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1. vowel sound at a mezzo forte dynamic Legato Mm nki This is the MM vowel sound at a piano dynamic Legato Oh nki This is the OH vowel sound at a forte dynamic Legato Oo nki This is the OO vowel sound at a mezzo piano dynamic VOWEL SUSTAINS amp STACCATOS Pages 7 8 Sustains nki Multi dynamic layer vowel sustains with Ah Ee Eh Hum Oh and Oo sounds different vowel sounds D2 G5 Sustains Pad Mode nki This version of the sustain preset offers longer attack and release envelope shapes to create smooth atmospheric vocal pads C 2 F 8 Staccato nki Ah Ee Eh Hum Oh and Oo vowel staccatos with 4x round robin D2 G5 LATIN POLY SUSTAINS AND POLY STACCATOS Pages 9 10 Polysustains nki 2 classic operatic Latin chanting sustains with tempo synching legato and auto panning D2 G5 Polystaccato nki 23 classic operatic Latin word staccatos with 3x round robin variations per note tempo synching legato and auto panning D2 G5 VOICE OF RAPTURE THE ALTO SOUNDIRON 18 PHRASE PRESETS Pages 4 6 Phrases French nki These are 254 major and minor scale phrases sung in French and improvised to the classical poem Ici bas by Ren Fran ois Sully Prudhomme 1839 1907 Adjustable core tempo 10 BPM Phrases Latin nki These are 348 major and minor scale phrases sung in Latin and improvised to the classical liturgical chant Ave Maria Adjust2. Polysustain Chants Amor aeternus Adoramus te Kyrie Eleison Hallelujah Agnus Dei Deum Spiritu Vae victis Metuo Somnus Noctem Ab Initio Here below all the lilacs die All the songs of the birds are short dream of summers that last forever Here below the lips touch leaving nothing of their velvet dream of kisses that last forever Here below all men mourn lost friendships or lost loves dream of couples that last forever Eternal love We adore you Lord have mercy Faithful Lamb of God God Spirit Woe unto the defeated fear sleep Night From the beginning THE ALTO VOICE OF RAPTURE SOUNDIRON 20 Latin Polysustain Chants Amor aeternus Adoramus te Kyrie Eleison Hallelujah Agnus Dei Deum Spiritu Vae victis Metuo Somnus Noctem Ab Initio Latin Polystaccato Chants 3x round robin Adoramus Aeternus Agnus Dei Ah Amen Amor Benedicte Deum Dominum Eleison Ex Crux Gloria Vowel Sustains amp Staccatos 4x round robin Ah piano Ah piano Ah forte Ah forte Eh piano Eh piano Eh forte Eh forte Ee piano Ee piano Ee forte Ee forte Mm mezzo piano Oh piano Oh piano Oh forte Oh forte Oo piano Oo piano Oo forte Oo forte True Legato Vowels Ah mezzo forte Oh mezzo piano Oo mezzo piano Vocal Effects Whispered Vowel sustains and staccatos Whispered Latin sustains and staccatos Breaths Eternal love We a
3. This knob controls the volume swell of the instrument Attack CC 74 This knob controls the sharpness of initial note attack High er values soften the attack Offset CC78 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 not available in Lite presets Release CC76 This knob controls the release fade out time when a note is released Legato This button turns on off Simulated Legato 4 gt e Tune 0 00 a Purge h Speed CC95 This knob controls the speed of legato transitions Intensity CC96 This knob controls the volume level of the transition portion of the legato samples Voices This knob controls during legato the amount of polyphony allowed Range This knob controls the interval range in which legato oc curs Notes played outside this range trigger a new legato voice Waveform Window Provides a visual representation of the current sample as well as the sample start position using the green S marker See Page 5 for more information Key Switch Range Assignment You can type in or user your midi keyboard to set the loca tion of the Ambience Selection key switches Use them to choose between the different ambiences VOICE OF RAPTURE THE ALTO SOUNDIRON 13 KEY SWITCH REFERENCE This library contains key switch functionality
4. quencer step by using your midi keyboard Simply press the SET button to the right of the box and play the midi note for any currently loaded phrase Step Sequencer Grid This allows up to 32 sequence steps To change the phrase assignment for a step double click on it and type ina new value or use the up down arrow buttons that appear The Current Step is highlighted in red indicating that it is ready to play as soon as you press the Trigger Key B4 Master Trigger Key B4 Playing this key will trigger the currently highlighted phrase in your step sequence Current Step and then advance to the next phrase step according to the Sequencer Flow setting you ve chosen See Page 7 Save Button This button lets you save your current step sequence to an nkp file on your hard drive Load Button This button lets you load a previously saved step se quence from an nka file on your hard drive THE ALTO VOICE OF RAPTURE SOUNDIRON Interactive Waveform Display This area displays a waveform of the sample being currently or most recently played along with the playback position the white cursor Additionally this area displays sample offset or the sample start position marker and the sample end marker Sequencer mode only Note that the Lite versions do not have the Offset Marker Sample Start Marker or Sample End Mark er because they contain a limited amount of allowable offset to save memory O Sample Offse
