Jetstream 2 for NI Kontakt Jetstream 2 is a sound designer’s tool bench for Kontakt. Wrapping a flexible loop library in a powerful interface, Jetstream 2 generates an endless variety of new sound effects, from drone textures to transient strikes. With multiple filters, extensive modulations, creative impulse responses, and custom mastering effects, Jetstream 2 makes sound design for music and media fast and intuitive.
Contents Introduction............................................................................................................................................. 3 Sound List ................................................................................................................................................ 4 Mixer Page ............................................................................................................................................... 6 Filters Page ................
Introduction By Iain Morland Jetstream 2 brings new and imaginative content to the interface and signal flow introduced in the original Jetstream library. My goal with Jetstream was to make a flexible and inspiring sound design tool that recreates my own workflow for designing sounds. I wanted to make a sound library that blends the convenience of premade loops with the creative possibilities of custom layering and modulation.
Sound List Loops Alien Beam Baby Stars Broken Stylus Carousel Cat Mic City Junction Dark Star Digi Corn Dust Vent Farmyard Fizz Noise FM AM Fractals Gamma Noise Ghost Voice Gnome Choir Hail Headrush Hesperus Induction Jelly Bee King Snake Lift Off Liquify Little Bells Locksmith Magnet Field Mello Moon Clouds Old Folky Parkland Platform Game Processor Pulsar Quantum Bits Rail Trolley Reactor Pool Reel Old Rope Bridge Shellac Shopping Mall Simple Triangle Soft Noise Space Invader Steam Room Tape Deck A Ta
Presets Jetstream 2 Default Jetstream 2 Velocity Sensitive Jetstream 2 Economy* Jetstream 2 Economy Velocity Sensitive* Action Hit Bubble Stream Cat Attack Catacomb Locks Cloud Probe Coral Organ Cyber Factory Dark Island Digital Strike Dream Dawn Dungeon Electrolysis Entropy Engine Evacuation City Faulty Playback Fractal Data Glitch Clock Granular Accordion Growl Sweep Interplanetary Ion Field Kilobyte Trance Kitsch Synth Lab Machine Lanterns Leaky Roof Lemming Bounce Magic Puzzle Box Martian Nursery Medi
Mixer Page Assign The four assign menus set the loops that are triggered when you next play a note. We distinguish between sounds and loops. A sound is a channel containing a loop, mixer strip, filters, and modulations. Four sounds are available, and are colour coded on the interface (sound 1 = green, 2 = blue, 3 = turquoise, 4 = coral). A loop is an audio file that can be used as the source for one or more sounds.
Filters Page Edit The edit menu sets the current sound for editing. The colour of the page changes according to the current sound. Three filters can be set independently for the current sound: HPF The high pass filter (HPF) removes low frequencies from the sound by letting only high frequencies pass. Freq: sets the frequency above which the filter lets sound pass. Reso: sets the amount by which the volume is boosted around the filter frequency. On/Off: enables or disables the high pass filter.
Phaser The phaser changes the tone of the sound by creating notches and peaks in its frequency range. Freq: sets the frequency of the phaser’s notches and peaks. Reso: sets the steepness of the notches and peaks. On/Off: enables or disables the phaser. The filters are not only for special effects. They can also be used as per-sound equalisers. © Copyright Precisionsound 2014 www.precisionsound.
Mixer Mod Page Edit The edit menu is the same as on the Filters page. Setting a sound for editing on the previous page keeps it active for editing on this page, and vice versa. Mixer parameters can be modulated independently for the current sound: Vol Mod Depth: sets the amount by which the volume of the current sound is modulated (changed over time). Speed: sets the rate at which volume is modulated. Off/Sine/Triangle: sets the shape of the volume modulator.
Pitch Mod Depth sets the amount by which the pitch of the current sound is modulated. Speed: sets the rate at which pitch is modulated. Off/Sine/Triangle: sets the shape of the pitch modulator, or disables modulation of pitch. All modulators here and on the Filters Mod page are free-running, so you’ll get slightly different results each time you play a note with modulation active. © Copyright Precisionsound 2014 www.precisionsound.
Filters Mod Page Edit The edit menu is the same as on the Filters and Mixer Mod pages. Setting a sound for editing on one of these pages keeps it active for editing on the other pages. Filter parameters can be modulated independently for the current sound: HPF Mod Depth: sets the amount by which the frequency of the current sound’s high pass filter is modulated. Speed: sets the rate at which the HPF frequency is modulated.
Phaser Mod Depth: sets the amount by which the frequency of the current sound’s phaser filter is modulated. Speed: sets the rate at which the phaser frequency is modulated. Off/Sine/Triangle: sets the shape of the phaser frequency modulator, or disables modulation of phaser frequency. © Copyright Precisionsound 2014 www.precisionsound.
Global Page Tracking Four buttons turn pitch tracking on/off for each sound. When tracking is on, the sound’s pitch will be determined by the pitch of the played note. C3 is the root note at which no pitch tracking is applied. When tracking is off, the sound’s pitch is the same regardless of the pitch of the played note. Envelope The envelope parameters set the volume of all sounds over time. Attack: sets the time for all sounds to reach full volume when a note is played.
EQ The EQ parameters control a customised equaliser for all sounds with a specially variable bandwidth. High Gain: sets the volume of the high frequencies for all sounds. Mid Gain: sets the volume of the mid frequencies for all sounds. Low Gain: sets the volume of the low frequencies for all sounds. On/Off: enables or disables the equaliser for all sounds. Space The space parameters set the overall stereo field and ambience in which all sounds are placed.
Kontakt Notes • Jetstream 2 requires the full version of Native Instruments Kontakt 3 or above. It will not work in the free Kontakt Player or Kontakt demo. • We decided to use numerical spinners rather than knobs for the interface, to provide at-a-glance access to as many parameters as possible. Numerical spinners also have the advantage of allowing keyboard input: you can type a value as an alternative to dragging with the mouse. However, numerical spinners do not accept automation.
Credits Concept, sound design, and Kontakt scripting: Iain Morland (http://www.iainmorland.net) Presets: Iain Morland and Lars Westin Artwork: Lars Westin Manual: Iain Morland © Copyright Precisionsound 2014 www.precisionsound.
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