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CHRIS HEIN HORNS

Kontakt Player 2Operation Manual

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Table of Contents

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Powered By KONTAKT PLAYE 2Than" you for purchasing this 4est Service product! powered by NativeInstruments ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ). This manua is designed to get you up and runningStart the instaation by doube0cic"ing @productnameSetup.e?e.>The setup program wi suggest 7&B8rogram CiesBNative

InstrumentsB,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) as the path for the destination foder. 9ou mayaso choose another foder.

!nstalled $olders% $iles% and Links

The setup program creates a new foder caed ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) in the

instaation directory '8rogram CiesBNative Instruments(. This foder containsthe fies re


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&'T% (#i% and TA' Plu)*in !nstallation

=hen the choice is given by the instaer! tic" the correct pug0in from theist of components to insta.

Cor EST! you can choose to automaticay search for the EST pug0in foder! or

manuay seect the EST pug0in foder of your choice. 8ease seect the optionthat best suits your instaation reThe start screen appears first. After cic"ing 7ontinue and confirming

the icense agreement! a window opens where you can seect the instaationocation and the destination foder.
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!nstallation Type

:asy Insta

The easy insta method instas a components of the software. This incudes!

but is not imited to! the standaone appication! a pug0in versions! anddocumentation. In most cases! you wi want to use the easy insta method.

7ustom Insta

9ou aso have the option to perform a custom instaation of your software. Thisis practica in two situations&

9ou want to 're(insta just one or more items without instaingeverything again. If this is the case! chec" ony the necessary bo?es.

9ou "now that you do not need certain items to be instaed. In this case!eave the necessary items unchec"ed.

+pdatin)

4e sure to chec" the Native Instruments web site for any possibe ,-NTA,T 8LA9:;) or product updates that have occurred since the time your software wasmanufactured. Software is fre


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To authorie the ibrary! you shoud use the Native Instruments Service 7enterappication! which was instaed aong with the ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) software. 9oucan start Service 7enter through the Info bo? registration tab. Cor moreinformation on how to use Service 7enter pease see the accompanyingdocumentation in the Service 7enter appication foder.

Met-ods of +sin) KONTAKT PLAYE 2

There are two main ways to use ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; )& as a standaone appication andas a pug0in within a host se


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Core Audio/ This driver for Dac-S J is integrated tighty into the operatingsystem! and wor"s with e?terna soundcards! as we as the Dacs integratedaudio output '"nown as buit0in(. Nowadays! many audio interfaces support 7oreAudio out of the bo?. They are simpy Fpug and pay.F -thers! however! mayre


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Output Laten,y/ This fied dispays the output atency. Cor some drivers you canadjust the atency individuay using a fader. If a fader is not present! thenyou need to open the ASI- 7onfiguration by pressing the ASI- 7onfig button inthe Soundcard tab and adjust the atency using the buffer sie setting in thecontro pane of your audio card. Higher buffer sies resut in higher atencyand vice versa. However! ower buffer sies pace more strain upon thecomputers 78$. If a computers 78$ is strained too much! you may begin to hearaudio artifacts such as pops and cic"s. :?periment with the atency settingunti you find the best compromise between fast response and cean audioperformance.

M!(! 'etup

If your DI/I interface offers mutipe ins and outs! you can choose which one's(connect to ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ). =hen you cic" on the DI/I tab! you see a istof a avaiabe DI/I inputs and outputs. 7ic" on any FoffF designation to turnit on.

=hen used in standaone mode! ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) supports DI/I input from Ksimutaneous ports! yieding a ma?imum of +K simutaneous DI/I channes. 9ou can

access this by enabing up to four different incoming ports in the InputInterface section. They are assigned in order the first enabed port wiappear in ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) as MA 101+! the second enabed port as M4 101+! andso on.

The -utput Interface section is used to specify where the DI/I is channeed to'simiar to DI/I TH;$ ports(. Typicay this is not used for most sampingappications.


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Offline Boun,e Mode/If you hear crac"es or drop0outs when bouncing freeingtrac"s in hosts! pease be aware that not a hosts correcty announce this modeto their pug0ins when ,onta"t 8ayer ) is used as a pug0in! the F-ffine4ounce DodeF button in the :ngine tab is dispayed when ,onta"t receives thebounce signa from the host! this wi automaticay turn this button on if thebutton does not turn on automaticay! this means the host does not support thisfeature and you have to enabe it manuay 'it wi turn orange(.

=e wi now describe the procedures invoved in using ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) insideeach of the major host se


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&'T Plu)*in

Cubase and Nuendo by 'teinber)

KONTAKT PLAYE 2 in Cubase and Nuendo

Launch 7ubase! go to the /evices menu option and seect the ESTInstruments menu option or press C11 on your "eyboard.

A window showing the instrument rac" appears. 7ic" on an empty sot andchoose ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) from the avaiabe ist of instrument pug0ins.

