mojo: horn section manual
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3. MOJO HORN SECTION CHAPTER 03 MOJO USING THE CORE INSTRUMENTS Right Screenshot of Mojo s Interface AE SSS GETTING STARTED WITH MOJO Once you ve followed the instructions above to get Kontakt loaded in whichever mode you prefer Kontakt s inner workings are ex actly the same On the left side of the Kontakt interface is a sidebar Called the Browser and it has six tabs across the top Files Libraries Database Monitor Modules and Auto Click the Library tab to get started with MOJO gt o1 The MOJO library will appear with buttons to access Instruments Multis and other materials Clicking on the Multis or Instruments button will reveal folders of loadable patches which will be dis cussed in more detail below AAA USING MOJO THE CORE INSTRUMENTS Let s jump right in MOJO 15 simultaneously designed to be very easy to use and yet be almost infinitely tweakable To accomplish this much of its power is hidden below its surface MOJO is built around the twelve core instruments mentioned above When any of the instruments are loaded the interface looks like this giving you access to the most central features including displays to show you the currently active behaviors and menus that lead to sub menus revealing more of MOJO s power The two visible knobs are called Players and Mode and each will be discussed separately Players MOJO 15 designed so that loading instrument gives you insta
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5. The V Speed Knob allows you to specify the speed of the vibrato It defaults to a standardized speed that is universally useful but slower speeds may offer better results for ballads while faster speeds may offer better results for uptempo songs or quick playing Section The Section page allows you to customize the character istics of the section The settings on this page only affect the instruments when the Players knob is set to more than 1 player Once there are two or more players in the ensemble the Section parameters take effect and alter the way the section behaves Section page shown in image gt 03 The Mode Menu lets you select between Mode 1 and Mode 2 Mode 1 uses less granular stretching and is better for more play ers while Mode 2 uses more stretching but results in a fuller sound and is better for less players The Players Pulldown Menu reflects the number of players se lected by the Players knob It also dictates the default number of players if the section is turned on via the keyswitch The S Spread Knob allows you to adjust the position of the play ers in the stereo field A higher percentage means that players will be spread apart widely The S Depth Knob allows you to increase a random amount of timing difference between the players Higher values will make the players play slightly less together Section gt gt 2 Players All Purpose All Purpose Slower 5 Human ooth pp Pr 30 Expressiv
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7. 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 your hard drive and give you the option to activate them You are allowed to install and use MOJO on up to two computers simultaneously Service Center will guide you through the process for either online instant activation or offline activation 02 MOJO HORN SECTION CHAPTER 01 MOJO TABLE el CONES O6 USING KONTAKT 06 HOW ACCESS 07 STANDALONE 08 VST PLUG IN IN CU 09 VST OR AUDIOUNT 09 AUDIOUNIT PLUG I EXPRESS ETC 10 IN GARAGEBAND T1 AUDIOUNIT PLUG I HE MOJO LI ODE PLUG IN IN LOGIC IN DIGITA 12 RTAS PLUG IN IN PRO TOOLS 12 PLUG IN IN ANOTH ER HOST BRARY FROM KONTAKT BASE AND NUENDO ABLETON LIVE PRO LOGIC STUDIO LOGIC L PERFORMER CHAPTER 03 CHAPTER 05 CHAPTER 06 4 USING MOJO 21 EFFECTS TAB AB KEYMAPPING 59 TECH SUPPORT 21 EZRoom ARTICULATIONS AND 4 GETTING STARTED 7 ERALA EARE T ASEA KEYSWITCHES 222 THE FULL VERSION OF WITH MOJO po ALTERNATE PATCHES Mete ohnehin KONTAKT 3 if 069006000 0 0 000 006 0 0006606 00 0 0 006 22 INSTRUMENTS LITE 30 MIDI C
8. Once you have completed Kontakt setup jump ahead to the Getting Started with MOJO section below AS USING KONTAKT AS A 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 15 open go to the Devices menu and choose VST Instruments gt o1 When the VST Instruments window appears click in the first available slot in which no instrument 15 listed gt 02 A popup menu will appear choose Kontakt 3 Then an alert box will appear asking if you want to create a MIDI track assigned to the Kontakt 3 plug in Click Create gt 03 The Kontakt window will appear and a MIDI track will be created transmitting to Kontakt s MIDI channel A 1 When it is record en abled 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 MOJO section below SEE AS USING KONTAKT AS AN 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 New Tracks the system requirements multi timbral T m a Type O
