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1. SETTINGS RHYTHM COMPUTER Spitfire Audio Harp Redux Tune Output st 1 nace Th as 12 i Gi Midi Ch A 1 Memory 29 15 ME TRANSPORT PAGE 14 OSTINATUM FRONT P ANEL Why let ALBION have all the fun We ve ported this over from the Albion range see page 19 Best used with short articulations this ever evolv ing device that can offer instant chaotic inspiration be used to create scientifically designed rhythms ostinati and arpeggiated sequences to shimmering tremolando effects SETTINGS LOAD SAVE Allows you to store your preciously made Ostinati MODE Selects how the Ostinatum will interpret your playing Ostinatum will sequence a maximum of 10 notes one for each of your fingers It needs to arrange them into a note order 1 10 and this determines how it does that OFF The default postion Ostinatum remains dormant ORDER PRESSED This will organise the notes in the order you pressed them ASCENDING From bottom to top DESCENDING From top to bottom CONTROL KEYSWITCHES Allows you to set up a section of the keyboard that controls the state of the ostinatum These keyswitch let you turn it off or set the Mode SOLO KEYSWITCHES Allows you to dedicate a section of the keyboard to keyswitches that solo each ostinatum track The first KS turns all tracks on the following KS solo each individual track CHORD MODE This ignores any note order and simply pl2. 16 THE HARP REDUX MERCURY SYNTH Although these sound excellent out of the box we ve also given you an easy to use and ingenious front panel 1 Lo amp Hi Pass Filters LPF Low HPF Hi Adjust the graph on the LPF to chop off the top end HPF to chop off the bottom So if you want to reduce your fizzing synth sound to a muted sub tone drag the LPF graph from right to left 2 Wobble Amount Three modulator windows that give you wobble or sometimes WAB WAB WAB Adjust the AMT to effect the amount of WAB WAB 3 Wobble Frequency Adjust the graph to change the frequency or speed of your wobbles For tempo syncd modulators this will tune coarsely to provide you with 8th triplet 16th etc etc 4 A D S R Attack Decay Sustain Release envelope These knobs will adjust the shape of the sound from a volume point of view Adjust attack to make the sound come thudding in or gradually fade in Adjust release to make the sound go from a sharp end or off to a gradual decay For an 808 style bass pull up one of the subbier sounds and pull the attack all the way to the right The release to about mid way to taste and play some short notes 5 FX Parameter Display We ve pre loaded a selection of FX Activate by clicking the FX icons along this bar 6 Portamento Glide On Off Toggle Click this to make the sound monophonic so you only can play one note at a time and to activate the portamento glide function 7 Portamento Glide Amount Now t
3. or Kontakt 5 98 of all en quiries to our support dept are cured by the upgrade This is a cutting edge library and it simply wont work on anything but the latest versions RECOMMENDED SPEC The better your computer the better the performance of Harp REDUX But not to worry if you re not specd up to the hilt All programs are provided with a set of parameters that enable you to tone back the CPU de mands of any given patch But moving forward were confident this module will keep your computer busy for many years to come We recommend a combination of high processor speeds a good chunk of memory and a devoted 7200rpm eSata USBII Thunderbolt or Firewire audio drive The more memory you have the less demand placed on your drive and having a totally devoted drive gives you the chance to load less into memory and reduce load times The higher the speed of your CPU the more capable your computer will be to deal with some of the amazing but complicated scripts we ve written PGs We recommend an i5 or i7 Quad or 8 Core machine with 8 Gig or above memory Vista 64 or Windows 7 However it will work with SP2 Pentium or Athlon XP 1 4GHz 1Gig RAM MACs We recommend a Mac Pro Intel Based Dual Quad or 8 Core machine with 8 Gig or above memory Mac OS 10 6 1 Snow Leopard However we have made the module work satisfactorily on a Mac Mini 2 4 GHz anda MacBook Pro 2 4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo DRIVES Firewire USBII or eSata 7200rpm Ask you
