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1. EEE 5 revolutionary guitar based categories for the modern composer e Unique and intuitive graphic user interface e 8 powerful effects options for in depth sound design e Modulation for further effects processing e Samples created by industry renowned composers and producers e The best guitars pedals amps and signal flow possible sampled O ul Z O lt l lt 2 m Z lt 09 Z Lu gt x 2 Lu 4 N 4 ps a lt I APOLLO Apollo REQUIREMENTS AND INSTALLATION SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS For Mac users Apollo requires OS 10 7 3 or greater an Intel Core Duo 2 0GHz or higher a USB port and minimum 2GB of RAM For Windows users Apollo requires Windows 7 or 8 latest 32 or 64 compatible an Intel Core Duo 2 0GHz or higher a USB port and minimum 2GB of RAM The library requires approximately 22GB of disk space Vir2 Instruments strongly recommends more than 4GB of RAM and an 88 key controller in order to use Apollo to its fullest potential EEE INSTALLING The installation of Apollo consists of2. INSTRUMENTS USER MANUAL Produced by Vir2 Instruments Vir2 Instruments is an international team of sound designers musicians and programmers who specialize in creating the world s most advanced virtual instrument libraries Vir2 is producing the instruments that shape the sound of modern music 29033 Avenue Sherman Suite 201 Valencia CA 91355 Phone 661 295 0761 Web wwwvir2 com 5 USER MANUAL O WY Z Lu Z O LL m lt APOLLO Apollo TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 01 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE LIBRARY O CHAPTER 02 05 REQUIREMENTS AND INSTALLATION CHAPTER 03 07 USING KONTAKT CHAPTER 04 5 BASICS CHAPTER 05 7 SWELLS CHAPTER 06 21 PADS CHAPTER 07 29 AMBIENT DESIGNER CHAPTER 08 31 PHRASE BUILDER CHAPTER 09 5 INSTRUMENTS WN CHAPTER 10 54 QUICK START GUIDE 57 TECH SUPPORT 58 CREDITS O gt 1 lt m I 2 O O 5 2 m lt O APOLLO Apollo INTRODUCTION TO THE LIBRARY Thank you for purchasing Apollo From Vir2 Instruments the creators of the award winning Electri6ity Apollo and MOJO Horns comes Apollo Cinematic Guitars a revolutionary new guitar 2 virtual instrument for the
3. C7 Latch Mode When engaged a triggered sample will continuously loop until retriggered Group Select Click to load desired group of sounds Group Edit Click to navigate to group Mixer page e Mute Solo Mute or Solo group Surround Output Click to select surround mode e Global FX Choose to engage either Transient Master Compression or Limiter to the Ambient Designer e Global FX Switch Engages selected Global Effect Group Playback Indicator Light illuminates when a sample within group is being triggered Info Button Clicking the Info Button brings up info slide N Z W Z Y m e Z faa lt gt e 4 a lt I APOLLO CHAPTER 07 CONT D USING LATCH MODE 1 1 C2 Bz C3 85 Press key to set the desired key for global custom pad a USING LATCH MODE Fress and release any mapped key sound will trigger and continuously loop Press and release the same key again to disengage looping sound Click any of the 6 colored tabs to load desired group Click EDIT to load the mixer page for deeper control of group Triggered keys are indicated by a light at the bottom of each channel Reverse pan and use faders to mix each sound within group Click BACK to return to main page for further editing Full Mix note C7 Plays the full edited custom pad last created while in Latch Mode Reference Quick Start Guide for furt
4. Typically open strums are mapped furthest left on the MIDI keyboard preceded by various strumming patterns plucking patterns and melodies Each sample loop and each group can have individual FX applied when the Global FX Switch is switched off Alternate_Current_90_BPM Output st 1 Voices Mox 32 Purge Midi Ch Q Memory 14 64 Group Display Tab GLOBAL FX MIDI SELECT Group Fader Global FX Group Tuner MIDI Select Group Pan CUA N Patch Title Each patch includes the BPM each performance was performed at This is useful information since each patch is tempo synced and will automatically sync to the host Global FX When on the FX will be applied to all groups When off the FX will be applied to only the selected group MIDI Select When on the Group Display Tab will display the group being triggered on the MIDI keyboard When off the text will remain static Group Display Tab Displays the group being triggered by the MIDI keyboard Group Fader Controls the volume of selected group Group Tuner Changes the tuning of selected group Group Pan Controls the panning of selected group As mentioned above each sample in each patch automatically syncs to host tempo Each patch portrays a different genre providing a wide array of use W W Y Z Lu 2 ad WY 2 x w H a lt I APOLLO Apollo IN
