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FolkLuteGuitarforNIKontakt5.5.1+

TheFolkLuteGuitarhasaroundresonantbodyandnylonstringsonashortneck.Ithasbothbiteandweight,making it ideal for ballads, folk songs and classical guitar pieces.We capturedmanyusefulmusical aspects, suchaspickedaccompaniment, glissandosandvibratonotes.OurKontaktscriptenablesrealisticsololinesaswellaspatternplaying.

TheFolkLuteGuitarfeatures:

• Pickedsustain,vibrato,andharmonicarticulations• Intelligentlytriggeredlegatoupanddownsamples• Over70percussivesoundsandfretnoises• Multipleroundrobinsandvelocitylayers• 748stereo24-bitWAVsamples• 1programforNIKontakt5.5.1+withscriptedperformancecontrolsandGUI

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Introduction

WelcometothePrecisionsoundFolkLuteGuitar.ThissamplelibraryforKontakt5showcasesaSwedish

six-stringedluteguitar,madebyLevin.

Inthelate1800s,HermanCarlsonLevinspent

someyearsinAmericaandlearnedhowto

makeguitars.UponreturningtoSwedenat

theturnofthe20thcentury,hefoundedhis

ownluthierybusiness.Ourinstrumentwas

madebyLevinin1946andhasserialnumber

169178.

Theguitarismadeofsolidwood,witharoundbodyshapeandshortneck.Forthisrecording,itwas

equippedwithd’Addariofolknylonstrings.

Itisanidealinstrumentforballads,folksongsandclassicalguitarpieces.Wecapturedmanyuseful

musicalaspectsoftheguitar,suchaspickedaccompaniment,glissandosandvibratonotes.

Ourcustomperformancefeaturesenablebothpolyphonicpatternsandrealisticsololineswithhammer-

on/pull-offeffects.

WehopeyouenjoyplayingtheFolkLuteGuitar!

ThePrecisionsoundTeam

TheFolkLuteGuitarrequiresthefullversionofKontakt5.5.1+,andwillnotworkwiththefreeKontakt

Player,orwithearlierversionsofKontakt.IfyouarerunninganearlierversionofKontakt,pleaseupdate

itthroughtheNativeInstrumentsServiceCenterbeforeloadingtheFolkLuteGuitar.

IfyouuseViennaEnsembleProtohostKontakt,pleaseselectPreferences>Plugins>RescanAllin

ViennaEnsembleProafterupdatingKontaktthroughtheNativeInstrumentsServiceCenter.

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FolkLuteGuitarPage

Thefirstpageoftheinterfacegivesyouaccesstokeycontrolsoverarticulation,playmode,anddynamics.

Articulations

ThebuttonsselectthearticulationthatyouhearwhenplayingtheFolkLuteGuitar.Fourarticulationsareavailable,andtheyaremutuallyexclusive:

• NormalSustain:aclassicsustainedguitarsound,withthreeroundrobinsforeveryrecordednote.

• VibratoSustain:similartonormalsustain,butperformedwithgentlevibrato.

• Harmonics:bell-likeharmonicsperformedbylightlyrestingafingeronthestringtoaccentuateovertones.

• Percussion/Fretnoises:avarietyofmulti-velocitypercussivetaps(C2-B2inclusive)andfretnoises(C3-B6inclusive).

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TheNormalSustain,VibratoSustain,andHarmonicsarticulationsaremappedfromC2-C6inclusive.ThePercussion/FretnoisesarticulationismappedfromC2-B6inclusive.Whenyouchangearticulations,theplayablekeysturnyellowontheKontakton-screenkeyboard.

ThearticulationbuttonscanalsobecontrolledbythefollowingkeyswitchesonyourMIDIkeyboard.ThesearecolouredorangeinKontakt’son-screenkeyboard.

Articulation KeyswitchnoteNormalSustain C1VibratoSustain C#1Harmonics D1Percussion/Fretnoises D#1

! Theselectedarticulationwillberememberedafteryousaveandreopentheinstrument.

MIDIModulationWheel(CC1)

WhenusingtheNormalSustainandVibratoSustainarticulations,raisingthemodulationwheelonyourMIDIkeyboardtemporarilyswitchesbetweenthesearticulationsforthenextplayednote.

So,whentheNormalSustainarticulationisselected,raisingthemodulationwheelswitchestemporarilytotheVibratoSustainarticulation.Correspondingly,whentheVibratoSustainarticulationisselected,raisingthemodulationwheelswitchestemporarilytotheNormalSustainarticulation.

WhentheHarmonicsorPercussion/Fretnoisesarticulationsareselected,raisingthemodulationwheeldoesnotaffectthearticulation.

! IfyouwishtodrawmodulationinyourDAW,thethresholdatwhichCC1switchesarticulationsis64.

Release

Level:setsthevolumeindecibelsofthestringreleasesamplesthatsoundwhenanormalsustain,vibratosustain,orharmonicnotestopsplaying.

Releasesampleplaybackhasbeentweakedtodecreaseinvolumerelativetothedurationoftheplayednote.Thisgivesarealisticeffect,wherebystaccatoplayingcreatesmoreprominentreleasenoises.

! Inlegatomode,releasesamplesaretriggeredintelligentlytosuittheplayingstyle.Legatomodeisdescribedbelow.

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Velocity

Amount:setstherelationshipbetweenhowhardyoustrikethekeys(MIDIvelocity)andthevolumeofthesound.

At0%,thevolumeofthesoundisunaffectedbyhowhardyouplay.At100%,thevolumeofthesoundisstronglyaffectedbyhowhardyouplay.

Stereo

Width:setsthestereoimageoftheinstrument.At0%,youheartheinstrument’snaturalsound,recordedinstereo.

