Front Porch Banjo 2 Manual
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1. Hammer on and Pull off articulation For a more realistic sound use hammer ons when going up a scale pull offs when coming down a scale 4 Round Robin samples for each of 2 velocities for both hammer ons and pull offs Automatic HO PO alternation Automate those scales with automatic switching between normal plucks and Hammer on or Pull off articulations Mute articulation Adjustable string muting sound control mute tone via graphical control knob or MIDI CC3 Vibrato Add vibrato to those touching banjo melodies control both the size and speed of the vibrato via graphical control knob or MIDI CC14 size CC15 speed Chords 16 different chord types all automatically strummed Control strum speed via graphical control knob or MIDI CC20 Chord types available are Major Minor Dominant 7th Major 7th Minor 7th Half dim 7th Diminished 7th Augmented 7th Diminished Augmented Sus4 Sus2 Major 6th Minor 6th Major 9th and Open Sth 8 unique release samples per note 2 per 4 velocity levels volume adjusted via Mod Wheel 5th string open G mapped to its own key 16 string scrapes included for extra authenticity Every note chromatically samples no pitch shifting 1308 total samples Crisp clean 100 stereo samples throughout Requires full version of Kontakt 5 or above THE KEYBOARD MAPS 9T TT sp oq2 iLO sedeiog dey z ofueg q qoq 100 tS uedg ot un6 Iole ST R9 ott VT m92. 2 you have permission to make one backup copy on removable media CD DVD SD Card Thumb drive ZIP etc If you have any problems or questions concerning this collection please contact Matt Sayre at Front Porch Band Email matt frontporchband com Or write Matt Sayre PO Box 15615 Seattle WA 98115 And keep an eye on the Front Porch Banjo site www FrontPorchBand com for news on updates to this collection as well as news about future releases 19
3. 32 Normal 43 127 Medium 33 64 Medium loud 65 96 Scrape Velocity Ranges Loud 97 127 Scrape A 1 64 Scrape B 65 127 Main Keyswitches CO Normal FO Pull offs C 0 Half tone Slide F 0 Alternating Normal HO DO VVhole tone Slide GO Alternating Normal PO EO Hammer ons B 1 Normal AET Velocity Articulation Keysvvitches on until turned off C1 Mute C 1 Vibrato Chord Types and Their Keyswitches Main Instrument D2 Major A 2 Diminished D 2 Minor B2 Augmented E2 Dominant 7 6 Sus4 2 Major 7 F6 Sus2 F 2 Minor 7 F 6 Major 67 62 Half dim 7 G6 Minor 6th G 2 Diminished 72 G 6 Major 9th A2 Augmented 7 Open SI MIDI Controls CC1 Mod Wheel Release Note Volume CC3 Mute Tone CC9 Slide Speed CC14 Vibrato Size CC15 Vibrato Speed CC20 Chord Strum Speed 17 LICENSE AND THANKS Thank you for purchasing Front Porch Banjo 2 for Kontakt produced by Front Porch Band hope you will find this collection to be a much used asset for your sample library enjoyed creating this sample collection and believe you will find it to be a versatile authentic addition to your library Please read through the Terms of Use at the end of this file Basically you may use this sample collection for any sort of music you are creating Feel free to edit the samples as well But you may not sell the coll
4. play a G Major 9 chord with the root on G4 the A which would make it a Major 9 chord will not play since that is out of the range of the instrument 14 You will also see the Strum Speed knob in the Chords menu That controls how quickly the chords are strummed with 0 being the slowest strum and 100 being the quickest all strings played simultaneously You can control that via the knob or via MIDI controller CC20 Chords can be played by any of the main Keyswitch articulations and their respective velocities soft normal and or accent You will usually want to play them with the Normal Keyswitch CO but you can create many different effects by using chords with hammer on pull off or even slide Keyswitches For example to play chords using the pull off Keyswitch a particularly pleasant chord type though not entirely realistic first push Keyswitch EO then push the chord type you want Here are the chord types and the keys which trigger them D2 Major A 2 Diminished D 2 Minor B2 Augmented E2 Dominant 7 E6 F2 Major 7 F6 5452 F 2 Minor 7 F 6 Major 6 G2 Half dim 7 G6 Minor 6th G 2 Diminished 72 G 6 Major 9th A2 Augmented 7 Open 5 To stop playing chords simply press the Main Keysvvitch that you vvould like to begin using for instance Half tone Slide C 0 or Pull offs FO That will put you back in non chord mode 15 Chords Alt Patch
