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- Page 1 SONICCOUTURE ONDES USER GUIDE www.soniccouture.com email :customerservices@soniccouture.com...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
SONICCOUTURE ONDES USER GUIDE ONDES CONTENTS : INSTALLATION THE ONDES MARTENOT THE KONTAKT INSTRUMENTS REALTIME CONTROL SUPPORT E.U.L.A email :customerservices@soniccouture.com www.soniccouture.com... -
Page 3: Installation
If Kontakt doesn't ask you to authorize, you can force it to by clicking the little "Activate" button in the upper right corner of our Ondes Library logo, in the Browser/Libraries list. It will then prompt you to launch the Service Center. -
Page 4: The Ondes Martenot
THE ONDES MARTENOT PLAYING THE ONDES MARTENOT Perhaps one of the most enigmatic musical instruments of all time, The Ondes Martenot ( literally ‘Martenot Waves’) was invented by Maurice Martenot in 1928. More about its background can be found on Wikipedia... - Page 5 SONICCOUTURE ONDES USER GUIDE THE RING CONTROLLER & TOUCHE D’INTENSITÉ The most famous of the Ondes control methods is the metal ring, which is worn on the finger of the right hand. Contrary to popular belief, there is no ‘ribbon’ style controller, nor is the ring used when the keyboard is being played.
- Page 6 THE VIBRATO KEYBOARD The final unique control trick that the Ondes has up its sleeve is the keyboard vibrato. To those familiar with MIDI keyboards, this is similar in concept to aftertouch, but the movement is lateral instead of being based on key pressure.
- Page 7 D1 - This is the main loudspeaker, and is designed for straight reproduction of the Ondes sound. In practice, it has a warm tone, with the top-end rolled off quite a bit.
- Page 8 THOMAS’ LINE OUT Most Ondes do not have a direct output - fortunately for us, and you, Thomas Bloch had his modified with such a facility. This means we were able to record the output of the oscillators directly for use with convolution responses of the three Diffuseurs, of which more later.
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Page 9: The Kontakt Instruments
ONDES MARTENOT - MAIN PANEL The graphical interface of the Soniccouture Ondes Martenot instrument isbased on the “tiroir”, or drawer that the Ondes player uses to control both the timbre and the performance of the instrument. The Ondes “tiroir”, or controller drawer You can see there are many switches labelled “D3”, “D2”, etc. - Page 10 SONICCOUTURE ONDES USER GUIDE The faders on the main part of the panel, to the top left, are as follows: D3 The 3rd “diffuseur”, or loudspeaker. This is the “Métallique” speaker, which is made from a small gong. The 2nd “diffuseur”, or loudspeaker. This loudspeaker has a spring reverb built into it.
- Page 11 Gambe and the Souffle generators. The combination of these oscillators is the main method of creating a timbre on the Ondes Martenot. There is also a “Brightness” control on the original instrument, which we’ve included as a dial at the top, labelled Bright.
- Page 12 A.D.S.R = Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release. In fact, the Ondes Martenot has no envelope generator at all, and all of the dynamics are controlled in real time by the player (more about this later). But for ease of use, we’ve provided an ADSR if you want to use it.
- Page 13 Now we’ve engaged a 12dB resonant filter instead of the more gentle Bright control. In this mode you have control over a dynamic filter (not available on the Ondes Martenot itself), with Cutoff, Resonance, and Envelope Depth (EG) controls along the top dials.
- Page 14 By clicking on the speaker icon next to the top faders on the main panel, you access this, the SPEAKER EDIT PAGE. This page offers one of the key things to the authentic Ondes sound ; the three speakers or diffuseurs.
- Page 15 SONICCOUTURE ONDES USER GUIDE MICROPHONE POSITIONS The main function of the Speaker Panel page is to enable you to change mic setups for each speaker. There is a choice of CLOSE, FAR and ROOM distances ( Each Mic setup is a stereo pair ).
- Page 16 This instrument is designed for even more control, taking us further away from the original Ondes controls and into creative sound design patches. Emulating the original Ondes is wonderful of course, but once we had these gorgeous waves, we couldn’t resist making polyphonic versions of the instrument and adding more synthesis features.
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Page 17: Realtime Control
REALTIME CONTROL See Ondes QuickStart MIDI Setup.pdf for setup tips. Playing a real Ondes is not easy. And even if you have many realtime controllers at your fingertips, playing our virtual Ondes in real time is almost as difficult as playing the Ondes itself. - Page 18 However, if you set this range very wide, you can also use a controller to slide the absolute pitch of the instrument ( a bit like the Ondes “ruban”). Even with a large controller like a ribbon controller however, this is very difficult to do, it’s hard to be precise enough to play a melody using a...
- Page 19 Definitely consider adding an XY pad, or some other control surface, to your setup if you don’t already have one... it makes a huge difference to the dynamics of the Ondes Martenot if you are able to control a few realtime CCs.
- Page 20 SONICCOUTURE ONDES USER GUIDE email :customerservices@soniccouture.com www.soniccouture.com...
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Page 21: Support
SONICCOUTURE ONDES USER GUIDE SUPPORT If you have any problems or questions relating to the use of this product, please feel free to contact us. You can either email us at : customerservices@soniccouture.com or we have a support forum within the KVR Audio community, which can be... -
Page 22: E.u.l.a
The software is licensed, not sold. Soniccouture Ltd grants the Owner of a Soniccouture product the right to create finished musical works and performances using the sounds and software that comprise the Soniccouture product. - Page 23 fitness for a particular purpose, with regard to the software, and any accompanying hardware. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall Soniccouture be liable for any consequential, incidental, direct, indirect, special, punitive, or other damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information, or other...
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