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Quick Start Guide

In this quick start guide you will be presented, briefly on two pages, all the impor-

tant functions of DRUMASONIC. For more in-depth information, please look up

the corresponding topics in the user manual.

1 Start

Usage Load the KONTAKT (PLAYER) version 4.2.3 or higher either standalone or as a plugin

within a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation).

Outputs Configure your own outputs in KONTAKT (Output button) or load the provided

Multi 8 Stereo Outputs...nkm which solely contains an output configuration (no

actual instruments). If necessary, save as default, restart KONTAKT and activate the

output channels (sometimes referred to as Aux channels) in your DAW.

Sampling rate and room Go for one of the available sampling rates as well as for one of the

two recording rooms Damped Room or Large Room and open the corresponding .nki

instrument in KONTAKT.

2 Overview

Main page DRUMASONICs main page reflects with its channel strips the actual instrument

which you can select at the bottom. Every channel can be soloed separately by click-ing on its name. You can route each channel to an individual audio output via the

drop-down menu at the bottom of each channel. In order to save memory, deacti-

vate the channels you do not need with the button at the top of each channel.

Options (accessible via the arrow button:) On eight dierent options pages, you can set:

Velocity (tweakable, global dynamic curve), Mapping (among other things, you

can save and load presets), HiHatCtrl (triggering the HiHats openness via MIDI con-

trollers), WiresCtrl (switching the snare wires on or o; available for all the drums:

Bass Drum, Snare Drum 1 and Toms), Panning (individual panning of the grouped

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close mics), Pitch (constant or random tuning of each instrument), Decay (ad-

justable volume decay time per instrument and microphone category), and MIDI

CC (assignable MIDI CC#s for controlling superordinate volume and panning).

3 Special Functions

All instruments mode (accessible via the All button or via ALT+click on any instrument:)

Every action in the channel strips aects all instruments simultaneously.

Channel load buttons, x button ALT+click has the same eect as a normal click within the All

instruments mode.

Volume faders Fine adjust: hold SHIFT while dragging.

Set to -6 dB: CMD+click (CTRL+click on Windows).

Change a mics volume absolutely: ALT-drag while in the All instruments mode.Control dials Reset via CMD+click (CTRL+click on Windows).

Learn buttons Unlearn via ALT+click (value -1, meaning no controller assignment).

4 Utilizing DRUMASONIC eectively

Soloing an instrument Select the instrument and click the solo button on the upper right.

Soloing a microphone Activate the All instruments mode and click on the microphonesname.

Changing an instruments volume Select the instrument, activate the link-Mode and move

one of the volume faders.

Changing a microphones volume relatively [absolutely] Switch to the All instruments mode and

move the fader of the corresponding channel [while holding the ALT key].

Assigning a specific output to a specific microphone Switch to the All instruments mode, click on

the output drop-down menu and choose an output.

Switching a microphone on/o globally ALT+click on the corresponding load button above thechannel name or simple click while the All instruments mode is engaged.

Un-loading an instrument [all instruments] Click on the upper-right x-button [while holding

the ALT key or while the All instruments mode is activated].

Combining presets Mixer presets only apply for the selected instrument [in the All

instruments mode for all instruments at once].

Presets per microphone Activate the All instruments mode and load mixer presets of the

category Specific Channels one after the other. If necessary, adjust the volumes.

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