5. switch to engage Latch mode which allows for the basic foundation of sound design within Ambient Designer Press a key to trigger a sound that sound will latch and continue to loop a light will illuminate below the group that a sound is triggered Press the same key again to disengage the looping sound With this feature you can trigger as many sounds as possible within the six groups Click the colored tab above each group to load different groups each with unique sounds Click EDIT to bring up the mixer page which gives deeper mixing control for each triggered sound The triggered keys in that particular group will be illuminated by a light on the bottom right of the channel On the mixer page the user can click the REV button to reverse the sound of each channel Use each channel s fader and pan for further customization Click BACK to return to the main Ambient Designer page APOLLO MAIN PAGE o Custom_Pads 4 gt 8 Output st 1 v Voices Mos 100 Purge 0 00 Midi Ch A 1 0 Memory 0 67 GB m ala Low L MIQ H MIQ TREBLE GAIN MASTER 9 A ya Global FX Display Engage Latch Engage Mode IN GAIN RELEASE OUTPUT Global Fx ha ia roup 1 EDIT ops ses Info Button OUTPU OUTPU OUTPU OUTPU OUTPU Group output Pitch Mod Playback Indicator il i TE d Full Mix Select Key Note
6. volume fading and reversing of associated sample Note Playback Indicator Light when associated sample is being triggered Clicking EDIT on one of the main 6 channels on the main page of Ambient Designer will navigate the user to the Mixer Page The Mixer Page allows for deeper control over each sample being triggered On the Mixer Page each sample can be panned mixed and reversed At the bottom of each channel is a note that corresponds to the key on the MIDI keyboard and a light that illuminates if the sample is being triggered On the Mixer Page click the blue BACK button to return to main Ambient Designer page WN 4 m 2 Lu WY lt 4 T A e 4 ps lt I APOLLO Apollo PHRASE BUILDER gt Output st 1 1 Voices Max 768 Midi Ch A 1 Memory INPUT POWER L MID H MID TREBLE STANDBY GLOBAL FX y APOLLO PREDELAY SIZE LOWPASS HIGHPASS DRY WET BAMBINE AN 4d 0 UA UA ee The idea behind the Phrase Builder category is to provide composers and producers with broken down phrases that can be manipulated to create original performances Each phrase is broken down into micro phrases Each cluster of mapped samples can be played together in whichever order There are multiple clusters of samples mapped with each patch These clusters can form a full performance
7. Audio Unit Modules gt Kontakt 5 08 Note GarageBand may default to inserting effects such as a compressor and a visual EQ track This will color the sound If you don t want these effects used you can remove them gt Electric Piano Grand Piano On Stage Once Kontakt 5 is selected the icon will change to the AudioUnit icon the ball with sound waves radiating outward Double click the icon to bring up the Kontakt window 09 Piano Manual Kontakt 4 Manual The Kontakt window will appear and a MIDI track will be created transmitting to Kontakt s MIDI channel A 1 When it is record enabled it will send any incoming MIDI played on your controller into Kontakt 2 mr lt gt USING KONTAKT AS AN AUDIOUNIT PLUG IN IN DIGITAL PERFORMER Users of MOTU s Digital Performer can use Kontakt as an AudioUnit plug in These instructions have been prepared in Digital Performer 6 although Kontakt may also work in earlier versions if the computer meets the system requirements Once the project is open go to the Project menu and choose Add Track gt Add Instruments 01 Studio Setup Windows Help Add Track MIDI Track Mono Audio Track Stereo Audio Track Surround instrument Track Add Instruments N Add Unassigned Instrument 2 381 In the resulting dialog box click on the unassigned pull down menu and choose Native Instruments gt Kontakt 5 You can also change the numb
8. major sequencer on either Macintosh or Windows platforms Started with Apollo section below All these versions are installed by the Easy Install option of the installer Users who don t own a sequencer or would like to simply boot up and be able to play Apollo can go to their Applications folder Mac or Program Files folder Windows to launch Native Instruments gt Kontakt Users who wish to use Apollo for sequencing or recording should use it in plug in mode within a host sequencer Kontakt supports the VST AudioUnit and RTAS plug in formats Any host sequencer that supports these plug in CoreRudio v Driver MOTU Spre 18 In 12 Out v Device Device driver configuration formats properly will be able to use Kontakt Instructions vary slightly from 27 sequencer sequencer but the general procedure is to instantiate Kontakt as a virtual instrument plug in then load an Apollo instrument in Kontakt bs 28 somes 25 esr then route a MIDI track to Kontakt so it can be triggered and recorded Taere The following instructions will helo standalone and plug in users get up and running quickly with a basic track of Apollo i SS USING KONTAKT IN STANDALONE MODE The standalone Kontakt application can be found in the Applications gt Kontakt 5 folder for Mac users or Program Files gt Native Instruments gt Kontakt 5 for Windows users Database egietan See Kopeli U
