Epic SoundLab – The Forge User Manual
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1. Kontakt Player is not supported You can use the Files or Database tabs to load our nki files Since this is a standard open format library you cannot load it under Library tab of Kontakt browser This section will only load locked Powered by Kontakt libraries and the Add Library command will not work with this product We recommend that you have at least 4GB of RAM a dual core CPU and a fast hard drive 7200rpm SATA ll or higher before purchasing this or any sampled Epic SoundLab product Epic SoundLab The Forge User Manual USER INTERFACE The Forge Init Output st 1 fe Voices OF Moas 128 Purge 6 Midi Ch omni g Memory O FORGE The Forge v1 0 o C SOUND AR ENVELOPES O FILTERS HIGH rang FILTERS DISTORTION STACK INTER YALL SPREAD RANDOM The Forge user interface is built to be easy to use Keeping you focused on your workflow Starting from top you have a Status Monitor that will show you the current parameter value Next you find an exclamation mark button the Program Init which will reset the current instrument to a default state The Filters section is used to control the behavior of our resonant Highpass and Lowpass filters The Envelopes section is used to shape the dynamic curves for both filters and instrument amplitude The big screen in the center is our advanced Rhythmic Programmer which works as an Arpeggiator a Polyphonic Sequencer or a Gater On the bo2. produced by Epic SoundLab October 2014 The Forge is a powerful yet intuitive sample library aimed at Film TV and Games composers It is designed to offer a flexible environment to customize every sound and making your own Credits Concept recording editing programming and scripting by Luca Capozzi Custom 3D graphic user interface design by John Gordon Additional content by Joshua Crispin JC prefix Published under Epic SoundLab brand by Progsounds di Luca Capozzi Copyright 2014 Progsounds di Luca Capozzi All rights reserved Specifications Advanced User Interface Arpeggiator Polyphonic Sequencer Rhythmic Gater Unison Voices Stack Resonant Delay Dual Engine Reverb Over 200 Kontakt patches Over 3GB of open WAV files 48kHz 24bit MIDI Files Customize your own samples Note Full version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5 1 is required Free Kontakt Player is not supported Installation Uncompress the downloaded rar file in your favourite Sample Libraries folder Kontakt patches are stored in Instruments folder Please remember to keep both files and folder structures or Kontakt will pop up an error message asking for missing files In that case all samples are stored into Samples folder If you don t have any program to handle rar archives here s a couple of links WinRAR for Microsoft Windows UnRarX for Mac OSX You need FULL version of Kontakt 5 1 or higher in order to properly load this library
3. Thank You We wanna thank you for buying Epic SoundLab The Forge sample library We hope you will enjoy it as much as we did If you have any question concerns technical THE issues or even for just say Hello get in touch with a F E us at HYTEAERID SCORING INSTRUMENT info epicsoundlab com or checkout our site at www epicsoundlab com Cheers Luca Follow us on Facebook Twitter SoundCloud YouTube Copyright 2014 Progsounds di Luca Capozzi All rights reserved
4. EPIC SUUNDLAB SOUNDS AND FX FOR HLM TV amp VIDEOGAMES Aes FORGE VEA Epic SoundLab The Forge User Manual End User License Agreement DISCLAIMER THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS AS IS AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FORA PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE EpicSoundLab com is a sound marketplace owned by Progsounds di Luca Capozzi furtherly mentioned as Progsounds This license agreement is applied on both Progsounds com and EpicSoundLab com products and services By installing any Progsounds product you accept the following product license agreement 1 License Grant The license for this product is granted only to a single user All sounds and samples in this product are licensed but not sold to you by Progsounds di Luca Capozzi for commercial and non commercial
5. and steps of the Rhythmic Programmer You can also reset the Programmer to its default state by CTRL or Cmd for Mac clicking the Reset button CisTORTIOM e i m i REVERB SEQ MASTER WEL STACK IMT EE Aye SPREAG Ran OOM Master Section General Parameters l In this section you can control all the parameters that affects the instrument General Controls Volume Adjusts the volume in decibels of the instrument Due to The Forge signal path this parameter can affect the sound of some effects Pan Adjusts the balance of the sound on the stereo field Vel Adjusts the velocity amount applied to the instrument s volume Voicing Controls Stack Increase the number of voices per note played at the same time Note CPU usage will be increased Interval Adjusts the separation in cents or semitones between the stacked voices Use cents to achieve a classic unison or SuperSaw effect or semitones to create chords or ensembles Spread Pans the voices through the stereo field Random Delays the note start time in milliseconds Mono Sets the instrument as monophonic with key retrigger great for trills Epic SoundLab The Forge User Manual INSTRUMENTS The Forge comes with over 200 instruments sampled from acoustic electronic synthetic and sound designed sources Instruments where Modulation Wheel is assigned are tagged MW at the end of the file name CATEGORIES Dr
