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1. offset range Release This knob controls the release time of notes This can be used to shorten the apparent hall reflection decay time to simulate a drier space Tempo synch This button activates the Time Machine Pro engine in Kontakt and allows marcatos to automatically lock to your project tempo or Kontakt s internal tempo control At higher tempos the samples are time compressed while at lower tempos the samples are stretched Note This feature requires higher ram and CPU resource use than the normal engine mode In some cases this oes lt SOUNDIRON resource spiking can cause audio pops and artifacts especially with low audio driver latency settings so please be aware that using this mode may require much higher driver latency settings and greater system resource allocation in order to use properly Pan This slider controls the stereo pan position for each Layer Blend Layer Cross Fading This slider allows you to crossfade between the two Layers When Blend is on the slider cross fades between the left and right layers Turning Blend off allows both layers to play at normal volume simultaneously KSW Key switches When these buttons are activated you can use midi key switches to change articulations for each Layer The key switches for each layer are displayed in the text boxes To change the key switch locations type new midi note names or numbers or press the SET button and then play2. our primary vow els Ah Eh Oo and Oo as well as a pair of 4 syllable Latin poly staccatos that provide dramatic lyrical options Die Sancto and Incarnatum The staccatos can either be tempo synched to your host tempo or Kontakt s in ternal tempo setting or played at their natural recorded speed The full version of Mercury has a much larger se lection of polystaccatos that can also be played with real time phrase synchronous legato See pages 12 and 13 for more info about Reverb EQ and Key Switches Mercury Elements 4 Staccatos st 1 v voices O h A 1 Memory 50 80 MB FDELE pa Vowel Selector Menus In this preset you can choose from any of the staccato syllables and polystaccato words You can also use keyswitches to select the current sound for each Layer Swell This knob allows fluid dynamic swelling from the piano to forte layers Attack This knob controls the sharpness of initial note attack Higher values soften the attack Offset This controls the amount of sample start offset Use this to skip past the glottal attack or tighten staccatos into even shorter transient notes This ability is reduced in Lite presets due to the memory requirements of having an extended sample offset range Release This knob controls the release time of notes This can be used to shorten the apparent hall reflection decay time to simulate a drier space Tempo synch This button activat
3. qualities in our instruments without overly modifying and sterilizing the recordings System Requirements Many instrument presets in this library are extremely RAM CPU and hard disk streaming resource intensive We highly 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 slowly 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 latest version for your OS PC or Mac before proceeding You may also need to add special permissions to your security software for the downloader if it blocks applications from accessing the web Next copy paste your download code from your download email into the Code box in the downloader window Press the download button and select the location you d like to download and install the library It will automatically start downloading the file s and then error check extract and install the finished library Once installation is fully complete you can remove the rar download files and store them in a safe place as a backup copy We always recommend downloading the latest version of our downloader before you begin The link in your e
4. 7 Find the Apocalypse Percussion Elements listed in the Activation tab in the Service Center and enter the serial number you received in your download email Then press the green Activate button at the bottom Once that s complete close the Service Center and restart Kontakt The library should now be installed and ready to use 8 Once installation is complete you can browse and load the included nki presets using the Libraries 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 Activation If you have trouble activating and registering the library make sure that you have full unrestricted Administrator account permissions to change your system registry Also check to make sure that your security software is not preventing Kontakt from freely accessing the internet and your registry You may also need to manually set a full exception and or special access permissions in your security suite or operating system for Kontakt and the NI Service Center PLAYMASTER The Playmaster is your all in one utility to play the three main standard vowel articulations in this library n ah Eh Oh and Oo with piano forte dynamic layers sustains staccatos and whole note marcatos You can even combine any two articulations together by using the left and right Layers or change articulations instantly by using th
