USER MANUAL - Vir2 Instruments
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1. 5 DNE 1 d 4 n EN PREPARED ACA stic Pe I Ly USER MANUAL Produced by Vir2 Instruments Vir2 Instruments is an international team of sound 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 Avenue Sherman Suite 201 Valencia CA 91555 Phone 661 295 0761 Web wwwvir2 com USER MANUAL O O 160 2 LLI Z O O LL LLI m lt VIOLENCE FRACTURED TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 01 Ol INTRODUCTION TO THE LIBRARY CHAPTER 02 REQUIREMENTS AND INSTALLATION 03 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS OS INSTALLING 04 UPDATING 04 AUTHORIZING x CHAPTER 03 USING KONTAKT O5 HOW TO ACCESS THE FRACTURED LIBRARY FROM KONTAKT OG USING KONTAKT IN STANDALONE MODE O7 USING KONTAKT AS A VST PLUG IN IN CUBASE AND NUENDO O8 USING KONTAKT AS A VST OR AUDIOUNIT PLUG IN IN ABLETON LIVE OG USING KONTAKT AS AN AUDIOUNIT PLUG IN IN LOGIC PRO LOGIC STUDIO LOGIC EXPRESS ETC 10 USING KONTAKT IN GARAGEBAND 1 USING KONTAKT AS AN AUDIOUNIT PLUG IN IN DIGITAL PERFORMER 1 USING KONTAKT AS RTAS PLUG IN IN PRO TOOLS u USING KONTAKT AS PLUG IN IN ANOTHER HOST CHAPTER 04 WORKING WITH THE INSTRUMENTS 15 13 14 14 14 15 15 15 16 CH2. Z AL aL D Y EB O x N mx Lu e lt I O VIOLENCE FRACTURED VE SUPPORT EIL TECH SUPPORT Vir2 Instruments stands behind its products and is committed to helping you get the most out of using them Please check the Support area of the www vir2 com web site if you encounter any difficulties in using the product You may also e mail support vir2 com Before getting in touch with Vir2 Instruments regarding problems with the product make sure you are running the latest versions of the library engine and Service Center We are continuously updating and improving the product so it is possible that there are more recent updates available that were released after the physical manufacturing of your installation disc THE FULL VERSION OF KONTAKT 5 FRACTURED ships with KONTAKT 5 running in library mode meaning it 15 fully able to play back the FRACTURED library and access the parameters detailed in this manual Registered owners of FRACTURED are eligible for a Special crossgrade discount to the full version of KONTAKT 5 which enables users to create their own libraries import libraries in non Kontakt formats and access numerous deep editing features Visit www nativeinstruments com for details on the Kontakt crossgrade EEE EE EEE EEE LICENSE AGREEMENT The samples contained herein are licensed not sold to you the individual end user by Vir2 Instruments This
3. DB 33 stereo Noise Reduction Dither Sound Field Instrument Effect Other Engine stereo stereo Kontakt 3 stereo Kontakt 4 stereo Kontakt 5 Nereo KontaktPlayer2 stereo The Kontakt window will appear At this point you can skip down in the instructions to the Getting Started With FRACTURED section below USING KONTAKT AS A PLUG IN IN ANOTHER HOST There are too many host programs to cover here in detail but any modern sequencer that properly supports the VST AudioUnit or RTAS standards should be able to use Kontakt properly and load FRACTURED within it Consult the manual for your specific host to find out how to instantiate the Kontakt virtual instrument CON Y 2 LLI gt 04 U Z T Z W lt NG ge O pos st mx Lu e lt I VIOLENCE FRACTURED WORKING WITH THe INSTRUMENTS FRACTURED is a very varied library with a diverse collection of sound types included within it There are five root folders which contain the various instruments Chromatic Kits Drum Kits Melodic Pads and SFX and Tempo Synced Within these five root folders are more than eighty different and unique instruments Each instrument contains a slightly different set of controls according to the features which are most useful to tweak for musical manipulation Here are some general guidelines for using the instruments CHROMATIC KITS All chromatic
