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1. itis possible to control the GLISSANDO time the time of the gliding between the notes with the GLISSANDO TIME knob from 1mS to 10 Sec SOUND section Miroslav Philharmonik gives you full control of its powerful synth engine in the SOUND section Here you can control more than 50 parameters divided into 10 sections Although the Miroslav Philharmonik engine offers great complexity the user is facilitated by seeing the engine parameters pre sented as they would be using a traditional synth architecture with oscilla tors although sample based plus the ability to switch between 3 different types of sampler engines LFO1 LFO2 ENV1 ENV2 FILTER TUNE VELOCITY MACRO SEND 5 waveform LFO useful to modulate Volume Pitch amp Filter 5 waveform LFO useful to modulate Volume Pitch Filter amp Pan Amplitude Volume envelope controls Pitch amp Filter envelope controls LPF BPF HPF filter with selectable slope 6 12 or 24 dB Oct Select synth engine type Resampling Pitch Shift Time Stretch STRETCH Controls the way the MIDI velocity affects the Volume Filter Pitch etc Controls instrument specific parameters Controls level and post pre fader of the Send Effects 3 Controlling Miroslav Philharmonik 23 Miroslav Philharmonik NO EH NO EF Figure 3 4 ON NO EFI ON NO EFF Figure 3 7 24 RANGE Controls the left right and velocity range of a Part VELOCITY Controls
2. 2 1 sound engine Multisampled instruments with the new and improved STRETCH engine deliver amazing realism and expression Your performances come to life with true glide bending staccato and vibrato with an incredibly rich vibrant and natural quality The Range Editor makes it possible to create complex splits and layers by changing each Part s key and velocity range This way you can easily create COMBI PRESETS with splits and layers and up to 16 instruments In addition Miroslav Philharmonik has 16 stereo outputs So when creating a complex combination of instruments each individual part can be routed to its own output increasing the flexibility in mixing Realtime editing features have been expanded including syncable LFO s MIDI control transposition and zone pan control to name just a few Miroslav Philharmonik allows full and easy access to more than 80 sound engine parameters All of these packed into a musician friendly interface with everything you need right at your fingertips Instantly compatible with every platform Miroslav Philharmonik is available for Mac 0SX and Windows XP VSTO DXi RTAS and Audio Units all from the same box Can also be used to expand SampleTank 2 sound arsenal Miroslav Philharmonik sounds can also be read in SampleTank 2 expanding the sound arsenal of the leading sample workstation plug in Because of the updated structure of the audio engine Miroslav Philharmonik is compatibl
3. Chapter 7 7 1 7 2 7 3 Chapter 8 8 1 Chapter 9 9 1 9 2 Chapter 10 10 1 10 2 Miroslav Philharmonik save function 33 Instruments and USER PRESETS 33 Working with COMBI PRESETS 33 Back up function 34 SOUND controls 35 TUNE Resampling controls 35 TUNE Pitch Shift Time Stretch PSTS controls 35 TUNE STRETCH controls 36 Filter controls 37 Envelope 1 and 2 controls 38 LFO 1 and 2 controls 39 Velocity controls 41 MACRO controls section 41 Range controls 42 Send controls 42 Miroslav Philharmonik multi effects unit 45 Miroslav Philharmonik multi effects unit 45 Effect list 45 BPM linked effects 53 Automation 55 Automating parameters 55 Tips and Tricks 57 Polyphony and CPU performance 57 Get the most out of your Miroslav Philharmonik 57 Support 59 Support 59 User Area 59 I Contents Miroslav Philharmonik Miroslav Philharmonik Orchestra amp Choir Workstation Multi timbral 16 Pa rts sound module with full layerable parts Tempo Pitch Can be Tipo independently for full flexibility over the pitch and tempo of the sounds MIDI CI im 100 s ud sets mented MIDI control for enhanced including quartets chambers real time performances and symphonic orchestras NSEMEIE PHILHARMONIK STRUMENI L POLY FAN V E 1 SUM FLUTES STACCATO le 4 32 DES 2 2 s M cruOTREMOLO 15 32 C E S M VIOL
4. Philharmonik part Miroslav Philharmonik has 16 you re now ready to play from your keyboard If you need to record the part do NOT record enable the audio track where Miroslav Philharmonik has been inserted instead record enable the MIDI Track Starting Miroslav Philharmonik in Live Launch Live and click on a MIDI track the Mixer Drop Area Notice in the MIDI Track View bottom window text Drop MIDI Effects Audio Effects or Instruments Here appears Now in the Browser Window window on the left hand side of the screen click the Plug in Browser button looks like an electric plug Browse to Philharmonik and click drag it into the MIDI Track View Once Miroslav Philharmonik loads it will appear as a Device with an XY controller on it To view the Miroslav Philharmonik interface click the edit plug in panel small wrench button at the top of the Device window Now simply load a Preset arm the track and play Miroslav Philharmonik This setup will allow 2 Using Miroslav Philharmonik Miroslav Philharmonik us to playback on just one channel Using multiple MIDI channels on Miroslav Philharmonik in Live in order to use all 16 channels in Miroslav Philharmonik you must route the MIDI track to Philharmonik in Live This is very simple Here are the steps On a separate MIDI channel change the MIDI To drop down menu to the MIDI channel that contains Miroslav Philharmonik A
5. available for use with all 16 instrument parts together Individual instrument parts may feature preset effects You can change and re assign effects among those provided with Miroslav Philharmonik at will Each effect is customizable through a series of parameters linked to an effect knob All effect knobs are also MIDI controllable and can be auto mated in your seguencer 712 Effect list There are four customizable effect slots in Miroslav Philharmonik Figure 1 2 Each slot can be assigned to one of the 20 DSP effects included in Miroslav Philharmonik c ON EC C OAMP ON REVERS ON NOEFF V x Reverbation and Delay OM NO EFE v MCH END Fx GM e CSReverb Classik Studio Reverb e Reverb e Reverb Delay e Ambience The reverbs included in Miroslav Philharmonik add reverberation and ambi ence to the sound creating spatial depth from large halls to small rooms CSReverb Figure 7 3 CSReverb included with Miroslav Philharmonik is a single Preset Reverb and only Time is adjustable as a Reverb parameter dm e TIME sets the global reverberation time Figure 73 e DRY WET adjusts the mix between dry and wet signals 7 Miroslav Philharmonik multi effects unit 45 Miroslav Philharmonik 46 Reverb Figure 7 4 and Reverb Delay Figure 7 5 900 e F 0006098 rd 900 00 91 E 08 e TIME sets the global reverberation time e COLOR sets the reverberation tonal character from dark to bright e D
6. is its current value To activate an effect click on its ON button to the right The button is high lighted Figure 3 9 and the effect is active All active effects are inserted into the instrument chain following a patch order from top to bottom in the effect window To deactivate an effect click on the ON button again to deactivate the effect Send Effects Send Effects use auxiliary sends making them available for use on all parts in Miroslav Philharmonik Here is how it works There are four available send effects in Miroslav Philharmonik and can use any of the 20 DSP effects available These send effects can be accessed by any of the parts in the Miroslav Philharmonik COMBI PRESET To access the send effects click the SEND FX button at the bottom of the EFFECTS Section Figure 3 10 You can then change and manipulate the desired effect as explained in part insert effects Each individual PART has a SEND button in the SOUND Section Figure 3 11 Click this button to open the SEND Controls This gives you access to the 4 available SENDS Each knob is associated with one of the four Send Effects CSReverb a high quality reverb designed specifically for orchestral sounds is the default effect for Send Effects 1 All Parts have a default value of 6dB on Send Effects 1 creating an instant acoustic space for all parts added to a Miroslav Philharmonik COMBI PRESET To adjust the global Send Effects level use the LEVEL knob
7. perform cabinet and speaker simulation This is only the electronic part of an amplifier Phonograph Figure 7 17 00000086 Figure 7 17 This effect adds disk noises to simulate the sound of music played by vinyl records on old record players e CRACKLE adjusts the amount of crackle from the virtual record e AGE sets the frequency response of the record player from narrow to wide e DISTORTION sets the amount of distortion generated by the record player This is a kind of distortion similar to the one generated by worn or over used vinyl records 7 Miroslav Philharmonik multi effects unit Miroslav Philharmonik Mix Master Tone Control Figure 7 18 1000006004 8600556 Figure 7 18 A classic tube tone control that recreates the tone shaping stage found on the best tube amplifiers Can deliver incredible presence and warmth to the sound e MODEL selects among various tone control circuits e LOW controls the amount of low frequencies MID controls the amount of mid frequencies HIGH controls the amount of high frequencies e PRESENCE controls the presence of the sound with a particular analog old style character e LEVEL controls the output level of the Tone Control Param EQ Figure 7 19 90600606 CF n e e e j1 Hz Figure 7 19 A very clean and precise full digital parametric EQ you can expect maxi mum transparency from this equalizer Two ident