5. BOYS CHOIR MERCURY ELEMENTS SOUNDIRON SOUNDIRON SOUND E JJ MAL DG TI IViL INWM UMN EC E ME NERS mg SIO VISESI TORN SIE Cee I OMG Same CRI CORB WELCOME TO MERCURY ELEMENTS PLAYER EDITION Mercury Elements is an exquisitely recorded and expertly programmed boys chorus for Native Instruments Kontakt built from essential elements of our classic Mercury Symphonic Boys Choir library We ve carefully crafted this library to provide you a fluid and intuitive musical experience There is a special sound to a traditional English boys choral ensemble solemn lows angelic highs and an overwhelming innocence that harkens back to the days of youth and purity We ve truly capture this unique quality with a painstakingly sampled full boys choral ensemble ages 8 13 with the outstanding Pacific Boychoir under the direction of Kevin Fox and conducted by Maestro Robert Geary Mercury Elements includes a single microphone position the close stage stereo pair recorded in a large open A Frame hall for brilliance clarity and a naturally symphonic character Our goal is to provide a children s choir library uniquely able to offer a classic children s choir sound with a complete range of utility that would allow it be used as a fully stand alone A cappella choir in even the most critical professional scoring applications without any need to hide behind any accompaniment Mercury Elements has been encoded for t
6. INTRODUCTION Page OVERVIEW amp CREDITS Page 2 FIDELITY REQUIREMENTS INSTALLATION amp LOADING Page 3 PLAYMASTER PRESET Page 4 fy a LEGATO Page 5 VOWEL SUSTAIN Page 6 STACCATOS Page 7 MARCATOS Page 8 LATIN POLYSUSTAINS Page 9 VOCAL EFFECTS Page 10 AMBIENCES Page 1 VIBRATO LEGATO AND EQ Page 12 REVERB AND KEY SWITCHES Page 13 INSTRUMENT PRESET LIST Page 14 LYRICS amp ARTICULATIONS Page 15 LICENSE AGREEMENT Page 16 THANK YOU Page 17 MERCURY ELEMENTS BOYS CHOIR SOUNDIRON Format All of the sample content is included as encrypted and losslessly compressed NCW audio files that can only be used inside Native Instruments Kontakt You ll need the Kontakt Player or the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5 1 0 or later to use the nki presets in this library 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 was recorded in wide stereo at 48kHz 24bit This was recorded on location in a live hall Sonic impurities from outside noise clothing and hardware movement building settling 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
7. MENTS SOUNDIRON LEGATO Mercury Elements includes two True Legato vowel sustain types Ah and Oo with piano and forte dynamic layering Legato transitions are automatically performed by the engine when note transitions are performed a cer tain way When you are playing a note and are ready to start a new note with a legato transition between them keep the old note down while starting your new note As soon as the new note has started you can release the more info about Legato Reverb EQ and Key Switches Mercury Elements 2 Legato st 1 v ip Voices O h A 1 g Memory 235 00 MB old note Only a very short period of overlap is required to trigger the legato transition See pages 12 and 13 for SOUNDIRON KEY RANGE Is ee f Vowel Layers The controls for the AH vowel layer are on the left side of the GUI while the Oo vowel sound controls are on the right side Both vowel sounds can be active at the same time allowing you to blend between them or layer them together Swell This knob allows fluid dynamic swelling from the piano to forte layers Attack This knob controls the sharpness of initial note attack High er values soften the attack Offset This controls the amount of sample start offset Use this to skip past the glottal attack This ability is reduced in Lite presets due to the memory requirements of having an ex tended sample offset range Release This knob controls
