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ILYA EFIMOV ACOUSTIC GUITAR

S T E E L S T R I N G S

User`s manual

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Introduction Introduction

Thank you for purchasing Ilya Efimov Acoustic Guitar
Library.

We have invested much effort into creating a virtual guitar to
make it sound as real is possible. Due to a great number of
velocity layers you have received a wide dy-namic range and a
maximum possible palette of guitar colors. We hope that music
created with the help of our library will exceed your expectations
and will help you to reach the highest musical standards. Enjoy
!

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Features Features

About 3700 samples, 44,1 Hz 24 bit, stereo

14 velocity layers for each note17 frets on the each string
with a

round-robin algorithm.

Automatic and Manual String Selection

Automatic and manual Left Hand Playing Position Selection

3 modes for automatic search of chord position

11 different articulations

Realistic legato

Realistic glissando

Repetition keys

Different FX and Noises

MIDI Guitar Mode

You cannot use the Libraries tab to Add Library for this
product. Only encoded and locked Powered-By-Kontakt libraries are
loaded through the Libraries window.

In NI KONTAKT browser enter the folder in which you installed
IEAG and load patch Ilya Efimov Acoustic Guitar.nki.

If you use a typical size of the buffer preloading in Kontakt,
this library will use 450 MB of RAM.

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Installation Installation

1. Unpack files downloaded files to any folder (for example you
can create new folder ‘Ilya Efimov Acoustic Guitar’ on your HDD for
data). (PC users should download UNRAR from
http://www.win-rar.com/download.html. MAC users

should downloaded from http://www.unrarx.com/)

The library is protected by the watermark !!!

Each user receives a unique copy !

2. Unpack your unique files and put them in the same folder
(e.g. «Ilya Efimov Acoustic Guitar»)

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Getting startedGetting started

To make fully use the Library we strongly recommend that you
read this Manual.

You will learn about manual and automatic string selection, how
the various chord modes operate, how to play open strings voicings
and much more.

We would like to note some important features of the
Library:

TMost of key switches depend on the sensitivity of velocity and
have two ranges low and high. You can change this threshold of
velocity be-tween using the Key Switch tab on the Options page with
the help of Threshold knob.

Default setting of low velocity is 0 -100 and high velocity is
101 -127.

Any articulation activated manually will work only after holding
the key-switch key.

Throughout the Manual we use the following terms:

high velo. The high range of velocity sensitivity . low velo.
The low range of velocity sensitivity.

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GraphiUserInterfaceGraphic User Intarface

Guitar view

The major part of the graphic interface depicts a guitar fret
board. When you use your midi-keyboard the markers display the
positions of the guitarists left hand fingers. The markers change
the colors and letterings, depending on the articulation being
used. The used articulations are also announced in words under the
fret board. Along the fret board you can see the marker of the left
hand position colored in orange. It marks four frets for the most
comfortable left hand position (playing position) as if you were
playing a real guitar. The Quickinfopanel at the bottom of the GUI
allows you quickly turning on and off options, sound effects and
noises.

The items of this menu allow for quick tuning on and off of this
and that sound effect s and noises or to go from one function to
another. Look up the descrip-tion of these functions in the
corresponding chapter of this Manual. Note: If you click on an item
in the Quick info menu while holding the CTRL-key (control) the
corresponding option page will show up.

Quick info panel

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GraphiUserInterfaceGraphic User Intarface

The Options button opens the panel having a few tabs. By
switching from one tab to another you can edit the settings of the
Library.

Open the Options page. Go to Performance tab.

In the present chapter we shall discuss the user interface
settings.

Knob type. This button changes the colors of control knobs.Drag
vertical. This button alters the direction of the mouse movement to
change the knob values.Background. This button alters the colors of
the Options pages.ShowQuickinfopanel.This button turn Quick Info
pan-el off on the Guitar View page.

Performace Page

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Manual String SelectionManual String Selection

Any key on a piano keyboard corresponds to a certain musical
note. For each note there exists just one key. But the guitar very
often allows to take one and the same note on different strings. At
this the timbre of notes played on dif-ferent strings and at
different positions will vary. In the majority of guitar samples
libraries the user can not choose a string for playing notes. This
impoverishes him considerably and hides the richness of the timbre.
In the present Library you can use not just the first four frets
but all the rest of frets. In this way you will not lose 80% of the
instrument`s music colors.

To make you task easier we have created a complex script. The
string selection and Playing Positions proceeds automatically
according to guitar fin-gering. But quite often the user has to
choose this and that string manually or to determine the left hand
playing position.

Select String Keys

You can choose a string by using A-1, B0, C0, D0, E0, F0 keys.
On the NI Kontakt virtual keyboard this keys are colored
yellow.

If the note you need is not available on the string you selected
this note will be played on another string automatically within
playing position.

Holding the string selection key you can play one-voice melody
line on one string.

E A D G H E

key functionF0 select string E lowE0 select string BD0 select
string GC0 select string D

B-1 select string AA-1 select string E low

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Manual String SelectionManual String Selection

Playing Position

You can at any time set the playing position to a desired fret
with the Set position to fret n keys (E5 to G#6). On the NI Kontakt
virtual keyboard this keys are colored green. The keys correspond
to the notes on the E string.

Alternatively you can use the Shift position keys located at C#5
and D#5 to shift the position relative to the current position. Low
velocities will shift -1/+1 fret, high velocities -3/+3 frets.

key functionC#4 (low velo) shift playing position down + 1
fretC#4 (high velo) shift playing position down + 3 fretsD#4 (low
velo) shift playing position up — 1 fretD#4 (high velo) shift
playing position up — 3 frets

E5 — G#6 select playing position

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AutomaticStringSelectionAutomatic String Selection

The main range of the playing position has 4 frets (4
semitones). We ex-tended this range by one fret so that the string
can be changed correctly while you play chromatic scales. If a note
cannot be found in the playing position range the algorithm will
look for this note on another string within the playing po-sition
range. If the note can still not be found within this range the
algorithm will look for it on adjacent frets and the playing
position will be shifted. The playing position is crucial for the
automatic string selection.

Example:

The playing position is at fret 4 and you play a B2 followed by
a D3. Both

notes are within the playing position and both notes will be
played on

the G string. If you want the D3 to be played on the B string
you have to

use the select string feature or set the playing position to
fret 3.

The shifting of the playing position is accompanied by the sound
of fingers scratching the strings. You can set the volume and
frequency of this effect on the OptionsNoise page. The Fret.Noise
knob. In the regular mode (Guitar Mode) you cannot play more than
six notes simultaneously. Nor can you play more than one note on a
string at the same time.

AutomaticStringSelectionforchord

If you play chords there a several algorithms helping you to
minimize the use of the select string or set playing position
functions.There are two main modes — Chord A and Chord B. Let is
discuss each of them more thoroughly.

Chord mode A. Chord notes played (more or less)
simultaneously.

This mode is for the identification of chords or of a few notes
in the range of four frets playing position. No computer can guess
the next ongoing actions of man one step further. Neither can any
computer guess what the next note to come is. That is why, to
correctly find a playing position algorithm the computer must know
the whole chord. Besides you can hardly play a chord so that all
notes

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AutomaticStringSelectionAutomatic String Selection

could be played ideally at the same time. It is this discrepancy
among notes by a few milliseconds that makes it necessary to set up
a small delay to look for the chord. The less discrepancies among
the notes you play there are the less is the value of the delay
that you can set. To set the time of delays can be done in the
OptionsPerformanceChord Mode A. By default there is an optimal
delay time 20 ms. Within this time span

it is quite easy to play chords. This delay time also does not
interfere with your playing on the midi-keyboard. In case that you
do not like using that mode you can turn it off using the button
Chord A in Quickinfopanelor on the OptionPerformance tab.

