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  • Page 1 USER MANUAL...
  • Page 2 Produced by Vir2 Instruments Vir2 Instruments / is an international team of sound designers, musicians, and programmers, who specialize in creating the world’s most advanced virtual instrument libraries. Vir2 is producing the instruments that shape the sound of modern music.
  • Page 3 USER MANUAL...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    INSTALLING UPDATING AUTHORIZING CHAPTER 03: USING KONTAKT HOW TO ACCESS THE ELECTRI6ITY LIBRARY FROM KONTAKT USING KONTAKT IN STANDALONE MODE USING KONTAKT AS A VST PLUG-IN IN CUBASE AND NUENDO USING KONTAKT AS A VST OR AUDIOUNIT PLUG-IN IN ABLETON...

  • Page 5: Electri6Ity

    CHAPTER 04: GETTING STARTED STEP 1 | USER INTERFACE OVERVIEW STEP 2 | ARTICULATIONS STEP 3 | PLAY MODES STEP 4 | PLAYING TECHNIQUES STEP 5 | STRUMMING AND PICKING STEP 6 | RELEASE NOISE STEP 6 | RELEASE NOISE CHAPTER 05: DETAILS PERFORMANCE PAGE SETTINGS PAGE...

  • Page 6: Introduction To The Library

    ELECTRI6ITY/ INTRODUCTION TO THE LIBRARY Thank you for purchasing ELECTRI6ITY, an epic electric guitar virtual instrument containing the most advanced, detailed, and versatile collection of electric guitars ever made in a virtual instrument. ELECTRI6ITY contains eight of the most famous and...
  • Page 7 2000 different chords, easily double-track, do unison bends, strum, pick, trill, tremolo pick, slide... all of this is built into the ELECTRI6ITY engine and full editing control is given over each of these parameters. All samples in ELECTRI6ITY are recorded clean - a direct input from the guitar.

  • Page 8: System Requirements

    REQUIREMENTS INSTALLATION SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS For Mac users, ELECTRI6ITY requires OS 10.5.x or greater, an Intel Core Duo 1.66GHz or higher, a DVD drive, and 4GB of RAM. For Windows users, ELECTRI6ITY requires Windows XP (SP2, 32-bit), Windows Vista (32/64 bit), or Windows 7 (32/64 bit), a Pentium or Athlon 1.4GHz or faster, a DVD drive, and 4GB of RAM.

  • Page 9: Updating

    UPDATING After installation, please make sure that you are fully updated to the most recent versions of the three components that make up the ELECTRI6ITY package: the library (which contains all the patch information and programming), the engine (which is powered by Kontakt), and the authorizer (Service Center).

  • Page 10: How To Access The Electri6Ity Library From Kontakt

    ELECTRI6ITY, can go to their Applications folder (Mac) or Program Files folder (Windows) to launch Native Instruments > Kontakt. Users who wish to use ELECTRI6ITY for sequencing or recording, or wish to play it multitimbrally, should use it in plug-in mode within a host sequencer.
  • Page 11 MIDI source on to Port A, as shown in the graphic below. [02] More detailed information on the setup options can be found in the accompanying Kontakt manual. Once you have completed Kontakt setup, jump ahead to the Getting Started with ELECTRI6ITY section below.

  • Page 12: Using Kontakt As A Vst Plug-In In Cubase And Nuendo

    USING KONTAKT AS A VST PLUG-IN IN CUBASE AND NUENDO Users of Steinberg’s Cubase or Nuendo sequencers can use Kontakt as a VST plug-in. These instructions have been prepared in Cubase 5, although Kontakt may also work in earlier versions if the computer meets the system requirements.

  • Page 13: Using Kontakt As A Vst Or Audiounit Plug-In In Ableton Live

    MIDI played on your controller into Kontakt. At this point, you can skip down in the instructions to the Getting Started With ELECTRI6ITY section below. USING KONTAKT AS A VST OR AUDIOUNIT PLUG-IN IN ABLETON LIVE Users of Ableton Live can use Kontakt as a VST or AudioUnit plug-in, depending on the version.

  • Page 14: Using Kontakt As An Audiounit Plug-In In Logic Pro, Logic Studio, Logic Express, Etc

    USING KONTAKT AS AN AUDIOUNIT PLUG-IN IN LOGIC PRO, LOGIC STUDIO, LOGIC EXPRESS, ETC. Users of Apple’s Logic can use Kontakt as an AudioUnit plug-in. These instructions have been prepared in Logic Pro 8, although Kontakt may also work in earlier versions if the computer meets the system requirements. Once inside your Logic project, go to the Track mini-menu (in the central area of your screen) and choose Track >...

