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1. many of our con trols allow you to go way beyond realistic behavior for this or any real world piano which may increase the noise floor artifi cially We provide such extreme variability to allow more creative freedom Please also note that numeric values ranges and intervals for each control do note necessarily correspond to milliseconds decibels cents or any other specific scale They are simply mathematical multipliers that control underlying processes Some of them are on linear scales while others follow distinct mathematical curves Therefore they re best used by ear and feel a Montclarion_1_cls Output st 1 v i Yoices O Max Midi Ch A 1 Memory 0 51GB Adjustments C Attack Dynamics Release 5 44 93 ms 77 27 Pedal Vol e ol f 24 B 34 Adjustments EQ Reverb Swell This knob controls the volume swell of the instrument Offset This controls the amount of sample start offset allowing you to jump ahead into samples Attack This knob controls the sharpness of attack Lower values provide a harder initial transient More moderate values allow you to simulate softer hammer felt while extremely high values allow for a long slow fade in Dynamics This knob shapes the overall dynamic response of the pi ano to allow for a wide range of personal playing styles tonal flavors and performance characteristics The lower the knob setting the less the tonal and dynamic difference between2. the lowest and highest velocities Rel Vol Release Volume This control sets the volume of the note release samples Release This controls the release time of the main note samples Lower settings cause the sound to be damped and cut off while higher settings allow notes to ring out longer Stepping This controls the pitch shifting up or down from the natural root pitch of each sample You can use this knob to trans pose the pitch up or down by 24 semitones in half step increments Tune Tone Controls Low amp Eg a h EO Active Pan This controls the stereo pan position for the instrument Pedal Volume This knob controls the velocity and volume of the sustain pedal up and down sound effects Turning the knob to 0 will disable all pedal sound effects Since midi sustain pedals can only transmit on and off messages there s no way to automatically tell how much intensity and force you re playing the pedal with This knob allows you to adjust the sound to appropriately match the feel of your performance The pedal sound effects were recorded in several velocity layers to provide greater natural realism Key Switch On Off Button This button turns the turning key switches on and off The key switches allow you to press designated keys on your midi keyboard to instantly retune the entire instrument The lowest key switch sets the global root pitch to 12 semitones and the highest sets the global tu
3. while damping the strings aggressively with a hard wooden dowel Montclarion_ _FX_pluck mute_cls nki This is a tuned percussion instrument created by playing various keys while damping the strings lightly with a variety of small wooden and metal objects Montclarion_ _FX_pluck slide_cls nki This is a tuned percussion instrument created by playing various keys while using metal objects to slide up the strings creating a dissonant drifting anti harmony Montclarion_ _FX_gliss_cls nki These are classic string glisses sweeps swells rumbles scrapes and other sustaining and crescendo string effects Montclarion_ _FX_hand slams_cls nki This is a percussion ensemble collection created by playing with bare hands on the body top sides and sound board of the piano Montclarion_ _FX_player_sfx_cls nki These are classic sound effects that can add significant realism to piano tracks The set includes piano bench creaks squeaks and other body adjustments as well as keyboard lid opening and clos ing and sheet music leafing sliding sorting adjusting and shuffling sounds MONTCLARION HALL GRAND PIANO SOUNDIRON Custom Presets Montclarion_big downer nki Big dark and fuzzy like Mike s dog Montclarion_impulster nki Mating call of the pod people Montclarion_mirror grinder nki Compicated and uncomfortable like watching footage of your own corpus callosotomy and then finding out that it hasn t hap pend yet Montcla