8. ranging from 1 16 to 1 2 To Sync an effect to BPM simply click on the BPM ON OFF switch Figure 7 23 Figure 7 23 7 Miroslav Philharmonik multi effects unit 53 Miroslav Philharmonik 54 7 Miroslav Philharmonik multi effects unit Miroslav Philharmonik Chapter 8 Automation 8 Automation 8 1 Automating parameters AL Miroslav Philharmonik parameters can be automated using MIDI CTL Simply associate a MIDI CTL to the parameter you want to automate and record a track on the sequencer by drawing or using an external MIDI con troller on the same MIDI channel of the instrument you want to control Also Miroslav Philharmonik can be used with standard automation in RTAS VSTO and AU Since Miroslav Philharmonik provides more than 10 000 parameters it s not possible to assign them all to the standard sequencer automation Only Parts volume pan and Macros A B C D are controllable via sequencer automation However note that any of the Miroslav Philharmonik parameters can be automated via its built in MIDI CTL functions there are no limitations of any kind to this All the Sound editing and FX knobs can be automated using MIDI CTL 55 Miroslav Philharmonik 56 8 Automation Chapter 9 Figure 9 1 9 Tips and Tricks 9 1 9 2 Miroslav Philharmonik Tips and Tricks Polyphony and CPU performance Each Miroslav Philharmonik module can have a maximum POLYPHONY of up to 256 notes Th
9. the way the MIDI velocity affects the sound modify ing the way it affects Volume Filter Pitch etc MACRO Controls instrument specific parameters To display one of these sections simply click the appropriate button Figure 3 2 The section you re currently displaying will have the button high lighted You can edit all instrument parameters in the SOUND section by adjusting the knobs of this section once you ve loaded an instrument Each of the 16 instruments loaded in Miroslav Philharmonik has different SOUND set tings Modifications will be kept when the song session you re working on is saved You can also SAVE these modifications into a USER PRESET See paragraph 5 1 All SOUND parameters can be controlled through MIDI control change EFFECTS section Miroslav Philharmonik features two types of effects 1 Part Insert Effects Effects that are specific to an individual part 2 Send Effects Effects that use auxiliary sends making it possible to use them on multiple parts at one time To display Part Insert or Send Effects click the appropriate button at the bottom of the Effects section Figure 3 3 The effects are displayed in the effects slots Figure 3 4 There are 4 effect slots for Part insert effects and 4 slots for part send effects Each slot can contain any of the 20 DSP effects Part Insert Effects Part Insert effects are specific to a single instrument part in Miroslav Philharmonik These are very us
10. 3 GRAIN controls the grain size that the PSTS engine assigns to the audio This makes the engine much more effective when working with different types of samples Higher values make the algorithm more suitable to rhyth mic material lower values makes it more suitable to continuous sounds The range is from 20 Hz to 800 Hz TUNE STRETCH controls Activating the STRETCH engine for the first time will make Miroslav Philharmonik pre analyze the sound This will take some time 5 10 sec onds depending on the size of the samples Once the pre analysis has been completed it will be stored as a STV file so that it can be readily available for future sessions Figure 6 3 STRETCH can be very useful because it allows for a number of features that were simply not possible with conventional samplers e changing the timbre of acoustic instruments even radically playing sampled phrases in chords on the keyboard while maintaining the same TEMPO on all the chord notes e slowing down or speeding up sampled phrases without changing the pitch and or the timbre e slowing down or speeding up naturally cycling instruments such as instruments with vibrato with continuity e slowing down or speeding up time evolving instruments or phenomenon such as staccato playing or natural reverberation playing very realistic glides or glissando e making single sample instruments able to cover a very wide range on the keyboard without bec
11. 6 SOUND controls 6 SOUND controls 6 1 6 2 TUNE Resampling controls O O 6 6 Figure 6 1 PITCH controls the tuning of the samples by applying Resampling Increments are in semitones and range is 3 octaves Figure 6 1 FINE controls the tuning ofthe samples by applying Resampling Increments are in cents and range is 1 semitone BENDER controls the tuning deviation given by the pitch bender wheel Increments are in semitones and range is 2 octaves PAN controls the panning of the zones Default center value is 0 63 is panned hard left and 64 is panned hard right TUNE Pitch Shift Time Stretch PSTS controls OOOO f pi Figure 6 2 PITCH controls the tuning of the samples by applying Pitch Shifting Increments are in semitones and range is 3 octaves Figure 6 2 FINE controls the tuning of the samples by applying Pitch Shifting Increments are in cents and range is 1 semitone BENDER controls the tuning deviation given by the pitch bender wheel Increments are in semitones and range is 2 octaves PAN controls the panning of the zones Default center value is 0 63 is panned hard left and 64 is panned hard right TEMPO controls the speed of the samples by applying Time stretching Default is 1009 o which means same speed of the original range is from 10 to 1000 1 10 to x10 the original speed 35 Miroslav Philharmonik 36 6
12. 7 12 Panning Tremolo Auto Pan Figure 7 13 T e e 93 e e Autopan automatically moves the stereo location of the sound Figure 7 13 e DEPTH sets the amount of the effect applied to the sound e SPEED adjusts the speed of the movement of the sound across the stereo field Tremolo Figure 7 14 009 698 02 6 e on Tremolo cyclically modulates the volume to create tremolo Figure 21 e DEPTH adjusts the amount of amplitude modulation e SPEED adjusts the speed of the tremolo Distortion Lo Fi Figure 7 15 Lo Fi degrades the audio quality to simulate a Lo Fidelity sound e BANDWIDTH sets the fidelity Increasing the value will give a better 7 Miroslav Philharmonik multi effects unit 49 Miroslav Philharmonik 50 T e e e e eg LE KM o Figure 7 15 sound decreasing it will degrade progressively the fidelity e LOFI adds distortion to the sound This distortion works at low levels too e STEREO sets the stereo channel separation From mono to stereo Distortion Figure 7 16 O O E 0004 6 e Figure 7 16 This effect simulates the distortion occurring as you raise the gain of an amplifier Various amplifier models are provided GAIN this is the amount of gain and gives more distortion as you increase it e SHAPE different types of amplifiers are emulated here From solid state types to guitar tube amplifiers models This effect does not
13. A DETACHE s 3 32 C 1 4 4 S M VIOLIN PIZZICATO leila 32 C 5 5 STM VIOUNSPICCNO 0O 32 c 1 e 6 siM nAssOONS t2 32 C t 7 T S M FRENCH HORNS li 32 c 4 Bl sim osot dz 32 c SAVE BERS LIER a LFO D 2 E A l SEND iw V d ENV I SAVE AS RENAME RANGE JUNE FILTER VELOCITY ge GRE L6 T e da 50 sound shaping controls for maximum flexibility over sound sculpture II Interface Miroslav Philharmonik 16 outputs 1 200 Sounds Separate stereo outputs for More than 1 200 orchestral sounds complete instrument parts to choose from separation Met Las i d 1 SLAV gt CHOIRS MIXED ORCHESTRA OTHER INSTRUMENTS mmm PERCUSSION gt STRINGS 7 1 2 EM V WOODWINDS u E V ENS WOODWINDS E ENS BASSOONS E ENS CLARINETS V ENSFLUTES ENS FLUTES LOOPED 17 1 2 mM FLUTES PORTA 2 428 FLUTES STACCATO BACKUP SAVE DELETE RENAME SEARGH NE D ED CSREVERB V _ i PARAM EQ 1 ma LEE EC NO EFI emma ON V k PENY ON NO EFF V MONO 0dB m PARTEX SEND FX LEGATO Lr 20 built in M U Iti Effe cts effects to choose from including hi quality reverb chorus parametric EQ compressor and a master reverb Also includes 4 Master effects II Interface Search and find Sea C sounds in a snap thanks to the easy search function There are multiple keywords for every prese
14. DI track chn parameter 2 2 Starting Miroslav Philharmonik in Logic Launch Logic Create an Audio Instrument track or select one if your default song already has some Go to the Mixer and insert Philharmonik on that track from the AudioUnits sub menu Miroslav Philharmonik will be launched Double click on the loaded slot blue to open the Miroslav Philharmonik interface Return to the Arrange window select the Audio Instrument track and now you can play from your MIDI keyboard 16 parts multitimbral usage in Logic due to the way Logic s Instrument tracks are made the MIDI channel selection you apply in the arrange win dow is forced to be the same for all the tracks that use the same Audio Inst It is possible to use Miroslav Philharmonik with more than one channel up to 16 by selecting all in the MIDI channel field of the Audio Instrument and selecting the MIDI channel on the various tracks events This can also be achieved by switching the transmit MIDI channel on your MIDI keyboard when you record your parts 2 3 Starting Miroslav Philharmonik in Pro Tools Launch Pro Tools and create your new session Note that Miroslav Philharmonik supports sample rates up to 96 KHz Going beyond is not advisable although it is still possible Create a stereo Audio track do NOT rec enable it open the mixer click on an insert and choose Philharmonik from the Multichannel RTAS plug ins list the Miroslav Philharmonik interface will aut