5. F64 F64 F 24 d d a STRETCH AUTO PAN TIME MODE KSW Performance FX Rack Chant Selector Menu This menu chooses the current Latin chant sustain You can also use the Red Key switches to select the current sound Swell CC 72 This knob controls the volume swell of the instrument Attack CC 74 This knob controls the sharpness of initial note attack High er values soften the attack Offset CC78 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 S marker in the waveform window not available in Lite pre sets Release CC76 This knob controls the release fade out time when a note is released Release Volume CC90 This controls the volume of release samples only Press the small red button to switch Release Samples on off Auto Pan This switch allows the stereo pan position of each note to slightly randomize The more notes that are played simulta neously the more intense the stereo effect will be Legato This button turns on off Phrase Legato Speed CC95 This knob controls the speed of legato transitions RELVOL Intensity CC96 This knob controls the bend intensity of the legato transi tions Range This knob controls the interval range in which legato oc curs Notes played outside this range will play without trig gering a legato transition from any
6. Volume CC90 This controls the volume of release samples only The small glowing radio button toggles Release Samples on off if you don t want them to play at all Legato This button turns on off True Legato or Simulated Legato Speed CC95 This knob controls the speed of legato transitions 4mm 256 o Tune 0 00 kja MicCl TA MIC 2 l 64 1 d a Intensity CC96 This knob controls the volume level of the transition portion of the legato samples Voices This knob controls during legato the amount of polyphony allowed Range This knob controls the interval range in which legato oc curs Notes played outside this range trigger a new legato voice Waveform Window Provides a visual representation of the current sample as well as the sample start position using the green s marker See Page 5 for more information Mic amp Mic 2 Enable Bypass Buttons Turns on and off each microphone channel Disabling a chan nel unloads its samples from ram Do not play back a note while a channel is being loaded or unloaded as this can cause problems in Kontakt Mic amp Mic 2 Volume Sliders CC97 amp 98 Adjusts the volume of each microphone channel Microphone Panning Use these sliders to control the stereo image of each micro phone Sim Vib Use this knob to control the amount of simulated vibrato applied Note that some vowel sounds may already have natural vibrato which cann
7. caelestis curia tu mater es regis et filia O Maria dulcissima per te reis donatur venia O Maria piissima per te reis donatur venia O Maria mitissima per te jusits confertur gratia Pro nobis semper Christum exora Amen Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with you serene Virgin For lowly and great lion and lamb our savior Christ you have been his temple while still a virgin For the flower and rose the bread and the shepherd you queen of virgins a rose without a thorn you became their mother You are the royal seat of justice you are the mother of mercy from out of the depths of dregs and misery hast seen Theophilus to grace The heavenly court praises you you the king s mother and daughter O sweetest Mary through you the accused is forgiven O most pious Mary through you the accused is forgiven O most gentle Mary through you favor comes to the just For us always entreat Christ Amen French Ici bas by Ren Frangois Sully Prudhomme 1839 1907 Ici bas tous les lilas meurent from Stances et po mes in L Ame Ici bas tous les lilas meurent Tous les chants des oiseaux sont courts Je r ve aux t s qui demeurent Toujours Ici bas les l vres effleurent Sans rien laisser de leur velours Je r ve aux baisers qui demeurent Toujours Ici bas tous les hommes pleurent Leurs amiti s ou leurs amours Je r ve aux couples qui demeurent Toujours Latin
