Xsample Extended Edition Stringed Instruments

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Xsample Extended Edition Stringed Instruments – documentation - english Xsample Extended Edition Stringed Instruments © 2017 Xsample, professional sound libraries Xsample Extended Edition Stringed Instruments – documentation - english Contents Xsample Extended Edition Stringed Instruments - Overview Description of the GUI functions • Preset Mode Keyboard functions Working with Presets (Introduction) • Phrase Mode Playing phrases Create & edit phrases Aleatoric functions • Transform Room Walker Stereo / Mono configuration Color effect Stretch effect • Appendix • • Legato List of the 61 room impulses List of the 64 room impuls combinations Technical Data / Hardware & Software requirements and recommendations Controller Overview Additions and changes version june 2016 Additions and changes version november 2016 Additions and changes version march 2017 License Agreement Xsample Extended Edition Stringed Instruments – documentation - english Xsample Extended Edition Stringed Instruments - Overview The Extended Edition Stringed Instruments is an add-on product for Xsample Library Complete, Xsample Library Part III or the modular library stringed instruments. It contains one additional instrument (Concert Harp II) and the instrument patches for the stringed instruments are extended with some not yet published sounds. The Kontakt 5 script Preset Designer is completely new developed and makes it possible to dive deep into preset creation with lots of new functions. The Preset Designer can hold 88 Presets. Load and save individual setups with 30 Keyswitches. Xfade (phase aligment) or switch up to 6 playing styles in one preset with only some mouse clicks. Half- and wholetone trills emulation, flexible round robin and additional random functions creates alive and expressive sounding instruments. The scripts Phrase Designer and Room Walker are revised, so that they work together with the new Preset Designer. The phrase mode allows you to play up to 13 phrases (a 100 steps, either a 13 parameters). The phrases can be created via the "Phrase Designer". Here are a lot of useful functions. In the Phrases mode aleatoric functions can also be activated, which can be set over 10 menus and 2 buttons. In one phrase six aleatoric presets can be stored. The phrases automatically adapt to the tempo of the host (Cubase, Logic, Finale, Sibelius, etc.). New instrument, additional playing styles and articulations: 8 String Guitar no additional sample content Concert Harp I: pedal noises undefined tones Concert Harp II: long natural decay damping sounds harmonics bisbigliando pedal noises undefined tones Hammered Dulcimer: undefined tones Note: With activated info pane (Kontakt) for each element of Xsample Extended Edition a help text is displayed, if you move your mouse over it. Xsample Extended Edition Stringed Instruments – documentation - english Description of the GUI functions Preset Mode – Keyboard functions Preset Preset // Phrase Phrase Mode Mode toggle toggle button. button. Also Also A#7 A#7 (blue (blue note) note) or or cc#0 cc#0 =126/127. =126/127. A0-B0: A0-B0: velocity velocity sensitive sensitive function function keys. keys. Low Low velocity: velocity: Key Key switch switch bank bank 1-3. 1-3. High High velocity: velocity: A0 A0 = = tune tune base base note mode note mode A#0 A#0 = = toggle toggle switch switch mode mode B0 B0 = = trill trill and and slide mode slide mode C1-A1: C1-A1: 10 10 Key Key switches switches per per each each bank bank (3 (3 ** 10). 