Chord Mode B. Strum Chord Mode

This mode can be activated in two ways: Automatically

In this case Chord Mode B must be activated on the
OptionPerformance tab or on the Quick info panel. In this case the
algorithm will try to play each next note on the adjacent string.
This mode is handy while strum-ming fast. This algorithm can only
work when the time interval between notes fits this set parameters,
between time — X and time Y. By default this takes from 20 to 70
ms. If the time span between notes is more than time Y or less than
time X the Chord Mode A comes into action (if it is turn on
manually).Automatic activation of the Chord Mode B adds still more
naturalness and simplicity in using the Library.

Example:Position marker at fret 5. Chord mode B active, time set
to 70ms. If you play a C3 followed by a D3 slower than the 70ms the
algorithm will play both notes on the G string. If you play a C3
followed by a D3 within the 70ms the algorithm will play the C on
the G string and the D on the B string

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AutomaticStringSelectionAutomatic String Selection

Manually

The Chord Mode B is switched on and off by the keyswitch
A#-1

In this case depending on the time span between the notes i.e.
at any time, the algorithm will try to find any following note on
the adjacent string.

When the mode is activated you can see the label in the Guitar
view.

Notice, this mode will not do for playing melodic lines!

Open Strings Chord Mode

The aim of this mode is to use open strings to play chords
without changing the playing position. The Chord Mode B is switched
on and off by the keyswitch C#0.

When the mode is activated you can see the label in the Guitar
view. When this mode is activated you can engage white keys from
A-1 to F0 to use them as open strings. Sometimes it is very
comfortable. For example, if some note is in unison with an open
string. If the velocity of these keys equals 127, you can use to
choose strings (Manual String Selection). In this case no sound
will be produced. We do not recommended you to turn off Chord
Mode-A and Chord Mode-B. If you are going to use chords or even
intervals. Notice that when the modes of chords position
identification are turned off the simple algorithm of string
selection cannot always find the correct layout of notes for a
desirable chord or an interval. Some notes can be lost.

key functionA#-1 (high velo) Turn on Chord Mode BA#-1 (low velo)
Turn off Chord Mode B

key functionC#0 (high velo) Turn on Open Strings Chord Mode BC#0
(low velo) Turn off Open Strings Chord Mode B

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AutomaticStringSelectionAutomatic String Selection

key functionD#0 (high velo) Turn On Open String ModeD#0 (low
velo) Turn Off Open String Mode

Open Strings Mode

You can play on the open strings without changing the playing
position. To do this turn on Open String Mode.

When the mode is activated you can see the label in the Guitar
view.

In this mode you can use white keys from A-1 to F0 as open
strings.

This mode operates like Open Strings Chord Mode but it is not
the same. In the Open Strings mode the strings will change
depending on the playing position. In the Chord Open Strings Mode
the algorithm which tries to find each following note on the
adjacent string and this interferes with the logical determination
on the playing position for playing melody lines.

This Open String Mode will not influence the playing position
when you use white keys as open string

The Open String is switched on and off by the keyswitch D#0

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AutomaticStringSelectionAutomatic String Selection

Please, do not play a melody line when you manually turn on
Chord Mode B or Open Strings Chord Mode (with the help of the
keyswitch). In this case your playing position most probably will
be wrong. You may hear all the notes that you play but you will
feel that they sound unnaturally because of the incorrect
determination of the playing position for the melody line in the
chord mode. These modes are for chord playing. When the chord modes
are turned on manually this will be always indicated in the Guitar
view. Please, watch this!

Keyboard Mode

You can use the Library in the easier mode. This mode is called
Keyboard Mode. The algorithm Automatic String Selection is turn off
in this mode. The first four guitar frets are used in this mode as
it is done in the majority of other famous libraries. The switching
from the Keyboard mode to the Guitarmode is made on the
Quickinfopanel or on the OptionsPerformances page. Perform.Mode
menu.

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ArticulationsArticulations

Legato Mode

Legato on the guitar it is first and foremost the technique of
playing notes by the left hand. Up legato is called hammer-on, down
legato is called pull-off.In the Legato Mode with overlapped notes
either hammer-on or pull-off articula-tions will be activated
depending on the direction of the movement.

The range for the legato detection can be set on the
OptionsPerformancepage

key functionD#1 (high velo) Turn On Legato ModeD#1 (low velo)
Turn Off Legato ModeA0 (hold key) Turn On Legato Mode

If you do not hear legato then the algorithm has changed a
string. To avoid this you can alter the playing position or select
a string with the help of select strings keys.

If Auto legato is on but you want a series of notes to be played
with the non vibrato articulation: instead of turning off auto
legato simply hold the non vibrato key switch while you play these
notes.

When Legato mode is on you will see it indicated by in the
Gui-tar view.

You can also turn on a short-term Legato mode by holding the KS
down A0.

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ArticulationsArticulations

Glissando

Glissando articulation on a guitar is played quite often not
only like an ef-fect but first of all as melody ornaments. We have
recorded all possible versions for each string starting from each
fret within an octave range up and down the fretboard and in
different tempo. You do not have to switch among glissando
versions. The algorithm will do it for you when you wish.

Gliss Mode is on when you hold the key C#1 (Gliss key).

It is obvious, that glissando can be played only on a single
separate string. If you do not hear glissando while holding the
GlissKey it means that glissando impossible, i.e. on that string
there could not exist your target note. Glissando speed depends on
the velocity of the target note to which glissando is heading. The
lower the velocity value is, the slower is the speed.

min 60 BPM, max 200 BMP

The target note can sound in two ways. 1. If you would like to
hear a target note with an active attack (as if the guitarist
picked the string after glissando was over) release the starting
note of glissando before it is over.2. If you would like to hear a
target note without any attack (as if the guitarist did not play
with his right hand) hold the starting note of glissando until it
is reaches the target note.

The volume of glissando depends on the volume of the staring
note and is connected with how long the starting note lasts before
glissando starts. For controlling the volume of glissando (or any
other articulations) see OptionsArt.Volumepage.

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ArticulationsArticulations

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Repetition Keys

Repetition Keys C0 and D0 repeat the last played note or the
chord. If before pressing Repetition Key to hold keyswitch, which
turns on this or that articulation, Repetition Key will repeat
corresponding articulation. Repetition Key repeats any articulation
when keyswitch is held.

When a chord is repeated you hear a small delay between notes.
This simulates strumming playing guitar technique.

The delay time (strum time) can be controlled on the page
OptionsPerformances, the Strumtimeknob. By default the strum

key functionC1 simulates down strum D1 simulates un strum

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ArticulationsArticulations

We tried to automate most of playing techniques so that you
could be less dis-tracted by control functions. But the computer is
just your helper and a lot of articula-tions you should choose
yourself depending on the set task.

Not to tire you, we will not describe each of articulations in
detail. Surely, you will know most of them, so we will just
enumerate all the articulations and tell you how to use them.

All the articulations described in this Chapter are active only
when you hold keyswitch!

As soon as you release keyswitch this sustain articulation is
on. The selection of this or that articulation is indicated by a
written prompt, which appears a little below the fretboard. Each
articulation has its own graphic marker depicted on the
fretboard

while playing the midi-keyboard.

Slide-up

The Library has 4 versions of this articulation. You can choose
one of the two intervals, each of which was recorded in two various
tempos.

Vibrato

Vibrato intensity is controlled by the modulation wheel
(CC#1).