9. select another effect Reverb would indicate yellow because it is on INFO ICON oy On the Swells and Ambient Designer patches you will notice a small info Ci icon in the bottom right corner of the screen Click this icon to reveal mapping and additional reference information Click anywhere on the image to return to Apollo s interface gt l Lu 09 D N e 4 a lt I APOLLO Apollo SWELLS Output st 1 Midi Ch 1 g Memory INPUT POWER L MID H MID TREBLE STANDBY rm CHORDS RECTANGLE VOLUME A SWELL SPEED 2 15kms TEMPO SYNC DECAY SUSTAIN RELEASE FREQ FADE IN PHASE PULSE W 500 0 ms 0 0 Db 1 5k ms 7 0 Hz 0 0 ms 0 STEREO SPREAD A COMPRESSOR TYPE PREDELAY LOWPASS HIGHPASS DRY WET CHORUS 7 DELAY lt EN HR 1G AMBIA G BIG AMBIANCE ROTATOR gt I 20 SKREAMER FLANGER Consistently throughout music production of all genres guitar swells are prevalent Apollo s Swells category is a tool created to provide composers and producers access to a wide variety of guitars effects and amps in order to effectively add guitar swells to their compositions To maintain versatility each sound has a wet and dry option as well as sampled strums in both high and low iterations of both major and minor chords Additionally each sound includes chromatically sample
10. Kontakt Player Created for all forms of music production Apollo offers five innovative categories packed with features to enhance the creative process as well as save time and increase oroductivity The goal of Apollo is to provide the modern composer with real guitar samples real strums and real sounds made straight from the best guitars effects pedals amps and signal flow possible Vir2 worked with some of the industry s best composers and producers to bring you a comprehensive collection of sounds to give you exactly what you need for your next composition Apollo provides five categories that will generate endless opportunities for creativity The Swells category is a vast collection of sounds giving you the option to trigger strums of both high and low iterations of major and minor chords for each sound Individual notes were sampled per sound in order to give the user the ability to create their own VOICINGS The Pads category puts sound design into the hands of the user Apollo features the ability to load and mix two uniq
11. STRUMENTS Output st 1 v Voices O 768 Midi Ch A 1 Memory GLOBAL FX lt n Gi an oe The INSTRUMENTS category consists of basic multi sampled instruments intended for simplified use Each instrument includes up to 3 velocity layers and 5 round robins for the creation of simple lead based phrases and arpeggiation Included Instruments e Acoustic Guitar Harmonics e Acoustic Guitar e Air Harmonics e Electric Bass e Electric Guitar 1 e Electric Guitar 2 e Electric Guitar Harmonics e Sitar Apollo QUICK START GUIDE WN 4 Apollo Cinematic Guitars includes five main categories Swells Pads Ambient Designer Phrase Builder and Instruments Each category showcases unique features for simplified sound design allowing the user to create the exact guitar based sound they need The following is a Quick Start guide for basic introduction I gt v m D O x T gt D o m Blue OFF Yalow ON White Selected SWELLS provide the user with their choice of well over a hundred unique patches each with various options of triggering chromatically sampled notes major chords high and low iterations and minor chords high and low iterations Transition between chords and notes by clicking the yellow tab above the Swell Speed knob Some patches only include notes this is indicated by the patch l
12. Solo each pad engine Edit Button Clicking this button causes the modulation and envelope controls to appear e Pan Tune Click to specify if Pan Tune Knob controls Pan or Tune e Pan Tune Knob Controls either Pan or Tune depending on what is selected above N N V m lt A e 4 w lt I APOLLO CHAPTER CONT D PAD SELECTOR POWER STANDBY CREATURE 01 Basic 02 103 Distorted E 04 Motion 06 Tension 9 07 Uplift Awake nka Eternity nka Tene a FE Hope nka Lighthouse nka Folar nka H MID TREBLE GAIN MASTER Ze EDIT Output st i Midi Ch 1 SWELL SPEED 15kms RELEASE H MID TREBLE MASTER EN N RECTANGLE VOLUME TEMPO SYNC FREQ PHASE PULSE W o 50 7 0 Hz 0 0 ms APOLLO TIME DAMPING PAN FEEDBACK A DELAY 3 0 16th 43 3 50 925 The Pad Selector is drop down menu that appears when you click the tab above each pad engine The menu has a basic folder structure with seven different parent folders each containing multiple pads Double clicking ona pad will select the pad click the tab above to remove the menu Once a pad is selected use the right and left arrows for swift navigation through the pads in the selected folder Continue this process in the other Pads engine and use the faders
13. Track in samples Then click Create 04 KX Create 1 new l Stereo H Audio Track Samples H Aux Input Master Fader MIDI Track _ Greate Instrument Track Go to the Mix window and look at the channel strip for the instrument At the very top is an area for Inserts 05 Click on the first of the five slots and navigate through the popup menu to choose multichannel plug in gt Instrument gt Kontakt 5 06 05 INSERTS tichannel plug in pit g in Noi Reductio Dithe Sound Field Instrument Effect Other SENDS A E 33 stere EZdru ereo FabFilter One stereo FabFilter Twin stereo mmer stereo The Kontakt window will appear At this point you can skip down in the instructions to the Getting Started With Apollo section below 4 USING KONTAKT AS PLUG IN IN ANOTHER HOST There are too many host programs to cover here in detail but any modern sequencer that properly supports the VST AudioUnit or RTAS standards should be able to use Kontakt properly and load Apollo within it Consult the manual for your specific host to find out how to instantiate the Kontakt virtual instrument Apollo BASICS gt une Y 2 WY lt an e 4 ps lt I 0 00 rape wg 2 Output st 1 v Voices as 768 Purge new Midi Ch A 1 v emory Head ON lt APOLLO
