Northern Woodwinds: Solo OboeUser DocumentationTo get up and running, read the Quick Start Guide first.OverviewThis oboe is the first in our modular range of orchestral virtual instruments. It was recorded in a dry space, to allow it to be spatialised using any reverb or room emulation plugin. We sampled the full range of the instrument, including each note-to-note transition (up to an octave up and down) to allow you to create realistic and expressive legato lines.Dynamics and vibrato are modeled, allowing full, automatable control of the entire performance, while avoiding any unwanted artifacts caused by crossfading between different samples.PerformanceThe performance view contains the most commonly used parameters. For most users, this page should contain everything you need to start using the instrument.123457 8 9611. Dynamics This knob controls how loud or softly the instrument plays. Automate this to create expressive swells. By default, this is controlled by the modulation wheel (CC1).2. Vibrato rate This slider controls the vibrato speed.3. Vibrato depth This slider controls the vibrato intensity.4. Legato speed This slider controls how much of the transition sample is played. At a low setting, a long transition will be played, which sounds more natural for a slow, expressive performance. At a high setting, the transition will be shorter, and more suitable for faster playing. The speed can be controlled with a CC, or it can be set to adapt automatically to your playing speed, congurable on the Mappings page.5. Legato intensity This slider controls the volume of the transition samples. 6. Tabs Use these tabs to switch between interface pages.7. Mode These buttons switch between polyphonic and true legato modes. The legato mode will play transition samples when you play overlapping notes.8. Microphone selectorThese buttons switch between condenser and ribbon microphone samples. The condenser microphone has a brighter sound and shines through a mix, while the ribbon microphone has a darker, subtler tone.Selecting a microphone will purge the samples of the unused mic, which will help to save RAM.9. Reverb This slider controls the amount of reverb. The reverb is a short, dense impulse response. If you wish to use your own reverb plugin, simply turn this slider all the way down and the effect will be bypassed.2Congure1. Envelope These sliders control the attack and release of each detached note.2. Player If you have multiple oboe parts on separate tracks, use these separate players to prevent conict between parts. Players 2 & 3 use neighboring samples, meaning if the same note is played on more than one player, a different sample will always be triggered.3. Vibrato range These sliders scale the range of the vibrato controls on the performance page. This allows you to use the full throw and precision of a fader, even if only a small amount of vibrato is needed.4. Vibrato onset These sliders control the onset characteristics of the vibrato for each note. Delay controls the amount of time before the vibrato begins, and Attack controls how gradually the vibrato is introduced.5. Legato mode Record mode disables legato transitions, meaning you can play without any latency. This is useful when recording notes into a sequencer, before moving all the notes slightly to the left, or using MIDI delay compensation in your DAW. Be sure to switch back to normal mode after recording.6. Auto delay In any true-legato instrument there will be a small amount of lag when playing joined notes. This can be corrected by dragging all the notes slightly to the left in the sequencer, or by using MIDI delay compensation. The problem with other libraries is that detached notes dont share this lag, meaning the rst notein a phrase must be manually edited for it to play in time. The auto-delay function applies the same delay to the rst note in a legato line, meaning the timings of all notes are consistent.12345 6737. Key clicks We recorded separate key clicks, which can be mixed in to add detail and presence to the instrument. The response slider controls how much the clicks are affected by velocity.MappingsThe mappings page allows you to map any instrument parameter to a MIDI CC or other control source.1. Controller selectorUse these drop-down menus to select any of the available MIDI controllers. You can disable MIDI mapping for any parameter by choosing --- in this menu.2. MIDI Learn Click a MIDI learn button then move a fader on your MIDI controller to easily map it to the corresponding instrument parameter.3. Tongue KeyswitchThis sets the key for triggering tongued note repetitions (same-note legato transitions). 4. Attack velocity responseThis slider scales how much the notes velocity affects attack.If, instead of our mapping system, you wish to use Kontakts built-in automation mapper, turn off all the controllers on this page by setting the drop-down menus to ---. Do not use CCs 100 and above, as this may cause conflicts with the internal engine.42 134LicenceAn individual licence can be used:1. On any number of machines, if they are used only by one person.2. On a single workstation, used by multiple users (a shared studio PC, for example).For information about volume licences, please contact us.You may use this instrument in your own music, commercially or non-commercially. You may not share or distribute the instrument or samples themselves, either as-is, or as part of another sample library.This licence is granted to the original purchaser only and is not transferrable. CreditsNick Aldridge - Oboe performance.Darius Alexander - Pre-production, recording and editing.Will Bedford - Recording, Kontakt programming/scripting and UI design.Dynamics Knob graphic by Mahmoud Altaf.Beta testers:Yarron KatzBrendon WilliamsChris Harris5