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key functionG#0 (low velo) Slow slide up on the 1 semitoneG#0
(high velo) Fast slide up on the 1 semitoneA#0 (low velo) Slow
slide up on the 2 semitoneA#0 (high velo) Fast slide up on the 2
semitone

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Mute and X-Note

The Mute articulation has 6 layers of velocity for each note and
a Round-Robin function.

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Legato

Sometimes it may turn out to be comfortable to use legato
articulations for one or a few notes. We predicted that
opportunity.

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Flageolets

Flageolets are divided into natural flageolets and artificial
ones. You can choose any one of them.

The natural flageolet has 2 layers of velocity. It has 4 sounds
for each string.

The artificial flageolet can be playing on any fret. Not a sound
will be lost.

key functionB0 (low velo) MuteB0 (high velo) X-Note

key functionA0 (hold key) Turn On Legato

key functionF#0 (low velo) Natural flageoletF#0 (high velo)
Artificial flageolet

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ArticulationsArticulations

Articulationsvolume

By default there are most acceptable values of volume for each
articula-tion. But you can change the volume of each articulation.
Go to page OptionsArt.Vol. In the left side of this page you see
dropout articulation menu. Beside it there is the only control knob
there in this window. Choose the articulation with you the volume
of which you would like to change and set the volume you need. By
default optimal values of volume are already set.

In the right side of the OptionsArt.Vol page you see a table
with informa-tion about volumes of articulations.

Articulations Volume

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FX and NoisesFX and Noises

To make a live sound and maximally truthfully simulate live
performance the Library has a few FX sounds. Some of them are
automated, the others FX sounds can be added at your wish. Read on
about it further.

Noisesswitchedautomatically

Some noises somehow accompany playing. You can never produce
ide-ally clean sound while recording from the mic. The guitarist
may puff, shuffle his closes or touch the guitar body with his
hand, or creak the chair. When you are recording live guitar with a
mics you try to get rid of noises as much as possible. We, on the
contrary, add this artifacts for more realistic perception.
Certainly, you can control them at your consideration. There are a
few types of noises.Release Mutation of string with a right hand
fingers. This sound comes out every time when you release the key
or the sustain pedal (CC64)Noise 1Noises appearing when the guitar
is touched. Noise 2Noises made by the performer (breathing,
puffing, creaking etc.)Fret NoiseScratching of the left hand
fingers of the guitarists along strings. This FX come out when
playing position is changed. The Scratch Noise are recorded from
every string. You can also control the volume of this noise and the
frequency of its ap-pearance with the help of controlling knobs
which were mentioned above. To

add fret. Noise manually using keyswitch, press and holf
A6.Foley Noise. Mic noise.

This noise adds breathing to the sound. It comes out all the
time while you are playing. If you use sustain pedal the noise goes
on sounding until the pedal is on. From drop-down menu on

OptionsPreference.FoleyNoise one of the two given versions of
the noise can be selected.You can control the volume and frequency
of its appearance of any noise. You can also control the dependence
of noise volume on the duration of the last note. The more durable
the note is, the quieter is the noise. You may turn the noise off
if you want.

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FX and NoisesFX and Noises

The control of the noises is done on the OptionsNoise. The
buttons carrying the names of noises turn them on and off. The
control knobs are below this buttons.

Volume. Noise volume controlFrequency. Frequency of random
noises appearances. Time. Counts the time from the attack of the
last produced note during which the level of noise decreases.
Decrease. This parameter determines the number of dBs by which the
noise level decreases during the time determined in the time
parameter. This parameter depends on Time linearly.

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Manually added FXs

To make use of other FXs activated keyswitch manually. When you
turn on FX velocity values can be ignored.

key function rangeA6 Scratch Fret. Noise E1 A2

A#6 String`s Resonance E1 G4H6 FX1 E1 D2C7 FX2 Chord FX E1 —
2

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EffectsEffects

Effects

You can control a sound of the Library according to your taste,
using 4 ef-fects — Reverb, Delay, Equalizer and Compressor.You can
control effects on the OptionsEffects.The quick turning on of this
or that effect is done on the Quick infopanelby pressing the
corresponding button. Remember that the fast access to the Options
page is possible if click on the needed button holding Ctrl
Control on the Quickinfopanel.

Go to OptionEffects page.

To switch among effects to set them is done by Reverb, Delay, EQ
and Compressor buttons. To turn on the effect you need on the
OptionsEffects page press one of the round buttons situated to the
left from the buttons that switch among effects. You can change all
the accessible parameters of each the effects.

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EffectsEffects

ReverbTo simulate the ambiences we use Convolution Reberv. We
created our own Impulses. You see 10 reverberation control
knobs.

Drop-downmenu situated to the right from the reverb button
allows to choose Send. Controls the level of the signal being sent
to be processed to the reverb.Return. the level of the signal being
returned from the reverb.Pre Delay. Introduces a small delay
between the direct signal and reverbed signal.IR Size (Early).
Artificially squeezes or widens the impulse sample in time for
early reverberations. IR Size (Late). Artificially squeezes or
widens the impulse sample in time for late reverberations.High Pass
(Early). Determines cutoff frequency below which the value of
signal frequency will be diminished for early reverberations.High
Pass (Late). Determines cutoff frequency below which the value of
signal frequency will be diminished for late reverberations.Low
Pass (Early). Determines cutoff frequency above which the value of
signal frequency will be diminished for early reverberations.Low
Pass (Late). Determines cutoff frequency above which the value of
signal frequency will be diminished for early reverberations. —

Reverb

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EffectsEffects

DelayDelay effect has 6 means of control.

EqualizerUsing a 3-band equalizer you can change the frequency
range of the guitar sound within 18 dB. Three control parameters
are available for each frequency band

Time.Delay time in millisecondsDamp.Damps high frequencies of
the delayed signalPan. If more then 0 there is a pan effect, which
ping-pongs repetition signal between left and right
channels.Feedback. Sends a portion of the output back into the
input of the delay line, which created repeating echoesSend.
Controls the level of the signal being sent to be processed to the
delay.Return. Controls the level of the signal being returned from
the reverb.

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EQ

Delay

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EffectsEffects

Band 1, Band2, Band3. This are the 3 bands available for being
changed.Frequency. Chooses the frequency to be changed.Bandwith.
Sets the bandwidth to be boosted or cutoff.Gain. Controls the
amount of boost or cutoff.

CompressorDelay effect has 5 means of control.

StereoWe have been striving to create the widest sound without
any correlations. Nevertheless we offer you the opportunity to
manage the sound width.

Threshold. Level at wich the compression start.Ratio. Intensity
of the compressionAttack. Starttime of the compression.Release.
Time of the release after compression.Output. Volume of the
compressed signal.

EQ

Compressor

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Spread. By default Stereo FX is turned off. If you turn the knob
to the far left posi-tion your audio channels will summed to mono.
If you start turning the knob to the right position you will get
artificial widen-Pan. This control allows you to place your signal
within the stereo field. It works exactly like the Pan control of
the Amplifier module.Output. Adjusts the modules output level.

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Global presetsGlobal presets

The drop-down menu is visible in the Guitar view, the
OptionsEffects page, the OptionsPerformance page and the
OptionsNoise page. It consists of 10 factory presets and 10 empty
presets.

If you are on the Guitar view page a selected preset will be
loaded immediately.

