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1. As Played Hits and Hit Knobs Hits 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 Setting 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 settings can yield interesting results but keep in mind that the faster the speed the more voices you use UP 1 8 100 j PITCH oOaQT KEY y f i f Y 72 Se Pitch Sets the pitch up or down in quarter tone intervals for each repeat after the initial note is pressed and it remains in a pseudo legato state as long as any key is held down Changing this setting in real time allows extreme stair step effects and creative groove tuning and beat alterations Note Order Menu This drop down menu allows you to select any number of simple or complex cycle patterns that the arpeggiation 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 Swing This sets the amount of rhythmic offset swing between notes Values below zero cause the notes to play ahead of the beat Values above zero cause the notes to play after2. 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 Reverb Controls The Reverb FX module allows users to load reverb impulses to simulated real world spaces or effects See Page 3 for details 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 impulse from this menu overrides and unloads any currently loaded impulse from the Effects menu 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 output 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 Lo Pass Sets the l
3. 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 including 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 mic and cab DEGRADE Lows HIGHS 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 HiGain 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 TWEED GAEEN YV VOLUME AIR 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 Kalimba SOUNDIRON FX Rack continued Delay Controls The Delay FX module is a configurable Delay effect Power
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5. SOUNDIRON Welcome to Kalimba Also often called a thumb piano the Kalimba is a modernized version of the ancient African Mbira It has a humble melodious percussive plucking sound with a marimba like warmth and tonal body It is often used in conjunction with pianos and other tuned percussion instruments to add a sharper attack and playfulness to the sound Our instruments were made of wood and coconut shell with hammered steel tines suspended over their sound holes The notes span about an octave and a half for the smaller of our two instruments and over two octaves for the larger kalimba We recorded them in 3 different environments Up close in a dry recording studio at medium distance in a small bright chamber and in a large long linear hall at close meter and far 15 meters microphone distances We call it The Bunker because that s exactly what it really is a deep underground World War l era artillery bunker It s one of our favorite locations used for some parts of the Rust 2 library and several other instruments in our collection The dry recording was done with a stereo pair of large diaphragm condensers at 2 inches away in a very dry space You ll hear a little bit of wood scuffing and creaking We think those elements help to give the instruments a truer life like sound and feel We ve also added 62 unique soundscapes pads atmospheres and drones to the library each crafted by manipulating the source recordin
6. and Libraries rack do not support this library CREDITS Production amp Recording Mike Peaslee and Gregg Stephens Editing Programming amp Sound Design Mike Peaslee Chris Marshall amp Gregg Stephens Systems Design Chris Marshall Scripting Chris Marshall UI Design and Artwork Chris Marshall amp Gregg Stephens TABLE OF CONTENTS General INTRODUCTION Page OVERVIEW amp CREDITS Page 2 Technical AUDIO SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS INSTALLATION amp LOADING Page 3 User Interface MASTER DUAL LAYER GUI Page 4 ARPEGGIATOR POP UPWINODW Page 5 FX RACK Pages 6 8 Instrument Preset Descriptions INSTRUMENT PRESETS Page 9 Info LICENSE AGREEMENT Page 10 VERSION NOTES amp THANK YOU Page I Documentation amp Photos Mike Peaslee Chris Marshall amp Gregg Stephens Beta Composers Adi Goldstein Arkadiusz Reikowski Christopher Cutting Dirk Ehlert Marie Anne Fischer Michael Maas Paul Amos Simon Begg Tino Danielzik Kalimba 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 advanced users As a professional you may have your own workflow or format requirements an
7. button allows you to save your Arp panel settings The folder icon button allows you to load previously saved Arp panel settings Kalimba SOUNDIRON FX RACK The FX Rack tab contains our advanced flexible FX Rack that integrates many of Kontakt s built in effects The following section 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 Effect Types and Controls Mod Controls The Mod FX module features Chorus Flanger and Phaser effects Power Button Toggles the effect on and off Drop down Use this drop down menu to select the active effect Rate This knob controls the Rate of the selected effect Feedback This knob not available in Chorus mode control the amount of feedback for the active effect Phase This knob controls the Phase of the active effect Dynamics Controls 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 compressor TIAA RA ee x T T PT DEGRADE LOWS HIGHS TONE TWEED GACEN Y mae CHORUS V Depth This knob controls the depth intensity of the selected effect Mix This knob contr