,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) wi now appear in your ist and automaticay be turnedon. It wi aso create a set of audio channes in your EST mi?er thatwi be used for mi? down within your project. This wi aow you to mi?!pan! and process ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; )s output just i"e any other e?istingaudio trac" in your 7ubase song.

7ic" on the :dit 'e( button to ca up the ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) interface.Here you can contro and edit a the features and functions that ,-NTA,T8LA9:; ) has to offer.

Now go to the 8roject page and add a DI/I trac" 'if you do not have one

aready created(.

In the Inspector! go to the -utput parameter section for this DI/I Trac"and cic" on the fied. This wi show a ist of avaiabe DI/I out portsto assign to this DI/I trac". 7hoose ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) from the ist.

Note: If a product does not appear in the list of available VST

instruments" then )ou ma) need to enable it manuall) via the

Devices,plug-in information window% If the product does not show

up there" then it ma) not be installed correctl)% lease refer to

the previous section on installing the plug-in for both Windows

and +ac platforms for more assistance on setting this up%

After having oaded ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) from the ibrary! you shoud be abe totrigger it via DI/I using a "eyboard controer. ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; )s sound wigenerate through the EST mi?er and directy to your sound card. If the pug0in


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does not receive DI/I or generate audio! then ma"e sure to chec" the foowingareas&.

The DI/I channe of your DI/I trac" must correspond to the receive channeof the oaded instrument.

Da"e sure that you have propery configured your sound card for use with

7ubaseNuendo.

9ou may aso want to refer to the 7ubaseNuendo manua which offers additionainstruction in using virtua instruments and pug0ins within a 7ubaseNuendoproject.

Audio +nits Plu)*in

Apple Lo)i, Pro and Lo)i, Epress

Launch Logic and create an audio instrument trac" or set an e?isting audio orDI/I trac" to an audio instrument trac" by cic"ing on the trac" name! hodingdown the mouse button and choose Audio 0 Audio Instrument 0 Inst 1.

/oube cic" the audio instrument trac" to open the environment window.Logic scros automaticay to the first instrument bus in the Logicmi?er.

7hoose the ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) pug0in in the appropriate insert sot of theinstrument trac"! either in the arrange or mi?er window. To do so! cic"onto the insert sot! hod down the mouse button and choose Stereo 0Audio $nits 0 Native Instruments 0 ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ). ',-NTA,T 8LA9:; )

can aso be used as a mutichanne instrument.(

The pug0in now appears in the instrument sot and is ready to use. Theinstrument mi?er channe wi aow you to mi?! pan! and process thesoftware#s output just i"e any other e?isting audio trac" in Logic.

If the ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) interface is not aready open! doube cic" on the

mi?er#s insert sot to ca up the ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) interface. Here youcan contro and edit a the features and functions that the product hasto offer.

After oading an Instrument! you shoud be abe to trigger it via DI/I using a"eyboard controer. ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; )s sound wi generate through the mi?erand directy to your sound card. If the pug0in does not receive DI/I orgenerate audio! then ma"e sure to chec" the foowing two areas&


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Da"e sure the Instrument trac" is seected record enabed in the Arrangewindow.


Da"e sure that you have propery configured your soundcard for use withLogic.

9ou may aso want to refer to the Logic manua which offers additionainstruction in using virtua instruments and pug0ins within a Logic project.

MOT+ (i)ital Perfor0er

Launch /igita 8erformer and create an instrument trac" by seecting8roject 0 Add Trac" 0 Instrument Trac" 0 ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ).

7reate a DI/I trac" by seecting 8roject 0 Add Trac" 0 DI/I Trac". In/igita 8erformers trac" overview window 'or in the se


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After having oaded an Instrument! you shoud be abe to trigger it via DI/Iusing a "eyboard controer. ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; )s sound wi generate through/igita 8erformers mi?er and directy to your sound card. If the pug0in doesnot receive DI/I or generate audio! then ma"e sure to chec" the foowing areas&

Da"e sure DI/I 8atch Through is enabed in the Studio menu of /igita8erformer.

>The DI/I channe of your DI/I trac" must correspond to the receivechanne of the oaded instrument.

Da"e sure that the instruments trac" output is correcty set.

Da"e sure that you have propery configured your sound card for use with/igita 8erformer.

Apple 3ara)eBand

Launch Garage 4and

8ress the OPQ button to create a new OSoftware InstrumentQ Trac". Cromhere you can choose the icon you wish to use.

/oube0cic" the instrument trac" icon or press the OIQ icon to get theTrac" Info.

Crom the Info window e?pand the /etais triange underneath the Instrumenticon to e?pose the trac" settings.

Crom the Generator drop0down menu! choose ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) from among theAudio $nit pug0ins.

7ic"ing on the penci icon ne?t to the ODanuaQ drop0down menu wi openthe ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) interface for editing.

