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1. Presets PROGRAM TYPES Page 22 WORDMASTER Page 23 PHRASEMASTER Page 23 TRUE LEGATO Pages 23 24 MARCATO Page 24 STACCATO Pages 24 25 POLYSUSTAINS Page 25 SOLOISTS Page 25 VOWEL SUSTAINS Page 26 CHORAL EFFECTS Page 26 Info LYRICAL ELEMENTS Page 27 LICENSE AGREEMENT Page 28 THANK YOU Page 29 Additional Programming Tuning amp Beta Testing by Brad Halverson Directed By Robert Geary amp Kevin Fox Session Production by Alan Kleinschmidt amp Barbara Heroux Performed by The Pacific Boychoir Special Thanks to Jen amp Josie Xenia and Meagan SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR ABOUT THIS LIBRARY Fidelity This library was recorded in wide stereo at 48kHz 24bit using 12 discreet large diaphragm microphones in a large a frame hall Because of the wooden stained glass and stone construction and environmental conditions both inside and outside of the recording hall natural impurities in the sound can and do get into the samples from time to time We feel this adds to the realism and character of the library 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 t2. U m sj 4 See i d s uy P n a p v 7 74 L er wv P KEY RANGE m i Nm OEDS EED Controls for Vowel Sustains are similar to True Legato with the exception of a new Pad Mode Mic Mixer Controls the levels of each mic position individually as well as loading and unloading the samples as desired See Page 6 for more information Effects Panel Controls These buttons in the top right corner control the various effects available for the preset See Pages 7 9 for details Vowel amp 2 Layer Selector The selectors select the active vowel sustain for each layer The radio buttons next to each dropdown enable disables each layer Assign a midi controller to the Vowell or Vowel 2 labels to automate each dropdown Blend The Blend slider CC94 controls the crossfade between the Layers when active Disable the Blend functionality completely using the small radio button next to it Swell CC72 amp CC73 Swell controls the natural dynamic volume swell from pp to ff See Page 6 for details Attack CC 74 amp CC75 Attack softens and hardens initial note attack In True Legato presets this controls the volume of attack samples Offset CC78 amp CC79 Offset cuts into the attack samples to produce a harder initial attack at higher values Release CC 76 amp CC 77 Release controls the amount of room decay for the release samples See Page 7 for details Rel Vol
3. CC90 amp CC9I Rel Vol controls the volume of release samples only These samples are disabled completely when Pad is on Pad Mode These buttons turn the corresponding layer into choral pads Having this enabled disables the attack and release samples for that layer when in Pad Mode the Attack and Release controls directly control the envelope shape of the sustain with a more extreme range of fade times on note start and release Keyswitches Select the active Vowel for each layer quickly using a keyboard See Page 6 for details Key Range Sets the playable range See Page 6 for details Legato The Vowel Sustains presets feature a custom simulated legato system This included a simulated bend to help the note transitions See Page 9 for details Vibrato The Vowel Sustains presets feature a custom simulated vibrato system This can help bring the sounds to life See Page 10 for details SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR Ambiences This preset contains a wide selection of ambient atmospheric material we created from the source content Ambience controls are very similar to Vowel Sustains with exception of an added Step knob and the removal of a Pad mode Effects Panel Controls These buttons in the top right corner control the various effects available for the preset See Pages 7 9 for details Ambience amp 2 Layer Selector The selectors select the active ambience for each layer The radio
4. See Page 6 for details SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR Marcato Mercury features 42 unique sustaining marcatos and 28 true short marcatos All presets of this type are single layer presets and the controls throughout are similar the main difference being the looping sustains and the short shot true marcatos MIC MIXER t Controls for both Marcato preset types are similar but each has a few unique features Mic Mixer Controls the levels of each mic position individually as well as loading and unloading the samples as desired See Page 6 for more information Effects Panel Controls These buttons in the top right corner control the various effects available for the preset See Pages 7 9 for details Word Grid The Word Grid shows all available Marcatos 42 in the sustaining preset and 28 in the short Simply click on a word to make it active as indicated by the that appears next to it Users can automate grid selection using the Word knob described below Word Knob This knob also changes the active word This knob is intended to be automated via a midi cc The active word is displayed in red next to this knob as well as on the word grid Swell CC72 Swell controls the natural dynamic volume swell See Page 6 for details Speed CC95 This knob only available in the T Stretch K5 variant utilizes Time Machine Pro to allow users to stretch and compress the length of the FX Atta
5. Selects the active polysustain for each Layer Use the radio button next to each dropdown to disable that Layer completely Assign a midi controller to the Chant or Chant 2 labels above the drop down menu to automate polysustain selection for each Chant layer Blend The Blend slider CC94 controls the crossfade between the Layers when active Disable the Blend functionality completely using the small radio button next to it Use this to create new word and phrase combinations by morphing between two separate polysustains Swell CC72 amp CC73 Swell controls the natural dynamic volume swell See Page 6 for details Attack CC 74 amp CC75 This control softens and hardens the initial note attack See Page 7 for details Offset CC78 amp CC79 Offset starts playback further into the sample This can be used to skip to start at different syllables in each polysustain A value of 100 starts playback at the beginning of the final syllable A value of 127 starts playback at the pure vowel sustain so that you can quickly switch between lyrical and pure vowel sustains within the same preset Release CC 76 amp CC 77 Release controls the amount of room decay for the release samples See Page 7 for details Rel Vol CC90 amp CC91 Rel Vol controls the volume of release samples only These samples can be disabled completely using the small radio button next to the label Keyswitches Select the active Chant for each
6. alt Deum Eh Deum Ee Elesion Ei Elesion Eh Hallelujah Oh Hallelujah Ei Kyria Oo Kyria Mm Maria Oos Maria Oh Mundi Mundi On Sancto Sancto Oo Spiritu Legato Spiritu Oos Veritus Veritus SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR 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 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 This product is uniquely and transparently watermarked for each licensed user by Continuata 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 Soun
7. button is the circle with 3 bars located just to the right of the Reset X button Steps This setting determines the number of sequencer steps 2 32 that can be set with the velocity graph step sequencer This small stair step icon is located directly to the right of the Player Table button SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR Simulated Vibrato Controls This simulated vibrato system allows you to subtly create the impression of choral vibrato in some vowel sustain presets with mild pitch and dynamic oscillation with depth and speed that can be shaped and automated to fit your needs This is not intended as a replacement for natural vibrato but when used with care it can augment and enliven your arrangement SPEED INTENSITY Intensity This knob controls the intensity and depth of the vibrato oscillation effect Speed This sets the speed of the vibrato oscillation effect Vibrato On Off This button toggles Vibrato mode on off It is the radio button located to the right of the Vibrato tab label button SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR Main Preset Types Mercury contains a variety of main preset types Each contains a powerful user interface that allows for full control over the sound The following section contains descriptions of each preset type and usage information about any controls it might contain Polysustains Polysustains are the more linguistically complex multi syllabic part of the library based