15. ENSITY sets the number of reflections generated by the reverb e SIZE sets the size of the virtual chamber emulated by the reverb e DRY WET adjusts the mix between dry and wet signals Figure 7 5 Ambience Figure 7 6 00000005 296 Figure 7 6 Produces a very short reverb useful for emulating the ambience typical of small closed spaces like studio rooms or little concert suites e TIME sets the length of the reverberation e SIZE sets the size of the virtual chamber that s being emulated e DRY WET adjusts the mix between dry and wet signals Delay Figure 7 7 9000000 Figure 7 7 Delay is an effect that adds echoes to the sound e MODE you can choose from simple mono delay to a sophisticated multi 7 Miroslav Philharmonik multi effects unit Miroslav Philharmonik tapped stereo delay e FEEDBACK sets the number of echoes that the effect produces e DELAY sets the amount of time between the echoes e DRY WET adjusts the mix between the dry and wet signals e BANDWITDH sets the bandwidth of the echoes turning down the knob will give a sound similar to one of the old analog or tape delay units Filters These effects apply various types of filters to the sound by cutting some portions of the audio spectrum These are resonant filters which give a character similar to the one of some old synthesizers Filter Figure 7 8 9000000 6 6 6 1KHE Figure 7 8 In this f
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17. LONG 20 32 Dark Moment B 3 SUM BVIOUNSI g 32 Dynamic Brass i Film Orchestra ji a SIM VIOUNS EXP 1SLOW lt 8 32 Full Orchestra 5 5 S M CELOSI 8 32 Hero Theme Moody Orchestra 6 S M BASSES FULL 140 32 Mew World Horns 121 7 simi vioas fel 7 39 frehestra 1 Figure 5 5 5 Saving Sounds in Miroslav Philharmonik 33 Miroslav Philharmonik IT T LS HN fs 8 simi SAVE Figure 5 6 fresh Preset List Chamber Ensemble Dark Moment Dynamic Brass Film Orchestra Full Orchestra Hero Theme Moody Orchestra New World Horns Orchestra 1 Figure 5 7 BACKUP 34 Figure 5 8 There are several parameters in Miroslav Philharmonik that save when creating a COMBI making COMBI PRESETS a very powerful sound creation tool All MIX window settings including what Instrument is assigned to a PART MUTE SOLO MIDI channels panning volume as well as a few more set tings are saved in a COMBI PRESET This allows you to create 16 part multi timbral setups and easily recalled them as needed MIDI Control settings are saved with the COMBI PRESET to allow any MIDI controllers that you have set up to be recalled with the COMBI RANGE Section Located in the SOUND section of the interface these set tings are saved with the COMBI PRESET This is a powerful tool for making complex splits and layers in a COMBI PRESET Use the RANGE controls to transpose
18. MIDI seguencer com patible with plug ins or alternatively a plug in host An adeguate audio interface with low latency drivers and a master keyboard are strongly recommended to play it like a hardware musical instrument 1 3 Miroslav Philharmonik overview 7 Gigabytes of sounds Miroslav Philharmonik features over 7 GB of instruments ranging every category of orchestral instruments From ensembles to solo instruments 1 Miroslav Philharmonik H Miroslav Philharmonik 12 including strings woodwinds and brass as well as percussion piano organ harpsichord classical guitar harp and classical choir Multi Effects Miroslav Philharmonik has 20 high quality DSP effects built into the mod ule With 4 effects per instrument Part plus 4 new send effects dialing in the perfect timbre of an instrument has never been easier All your orches tral sounds can use for example the same reverb and you don t have to tie up precious CPU power to run the same effect on 16 different parts CSReverb Classik Studio Reverb IK Multimedia has developed a new reverb specifically tailored for orches tral sounds It is based on the ClassiK Studio Reverb plug in and provides a simple interface and large lush sound CSReverb included with Miroslav Philharmonik is a single Preset Reverb and only Time is adjustable as a Reverb parameter Powered by the new SampleTank 2 1 sound engine Miroslav Philharmonik features the power of the SampleTank
19. MIROSLAV Orchestra c Eus Workstation Lhe FAMON MIROSLAV INSTRUMEN 1 D BRASS E CHOIRS b MIXED ORCHESTEA E OTHER INSTRUMENTS E PERCUSSION E STRINGS T WOODWINDS Q ENS WOODANINDA E ENS RASSOMINS F ENS CLARIN ETS T ENS FLUTES E EMS FLUTES LOOPED LUTES PORTA I 11 y AA E ATL SAVE DALETE RERAN nme Er MARMFRES HARMONICS Ius 56 66 6 6555 GANI GAINI EFFECT ada m PARTY TX SEM x LEGATO y Lin ESI e ma 6666 622m 2 90 e A workstation focused on orchestral instruments ensembles and choirs Includes the legendary Miroslav Vitous Symphonic Orchestra Samples collection e Contains some of the most beautiful and lush sounding orchestral samples ever recorded True acoustic placement within the Dvor k Symphony Hall Easy to use interface for all styles of music e 2 DVDs 7 GB of samples over 1 200 sounds e Plug in and standalone version User Manual Miroslav Philharmonik PLEASE NOTE PHILHARMONIK IS A TRADEMARK OF IK MULTIMEDIA ALL OTHER PRODUCT NAMES AND TRADEMARKS ARE THE PROPERTY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS WHICH ARE IN NO WAY ASSOCIATED OR AFFILIATED WITH IK MULTIMEDIA PRODUCT NAMES ARE USED SOLEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF IDENTIFYING THE SPECIFIC PRODUCTS THAT WERE STUDIED DURING IK MULTIMEDIA s SOUND MODEL DEVELOPMENT AND FOR DESCRIBING CERTAIN TYPES OF TONES PRODUCED WITH IK MULTIMEDIA DIGITAL MODELING TECHNOLOGY USE OF THESE NAMES DOES NOT I
20. MPLY ANY CO OPERATION OR ENDORSEMENT SPECIFICATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE Miroslav Philharmonik II III Chapter 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 Chapter 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 Chapter 3 3 1 3 2 Chapter 4 4 1 4 2 4 3 I Contents Miroslav Philharmonik Table of contents Contents 3 Interface 6 License Agreement 8 Miroslav Philharmonik 11 Introduction 11 What is Miroslav Philharmonik 11 Miroslav Philharmonik overview 11 Miroslav Philharmonik features 13 Miroslav Philharmonik sounds 13 Using Miroslav Philharmonik 15 Starting Miroslav Philharmonik in Cubase VST and Cubase SX 15 Starting Miroslav Philharmonik in Logic 15 Starting Miroslav Philharmonik in Pro Tools 9 15 Starting Miroslav Philharmonik in Digital Performer 16 Starting Miroslav Philharmonik in Sonar 16 Starting Miroslav Philharmonik in Live 16 Starting Miroslav Philharmonik in standalone mode 17 Loading and playing instruments 21 Controlling instruments the MIX window 21 Controlling Miroslav Philharmonik 23 OCTAVE transposition 23 POLY MONO LEGATO 23 SOUND section 23 EFFECTS section 24 MINI Keyboard 26 ZONE control 26 MIDI CTL association 26 Preferences 27 Other controls 29 Organizing instruments 31 Instruments location 31 Managing sound organization 31 Search function 32 Miroslav Philharmonik Chapter 5 5 1 52 5 3 Chapter 6 6 1 6 2 6 3 6 4 6 5 6 6
21. Miroslav Philharmonik Chapter 4 Organizing instruments Miroslav Philharmonik immediately provides thousands of different instru ments Due to the sheer quantity of sounds organization and accessibility become essential factors for the professional user Miroslav Philharmonik answers this concern with two ways of accessing files a search function and user defined categories 4 1 Instruments location A Miroslav Philharmonik instrument is made of three essential files lt instrument gt STH containing the instrument name and description lt instrument gt STI containing the instrument program lt instrument gt STW containing the instrument waveforms By default all the Miroslav Philharmonik instruments are placed in the fol lowing directory Windows Program Files IK Multimedia Miroslav Philharmonik Instruments Mac OS X Application Support IK Multimedia Miroslav Philharmonik Instruments During installation all of the STH and STI files and STW files will be placed in the aforementioned folder You can change the ROOT folder at anytime by pointing to another folder in the PREF window To remove an instrument you can manually remove it from the ROOT folder thus removing all of its 3 files 4 2 Managing sound organization Knowing how Miroslav Philharmonik keeps track of its instruments you can now move duplicate and regroup them and their folders at will using any file manager in your system Please note that all
22. OMBI PRESET or when the session that Miroslav Philharmonik is being used in is saved Figure 6 11 For example to change a PART that has a key range from CO to G4 to a smaller key range for example C2 to G2 adjust the Range L value to C2 and the Range R value to G2 This will limit the key range to the desired amount Setting Range L higher than Range R is allowed to indicate a range of the keyboard where nothing is mapped The velocity limits can be adjusted as explained above to limit the velocity response of the zone RANGE L determine the playing note range Left limit for the selected part Parameter range is from C 2 to G8 RANGE R determine the playing note range Right limit for the selected part Parameter range is from C 2 to G8 VEL LO determine the playing velocity range lower limit for the selected part Parameter range is from 0 to 127 VEL HI determine the playing velocity range higher limit for the selected part Parameter range is from 0 to 127 TRANSPOSE transposes the pitch of the selected PART by semitone incre ments Send controls Controls the audio level of selected instrument part going to SEND Effects Also controls whether the send is Pre or Post fader This section allows for multiple instrument parts to be routed to the same effect This is very effective when using large reverbs It creates a more cohesive overall effect and it is less CPU intensive than using individual reverbs on each channel Figu
