1 SOUNDIR ON GRANNY PIANO
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1. especially loud sounds that contain strong mid to low frequency harmonic components SOUNDIRON 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 highly recommend that you have a 64 bit operating system Windows or OSX with at least 4GB of system ram a quad core cpu and a 7200 rpm SATA hard disk or better before purchasing this particular Soundiron library Large sample sets like those found in this library may load slowly and may cause system instability on older machines Download amp Installation We provide the Continuata Download Manager to offer high speed reliable and fully automated library downloading and installation Download and run the latest version for your OS PC or Mac before proceeding You may also need to add special permissions to your security software for the downloader if it blocks applications from accessing the web Next copy paste your download code from your download email into the Code box in the downloader window Make sure to leave out any spaces before or after the code Press the download button and select the location you d like to download and install the library It will automatically start downloading the file s and then error check extract and install the finished library Once installation is fully complete you can remove the rar download files and store the2. UBERPEGGIATOR CONTROLS Page 7 LFO amp FILTER CONTROLS Page 8 CONVOLUTION REVERB CONTROLS Page 9 SUSTAINS amp LEGATO CONTROLS Pages 10 Instrument Descriptions MASTER PRESETS Pages Info LICENSE AGREEMENT Page 12 THANK YOU Page 13 UI Design Artwork amp Photography by Constructive Stumblings Mike Peaslee amp Chris Marshall www soundiron com SOUNDIRON ABOUT THIS LIBRARY Fidelity This library was recorded in stereo at 44kHz 6bit with some content recorded on location so you ll hear environmental coloration and tone as well as a few background impurities in some samples We feel these subtle natural imperfections add life and character to the sound Therefore please keep in mind that this library isn t designed to provide perfectly quiet or sterile samples Format Accessibility All of the sample content and impulse files are included as standard non encrypted PCM wav files and standard open format Kontakt presets to allow you easy access to manipulate reprogram and customize the sounds however you prefer We know that it s important for many users to be able to go beyond the limitations of any one sampler or preset structure so we ve kept this library s directories and files open for advanced 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 content with anyone who hasn t pai
3. a wide variety of soundtracks trailers commercials and records But we felt that this old girl deserved a little freshening up so we upgraded her from top to bottom to provide a complete user interface experience with endless creative possibilities in easy reach For this brand new 2 0 version of our Granny Piano we ve tweaked the mapping and layering to make it feel more responsive and natural combined the Tuned and Untuned versions into a single preset with an easy Tuning mode switch and implemented our proprietary voice management technology to minimize noise floor build up while maintaining performance We ve also incorporated a full range of user controls to allow total sonic shaping and fine control over every detail of the sound You now have the power to shape note Attack and sample Offset to create gentle ghostly pad like sounds from even the harshest impacts The Release control allows you to tighten the sound Our powerful Uberpeggiator allows complex adaptive arpeggiations and you ll find tempo syncing resonant filter and volume LFOs build into nearly every preset We ve also included a parametric EQ and convolution reverb with over 50 room and FX impulses to choose from instantly And finally the brand new Geriatrocities atmospheric sustains preset includes 12 custom ambiencies that can be blended and shaped freely including the ability to play with polyphonic legato and custom blend two unique layers at a time Give this
4. knob controls the Arpeggiator mode Choosing Off disables the Arp system entirely e On sets it to respond only while a note is pressed cycling through all held notes as it arpeggiates e Hold sets it to automatically sustain one note at a time monophonic so that changing keys changes the note that is repeating e Hold sets it to allow new notes to be added to the automated chain of repeats Hits and Hit Knobs Sets the number of repeats of each note BEFORE moving on to the next note in the arp sequence and Hit sets the intensity fall off rate for each repeat before resetting for the next note Repeat Setting This sets the direction of the up or down repeats Rhythm This sets the speed of arpeggiation as measured in musical time ranging from whole bars to 28th notes Fast settings can yield interesting results but keep in mind that the faster the speed the more voices you use RESET AS PLAYED STEPS ib Cry Mode v Rhythm CY Swing Off 1 8 0 Cry Hits Cy Hit 35 Duration i 100 100 D Repeat Pitch Note Order None ers Up PREE Scale gt Key HIGHER Major C Pitch Sets the pitch up or down in quarter tone intervals for each repeat AFTER the initial note is pressed and it remains in a pseudo legato state as long as any key is held down Changing this setting in real time allows extreme glitch and stair step effects and can self generate strange grooves and beats based