8. find this control window at the top right corner of the GUI To open the window click the Legato label To close it click the label again or click the tab arrow on the right side of the pop up To enable legato click the small radio button next to it To play legato transitions enable the legato system by turning on the radio button next to the Legato label Then play a single note and hold it Now play a new note close to it on the keyboard without letting go of the old note until the new note has started This short time overlap tells the program that you wish to perform a legato transition instead of releasing the old note and starting the new note You can play up to three simultaneous melodies at once as long as each melody does not cross into the range of another melody POLYPHONY RANGE Polyphony This knob controls the available number of separate legato positions Using this allows for up to three separate legato melodies to be played simultaneously Range This knob controls the interval range within which a legato transition will occur When used with Polyphony any legato transition played greater than this setting will trigger another legato position Speed In presets with simulated legato the Speed knob controls the speed of the pseudo legato pitch bend when it is enabled When turned all the way down the bend is slow turned all the way up the bend is fast In True Legato presets this knob controls the speed of th
9. for info on the vibrato system Mercury Ambiences These are special hand crafted sound design ambiences drones pads and sustaining tuned and atonal FX that we created by heavily manipulating the raw choral source recordings See page 8 for info on the control features Choral Effects Mercury Choral Effects These are a variety of sweeps swells risers falls laughs and other various choral effects and vocalizations There is also a Time Stretch version of this preset See page 15 for info on the control features Mercury Drone amp Whisper Staccatos These are whispered and spoken atonal and tonal cluster staccatos There is also a Time Stretch version of this preset This preset is based on the staccato GUI structure See page 15 for info on the control features Mercury Drone Sustains These are spoken voice atonal and tonal cluster polysustains recorded at 80 100 bpm There is also a Time Stretch version of this preset This preset is based on the polysustain GUI structure See page 12 for info on the control features Mercury Whisper Sustains These are whispered polysustains recorded at 100 bpm There is also a Tempo Sync version of this preset This preset is based on the polysustain GUI structure This preset is based on the polysustain GUI structure See page 12 for info on the control features Mercury Trills These are fluidly sustaining trills that oscillate up and down in fixed pitch intervals to a natural gent
10. label Swell CC72 amp CC73 The Swell knob allows smooth dynamic volume adjustment of the respective Layer from a low pp to a high ff MIC MIXER Lh or E e C3 o F A KEY RANGE o KZ2 c5 ieas SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR Attack CC74 amp CC75 The Attack knob shapes initial note attack to make the start of each note harder or softer When used in conjunction with the Offset knob this can be used to create some interesting pad like effects Please note the functionality of this knob varies between preset types See each preset type s respective page for details Offset CC78 amp CC79 The Offset knob sets the playback start position of the sample Please note the functionality of this knob varies between preset types See each preset type s respective page for details Release CC76 amp CC77 The Release knob sets the room decay time of the release sample after a note is released Higher values represent a larger room while smaller values can produce an almost dry sound Rel Vol CC90 amp CC91 The Rel Vol knob controls the volume of release samples only This can be used to fine tune how loud or quiet the room decay is when a note is released To turn of playback of release samples altogether use the small radial button next to the Rel Vol label Pan The Pan slider stereo pans samples left or right EQ Controls REL VOL 4 s dad d The EQ tab conta
11. layer quickly using your midi keyboard See Page 6 for details Key Range Sets the choir s playable note range See Page 6 for details Legato Polysustain presets feature a custom simulated legato system that allows for melodic lines that follow the different syllables of each polysustain This included a simulated bend to help the note transitions See Page 9 for details SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR True Legato True legato involves recording the actual gliss transition between notes as the singers legato between pitches Our custom system intelligently plays these samples back as the user legatos through a melodic passage Each True Legato preset is a dual layer preset that allows vowel morphing by crossfading between layers In True Legato Master the legato vowel for each layer is selectable There are also static legato patches that do not have selectable layers but allow morphing between two static vowels This is meant to provide legato functionality to users with less powerful systems or want less overhead A variant is included so every combination of legato vowels of which there are 5 Ah Ee Eh Mm Oh and Oo is available We ve included versions of True Legato for Kontakt 4 and Kontakt 5 The difference between them is how the Speed control of legato works Kontakt 5 versions utilize the built in Time Machine Pro engine to actually stretch the interval sample This allows for slower and quicker legato than Kon
12. make it active for the active layer A word active on layer has a I next to it while a word active on layer 2 will have a 2 displayed If a word is assigned to both layers a B is displayed Users can automate grid selection for each layer using the Word knobs described below Blend The Blend slider CC94 controls the crossfade between the Layers when active Disable the Blend functionality completely using the small radio button next to it Columns Each column contains controls for the corresponding layer Users can access the controls on the columns by clicking on the title at the top of each column This causes the column to raise and allows access to sound shaping controls for each layer Word Knobs These knobs also change the active word for each layer This knob is intended to be automated via a midi cc The active word is displayed in red next to this knob as well as on the word grid Word Mode Buttons Each Word can be played as a sustaining marcato or a staccato These buttons select the given mode for each layer Swell CC72 amp CC73 Swell controls the natural dynamic volume swell See Page 6 for details Attack CC 74 amp CC75 Attack softens and hardens initial note attack In True Legato presets this controls the volume of attack samples Offset CC78 amp CC79 Offset cuts into the attack samples to produce a harder initial attack at higher values Release CC 76 amp CC 77 Release cont
13. polysustain chants They are recorded at 140 bpm in tight 16 note bursts There is also a Tempo Sync version of this preset This preset is based on the Polysustain GUI structure See pages I2 and 14 for info on the control features Polysustains This is the slow multi sylabic Latin word sustain collection These include a variety of common Latin liturgical chants recorded as unison sustains over the whole choral interval with an infinitely looping vowel sustain phase and final release syllable The flexible attack offset release blend legato and other control features allow a nearly limitless variety of custom variations using the basic dual layer polysustain phrases See page 12 for info on the control features Mercury Polysustains Fast The Fast polysustains were recorded at O0bpm There is also a Tempo Sync version of this preset that allows automatic host tempo synchronization with best results between 120 and 200 bpm Mercury Polysustains Slow The Slow polysustains were recorded at lO0bpm There is also a Tempo Sync version of this preset that allows automatic host tempo synchronization with best results between 80 and 140 bpm Soloists Mercury Solo Legato We recorded a true legato Ah vowel for the Soprano soloist and an Oh vowel for the Alto soloist The Soprano spans C3 D5 The Alto spans C3 F 4 There is also a Time Stretch version of this preset This preset is based on the True Legato GUI structure See pa
14. SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR version We welcome you to the Soundiron Mercury Symphonic Boychoir There is a special sound to a traditional English boy s choral ensemble solemn lows angelic highs and an overwhelming innocence that harkens back to the days of youth and purity We ve truly capture this unique quality with a painstakingly sampled full boy s choral ensemble ages 8 13 crafting the single most comprehensive and detailed children s choral ensemble library ever designed To achieve this we recorded with the outstanding Pacific Boychoir under the direction of Kevin Fox and conducted by Meastro Robert Geary Our Mercury Symphonic Boychoir features a pair of masterfully mixed composite microphone positions stage and hall carefully blended from an array of 2 discreet large diaphragm Neumann microphones with wide stereo pairs ranging in carefully spaced distances from meter to 20 meters We ve struck an ideal balance between presence clarity richness and atmosphere returning to the same large crystal clear open hall in which we recorded our Olympus choirs Surround mixing is made simple with the best balance between placement flexibility and performance without compromising the truly awesome sound these exceptional singers deliver Our goal is to provide a children s choir library uniquely able to offer a classic English boychoir sound with a complete range of utility that would allow it be used as a ful
15. SS 20 0k Hz CUSTOM xam Convolution On Off This button enables disables the convolution reverb effect Custom On Off Turning this button On allows for custom impulse loading It bypasses the ability to load any of our provided impulses so users can save custom presets with custom impulses Dry Sets the amount of dry gain that is passed through the effect Wet Sets the amount of wet gain that is passed through the effect Size Sets the simulated room size of the convolution Low Pass Sets the low frequency cut off of the impulse response allowing you to dull and darken the sound 100 0 0 00 ms High Pass Sets the high frequency cut off of the impulse response allowing you to remove rumble and low end Delay Sets the amount of pre delay time before the wet signal is returned Impulse menus These menus allow you to select from a wide variety of custom convolution reverb impulses that we ve personally captured or created for you separated into experimental FX impulses and simulated real world spaces FX This menu allows you to select one of our special effect convolutions Selecting an impulse from this menu overrides and unloads any currently loaded impulse from the Spaces menu Spaces This menu allows you to select one of our real world environmental convolutions Selecting an impulse from this menu overrides and unloads any currently loaded impulse from the Effects menu In the e
16. 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 tab 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 MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR System Requirements Please be aware that many instrument and multi instrument programs in this library are extremely ram cpu and hard disk streaming resource intensive We highly recommend that you have a 64 bit operating system Windows or OSX with at least 4GB of system ram a quad core cpu and a 7200 rpm SATA hard disk or better before purchasing this particular Soundiron library Large sample sets like those found in this library may load slowly and may cause system instability on older machines Download amp Installation We provide the Continuata Connect download manager
17. buttons next to each dropdown enable disables each layer Assign a midi controller to the Ambience or Ambience 2 labels to automate each dropdown Blend The Blend slider CC94 controls the crossfade between the Layers when active Disable the Blend functionality completely using the small radio button next to it Swell CC72 amp CC73 Swell controls the natural dynamic volume swell See Page 6 for details Attack CC 74 amp CC75 Attack softens and hardens initial note attack In True Legato presets this controls the volume of attack samples Offset CC78 amp CC79 Offset cuts into the attack samples to produce a harder initial attack at higher values Release CC 76 amp CC 77 Release controls the amount of room decay for the release samples See Page 7 for details Rel Vol CC90 amp CC9I Rel Vol controls the volume of release samples only These samples are disabled completely when Pad is on Step This knob tunes the corresponding layer in semitones Keyswitches Select the active Vowel for each layer quickly using a keyboard See Page 6 for details Key Range Sets the playable range See Page 6 for details Legato The Vowel Sustains presets feature a custom simulated legato system This included a simulated bend to help the note transitions See Page 9 for details SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR Wordmaster The Wordmaster is a special preset type that puts the majority of t
18. ck CC74 Attack softens and hardens initial note attack Offset CC78 Offset moves the start of sample play back further into the sample In the Short presets this can be used to produce very short staccato like sounds Release CC 76 Release controls the amount of room decay for the staccatos See Page 7 for details Rel Vol CC90 Sustaining Only Some effects are looping sustains and as such as release samples Rel Vol controls the volume of release samples only These samples can be disabled completely using the small radio button next to the label Keyswitches The configurable red keyswitches displayed on Kontakt s internal keyboard can be used to jump immediately to the corresponding word Key Range Sets the playable range See Page 6 for details Uberpeggiator Short Only Staccato presets are the only preset type to include Uberpeggiator functionality This allows for tempo synced arpeggiation See Page 10 for more information Legato Sustains Only The Marcato Sustains presets feature a custom simulated legato system This included a simulated bend to help the note transitions See Page 9 for details SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR Vowel Sustains This special patch contains only the pure vowels Ah Ee Eh Ei Mm Oh and Oo in a dual layer preset with true p amp f layering This also features a special simulated vibrato system as well as simulated legato 7 i a r aw hd b
19. d disable this functionality When disabled both Layers will play overtop of each other Key Switches Many presets feature Keyswitch functionality which allows users to quickly switch each layer s in 2 Layer presets or the active articulation by pressing keys on a Midi keyboard The position of Keyswitches can be customized by adjusting the value in the note names field or by pressing the SET button then pressing a key on a Midi keyboard Keyswtiches can also be disabled completely by toggling the small radial button next to the note range Be aware that Keyswitches take precedence over playing a sample so if there is overlap between the playable range and Keyswitches the keyswitch will activate and no sound will play Key Range You can adjust the playable note range for the choir by using the Key Range controls down at the bottom This determines the overall interval that the choir can sing at We use C3 as middle C to match our other choral libraries so the choir s natural default range for this library is from A 2 up to C5 However you can artificially extend the range all the way down to a subsonic C and all the way up to a shrill chirping C7 if you wish One can set the upper and lower range boundaries in two ways changing the value in the value edit box or pressing the corresponding SET button then pressing a key on the midi keyboard Users can reset the key range to the choir s natural range by CTLR Left Clicking on the Key Range