14. a MIDI track assigned to plugin Kontakt 4 EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE The Kontakt window will appear and MIDI track will be created transmitting to Kontakt s MIDI channel A 1 When it is record enabled it will send any incoming MIDI played on your controller into Kontakt At this point you can skip down in the instructions to the Getting Started With Apollo section below TT EEE USING KONTAKT AS A VST OR AUDIOUNIT PLUG IN IN ABLETON LIVE Users of Ableton Live can use Kontakt as a VST or AudioUnit plug in depending on the version The functionality is the same These instructions have been prepared in Live 7 although Kontakt may also work in earlier or later versions if the computer meets the system requirements Once the project is open go to the left side and click on the third icon down to show the Plug in Devices list then scroll to the Native Instruments folder and locate Kontakt 5 04 Drag Kontakt 5 into the central area where the text Drop Files and Devices Here is shown The Kontakt interface will appear and it will already be actively transmitting to Kontakt s MIDI channel A 1 When it is re
15. a note on the keyboard Click the LATCH switch to engage Latch mode which allows for the basic foundation of sound design within Ambient Designer Press a key to trigger a sound that sound will latch and continue to loop a light will illuminate below the group that a sound is triggered Press the same key again to disengage the looping sound With this feature one can trigger as many sounds as possible within the six groups Click the colored tab above each group to load different groups each with unique sounds Click EDIT to bring up the mixer page which gives deeper mixing control for each triggered sound The triggered keys in that particular group will be illuminated by a light on the bottom right of the channel On the mixer page the user can click the REV button to reverse the sound of each channel Use each channel s fader and pan for further customization Click BACK to return to the main Ambient Designer page The PHRASE BUILDER category is a simple approach to providing a user pre recorded tempo synced phrases with the ability to create custom performances The benefit of this approach is to allow a composer or producer the freedom and confidence of creating a loop style performance without being confined by the limits of a pre defined loop Load a patch from the category trigger a group on the keyboard and notice that each key in the group transitions melodically This is how a unique performance is created As the user plays th
16. cord enabled it will send any incoming MIDI played on your controller into Kontakt At this point you can skip down in the instructions to the Getting Started With Apollo section below 2 mr lt USING KONTAKT AS AUDIOUNIT PLUG IN IN LOGIC PRO LOGIC STUDIO LOGIC EXPRESS ETC Users of Apple s Logic can use Kontakt as an AudioUnit plug in These instructions have been prepared in Logic Pro 8 although Kontakt may also work in earlier versions if the computer meets the system requirements Once inside your Logic project go to the Track mini menu Cin the central area of your screen and choose Track gt New 01 MIDI Audio View Region New with Rplicate Setting The New Tracks dialog box will appear Make sure Software Instrument is selected then click Create 02 New Tracks Number 1 multi timbral Type Audio Software Instrument C External MIDI output C Ascending Corm Open Library The new instrument track will be created On the left side of the screen you will see the channel strip for that channel including a fader pan knob and various insert slots Locate the blank slot just below the letters I O and above the output pair 03 Click there and a list of available instrument plug ins will appear Choose AU Instruments gt Native Instruments gt Kontakt 5 gt Stereo 04 rum Kits b cecoccoscococoscococococosocococococococ
17. d single notes across the range of the guitar s fretboard in order for the composer to create their own voicing or single note performances MAPPING CHORDS MAJOR LOW MAJOR HIGH MINOR LOW MINOR HIGH CHROMATIC Pitch Chords Since there are multiple locations on the guitar to play a specific chord Apollo provides both low and high iterations of both major and minor chords The keys represent a strummed chord which corresponds with the key you are triggering on the MIDI keyboard For example triggering the E2 key will trigger an E Major chord triggering the F2 key will trigger an F Major chord and so on and so forth Refer to the image above for mapping specifics Notes The notes mapping has been chromatically sampled representing the range of a guitar Beginning the open E and progressing chromatically up the neck of the guitar to a high D l Lu 09 D N e 4 H a lt I APOLLO CHAPTER 05 CONT D ADSR CHORDS SWELL SPEED 1 5k ms SUSTAIN RELEASE 4 500 0 ms 0 0 Db Swelling sound with a guitar requires the plucking or strum of a note or chord with the volume down then raising the volume slowly after creating a swell of volume The raising of volume is typically done with a volume pedal so in order to recreate the swell effect Vir2 utilized the attack of the ADSR to give
