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Celtic Whistles V2

for NI Kontakt, Logic EXS24 & SoundFont

Celtic Whistles is an evocative library of tin and wood whistles, for traditional and contemporary

music styles.

Celtic Whistles features:

• Two tin whistles tuned in D and Bb

• One low whistle tuned in D

• Sustained, Staccato and glissando articulations

• 313 mono 24-bit WAV samples

• 1 program for NI Kontakt 3-5 with scripted legato and GUI

• 11 programs for NI Kontakt 2

• 11 programs for Logic EXS24

• 10 SoundFonts

Summary of content (8 pages)

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Celtic Whistles V2 for NI Kontakt, Logic EXS24 & SoundFont Celtic Whistles is an evocative library of tin and wood whistles, for traditional and contemporary music styles.
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Celtic Whistles V2 for NI Kontakt 3,4 & 5 The file in NI Kontakt 3, 4 & 5 format requires the full version of NI Kontakt and does not work fully with the free Kontakt player! Celtic Whistles Page On the front page of the GUI, named “Celtic Whistles”, you can adjust the articulation and dynamics of the sound. From left to right, the controls are: Whistle Whistle Select: sets the whistle type and articulation for played notes, the name of which is shown above the dial. Ten articulations are available.
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Legato: enables realistic transitions between connected notes. When Legato is active, overlapping notes in a melody line will sound more natural, because their attack is smoothed.  Activating Legato places the instrument in monophonic mode. You cannot play chords when Legato is active. The other Whistle controls are activated by the Legato button.
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Dynamics Attack: sets the time in milliseconds for the sound of the instrument to reach full volume when a note is played. Decay: sets the time in milliseconds for the sound of the instrument to die away to silence when a note is released. Velocity: sets the relationship between how hard you strike the keys (MIDI velocity) and the volume of the sound. At 0%, the volume of the sound is unaffected by how hard you play. At 100%, the volume of the sound is strongly affected by how hard you play.
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EQ Page On the EQ page, you can shape the tone of the sound. From left to right, the controls are as follows: EQ Lo Gain: sets the volume of low frequencies, between +/-6 decibels. Mid Gain: sets the volume of mid frequencies, between +/-6 decibels. Mid Freq: sets the centre of the frequencies controlled by the Mid Gain dial. Hi Gain: sets the volume of high frequencies, between +/-6 decibels.  The Lo and Hi EQ frequencies have been pre-tweaked by Precisionsound to suit the instrument.
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FX Page On the Reverb + Delay page, you can apply a delay effect and a high-quality convolution reverb. From left to right, the controls are as follows: Reverb Level: sets the volume in decibels of the convolution reverb effect. Type: changes the impulse response of the convolution reverb. Seventeen sampled reverbs of diverse sizes are available, including two created especially for this release, “Studio Room 1” and “Studio Room 2”. You can also disable the reverb by setting this menu to “Reverb off”.
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Credits Recording by Daniel Näsström Sound editing by Lars Westin Kontakt scripting by Iain Morland http://www.iainmorland.net GUI Graphics by Lars Westin This product includes impulses from the free Bricasti M7 library by Acousticas, used under license. The Celtic Whistles V2 manual was written by Iain Morland. © Copyright Precisionsound 2014 www.precisionsound.
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