Versus Audio VS BELL LYRE User manual

VS BELL LYREv2.1.3
USERGUIDE
byVERSUS AUDIO

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■UserGuideOverview
■"PLAY"screen
■Keyswitchesandmainmenu
■Knobs
■"VOL,TONE"screen
■"SETTING"screen
■EFFECTpage
■Credit
VS BELL LYRE USER GUIDE
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■UserGuideOverview
VSBELLLYREUSERGUIDEdescribestheVersusAudioproduct"VSBELLLYRE".
Werecommendthatyoustartthetargetinstrumentsandreadthisguide.
(*Thepresence/absence,numberandrangeofinstalledfunctionsmaydifferdependingonthe
instrumentsandversion.Thedescriptionofthisguidemaybechangedwithoutnoticeduetoversion
upgradesorcorrections.Thisguidedoesnotexplainthefunctionsofthe"NIKONTAKT".)
Targetproduct:「VSBELLLYRE」
Inadditiontothisguide,youcanalsodisplaysimplehelponthesoundsource.IfyoudisplayKONTAKT's
Infoandmovethemousecursoroverthesoundsource'sknobormenu,helpwillbedisplayed,soplease
usethisaswell.

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■"PLAY"screen
Whenyoustarttheinstruments,thePLAYscreenisdisplayedfirst.
①Infomationbar
Displaysinformationaboutoperatedkeyswitches.
②Knobs
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③Helpswitch
Displayshelpaccordingtothestateoftheinstruments.Itisusedwhenyoudonotunderstandthe
operationorwhencheckingthekeyswitch.(HelpcontentisinJapanese)
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Playingrange
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④Panicswitch
Ifyoupressthepanicswitchwhentheinstrumentsisunstableorwhenthereleasekeydoesnotstopthe
sound,allsoundsarestoppedandinternalvariablesrelatedtosoundingandsoundingstopareinitialized.
⑤Mainmenu
Themostimportantitemsforsettingtheinstruments,suchasplayingstyleselectionandlegatoselection,
arelinedup.
EverythinginthemainmenusupportskeyswitchandCC(controlchange)operations.
Thecolorofthesmallbar( “A”intheimage)justtotheleftofthemenurepresentsthecolorofthe
correspondingkeyswitch.GrayisnotakeyswitchbutcanbeoperatedwithCC.Whenyoupressthissmall
bar,thecorrespondingkeyswitchturnsblackandtheoperationwiththekeyswitchetc.isinvalidated.
Pressitagaintoreturn.Thekeyswitchisenabledwhenthesmallbarislightanddisabledwhenitisdark.
Itcanalsobeusedtocheckthepositionofthekeyswitch.
(*Forthefunctionsofthemainmenu,see"
■Keyswitchesandmainmenu
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⑥Screenchangeswitch
SwitchtothePLAYscreen,VOLTONEscreen,orSETTINGscreen.TheimageshowsthePLAYscreen
selected.
(*FortheSETTINGscreen,see"
■SETTINGscreen
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(*FortheVOL,TONEscreen,see"
■VOL,TONEscreen
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⑦Velocityinformationdisplay
Displaysvelocityinformation."VelocitytoVolume"isdisplayedforplayingstylesthatspecifythevolume
byvelocity.
⑧Informationdisplayfieldsuchasfingeringandplayingstyle
・Sustain1:Themainsound1playedinthemostbasicway
・Sustain2:Themainsound2playedinthemostbasicway
・Dead:Thesoundofpressingmallets
・Mute:Thesoundofhittingwhilemutingbyhand
・Stick:Thesoundofhittingwithamallethandle
Thebluekeyboardistheplayingrange.

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■Keyswitchesandmainmenu
ThisimageshowshelponthePLAYscreen.
Help①Selectionofplayingstyle[Play:●●](C-2toF-2)
Selectaplayingstyle.[Play:Multi,Sustain1,Sustain2,Dead,Mute,Stick]
In[Play:Multi],specifytheplayingstylebyvelocity.In[Play:Multi],youcannotspecifythevolumefor
eachsinglenoteinvelocity,soitwillalwayssoundatthemaximumvolumeofthespecifiedsample.
Ifyouwanttospecifythevolumebyvelocity,specifyeachplayingstylesuchas[Play:Sustain1].
Help②Glissando(A-1)
Pressthekeyswitchtosoundtheglissando.Selectthetonebyvelocity.
Help③Release(G0)
Pressthereleasekeytostopthesound.
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①Knob[EXPRESSION]
Changethevolumetoaddinflectiontothesound.
②Knob[P.BENDRANGE]
Changesthepitchbendrange.
③KNOB[TUNE]
Adjuststhetuningofpitchedsounds.(-12.00st~+12.00st)
■Knobs
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■"VOL,TONE"screen
Pressthe"VOL,TONE"buttonatthebottomlefttodisplaytheVOLTONEscreen.
①Menu[EachMICStereo/MonoL/MonoR/MonoC],Pan
Specifiesthestereomonoforeachmicrophone.(MonoL:LeftCH,R:RightCH,C:LeftCH+RightCH)
②Switch[eachMICPHASE]
Invertsthephaseofeachmicrophone."Normal"isthenormalphaseand"Reverse"istheinvertedphase.
③Knob[eachMICVOL]④Knob[eachMICWIDTH]
Adjustthevolumeandstereowidthofeachmicrophone.
⑤Menu[Curveselection(Linear/Light)]
Changethecurveofvolumechangewithrespecttovelocity.Linearchangesthevolumelinearlywith
respecttovelocity,butLightmakesitloudevenwithalighttouch.
⑥Knob[VEL-VOL]
Adjuststheamountofvolumechangewithrespecttovelocity.
⑦Knob[ATTACK]⑧Knob[RELEASE]
Adjustthelengthoftheattackandrelease.
⑨Knob[MASTERVOL]⑩Knob[MASTERTONE]
Adjustthemastervolumeandmastertone.
⑪Sampleloadingon/offswitchforeachmic
Whenturnedon,thesampleofthecorrespondingmicwillbeloadedandreadyforuse.Turnofftopurge
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Clickthe"SETTING"buttonatthebottomleftoftheimagetodisplaytheSETTINGscreen.
Thevaluewith"*"inthemenumeansthatitisthedefaultvalue.
①[BendRange:●]
SpecifythebendrangetobeperformedbyCC.
②[BendVol:●dB]
SpecifiestheamountofbendvolumeattenuationperformedbyCC.
③[BendCurve:Linear,Quadratic]
SpecifythebendcurveofthebendtobeperformedbyCC.
④[Humanizer(dB)]
Appliesarandomlyselectedvolume(dB).Forexample,when[Humanizer(dB):1dB]isselected,the
volumechangesrandomlybetween0and1dB.
⑤[SampleCycle:2-A,2-B,4](*Ifthenumberofrecordingcyclesis2orless,itwillonlybedisplayed.)
[SampleCycle:2-A]limitsthenumberofsamplecyclesto2orless.[SampleCycle:2-B]alsolimitsthe
numberofcyclesto2orless,butusesthesampleofcycle4andselectsatonedifferentfrom[Sample
Cycle:2-A].[SampleCycle:2-A]and[SampleCycle:2-B]aremainlyusedasdoubletracks.
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Microtuning(Temperament)

