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  • Page 1 Capsule User Guide Berlin Woodwinds - SFX www.orchestraltools.com...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Sustains ........................26 Time Machine-enabled Patches ................... 27 XI Multi Articulation Patches Multi Slot View ......................28 Multi Locked View ....................... 33 XII Getting Help © 2017 Orchestral Tools | Schwarzer & Mantik GmbH Rev . 2 017- 10- 2 5...
  • Page 3 Collection User Guide XIII Appendices Controller Table - Annotated List ................. 35 New Features ......................46 Configuring Kontakt's Outputs ..................49 © 2017 Orchestral Tools | Schwarzer & Mantik GmbH Rev . 2 017- 10- 2 5...

  • Page 4: I About This User Guide

    This document is a special version of the User Guide that only contains features applicable to the collections listed below. You can download the full User Guide that applies to all Orchestral Tools collections in our Helpdesk. The following table lists all collections covered by this User Guide with their current Capsule version as well as the minimum Kontakt version.

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Entering the world of Orchestral Tools also means to be on board on a journey infused with new ideas and the introduction of tools never built before. The Runs Builder lets you create the most convincing fast runs based on pre-recorded micro runs.
  • Page 6 Just load a patch and play. Orchestral Tools is a sampling project driven by a few composers like you with their vision of a growing orchestral palette. We develop Expansion Sets for all our Main Collections which will extend your personal library in an organic way.

  • Page 7: Recording And Concept

    The quality of a sampled collection begins with the recording. Every Orchestral Tools collection is recorded at 96khz with state of the art equipment. The full editing and post-production process uses these 96khz recordings without downsampling.

  • Page 8: Berlin Woodwinds - Sfx

    After focusing on core articulations with Berlin Woodwinds and its Additional Instruments, it was time to delve head on into Woodwind SFX. Berlin Woodwinds - SFX adds SFX patches for a number of woodwind instruments, including Fluttertongue Legato, bendings, whirling effects, wind noises and lots of rips and special runs.

  • Page 9: Integrated Quickhelp Texts

    Collection User Guide Integrated QuickHelp Texts To help you use these collections to their fullest potential, we have integrated QuickHelp texts for nearly all UI elements. These texts feature short descriptions of the relevant feature. You can find more detailed information in this User Guide.

  • Page 10: Blending With Other Libraries

    The volume range feature allows you to blend our collections with your other libraries with ease - but then why would you want other libraries? © 2017 Orchestral Tools | Schwarzer & Mantik GmbH | Blending With Other Libraries |...

  • Page 11: Common Midi Ccs

    Collection User Guide Common MIDI CCs We have taken great care to not clash with your existing MIDI CC allocations for all collections. Most CCs used by Capsule are standard CCs and should work well with your current setup. Nevertheless, the scripts internally use a number of additional CCs, which are also available to you as a user in case you want to adjust settings.

  • Page 12: Maximum Voices

    Experiment with the setting to find the sweet spot for your applications. After you have found the value that works for you, just save the patch and it will be recalled every time you load this patch. © 2017 Orchestral Tools | Schwarzer & Mantik GmbH | Maximum Voices |...

  • Page 13: Gui Overview

    Collection User Guide GUI Overview Capsule collections have two distinct types of patches, Single Articulation Patches as well as Multi Articulation Patches. Both share some common features and UI elements, but they differ in one big respect: While the Single Articulation Patches feature one articulation each, the Multi Articulation Patches allow you to combine multiple articulations in groundbreaking ways thanks to the power of Capsule.
  • Page 14 UI. A standard Save/Load dialog will appear giving you access to your file system. You can store these presets anywhere you like; they do not need to be in the collection folder. © 2017 Orchestral Tools | Schwarzer & Mantik GmbH | GUI Overview | Preset System...

  • Page 15: Ui Views

    Collection User Guide UI Views All patches within the our collections use a tabbed UI separated into four pages, or "views", as we call them. This section describes these four views along with all their features. Individual features may only be present in certain instruments.

  • Page 16: Mixer View

    Output Se l e ctor : Click to select the Kontakt output for this mic position. You may need to configure Kontakt's output matrix first. Tre e Channe l Stri p © 2017 Orchestral Tools | Schwarzer & Mantik GmbH | GUI Overview | UI Views...
  • Page 17 Collection User Guide Global Options To the right of the Mixer View you will find a number of options affecting all mic positions together. These largely save you from needing to press the corresponding button on each individual mic position. Auto Gain: If enabled, the combined volume of all mic positions will stay the same when you change the level of any position.
  • Page 18 You do not need to think about adjusting the mic positions if you do not want to! When you load any instrument into Kontakt, the Tree will be active, which is perfect for most applications. © 2017 Orchestral Tools | Schwarzer & Mantik GmbH | GUI Overview | UI Views...