6. cking on it and moving a controller on your MIDI keyboard or via the Auto tab in Kontakt interface Please refer to Kontakt User Manual Chapter 12 7 for more details about the Auto tab Epic SoundLab The Forge User Manual CREATE YOUR OWN INSTRUMENTS Due to its design The Forge can be also used to create your own instruments by using your own samples or The Forge factory samples We provided three INIT instruments each one featuring a different lowpass filter The Default Init instrument is the main one we suggest to use Use LP4 Init if you want a warmer analog filter or LP2 Init for less CPU consumption Please remember to not delete the default group you ll find into any Init instruments or The Forge will not properly work In order to create your own instrument you have to 1 2 3 4 5 6 Open one of the three Init Instruments Rename the instrument or it will be overwritten when you ll save Click on the wrench icon in the top left corner of the GUI Click on Mapping Editor and drag your samples into this window Click the wrench again Tweak the knobs and save Please remember to save your own instruments or modified factory presets into the provided Instruments User folder In this way your sounds will not be affected by the future updates of our sound library Please refer to Kontakt User Manual Chapter 16 for more details about sample mapping Epic SoundLab The Forge User Manual
7. ect the Rhythmic Programmer mode by clicking one of the 3 letters A for Arpeggiator S for Sequencer and G for a TERN Gater The little menu next to the Gater button is used to compensate some of the sync issues you usually find in Kontakt If ever needed select the plugin type you are currently using to improve the sync between your DAW and The Forge G Hone q x Py Ea E Rhythmic Programmer Para Epic SoundLab The Forge User Manual EFFECTS AND PARAMETERS The lower section of The Forge interface contains a selection of effects and the general parameters for both the Rhythmic Programmer and the instrument You can turn an effect on off just by double clicking on its label DISTORTION a gt E i REVERB Seq MASTER ORE DIRT Distortion The Distortion unit is very gritty and aggressive combining a British amplifier with a voice level bitcrusher Controls Tone Adjust the midrange frequency response Drive Increase the pre amp gain Dirt Reduce the bit rate of the sound increasing harshness and dirt Out Output gain DISTORTION Han r REVERB Seq MASTER ORE OUT Saturation The Saturation unit features the high quality algorithm of Kontakt saturator resulting in a warm and in combination with the Distortion unit aggressive sound Due to the nature of the effect the signal will be slightly compressed resulting in a lower volume Use the Output kn
8. elocity amount applied to the filter frequency Use this parameter to have dynamic sensitive timbre changes The Env knob sets the Filter Envelope amount applied to the cutoff frequency Use this parameter to change the filter frequency over time We used 3 different types of Lowpass filters Daft Ladder LP4 and SV LP2 Daft is our main Lowpass filter aggressive and sounds great on distorted presets Ladder LP4 is a classic Moog Ladder Filter emulation very smooth and warm LP2 is a 2 pole Lowpass brighter and very light on CPU We provided 3 different Init presets each one with a different Lowpass filter type you can use to shape your own sounds Epic SoundLab The Forge User Manual ENVELOPES ENVELOPES FILTERS In this section you can program the shape of each Envelope Generator for both Filters and Instrument Amplitude Remember to increase the Env parameter on the filter you want to modulate with the Filter Envelope in order to get a proper effect Volume Envelope works without any additional parameter Epic SoundLab The Forge User Manual RHYTHMIC PROGRAMMER A m yF a a ee ee ee ee ee ee a 6s 57670279S 9370000 A E e A i M In the center section of The Forge resides our advanced Rhythmic Programmer that can work as an Arpeggiator a Polyphonic Sequencer or a Gater The working mode can be selected by pressing A for the arpeggiator S for the sequencer and G for the gater The Arpeggiator