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6. with a range 300 cents 3 semitones Tuned Button This button toggles Tuned and Untuned mode In Tuned mode samples have been hand adjusted to be as close to tuned as possible Untuned mode features Granny in all her cranky glory SOUNDIRON EQ Controls The EQ tab contains three separate sweepable equalizer bands featuring an adjustable frequency knob for the Mid control This special panel can be found in all of the instrument presets EQ3 On Off This button enables disables the 3 band Parametric EQ Low Gain This knob sets the amount of gain for the bass frequency band Low Gain 0 00 dB Mid Fra 335 5Hz 0 00dB Mid Gain This knob sets the amount of gain for the mid band Mid Frq This sets the center frequency for the sweepable mid band 0 00 dB High Gain This knob sets the amount of gain for the treble frequency band SOUNDIRON Uberpeggiator Controls Granny Piano features a flexible custom arpeggiator system to expand the instant creative potential of some of the presets It includes automatable performance controls that shape all aspects of the arpeggiator When used normally pressing a key causes the note to self repeat as long as a key is held down If additional notes are played it adds them to the sequence of repeats in various ways depending on the settings you choose and can be used to produce complex melodic chains plucking patterns and other effects Mode This
7. SOUNDIRON SS N N SOUNDIRON Welcome to The OP Busted Granny Piano This instrument is pretty special to us though it doesn t sound all that fancy Actually it sounds pretty damn rough around the edges but that s just the way we like her Sure there are plenty of other great piano libraries out there with their gleaming chrome and pristine strings but none of them ever captured the authentic beauty of a cheap dusty beat up rusting long untuned upright piano This is the kind of old heap your grandma had in her living room This particular instrument has been in Soundiron co founder Chris Marshall s family for many years We don t know the brand or model off hand but she looked to be about 70 years old and rather well worn the last time we saw her Her tone is watery and faded There are a number of broken and dissonant strings especially in the upper register The wood is pitted faded and banged up and the ivory is missing from a number of keys Every key lands with a loud wobbly wooden thud and and lifted with a hollow rattle as soon as you lift your finger again Sometimes she seems creak and groan in the middle of the night for no reason at all really Clearly the years have not been kind to her looks or her voice but her soul truly has aged like a fine wine Originally recorded by Mike Peaslee in 2006 and released under the Tonehammer brand in 2008 this library has become an industry classic finding its way into
8. akt s current internal tempo which can also be controlled by your host sequencer Please be aware that if an LFO is in Synch Mode you may hear clicking or popping if you change its time signature Rate value knob while any notes are still currently playing This is due to functional limitations within Kontakt s internal scripting engine and LFO synching system If you wish to change the speed of the LFO in real time while notes are playing we recommend using Free mode IN AAA aa Y l i V D NY A A LN Al IN E VY Nus f SOUNDIRON Convolution Reverb Controls We ve incorporated our custom convolution impulses into each instrument preset with full control over all available convolution effect parameters Reverb Custom OF 3 0 db w 3 0 db WHouse Y 1 00 0 vie NE AN y 20 0k Hz Convolution On Off This button enables disables the convolution reverb effect Custom On Off Turning this button On allows for custom impulse loading It bypasses the ability to load any of our provided impulses so users can save custom presets with custom impulses Dry Sets the amount of dry gain that is passed through the effect Wet Sets the amount of wet gain that is passed through the effect Size Sets the simulated room size of the convolution Low Pass Sets the low frequency cut off of the impulse response allowin
