sonic couture bowed gamelan user guide

SONICCOUTURE BOWED GAMELAN USER GUIDE

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BOWED GAMELANCONTENTS :

INSTALLATION

INTRODUCTION

INSTRUMENTS

SUPPORT

E.U.L.A



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INSTALLATION1. NATIVE INSTRUMENTS KONTAKT

Copy the entire “Bowed Gamelan” folder to anywhere you like on your hard

drive. Make sure you keep that folder structure as it is, so that the Kontakt

instruments can find their samples. (If you don’t need the EXS24 instruments

you can erase that folder… but never erase the Samples folder ).

2. EXS24

Copy the entire “Bowed Gamelan” folder to anywhere you like on your hard

drive. Then move the contents of the EXS folder to:

user/Library/Application Support/Logic/Sampler Instruments

Keep the rest of the data together so that you (and EXS24) can find it.

EXS24 will need the sample data in the “Samples” subfolder.

3. ABLETON LIVE

Double click the “Bowed Gamelan.alp” file, and this will launch an installer

program to install Bowed Gamelan into your Live Library.







INTRODUCTION

Following a Soniccouture tradition of playing instruments the wrong way, we present this unique library of a Bowed Gamelan instrument. This library is

actually just one instrument of the gamelan ensemble, the ugal. It’s pitched

in the middle of the gamelan range, so is quite versatile and generally leads

the gangsa section of a traditional Balinese group. This instrument has 14

keys which cover a range of almost 3 octaves.

LIBRARY SPECSThe instrument is sampled at 44.1kHz, 24 bit, in mono.

There are five round robins of both the main bowed sound, and five round

robins of the key-off (release) ringing of the instrument for a total of 140

samples.

The sustain samples are looped with a bow change included in the loop, for

a natural sounding sustain.







INSTRUMENTSTHE KONTAKT INSTRUMENT

FRONT PANELIn the Kontakt version the front panel gives you control over many aspects

of the Bowed Gamelan playback. There are knobs for Cutoff and

Resonance, Attack and Release, a High Pass Filter, the Key Off (ring)

level, a Filter Envelope amount as well as Filter Attack and Decay,

Reverb and Delay sends and a choice of Soniccouture’s favourite IR

reverbs in the drop down menu.

You can also turn on “Double” which will engage a second instrument layer,

then two knobs will appear to allow you to adjust the Width and Detune of

the pair.

The Normal Tuning button can be clicked to turn on Balinese Tuning, in

which case the instrument is tuned to the same scale as our larger Balinese

Gamelan library. (There are of course many Balinese tunings, so this won’t

necessarily match to any other Balinese instruments you might own other

than our own.)







MIDI CONTROL PAGE

At the top right of the front panel there is a menu that allows you to select

Front Panel or MIDI Control. In the MIDI Control page you can assign MIDI

CCs to most of the front panel parameters. This is especially handy if you

have a hardware MIDI controller or want to sequence changes to these

parameters. After setting up these controls, you can save the instrument

and it will remember your CC assignments.







THE EXS24 INSTRUMENT

First make sure you copy the Bowed Gamelan - Ugal.exs file to your Sampler Instruments folder.( user/Library/Application Support/Logic/Sampler Instruments )

When you next launch Logic, you will see the instrument available in the EXS24 drop down menu.







THE ABLETON LIVE INSTRUMENT RACKS

After installing Bowed Gamelan to your Live Library, you will find two Instrument Racks in the Instrument Racks/Soniccouture folder, Bowed Ugal (Doubled) and Bowed Ugal (Single).

Bowed Ugal (Doubled) is a detuned layer version of the instrument. It

includes knobs for Filter Cutoff and Resonance, Key Off level, Reverb, Attack and Release, as well as the Detune and Width of the layered pair.

The Single version of the instrument has slightly different controls, including Filter Type and Spread:







SUPPORTIf 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 :

[email protected]

or we have a support forum within the KVR Audio community, which can be

found here :

Soniccouture Support Forum

We will always endeavour to reply to any enquiry within 12 hours, but do

bear in mind the differences in time zones, so please be patient.





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EULAEND USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

PREFACE: This End-User License Agreement ("EULA") is a legal agreement

between you and Soniccouture LTD for the Soniccouture product

accompanying this EULA, which includes computer software and may

include associated media, printed materials, and online or electronic

documentation ("Software"). By installing, copying, or using the software,

you agree to be bound by the terms of this EULA. If you do not agree to the

terms of this EULA, you may not use the software.

The software is protected by copyright laws and international copyright

treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties. 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.

The making of sample libraries in any form, commercial or otherwise,

using Soniccouture audio or software (be they single hits, loops, fully

mixed audio clips, or scripts) is STRICTLY FORBIDDEN without express

written agreement of Soniccouture Ltd, and violations will be prosecuted

to the full extent of international and local copyright law.

The ownership of all title and copyrights in and to the Software (including

but not limited to any images, photographs, animations, video, audio, music,

text, and "applets" incorporated into the Software ) is fully asserted by

Soniccouture Ltd.

The Owner may only install and use Soniccouture libraries and software

on multiple computers strictly under the following conditions: where

multiple computers comprise part of a single composition workstation for

a composer; or where the Owner has two non-concurrent sites of work,

for example a studio desktop and a laptop for live performance.







The Owner may not transfer, modify, rent, lease, loan, resell, distribute,

network, electronically transmit or merge the Software.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY: The software is provided "as is" and without

warranty of any kind. The entire risk arising out of the use or performance of

the software and documentation remains with user. To the maximum extent

permitted by applicable law, Soniccouture further disclaims all warranties,

either express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of

merchantability and 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

pecuniary loss) arising out of this EULA or the use of or inability to use the

software, even if Soniccouture has been advised of the possibility of such

damages.







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