9. ensemble would sound unless recorded from a great distance Experiment with stereo placement to get the results you want TIP 05 When sequencing very short notes experiment not just with staccato and stab articulations but also with sustain and bend down articulations played very short The playing style is very different for each Sustains and bend downs played short tend to be more pitched and fit well in a section while staccatos and stabs tend to have more bite aggressiveness and are the exclama tion mark of the articulations Try each of these articulations to find the best fit for the passage of music being worked on TIP O6 If you are using a release articulation e g a fall following a staccato or stab articulation note that the fall will trigger when the note is released not when the sound of the staccato or stab finishes Therefore it s crucial to adjust the location of the note off message the end of the MIDI note to coincide with where the fall should begin TIP 07 If you are sequencing fast big band music and need sloppy doubling try loading multiple versions of each instrument then try setting each instance to different articulations such as sustain bend down stab and staccato While the stab and staccato artic ulations will be very short the sustain and bend down articulations will provide the sustain and the end result will be four players playing in very different styles TIP O8 Sections will often b
10. s MIDI channel A 1 When it is record en abled 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 MOJO section below quU 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 plug in These instructions have been pre pared in Pro Tools 8 although Kontakt may also work in earlier versions if the computer meets the system requirements Once the project is open go to the Track menu and choose New 06 In the dialog box that appears choose the appropriate options such as the following create 1 new stereo Instrument Track in samples Then click Create gt 07 Go to the Mix window and look at the channel strip for the instru ment At the very top is an area for Inserts A E Shown gt 08 Click on the first of the five slots and navigate through the popup menu to choose multichannel plug in gt Instrument gt Kontakt 5 Shown in image gt 09 NSERTS BELrOuD 36G pre Ado tak Aux Input 07 Master Fader MIDI Track Cancel multichannel plug in multi mono d Field Instrument Effect 12 MOJO HORN SECTION The Kontakt window will appear At this point you can skip down in the instructions t
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12. Audio Once inside your Logic project go to the Track mini menu in the 5 software Instrument central area of your screen and choose Track gt New gt 04 O External MIDI The New Tracks dialog box will appear Make sure Soft ware Output DD Ascending Instrument 15 selected then click Create gt 05 M Open Library h 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 ader pan knob and various insert slots Locate the blank slot just below the letters I O and above the output pair gt 06 Click there and a list of plug ins will appear Choose AU nstruments gt Native Instruments gt Kontakt 3 gt Stereo gt 07 Kontakt 3 The Kontakt window will appear and a MIDI track will be created ating Synth ransmitting to Kontakt s MIDI channel A 1 When it is record en AN Instruments abled it will send any incoming MIDI played on your controller RARA AAA AICA into Kontakt At this point you can skip down in the instructions the Getting Started With MOJO section below control share A AA btrument Real Instrument O Electric Guitar Show Track Info USING GARAGEBAND 01 row Arrange Track 136A Show Master Track 3B i Users of Apple s GarageBand can use Kontakt as an AudioUnit Show Podcast Track Show Movie Track EB plug in
13. Down limit glides to only up or only down glides Legato gt gt M IF SPEED ELSE IF gt El With Legato Rules gt 04 you can tell the engine when each legato ms 500 ms USE LEGAT mode 15 used or not used By default legato mode 1 15 triggered AND INTERYAL lt USE LEGATO 2 by slower playing time differences of 500ms or more from one st 2 Bypass 04 USE LEGATO 1 Bypass note to the next and an interval of less than two half steps while MOJO HORN SECTION legato modes 2 and 3 triggered progressively faster playing The combination of these factors allows MOJO to respond dynami cally to different styles of playing and produce realistic smooth legato renderings Each legato mode can by bypassed in the Legato Rules page in case you need to only use one legato or if you prefer to use MIDI CC control to alter one legato in real time Pitchbend The Pitchbend page controls how the pitch bend wheel behaves When it is selected a pulldown menu and a knob appear The Mode Knob allows you to select between Mode 1 for standard pitch bend which is the default and Mode 2 which employs a more advanced formant correcting algorithm for pitch bend which only works in Solo or Legato mode Formant correct pitch bend uses more CPU and polyphony but results in more realistic pitch bend Mode 2 is particularly effective on the instruments that can naturally slide between pitches like the Trombone and Bass Trombon