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6. Front Porch Front Porch Banjo 2 part of the Front Porch Band A Kontakt 5 Sample Library USER MANUAL APRIL 2013 v1 0 Table of Contents Overview of Front Porch Banjo 2 At a Glance The Keyboard Maps The Main Instrument Slides Hammer ons and Pull offs Alternating Normal HO or PO Modes String Mute Dampen Vibrato Scrapes Chords Chords Alt Patch Quick Reference License and Thanks 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 OVERVIEW OF FRONT PORCH BANJO 2 Nine short years after the original Front Porch Banjo was released we are proud to present the new and improved Front Porch Banjo 2 Created specifically for the full version of Kontakt 5 Front Porch Banjo 2 is a versatile instrument that will give your music that authentic feel equally at home in an ensemble or solo With 40 picking hammer on pull off samples and 8 release samples per note chromatically sampled no pitch shifting you will have plenty of variation at your disposal The intuitive control and high quality sound that Kontakt users require Normal pluck 4 Round Robin samples for each of 3 velocities normal soft and accent give 12 samples per note Half tone slides 2 Round Robin samples for each of 2 velocities normal and soft Whole tone slides 2 Round Robin samples for each of 2 velocities normal and soft Slide speed control Slow down or speed up the Half or Whole tone slides via graphical control knob or MIDI CC9
7. O No instrument plays a love melody better than the banjo That may or may not be true but regardless to engage Vibrato simply press Keyswitch C 1 or press the Vibrato button located here FrontPorchBanjo2 s Tune Output st 1 h ice T 1 32 0 00 3 Midi Ch A 1 0 Memory 231 28 MB m ruz String Mute off on up Auto Hammer Ons Mute Tone Knob ien H 100 0 Ya Comin dour e Amount Auto Pull Offs 50 Ya Vibrato off Vib Size Next Pluck Like the Mute articulation Vibrato will be active until the button or Keyswitch C 1 is pressed again This means you can use vibrato on normal plucks slides hammer ons pull offs and chords Vibrato cannot be used on the string scrapes Two parameters are adjustable regarding Vibrato Size and Speed They can be adjusted via the graphical control knobs or via MIDI Vibrato Size is controlled by MIDI controller CC14 and Vibrato Speed is controlled by MIDI controller CC15 Keep in mind these parameters can be adjusted between notes as well as while a note is playing 12 SCRAPES Scrape is such an ugly word and not entirely appropriate for the sound a player makes when shifting his or her hand up or down the fret board But it is the agreed upon term used for that sound so that s what we call them There are 16 scrape samples included in FPB2 They are spread throughout 8 keys at the top and bottom of the main playing area The lower 4 keys have generally lower
8. We have included a patch designed to give you another way of controlling your banjo chords Load the file FrontPorchBanjo2_ChordsAlt nki to load the alternate chords patch The main difference between this patch and the main one as you can see in the different Keyboard Maps on pages 5 6 is that the keyboard is split into two full banjo areas The left one plays down strokes The right one plays up strokes This will make it easier to achieve realistic sounding strumming Some things to take notice of in the Chords Alt patch When in single note mode the Open G string is mapped to the B directly below middle C That Open G is used by both banjo areas The chord keyswitches are grouped together with all chord types in completely different places than the main patch This was unavoidable simply due to keyboard real estate The slides hammer ons and pull offs are not included Chords using these articulations can still be achieved using the main patch The Up Down strumming indicator under the Strum Speed knob now tells you what you are currently strumming rather than what the next strum will be The AET Velocity Morph Keyswitch is still available at B 1 16 FRONT PORCH BANJO 2 QUICK REFERENCE Normal Mode Velocity Ranges Slide Velocity Ranges CC9 Soft 1 42 Soft 1 42 Normal 43 108 Normal 43 127 Accent 109 127 Release Note Velocity Ranges Mod Wheel Hammer on and Pull off Velocity Ranges Off 0 Soft 1 42 Quiet 1