4. a DVD drive For optimum performance Vir2 Instruments recommends a 2 0GHz processor or faster The library requires approximately 2 5GB of disk space INSTALLING The installation of FRACTURED consists of two separate steps the installation of the Kontakt engine and the installation of the FRACTURED library In the FRACTURED folder you will see the installers for Kontakt 5 and the FRACTURED library folder Move the FRACTURED library folder to any location on your hard drive then run the Kontakt 5 installer The Kontakt installer will install the Kontakt engine its standalone application all of its plug in versions and the Service Center authorizer program We recommend the Easy Install and that the install locations for each component are left at their default settings The FRACTURED library is approximately 2 5GB in size and can be installed on any available hard drive For speed reasons we recommend it be installed on internal or eSATA drives Firewire can also be acceptable External USB 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000090000000000000000090000000000000000900900000000000000900900000000000009909090000 drives may give somewhat less optimized performance We also recommend 7200 or 10 000rom drives regardless of the interface used Once Kontakt is installed launch the standalone application or open it as an instrument plug in from within your preferred host application Click
5. created transmitting to Kontakt s channel A 1 When it is record enabled it will send any incoming MIDI played on your controller into Kontakt At this point you can skip down in the instructions to the Getting Started With FRACTURED section below O z u E gt Sa USING KONTAKT AS AN AUDIOUNIT PLUG IN IN DIGITAL PERFORMER Users of MOTU s Digital Performer can use Kontakt as an AudioUnit plug in These instructions have been prepared in Digital Performer 6 although Kontakt may also work in earlier versions if the computer meets the system requirements Once the project is open go to the Project menu and choose Add Track gt Add Instruments 01 Help MIDI Track Mono Audio Track Stereo Audio Track Surround Delete Tracks Modify Conductor Track Instrument Track Add Instruments Add Unassigned Instrument In the resulting dialog box click on the Unassigned pulldown menu and choose Native Instruments gt KONTAKT 5 You can also change the number of MIDI tracks to be added if you know you will want to use more than one 021 MO instrument Track Add 1 instrument track s assigned to Unassigned k X m Add 1 MIDI track s for each Instrument C Add new track s to a new folder The Kontakt window will appear and a MIDI track will be created transmitting to Kontakt s MIDI channel A 1 When it is record enabled it will send any
6. must be configured in order to let Kontakt know which MIDI device s to respond to Kontakt will respond to up to four MIDI input ports A B C and D so we recommend you switch one MIDI source on to Port A as shown in the graphic below 02 More detailed information on the setup options can be found in the accompanying Kontakt manual Once you have completed Kontakt setup jump ahead to the Getting Started with FRACTURED section below CoreRudio v Driver Spre 18 In 12 Out v Device Device driver configuration Running Status v rate Latency i Processing 2 3 ms i Output 0 7 ms Overall gt 3 6 ms LN Device name Status UltraLite MIDI Port UltraLite Syne Port Kontakt 4 Virtual Input O z wW i gt USING KONTAKT AS A VST PLUG IN IN CUBASE AND NUENDO Users of Steinberg s Cubase or Nuendo sequencers can use Kontakt as VST plug in These instructions have been prepared in Cubase 5 although Kontakt may also work 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 PINNE Window 1 Help Control Room Mixer Control Room Overview MIDI Device Manager MMC Master Mixer Mixer 2 Mixer 3 Plug in Information Remaining Record Time Display Time Display VST Connections VST Instruments When the VST Instruments window appears click in the firs
7. to instantiate Kontakt as a virtual instrument plug in then load an FRACTURED instrument in Kontakt then route a MIDI track to Kontakt so it can be triggered and recorded The following instructions will helo standalone and plug in users get up and running quickly with a basic track of FRACTURED USING KONTAKT IN STANDALONE MODE The standalone Kontakt application can be found in the Applications gt Kontakt 5 folder for Mac users or Program Files gt Native Instruments gt Kontakt 5 for Windows users After launching the Kontakt application for the first time you will be presented with a dialog box to set up your audio and MIDI settings Settings will vary for each user according to the specific setup but the important thing is to route the audio to a valid audio device and to set the buffer 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000009000000000000000009000000000000000000900000000000000900900000000000009909090000 reasonably low for good latency performance We recommend 256 samples or less The lower the latency slider the less latency the split second between the physical playing of the note and the sound coming out of Kontakt will be but the harder the computer will have to work Typical useful values range between 128 and 256 however very fast computers may be able to handle lower values while very slow computers may need higher values 01 The MIDI page of the Options dialog box