18. e different groups mapped on the keyboard the text in the tab above the fader and Pan Tune knobs changes MIDI SELECT allows for the automatic changing of text between groups GLOBAL FX when switched on allows for FX to be added to all groups Switching GLOBAL FX off will allow FX to be added solely to the selected group the group displayed in the tab to the right W Lu 4 Q Q Y I Lu APOLLO Apollo TECH SUPPORT ETC TECH SUPPORT Vir2 Instruments stands behind its products and is committed to helping you get the most out of using them Please check the Support area of the www vir2 com web site if you encounter any difficulties in using the product You may also e mail support vir2 com Before getting in touch with Vir2 Instruments regarding problems with the product make sure you are running the latest versions of the library engine and Service Center We are continuously updating and improving the product so it is possible that there are more recent updates available that were released after the physical manufacturing of your installation drive O THE FULL VERSION OF KONTAKT 5 Apollo ships with Kontakt 5 running in library mode meaning it is fully able to play back the Apollo library and access the parameters detailed in this manual Registered owners of Apollo are eligible for a special cross grade discount to the full version of Kontakt 5 which enables users to c
19. e modulating wave most notably heard when a rectangle wave is selected Apollo PADS N V m lt A e 4 H a lt I Output 1 1 v amp Yoices 768 Midi Ch 1 2 Memory FAN PAN Cy APOLLO QO ages REVERB x Zz Apollo offers the ability to load two separate pads each with individual controls in order give the user free reign to create a desired sound quickly and effectively Below is a breakdown of the unique Pad s controls APOLLO EEE EEE LENS Select to control Pan or Tune Pad Selector Previous Modulation Next Arrows On Off Button Envelope On Mute Solo a dukes Buttons Edit Modulation and Envelope Controls pan or tune depending on what is selected Pad Selector Click to open pad menu Select desired pad by double clicking Previous Next Arrows Cycles through selected pad within selected folder Modulation Button Click to enable Modulation Blue Off Yellow On Envelope Button Click to enable Envelope Blue Off Yellow e Mute Solo Buttons Mute or
20. er of MIDI tracks to be added if you know you will want to use more than one 02 A O Add Instrument Track Add 1 instrument track s assigned to Unassigned n m Add 1 MIDI track s for each instrument C Add new track s to new folder The Kontakt window will appear and MIDI track will be created transmitting to Kontakt s MIDI channel A 1 When it is record enabled it will send any incoming MIDI played on your controller into Kontakt At this point you can skip down in the instructions to the Getting Started With Apollo section below USING KONTAKT AS AN RTAS PLUG IN IN PRO TOOLS Users of Digidesign s Pro Tools M Powered LE or TDM can use Kontakt as an RTAS or AAX plug in These instructions have been prepared in Pro Tools 8 although Kontakt may also work in earlier versions if the computer meets the system requirements COC C PP EEE OEE Once the project is open go to the Track menu and choose New 03 Region Event New dN In the dialog box that appears choose the appropriate options such as the following create 1 new stereo Instrument
21. her explanation of Custom Pads functionality To engage LATCH mode click the LATCH switch to engage As the image above describes trigger a sample by pressing a key on the MIDI keyboard The light of the group triggered will illuminate Click the EDIT button of illuminated group to navigate to Mixer Page the specific key triggered will be illuminated by another light at the bottom of the respective channel Triggering another sample from that group will illuminate another channel so and so forth Reverse mix and pan each triggered sample Click BACK to return to Main Page Continue this procedure utilizing sounds from all 6 groups When desired ambient bed is achieved click the LATCH switch to disengage playback the FULL MIX keyswitch mapped to C7 will playback the ambient bed just created while in LATCH mode Simply hold down C7 for playback POPC Pe EEE ELSE EEE EEE Selecting Global Key Mapped from C6 B6 are keyswitches colored black Each keyswitch will change all samples to playback at desired key For example press C6 for all samples to play back in the key of C press C 6 for all samples to play back in the key of C pre
