QUICK START MANUAL ETHNO WORLD 6 T he ULTI M AT E S A mp L E -LI B RARY F O R E T H NIC IN S TRU me NT S AND vo IC es FR om ALL ove R T he W O RLD P R O DUC E D B Y MARC E L BAR so TTI QUICK START MANUAL OPERATION but the samples are sliced, meaning they are cut into fragments. The Speed-fader displays the BM- To load a new instrument simply double-click on Sound lengths in quarters. If you divide these, for its name in the Kontakt Library Browser or click example the loop doubles in speed. and drag it into the Rack. • The “Normal”-patches without prefix mostly use The EW6 instruments will always be loaded with the DFD-Mode (HD Streaming) and load very fast the Quick Edit Page visible. For most users, this and use up the least resources. page will hold all the basic parameters needed. • KEY-Patches: With the lower keys of your mas- To fine tune fader or knob values simply hold down ter-keyboard (usually E0) you can select variations the shift-key while moving the control. A Cmd- of the instrument. The description of the variati- Click (MAC) or Ctrl-Click (PC) will reset a control on is displayed on the Quick Edit Page in “Active to its default value. Keyswitch”. The value display over the tune-fader has two ar- With instruments that contain Licks or Loops, eve- rows to allow transposition in semitone steps. By ry note is assigned to its individual group, so that double-clicking you can manually enter a value. every phrase can be edited in Group-Edit and Sam- To get a description of the fader functions just ac- ple Start Parameters. tivate the INFO button in the display-menu of the top bar. This displays helpful information in the GO N gs , BE LL S & ME TAL S bottom bar during mouse-over. • Since metal instruments sound especially interes- It is also recommended to activate the keyboard- ting when tuned down, there are patches where view in Kontakt to see where the sample keys (co- the samples cover a wide range called LOW or loured) and the key switches (pink-lower keys) are WIDE RANGE.. located. O IC es O W E D N S TRU me NT S You can change to a smaller view of the instruments V , B I , by clicking on the Ethno World 6 Icon (EW6). Woo DWIND & BRA ss • There are also many TM and TM SYNC Sounds, THE INSTRUMENTS but also Pad- and Solo Sounds. To play Solo Sounds authentically you should try the Lega- There are various types of instruments which beco- to Function and also with the sustain pedal the mes apparent in the layout of the Quick Edit Page: Glide-Effect. The Legato-Function enables very • TM SYNC: musical phrases and licks are synced real note transitions, because it skips the attack- to the tempo automatically. Be mindful that ext- phase of the following samples to elegantly lead reme deviation from the original file may lead to into the next note. distortion of the audio signal. The more overtones • With many VOICES there come Pad-Sounds or and polyphony a signal has, the sooner the distor- Playback Tracks in the lower range of the keyboard tion occurs. to add musical context to the sung phrases. • TM: The TM-Patches also have Time-machine, but all samples play in original tempo and tuning. WO RLD DRU ms However you can edit every note or sample sepa- rately. AND WO RLD PE RCU ss I O N • BM: The Beat-machine-patches have the advan- • In World Drums and World Percussion most of tage that the loops automatically sync to the tempo the patches are a mix of loops, rolls, flams and 2 single hits. Whereby most of the loops were keys, mostly starting on E0. ETHNO WORLD 6 programmed as Beat-machine Sounds (sliced). UN E T he ULTI M AT E S A mp L E -LI B RARY F O R E T H NIC IN S TRU me NT S AND vo IC es FR om ALL ove R T he W O RLD Many rolls and flams however are Time-machi- T ne-Sounds identifiable by the 100 (middle set- Sets the tuning in semitones. For exact settings and P R O DUC E D B Y MARC E L BAR so TTI ting) of the Speed-Fader. With this you can easily fine-tuning use the data-entry field. Just double- sync turnarounds and breaks to your song-tempo click and enter your data or use the mouse (high or integrate these sounds into your loops. With resolution with shift). QUICK START MANUAL single hits the Speed-Fader is useless. • Tipp: Try playing several loops at once, but vary SA mp L E START them in panorama, tuning and filter settings. By (TM, TM SYNC , BM IN S TRU me NT S ) doing this you can create very interesting and in- dividual rhythms. Sets the point where the sample begins to play. With the Sample Start Range, you can adjust a wi- der range of this slider. The waveform display shows the new start posi- THE ETHNO WORLD 6 tion. INSTRUMENT INTERFACE SA mp L E START RAN ge (TM, TM SYNC , BM IN S TRU me NT S ) Here you can adjust a wider range of the Sample QUICK EDIT PAGE Start slider. This page gives you easy access to the most impor- tant parameters of your instrument. Leg AT O ON/OFF SWITC H (N O N -pe RCU ss I ve KEY IN S TRU me NT S ) Enables the Legato Effect. You can find more Le- gato-Controls in the Performance Section. VO LU me Sets the volume of the selected group or the enti- re instrument, depending on the EDIT ALL button status. PAN Sets the panning of the selected group or the entire in- strument, depending on the EDIT ALL button status. ATTACK Sets the attack time of the selected group or the en- tire instrument, depending on the EDIT ALL button There are slightly different layouts of the Quick status. Edit Page, depending if it´s a TM, BM, or KEY Instrument. RE L E A se Spee D Sets the release time of the selected group or the entire instrument, depending on the EDIT ALL Controls the speed in Timemachine-Mode (TM) or button status. Beatmachine-Mode (BM). VELOCITIY ACTI ve KE Y S WITC H (KE Y -IN S TRU me NT S ) Adjusts the amount that the velocity changes the Shows the selected keyswitch-articulation. In volume of the selected group or the entire instru- „KEY“-Instruments you can switch between va- ment, depending on the EDIT ALL button status. rious playing styles or variations with the lower 3 PITC H B. RAN ge DR op D O WN LI S T S Sets the pitch bend range in semitones of the selec- Let you easily load different reverb settings by ted group or the entire instrument, depending on opening the lists or alternatively just by clicking the EDIT ALL button status. the forward/backward arrows. HI gh PA ss / LO W PA ss ON/OFF SWITC H EDIT ALL BUTT O N Enables Low Pass or Hi Pass Filter. This button is as powerful as it is dangerous. Not for your life or your studio – but for the settings of HI gh PA ss S LID E R your instruments. Sets the High Pass Filter Frequency of the selected If the Edit All button is enabled, all changes you group or the entire instrument, depending on the make are applied to all groups, keyswitches or EDIT ALL button status. loops that are part of the instrument. That inclu- des Time-and Beatmachine, filter, volume and tune LO W PA ss S LID E R settings. No matter what group you have been wor- Sets the Low Pass Filter Frequency of the selected king on before, the settings are applied to all parts group or the entire instrument, depending on the of the instrument. EDIT ALL button status. If the Edit All button is disabled, the changes are only applied to the currently selected group, loop UN E T or phrase. In KEY-Instruments, this is the active Sets the tuning of the additional note. With the ar- Keygroup, in the other instruments, the selected rows on the right side of the field you can adjust the group is the last played note or sound. tuning in semitones. Effects from the effects- and the performance sec- tion are always affecting the whole instrument and Reve R B ON/OFF SWIT H are not affected by the Edit All button. And if you Enables the Convolution-Reverb effect. really get stuck, you can always reload your inst- rument. Reve R B Leve L Sets the output level of the Convolution Reverb EFFECTS PAGE Effect. This effect concerns the whole instrument. Reve R B SWITC H Opens The Reverb Editor. Inside the opened Reverb Editor: PR E DE LAY This is the section where you can enable and adjust Sets the Pre Delay Time of the Convolution Reverb effects for the whole instrument. Effect. This effect concerns the whole instrument. The effects are Compressor, Saturation, Equalizer, SIZ E Delay, Chorus and Phaser. With the new LED On/ Off switches you get an easy overview of the active Sets the impulse response file size of the Convolu- effects.