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1. This preset type is similar to the regular Performance patch but without slide or hammer on pull off functionality In place of the Strumulator is the Uberpeggiator which is a bit more complex but can be used to produce more complex strumming patterns Acoustic Saz Performance Simple Uber Output st 1 v amp Voices O Max 768 Midi Ch A 1 Memory 0 52 GB UBERPEGGIATOR MODES y RHYTHM SWING y OFF 1716 Ox HITS i HIT DURATION gt 1 w 100 y 100 REPEAT gp PITCH go RANDOM None 0 OT ee SETTINGS D SOENE As Played Y Major QUICK HELP Performance FX Rack SOUNDIRON ACOUSTIC SAZ Uberpeggiator Controls Acoustic Saz 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 NOTE ORDER As Played W Mode This 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 automaticall2. Acoustic Saz Performance TMPro nki This preset is like the main performance preset except the slide samples have been configured to stretch and compress using Kontakt s built in Time Machine Pro machine mode IN order to do so round robin on the slide samples has been reduced but the sound of this mode might be preferable to some See Page 6 for more details Acoustic Saz Performance Simple Ext Range nki This simple preset lack slides and hammer on pull offs and has the string ranges extended beyond their real world limits Acoustic Saz Tuned Percussion nki This special preset type is a dual layer patch that is very simple and straight forward to use Users assign any articualtion to each layer each of which has independent sound shaping controls This preset type includes all three arpeggiation modes Uberpeggiator Strumulator and Glissatron See Page 2 for more details Acoustic Saz Ambiences nki This preset contains a selection of ambiences and drones created from the source Saz material SOUNDIRON ACOUSTIC SAZ 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 permitted All sounds samples programming images scripting designs and text contained in this product are copyrights of Soundiron
3. latching Momentary keyswitches reset after the keyswitch key is released Latching keyswitches toggle state on each key press INT VOL Range 34 This controls the range within which successive notes within a string s range will legato and play slide samples Speed CC95 This controls the speed of legato slide transitions In the special TMPro preset type the slide samples are in Time Machine Pro mode so the actual sample is sped up or down depending on the speed setting Int Vol CC96 This knob controls the volume of the slide samples This quick help panel is available to provide a fast way to CHORD TYPES access the most important information regarding functionality The information displayed shows where and what the Iy ME KEYSWITCHES keyswitches are and what the string ranges are STRINGS SOUNDIRON ili G STRUMULATOR CHORD i TIGHTNESS maj 12 ms DIRECTION Down The Strumulator is a mode that automatically plays a chord based on the root note pressed To conform to the functionality of the real world Saz instrument Strumulator chords played on the lowest string will play 3 notes chords on the middle string will play the first two notes in a chord and the high string will ignore any chord All chords are based on standard Saz fingerings Velocity Table This table can be used to customize the velocity of each note in a chord when the velocity butto
4. Mac on the knob and then click the Assign Midi CC button that appears The next midi controller you move will automatically be assigned to the control You can access more automation features in the Auto tab window on the left side of Kontakt You can customize and create your own custom presets by using the File Save Load menu at the top of Kontakt Just choose a new preset name and save it in the same Instrument folder location to insure that Kontakt can locate all necessary files the next time you load it All custom control knob settings will be saved with the instrument preset Swell CC 72 This knob controls the volume swell of the instrument Attack CC 74 This knob controls the sharpness of attack Lower values 5 have more of a pluck sound ATTACK TAIN Release CC76 E 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 ring out longer Start Offset CC78 This controls the amount of sample start offset allowing you to jump ahead into samples to change the sound This can also be used to control the amount of pluck Release Volume CC90 This controls the volume of release samples only These samples play when the last note of a string is released The small glowing radio button toggles Release Samples on off if you don t want them to play at all VOLUME EQ Controls EQ3 On Off Treble Slid