22. ltraLite Sync Port After launching the Kontakt application for the first time you will be Kontakt 4 Virtual input presented with a dialog box to set up your audio and MIDI settings Settings will vary for each user according to the specific setup but the important thing is to route the audio to a valid audio device and to set the buffer reasonably low for good latency performance We recommend 256 samples or less The lower the latency slider the less latency the split second APOLLO 2 mr lt USING KONTAKT AS VST PLUG IN IN CUBASE AND NUENDO Users of Steinberg s Cubase or Nuendo sequencers can use Kontakt as a VST plug in These instructions have been prepared in Cubase 5 although Kontakt may also work in earlier versions if the computer meets the system requirements Once the project is open go to the Devices menu and choose VST Instruments 01 yaaa Window 1 Help S Control Room Mixer Control Room Overview MIDI Device Manager MMC Master Mixer Mixer 2 Mixer 3 Plug in Information Remaining Record Time Display Time Display VST Connections VST Instruments When the VST Instruments window appears click in the first available slot in which no instrument is listed 02 A popup menu will appear choose Kontakt 5 An alert box will appear asking if you want to create a MIDI track assigned to the Kontakt 5 plug in Click Create 03 Do you want to create
23. oading with a smaller range of notes mapped on the Kontakt keyboard The PADS patch includes two pad engines for easy sound design Click the tab above each engine to load a pad from a desired folder Click the left and right arrows to cycle through pads in chosen folder Select MOD to engage LFO ENV is engaged by default with preset ADSR settings Click M or S to mute or solo pad By default Pan is selected Turning the knob will change the pan settings of the specific pad Clicking the Pan text will switch the control to TUNE which changes the function of the knob to affect the tune settings of the specific pad Click the EDIT button to reveal MOD and ENV controls Clicking BACK will bring back the main Pads control interface setting Additionally open the Preset Patches folder in the Apollo library for access to plug and play pads The INSTRUMENTS category consists of basic multi sampled instruments intended for simplified use Each instrument includes up to three velocity layers and five round robins for the creation of simple lead based phrases and arpeggiation WN LU Q 2 lt 09 x 2 a 4 w a lt APOLLO CHAPTER 10 CONT D The AMBIENT DESIGNER is a revolutionary approach to guitar based ambient sound design There are six basic groups Red Yellow Green Blue Cyan and White Each group has a set of sounds loaded which can be triggered by simply pressing
24. on O D SY REVERB lt SELECTED Before diving into this exciting new instrument there are a few basics to consider which are standard throughout Apollo Applied to all patches of Apollo is a Low Pass filter which can be engaged by moving the mod wheel or drawing in the Mod Wheel MIDI informaiton in your DAW On Off First off throughout Apollo you will notice that each tab or button has a specific color and that color will change based on its function The rule of thumb is Blue OFF Yalow ON White Selected APOLLO Inout No function Power Standby Switch Mutes the patch when in Standby position EQ Controls the EQ of entire patch Gain Controls volume of selected group Master Controls the master volume of patch FX SECTION Apollo includes eight premium FX to further the versatility of each patch Clicking on a specific effect will reveal that particular effect s controls to the right of the FX Pie To engage a desired effect simply select the desired effect and click the power icon at the bottom of the FX pie The power button will turn yellow to indicate that it is on In the image above Reverb 15 selected and its controls are displayed to the right Looking at the FX Pie you will notice that Compression is yellow that is because it is currently on All of the effects colored blue are off We are still looking at Reverb because it is white If you were to
25. osococosococococoosococococococcoosococosocococosocococosocococcoooococosococoocoooooocoooooooocoooooooooooooooooooo The Kontakt window will appear and a MIDI track will be created transmitting to Kontakt s MIDI channel A 1 When it is record enabled it will send any incoming MIDI played on your controller into Kontakt At this point you can skip down in the instructions to the Getting Started With Apollo section below USING KONTAKT IN GARAGEBAND Users of Apple s GarageBand can use Kontakt as an AudioUnit plug in These instructions have been prepared in GarageBand 5 which shipped with iLife O9 although Kontakt may also work in earlier versions if the computer meets the system requirements Once inside your GarageBand project go to the Track menu and choose New Track 05 im o Show Track Info 36 Software Instrument Real Instrument Show Arrange Track Show Master Track Show Podcast Track Show Movie Track New Track Delete Track icate Track r instrui For audio recordings such as voice rage guitar bass or any instrument thai New Basic Track MIDI or onscreen keyboard be captured by a microphone A window with three choices will appear Choose Software Instrument then click Choose 06 On the right side of the interface the Browse tab will be showing Switch to the Edit tab 07 The Sound Generator will default to Piano Click on Piano and a popup Menu will appear Choose