10). Tune Tune base base note note mode: mode: The The keys keys A#0 A#0 to to A1 changes the base note of the actual A1 changes the base note of the actual tuning tuning (that's (that's e.g. e.g. useful useful ifif you you want want to to work with pure tunings). work with pure tunings). Toggle Toggle switch switch mode: mode: The The keys keys E1 E1 to to A1 A1 disable or enable sound slot 1 to 6 disable or enable sound slot 1 to 6 (if (if Toggle Toggle Mode Mode button button isis on). on). Trill Trill and and slide slide mode: mode: D#1 D#1 = = half half tone tone trill, trill, E1 E1 whole whole tone trill (AT changes the speed). tone trill (AT changes the speed). F1 F1 = = slot slot round round robin robin counter counter reset. reset. F#1 = slide down / G1 F#1 = slide down / G1 = = slide slide up up (release (release switch) switch) G#1 G#1 = = slide slide down down // A1 A1 = = slide slide up up (legato) (legato) Description of the GUI functions - Preset Mode – Working with Presets The preset list can hold up to 88 presets. The presets can be switched in various ways: On the GUI, with key switches (3 banks) or with cc#0. Since midi controller are zero based the presets 1-88 corresponds to 0-87 (cc#0). The individual key switches (30) can be reached also with cc#0 (88-117). Xsample Extended Edition Stringed Instruments – documentation - english The GUI is divided into two areas. The upper area shows the global preset menus and buttons. Most of these functions are remote controllable via midi. The lower area shows six sound slots. By clicking on the blue buttons the individual parameters are shown and can be edited. Assign a preset to a key switch (example: F0 assigned to preset 17) 1. Enable „Store KS“ 2. Choose Key switch location 3. Choose preset from 4. Disable „Store KS“ preset list Copy a preset to another location (example: copy preset 1 to 25) 1. Choose preset 1 (source) 2. Enable „Edit Preset“ 3. Choose preset 25 (destination) 4. Press „Save Preset“ Name or rename a preset 1. Choose „Name Preset“ from „Preset Menu“ 2. Type the new name and press enter (The preset number will be added automatically) Edit individual parameter (example: change release time of sound slot 5 / preset 1) 1. Press the blue button under 2. Change the release time sound slot 5. 3. Press „Save Preset“ Xsample Extended Edition Stringed Instruments – documentation - english Description of the GUI functions – Phrase Mode – Key: Key: Shows Shows the the actual actual choosed choosed (played) (played) phrase phrase Playing phrases PlayPlayparameters: parameters: 4) 4) Retrigger Retrigger 5) 5) Reverse Reverse (yellow (yellow keyswitches) keyswitches) PlayPlayparameters: parameters: 1) 1) Volume Volume 2) 2) Transpose Transpose 3) 3) Speed Speed % % 13 13 yellow yellow keyswitches keyswitches (A0 (A0 → → A1) A1) for for playing playing the the phrases. phrases. Play parameters: 1) The value for Volume increases or decreases the volume of the whole phrase (-64 → +64). 2) The value for Transpose transposes the whole phrase (-12 → +12 semitones). 3) The value for Speed % increases or decreases the tempo of the phrase (50% half tempo → 200% double tempo). The change is independent from the real tempo, which is set by the host (e. g. Cubase, Logic, Finale or Sibelius or the master setting from Kontakt in standalone mode etc.). 4) If Retrigger is on, the phrase will be always played from the first step (or from the last step, if Reverse is on). Is Retrigger off, the phrase will continue with the next step. 5) Reverse plays the phrase in reverse. The change in direction is also possible during playback of a phrase. All values can be changed by MIDI controller (see Controller Overview). The phrase mode is monophonic. If phrases are played, this should be done in "non legato". To play back several phrases at the same time, more instances of the instrument are required. Xsample Extended Edition Stringed Instruments – documentation - english Description of the GUI functions – Phrase Mode – Create & edit phrases B) B) Key Key C) C) Amount Amount A) A) Record, Record, Edit Edit && Save Save D) D) Step Step E) E) Parameter Parameter 11 Sound, Sound, Duration, Duration, Note Note && Velocity Velocity G) G) Skip Skip && Standard Standard F) F) Parameter Parameter 22 From From Legato Legato to Speed to Speed H) H) Phrase Phrase Menu Menu I) I) With With the the yellow yellow keyswitches keyswitches you you can can play the edited play the edited version. version. J) J) With With the the green green keyswitches keyswitches you you can can set set the the duration 1 of a step. duration 1 of a step. First look at the 13 included phrases and try some features with it. A) By clicking on the Edit button, the current phrase (Key) is loaded into a buffer. Now the phrase can be edited. The changes will not take effect until the Save button is pressed. If the changes are to be discarded simply turn off the Edit mode. During the Edit mode is on, the duration can (duration 1) be set with the green keyswitches, the Sound with the modulation wheel and the note and Velocity can be played with the keyboard. In the Record mode the step value is additionally increased until Amount is reached. The phrase is then stored automatically. B) Key - indicates the currently edited phrase. An edited phrase can be restored to any Key (Save). C) Amount - Here, the maximum number of steps of a phrase is set (up to 100 per phrase). D) Step - If the value is changed, the corresponding step parameters are displayed automatically. Xsample Extended Edition Stringed Instruments – documentation - english E) Parameter 1 - The Sound menu contains the multisamples. If a rest as step is desired, the menu can be set to "< rest >". Using the menus Duration 1 & 2 the duration of a step can be set flexibly. Note and Velocity can be played from your keyboard. The tonal ranges of the multisamples are displayed on the Kontakt Keyboard in black. Phrase Phrase Menu Menu F) Parameter 2 - The small buttons (red / blue) are skip buttons (for Legato Intensity and absorption -1 is the skip value). When for a step no parameter change is necessary, the value is not passed on to the Kontakt Engine (the button is red). However, it is advisable to set the desired parameters for a step with a new sound, as other phrases, the values may have changed. The speed parameter can only be set in the sounds, which are are marked with "TM" (Time Machine Pro). The absorption parameter allows remote control of the Room Walker (cc#11). Large value jumps should here be avoided. G) Skip and Standard - The button skip parameter sets all parameter (2) of the current step to skip, the button standard sets the parameter (2) to default values. These functions are also applicable to a step range on the phrase menu. Thus phrases can be easily initialized. H) The Phrase Menu contains some useful functions for editing the phrases. With the function "Import phrase" a previously saved phrase is imported on the currently active key. "Export phrase" saves the current phrase (key). On many functions a range can be selected before. The range is set using the adjuster "Min" and "Max", the destination of the copy with the value of "destination". For a copy the values of "Volume" and "Transpose" will be included. Example: You want to reduce the volume of a phrase. First, set the (step) range, then the adjuster for "Volume" on e.g. -20 and then click the menu item "Modify phrase volume (range)". Or you want to transpose the entire phrase a minor third down: Set the desired range, the transpose adjuster to -3 and finally click the menu item "Transpose phrase (range)". Please note that this will transpose notes, while the "Tune" function detunes the samples. With the "Color" function, which also exist in similar