8. 00000000900000000000000009009000000000000009009000000090000009909090000 evolving pads were built from acoustic guitar samples that blur the line between electronic and acoustic Fractured also features playable and dynamic rhythmic loops and patterns multitimbral arpeggiated creations huge cinematic impacts gritty electronic drums gnarly and etherial melodic instruments and more innovative sonic goodness and Sound Effects and Tempo Synced FRACTURED is powered by the industry leading Kontakt engine It is compatible with VST AudioUnit and RTAS Pro Tools 8 and higher plug in formats allowing it to work seamlessly within any major sequencer in addition to standalone use A Far Cry gt 3 e Tune Output st 1 v Voices 32 Purge 0 00 Midi Ch A 1 g Memory 10 18 MB 7 e Volume Reverb Delau 42 47 0 447 0 681 FX Settings RII Delay EQ dB O 2 lt lt U E Zz lt Y Z LLI gt gt G az aS N x e lt I O VIOLENCE FRACTURED REQUIREMENTS AND INSTALLATION SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS For Mac users FRACTURED an Intel Core Duo 2GB of RAM a DVD drive and OS 10 6 8 or 10 7 x For optimum performance Vir2 Instruments recommends a 2 0GHz processor or faster For Windows users FRACTURED requires Windows 7 latest Service Pac 32 64 Bit Intel Core Duo or AMD Athlon 64 2GB of RAM
9. Life O9 although Kontakt may also work in earlier versions if the computer meets the system requirements Once inside your GarageBand project go to the Track menu and choose New Track 05 mH TE Show Track Info 3t Real Instrument Show Arrange Track Show Master Track 3B Show Podcast Track 0 36 Show Movie Track New Track Delete Track i or Instrument sounds created audio recordings such as voice For audio recordings of electric guitar Dupl icate Track n using built in GarageBand amps and 5 usi a juitar 55 or any inst nt that New Basic Track MIDI or onscreen keyboard u a microphone stompbox effect A window with three choices will appear Choose Software Instrument 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 appear Choose Audio Unit Modules gt KONTAKT 5 08 GarageBand may default to inserting effects such as a compressor and a visual AEE on on this track This will color the sound If rum Kits gt Grand Piano On Stage don t want these effects used you can remove them KONTAKI S is selected the icon will change Piano N the AudioUnit icon the ball with the sound waves radiating outward Double click on icon to bring up the Kontakt window 09 Kontakt window will appear and a MIDI will be
10. ROMATIC KITS DRUM KITS MELODIC PADS AND SFX SOUND EFFECTS TEMPO SYNCED INSTRUMENT INFO FX SETTINGS AND EQ BUTTONS TIP AUTOMATING KNOBS NOTE KEY RANGES NOTE BY HAND LH RESONANCES CHAPTER 08 TECH SUPPORT ETC TECH SUPPORT THE FULL VERSION OF KONTAKT 5 LICENSE AGREEMENT CREDITS 2 gt ae lt 1814 LLI SE O 2 e O ED O 2 Sy o x lt I O VIOLENCE FRACTURED INTRODUCTION L TE LIBRARY FRACTURED is multidimensional and innovative virtual instrument focusing on extremely creative ano esoteric presentations of acoustic guitars Created for both musical use and sound design FRACTURED is innovative new collection of instruments featuring creative and esoteric samples and manipulations of various acoustic guitars Following the tradition begun by Violence Vir2 s virtual dismembering of a solo violin Fractured features 2 5GB of compressed samples and more than one hundred new instruments with numerous variations and effects built into each Each patch features the organic goodness of the acoustic guitar but stretches its timbre in new directions to create previously unheard musical effects Drum kits were made with mallets fingernail scrapes metal scrapes Cardboard scrapes and pouring rice over the guitar Long 60000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000009000000000