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5. MONTCLARION HALL GRAND PIANO SOUNDIRON SOUN MONTCLARION HALL GRANDER Welcome to the Montclarion Hall Steinway Grand Piano This particular hall really resonates with us It s a uniquely curved A Frame chapel tucked high in the densely forested Oakland hills that we ve used to record a number of different Soundiron libraries This hall just so happens to have a beautiful black Steinway 1926 Parlor Grand Piano sitting in it Since the first time we set foot in the sanctuary hall and sat down to play we knew we needed to record it This magical room combined perfectly with this piano creating the right tonal and spatial balance to create a lush bright sound that felt both instantly inspiring and unique We recorded in wide stereo from three distances The close microphone pair is ideal for more intimate scoring The mid microphone is great for a larger acoustic live feel and the far microphone has an incredibly dreamy texture to it We also included a selection of live sfx ambiences abstract atmospheres and evolving soundscapes that can accompany the piano in real time just to provide a bit of added inspiration We decided we needed to have it and so here it is We recorded sustains and release samples as well as pedal sfx bench lid and sheet music sounds Then we popped the hood and went to work capturing a decent selection of sweeps scrapes glisses rumbles and other effects Then we pre pared the piano for a little special
6. RON Far Mic These presets directly correspond to the close mic presets of the same name They were recorded at about 30 meters from the hammers We say 30 meters but we mean like 90 or a hundred feet give or take Standard Piano Montclarion_3_far nki Montclarion_3_far_lite nki Montclarion_3_far_hi mem nki Effects Montclarion_3 FX_gliss_far nki Montclarion_3 FX_hand slams_far nki Montclarion_3 FX_player_sfx_far nki Montclarion_3 FX_pluck kill_far nki Montclarion_3 FX_pluck mute_far nki Montclarion_3 FX_pluck slide_far nki Multi Instrument Banks nkm files These banks require a large amount of ram to load and use properly They may also trigger a large number of voices which can cause CPU spiking and glitching popping snapping buzzing distortion or clicking if the driver latency settings are too low for your sound hardware and or CPU to process the total number of simultaneous voices being played Keep in mind that it s always best to load individual nkis rather than nkm multis since many scripting features such as convolu tion impulse menu are not supported in multi instrument banks for some reason Adding multiple nkis to kontakt will not cause this problem within of a host sequencer unless your manually save the entire bank to a new nkm format file We don t recom mend creating saving or using nkm files since they cause certain kontakt script functions to fail and provide no significant benefit over loa
7. amming imag es scripting designs and text contained in this product are copyrights of Soundiron Ilc This soft ware is licensed but not sold to you by Soundi ron for commercial and non commercial use in music sound effect creation audio video post production performance broadcast or similar finished content creation and production use Indi vidual license holders are permitted to install this library on multiple computers or other equipment only if they are the sole owner and only user of all equipment this software is installed or used on Soundiron allows you to use any of the sounds and samples in the library s you ve purchased for the creation and production of commercial re cordings music sound design post production or other content creation without paying any addi tional license fees or providing source attribution to Soundiron This license expressly forbids any unauthorized inclusion of any raw or unmixed content contained within this product into any other commercial or non commercial sample in strument sound effect library synthesizer sound bank or loop or effect library of any kind without our express prior written consent This license also forbids any unauthorized transfer resale or any other form of re distribution of this product or its constituent sounds or code through any means including but not limited to re sampling reverse engineering decompiling re mixing processing isolating or e
8. ding multiple individual nkis into an instance of Kontakt and saving them as part of a project file within your host sequenc er but we ve provided them as a convenience MONTCLARION HALL GRAND PIANO SOUNDIRON Standard Piano All three mic positions in a single bank The Lite preset is the same program with DFD and voice capping systems to conserve resources The Hi Mem preset loads the entire sample pool into ram and requires roughly 6GB of free ram just to load It also allows higher polyphony This preset is ideal for high end systems running in 64 bit OS and host sequencer environments Montclarion_Piano_Full nkm Montclarion_Piano_Full_ Lite nkm Montclarion_Piano_Full_hi mem nkm Effects Montclarion_Gliss_Full nkm Montclarion_Pluck Kill_ Full nkm Montclarion_Pluck Mute_Full nkm Montclarion_Pluck Slide_Full nkm Montclarion_Slams_Full nkm Montclarion_Player_SFX_Full nkm Ambient Piano These two presets combine the close far piano instruments with the automatic ambient room tone instruments Montclarion_Piano_ Close Ambient nkm Montclarion_Piano_Far_Ambient nkm MONTCLARION HALL GRAND PIANO SOUNDIRON 10 SOUNDIRON SOFTWARE LICENSING AGREEMENT LICENSE AGREEMENT By installing the product you accept the following product license agreement LICENSE GRANT The license for this product is granted only to a single individual user No unlicensed use is per mitted All sounds samples progr