  • Page 19: Settings View

    Collection User Guide 9.2.3 Settings View The settings view provides a place to edit settings unique to the loaded patch (in the cast of Single Articulation patches) or settings that apply to all articulations loaded in a Multi Articulation patch. The following section describes the features and UI elements you will find in this view.
  • Page 20 Mixer View, the release knob will adjust to the ADSR curve of the main samples. The knob will reflect either setting. © 2017 Orchestral Tools | Schwarzer & Mantik GmbH | GUI Overview | UI Views...
  • Page 21 Collection User Guide Round Robin The RR area gives you detailed control over the round robins in each patch. The options shown below are present in all patches with multiple Round Robins. If a patch does not have recorded Round Robins you will only see the Fake Neighbor RRs option.

  • Page 22: Controller Table View

    (if the controller you want to assign can be assigned to a MIDI Note), or move any fader to send a MIDI CC. Your selection will then be mapped to this feature. You can assign multiple controllers to the same MIDI CC or Note. © 2017 Orchestral Tools | Schwarzer & Mantik GmbH | GUI Overview | UI Views...
  • Page 23 Collection User Guide Manual Assignment Alternatively, select the feature you want to assign by using the next page/previous page buttons until you see the function you want to assign. Click on it to select it. Now you can a) press "listen" to map any incoming MIDI data (note or CC). If that controller is not enabled yet, it will be enabled automatically once you press "listen".

  • Page 24: Single Articulation Patches

    Multi Articulation patch. 10.1 Standard Articulations All Single Articulation patches in all Orchestral Tools collections share a set of common UI elements and features that work across articulation types. This section describes these common elements.
  • Page 25 Collection User Guide Main Knob The Main Knob is a key component of using any collection. It allows you to select one of two ways to control the velocity of played notes: 1) Velocity (how hard you press the keys on your MIDI keyboard) 2) X-Fade (lets you control the volume via the modwheel) All "longs"...
  • Page 26 X-Fade-controlled keys like for example Rolls. This setting is available in all short notes, but it makes most sense to use it with percussion instruments. Dynam i c Swi tch © 2017 Orchestral Tools | Schwarzer & Mantik GmbH | Single Articulation Patches | Standard Articulations...

  • Page 27: Sustains

    Collection User Guide 10.2 Sustains Sustained articulations form the backbone of numerous Orchestral Tools collections. These patches provide long, sustained notes that can be help over long periods of time. This section describes the available patches, how they are organized and their features.

  • Page 28: Time Machine-Enabled Patches

    TM patches, otherwise you will very likely experience cut or dropped notes. Note that there are no TM patches for Legato, Playable Glissando and similar articulations for technical reasons. © 2017 Orchestral Tools | Schwarzer & Mantik GmbH | Single Articulation Patches | Time Machine-enabled Patches...

  • Page 29: Multi Articulation Patches

    Collection User Guide Multi Articulation Patches All collections in addition to the Single Articulation Patches features a large number of groundbreaking Multi Articulation Patches. Rather than just providing access to multiple articulations in one patch (they do that, too, of course), these patches allow you to combine different articulations and morph between them freely.
  • Page 30 If a legato style features an alternative transitions, this is marked by an asterisk (*) next to the transition name in the legato slots. © 2017 Orchestral Tools | Schwarzer & Mantik GmbH | Multi Articulation Patches | Multi Slot View...
  • Page 31 Collection User Guide Selecting Articulations There are multiple ways of selecting an articulation: 1) Click on the icon displayed below the slot name to select an articulation. 2a) If the KS Mono/KS Poly switch is set to Mono, you can use freely assignable keyswitches to select any of the 12 slots.
  • Page 32 UI represents one of the slots soloed. Use the CCs assigned to X Fade/Switch and Y Fade (2D) in the Controller Table to move between the slots. © 2017 Orchestral Tools | Schwarzer & Mantik GmbH | Multi Articulation Patches | Multi Slot View...
  • Page 33 Collection User Guide 2 D XF ade In any of the modes you can change the selected slots at any time simply by pressing different keyswitches. Custom Velocity/CC Thresholds If any Poly KS mode is active, the value boxes at the left of all but the first active slot control the switch thresholds for either CC or velocity, depending on the mode selected.

  • Page 34: Multi Locked View

    The Locked View essentially serves to enable creating and storing custom-built articulation patches that behave similar to Adaptive Single Articulation patches like the Legato patches. © 2017 Orchestral Tools | Schwarzer & Mantik GmbH | Multi Articulation Patches | Multi Locked View...

  • Page 35: Getting Help

    Just send us an email, describe your issue and we will get back to you usually the same working day. OT Support is staffed every working day 09:00 to 16:00. Orchestral Tools is based in Germany, so if we do not reply soon, it is most likely night over here! No have no impersonal ticket IDs, no registration for an account, nothing.

