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1. Overview

2. Installation and Registration

3. Synth Controls

4.

Presets

5.

Arp, Sequencer and Chords

6. Effects


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1. Overview

Introducing Dirty Modular, a powerful hybrid modular virtual

instrument powered by the Kontakt Free Player. Under the hood of

this beast lies 8,496 pristine audio samples, direct from a real

analogue modular synth. These form the bases of 174 multisampled

oscillator settings ready to be combined, routed and processed

further.

From the front end you are presented with a stunning GUI allowing

you to create patches visually using the 3d rendered cables, as well

as load and save internal presets at lightening speed and without

reloading the main Kontakt instrument.

This stunning instrument is packed full of analogue modelled effects

and powerful LFO's, envelopes and an analogue style step

sequencer. It is able to create a huge range of sounds, from filthy

basses and leads to retro 80's pop to deep melodic pads and

everything in between.

We wanted to create something that put detailed raw sounds already

at your fingertips, allowing deep and complex sounds to be built

easily without fiddling, allowing you to concentrate on what is mostimportant - the music!

The sounds were recorded in conjunction with Dom Morley from

Metropolis Studios in London who we'd like to thank for his patience

and hard work on this! We'd also like to give a big thanks to Phil

from the Samplephonics team who has relentlessly scripted this

incredible instrument and fine tuned it to perfection. It has been over

a year and a half in the making, but boy has it been worth the wait!


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2. Installation and Registration

Once you have downloaded all 6 of the separate .rar files, ensure

that they are all in the same folder and then unrar the first file

part1.rar using WinRar for Windows or StuffIt Expander for Mac.The library folder will then be extracted and you can save this

anywhere on your computer.

Once extracted you can add the library to Kontakt. To do this open

Kontakts file browser, click on the Libraries tab and then click Add

Library. Select the unzipped library folder in the dialogue that

appears and click Choose. The library should now be visible in

Kontakts Libraries tab and must be activated before use.

Click on the Activate button on the Dirty Modular library panel to

open the Product Activation screen.


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Your serial code will be listed next to the Dirty modular download

link in your Samplephonics account area. This can be found by

logging into your Samplephonics account and clicking on your Dirty

Modular order number. Enter the serial number into the Product

Activation screen and click Activate.

Once activated it is important to use Kontakts Batch Resave

feature, as this will drastically reduce loading times. To do this go to

File>Batch re-save and click yes on the warning that appears. Then

select the unzipped library folder in the dialogue that appears and

click Choose.

You can now load the instrument by clicking on the Intsrumentsbutton on the Library panel and then double clicking Dirty

Modular.nki.


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3. Presets

The library comes with just one .nki file as all preset loading and

saving is handled within the instrument itself. The built in preset

browser can be opened by clicking on the Presets button.

Presets can be loaded by double clicking the corresponding .nka file

within the browser or clicking either the left or right arrow button to

load the next or previous preset in the folder. Clicking the synth

button will return to the main synth interface.

All included presets can be found within the Factory folder that is

further divided into two sub categories. Waveform Combinations

features presets with carefully selected oscillator waveforms that aredesigned to work together. These presets load with all other

parameters initialized. The second category Creative Presets

features presets that make full use of all the instruments controls.

Clicking the Save button opens a Save As dialogue box that

allows you to save presets into the User folder. Saved presets will

not be visible in the preset browser until the Dirty Modular instrument

has been closed and reloaded.


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4. Synth Controls

Main

The interface relies heavily on virtual patch cables in order toconfigure the many possible complex modulation and signal routing

options. The routing of a module can be changed by clicking on the

its corresponding Out socket.

A menu containing all possible destinations for that module is then

displayed and clicking on a destination will reroute the modules

patch cable. The patch cables can be shown and hidden using the

show cables toggle button.

The majority of parameters are controlled using dials. Any parameter

displayed on an LCD screen can be edited using the drop down

menu that is displayed when clicking on the screen.


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Oscillators

The instrument features 2 oscillator sections, each of which can load

one of 170 waveforms.

Waveforms are selected and loaded via the dropdown menu that

appears when clicking on the oscillators LCD screen. Waveforms

are split into submenus and clicking on a waveforms name will load

it and display the waveforms number on the oscillators LCD screen.

The Next/Previous buttons can also be used to quickly browse

from one waveform to another and the R button will pick a

waveform at random.