8. any key to automatically assign a new key switch starting note Key Range This sets the playable key range of the chorus It defaults to the common range of the boys chorus but you can artificially reach higher or lower notes by extending this To change the lowest and highest playable note type in new midi note names or numbers The left box assigns the low note and the right box assigns the high note Or press the SET button for either box and play any note to automatically assign that as the new low or high note BOYS CHOIR MERCURY ELEMENTS SOUNDIRON LATIN POLYSUSTAINS Poly sustains are common multi syllabic Latin liturgical words that were recorded as chromatic sustains over the whole key range of the chorus These are useful for creating emotive lyrical passages chords and clusters Mercu ry Elements has 4 chants Agnus Dei Hallelujah Eleison Kyria The full version of Mercury has a much larger se lection of Polysustains that can also be played with real time phrase synchronous legato See pages 12 and 13 for more info about Reverb EQ and Key Switches Mercury Elements 6 Polysustains st 1 v voices O h A 1 Memory 156 31 MB Chant Selector Menus In this preset you can choose from any of the Latin Chant words You can also use keyswitches to select the current sound for each Layer Swell This knob allows fluid dynamic crescendo control from soft to loud Attack This knob controls the sharp
9. b sets the transition speed Higher values cause a sharper tighter transition while lower values provide a smoother more gradual legato style RANGE e e The Interval Volume knob controls the volume of the interval sample in the main Legato preset This can be used to intensify or diminish the audible transition effect Alternately in the Vowel Sustain Staccato and Ambience presets this knob is called Bend which controls the amount of pitch bending that occurs during the interval transition between legato notes LO GAIN MIDGAIN HIGAIN a fe J 0 00 dB 0 00 db 0 00 dB EQ a 7 This controls the tone of the choir with Low Gain for the bass band and High Gain for treble band The Mid Gain and Mid Freq knobs provide a sweepable mid band that can be used to more MID FREQ precisely shape your overall tone MERCURY ELEMENTS BOYS CHOIR SOUNDIRON 13 Reverb WEI SIZI Ey fe Vi 9 o 9 This is a convolution reverb effect that allows you to simulate a 0 0 db 20db 100 variety of recording spaces or apply unique spectral effects to create ee strange evolving atmospheres and dramatic ambient effects LOPASS HIPASS DELAY fe E fe The Dry and Wet knobs control the balance of effected signal that is 3 nl SA returned to the main output The Size knob controls the simulated 20 0k He 204 5 Ha 0 00 ms size of the space The Lo Pass and Hi Pass knobs shape the tonal response of the reverb effect The Delay knob con
10. ches When these buttons are activated you can use midi key switches to change articulations for each Layer The key switches for each layer are displayed in the text boxes To change the key switch locations type new midi note names or numbers or press the SET button and then play any key to automatically assign a new key switch starting note AMBIENCES This library includes a set of 4 stylized vocal ambience categories that we crafted using our Mercury source re cordings They re excellent for providing additional texture and weight to the choir or any arrangement See pages 12 and 13 for more info about Legato Reverb EQ and Key Switches BOYS CHOIR MERCURY ELEMENTS SOUNDIRON 11 Mercury Elements Amb FX Folding Space Output st 1 X Ip Voices 0 E gt Midi Ch A 1 mory 227 92 MB Ambience Selector Menus In this preset you can choose from any of the available atmospheric drones sustains and pads You can also use keyswitches to select the current sound for each Layer Swell This knob allows dynamic swelling from soft to loud Attack This knob controls the sharpness of initial note attack Higher values soften the attack Offset This controls the amount of sample start offset You can use this to shift the start position farther into the sample to reveal hidden flavors and sonic movement Release This knob controls the release time of the note Pan This slider controls the stereo pan posi
11. e BOYS CHOIR MERCURY ELEMENTS SOUNDIRON 12 VIBRATO C LEGATO EQ LC SPEED A SY POL YPHONY fe la 1 SPEED POP UP CONTROL WINDOWS Each preset includes an extended set of control features that allow you to customize the performance and sound of your choir To open any of the specific pop up controls in each preset click on the buttons in the upper right corner of the main interface window To enable each window s controls click the buttons to the right of it When the button is off the window is disabled and its effects are fully bypassed Vibrato INTENSITY This simulates a mild vibrato effect in the Playmaster and Vowel fre Sustain presets The speed and depth of the pitch volume and tone oscillation are controlled by the Speed and Intensity knobs 100 Legato RANGE This controls the legato transition systems found in the Legato Sustains and Ambience presets The Polyphony knob sets the maximum allowed number of legato melodies with up to 3 at once INTERVAL VOL The Range knob sets how far apart a new note can be from an already playing note and still trigger a legato transition between them If a new note is within range of an existing note the old note will legato to the new note If the new note is outside of that range a separate new legato chain will start and the existing note will continue up to the max number of chains set by the Polyphony knob The Speed kno