form in the Transform script, you change the timbre of the samples. Duration Duration (menu (menu 1) 1) Xsample Extended Edition Stringed Instruments – documentation - english Description of the GUI functions – Phrase Mode – Aleatoric functions Aleatoric Aleatoric Menus Menus The Thesix sixred redkeyswitches keyswitches (Presets) (Presets)starts startsaa aleatoric aleatoricperformance. performance. If the aleatory features are enabled (menu item Controls on under Step), appear 10 additional menus and 2 Move buttons. Furthermore, the last six yellow keyswitches are now colored red. In the additional menus, a percentage value can now be selected. In this percentage area a value per step is rolled. Example: You want only sixteenth and eighth notes are played: Set the menu under duration 1 to 1/8 - 1/16. Or, you want that only very short sounds are played: Set the menu above Decay to 20-40%. Or, you want the sounds in the panorama appear slightly between left and right: Set the menu above Pan to 40 – 60%. For each of the 6 red keyswitches (Preset 1 - 6) a set of aleatory menu settings can be saved. The aleatory functions use the cache. If you want to make the settings permanently a Key must selected. After that, press the save button. The last diced steps will be also stored in the phrase. For the Legato function and Room Walker absorption, there is one move button. If the move button for Legato is on, Legato will be switched off or on from time to time . If the move button for absorption is on, the sound then travels back and forth in the room. The maximum values can be set via the phrase menu. First, set the adjuster for "Min" to 0 (front) and then the adjuster for "Max" e.g. 80. Select the menu item "Set min and max absorbtion (move)". As of now, the sound moves from the front to the rear or vice versa. All aleatory menus can be changed live by MIDI controllers (see Controller Overview). Xsample Extended Edition Stringed Instruments – documentation - english Transform (Room Walker, stereo / mono configuration & effects) 11 A: A: Room Room Walker Walker switch switch Presets Presets Menu Menu Presets Presets List List 11 C: C: Convolution Convolution 11 && 22 with with room room impuls impuls menu menu (IR Combinations) (IR Combinations) 11 E: E: Pitch Pitch Control Control switch switch 11 B: B: Stereo Stereo Modeler Modeler (pan (pan and and stereo stereo width) width) 11 D: D: 22 Band Band EQ EQ Controller Controllerbypass bypassbuttons buttons (total (total11) 11) 2: 2: stereo stereo // mono mono buttons buttons tune editor tune editor and and spread spread Transform - 3: 3: Color Color -- effect effect 4: 4: Stretch Stretch -- effect effect Room Walker (1 A – 1 E) In the upper section you find the "Room Walker" controls. As the name suggests, it is for effects within a two-dimensional space or for moves in a virtual room. CC # 11 takes over the room depth and CC # 12 the panorama. Basically the Room Walker consist of four insert effects, which can be switched separately on or off: (1 B) Stereo Modeler (pan and stereo width), (1 C) Convolution 1 and 2, the (1 D) EQ and the (1 E) pitch module. In the "IR Combinations" menu you can choose between 64 room settings based on 61 IR samples (room impulses). In each case, two different spaces are loaded. In addition to this virtual space positioning completely different effects with the Room Walker of course still possible. Transform - Room Walker operation CC#11 acts as a "Absorbtion - Macro Controller", which controls up to 10 controls on the Room Walker (the white buttons switch the respective controller influencing on or off). You can set, for example, that the high frequencies decrease as you "go" deeper into the room, at the same time you reduce the stereo width of the instrument and increase the "wet amount" of Convolution 1. The whole is achieved in that a percentage bias value is available for each element. Xsample Extended Edition Stringed Instruments – documentation - english Example: Example: Gain Gain 22 "cc% "cc% min" min" is is set set to to 50 50 and and "cc% "cc% max" to 10. This means that at the zero position max" to 10. This means that at the zero position of of the the controller controller 11 11 there there isis no no influence influence (50 (50 = = 00 dB). dB). The The further further the the controller controller 11 11 isis performed, performed, the the more attenuated the frequencies. more attenuated the frequencies. You You can can use use the the Room Room Walker, Walker, as as also also control all other functions of the control all other functions of the Xsample Xsample instruments instruments comfortable comfortable with with the the supplied supplied TouchOSC layout. TouchOSC layout. The The Room Room Walker Walker is is operated operated with with an an XX // YY controller. controller. To To meet meet „Room „Room Walker“ Walker“ there there are are some some presets in the script: "Moving deep presets in the script: "Moving deep into into the the room" and "Moving into a tunnel". We room" and "Moving into a tunnel". We hope hope you you enjoy enjoy as as you you travel travel through through space! space! Transform - Room Walker Presets You can also create, save and load your own presets. If you load or save complete banks, first the names file is requested, then the data file. It is recommended to set the files to the same name and the names file with the extension "_names" at the end. If your mouse is over the switches and buttons, you will get additional support for the individual functions in the info pane (i) of Kontakt (Info button must be active). The following is a list of the individual elements of a preset: • • (1) Stereo Modeller Bypass, Pan and Spread Controller Bypass (white buttons) with respective minimum and maximum values (2) Convolution 1 and 2 Bypass, Wet 1 and Wet 2 Controller Bypass Xsample Extended Edition Stringed Instruments – documentation - english • • • (white buttons) with respective minimum and maximum values (3) EQ Bypass, Frequency 1-2, Bandwidth 1-2 and Gain 1-2 Controller Bypass (white buttons) with respective minimum and maximum values (4) Pitch Control Bypass and Pitch Slider value (Bipolar +/- 1 octave) (5) IR Combination (1-64) Transform - Room Walker Multi Instruments If you are working with many instruments in a project, your computer processor is of course hugely demanded if each instrument required two Convolution effects. For this case, use the included multi instruments. They allow the use of the Room Walker with the external convolution effects of Kontakt. You can then merge in one multi - many (multi-) Instruments ("merge", press "No"). So you use only two Convolution Effects and yet every instrument can be controlled independently. Then Thenset setthe thedesired desiredMIDI MIDIchannel channelof ofeach each instrument. instrument. IfIfyou younow nowmove movethe thecontroler controler11, 11,the thecontrolls controlls for forAux Aux11and andAux Aux22will willmove movewith withthe the automation-setting, automation-setting,and andof ofcourse coursethe theinternal internal Room RoomWalker Walkerelements. elements. Transform - Output Mode (2) In In the the lower lower range range (output (output mode) mode) you you can set the instrument to "mono". can set the instrument to "mono". There There are are the the variant variant Mono Mono 11 (left) (left) or or Mono Mono 22 (right). (right). You You can can use use itit to to try try out out aa simple simple way way how how your your mix mix sound sound with with mono mono instruments. instruments. IfIf you you use use aa