4. E GENERAL CONTROLS MICROPHONE MIX SETTINGS ADVANCED STUFF THE PUNCH COG THE OSTINATUM HARPOSPHERES SYNTH A COUPLE OF TROUBLESHOOTS 05 06 07 08 10 11 12 13 14 16 16 INSTALLATION Because youre reading this manual we can presume you have successfully downloaded Harp REDUX In cluded in your download email are some detailed installation instructions please follow these carefully before going any further Well see you back here when youre installed GETTING STARTED Before opening Kontakt please make sure you have THE LATEST VERSION OF KONTAKT 4 2 4 OR 5 IN STALLED 95 of all service enquiries relating to spurious or strange behaviour of our wares are solved by installing the most recent version As this is NOT a Kontakt Player Library YOU WILL NOT SEE THE MODULE IN THE LIBRARY PANE Simply navigate to the Harp via the FILE browser pane If you have never used Kontakt before we wholeheartedly recommend your familiarise yourself with the basics of patch or instrument loading multi management outputting and MIDI routing detailed in the Kontakt user manual provided with your copy of Kontakt or in the documentation folder of your Kontakt file PAGE 5 THE FRONT PANEL GENERAL CONTROLS MIC MIX POSITIONS Spitfire Audio Harp Redux Output st 1 iB Voices OF 512 Purge Midi Ch A 1 g Memory 29 15 ME SIDE BAR ARTICULATIO
5. EREO WIDTH Allows you to control how far the stereo image reaches All the way to the right would be like having your two pan pots panned hard All the way to the left would be like having both pots centre STEREO PAN Then allows you to control where in the pan field the centre of this image is placed ADVANCED ARTICULATION SELECTION SS SS SSS Ss j a po So 2 Latch with Note For those of you who want to tweak your articulation selection further To create set ups that closely integrate with notation software or indeed performance patches that react to the way you play this deep editor may be for you It s accessed by holding CMD or CTRL on PC and clicking the articulation icon Can be closed by clicking the X to the bottom right of the UI LATCH TOGGLE Switches this way of selecting the articulation on WITH SELECTOR Selects how you would like to select PARAMETERS Edit these to select a range in which this articulation would be selected PAGE 12 THE PUNCH COG Available on Instruments saved in the Punch Cog folder As we record our samples like you would a film score we actively encourage our musicians to make every note sound different To play with the flair that would be expected from them on a score shoot We like tuning imperfections little squeeks the odd breath of a human However much we apply our exacting taste principals onto our range were never going to me
6. NS PAGE 6 EXPRESSION CONTROLS Tune HARP PEDALLING ARTICULATION STAVE SIDE BAR ARTICULATION ICONS Make sure Kontakt displays the instrument load status as pictured If the left hand bar Purge is illuminated and red its in a queue and hasnt started loading yet if the middle bar is lit and yellow the instrument is still loading up ARTICULATIONS Click on these notes to select the different articulations or indeed press their as sociated key switches You can do this whilst your playing so if you want to say switch from a normale articulation to a flageolet hit the key whilst you re playing your last note and the next note will be a flageotlet A brief guide to these articulations is displayed overleaf To save on RAM not all articulations are loaded so make sure when clicking or keyswitching be tween articulations it is loaded This is denoted by the RAM chip beneath the articulation being black If it is greyed out simply click this chip Conversely if you want to save RAM and there is an articulation you don t need click the ram chip to unload it will then become greyed out SIDE BAR DISPLAY AND ADVANCED TOOLS On the left of your articulation stave is a side bar that displays the name of the articulation youre cur rently playing Beneath it are three options KEYSWITCH SHIMMIER This shimmys the position of all the keyswitches left or right by clicking and dragging whi
7. SKAILA KANGA HARP D U X USER MANUAL by SPITFIRE Welcome Thanks for being part of the Spitfire Audio project We ve tried to make this as brief and interesting as possible but we also understand that reading manuals is a bore so stick this next to your loo and give it a read whenever you can About Spitfire Spitfire was formed in 2008 by a group of successful British composers as a means of producing the tools they needed for their busy work schedules Sick of dry humourless ugly unrealistic sounding libraries Spitfire set about redefining the way samples were created Our aim is to reproduce the conditions of top movie recording sessions and approach sampling as if we were recording a film score one note at a time To record performances and parts thereof not scientifically created samples To capture the timbre of a world class set of players but also to record the room they were playing in About Skaila Kanga Harp Redux Spitfire Harp Redux features the legendary talents of Skaila Kanga recorded at one of the greatest scoring stages in the world and sampled deeply to provide you with the definitive orchestral harp VI If this is your first Spitfire purchase you ll enjoy featuring this instrument as a source for both inspiring and super realistic pieces of work of your making If you already own Spitfire products you ll hear how the Harp perfectly inte grates with those products as Skaila was recorded in situ as if
