each key is a different articulation This lets you use the preset as a drum kit having all articulations immediately available with the restriction that all settings are global BRAD HOYT S HARP GUITAR SOUNDIRON 14 The UBERPEGGIATOR The Percussion and Ambience presets of the Harp Guitar feature a flexible custom arpeggiator system to expand the instant creative potential of some of the presets It includes automatable performance controls that shape all aspects of the arpeggiator When used normally pressing a key causes the note to self repeat as long as a key is held down If additional notes are played it adds them to the sequence of repeats in various ways depending on the settings you choose and can be used to produce complex melodic chains plucking patterns and other effects TA UBERPEGGIATOR X Pj AD RHYTHM ah SWING 1 16 0 by HITS a HIT DURATION 1 100 48 A REPEAT ay PITCH gt RANDOM ili None 0QT 24 NOTE ORDER SCALE KEY au 9 AS PLAYED D Tajo Mode This knob controls the Arpeggiator mode Choosing Off disables the Arp system entirely e On sets it to respond only while a note is pressed cycling
18. evels the same but reduces the dry level In Stereo mode it controls the output volume Release This knob controls the release time of the compressor Makeup This knob controls the makeup of the compres sor BRAD HOYT S HARP GUITAR SOUNDIRON 16 DRIVE DISTORTION The Drive FX module features a variety of distortion types Distortion Skreamer Tape Saturator and De Rez effect Lo Fi Power Button Toggles the effect on and off Drop down Use this drop down menu to select the active distortion effect Drive This knob controls the amount of the distortion effect Volume This knob controls the output level of the dis tortion effect AMP SIMULATOR The Amp FX module is a configurable amp simulation ef fect It includes the Twang and new Jump amp simula tors Power Button Toggles the effect on and off Drop down Use this drop down to select between the available amp types twang and jump Volume This knob controls the volume output level of the amp simulator Drive This knob controls the amount of extra gain on the amp simulator Lows This knob controls gain of low bass frequencies Mids This knob controls the gain of mid level frequencies SPEAKER CAB SIMULATOR The Cab FX module is a configurable cabinet speaker simulation effect Power Button Toggles the effect on and off Drop down Use this drop down to select between the available cabinet types i
19. g range with the guitar See pages 6 10 for details on all the available features Harp Guitar Auto Strummer nki The Auto Strummer preset is another advanced and com plex preset that is specifically designed for easy chord crea tion and rhythm pattern sequencing As such the playable range is very unique in this preset Each guitar string is assigned to a single key A2 B2 C3 D3 and E3 and the note is determined by the chord chosen or created in the Strumulator E2 will perform a down stroke strum and F2 will perform an up stroke strum G3 will play the current sequence chosen or created in the Sequencer See pages I 12 for details on all the available features Harp Guitar Effects Percussion Untuned nki This preset features all the multi sampled percussion effects such as body taps string taps slide hits nut plucks and chokes with each articulation spanning a single key It s mapped from C3 D5 Harp Guitar Effects Percussion nki This preset features the same percussion effects but in a Dual Layer set up with custom playable range and pitching Harp Guitar Effects nki This preset features single shot effects such as scuffs and glisses The playable range starts at C3 and varies by effect Harp Guitar Tuned Percussion nki This preset features each string and articulation type as a separate selectable layer in a tuned Dual Layer set up with custom key range mapping and pitching Harp Guitar XFX Ambiences
20. hasing this or any other Soundi ron products to see the full list of software requirements features and format compatibility for each library Fidelity This library was recorded in dual mono at 48kHz 24bit This was recorded on location in a dry studio environ ment but sonic impurities from clothing body movement and natural mouth and throat sounds may be present in the samples and the softer dynamic layers are naturally quiet resulting in the presence of lo levels of signal noise Our goal is to preserve and accentuate the natural live qualities in our instruments without overly modifying and sterilizing the recordings Therefore please keep in mind that this library isn t designed to provide perfectly sterile result System Requirements Please be aware that many instrument and multi instrument programs in this library are extremely ram cpu and hard disk streaming resource intensive We high ly recommend that you have a 64 bit operating system Windows or OSX with at least 3GB of system ram a multi core cpu and a 7200 rpm SATA or SSD hard disk before purchasing this particular Soundiron library Large sample sets like those found in this library may load slow ly and may cause system instability on some machines Download We provide the Continuata Connect download manager to offer high speed reliable and fully automated library downloading and installation Download and run the lat est version for your OS PC or Mac