  • Page 15: Using Kontakt In Garageband

    MIDI played on your controller into Kontakt. At this point, you can skip down in the instructions to the Getting Started With ELECTRI6ITY section below. USING KONTAKT IN GARAGEBAND Users of Apple’s GarageBand can use Kontakt as an AudioUnit plug-in. These instructions have been prepared in GarageBand 5 (which shipped with iLife ‘09),...

  • Page 16: Using Kontakt As An Audiounit Plug-In In Digital Performer

    MIDI played on your controller into Kontakt. At this point, you can skip down in the instructions to the Getting Started With ELECTRI6ITY section below. USING KONTAKT AS AN RTAS PLUG-IN IN PRO TOOLS Users of Digidesign’s Pro Tools (M-Powered, LE, or TDM) can use Kontakt as an RTAS plug-in.

  • Page 17: Using Kontakt As A Plug-In In Another Host

    There are too many host programs to cover here in detail, but any modern sequencer that properly supports the VST, AudioUnit, or RTAS standards should be able to use Kontakt properly, and load ELECTRI6ITY within it. Consult the manual for your specific host to find out how to instantiate the...
  • Page 18 On the bottom of the page you’ll find three tabs (four in all AMPED instruments). Simply click on them to switch from one tab to another one. Here is an short overview: SETTINGS PAGE: You’ll be able to tweak ELECTRI6ITY in almost infinite ways by using the...
  • Page 19 (real or virtual) guitar amps and effects. FRETBOARD PAGE: The virtual fretboard shows you how ELECTRI6ITY is choosing strings and frets according to your playing. It also displays the stroke direction (up or downstroke) and other playing techniques (for example, slides). You can watch the virtual fretboard to see how ELECTRI6ITY is transforming your playing to the virtual guitar strings and frets.
  • Page 20 HINT: ELEctRi6ity is a very powerful instrument, but it’s easy to get lost. if you get lost at any point and you want to reset ELEctRi6ity to its original state, simply press the [!] button on the top of the Kontakt interface.
  • Page 21 This technique allows to play notes higher than the highest sustain note on the fretboard. In ELECTRI6ITY you not only have sustain notes and harmonics, you can seamlessly morph between them! Sustain<->Harmonics Fifth...
  • Page 22 F0 - keyswitch active as long as is pressed ELECTRI6ITY offers a variety of one-shot FX samples (plectrum scratches, screams, whammy effects, etc.). They are nice to spice up riffs and for various kinds of intros or endings. The FX samples have been spread across the entire playable range of the guitar, with one FX sample to each chromatic key.
  • Page 23 ELECTRI6ITY allows you to do this on its virtual fretboard. It is able to play two different kind of slides which can be played on a guitar: a so- called ‘slide in’...
  • Page 24 ‘Sequencer (POLy, SOLO, LEGAtO)’. this has two benefits when working in a sequencer: first, you can adjust the timing of all ELEctRi6ity MiDi tracks to compensate for the delay, and second, you can mix chords with legato and solo lines without needing to switch the play mode to Poly.
  • Page 25 In ELECTRI6ITY, no keyswitch is necessary to play Unison Bends. Simply play two notes together and use the pitch bend wheel. Intervals...
  • Page 26 ELECTRI6ITY | GETTING STARTED | STEP 5 | STRUMMING AND PICKING ELECTRI6ITY allows you to strum and pick notes to create typical strumming or picking patterns. Strum and pick trigger keys are very important to work around the one of the biggest problems which occurs if...
  • Page 27 ELECTRI6ITY. The following pages contain an overview of all available release noises in ELECTRI6ITY. The table shows the release noise and how it is selected. We are also going to describe each noise and show example situations in which it might be useful.
  • Page 28 RELEASE NOISE KEYSWITCH Release Finger Noise A-1 + A#-1 – played together, active as long as pressed When the finger is released from the fretboard, a short noise is audible which almost sounds like a very soft pull off. This is the default release for single notes.
  • Page 29 RELEASE NOISE KEYSWITCH Release Slide Down Medium A-1 + F#0 – played together, active as long as pressed This is a longer variation of ‘Release Slide Down Short’. Note: for medium long slides you have to play a note on a higher position on the fretboard (fret 5 or higher) because otherwise a medium long slide isn’t possible since it’s not possible to slide beyond the nut.