9. atrocities nki Ambience preset featuring a dozen soundscapes and sustaining content derived from the source material This preset is mapped from C 2 G8 FX Granny Piano Busted and Buried nki Only the sounds of broken keys and other sound FX For a totally non functional piano experience A C7 Granny Piano Buzzted nki A broken piano with some buzz and fancy reverb added This preset is mapped from A I C7 Granny Piano Invert o Phone nki Inverted piano samples with reverb create a neat swelling pad preset This preset is mapped from A I C7 Granny Piano Deep Hall nki Granny Piano in a huge hall This preset is mapped from A I C7 Granny Piano Grammyphone nki Granny Piano sounding like she is being played back on a gramophone This preset is mapped from A I C7 Granny Piano Plastered nki Granny got into the liquor cabinet This is the result This preset is mapped from A I C7 Granny Piano Splitzville nki An atmospheric ambient pad like sound This preset is mapped from A I C7 Granny Piano Grammyphone nki Back in the 70s Granny starred in some science fiction B movies This preset is mapped from A I C7 cS SOUNDIRON SOUNDIRON SOFTWARE LICENSING AGREEMENT LICENSE AGREEMENT By installing the product you accept the following product license agreement LICENSE GRANT The license for this product is granted only to a single individual user No unlicensed use is pe
10. d for it Keep in mind that to use and or edit the Kontakt presets you ll need the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt 4 2 4 K4 or Kontakt 5 0 3 K5 or later Please be aware that the free Kontakt Player and any other version or form of Kontakt that came bundled with any other library or software product other than NI s Komplete package will not support this library The free Kontakt Player is NOT a full version of Kontakt and cannot load or play standard open format Kontakt instruments or libraries Please read all instrument specs and software requirements before purchasing this or any other Soundiron products to see the full list of software requirements features and format compatibility for each library While you can reprogram the samples or presets to other formats we always recommend using Kontakt for best results since it widely considered the industry standard and easily the most powerful sample programming and playback platform on the market However if you wish to convert or reprogram the wav files and instrument presets into any other sampler or softsynth format be aware that not all settings and properties will translate accurately reliably or even at all from one instrument or audio format to the next due to vast differences in standards behaviors structures and capabilities that each platform relies on Custom Convolution Impulses We enjoy capturing the unique acoustic characteris
11. ed to re install the library manually for any reason 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 extraction 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 or Database tabs in the Kontakt Browser or through the main File load save menu Please allow presets 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 propriety browser view The Add Library function does not support this product or any other open format Kontakt library This library doesn t require any special activation PE Ms SSNs SOUNDIRON Main Front Panel Controls This instrument has a variety of special front panel performance controls that allow deep real time performance customization Not all instrument presets include all controls listed below Included controls depend on the specific features suitable for each preset some may also use alternate CC mappings You can see each control s assignment by clicking on each UI control to display the hint text in the Info bar at the bottom of Kontak
12. g you to dull and darken the sound 20 0 Hz 0 00 ms High Pass Sets the high frequency cut off of the impulse response allowing you to remove rumble and low end Delay Sets the amount of pre delay time before the wet signal is returned Impulse menus These menus allow you to select from a wide variety of custom convolution reverb impulses that we ve personally captured or created for you separated into experimental FX impulses and simulated real world spaces Effects 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 Spaces This menu allows you to select one of our real world environmental convolutions Selecting an impulse from this menu overrides and unloads any currently loaded impulse from the Effects menu SOUNDIRON GRANNY PIANO Geriatrocities Controls Sustains presets contain most of the standard sound shaping controls as normal presets but also offer some different functionality In place of the Uberpeggiator these patches contain a Legato tab Low This dropdown selects the active ambience for the Low f Low High layer Geriat6 Geriat9 High A Octave A Blend This dropdown selects the active ambience for the High 0 64 layer Octave This knob replaces the microtuning for an Octave Granny Dana stepper Blend This knob blends between the Low and High layers al