9. mode works as played meaning that the order of the arpeggiated notes is the same as the notes you actually play The Polyphonic Sequencer mode works in a similar way as the Arpeggiator but all notes are played at the same time The Gater mode only affects the sound amplitude so only the last row of the Rhythmic Programmer must be taken in consideration Let s have a look to all the parameters A se ee ee ee Use the Octave Jump row to quickly increase decrease the pitch of each Octave Jump step by 1 octave The Step Velocity is a classic velocity table where you can set the velocity amount for each step It works in conjuction with Vel knobs you find on Filters and Master sections The pattern can be shifted using the Pattern Step Velocity Shift buttons you ll find at the bottom edges of the Rhythmic Programmer e ee ee e e e Use this row to increase decrease the pitch of each step by semitones Step Tuner Red numbers are negative values The Step Tuner works in both Arpeggiator and Sequencer modes Select the Gater mode and use this row to program your pattern Dark SS 1 squares let the signal pass and white squares chops the audio at double Gater the sequencer speed This means that if your sequencer rate is 1 16 the gate will stop the sound for 1 32 and let it pass through for the next 1 32 of the selected step Use the buttons located at the edge of this section to shift the pattern on the Step Velocity table Sel
10. ob to compensate this behavior Controls Drive Increase the saturation amount Out Output gain Epic SoundLab The Forge User Manual DISTORTION F e a i REVERB ATT E SU STA Punch The Punch unit features a transient shaper a kind of compressor used to control the attack and the sustain portion of a sound It is best used with drums percussions impacts guitars pianos and other sounds with a fast attack Both controls are bipolar so you can emphasize or attenuate the selected feature Controls Attack Adjusts the attack portion of a sound Increase to add punch decrease to soften a sharp attack Sustain Adjusts the sustain portion of a sound Increase to add body decrease to reduce tail OisTORTION i t Pi s REVERB SEQ LEES Pali HIGH HI HIGH Equalizer A analog emulated 4 bands parametric equalizer Low and High are shelf type while Low Mid and High Mid are bell type Controls Low Boost or attenuate the low end at 160Hz Low Mid Boost or attenuate the low mid frequency range at 700Hz High Mid Boost or attenuate the high mid frequency range at 2kHz High Boost or attenuate the high end at 7 5kHz Epic SoundLab The Forge User Manual DISTORTION aIL DELAY REVERE SEQ MASTER FEE Resonant Delay The Resonant Delay unit combines a delay based tunable resona
11. ones A collection of unique sounding drones and textures created with a wide range of techniques and sources Drums Acoustic and designed drums The Bass Drums comes both as individual elements played with different beaters Kit and Ensemble Kit This last uses the Stack parameter to emulate an ensemble Use Ignite Drum and Flash Drum to increase epicness of your track Flash Drum is best played at D4 layered with a snare Impacts Those heavy sounding hits and smashes we all love The layers used for Morphed Hit KIT are available in Impact KIT Loops A collection of melodic rhythmic and warped loops Melodic Useful instruments to add melody and harmony to your tracks Most of them comes from acoustic sources while Space Soprano and Star Choir are totally synthetic SFX Some nice tools to play with The alR Tool instrument features a nice technique involving broadband noise through an impulse response Tweak the Body FX settings in this instrument to create ambience layers Sweeps Risers downers and uber horns Synthetic A broad collection of synthetic and hybrid sounds ranging from basic synth oscillators to circuit bent devices heavy basses pads arpeggios and much more Tuned Percussions Acoustic tuned percussions mostly from unusual sound sources ABOUT AUTOMATIONS In The Forge no automation has been hard coded This means that you are free to assign any controller to any knob of the interface just by right cli
12. s can t provide refunds Progsounds may choose to do so at its own discretion but please be aware that as soon as you ve downloaded it you can t return it 4 Responsibility Using this product and any supplied software is at the licensee s own risk Progsounds holds no responsibility for any direct or indirect loss arising from any form of use of this product 5 Terms This license agreement is effective from the moment the product is installed by any means The license will remain in full effect until termination The license is terminated if you break any of the terms or conditions of this agreement or request a refund for any reason Upon termination you agree to destroy all copies and contents of the product at your own expense 6 Violation We don t use any form of DRM software registration license keys or other anti piracy technology That s also one of the reasons our prices are so low even though it takes a long time to make these sounds If you ve done any sampling and the labor intensive programming that comes with it you know that it is very hard work Remember the more you support us the more awesome libraries we can afford to make for you 7 Free releases All Progsounds libraries and sounds are subject to the license agreement specified above 1 6 All Progsounds free releases are subject to the same license agreement unless specified otherwise Epic SoundLab The Forge User Manual The Forge
