USER MANUAL Produced by Vir2 Instruments Vir2 Instruments / is an international team of sound designers, musicians, and programmers, who specialize in creating the world’s most advanced virtual instrument libraries. Vir2 is producing the instruments that shape the sound of modern music. 29033 Avenue Sherman, Suite 201 Valencia, CA 91355 Phone: 661.295.0761 Web: www.vir2.com USER MANUAL 00 FRACTURED/ S T N E TABLE OF T N O C CONTENTS F O E L B A T CHAPTER 01 01 INTRODUCTION TO THE LIBRARY CHAPTER 02: REQUIREMENTS AND INSTALLATION 03 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 03 INSTALLING 04 UPDATING 04 AUTHORIZING CHAPTER 03: USING KONTAKT 05 HOW TO ACCESS THE FRACTURED LIBRARY FROM KONTAKT 05 USING KONTAKT IN STANDALONE MODE 07 USING KONTAKT AS A VST PLUG-IN IN CUBASE AND NUENDO 08 USING KONTAKT AS A VST OR AUDIOUNIT PLUG-IN IN ABLETON LIVE 09 USING KONTAKT AS AN AUDIOUNIT PLUG-IN IN LOGIC PRO, LOGIC STUDIO, LOGIC EXPRESS, ETC. 10 USING KONTAKT IN GARAGEBAND 11 USING KONTAKT AS AN AUDIOUNIT PLUG-IN IN DIGITAL PERFORMER 11 USING KONTAKT AS AN RTAS PLUG-IN IN PRO TOOLS 12 USING KONTAKT AS A PLUG-IN IN ANOTHER HOST E C N E L O VI 00 CHAPTER 04: WORKING WITH THE INSTRUMENTS 13 CHROMATIC KITS 13 DRUM KITS 14 MELODIC, PADS AND SFX (SOUND EFFECTS) 14 TEMPO SYNCED 14 INSTRUMENT INFO 15 FX SETTINGS AND EQ BUTTONS 15 TIP: AUTOMATING KNOBS 15 NOTE: KEY RANGES 16 NOTE: BY HAND (LH RESONANCES) CHAPTER 08: TECH SUPPORT, ETC. 17 TECH SUPPORT 17 THE FULL VERSION OF KONTAKT 5 17 LICENSE AGREEMENT 18 CREDITS 01 CHAPTER 01 FRACTURED/ Y R RA INTRODUCTION B LI HE TO THE T O N T LIBRARY O TI C U D O R FRACTURED is a multidimensional and innovative T N / I01 R virtual instrument focusing on extremely creative and E T P A H C esoteric presentations of acoustic guitars Created for both musical use and sound design, FRACTURED is an innovative new collection of instruments featuring creative and esoteric samples and manipulations of various acoustic guitars. Following the tradition begun by Violence, Vir2’s virtual dismembering of a solo violin, Fractured features 2.3GB of compressed samples and more than one hundred new instruments with numerous variations and effects built into each. Each patch features the organic goodness of the acoustic guitar, but stretches its timbre in new directions to create previously unheard musical effects. Drum kits were made with mallets, fingernail scrapes, metal CE scrapes, cardboard scrapes and pouring rice over the guitar. Long N E L O VI 02 evolving pads were built from acoustic guitar samples that blur the line between electronic and acoustic. Fractured also features playable and dynamic rhythmic loops and patterns, multitimbral arpeggiated creations, huge cinematic impacts, gritty electronic drums, gnarly and etherial melodic instruments, and more innovative sonic goodness. and Sound Effects, and Tempo-Synced.  FRACTURED is powered by the industry-leading Kontakt engine. It is compatible with VST, AudioUnit, and RTAS (Pro Tools 8 and higher) plug-in formats allowing it to work seamlessly within any major sequencer, in addition to standalone use. 03 CHAPTER 02 FRACTURED/ N O TI REQUIREMENTS A L L A T AND S N ND I INSTALLATION A S T N E M E R UI Q RE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS / 2 R 0 For Mac users, FRACTURED an Intel Core Duo, 2GB of RAM, a DVD drive, E T and OS 10.6.8 or 10.7.x. For optimum performance, Vir2 Instruments P A H recommends a 2.0GHz processor or faster. C For Windows users, FRACTURED requires Windows 7 (latest Service Pac, 32/64 Bit) Intel Core Duo or AMD Athlon 64, 2GB of RAM, a DVD drive. For optimum performance, Vir2 Instruments recommends a 2.0GHz processor or faster. The library requires approximately 2.3GB of disk space. INSTALLING The installation of FRACTURED consists of two separate steps: the installation of the Kontakt engine, and the installation of the FRACTURED library. In the FRACTURED folder, you will see the installers for Kontakt 5 and the FRACTURED library folder. Move the FRACTURED library folder to any location on your hard drive, then run the Kontakt 5 installer. The Kontakt installer will install the Kontakt engine, its standalone application, all of its plug-in versions, and the Service Center authorizer program. We recommend