Django Gypsy Jazz, User Manual

Page 1: ...An Impact Soundworks Sample Library Produced by Dimitris Plagiannis User Manual v1 0...

Page 2: ...NECK POSITION 8 PICKING 8 STRING PRIORITY 9 PREFERENCES 9 EFFECTS 11 LEVEL MIXER 11 FILTER 12 PARAMETRIC EQUALIZER 12 TRANSIENT DESIGNER 12 COMPRESSOR 13 LIMITER 13 DI EFFECTS 14 AMP CAB SIM 15 TIPS...

Page 3: ...tructor Vasilis Kotsias For our Django Gypsy Jazz Guitar library we created three virtual instruments two lead acoustic miked and electric DI and one rhythm The lead instruments are designed to delive...

Page 4: ...justable pre stroke sample offset up to 40 msec for ultimate realism Realistic playing noises layered at adjustable levels Automatic or manual control of string articulation and stroke direction Intel...

Page 5: ...played in multiple string fret combinations but the sound timbre is different for each of those Implementing this function is crucial for realistic performances and we wanted the user to be able to m...

Page 6: ...notes and noise trigger keys triggering noise effects are mapped to the keyboard in the way displayed on the Kontakt interface keyboard Hovering the mouse cursor over a key shows a description of the...

Page 7: ...inger between two notes Requires upward 4 legato note one or two semitones above Bend The technique of pushing a string across the fingerboard with a fretting hand finger so that the string gets tight...

Page 8: ...the alternatives This offers coarse control For finer control the user may use the String Priority switches or keyswitches Neck position knob has the following settings Auto This setting picks the cl...

Page 9: ...ner of the GUI opens the Preferences panel This panel contains the controls that tune the sampling engine and do not require frequent adjustments There controls are persistent meaning you don t have t...

Page 10: ...We call these notes dirty and we welcome them because they are necessary to produce realistic performances We have sampled them and this control adjusts the probability of dirty notes occurring rando...

Page 11: ...ars only when Picking Sync is set to 8 or 16 note EFFECTS The Effects graphical interface will help you shape the sound through an essential set of sound processing tools It is made of six lunchbox st...

Page 12: ...the shape of the low frequency band If turned off the band becomes a shelf If turned off it becomes a bell Low Mid Gain Adjusts the amount of boost or cut at the LMF Frequency Low Mid Freq Adjusts th...

Page 13: ...plitude above the threshold the output will increase by only 1 decibel Attack Adjusts the time the Compressor will take to reach the full Ratio value after an input signal exceeds the Threshold level...

Page 14: ...chain DI EFFECTS The Lead DI instrument is operated in the same way as the acoustic one we just described There is only one difference between the two The DI instrument has a Amplifier Speaker cabine...

Page 15: ...ed on each string Modwheel during held notes switches between sustained and vibrato notes To reset a GUI control to its default value CTRL click on it The Filter effect can add a nasal character to th...

Page 16: ...kt s info pane We ll get back to the key functions later on Now let s move on to the GUI and introduce its controls RR Root Note Chord Single Strums Strum Patterns STRUM RR AND PATTERN KEYS Chords are...

Page 17: ...special occasions such as breaks or endings 6 9 chord end strums cover major keys while m6 end strums are intended for minor keys RR keyswitches force the use of specific RR samples For most strums t...

Page 18: ...R sample order so that they never sound exactly the same Default value OFF 2 TRACK PAN This knob controls how hard is the panning for the two guitars while in double tracking mode At 100 the two guita...

Page 19: ...om of each step Swing amount can be adjusted as well with the Swing knob Finally the Latch button allows patterns to keep playing without having to keep a pattern key pressed down While in latch mode...

Page 20: ...This is normal It happens because patterns are synced to the host app tempo all the time even if playback is currently paused stopped and the first chord is waiting to catch the next downbeat CREDITS...

Page 21: ...urchasing as the primary user of the product OR are purchasing on the behalf of another primary user i e as a gift The licensee primary user MAY install the product on as many computer systems as he o...

Page 22: ...T sell individual sounds from a product in any context For clarity The licensee MAY use sounds from the product to create individual sound effects SFX for use in film TV advertising and video games Ho...