13. tor and a tempo synced stereo delay The resonator is very useful to create droning notes and metallic reflections This is a send effect so the effected signal is added to the dry signal Controls Tune Adjusts the resonator pitch Check the Status Monitor for both frequency and closest note name Res Adjusts the resonator emphasis Higher the value longer the ring duration Time Sets the stereo delay time in multiples of 1 16 Fbk Sets the stereo delay feedback amount Stereo Adjusts the delay ping pong effect between the stereo channels Send Output gain DiSTORTIOM I e as MASTER BIZE Dual Reverb The Dual Reverb unit combines two IR based reverbs able to create very unique sounds The Body FX includes a range of short and unusual impulse responses that you can use to dramatically change your timbre The Reverb section features a selection of reverberant spaces Controls Body FX Selects the impulse response of the Body FX section In Adjusts the input signal gain FX Adjusts the balance between the dry and wet signal Size Adjusts the duration of the current Body FX impulse response Send Reverb section output gain Reverb Selects the impulse response of the Reverb section Epic SoundLab The Forge User Manual DISTORTION SAT x Ei REVERB Seq MASTER RATE STEPS Sequencer Parameters In this section you can set the rate
14. ttom you find a selection of effects which can be engaged or disabled with a simple double click the parameters for the Rhythmic Programmer and the Global Parameters for the current loaded instrument Check the following chapters to have an in depth look of each section of The Forge Epic SoundLab The Forge User Manual STATUS MONITOR The Forge v1 0 The Status Monitor shows the current software version and the current parameter value Just click and turn one of the knobs to see how it works The Program Init button is used to reset the current instrument parameters to their default values To prevent accidental resets you must hold your CTRL or Cmd for Macs and click the button in order to have the program to initialize FILTERS The Forge comes with a pair of resonant filters useful to shape the timbre of your sound Although those parameters are found in hundreds of synthesizers for the sake of completeness let s have a little overview Highpass filter is used to attenuate the low end of the sound spectrum leaving the frequencies higher than the Cutoff unaffected The Lowpass filter just does the opposite attenuating the frequencies that are higher than the Cutoff value Use the Cutoff knob to set the center frequency of each filter Increase the Res filter resonance knob to get an emphasis around the filter Cutoff frequency At higher values the filter will start to ring so be careful The Vel knob sets the v
15. use in music sound effect audio video post production performance broadcast or similar finished content creation and production use Progsounds allows you to use any of the sounds and samples in the library s you ve purchased for commercial recordings without paying any additional license fees or providing source attribution to Progsounds This license expressly forbids any unauthorized inclusion of content contained within this library or any other Progsounds library into any other sampled instrument or library of any kind without our express written consent This license allows the use of the software and its samples for musical scores trailers library and production music as long as the software and its samples are used in a musical context The use of the samples as sound effects is allowed for musical context films and games This license also forbids the use of the software and its samples for the creation of new sample libraries including but not limited to re sampling mixing processing isolating or embedding into software or hardware of any kind Licenses cannot be transferred to another entity without written consent of Progsounds di Luca Capozzi 2 Rights Progsounds retains full copyright privileges and complete ownership of all recorded sounds instrument programming documentation and musical performances included in this product 3 Refunds Downloaded libraries patches and sounds can t be returned so Progsound
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