,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) can now be payed using an e?terna DI/I "eyboard.

Cakewalk 'onar

> Launch Sonar> In the synth rac" choose ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) /Ji ).

;oute a DI/I trac" to the /Ji )08ug0in by seecting ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) inthe -ut drop down ist.


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After having oaded an Instrument from the ibrary you shoud be abe to triggerit via DI/I using a "eyboard controer. ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; )s sound wi generatethrough Sonars mi?er and directy to your sound card. If the pug0in does notreceive DI/I or generate audio! then ma"e sure to chec" the foowing areas&

Da"e sure DI/I 8atch Through is enabed in the Studio menu of Sonar.


Da"e sure that the instruments trac" output is correcty set.

Da"e sure that you have propery configured your sound card for use withSonar.

(i)idesi)n Pro Tools

Launch 8ro Toos.

7reate a new Instrument trac" by choosing New Trac" from the Cie menu.

Locate the channe mi?er =indow 0 Di?

The dar" grey bo? at the topmost section of the Instrument channe is the;TAS insert section. 7ic" on the first empty sot to show a avaiabe;TAS pug0ins.

7hoose ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) from the muti0channe ;TAS pug0in Instrumentmenu

To open the pug0in interface for editing! cic" once on the insert sot.

After having oaded an Instrument! you shoud be abe to trigger it via DI/Iusing a "eyboard controer. ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; )s sound wi generate through themi?er and directy to your sound card. If the pug0in does not receive DI/I orgenerate audio! then ma"e sure to chec" the foowing areas&

A physica input may need to be assigned to the instrument trac".

The Instrument trac" fader 'Di? window( may be down.

The instrument trac" in not seected in the :dit window.


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+sin) KONTAKT PLAYE 2

=hether you use ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) as a standaone appication or as a pug0in!once youve set up its audioDI/I options 'in the standaone( or instantiated itas a pug0in and propery routed DI/I and audio to and from it! the program wibehave identicay with very few e?ceptions.

Browser

-n the eft side of the screen is the 4rowser. The 4rowser gives you thecapabiity to navigate through your avaiabe ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) ibraries! aswe as view engine information and assign automation.

Libraries

In the screenshot above! the 4rowser is opened to the Libraries tab. $sing thistab! you wi see a instaed ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) sound ibraries. 9ou can havean infinite amount of sound ibraries instaed here.

In the submenu under the Libraries tab are a few buttons. There is a refreshbutton to refresh the 4rowser and an eject button to eject an optica disc.

9ou wi aso see two dropdown menus for $ser Instruments and $ser Dutis.Anytime you resave an instrument or a muti using the LoadSave menu! your savedinstruments and mutis wi appear in this menu. '4y defaut! they are stored onyour hard drive inside the ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) program foder $ser patches. Laterin this manua! we wi discuss the saving of instruments 'in the LoadSave menusection(.


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Library Bo

Cor each ibrary! there is an Instruments! Dutis! and Info tab. These threetabs aow you to navigate through the ibrary. Instruments are the basicpatches that are created for you to use. Dutis are combinations of variousinstruments.

If you cic" on the Instruments or Dutis button! a instruments or mutis wibe dispayed beow in the 4rowser.

+ultis can be merged with other multis. when loading a new multi"

select /No0 in the 1eplace +ulti dialog bo so that the eisting

multi is not replaced but merged with the new one. note that onl)

the instruments of the new multi will be added to the end of )our

current multi" all other settings" e%g% outputs and master

effects" are left unchanged%

If you cic" on the arrows just to the right of either button! the contents ofthe ibrary wi appear in an easy0to0use hierarchica menu.


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The Info button brings up additiona information about the ibrary.

About/ Here you see important ibrary information! such as the seria number and

the ibrary credits. 7ic" the OShow ;ead0meQ button to open the ibrary read0medocument.

+pdate/ $se this tab to chec" for avaiabe Library updates or crossgrade offersto other products.

e)ister/ A ibraries must be registered to unoc" them for continued use.This tab provides a shortcut to the Native Instruments Service 7enter. 7ic"once to start the Service 7enter appication. Note that Service 7enter must beinstaed for this to wor".

$oru0/ This in" connects you to the user forums of both the ibrary deveoperand Native Instruments.

'upport/ 7ic" this in" to be directed to the reevant Support pages fortechnica support.

Library !nstallation pat-/ $se this to set the insta directory for youribrary. This is especiay necessary when you move your ibrary! either toanother hard dis" or to another ocation. 8ease note that if you use your,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) ibrary e?cusivey in ,-NTA,T )! you must set the ibrary pathhere in order for the ibrary to continue wor"ing correcty.


