E-MU Proteus Rack Library User Manual
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PROTEUS RACK LIBRARY KONTAKT AND KONTAKT PLAYER USER MANUAL Table of Contents 1. Overview 03 2. Functionality 05 Main Panel 05 Amplifier Envelope Panel 06 Keyboard/Effects Amount Panel 06 Reverb Panel 07 Delay Panel 07 Chorus Panel 08 Arpeggiator 1 Panel 09 Arpeggiator 2 Panel 09 Arpeggiator Note Order 10 Solo Panel 11 3. NKS 12 4. Category Reference 13 5. Program Listing 14 Page | 2 Digital Sound Factory E-MU Proteus Rack Overview Welcome to the World of Proteus Thank you for purchasing the E-MU Proteus Rack. This sound set is a Kontakt library and requires the free Kontakt Player (https://www.native-instruments.com/) the full version of Kontakt, Komplete, or Maschine. Please see Getting Started for installation details. The E-MU Proteus sound modules revolutionized the world of digital music performance and composition. The Proteus 2000 style product line was the second generation of the Proteus family with 128 voice polyphony, arpeggiator, solo mode, effects, and four sound ROM slots for a total 128 mb sounds This Kontakt library was designed and produced by the original E-MU sound and graphic designers. Starting with the original waveforms, Kontakt instruments were mapped and programmed to match the hardware modules. The powerful script programming integrates the hardware functionality to the screen for the same great look and feel as the modules. Proteus Rack is designed for Kontakt Player and the full version of Kontakt. The instruments are seamlessly integrated to be controlled by all Native Instruments NKS hardware. Included are Proteus 2000, Mo’ Phatt, Virtuoso, Xtreme Lead-1, Planet Earth, and Vintage Pro. Over 3,500 legacy sounds that will expand your imagination. Page | 3 Digital Sound Factory E-MU Proteus Rack Kontakt View Page | 4 Digital Sound Factory E-MU Proteus Rack Functionality Master Controls Main Panel Main Toggle Button - A/E/I - B/F/J - C/G/K - D/H/L The Main Panel includes a toggle button that controls what screen is active. The toggle advances between the A-D, E-H, & I-L controller groups. The effects toggle button switches between the effect types. The green LED indicates the active set of controls. A-D Filter - Tone, Presence, Shape, Image E-H Amplitude Envelope - Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release I-L Keyboard/Effects – Dyn 1, Dyn 2, FX A, FX B Volume Control The master volume of the instrument. A-D Controls Tone - Filter - Filter cutoff amount Presence - Resonance amount. Shape - Filter Envelope Amount Image - Stereo image Effects Button Activates effects settings. ARP Button Activates arpeggiator settings. Solo Button Activates solo settings. Page | 5 Digital Sound Factory E-MU Proteus Rack Amplifier Envelope Panel E-H Controls Attack - Amplifier attack time Decay - Amplifier decay time Sustain - Amplifier sustain time Release - Amplifier release time Keyboard/Effects Amount Panel I-L Controls Dyn 1 - (Dynamic 1) Velocity to Amplifier Dyn 2 - (Dynamic 2) Velocity to Filter Cutoff FX A - Reverb Send FX B - Delay Send Page | 6 Digital Sound Factory E-MU Proteus Rack Effects Controls Effects Reverb Panel Effects Toggle Button The effects toggle button switches between the effect types. The green LED indicates the active set of controls. Reverb: Predelay - Size - Stereo - Amount Delay: Feedback - Time - Pan - Amount Chorus: Depth - Speed - Unit - Amount Reverb Controls Predelay - Time between the end of the initial sound and first reflections. Size - Room size. Stereo - Positioning of reverb reflections. Amount - Amount of reverb signal. Effects Delay Panel Delay Controls Feedback - Delayed signal sent back to the delay line Time – Tempo synced. Separates the frequency of delay signals. Pan - Positioning of the delay signal Amount - Amount of delay signal Page | 7 Digital Sound Factory E-MU Proteus Rack Effects Chorus Panel Chorus Controls Depth - Amount of pitch modulation Speed - Frequency of the pitch modulation Unit - Separation of the pitch modulation Amount - Amount of chorus signal Page | 8 Digital Sound Factory E-MU Proteus Rack Arpeggiator Controls Arpeggiator Panel 1 Arp Toggle Button The Arp toggle button switches between the effect types. The green LED indicates the active set of controls. Arp 1: Mode - Duration - Rate - Swing Arp 2: Octave - Strike – FX Rate - Velocity Arpeggiator 1 Controls Mode: Selects between four modes. <Off> Arpeggiator off. <On> Arpeggiator on key down. Off on key up. <Hold> Latch played keys - new played keys take priority. <Hold+-> Latch all played keys - new played keys will be added. Duration: Modifies the duration of the arpeggiated MIDI notes in percent. Rate: Tempo synced. Sets the step rate of the arpeggiator. Swing: Offsets step values to swing or push the feel of the steps. Arpeggiator Panel 2 Arpeggiator 