12. e drop down articulation selector menus or their associated key switches See pages 12 and 13 for more info BOYS CHOIR MERCURY ELEMENTS SOUNDIRON about Vibrato Reverb EQ and Key Switches Mercury Elements 1 Playmaster Output st 1 vd Voices 18 Mar Midi Ch A 1 D Memory 325 Vowel Selector Menus In this preset you can choose from any of the core vowel sounds and their particular articulation type sustain staccato and marcato You can also use keyswitches to select the current sound for each Layer Swell This knob allows fluid dynamic swelling from the piano to forte layers Attack This knob controls the sharpness of initial note attack Higher values soften the attack Offset This controls the amount of sample start offset Use this to skip past the glottal attack in sustains or tighten staccatos and marcatos into even shorter transient notes This ability is reduced in Lite presets due to the memory requirements of having an extended sample offset range Release This knob controls the release time of notes This can be used to shorten the apparent hall reflection decay time to simulate a slightly drier space Pad Mode This button only effects the sustaining articulations It disables release samples and changes the release fade behavior to allow a longer range of adjustability for creating atmospheric vocal pads and textures Pan This slider controls the stereo pan pos
13. es the Time Machine Pro engine in Kontakt and allows marcatos to automatically lock to your project tempo or Kontakts internal tempo control At higher tempos the samples are time compressed while at lower tempos the samples are stretched Note This feature requires higher ram and CPU resource use than the normal engine mode In some cases this NTS lee x gt resource spiking can cause audio pops and artifacts especially with low audio driver latency settings so please be aware that using this mode may require much higher driver latency settings and greater system resource allocation in order to use properly Pan This slider controls the stereo pan position for each Layer Blend Layer Cross Fading This slider allows you to crossfade between the two Layers When Blend is on the slider cross fades between the left and right layers Turning Blend off allows both layers to play at normal volume simultaneously KSW Key switches When these buttons are activated you can use midi key switches to change articulations for each Layer The key switches for each layer are displayed in the text boxes To change the key switch locations type new midi note names or numbers or press the SET button and then play any key to automatically assign a new key switch starting note Key Range This sets the playable key range of the chorus It defaults to the common range of the boys chorus but you can artificially reach highe
14. for each Layer Swell This knob allows fluid dynamic crescendo control from soft to loud Attack This knob controls the sharpness of initial note attack Higher values soften the attack Offset This controls the amount of sample start offset Use this to skip forward into sounds This ability is reduced in Lite presets due to the memory requirements of having an extended sample offset range Release This knob controls the release time of notes This can be used to shorten the apparent hall reflection decay time to simulate a drier space Pad Mode This button disables release samples for the sustaining effects and changes the release fade behavior to allow a longer range of adjustability Speed When the button next to this knob is turned on it activates the Time Machine Pro engine in Kontakt and allows the effects to be time stretched and compressed to allow faster and slower sample playback This allows you to adjust the effects to work within higher or lower tempos Note This feature requires higher ram and CPU resource use than the normal engine mode In some cases this resource spiking can cause audio pops and artifacts especially with low audio driver latency settings so please be aware that using this mode may require much higher driver latency settings and greater system resource allocation in order to use properly Pan This slider controls the stereo pan position for each Layer KSW Key swit