14. HART rr rr rro rr rra rr sr rro rr raros oran 4 USING MOJO po tetera traces LICENSE AGREEMENT THE CORE INSTRUMENTS 29 00 A 5 PLAYERS DE SPECIAL EFFECTS 34 CREDITS 23 SUSTAINS ON ____ ___ 6 DISPLAY AREAS 6 SETUP MENU 7 VIBRATO 7 SS 8 INSTRUMENT 24 TIPS ON EFFECTIVE 8 LEGATO SEQUENCING 20 20 RELEASES 20 SPEEDO CHAPTER 01 MOJO Now at the tips of your fingers is the most INTRODUCTIO versatile horn section in the world MOJO TO Horn Section offering the most flexible 04 TH E and innovative approach to pop funk BRARY jazz and big band horns ever created in a virtual instrument Inspired by legendary groups like Tower of Power and the big bands of decades past MOJO is capable of emulating everything from a sultry sax solo to a screaming full big band playing at the top of their lungs Pushing the boundaries of sampling and scripting technology far beyond traditional sample libraries MOJO offers a simple but fea ture packed interface No need to decide in advance which articulation you want to play Simply load the instrument turn the Ensemble knob to specify how many players you want playing that instrument from a soloist to a dectet and begin controlling MOJO HORN SECTION Right Screenshot of Mojo s Interface the instrument from the keyboard More than dozen articulatio
15. Mojo Section USER MANUAL Produced 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 15 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 Mojo Horn Section USER MANUAL MOJO HORN SECTION MOJO REQUIREMENTS AND INSTALLATION A A SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS For Mac users MOJO requires OS 10 4 x or greater a G4 1 4GHz or Intel Core Duo 1 666Hz or faster a DVD drive and 2GB of RAM For Windows users MOJO requires Windows XP or Windows Vista or greater a Pentium or Athlon 1 4GHz or faster a DVD drive and 2GB of RAM The library requires 15GB of disk space Vir2 Instruments strongly recommends 468 RAM or more and an 88 key controller in order to use MOJO to its fullest potential eee INSTALLING The installation of MOJO is two separate steps the installation of the Kontakt engine and the installation of the MOJO library Insert the installation disc into your computer and you will see the installers for both components It doesn t matter which is in stalled first Run each of the installers and they will guide you through the installation process The Kontakt installer will install the Kontakt engine its standalone application all o
16. These instructions have been prepared GarageBand 5 O tect tay which shipped with iLife 09 although Kontakt may also work in elete Track earlier versions if the computer meets the system requirements Duplicate Track 36D N New Basic Track TEN 5553 Once inside your GarageBand project go to the Track menu N Fade Out For audio recordings of electric guitar s zin choose New Track gt 01 hi amp E Cancel Create A window with three choices will appear Choose Software 5 an MEE Instrument then click Choose gt 02 On the right side of the interface the Browse tab will be showing Switch to the Edit tab gt 03 Ba Electric Piano gt The Sound Generator will default to Piano Click Piano and a pop Drum Kits Grand Piano On Stage up menu will appear Choose Audio Unit Modules gt Kontakt 3 gt 04 Note GarageBand may default to inserting effects such as a com pressor and a visual EQ on this track This will color the sound If Piano T you don t want these effects used you can remove them Once Kontakt 3 15 selected the icon will change to the AudioUnit icon the ball with the sound waves radiating outward Double click the icon to bring up the Kontakt window gt 05 MOJO HORN SECTION Kor Manual Kontakt window will appear MIDI track will be created transmitting to Kontakt
17. articulation is a sample that is triggered when a key is released instead of the Active Articulation which is the articulation that is triggered when a key is pressed MOJO features regular release layers the sound of the player naturally stopping the note with their lips as well as custom release layers such as falls of varying lengths or slurs and so on Like Active Articulations the various available release layers can be triggered via silent trigger keys called keyswitches The display always shows you the currently active release layer SETUP MENU The Setup menu contains several subpages of detailed control panels which can be used to modify the sound and behaviors of MOJO gt 05 PREVIOUS PAGE Wibrato gt gt All Purpose Vibrato Vibrato This page allows you to customize the behavior of the physically modeled vibrato which is applied by moving the mod wheel MIDI CC 1 When the mod wheel is at its minimum posi tion no vibrato is added As you move the mod wheel up a modeled vibrato is applied to the dry sound gt 01 The Menu shown as All Purpose allows you to choose the char acter of vibrato to use Note that each vibrato type only takes effect after raising the mod wheel CC 1 simply choosing the preset will not immediately cause any change to the sound gt 02 The Vibrato Knob shows how much vibrato is being applied at the moment It moves in real time to reflect the mod wheel or CC 1
