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1. 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 Soundiron LLC for commercial and non commercial use in music sound effect audio video post production performance broadcast or similar nished content creation and production use Soundiron 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 Soundiron LLC This license expressly forbids any unauthorized inclusion of content contained within this library or any any Soundiron library into any other sample instrument or library of any kind without our express written consent This license also forbids any re distribution method of this product or its sounds through any means including but not limited to re sampling mixing processing isolating or embedding into software or hardware of any kind for the purpose of re recording or reproduction as part of any free or commercial library of musical and or sound effect samples and or articulations or any form of musical sample or sound effect sample playback system or device Licenses cannot be transferred to another entity without written consent of Soundiron LLC RIGHTS Soundiron retains full copyright privileges and complete ownership of all recorded sounds instrument programming documentation2. and musical performances included in this product REFUNDS Downloaded libraries can t be returned so we can t provide refunds We may choose do so at our own discretion but please be aware that as soon as you ve downloaded it you can t return it RESPONSIBILITY Using this product and any supplied software is at the licensee s own risk Soundiron holds no responsibility for any direct or indirect loss arising from any form of use of this product 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 VIOLATION We don t use any form of DRM software registration license keys or other anti piracy technology for most Soundiron products We do this because we love you That s also one of the reasons our prices are so low even though it takes a long time and a lot of work to make these libraries If you ve done any deep 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 Soundiron GENERAL LICENSING AGREEMENT SOUNDIRONLuminabells
3. if off select None from the top of the menu This drop down menu allows you to browse and choose one of our 45 included convolution impulse les The rst 2o are actual real world spaces that we recorded sine wave sweeps in order to capture the acoustic properties of each location The next 25 impulses are a hand picked selection of FX impulses that each have a unique avor that is imparted on and morphed into the sound as it passes through the effect Please note that because of the way convolution works some frequencies may resonate very strongly due to sympathetic interaction between the instruments themselves and some impulse les This resonance can become very loud unexpectedly so please test each special effect impulse out at a low volume to be safe before playing more loudly through it 8 All programming data samples images and text Soundiron LLC 2011 THANK YOU We wanna thank you for buying the Soundiron Luminabells If you have any questions concerns love letters or hate mail feel free to send it to info Soundiron com If you need any technical help contact us at support Soundiron com Love Mike Peaslee Gregg Stephens and Chris Marshall Soundiron LLC www Soundiron com SOUNDIRONLuminabells 9 All programming data samples images and text Soundiron LLC 2011 LICENSE AGREEMENT By installing the product you accept the following product license agreement LICENSE GRANT
4. 1 Luminabells Produced by Mike Peaslee LUMINABELLS Designed to perform a million tasks in a millions different shapes and sizes the incandescent lightbulb illuminated human existence and enabled the world to nally and truly nd its way out of the dark Over the generations this old lament syle lightbulb and the various offspring have served humanity well Indeed the very concept of a brilliant idea is most often signi ed by this single iconic image However as populations have exploded and resources have diminished that brilliance is a luxury we re quickly nding ourselves unable to afford The grave inef ciencies of Edison s incandescent bulb have forced us to move toward Tesla s far superior uorescent design with its vastly longer life lower energy consumption heat output and re danger Yes the incandescent puts out warmer more pleasing light than most current uorescents But at what cost Like vacuum tubes as magni cent as these things are and as beautifully as they perform they will soon be a rare anachronism sought by the purist but long forgotten by the masses The fragile and inherently musical bell like aspect of the old incandescent bulb has always fascinated us and we knew that time was running out for this poor little device That is why we must now bring you Luminabells the mysterious and angelic essence of the simple ordinary lightbulb captured as a tiny starry galaxy of humble and
5. allowed through the Convolution effect It is only active when an Impulse is loaded wuing the Imp Response drop down selector menu When no impulse is selected the signal is always completely dry clean Wet Mix Knob This knob controls how much effected wet signal is allowed out of the Convolution effect When no impulse is selected this control is bypassed 7 SOUNDIRONLuminabells Please be advised that there may be Kontakt related bugs to be aware of in several of the patches in this library These bugs are caused by engine problems in some versions of the Native Instruments Kontakt software Our Ambient Special FX or Tempo synching patches are often effected by these bugs while the standard percussion patches are unlikely to have any issues at all You may experience popping and clicking due to a bug in the way the Tonemachine and Timemachine features respond to the automation ranges used in these patches This can sometimes be xed by manually adjusting the speed control but there s no full solution available at this time Special notes Lowpass Knob This control adjusts the lowpass lter that is applied to the wet output signal of the effect The value is the frequency above which the output is ltered out Impulse Response Menu To enable the Convolution Effect and activate the Wet Mix Dry Mix and Lowpass knobs please select one of the impulses from the menu To Bypass the entire effect and shut
6. commend that you save a custom version of the patch with your project If you need to restore the default settings you can always do this by pressing Ctrl click on the PC or or Apple Key click on the Mac All knobs in the interface can be quickly automated using Midi CCs but assigning them from the Automation browser on the left side of Kontakt or using the Midi Learn function by Right Clicking or Option clicking on the Mac on the knob and moving your desired midi controller knob or slider Attack Knob This knob allows you to soften or sharpen the beginning note attack to smooth out harsh notes and create more pad like effects Small adjustments to this knob can also be helpful in preventing clicking and popping when using the Offset knob This knob always uses CC74 by default but additional automation sources can be mapped to it as well Release Knob This knob controls the decay and release characteristics of the note allowing you to shorten and tighten the tail of the sound This knob usually uses CC1 modwheel by default but additional automation sources can be mapped to it as well Offset Knob This knob allows you to shift the sample start position forward farther into the sample itself This allows you to sharpen tighten note attacks or just play the tail of a sample if you like When using the Offset control there may be clipping right at the start of notes when the sample is starting at non silent parts of the wa
