replika sound guitar library : chorus guitar feature guide
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1. It is useful to use the pitch bend wheel to simulate a player bending up a string i e pitching up the string with his or her fingers This is a common guitar technique often used in solos Small variations in pitch wheel position can be used to simulate vibrato However this instrument includes a Vibrato Key The note C1 on the keyboard when pressed will raise the pitch of a played note thereby allowing the user to play in vibrato every time you press C1 the pitch will go up every time you let go the pitch will drop back down This can be used to punch in quick vibrato completely freely The amount of pitch bend increases with C1 note velocity i e hard key presses will result in more pitch bend MIDI CONTROL Each dial switch on the main Play interface can be controlled by external MIDI controllers in fact this is recommended as a more intuitive way of using this instrument Here is the list of parameters and their corresponding MID channels and ranges CONTROL MIDI CHANNEL RANGE Strum Speed 16 0 127 Release 17 0 127 Stereo Width 19 O 127 Tremelo Speed 18 0 127 Bar Chord On Off 86 Off lt 64 On gt 64 Open Chord On Off 87 Off lt 64 On gt 64 Power Chord On Off 88 Off lt 64 On gt 64 Strum Direction 89 Strum Down Off lt 64 Strum Upwards On gt 64 Tremelo On Off 90 Off lt 64 On gt 64 CONTEXTUAL HELP Clicking on Kontakt s Info button will reveal an Information Bar at the bottom o2. RSGLOS Chorus Guitar Finger S Lune Output st 1 VY O Mos 32 0 00 vi Midi Ch A 1 M J 284 67 MB Minor 7th AEGCE OPEN POWER DIRECTION TREMELO PICK WEK STRUM SPEED RELEASE WIDTH TREMELO SPEED II TT S22 BUT Play Effects Pitch Mod AMIATA ARTICULATION KEY SWITCHES These are on the left of the Kontakt keyboard in Red Legato Non Vibrato Marcato Staccato Hammer On Pull Off Slide Up into Note co Random Robin in 5 3 for Lite version C 0 Random Robin in 5 3 for Lite version DO Random Robin in 5 3 for Lite version D 0 Random Robin in 2 1 for Lite version EO Random Robin in 2 1 for Lite version FO 1 Group Slide Down after Note FHO 1 Group Fret Noise Harmonics Natural Sul Ponticello SFX Percussive GO 1 Group G O Random Robin in 3 1 for Lite version AO Random Robin in 3 1 for Lite version A 0 1 Group ARTICULATION DESCRIPTIONS Legato Non Vibrato Marcato Staccato Hammer On Pull Off Slide Up Slide Down Fret Noise Harmonics Natural Sul Ponticello SFX Percussive Long sustained notes with no vibrato Short notes Marked attack Longer than Staccato Short notes with sharp attack Note played by placing finger on the fret board It is not plucked picked Note played by pulling the fretting finger away from the fret board It is not plucked picked Sliding up the fret board into the note The volume of the Slide
3. to the velocity of each note played The library comes with two versions of the instrument Fingered and Picked IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTS Please note this instrument will NOT work on the free Kontakt 5 Player It will time out after 10 minutes You need to have a FULL version of Kontakt to use this instrument MIDI REQUIREMENTS In order to get the best out of this instrument you will need some sort of external MIDI control device There are 4 dials and 5 switches on the player interface all of which respond to MIDI commands You can draw this information as required in your DAW but being able to play the MIDI control information in real time will bring out the best in this instrument LIBRARY SIZE The library contains 8230 samples and takes up 2 41 GB on the Hard disk The Kontakt instrument loads 281 99 MB into the RAM for the full Fingered Guitar and 270 36 MB for the full Picked Guitar There are Lite instruments included that use less RAM only 172 58 MB for the Fingered Guitar and 161 28 MB for the Picked Guitar PACK CONTENTS Samples Various Articulations 5 x Kontakt 5 Instruments 2 Full Instruments Version 5 1 2 Lite RAM Saving Versions and a Fret Noise Only Instrument This User Manual MAIN INTERFACE Note All the MIDI note names used refer to C3 as middle C This means C3 is the MIDI note number 60 The Instrument Range is from D1 to E5 Kontakt 5 RSGLOS Chorus Guiti M Ch All A KONTAKT
4. REPLIKA SOUND GUITAR LIBRARY CHORUS GUITAR FEATURE GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Important Requirements MIDI Requirements Pack Contents Main Interface Articulation Key Switches Articulation Descriptions Chord and Strumming Controls Chord Switches Strum Control Release Control Strum Direction Switch Stereo Width Control Tremelo Function Vibrato Key MIDI Control Contextual Help Use of the Slide Down Key Key Switch F 0 Chord List Bar Chords Open Chords Effects Units EQ Compressor Delay Reverb License Agreement Contact nu NDAD A 10 11 12 13 14 14 INTRODUCTION This virtual instrument is a made by combining two steel string guitars It can provide a beautiful resonant wide stereo sound or a shimmering mono tone No synthetic Chorus or Stereo Width Effects are used it is all naturally achieved It features true Random Robin note alternation in 5 key switched articulations a special Chord mode complete with strum speed control direction and a choice of Bar chords Open chords or Power chords There is also a Tremelo Picking feature with speed control a Vibrato Key to provide a quick way of playing in vibrato on any articulation and a bank of 4 effects units EQ Compression Delay and Reverb All Play functions are fully controllable via MIDI This instrument makes use of in built Brightness Filters and Dynamic Envelopes which automatically respond