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21. e no sound is played The Back button removes the rightmost word from the active phrase Phrase Buttons These buttons can be used to select and make active each of the l6 phrases for editing Each button also puts that phrase into the active slot of the slot sequencer Phrase Hold This button when active pauses active phrase and holds it at the current step The word assigned to the current step will repeat until this button is disabled Phrase Reset This button reset the currently editable phrase and deletes all words from it Step Buttons The 16 Mercury symbols function as buttons and displays for each step of the currently selected phrase Pushing a step button makes that the active step meaning any word on the Word Grid pressed will add it to that step If a user inserts a word into a step that is preceded by empty steps Skip s will be inserted to fill in those gaps Step Mode Buttons The button directly beneath the step display area where the word assigned to that step is displayed is used to set that step to either a marcato M os a staccato S Columns The left column contains sound shaping controls for the words while the right column reveals all the keyswitch controls Users can access the controls on the columns by clicking on the title at the top of each column This causes the column to raise and allows access to sound shaping and keyswitch controls SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR Phras
22. e real recorded legato Slower legato speeds sound the smoothest but if you want to play faster melodies we recommend using higher speed settings Bend This knob only present in presets with simulated legato controls the intensity of the simulated legato bend Setting this knob to 0 turns the bend off completely Interval Vol This knob only present in presets with true legato controls the volume of the interval samples only Use this to fine tune the volume and presence of the real recorded legato transitions Higher speed settings tend to sound better with slightly lower Interval Volume settings Legato On Off This button toggles legato mode on off It is the radio button located to the right of the Legato tab label button SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR Uberpeggiator Controls The staccato and short marcato presets in this library 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 Z Z Down Mode This knob controls the Arpeggiator mode Choosi
23. emaster continued Marcato Controls Swell CC72 Swell controls the natural dynamic volume swell See Page 6 for details Attack CC 74 Attack softens and hardens initial note attack Release CC 76 Release controls the amount of room decay for the release samples See Page 7 for details Rel Vol CC90 Rel Vol controls the volume of release samples only These samples are disabled completely when the radio button is off Staccato Controls Swell CC73 Swell controls the natural dynamic volume swell See Page 6 for details Attack CC 75 Attack softens and hardens initial note attack Release CC 77 Release controls the amount of room decay for the release samples See Page 7 for details Offset CC 79 Offset controls the sample start position of the staccatos See Page 7 for details Keyswitches The lower set of red keyswitches selects the active Phrase for editing The green keyswitches above the playable range selects that step of the current active phrase The two yellow keyswitches can be used to set the current active step to a staccato or a marcato See Page 6 for details Key Range Sets the playable range See Page 6 for details SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR PRESET TYPES There are 4 main presets types Standard Kontakt 4 compatible Lite Kontakt 4 compatible I sync Kontakt 5 required and T Stretch Kontakt 5 required SIANDARD This preset requires the full version of Kon
24. fer a variety of controls to make it truly versatile Mic Mixer Controls the levels of each mic position individually as well as loading and unloading the samples as desired See Page 6 for more information Effects Panel Controls These buttons in the top right corner control the various effects available for the preset See Pages 7 9 for details Word Grid The Word Grid shows al 42 available staccatos Simply click on a word to make it active as indicated by the I that appears next to it Users can automate grid selection using the Word knob described below Word Knob This knob also changes the active word This knob is intended to be automated via a midi cc The active word is displayed in red next to this knob as well as on the word grid Swell CC72 Swell controls the natural dynamic volume swell See Page 6 for details Attack CC74 Attack softens and hardens initial note attack Speed CC95 This knob only available in the T Stretch K5 variant utilizes Time Machine Pro to allow users to stretch and compress the length of staccatos Offset CC78 Offset moves the start of sample play back further into the sample Release CC 76 Release controls the amount of room decay for the staccatos See Page 7 for details Keyswitches The configurable red keyswitches displayed on Kontakt s internal keyboard can be used to jump immediately to and make active the corresponding word Key Range Sets t
25. ge 13 amp 17 for info Mercury Solo Polysustains These Latin chants match the full ensemble s slow polysustains The Soprano spans A2 D5 The Alto spans A2 F 4 There is also a Tempo Sync version of this preset as well as a special Direct version that includes a bonus super close microphone position This preset is based on the polysustain GUI structure See page 12 for info on the control features Mercury Solo Staccatos These staccatos can be selected with our simple syllable selection interface or key switches You can also loosen and tighten them using the Offset and Attack controls The Soprano spans A2 D5 The Alto spans A2 F 4 There is also a Time Stretch version of this preset as well as a special Direct version that includes a bonus super close microphone position This preset is based on the Staccato GUI structure See page 14 for info on the control features See Page 10 for the Uberpeggiator SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR Vowel Sustains Mercury Vowel Sustains These are an array of classic sustaining vowels with independent round robin variations for each attack sustain an release phase We ve included ah eh ee ei mm oh oh 2 oo and oo 2 sustaining vowels in this dual layer instrument This instrument also has a special Pad Mode to create smooth fluid sustaining pads There is also a Lite version of this preset See page 7 for info on the control features See page
26. hat 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 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 sa
27. he library right at your fingertips It is a dual layer patch to allow blending between two fully configurable layers including both marcato sustains and staccatos This is a somewhat complex preset but once learned it is incredibly powerful MIC MIXER i ETA WORD CONTROL oar ht E 7 d ba f e LSTACCATO ise AH T A E E yo WORT O i LSTACCATO P cm i cs K NA The Wordmaster features a Word Grid similar to other presets in this library but the Wordmaster is unique because it is a dual layer preset as well The Word and Word 2 buttons near the top of the are used to select the active layer Once this is done the word grid now controls the active word for that layer Each layer has is fully configurable using the controls on the pop up columns Mic Mixer Controls the levels of each mic position individually as well as loading and unloading the samples as desired See Page 6 for more information Effects Panel Controls These buttons in the top right corner control the various effects available for the preset See Pages 7 9 for details Word amp 2 Buttons These buttons make that particular layer the active layer as indicated by the glowing wings The small radio buttons next to each disables that layer Please note that disabling a layer also makes the column for that layer inaccessible Word Grid The Word Grid shows all 42 available Words Simply click on a word to