8. UTE latest version of Kontakt Visit your trusty service centre and we hope this page remains relatively under thumbed e My instrument or patch seems to be playing just bits of sound some keys are missing and theres lots of clicks and crackles Make sure that your patch is fully loaded detailed on the front panel page 8 Some of these are biggies so can take a while But if problems persist make sure Kontakt memory manager is activated face KMS KONTAKT Memory Server J Use Memory Server Initial activation requires restart and at least 4 GB RAM ac In Please refer to the user manual for further information Inter Engin Handl Load mport accessible RAM For memory server 7 2 GB Database Memory Server mode Memory Automatic KONTAKT will purge unused samples automatically Audio and handle the server MID Manual Instrument preload buffer size O Querride Instrument s preload size You ll have to restart this instance of Kontakt to feel it s benefits Another reason your system may be struggling is that youre using too many mics live for the spec of your machine Try cutting the mics as detailed on the front panel to see if this cures your problem If it does dont worry you can still use these mics just play in your parts with one active we recommend the T ree and then activate multiple mics and render down eg freeze function in Logic Studio Some DAWS ahem Logic only use one co
9. ays everything polyphonically great for measured trem style effects O This is a real time note order display So with Ascending mode activated a c major triad played from middle C up will show up 1 C4 2 F4 3 G4 These note numbered assignments are processed in the THE RHYTHM COMPUTER NOTE Ta Ten MN rd KEY OFFSET NOTE MENU Click these to place a note into the computer at the length you desire Trash removes and scroll down different pre designed sequences to the right of this The cog allows you further fine tuning and configuration tools LENGTH This displays the note lengths in sequence that you have selected from the Note Menu Drag down here to create rest versions of the note length KEY Under each note you can then select which key displayed in real time in the Transport this note is attached to Scroll up and down to select So in the sequence pictured a C triad will sound C E C C C C OFFSET Adjust these bars up and down to adjust the velocity levels of each notes this will bring your rhythm sequence to life and provide you with all sorts of surprising syncopated accents NOW HIT PLAY ON YOUR DAW AND ENJOY PAGE 15 HARP MERCURY SYNTH Harposphere Synth ZooConga mid amp hi rm Tus Output st 1 It Voices O 32 Purge 0 00 Midi Ch 1 g Memory 21 59 kB
10. ckly and easily to optimise your system quickly for essential articulations or to start building templates using empty shells PURGE UNUSED This control keeps unloading any samples you are not using to keep your memory usage as low as possible TRANSPOSE Toggle this on and tweak the number to the right to transpose your instrument Note this is not the same as tuning the instrument will actually offset the samples to the selected pitch MAPPED VEL OCITY Click this to have velocity controlled dynamics for the shorts for in stance mapped to as it is with the longs ROUND ROBINS amp LEGATO ROUND ROBINS This refers to the number of round robins multiple recordings of the same notes that cycle around as you repeatedly play a note your instrument uses the number can be dragged up and down 1 8 to save you memory RESET FROM F7 This enables you to control the round robin cycle so it sounds identical every time you play toggle on amp play the key selected default F0 to reset RESET ON TRANSPORT As above but resets every time you press play Genius HARP PEDALLING PATCH We now have Harp pedalling functionality as an option globally on the instrument The way this works is that you set the pedals using the icons at the bottom right of the user interface and then play the white keys these will then respond in the way you have set the pedals So for example if you set D to play as Db then any wh