Turningthedialcounter-clockwisetowards-100%narrowsthestereoimage,untilthesoundismonoat-100%.

Turningthedialclockwisetowards+100%stretchesthestereoimageforanextra-wideeffect.

Envelope

Attack:setsthetimeinmillisecondsforthesoundoftheinstrumenttoreachfullvolumewhenanoteisplayed.

Decay:setsthetimeinmillisecondsforthesoundoftheinstrumenttodieawaytosilencewhenanoteisreleased.

Mode

Poly/Legato:setswhetherthenormalsustainandvibratosustainarticulationsallowmultiplenotestobeplayedsimultaneously.

WhenmodeissettoPoly,multiplenotescanbeplayed,whichisusefulforpickedpatterns.

WhenmodeissettoLegato,onlyonenotecanbeplayedatatime.Thisisusefulforsololines.Overlappingnotesarecrossfaded,tosimulateaguitarist’sfingersmovingbetweenfrets.

! Modehasnoeffectwhentheharmonicsorpercussion/fretnoisesarticulationsareactive.Inthosecases,theinstrumentisalwayspolyphonic.

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Legato

Range:setstheinstrument’sresponsetooverlappingnoteswhileinlegatomode.Sevensettingsareavailable:

• Off:overlappingnotesareplayedusingthecurrentarticulation’ssampleset.Forexample,ifyouplayoverlappingnotesinNormalSustainmode,youhearNormalSustainsamples.

• +/-1st:overlappingnoteswithinanintervalof+/1stareplayedusingspecially-recordedlegatosamples.Forexample,ifyouholdC3thenplayC#3,youhearalegatosampleatC#3.

• +/-2st:overlappingnoteswithinanintervalof+/2stareplayedusinglegatosamples.

• +/-3st:overlappingnoteswithinanintervalof+/3stareplayedusinglegatosamples.

• +/-4st:overlappingnoteswithinanintervalof+/4stareplayedusinglegatosamples.

• +/-5st:overlappingnoteswithinanintervalof+/5stareplayedusinglegatosamples.

• All:overlappingnotesatanysizeintervalareplayedusinglegatosamples.

Whenplayinglegatosamples,theinstrumentautomaticallyselectsanappropriatesampledependingonwhethertheoverlappingnoteishigherorlowerinpitchthantheheldnote.

! Rangehasnoeffectwhenlegatoisnotinuse–forinstance,whenusingtheharmonicsorpercussion/fretnoisesarticulations,orwhenplayingthenormalorvibratosustainarticulationswithModesettoPoly.

Retrigger:setstheinstrument’sresponsetoreleasinganotewhileholdinganotethatwasplayedearlier.

Ifretriggerisoff,thereleasednoteendsasnormal.

Ifretriggerison,theearlierheldnoteisplayedagainautomatically.Theinstrumentcrossfadesbetweenthetwonotes.Thissimulatespull-offplaying,whereaguitaristmakesastringvibratebyreleasingit.

! Retriggerhasnoeffectwhenlegatoisnotinuse.

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FXPage

Thesecondpageoftheinterfacegivesyouaccesstofoureffectsforsoundshaping.

Compressor

Threshold:setsthevolumeindecibelsabovewhichthesoundisreducedinvolumebythecompressor.Inotherwords,soundsoverthethresholdwillbequietenedbythecompressor.

Makeup:setstheamountindecibelsbywhichthevolumeisincreasedafterprocessingbythecompressor.Thisallowsyoutocompensateforthecompressor’sreductioninvolumeofsoundsthatexceedthethreshold.

Mix:setsthebalancebetweenuncompressedandcompressedsounds.At0%,youhearonlytheuncompressedsound,asifthecompressorwereoff.At100%,youhearonlythecompressedsound.

On/Off:enablesordisablesthecompressor.

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EQ

HiGain:setsthevolumeofhighfrequencies,between+/-6decibels.

MidGain:setsthevolumeofmidfrequencies,between+/-6decibels.

MidFreq:setsthecentreofthefrequenciescontrolledbytheMidGaindial.

LoGain:setsthevolumeoflowfrequencies,between+/-6decibels.

! TheHiandLoEQfrequencieshavebeenpre-tweakedbyPrecisionsoundtosuittheinstrument.

Reverb

Level:setsthevolumeindecibelsoftheconvolutionreverbeffect.

Type:changestheimpulseresponseoftheconvolutionreverb.Seventeenimpulseresponsesareavailable,rangingfromshortspringstochurchesandcathedrals.

Youcanalsodisablethereverbbysettingthismenuto“Reverboff”.

Delay

Level:setsthevolumeindecibelsofthedelayeffect.

Time:setsthegapinmillisecondsbetweendelayrepetitions.

Feedback:setstheextenttowhichrepetitionsgeneratedbythedelayarefedbackintothedelay,toproducemorerepetitions.At100%,thedelaycontinuesregeneratingindefinitely.

On/off:enablesordisablesthedelayeffect.

Tone:setsthehigh-frequencydampingoftherepetitionsgeneratedbythedelay,where0%providesnodamping,and100%providesfulldampingforadarkersound.

Spread:setsthestereoimageoftherepetitionsgeneratedbythedelay,where0%ismono,and100%isfullstereoforaping-pongdelayeffect.

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Credits

Recording:DanielNäsströmSoundediting:OndřejJabůrekandLarsWestinGUIandgraphics:LarsWestinKontaktscripting:IainMorlandhttp://www.iainmorland.net

ThisproductincludesimpulsesfromthefreeBricastiM7librarybyAcousticas,usedunderlicense.

ThemanualwaswrittenbyIainMorland.

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