15. he Kontakt Player and Kontakt full version and is fully compatible with the special Libraries rack Owners of Mercury Elements are also eligible for a upgrade discount to the full Mercury Symphonic Boys Choir as well as a cross grade discount on the full version of Kontakt from Native Instruments BOYS CHOIR MERCURY ELEMENTS SOUNDIRON SOUNDIRON MERCURY ELEMENTS PLAYER EDITION SYMPHONIC BOYS CHOIR 16 powerful open format Kontakt nki instrument presets 1 266 Samples POWERED BY KONTAKT 1 89 GB Installed lossless compressed ncw audio True Legato Vowel amp Latin Sustains SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY Vowel amp Latin Staccatos Di Choral Effects Playmaster Bonus Choral Ambiences amp Atmospheres EQ and Convolution reverb with dozens of Room Hall and FX Impulses Note The free Kontakt Player and Add Library import feature in Kontakt support this library See Page 3 for more info Download the free Kontakt Player here CREDITS Performed By Sound Design The Pacific Boychoir Mike Peaslee Gregg Stephens Chris Marshall Spencer Nunamaker Directed By Systems Design amp Scripting Robert Geary amp Kevin Fox Chris Marshall Gregg Stephens Recording Programming UI Design and Artwork Mike Peaslee Gregg Stephens Chris Marshall Constructive Stumblings Gregg Stephens Chris Marshall Mike Peaslee Elements Re Editing Gregg Stephens Documentation Mike Peaslee TABLE OF CONTENTS
16. iano amp forte Oh piano amp forte Oo piano amp forte True Legato Vowels Ah piano amp forte Oo piano amp forte Latin Polysustain Chants Kyrie Lord Eleison Have Mercy Hallelujah Faithful Agnus Dei Lamb Of God Staccatos amp Polystaccatos 2x round robin Ah piano amp forte Eh piano amp forte Oh piano amp forte Oo piano amp forte Die Sancto Holy Day Incarnatum Incarnate Marcatos 2x round robin Ah piano amp forte Eh piano amp forte Oh piano amp forte Oo piano amp forte Choral Effects Short Clusters Medium Clusters Long Clusters Falls Risers Swells Whisper Sustains Whisper Chants Drone Sustains Drone Staccatos Spoken Word BOYS CHOIR MERCURY ELEMENTS 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 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 u
17. ider allows you to crossfade between the two vowel Layers When the Blend button is on the slider cross fades between the left and right vowel layer Turning the Blend button off allows both layers to play at normal volume simultaneously KSW Key switches When these buttons are activated you can use midi key switches to change the current vowel selection for each Layer Both Layers have their own independent key switches The range of midi notes designated as key switches for each layer are displayed in the text boxes To change the key switch midi note locations you can type in new midi note names or numbers Or you can press the SET button and then play any key on your keyboard to automatically assign that as the key switch range starting note Key Range This sets the playable key range of the whole chorus The range defaults to the common vocal range of the chorus but you can artificially reach much higher or lower notes to achieve different creative effects To change the lowest and highest playable note you can type in new midi note names or numbers The left box assigns the low note and the right box assigns the high note Or you can press the SET button for either box and then play any key on your keyboard to automatically assign that as the new low or high note BOYS CHOIR MERCURY ELEMENTS SOUNDIRON STACCATOS The staccato preset includes short tight staccato notes with dual dynamics piano forte for
18. ition for each Layer 5 MB 768 PANAL a e _ xsw e DE 3 wF Blend Layer Cross Fading This slider allows you to crossfade between the two vowel Layers When the Blend button is on the slider cross fades between the left and right vowel layer Turning the Blend button off allows both layers to play at normal volume simultaneously KSW Key switches When these buttons are activated you can use midi key switches to change the current articulation selection for each Layer Both Layers have their own independent key switches The range of midi notes designated as key switches for each layer are displayed in the text boxes To change the key switch midi note locations you can type in new midi note names or numbers Or you can press the SET button and then play any key on your keyboard to automatically assign that as the key switch range starting note Key Range This sets the playable key range of the whole chorus The range defaults to the common vocal range of the chorus but you can artificially reach much higher or lower notes to achieve different creative effects To change the lowest and highest playable note you can type in new midi note names or numbers The left box assigns the low note and the right box assigns the high note Or you can press the SET button for either box and then play any key on your keyboard to automatically assign that as the new low or high note BOYS CHOIR MERCURY ELE