11. et with everyones preferred quality bar or needs and expectations of a project So we present to you Blake Robinsons coup de grace A way of punching notes in and out like we used to in the old days A way of customising your library to fit your taste and needs If there is a round robin you dont like where the tuning is a bit fruity Load in a Punch Cog instru ment and switch to the articulation you were using Play until you find the Round Robin you dont like and then stop Observe the pictured cog bottom left of the front panel UI and click on it to get this dialogue Spitfire Audio Harp Redux 074 Output st 1 IP Voices OF Purge 88818 6 Midi Ch A 1 g Memory 23 15 MB REMOVE SKIPTHIS ADJUST ADJUST SAMPLE ALL OL RELEASE START TWEAKS HOW SHOULD WE TWEAK Then your last note played will be displayed if this is correct get tweak ing REMOVE ALL NOTE TWEAKS This removes all custom changes you have made with the Cog SKIP THIS RR Will simply make it always jump along 10 the next round robin in the cycle ADJUST TUNE VOL Will adjust the tuning and or volume of the last played note ADJUST RELEASE This will alter the level of the release trigger which will effect the percieved decay of that note SAMPLE START If it feels loose adjust to the right tight adjust to the left PAGE 13 THE OSTINATUM Acces via the icon beneath the spanner
12. fer ent balance of string harmonic response 3 Flageolet this is the Harmonics on the Harp sounding an octave above the written pitch The symbol for this is the circle above the note 4 Slid these is our new gliss builder articulation it is played in a specific way to simulate how the fingers slide on the strings when glissing But you can also just use this as an alternate normale play ing patch it sounds fabulously rough around the edges and is a superbly usable articulation for all kinds of situations 5 Bisbigliando this is the tremolando articulation fast repeated notes at a set pitch and you control the dynamic using the Mod wheel GLISSES these lie on two separate patches to the main patches they are a variety of useful Glissandi laid out with key switch controls the active key switch is always green and you can also see visually the current playing style on the panel you can also click here to change these Patch 1 Manual Gliss itch Mod lor Change scale Full Swirls Glissandi through various regions There are Key switches from C1 A1 controlling the scale used C1 Major C 1 Harmonic Minor D1 Melodic Minor 1 1 Pentatonic El Diminished F1 Whole tone he actual glisses are laid out so that the key you play is always the root of the scale but where you play on the keyboard determines what you hear The Speed slider on
13. hat your Glide toggle is on hold one key down and whilst holding press another Because you re in monophonic mode the sound will transition from the first pitch you depressed to the second this fader controls the time this transition takes 8 Yoke X amp Y FX Selector The yoke 10 is a dual FX controller that adjusts your FX parameters in real time for fantastic sequenc ing options Y vertical controller X horizontal Scroll down to select which FX you wish to control 9 Yoke X amp Y FX Parameter Selector Determines which parameter from your selected FX you wish to map to the X or Y yoke controller You can also alter the FX parameters further and map them direct to the Yoke controller right ctrl click by accessing the additional FX parameter Bar Command Right Click on the FX Icon youd like to acces addi tional parameters for Map to PAGE 17 A COUPLE OF TROUBLESHOTS It is our hope that you keep in touch with us to let us know how youre getting on how youre using Skaila Kangas Harp how youre finding it and if we were to consider looking at areas in the future what youd like us to look at From this well form a consensus and wholeheartedly pledge that we will act upon it wherever possible or practical A couple of commonly asked questions This library really isnt behaving how Id expect OK so were now officially blue in the face But before you go ANY further please check you are using the ABSOL
14. his mic position gives a massive amount of stereo spread and room sound over Kangas harp Great mixed in with the other mics but also ideal fed to your Ls amp Rs speaker sends for true surround information SURROUND USE Right click on the mic names to adjust the output of the mics This will also allow for surround use A simple Quad setup would be to route the T out of your L amp R and the A to your Ls amp Rs Some people like a little bit of close in the C but we feel that live signal should be left clear away from your dialogue track PAGE 11 ADVANCED STUFF MICROPHONE MIX TO ARTICULATION LINKER The small notation symbol locks the microphone mix or tweak you ve made to the articulation selected This means if you want to boost any perceived inconsistencies in volume between say different articulations you can Or indeed if you want to roll off some of the hall ambience for a shorter more spikey articulations this is how to fine tune CLOSE MIC PAN COLLAPSER To the right of the above is a selector that opens the mic collapser The close mics are a stereo mix and this collapser allows you to refine how the stereo image is handled All our musicians are recorded in situ ie where they would be seated on a standard scoring session giving you a fantastic spectral spread when putting different Spitfire modules together which helps define the detail This panning tool helps you to manage and tweak this to your own tastes ST