11. e by right clicking on any knob then assigning it to a CC controller G NOTE KEY RANGES Most patches in FRACTURED have been programmed to cover the entire 88 key keyboard even though it was impossible to sample some of the extremes Sometimes the extreme ranges of the keyboard can be musically useful and in other cases the stretching may not be of sufficiently high enough quality to be useful We have chosen to standardize by stretching all possible instruments over the entire keyboard in order to give you as many options as possible wz s imas am NOTE BY HAND LH RESONANCES By Hand LH Resonances is located in the Drum Kits folder It requres a slightly different approach to playing than the rest of the instruments in the FRACTURED library Notes above C3 trigger hand and knuckle raps on the guitar body Below C3 are the string resonances created when the guitar is struck Play a chord using the notes below C3 with your left hand and simultaneosly play the notes above C3 with your right hand Just like striking the body of the guitar in different locations playing different notes with your right hand triggers different timbres of string resonances LE gt Hand LH Resonances gt 5 e Tone lt os Eat v r Voices 0 00 Midi Ch A 1 Memory 12 71 M Attack Release Width Reverb Delay DES 9 4 1 3 gt 00 3 ms 9 7k ms 0 0 Rotator Mix Pitch 0 00 m N O
12. e no release control present for that instrument These controls are usually expressed in milliseconds but in some instances they are set to a number of quarter notes In a few instances there may be multiple attack controls for different layers within the instrument SSS eI TEMPO SYNCED The tempo synced instruments have many of the same controls as the Melodic and Pad instruments but with the addition of a Quantize control This knob sets the inout quantization level to helo you play in perfect sync with the host tempo INSTRUMENT INFO To find out more about a loaded instrument Click on the instrument image in the lower right hand corner of the interface This will open an information window over the controls with a brief description of the instrument and what some of the controls on the interface do O z u S E gt EEE a ae ee FX SETTINGS AND EQ BUTTONS To access all of the FX parameters click on the FX Settings button To access the the EQ click on the EQ button To go back to the main interface click on the back arrow in the lower right hand corner gt gt TIP AUTOMATING KNOBS Once you have played around with some of the knobs in the instruments you ll see that they can be used to great musical effect If you have a MIDI controller which has additional knobs or sliders on it you may want to remotely control the behavior of a specific knob or knobs This can be don
13. incoming MIDI played on your controller into Kontakt At this point you can skip down in the instructions to the Getting Started With FRACTURED section below USING KONTAKT AS AN RTAS PLUG IN IN PRO TOOLS Users of Digidesign s Pro Tools M Powered LE or TDM can use Kontakt as an RTAS plug in These instructions have been prepared in Pro Tools 8 although Kontakt may also work in earlier versions if the computer meets the system requirements Region Event AudioSui In the dialog box that appears choose the appropriate options such as the following create I new stereo Instrument Track in samples Then click Create Create 1 new Stereo pr X Audio Track in Samples 9 Aux Input Master Fader MIDI Track Cancel Create Go to the Mix window and look at the channel strip for the instrument At the very top 15 an area for Inserts A E 05 Click on the first of the five slots and navigate through the popup menu to choose multichannel plug in gt Instrument gt KONTAKT 5 06 eS 06 05 INSERTS A E E E nd 4 no insert Length NSERTS multichannel plug in 120 d multi mono plug in Dynamics x Pitch Shift i o Reverb x Delay Modulation gt 12 17 Harmonic D gt gt gt 0 30 0 4 49 1 30 1 40 14 4000000 Absynth 5 stereo SENDS A E Addictive Drums stereo Battery 3 stereo Boom stereo