18. ays On time in which a pitch warp or glide from one legato note to the next takes place Legato gt gt Edit Legato 1 gt Edit Legato 2 gt gt With the three Edit Legato Buttons you can access more detailed Legato Rules gt gt 4 X Time ON Time behaviors for the three legato modes adjusting the quality lower quality results in lower CPU usage and the parameters related to 100 ms 50 the pitch bending of legato notes If you select cent you can en Time B Time ter how many cents the last note 15 bent towards the new note Vy 100 ms 9 A 50 ms and the new note will start with a small pitch offset closer to the old note then it subtly bends towards its true pitch gt 03 y p Los Legato gt gt X Edit Legato 1 gt gt Edit Legato 2 gt gt Edit Legato 3 gt gt TT E Legato Quality 100 lity 100 lity 100 The Octave Factor multiplies this cent value according to the aid played interval in other woras if you play an octave interval and Legato Pitchbend Legato Pitchbend Legato Pitchbend you set the octave factor to 5 the pitch warp is five times stron Glide gt Cents Cents T ger You can also select the interval settings which use the played o3 Cents 20 Cents Cents 10 interval to calculate the pitch warp or use the glide settings Octave 50 A Ie GA arre Cua which result in a full glide from each legato note to the next Glide Up and Glide
19. e MOJO HORN SECTION 5 Detune Knob allows you to increase a random amount that players will be detuned from each other Higher values will make the players play less in tune with each other 5 Knob allows you to increase a random amount of velocity randomization Each of the knobs in the Section page have been preset to all purpose values that work well for most situations Instrument The Instrument page gives you several controls over the overall sound and behavior of the instrument gt o1 The menu that defaults to Alternate A B specifies how the engine uses or orders the alternate samples Almost every sample in MOJO has been recorded with multiple takes A and which are an integral part of its realism Using this menu samples can alter nate between A and B takes or reverse B and A or only A or only B In general the greatest realism is achieved with A B or B A The Character Menu gives seven choices between a standard character and different shades of aggressive or mellow playing The Punch Knob adds additional attack to the beginning of each sample More rhythmic playing may benefit from added punch and attacks will sound crisper if this knob is turned up The Humanize Button governs an advanced series of behaviors that prevent the engine from using the same sample twice in a row thus eliminating the infamous machine gun effect so common to older methods The engi
20. e The P Range Knob lets you set the maximum range of the pitch bend sweep both above and below the source pitch In Mode 1 the maximum is 12 half steps or semitones In Mode 2 the maxi mum is 7 half steps or semitones Releases MOJO includes extensive and intelligent release layers which are samples of the sound of the instrument stopping a note triggered when a MIDI key is released The release layers contribute greatly to the realism of the instruments The Releases page allows you control over how the release layers behave The Mode knob lets you choose between Mode 1 which only trig gers releases if no other key is pressed anymore and Mode 2 which plays all release notes except in Legato mode in which case releases are not played within a legato phrase to facilitate proper smooth legato rendering The Volume Knob allows you to adjust the level of the release samples In each instrument this has already been preset to an appropriate level for the instrument Speed The Speed menu governs the behavior of both swells and crescendo articulations for each instrument Swells and crescen dos were recorded at two different lengths long and short for every instrument in MOJO and have been specially designed to tempo sync automatically The engine will read the tempo that the host is playing at and will even follow changing tempos and will calculate the proper length for the swell The Speed menu al lows you to preset t
21. e Plug in Devices list scroll to the Native Instruments folder and locate Kontakt 3 gt 03 Drag Kontakt 3 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 record en abled 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 MOJO section below USING AS PLUG 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 MOJO within it Consult the manual for your specific host to find out how to instantiate the Kontakt virtual instrument Project Add Track MIDI Track THM d Similar Tracks S Mono Audio Track Add Multiple Similar Tracks Stereo Audio Track 4935 Duplicate Tracks Surround Delete Tracks Modify Conductor Track Instrument Track Track Folders Add Unassigned Instrument 0 361 instrument track s assigned to n Add 1 MIDI track s for each instrument 0 Add new track s to a new folder gt EM Guitar Rig 3 FX gt EX GuitarRig2 FX gt Guitar Rig 3 MFX gt GuitarRig2 gt Kore Player FX gt Kore Player