15. ite note D you play on the keyboard will sound as a Db To set the pedals you either click the bar icon and drag it up for flat or down for sharp using the mouse or you can use CCs 65 71 to set them and these can be reassigned with a right click CTRL click in the usual way When the pedals are all set centrally the White and Black keys function as normal PAGE 10 MICROPHONE MIX SETTINGS Welcome to the wonderful world of Air Studios and the mixes of our chief engineer Jake Jackson Use the chip icons beneath the faders to load unload different microphones and the faders above to tweak the balance of them Turning a fader all the way down will also unload the mics conversely turn ing the fader back up will reload MICROPHONES MIXES Right Ctrl click on mics to change Kontakt channel output assignment C Close mics a selection of valve mics placed for optimum focus close to the instrument This mic control is great to add in for added definition and at times a bit of rounding of sound in isolation it can be a way of achieving a more intimate or pop music style sound T Tree This refers to the Decca tree of three mics placed above the conductors podium A set of priceless vintage Neumann M50s These are placed to give the ultimate sound of the harp the hall and are the default mic position that loads in with each patch A Ambient A set of condenser mics placed high up in the gallery away from Skaila T
16. le holding the mouse button down convenient if youre creating your own multi instruments and dont want to hit keyswitches by mistake KEYSWITCH TO CC SELECTOR Use this to assign a CC controller to act as articulation key switcher Click on CC and you ll be prompted to move the controller you wish to use in order for the instrument to learn how youd like to select articulations ARTICULATION LOCK Many composers like to have a single articulation loaded to each instance of an instrument Once you have unloaded all unwanted and have settled to your preferred articula tion click this to lock so you cant accidentally hit keyswitches and suddenly become mute This way of working is particularly vital if you re using slave computers where not all UIs will be instantly visible to you use this in conjunction with the template builder presets PAGE 7 ARTICULATIONS GUIDE CSS ARTICULATIONS 1 Normale this is the normal plucked playing style for the Harp Please note that you when you release the key you will hear a hand damping sample play If you wish to play a run of notes hold the sustain pedal down and then release the sustain pedal when you wish to hear the damping sample of Skaila damping the strings with her hands If you wish to reduce the volume of this use the Releases slider on the front panel 2 Pres de la Table this is a more brittle sound played closer to the edge of the strings giving a dif
17. r dealer for drives that are suitable for AV use We always recom mend as small a drive as possible as the platter will be smaller and the seek time less The library will eventually take up 25 Gig on your hard drive If using several large libraries or a number of Spitfire modules from the same machine we really recommend having your samples distributed over a number of drives Lacie eSata or Quadras 7200rpm we highly recommend Moreover an exciting development lies in the recent arrival of some amazing solid state SSD drives With seek times reduced to a fraction 0 1ms vs 6 9ms of what standard drives can offer we are certain you will be able to reduce your samplers pre load page 24 buffer tenfold meaning you ll be able to load enormous orchestral palettes into a single machine HOST The Kontakt 4 platform should work comfortably on most commonly found platforms and DAWs As always make sure youre as up to date as you can afford If you re planning on building or adding Spitfire to an already large orchestral palette we recommend running your library independently of your DAW either on your host computer e g via Re Wire or on a slave device e g via Midi or MOL This will assist your load in times and will allow your DAW to do what it does best sort out all your note ons and note offs PAGE 3 CONTENTS INSTALLATION amp GETTING STARTED THE FRONT PANEL ARTICULATION STAVE amp SIDE BAR ARTICULATIONS A QUICK GUID
