Native Instruments The Finger Instruction Manual

OPERATION MANUAL

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Manual written by Matthew Jackson

Document Version: 1.0 (09/2009)

Product Version: 1.0 (09/2009)

Special thanks to the Beta Test Team, who were invaluable not just in tracking down bugs, but in making this a better product.

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Table Of Content

1 Welcome to THE FINGER! ...................................................................................................6

1.1 Forward by Tim Exile ...............................................................................................6

1.2 Basic Information ....................................................................................................7

2 What is THE FINGER?.........................................................................................................8

3 Installation and Activation .................................................................................................9

3.1 Installing THE FINGER .............................................................................................9

3.2 Activating THE FINGER .......................................................................................... 10

4 How to use THE FINGER .................................................................................................. 11

4.1 Finding a KORE SOUND .......................................................................................... 11

4.2 Loading the KORE SOUND ....................................................................................... 12

4.2.1 Loading the KORE SOUND in KORE PLAYER ......................................12

4.2.2 Loading the KORE SOUND in KORE 2 ................................................13

5 Content Description.........................................................................................................15

5.1 THE FINGER Overview ............................................................................................ 16

5.2 Using THE FINGER in KORE or KORE PLAYER ............................................................ 17

5.2.1 The Twister Page .............................................................................17

5.2.2 The MIDI Page ................................................................................18

5.3 The different types of KSDs for THE FINGER ............................................................ 19

5.4 Sending MIDI to THE FINGER as an effect ...............................................................20

5.4.1 Ableton Live ................................................................................... 20

5.4.2 Logic............................................................................................. 20

5.4.3 Cubase SX / Nuendo ...................................................................... 20

5.4.4 FL Studio ...................................................................................... 21

5.4.5 ProTools 8 ...................................................................................... 21

5.5 THE FINGER Ensemble ..........................................................................................22

5.5.1 Twister Section ............................................................................... 23

5.5.2 Global Envelope Section .................................................................. 24

5.5.3 Key’s Effect Parameters Section ....................................................... 25

5.5.4 Modulation Envelope Section ............................................................ 26

5.5.5 Mod Wheel Section ......................................................................... 27

5.5.6 Velocity Section .............................................................................. 28

5.5.7 Key Trigger Section ......................................................................... 29

5.5.8 Edit Section ................................................................................... 31

5.6 THEFINGER’sEffectTypesSpecics .......................................................................32

6 Credits ...........................................................................................................................33

1 Welcome to THE FINGER!

1.1 Forward by Tim Exile

I’ve always been into the idea of playing electronics like you play acoustic instruments. I used to sit at the back of class at school tapping out jungle breaks and edits. That’s when I fell

in love with my ngers. I want to be able to touch sounds with them. Not just read adverts about touching sounds with them. I want to go on sound adventures by nger alone. Just a

pair of handpants in my palmsack.

I love it when sounds end up somewhere completely different from where they start off. I

want to be able to play these transitions with my ngers & keep wandering with the sound. I

don’t want to end up back where I started. I don’t wanna be on a leash like a goat chewing the same patch of grass all day. I want to be a free goat. I wanna check out what that weird mountain over there is like to be on not just look at.

With THE FINGER you can keep on transforming the sound as long as you like. You don’t have to go back home after 1 or 2 effects, wide awake and cursing your curfew. Just keep on applying effects, looping, mangling, smoothing, modulating until the cows come home, and

all with those lovely eshy pokey-hitty ngers of yours. You can be harsh, smooth, ambient

or jarring. Go wandering in the studio or on stage.

Get those ngers out in the wild!

-Tim

1.2 Basic Information

Thank you very much for purchasing THE FINGER. On behalf of the entire Native Instruments team, we hope that this INSTRUMENT POWERED BY KORE will truly inspire you.

THE FINGER adds 40 new effect sounds to your collection of instantly usable KORE SOUNDS®. These KORE SOUNDS have been designed to integrate seamlessly into your KORE SOUND database, making them easily accessible. Also, like the KORE 2/KORE PLAYER factory content, all instruments powered by KORE utilize the KORE 2/KORE PLAYER’s Integrated Engines: You only need KORE 2 or KORE PLAYER to make full use of their sonic capabilities. Furthermore, the sounds have been equipped with dedicated Control Page assignments,

putting the most important musical parameters right at your ngertips. Individual Sound

Variations have been created for each KORE SOUND of this product, adding to the number

of pre-congured sounds.