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23. f its plug in versions and the Service Center au thorizer program We recommend the Easy Install and that the install locations for each component are left at their default settings The MOJO library is approximate 14GB in size and its installer will prompt you for the location you wish to install it It can be installed any available hard drive For speed reasons we recommend it be installed on internal or eSATA drives Firewire can also be ac ceptable External USB drives may give somewhat less optimized performance We also recommend 7200 or 10 000rpm drives re gardless of the interface used L UPDATING amp AUTHORIZING After installation please make sure that you are fully updated to the most recent versions of the three components that make up the MOJO package the library which contains all the patch infor mation 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 After you ve completed installation MOJO will be working in demo mode meaning it will only work for 30 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
24. h and gain of each band The Compressor takes the incoming audio signal and attenuates any signal that crosses the threshold which can be adjusted us ing the Threshold knob by the ratio which can be adjusted using the Ratio knob In plain English the Compressor makes loud sig nals a little softer so that the dynamic range of the instrument is more limited and therefore more listenable and more likely to sit in a mix well In addition once the Compressor limits the dynamic range the overall level of the instrument can now be boosted us ing the Output knob Attack and Release knobs are also provided which specify how fast the Compressor attenuates the signal and how long it takes for the Compressor to stop attenuating the sig nal after the signal goes below the threshold Saturation is an effect that adds density saturation to the sound It has only one knob Saturation Raising this knob will make the sound thicker and fuller and somewhat louder Distortion adds overdriven amp style distortion to the sound This is useful more as a special effect Controls are provided for Drive overall level of added distortion and Damping a dulling of the high frequencies as distortion is added 22 MOJO HORN SECTION Chorus adds thickening effect by doubling the signal de tuning the copy Controls are provided for Depth Speed and Phase Reverb adds natural room echo to the sound It is different from EZRoom wh
25. he desired lengths of swells and crescendos in beats Four pulldown menus appear allowing long crescendos and swells to be set from 2 beats to 18 beats and short crescnedos and swells to be set from 1 beat to 9 beats There is some overlap between the ranges of the short and long articulations For example it is possible to set long crescendos to last 4 beats and short crescendos to also last 4 beats MOJO will utilize a different set of samples for each and will time stretch the crescendos to fit the current tempo Different tempos may result in better results using one method or the other gt 5 The Effects tab provides access to nine built in audio effects that can be applied to any MOJO instrument Each effect features an Active button that must be clicked en abled before it will process the audio EZRoom EZRoom 5 an easy to use integrated convolution re verb included with MOJO and provides a quick way to instantly place the horns into a new acoustic space The Ezroom Menu allows you to choose which impulse response to use A large number of impulse responses have been provided as part of the library The Predelay Knob lets you specify a predelay time for the con volution in milliseconas Dry And Wet Knobs allow you to adjust the balance of the dry unaffected and wet reverb sound to taste The Equalizer is a 3 band equalizer and offers control over the frequency bandwidt
26. ich is a convolution reverb based on actual real sonic spaces Controls are provided for Predelay Size Color Damping Pan Stereo Width and Return Volume Delay adds a time based delay to the sound and be fed back into itself by engaging the Feedback parameter Controls are pro vided for Delay Time in milliseconds Feedback Damping Pan Stereo Width 8 Return Volume Stereo allows you to control the overall stereo character of the in strument The Spread knob allows for the increasing or decreasing of the stereo width and the Pan knob allows for the overall pan ning of the instrument The Limiter is a brick wall limiter which is enabled by default It at tenuates any signal that exceeds the maximum OdB level In Gain Release and Output controls are also provided Turning the Output knob above OdB will result in distortion OTHER PATCHES Core Instruments Lite These instruments function identically with their Core Instruments counterparts except they use a frac tion of the number of samples of the full version As a result the playing and the humanizing will be less detailed however users who have limited amounts of RAM will be able to load more at once by using these Lite versions Ensembles This folder offers various combinations of MOJO in struments for example Alto Sax Tenor Sax Trumpet and Trombone all layered over each other Only sustain and release ar ticulations are included in these instrumen