If you are on the OptionsEffects page to load the presets
choose some Preset on the drop-down menu and press the LOAD button.
To save presets on the OptionsEffects, OptionsPerformance, pages
choose some preset on the drop-down menu and press the SAVE
button.Only performance mode, legato range, strum time and velocity
sensitivity will not be saved in the global presets

Preset`s menu on the Option pagePreset`s menu on the Guitar
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Extra capabilatiesExtra capabilaties

ControllersandKeySwitchesreassignments

Controllers reassignments Your sequencer can control any
function of the Library. The whole list of keyswitches and
controllers set by default sits in the table which is in the end of
this Manual. It is also replicated in one document. All the
keyswitches can be reassigned according to your will. You can also
assign any midi-controller to every parameter of the Library. To
see the list of the set controllers for this or that parameter o to
reassign them go to the page OptionsCC.

In the left side of the page you see two drop-down menus
Function and CC. Having chosen the needed function determine the
controller`s number, with the help of which you would like to
control the given function. In the right side of the page there is
a table with the list of the controllers having assign already. All
the changes that you make will be displayed in this table.

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KeySwitches reassignments The reassignment of keyswitches is
like controller`s reassignment. To reas-sign keyswitches as you
like go to page OptionKeySwitch.

In the Function menu choose an articulation or other function
which is available in this menu and reassign it a new keyswitch
from the Key menu

In the right side of the OptionsKeyswitch page there is a table
displaying the keyswitches already assigned and all the changed
that you have done.

To save your changes and use them in the future you have to
resave Patch.

You can return all the by default controller`s settings even if
you resaved Patch. Press the Reset button which is in the
OptionsCC. There is a similar Reset button in the
OptionKeyswitch.

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AttackNail

To change the attack in a sound use CC4 controller. By
increasing the value of CC4, you will get the note`s attack rid of
the long nail`s pick of the string. You can also set a value of the
CC4 (AttackNail) on the OptionPerfomancepage.The sound remain in
its unchanged when the value of this parameter equals 0.

Velocity intensity.

Go to the OptionsPerformance page. The Velo intensity knob.
This parameter changes the velocity sensitivity threshold of the
whole Library.

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MIDImode.UsingMIDIGuitar.

Many users prefer to use MIDI Guitar instead of MIDI Keyboard.
In order for MIDI Guitar to function correctly you need to switch
the MIDI Mode.

You can achieve this by two ways.1. On the main page the option
button for string modes toggles between keyboard mode, guitar mode
and midi mode. You need to choose the MIDI Mode.2. Go to the
OptionsPerformancepage. In the Perfomance mode menu choose Midi
Mode. If Midi mode is selected 6 dropdowns will pop up where you
can select the midi channel for each string.

Notes: If you change a KS assignment (go to KeySwitches
reassignments chap-

ter) you also have to change the CC_to_note accordingly (CC to
Note tab). In addition you have to make sure that you dont use a CC
which is already in use for other purpose.The CC_to_note script
transforms the CC value of a CC to velocity.If a CC value is more
then 0 it will turn on a KS. Since the KS are velocity sensitive
you will have to program the pedal board to match the velocity
threshold.If a CC value is 0 it will turn off a KS.

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KeyswitchesKeyswitches

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fretnoise (scratch)FXsFXsFXs

playing position

playing positionshift keys

stringsselection

keys

sustain

legato onlegato off

fast slide up 2slow slide up 2

artificial flageoletnatural flageolet

open strings onopen strings off

open strings chord mode onopen strings chord mode off

chord mode B onchord mode B off

fast slide up slow slide up 1

legatokey

mutex-note

repetition key up strum

gliss key

repetition key down strum

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key functionA-1 select string E low

A#-1 (high velo) chord mode B ONA#-1 (low velo) chord mode B
OFF

B0 select string AC0 select string D

C#0 (high velo) open strings chord mode ONC#0 (low velo) open
strings chord mode OFF

D0 select string GD#0 (high velo) open strings OND#0 (low velo)
open strings OFF

E0 select string BF0 select string E high

F#0 (high velo) artificial flageoletF#0 (low velo) natural
flageolet

G0 sustainG#0 (high velo) slow slide-up 1 semitone G#0 (low
velo) fast slide-up 1 semitone

A0 (hold) legato mode A#0 (high velo) slow slide-up 2
semitoneA#0 (low velo) fast slide-up 2 semitoneB0 (high velo)
x-noteB0 (low velo) mute

C1 repetition key down strumC#1 gliss keyD1 repetition key down
strum

D#1 (high velo) legato mode OND#1 (low velo) legato mode OFF

C#5 down shift playing positionD#5 up shift playing position

E5 — G#6 select playing positionA6 fretnoise FX

A#6 FXsB6 FXsC7 FXs

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cc number functioncc1 vibratocc3 keyswitch thresholdcc4 attack
nailcc7 channel volume

cc10 pancc11 expressioncc14 open string mode onoffcc15 legato
mode onoffcc16 reverb onoffcc17 delay onoffcc18 EQ onoffcc19
compressor onoffcc20 performance modecc21 chord mode A onoffcc22
chord mode A timecc23 chord mode B onoffcc24 chord mode B timecc25
chord mode onoffcc26 open chord mode onoffcc27 fret noise
onoffcc28 fret nois frequencycc29 legato rangecc30 strum timecc31
velocity sensitivitycc33 IR selectcc34 reverb sendcc35 reverb
pre-delaycc36 reverb returncc37 IR size earlycc38 IR size latecc39
IR low pass earlycc40 IR low pass latecc41 IR high pass earlycc42
IR high pass latecc43 delay time

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cc number functioncc44 delay dampcc45 delay sendcc46 delay
pancc47 delay feedbackcc48 delay returncc49 EQ frequency band 1cc50
EQ frequency band 2cc51 EQ frequency band 3cc52 EQ bandwidth band
1cc53 EQ bandwidth band 2cc54 EQ bandwidth band 3cc55 EQ gain band
1cc56 EQ gain band 2cc57 EQ gain band 2cc58 compressor
thresholdcc59 compressor ratiocc60 compressor outputcc61 compressor
attackcc62 compressor releasecc70 release onoffcc71 release
volumecc72 release frequencycc73 release timecc74 release
decreasecc75 noise 1 onoffcc76 noise 1 volumecc77 noise 1
frequencycc78 noise 1 timecc79 noise 1 decreasecc80 pick noise
onoffcc81 pick 1 volumecc82 pick 1 frequencycc85 foley noise
onoffcc86 stereo on offcc87 stereo spreadcc88 stereo pancc89
stereo output

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CreditsCredits

Credits

Producer by Ilya EfimovRecorded at Alexandr Rusanov Studio

Recording engineer by Ilya EfimovScript by Gnter Hirscher

GUI Design by Vera Cheportuzova and Ilya EfimovMix and Presets:
Ilya Efimov and Anatoly Machulenko

Guitar by Vladimir KornevManual design by Ilya Efimov

Special thanks to:

Gunter HirscherAlexandr RusanovEugeny Kondakov

Dmitry KalyabinMaxim Rybakov

Anatoly MachulenkoVera Cheportuzova

Olga FilippovaIgor Durachkin

Sergey Pervov (aka Vosk)Anton SchwarzElena Moiseeva

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S T E E L S T R I N G S

User`s manual

IntroductionFeaturesInstallationGetting startedGraphi User
InterfaceGuitar viewOptions

Manual String SelectionSelect String KeysPlaying Position

Automatic String SelectionAutomatic String Selection for
chordChord mode A.Chord Mode BOpen Strings Chord

Open Strings Mode

Keyboard ModeArticulationsLegatoLegato (method 2)

GlissandoRepetition KeysSlide-upVibratoMute and
X-NoteFlageoletsArticulations volume

FX and NoisesNoises switched automaticallyManually added FXs

EffectsReverbDelayEqualizerCompressor

Global presetsExtra capabilatiesControllers
reassignmentsKeySwitches reassignmentsAttackNailVelocity
intensityMIDI mode. MIDI guitar

KeyswitchesKeyswitches listController listCredits

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User`s manual

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Introduction Introduction

Thank you for purchasing Ilya Efimov Acoustic Guitar
Library.