13. gree to destroy all copies and contents of the product at your own expense All past and future versions of this product including those released through brands other than Soundiron are covered under the terms of this agreement VIOLATION Soundiron reserves the right to prosecute piracy and defend this copyrighted creation to the fullest extent of civil and criminal law but we keep our prices fair our samples and programming accessible whenever possible and avoid cumbersome DRM registration and activation procedures whenever possible to provide you as much creative freedom and the best user experience possible If you enjoy our instruments and care about the very hard work that went into this labor of love then we know you won t ever pirate or distribute this instrument unlawfully co SOUNDIRON THANK YOU Thanks for purchasing the Soundiron Granny Piano If you enjoy this creation we hope you ll also consider checking out some of our other premium virtual instrument libraries If you have any questions troubles concerns comments love letters or hate mail feel absolutely free to send it on over to us info soundiron com much obliged Chris Gregg and Mike www soundiron com mm SOUNDIRON All programming scripting samples images and text Soundiron 2011 2012 All Rights Reserved
14. lowing users to morph between any two ambiences Legato XFade This knob controls the amount of crossfade between samples during legato transitions Polyphony This knob controls the available number of separate legato positions Using this allows for up to three separate legato melodies to be played simultaneously Range This knob controls the interval range within which a legato transition will occur When used with Polyphony any legato transition played grater than this setting will trigger another legato position Speed In Sustains presets the Speed knob controls the speed of the pseudo legato pitch bend when it is enabled When turned all the way down the bend is slow turned all the way up the bend is fast Bending On Off This button toggles on off simulated pitch bending during legato transitions Legato On Off This button toggles legato mode on off SOUNDIRON INSTRUMENT PROGRAMS The instrument presets are Granny Piano Master nki All in one Tuned and Untuned preset This preset is mapped from A I C7 Granny Piano Lite nki Lite version of the above preset Requires less RAM at the cost of realism and sample start offset range This preset is mapped from A I C7 Granny Piano Soft nki A softer more emotional version of Granny This preset is mapped from A I C7 Granny Piano Bright nki Granny piano with a brighter punch This preset is mapped from A I C7 Geri
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16. old girl another whirl she s waiting for it s SOUNDIRON GRANNY PIANO SOUNDIRON GRANNY PIANO OVERVIEW 13 open format Kontakt instruments 719 Samples 4 GB Installed 24bit 44 1kHz stereo PCM wav samples non encrypted Powerful custom performance and FX control interface Bonus collection of ambiences and atmospheres Note e The full version of Kontakt 4 2 4 or later is required for all nki presets in this library e All Samples are included as standard pcm wav files that can be directly imported into most audio software e This is a standard Kontakt open format library so the free Kontakt Player does not natively support this product beyond of a limited 5 minute demo period You can upgrade to the full retail version of Kontakt to remove that limitation The proprietary Libraries view tab in Kontakt also does not support this format Please make sure you use the File Database Quickload menus for standard format preset browsing and loading CREDITS Production Recording amp Editing Mike Peaslee Programming by Mike Peaslee Chris Marshall amp Gregg Stephens Scripting amp Systems Design by Chris Marshall TABLE OF CONTENTS General INTRODUCTION Page OVERVIEW amp CREDITS Page 2 Technical FIDELITY ACOUSTICS FORMAT amp CONVOLUTION page 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOWNLOAD amp INSTALLATION Page 4 User Interface MAIN FRONT PANEL CONTROLS Page 5 EQ CONTROLS Page 6
17. on the combination of notes you hold Note Order Menu This drop down menu allows you to select any number of simple or complex cycle patterns that the arpeggiation will follow as it plays through the sequence of notes you have triggered Choosing As Played will cause it to follow the original order you played the notes in with the newest note always added to the end of the chain Swing This sets the amount of rhythmic offset swing between notes Values below zero cause the notes to play ahead of the beat Values above zero cause the notes to play after the beat Duration This knob allows the user to fine tune the length of each note Using this one can shorten the note to staccato like pulses or extend them beyond the normal beat length Key Selector Knob Binds the arpeggiation scale you ve chosen to a specific key Scale Selector Control binds the arpeggiation sequence to a specific scale that you can choose by turning the knob Free Constrain Button Limits and adjusts any new note to the currently selected scale and key Velocity Graph Sequencer This graph allows you to draw the velocities that you want each step in your arpeggiation sequence to play at Reset This button resets all steps in the graph to a default value of O blank Steps This setting determines the number of sequencer steps 2 32 that can be set with the velocity graph step sequencer As Played Table This activates