8. omni Rack Multi FX including convolution reverb with dozens of Room Hall and Special Effect Acoustic Environments Note The full version of Kontakt 5 1 or later is required for all Kontakt presets The free Kontakt Player and Libraries rack do not support this library CREDITS Performed By Kindra Scharich Recording Mike Peaslee Gregg Stephens Chris Marshall Editing and Programming Gregg Stephens Spencer Nunamaker and Mike Peaslee Sound Design Gregg Stephens and Spencer Nunamaker TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Page OVERVIEW amp CREDITS Page 2 FIDELITY REQUIREMENTS INSTALLATION amp LOADING Page 3 PERFORMANCE PHRASE PRESETS Pages 4 6 LEGATO amp VOWEL SUSTAINS Page 7 STACCATOS Page 8 LATIN POLY SUSTAINS Page 9 LATIN POLY STACCATOS Page 10 VOCAL EFFECTS Page AMBIENCES Page 12 KEY SWITCH REFERENC Page 13 FX RACK Page 14 16 INSTRUMENT PRESET LIST Page I7 18 LYRICS amp ARTICULATIONS Page 19 20 LICENSE AGREEMENT Page 21 THANK YOU Page 22 Systems Design amp Scripting Gregg Stephens Chris Marshall UI Design and Artwork Constructive Stumblings Gregg Stephens amp Chris Marshall Documentation Gregg Stephens THE ALTO VOICE OF RAPTURE 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
9. previously playing note Stretch CC92 This knob stretches or compresses sample playback speed using when the Time Mode button is enabled and the Free Sync button is in FREE mode Time Mode This button toggles between FREE and SYNC modes Free mode allows real time stretching and compressing of play back speed using the Stretch knob SYNC mode locks phrase playback speed to your current project s tempo Waveform Window Provides a visual representation of the current sample as CO 99 well as the sample start position using the green s marker See Page 5 for more information Mic amp Mic 2 Enable Bypass Buttons Turns on and off each microphone channel Disabling a chan nel unloads its samples from ram Do not play back a note while a channel is being loaded or unloaded as this can cause problems in Kontakt Mic amp Mic 2 Volume Sliders CC97 amp 98 Adjusts the volume of each microphone channel Microphone Panning Use these sliders to control the stereo image of each micro phone THE ALTO VOICE OF RAPTURE SOUNDIRON 10 LATIN POLY STACCATO PRESET synching and phrase synchronous legato capabilities ADORAMUS SWELL ATTACK OFFSET RELEASE TIME MODE ORORO E d E a ae LEGATO SPEED INTENSITY RANGE OOE d d a f f I I STRETCH AUTO PAN lt e SET Performance FX Rack Chant Selector Menu This menu chooses the current Latin chant sustain You can also use the Red Key switch
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11. F RAPTURE SOUNDIRON TRUE LEGATO amp VOWEL SUSTAIN PRESETS We recorded several vowel sustains with true legato interval recordings using the traditional high quality long form method You ll find Ah mezzo forte Mm piano Oh forte and Oo mezzo piano The playable range is colored Blue while key switches to change the vowel are colored red Legato Master Output st 1 Y lp Voices 1 Mas YIN 6 Midi Ch A 1 g Memory 0 77 GB MM P TRUE LEGATO SWELL ATTACK T O Fd 7 4 RELEASE r 127 a SIM VIB all OFFSET LEGATO SPEED RANGE a nT f 64 f 24 d a KSW Performance Sustain Selector Menu In the Legato Master Sustains and Sustains Pad Mode pre sets this menu chooses the current vowel sound You can also use the key switches to select the current sound Swell CC 72 This knob controls the volume swell of the instrument Attack CC 74 This knob controls the sharpness of initial note attack High er values soften the attack Offset CC78 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 S marker in the waveform window not available in Lite pre sets Release CC76 This knob controls the release time of notes Please keep in mind that this library was recorded in a vocal booth so the maximum release time is short Release
12. O VOICE OF RAPTURE SOUNDIRON 16 CONVOLUTION REVERB The Reverb FX module allows users to load reverb impulses to simulated real world spaces or effects 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 t
13. SE P fo 127 64 a 7 STRETCH Performance Effect Selector Menu This menu chooses the current effect category You can also use the Key switches to select the current sound Swell CC 72 This knob controls the volume swell of the instrument Attack CC 74 This knob controls the sharpness of initial note attack High er values soften the attack Offset CC78 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 S marker in the waveform window not available in Lite pre sets Release CC76 This knob controls the release time of notes Please keep in mind that this library was recorded in a vocal booth so the maximum release time is short Stretch CC92 This knob stretches or compresses sample playback using Kontakt s built in Time Machine Pro engine when the Time Mode button is enabled and the Free Sync button is in FREE mode RELVOL Mici r MIC 2 r las 6a a d a d Key switches This controls which keys on the keyboard can be used to load different effect banks The red keys on the keyboard quickly allow users to select which effect is active To change each setting you can type in a new value midi note name or number directly into each box Or simply press the SET button next to each one and play any key to assign that note as the new value Waveform Window Provid