lot lot of of instruments instruments you you may may reach reach more more transparency transparency of of the the mix. mix. Transform - Color (3) (-12 → +12) This This allows allows you you to to play play the the instrument instrument with with aa "Re-Pitch" "Re-Pitch" -- effect. effect. Negative values produce a dull, soft sound and Negative values produce a dull, soft sound and positive positive values values give give aa light light to to biting biting sound. sound. AA value value of of +12 +12 makes makes aa guitar, guitar, for for example, example, aa kind kind of of banjo. banjo. AA value value of of -12 -12 makes makes aa violin violin aa kind kind of of cello. cello. The The effect range can be limited by the adjustable "Range". In effect range can be limited by the adjustable "Range". 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CC#68.CC#24 CC#24controls controlsthe theintensity. intensity. ●●CC#68: CC#68:00––63 63==Legato Legatooff off ●●CC#68: CC#68:64 64––127 127==Legato LegatoMode Mode ○○CC#24: CC#24:00==easy easyeffect effect(slur) (slur) ––127 127== strong strongglissando glissando Xsample Extended Edition Stringed Instruments – documentation - english Appendix - List of the 61 room impulses IR Sample Beautyverb Big_Church C_Chamber_Early_1 C_Chamber_Early_2 C_Club_Medium C_Club_Small C_Concert_Hall_Large C_Concert_Hall_Medium_1 C_Concert_Hall_Medium_2 C_Concert_Hall_Small C_Large_Church C_Medium_Church C_Room_Medium C_Room_Small C_Wood_Chamber Comb Combed_Cloud Crystals Cyclo Dual_Crystal_1 Dual_Crystal_2 Flanging Galaxyverb Hall_1 Hall_2 Hall_Early Hydro_gliss Long_Crisps Long_Distance P3_Auditorium_Large P3_Auditorium_Medium P3_Auditorium_Small P3_Concert_Large P3_Concert_Medium P3_Concert_Small P3_Damped_Hall P3_Early_1 P3_Early_2 P3_Early_3 P3_Echoy P3_Like_Reverse P3_Long_Modulated P3_Nice_Hall P3_Plate_Large P3_Plate_Medium P3_Plate_Small P3_Theatre P3_Warm_Hall_Large P3_Warm_Hall_Medium P3_Warm_Hall_Small P3_Watery_2 P3_Watery_Hall P3_Woody Plasma Roll Room_1 Room_2 Smear Space_Tunnel Tunnel Watery Grey: < 2'' / yellow: > 5'' Length 8,255'' 4,960'' 0,848'' 1,393'' 2,081'' 1,608'' 5,144'' 2,345'' 3,061'' 1,457'' 4,606'' 3,048'' 1,351'' 0,850'' 3,364'' 2,707'' 3,912'' 7,970'' 3,925'' 6,119'' 5,453'' 2,011'' 9,000'' 3,417'' 2,906'' 0,975'' 5,108'' 6,588'' 3,215'' 5,400'' 4,158'' 2,926'' 4,396'' 3,597'' 2,446'' 2,366'' 0,620'' 0,899'' 0,618'' 5,038'' 5,270'' 6,607'' 3,901'' 3,839'' 1,643'' 1,250'' 3,478'' 5,858'' 3,049'' 2,210'' 4,350'' 8,378'' 4,440'' 4,984'' 2,845'' 1,131'' 1,310'' 5,337'' 7,293'' 5,485'' 4,235'' Xsample Extended Edition Stringed Instruments – documentation - english Appendix - List of the 64 room impuls combinations Name 1 Medium Church 2 Large Church 1 3 Large Church 2 4 Concert Hall 5 Medium Concert Hall 1 6 Medium Concert Hall 2 7 Small Concert Hall 8 Wood Chamber 1 9 Wood Chamber 2 10 Medium Club 11 Medium Room 12 Roomy Hall 1 13 Roomy Hall 2 14 Into Church 15 Galaxy Church 16 Galaxy Beauty 17 Big Plasma Verb 18 Smear Verb 19 Crystal Flange 20 Hydro Distance 21 Tunnel Distance 22 Smear Tunnel 23 Crisps Comb 24 Crystal Cyclo 25 Beauty Watery 26 Like Reverse 27 Echoy 28 Long Modulated 29 Nice Hall 30 Metallic Hall 1 31 Metallic Hall 2 32 Theatre 33 Watery 1 34 Watery 2 35 Warm Hall Medium 36 Warm Hall Large 37 Damped Hall 38 Auditorium Large 39 Auditorium Medium 40 Auditorium Small 41 Concert Small 42 Concert Medium 43 Concert Large 44 Woody 45 Long dark modulated Hall 46 Echoy long modulated 47 Metallic Reversy 48 Early Water 1 49 Early Water 2 50 Small Early 51 Small Chamber 52 Medium Early 53 Room Plate 54 Medium Room 2 55 Small Chamber 2 56 Club Plate 57 Flanging Club 58 Warm Hall Medium 59 Damped Concert Hall 60 Comb Roll 61 Small Auditorium Hall 62 Warm Church 63 Medium Distance Hall 64 