Versus Audio VS BELL LYRE User manual

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USERGUIDE
byVERSUS AUDIO

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■UserGuideOverview
■"PLAY"screen
■Keyswitchesandmainmenu
■Knobs
■"VOL,TONE"screen
■"SETTING"screen
■EFFECTpage
■Credit
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■UserGuideOverview
VSBELLLYREUSERGUIDEdescribestheVersusAudioproduct"VSBELLLYRE".
Werecommendthatyoustartthetargetinstrumentsandreadthisguide.
(*Thepresence/absence,numberandrangeofinstalledfunctionsmaydifferdependingonthe
instrumentsandversion.Thedescriptionofthisguidemaybechangedwithoutnoticeduetoversion
upgradesorcorrections.Thisguidedoesnotexplainthefunctionsofthe"NIKONTAKT".)
Targetproduct：「VSBELLLYRE」
Inadditiontothisguide,youcanalsodisplaysimplehelponthesoundsource.IfyoudisplayKONTAKT's
Infoandmovethemousecursoroverthesoundsource'sknobormenu,helpwillbedisplayed,soplease
usethisaswell.

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■"PLAY"screen
Whenyoustarttheinstruments,thePLAYscreenisdisplayedfirst.
①Infomationbar
Displaysinformationaboutoperatedkeyswitches.
②Knobs
（※See” ■Knobs ”）
③Helpswitch
Displayshelpaccordingtothestateoftheinstruments.Itisusedwhenyoudonotunderstandthe
operationorwhencheckingthekeyswitch.(HelpcontentisinJapanese)
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④Panicswitch
Ifyoupressthepanicswitchwhentheinstrumentsisunstableorwhenthereleasekeydoesnotstopthe
sound,allsoundsarestoppedandinternalvariablesrelatedtosoundingandsoundingstopareinitialized.
⑤Mainmenu
Themostimportantitemsforsettingtheinstruments,suchasplayingstyleselectionandlegatoselection,
arelinedup.
EverythinginthemainmenusupportskeyswitchandCC(controlchange)operations.
Thecolorofthesmallbar( “A”intheimage)justtotheleftofthemenurepresentsthecolorofthe
correspondingkeyswitch.GrayisnotakeyswitchbutcanbeoperatedwithCC.Whenyoupressthissmall
bar,thecorrespondingkeyswitchturnsblackandtheoperationwiththekeyswitchetc.isinvalidated.
Pressitagaintoreturn.Thekeyswitchisenabledwhenthesmallbarislightanddisabledwhenitisdark.
Itcanalsobeusedtocheckthepositionofthekeyswitch.
(*Forthefunctionsofthemainmenu,see" ■Keyswitchesandmainmenu ")
⑥Screenchangeswitch
SwitchtothePLAYscreen,VOLTONEscreen,orSETTINGscreen.TheimageshowsthePLAYscreen
selected.
（*FortheSETTINGscreen,see" ■SETTINGscreen "）
（*FortheVOL,TONEscreen,see" ■VOL,TONEscreen "）
⑦Velocityinformationdisplay
Displaysvelocityinformation."VelocitytoVolume"isdisplayedforplayingstylesthatspecifythevolume
byvelocity.
⑧Informationdisplayfieldsuchasfingeringandplayingstyle
・Sustain1:Themainsound1playedinthemostbasicway
・Sustain2:Themainsound2playedinthemostbasicway
・Dead:Thesoundofpressingmallets
・Mute:Thesoundofhittingwhilemutingbyhand
・Stick:Thesoundofhittingwithamallethandle
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■Keyswitchesandmainmenu
ThisimageshowshelponthePLAYscreen.
Help①Selectionofplayingstyle[Play:●●](C-2toF-2)
Selectaplayingstyle.[Play:Multi,Sustain1,Sustain2,Dead,Mute,Stick]
In[Play:Multi],specifytheplayingstylebyvelocity.In[Play:Multi],youcannotspecifythevolumefor
eachsinglenoteinvelocity,soitwillalwayssoundatthemaximumvolumeofthespecifiedsample.