the Easy Install and that the install locations for each component are left at their default settings. The FRACTURED library is approximately 2.3GB in size, and can be installed E NC on any available hard drive. For speed reasons, we recommend it be installed E OL on internal or eSATA drives. Firewire can also be acceptable. External USB VI 04 drives may give somewhat less optimized performance. We also recommend 7200 or 10,000rpm drives regardless of the interface used. Once Kontakt is installed, launch the standalone application, or open it as an instrument plug-in from within your preferred host application. Click on the Libraries tab from the Kontakt browser on the left side of the Kontakt interface. Just below “Libraries,” click on “Add Library.” A “Locate Folder” window will appear. Navigate to the Fractured Library folder, highlight it, then click choose. Fractured should now appear in Kontakt’s library browser. UPDATING After installation, please make sure that you are fully updated to the most recent versions of the three components that make up the FRACTURED package: the library (which contains all the patch information and programming), the engine (which is powered by Kontakt), and the authorizer (Service Center). It is possible that any of these components may have a more recent version than you originally received, so you should check for updates to each of these three. You can do this by visiting the vir2.com web site and checking the Support area. AUTHORIZING After you’ve completed installation, FRACTURED will be working in demo mode, meaning it will only work for 15 minutes at a time. To fully authorize it, launch Service Center (found in the Applications folder on a Mac, or the Program Files folder on Windows) and follow its instructions. You will be prompted to enter your e-mail address and password that make up your Native Instruments account, or will be given an option to create an account if you don’t already have one. Once inside the Service Center, it will give you a list of all the Native Instruments and NI-powered products on your hard drive and give you the option to activate them. You are allowed to install and use FRACTURED on up to two computers simultaneously. Service Center will guide you through the process for either online (instant) activation, or offline activation if the computer on which you installed FRACTURED does not have direct access to the internet. 05 CHAPTER 03 FRACTURED/ T K TA USING N O K G KONTAKT N SI U / 3 0 R E T P A H C HOW TO ACCESS THE FRACTURED LIBRARY FROM KONTAKT FRACTURED ships as a Kontakt-powered library, and FRACTURED is opened from within Kontakt, which can be run either as a standalone application, or as a plug-in hosted by any major sequencer on either Macintosh or Windows platforms. All these versions are installed by the Easy Install option of the installer. Users who don’t own a sequencer, or would like to simply boot up and be able to play FRACTURED, can go to their Applications folder (Mac) or Program Files folder (Windows) to launch Native Instruments > Kontakt. Users who wish to use FRACTURED for sequencing or recording, or wish to play it multitimbrally, should use it in plug-in mode within a host sequencer. Kontakt supports the VST, AudioUnit, and RTAS plug-in formats. Any host sequencer that supports these plug-in formats properly will be able to use Kontakt. Instructions vary slightly from sequencer to sequencer, but the general procedure is to instantiate Kontakt as a virtual instrument plug-in, then load an FRACTURED instrument in Kontakt, then route a MIDI track to Kontakt so it can be triggered and recorded. The following instructions will help standalone and plug-in users get up and running quickly with a basic track of FRACTURED. USING KONTAKT IN STANDALONE MODE The standalone Kontakt application can be found in the Applications > Kontakt 5 folder for Mac users, or Program Files > Native Instruments > Kontakt 5 for Windows users. After launching the Kontakt application for the first time, you will be presented with a dialog box to set up your audio and MIDI settings. Settings E C will vary for each user according to the specific setup, but the important N LE thing is to route the audio to a valid audio device, and to set the buffer O VI