23. S7Audo T Chanta ReatekACS7Audo2 T Chenneli2 ResekacsAue lt T Gham Ress Aca Audo F themes Fesk Ac Auo lt T Chanig Reak Ac Audo M thewena Fesk Anuo 2 then Fesik Acu 2 T paap Reak ACS Audo lt haat Restek Co Audo2 gt T Chamell Remek A97 Sue Figure 2 4 18 2 Using Miroslav Philharmonik Miroslav Philharmonik 16 assignable outputs in Miroslav Philharmonik figure 2 5 with specific audio outputs on the chosen audio interface This allows you to customize Fi where the audio from Miroslav Philharmonik is routed In addition you can igure 2 5 i enable or disable as many assignable outputs as you would like SAMPLE RATE and BUFFER SIZE The sample rate and buffer size drop down menus figure 2 6 allow you to change the sample rate and buffer size of the audio interface These settings are dependent on the driver of the audio interface itself Not all audio interfaces have the same sample rates or buf fer settings Sample rate 44100 1 Buffer size 512 Panel Figure 2 6 NOTE to get the optimum performance from Miroslav Philharmonik stand alone set the buffer size as small as possible without clicks and pops This will create the least amount of latency possible while in playback PANEL this control will open the Control panel for the selected audio interface Depending on the audio interface this panel will allow for more advanced feature settings on th
24. Symphonic Orchestra and Choir Samples are some of the most playable and inspiring sounds ever produced for symphonic arrangements and composition They ve marked the atmo sphere of hundreds of movies and productions and have become the tool of choice for many award winning composers Beautifully recorded at the Dvor k Symphony Hall in Prague by Miroslav Vitous with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra these sounds have a texture warmth and beauty that is unrivalled in the sample world Miroslav Philharmonik includes a 7 gigabyte library creating a complete orchestra at your fingertips featuring Solo Instruments String Ensembles Woodwind and Brass Ensembles Classical Percussion Harp Classical Choirs plus Cathedral Pipe Organ Classical Guitar Concert Piano and Harpsichord With all of the material from the original Miroslav Vitous Symphonic Orchestra and Choir Sample collections plus previously unre leased samples Miroslav Philharmonik offers truly unparalleled value as a virtual instrument plug in 1 2 What is Miroslav Philharmonik Miroslav Philharmonik is a polyphonic multitimbral sample based orches tral workstation with multi effects and proprietary sound banks all com bined together into a unigue plug in instrument Miroslav Philharmonik features a high quality 32 bit floating point audio engine with a user inter face tailored towards composition and orchestral arrangement To use Miroslav Philharmonik you ll need an Audio
25. T has individual SOLO and MUTE Figure 2 15 2 Using Miroslav Philharmonik 21 Miroslav Philharmonik The DEL delete button unloads the instrument from the PART Figure 2 16 e The memory used by the loaded instrument is displayed in MB Figure 2 17 e Maximum polyphony for each specific PART can be set by clicking and dragging the mouse on the POLY number Figure 2 18 e The VOLUME and PAN of each specific PART can be adjusted by clicking and dragging the mouse on the VOL and PAN number Figure 2 19 Each part can be assigned to an individual stereo output by clicking and dragging the mouse on the OUT number the max number of stereo outputs is set in PREFERENCES by clicking the PREF button Figure 2 20 Figure 2 18 You can see the level of the instrument with the LEVEL display Figure LY PAN VOL OL 2 21 22 2 Using Miroslav Philharmonik Chapter 3 3 1 3 2 POLY LEGATO Figure 3 1 3 3 Miroslav Philharmonik Controlling Miroslav Philharmonik OCTAVE transposition Once an instrument is loaded it can be quickly transposed by 3 octaves in 1 octave increments by clicking on the buttons POLY MONO LEGATO The POLY MONO LEGATO buttons Figure 3 1 switch the current instru ments between polyphonic monophonic and monophonic with legato You can select one of these modes by clicking on the relative button In monophonic with legato LEGATO
26. also called child sounds for this reason Simply load a sound into a PART edit it in the SOUND EFFECTS ZONE etc sections and then click SAVE in the BROWSER window Figure 5 1 A dialog window will appear asking you to name the sound Figure 5 2 When you click OK the USER PRESET sound name will appear below the Parent sound You will see that the parent sound now has a small black triangle Figure 5 3 The black triangle is collapsible you can close open it by clicking on it and allowing you to save as many as presets of a parent sound as you want and displaying them at will When a USER PRESET sound is created a file with STIP extension is saved in the folder of related the Parent Sound Distributing STIP files to users which own the Miroslav Philharmonik allows for USER PRESETS to be exchanged among Philharmonik users USER PRESET can also be deleted by clicking on the DELETE button in the BROWSER window Figure 5 4 and renamed with the RENAME button Working with COMBI PRESETS COMBI PRESETS Figure 5 5 are used to save the entire Miroslav Philharmonik module status It can be used to save a complete set of Miroslav Philharmonik instruments for a composition or a complex multi layered performance sound FULL ORCHESTRA PART C H S M INSTRUMENT aano ME T d 4 4 SIMI FR imn orrai roil KWresh Preset List SE aal Big Brass iNCHHORNsrE o 32 Chamber Ensemble 2 2 S M BRASSOCTAVES
27. di device that will be used in Miroslav Philharmonik 2 Using Miroslav Philharmonik 17 Miroslav Philharmonik AUDIO DRIVER Miroslav Philharmonik is compatible with any ASIO or WDM sound card in Windows and any Core Audio compatible sound card on in MAC OSX Windows XP There are two drop down menus to select the Audio Driver figure 2 2 The drop down menu on the left selects the type of driver to use such as ASIO or WDM The drop down menu on the right selects the actual audio interface It will be either ASIO preferred or WDM An ASIO compatible sound card will give you much lower latency than WDM sound cards This is preferred when using virtual instruments Audio midi setup Audio driver Asio S ASIO4ALL v2 Figure 2 2 Mac OS X Miroslav Philharmonik is compatible with Core Audio compatible audio interfaces in MAC OS X There is one drop down menu to select the Audio Driver figure 2 3 On Mac OS X the only possible Audio Driver choice is CoreAudio The drop down selects the audio interface Audio midi setup Audio driver Core udio Routing table Built in Audio Figure 2 3 ROUTING TABLE the Routing Table figure 2 4 is used to configure the Audio midi setup Audio driver Asio v ASIO4ALL v2 Routing table VV Chanel ReatekACS7Audo lt Chamel9 oo M Channel2 ReatekACS7Audo2 ChameliO 0 ads Ress ACS7Audo f Chanel ReakchAC
28. djusts the mix between the dry and wet signals Phaser Figure 7 11 JL NN n 6059666 PA Figure 7 11 This entirely analog modeled Phaser recreates the sound of one of the best known classics of the past e RATE controls the speed of the phaser LFO e STAGES selects the number of phase splitters from 1 to 10 Increasing this value gives a more pronounced phasing FX lower values give more subtle effects e BIAS controls the offset of the LFO you can also use this knob to manually control the Phaser setting the DEPTH at zero e DEPTH controls the strength of the LFO modulation Setting it at zero the phaser can be manually controlled using the BIAS knob e FEEDBACK controls how much processed signal will be returned to the input Raising this value to the max will produce a self oscillation e SPREAD controls the Stereo image of the Phaser Values near the center 64 give maximum width Flanger Figure 7 12 The Flanger creates a sharper sound by adding a metallic resonance to the sound like a jet airplane taking off and landing RATE adjusts the speed of the modulations in the flanging effect 7 Miroslav Philharmonik multi effects unit Miroslav Philharmonik T e e e 03 e e DEPTH sets the depth of the flanging modulation e FEEDBACK controls the amount of signal that s returned back to the input of the effect e DRY WET adjusts the mix between the dry and wet signals Figure
29. e audio interface drivers This panel is only available when ASIO drivers are selected MIDI INPUT the MIDI input drop down menu allows you to select the MIDI input device with which you will control Miroslav Philharmonik Any MIDI interface or controller with driver support for Windows XP or MAC OS X will work with Miroslav Philharmonik PREFERENCES The Preference window figure 2 7 located in the Settings menu allows you to adjust the tempo for internal loop sync and BPM syncable effects as well as to select Reload previous session on Startup for an easy recall of the last open state of your Miroslav Philharmonik Preferen es Tempo 12000 BPM Tep Tou can tap tempo also on the main window by pressing the uppercase T key fe Reload previous session on Startup Cancel OK Figure 2 7 2 Using Miroslav Philharmonik 19 Miroslav Philharmonik TAP Tempo this button can be used to tap a tempo into your Miroslav Philharmonik session figure 2 8 If desired you can also type the tempo into the Tempo window Preferences Tempo 120 00 BPM Tap N Figure 2 8 NOTE Pressing the SPACE BAR repeatedly with the main window open will also allow you to tap a tempo into the Miroslav Philharmonik session INTERFACE The info bar at the bottom of Miroslav Philharmonik standalone figure 2 9 displays three values ee Ready Tempo 120 00 BPM Cpu load 096 Figure 2 9 READY This will
30. e maximum polyphony of each Miroslav Philharmonik module can be set by the changing this number by click and drag Figure 9 1 however it cannot exceed the maximum polyphony your computer can achieve which is CPU dependent As the number of notes playing exceeds this number a symbol appears in the polyphony display indicating an OVER polyphony has occurred Every time you surpass the maximum number of polyphony notes in your performance the oldest note will be cancelled for example if you set 32 as the maximum number when you insert the 33rd note you will erase the first one You can raise the number of notes which can be played by Miroslav Philharmonik module by raising the POLYPHONY number up to a maximum which depends on the CPU load you have which cannot exceed 1009 The CPU load is displayed by opening the appropriate window in the host sequencer When CPU usage is close or exceeds 1009 o you may experience deteriorat ing performance and interruption of the sound To avoid this you can simply lower the maximum number of polyphony notes To do this just click and drag on the current number to reduce it Get the most out of your Miroslav Philharmonik Do not open multiple instances unnecessarily This increases CPU load Use additional modules only after having fully filled the available MIDI channels in one or if you need more separated outputs on the mixer ASIO cards are strongly recommended to achieve low la