18. re of your computer when recording but will use more when playing back so again try recording with just one mic then dial in others once youre happy If youre still suffering may we suggest you try and manage your pre load buffer Kontakt pre loads some sam ples into memory so that when you hit a note Kontakt plays it out from RAM whilst addressing the rest of your samples from your hard drive s The slower your drives the more you may want to rely on RAM the faster the drives or smaller RAM available the more you may want to rely or your drives If youre using the latest generation of SSDs you ll find you can radically reduce your pre load buffer Referring to the plate above tick the Instruments Default Pre Load Buffer Size and drag the fader to a setting youre happy with PAGE 18 A QUICK THANKS Christian amp Paul would like to thank the cabal of genius assembled herein To Dominic Kelly and the searing talents of Skaila Kanga to Alison Burton and the whole of the Air Studios team To Jake Jackson for wrangling and controlling this beast To the remarkable talents immense intellect and invention of Andy Blaney and Blake Robinson and our team of reprobates in KX Joe Rubel Toby Warren amp Stanley Gabriel Most of all wed like to thank the amazing support and loyalty of our user base our Facebook friends and eve ryone on VI Control We are in the same boat as all of you Were not software developers by trade
19. she were performing with a full symphony orchestra Using the same room and careful positioning the Harp will sit perfectly in your mix with other Spitfire instruments with perfect spacial alignment Recorded by Jake Jackson at Lyndhurst Hall Air Studios one of the finest scoring stages in the world through a huge array of priceless vintage microphones via Neve Montserrat pre amps and then into digital at 96k via the best Prism AD converters this is an unparalleled signal chain About this REDUX edition Spitfire are delighted to relaunch their classic Skaila Kanga Harp library with added content a whole new engine and front end control NEW FEATURES INCLUDE new articulation Slid notes specifically recorded and designed for glissando building but also great new playable sound in its own right Pedalling options you can now set the harp pedals graphically and then play the white notes makes playing glisses easy 9 Re scripted from the ground up using the engine from our latest BML range and fully tweaked for smoother dynamic response EVEN IF YOU ARE AN EXPERIENCED HARP USER A QUICK LOOK AT THIS MANUAL WILL BE WELL WORTH IT AS WE HAVE CHANGED SOME FUNDAMENTALS OF IT S OPERATION PAGE 2 System Requirements KONTAKT this Harp library requires the full version of Kontakt to run it will not work in the Kontakt Player please make sure you have the absolute latest version of either Kontakt 4
20. so appreciate your honesty in paying your way to be a part of our family and not distributing this illegally But more importantly if you have any ideas or criticism please let us know directly via our website or helpdesk and in a constructive manner You never know you just may have thought of something that we hadnt considered Indeed it is through all the wonderful feedback we ve had regarding the harp that we have been able to present the new redux version and we hope to continue improving our libraries into the future We want to make our entire range the best there is and we rely on you to help us achieve that With thanks Christian amp Paul COPYRIGHT SPITFIRE AUDIO LLP 2013 www spitfireaudio com
21. the front panel controls the speed of the gliss We have divided the Harp into four registers and these are laid out on the keyboard from low to high Just have a play while looking at this layout it will quickly make sense And finally for up down control use the Mod wheel Mod wheel Up Gliss Up Mod wheel Down Gliss Down continued PAGE 8 Patch 2 Legato Gliss Spitfire Audio Harp Glissandi Legato I e Tune O Max 512 J ooo With this Gliss patch you hold two keys to perform the run you want eg To perform an upwards C major run you hold down C and press E To do a downwards C major run youd hold down E and press C The scales are played as follows 1 semitone Whole tone scale ie C to C C whole up 2 interval minor harmonic ie C to D C minh up 3 interval minor melodic ie C to D C minm up 4 interval major ie C to E C maj up 5 interval pentatonic ie C to F C pent up 6 interval diminished ie C to 2 C dim up There are two keyswitches scaled gliss and full swirl gliss The scaled gliss are the 4 registers of glissandi as mentioned previously he Speed slider again controls the speed of the run As before it sounds more complicated than it is have a play and you ll find it becomes clear PAGE 9 GENERAL CONTROLS OPTIONS PRESETS This allows you to load predetermined sets of articulations affectionately called Brush Sets qui
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