Wood Hall Grey: < 2'' / yellow: > 5'' Convolution 1 C_Medium_Church C_Large_Church C_Large_Church C_Concert_Hall_Large C_Concert_Hall_Medium_2 C_Concert_Hall_Medium_1 C_Concert_Hall_Small C_Wood_Chamber C_Wood_Chamber C_Club_Medium C_Room_Medium Room_1 Room_2 Big_Church Big_Church Beautyverb Galaxyverb Smear Dual_Crystal_2 Hydro_gliss Tunnel Space_Tunnel Comb Cyclo Watery P3_Like_Reverse P3_Echoy P3_Long_Modulated P3_Nice_Hall P3_Warm_Hall_Small P3_Plate_Medium P3_Warm_Hall_Small P3_Watery_2 P3_Watery_Hall P3_Warm_Hall_Medium P3_Warm_Hall_Large P3_Damped_Hall P3_Auditorium_Large P3_Auditorium_Medium P3_Auditorium_Small P3_Concert_Small P3_Concert_Medium P3_Concert_Large P3_Woody P3_Damped_Hall P3_Long_Modulated P3_Plate_Large P3_Early_1 P3_Early_1 P3_Early_3 C_Chamber_Early_1 P3_Early_2 Room_1 Room_2 C_Chamber_Early_2 C_Club_Small Flanging P3_Warm_Hall_Small P3_Damped_Hall Comb Hall_2 C_Medium_Church C_Concert_Hall_Medium_2 C_Wood_Chamber Length 3,048'' 4,606'' 4,606'' 5,144'' 3,061'' 2,345'' 1,457'' 3,364'' 3,364'' 2,081'' 1,351'' 1,131'' 1,310'' 4,960'' 4,960'' 8,255'' 9,000'' 5,337'' 5,453'' 5,108'' 5,485'' 7,293'' 2,707'' 3,925'' 4,235'' 5,270'' 5,038'' 6,607'' 3,901'' 2,210'' 3,049'' 2,210'' 4,350'' 8,378'' 3,049'' 5,858'' 2,366'' 5,400'' 4,158'' 2,926'' 2,446'' 3,597'' 4,396'' 4,440'' 2,366'' 6,607'' 3,839'' 0,620'' 0,620'' 0,618'' 0,848'' 0,899'' 1,131'' 1,310'' 1,393'' 1,608'' 2,011'' 2,210'' 2,366'' 2,707'' 2,906'' 3,048'' 3,061'' 3,364'' Convolution 2 C_Chamber_Early_1 C_Chamber_Early_1 C_Wood_Chamber C_Club_Small C_Room_Medium C_Room_Small C_Chamber_Early_1 C_Room_Small C_Concert_Hall_Large C_Chamber_Early_2 C_Chamber_Early_2 Hall_1 Hall_2 Hall_Early Galaxyverb Galaxyverb Plasma Roll Flanging Long_Distance Long_Distance Smear Long_Crisps Dual_Crystal_1 Beautyverb P3_Early_1 P3_Early_2 P3_Early_3 P3_Early_2 P3_Plate_Large P3_Plate_Small P3_Theatre P3_Plate_Medium P3_Plate_Medium P3_Early_1 P3_Early_1 P3_Early_2 P3_Concert_Small P3_Concert_Small P3_Concert_Small P3_Early_2 P3_Early_2 P3_Damped_Hall P3_Early_3 P3_Long_Modulated P3_Echoy P3_Like_Reverse P3_Watery_2 P3_Watery_Hall P3_Early_1 C_Room_Small Hall_Early P3_Plate_Small C_Room_Medium C_Concert_Hall_Small P3_Plate_Medium C_Club_Medium C_Concert_Hall_Medium_1 P3_Concert_Small Roll P3_Auditorium_Small P3_Warm_Hall_Medium Long_Distance Hall_1 Length 0,848'' 0,848'' 3,364'' 1,608'' 1,351'' 0,850'' 0,848'' 0,850'' 5,144'' 1,393'' 1,393'' 3,417'' 2,906'' 0,975'' 9,000'' 9,000'' 4,984'' 2,845'' 2,011'' 3,215'' 3,215'' 5,337'' 6,588'' 6,119'' 8,255'' 0,620'' 0,899'' 0,618'' 0,899'' 3,839'' 1,250'' 3,478'' 1,643'' 1,643'' 0,620'' 0,620'' 0,899'' 2,446'' 2,446'' 2,446'' 0,899'' 0,899'' 2,366'' 0,618'' 6,607'' 5,038'' 5,270'' 4,350'' 8,378'' 0,620'' 0,850'' 0,975'' 1,250'' 1,351'' 1,457'' 1,643'' 2,081'' 2,345'' 2,446'' 2,845'' 2,926'' 3,049'' 3,215'' 3,417'' Xsample Extended Edition Stringed Instruments – documentation - english Technical Data Preset Designer (88 presets) Legato Script Phrase Designer with 13 phrases (with each up to 100 steps) Aleatoric functions with live control possibilities Room Walker for effects within a virtual two-dimensional room 61 IR Samples (room impulses / contained in the standard basic setup) 673 Samples 952 MB Hardware & Software requirements and recommendations • • • Full version Native Instruments Kontakt 5.5 or higher 88 keys midi-keyboard with Mod Wheel, Pitch Bend and Sustain Pedal Recommendation: freely configurable MIDI Controller Box or an iPad/Android Tablet with TouchOSC Controller Overview Preset Mode: CC#0 → preset program change (0-87 (preset list) and 88-117 (key switch banks)) CC#1,2,4,AT → various Round Robin 0 – 20 CC# 82 on repetition 21 – 41 off 42 – 62 on repetition (random) 63 – 83 always 84 – 104 always (random) 105 – 115 always (indiv.) 