31. e with SampleTank software released after ver sion 2 5 X 1 Miroslav Philharmonik Miroslav Philharmonik 1 4 Miroslav Philharmonik features Summarized here are Miroslav Philharmonik s main features e 7 GB orchestral sound library e 16 parts multitimbral sound module with layerable parts e New SampleTank 2 1 engine featuring new and improved STRETCH and Pitch shift Time stretch plus traditional Resampling e Total sound editing with full access to over 50 Synth Sampler engine controls e Zone feature for single sample accurate editing e 16 stereo outputs e 20 built in DSP effects CSReverb Classik Studio Reverb EQ Comp Reverb Ambience Reverb Delay Delay Filter Auto Pan Tremolo Chorus Multi Chorus Phaser Flanger Lo Fi Distortion Phonograph Tone Control Parametric EQ Channel Strip Compressor Limiter e 4 Insert effects per voice e 4 Send global effects e Easy to use full MIDI control e USER PRESET and COMBI PRESET features Convenient back up function e Sound search function with integrated sounds database e 256 notes polyphony Available as VST RTAS DXi AU e For MacOSX Windows 2000 XP e Sounds can also be used to expand SampleTank 2 content Because of the updated structure of the audio engine Miroslav Philharmonik is compatible with SampleTank software released after ver sion 2 5 X 1 5 Miroslav Philharmonik sounds Miroslav Philharmonik is a complete orchestral workstation fea
32. efore receiving them Submit a support request Support requests received using this form will follow a preferential line and will be answered first within our standard 24 hours lead time business hours Edit your personal and product data Here you can manage all your personal and product data and recall your serial numbers easily Download software updates and free contents According to the products you ve registered here you ll find the latest patches updates and free contents to download Customize your Username Password Here you can change your Username Password in order to remember them easily 10 Support Philharmonik is a trademark property of IK Multimedia Production Miroslav name used under license from Universal Sincopation Ltd Photos courtesy of Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and MUSA Ltd All other trademarks property of their respective owners www philharmonik com IK Multimedia Production via dell industria 46 41100 Modena Italy Phone 39 059 285496 Fax 39 059 2861671 IK Multimedia US LLC 1153 Sawgrass Corporate Pkwy Sunrise FL 33323 Phone 954 846 9101 Fax 954 846 9077 Tech Support Phone 954 846 9866 www ikmultimedia com All specifications are subject to change without further notice 000 dW ANW Nd
33. eful if you desire to have one specific effect on one specific instrument part To use the part insert effects highlight the part you want to apply the effect to in the mix view and click the PART FX button at the bottom of the EFFECTS section Figure 3 5 To view the list of available effects click on the arrow at the right in each of the 4 effects slots Figure 3 6 A pop up menu will appear displaying all the 20 DSP effects which are available in Miroslav Philharmonik Figure 3 7 3 Controlling Miroslav Philharmonik CSREVERE OR PARAM EC ON NO EFF OM NO EFF Figure 3 8 DN CSREVERB W ON PARAM EQ Figure 3 9 ON NO EFF ON NO EFI l PART FX K 02 LEG 1 Figure 3 10 LFO 1 SEND RANG k Masi ZONE FILTER WEI TUNE Figure 3 12 Figure 3 13 Miroslav Philharmonik Now move the selection with the mouse and click on an effect to load it The selected effect name will show in the effects slot To empty an effects slot simply select the NO EFFECT option To view and change each effects parameters click on the desired effect s slot The slot will appear highlighted indicating that effect is selected Figure 3 8 Only the selected effect will be shown on the interface at any one time The effect knobs are labeled corresponding to the effect s parameters The unused knobs will be shaded in gray Above each effect knob is a label corresponding to its function Below the effect knob
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35. er Becauseofthe updated structure ofthe audio engine Miroslav Philharmonik is compatible with SampleTank software released after version 2 5 X Search function All Miroslav Philharmonik instruments have a set of internal keywords which can be used to locate any instrument directly To begin a search click on the SEARCH field Figure 4 1 A pop up window will open asking for your search keywords Figure 4 2 You can insert mul tiple keywords separated by commas When you click OK all the instru ments whose set of keywords match the current search will be immediately displayed in the instruments list You can load any of them without further browsing Once a SEARCH has been made the SEARCH button will turn into a BACK button By clicking on the BACK button it will retrieve the complete list of sounds and revert its state to SEARCH button again KEYWORD TUBA CANCEL Figure 4 2 4 Organizing instruments Chapter 5 amp MIROSLAV C SAME DELETE RE Figure 5 1 Figure 5 2 V ENS FRENCH HORNS Y FRENCH HORNS FER NEW WORLD Hdags Figure 5 3 AVE DELETE RE 5 1 Figure5 4 5 2 Miroslav Philharmonik Miroslav Philharmonik save function Instruments and USER PRESETS In Miroslav Philharmonik you can edit the sound at will and save it as a USER PRESET sound To do this you need to start from a parent sound which is a sound with waveform data USER PRESET sounds are
36. fore it starts to fall down to the sustain value DECAY controls the decay time of Env 2 it s the time the Pitch and or Filter freq will take to reach the sustain value SUSTAIN controls the Pitch of Filter freq of the sustained portion of the sound while the MIDI key is kept pressed RELEASE controls the time the Pitch or the Filter freq will take to return to nominal value once the key has been released FILTER controls the depth of Env 2 intervention over the Filter The center of the knob is 0 and at this value there is no Env 2 modulation to the Filter Range is from 10 to 10 so modulation can be positive and negative PITCH controls the depth of Env 2 intervention on the Pitch of the samples The center of the knob is O and at this value there is no Env 2 modulation to the Pitch Range is from 6 to 6 so modulation can be positive and negative 6 6 LFO1and2 controls LFO 1 Figure 6 7 _ Figure 6 7 WAVE selects the waveform of LFO 1 can be Triangle Square Saw Sine or Random sample and hold 6 SOUND controls 39 Miroslav Philharmonik 40 SPEED controls the speed or rate of LFO 1 Expressed in Hz DEPTH controls the master level of LFO 1 DELAY controls the time that LFO 1 takes to reach the nominal modulation value after a key is pressed LEVEL controls the effect that LFO 1 has on the Level Volume of the samples useful to create Tremolo or Fading effects PITCH contro
37. ical fully parametric peaking bands are provided e FREQ1 center frequency of the first band range from 20Hz to 18KHz e FREQ2 center frequency of the second band range from 20Hz to 18KHz e GAIN1 gain of the first band range 15 dB e GAIN2 gain of the second band range 15 dB Q1 bandwidth of the first band from 0 1 very wide to 8 very narrow Q2 bandwidth of the second band from 0 1 very wide to 8 very nar row Channel Strip Figure 7 20 This is the same channel strip that is present as fixed in the first FX slot However it has been placed in the FX list because it can be useful placed after some other FX modules for further processing 7 Miroslav Philharmonik multi effects unit 51 Miroslav Philharmonik 52 00000006 Figure 7 20 e LOW GAIN boosts reduces low frequencies This is a low shelving filter e MID FREQ adjusts the center frequency e MID GAIN boosts reduces middle frequencies This is a wide bell filter e HIGH GAIN boosts reduces high frequencies This is a shelving filter e COMP applies compression Compressor Figure 7 21 6 OB YO EFF e9eeee Figure 7 21 An ultra smooth compressor modeled after classic tube units it can be very soft and gentle on all types of material e ATTACK controls the amount of time that the compressor takes to react to the audio signal e RELEASE controls the amount of time that the compressor takes t
38. ics plus Brumendo Espressivo and Staccato including oohs ahhs mms and even more This legendary sound library combined with the power of the SampleTank 2 1 sound engine take Miroslav Philharmonik in a new direction of Orchestral Sound Modules Its not just a sample player with orches tral sounds but an orchestra based sample workstation complete with advanced sound features like STRETCH and Range Control 16 part multi timbral operation and 20 on board DSP based effects 1 Miroslav Philharmonik Miroslav Philharmonik Chapter 2 Using Miroslav Philharmonik 2 1 Starting Miroslav Philharmonik in Cubase VST and Cubase SX Launch Cubase Open the VST Instruments Panel by pressing F11 or by selecting it from the Panels menu VST or from the Devices menu SX The VST instruments rack will open Click on any of the empty slots where it says No VST Instruments and select Philharmonik from the list Now click on the Edit VST or e SX button to open the Miroslav Philharmonik interface Now create a new MIDI track in the main arrange window and select Philharmonik as its output record enable the track and you re ready to play If you were already working on some MIDI tracks and you would like to have Miroslav Philharmonik play these parts simply assign Philharmonik as their output without creating any new MIDI tracks Miroslav Philharmonik is 16 channels multitimbral select the MIDI channel you want to use from the Cubase MI