Ifyouwanttospecifythevolumebyvelocity,specifyeachplayingstylesuchas[Play:Sustain1].
Help②Glissando(A-1)
Pressthekeyswitchtosoundtheglissando.Selectthetonebyvelocity.
Help③Release(G0)
Pressthereleasekeytostopthesound.
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①Knob[EXPRESSION]
Changethevolumetoaddinflectiontothesound.
②Knob[P.BENDRANGE]
Changesthepitchbendrange.
③KNOB[TUNE]
Adjuststhetuningofpitchedsounds.(-12.00st~+12.00st)
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■"VOL,TONE"screen
Pressthe"VOL,TONE"buttonatthebottomlefttodisplaytheVOLTONEscreen.
①Menu[EachMICStereo/MonoL/MonoR/MonoC],Pan
Specifiesthestereomonoforeachmicrophone.(MonoL:LeftCH,R:RightCH,C:LeftCH+RightCH)
②Switch[eachMICPHASE]
Invertsthephaseofeachmicrophone."Normal"isthenormalphaseand"Reverse"istheinvertedphase.
③Knob[eachMICVOL]④Knob[eachMICWIDTH]
Adjustthevolumeandstereowidthofeachmicrophone.
⑤Menu[Curveselection(Linear/Light)]
Changethecurveofvolumechangewithrespecttovelocity.Linearchangesthevolumelinearlywith
respecttovelocity,butLightmakesitloudevenwithalighttouch.
⑥Knob[VEL-VOL]
Adjuststheamountofvolumechangewithrespecttovelocity.
⑦Knob[ATTACK]⑧Knob[RELEASE]
Adjustthelengthoftheattackandrelease.
⑨Knob[MASTERVOL]⑩Knob[MASTERTONE]
Adjustthemastervolumeandmastertone.
⑪Sampleloadingon/offswitchforeachmic
Whenturnedon,thesampleofthecorrespondingmicwillbeloadedandreadyforuse.Turnofftopurge
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Clickthe"SETTING"buttonatthebottomleftoftheimagetodisplaytheSETTINGscreen.
Thevaluewith"*"inthemenumeansthatitisthedefaultvalue.
①[BendRange:●]
SpecifythebendrangetobeperformedbyCC.
②[BendVol:●dB]
SpecifiestheamountofbendvolumeattenuationperformedbyCC.
③[BendCurve:Linear,Quadratic]
SpecifythebendcurveofthebendtobeperformedbyCC.
④[Humanizer(dB)]
Appliesarandomlyselectedvolume(dB).Forexample,when[Humanizer(dB):1dB]isselected,the
volumechangesrandomlybetween0and1dB.
⑤[SampleCycle:2-A,2-B,4](*Ifthenumberofrecordingcyclesis2orless,itwillonlybedisplayed.)
[SampleCycle:2-A]limitsthenumberofsamplecyclesto2orless.[SampleCycle:2-B]alsolimitsthe
numberofcyclesto2orless,butusesthesampleofcycle4andselectsatonedifferentfrom[Sample
Cycle:2-A].[SampleCycle:2-A]and[SampleCycle:2-B]aremainlyusedasdoubletracks.
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Microtuning(Temperament)

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⑥[NearCH]
Specifytheoutputchannelforeachmicrophone.Itisusedtopara-outforeachmicrophone.Itisa
conditionthattheoutputchannelissetontheKONTAKTsidebeforestartingtheinstruments.Ifthe
settingsarecomplete,thechannelwillbeaddedtothemenuwhentheinstrumentsisstarted.Setto
[NearCH:-]toreturntothedefaultsetting.Whenyouchangetheoutputchannel,theoutputofthe
previousstageofinserteffectssuchascompressorandconvolutionreverbisoutputtothespecified
channel.
Ifyouwanttopara-outforeachinstruments,changetheoutputchanneloftheinstrumentsitself.
Microtuning(temperamentadjustmentfunction)
Thisfunctionallowsyoutoadjusteachpitchincents.Dragthetableontherighttoadjustthe
values.Adjustmentisappliedbyselecting[Key:C~B].Select[Key:Equal]touseequaltemperament.
Youcanselectapresetfromthe[-LoadPreset-]menuandsavethecurrentvaluewith[Save>>>User
12345].UserpresetdataissavedintheDatafolderintheLibraryfolderofeachinstruments.