5. They are most often used in rock music styles and suit lots of heavy distortion STRUM CONTROL This dial will control how fast each chord is strummed Turn clockwise for faster strumming anti clockwise to slow down the strum speed RELEASE CONTROL This dial will change the overall release of each note in the instrument It is designed to help blend chords together when fast strumming is played programmed STRUM DIRECTION SWITCH Use this switch to change the direction of strummed chords The switch will display the current direction of strumming 6 STEREO WIDTH CONTROL This dial allows control over the stereo width of the guitar It acts by changing the panning of the Left and Right groups within the instrument Click and turn fully left gives a Mono sound fully right is full wide Stereo TREMELO FUNCTION This function allows any note in any articulation to be played in a fast picked repeated style Each note is selected using the Random Robin technique so each note in the tremelo picked sequence will be different thus avoiding the machine gun effect Turning the Speed dial by clicking on it and dragging will change the speed of the tremelo picking This feature is primarily designed for Legato Marcato or Staccato articulations but can provide some interesting sounds when applied to other articulations like the SFX especially when combined with the effects units available for this instrument VIBRATO KEY
6. Up sample is controlled by the velocity of the Slide Up Key Switch i e Press FO harder for louder Slide Up samples Sliding down the fret board after the note has been played The volume of the Slide Down sample is controlled by the velocity of the Slide Down Key Switch i e Press F 0 harder for louder Slide Down samples Squeaks and scrapes made by the natural movement of the fretting hand around the fret board Fast hand movements tend to make louder fret noises Harmonics played by placing the fretting finger at various nodes on the string Each note is not actually fretted Chromatic Harmonics are provided here Only possible on a real guitar with some clever technique Notes are plucked near the bridge giving a thinner nasal sound Percussive hits knocks and thumps CHORD AND STRUMMING CONTROLS CHORD SWITCHES RSGL 04 features a unique Chord Mode This is enabled by clicking on any of the chord switches marked Bar Open and Power all of which respond to MIDI commands See MIDI COMMANDS For both Bar Chords and Open Chords a section of the keyboard on the right above the highest note of the instrument will turn yellow to indicate the range of chords available Each note will select a different chord the name of which will be displayed in the Chord Name Window along with the notes which make up the chord you are playing To play a chord simply click on one of the Chord Mode switches select a chord and play its root note on t
7. f the player Information including MIDI CC numbers can be displayed for each Dial Switch on the GUI by hovering the mouse across each control USE OF THE SLIDE DOWN KEY KEY SWITCH F 0 This key switch behaves differently than the others Pressing this key switch will cut off any existing note s and play a sample at the preceding note s pitch of the note being slid downward in pitch This sound is commonly heard at the end of songs or during solos where the player slides his her hand down the fret board in between notes or to finish off a chord CHORD LIST BAR CHORDS CHORD Major Minor 7th Major 7 Minor 7 Suspended 2nd Suspended 4th 7th Suspended 4th 6th Minor 6 6 Add 9 9th Major 9 Minor 9 Add 9 11th Major 11 Minor 11 13th Major 13 Minor 13 13 Flat 9 Diminished Diminished 7th Augmented 7 Sharp 9 7 Flat 9 Major minor 7th Major 7 flat 5 Major 7 Sharp 5 Number of Strings Used 6 UMAAANDUMNMNHUNAAVADUNAAAIHAKHAAAUAA KHUGCNMAVANHNAVNAAA VN A Key switch Note F5 F 5 G5 G 5 A5 A 5 B5 C6 CH6 D6 D 6 E6 F6 F 6 G6 G 6 A6 A 6 B6 C7 CH7 D7 DH7 E7 F7 FH7 G7 G 7 A7 A 7 OPEN CHORDS CHORD Major Minor 7th Major 7 Minor 7 Suspended 2nd Key switch Note F5 F 5 G5 G 5 A5 A 5 25 Common Open Chords are featured in this Virtual Instrument Root Note vrOnmOoOn Major Y lt lt lt lt x Minor Y Y Y 7th lt lt lt