14. Time Machine Pro engine when the Stretch button is enabled x Tune 2 SOUNDIRON MIc1 MIC 2 f G4 d Auto Pan This switch allows the stereo pan position of each note to slightly randomize The more notes that are played simulta neously the more intense the stereo effect will be Waveform Window Provides a visual representation of the current sample as well as the sample start position using the green s marker See Page 5 for more information Key Switch Range Assignment You can type in or user your midi keyboard to set the loca tion of the Staccato Selection key switches Use them to choose a new staccato syllable Mic amp Mic 2 Enable Bypass Buttons Turns on and off each microphone channel Disabling a chan nel unloads its samples from ram Do not play back a note while a channel is being loaded or unloaded as this can cause problems in Kontakt Mic amp Mic 2 Volume Sliders CC97 amp 98 Adjusts the volume of each microphone channel Microphone Panning Use these sliders to control the stereo image of each micro phone LATIN POLY SUSTAIN PRESET There are 2 different poly syllabic liturgical Latin chanting sustains each with independent release samples tempo synching and phrase synchronous legato capabilities THE ALTO VOICE OF RAPTURE SOUNDIRON AB INITIO SWELL ATTACK los rd OFFSET RELEASE oro O C A s a F f i LEGATO SPEED INTENSITY RANGE Faa Faa Faa
15. VOICE OF RAPTURE THE ALTO SOUNDIRON Welcome to Voice Of Rapture The Alto Voice of Rapture The Alto is a complete solo operatic Alto vocal library Featuring the vocal talents of Kindra Scharich this library captures her brilliant exquisite sound in a wide variety of chromatic articula tions and dramatic melodic phrases From bombastic fortissimo to a gentle pianissimo The Alto provides creative freedom and flexibility Recorded in a dry studio environment with 2 microphone choices each articulation has been carefully programmed into our powerful performance system This virtual solo vocal instrument brings together superior programming brilliant performances unrivaled quality and soul togeth er into a powerful package There are 4 True Legato types with Ah Mm Oh and Oo vowels using a special long form method with polyphonic support and transition shaping The library includes standard Ah Ee Eh Mm Oh and Oo pure vowel sustains Most vowels also include both piano and forte dynamics You ll also find 29 staccato syllables with precision attack shaping and syllable switching There are 2 sustaining chromatic Latin chants each with phrase synchronous legato tempo synching and word switching All of our chromatic content spans a playable range of over 2 octaves The Phrase section includes 1262 melodic phrases at fast and slow core tempos with real time tempo synching and time stretching Phrases are inc
16. able core tempo 10 BPM Phrases Vowels 80BPM nki These are 26 major and minor scale phrases sung at a slower tempo as pure fluid vowel tones Phrases Vowels 20BPM nki These are 233 major and minor scale phrases sung at a faster tempo as pure fluid vowel tones Phrases Vowels Forte nki These are 93 major scale phrases sung in a strong bright powerful fortissimo dynamic as pure fluid vowel tones Adjustable core tempo 120 BPM Phrases Whistle nki These are 73 whistled major and minor scale phrases Adjustable core tempo 120 BPM Vocal Effects nki A variety of selectable vocal effects such as breaths whis per staccatos and whisper poly sustains AMBIENCE PRESETS Page 2 A selection of tonal ambiences and pads created by heavi ly manipulating the vocal source with adjustable sound shaping controls and effects VOG Alto Amb FX Alternity nki vocal atmospheres by Gregg VOG Alto Amb FX Niembience nki vocal atmospheres by Spencer a a _ THE ALTO VOICE OF RAPTURE SOUNDIRON 19 Lyrics amp Translations Ave Maria gratia plena Dominus tecum Virgo serena Tu parvi et magni leonis et agni Salvatoris Christi templum extitisti sed virgo intacta Tu floris et roris panis et pastoris virginum et regina rosa sine spina genitrix es facta Tu civitas regis justitiae Tu mater es misericordiae de lacu faecis et miseriae Theophilum reformans gratiae Te collaudat