8. cluded nki presets using the Files Quickload or Database tabs in the Kontakt Browser or through the main File load save menu Please allow any current preset to finish loading completely before loading a new one You can t use the Libraries view to load standard open format Kontakt Instruments like this library Only locked Powered By Kontakt Libraries are visible to that propriety browser view The Add Library function does not support this product or any other open format Kontakt library This library doesn t require any special activation SOUNDIRON Kalimba SOUNDIRON MASTER DUAL LAYER SELECTOR PRESETS Soundiron Kalimba Instruments This is the standard instrument interface for the Kalimba library Each preset contains a number of different articulations or sound sets each with a different flavor and tone The main control interface has a full range of deep performance controls that allow complete real time performance customization On the left side of the screen you will see the Layer module control area You can use the drop down menu to select any of the available articulations or sound types and load it instantly You can then use any of the controls to shape the sound for that layer You can also add the second layer by using the Layer 2 module controls located on the right side of the screen You can overlap their key ranges to blend the sounds or separate them into independent keyboard zones Eac
9. d we trust that you ll respect our hard work and won t share this content with anyone who hasn t paid for it You ll need the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5 1 0 or later to use the nki presets in this library 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 package 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 purchasing this or any other Soundiron products to see the full list of software requirements features and format compatibility for each library Fidelity This library is in wide stereo at 48kHz 24bit recorded on location in both indoor studio and remote outdoor locations Sonic impurities from outside noise clothing and hardware movement people wildlife and other sounds may be present in the samples Therefore please keep in mind that this library isn t designed to provide perfectly sterile result Our goal is to preserve and accentuate the natural live qualities in our instruments without overly modifying and sterilizing the recordings System Requirements Please be aware that many instrument and multi instrument programs in this library are extremely ram cpu and hard disk streaming resource in
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11. for lower resource usage and faster loading AMBIENCES amp PADS Soundiron Kalimba Instruments These are sound designed ambience presets created by warping and manipulating the acoustic kalimba sounds with a variety of post processing effects and techniques They are perfect for creating background character and presence to the kalimba or can be used in any number of other creative ways Some are roughly tuned to an approximate note while others are purely textural and atonally ambient See Pages 4 5 Kalimbiences nki This ambient sustaining pad preset includes 40 unique tuned and dissonant soundscapes and synth like tones with dual layer blending and an array of sound shaping parameters and effects Kalimgraphy nki This ambient sustaining pad preset includes 12 unique deeply reverberant tonal atmospheres with dual layer blending and an array of sound shaping parameters and effects Kalimbolic nki This ambient sustaining pad preset includes 10 unique semi rhythmic ambiences and pulsing drones with dual layer blending and an array of sound shaping parameters and effects Kalimba SOUNDIRON 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 permitted All sounds samples programming images scripting
12. gs with a variety of proprietary sound design techniques we ve developed These ambiences make ideal accompaniment to the acoustic portion of the Kalimba library due to the naturally sonic properties shared between them All of it is wrapped up in a customizable performance control system with lots of sound shaping tools arpeggiation sequencing and flexible DSP effects such as convolution EQ resonant filter chorus flanger phaser delay amp and speaker simulation distortion and compression Note Version 1 0 of this library was originally released by Tonehammer Inc in 2009 The new version 2 0 now adds 62 new custom ambiences and atmospheric pads a full graphical user interface with multi layer sound blending and selection a full range of performance shaping mapping and tuning options and a comprehensive DSP multi effects rack with dozens of custom convolution reverb impulses i DIF SOUNDIRON SOUNDIRON Kalimba version 5 powerful open format Kontakt nki instrument banks each with a wide variety of sound sets 1098 Samples 2 05 GB Installed 24bit 48kHz stereo wav samples non compressed 5 Plucked tine articulations and 2 Strummed articulations with up to 10X round robin and up to velocities 62 sustaining ambient pads atmospheres and drones Adaptive meta arpeggiator system and DSP Mulit Effects Rack Note The full version of Kontakt 5 1 or later is required for all Kontakt presets The free Kontakt Player
13. h of the two fully independent layer modules has its own swell attack offset release pitch pan and velocity attenuation control You ll find the ARP pop up panel to generate dynamic arpeggiation and percussion roll simulation See Page 5 The FX Rack page includes plenty of effects including EQs filters and compressors amp simulation chorus flange phase and convolution reverb See Page 6 And You can assign a midi CC to any knob button or slider by right clicking it pressing the Assign Midi CC pops up and moving any midi controller Kalimba Master Output st 1 iy Voices O Max g Memory 207 57 MB Midi Ch A 1 LAYER I SWELL ATTACK OFFSET RELEASE Ea C l a 64 0 0 STEPPING PAN VELOCITY 0 C 0 ARP Performance Instrument Sound Selection Menu This drop down menu selects the individual articulation that you would like to load into the module You can automate the current selection with a midi CC to switch between articulations in real time Just right click command click on OSX on the SELECT label above the menu then click on the Assign Midi CC pop up that appears and move any midi CC assigned to the same channel as the instrument To turn off and bypass a module select Off Swell CC72 amp 73 This smoothly controls volume swelling for the instrument allowing you to fine tune volume or shape dynamic rolls crescendos and decrescendos over time Attack CC 74 a