39. ilter FX the Cutoff frequency can automatically sweep by the effect of a built in LFO The LFO can sync with the BPM of the song e FREQUENCY specifies the frequency at which the filter begins to attenuate e RESONANCE emphasizes the overtones in the region of the cut off fre quency This gives a particular vintage character to the sound especially if used with a 4 pole low pass filter e DEPTH the filter cut off frequency can be moved automatically by an LFO built in into the filter This control sets the amount of modulation e RATE sets the speed of LFO modulation e MODE sets the type of filter You can choose from various types low pass band pass and high pass They all are available in three different slopes from a very natural and pleasing 1 pole to a techno 4 pole Modulations Chorus Figure 7 9 Multi Chorus Figure 7 10 0 00000054 e e Figure 7 9 7 Miroslav Philharmonik multi effects unit 47 Miroslav Philharmonik 48 T E e O 9 e Figure 7 10 Miroslav Philharmonik comes with two different types of chorus The first is a classic stereo chorus which adds space and depth to the sound The second is a special type with a random pitching character The first gives a sense of modulation the second is designed to be less regular and noticeable e DEPTH sets the amount of pitch shifting generated by the chorus RATE adjusts the speed of the chorus LFOs e DRY WET a
40. in the effects section Figure 3 12 This will allow for the global adjustment of the SEND EFFECT level without needing to move all the PART SEND Knobs Tempo Based Effects The tempo related effects in Miroslav Philharmonik can also be synced to the BPM of the sequencer when the sequencer allows this function In this case the effects will also present a BPM ON OFF switch Figure 3 13 When switched ON the effects will be linked to sequencer tempo and its measure unit will turn to division of the beat 3 Controlling Miroslav Philharmonik 25 Miroslav Philharmonik 3 5 Figure 3 14 3 6 Figure 3 16 3 7 26 As with the sound parameters effect parameters can be controlled via MIDI control change MINI Keyboard Miroslav Philharmonik MINI keyboard acts both as display of the notes you re playing and as an input device for playing Miroslav Philharmonik instruments You can play any notes of the 7 octave mini keyboard Figure 3 14 simply by clicking the note with the mouse ZONE control Ub OE Figure 3 15 By clicking the ZONE button you will switch into the ZONE mode Figure 3 15 The MINI keyboard will display how the samples are mapped on the keyboard by a series of zones of alternate color When the keys show no color it means that no sample is associated with those keys To select a zone simply click on it with the MINI keyboard Figure 3 16 or hit the corresponding key on your MIDI keyboard B
41. lick on the white triangle To load an instrument in Miroslav Philharmonik simply double click on its name It will be loaded on the selected part Figure 2 12 in the MIX window The MIX window allows you to load up to 16 Miroslav Philharmonik instru ments per module every instrument will be loaded into a PART To select the PART where you want to load an instrument simply click on the PART number or in the middle of the part window The 1 8 9 16 buttons allow you to switch between the 1 8 and 9 16 parts by displaying them in the MIX window Every PART responds to a MIDI channel CH By clicking and dragging on the CH number of each PART you easily select the MIDI channel that this PART responds to Figure 2 13 Assigning the same MIDI channel to more than one PART enables multiple PARTS to respond to the same MIDI channel for building up to 16 part huge layered sounds You can play the instrument using a master keyboard connected to the sequencer using a MIDI sequence in the track or by playing the Miroslav Philharmonik mini keyboard MIDI activity in the PART is indicated by the PART LED which lights when MIDI is received on that PART Controlling instruments the MIX window All the controls included in the MIX window are designed to give you imme diate control over your mix of instruments Here are several controls that are available e The MIDI channel assignment for each PART can be changed Figure 2 14 e Each PAR
42. ls the effect that LFO 1 has on the Pitch Tuning of the samples useful to create Vibrato effects FILTER controls the effect that LFO 1 has on the Filter Cutoff frequency BPM SYNC allows LFO 1 to be synchronized to host sequencer s BPM FREE RUN selects if LFO 1 starts its run when the key is pressed Free Run OFF or if it is always running Free Run ON LFO 2 Figure 6 8 L 000660606 j Ee Figure 6 8 WAVE selects the waveform of LFO 2 can be Triangle Square Saw Sine Random sample and hold SPEED controls the speed or rate of LFO 2 Expressed in Hz DEPTH controls the master level of LFO 2 LEVEL controls the effect that LFO 2 has on the Level Volume of the samples useful to create Tremolo or Fading effects PITCH controls the effect that LFO 2 has on the Pitch Tuning of the samples useful for creating Vibrato effects FILTER controls the effect that LFO 2 has on the Filter Cutoff frequency PAN controls the effect that LFO 2 has on the stereo panning of the samples BPM SYNC allows LFO 2 to be synchronized to host sequencer s BPM 6 SOUND controls 6 SOUND controls 6 7 6 8 Miroslav Philharmonik Velocity controls ZAK Do 9 0 8 Figure 6 9 CURVE selects the velocity response of the selected part Default is Normal other values are Comp and 2 which are compressed Exp1 and 2 which are expanded Figure 6 9 AMP controls the effect that MIDI
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45. new drop down menu will appear Select the appropriate channel on Philharmonik This channel is now configured to playback Miroslav Philharmonik 2 7 Starting Miroslav Philharmonik in standalone mode In addition to being a plug in instrument Miroslav Philharmonik functions as a standalone application figure 2 1 This allows Miroslav Philharmonik to have all the functionality and flexibility of the plug in in a self contained software instrument This makes it possible to quickly launch Miroslav Philharmonik for live applications when there is no need for a complex sequencer setup The standalone mode can also be useful if you use a sec ond computer for virtual instruments as each PART can be triggered from an individual midi input and then routed to its own separate stereo output AUDIO MIDI SETUP an Miroslav Philharmonik m m BEANS LOAD COMBI 3 le cuom Nd LA RR A RR RN sans o o ORCHESTRA SECTIONS 3 2 s M OS DETACHIE E m 3 u aos E 100 v susct WO 142 MOS Z p Chios DETACHE rie n aa TT LN m 7 85 5818 s S ojojololalala E mmm EJElEJE P T TET e K 99880860 mo LA JL ALLA LL LAO C Ready Tempe 120 00 Pu Cpa load C Figure 2 1 When launching Miroslav Philharmonik standalone for the first time the AUDIO MIDI SETUP window will appear This window is also found under the Settings menu at the top of the screen Here you will select the audio card and mi
46. o return to normal gain after some compression has occurred e DRIVE controls the amount of signal that s sent to the unit therefore sets the compression RATIO controls the strength of the compression Higher values will result in a more evident effect e SPREAD controls the Stereo image Turning up this knob the stereo image will be enlarged The center position leaves the image unaltered Limiter Figure 7 22 00006 6 sua Figure 7 22 This is a multi band analog modeled limiter Inside there are three separate hard knee compressors for the low mid and high bands This can deliver a very powerful compression to drums kits and loops The controls of the three compressors are linked on the interface for simplicity 7 Miroslav Philharmonik multi effects unit Miroslav Philharmonik Compared against the compressor this can deliver a far more aggressive compression style e DRIVE controls the amount of signal that s sent to the limiter therefore sets the compression e OVERLOAD controls the blending between full limiting fully left and full clipping fully right e RELEASE controls the release time of the three compressors 713 BPMlinked effects All effects that have a tempo function Delay Filter Flanger AutoPan Tremolo can be synced to BPM with their speed parameter linked to the BPM of the sequencer Therefore these effects can be easily synced with the compositions BPM with repetitions
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48. omatically open 2 Using Miroslav Philharmonik 15 Miroslav Philharmonik 16 2 4 2 5 2 6 Now create a MIDI track record enable it and choose one of the 16 channels of Philharmonik as its output from the Mixer window and you re now ready to play On some systems a quick play stop is needed to activate the audio streaming and therefore the sound from the plug in You can also insert Miroslav Philharmonik into a stereo AUX track This is convenient in order to save Audio tracks Starting Miroslav Philharmonik in Digital Performer Launch Digital Performer 4 1 or newer and create your new session From the Project menu select Add Track then Instrument Track and choose IK Multimedia Philharmonik stereo Create a MIDI track and choose one of the 16 Philharmonik MIDI channels as its output rec enable the MIDI track and you re ready to play record Starting Miroslav Philharmonik in Sonar Launch Sonar and create your new session using for example the normal template Open the Console pressing ALT 3 and locate an Audio track make sure it s stereo default Right click into the FX insert area black of the AudioTrack on the mixer and choose Philharmonik from the DXi sub menu After a while the Miroslav Philharmonik interface will appear Now locate a MIDI track on the Mixer record enable it select Philharmonik 1 as its output and the MIDI channel you re going to use for this Miroslav