9. ection as a sample collection in original or edited form nor may you distribute it for free Piracy hurts the creation of libraries such as this and ask that you please respect these terms of use would like to thank Front Porch Banjo 2 s beta testers Bill Thompson Bill Myers and Matthew Gibbs You all were very helpful in making this the best library it could be Enjoy your new banjo Matt Sayre April 2013 Terms of Use 2013 Matthew Sayre All Rights Reserved By purchasing this sample collection you agree to the following terms You are buying a license to use these samples for the sole purpose of music production You may not sell this sample collection in whole or in part as samples nor distribute the sample collection for free You are the only end user allowed to use these samples You may not make copies nor distribute these samples to others nor make the samples available to others in any form No copies may be made onto removable media such as CD DVD or floppy disk nor uploaded to the internet for the purpose of storage or distribution If you wish to make this work available to more than one end user please contact Matt Sayre for details ona multi user license You may edit this work in order to facilitate accepted use in your music productions All restrictions apply to these samples in original and edited form 18 All sales are final No refunds NOTE With this downloaded copy of Front Porch Banjo
10. er on mode use Keyswitch D 0 To switch to pull off mode use Keyswitch EO Each mode has 4 Round Robin samples at each of their two velocities The velocity ranges for both hammer ons and pull offs are as follows Hammer on and Pull off Velocity Ranges Soft 1 42 Normal 43 127 Alternating Normal HO or PO Modes To make things a little easier we have also included automatic alternating Normal to Hammer on or Pull off keyswitches These keyswitches will automatically alternate between Normal plucking and either hammer ons or pull offs Use the Normal Hammer on alternating Keyswitch FO to go up scales This will play the banjo going back and forth between Normal and Hammer on articulations Use the Normal Pull off alternating Keyswitch F 0 to go down scales This will play the banjo going back and forth between Normal and Pull off articulations We have included an indicator which tells you which articulation will be played next while in Alternating HO PO Mode It is found here FrontPorchBanjo2 g Output st 1 it Voice 32 0 00 2 Midi Ch A 1 Memory 2 ME ls Slide Speed Goin up Auto Hammer Ons Mute Tone Knob Amount 100 0 Ya Corin doura e Amount Re ee 50 Vibrato off Next Pluck Vib Size 50 If that indicator reads Next Pluck then the next note played while in Alternating HO PO Mode will be a normal pluck If the indicator reads Next HO PO then
11. laying a half tone slide C 0 or a whole tone slide DO You also have the ability to control the speed of the slide both half and whole tone The slide speed control knob is found here isi e Tune 0 00 a String Mute off Slide Speed Goin up D Auto Hammer Ons Mute Tone Knob Fimount urun Comin down Auto Pull Offs 50 Vibrato off Next Pluck You can also change the slide speed by using the MIDI controller CC9 The speed is originally set to 100 the speed at which it was recorded The Kontakt engine allows good sounding slides from speeds of 90 to 200 which are the limits of FPB2 s slide speed control There are two velocity ranges for slides soft and normal And each velocity range has two Round Robin samples played cyclically The velocity ranges for slides both half and whole tone are as follows Slide Velocity Ranges CC9 Soft 1 42 Normal 43 127 HAMMER ONS AND PULL OFFS To add to the realism of the instrument hammer ons and pull offs have also been included A hammer on is when the player changes to a higher note by quickly placing a finger of the left hand down on the string to sound the note rather than plucking the note with the right hand A pull off is when the player sounds a lower note by pulling a left hand finger off the string in a plucking manner rather than plucking with the right hand Both are commonly used when going up or down scales quickly To switch to hamm