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Note: 'nl) libraries that are released for 2'NT#2T 3#41 5 6for

eample" this 7est Service product which )ou 8ust purchased9 can be

loaded% 2'NT#2T 3#41 5 is not able to load general 2'NT#2T or

2'NT#2T 5 patches" nor is it able to import libraries from foreign

formats% To do these things" )ou must own the full version of

2'NT#2T 5%

The full version of 2'NT#2T 5 offers other powerful benefits" such

as more etensive editing" and the abilit) to use all 2'NT#2T

patches 6whether user-created or released for 2'NT#2T 3#41 59

and mi and match freel) between the two" as well as import

libraries in foreign formats%

En)ine

7ic"ing on the :ngine tab brings up various information about how the ,-NTA,T

engine is performing. This information is updated in rea0time! so you can watche?acty how it behaves under various conditions 'e.g. high poyphony! high 78$oads! etc.(

Auto0ation

The Automation tab aows you to assign various typesof DI/I automation to various "nobs within ,-NTA,T8LA9:; )

In standaone mode! choose +IDI #utomation.

=hen using ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) as a pug0in!seect (ost #utomation.

=hen in +IDI mode! move the DI/I device#s controthat you want to use for parameter contro in ,-NTA,T8LA9:; ). A Oightning botQ wi ight in red to theeft of the corresponding 77 number in the browser.7ic" on the 77 number and drag it on top of theparameter you want to contro. A hand wi appear ifthe assignment is Oega.Q ;eease the mouse! and theassignment is made.

=ith (ost #utomationmode! seect an unused I/ andeither doube0cic" or cic" on Setto perform the

assignment. The automation aways appies to anentire group.

The onl) functions which can use with host

automation are the volume" tune and pan

;nobs% The performance view ;nobs cannot be

used with host automation%


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Note:Severa parameters can be assigned to the same controer. This is greatif you want a singe contro to do many things! such as increase brightnesswhie increasing eve. Aso note that the Dod whee is usuay fi?ed at7ontroer 1! and Eoume at 7ontroer 3.

e0o1e/ To remove an automation assignment! seect it then cic" on 1emove%

'0oot-in)/ Incoming DI/I data is O


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Output 'e,tion

=hen you cic" the -utputs button! the -utputs window appears at the bottom ofthe rac".

There are two types of faders& O4ueQ faders that reate to channe outputs 'thenumber of faders depends on the number of avaiabe outputs(! and four OorangeQfaders that contro return from the four send effects! as used in Duti setups.:ach fader! output or au? return! has four effect insert points.

Let#s cover output channe features! going from top to bottom.

Add C-annel/Adds another output channe to the -utputs section.

(elete C-annel/To deete a channe! cic" on any section of the channe thatdoesn#t contain an editabe parameter the channe becomes outined in yeow.7ic" on /eete 7hanne to deete. Note& 9ou cannot deete the Au? returnchannes.

4ide !nserts/Hides a inserts to conserve space.

Edit Effe,t/To edit an insert effect! cic" on it. Then cic" on this button toopen and cose the edit section for that effect. To deete an effect! cic" onthe effect strip that incudes the parameters 'notthe modue in the sot( theeffect strip becomes outined in orange. Then! press the computer "eyboard#s/eete "ey.

eset Out Map/This button can be used to restore the output mapping to thedefaut settings.

Make (efault/7ic"ing on this button saves the current output mappings as yourpermanent defauts. 'These output mappings are saved to the ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; )appication directory inside the /efauts foder.(


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Na0e $ields/:ach channe has a name fied at the top. /oube0cic" in thefied! and type in the desired name.

!nsert Effe,t 'lots/To insert an effect! cic" on the downward arrow toward theright of the sot! and seect the desired effect from the drop0down ist.

Ad5ust Output or Au eturn Le1el/Dove the appropriate fader.

Confi)/ This is where you configure the output for number of channes andchanne assignments.

=hen you cic" on a channe#s 7onfig button! a diaog bo? appears with severa

fieds. 9ou can edit the 7hanne Name! but aso! the number of audio channes'cic" on the Audio 7hannes parameter! then drag up or down(. Note that youcan#t specify more audio channes than actuay e?ist.

:ach channe shows up in a ist. 7ic" on the channe#s 8hysica -ut fied! anda pop0up menu appears with a avaiabe output. 7ic" on a physica output toassign it to a ,-NTA,T ) virtua output.

9ou can use the @@ and buttons in the ower eft hand corner to automaticaygo to the ne?t avaiabe output.

Output outin)

Note& There are ony 1+ mono outputs possibe when ,onta"t 8ayer ) is used asan Audio $nit pug0in! even though newer Logic versions support 6) outputs.Surround channes in 7ubase are not supported. In addition to the methodsmentioned beow! different output configurations can aso be saved as part of amuti.