26. reate their own libraries import libraries in non Kontakt formats and access numerous deep editing features Visit www nativeinstruments com for details on the Kontakt cross grade eee LICENSE AGREEMENT The samples contained herein are licensed not sold to you the individual end user by Vir2 Instruments This non exclusive non transferable license is granted only to the individual end user who has purchased an unopened new and lawfully made copy of this product from a dealer or distributor authorized by Vir2 Instruments All samples remain the property of Vir2 Instruments and are licensed only for use in the creation of a live or POPS CCS recorded performance that includes the licensed samples as part of a derivative musical work created by the licensed end user This license expressly forbids resale rental loan gift or transfer of these samples in any format or via any medium except as part of a derivative musical work The samples may not be included whether unmodified or as part of a derivative work in any sample library product Any unlicensed usage will be prosecuted to the maximum extent po
27. ss D6 for all samples to play back in the key of D so on and so forth DAW Use Manually trigger samples by writing MIDI notes in the DAW s MIDI Editor or Piano Roll If one wants to have a sample mapped at G4 triggered simply draw MIDI note on Piano Roll at G4 Continue for all sounds Additionally one can utilize the memory of the FULL MIX keyswitch and simply write a MIDI note at C7 in the Piano Roll or press record in the DAW and hold down C7 for desired length This will playback the ambient bed designed while in LATCH mode N Lu Z 2 m Z faa lt gt e 4 H a lt I APOLLO CHAPTER 07 CONT D MIXER PAGE X Custom_Pads aa 4 gt Output st 1 X r Voices 2 100 Purge Vit Midi Ch A 1 X emory 0 67 GB i i Global FX GLOBAL FX INA Switch lt REVERB Reverse Button Individual Sample VOLUME VOLUME VOLUME VOLUME VOLUME VOLUME VOLUME VOLUME Channel Note Note Indicator Playback Letter Indicator Light I 4 2 oct gt Reverse Button Clicking this button reverses the associated sample Note Indicator Letter The letter at the bottom left of each channel indicates which key on the MIDI keyboard is being triggered Global FX Switch Enables the FX wheel to affect all groups as opposed to just the individual group selected Individual Sample Channel Each channel allows for panning
28. ssible under the law Eee CREDITS Produced by Vir2 Instruments Project Director Julian Cisneros Content Bobby Hartry Michael Elsner Shane Roberts Cullen West Julian Cisneros Editors Michael Boone Julian Cisneros Sound Design Steven Bolar Sam Estes Michael Hobe Julian Cisneros Script Alex Harper GUI Design Frank Flitton Additional Graphics Albert Grose Cover Design Albert Grose Manual Andrew Kosloske 2015 Vir2 Instruments All trademarks used are property of their respective owners Specifications subject to change
29. t browser on the left side of the Kontakt interface Just below Libraries click on Add Library A Locate Folder window will appear Navigate to the Apollo Library folder highlight it then click Choose Apollo should now appear in Kontakt s library browser NN LEE UPDATING After installation please make sure that you are fully updated to the most recent versions of the three components that make up the Apollo package the library which contains all the patch information and programming the engine which is powered by Kontakt and the authorizer Service Center It is possible that any of these components may have a more recent version than shipped in your physical package so you should check for updates to each of these three You can do this by visiting the vir2 com web site and checking the Support area AUTHORIZING After you ve completed installation Apollo will be working in demo mode meaning it will only work for 15 minutes at a time To fully authorize it launch Service Center found in the Applications folder on a Mac or the Program Files folder on Windows and follow its instructions You will be prompted to enter your e mail address and password that make up your Native Instruments account or will be given an option to create an account if you don t already have one Once inside the Service Center it will give you a list of all the Native Instruments and Nl powered products on yo
30. the user full control of the swell speed The attack knob was renamed Swell Speed When the Swell Speed knob is at 0 0 ms the user can hear the strum or pluck of a note Turn this knob clockwise to achieve desired swell speed The Decay Sustain and Release knobs serve their standard functions in an ADSR LFO RECTANGLE PHASE VOLUME TEMPO SYNC FREQ FADE IN PULSE W 0 0 5 0 Each Swells patch includes LFO for further modulation and sound design To turn on the LFO simply click the switch on the right hand side of the LFO edit area To select your desired sound wave click the text button shown as Rectangle above and a drop down menu will appear giving you the option to choose from either a Rectangle Sine Sawtooth or Triangle wave e Clicking the VOLUME PAN button will switch the LFO s modulation to control either volume or pan TEMPO SYNC syncs the frequency of the modulation with the host tempo of Kontakt or DAW FREQ affects the frequency of the modulation When in TEMPO SYNC mode yellow the FREQ knob automatically adjusts to the frequency which matches the host tempo of Kontakt or your DAW When not in TEMPO SYNC mode blue the user can freely turn the FREQ knob to achieve desired modulation FADE IN affects the fade in of the modulating wave PHASE affects the phase of the modulating wave PULSE W affects the pulse width of th