8. he keyboard Each note of each chord played is selected using a true Random Robin algorithm For example in a 5 note A Major chord played in the Legato articulation 1 of 5 possible notes is selected for the A1 note 1 of 5 possible notes is selected for the next note E2 1 of 5 possible notes is selected for the next note A2 and so on This leads to a much more human feel as each repeated strummed chord sounds different from those around it Bar chords are made when the guitar player uses his her index finger to act as a bar across the fret board These chords are the most flexible as many common shapes work up and down the entire range of the instrument In total there are 30 Bar chord types available They are listed together with their corresponding piano keynote in the CHORDS LIST Open chords are named as such because they contain lots of unfretted strings and therefore have a more open and resonant sound They generally work in only one position around the lowest frets of the guitar and not all root notes have the same types of chords available to them The 25 most common Open chords are featured in this instrument again listed in the CHORDS LIST If a particular note does not have an Open chord associated with it only the note you have played will sound i e only a single note will sound not a chord Power chords are 3 note chords made up of the root note i e the key you play a Fifth above and an Octave above
9. lay between the dry signal and the reverb effect in milli seconds Range is 0 1ms to 200ms Hi Pass Adjusts the cutoff frequency below which the signals frequency content will be attenuated Range is from 50Hz to 2KHz Low Pass Adjusts the cutoff frequency above which the signals frequency content will be attenu ated Range is from 2KHz to 20KHz 13 LICENSE AGREEMENT Replika Sound Guitar Libraries are under Royalty Free non exclusive license It means that you can use the contents as part of your commercial and non commercial music compositions for CD DVD Video Movies TV Games Websites Presentations etc without payment or any further fees This license is personal and non transferable The products you have purchased are non exclusively licensed not sold to you You can NOT resell entire or separate elements of these packs as your own or as part of any other sample library or software hardware Any unlicensed usage will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law CONTACT For further information news and other libraries please visit www replikasound co uk Replika Sound 2013 14
10. lt lt lt 10 Major 7th Minor 7 Sus 2 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y EFFECTS UNITS Kontakt 5 RSGLOS Chorus Guit M Ch All KONTAKT gt W RSGLOS Chorus Guitar Pick gt Tune al Output st 1 O Mas 32 Purge 7 0 00 vi Midi Ch A 1 ru 272 94 MB mu bi ND Feedback HF Damping Pre Delay Hi Pass Low Pass Plate Play Effects Pitch Mod AMI This instrument makes use of Kontakt s built in effects These have been tailored and arranged spe cifically for the instrument They are chained linearly in this order i e one feeds into the next EQ Compression Delay Reverb Simply click on the left hand switch of each unit to engage the effect A Red LED indicates the unit is On Use CTRL PC or CMD MAC click to reset each effect parameter back to its zero state 11 EQ 4 Band Equalization comprised of 2 shelves and 2 bell EQs Low Shelf EQ Set at 283Hz Low Mid Bell EQ Set at 500Hz with a broad Q of 1 6 High Mid Bell EQ Set at 3 4KHz with a broad Q of 2 0 High Shelf EQ Set at 5 5KHz All markings on the unit are in dB Range is from 12dB to 12dB COMPRESSOR A 4 1 ratio compressor Threshold 16dB to 20dB Attack Attack time in milliseconds Range is from 0 1ms to 30ms Release Release time in milliseconds Range is from 100ms to 1600ms Turning the dial fully clock wise i e fullv to the right will set the release time to Auto follows the musical prog
11. ramme Makeup Gain Range is from 3dB to 8dB DELAY Level This is the Wet level Turn this up to hear the delay sound Range is from dB to 3dB Time This is the delay time in milliseconds Range is from 30ms to 1000ms 1 sec Feedback Range is from 3 to 90 3 gives only one short almost imperceptible repeat 90 results in a long echo tail HF Damping Controls the attenuation of the high frequencies of each echo 0 results in no high frequency damping 100 results in lots of high frequency damping i e a warmer sounding echo Width Turning this up will result in a wider echo sound Each echo will be panned alternatively left and then right At 100 the result is wide left and right echoes the classic ping pong effect 12 REVERB This does not have an On Off switch like the others It is on all the time use the level control to add how much is heard The default setting is 0 i e not heard This unit contains two custom designed convolution reverbs The switch to the right will select between a 2 73 sec plate reverb and a 5 87 sec Hall reverb Use the controls to set parameters for each reverb Each reverb type is independent As you switch between the two different types you will see the knobs change positions to reflect the different settings for each reverb Level This is the Wet level i e the volume of the reverb effect Range is from dB to 3dB Predelay This is the length of the short de
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