12. sounding scrapes than the upper 4 keys There are two scrapes per key split through the upper and lower halves of their velocities as follows Scrape Velocity Ranges Scrape A 1 64 Scrape B 65 127 Scrape A scrapes are generally quieter than Scrape B scrapes but because of the nature of the scrape noise the difference is fairly subjective 13 CHORDS Front Porch Banjo 2 includes 16 different types of chords automatically strummed within Kontakt To switch to the Chords menu click on the Chords tab located here FrontPorchBanjo2 isi e Tune E st 1 h i 0 1 32 0 00 Mid A 1 g Memory 2 MB String Mute off Goin up Auto Hammer Ons Mute Tone Knob Amount 100 0 Amount Comin down EI Auto Pull Offs 50 Ya Vibrato off Next Pluck FrontPorchBanjo2 s Tune st 1 ht 32 Purge 0 00 WR g Memory 231 28 MB D Strum Speed Major Minor Dirninished Augmented Amount Dominant 7th Major th SY Sus 4 Sus 2 JU Ya Minor 7th Half dim 7th Next Down Major 6th Minor 6th Diminished 7th Augmented 7th Major Sth Open Sth You can see all the different types of chords available in this menu Click on any of them or their corresponding Keyswitches defined later to switch to that type of chord s mode Be aware that because of the banjo s range some chords may not fully play depending on where you play the root of the chord For instance if you
13. the next note in Alternating HO PO Mode will either be a hammer on or pull off depending on which mode you are in again Keyswitch FO will mean hammer on and F 0 will mean pull off If you first switch to an Alternating HO PO Mode and the next articulation is not the one you want Pluck instead of HO PO for instance simply press the same Keyswitch again to switch to the other articulation without having to sound a note Easy 10 STRING MUTE DAMPEN To play the banjo as if you are damping the strings with your hand it is easy to engage the Mute articulation You can engage Mute by either pressing Keyswitch C1 or the String Mute button located here FrontPorchBanjo2 g Output st 1 if Voice 32 0 00 3 Midi Ch A 1 Memory 231272 rap T ES String Mute off oin up Auto Hammer Ons Mute Tone Knob 5 100 0 Ya Garin down e Amount Auto Pull Offs 50 Ya Vibrato off Next Pluck Mee e 2 Ae The Mute articulation will stay in place until you press Keyswitch C1 or the Mute button again This means you can mute almost every sound available normal plucks slides hammer ons pull offs chords and even scrapes You can also adjust the tone of the mute essentially controlling the amount of mute The Mute Tone Knob is originally set at 50 This is adjustable to 100 heavy damping to 0 light damping The mute tone is also adjustable via MIDI Controller CC3 11 VIBRAT
14. to return to this mode simply play Keyswitch CO There are 3 velocities in this mode soft normal and accent There are 4 samples per velocity played in a Round Robin cycle The three velocities are broken up as follows Normal Velocity Ranges Soft 1 42 Normal 43 108 Accent 109 127 There are also release notes associated with every note The release notes are broken up into 4 velocities with 2 Round Robin samples per velocity When first loading the instrument the release note velocity is set to 1 The release note velocities are controllable via the Mod Wheel CC1 and broken up as follows Release Note Velocity Ranges Mod Wheel Off Quiet 1 32 Medium 33 64 Medium loud 65 96 Loud 97 127 Notice that you can turn off the release notes if you set the Mod Wheel to zero As a bonus the Keyswitch B 1 is Normal mode but with Kontakt 5 s AET velocity morphs added This means that instead of recording say 20 velocities on each note Kontakt automatically mixes velocity levels where appropriate For example the top of the Normal velocity is given characteristics of the Accent velocity and the top of the Soft velocity is given characteristics of the Normal velocity Since this is not genuinely using actual samples for every velocity we ve decided to include it for you to try and use if you like SLIDES Keyswitches CEO and DO allow you to play the instrument in Slide mode You have the option of p
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