9. e y O 4 Z 2 A 2 3 MONTCLARION HALL GRAND PIANO SOUNDIRON Format All of the sample content is included as standard open PCM wav files to allow you easy access to manipulate reprogram and customize the sounds however you wish We know that it s important for many users to be able to go beyond the limitations of any one format so we ve kept this library s directories and files open for our ad vanced users As a professional you may have your own workflow or format requirements and we trust that you ll respect our hard work and won t share this con tent with anyone who hasn t paid for it You ll need the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5 1 0 or later to use the nki presets in this li brary The free Kontakt Player and any other version of Kontakt that came bundled with another library or software product other than NI s full Komplete pack age don t support this library The free Kontakt Player is NOT a full version of Kontakt and cannot load or play standard open format Kontakt instruments wav samples or libraries Please read all instrument specs and software requirements before purchasing this or any other Soundi ron products to see the full list of software requirements features and format compatibility for each library Fidelity This library was recorded in wide stereo at 44 IkHz 24bit This was recorded on location in a wet church hall environment Natural room t
10. e 3 EQ Gain knobs control bass mid and treble tone characteristics It s found on the front panel MONTCLARION HALL GRAND PIANO SOUNDIRON INSTRUMENT PRESETS Please note that all presets listed are designed to be used with the full retail version of Kontakt 3 5 or higher These presets do not work with the free Kontakt Player We ve created a variety of ready made presets that present some of the many sides our Montclarion HallPiano has to offer You can modify all preset values If you wish to restore any knob set ting to it s default value after you ve changed it simply hold the control key and press your right mouse button This only works for knobs Buttons and menus cannot be automated Close Mic Standard Piano Montclarion_ _cls nki This is the primary preset in this library The mics were arranged in a wide pattern on a plane parallel to the hammers Montclarion_ _cls_lite nki A low memory DFD version of the main preset which tighter voice restrictions as well This is more ideal for systems with less available resources Montclarion_ _cl_hi mem nki Beware This preset loads the entire sample pool into ram and requires roughly 2GB of free ram just to load It also allows high er polyphony This preset is ideal for high end systems running in 64 bit OS and host sequencer environments Effects Montclarion_ _FX_pluck kill_cls nki This is a tuned percussion instrument created by playing various keys
11. etness 30 Adjustments EQ Reverb Dry Mix This knob controls the amount of dry or clean signal returning from the convolution reverb effect This knob is only active when a reverb impulse has been loaded in the Impulse Select drop down menu located to the right of the wet mix knob or in presets that come with an impulse already pre loaded Reverb Wet Mix This knob controls the amount of wet signal returning from the convolution reverb effect This knob is only active when a reverb impulse has been loaded in the Impulse Se lect drop down menu located to the right of the Wet mix knob or in presets that come with an impulse already pre loaded Low Pass This knob enables and controls the high frequency roll off amount that is applied to the convolution output Use this to dull darken and soften the sound Tune 0 00 R Convolution Reverb Impulse Menu This drop down menu allows instant access to a variety of custom convolution impulses that we ve captured in some of our favorite locations or created using various special techniques As soon as you load an impulse from the menu the effect is activated and the impulse you ve chosen is loaded into the signal path Once an impulse has been loaded the Dry mix and Wet Mix knobs become active EQ Active On Off Button This button enables disables the parametric EQ filtering and controls It s found on the front panel EQ Gain Controls Thes
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15. ning to 12 semitones higher than normal The center key switch re turns the tuning to normal Fake RR On Off Button This button is only included in the plucked piano presets It activates simulated round robin sample variation to allow more natural sounding variety in the sound as you re trigger any given note repeatedly Turn the button off if you need more precise control over the sound of each note MONTCLARION HALL GRAND PIANO SOUNDIRON CONVOLUTION amp TONE CONTROLS There are a variety of specialized tone effect and performance shaping controls on the front instrument panel providing every thing from subtle tonal reshaping to dramatic otherworldly effects Please be aware that the value ranges for many of our con trols allow you to go way beyond realistic behavior for this or any real world piano which may increase the noise floor artifi cially We provide such extreme variability to allow more creative freedom Please also note that numeric values ranges and intervals for each control do note necessarily correspond to milliseconds decibels cents or any other specific scale They are simply mathematical multipliers that control underlying processes Some of them are on linear scales while others follow distinct mathematical curves Therefore they re best used by ear and feel Montclarion_1_cls Output st 1 v M Voices O Mas Midi Ch A 1 Memory 0 51 GB Reverb Blur 3 o e w