21. its own monophonic unit with individual modes for slides hammer on pull ofts palm mutes and chokes String ranges are set via the UI but can be overridden All important functionality is also controllable via keyswitch Also included are the Bass and Treble Harp string with individual choke and mute control for each Harp Guitar Performance Output st 1 v amp Voices O Moas 768 Midi Ch A 1 v Memory 0 66 GB HARP BASS TREBLE O MUTE O i ths OF E SWELL C TIGHTNESS RELEASE CS SOUNDIRON Performance FX Rack Panel Controls Along the bottom right side of the UI are buttons which when pressed open a tab with a variety of controls See page 8 for details HARP BASS TREB gt gt Harp String Controls O MUTE O In the top right of the UI are a set of buttons that switch between palm mute or oL HOKE choked string articulations for both the bass and treble harp strings independently The harp strings are totally separate from the guitar strings and are unaffected by the guitar controls String Play Modes Each string has a variety of toggleable play modes These can be controlled using CD emur a keyswitches or via the user interface controls pictured to the left Each radio button represents a string just like the range controls low mid and high from top to bottom The label like Slide or H On can be pressed to toggle the mode on off for all strings Please be aware that ce
22. n the text of the drop down menu and type in a custom name The name is only saved when you press the Save button and the chord is added to the User menu Save This button saves the current chord into the User menu Note that you can click on the text of the drop down menu and type in a custom name Delete This button deletes the currently selected chord type from the User menu Note that only User chords can be deleted Keyswitches The twelve keyswitch buttons are labeled with their corre sponding key placement eg C7 C 7 etc When any keyswitch button is pressed the currently selected chord will be assigned to that keyswitch Note that if you have created a custom chord you must save the chord before you can assign it to a keyswitch BRAD HOYT S HARP GUITAR SOUNDIRON 11 AUTO STRUMMER The Auto Strummer contains a very powerful step sequencer for creating custom chord rhythms The preset has many of the same features as the Advanced Performance preset with some exceptions The Slide Hammer On Pull Off and Allow controls are not present as this preset focuses entirely on chord creation and sequencing The Tuning Panel is replaced with the Sequencer Panel The preset also focuses heavily on keyswitches while the play able range is confined to a number of special function keys See page 2 for details v Harp Guitar Auto Strummer Output st 1 v Voices O Mox 768 Midi Ch A 1 v Memory 485 76
23. ncluding the Rotator cabinet effect Volume This knob controls the volume output level of the cabinet sim Air This knob controls the amount of the Air in the cabinet effect simulating distance between the virtual microphone and speaker cabinet Degrade This knob only available in De Rez mode controls the amount of bit crushing and sample rate reduc tion that the Lo Fi effect applies Lows This knob when available controls the level of low bass frequencies Highs This knob when available controls the level of high treble frequencies Tone This knob only in Skreamer mode controls the tone level of the Skreamer effect Highs This knob controls the gain of high treble frequencies Boost Button This button only available in the Jump amp sim toggles Hi Gain mode on and off The Volume is adjusted 9dB when activated to maintain relative volume while increasing the drive Presence This knob only available in the Jump amp adjusts the presence of the effect CAT TWEED GREEN Y Size This knob controls size of cabinet effect effectively the size of the simulated cabinet Fast Button This button available only with the Rotator cabinet type toggles the rotation effect of the cabinet from slow to fast BRAD HOYT S HARP GUITAR SOUNDIRON 17 CONVOLUTION REVERB The Reverb FX module allows users to load reverb impulses to simulated real world spaces or effects