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⑥[NearCH]
Specifytheoutputchannelforeachmicrophone.Itisusedtopara-outforeachmicrophone.Itisa
conditionthattheoutputchannelissetontheKONTAKTsidebeforestartingtheinstruments.Ifthe
settingsarecomplete,thechannelwillbeaddedtothemenuwhentheinstrumentsisstarted.Setto
[NearCH:-]toreturntothedefaultsetting.Whenyouchangetheoutputchannel,theoutputofthe
previousstageofinserteffectssuchascompressorandconvolutionreverbisoutputtothespecified
channel.
Ifyouwanttopara-outforeachinstruments,changetheoutputchanneloftheinstrumentsitself.
Microtuning(temperamentadjustmentfunction)
Thisfunctionallowsyoutoadjusteachpitchincents.Dragthetableontherighttoadjustthe
values.Adjustmentisappliedbyselecting[Key:C~B].Select[Key:Equal]touseequaltemperament.
Youcanselectapresetfromthe[-LoadPreset-]menuandsavethecurrentvaluewith[Save>>>User
12345].UserpresetdataissavedintheDatafolderintheLibraryfolderofeachinstruments.

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①[Bend]
Specifiesthecontrolchangetobend.
②[Expression]
Specifythecontrolchangetooperatethe[EXPRESSION]knobonthePLAYscreen.
③[P.BendRange]
Specifythecontrolchangetooperatethe[P.BENDRANGE]knobonthePLAYscreen.
④[Tune]
Specifythecontrolchangetooperatethe[TUNE]knobonthePLAYscreen.
⑤[MasterVol]
Specifythecontrolchangetooperatethe[MASTERVOL]knobontheVOLTONEscreen.
⑥[MasterTone]
Specifythecontrolchangetooperatethe[MASTERTONE]knobontheVOLTONEscreen.
⑦[Hold]
Specifythecontrolchangetooperatethemainmenu[Hold].
⑧[MultiVol]
In[Play:Multi],theplayingstyleisspecifiedbyvelocity,sothevolumecannotbeadjustedbyvelocity,but
controlchangecanbespecifiedasasubstituteforvelocity.
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①Selecteffectslot
Selectaneffectslot.Displaystheeffectknobsandswitchesfortheselectedslot.
②Bypassswitch
Effectbypassswitch.
③Loadeffects
Loadeffects.
④Moveeffectleftorright
Swapsthecurrentlydisplayedeffectwiththeeffectintheleftandrightslots.
(*Availablein(KT6)Kontakt6andabove(KT7)Kontakt7andabove.Ifyouloadaneffectthatisnotsupportedbythe
Kontaktversion,itwillbecomeempty.ParametersthatarenotsupportedbytheKontaktversionwillnotrespond
evenifyoumanipulatethem.(KT6)Kontakt6.8.0orhigherrecommended,(KT7)Kontakt7.5.2orhigher
recommended)
⑤AboutFileBrowser
WhenyouopentheFileBrowserinConvolutionReverb,youcanusethesamplesinthefolder.Double-clickingawav
fileetc.willloaditasanIR.Thefolderaddressisdisplayedatthebottomofthescreen."FileBrowser(Library)"displays
thebrowserbasedonthenkistoragefolder,and"FileBrowser(Documents)"displaysthebrowserbasedonthe
specifiedfolderinKontaktitself.
macOS:MacintoshHD/Users/*YourUserName*/Documents/NativeInstruments/UserContent/Kontakt
Windows:C:/Users/*YourUserName*/Documents/NativeInstruments/UserContent/Kontakt
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Artwork(packagesandGUI3D/2DCG),players,recordings,scripts,engineers:HironariWatanabe
※"KONTAKT"isaproductofNativeInstruments.
VersusAudio
URL: https://versusaudio.com/
mail: [email protected]
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