19. lend off allows both layers to play at normal volume simultaneously KSW Key switches When these buttons are activated you can use midi key switches to change articulations for each Layer The key switches for each layer are displayed in the text boxes To change the key switch locations type new midi note names or numbers or press the SET button and then play any key to automatically assign a new key switch starting note Key Range This sets the playable key range of the chorus It defaults to the common range of the boys chorus but you can artificially reach higher or lower notes by extending this To change the lowest and highest playable note type in new midi note names or numbers The left box assigns the low note and the right box assigns the high note Or press the SET button for either box and play any note to automatically assign that as the new low or high note BOYS CHOIR MERCURY ELEMENTS SOUNDIRON 10 CHORAL EFFECTS We ve included a selection of choral effects including clusters swells risers falls drones whispers and spoken word content See pages 12 and 13 for more info about Reverb EQ and Key Switches Mercury Elements 7 Choral Effects Output st 1 Midi Ch A 1 fy Voices g Memory 63 36 MB 769 o A Purge ELEMENTS Effect Selector Menus In this preset you can choose from any of the choral effects You can also use keyswitches to select the current sound
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21. nd future versions of this product including those released through brands other than Soundiron are covered under the terms of this agreement VIOLATION Soundiron reserves the right to prosecute piracy and defend this copyrighted work to the fullest extent of US and International civil and criminal law MERCURY ELEMENTS BOYS CHOIR SOUNDIRON THANK YOU Thank you for buying the Soundiron Mercury Elements Player Edition ensemble children s choir vocal library programmed for the Native Instruments Kontakt Player virtual sampler platform If you enjoy this creation we hope you ll check out some of our other awesome virtual instrument libraries If you have any questions or need help just let us know We re always happy to hear from you Thanks Mike Gregg and Chris info soundiron com SounnIRON io A IVi bl ING UIL N Lf E L ON N T S Pr YM HONIC BOY S CHOIR bi a Dr Ri d
22. ness of initial note attack Higher values soften the attack Offset This controls the amount of sample start offset Use this to skip forward into the word to isolate the later syllables This ability is reduced in Lite presets due to the memory requirements of having an extended sample offset range Release This knob controls the release time of notes This can be used to shorten the apparent hall reflection decay time to simulate a drier space Pad Mode This button this disables the release syllable samples and changes the fade behavior of the sustaining portion to allow a wider range of fade out time adjustment Tempo synch This button activates the Time Machine Pro engine in Kontakt and allows the chanting syllable timing to automatically lock to your project tempo or Kontakt s internal tempo control Note The tempo synch feature requires higher ram and CPU resource use than the normal engine mode In some cases this resource spiking can cause audio pops and artifacts especially with low audio driver latency settings so please be aware that using this mode may require much higher driver latency settings and greater system resource allocation in order to use properly Pan This slider controls the stereo pan position for each Layer Blend Layer Cross Fading This slider allows you to crossfade between the two Layers When Blend is on the slider cross fades between the left and right layers Turning B
23. r or lower notes by extending this To change the lowest and highest playable note type in new midi note names or numbers The left box assigns the low note and the right box assigns the high note Or press the SET button for either box and play any note to automatically assign that as the new low or high note MARCATOS The marcato preset include accented whole notes with dual dynamics piano forte for our primary vowels Ah Eh Oo and Oo The marcatos can either be tempo synched to your host tempo or Kontakt s internal tempo setting or played at their natural recorded speed See pages 12 and 13 for more info about Reverb EQ and Key Switches BOYS CHOIR MERCURY ELEMENTS SOUNDIRON Mercury Elements 5 Marcatos Output st 1 v b Yoices O Midi Ch A 1 ory 300 47 MB 768 e ay Q BLEND n d n r Vowel Selector Menus In this preset you can choose from any of the marcato syllables You can also use keyswitches to select the current sound for each Layer Swell This knob allows fluid dynamic swelling from the piano to forte layers Attack This knob controls the sharpness of initial note attack Higher values soften the attack Offset This controls the amount of sample start offset Use this to skip past the glottal attack or tighten the marcato all the way down to a long staccato This ability is reduced in Lite presets due to the memory requirements of having an extended sample