17. c key range of the instrument typically from D2 G5 The Red key is the Articulation selector that allows you to switch between different vowels chants sylla bles or effect types depending on the specific preset i ALLA eu DSP EFFECTS RACK The FX Rack tab contains our advanced flexible FX Rack 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 THE ALTO VOICE OF RAPTURE SOUNDIRON 14 Effect Types amp Controls MOD MULTI FX The Mod FX module features Chorus Flanger and Phaser 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 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 TWEED GALEN Y Depth This knob controls th
18. dore you Lord have mercy Faithful Lamb of God God Spirit Woe unto the defeated fear sleep Night From the beginning Hallelujah Incarnatum Kyrie Lumine Mundi Noctem Oo Oratsio Origin Regis Facto Sancto Semper THE ALTO VOICE OF RAPTURE SOUNDIRON 21 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 attribution to Soundiron This license expre
19. e depth intensity of the selected effect 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 Release This knob controls the release time of the compressor Makeup This knob controls the makeup of the compres sor THE ALTO VOICE OF RAPTURE SOUNDIRON 13 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 Alto frequencies Mids This knob controls the gain of mid level frequencies SPEAKER CAB SIMULATOR The Cab FX module is a configurable cab
20. e the trigger key is held flowing from right to left BWD Loop Continuous looping right to left while the trigger key is held down BWD Step single play through with continuous playback of all steps while the trigger key is held flowing right to left in the sequence Random Random playback as long as the trigger key is down Knob Follow Will only play the step that matches the Current Step knob value at any given time Use the KnobFollow option if you wish to automate the playback sequence by attaching a CC or host envelope to the Current Step knob Current Step This knob sets the current sequence step that will play when the Master Trigger Key is played You can also click on a step in the sequencer grid to select it for playback or editing START END PITCH i Steps This sets the total number of sequence steps in the grid Start Step Options This knob sets the Phrase Start Marker and determines where the sample will start measured as a percentage of total sample duration It is linked to the interactive S marker in the waveform display End Step Options This knob sets the Phrase End Marker and determines where the sample will end measured as a percentage of total sample duration It is linked to the interactive E marker in the waveform display Pitch Step Options This knob sets the pitch for each step Assign Step Options This lets you assign a phrase to the currently selected se
21. eason at a later time you can always re use the original rar files To do that you ll need Winrar UnrarX or another full featured Rar ex traction utility to extract and install the library Please note that Stuffit Expander and Winzip DON T support many types of common rar files Preset Loading Once installation is complete you can browse and load the included 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 pre set 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 pro priety browser view The Add Library function does not support this product or any other open format Kon takt library This library doesn t require any special acti vation THE ALTO VOICE OF RAPTURE SOUNDIRON LIVE PERFORMANCE PHRASES The Phrase presets contain a broad selection of improvised micro melodies cut into easy to sequence segments They are organized by tempo mode and key and feature tempo synching time stretch control pitch transposition crossfading and attack release shaping To view the playable key range of the currently loaded set of phrases click Kontakt s keyboard display button at the top of the main Kontakt program window The playable range is colored Bl
22. emitones i 256 SET e e Tune 0 00 Purge ml Yh PME v2 oeo a ro ce cr o Z MIC1 pe MIC 2 64 d Stretch CC92 This knob stretches or compresses sample playback using Kontakt s built in Time Machine Pro engine when the Time Mode button is enabled and the Free Sync button is in FREE mode Time Mode This button toggles between FREE and SYNC modes Free mode allows real time stretching and compressing of play back speed using the Stretch knob SYNC mode locks phrase playback speed to your current project s tempo Song Key switches The inverted black white keys can be used to select the current set of phrases To change the starting key of this key switch group range type in a midi note name or num ber into the text box Or simply press the SET button to the right of the box and play any key to assign that note as the new value Pitch Key switches The green keys can be used to quickly set the pitch of the phrases 3 semitones To change the starting key of this key switch group range type in a midi note name or num ber into the text box Or simply press the SET button to the right of the box and play any key to assign that note as the new value THE ALTO VOICE OF RAPTURE SOUNDIRON Sequencer Controls The Phrase presets in Voice of Rapture The Alto contain an adjustable and customizable phrase sequencer This system allows you to se quence any 32 phrases for t