  • Page 30 If you click on the Setup Button >[1], you’ll open the basic setup page. Here you can change the two play modes of ELECTRI6ITY - which we are going to explain later - here >[4]. You can also change the CC assignment of the basic playback parameters >[2] and >[3].
  • Page 31 Setup Button >[1] again to close the Setup Mode. PERFORMANCE PAGE | CHANGING PLAY MODE ELECTRI6ITY has two different ways to control all morphed articulations - for example ‘Muted <-> Sustain’, which is available in all articulations with an [AMT] tag in their name (AMT = ‘Articulation Morphing Technology’).
  • Page 32 Mode: ‘Control articulation morphing by velocity if an AMT-Articulation is selected’ In this mode all morph articulations with an [AMT] tag can be morphed by MIDI velocity, while their volume is controlled by MIDI CC. ARTICULATION VOLUME MORPHING VIBRATO CONTROLLED CONTROLLED CONTROLLED Sustain (B-1)
  • Page 33 Mode: ‘Control articulation morphing by CC if an AMT-Articulation is selected’ This mode causes a MIDI continuous controller (MIDI CC message) to control which articulation is selected. Therefore, MIDI velocity is [AMT] tag controlling volume. All morph articulations with an can be morphed by CC in this mode.The standard CC to control the morphing is the mod wheel (CC#1).
  • Page 34 Here’s an example of how the ‘Control articulation morphing by CC if an AMT-Articulation is selected’ mode can be used with expression pedal (which traditionally sends CC#11) functioning as the controller: All morph [AMT] tag articulations with an can be easily morphed with your Expression Pedal in this mode.
  • Page 35 ELECTRI6ITY | DETAILS | SETTINGS PAGE The settings page allows you to tweak the details of ELECTRI6ITY almost infinitely. While the most important parameters controlling playback can be found on the Performance Page, the Settings Page is designed to give you the possibility to control almost every aspect of the guitar simulation.
  • Page 36 to develop an algorithm which chooses the best fitting string according to your playing. But this means that if you play A#1, it won’t always sound exactly the same. If you don’t like the idea that most keys will produce different timbres in different situations, you can switch to one of the static modes.
  • Page 37 Hammer On or a Pull Off (for example if you play a trill). For realistic legato playing, ELECTRI6ITY includes both types, since they have a quite different timbre. You can select the timbre of the Hammer Ons and Pull Offs here, which will be used if you switch to the ‘Hammer On/...
  • Page 38 3.5 Picking This control governs single note playing, and works the same way as described in 3.4. 4 PLAYING 4.1 Trills This control changes the speed of trills (when used with the trill keyswitches). 4.2 Tremolo Picking This changes the speed of tremolo picking (when used with the tremolo keyswitch).
  • Page 39 Chords’ your chords aren’t extended to guitar chords, but of course are still transferred to the best fitting position on the virtual fretboard. 4.11 Guitar Chords | Minimum Keys The ELECTRI6ITY guitar chord engine detects ‘shortcuts’ for common chords. If you want to use these ‘shortcuts’...
  • Page 40 and styles of playing. You can play with this setting and see if a more tight or more open playing suits a particular song better. 5 Legato 5.1 Mode You can choose between two different legato modes here (‘Legato I’ = typical legato playing, ‘Legato II’ = right hand legato playing) and a tapping mode.
  • Page 41 6 STRUMMING 6.1 Speed | Downstroke You can set the strumming speed for downstrokes here. 6.2 Speed | Upstroke You can set the strumming speed for upstrokes here. 6.3 Speed This control allows you to change the way the engine interprets the strumming speeds.
  • Page 42 the strumming here. As you strum the strings you get faster or you slow down. You can play with this setting to find the best way to play a certain phrase. 6.10 Acceleration | Upstroke You can accelerate or slow down the strumming here.
  • Page 43 6.16 Auto Reset Position If a chord is held longer than the threshold time you set here before the next one is played, the position on the virtual fretboard is reset. So next time you play a chord it’s played in the lowest possible position again.