5. TIVE SCALE ES _ OFF Scale This knob controls the active scale for the Glissatron Setting it to Off bypasses this system altogether Rhythm This knob sets the rhythm for every step in the arpeggiation Setting it to Free activates the Speed knob which allows for arbitrary time divisions based on milliseconds Speed This knob is only active when the Rhythm is set to Free It can then be used to set the time for each step in the sequence in milliseconds Direction Sets the direction of the gliss Choices are Up Down Up Down and Down Up Range Functionality of the Range knob depends on whether the Glissatron is set to Note or Octave mode While in Note mode Range controls the number of notes the gliss sequence will span up to 24 notes In Octave mode it controls the amount of octaves the range up to a max of 6 whole octaves Repeat This knob controls whether or not the bottom and top note is repeated or not when the Direction is set to Up Down or Down Up 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 Random This knob humanizes the timing of each Glissatron step Note Octave Button This button toggles the Range mode from Note to Octave In Note mode gliss range is based on individual notes instead of whole octaves in Octave mode Repeat I Shot Button This button to
6. allowing you to jump ahead into samples to change the sound KEY RANGE 5 KEY RANGE 5 START OFFSET a Release CC76 amp 77 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 ring out longer Stepping This knob controls the pitch of each layer in semitones with a range of 36 semitones Key Range This set of values controls the total available note range for each of the two layers with a maximum span of C 2 to G8 You can use this to assign only part of the keyrange to each layer or to constrain the note range of the instrument overall Simply type in the midi note number 0 127 or note names C 2 to G8 that you want to serve as the lowest and highest notes for each layer You can also press the Set buttons to the left and right of the Key Range value fields and then simply play any midi note to automatically assign the value to that note SOUNDIRON ACOUSTIC SAZ Glissatron Controls The Glissatron is another type of arpeggiator available only in the Tuned Percussion preset type Whereas the Strumulator focuses on chords and the Uberpeggiator can play complex patterns the Glissatron is designed to let users easily arpeggiate up and down a variety of scales with a single keypress The Glissatron is fully polyphonic so it can play a scale starting on multiple notes at the same time WLIQIA
7. integrated into the GUI Note e The full version of Kontakt 4 2 4 for K4 presets and Kontakt 5 1 0 for K5 presets or later is required e The free Kontakt Player and special Libraries tab do not support this library CREDITS Recording Editing Programming Photography and Sound Design by Gregg Stephens Scripting amp Systems Design by Chris Marshall and Gregg Stephens UI Design amp Artwork by Gregg Stephens Constructive Stumblings and Chris Marshall TABLE OF CONTENTS General INTRODUCTION Page OVERVIEW amp CREDITS Page 2 Technical 3 FIDELITY ACOUSTICS FORMAT amp CONVOLUTION page 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOWNLOAD amp INSTALLATION Page 4 User Interface MAIN FRONT PANEL amp EQ CONTROLS Page 5 PERFORMANCE PRESET CONTROLS Page 6 9 PERFORMANCE SIMPLE PRESET CONTROLS Page 10 UBERPEGGIATOR CONTROLS Page TUNED PERCUSSION CONTROLS Page 12 GLISSATRON CONTROLS Page 13 FX RACK CONTROLS Page 14 16 Instrument Descriptions PRESET TYPES Page 7 Info LICENSE AGREEMENT Page 18 THANK YOU Page 19 Beta Team Brad Halverson Chris Cutting Dmitry Selipanov Arkadiusz Reikowski Ryan Scully Marie Anne Fischer Xioatian Shi Max Zhdanov Paul Amos Simon Russell Andy Gray and Sascha Knorr Special Thanks Peter Simms and Katie Simms Obsidian Dawn www soundiron com SOUNDIRON ACOUSTIC SAZ ABOUT THIS LIBRARY Fidelity This library was record
8. rendered musical recording performance or finished work of sound design of at least 8 seconds or more in length Licenses cannot be transferred or sold to another entity without written consent of Soundiron llc RIGHTS Soundiron retains full copyright privileges and complete ownership of all recorded sounds instrument programming documentation and musical performances included within this product All past and future versions of this product including any versions published or distributed by any other entity are fully bound and covered by this agreement REFUNDS Downloaded libraries can t be returned so we can t provide refunds or exchanges Ve may choose do so at our own discretion but please be aware that as soon as you ve downloaded it it can not be returned RESPONSIBILITY Using this product and any supplied software is at the licensee s own risk Soundiron holds no responsibility for any direct or indirect loss arising from any form of use of this product TERMS This license agreement is effective from the moment the product is purchased or acquired by any means The license will remain in full effect until termination by Soundiron llc The license is terminated if you break any of the terms or conditions of this agreement or request a refund for any reason Upon termination you agree to destroy all copies and contents of the product at your own expense All past and future versions of this product including t