14. mp 75 This controls the sharpness of attack Offset CC9I amp 92 This controls the amount of sample start offset allowing you to skip ahead into the samples Use this to tighten articulation attacks and or to create more distant pad like feel Release CC93 amp 94 This sets the room release time for each module Lower values can allow you to simulate a nearly bone dry studio sound 512 LAYER 2 Oe pe ATTACK 64 0 STEPPING 0 Stepping Pitch This shifts the pitch of sound in each module up amp down by up to 36 semitones This setting is displayed in the Kontakt keyboard view as an inverted black white key Pan This allows you to place the sound in each module in your stereo field Velocity This adjusts midi note velocity up or down when a note is played Key Range This sets the playable midi key range for each layer You can type in the low and high note limits for each layer Or you can also click the SET button next to each value with your mouse and then play a midi key to assign that note as the low or high range limit value The playable range for Layer is displayed as Blue keys in the Kontakt Keyboard viewer The range for Layer 2 is displayed as Green keys Overlapping range shared by both layers is displayed as Yellow keys Link Un Link Layers Clicking on the chain link icon button will lock all main controls for both layers together so that each layer module shares the same value
15. ols 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 levels the same but reduces the dry level DPYNAMICES Release This knob controls the release time of the compressor Makeup This knob controls the makeup of the compressor Kalimba SOUNDIRON FX Rack continued Drive Controls The Drive FX module features a variety of distortions Distortion Skreamer Tape Saturator and De Rez 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 distortion effect Degrade This knob only available in De Rez mode control the amount of bit crushing that the Lo Fi effect does Amp Controls The Amp FX module is a configurable amp simulation effect It includes the Twang and new Jump amp simulators 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 sim 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 Cab Controls The Cab FX module is
16. ow 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 and dry output 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 Kalimba SOUNDIRON MAIN INSTRUMENT PRESET Soundiron Kalimba Instruments Kalimba Master nki This master preset includes all of the multi sampled kalimba articulations with dry sustained plucks dry muted plucks dry strummed long dry strummed short hall close plucks hall distant plucks and small chamber plucks These mutli sampled articulations can include up to 10 round robin variations per velocity and up to II velocities per note The mapping for each of them can span the whole key range from C 2 to G8 or you can customize the key mapping to use any ranges you wish It comes preloaded with two articulation layers but you can turn either layer off to focus on a single articulation or come up with your own combinations See Pages 4 5 Kalimba Lite nki This lite version of the master multisample preset includes fewer round robin variations and a reduced start offset range to allow
17. settings for each specific knob Unlinking them allows you to customize the various parameters for each layer fully independently Kalimba SOUNDIRON ARP POP UP CONTROL WINDOW The Arp pop up panel is an advanced arpeggiation design tool included in nearly all of this library s presets We also often call this system the Uberpeggiator You can choose from multiple cycling modes chord and scale constraints directional variables tempos and beat divisions and even set up your own custom arpeggiation velocity step sequences It s also great for creating simulated drum rolls with the EZ Roll Mode You can also save and load your own custom arpeggiation settings using the Save and Load buttons ARP X f RHYTHM SWING NOTE ORDER 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 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 Hold sets it to allow new notes to be added to the automated chain of repeats e EZ Roll is a special mode that allows easy single stroke roll creation based on your tempo rhythm and the amount of swing and randomization you want on the timing and velocity of each stroke Most other controls are bypassed You can use the velocity table or use incoming velocities
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19. 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 beat length When used with sustaining roll articulations this controls the length of the roll before it is released for each arpeggiated step Random This knob humanizes timing parameters to loosen the performance and create more natural variation in the rhythm HIGHER Key Selector Knob Binds the arpeggiation scale you ve chosen to a specific key Scale Selector Binds the arpeggiation sequence 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 sequencer Velocity Sequencer On Off The round button on the lower left corner of the Velocity Sequencer Graph window activates the sequence When active the arpeggiation follows the velocities that you ve drawn on the graph from left to right When it is bypassed each note is played at the velocity that you play it at Save amp Load The disk icon
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