27. ing syncing and transposing are done Alto Sax 1 20bpm C Maior by Kontakt s DSP and they work best if the distance to stretch is smaller rather than larger This example patch which was recorded in C major at 120bpm should sound fine if played back in CH major at but may sound strange if stretched to F major and 5Obpm The best rule of thumb is to try and use riffs patches that are as close as to the key and tempo that you need them to be Special Effects encompass various noises that the instruments can make such as key clicks unusual glissandi and more Several hundred samples are included across the instruments and each loadable patch features the individual samples mapped chromati cally on the keyboard starting at two octaves below middle C Sustains Only contain the same twelve instruments as the Core Instruments but remove all additional articulations apart from 24 MOJO HORN SECTION CHAPTER 04 MOJO TIPS ON EFFECTIVE SEQUENCING MOJO is an extremely complicated instrument and without proper management using it in a sequencing environment can be daunt ing What follows is a list of tips that can make the use of MOJO much smoother TIP O1 At the beginning of each MIDI track that is triggering MOJO write in the starting articulation keyswitch e g sustain the Players knob setting solo or 2 10 players the Mode poly mono or legato This insures that every time
28. ing to the specific setup but the important thing is to route the audio to a valid au dio device and to set the buffer reasonably low for good latency performance We recommend 256 samples or less The lower the CoreRudio MOTU Spre 18 In 12 Out iver configuration Running Output 0 7 ms latency slider the less latency the split second between the physi cal playing of the note and the sound coming out of Kontakt will be but the harder the computer will have to work Typical 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 values gt IMAGE 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 respond to up to four MIDI input ports A B C and D so we recommend you switch one MIDI source on to Port A as shown in the graphic below gt 02 Outputs Overall 3 6 ms Window 1 ontrol 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 F3 F4 C VST Instruments MOJO HORN SECTIO 03 Do you want to create MIDI track assigned to plugin Kontakt 3 Cancel Create More detailed information on the setup options can be found in the accompanying Kontakt manual
29. multiple notes can be played simultaneously MOJO has a very high polyphony limit so if your computer has enough power it can play a large number of notes simultaneously Adding players via the Players knob also contributes to higher polyphony Mono stands for monophonic playing When in this mode the instrument will only play one note at a time If you play a single note on your keyboard then hold it while you strike a second note the first original note will stop playing and only the second note will be heard Legato is similar to Mono in that only one note can be played at a time however when Legato mode is used MOJO intelligently con nects the first note to the second simulating a true legato style Display Areas Below the Players and Mode knobs lie two dark areas which are used to display various important pieces of infor mation about what is being played 04 PREVIOUS PAGE The Active Articulation display shows which articulation is cur rently in use Available articulations vary from instrument to instrument but generally include sustains staccatos stabs swells crescendos bends runs trills and so on Each articulation is triggered via a silent trigger key called a keyswitch Keyswitches will be discussed later in this manual This display is placed here as an aid to show you which articulation is currently active The Active Release display shows which release articulation is cur rently in use A release
30. ne often uses adjacent samples as well as alternate takes and velocity layers to render as realistic a per formance as possible lt can be defeated by disabling this button The H Range Knob dictates how widely the Humanize engine may pull an adjacent sample from and can be set from 1 4 Setting this knob higher will result in more randomness but a greater risk for an odd sounding sample that might be pitch stretched from too far an interval The H Seed Knob gives the Humanize engine a virtually random start value from 1000 to 5000 Legato MOJO includes an extremely advanced legato engine de signed to facilitate realistic smooth legato playing By default MOJO is configured with parameters that result in an all purpose optimum legato right out of the box and is used anytime the Mode knob is set to Legato These settings are normally enough for most legato applications 02 For users who wish to manipulate the legato behavior in greater depth we will explain the design here MOJO s legato is actually three different legato modes which are Instrument gt gt Alternate A B Character 0 switched between according to certain criteria In the screenshot EN GE Punch HRange above each of the three legato mode s characteristics can be al tered X Time controls crossfade time the time in which two Vas 1 5 4 1 legato notes crossfaded B Time controls bend time the 201 Alw