9. SOUNDIRON C9 SOUNDIAON Acoustic Saz is a truly deeply sampled 5 string acoustic saz baglama library for Kontakt with a huge range of extended content an innovative new custom interface and cutting edge powerful performance features This beautiful fretless Saz was procured directly from the streets of Turkey where master craftsman have been building them by hand for centuries We painstakingly sampled all three runs of strings low octave middle single and high unison with a massive 2x round robin and up to 6 velocity layers for open notes on an octave and a half per string Continuing the depth are palm mutes string chokes release samples and a slew of percussive effects all at 12x round robin with multiple velocity layers The Saz is a very expressive instrument and therefore requires more than just open notes and palm mutes to get truly expressive and natural performances As such we carefully sampled a wide legato or slide range for all three runs of strings with multiple velocity layers and 4x round robin Our exciting new interface offers unique control over how a note is played and which string it is played on allowing you to flip between features instantly at the push of a button Hammer on pull off slide choke and palm mute are all controlled on a per string or all strings basis which can be momentary as long as a key is held or latching turned on and off with subsequent presses of the key We ve also include
10. 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 SOUNDIRON ACOUSTIC SAZ Common Front Panel Controls This instrument has a variety of special front panel performance controls that allow deep real time performance customization While Acoustic Saz contains multiple preset categories that share a number of common controls which allow users to shape the sound You can see each control s internal midi CC assignment by hovering your mouse over many of the controls and looking down at the hint text displayed in the Info bar at the bottom of Kontakt To turn on the Info bar press the i button at the top of Kontakt To assign midi CC automation to any knob simply right click PC or Command Click
11. ch note Using this one can shorten the note to staccato like pulses or extend them beyond the normal beat length Humanize This knob humanizes the velocity and timing of each Uberpeggiator step 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 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 or bypasses the Velocity 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 Save Load These buttons available only in K5 Presets allows us
12. d an intelligent auto strumming system called the Strumulator giving you instant access to 2 different chords which automatically ensures that each note is played on the appropriate string here are special patches for creating custom tuned percussion blends effects Uberpeggiator and of course ambiences Brand new to the Acoustic Saz is our powerful Effects Rack system This new system gives you an elegant and intuitive interface with access to a wide range of effects including Chorus Flanger Phaser Dynamics Drive featuring 4 different effects 2 amp sims 8 cabs EQ Filter tempo synched Delay and convolution Reverb with a bunch of new custom impulses We set out to make the Acoustic Saz the most realistic playable and flexible instrument we could expertly capturing it s naturally beautiful sound in stunning clarity and unmatched depth Combined with our powerful custom interface we put the life and feel of the actual instrument into your hands Enjoy s SOUNDIRON ACOUSTIC SAZ SOUNDIRON Acoustic Saz TA OVERVIEVV 24 open format Kontakt nki instrument presets 13 Kontakt 5 11 Kontakt 4 Deep sampled Acoustic Saz with 12x RR on notes and 4x RR on Slides New Powerful FX Rack to Apply and Combine Effects 6 971 Samples 6 8 GB Installed 24bit 48kHz stereo PCM wav samples non encrypted Powerful custom performance and FX control interface 45 custom environmental and digital reverbs and 25 special FX impulses
13. distortion effect Volume This knob controls the output level of the distortion effect Amp Controls The Amp FX module is a configurable amp simulation effect It includes the Twang and new Jump Kontakt 5 only amp simulators Power Button Toggles the effect on and off Dropdown Use this dropdown to select between the available amp types twang and jump Volume This knob controls the volume output level of the amp sim Drive This knob controls the amount of extra gain on the amp simulator Lows This knob controls gain of low bass frequencies Cab Controls The Cab FX module is a configurable cabinet speaker simulation effect Power Button Toggles the effect on and off Dropdown Use this dropdown to select between the available cabinet types including the Rotator cabinet effect Volume This knob controls the volume output level of the cabinet sim Air This knob controls the amount of the Air in the cabinet effect simulating distance between the virtual mic and cab Degrade This knob only available in De Rez mode control the amount of bit crushing that the Lo Fi effect does Lows This knob when available controls the level of low bass frequencies Highs This knob when available controls the level of high treble frequencies Tone This knob only in Skreamer mode controls the tone level of the Skreamer effect Mids This knob con