We have invested much effort into creating a virtual guitar to
make it sound as real is possible. Due to a great number of
velocity layers you have received a wide dy-namic range and a
maximum possible palette of guitar colors. We hope that music
created with the help of our library will exceed your expectations
and will help you to reach the highest musical standards. Enjoy
!

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Features Features

About 3700 samples, 44,1 Hz 24 bit, stereo

14 velocity layers for each note17 frets on the each string
with a

round-robin algorithm.

Automatic and Manual String Selection

Automatic and manual Left Hand Playing Position Selection

3 modes for automatic search of chord position

11 different articulations

Realistic legato

Realistic glissando

Repetition keys

Different FX and Noises

MIDI Guitar Mode

You cannot use the Libraries tab to Add Library for this
product. Only encoded and locked Powered-By-Kontakt libraries are
loaded through the Libraries window.

In NI KONTAKT browser enter the folder in which you installed
IEAG and load patch Ilya Efimov Acoustic Guitar.nki.

If you use a typical size of the buffer preloading in Kontakt,
this library will use 450 MB of RAM.

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Installation Installation

1. Unpack files downloaded files to any folder (for example you
can create new folder ‘Ilya Efimov Acoustic Guitar’ on your HDD for
data). (PC users should download UNRAR from
http://www.win-rar.com/download.html. MAC users

should downloaded from http://www.unrarx.com/)

The library is protected by the watermark !!!

Each user receives a unique copy !

2. Unpack your unique files and put them in the same folder
(e.g. «Ilya Efimov Acoustic Guitar»)

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Getting startedGetting started

To make fully use the Library we strongly recommend that you
read this Manual.

You will learn about manual and automatic string selection, how
the various chord modes operate, how to play open strings voicings
and much more.

We would like to note some important features of the
Library:

TMost of key switches depend on the sensitivity of velocity and
have two ranges low and high. You can change this threshold of
velocity be-tween using the Key Switch tab on the Options page with
the help of Threshold knob.

Default setting of low velocity is 0 -100 and high velocity is
101 -127.

Any articulation activated manually will work only after holding
the key-switch key.

Throughout the Manual we use the following terms:

high velo. The high range of velocity sensitivity . low velo.
The low range of velocity sensitivity.

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GraphiUserInterfaceGraphic User Intarface

Guitar view

The major part of the graphic interface depicts a guitar fret
board. When you use your midi-keyboard the markers display the
positions of the guitarists left hand fingers. The markers change
the colors and letterings, depending on the articulation being
used. The used articulations are also announced in words under the
fret board. Along the fret board you can see the marker of the left
hand position colored in orange. It marks four frets for the most
comfortable left hand position (playing position) as if you were
playing a real guitar. The Quickinfopanel at the bottom of the GUI
allows you quickly turning on and off options, sound effects and
noises.

The items of this menu allow for quick tuning on and off of this
and that sound effect s and noises or to go from one function to
another. Look up the descrip-tion of these functions in the
corresponding chapter of this Manual. Note: If you click on an item
in the Quick info menu while holding the CTRL-key (control) the
corresponding option page will show up.

Quick info panel

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GraphiUserInterfaceGraphic User Intarface

The Options button opens the panel having a few tabs. By
switching from one tab to another you can edit the settings of the
Library.

Open the Options page. Go to Performance tab.

In the present chapter we shall discuss the user interface
settings.

Knob type. This button changes the colors of control knobs.Drag
vertical. This button alters the direction of the mouse movement to
change the knob values.Background. This button alters the colors of
the Options pages.ShowQuickinfopanel.This button turn Quick Info
pan-el off on the Guitar View page.

Performace Page

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Manual String SelectionManual String Selection

Any key on a piano keyboard corresponds to a certain musical
note. For each note there exists just one key. But the guitar very
often allows to take one and the same note on different strings. At
this the timbre of notes played on dif-ferent strings and at
different positions will vary. In the majority of guitar samples
libraries the user can not choose a string for playing notes. This
impoverishes him considerably and hides the richness of the timbre.
In the present Library you can use not just the first four frets
but all the rest of frets. In this way you will not lose 80% of the
instrument`s music colors.

To make you task easier we have created a complex script. The
string selection and Playing Positions proceeds automatically
according to guitar fin-gering. But quite often the user has to
choose this and that string manually or to determine the left hand
playing position.

Select String Keys

You can choose a string by using A-1, B0, C0, D0, E0, F0 keys.
On the NI Kontakt virtual keyboard this keys are colored
yellow.

If the note you need is not available on the string you selected
this note will be played on another string automatically within
playing position.

Holding the string selection key you can play one-voice melody
line on one string.

E A D G H E

key functionF0 select string E lowE0 select string BD0 select
string GC0 select string D

B-1 select string AA-1 select string E low

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Playing Position

You can at any time set the playing position to a desired fret
with the Set position to fret n keys (E5 to G#6). On the NI Kontakt
virtual keyboard this keys are colored green. The keys correspond
to the notes on the E string.

Alternatively you can use the Shift position keys located at C#5
and D#5 to shift the position relative to the current position. Low
velocities will shift -1/+1 fret, high velocities -3/+3 frets.

key functionC#4 (low velo) shift playing position down + 1
fretC#4 (high velo) shift playing position down + 3 fretsD#4 (low
velo) shift playing position up — 1 fretD#4 (high velo) shift
playing position up — 3 frets

E5 — G#6 select playing position

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AutomaticStringSelectionAutomatic String Selection

The main range of the playing position has 4 frets (4
semitones). We ex-tended this range by one fret so that the string
can be changed correctly while you play chromatic scales. If a note
cannot be found in the playing position range the algorithm will
look for this note on another string within the playing po-sition
range. If the note can still not be found within this range the
algorithm will look for it on adjacent frets and the playing
position will be shifted. The playing position is crucial for the
automatic string selection.

Example:

The playing position is at fret 4 and you play a B2 followed by
a D3. Both

notes are within the playing position and both notes will be
played on

the G string. If you want the D3 to be played on the B string
you have to

use the select string feature or set the playing position to
fret 3.

The shifting of the playing position is accompanied by the sound
of fingers scratching the strings. You can set the volume and
frequency of this effect on the OptionsNoise page. The Fret.Noise
knob. In the regular mode (Guitar Mode) you cannot play more than
six notes simultaneously. Nor can you play more than one note on a
string at the same time.

AutomaticStringSelectionforchord

If you play chords there a several algorithms helping you to
minimize the use of the select string or set playing position
functions.There are two main modes — Chord A and Chord B. Let is
discuss each of them more thoroughly.

Chord mode A. Chord notes played (more or less)
simultaneously.

This mode is for the identification of chords or of a few notes
in the range of four frets playing position. No computer can guess
the next ongoing actions of man one step further. Neither can any
computer guess what the next note to come is. That is why, to
correctly find a playing position algorithm the computer must know
the whole chord. Besides you can hardly play a chord so that all
notes

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could be played ideally at the same time. It is this discrepancy
among notes by a few milliseconds that makes it necessary to set up
a small delay to look for the chord. The less discrepancies among
the notes you play there are the less is the value of the delay
that you can set. To set the time of delays can be done in the
OptionsPerformanceChord Mode A. By default there is an optimal
delay time 20 ms. Within this time span

it is quite easy to play chords. This delay time also does not
interfere with your playing on the midi-keyboard. In case that you
do not like using that mode you can turn it off using the button
Chord A in Quickinfopanelor on the OptionPerformance tab.