24. ry vowel sounds Ah Eh Oh and Oo with multi dynamic layering p amp f See pages 12 and 13 for more info about Vibrato Legato Reverb EQ and Key Switches BOYS CHOIR MERCURY ELEMENTS SOUNDIRON Mercury Elements 3 Vowel Sustains t st 1 v Voices O Ch A 1 Memory 171 62 MB KEY RANGE mS s Vowel Selector Menus In this preset you can choose from any of the available vowel sustains You can also use keyswitches to select the current sound for each Layer Swell This knob allows fluid dynamic swelling from the piano to forte layers Attack This knob controls the sharpness of initial note attack Higher values soften the attack Offset This controls the amount of sample start offset Use this to skip past the glottal attack This ability is reduced in Lite presets due to the memory requirements of having an extended sample offset range Release This knob controls the release time of notes This can be used to shorten the apparent hall reflection decay time to simulate a slightly drier space Pad Mode This button only effects the sustaining articulations It disables release samples and changes the release fade behavior to allow a longer range of adjustability for creating atmospheric vocal pads and textures Pan This slider controls the stereo pan position for each Layer fe A s RS 7 o Pad tr a m EN D 5 cas wef Blend Layer Cross Fading This sl
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26. se note that Stuffit Expander and Winzip DON T support many types of common rar files Library Activation I If you don t already have Kontakt 5 or the Kontakt 5 Player installed download the Free Kontakt Player WIN OSX by Clicking Here 2 Please download and install the Apocalypse Elements library using Continuata Connect or by logging into the manual download area on our site with your web browser and using the direct links You can find full instructions in your download code email and on the manual download page 3 Now open Kontakt in stand alone mode Make sure that you re logged into your computer as full system administrator with full permissions allowed and all OS and Security restrictions turned off This is necessary to allow Kontakt and the NI Service Center to activate the product You usually only need to do this the first time you add and activate this Library 4 Go to the Libraries tab in the Kontakt browser window located in the upper left area of Kontakt window just to the right of the files tab Now click the add library button at the top 5 Use the browser pop up to find your installed Soundiron Apocalypse Elements folder 6 Once the Olympus Elements library module loads into the Libraries viewer look for the Activate button on the right side of the new Apocalypse Percussion Elements library module Press the button to launch the Service Center and register and activate the library
27. stain Staccato and Marcato chromatic presets there are 3 color zones displayed on Kontakt s built in keyboard The Blue playable range in the center shows the playable chromatic key range of the instrument typically from AO D3 The Red key is the Articulation selector for the first Layer left side of the GUI The Green keys select articulations for Layer 2 right side of the GUI These allow you to switch between different available vowels chants syllables or effect types depending on the specific preset In the Choral Effects preset only the Red keyswitch and Blue playable note range colors are used and the playable range changes to match the specific effect type that you have chosen il JAMAL oH BOYS CHOIR MERCURY ELEMENTS SOUNDIRON 14 INSTRUMENT PRESETS KONTAKT Soundiron Mercury Elements Player Edition Instruments Please note that all presets listed are designed to be used with Kontakt 5 1 0 or higher Also note that Lite version of all presets are also included The Lite versions of each preset are less CPU and memory dependent but lack certain features such as reduced sample start offset range lower voice limits and no tempo syncing Mercury Elements Playmaster nki This master preset allows you to choose and layer any of the vowel sustains marcatos and staccatos all together in an easy to use master preset See Page 4 Mercury Elements 2 Legato nki This preset allows you
28. the release time of notes This can be used to shorten the apparent hall reflection decay time to simulate a slightly drier space Release Volume REL VOL This controls the volume of the release samples To disable release samples entirely click the button above the knob Pan This slider controls the stereo pan position for each Layer Blend Layer Cross Fading This slider allows you to crossfade between the two vowel Layers When the Blend button is on the slider cross fades between the left and right vowel layer Turning the Blend button off allows both layers to play at normal volume sim ultaneously Key Range This sets the playable key range of the whole chorus The range defaults to the common vocal range of the chorus but can be reduced to a narrower range To change the lowest and highest playable note you can type in new midi note names or numbers The left box as signs the low note and the right box assigns the high note Or you can press the SET button for either box and then play any key on your keyboard to automatically assign that as the new low or high note Due to the nature of legato transition samples and the blending behavior significantly extending the range is not possible in this preset However you can use the Sustain preset in their simulated legato modes to achieve basic lega to transitions at extended higher and lower note ranges VOWEL SUSTAINS This preset includes a variety of prima