49. oming unreal and so making single note one shot samples which can be unique or limited availability samples finally usable for your music e having a sampled phrase to sing with the help of the mono legato fea ture the notes you need and not those of the original phrase and many many others OOOO mae 0 s Figure 6 3 NOTE enables STRETCH NOTE mode optimized for multisamples PHRASE enables STRETCH PHRASE mode optimized for phrases PITCH controls the tuning of the samples by applying STRETCH resynthe sis Increments are in semitones and range is 3 octaves 6 SOUND controls 6 SOUND controls 6 4 Miroslav Philharmonik FINE controls the tuning of the samples by applying STRETCH resynthesis Increments are in cents and range is 1 semitone BENDER controls the tuning deviation given by the pitch bender wheel Increments are in semitones and range is 2 octaves PAN controls the panning of the zones Default center value is 0 63 is panned hard left and 64 is panned hard right TEMPO controls the speed of the samples by applying STRETCH resynthe sis Default is 100 which means same speed of the original range is from 10 to 1000 1 10 to x10 the original speed HARMONICS controls the tuning of the samples therefore the global Timbre of the samples by applying STRETCH resynthesis Increments are in semitones and range is 2 octaves HARM PRES Harmonic Prese
50. or limit the key range and velocity range of a Part This allows for some very complex layered and split COMBI PRESETS By Clicking the SAVE combi button in the MIX window Figure 5 6 a dialog window will ask to give a name to your COMBI PRESET By clicking on the black arrow beside the COMBI name at the top of the MIX window a pop up menu will appear Figure 5 7 showing all available COMBI PRESETS Simply choose one from the menu list and it will be loaded in Miroslav Philharmonik You can also SAVE AS or DELETE COMBI PRESETS The COMBI PRESETS files are saved by default to the folder PhilharmonikPresets located in the program installation directory Back up function The back up function allows you to produce a back up folder where all the instruments data used in the current Miroslav Philharmonik instance will be placed Simply click on the BACK UP button and a dialog window will ask you to select or make a folder Figure 5 8 All of the data of the instruments used in this Miroslav Philharmonik instance will be copied to this folder including USER PRESETS The back up function is very useful when archiving songs and closing ses sions ensuring that all instruments used by Miroslav Philharmonik for that particular session will be easily retrieved It also allows you to have several producers working on a project and easily share the same materials 5 Saving Sounds in Miroslav Philharmonik Miroslav Philharmonik Chapter
51. pressed in Hz RES Controls the Resonance or Q of the filter It s active for 12 and 24 dB Oct filters not for 6 dB Oct Envelope 1 and 2 controls Envelope 1 Figure 6 5 o 996096 Figure 6 5 Env 1 is used to control the amplitude or volume of the samples playback ATTACK controls the time the sound will take to reach the nominal level once the key is pressed HOLD controls the hold time of Env 1 useful to keep the level steady for a certain time before it starts to fall down to the sustain level DECAY controls the decay time of Env 1 it s the time the volume will take to reach the sustain level SUSTAIN controls the level of the sustained portion of the sound while the MIDI key is kept pressed RELEASE controls the time the sound will take to disappear completely once the key has been released LEVEL controls the master level of Env 1 Useful to globally increase or decrease the level of an instrument or of a single sample when ZONE editing is on 6 SOUND controls Miroslav Philharmonik Envelope 2 Figure 6 6 00090006 u o Figure 6 6 Env 2 is used to control the Tuning pitch of the samples and or the fre guency of the Filter ATTACK controls the time the Pitch and or Filter freg will take to reach the nominal value once the key is pressed HOLD controls the hold time of Env 2 useful to keep the Pitch or Filter freg steady for a certain time be
52. re 6 12 6 SOUND controls 6 SOUND controls Miroslav Philharmonik o A KKK Figure 6 12 Pre and Post Fader controls whether the SEND level changes in proportion to changing the VOLUME of the instrument part post or is independent of the part s volume level pre SEND 1 level control to SEND EFFECT 1 Value is inf 0dB SEND 2 level control to SEND EFFECT 2 Value is inf 0dB SEND 3 level control to SEND EFFECT 3 Value is inf 0dB SEND 4 level control to SEND EFFECT 4 Value is inf 0dB POST 1 switches SEND 1 to POST Fader when illuminated Pre Fader otherwise POST 2 switches SEND 2 to POST Fader when illuminated Pre Fader otherwise POST 3 switches SEND 3 to POST Fader when illuminated Pre Fader otherwise POST 4 switches SEND 4 to POST Fader when illuminated Pre Fader otherwise 43 Miroslav Philharmonik 44 6 SOUND controls Miroslav Philharmonik Chapter 7 Miroslav Philharmonik multi effects unit 711 Miroslav Philharmonik multi effects unit Miroslav Philharmonik contains an integrated multi effects engine Figure 1 1 which offers high quality DSP effects giving maximum flexibility cre ativity and realism to all the PARTS e og T O T KHz Figure 7 1 In Miroslav Philharmonik there are four slots for the insertion of effects on each of the 16 instrument parts individually Four global send effects are also
53. rvation grade controls how the formants of the sound will track the fundamental pitch This allows for choosing if the harmonic overtones of the sound timbre is going to be preserved when the original pitch is changed or not A 1009 o setting means a fully timbre preserving processing a 09 setting means a fully non preserving one Negative values are provided just for creative effect Real world examples If you are pitch shifting a vocal sample phrase or multi sample you will find 80 to 100 to be the most appropriate settings This is because real vocals do not have wide variations in formants pitch If you are pitch shifting an organ multi sample you will find values between 0 and 109 o to be the best This is because organs must have all formants shifting exactly as the fundamental to sound natural Filter controls Figure 6 4 TYPE Selects the filter mode Figure 6 4 LPF low pass filter attenuates high frequencies leaving lows passing through BPF band pass filter attenuates both high and low frequencies allowing mids to pass through 37 Miroslav Philharmonik 38 6 5 HPF high pass filter attenuates low frequencies leaving highs passing through SLOPE Selects the slope or steepness of the filter 6 roll off is 6 dB per octave 1 pole 12 roll off is 12 dB per octave 2 poles 24 roll off is 24 dB per octave 4 poles FREQ Controls the Cutoff frequency of the filter ex
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55. t this knob will respond e to de associate a MIDI CTL from a knob simply select the N A not avail able value In the window you will also find the min max value of the knob you re associating You can easily personalize the range to be controlled with an external MIDI CTL by changing the min max value MIDI CTL associations are saved with your song data as all the sound tweaks you may have done If you want to SAVE a specific MIDI CTL associa tion with the sound you can save a USER PRESET sound This way loading the sound will automatically load its MIDI CTL association You can associate any kind of MIDI Continuous Controller to Miroslav Philharmonik parameters this way CC s from 12 to 15 are associated to the MACRO Controls A B C D knobs by default All the Miroslav Philharmonik GUI parameters knobs can be controlled by MIDI except LFO s Waveform Types Send FX parameters Sends levels can be controlled Preferences Clickon the PREFS button Figure 3 20 to display the Miroslav Philharmonik preferences window In the preferences window Figure 3 21 you can e select the ROOT folder for your Miroslav Philharmonik instruments e select to automatically RELIST the instruments browser window Allows you to switch off auto instruments relist at start up this can be use ful to greatly speed up the Miroslav Philharmonik start up which could take some time in case you have a very large set of instruments on your hard dri
56. tell you whether or not the application is working cor rectly TEMPO This will display the tempo of the current Miroslav Philharmonik session This tempo controls SYNC related synth parameters and Tempo dependent effects CPU LOAD This meter is provided for quick reference on the available CPU resources This allows you to keep your performance in check while using Miroslav Philharmonik 20 2 Using Miroslav Philharmonik SOLO BRASS 4 E MIRO CHOIRS E MIRO ORCHESTRAL PERCUSSIO T MIRO STRINGS V ENSSTRINGS gt n vIOLINS E OVIOUNS gt 4 VIOLINS m Ww BASSES BASSES DETACHE BASSES FAST LEGATO BASSES FULL BASSES HIGHLAALGE IN STRLUMINT Figure 2 15 2 8 Miroslav Philharmonik Loading and playing instruments The available instruments are displayed in the center of the Miroslav Philharmonik interface in the INSTRUMENTS browser window Figure 2 10 The INSTRUMENTS browser list of folders and instruments reflects the same folders and instruments organization of the hard disk folder where your sounds are located This folder is called the root folder and its location is stored in the Miroslav Philharmonik PREFERENCES Figure 2 11 which you can access and change by clicking the PREF button Instruments folders are indicated with a white triangle To open a folder Click on the triangle Opened folders display the list of available instru ments To close a folder c