23. es a visual representation of the current sample as well as the sample start position using the green s marker See Page 5 for more information Mic amp Mic 2 Enable Bypass Buttons Turns on and off each microphone channel Disabling a chan nel unloads its samples from ram Do not play back a note while a channel is being loaded or unloaded as this can cause problems in Kontakt Mic amp Mic 2 Volume Sliders CC97 amp 98 Adjusts the volume of each microphone channel Microphone Panning Use these sliders to control the stereo image of each micro phone THE ALTO VOICE OF RAPTURE SOUNDIRON 12 AMBIENCE PRESETS This library includes a set of tonal ambiences created using the source material This preset includes basic sound shaping as well as our advanced simulated legato system 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 colored Blue while key switches to change the vowel are colored red VOR Alto Amb FX Niembience Output st 1 b VYoices O Mas y K Midi Ch A 1 Memory 42 61 MB ETHERNIANCE 1 ATTACK Ona j m OFFSET RELEASE oj sI j LEGATO SPEED VOICES l A li ad 64 64 J j INTENSITY Performance Ambience Menu This menu chooses the current ambient sound You can also use the Key switches to select the current sound Swell CC 72
24. es to select the current sound Swell CC 72 This knob controls the volume swell of the instrument Attack CC 74 This knob controls the sharpness of initial note attack High er values soften the attack Offset CC78 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 S marker in the waveform window not available in Lite pre sets Release CC76 This knob controls the release fade out time when a note is released Auto Pan This switch allows the stereo pan position of each note to slightly randomize The more notes that are played simulta neously the more intense the stereo effect will be Legato This button turns on off Phrase Legato Speed CC95 This knob controls the speed of legato transitions Intensity CC96 This knob controls the bend intensity of the legato transi tions There are 2 different poly syllabic liturgical Latin chanting sustains each with independent release samples tempo Range This knob controls the interval range in which legato oc curs Notes played outside this range will play without trig gering a legato transition from any previously playing note Stretch CC92 This knob stretches or compresses sample playback speed using when the Time Mode button is enabled and the Free Synch button is in FREE mode Time Mode This button toggles betwee
25. he currently selected song category and trigger them using the master Sequencer key switch This advances play back through your sequence based on the Sequencer Flow setting you ve chosen from the menu You can add or remove steps with the Steps value field and jump forward or backward between steps with the Current Step knob You can also shorten the start posi tion The waveform window s S Marker amp Start knob and duration The waveform window E marker and End knob of each phrase to play specific sections of a phrase You can even load and save your own custom sequence presets using the Save and Load icon but tons CURRENT f STEP J a a fi x SEQUENCER Sequencer On Off Button This enables bypasses the Sequencer panel Clicking the Sequencer label hides the panel Click it again to open it again Sequencer Flow This menu determines the direction of the step sequenc er playback order as the Master Trigger Key is pressed each time Your options are FWD l Shot Single play through with continuous playback of all steps while the trigger key is held flowing left to right in the sequence FWD Loop Continuously loops through the se quence from left to right as long as the trigger key is held down FWD Step Advances by a single step with each trig ger key press for more controlled playback BWD l Shot single play through with continuous playback of all steps whil
26. he 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 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 VOICE OF RAPTURE THE ALTO SOUNDIRON 17 INSTRUMENT PRESETS KONTAKT Soundiron Voice of Rapture The Alto lnstruments 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 and include a reduced amount of total sample content such as reduced sample start offset range voice limits and no tempo syncing or stretching TRUE LEGATO PRESETS Page 7 Legato Master nki This master preset allows you to choose any of the 4 legato sounds with key switching to change vowel sounds speed control to shape the interval transitions and up to 3 polyphonic voices The key range is E2 F5 Legato Ah nki This is the AH