31. to blend sounds together and create the exact guitar based Pad you are looking for TYPE PREDELAY SIZE LOWPASS HIGHPASS DRY WET BIG AMBIANCE i e VE VW W Clicking the EDIT button on one of the Pads engines will direct you to controls which affect the specific pad that the EDIT button is located under Like SWELLS each pad engine allows control over the ADSR and LFO The image below displays the Pads edit controls _ _ VOLUME TEMPO SYNC FREQ FADEIN PHASE PULSEW APOLLO Clicking the blue BACK button returns you to the main controls of the Pads Apollo AMBIENT DESIGNER N Dutput st 1 Voices O Mas 768 Midi Ch 1 Memory POWER L MID H MID TREBLE e STANDBY Z Lu Z Y m e Z faa lt gt e 4 p a lt I TRANSIENT MASTER OO CU TRANSIENT MASTER APOLLO INPUT ATTACK SUSTAIN OUTPUT LIMITER 50 7 0 Hz 0 0 5 0 TE LOFI MOD TAPE NOISE BOW TURNTABLE FX AMB LOOPS 01 AIR 09 a 3 DIT i Dr TO OUTPUT OUTPUT OUTPUT OUTPUT BASIC USE The AMBIENT DESIGNER is a revolutionary approach to guitar based ambient sound design There are six basic groups Red Yellow Green Blue Cyan and White Each group has a set of sounds loaded which can be triggered by simply pressing a note on the keyboard Click the LATCH
32. two separate steps the installation of the Kontakt engine and the installation of the Apollo library In the Apollo folder you will see the installers for Kontakt 5 and the Apollo library folder Move the Apollo library folder to any location on your hard drive then run the Kontakt 5 installer The Kontakt installer will install the Kontakt Player engine its standalone application all of its plug in versions and the Service Center authorizer program We recommend the Easy Install and that the install locations for each component are left at their default settings The Apollo library is approximately 13GB size and can be installed on any available hard drive For speed reasons we recommend it be installed on internal or eSATA drives A Firewire drive is also acceptable An external USB drive may give somewhat less optimized performance We also recommend 7200rpm drives SSDs regardless of the interface used Once Kontakt is installed launch the standalone application or open it as POPC Pe LETS an instrument plug in from within your preferred host application Click the Libraries tab from the Kontak
33. ue pads allowing for the creation of thousands of unique guitar based pads The Ambient Designer category delivers an experimental approach to sound design by engineering various tonal and non tonal sounds to create custom guitar based atmospheres It utilizes various noises and sounds made solely with the guitar including guitar olucks phrases violin bow on strings fingers sliding on strings white noise amp buzz and much much more Each of these sounds can be combined mixed and to create the perfect atmosphere for compositions across all genres O W gt 4 lt 4 o LU T Z gt m O 4 kK Z gt 4 H a lt I APOLLO CHAPTER 01 CONT D The Phrase Builder category places common and not so common phrase options at the user s fingertips Particularly for use in film and television simple ohrases underscore much of what is seen Working with top television guitarists Vir2 created an unparalleled approach to using pre recorded phrases which gives the user the option of combining these ohrases to build their own performance 3 The Instrument category is a simple approach to give the user the ability to create simple performances on the fly with various instruments The instruments included are Acoustic Guitar Acoustic Guitar Harmonics Electric Guitar Harmonics Bass Electric Guitar and Sitar
34. ur hard drive and give you the option to activate them You are allowed to install and use Apollo on up to two computers simultaneously Service Center will guide you through the process for either online Cinstant activation or offline activation if the computer on which you installed Apollo does not have direct access to the internet CHAPTER 05 07 between the physical playing of the note and the sound coming out of po O Kontakt will be but the harder the computer will have to work Typical U S N G useful values range between 128 and 256 however very fast computers may be able to handle lower values while very slow computers may need higher KO N TA KT values 01 The MIDI page of the Options dialog box must be configured in order to let Kontakt know which MIDI device s to respond to Kontakt will resoond to up to four MIDI input ports A B C and D so we recommend you switch MIDI source to Port A as shown in the graphic below 02 x lt Z x WY gt M e 4 ps a lt I HOW ACCESS THE Apollo LIBRARY FROM KONTAKT More detailed information on the setup options can be found in the accompanying Kontakt manual Apollo ships as a Kontakt powered library and Apollo is opened from within Kontakt which can be run either as a standalone application or as a plug in Once you have completed Kontakt setup jump ahead to the Getting hosted by any
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