14. ir 03 Click there and a list of available instrument plug ins will appear Choose AU Instruments gt Native Instruments gt KONTAKT 5 gt Stereo 04 No Plug in EFM1 FM Synth ES E Ensemble Synth ES Monophonic Synth ES P Polyphonic Synth Sculpture Modeling Synth Test Oscillator Ultrabeat Drum Synth GarageBand Instruments MOTU AU Generators Multi Output 1xStereo 15xMono Spectrasonics Multi Output 8xStereo 8xMono Steinberg Multi Output 16xStereo u he Multi Output 1x5 1 15xMono VSL Multi Output 1x5 1 7xStereo 8xMono Wallander Instruments Multi Output 1x5 1 15xStereo AU Instruments 32 bit AU MIDI controlled Effects AU MIDI controlled Effects 32 bit V V YAY UK V V SPS ARPS AS PRADA 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000009090000090090900000909900009 The Kontakt window will appear and a MIDI track will be created transmitting to Kontakt s MIDI channel A 1 When it is record enabled it will send any incoming MIDI played on your controller into Kontakt At this point you can skip down in the instructions to the Getting Started With FRACTURED section below O LL nn USING KONTAKT IN GARAGEBAND Users of Apple s GarageBand can use Kontakt as an AudioUnit plug in These instructions have been prepared in GarageBand 5 which shipped with i
15. kits come with two rows controls Each control is set individually for each note of the kit Notes are selected by simply pressing that note on your keyboard or midi control surface The values of the controls for all the notes together can be saved to one of three slots and then loaded again Use the Set Current to Default command to set the current knob configuration to be the new default configuration Under the load menu It is also possible to reset a single note back to it s default value using the Reset Selected Note command EEE UUU DRUM KITS All drum kits come with two rows controls Each control 15 set individually for each note of the drum kit Notes are selected by simply pressing that note on your keyboard or midi control surface The values of the controls for all the notes together can be saved to one of three slots and then loaded again Use the Set Current to Default command to set the current knob configuration to be the new default configuration MELODIC PADS AND SFX SOUND EFFECTS Each instrument comes with a custom set of controls especially made for that instrument Almost no two instruments are exactly alike Each instrument has two rows of controls The first row controls the volume envelope of the instrument The second row is for effects For most instruments it is possible to control the attack and release For some instruments it may not be practical to control the release so there will b
16. non exclusive non transferable license Is granted only to the individual end user who has purchased an unopened new and lawfully made copy of this product from dealer or distributor authorized by Vir2 Instruments All samples remain the property of Vir2 Instruments and are licensed only for use in the creation of a live or recorded 60000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000009000000000000000009000000000000000090000000000000000900900000000000009909090000 performance that includes the licensed samples as part of a derivative musical work created by the licensed end user This license expressly forbids resale rental loan gift or transfer of these samples in any format or via any medium except as part of a derivative musical work The samples may not be included whether unmodified or as part of a derivative work in any sample library product Any unlicensed usage will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law CHE EE CREDITS Produced by Vir2 Instruments Sound Design Programming and Scripting Brendan Hogan Cover Design Michael Farquharson Layout Jody Friedericks Manual Chris Peck Special thanks to the beta test team who provided invaluable input to the product and to the Native Instruments team especially Dan Santucci Nicki Marinic Johannes Mai Markus Krieg Wolfgang Schneider Frank Elting and Rembert Gantke specification
17. on the Libraries tab from the Kontakt browser on the left side of the Kontakt interface Just below Libraries click on Add Library A Locate Folder window will appear Navigate to the Fractured Library folder highlight it then click choose Fractured should now appear in Kontakt s library browser UPDATING After installation please make sure that you are fully updated to the most recent versions of the three components that make up the FRACTURED package the library which contains all the patch information and programming the engine which is powered by Kontakt and the authorizer Service Center It is possible that any of these components may have a rnore recent version than you originally received so you should check for updates to each of these three You can do this by visiting the vir2 com web site and checking the Support area AUTHORIZING After you ve completed installation FRACTURED will be working in demo mode 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 instructions You will be prompted to enter your e mail address and password that make up your Native Instruments account or will be given an option to create an account if you don t already have one Once inside the Service Center it will give you a list of all the Native Instruments and NI powered products