Chord Mode B. Strum Chord Mode

This mode can be activated in two ways: Automatically

In this case Chord Mode B must be activated on the
OptionPerformance tab or on the Quick info panel. In this case the
algorithm will try to play each next note on the adjacent string.
This mode is handy while strum-ming fast. This algorithm can only
work when the time interval between notes fits this set parameters,
between time — X and time Y. By default this takes from 20 to 70
ms. If the time span between notes is more than time Y or less than
time X the Chord Mode A comes into action (if it is turn on
manually).Automatic activation of the Chord Mode B adds still more
naturalness and simplicity in using the Library.

Example:Position marker at fret 5. Chord mode B active, time set
to 70ms. If you play a C3 followed by a D3 slower than the 70ms the
algorithm will play both notes on the G string. If you play a C3
followed by a D3 within the 70ms the algorithm will play the C on
the G string and the D on the B string

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AutomaticStringSelectionAutomatic String Selection

Manually

The Chord Mode B is switched on and off by the keyswitch
A#-1

In this case depending on the time span between the notes i.e.
at any time, the algorithm will try to find any following note on
the adjacent string.

When the mode is activated you can see the label in the Guitar
view.

Notice, this mode will not do for playing melodic lines!

Open Strings Chord Mode

The aim of this mode is to use open strings to play chords
without changing the playing position. The Chord Mode B is switched
on and off by the keyswitch C#0.

When the mode is activated you can see the label in the Guitar
view. When this mode is activated you can engage white keys from
A-1 to F0 to use them as open strings. Sometimes it is very
comfortable. For example, if some note is in unison with an open
string. If the velocity of these keys equals 127, you can use to
choose strings (Manual String Selection). In this case no sound
will be produced. We do not recommended you to turn off Chord
Mode-A and Chord Mode-B. If you are going to use chords or even
intervals. Notice that when the modes of chords position
identification are turned off the simple algorithm of string
selection cannot always find the correct layout of notes for a
desirable chord or an interval. Some notes can be lost.

key functionA#-1 (high velo) Turn on Chord Mode BA#-1 (low velo)
Turn off Chord Mode B

key functionC#0 (high velo) Turn on Open Strings Chord Mode BC#0
(low velo) Turn off Open Strings Chord Mode B

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key functionD#0 (high velo) Turn On Open String ModeD#0 (low
velo) Turn Off Open String Mode

Open Strings Mode

You can play on the open strings without changing the playing
position. To do this turn on Open String Mode.

When the mode is activated you can see the label in the Guitar
view.

In this mode you can use white keys from A-1 to F0 as open
strings.

This mode operates like Open Strings Chord Mode but it is not
the same. In the Open Strings mode the strings will change
depending on the playing position. In the Chord Open Strings Mode
the algorithm which tries to find each following note on the
adjacent string and this interferes with the logical determination
on the playing position for playing melody lines.

This Open String Mode will not influence the playing position
when you use white keys as open string

The Open String is switched on and off by the keyswitch D#0

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Please, do not play a melody line when you manually turn on
Chord Mode B or Open Strings Chord Mode (with the help of the
keyswitch). In this case your playing position most probably will
be wrong. You may hear all the notes that you play but you will
feel that they sound unnaturally because of the incorrect
determination of the playing position for the melody line in the
chord mode. These modes are for chord playing. When the chord modes
are turned on manually this will be always indicated in the Guitar
view. Please, watch this!

Keyboard Mode

You can use the Library in the easier mode. This mode is called
Keyboard Mode. The algorithm Automatic String Selection is turn off
in this mode. The first four guitar frets are used in this mode as
it is done in the majority of other famous libraries. The switching
from the Keyboard mode to the Guitarmode is made on the
Quickinfopanel or on the OptionsPerformances page. Perform.Mode
menu.

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ArticulationsArticulations

Legato Mode

Legato on the guitar it is first and foremost the technique of
playing notes by the left hand. Up legato is called hammer-on, down
legato is called pull-off.In the Legato Mode with overlapped notes
either hammer-on or pull-off articula-tions will be activated
depending on the direction of the movement.

The range for the legato detection can be set on the
OptionsPerformancepage

key functionD#1 (high velo) Turn On Legato ModeD#1 (low velo)
Turn Off Legato ModeA0 (hold key) Turn On Legato Mode

If you do not hear legato then the algorithm has changed a
string. To avoid this you can alter the playing position or select
a string with the help of select strings keys.

If Auto legato is on but you want a series of notes to be played
with the non vibrato articulation: instead of turning off auto
legato simply hold the non vibrato key switch while you play these
notes.

When Legato mode is on you will see it indicated by in the
Gui-tar view.

You can also turn on a short-term Legato mode by holding the KS
down A0.

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Glissando

Glissando articulation on a guitar is played quite often not
only like an ef-fect but first of all as melody ornaments. We have
recorded all possible versions for each string starting from each
fret within an octave range up and down the fretboard and in
different tempo. You do not have to switch among glissando
versions. The algorithm will do it for you when you wish.

Gliss Mode is on when you hold the key C#1 (Gliss key).

It is obvious, that glissando can be played only on a single
separate string. If you do not hear glissando while holding the
GlissKey it means that glissando impossible, i.e. on that string
there could not exist your target note. Glissando speed depends on
the velocity of the target note to which glissando is heading. The
lower the velocity value is, the slower is the speed.

min 60 BPM, max 200 BMP

The target note can sound in two ways. 1. If you would like to
hear a target note with an active attack (as if the guitarist
picked the string after glissando was over) release the starting
note of glissando before it is over.2. If you would like to hear a
target note without any attack (as if the guitarist did not play
with his right hand) hold the starting note of glissando until it
is reaches the target note.

The volume of glissando depends on the volume of the staring
note and is connected with how long the starting note lasts before
glissando starts. For controlling the volume of glissando (or any
other articulations) see OptionsArt.Volumepage.

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Repetition Keys

Repetition Keys C0 and D0 repeat the last played note or the
chord. If before pressing Repetition Key to hold keyswitch, which
turns on this or that articulation, Repetition Key will repeat
corresponding articulation. Repetition Key repeats any articulation
when keyswitch is held.

When a chord is repeated you hear a small delay between notes.
This simulates strumming playing guitar technique.

The delay time (strum time) can be controlled on the page
OptionsPerformances, the Strumtimeknob. By default the strum

key functionC1 simulates down strum D1 simulates un strum

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We tried to automate most of playing techniques so that you
could be less dis-tracted by control functions. But the computer is
just your helper and a lot of articula-tions you should choose
yourself depending on the set task.

Not to tire you, we will not describe each of articulations in
detail. Surely, you will know most of them, so we will just
enumerate all the articulations and tell you how to use them.

All the articulations described in this Chapter are active only
when you hold keyswitch!

As soon as you release keyswitch this sustain articulation is
on. The selection of this or that articulation is indicated by a
written prompt, which appears a little below the fretboard. Each
articulation has its own graphic marker depicted on the
fretboard

while playing the midi-keyboard.

Slide-up

The Library has 4 versions of this articulation. You can choose
one of the two intervals, each of which was recorded in two various
tempos.

Vibrato

Vibrato intensity is controlled by the modulation wheel
(CC#1).