2 Controls Octave: Sets the octave range upward or downward. Strike: Sets the number or repeats for each note. FX Rate: Controls the rate (time) parameter of the effect. Velocity: Enabled - velocities derived from rhythmic grid. Deactivated - played velocities scaled by rhythmic grid. Page | 9 Digital Sound Factory E-MU Proteus Rack Steps Controls the number (2 - 32) of steps of the rhythmic pattern. Rhythm Grid The lower right-hand corner displays the amplitude amount of each step in the arpeggiator pattern. Step values are set with the mouse and can be returned to 0 using CTRL/Click. Arpeggiator Note Order Select Note Order Menu The menu contains 16 pattern choices. As Played will follow what is played. This works very nicely with <Hold> latch all played keys and <Hold+-> latch all played keys Page | 10 Digital Sound Factory E-MU Proteus Rack Solo Controls Solo Panel Solo Controls Solo - Solo mode off/on Legato - Legato mode off/on Glide - Glide off/on Rate - Glide rate Page | 11 Digital Sound Factory E-MU Proteus Rack NKS Compatibility Designed for Komplete Kontrol Hardware and Software The Proteus Rack library is designed to work with all NKS hardware enabled products. NKS seamlessly integrates the hardware and software allowing control in both directions. Software parameters are displayed on the hardware and mapped to the controllers. Sounds are tagged with category names to quickly locate the desired sound. The Light Guide color indicates the module currently selected. Proteus 2000 - Cyan, Mo’ Phatt - Purple, Planet Earth - Green, Virtuoso - Red, Xtreme Lead - Light Orange, and Vintage Pro - Blue. Original Proteus Hardware Modules Page | 12 Digital Sound Factory E-MU Proteus Rack Proteus Rack Library Category Reference Proteus 2000 Mo' Phatt Virtuoso kit: Drum Kit amb: Ambient bas: Basses brs: Brass Instruments arp: Arpeggiated brs: Brass led: Leads bas: Basses cel: Cello bs1: Acoustic Bass brs: Brass instrument cmb: Combination, section nse: Noises gtr: Guitar, acoustic or electric prc: Percussion bs2: Electric Bass hit: Short, powerful sfx: Sound Effects orc: Orchestral sounds key: Keyboard instrument, organ vla: Viola bs3: Sub Bass kit: Drum kit vln: Violin pad: Sustained, pad-like led: Leads wav: Simple waveform bs4: Dance Bass pad: Sustained, rich wnd: Woodwind prc: Percussive sfx: Sound Effects bs5: Miscellaneous str: Strings scr: Scratches syn: Synthesizer, harmonically rich gtr: Guitar vox: Vocals sfx: Sound Effects hit: Orchestra Hit / Short Blast str: Strings (violins, cellos, etc.) kb1: Piano syn: Synthesizers kb2: Electric Piano vox: Vocals kb3: Organs wav: Simple Waveforms kb4: Hybrid/Mixed Keyboards wnd: Wind Instruments Planet Earth Xtreme Lead-1 Vintage Pro arp: Arpeggiated arp: Arpeggiated arp: Arpeggiator preset bas: Basses air: Wind noise instrument kit: Drum Kit bow: Bowed bas: Basses led: Leads cmb: Combination bel: Bells bas: Bass instruments kit: Drum kit edg: Edgy, cutting org: Organs pad: Sustained, rich hit: Shorter brs: Brass instruments plk: Plucked key: Keyboard instrument, organ pad: Sustained, ethereal sound pr1: Percussion - hand & stick drums kit: Drum kit prc: Percussion instrument pr2: Percussion led: Leads cmb: Combination of instruments pr3: Percussion - electric nse: Noises sfx: Sound Effect pr4: Percussion - tuned pad: Sustained, pad-like epo: Electric Piano wnd: Wind Instrument prc: Percussion str: Strings (violins, cellos, etc.) whs: Whistle raw: Playable, vanilla gtr: Guitar sfx: Sound Effects sfx: Sound Effects syn: Synthesizers syn: Complex, harmonically rich vox: Vocals vox: Vocals key: Keyboard variations wal: Dense, harmonically complex wnd: Wind instruments Page | 13 Digital Sound Factory E-MU Proteus Rack Proteus Rack Library Program List Proteus 2000 Programs Bank 0 Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 000 kb1 -Dynamic Grand 000 kb4 - Dance 000 bs3 - Sub-Basement 000 bs5 - Ultimate 2 001 kb4 - Yo My Dynos 001 kb4 - Dyno Piano 001 bs3 - Subtle Bass 001 bs5 - Ultimate 3 002 orc - Orchestral 002 kb4 - DynoWahClav 002 bs3 - Super Sub 002 bs5 - VP1 1 003 gtr - Grusty 003 kb4 - E Grand 003 bs3 - The Tunnel 003 bs5 - VP1 2 004 bs1 - A Ku Stq 004 kb4 - Elecre 1 003 bs3 - Thip Kong 004 bs5 - WetMonica 005 kb3 - - Rock in B 005 kb4 - Elecre 2 004 bs3 - Thickley Dub 005 gtr - Carlos 006 kb2 - Wide Suitcase 006 kb4 - Elecre 3 006 bs3 - Way Low Down 006 gtr - Cast Teller 007 led - Zimppler 007 kb4 - Electrified 007 bs3 - Wide Chorus 007 gtr - Chuckin 008 bs4 - Analog Planet 008 kb4 - EP Fog 008 bs3 - ZuB CoMpLeX 008 gtr - Cry Babies 009 kit - Kit 1 009 kb4 - EP Roll 1 009 bs4 - 3 O WorM 009 gtr - Dark Gut 010 kb1 - And Voice 010 kb4 - EP Roll 2 010 bs4 - Acid 010 gtr - Distorter-X 011 sfx - Metal Science 011 kb4 - EP Roll 3 011 bs4 - Acid 4 Ever 011 gtr - Dolobroso 012 syn - Silk OBXsaws 012 kb4 - Farfisa 1 012 bs4 - Analogic