57. tency with near real time responses on VST Windows systems e When CPU performance is close to or exceeds 100 you may experience deteriorating performance and interruption of the sound To avoid this you can simply lower the maximum number of polyphony notes To get the most out of Miroslav Philharmonik a more powerful CPU will allow you to play more instruments with more polyphony e t is a very good idea to limit the polyphony of instruments if it is not needed A typical case is a drum kit that is playing a cymbal The sample of the cymbal could be long say 20 seconds so if the MIDI part triggers the cymbals 4 times a beat it will result in some second that this part is 57 Miroslav Philharmonik 58 requesting from the engine 20 30 40 voices of polyphony which is com pletely useless In these cases the PART polyphony value MIX area will allow reducing the polyphony of the drum kit to say 8 10 notes leaving room for those instruments that really need a lot of polyphony e For CPU saving purposes use SEND effects instead of PART effects 9 Tips and Tricks Miroslav Philharmonik Chapter 10 Support 10 1 Support For any question you may have please refer to the FAQ at http www philharmonik com FAQ php where you ll find answers to the most common questions For free support visit http www ikmultimedia com Support php 10 2 User Area Together with your authorization code you will also have recei
58. the STH STI and STW files must be moved together or the instrument will not work correctly You can also act directly on the directory path For example you can orga nize your instruments outside of the default folder or have more than one MiroslavInstruments folder and switch between them In this case remember that you need to select where the instruments folder is located by means of the ROOT preferences or Miroslav Philharmonik wont find the instruments As soon as you change the ROOT preferences 4 Organizing instruments 3l Miroslav Philharmonik 32 Figure 4 1 4 3 by selecting your new root folder your personal instrument list will be displayed in the interface Even if you ve changed the instruments organization of the ROOT folder after using them on a song the correct instruments will continue to be loaded when the associated song is loaded You can even keep the instruments folder over a network of computers in order to allow different computers access to a single instruments folder having Miroslav Philharmonik loading instruments from the network The Miroslav Philharmonik instrument format is also multi platform This way instruments can be freely shared by Macintosh and Windows machines with no problem Miroslav Philharmonik instruments are also fully compatible with SampleTank 2 and can be loaded and played in SampleTank 2 by simply copying dragging them within SampleTank 2 ROOT fold
59. ting is set to Flat InstrumentPath he path where the Miroslav Philharmonik instru ments are installed Reload RELIST at start up activated deactivated RegID authorization code Serial serial number NumOutputPairs max number of outputs 1 16 stereo outputs BrowsePrev MIDI note number used to browse to Previous Instrument From 0 to 127 1 means disabled BrowseNext MIDI note number used to browse to Next Instrument From 0 to 127 1 means disabled BrowseLoad MIDI note number that s used to Load an Instrument From 0 to 127 1 means disabled 3 Controlling Miroslav Philharmonik Miroslav Philharmonik 3 9 Other controls Volume and Pan You can set the Volume and Pan of each single instrument using the Volume and Pan knobs Figure 3 22 Information i By clicking on the INFO button the credits interface will be displayed Clicking anywhere on the credit interface will return to normal mode This is Figure 3 22 also where the version number of the software can be found Figure 3 23 Figure 3 23 Keyboard modifiers You have some keyboard modifiers which allow for fine control of Miroslav Philharmonik knobs e for finer adjustment of any parameter hold down the CTRL key while dragging the knobs e clicking on any knob while holding the ALT key will cause the control to jump to its default 3 Controlling Miroslav Philharmonik 29 Miroslav Philharmonik 30 3 Controlling Miroslav Philharmonik
60. turing the legendary sounds of the Miroslav Vitous Symphonic Orchestra and Choir Sample collections It covers all sections of the orchestra featuring solo instruments and ensembles of strings woodwinds and brass classical percussion harp classical choirs featuring men women mixed and split plus cathedral pipe organ classical guitar concert piano and harpsichord an entire classical sound workstation in one package Sonic Reality and IK Multimedia have acguired the original sessions from this legendary sample library and have masterfully re engineered them for use in a self contained plug in Miroslav Philharmonik features not only the original library but additional material that has never been released 1 Miroslav Philharmonik 13 Miroslav Philharmonik 14 including additional articulations added samples and whole new instru ments from the original Miroslav orchestral sessions New programming and processing has also been applied to create an even more extensive musical and responsive orchestral collection Miroslav features a wide variety of expressive performance articulations Strings with Vibrato No Vibrato Mute D tach Pizzicato Staccato Sul Ponte Tremolo with various speeds and multiple velocities for the ultimate in expression Woodwind and Brass Ensembles feature the same attention to detail as the strings with both solo and ensembles The incredible choir section includes sustained vowels in multiple dynam
61. ve If the automatic relist at startup is turned off Miroslav Philharmonik will start quickly and will show an instrument list created relying on a cache 3 Controlling Miroslav Philharmonik 2 Miroslav Philharmonik file previously made If any change is made to the structure of the instru ments RELIST on start up should be enabled otherwise the changes won t be shown in the Browse window Select the desired number of Miroslav Philharmonik outputs A slider allows you to select the number of stereo outputs to be used by the module This number may vary among platforms Once the slider is set to a value you ll be able to set the desired output pair to the sequencer Mixing desk from the mix area but only after closing and reopening Miroslav Philharmonik This is because Miroslav Philharmonik declares how many outputs it will put on the mixer at the startup The maximum number of outputs available is 16 stereo pairs 32 single outputs but it may be lower depending on various platform limitations All the information included in the preferences is also stored in the MiroslavPref txt file as well as other info The MiroslavPref txt file can be found here Windows Preferences directory relative to install directory MacOSX Library Application Support IK Multimedia Miroslav Philharmonik Preferences The file contains FirstRun used to detect if this is the first run of the plug in FlatVelocity velocity value when velocity set
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63. velocity has over the Volume of the instrument FILTER controls the effect that MIDI velocity has over the Filter Cutoff frequency PITCH controls the effect that MIDI velocity has over the Tuning of the samples RES controls the effect that MIDI velocity has over the Filter Resonance or Q LFO 1 DEPTH controls the effect that MIDI velocity has over the LFO 1 strength ENV 2 SUSTAIN controls the effect that MIDI velocity has over the value of the Env 2 MACRO controls section mo 606 Figure 6 10 The MACRO controls are up to four parameters specific to each instrument chosen by the sound designer to offer the user an immediate way to affect the sound and tailor it to his needs Figure 6 10 These four parameters from left to right A B C and D will display different labels according to the instrument they are associated with Inactive knobs those without a linked parameter are shaded in gray You can modify sound parameters immediately after loading the instrument by turning the MACRO A B C D knobs accordingly All MACRO parameters can be 41 Miroslav Philharmonik 42 6 9 6 10 controlled through MIDI control change Range controls z m Figure 6 11 The Range Section allows you to create complex splits and layers by limit ing the key range velocity range and transposing PARTS by semitones These settings are saved when saving a C
64. y doing this you can change any of the SOUND parameters for a specific zone You can for example change only the attack of a few notes in a Violin instrument These settings will be applied ONLY to that specific zone leaving the others untouched The ZONE editing is very powerful and extremely detailed because it offers you control at the sample level As for all other instrument parameters you can also SAVE zone modifications into a USER PRESET see paragraph 5 1 for faster access MIDI CTL association You can associate any MIDI CTL MIDI controls to any Miroslav Philharmonik knob to fully control your Miroslav Philharmonik with hardware controllers and keyboards A different MIDI CTL association table can be created for any of the 16 Miroslav Philharmonik parts and also these associations will be saved to the session you re working on or to a COMBI PRESET 3 Controlling Miroslav Philharmonik Figure 3 17 Figure 3 18 Figure 3 19 ET PREFS Figure 3 20 Figure 3 21 Miroslav Philharmonik The procedure to associate MIDI control is as follows e click on the MIDI CTL button Figure 3 17 e click on any of the knobs you want to automate Figure 3 18 a window will be displayed with the name of the knob parameter and a field for associating the MIDI CTL written N A not available Figure 3 19 e click and drag on this field to change the MIDI controller number to which you wan
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