PSI Marimba - User Manual 2 copy
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1. For Kontakt 4 2 ML L a Te E v AL a A ip TR ILIA we w n fe Nec Um m V E ie o Lg Gui La gt LI UE a Wu HE di ndi pue S gt Prete TTE TET EDI 5 Sarees rare a ME Ld 9 d d VU EST iere Dec et 2 oe Mes vo ee TEES TEE Shenae epe et e TET S L P P lw La Er x iU lt Le E um v d Rete M z caret E Tert D L Pi Tle val CI TUE lt Seige TS gt C p aes P lt Overview The PSI Marimba is a 52 note 3 2GB compressed virtual instrument using Native Instrument s ncw lossless compression format samples Each note of the Robert Van Sice Artist Series 4 1 3 Octave Rosewood Marimba has been meticulously sampled in our cinematic live room with 9 microphones 1 x mono and 4x stereo and up to 23 velocity levels Each note of the main instrument has been individually phase aligned between microphones to give superb focus There are 2 core instruments Main with felt beaters contains rolls and straight hits e Soft with softer beaters contains rolls and straight hits The Main instruments also have a Less Stereo Width version with a narrower stereo field for situations where the natural width of the instrument needs to be reduced There are also extended range versions of these to give you 5 octaves 5 bonus patches are also included which have a hard rubber beater drag strokes with a felt beater and 5th Minor 3rd2. and Major 3rd intervals also with the standard felt beater All sampling involved 9 mics in 5 positions Close Mics e Center Neumann TLM 103 Stereo Neumann KM184 pair e Wide AKG C414 B ULS pair Ambient Mics e Ribbon Coles 4038 pair e Room Neumann u87 pair The resulting instrument is playable in the full retail version of Kontakt V4 2 3 not the free Kontakt Player Contents e 15 patches in NKI format e 10 221 stereo samples at 24bit 44 1khz Original user interface and advanced custom scripting engine Patches e PSI Marimba Main w Rolls NKI e PSI Marimba Main w Rolls ER NKI e PSI Marimba Main NK s PSI Marimba Soft w Rolls NKI s PSI Marimba Soft w Rolls ER NK e PSI Marimba Soft NKI e PSI Marimba Main w Rolls LSW NKI e PSI Marimba Main LSW NKI s PSI Marimba Soft w Rolls LSW NK e PSI Marimba Soft LSW NKI e PSI Marimba Rolls Short NKI e PSI Marimba Rolls Soft Long NKI e PSI Marimba Bonus 5ths NKI e PSI Marimba Bonus Drag Stroke NKI e PSI Marimba Bonus Maj3ra NKI e PSI Marimba Bonus Min3rd NKI e PSI Marimba Bonus Rubber NKI This instrument presented undoubtedly our greatest sound capture challenge to date mainly due to its size the 4 1 3 octaves are around 6 foot long This meant that 5 mics were needed just to close mic it Then we felt that alongside our stan dard room mics a pair of Coles Ribbons would also be useful to capture the beauti ful natural woody feel of the Marimba
3. erface You can also make use of Kontakt s Quick oad feature to make it even easier to load libraries into Kontakt Please refer to the Kontakt user manual for more information The Interface 1 Close Stereo Wide Ribbon and Room faders relate to the volume levels of each of the microphone positions 2 Close Stereo Wide Ribbon and Room edit buttons allow the user to select filter controls and ADSR settings that relate to this microphone position 3 ADSR is a standard amplitude envelope meaning that A Attack Time taken for the initial level to travel from nil to peak beginning when the note is pressed D Decay Time take for the subsequent run down from attack level to the designated sustain level S Sustain The level during the main sequence of the sound duration until the key is released R Release Time take for the level to decay from the sustain level back to zero after the note is released p p a G lt PSI Marimba Main w Rolls E HH HH S e uns Output st 1 r Voices n Mas 28 Purge 0 00 G Midi Ch A 1 g Memory 0 54 GB a M vla PAPER PM loli hz d NE IL CENTRE 1 STEREO NM WIDE Kuu ni limn u uid liun mea i d AMBIENT Mics RIBBON f TALL HI til lnn 1 PSI MARIMBA C 4 Global button selects filter to control all microphone positions default ON 5 HPF high pass filter allows bass r
4. in the room The phase alignment of the audio was essential to the main instruments to ensure a focussed tone this had to be done for each note at every velocity We decided to go for up to 23 velocity layers instead of our usual velocity crossfad ing technique This made for over 10 000 samples a huge undertaking The end result is amazing it really does the instrument justice and represents a forensic audiophile recreation of a world class instrument System Requirements Full version of Kontakt 4 2 3 or above Not for Kontakt Player 3 2 GB of free disc space Installation The library is supplied as a single Zip file This is a compressed folder that you can open using the built in tools on your computer Open the file by double clicking and it will decompress the contents Once decompression is complete you will have a single folder this contains all the files needed to use the sample library Simply copy this folder to the drive where you store your samples For top perfor mance it is recommended to keep sample libraries on a different drive to that of the OS and program files Running The Library Once inside Kontakt if you open the file tab in the browser window on the left hand side you can browse to the instruments of the newly installed sample library Just double click the NKI you wish to use and Kontakt will load it up Alternatively you can drag the NKI from your standard OS explorer window into the Kontakt int