31. ns instantly loaded and intelli gently handled via performance features and keyswitches Behind the scenes a humanizing function smart release layers and cus tom legato and vibrato tools assist the player in reproducing the ultimate dimensions in realism Crescendos swells sync stantly to host tempos and can be triggered in real time Included in the instrument collection are soprano alto tenor and baritone saxophones trumpet open muted and piccolo flugelhorn trombone open and muted bass trombone and clarinet gt Cl Alto Sax Output E 3 Midi Ch st 1 EJ mv R 1 ACTIVE ARTICULATION Sustain Vibrato C7 RCTIVE RELERSE Release DO The articulation list varies for each instrument but generally cludes sustains stabs staccatos trills slurs shakes octave runs rise to hits falls including four different lengths doits bends stylistic riffs special effects and tempo synced swells and cre scendos All samples are recorded in 24 bit stereo using the finest preamps in the world including a vintage Neve 1073 and a LaChapell Audio 992EG and mics by AKG Neumann and Coles T g Memory 455 02 The Ensemble Knobs MOJO HORN SECTION CHAPTER 02 MOJO USING KONTAKT AE A HOW TO ACCESS THE MOJO LIBRARY FROM KONTAKT MOJO ships as a Kontakt powered library and MOJO is opened from within Kontakt which can be run either as a standalone ap plicati
32. nt access to both solo and section versions of that in strument The Players knob be adjusted from Solo 1 player to up to 10 players As you add players to the ensemble MOJO employs a large number of techniques to create the ensemble lt spaces the players in the ensemble across the stereo field tells them how in tune or out of tune to play and how much varia tion there should be within the ensemble All of these parameters can be adjusted and will be discussed later in the Section menu E Cl Alto Sax Output st 1 E Midi Ch A 1 ARTICULATION Sustain Vibrate C7 The Players Knob can be controlled via external MIDI CC as well This makes it easy for example to sequence a MIDI part featuring stacked trumpet section ensemble lines then switch to a solo trumpet for a solo part then back to the ensemble Since this is controlled via MIDI CC the instructions to alter the number of people in the section and indeed every parameter about the section s behavior can be written into the MIDI track insuring perfect recall every time the sequence is played The external MIDI CC which controls the players knob is CC 22 gt 02 Files Libraries Database Monitor Modules Auto EM Add Library Instr Hau MOJO HORN SECTION Mode The Mode knob a central knob to how each instrument operates It has three settings gt 03 PREVIOUS PAGE Poly stands for polyphonic playing meaning that
33. o the Getting Started With MOJO section 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 com puter meets the needed system requirements Once the project is open go to the Project menu and choose Add Track Add Instruments 01 n the resulting dialog box click on the Unassigned pulldown menu and choose Native Instruments gt Kontakt 5 You can also change he number of MIDI tracks to be added if you know you will want use more than gt 02 The Kontakt window will appear and a MIDI track will be created ransmitting to Kontakt s MIDI channel A 1 When it is record en abled it will send any incoming MIDI played on your controller into Kontakt At this point you can skip down in the instructions o the Getting Started With MOJO section below USING KONTAKT AS A VST OR AUDIOUNIT PLUG IN IN ABLETON LIVE Users of Ableton Live can use Kontakt as a VST or Audio Unit 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 th
34. on or as a plug in hosted by any major sequencer on either Macintosh or Windows platforms 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 MOJO can go to their Applications folder Mac or Program Files folder Windows to launch Native nstruments gt Kontakt Users who wish to use MOJO for sequencing or recording or wish play it multitimbrally should use it in plug in mode within host sequencer Kontakt supports the VST AudioUnit and RTAS plug in formats Any host sequencer that supports these plug in ormats properly will be able to use Kontakt Instructions vary slightly from sequencer to sequencer but the general procedure is to instantiate Kontakt as a virtual instrument plug in then load a MOJO instrument in Kontakt then route a MIDI track to Kontakt so it can be triggered and recorded The following instructions will help standalone and plug in users get up and running quickly with a basic track of MOJO USING STANDALONE MODE The standalone Kontakt application can be found in the Applications gt Kontakt 3 folder for Mac users or Program Files gt Native Instruments gt Kontakt 3 for Windows users After launching the Kontakt application for the first time you will be presented with a dialog box to set up your audio and MIDI set tings Settings will vary for each user accord