  • Page 36: Xiii Appendices

    Controllers can be assigned to a MIDI CC, a MIDI note, or both. Default Value: Some controls have a default value set by Orchestral Tools. If they do, this will tell you what it is. Description: Provides a short description what the controller does.
  • Page 37 Collection User Guide Instr ume nt Vol .2 Used by: All patches in all collections. Assignable to: MIDI CC Default Value: CC11 (Expression) Description: The assigned CC along with its Instrument Vol.1 counterpart controls the patch volume. Sustain Pe dal Used by: All patches in all collections.
  • Page 38 Used by: All Legato Single Articulations using a 4th Legato Zone. Assignable to: MIDI CC, MIDI Note Default Value: Description: The assigned CC makes the current Legato Patch use the 4th Legato style. © 2017 Orchestral Tools | Schwarzer & Mantik GmbH | Appendices | Controller Table - Annotated List...
  • Page 39 Collection User Guide Re tongue d Le gato Used by: Selected Berlin Woodwinds Soloists Legato Single Articulations. Assignable to: MIDI CC, MIDI Note Default Value: CC52 Description: The assigned CC makes the current Legato Patch use the Retongued Legato style. X Re v e r se Used by: Selected Berlin Woodwinds Soloists Legato Single Articulations.
  • Page 40 Description: With the assigned CC or MIDI Note, the lowest dynamic setting (usually CC1 at 0) will cause the instrument to be completely silent. Use this setting when using your instruments with a breath or wind controller. © 2017 Orchestral Tools | Schwarzer & Mantik GmbH | Appendices | Controller Table - Annotated List...
  • Page 41 Collection User Guide Soft Low Laye r Used by: All patches in all collections. Assignable to: MIDI CC, MIDI Note Default Value: Description: With the assigned CC or MIDI Note, the lowest dynamic layer will first be increased in volume when controlling dynamics and only later the next layer will begin to fade in, allowing softer low dynamics.
  • Page 42 Used by: All Single Articulation patches in all collections. Assignable to: MIDI CC, MIDI Note Default Value: Description: The assigned CC mutes and unmutes the instrument. © 2017 Orchestral Tools | Schwarzer & Mantik GmbH | Appendices | Controller Table - Annotated List...
  • Page 43 Collection User Guide Mixer Te l de x IR Used by: All Soloists Series patches. Assignable to: MIDI CC, MIDI Note Default Value: Description: The assigned CC or MIDI Note switches the Teldex Impulse Response on or off. Te l de x IR Dr y Used by: All Soloists Series patches.
  • Page 44 Used by: All patches in all collections. Assignable to: MIDI CC Default Value: Depends on Mic Position Description: The assigned CC loads or unloads the mic position. © 2017 Orchestral Tools | Schwarzer & Mantik GmbH | Appendices | Controller Table - Annotated List...
  • Page 45 Collection User Guide Multi Artic Settings The following controllers are only relevant for Multi Articulation Patches M I - M ono/Pol y M ode Used by: All Multi Articulation patches. Assignable to: MIDI CC Default Value: Description: The assigned CC switches between monophonic keyswitching and polyphonic keyswitching. M I - Ve l .
  • Page 46 MIDI CC Default Value: CC30 Description: The assigned CC switches the legato on or off for the respective slot in the Multi Articulation patch. © 2017 Orchestral Tools | Schwarzer & Mantik GmbH | Appendices | Controller Table - Annotated List...

  • Page 47: New Features

    Collection User Guide 13.2 New Features This section lists new features added in new Capsule versions. Depending on which version of Capsule a collection uses, these feature may not be part of all collections yet, but will be added in later updates. The Patch Info View in each patch shows the Capsule version used in that collection.
  • Page 48 The Controller Table will now show a lit dot in front of the respective Controller Table entry when that controller comes in. True Damping (BPC and BPC A) A lot of percussive instruments have a very unique damping sound. Wherever worthwhile, these sounds © 2017 Orchestral Tools | Schwarzer & Mantik GmbH | Appendices | New Features...
  • Page 49 Collection User Guide were extensively sampled for Berlin Percussion and BPC A - The Timpani. If enabled, this option will make the instrument play True Damping samples when CC64 is not active. CC64 will let the samples ring out. Dynamic Switch (BPC and BPC A) When enabled, all velocity-mapped keys in the current articulation will not crossfade between dynamic layers but rather switch between them at breakpoints.

  • Page 50: Configuring Kontakt's Outputs

    3) Press Ok and the new settings will be applied and saved as the default. © 2017 Orchestral Tools | Schwarzer & Mantik GmbH | Appendices | Configuring Kontakt's Outputs...

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