116 – 119 Instrument 1 120 – 122 Instrument 2 123 – 127 Ensemble Amount of voices (Ensemble Mode) CC# 91 Pan width (Ensemble Mode) CC# 92 Alive (Ensemble Mode) CC# 93 Detune (Ensemble Mode) CC# 94 Delay (Ensemble Mode) CC# 95 Timer (for e.g. breathing / 0 = off) CC# 28 Xsample Extended Edition Stringed Instruments – documentation - english Phrase Mode: Play parameters CC#31 CC#32 CC#33 CC#34 CC#35 → volume (center = 64) → transpose ( center = 63) → speed ( center = 43) → Retrigger (on / off) → Reverse (on / off) CC#100 → Sound selection (menu 2) Edit or Record switch on: CC#1 → Sound selection CC#2 → Duration 2 selection Aleatoric functions on: CC#87 → Preset selection & Aleatoric on / off CC#88 → Sound % menu if Sound % Menu off: CC#1 → Sound selection CC#89 → Duration 1 menu CC#90 CC#91 CC#92 CC#93 CC#94 CC#95 CC#96 CC#97 CC#98 CC#99 if duration 1 menu off: CC#2 → duration 1 selection → Duration 2 menu → Note % menu → Velocity % menu → Move Legato on / off → Legato Intensity % menu → Move Absorbtion on / off → Attack % menu → Decay % menu → Pan % menu → Tune % menu Generally: CC#7 → Instrument volume CC#10 → Instrument pan CC#64 → Hold Pedal CC#11 CC#12 CC#67 CC#69 → Room → Room → Room → Room Walker Walker Walker Walker absorbtions macro controller pan controller pitch intensity (-12 → +12 semitones) pitch bypass CC#68 → Legato mode on (127) or off (0) CC#24 → Intensity Legato (glissando) CC#25 → Intensity Glide CC#56 → Transform Color CC#57 → Transform Stretch CC#55 → Transform Base Note CC#29 → Base note for tuning CC#30 → Tuning Xsample Extended Edition Stringed Instruments – documentation - english Additions and changes version june 2016 Preset Designer: • New CC#0 functions 0 – 87 (switch Presets 1 – 88) 88 – 117 (switch Keyswitch Banks Presets 1 – 30) 118 (Keyswitch Bank 1) 119 (Keyswitch Bank 2) 120 (Keyswitch Bank 3) 121 (Toggle Mode) 122 (Slide & Trill Mode) 126 (Preset Mode on / Phrase Mode off) 127 (Preset Mode off / Phrase Mode on) • Toggle Mode now with visual control of activated and deactivated sound slots • Additional file commands (Presets Menu) Load Preset Bank (whole content presets 1 – 88) Save Preset Bank (whole content presets 1 – 88) Load Preset Names (whole content presets 1 – 88) Save Preset Names (whole content presets 1 – 88) • New release switch sound groups (named with the suffix „RS“, works in sound slot 6) Phrase Designer: • New text label for phrase names (showed on key press) • Possibility to name phrases individually (Phrase Menu) Room Walker: • New text label for Room Walker Presets Additions and changes version november 2016 Minor fixes _____________________________________________________________ Xsample Extended Edition Stringed Instruments – documentation - english Additions and changes version march 2017 Preset Designer: • • • New copy and past functions (presets and single slots) added to the Presets Menu New routing menu with various routing possibilities (CC1 to LFO button removed) Attack curve parameter (little knob under the attack knob) added (concave 1-3, linear, convex 1-3). Room Walker: • • New tuning editor with two custom tunings (next to the output buttons) (added to the Tuning Menu, Preset Designer) New stretch tune value edit (next to the tuning value edit) License Agreement The enclosed samples and programs of this library are licensed to you for use in music, multimedia and film productions only. The original music tracks (full mixes) are licensed to you for being used as part of a film or multimedia project. Only the purchaser is allowed to use the sounds and samples of this archive. Unauthorized copying, reproducing (including converting and reproducing in other data formats), hiring, renting, public performance, broadcasting and distributing are expressly forbidden. www.xsample.de