27. 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 1 0 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 purchasing 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 i
28. in every preset Key switches allow users to quickly change an articulation or instrument parameter by pressing a key on a midi keyboard Placement and on off state for every key switch is configurable The following sections goes over the major key switches and how they are represented visually on Kontakt s built in keyboard Phrase Presets In the phrase presets 5 key switch color zones are displayed on Kontakt s built in keyboard The Blue playable range in the center shows the individual phrases that are mapped for this current root key sample set The Black amp White range switches between available root key sample sets The Red key is the Master Trigger Key for the Sequencer Pressing this will cause the sequencer to play according to the settings currently shown in the Sequencer panel at the top of the GUI You can click on the Sequencer label to reveal the Sequencer panel if it is currently hidden The Yellow color is where the natural breaths are mapped for each Root Key s sample pool The Green keys shift the playback pitch up or down by up to 3 semitones The key in the center of that displayed range restores playback to the default natural pitch i MAHAL AAA Standard Chromatic Presets In the sustain polysustain poly staccato true legato and other common non phrase presets there are only 2 key switch color zones displayed on Kontakt s built in keyboard The Blue playable range in the center shows the playable chromati
29. inet 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 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 Alto 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 THE ALT
30. luded in the root keys of A C D E F and G with easy transposition to other keys Kindra sings in a variety of modes and styles with natural vowel traditional Latin French and Whistling categories And of course there are plenty of effects and performance ele ments including whispers breaths and more We ve also added a deep selection of sound designed vocal ambiences drones atmospheres and pad instruments crafted from her voice You ll also find our DSP Rack panel with multi effects compression EQ amp speaker simulation and convolution reverb featuring doz ens of our most popular custom rooms halls chambers cathedrals and FX impulses Kindra Scharich studied voice and piano at Eastman School of Music and earned bachelor s and master s degrees in vocal performance at the University of Michigan She also completed her post graduate education at San Francisco Conservatory of Music Kindra has pre sented recitals for the American Composer s Forum in Los Angeles Lieder Alive the Wagner Society Northern California Chapter and the Yehudi Menuhin Seminar in San Francisco THE ALTO VOICE OF RAPTURE SOUNDIRON SOUNDIRON VOICE OF RAPTURE THE ALTO OPERATIC ALTO SOLO VOICE 38 powerful open format Kontakt nki instrument presets 8 310 Samples 6 32 GB Installed True Legato Live Phrases Vowel amp Latin Sustains Vowel amp Latin Staccatos Vocal Effects Phrase Sequencer 2 microphone types cardioid and
31. n FREE and SYNC modes Free mode allows real time stretching and compressing of play back speed using the Stretch knob SYNC mode locks phrase playback speed to your current project s tempo Waveform Window Provides a visual representation of the current sample as well as the sample start position using the green s marker See Page 5 for more information Mic amp Mic 2 Enable Bypass Buttons Turns on and off each microphone channel Disabling a chan nel unloads its samples from ram Do not play back a note while a channel is being loaded or unloaded as this can cause problems in Kontakt Mic amp Mic 2 Volume Sliders CC97 amp 98 Adjusts the volume of each microphone channel Microphone Panning Use these sliders to control the stereo image of each micro phone THE ALTO VOICE OF RAPTURE SOUNDIRON 11 VOCAL EFFECTS PRESETS We ve included a selection of voice effects including many various breaths to add life to any track Basic sound shaping is available as well as controllable stretching and pitching To view the playable key range of the currently loaded effect click Kontakt s keyboard display button at the top of the main Kontakt program window The playable range is colored Blue while key switches to change the vowel are colored red Vocal Effects Output st 1 te Voices O Max YX Midi Ch A 1 3 Memory 33 77 MB WHISPER STACCATOS LA ATTACK OFFSET fo 4 0 sI sI RELEA