  • Page 44 8 VIBRATO HINT: ELEctRi6ity has an advanced vibrato engine which is capable of recreating different realistic sounding human vibratos. the results are far superior to those which use LFO vibrato with their static and machine-like pitch modulation. 8.1 Control Mode This controls the way the vibrato strength is modulated.
  • Page 45 CPU, you can turn them off to minimize CPU consumption. 9.5 Background For ELECTRI6ITY we used a special recording process which resulted in very high quality samples which are almost completely noiseless. But since hiss is quite natural for electric guitar recording and might help to improve realism you can add some amount of background noise here.
  • Page 46 11.3 Variation | Chuckas/Ghosts You can setup the amount of timbre variation for chuckas and ghost notes here. 11.4 Sloppiness This is a very important feature of ELECTRI6ITY. Most quality sampling libraries cut the samples very exactly, so each note starts immediately after pressing a key.
  • Page 47 ‘Sequencer (POLY, SOLO, LEGATO)’. This has two benefits working in a sequencer: First, you can adjust the timing of all ELECTRI6ITY midi tracks to compensate the delay (if you have a chord detection time of 25ms, set the midi track time compensation to -25ms).
  • Page 48 ‘soft’ for example, it’s easier to control the lower range of the morphing, while ‘hard’ gives you more control over the higher range. 12.11 VKS Switch Velocity ELECTRI6ITY has keyswitches which reacts to velocity. You can setup the velocity threshold of these velocity keyswitches here.
  • Page 49 VMT means Velocity Morphing Technology. It’s basically a seamless velocity layer morphing, which is controlled by the velocity you play the notes with. All ELECTRI6ITY articulations with a VMT tag are played and controlled just like almost any sampling library out there. The harder you play, the louder the volume will be.
  • Page 50 Is this really necessary? In most cases you‘ll only have to learn a few of the keyswitches to control ELECTRI6ITY. We added them to give power users the option to control everything if needed. For example: you can manually select certain release samples via keyswitches, but if you don‘t choose them manually, the artificial...
  • Page 51 If you mainly use the library in a sequencer environment, you can switch ‘Chord Detection | Mode’ on the same page to ‘Sequencer (POLY, SOLO, LEGATO)’. This has two benefits when working in a sequencer: First you can adjust the timing of all ELECTRI6ITY midi tracks to compensate for the...
  • Page 52 Yes. Simply go to the ‘Settings Page’ and switch ‘Strings | Selection | Auto’ to one of the static modes. For more details see >ELECTRI6ITY | Details | Settings Page | Strings.
  • Page 53 CHAPTER 07 ELECTRI6ITY/ CC LIST | KEYSWITCH LIST ELECTRI6ITY CC LIST | PERFORMANCE PAGE This chart indicate all the default settings, but any CC can be changed on its relevant edit page. CC#1 Morph AMT CC#1 Morph VMT CC#20 Guitar Pickup...
  • Page 54 CC#39 Tone | Hammer Ons/Pull Offs CC#40 Tone | Chucka-Chucka CC#41 Tone | Strumming CC#42 Tone | Picking CC#43 Playing | Trills (Speed) CC#44 Playing | Tremolo Picking (Speed) CC#45 Playing | Silent Mode (Pick and Strum Keys Only) CC#46 Playing | Pitch Bend | Range CC#47 Playing | Pitch Bend | Auto Unison Bends...
  • Page 55 CC#73 Noise | Picking CC#74 Noise | Strumming CC#76 Noise | Extra Attack CC#77 Noise | Slides CC#78 Noise | Background (Noisefloor) CC#79 Release | Duration CC#80 Release | Volume CC#81 Humanize | Variation CC#83 Humanize | Variation | Chuckas/Ghosts CC#84 Humanize | Position | Pick CC#85...
  • Page 56 ELECTRI6ITY KEYSWITCH LIST | DEFAULT...
  • Page 57 ELECTRI6ITY KEYSWITCH LIST | ALTERNATIVE...
  • Page 58 THE FULL VERSION OF KONTAKT 4 ELECTRI6ITY ships with Kontakt 4 running in library mode, meaning it is fully able to play back the ELECTRI6ITY library and access the parameters detailed in this manual.
  • Page 59 Any unlicensed usage will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law. CREDITS Produced by: Vir2 Instruments Sound Design and Programming: Benjamin Stelzer, David Das, Chris Peck Cover Design: Milenko Dilas Layout: Jody Friedericks...
  • Page 60 © 2010 Vir2 Instruments. All trademarks used are property of their respective owners. Specifications subject to change.

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