24. ng ranges can be overridden on the fly using the Allow keyswitches and UI controls Since many notes can be played on several of the strings you can decide which note is played on which string using either the Tuning range knobs or with the Allow buttons keyswitches Bass Harp Treble Harp BI A 2 l A 5 G6 String 5 E4 E5 String 4 B3 C 5 String 3 G 3 A4 String 2 E3 E4 String B2 D4 The Treble Harp strings are placed one octave higher than natural on the keyboard due to the overlapping guitar range BRAD HOYT S HARP GUITAR SOUNDIRON ADVANCED PERFORMANCE Continued Settings Panel The Settings Panel found in the row of buttons along the lower right side of the interface provides two main sections of con trols The SLIDE section provides controls for adjusting the Slide behavior and volume The KEYSWIT CHES section provides controls for the behavior of the keyswitches O TuNiNG HELP Range SLIDE The Range knob allows you to extend or constrain the range in which a slide legato c e will be performed Keep in mind that this is still being performed on a per string basis so 5 with a range of 12 you will only get a slide sound when the string is either allowed with OPTIONS the Allow button or keyswitch or if they range of the string is set to at least 12 The minimum range is 2 and the maximum is I5 FRET NOISE 80 Options The Fret Noise knob in the
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26. rtain modes override other modes where it makes sense logically like Palm Mutes and Chokes overwriting one another BRAD HOYT S HARP GUITAR SOUNDIRON ADVANCED PERFORMANCE Continued The modes controls live on the neck of the Harp Guitar in the top right of the Ul Slide H On Allow P Mute AANAAANA 2 3 4 5 All TUNING SCALE MODE off KEY 2 NOTE GAP FILL Choke Slide This play mode plays slide samples between notes Keep the previous note held down momentarily after pushing the new note Slides can also be controlled using the red keyswitches to the far left side of the keyboard H On Hammer on Pull off This mode simulates hammer ons and pull offs Within the confines of each string any new note press after the first functions as a hammer on and if on note release a lower note is still held that note will be played simulating a pull off This mode can be controlled using the green keyswitches to the far left side of the keyboard Allow This special functionality is used to override the string ranges that are defined by the user When active for a string that string takes precedence over other strings in any natural overlapping ranges This lets users play notes on strings all the way up the neck If Allow is active for more than one string all strings allowed will sound on notes where they overlap This can also be controlled using the blue keyswtiche
27. s to the far left side of the keyboard P Mute Palm Mute These switch the string to play palm mutes instead of normal open notes These can also be controlled using the yellow keyswitches to the far left side of the keyboard Choke This mode chokes the string to produce a non pitched more percussive sound This mode can be controlled using the cyan keyswitches to the far left side of the keyboard Tuning Panel The Tuning Panel found in the row of buttons along the lower right side of the interface provides two main sections of controls The SCALE section provides controls a for constraining all notes to specific scale modes and keys NOTE GAP FILL C SETTINGS C STRUMULATOR TUNING HELP Mode The mode knob allows you to select from 28 different modes to which the scale will be con strained The modes include Major Minor Harmonic Minor Melodic Minor Dorian Phrygian Lydian Mixolydian Locrian Whole Tone Half Tone Whole Tone Whole Tone Half Tone Pentatonic Blues Chromatic Just Quarter Tones and more Key The Key knob allows you to select the key to which the scale will be constrained You can choose C Db D Eb E F Gb G Ab A Bb and B Note Gap Fill When using the Scale constrain feature note outside of the scale will be filled in by one of two methods the next Higher note will be used or the next Lower note will be used Pressing the button toggles between these two modes to
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29. stom name The name will be saved with the sequence when you press the Save button to the right Save This button saves the current sequence into the Sequence Selection drop down menu Delete This button deletes the currently selected sequence from the Sequence Selection drop down menu Note that the first sequence cannot be deleted Keyswitches The twelve keyswitch buttons are labeled with their corre sponding key placement eg C7 C 7 etc When any keyswitch button is pressed the currently selected sequence will be assigned to that keyswitch Note that if you have created a custom sequence you must save it before you can assign it to a keyswitch BRAD HOYT S HARP GUITAR SOUNDIRON 12 AUTO STRUMMER Continued The Auto Strummer preset does not include a standard playable range as the focus of the preset is chords and strumming Picture below is the Quick Help panel displaying the functions of the keyswitches and playable ranges LT Harp Guitar Auto Strummer vor e Tune Output st 1 wp Voices O Max 768 Purge 0 00 Midi Ch A 1 v Memory 485 76 MB TA QUICK HELP xX SS CHORD DESIGNER STRUM LULL UN We CHORDS CHORD PLUCK AUTOSTRUMMER 12345 Ht A D 9 C TIGHTNESS a RELEASE SE i Performance FX Rack Chord Pluck and Strum Each string of the chord can be plucked individually using the keyswitches pictured to the left In order from lowest to highest the s