28. he playable range See Page 6 for details Double This button enables staccato doubling This causes two round robin to play for each note pressed producing a fatter sound Uberpeggiator Staccato presets are the only preset type to include Uberpeggiator functionality This allows for tempo synced arpeggiation See Page 10 for more information SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR Choral FX The Choral Effects preset includes a wide variety unique FX content we captured while recording Mercury All of our miscellaneous effects sustaining clusters a wartime bomb explosion swells and of course flatulence are in this patch This is a single layer preset that functions very much like our Staccato and Marcato Sustains presets MIC MIXER i Though similar to the way our Staccato presets function the samples in the FX preset are available stretched across the keyrange tuned or in a special one note per key untuned group Mic Mixer Controls the levels of each mic position individually as well as loading and unloading the samples as desired See Page 6 for more information Effects Panel Controls These buttons in the top right corner control the various effects available for the preset See Pages 7 9 for details Word Grid The Word Grid shows all 30 available FX Simply click on a word to make it active as indicated by the that appears next to it Users can automate grid selection using the Word knob de
29. ins a full three band equalizer This special panel can be found in all of the instrument presets You ll find this control window at the top right corner of the GUI To open the window click the EQ label To close it click the label again or click the tab arrow on the right side of the pop up To enable the EQ effect in the signal path click the small radio button next to it HI GAIN MID GAIN 2 se m a 2 00 dB 0 00 dE 200 dB MID FREQ EQ3 On Off Mid BW This button enables disables the 3 band Parametric EQ This knob sets the bandwidth for the Mid band Bass Gain Mid Freq This knob sets the amount of gain for the bass frequency band Treble Gain This knob sets the frequency for the mid band Mid Gain This knob sets the amount of gain for the treble This knob sets the amount of gain for the mid frequency frequency band band f i b SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR Convolution Reverb Controls We ve incorporated our custom convolution impulses into each instrument preset with full control over all available convolution effect parameters You ll find this control window at the top right corner of the GUI To open the window click the REVERB label To close it click the label again or click the tab arrow on the right side of the pop up To enable convolution reverb processing in the signal path click the small radio button next to it DRY p n a 3 0 db 3 0 db HI PASS L d 20 0 Hz LO PA
30. k at higher values Release CC 76 amp CC 77 Release controls the amount of room decay for the release samples See Page 7 for details Rel Vol CC90 amp CC91 Rel Vol controls the volume of release samples only These samples can be disabled completely using the small radio button next to the label Keyswitches Select the active Vowel for each layer quickly using a keyboard See Page 6 for details Only available in True Legato Master Key Range Sets the playable range See Page 6 for details Legato True Legato presets contain controls to set legato options including range and polyphony Also included is an Interval Vol knob that controls the volume of only the legato transition samples See Page 9 for details SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR Staccato Staccatos are intense quickly sung notes followed by room decay Mercury includes 42 different staccatos each with 4x round robin Staccato presets are single layer presets that allow for quick selection of a staccato word and customizable sound shaping We ve included Kontakt 5 variants of our staccato presets which include a speed control knob that can be used to lengthen of tighten up the staccatos This feature utilizes Kontakt 5 s built in Time Machine Pro engine and as such the more extreme settings can produce undesirable results MIC MIXER ft Fe 5 ont E A M X P The Staccato presets are single layer presets but of
31. later but please be aware that the special T Sync preset includes tempo syncing features that automatically lock the playback tempo of each word to your project BPM so it requires Kontakt 5 0 3 or later The TM Pro time stretching engine our T Stretch and T Sync presets use is not available in Kontakt 4 The free Kontakt Player and special Libraries browser do not support the Kontakt open format at all To load these presets into Kontakt simply load them into the main instruments rack by using the Files or Database menus to browse to the location on your hard drive that you installed this library Or you can drag drop the nki files into Kontakt from your Operating system s file browser The presets will automatically load all of the required samples and GUI images which are stored as ncw nkr and nkc files in the Samples folder You can t use the Libraries view to load standard open format Kontakt Instruments like those contained in this library Only locked Powered By Kontakt Libraries are visible to that special 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 process SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR Common Front Panel Controls This instrument has a variety of special front panel performance controls that allow deep real time performance customization You can see each control s internal midi CC assignme
32. le quarter note rhythm The Ah vowel trills oscillate up and down in whole tone steps and the Oh trills shift up and down in half step intervals There is also a Tempo Sync version of this preset This preset is based on the polysustain GUI structure See pages 12 and 17 for info on the control features SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR LYRICAL ELEMENTS Sustaining Vowels Poly Sustains Ah Ee Eh Ei Mm Fast 140 BPM Slow 100 BPM Oh Oh2 Oo OCo2 Aeternus Agnus Dei Agnus Dei Deum Legato Vowels Die Sancto Eleison Hallelujah Kyria Ah Ee Eh Fi Incarnatum Maria Mm Oh Oo Whistle Kyria Mundi Regis Facto Sancto Spiritas Spiritu Vae Victis Veritus sustaining Marcatos Poly Staccatos 140 BPM Ah Ah Dei Fee Oom Soh Ant Den Feex Rrei Son Cant Doh Goh Rreh Tee Aeternus Hallelujah Regis Facto Cah Dohx Lah Rrex Tus Agnus Dei Incarnatum Spiritas Cru Dom Mm Rroo Vay Die Sancto Kyria Vae Victis Crus Ee Nus Sah Yeh Crux Eh Oh Sant Yei Dee Ei Oo See Zeh Staccato Seen Zen Ah Doh Mm See sustaining Marcatos Ant Dohx Nus Seen Cant Dom Oh Soh Ah Ee Mm Rrex Toom Cah Ee Oo Son Cas Eh Nus Rroon Tus Cru Eh Oom Tee Crux Ei Oh Sant Yes Crus Ei Rrei Tus Dee Feex Oo Seen Zen Crux Fee Rreh Vay Dei Gohd Oom Son Dee Feex Rrex Yeh Dom Lox Rreh Tees Dei Goh Rroo Yei Den Lah Sah Zeh Sant Zen Soloist Soprano Soloist 2 Alto Poly Sustains Staccatos Poly Sustains Staccatos Legato 100 BPM 100 BPM Ah Ah Oh Agnus Dei Ee Agnus Dei Ah
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34. ly stand alone naked instrument within a mix in even the most critical applications without any need for any additional instrumental or choral accompaniment We took all of what we learned in the development of our Requiem Light and Olympic Symphonic Choirs and designed our most powerful yet easy to use choir library yet 5 SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR Mercury includes a wealth of detailed and flexible content and extraordinary programming with 42 staccatos amp 42 sustaining marcato words with deep round robin and stacking layering options 18 tempo syncing Latin poly syllabic sustains with phrase synchronous polyphonic legato unique fff poly staccatos and 7 dynamic true legato vowels ah oh oo eh ee mm and a classic ensemble whistle legato with real time speed control from fluid to tight In addition to the true legato chorus sustain types all sustaining articulations include 3 part polyphonic simulated legato Mercury also includes drone and whispering chants staccatos and sustains trills sweeps swells and other choral effects You ll also find two exquisite soloists younger soprano and older alto each with a wide range of poly syllabic phrases staccatos and a fluid true legato vowel sustain for each We ve upgraded our adaptive Phrasemaster phrase building system which allows you to automatically progress through a sequence of staccato or marcato syllables advancing to the next one each time you play a new