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key functionG#0 (low velo) Slow slide up on the 1 semitoneG#0
(high velo) Fast slide up on the 1 semitoneA#0 (low velo) Slow
slide up on the 2 semitoneA#0 (high velo) Fast slide up on the 2
semitone

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Mute and X-Note

The Mute articulation has 6 layers of velocity for each note and
a Round-Robin function.

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Legato

Sometimes it may turn out to be comfortable to use legato
articulations for one or a few notes. We predicted that
opportunity.

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Flageolets

Flageolets are divided into natural flageolets and artificial
ones. You can choose any one of them.

The natural flageolet has 2 layers of velocity. It has 4 sounds
for each string.

The artificial flageolet can be playing on any fret. Not a sound
will be lost.

key functionB0 (low velo) MuteB0 (high velo) X-Note

key functionA0 (hold key) Turn On Legato

key functionF#0 (low velo) Natural flageoletF#0 (high velo)
Artificial flageolet

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Articulationsvolume

By default there are most acceptable values of volume for each
articula-tion. But you can change the volume of each articulation.
Go to page OptionsArt.Vol. In the left side of this page you see
dropout articulation menu. Beside it there is the only control knob
there in this window. Choose the articulation with you the volume
of which you would like to change and set the volume you need. By
default optimal values of volume are already set.

In the right side of the OptionsArt.Vol page you see a table
with informa-tion about volumes of articulations.

Articulations Volume

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FX and NoisesFX and Noises

To make a live sound and maximally truthfully simulate live
performance the Library has a few FX sounds. Some of them are
automated, the others FX sounds can be added at your wish. Read on
about it further.

Noisesswitchedautomatically

Some noises somehow accompany playing. You can never produce
ide-ally clean sound while recording from the mic. The guitarist
may puff, shuffle his closes or touch the guitar body with his
hand, or creak the chair. When you are recording live guitar with a
mics you try to get rid of noises as much as possible. We, on the
contrary, add this artifacts for more realistic perception.
Certainly, you can control them at your consideration. There are a
few types of noises.Release Mutation of string with a right hand
fingers. This sound comes out every time when you release the key
or the sustain pedal (CC64)Noise 1Noises appearing when the guitar
is touched. Noise 2Noises made by the performer (breathing,
puffing, creaking etc.)Fret NoiseScratching of the left hand
fingers of the guitarists along strings. This FX come out when
playing position is changed. The Scratch Noise are recorded from
every string. You can also control the volume of this noise and the
frequency of its ap-pearance with the help of controlling knobs
which were mentioned above. To

add fret. Noise manually using keyswitch, press and holf
A6.Foley Noise. Mic noise.

This noise adds breathing to the sound. It comes out all the
time while you are playing. If you use sustain pedal the noise goes
on sounding until the pedal is on. From drop-down menu on

OptionsPreference.FoleyNoise one of the two given versions of
the noise can be selected.You can control the volume and frequency
of its appearance of any noise. You can also control the dependence
of noise volume on the duration of the last note. The more durable
the note is, the quieter is the noise. You may turn the noise off
if you want.

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FX and NoisesFX and Noises

The control of the noises is done on the OptionsNoise. The
buttons carrying the names of noises turn them on and off. The
control knobs are below this buttons.

Volume. Noise volume controlFrequency. Frequency of random
noises appearances. Time. Counts the time from the attack of the
last produced note during which the level of noise decreases.
Decrease. This parameter determines the number of dBs by which the
noise level decreases during the time determined in the time
parameter. This parameter depends on Time linearly.

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Manually added FXs

To make use of other FXs activated keyswitch manually. When you
turn on FX velocity values can be ignored.

key function rangeA6 Scratch Fret. Noise E1 A2

A#6 String`s Resonance E1 G4H6 FX1 E1 D2C7 FX2 Chord FX E1 —
2

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EffectsEffects

Effects

You can control a sound of the Library according to your taste,
using 4 ef-fects — Reverb, Delay, Equalizer and Compressor.You can
control effects on the OptionsEffects.The quick turning on of this
or that effect is done on the Quick infopanelby pressing the
corresponding button. Remember that the fast access to the Options
page is possible if click on the needed button holding Ctrl
Control on the Quickinfopanel.

Go to OptionEffects page.

To switch among effects to set them is done by Reverb, Delay, EQ
and Compressor buttons. To turn on the effect you need on the
OptionsEffects page press one of the round buttons situated to the
left from the buttons that switch among effects. You can change all
the accessible parameters of each the effects.

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ReverbTo simulate the ambiences we use Convolution Reberv. We
created our own Impulses. You see 10 reverberation control
knobs.

Drop-downmenu situated to the right from the reverb button
allows to choose Send. Controls the level of the signal being sent
to be processed to the reverb.Return. the level of the signal being
returned from the reverb.Pre Delay. Introduces a small delay
between the direct signal and reverbed signal.IR Size (Early).
Artificially squeezes or widens the impulse sample in time for
early reverberations. IR Size (Late). Artificially squeezes or
widens the impulse sample in time for late reverberations.High Pass
(Early). Determines cutoff frequency below which the value of
signal frequency will be diminished for early reverberations.High
Pass (Late). Determines cutoff frequency below which the value of
signal frequency will be diminished for late reverberations.Low
Pass (Early). Determines cutoff frequency above which the value of
signal frequency will be diminished for early reverberations.Low
Pass (Late). Determines cutoff frequency above which the value of
signal frequency will be diminished for early reverberations. —

Reverb

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EffectsEffects

DelayDelay effect has 6 means of control.

EqualizerUsing a 3-band equalizer you can change the frequency
range of the guitar sound within 18 dB. Three control parameters
are available for each frequency band

Time.Delay time in millisecondsDamp.Damps high frequencies of
the delayed signalPan. If more then 0 there is a pan effect, which
ping-pongs repetition signal between left and right
channels.Feedback. Sends a portion of the output back into the
input of the delay line, which created repeating echoesSend.
Controls the level of the signal being sent to be processed to the
delay.Return. Controls the level of the signal being returned from
the reverb.

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EQ

Delay

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EffectsEffects

Band 1, Band2, Band3. This are the 3 bands available for being
changed.Frequency. Chooses the frequency to be changed.Bandwith.
Sets the bandwidth to be boosted or cutoff.Gain. Controls the
amount of boost or cutoff.

CompressorDelay effect has 5 means of control.

StereoWe have been striving to create the widest sound without
any correlations. Nevertheless we offer you the opportunity to
manage the sound width.

Threshold. Level at wich the compression start.Ratio. Intensity
of the compressionAttack. Starttime of the compression.Release.
Time of the release after compression.Output. Volume of the
compressed signal.

EQ

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Spread. By default Stereo FX is turned off. If you turn the knob
to the far left posi-tion your audio channels will summed to mono.
If you start turning the knob to the right position you will get
artificial widen-Pan. This control allows you to place your signal
within the stereo field. It works exactly like the Pan control of
the Amplifier module.Output. Adjusts the modules output level.

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Global presetsGlobal presets

The drop-down menu is visible in the Guitar view, the
OptionsEffects page, the OptionsPerformance page and the
OptionsNoise page. It consists of 10 factory presets and 10 empty
presets.

If you are on the Guitar view page a selected preset will be
loaded immediately.

If you are on the OptionsEffects page to load the presets
choose some Preset on the drop-down menu and press the LOAD button.
To save presets on the OptionsEffects, OptionsPerformance, pages
choose some preset on the drop-down menu and press the SAVE
button.Only performance mode, legato range, strum time and velocity
sensitivity will not be saved in the global presets

Preset`s menu on the Option pagePreset`s menu on the Guitar
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Extra capabilatiesExtra capabilaties

ControllersandKeySwitchesreassignments

Controllers reassignments Your sequencer can control any
function of the Library. The whole list of keyswitches and
controllers set by default sits in the table which is in the end of
this Manual. It is also replicated in one document. All the
keyswitches can be reassigned according to your will. You can also
assign any midi-controller to every parameter of the Library. To
see the list of the set controllers for this or that parameter o to
reassign them go to the page OptionsCC.