30. through all held notes as it arpeggiates e Hold sets it to automatically sustain one note at a time monophonic so that changing keys changes the note that is repeating e Hold sets it to allow new notes to be added to the automated chain of repeats e EZ Roll sets it to allow polyphonic rolls to be played This can be used for complex strum patterns Hits and Hit Sets the number of repeats of each note BEFORE moving on to the next note in the arp sequence and Hit sets the intensity fall off rate for each repeat before resetting for the next note Repeat This sets the direction of the up or down repeats Rhythm This sets the speed of arpeggiation as measured in musical time ranging from whole bars to 128th notes Fast set tings can yield interesting results but keep in mind that the faster the speed the more voices you use Pitch This is a unique quarter tone detuning effect that offsets the pitch for all re peated notes after the first note played in an arpeggiation Key Binds the arpeggiation scale you ve chosen to a specific key Swing This sets the amount of rhythmic off set swing between notes Values below zero cause the notes to play ahead of the beat Values above zero cause the notes to play after the beat Duration This knob allows the user to fine tune the length of each note Using this one can shorten the note to staccato like pulses or extend them beyond the normal b
31. trings are A2 B2 C3 D3 and E3 The two red keys to the left of the range are Down strum and Up strum They are located at E2 Down and F2 Up Auto Strummer The Black key pictured to the left will play the currently selected sequence The sequence will only play as long as the key is held down It is located at G3 The Red keys to the right are keyswitches for the assignable sequences They are located from B3 to G 4 Chord Designer Keyswitches The bank of Black keys pictured to the left are keyswitches for the assignable chords in the Strumulator Panel Note that the Strumulator Panel in the Auto Strummer has an additional set of 12 Keyswitches to assign chords to for a total of 24 The additional keyswitches can be accessed by clicking the arrow button to the right of the KEYSWITCHES text in the Strumulator panel Chord Keyswitch Range DO to C2 KEYSWITCHES gt BRAD HOYT S HARP GUITAR SOUNDIRON 13 AMBIENCE PRESETS This library includes tonal ambiences created using the source material To view the playable key range of the current ambience click Kontakt s keyboard display button at the top of the main Kontakt program window The playable range is col ored Blue while key switches to change the vowel are colored red Harp Guitar Ambiences Harpnotix Output st 1 v Voices O Mos Midi Ch A 1 v G Memory 210 69 MB 768 LAYER 1 ts SWELL C HARP GUITAR SW ELL C SEU Die
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33. ve more of a x ATTACK pluck sound Release CC76 This controls the release time of the palm mute choke and release samples Lower settings cause the sound to be damped and cut off RELEASE while higher settings allow the sounds to ring out longer a Tightness Offset CC78 This controls the amount of sample start offset allowing you to skip ahead into the samples This can also be used to control the amount of pluck TIGHTNESS A Release Volume CC90 This controls the volume of release samples only These samples play when the last note of a string is released The small glowing radio button toggles Release Samples on off if you don t want them to play at all STEPPING Stepping This knob controls the pitch of each layer in semitones with a range of 36 Cr semitones BRAD HOYT S HARP GUITAR SOUNDIRON Preset Types The Harp Guitar contains three main preset types Advanced Performance Auto Strummer and Percussion Ambience Each preset type offers its own strengths and each was designed to be useful for different composition styles Also included are Lite versions of each preset type which are less CPU and memory intensive at the cost of realism by reducing the number of round robin variation ADVANCED PERFORMANCE The Advanced Performance preset simulates the real world function of the Harp Guitar Each of the 5 courses of guitar strings of the Harp Guitar is represented as
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