Vir2-instruments Studio Kit Builder User Manual

USER MANUAL

STUDIO KIT BUILDERSTUDIO KIT BUILDER/USING KONTAKTHOW TO ACCESS THE STUDIO KIT BUILDER LIBRARY FROM KONTAKTSTUDIO KIT BUILDER ships as a Kontakt-power

reasonably low for good latency performance. We recommend 256 samples or less. The lower the latency slider, the less latency (the split second betwee

STUDIO KIT BUILDERUSING KONTAKT AS A VST PLUG-IN IN CUBASE AND NUENDOUsers of Steinberg’s Cubase or Nuendo sequencers can use Kontakt as a VST plug-in

The Kontakt window will appear, and a MIDI track will be created, transmitting to Kontakt’s MIDI channel A-1. When it is record-enabled, it will send

STUDIO KIT BUILDERUSING KONTAKT AS AN AUDIOUNIT PLUG-IN IN LOGIC PRO, LOGIC STUDIO, LOGIC EXPRESS, ETC.Users of Apple’s Logic can use Kontakt as an Au

The Kontakt window will appear, and a MIDI track will be created, transmitting to Kontakt’s MIDI channel A-1. When it is record-enabled, it will send

STUDIO KIT BUILDERUSING KONTAKT AS AN AUDIOUNIT PLUG-IN IN DIGITAL PERFORMERUsers of MOTU’s Digital Performer can use Kontakt as an AudioUnit plug-in.

Once the project is open, go to the Track menu and choose New... [03]In the dialog box that appears, choose the appropriate options, such as the follo

STUDIO KIT BUILDERCHAPTER 04 / WORKING WITH THE INSTRUMENTS13STUDIO KIT BUILDER/WORKING WITH THE INSTRUMENTSThe STUDIO KIT BUILDER interface is very e

14 MIXER 2 BELOWMixer 1 shows all of the controls for each of the individual drums and the hi-hats. Mixer 2 shows all of the controls each of

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STUDIO KIT BUILDER15STUDIO KIT BUILDER FXEach eect has an On/O button. By default, all eects are o unless the current kit preset utilizes any of t

16Transient - Input - Controls the input gain to the eectAttack - Controls the scaling of the attack portion of the input signal’s volume envelope. I

STUDIO KIT BUILDERSTUDIO KIT BUILDER FX CONT’DSolid Bus Compressor - Threshold - Sets a level threshold above which the Compressor starts working. Onl

Saturation - Saturation - Adjusts the transfer curve. A negative setting results in a characteristic that will expand theSignal – lower sample values

STUDIO KIT BUILDERSEND FXReverb - Pre Delay - Introduces a short delay between the direct signal and the reverb trail build-up. This corresponds to th

Chorus Cont’d - Phase - (0 to 90 degrees): Imparts an LFO phase dierence between the left and the right stereo channel. This can considerably increas

STUDIO KIT BUILDERTHE KITThe Kit page is where you can construct a custom drum kit. To make a selection, click on any of the drum heads or cymbals. Wh

VelocityDisplay - Shows the velocity curve based on the settings of the Type, Curve, Min and Max knobs.Type – Select from either Linear or Shelf. Line

STUDIO KIT BUILDERMAPPINGThe Mapping page allows you to re-map any articulation to any key. Simply click on the drop-down menu to the right of any key

PLAYERThe Player contains a large collection of MIDI files in many dierent styles. MIDI files can be auditioned by double-clicking on them in the file b

USER MANUAL

STUDIO KIT BUILDERSAVING PRESETSIt is possible to save the settings of the Kit page, Mapping page and Mixer page as separate presets. This allows you

If you would like to save every parameter that is currently selected, the best way to do it is to save the entire Nki. To save an Nki, look to the to

STUDIO KIT BUILDERSTUDIO KIT BUILDER/TECH SUPPORT,ETC.CHAPTER 05TECH SUPPORTVir2 Instruments stands behind its products and is committed to helping yo

28performance that includes the licensed samples as part of a derivative musical work created by the licensed end user. This license expressly forbids

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STUDIO KIT BUILDER00STUDIO KIT BUILDER/TABLE OFCONTENTSTABLE OF CONTENTS01 INTRODUCTION TO THE LIBRARY03 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 03 INSTALLING 04 UPDA

0013 MIXER15 STUDIO KIT BUILDER FX19 SEND FX21 THE KIT23 MAPPING24 PLAYER25 SAVING PRESETS27 TECH SUPPORT 27 THE FULL VERSION OF KONTAKT 5 2

STUDIO KIT BUILDERSTUDIO KIT BUILDER/INTRODUCTION TO THELIBRARYPresenting the most complete encyclopedia of acoustic drum kits ever collected into one

dynamic playing, Studio Kit Builder sets a new standard for what is expected of modern drum virtual instruments.Studio Kit Builder is powered by the i

STUDIO KIT BUILDERSYSTEM REQUIREMENTSThe Macintosh version requires an Intel Core Duo, 2GB of RAM, a DVD drive, and OS 10.6.8 or 10.7.x. For optimum p

installed on internal or eSATA drives. Firewire can also be acceptable. External USB drives may give somewhat less optimized performance. We also reco