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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    XBow Guitars TABLE OF CONTENTS INSTALLATION LIBRARY SPECIFICATIONS THE XBOW GUITARS PROJECT THE KONTAKT INSTRUMENTS THE JAMMER PANEL A BASIC JAMMER TUTORIAL THE GUITAR PANEL THE OPTIONS MENU THE EFFECTS PANEL MODULAR EFFECTS INSERTS THE SPACE MODULE EFFECT PRESETS SUPPORT END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT...

  • Page 3: Installation

    XBow Guitars INSTALLATION #################################### #################################### #################################### #################################### #################################### #################################### #################################### #################################### YOUTUBE VIDEO: HOW TO ADD YOUR LIBRARY TO KONTAKT TO ADD THE LIBRARY AND AUTHORISE IN KONTAKT FIRST INSTALL KONTAKT PLAYER: Kontakt Player Download Link 1. Open NI Kontakt in standalone mode. In the Libraries tab, click Add Library 2.

  • Page 4: Library Specifications

    XBow Guitars LIBRARY SPECIFICATIONS 8 sampled instruments Bowed Acoustic (with 4 articulations) Bowed Electric (with 4 articulations) EBow Acoustic EBow Electric 1 EBow Electric 2 Vibrator Acoustic Vibrator Electric Gizmotron Electric 24 bit 48 khz stereo sampling 9 GB library (with NCW compression) Over 8,600 samples Custom KSP tools and effects: Jammer, Modular FX rack NI NKS support...

  • Page 5: The Xbow Guitars Project

    XBow Guitars THE XBOW GUITARS PROJECT This library is dedicated to exploring guitars played inappropriately. We began this project with our eBow Guitar library ten years ago. We’ve often found that unique yet organic virtual instruments can be created by playing conventional instruments in unconventional ways.
  • Page 6 XBow Guitars We also discovered a revival of the Godley and Creme “gizmotron”, a device that attaches to an electric guitar and uses tiny rubber wheels to bow the strings. You can vary the speed (velocity) of the wheels on the device itself, which we then sampled to create a dynamic crossfade system in the virtual instrument.

  • Page 7: The Kontakt Instruments

    XBow Guitars THE KONTAKT INSTRUMENTS You can hover your mouse over any control in this library to get information about its function if you have the Kontakt Info pane activated. SNAPSHOTS Snapshots are presets. Remember that there are many presets in the Snapshots menu in main Kontakt title bar.

  • Page 8: The Jammer Panel

    XBow Guitars THE JAMMER PANEL THE JAMMER is our custom generative arpeggiator. It uses notes you hold down on your keyboard to generate new patterns. You can then store these patterns in presets, either as evolving setups or as fixed pattern loops. The power button at the top left enables or disables the Jammer.
  • Page 9 XBow Guitars RATE controls the speed of the Jammer, this is always related to the tempo of Kontakt or the host sequencer. LENGTH is an offset to the duration of the created notes. In the centre position, the notes are created at the same duration set by the Rate knob, but using LENGTH you can make these longer or shorter.
  • Page 10 Jammer setup into any of the preset positions. You can also copy and paste presets to different positions, or import / export patterns between various Soniccouture instruments that have the Jammer. DOUBLE NOTES will trigger two notes on each step, as if you are playing with both hands simultaneously.

  • Page 11: A Basic Jammer Tutorial

    XBow Guitars A BASIC JAMMER TUTORIAL Setup : Set the Jammer to an Initialised state. Set the EVOLVE / LOOP length to 8 and put it in EVOLVE mode. Turn DOUBLE NOTES off, and make sure the Jammer power switch is ON. Now play and hold a simple chord.

  • Page 12: The Guitar Panel

    XBow Guitars THE GUITAR PANEL The Guitar page of the four instruments varies slightly, but always contains similar elements. The most elaborate instrument is the Bowed Guitar, so we’ll use that to discuss the controls. GUITAR SELECT Click on the ACOUSTIC GUITAR title and you can also select other guitar types when available.
  • Page 13 XBow Guitars POWER In all the guitars there is a large knob named POWER. This controls the power or strength of the type of bow being used. Automating this knob, either by host automation or MIDI controllers, is the key to making the instrument expressive. Just like other bowed string or wind libraries, real time control breathes life to XBow Guitars when used in your compositions.
  • Page 14 XBow Guitars MIC & PICKUP Some guitars are sampled with more than one signal at the same time. For example, on some acoustic guitars we have sampled both a Mic and a contact Pickup on the guitar, on some electric guitars we have sampled the Bridge and Neck pickups simultaneously.
  • Page 15 XBow Guitars EDIT CONTROLS Beside the guitar’s title, near the top left of the page, you’ll see a small arrow pointing to the left. If you click on this arrow, you’ll open the synth editing section. This gives you access to many of the typical Kontakt playback control parameters you might use to further shape the sound: PANNER and RATE are auto-panning controls, they control the depth and speed of auto-panning...

  • Page 16: The Options Menu

    XBow Guitars THE OPTIONS MENU At the top fight of the instruments, there is a small menu: Clicking on this opens the Options for the current guitar: All guitars include a PITCH BEND SETUP option that allows you to set how the pitch bend control works.
  • Page 17 XBow Guitars ATTACK CLIP Many of the bow techniques sampled have their own attack characteristic, which is nice if you want to keep the natural behaviour of that bow. However there may be times when you want to start the sound quicker than the sample does naturally. ATTACK CLIP will move the start time of the sample inwards, beyond the natural attack, to create an artificial but sudden click at the front.

  • Page 18: The Effects Panel

    XBow Guitars THE EFFECTS PANEL MODULAR EFFECTS INSERTS You can assign six insert effects in order, from top to bottom. The parameters for the currently selected effect appear on the far left, and you can choose which effect you’re editing with the buttons on the right. You can place effect inserts in any order you like, which can be very creative.
  • Page 19 XBow Guitars There are 21 types of insert effect available: CHORUS PHASER FLANGER DELAY SATURATION DISTORTION LOFI SKREAMER TWANG JUMP FILTER TAPE CABINET ROTATOR COMPRESSOR LIMITER EQUALISER STEREO REVERB TRANSIENT CONVOLUTION Note: you cannot have the same type of effect in two different blocks; if you choose an effect that is already in another effect block, the two effects will simply swap positions.

  • Page 20: The Space Module

    XBow Guitars THE SPACE MODULE The SPACE section on the right of the screen is a convolution reverb. There are controls over the MIX level, the room SIZE, and High Pass and Low Pass filters of the reverb. The Space processor can be switched ON or OFF using the square switch in the top left.

  • Page 21: Support

    XBow Guitars SUPPORT There are some helpful videos and FAQ on the Soniccouture Support Page If you have any problems or questions relating to the use of this product, please feel free to contact us. You can email us at : support@soniccouture.com...

  • Page 22: End User License Agreement

    (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information, or other pecuniary loss) arising out of this EULA or the use of or inability to use the software, even if Soniccouture has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

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