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Each oscillator features controls for amplitude, pitch, fine pitch and

pan. Oscillator 1 also features a noise control. This sets the level of

white noise added to the oscillators output and is not affected by

oscillator 1s Amp control.

Each oscillators output signal can be routed separately to the

corresponding filter or FX module. If no routing destination is

selected, the signal is routed straight to the instruments output

bypassing the filler and FX. LFOs and Envelopes can be routed to

modulate each oscillators amplitude and pitch settings.

The oscillator control link button can be used to copy settings from

oscillator 1 to oscillator 2 and when linked oscillator 1s controls will

control oscillator 2. Any modulation routing assigned to oscillator 1

will also now affect oscillator 2. It is important to note that the link

setting does affect oscillator 2s waveform selection or output signal

routing.


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Portamento and Play Modes

The play mode can be changed between polyphonic, monophonic

and legato by clicking the corresponding position on the play mode

selection switch. Portamento glide time can be set using theportamento control.

Filters

Each filter can be switched between Low Pass, High Pass and Band

Pass modes. They each feature controls for cutoff frequency,

resonance and keyboard tracking.

Each filters output signal can be routed separately to the

corresponding FX module. If no routing destination is selected, the

signal is routed straight to the instruments output bypassing the FX.

LFOs and Envelopes can be routed to modulate each filters cutoff

and resonance settings. As with the oscillator link button, the filter

link button will copy all settings from filter 1 to filter 2 and filter 1s


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controls will control filter 2 allowing the filter section to behave like

one single filter module for ease of control. Note that signal output

routing is not affected by the link setting but unlike the oscillator

section, the filter type setting is affected by the filter link setting. Any

modulation routing assigned to filter 1 will also now affect filter 2.

LFOs

The instrument features 3 LFO modules each with a rate selection

menu and dial, master amount control and individual controls for

each of the five available waveforms. Sine, Triangle, Rectangle,

Sawtooth and Random waveforms can be mixed using the individual

controls then the total modulation level set using the amount control.

The rates of LFO1 and LFO2 can be modulated by LFO3 if chosenusing LFO3s drop down routing menu.


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Envelope

3 ADSR envelopes modules are available and each feature controls

for attack time, decay time, sustain level, release time and amount.

Note that the amount control is not available when the modulationdestination is set to either Osc 1 Amp or Osc 2 Amp. In both these

cases the modulation amount is automatically set to 100%.

Sequencer

The sequencer can be turned on/off using the Sequencer toggle

switch and features 16 steps, each with a pitch dial and LED play

indicator.

The pitch dials control the pitch of each step and each dial has a

range of +/-12 semitones from the pitch of the currently held key.

Alt+clicking an LED play indicator will remove the corresponding


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step from the sequence. Further parameters can be controlled via

the sequencer menu that is displayed when clicking on the

sequencer LCD screen.

From the menu, submenus are used to set resolution (speed), swing,

length, retrigger and destination. With retrigger enabled the

sequence will restart with every note-on event. With retrigger

disabled the sequence will reset only when all held notes are

released. By default the destination is set to the note trigger option

but it can also be routed to Osc 1 Amp, Osc 2 Amp, Filter 1 Cutoff

and Filter 2 Cutoff. In these modes the note trigger is bypassed and

the destination parameter is set to the dial value at each step. Note

that if the oscillator link switch is enabled then oscillator 2 amp will

also be modulated by the sequencer if the destination is set to Osc 1

Amp. The same is true for filter 2 if the filter link switch is enabledand the sequencer destination is set to Filter 2 Cutoff.

FX

The instrument features 2 multi FX units which can be switched to

following effects using the selection menu that appears when

clicking on the units LCD screen:

-

Chorus-

Flanger

- Phaser

- Saturation

- Distortion

- Skreamer

- LoFi


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When the FX link switch is enabled the settings and effect selection

will be copied from FX1 to FX2 and FX1s controls will control FX2.

Delay

The delay effect is enabled using the Delay toggle switch and

features control sliders for amount, size, delay and frequency. The

delay effect features control sliders for amount, feedback, damp and

pan. The delay time can be set using the menu that appears when

clicking on the modules LCD screen.


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Reverb

The reverb effect is enabled using the Reverb toggle switch and

features control sliders for amount, size, delay and damping.

We hope you enjoy this machine, if you have any feedback, or need

any help with any of the features, drop us a line at

[email protected] and well be happy to help.

Cheers!

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