35. 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 possible under the law 5 ENJOY Produced by Vir2 Instruments Sound Design and Programming David Das Rich Mendelson Steven Bolar Chris Peck and Benjamin Stelzer Scripting Benjamin Stelzer Cover Artwork Marvin Burns Design Jesse Amborn Manual David Das and Benjamin Stelzer Special thanks to the beta test team who provided invaluable input to the product and to the Native Instruments team especially Dan Santucci Nicki Marinic Johannes Mai Markus Krieg Wolfgang Schneider Frank Elting and Rembert Gantke 2009 Vir2 Instruments All trademarks used are property of their respective owners Specifications subject to change
36. ts making them ideal for quickly building large sounding horn sections Note that due to the varying range of each instrument different areas of the keyboard feature different overlaps between the instruments with the extreme low and high notes sometimes covered by only one of the included instruments Riffs feature almost two thousand prerecorded riffs played across each of the instruments They have been grouped by instrument tempo and key Within each patch are anywhere from a few to dozens of riffs Riffs are always mapped chromatically starting at C2 the C be low middle C The interface in the Riffs instruments is different than the Core Instrument gt 01 The Effects menu 15 available works identically to the Core sustains and releases They are much faster to load than the Core Instruments but there is a Key knob allowing for the easy trans Instruments and use less RAM They are useful for instances in position of the riffs into other keys The Key knob defaults to the which realism is less important than being able to simply orches key of the patch loaded C Major in this example and a pulldown trate horn parts menu allows the choice of two different transposition methods All riffs automatically sync to host or MasterKontrol tempo This particular instrument while recorded at 120bpm will play back at whatever tempo the host sequencer or the Kontakt Master Kontrol 15 set to Note that both time stretch
37. unning the latest versions of the library engine and Service Center We are continuously up dating and improving the product so it is possible that there are more recent updates available that were released after the physi cal manufacturing of your installation disc nonc m n a5 THE FULL VERSION OF KONTAKT 3 MOJO ships with Kontakt 3 running in library mode meaning it is fully able to play back the MOJO library and access the parame ters detailed in this manual Registered owners of MOJO are eligible for a special crossgrade discount to the full version of Kontakt 5 which enables users to create their own libraries import libraries in non Kontakt formats access numerous deep editing features Visit the nativeinstru ments com web site for details on the Kontakt crossgrade AAA gt LICENSE AGREEMENT The samples contained herein are licensed not sold to you the in dividual 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 recorded performance that includes the licensed samples as part of a de rivative musical work created by the licensed end user This license expressly forbids resale
38. you rewind your sequence to the beginning the MOJO instrument will reset itself to the same starting point The location of these keyswitches is different for each instrument in MOJO therefore you will save time by initially writing these reset commands at the beginning of the sequence so that MOJO can be reset at any time 02 If you would like to sequence multiple solo lines of the same instrument for example four alto sax parts all playing le gato you can load up four instances of the Alto Sax instrument This is useful if you require fluid legato playing for each of the four voices Because all four instances are using the same set of core samples the same amount of RAM is used whether you are running four Alto Sax instances or one 03 Combining the previous two tips if you have multiple stances of the same instrument you can insert the reset com mands for one instance then copy and paste to the other three TIP 04 If you are writing large ensemble horns big band style you can get more realistic acoustic results by narrowing the stereo field of the individual instruments Setup Section S Spread and S Depth and or Effects Stereo Spread then panning the overall instrument to a specific location in the stereo field If you don t apply this technique then all instruments will appear to be located everywhere in the stereo field which makes for a nice fat sound but is not the way a true
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