In stand0aone mode! there are 6) mono outputs possibe. Therefore! the ma?imumnumber of supported physica mono outputs is 6). If your audio interface


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supports more than 6) mono outputs! you wi ony be abe to use the first 6)outputs in ,onta"t 8ayer ). -utputs can not be freey mapped on the physicaeve of your audio interface

In pug0in mode! the ma?imum number of virtua mono outputs is aways 6) for ESTand /Ji 1+ for A$ and ;TAS. Cor EST ony! three defaut pug0in versions areavaiabe with ! 1+! and 6) outputs respectivey. Cor a other pug0informats! outputs are seected dynamicay via the host 'pease chec" respectivehost documentation for detais(. If your host does not aow you to removeunused channes! these channes might sti use 78$. ,onta"t 8ayer ) wiautomaticay mute a unused channes and thus ower 78$ usage within the,onta"t 8ayer ) engine.

A defaut configuration is "ept which is used as soon as ,onta"t 8ayer ) isstarted. ,onta"t 8ayer ) "eeps a separate defaut config setting for everyfavor of ,onta"t 8ayer ) in other words! standaone! EST! A$! /Ji! ;TAS ahave their own output configurations. In order to change the output config! you

need to first organie the outputs the way you want and then cic" on the Fma"edefautF button in the -utput section. This ensures that at ne?t startup theoutputs are the way you set them.

Another way to store and reca an output configuration is for pug0in use onyR it is tric"ier and needs carefu handing. The output configuration is asostored together with a pug0in#s tota reca data! which means that a savedsong wi be recaed with the output config it was saved with. This means thata recaed song might contain a ,onta"t 8ayer ) instance with outputs differingfrom the defaut configuration or it might even contain severa ,onta"t 8ayer) instances using entirey different output configurations. This bears a ot ofpotentia troube and practicay no host can effectivey hande this situation.

This is why ,onta"t 8ayer ) has to decare its output re


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Keyboard

The ,eyboard button dispays an onscreen "eyboard which features tinted "eys!which can be hepfu in showing you which "eys are active in any giveninstrument. ,eys which have sampes mapped on them are tinted bue! and"eyswitch "eys are tinted red. ,eys which are being payed wi be shown in rea

time.

9ou can transpose the "eyboards range within three octaves as we as createpitch bend and Doduation events 'DI/I 77 1(.

MasterKontrol

=hen enabed in the Dain 7ontro 8ane! this sits right under that pane andprovides a ot of usefu functions.

The tempo "nob sets the tempo for tempo0synched effects. If ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) isused within a host program! this dispays the host#s tempo. The defaut is1)*.** 48D. There is aso a sync button to sync to incoming tempo information

'not visibe in the standaone version(.

There are three ways to set tempo manuay&

Adjust the tempo "nob.

/oube0cic" on the tempo fied and type in a new number.

Tap a rhythm on the Tap button. Hint& This is aso usefu for finding outthe tempo of a song if you don#t aready "now it.

To use the Detronome! cic" the -n button to enabe it. The ight beow the onbutton fashes with the tempo! and the contro varies the metronome voume.

The Daster Tune area defauts to AKK*! but can be adjusted with the "nob from

A62).** to AK26..

If you#ve used use a sampe ibrary where some of the notes are out of tune!you#re going to lovethis feature R you can set a reference pitch! and tune thesampe against it. The reference tone can aso be used for eve setting withinsystems! or provide a reference tone for tuning guitar! bass! etc.

7ic" on the Note Name fied and drag up and down to seect the reference pitch.Turn it on with the -n button! and use the "nob to set the reference tone eve.


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Load6'a1e

The LoadSave menu gives you options for oading and saving instrument andmutis! as we as resetting the entire muti 'i.e. cearing the rac".(

Instruments and mutis can be oaded using the Load option! and can aso be

oaded by simpy dragging and dropping the N,I or N,D fie from the des"top.

Note that when saving instruments and mutis! you are ony saving theinstrumentmuti definition fies! not the individua sampes. :ach individuasampe is encrypted within the protected monoith fie! and the raw sampescannot be e?tracted. In the Save diaog bo?! the patch P sampes and monoithoptions are not avaiabe. This is due to the copy protection of the ibrarythe sampes cannot be e?tracted nor resaved.

There is an option to save the patch with absoute sampe paths enabed ordisabed. =hen you save with absoute paths enabed! the patch fie incudes adirect and absoute in" to the ocation of the encoded sampes on your harddrive. In other words! the absoute path wi reference your hard drive name andthe e?act subfoders which the encoded sampes are stored. This is the bestoption to use if you wi not be sharing this ibrary among mutipe computersand intend not to move the ocation of the encoded sampes. 4y doing this! everytime you oad one of the user patches! it wi instanty and automaticay findthe sampes.

4y disabing the absoute path option! a reative path is used instead. Core?ampe! if you save the instrument in a subfoder which sits aongside theencoded sampe fies! a reative path wi read something i"e Fgo up one eve


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in the foder hierarchy and you find the encoded sampes there.F ;eativepaths are the best option if you thin" you may move the sampes around. 4e surethat the reative ocation between the newy saved patch and the encoded sampesstays the same in order to ma"e sure the sampes can aways be foundautomaticay.