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30. tion for each Layer Blend Layer Cross Fading This slider allows you to crossfade between the two vowel Layers When the Blend button is on the slider cross fades between the left and right vowel layer Turning the Blend button off allows both layers to play at normal volume simultaneously 768 L BIENCE 2 p A NTS J FOLI ten PON a_i ze e b _ KSW Key switches When these buttons are activated you can use midi key switches to change the current vowel selection for each Layer Both Layers have their own independent key switches The range of midi notes designated as key switches for each layer are displayed in the text boxes To change the key switch midi note locations you can type in new midi note names or numbers Or you can press the SET button and then play any key on your keyboard to automatically assign that as the key switch range starting note Key Range This sets the playable key range of the whole chorus The range defaults to the common vocal range of the chorus but you can artificially reach much higher or lower notes to achieve different creative effects To change the lowest and highest playable note you can type in new midi note names or numbers The left box assigns the low note and the right box assigns the high note Or you can press the SET button for either box and then play any key on your keyboard to automatically assign that as the new low or high not
31. to play Ah and Oo legato vowels with real legato transition recording with control over interval speed and shaping and up to 3 simultaneous polyphonic legato voices See Page 5 Mercury Elements 3 Vowel Sustains nki Ah Ee Eh Oh and Oo vowel sustains with piano amp forte dynamic layering and simulated legato See Page 6 Mercury Elements 4 Staccatos nki Ah Ee Eh Oh and Oo vowel staccatos plus 2 Latin poly staccatos Incarnatum and Die Sancto each with 2x round robin variations per note See Page 7 Mercury Elements 5 Marcatos nki Ah Ee Eh Oh and Oo vowel marcatos with 2x round robin per note See Page 8 Mercury Elements 6 Polysustains nki 4 classic operatic Latin chanting sustains with tempo synching See Page 9 Mercury Elements 7 Choral Effects nki A wide variety of selectable choral effects including clusters swells risers falls drones whispers and spoken word content See Page 10 _ Mercury Elements Amb FX Doombiance nki Sound designed vocal atmospheres by Spencer Mercury Elements Amb FX Folding Space nki Sound designed vocal atmospheres by Mike Mercury Elements Amb FX Mad Hatter nki Sound designed vocal atmospheres by Chris Mercury Elements Amb FX Mercurience nki Sound designed vocal atmospheres by Gregg MERCURY ELEMENTS BOYS CHOIR SOUNDIRON IS Articulations Lyrics amp Translations Vowel Sustains Ah piano amp forte Eh p
32. trols the amount CUSTOM Fa of pre delay that is applied to the reverb impulse Stairs The dropdown menus FX and Spaces allow you to choose either a special FX impulse or a natural environmental impulse We include a wide selection of available impulse responses for both categories Note If you own the full version of Kontakt and wish to load you own custom impulse press the Custom button to bypass the selector menus Then open the instrument editor view for the preset by clicking the wrench icon button and scroll down to located and display the Conv Module within the Instrument Insert FX chain There you can drag and drop your own impulse response wav files into the impulse window To save the location of the impulse you ve imported into the preset keep the Custom button activated and choose Save or Save As from the main Files menu at the top of the Kontakt window KEYSWITCH REFERENCE This library contains keyswitch functionality in every preset Keyswitches allow you to quickly change an articulation or instrument parameter by triggering a specific designated note on your midi keyboard or piano roll The key location for each key switch group is configurable and you can see key switches and playable note ranges represented visually on Kontakt s built in keyboard view Each preset type has key range and key switch control settings available near the bottom of the GUI window In the Playmaster Sustain Polysu
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