16. one and varoius sonic impurities from clothing body movement and natural mouth and throat sounds may be present in the samples and the softer dynamic layers are naturally quiet result ing in the presence of lo levels of signal noise Our goal is to preserve and accentuate the natural live qualities in our instruments without overly modifying and sterilizing the recordings Therefore please keep in mind that this library isn t designed to provide perfectly sterile result System Requirements Please be aware that many instrument and multi instrument programs in this library are extremely ram cpu and hard disk streaming resource intensive We high ly recommend that you have a 64 bit operating system Windows or OSX with at least 3GB of system ram a multi core cpu and a 7200 rpm SATA or SSD hard disk before purchasing this particular Soundiron library Large sample sets like those found in this library may load slow ly and may cause system instability on some machines Download We provide the Continuata Connect download manager to offer high speed reliable and fully automated library downloading and installation Download and run the lat est version for your OS PC or Mac before proceeding You may also need to add special permissions to your security software for the downloader if it blocks applica tions from accessing the web Next copy paste your download code from your down load email into the Code box in the downloader
17. rion_rezitar nki Very gently spooky Montclarion_wait4it_mw swell nki Patience is a virtue but fuck patience Modwheel makes magic Montclarion_Roomtones_auto nki This program is just for fun It s meant to be loaded along side any other nki program Once you load one of our custom ambi ences and set the midi channel to the same as the channel as the instrument you re playing just start playing As long as you keep playing the ambience will continue Use the Ambience Drop Down menu to pick your environment Then set the volume you want it to play at with Amb Vol knob You can play with the fade times if you want Basically we decided this piano was a little cinematic in it s own right Why not include the movie Montclarion_Roomtones_tuned nki The same ambiences with a simplified manual playback and deep er Ul control Mid Mic These presets directly correspond to the close mic presets of the same name They were recorded at about 7 meters roughly 21 feet from the hammers These presets match the close mic posi tion in structure and control systems Standard Piano Montclarion_2_mid nki Montclarion_2_mid_lite nki Montclarion_2_mid_hi mem nki Effects Montclarion_2_FX _gliss_mid nki Montclarion_2_FX_hand slams_mid nki Montclarion_2 FX_player_sfx_mid nki Montclarion_2 FX_pluck kill_ mid nki Montclarion_2_ FX_pluck mute_mid nki Montclarion_2_ FX_pluck slide_mid nki MONTCLARION HALL GRAND PIANO SOUNDI
18. treatment capturing 3 buzzy resonant and raw tuned string per cussion sets Finally we decided to to a little bare handed 3 man ensemble percussion at the piano s expense Note This library was originally released by Tonehammer in 2009 as the Montclarion Hall Piano MONTCLARION HALL GRAND PIANO SOUNDIRON SOUNDIRON MONTCLARION 2755 Samples 7 25 GB Installed Grand Piano recorded at 3 microphone distances Close player perspective Mid 6m Far 30m Multi Instrument banks nkm 35 Kontakt patches unlocked nki Includes a bonus collection of custom sound designed ambiences and special FX presets Includes a selection of 34 custom convolution reverb impulses Full FX section including e 3 unique experimental prepared piano e Glisses Scrapes amp sweeps e Piano body percussion and Player sfx sheet music bench movement piano hardware etc Note The full version of Kontakt 3 5 or later is required for all Kontakt presets CREDITS Recording Editing Sound Design Mike Peaslee Systems Design Programming amp Scripting Chris Marshall amp Mike Peaslee Photography amp Artwork Gregg Stephens amp Mike Peaslee TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Page OVERVIEW amp CREDITS Page 2 FIDELITY REQUIREMENTS INSTALLATION amp LOADING Page 3 PERFORMANCE CONTROLS Page 4 5 FX amp TONE CONTROLS Page 5 INSTRUMENT PRESET LIST Page 6 9 LICENSE AGREEMENT Page 10 THANK YOU Pag
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