If a saved patch ever oses trac" of where its sampes are stored! you wi bepresented with a diaog bo? upon oad which prompts you to find the ocation ofthe sampes.

Instruments and mutis saved from within ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) are accessibe throughthe 4rowsers $ser Instruments and $ser Dutis menus! and can be used by anyonewho owns the same ibrary! from within either ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) or the fuversion of ,-NTA,T ). The instruments cannot be used by a user who does not ownthe same ibrary.

Options

The -ptions menu is where you determine overa ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) preferences.7ic"ing on this button to open the -ptions window! which has fivesubcategories.

Tab 7/ !nterfa,e

Here you ma"e basic adjustments to ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; )#s ayout of ,-NTA,T andfunctionaity.

'0all 'i.e6Mid 'i.e6Bi) 'i.e/The Eiew menu ets you choose one of three siesfor ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; )& Sma! Did! and 4ig. The edit bo?es et you specify thesie! in pi?es! for the sie. The width and height have separate fieds tochange a fied! doube0cic" on it and enter the new vaue. Note& The new vauewi ta"e effect the ne?t time you open ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ).

Capture Keyboard fro0 4ost/:nabingthis button catches certain "eyboard "eysand routes them to ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) rather than to the host program. Core?ampe! you may want to type certain things on the "eyboard and have themaffect ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) but have no effect on the host 'e.g. you want to namesomething in ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) using a etter that happens to be a "eyboardshortcut for the host(. :nabing this ensures the "eystro"e is interpreted by,-NTA,T 8LA9:; but not the host.

Capture Mouse fro0 4ost/ This is simiar to 7apture ,eyboard from Host! butdirects Douse =hee movements to ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) instead of the host.

'-ow Mappin) and Keyswit,-es on Keyboard/ This button shades "eys on theOvirtua master "eyboardQ 'aong the ower part of the window( to indicate

mapping and "eyswitching.

Auto*refres- Browser/This option activates the auto updating of the browser.=hen activated! the browser automaticay detects from the operating systemif a foder is changed created.

Menu $ont 'i.e/ This drop0down ist aows setting the font sie bigger forincreased egibiity! or smaer to fit more items on screen.


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'olo Mode/7hoose between Soo In08ace 'ony one instrument can be sooed!others wi be muted( and Soo Latch 'you can switch severa instruments intosoo mode(.

Browser/ (ouble*Cli,k Loads !nstru0ent/If enabed! doube0cic"ing on a Sampein the 4rowser creates a new Instrument! with the sampe spanning the entire"eyboard range. If you Shift07ic" mutipe sampes and doube0cic" on thegroup of Sampes! this not ony creates a new Instrument! but aso auto0maps theSampes e


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Tab / 'ear,-6(B

This screen gives you options to specify what foders or voumes shoud be usedwhen using search functions.

Tab D/ ($( * (ire,t fro0 (isk

A0ount of Me0ory for ($(/Adjusts the amount of ;AD to dedicate to the /C/process. Athough sampes stream from dis"! it is necessary to store attac"s in;AD so they are avaiabe instanty upon paybac". If /C/ isn#t wor"ingpropery! try aocating more ;AD to this function.

Pur)e Menu

8urge anayes which sampes were used in an arrangement! and removes from ;ADany sampes that weren#t used. Thus! ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) can hande huge amounts ofsampes whie e?hibiting very ow ;AD usage. Scoring of arge ensembes withmany instruments and sampes now becomes manageabe.

8urge is avaiabe here on a Goba eve! but is aso avaiabe on theInstrument eve. 9ou woud use Goba purge after a song was done! and youwanted to remove a unneeded sampes. The Instrument purge is handy if you#vefinished a part you can purge sampes for that Instrument aone! thus freeingup ;AD for additiona overdubs.

7ic" on the downward arrow to access the foowing functions.

eset Markers//eetes a OtagsQ that mar" sampes as used.+pdate 'a0ple Pool/ $noads unused Sampes from ;AD! and oads newy mar"edSampes in ;AD.Pur)e All 'a0ples/$noads a Sampes from ;AD.eload All 'a0ples/;eoads a Sampes used in an Instrument.Load E1eryt-in) Pur)ed >"it-out 'a0ples?/ ;eoads the parameters of Sampes thatwere purged! but without the Sampe data itsef.

A dispay for the instrument shows 8urge status.

3reen/A Sampes are oaded.

Oran)e/Sampes have been purged to reduce ;AD re


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&iew Menu

The entire instrument can be re0sied from the Eiew menu. 7hoices are Norma!4igger! and Large. Typicay you wi use Large when creating Instruments! andNorma when everything has been programmed! and you#re using ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) asa pug0in or stand0aone device. 9ou can set the window sie under 'ptions &

Interface%

'yste0 Perfor0an,e Meters

These are ocated in the upper right section of the Dain 7ontro 8ane.

