Gediz Reference Manual

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Gediz

MALE TURKISH VOCAL PERFOMANCES

SONOKINETIC BV 2015


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

- Introduction

- Content

- Interface

- Playing Gediz- Song / Theme Buttons

- Intelligent Tempo Mapping

- Wave Orb

- Mod wheel Start Offset

- Breath Level

- Impulse Response

- About the Artist

- Colofon & Support

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Gediz

Do you wish you had a top class ethnic vocalist at your fingertips? Need fast and easy inspiration for

your tracks?

At Sonokinetic we pride ourselves on seeking out those talented artists that can lift any composers

track to greatness. With Gediz weve done it again and bring you beautiful Turkish vocals from aninspirational male singer who has soaked up the rich musical tradition of his culture since before he

could walk.

So, if youve no time or budget to find yourself a performer who really is the best of the best, then the

Sonokinetic vocal line can certainly help you out.

With Gediz' we continue on the path we began all those years ago with Tigris and Euphrates. Since

then our premium ethnic vocal range has spawned some very special instruments packed with

stunning vocal performances.

Gediz Coroglu is an amazing vocalist with a unique voice and singing style. We couldnt help feeling

goosebumps during these extraordinary sessions in Istanbul so were so pleased that we finallyturned these special recordings into a product. Gediz recorded improvisations in 4 keys and at 2

tempi, and in 4 different themes. As a bonus he recorded two ancient songs for you to use in your

compositions, also in two tempi, but because of the fixed range of a song only in two different keys.

As you can hear from the demos written by our talented composers, a major strength of Gedizs

singing is his delivery and performance. Even when there are no lyrics, or they are in a language we

dont understand, we know exactly what he is saying. The emotion never ceases to touch us.

If you would want to contact Gediz for a custom recording we are more than happy to share his

contact details with you, please send an enquiry to support.sonokinetic.net

We, at Sonokinetic BV, are very proud to introduce Gediz to you and cant wait to hear the amazingthings you, our valued customer, will produce with it.

Sonokinetic has established a name as one of the best value & quality sample producers and with

this product wed like to underline that statement. We undercut our pricing module and then some

and still offer the high quality sampling you have come to expect from us.

We wish you the best inspiration and creativity.

With warm regards,

The Sonokinetic Gediz Production Team

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CONTENT

Contents

- One Kontakt 5 patch spanning:

- 6 Main categories in traditional Turkish style:

- Traditional Songs

- Improvisations

- End notes for the improvisations

- Breath samples

- Automatic BPM group selecting (HOST slave)

- Use of Sonokinetic Intelligent Tempo Mapping functionality

- 2 copyright-free traditional songs in two tempi

- 4 sets of Improvisations in two tempi and 4 separate recorded keys

- Kontakt 5 with Timemachine Pro settings (64Bit)

- 2400+ samples. (600 MB sample content) in 16 bit 44.1 kHz NCW file format

- Song lyrics in English translation (pdf).

- Royalty and copyright free content license.

- Gediz Reference manual (pdf).

- Artwork: Gediz dvd cover. Designed by Rob van den Berg

- Video tutorial: Walkthrough hosted by Reuben Cornell



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INTERFACE

The GUI for Gediz consists of six main buttons to choose between themed groups of songs and

improvisations. There are also controls for ITM, reverb and breaths. Phrase length is indicated by an

orb that fills with colour to represent the duration of the phrase.



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PLAYING GEDIZ

The basic method of playing Gediz is to play notes within the blue keyrange. This range varies

depending on which set of songs or themes you have chosen within the interface. The root key of the

phrase is determined by the red keyrange. You can trigger end notes or breaths with the green notes.

SONG / THEME BUTTONS

With the six main buttons you select a

specific theme for your session.

The samples contained within each

theme are based upon the following

moods: Passion, Hope, Devotion and

Melancholia. There are also two songsavailable; Cavus and Sendeki Kaslar.

Gediz loads only the samples that are needed for the theme chosen. Samples that are not used are

purged from memory once you select another theme.

When you choose one of the six themes the available root keys are displayed as red keys from MIDI

key A0 to G#1. The limitations of the human voice and the need for realistic time stretching dictate

the sample mapping. Phrases are mapped to the blue keys from MIDI key C3 and upwards. This

range varies depending on which theme you have chosen.



