Vir2 Fractured User Manual

USER MANUAL

Produced by Vir2 Instruments

Vir2 Instruments / is an
international team of sound
designers, musicians, and
programmers, who specialize in
creating the world’s most
advanced virtual instrument
libraries. Vir2 is producing the
instruments that shape the
sound of modern music.

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USER MANUAL

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FRACTURED/
TABLE OF
CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 01

01 INTRODUCTION TO THE LIBRARY

CHAPTER 02: REQUIREMENTS AND INSTALLATION

03 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

03 INSTALLING

04 UPDATING

04 AUTHORIZING

CHAPTER 03: USING KONTAKT

05 HOW TO ACCESS THE FRACTURED

LIBRARY FROM KONTAKT

05 USING KONTAKT IN STANDALONE MODE

07 USING KONTAKT AS A VST PLUG-IN IN CUBASE AND NUENDO

08 USING KONTAKT AS A VST OR AUDIOUNIT PLUG-IN IN ABLETON

LIVE

09 USING KONTAKT AS AN AUDIOUNIT PLUG-IN IN LOGIC PRO,

LOGIC STUDIO, LOGIC EXPRESS, ETC.

10 USING KONTAKT IN GARAGEBAND

11 USING KONTAKT AS AN AUDIOUNIT PLUG-IN IN DIGITAL

PERFORMER

11 USING KONTAKT AS AN RTAS PLUG-IN IN PRO TOOLS

12 USING KONTAKT AS A PLUG-IN IN ANOTHER HOST

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CHAPTER 04: WORKING WITH THE INSTRUMENTS

13 CHROMATIC KITS

13 DRUM KITS

14 MELODIC, PADS AND SFX (SOUND EFFECTS)

14 TEMPO SYNCED

14 INSTRUMENT INFO

15 FX SETTINGS AND EQ BUTTONS

15 TIP: AUTOMATING KNOBS

15 NOTE: KEY RANGES

16 NOTE: BY HAND (LH RESONANCES)

CHAPTER 08: TECH SUPPORT, ETC.

17 TECH SUPPORT

17 THE FULL VERSION OF KONTAKT 5

17 LICENSE AGREEMENT

18 CREDITS

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CHAPTER 01

FRACTURED/

INTRODUCTION
TO THE
LIBRARY

FRACTURED is a multidimensional and innovative

virtual instrument focusing on extremely creative and

CHAPTER 01 / INTRODUCTION TO THE LIBRARY

esoteric presentations of acoustic guitars

Created for both musical use and sound design, FRACTURED is an

innovative new collection of instruments featuring creative and

esoteric samples and manipulations of various acoustic guitars.

Following the tradition begun by Violence, Vir2’s virtual

dismembering of a solo violin, Fractured features 2.3GB of

compressed samples and more than one hundred new instruments

with numerous variations and eects built into each. Each patch

features the organic goodness of the acoustic guitar, but stretches

its timbre in new directions to create previously unheard musical

eects. Drum kits were made with mallets, fingernail scrapes, metal

scrapes, cardboard scrapes and pouring rice over the guitar. Long

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evolving pads were built from acoustic guitar samples that blur the

line between electronic and acoustic. Fractured also features

playable and dynamic rhythmic loops and patterns, multitimbral

arpeggiated creations, huge cinematic impacts, gritty electronic

drums, gnarly and etherial melodic instruments, and more

innovative sonic goodness. and Sound Eects, and Tempo-Synced.

FRACTURED is powered by the industry-leading Kontakt engine. It

is compatible with VST, AudioUnit, and RTAS (Pro Tools 8 and

higher) plug-in formats allowing it to work seamlessly within any

major sequencer, in addition to standalone use.

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CHAPTER 02

FRACTURED/

REQUIREMENTS
AND
INSTALLATION

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

For Mac users, FRACTURED an Intel Core Duo, 2GB of RAM, a DVD drive,

and OS 10.6.8 or 10.7.x. For optimum performance, Vir2 Instruments

recommends a 2.0GHz processor or faster.

CHAPTER 02 / REQUIREMENTS AND INSTALLATION

For Windows users, FRACTURED requires Windows 7 (latest Service Pac,

32/64 Bit) Intel Core Duo or AMD Athlon 64, 2GB of RAM, a DVD drive. For

optimum performance, Vir2 Instruments recommends a 2.0GHz processor or

faster.

The library requires approximately 2.3GB of disk space.

INSTALLING

The installation of FRACTURED consists of two separate steps: the

installation of the Kontakt engine, and the installation of the FRACTURED

library.

In the FRACTURED folder, you will see the installers for Kontakt 5 and the

FRACTURED library folder. Move the FRACTURED library folder to any

location on your hard drive, then run the Kontakt 5 installer.

The Kontakt installer will install the Kontakt engine, its standalone

application, all of its plug-in versions, and the Service Center authorizer

program. We recommend the Easy Install and that the install locations for

each component are left at their default settings.

The FRACTURED library is approximately 2.3GB in size, and can be installed

on any available hard drive. For speed reasons, we recommend it be installed

on internal or eSATA drives. Firewire can also be acceptable. External USB

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