7oc"wise from upper eft! these show the foowing.

Notes/The amount of poyphony being used. The first digit shows the currentnumber of notes being payed the second digit shows the ma?imum amount ofpoyphony.

CP+/ Shows how much 78$ power is being used by ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ). Dore barsindicate more 78$ use.

(isk/Shows the amount of ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; )#s hard dis" access. 8uing more datafrom dis" iuminates more bars.

AM/ Indicates how much memory is being ta"en up by the sampes used by ,-NTA,T8LA9:; ). This figure wi be much higher if /C/ is not being used.

Mini0i.ed Player &iewThe ast button on the right 'ne?t to the NI ogo( is for Instrument Cocus view.

7ic"ing on this button wi instanty oom into the currenty seectedinstrument! and wi hide a other areas of the ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) interface'e.g. 4rowser(. This can be a usefu too to instanty coapse the ,-NTA,T )8ayer screen to its smaest sie and most essentia eements.


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About KONTAKT PLAYE 2An About screen can be accessed by cic"ing either the ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) ogo inthe far upper eft corner of the interface! or the NI ogo in the far upperright corner. The About screen contains the specific version numbers of acomponents of the ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) instaation! as we as design credits andin"s to web pages containing updates! support! and more.

Multi Area

The Duti area is the arge area on the right side of the ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ). Asoreferred to as the ra,k! this is where a oaded ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) instrumentsreside. 9ou can oad mutis 'which are combinations of instruments( or you canoad individua instruments! and they wi both appear here.

Instruments can be reordered in the rac" within the same muti page. This wor"svia drag0and0drop. =hen oading new instruments! these might sti appear inbetween the aready oaded instruments and not at the bottom of the rac".

There are a few buttons in the upper right hand corner that aow you to wor"

with the rac".

The four numerica buttons aow you to switch between four different pages ofthe rac". 4y using these! its possibe to oad up to +K different instrumentsat once.The #u button is a toggle switch to show or hide the au send faders for each

instrument%

!nstru0ent 1iewsPerfor0an,e &iew

The performance view shows a custom pane which aows you to ater specificcharacteristics of the instrument. Here is a view of one e?ampe instrument.Eiews for this 4est Service product wi differ 'sometimes from instrument toinstrument(.9ou can view this pane by cic"ing on the icon immediatey beow the gear iconin the upper eft hand corner 'in the e?ampe beow! its an NI icon(.


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Mini0i.ed and Mai0i.ed &iew

The instrument minimie and ma?imie buttons aow you to instanty coapse ore?pand every instrument in the rac" to its minimied or ma?imied view!respectivey. The ma?imied view is usefu when editing an instrument andaccessing its pane. The minimied view is usefu when you want to view a your

instruments at once.

An instrument in minimied view shows ony its name! soo and mute buttons!voume! pan! and tune "nobs! and meters. The J button in the upper right cornerdeetes the instrument! and the P button switches to performance view.

Instrument ma?imied view is aso avaiabe. An instrument in ma?imied viewshows additiona detais about the instrument! such as output settings! DI/Ichanne! poyphony! a memory meter! and the purge.

2'NT#2T 3#41 5 supports up to >= +IDI input channels 6= ports

with channels each9. onl) the stand-alone version supports =

+IDI in ports. )our ph)sical +IDI in ports that are mar;ed as

active in the #udio Setup dialog?s +IDI tab are assigned to ports

# - D automaticall). in the plug-ins" onl) port # is active%

7ic"ing on the gear icon itsef brings up the Instrument -ptions window! whichwi be discussed beow.

!nstru0ent Options


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'ustain Pedal wit-out Controller/,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) wi recognie ony aswitched controer.

Controller Only/ ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) wi recognie ony a continuouscontroer.

A,,ept All Notes Off6All 'ounds Off/This option wi fiter A Notes -ff and

A Sounds -ff messages! which some oder controers send by defaut.

A,,ept 'tandard Controllers for &olu0e and Pan/This option wi automaticaycause each instrument to automaticay respond to 77X3 for voume and 77X1* forpan.

M!(! Controller FG >&olu0e? an)e/$sing this dropdown menu! you can adjust theminimum and ma?imum vaues that incoming DI/I 77X3 wi transate to whencontroing the voume of an instrument.

!nfo Tab

!nstru0ent !,on/7hoose an Instrument#s identifying icon.

!nstru0ent !nfo/ A notepad for the Instrument! possiby incuding copyrightinformation! hepfu tips! etc.!nstru0ent Cate)ories/7hoose an Instrument category. 4eing abe to search onthis can hep consideraby with database searches.

Aut-or/Information on the sampe#s creator. This is imited to characters! soonger descriptions can go in the Info bo?.

"eblink/ 8rovides a web in" to the author#s web site.