14. dropdown menu to select the active effect Rate This knob controls the Rate of the selected effect Feedback This knob not available in Chorus mode control the amount of feedback for the active effect Dynamics Controls The Dynamics FX module is a configurable compressor Power Button Toggles the effect on and off Threshold This knob controls the volume threshold of the compressor Ratio This knob controls the ratio of the compressor The value is displayed to the right ra ATA BAe co 7 NN fo DEGRADE LOWS HIGHS TONE Phase This knob controls the Phase of the active effect Depth This knob controls the depth intensity of the selected effect Mix This knob controls the amount of wet and dry output of the effect Values left of center reduce the wet level while values right of center keep wet levels the same but reduces the dry level meh Ao ori Attack This knob controls the attack time of the compressor Release This knob controls the release time of the compressor Makeup This knob controls the makeup of the compressor SOUNDIRON ACOUSTIC SAZ FX Rack continued Drive Controls The Drive FX module features a variety of distortions Distortion Skreamer Tape Saturator and De Rez Lo Fi Power Button Toggles the effect on and off Dropdown Use this dropdown menu to select the active distortion effect Drive This knob controls the amount of the
15. ed in wide stereo at 48kHz 24bit Some content was recorded live and in natural environments while other portions have been heavily manipulated with a variety of post production tools to create special effects Therefore please keep in mind that this library isn t designed to provide perfectly 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 paid 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
16. er This red LED button next to This slider sets the amount of the EQ enables disables the gain for the treble frequency band 3 band Parametric EQ an Mid Freq Knob Bass Slider This knob at the bottom of the This slider sets the amount of EQ sets the frequency for the gain for the bass frequency band mid band making the middle frequency completely sweepable Mid Slider This slider sets the amount of gain for the mid frequency band Release knob controls release time of Palm Mute and Choke samples in the main Performance patches Release of main note samples is fixed in these patches due to the Slide legato system SOUNDIRON ACOUSTIC SAZ Preset Types Acoustic Saz contains three main preset types Performance Performance Simple and Tuned Percussion Each preset type offers its own strengths and each was designed to be useful for different composition styles Also included are Lite versions of each preset type which are presets that are less CPU and memory intensive at the cost of realism by reducing the number of round robin variation Please Note The main presets require Kontakt 5 1 0 or higher Inside of the K4 subdirectory are Kontakt 4 2 4 compatible presets These presets are not recommended for performance reasons and they lack a number of Kontakt 5 only features but have been included as legacy support Performance The Performance preset attempts to simulate the real world function of an Acous
17. ers to save and load Uberpeggiator table patterns SOUNDIRON ACOUSTIC SAZ Tuned Percussion Included with Acoustic Saz is a Tuned Percussion preset type that provides another way to compose using the instrument Instead of trying to realistically represent the Saz on a keyboard in terms of functionality the Tuned Percussion preset type which is very straight forward and easy to use It is a dual layer preset that includes all Saz articulations including effects such as percussive thumps slide noises and full chokes As such it has a different set of controls which are described below The Tuned Percussion preset type contains all of our Arpeggiation types Uberpeggiator Strumulator and Glissatron to give users the most flexibility LAYER 1 String __Y LAYER 2 a ATTACK Layer Dropdown Use this dropdown to select the Saz sound for instrument layer You can automate this dropdown menu by assigning an automation to the label to the left of it Layer 2 Dropdown Use this dropdown to select the Saz sound for instrument layer 2 You can automate this dropdown menu by assigning an automation to the label to the left of it Swell CC 72 amp 73 This knob controls the volume swell of the respective layer Attack CC 74 amp 75 This knob controls the sharpness of attack Increasing the value causes the sound to attack more softly Start Offset CC78 amp 79 This controls the amount of sample start offset
18. ggles the playback mode In Repeat mode the gliss sequence will repeat as long as the key is held down In I Shot mode the gliss sequence will only play once 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 0 blank Table Velocity This activates or bypasses the Velocity 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 Save Load These buttons available only in K5 Presets allows users to save and load Uberpeggiator table patterns SOUNDIRON ACOUSTIC SAZ FX Rack New to the Acoustic Saz is our advanced flexible FX Rack that integrates many of Kontakt s built in effects The following section describes all of the available effects Please be aware that the effects described are for the Kontakt 5 versions of the presets The legacy Kontakt 4 presets contain a smaller FX Rack with fewer features because of technological limitations The FX Rack is accessible by clicking on the second UI tab at the bottom of the UI labeled FX Rack Effect Types and Controls Mod Controls The Mod FX module features Chorus Flanger and Phaser effects Power Button Toggles the effect on and off Dropdown Use this