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INTELLIGENT TEMPO MAPPING

ITM stands for Intelligent Tempo Mapping, and its a

function we developed in-house to make the

instrument adapt in a natural way to tempi ranging

from 30 BPM to 300 BPM. Because it doesnt sound

natural when a sample is stretched beyond certainlimits, we chose to go to a half-time feel when the

tempo is set above a set limit, and to double-time

feel when its set under a particular limit.

To make the stretch amount even smaller, we have

recorded everything for Gediz in two different tempi.

ITM will automatically pick the recording closest to

your host tempo, even if this means a doubled

version or halved version. This effectively makes the

vocals within Gediz sound perfectly in time even in

extreme tempi without the user having to think aboutit. ITM happens under the hood and our goal is for

you to not even notice it is there.

Activate ITM with the button shown here. Normally we would recommend you leave the ITM function

switched on. However, you may wish to deactivate it if your track has many tempo changes

throughout which may conflict with the ITM programming. For instance, if your tempo changes cross

a threshold where ITM would choose the other set of samples during play.

With ITM switched off you may choose between two base tempo settings. These tempi varydepending on the original source material. This allows you to dictate that a specific sample set is

used and stretched to your host tempo accordingly. Note that for the improvisations these recordings

will be very different for each tempo, since they are improvised, the songs will be very similar, and the

two different tempi there just make sure they sound their best in each host tempo.

WAVE ORB

When composing, we found it particularly intuitive to have a visual indication

of the length of a phrase. Since not all phrases are cut out with computer

science in mind, they are more focused on musical and artistic expression,

theres a lot of variety in length and duration of each phrase. Hence the

Wave Orb that shows you the remaining length by steadily following the

phrase progression, filling the sphere from blue to yellow as the phrase

progresses.



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MOD WHEEL START OFFSET

As with many other Sonokinetic libraries, the MOD wheel can be used to offset the start-point of any

played sample. Push up the MOD wheel to offset the start point of any played phrase, pushing the

start of playback further into the sample.

BREATH LEVEL

You can set the volume level of the breath samples by using this dial. Click and

drag to adjust. Ctrl / cmd click to reset the level to default. The breath samples

are mapped to the octave below the middle C. We chose to map each sample

to a different velocity rather than use round robins, so you can make sure that

you get the same breath on each playback, but you still have 50 different

breaths to choose from.

IMPULSE RESPONSE

Gediz comes preloaded with a convolution reverb sampled

from an actual space to simulate a realistic singing

environment. This control makes it easy to quickly dial in

some realistic reverb without too much fuss. Adjust the

wetness and size of the reverb by click-dragging on the dials

shown here. Ctrl / cmd click to reset the levels to default. Turn

reverb on / off by clicking the IR button.

From the Kontakt configuration window (shown below) you

can adjust many other aspects of the reverb including wet/dry

levels, pre-delay, dampening and width. You can also swap

out the preloaded impulse response for one of your own.



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ABOUT THE ARTIST

Gediz Coroglu

Born in Sakarya, Turkey, in 1986. He finished Istek

Belde Fine Arts high school with a scholarship. He

entered Istanbul Technical University in 2004 and

studied Classical Turkish Music at the Voice Education

Department. He has passed out and graduated the

university with the highest degree as high honour in

2009. He is now an academic lecturer at Istanbul

Technical University Turkish Music State Conservatory

and giving lectures of repertoire lessons for Turkish Art

Music since his graduation.

He has worked with and vocalized many famous and

internationally acclaimed Turkish artists such as Tarkan

in 2008 and pianist/composer Fahir Atakoglu for the

album IZ.

In 2010, he has vocalized a show called Onlar ki

which was specially made for the 95th anniversary of

The Battle of Canakkale.

He was a male voice vocal for Tigris & Euphrates: Voices of The Ottoman Empire which is an ethnic

Turkish Music project by Sonokinetic. His vocal performance for Tigris and Euphrates appears in

Magnificent Century (Muhtesem Yuzyil) which is a prime time historical Turkish soap opera television

series and is currently broadcasted on the Star TV Channel in Turkey. The show is based on the life

of Suleiman the Magnificent, the longest reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

Gediz was a soloist for the TV programme Istanbulun Muzikli Sokaklari for TRT Music Channel in

Turkey which has broadcast 25 programmes.

He is still a voice artist at Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism Istanbul Government

Turkish Music Association and Cemal Resit Rey (CRR) Association.

Sonokinetic are very lucky and grateful to have Gediz Coroglu on board for this project.



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