35. mpler 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 snap like a balloon pop or starting pistol fired in the environment that was captured which is is in fact how impulses used to be made When loaded into 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
36. ng Off disables the Arp system entirely e On sets it to respond only while a note is pressed cycling through all held notes as it arpeggiates e Hold sets it to automatically sustain one note at a time monophonic so that changing keys changes the note that is repeating e Hold sets it to allow new notes to be added to the automated chain of repeats e EZ Roll sets it to allow polyphonic rolls to be played Hits and Hit Knobs Sets the number of repeats of each note BEFORE moving on to the next note in the arp sequence and Hit 76 sets the intensity fall off rate for each repeat before resetting for the next note Repeat Setting This sets the direction of the up or down repeats Rhythm This sets the speed of arpeggiation as measured in musical time ranging from whole bars to 128th notes Fast settings can yield interesting results but keep in mind that the faster the speed the more voices you use MODES RHYTHM SWING Fe Se Se HEA E Off 8 HIT DURATION Se Fe Vv 100 REPEAT PITCH None SCALE KEY ba FREE j E_S Major Random 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 o
37. nload installation location on your computer that you chose originally If the downloader reports a DL Error or Install error it will automatically try to download the file again until it successfully downloads and verifies all the data it needs It s best to allow it to finish the process before trying to move or access the library data Please see your download email for more detailed instructions Manual Download If you have any trouble with our Downloader utility or prefer to use your browser or another download manager log into your personal manual download page on our website by using the direct link in your download email Log in using your download code Or if you used the downloader originally but you need to re install che library manually for any reason at a later time you can always re use the original rar files To do that you ll need Winrar UnrarX or another full featured Rar extraction utility to extract and install the library Please note that Stuffit Expander and Winzip DON T support many types of common rar files Preset Loading Once installation is complete you can browse and load the included nki presets using the Files or Database tabs in the Kontakt Browser or through the main File load save menu Please allow presets to finish loading completely before loading a new one These open format Kontakt presets require the full version of Kontakt The standard nki presets can be loaded in Kontakt 4 2 4 or
38. note with up to l6 sequencable presets that can be arranged modified and triggered in realtime using automation and key swithing We re also proud to introduce our new Wordmaster system a powerful marcato staccato sequencing tool that let s you choose from 42 different words for two independent articulation layers and switch them from staccato to sustaining marcato at the push of a button or press of a key switch It provides the convenience of instant word building with the superior quality realism and reliability of expertly hand tailored content This is a professional tool for experienced composers and arrangers that requires a bit of practice and skill to properly and fully utilize Like any sample based library it cannot always truly replace a live choir and it cannot be used to replicate every possible choral arrangement flawlessly Like any instrument it does take time to learn and explore in order to successfully create quality results in a finished piece of music That said it is also designed to be a powerful and intuitive tool right out of the box for users who are familiar with and skilled at using complex orchestral sample libraries It is fully automatable efficiently scalable logically designed completely user controllable and ultimately customizable We hope you enjoy the Mercury Symphonic Boychoir 5 SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR SOUNDIRON Mercury Symphonic Boychoir 76 OVERVIEW 77 nki presets open Ko
39. nt 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 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 Or you can also drag drop controller and host automation numbers from the Auto browser on the left side of Kontakt onto this or any of the other automatable controls to lock a control to a host or midi CC envelope Once assigned to a controller you can adjust the automation behavior for each controller down at the bottom of the Auto automation browser window After customizing any of the controls you can save 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 Mic Position Controls You can control the mix volume for each mic position close and far by adjusting the Mic Mixer sliders in the upper left corner of the GUI The C slider controls the Close mix
40. ntakt format 14 605 samples open wav format 24bit 48kHz stereo pcm Powerful custom performance and FX user control interface for Kontakt Note e The full version of Kontakt 4 2 4 for default presets and Kontakt 5 0 3 all tempo sync amp time stretch presets or later is required to use the instrument presets in this library The Kontakt Player and special Libraries tab do not support this library e This product is securely watermarked for each licensed user with the Continuata Watermarking System CREDITS Produced Recorded and Engineered by Mike Peaslee Gregg Stephens and Chris Marshall Post Production Editing Mixing and Mastering by Gregg Stephens and Mike Peaslee Scripting amp Systems Design by Chris Marshall Programmed by Chris Marshall Mike Peaslee Gregg Stephens UI Design and Artwork by Constructive Stumblings Chris Marshall Gregg Stephens amp Mike Peaslee TABLE OF CONTENTS General INTRODUCTION Pages 2 OVERVIEW amp CREDITS Page 3 TECHNICAL INFO Page 4 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Page 4 User Interface MAIN FRONT PANEL Page 6 7 EQ Page 7 CONVOLUTION REVERB Page 8 LEGATO Page 9 UBBERPEGGIATOR Page 10 VIBRATO Page I Main Preset Types POLYSUSTAINS Page 12 TRUE LEGATO Page 13 STACCATO Page 14 CHORAL EFFECTS Page 15 MARCATO Page l6 VOWEL SUSTAINS Page 17 AMBIENCES Page 18 WORDMASTER Page 19 PHRASEMASTER Pages 20 21
41. on classic Latin words commonly found in liturgical choral music Polysustains are multi syllable words that hold a sustaining vowel and then play the final syllable when the note is released You can play polyphonic legato passages with them with syllable progression maintained through the sustain as you play a melody or you can restart the word with each new note you play For example instead of just singing an Ah vowel a polysustain could be something like Ha lle lu jaah where that last syllable ahh will continue to hold a long as you continue holding the note down You can play chords and with legato just as you would a traditional vowel sustain but it brings more life to the performance Polysustains come in three varieties slow fast and solo The slow and solo polysustains have a natural tempo of 100 BPM but there are Tempo Sync variations that sync each polysustain to the host tempo Fast polysustains work similarly but were recorded at 140 BPM with a faster more intense cadence and dynamic level Polysustain Presets are dual layer presets Each Layer has independent controls for shaping the sound Mic Mixer Controls the levels of each mic position individually as well as loading and unloading the samples as desired See Page 6 for more information Effects Panel Controls These buttons in the top right corner control the various effects available for the preset See Pages 7 9 for details Chant amp 2 Layer Selector