19. hose 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 work to the fullest extent of US and International civil and criminal law s SOUNDIRON ACOUSTIC SAZ THANK YOU Thanks for purchasing Soundiron s Acoustic Saz library 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 k be t be ya Ds oA e s info soundiron com Bia much obliged Gregg Chris and Mike SOUNDIRON All programming scripting samples images and text Soundiron 2011 2012 All Rights Reserved Soundiron and the SI logo are registered trademarks of Soundiron LLC
20. 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 characteristics 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 s
21. llc This software is licensed but not sold to you by Soundiron for commercial and non commercial use in music sound effect creation audio video post production performance broadcast or similar finished content creation and production use Individual license holders are permitted to install this library on multiple computers or other equipment only if they are the sole owner and only user of all equipment this software is installed or used on Soundiron allows you to use any of the sounds and samples in the library s you ve purchased for the creation and production of commercial recordings music sound design post production or other content creation without paying any additional license fees or providing source attribution to Soundiron This license expressly forbids any unauthorized inclusion of any raw or unmixed content contained within this product into any other commercial or non commercial sample instrument sound effect library synthesizer sound bank or loop or effect library of any kind without our express prior written consent This license also forbids any unauthorized transfer resale or any other form of re distribution of this product or its constituent sounds or programming through any means including but not limited to re sampling reverse engineering de compiling remixing processing isolating or embedding into software or hardware of any kind except where included as part of a multimedia production
22. n is active When one of the steps is set to zero the note will be skipped Velocity Button When on the Strumulator uses the table for velocities instead of played velocity Reset Button This button clears the velocity table Save Button This button in K5 presets only can be used to save the current table levels to a preset Load Button This button can be used to load a table preset Chord This knob selects the chord type to be played by the Strumulator When Off the Strumulator is bypassed The active chord can also be controlled using the black inverted keyswitches above the main playable range Tightness This knob sets the amount of time between notes in a chord Lower values are tight strums while higher values are more of an arpeggiation Random This knob adds an amount of randomness to each delay between each note in a chord This humanizes strums and makes them sloppy Direction This knob controls which direction the strum goes down stroke up stroke and alternate between the two we Se wp s SOUNDIRON This preset type is similar to the regular Performance patch but without slide or hammer on pull off functionality The Release knob also controls the release time of the main note samples All other functionality is the same and the same controls are featured Acoustic Saz Performance Simple mm 8 a 0 Bees Mid Treble RILEASE VOLUMI
23. nap 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 a compatible convolution reverb effect such as the one built into Kontakt these impulses impart their sonic properties fairly well into most sounds Of course it s an imperfect science and much is lost in the translation especially if the sound being played through it also has it s own strong tonal phase or reflective properties Sometimes the results are incredibly lifelike and just as often they can be completely surreal It all depends on the sound the impulse the settings you choose We ve included a hand selected collection of impulse files that we think compliment this library s sound directly built into the GUI You can load them into most instrument presets by using the Reverb control panel and selecting an impulse from the Impulse drop down menu You can also manually import any of your own wavs into the Convolution effect within Kontakt s instrument editor view down in the Insert Effects module Just make sure to set the Reverb control to On and Custom to enable convolution impulse wav import and custom preset saving Be aware that convolution processing can often create powerful and piercing resonances when applied to many audio sources especially loud sounds that contain strong mid to low frequency harmonic components SOUNDIRON ACOUSTIC SAZ System Requireme