7. preset names to determine the special added control offered by each one mw xfade these sustaining ambient presets have multi layer cross fading that can be controlled in realtime using the modwheel CC1 pw speed these presets allow control over Time machine I or II engine playback time stretch compress speed by using the pitch wheel mw damp uses the normal release damping functionality we typically assign to the modwheel but with more extreme results mw trem modwheel control over the intensity of tremolo effect pw formant pitch wheel control over formant shape in the tonemachine engine pw stutter pitch wheel control over time machine grain size causing more intense glitching effects Looping Rattle and Hum These 11 sustaining loop based instruments have been slightly tuned to create playable pseudo organs out of the sounds of rattling and spinning lightbulb laments and harsh buzzy noisy uorescent lightbulb hums They all feature modwheel intensity swelling and the master Flourescent_Organ_mw swell nki program turns them into a full bodied and expressive electric church organ or at least something rather oddly like one 5 SOUNDIRONLuminabells Custom Control Interface The instrument patches in this library feature custom front panel controls Saving the instrument patch will store the current user settings When setting or automating these controls in your host sequencer we re
8. s to explore the sonic potential of each one We tapped with ngers palms sticks mallets other bulbs and other implements focusing on each timbre and tone that we could bring out of each lightbulb We paid special attention to vibrating the unique lament in each one as much as possible without breaking it or the glass bulb itself Tuned Solo shakes and rattles Solo_Luminabell_Swoosh_01 nki Solo_Luminabell_Swoosh_03 nki These sounds are the result of shaking the bulbs aggressively within millimeters of the microphone diaphragms in order to bring out the most intense lament shimmer that we could with the added low frequency whoomp to make them very interesting potential sound design or percussive elements 4 SOUNDIRONLuminabells Special FX presets We ve included a selection of 12 specially modi ed presets that take the raw source material in new directions Hopefully these will inspire you to create and customize more of your own Don t be afraid to try extreme experiments with the control and convolution settings The FX directory would have hundreds of presets if we highlighted even a small fraction of the total sonic range that various unique combinations of the front panel and reverb controls provide We also played with Time Machine and Tonemachine engine settings with added specialized automation controls provided for key parameters in each one Look for the following words in the FX
9. struments Kontakt 3 5 full retail versions required Note Free Kontakt Player will only work for 30 minutes with this product Full version required to remove this restriction 3 SOUNDIRONLuminabells Programming Notes Keep in mind that these sounds were all very quiet produced by often very small and usually very fragile glass bulbs In order to amplify many of these musical sounds up to usable levels some low frequency rumble and high frequency hiss has also been unavoidably boosted We ve left these impurities in place deliberately rather than ltering them out in order to both preserve the most delicate aspects of these sounds and to broaden the creative potential in these sounds and allow those impurities to become added complexity and avor Untuned Master Percussion Patch Luminabells_Master nki This preset contains all of the 44 impacts strikes taps clicks bounces and rattles programmed over the full keyboard range All sounds are at their natural root pitches but can be adjusted up to 24 semitones using the Stepping knob or by 12 semitones using the key switches from C 2 to C0 Each sample set of velocity layered and round robin cycled notes is smoothly blended from one to the next as you move up and down the keyboard Tuned Solo impacts Solo_Luminabell_01 nki Solo_Luminabell_44 nki We recorded a number of different sizes and shapes of bulbs using a variety of playing articulation
10. veform You can increase the setting of the Attack knob slightly to prevent the popping We decided to not to have this attack correction happen automatically since many users may want the rougher glitch effect that abrupt sample edits can create 6 SOUNDIRONLuminabells Stepping Knob The stepping knob allows you to step the tuning up or down by up to 24 semitones in even semitone intervals This allows for easy integration with similar functionality in this library and allows for easy external automation of real time note re tuning The stepping control can also be adjusted by using the special key switches from C 2 to C0 These key switches allow 12 semitones of adjustment Pressing the key switch at C 1 or pressing Ctrl or Apple key on the Mac and clicking your mouse button on the Stepping knob will reset the pitch to normal Key Switch On Off Button To turn the pitch stepping key switches ON or OFF entirely at any time use the Key Switch On Off button Reverb Controls We ve included a special selection of custom captured real world and special effect convolution impulse les that can be directly accessed and applied to the sound of each instrument by using the Reverb panel controls on the second tab of the front UI panel These Impulses provide a huge creative range that take these sounds far beyond their simple origins Dry Mix Knob This knob controls the amount of dry clean signal that is
11. yet beautiful tuned and untuned percussion This library was originally released by Tonehammer Inc as Microhammer Luminabells SOUNDIRONLuminabells 2 INSTALLATION Use Winrar UnrarX Unrar or other compatible program to decompress the Soundiron_Luminabells rar le into its own folder in your sample library directory Make sure to preserve the included folder structure This is usually done by selecting the extract to option in Winrar or UnrarX Here s a link to winrar for PC http www win rar com download html Here s a link to UnRarX for OSX http www unrarx com You should now be able to open and play the nki les Be aware that all of our nki les are only compatible with full retail versions of Kontakt 3 5 or later Note The Free Kontakt Player and any bundled Kontakt or Kompakt Players that come included with other software will not be able to load this library The full retail version of Kontakt is required for full use However since our wave directories are open you can translate the patches into whatever format you like There are a few conversion utilities available such as Chicken Systems Translator that can make the translation process much easier SOUNDIRON COM SOUNDIRONLuminabells Overview 71 Kontakt Instruments 1511 Samples 45 Custom Impulses 663 MB Installed Sample resolution 44 1Khz 24Bit stereo wav format Format s Kontakt and wav Note Native In
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