42. owels Mercury Legato Ee Oh This preset focuses on the Ee and Oh true legato vowels Mercury Legato Ee Oo This preset focuses on the Ee and Oo true legato vowels SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR Mercury Legato Eh Ee This preset focuses on the Eh and Ee true legato vowels Mercury Legato Eh Mm This preset focuses on the Eh and Mm true legato vowels Mercury Legato Eh Oh This preset focuses on the Eh and Oh true legato vowels Mercury Legato Eh Oo This preset focuses on the Eh and Oo true legato vowels Mercury Legato Oh Mm This preset focuses on the Oh and Mm true legato vowels Mercury Legato Oh Oo This preset focuses on the Oh and Oo true legato vowels Mercury Legato Oo Mm This preset focuses on the Oo and Mm true legato vowels Mercury Legato Whistle This special preset features true legato ensemble whistling with a naturally loose and casual performance and delivery This preset has a reduced key range spanning G2 to G4 There is also a Time Stretch version of this preset Marcatos Mercury Marcato Sustains These are the sustaining marcato words with 42 word syllable choices in a convenient unified layout You can hold each word as long as you wish with and without simulated legato The release syllable sound will play as soon as you let go of the note Simply click the word you wish to play and adjust performance parameters down below You can also use key switches to select different words in
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44. rder you played the notes in with the newest note always added to the end of the chain Swing This sets the amount of rhythmic offset swing between notes Values below zero cause the notes to play ahead of the beat Values above zero cause the notes to play after the beat Duration This knob allows the user to fine tune the length of each note Using this one can shorten the note to staccato like pulses or extend them beyond the normal beat length Key Selector Knob Binds the arpeggiation scale you ve chosen to a specific key Scale Selector Control binds the arpeggiation sequence to a specific scale that you can choose by turning the knob 100 RANDOM x oO Se Se Fr EE MEVS dD y OQ QT 60 or REVERB au 2m EQ Free Constrain Button Limits and adjusts any new note to the currently selected scale and key Higher Lower This toggles the arpeggiation direction up or down the scale if the Contrain mode is active Velocity Graph Sequencer This graph allows you to draw the velocities that you want each step in your arpeggiation sequence to play at Reset X This button resets all steps in the graph to a default value of 0 blank As Played Table This activates the Graph When active the arpeggiation follows the velocities that you ve drawn on the graph from left to right When it is bypassed each note is played at the velocity that it was originally played at This
45. re are 16 different phrases users can customize as well as a special Slot Sequencer which is essentially a meta phrase that can sequence any combination of phrases together Mic Mixer Controls the levels of each mic position individually as well as loading and unloading the samples as desired See Page 6 for more information Effects Panel Controls These buttons in the top right corner control the various effects available for the preset See Pages 7 9 for details Slot Sequencer This is an advanced feature for experienced users The Slot Sequencer is a meta phrase of sorts It is a sequence of phrases Each dropdown can be assigned a phrase using keyswitches or the phrase buttons below the word grid Any empty slot will be skipped Users can change the active slot using the dropdowns arrow buttons or automated via CCI00 Slot Hold This button when active holds the slot sequence on the current slot While active the active slot will not change during playback and the phrase in that slot will repeat Slot Reset This button resets the Slot Sequencer to default It empties all the slots except for the first one which is assigned to Phrase I Word Grid The Word Grid shows all 42 available Words Clicking a word adds that word to the current selected step in the active phrase Two special buttons are also on the Word Grid Skip and Back The Skip button inserts a skip into the active step functioning as a break wher
46. rols the amount of room decay for the release samples See Page 7 for details Rel Vol CC90 amp CC9I Rel Vol controls the volume of release samples only These samples are disabled completely when Pad is on Syllable amp Word Keyswitches The lower set of red keyswitches sets the Word for the active layer They re defined by the Syllable KSW settings The Two green keyswitches above the playable range sets which Word layer is the active layer They re defined by the Word KSW settings See Page 6 for details Key Range Sets the playable range See Page 6 for details SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR oh S 127 SWELL ATTACK je e eT asana Phrasemaster The Phrasemaster is a greatly improved version of our well known Phrase Builder It allows users to sequence together any combination of words into 6 step phrases and there can be up to l6 different phrases Each step can be either a staccato or a sustaining marcato and there sound shaping controls for each type MIC MIXER f T SWELL O ATTACK REL VOL E 64 IRASE STACCATO o wy 8 JAB bi Ox E UA pce TSE iis a SYLLABLE CONTROLS PTT e SLOT SEQUENCER OLD 1 SYLLABLE TYPE KEY RANGE gt Bea LSET The Phrasemaster features a Word Grid similar to other presets in this library but also includes a fully configurable step sequencer The
47. s preset See pages 20 21 for info on the control features True Legato Mercury All Legato Select This master legato preset includes all of our standard true legato vowels ah eh ee mm oh and oo You can load any of the legato vowels and blend them with any other vowel in real time using the two layers and swell over a wide dynamic range between pp and ff These have a slightly reduced key range spanning A2 to D5 There are also Lite and Time Stretch versions of this preset See pages 13 and 7 for control system and feature info Simple Legato Vowel Pair Presets These preset focuses on two true legato vowels with smooth cross vowel fading over the Blend slider These have a slightly reduced key range spanning A2 to D5 There is also a Time Stretch version of each preset If you just need a single legato vowel you can turn off either of the two vowel layers to conserve ram cpu power and voice playback See pages 13 and 7 for control system and feature info Mercury Legato Ah Ee This preset focuses on the Ah and Ee true legato vowels Mercury Legato Ah Eh This preset focuses on the Ah and Eh true legato vowels Mercury Legato Ah Mm This preset focuses on the Ah and Mm true legato vowels Mercury Legato Ah Oh This preset focuses on the Ah and Oh true legato vowels Mercury Legato Ah Oo This preset focuses on the Ah and Oo true legato vowels Mercury Legato Ee Mm This preset focuses on the Ee and Mm true legato v
48. scribed below Each effect has its samples stretched across the keyrange to allow for creative uses except the special Spoken and AII groups These are untuned one note per key groups that make every effect useable at once Word Knob This knob also changes the active word This knob is intended to be automated via a midi cc The active word is displayed in red next to this knob as well as on the word grid Swell CC72 Swell controls the natural dynamic volume swell See Page 6 for details Speed CC95 This knob only available in the T Stretch K5 variant utilizes Time Machine Pro to allow users to stretch and compress the length of the FX Attack CC74 Attack softens and hardens initial note attack Offset CC78 Offset moves the start of sample play back further into the sample Release CC 76 Release controls the amount of room decay for the staccatos See Page 7 for details Rel Vol CC90 Some effects are looping sustains and as such as release samples Rel Vol controls the volume of release samples only These samples can be disabled completely using the small radio button next to the label Keyswitches Since the sheer amount of FX makes a separate keyswitch for each prohibitive keyswitches in staccato presets function differently In these patches there are only two keyswtiches The lower one moves to the previous word the upper one moves to the next word Key Range Sets the playable range