24. ned Mix This knob controls the amount of wet and dry output of the effect Values left of center reduce the wet level while values right of center keep wet levels the same but reduces the dry level ACOUSTIC SAZ SOUNDIRON Preset List Please note that all presets listed are designed to be used with Kontakt 5 1 0 or higher Legacy Kontakt 4 2 4 presets are available in the K subdirectory K4 presets lack some of the features of the Kontakt 5 presets such as arpeggiation pattern saving loading and a variety of effects in the FX Rack Lite version of all presets are also included These are less CPU and memory intensive at the cost of round robin variation and sample offset controllability Acoustic Saz Performance nki The primary instrument preset for the Acoustic Saz It simulates the real world behavior of a Saz as closely as possible Includes all major articulations slides hammer on pull off palm mutes chokes and standard as well as the Strumulator functionality This is a resource intensive and complex preset See Page 6 for more details Acoustic Saz Performance Simple nki A simpler version of the above preset It lacks slides and hammer on pull offs but retains all other functionality See Page 10 for more details Acoustic Saz Performance Simple Uber nki This preset is similar to the other Simple patch but replaces the Strumulator with the Uberpeggiator See Page 10 for more details
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26. range of each string The highest available note of one string depends on the low note of the string that is higher to prevent any gaps where no string would be mapped Each string s range is represented on Kontakt s built in keyboard shown below by the blue low red mid and green high key ranges The string ranges can be overridden on the fly using the Allow keyswitches and UI controls Play Modes Each string has a variety of toggleable play modes These can be controlled using keyswitches or via the user interface controls pictured to the left Each radio button represents a string just like the range controls low mid and high from top to bottom The label like Slide or H On can be pressed to toggle the mode on off for all strings Please be aware that certain modes override other modes where it makes sense logically like Palm Mutes and Chokes overwriting one another Slide l This play mode plays slide samples between notes Keep the previous note held down The modes controls live on the neck of the momentarily after pushing the new note Slides can also be controlled using the red Saz in the top right of the UI keyswitches as shown to the left rd o H On Hammer on Pull off o c 3 5 M This mode simulates hammer ons and pull offs Within the confines of each string any 6 Oo 5 e new note press after the first functions as a hammer on and if on note release a lower 7 T q a O note is still held that no
27. te will be played simulating a pull off This mode can be controlled using the green keyswitches Allow This special functionality is used to override the string ranges that are defined by the user When active for a string that string takes precedence over other strings in any natural overlapping ranges This lets users play notes on strings all the way up the neck If Allow is active for more than one string both strings will sound on notes where they overlap This can also be controlled using the blue keyswtiches AANA A These switch the string to play palm mutes instead of normal open notes These can also be controlled using the yellow keyswitches Choke This mode chokes the string to produce a non pitched more percussive sound This mode can be controlled using the cyan keyswitches SOUNDIRON ffects Panel Control In ihe boon left of the UI are buttons which when pressed open a tab that contain more controls and extra information Each panel is described below and on successive pages Settings This panel contains keyswitch and legato settings Strumulator This panel contains strumulator settings and controls Quick Help This panel displays quick help info about keyswitches and ranges SETTINGS The settings panel contains various options for keyswitches and legato slide KEYSWITCHES aoe Keyswitches l MOMENTARY LATCHING m Each of the 5 keyswitches can be either momentary or
28. tic Saz Each of the 3 strings of the Saz is represented as its own monophonic unit with individual modes for slides hommer on pull offs palm mutes and chokes String ranges are set via the UI but can be overridden All important functionality is also controllable via keyswitch Acoustic Saz Performance etme PEN TONS The Performance preset is the most feature heavy and therefore CPU intensive preset in the library This type includes full Round Robin slides hammer on pull offs palm mutes chokes and the powerful Strumulator Swell CC 72 EQ This knob controls the volume swell of the instrument The Performance preset type features a full 3 band parametric EQ with a sweepable mid frequency See Page 5 for more Attack CC 74 details This knob controls the sharpness of attack Lower values have more of a pluck sound Range Controls In the top left of the Ul are a set of three knobs and 3 value edits Each knob value edit pair control the range of one of the three Saz strings the knob is present to allow midi CC automation See Page 7 for details Release CC76 This controls the release time of the palm mute and choke samples Lower settings cause the sound to be damped and cut off while higher settings allow notes to ring out longer Play Mode Controls Start Offset CC78 This controls the amount of sample start offset allowing you to jump ahead into samples to change the sound This can also be