In the left side of the page you see two drop-down menus
Function and CC. Having chosen the needed function determine the
controller`s number, with the help of which you would like to
control the given function. In the right side of the page there is
a table with the list of the controllers having assign already. All
the changes that you make will be displayed in this table.

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KeySwitches reassignments The reassignment of keyswitches is
like controller`s reassignment. To reas-sign keyswitches as you
like go to page OptionKeySwitch.

In the Function menu choose an articulation or other function
which is available in this menu and reassign it a new keyswitch
from the Key menu

In the right side of the OptionsKeyswitch page there is a table
displaying the keyswitches already assigned and all the changed
that you have done.

To save your changes and use them in the future you have to
resave Patch.

You can return all the by default controller`s settings even if
you resaved Patch. Press the Reset button which is in the
OptionsCC. There is a similar Reset button in the
OptionKeyswitch.

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AttackNail

To change the attack in a sound use CC4 controller. By
increasing the value of CC4, you will get the note`s attack rid of
the long nail`s pick of the string. You can also set a value of the
CC4 (AttackNail) on the OptionPerfomancepage.The sound remain in
its unchanged when the value of this parameter equals 0.

Velocity intensity.

Go to the OptionsPerformance page. The Velo intensity knob.
This parameter changes the velocity sensitivity threshold of the
whole Library.

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MIDImode.UsingMIDIGuitar.

Many users prefer to use MIDI Guitar instead of MIDI Keyboard.
In order for MIDI Guitar to function correctly you need to switch
the MIDI Mode.

You can achieve this by two ways.1. On the main page the option
button for string modes toggles between keyboard mode, guitar mode
and midi mode. You need to choose the MIDI Mode.2. Go to the
OptionsPerformancepage. In the Perfomance mode menu choose Midi
Mode. If Midi mode is selected 6 dropdowns will pop up where you
can select the midi channel for each string.

Notes: If you change a KS assignment (go to KeySwitches
reassignments chap-

ter) you also have to change the CC_to_note accordingly (CC to
Note tab). In addition you have to make sure that you dont use a CC
which is already in use for other purpose.The CC_to_note script
transforms the CC value of a CC to velocity.If a CC value is more
then 0 it will turn on a KS. Since the KS are velocity sensitive
you will have to program the pedal board to match the velocity
threshold.If a CC value is 0 it will turn off a KS.

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KeyswitchesKeyswitches

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fretnoise (scratch)FXsFXsFXs

playing position

playing positionshift keys

stringsselection

keys

sustain

legato onlegato off

fast slide up 2slow slide up 2

artificial flageoletnatural flageolet

open strings onopen strings off

open strings chord mode onopen strings chord mode off

chord mode B onchord mode B off

fast slide up slow slide up 1

legatokey

mutex-note

repetition key up strum

gliss key

repetition key down strum

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key functionA-1 select string E low

A#-1 (high velo) chord mode B ONA#-1 (low velo) chord mode B
OFF

B0 select string AC0 select string D

C#0 (high velo) open strings chord mode ONC#0 (low velo) open
strings chord mode OFF

D0 select string GD#0 (high velo) open strings OND#0 (low velo)
open strings OFF

E0 select string BF0 select string E high

F#0 (high velo) artificial flageoletF#0 (low velo) natural
flageolet

G0 sustainG#0 (high velo) slow slide-up 1 semitone G#0 (low
velo) fast slide-up 1 semitone

A0 (hold) legato mode A#0 (high velo) slow slide-up 2
semitoneA#0 (low velo) fast slide-up 2 semitoneB0 (high velo)
x-noteB0 (low velo) mute

C1 repetition key down strumC#1 gliss keyD1 repetition key down
strum

D#1 (high velo) legato mode OND#1 (low velo) legato mode OFF

C#5 down shift playing positionD#5 up shift playing position

E5 — G#6 select playing positionA6 fretnoise FX

A#6 FXsB6 FXsC7 FXs

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cc number functioncc1 vibratocc3 keyswitch thresholdcc4 attack
nailcc7 channel volume

cc10 pancc11 expressioncc14 open string mode onoffcc15 legato
mode onoffcc16 reverb onoffcc17 delay onoffcc18 EQ onoffcc19
compressor onoffcc20 performance modecc21 chord mode A onoffcc22
chord mode A timecc23 chord mode B onoffcc24 chord mode B timecc25
chord mode onoffcc26 open chord mode onoffcc27 fret noise
onoffcc28 fret nois frequencycc29 legato rangecc30 strum timecc31
velocity sensitivitycc33 IR selectcc34 reverb sendcc35 reverb
pre-delaycc36 reverb returncc37 IR size earlycc38 IR size latecc39
IR low pass earlycc40 IR low pass latecc41 IR high pass earlycc42
IR high pass latecc43 delay time

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cc number functioncc44 delay dampcc45 delay sendcc46 delay
pancc47 delay feedbackcc48 delay returncc49 EQ frequency band 1cc50
EQ frequency band 2cc51 EQ frequency band 3cc52 EQ bandwidth band
1cc53 EQ bandwidth band 2cc54 EQ bandwidth band 3cc55 EQ gain band
1cc56 EQ gain band 2cc57 EQ gain band 2cc58 compressor
thresholdcc59 compressor ratiocc60 compressor outputcc61 compressor
attackcc62 compressor releasecc70 release onoffcc71 release
volumecc72 release frequencycc73 release timecc74 release
decreasecc75 noise 1 onoffcc76 noise 1 volumecc77 noise 1
frequencycc78 noise 1 timecc79 noise 1 decreasecc80 pick noise
onoffcc81 pick 1 volumecc82 pick 1 frequencycc85 foley noise
onoffcc86 stereo on offcc87 stereo spreadcc88 stereo pancc89
stereo output

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CreditsCredits

Credits

Producer by Ilya EfimovRecorded at Alexandr Rusanov Studio

Recording engineer by Ilya EfimovScript by Gnter Hirscher

GUI Design by Vera Cheportuzova and Ilya EfimovMix and Presets:
Ilya Efimov and Anatoly Machulenko

Guitar by Vladimir KornevManual design by Ilya Efimov

Special thanks to:

Gunter HirscherAlexandr RusanovEugeny Kondakov

Dmitry KalyabinMaxim Rybakov

Anatoly MachulenkoVera Cheportuzova

Olga FilippovaIgor Durachkin

Sergey Pervov (aka Vosk)Anton SchwarzElena Moiseeva

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S T E E L S T R I N G S

User`s manual

IntroductionFeaturesInstallationGetting startedGraphi User
InterfaceGuitar viewOptions

Manual String SelectionSelect String KeysPlaying Position

Automatic String SelectionAutomatic String Selection for
chordChord mode A.Chord Mode BOpen Strings Chord

Open Strings Mode

Keyboard ModeArticulationsLegatoLegato (method 2)

GlissandoRepetition KeysSlide-upVibratoMute and
X-NoteFlageoletsArticulations volume

FX and NoisesNoises switched automaticallyManually added FXs

EffectsReverbDelayEqualizerCompressor

Global presetsExtra capabilatiesControllers
reassignmentsKeySwitches reassignmentsAttackNailVelocity
intensityMIDI mode. MIDI guitar

KeyswitchesKeyswitches listController listCredits