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Troubles-ootin)If something doesnt seem to wor" correcty! there must be a ogica reason forit. Native Instruments software is tested on a variety of computers andconfigurations to ensure proper function. Having said that! there remain aninfinite number of possibe setups and within them any number of compatibiityissues! software conficts! hardware probems and so on.4eow you wi find some tips in regards to troubeshooting common probems with,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ). This ist is by no means e?haustive. Cor more product specificissues pease consut the product handboo"! the Native Instruments Support,nowedge 4ase! or Native Instruments Technica Support.

'tandalone

Library doesnHt find sa0ples/

This diaog opens when the oaded instruments cannot find the associatedsampes. In most cases the reason is because the Library Instaation path hasbeen changed! as in the case when you e?pand your ibrary storage and move youribraries to a new! bigger dis". In this e?ampe! reset the ibraryinstaation path using the Library bo? Info button.


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If you have this option correcty set and continue to get this error! thenpease use the option which best suits your needs.

'a0ple 'ear,- (ialo) >


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! dont -ear any sound/

=ithout being too product specific! there are usuay two reasons for thisprobem. It is either DI/I or soundcard routing reated.

Da"e sure that the ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; DI/I channe is set to receive from yourDI/I device propery. They must be on the same DI/I channe. If in doubt!set the ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; to -DNI.

-utput routing is incorrecty setup. -pen the ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; Audio DI/ISetup ;outing tab and set the outputs to correspond to your soundcardsmonitor 'Dain( outputs.

Incorrect soundcard seected. -pen the Audio DI/I Setup diaog and choosethe correct output device.

T-e sound is distorted% playba,k drops out/

9our atency settings are too ow. Low soundcard buffers 'ow atencysettings( strain your 78$ more! so it may be hepfu to increase thebuffer sie via your ASI- contro pane or in a host! the soundcardsetup. Cor standaone! open the Audio DI/I Setup diaog and move theoutput atency to the right unti you don#t hear any more distortion orpaybac" is norma.

9our 78$ may be overoading. ,-NTA,T 8LA9:; ) 78$ meter to give you a The output atency is too high. -pen the Audio DI/I Setup diaog and movethe output atency sider to the eft.

$or PC users/ 8ease note that some soundcards may not be abe to achieve acomfortabe atency. If this is the case you may want to to try the genericASI-KALL driver.

Plu)*in

My plu)*in does not s-ow up/

4efore chec"ing the foowing options! pease ma"e sure that the atest NIproduct updates are instaed.

Cubase 6 Nuendo& Crom the /evices menu! open the pug0in informationdiaog. Da"e sure that the instaed pug0in can be seen. 7ic" thechec"bo? ne?t to the pug0in name to activate it. ;estart 7ubase or Nuendo

to have the changes ta"e effect. Lo)i,& Da"e sure that the pug0in was instaed. 7hec" the oca pug0ins

foder 'Dacintosh H/LibraryAudio8ug0ins7omponents( for instaeditems.

Start the Logic A$ Danager from the Logic Denu8references.

;escan individua pug0ins or reset and rescan a pug0ins.

:ven after scanning! you may need to activate a pug0in by cic"ingthe chec"bo? ne?t to it.


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(i)ital Perfor0er& ;escanning a the pug0ins usuay heps. To force/igita 8erformer to rescan a pug0ins! you shoud deete the preferencefie Audio$nit info ,a,-e from the foder& DacintoshH/$sersYLibrary8references/igita 8erformer

T-e plu)*in 0akes no sound/

Try the softwares virtua "eyboard 'if appicabe( to see if the probem isDI/I reated. Aso set the pug0in DI/I channe to -DNI 'when appicabe(.

Cubase 6 Nuendo& DI/I trac" output not assigned to pug0in.

Lo)i,/ Instrument Trac" not record enabed

(i)ital Perfor0er&

DI/I trac" -utput not assigned to pug0in.

DI/I Trac" is not record enabed.

M!(! Pat,- T-rou)- not active from the Setup menu.

Pro Tools& 8hysica Input not assigned to Instrument trac"

Error Messa)es

Appli,ation !nstall Error/ If you receive this error! then something has gonewrong with the software instaation. 9our ony choice at this point is toreinsta the software. 4efore doing so! bac" up any important fies.PC/ use the addremove programs software in the =indows contro pane to removethe software and a components. In case the program does not show up pease usethe uninstaer '$N=IS:.:J:( ocated in the appication foder 'i.e. 7&B8rogramCiesBNative InstrumentsB8rogram nameB (

Ma,/ /eete the Appication foder and any preference 'pist( fies beforereinstaing. 8ist fies are ocated in

DA7 H/Library8references

Y Library8references 'where Y is your home foder(Error Creatin) $older 6 A,,ess (enied/ If you receive this error uponinstaation of any NI product on Dac! then it is i"ey there is a permission

probem. The soution is beyond the scope of this guide! but the foowing in"may hep&

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