29. trols the gain of mid level frequencies Highs This knob controls the gain of high treble frequencies Boost Button This button only available in the Jump amp sim toggles HiGain mode on and off The Volume is adjusted 9dB when activated to maintain relative volume while increasing the drive Presence This knob only available in the Jump amp adjusts the presence of the effect CAR TWEED GACEN V Size This knob controls size of cabinet effect effectively the size of the simulated cabinet Fast Button This button available only with the Rotator cabinet type toggles the rotation effect of the cabinet from slow to fast SOUNDIRON ACOUSTIC SAZ FX Rack continued Filter Controls The Filter FX module features a configurable lowpass filter Power Button Toggles the effect on and off Cutoff Use this knob to control the cutoff frequency of the filter Any frequencies above this setting will be attenuated Delay Controls The Delay FX module is a configurable Delay effect Power Button Toggles the effect on and off Rate This knob controls the time between delays Higher values mean a longer time between delays creating a more pronounced echo Damping This knob controls the damping of the delay effect which attenuates and damps each successive echo Pan This knob controls the amount of stereo panning of the delay effect Reverb Controls The Rever FX module allows
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31. used to control the amount of pluck Release Volume CC90 This controls the volume of release samples only These samples play when the last note of a string is released The small glowing radio button toggles Release Samples on off if you don t want them to play at all In the top right of the UI on the fret board are a series of buttons which control the playback mode of each or all strings See Page 7 for details Panel Controls Nestled in the bottom left of the Ul are buttons which when pressed open a tab with a variety of controls and information See Page for details SOUNDIRON ACOUSTIC SAZ Performance continued The Performance preset is a complicated instrument that can seem daunting but it is also the most powerful preset available This section looks at some of the more advanced functionality Strings and String Ranges As mentioned previously each individual Saz string is conceptualized as an independent monophonic unit separate from the other strings This logic mirrors that of the real world instrument one can play each string in a different way perhaps sliding on the low string palm muting the middle and hammering on the high string The natural range for each string is as follows Low F2 C4 Mid C3 G4 High A3 F5 String Controls From top to bottom the knob value edit pairs pictured to the left represent the low mid and high strings of the Saz These controls can be used to set the
32. users to load reverb impulses to simulated real world spaces or effects Power Button Toggles the effect on and off Custom Button Turning this On bypasses the our built in impulses so you can save presets with your own impulses in the Insert FX module through Kontakt s Editor view FX Menu 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 Rooms Menu 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 O PFILTErR Reso This knob controls the resonance of the filter boost at the cutoff frequency Feedback This knob controls the feedback of the delay effect High values can cause and endless loop Mix This knob controls the amount of wet and dry output of the effect Values left of center reduce the wet level while values right of center keep wet levels the same but reduces the dry level Lo Pass Sets the low frequency cut off of the impulse response allowing you to dull and darken the sound Hi Pass Sets the high frequency cut off of the impulse response allowing you to remove rumble and low end Size Sets the simulated room size of the convolution Delay Sets the amount of pre delay time before the wet signal is retur
33. y 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 e EZ Roll sets it to allow polyphonic rolls to be played Can be used for complex strum patterns Hits and Hit 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 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 UBERPEGGIAIOR MODES gp RHYTHM gp SWING Off O HITS iT DURATION _ 1 100 WH 00 REPEAT r PITCH RANDOM A None ATA PST SCALE Major KEY constrain i oe Pitch This is a unique quarter tone detuning effect that offsets the pitch for all repeated notes after the first note played in an arpeggiation Key Binds the arpeggiation scale you ve chosen to a specific key 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 ea
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