This manual will help you get started with your instrument powered by KORE. If you want to start immediately, proceed to the Installation and Activation section. Please read that chapter carefully and fully, as it explains all the steps required to integrate the INSTRUMENT POWERED BY KORE into KORE 2/KORE PLAYER. Following the Installation chapter is an explanation of how to use the KORE SOUNDS within KORE 2/KORE PLAYER. If you are already familiar with KORE 2/KORE PLAYER, this will be straightforward, but it might be worth a look nonetheless. Finally, the last section of this manual adds some more details regarding the sounds that come with THE FINGER.

2 What is THE FINGER?

THE FINGER is a powerful polyphonic effects machine, made specically by Tim Exile for his

performance based manipulation, but is equally useful in recording and studio situations. THE FINGER dynamically stacks up to 6 simultaneous effects in any order you chose. Each note

within the four middle octaves (C3-B6) has a specic effect with its own settings assigned

to it and the order you trigger the notes is the order the effects get layered. The effects can be as expressive as you are. The velocity of each note can change the sound dramatically and the Mod Wheel can be assigned to parameters that affect all the layered effects at once.

KORE has been added to the mix to add sound sources and instant automatic MIDI effect triggering via step sequencers and arpeggiators, however the best experience happens when you rout your midi keyboard to THE FINGER and play it your self. There is a section called “Sending MIDI to THE FINGER as an effect” to help you do that.

In KORE2/KORE PLAYER, THE FINGER has a consistent control page layout for each sound, allowing fast tweaking no matter what sound you are on. The First page has access for triggering and tweaking 4 simultaneous effects and/or turing on pre-programed sequences, while the second page has controls for controlling the auto-sequence and an effect arpeggiator.

3 Installation and Activation

The following section explains how to install and activate THE FINGER. Although this process is straightforward, please take a minute to read these instructions, as doing so might prevent some common problems.

3.1 Installing THE FINGER

After downloading the INSTRUMENT POWERED BY KORE, unzip the compressed archive

you received from Native Instruments. It contains this documentation as a PDF le, as well

as an installer application.

To install THE FINGER, double-click the installer application and follow the instructions on the screen. The installer application automatically places the new KORE SOUND content

les into the folders that KORE 2/KORE PLAYER expects them to be in. In the course of the

installation procedure, the installer application will ask you to specify another folder for ad-

ditional les, like this manual.

All sounds coming with THE FINGER can be used directly within KORE 2 or KORE PLAYER, which use the Integrated Engines to load and play the sounds.

3.2 Activating THE FINGER

When installation is nished, start the SERVICE CENTER that was installed with KORE 2/

KORE PLAYER. It will connect your computer to the Internet and activate your THE FINGER installation. In order to activate your copy of THE FINGER, you have to perform the following steps within the SERVICE CENTER:

Log in: Enter your Native Instruments user account name and password on the initial page. This is the same account information you used in the Native Instruments Online Shop, where you bought your instrument powered by KORE, and for other Native Instruments product activations.

Activation of instruments powered by KORE is optional. However, it will give you access

Select products: The Service Center detects all products that have not yet been activated and lists them. You can activate multiple products at once — for example, KORE 2/KORE

to free updates.

PLAYER and your instrument powered by KORE, or several instruments powered by KORE.

Activate: After proceeding to the next page, the Service Center connects to the Native Instruments server and activates your products.

Download updates: When the server has conrmed the activation, the Service Center

automatically displays the Update Manager with a list of all available updates for your installed products. Please make sure that you always use the latest version of your Native Instruments products to ensure proper functioning.

Now, you are ready to use THE FINGER. Please start KORE2/KORE PLAYER in the standalone mode. This will trigger the database update process automatically and integrate the new KORE SOUNDS into KORE 2/KORE PLAYER’s database. The next chapter will explain how to use the new sounds in KORE 2/KORE PLAYER.

Downloading updates is optional. After activation is complete, you can always quit the

Service Center.

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