49. stantly See page 16 for info on the control features Mercury Short Marcatos These are the non sustaining 3 beat classic marcato words with 28 word syllable choices in a convenient unified layout This instrument features the Uberpeggiator system and you can use the Offset control knob to shift ahead into the word and the Attack control to shape the attack contour for easy on the fly staccato creation at various hold lengths Simply click the word you wish to play and adjust performance parameters down below You can also use key switches to select different words instantly There is also a Time Stretch version of this preset This preset is based on the Staccato GUI structure See page 16 for info on the control features See Page 10 for the Uberpeggiator Staccatos Mercury Staccato This is the primary staccato preset with 4 round robin variations for each syllable It has a simple point and click syllable selection interface or you can use key switches to chance syllables via midi There are also Lite Time Stretch and Lite Time Stretch versions of this preset See page 4 for info on the control features See Page 10 for the Uberpeggiator SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR Mercury Dual Staccatos This special selection of staccatos features dual piano and forte dynamic layers There is also a Time Stretch version of this preset Mercury Poly Staccatos These special staccatos are multi syllabic and match the fast
50. takt 4 2 4 or later It uses the dfd engine with extended sample pre buffer ranges to allow a full range of sample offset control while maintaining optimal efficiency and balanced resource use These presets have the best overall sound and organic variability but cannot tempo sync or stretch at all LITE This preset requires the full version of Kontakt 4 2 4 or later It uses the dfd engine with reduced sample pre buffer ranges and reduced round robin variability to provide maximum resource efficiency and the fastest possible load times These presets cannot tempo sync or stretch at all T SYNC This preset requires the full version of Kontakt 5 0 3 or later It uses the TM Pro stretching engine to provide automatic tempo synchronization which allows you to lock the syllable playback speed of the polysustains to your project tempo or Kontakt s internal BPM setting The TM Pro engine sounds best at tempos between 80 and 160 BPM but each articulation may react differently and have its own unique optimal settings T STRETCH This preset requires the full version of Kontakt 5 0 3 or later It uses the TM Pro stretching engine to provide elastic time stretching for the staccatos short marcatos and several of choral effects These presets include a special Speed control knob that allows you to contract and expand the duration of the samples in real time NOTE You can disable any mic position or performance layer that you aren t curren
51. takt 4 but Time Machine Pro can cause some audio artifacting and is CPU intensive MIC MIXER Hint Playing a legato phrase with True Legato requires a bit of elegance When playing a legato transition keep the previous note held down for a brief moment while you press the new note in order to trigger the transition Mic Mixer Controls the levels of each mic position individually as well as loading and unloading the samples as desired See Page 6 for more information Effects Panel Controls These buttons in the top right corner control the various effects available for the preset See Pages 7 9 for details Chant amp 2 Layer Selector The selectors only in True Legato Master select the active legato vowel for each layer The radio buttons next to each dropdown enable disables each layer In the static vowel patches these buttons also load and unload the samples to save on memory Blend The Blend slider CC94 controls the crossfade between the Layers when active Disable the Blend functionality completely using the small radio button next to it Swell CC72 amp CC73 Swell controls the natural dynamic volume swell See Page 6 for details Attack CC 74 amp CC75 Attack softens and hardens initial note attack In True Legato presets this controls the volume of attack samples Offset CC78 amp CC79 Offset cuts into the attack samples to produce a harder initial note attac
52. tly using to conserve additional ram cpu processing power and polyphonic voice playback If you save a preset it will remember your current control and sample load purge settings Also please be aware that the TM Pro engine isn t perfect so some pitches may be effected by the inherent limitations of Kontakt s stretching algorithms more than others and noticeable artifacts or popping may occur especially when playing larger numbers of simultaneous voices or especially high or low notes These presets also require SIGNIFICANTLY more ram to load and more CPU power to play You may also need to increase your audio driver latency settings to prevent audio driver popping drop outs and stability issues to to the intense resource demands of Kontakt s TM Pro engine SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR PRESET DESCRIPTIONS Mercury Wordmaster This is the primary live performance and arrangement preset for Mercury with the ability to play any of our 42 words and switch between staccato and marcato articulations for each one instantly You can also blend and combine staccatos and marcatos with the independent layer controls See page 19 for info on the control features Mercury Phrasemaster This is the primary phrase creation tool that allows you to sequence any of our 42 staccatos and marcatos into a l6 step sequencer with up to 16 modular phrases that can be stored and arranged into a 6 phrase pattern There is also a Lite version of thi
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54. volume and the F slider controls the Far mix volume To disable and unload one of the mic positions click the small radio button below the slider This will conserve memory and voices when you don t need both mic positions at the same time Effects Panel Controls At the upper left of the UI there are a variety of controls that allow users to customize effects and options Pressing the name of the effect such as Legato Reverb or EQ opens a panel with adjustable options for that effect The small radial button next to the pop up button are used to toggle the effect on and off Layer amp 2 Selection Menus Many presets allow for two simultaneous and independent performance layers allowing you to play back two different articulationss at the same time and adjust each one differently as you wish For example one can select the poly sustain for each layer by clicking the Chant and Chant 2 drop down menus and selecting from the list of available chants To conserve voices or when you don t need both layers you can disable either layer by pressing the small button to the side of each drop down menu This will also darker the control area of the disabled layer Blend Controls In presets with 2 Layers there is an included Blend functionality When active the Blend Slider or CC94 can be used to crossfade between both layers if both layers are active The small radial button next to the Blend Slider can be used to enable an
55. xample above Cath M stands for the Cathedral Medium room impulse SOUNDIRON MERCURY SYMPHONIC BOYCHOIR Legato Controls This simulated legato system allows you to tie notes together as you play an uninterrupted melody In natural instruments notes blend together slightly as a performer changes between pitches This creates a natural smoothing effect In complex poly phonetic and multi syllable content like the Polysustains this effect is simulated to give them a more life like quality You ll find this system in most presets in Mercury In the True Legato vowel only sustain presets an actual recorded interval sample is played that ties the notes together In simulated legato presets like the Polysustains the pitch transition is simulated but all of the other controls appear and function in essentially the same way As a special added feature for the polysustains the sequence of syllables will continue fluidly as you play your legato melody For best results try to place your note transitions close to syllable transitions Those might more natural note transition points For example you could play Agnus Dei on anA and hold the entire phrase out on the same note or you could play the first syllable Ah on the A and then gnus at the D below it and then finally transition up a step to E for the last syllable Dei and hold it for awhile of even continue playing legato transitions as the vowel sustains You ll
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