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19. t These controls are included in most presets and control basic sound shaping parameters HESET AS PLAYED 9 Ome e Hits 5 T Granny Piano REE HIGHER osos O Hit Tune 400 TUNED Pitch 0QT Major Attack CC 74 This knob controls the sharpness of attack Increasing the value causes the sound to attack more softly Offset CC9I This controls the amount of sample start offset allowing you to jump ahead into samples to change the sound Release CC93 This controls the release time of the main note samples Lower settings cause the sound to be damped and cut off while higher settings allow notes to blend together Rel Vol CC92 This knob controls the volume of the piano s release samples only Tab Area Button Bar Controls EQ Uberpeggiator LFO and ReverbThese buttons change which controls are displayed on the lower right panel of the Ul allowing one to control the various parameters of each effect See more detailed descriptions of these controls later in this document Scale STEPS 16 a Duration pamass v 4 Note Order Up Key Ped Vol This knob controls the volume of the the Sustain Pedal sound effect that plays when a midi sustain pedal CC64 is used Stereo This knob controls the stereo modeler effect with the max value being fully stereo and the minimum value being mono Tune This knob controls the pitch of sample playback in cents
20. the Graph When active the arpeggiation follows the velocities that you ve drawn on the graph from left to right When it is bypassed each note is played at the velocity that it was originally played at SOUNDIRON GRANNY PIANO LFO Filter Tab The LFO tab contains controls for the integrated LFO s for Volume and Filter These allow you to create subtle or extreme tremolo and filter sweeping effects Note that when the Filter LFO is on the control for Cutoff is disabled and grayed out O toff ry Reso 63 r Sr mes A Rate OFF OFF TREMOLO e Rate 0 0 01 Hz Filter On Off Switch This button enables disables the Lowpass Filter effect Cutoff This knob sets the filter cut off frequency Resonance This knob sets the amount of filter resonance LFO On Off Switch This button enables disables the LFO for the Lowpass Filter effect Free Synch Mode Switch This allows you to switch between freely adjustable LFO speed control and tempo synching mode If you toggle between these modes in real time each mode will remember the last selected value you set for that mode Intensity This controls the depth of the LFO Turning this know all the way down to the left will turn off the LFO completely Rate This controls the speed of the LFO In free mode it is smoothly sweepable in real time and displays the current speed in Hertz Hz In Synch Mode it displays standard time signature divisions relative to Kont
21. tics of spaces and locations that we come across from time to time Sampling environments is similar to sampling instruments in many ways It s done with portable loudspeakers to produce a special sine wave sweep that covers a wide spectrum from 22 Hz to 22 kHz We then use dedicated deconvolution software to decode the resulting audio into an impulse response file which is a wav file with special phase frequency and timing information embedded in the audio Most impulses sound like an odd sort of sharp snap like a balloon pop or starting pistol fired in the environment that was captured which is is in fact how impulses used to be made When loaded into custom Reverb loading interface in this library s custom UI these impulses impart their sonic properties fairly well onto the sound of the piano However it all depends on the sound the impulse the plugin and the settings used You may find some unexpectedly useful and interesting results through a little experimentation We ve included a hand selected collection of impulse files that we think compliment this library s sound You can load them into most instrument presets by using the Convolution control panel tab and selecting an impulse from the Impulse drop down menu Just please just make sure to keep your speakers or headphones turned down while you experiment Convolution processing can often create powerful and piercing resonances when applied to many audio sources
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