18. on your hard drive and give you the option to activate them You are allowed to install and use FRACTURED on up to two computers simultaneously Service Center will guide you through the process for either online instant activation or offline activation if the computer on which you installed FRACTURED does not have direct access to the internet O Ul lt x O A U 2 C M 4 E lt I O VIOLENCE FRACTURED USING HOW TO ACCESS THE FRACTURED LIBRARY FROM KONTAKT FRACTURED ships as a Kontakt powered library and FRACTURED is opened from within Kontakt which can be run either as a standalone application or as a plug in hosted by any major sequencer on either Macintosh or Windows platforms All these versions are installed by the Easy Install option of the installer Users who don t own a sequencer or would like to simply boot up and be able to play FRACTURED can go to their Applications folder Mac or Program Files folder Windows to launch Native Instruments gt Kontakt Users who wish to use FRACTURED for sequencing or recording or wish to play it multitimbrally should use it in plug in mode within a host sequencer Kontakt supports the VST AudioUnit 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 procedure is
19. p Guitar Rig 4 FX Audio Unit gt Guitar Rig 4 Audio Unit gt Kontakt 3 Audio Unit v Kontakt 4 Audio Unit gt ks Audio Unit LM gt RA KontaktPlaye Audio Unit Drag KONTAKT 5 into the central area where the text Drop Files and Devices Here is shown The Kontakt interface will appear and it will already be actively transmitting to Kontakt s MIDI channel A 1 When it is record enabled it will send any incoming MIDI played on your controller into Kontakt At this point you can skip down in the instructions to the Getting Started With FRACTURED section below O z u 2 i S gt USING KONTAKT AS AN AUDIOUNIT PLUG IN IN LOGIC PRO LOGIC STUDIO LOGIC EXPRESS ETC Users of Apple s Logic can use Kontakt as an AudioUnit plug in These instructions have been prepared in Logic Pro 8 although Kontakt may also work In earlier versions If the computer meets the system requirements Once inside your Logic project go to the Track mini menu Cin the central area of your screen and choose Track gt New 01 The New Tracks dialog box will appear Make sure Software Instrument 15 selected then click Create 02 The new instrument track will be created On the left side of the screen you will see the channel strip for that channel including a fader knob and various insert slots Locate the blank slot just below the letters I O and above the output pa
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21. t available slot in which no instrument is listed 02 A popup menu will appear choose 5 An alert box will appear asking if you want to create a MIDI track assigned to the KONTAKT 5 plug in Click Create 03 Do you want to create a MIDI track assigned to plugin Kontakt 4 eeeoooo The Kontakt window will appear and MIDI track will be created transmitting to Kontakt s MIDI channel A 1 When it is record enabled it will send any incoming MIDI played on your controller into Kontakt At this point you can skip down in the instructions to the Getting Started With FRACTURED section below USING KONTAKT AS A VST OR AUDIOUNIT PLUG IN IN ABLETON LIVE Users of Ableton Live can use Kontakt as VST or AudioUnit plug in depending on the version The functionality is the same These instructions have 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 icon down to show the Plug in Devices list then scroll to the Native Instruments folder and locate KONTAKT 5 04 Plug In Devices Name w LJ awoymurvin mun P gt Battery 3 Audio Unit gt ems Audio Unit gt 8 FX Audio Unit
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