32. nstruments 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 before proceeding You may also need to add special permissions to your security software for the downloader if it blocks applica tions from accessing the web Next copy paste your download code from your down load 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 automati cally 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
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34. ot be removed THE ALTO VOICE OF RAPTURE SOUNDIRON STACCATO PRESET We also recorded short quick staccato notes for Ah Ee Eh Oh and Oo all p amp F To view the playable key range of the currently loaded staccato click Kontakt s keyboard display button at the top of the main Kontakt program window The playable range is colored Blue while key switches to change the vowel are colored red Staccato Output st 1 i Voices 1 Max y nK Midi Ch A 1 Memory 37 49 MB AH F STACCATO SWELL ATTACK 6j j sI OFFSET RELEASE lo fiz 7 s A a AUTO PAN Performance FR Rack Staccato Menu This menu chooses the current staccato vowel or sound You can also use the Key switches to select the current sound Swell CC 72 This knob controls the volume swell of the instrument Attack CC 74 This knob controls the sharpness of initial note attack High er values soften the attack Offset CC78 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 S marker in the waveform window not available in Lite pre sets Release CC76 This knob controls the release time of notes Please keep in mind that this library was recorded in a vocal booth so the maximum release time is short Stretch CC92 This knob stretches or compresses sample playback using Kontakt s built in
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36. t Marker Found in the Phrase presets when the Sequencer panel is off this interactive marker shows where the currently playing phrase will start Moving this marker by hand will change the Offset control knob value Not available in Lite presets S Phrase Start Marker This interactive marker shows where the currently selected phrase will start In the Phrase presets if the Se quencer panel is active this marker will set the Start control knob In all other presets it moves the Offset knob Not available in Lite presets E Phrase End Marker Only found in the Phrase presets when the Sequencer panel is activated this interactive marker shows where the currently selected phrase will end If the Sequencer panel is active this marker will set the End control knob Not available in Lite presets SOUNDIRON Playback Cursor This white line shows the current position in time during the playback of a sample Mic amp Mic 2 Enable Bypass Buttons Turns on and off each microphone channel Disabling a channel unloads its samples from ram Do not play back a note while a channel is being loaded or unloaded as this can cause problems in Kontakt Mic amp Mic 2 Volume Sliders CC97 amp 98 Adjusts the volume of each microphone channel Microphone Panning Use these sliders to control the stereo image of each mi crophone position a SOUNDIRON Mic1 r las i d THE ALTO VOICE O
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38. ue on the keyboard Key switches are colored red Natural performance breaths are colored Yellow To enable time stretching or tempo synching enable the Time Mode button Note Tempo synching and time stretching aren t possible in the Lite low memory presets Phrases Vowels 80BPM Output st 1 tb Voices 1 YI 6 Midi Ch A 1 P g Memory 0 52 GB Mas STEP OPTIONS START END PITCH CURRENT 4 step J SEQUENCER A F MAJOR SWELL OFFSET RELEASE OG GOGG d i a 64 Pd F ATTACK X FADE PITCH faa p 64 0 dl F STRETCH TIME MODE SONG KSW c 2 B6 2 SET PMmCcHKSW F7 87 Performance FR Rack Key Select Use this drop down to select the active Root Key set of live performance phrases Swell CC72 This knob controls the volume swell of the instrument Attack CC 74 This controls the sharpness of attack Offset CC78 This controls the amount of sample start offset allowing you to skip ahead into the samples Use this to tighten ar ticulation attacks or play only a portion of a phrase Release CC76 This controls the release time of the main note samples Lower settings cause the sound to be damped and cut off on note release while higher settings allow notes to ring out longer X Fade When turned on this allows legato style crossfading be tween phrases with an adjustable blend time using the knob Pitch This shifts the global pitch up or down up to 24 s
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