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6. oll off at 12db per octave between 20hz and 800z 6 LPF low pass filter allows treble roll off at 12 db per octave between 20khz and 50hz T Reverb Button on off Dry level Controls the level of the dry portion of the signal Wet level Controls the level of the wet portion of the signal There are 10 preset reverbs to select based on the following convolution impulses e Small L224 ambience 0 25 digital reverb e Studio Music Studio A real rooms e Church Cathedral B real rooms e S plate L96 plate small A digital reverbs M plate E252 22 s real plate 1 plate L480 7 1 s digital reverbs e FX verb 17 1 s reverser Opacity special fx e FX verb 2 anomalous rhythm special fx mix s FX verb 3 rezo breath orven unusual reverbs e Lo fi grammophon 3 8 Rolls on off click star to choose between straight hits and rolls This is only available on patches with rolls w rolls This function is also operated be a dynamic keyswitch on midi note C1 TIPS To reset any control to its original value hold lt lt ctrl gt gt while clicking the knob To adjust any control with finer precision hold lt lt shift gt gt while moving the knob To automate any control right click on an interface function select MIDI learn and send MIDI information from your control surface Now record your desired MIDI automation into your DAW What Kit Was Used We carried out extensive microphone shoot o
7. raphone Staccato Hard Output st 1 Midi Ch A 1 PAPER ST NE ml AO a O F AO CLOSE STEREO ROOM 9 S il e PSI VIBRAPHONE PSI Vibraphone TheClap 2 Output st 1 Midi Ch A 1 PAPER ST NE mr fS i O E MM R RELEASE Suc Nin MNA NY CLOSE STEREO ROOM an an F PQ A RELEASE OOOO SNNN 4 POP CRUNCH THE CLAP V2 The Clap V2 wt PMP Full Output st 1 9 Midi Ch A 1 PAPER ST NE INSTRUMENTS ARD 1 S LOD A E oy ry ara E ut PSI Foley Output st 1 h Voices O ax 256 urge 7 0 00 G Midi Ch A 1 d N i YI I 4M P DEL LEVEL SIZE HPF FILTER HPF LPP oo 2 if ais UL i RTTRCK RELERSE 4 E U L A This End User license agreement EULA is a legal agreement between you and Paper Stone Instruments for the Paper Stone Instruments product that this agreement accompanies including computer software and associated media or multimedia printed materials and electronic documentation By installing or using this product you agree to be bound by the terms of the EULA If you do not agree to the terms of this EULA you may not install or use the product All audio samples provided with the product are the property of Paper Stone Instruments and are licensed to you they are not sold 1 Paper Stone Instruments grants the end user licensee of the product the right to create finished musica
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9. uts to ascertain the correct micro phones pre amps and positioning We used the most effective resulting combinations which were as follows Close Neumann TLM 103 API3124 preamp Prism Conversion Stereo Neumann KM184 pair API 3124 preamps Prism Conversion Wide e AKG C414 BULS pair ISA428 preamps Prism Conversion Ribbon Coles 4038 pair SSL preamps Prism Conversion Room lt Neumann u87 pair e ISA 428 Preamps Prism Conversion Where Was The Instrument Recorded Studio 2 of Paper Stone Studios Nottingham England What Makes Studio 2 So Special Studio 2 is a converted cinema auditorium dating back to 1914 It s floor space is large at around 1400 Sq foot The incredible acoustics of the room are down to 3 factors e An arched ceiling which acts to reduce standing waves e A false floor covering the old staggered seating platforms which acts as a bass trap e Engineered Acoustic treatment in the form of rock wool screens and baffles What are Rolls Rolls are simply a single note hit with 2 beaters in a fast yet steady flow This simply cannot be emulated well in MIDI so was essential to the sampling process Credits Sam Brown Tom Smith Player Recordist Sound Editor and Designer David Healey Scripting Programming Technical Support JI Glyn Lloyd Sampleism GUI Design Coordinator The PSI Marimba is available exclusively at Sampleism com Also oy Paper Stone PSI Vib
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