Multimonica II for NI Kontakt Logic EXS24 & SoundFont The Multimonica II is a vintage analog synthesizer that combines vacuum tube synthesis with a fanpowered reed organ, and is equally at home in electronic and acoustic music.
Introduction The Hohner Multimonica II was designed by the German engineer Harald Bode in the mid-1950s. A predecessor to the Clavioline tube synthesizer, the Multimonica II combined vacuum tube synthesis with a fan-driven reed organ. The Multimonicas, like the Solovoxes, were among the earliest analog synthesizers designed and built during the 1940s and 1950s.
Multimonica II Synth for NI Kontakt 3,4 & 5 The files in NI Kontakt 3, 4 & 5 format require the full version of NI Kontakt and do not work fully with the free Kontakt player! Two NKI files are provided for use in Kontakt: Multimonica Synth and Multimonica Accordion. This section of the manual begins by describing the Multimonica Synth. Multimonica Page On the front page of the Synth GUI, named “Multimonica”, you can select presets from the synthesizer, and adjust other key performance settings.
Mode Monophonic/Polyphonic: switches between one-note and multi-note playing modes. When set to monophonic, you can play only one note at a time, like on the hardware Multimonica. Monophonic mode also makes visible the Retrigger button, described next. Retrigger: enables retriggering of held notes when Monophonic mode is active. This means that if you hold one note and play a second note, when you release the second note, the first note will trigger again.
Modulation Page On the second page of the GUI, named “Modulation”, you can add variations to the sound. From left to right, the controls are: Pitch Bend Range: sets the distance in semitones by which the pitch bend wheel on your MIDI controller bends the pitch of played notes. The maximum available bend is 12 semitones. Velocity Depth: 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.
Pitch: sets the extent to which the LFO varies the pitch of the sound, as a proportion of the overall LFO intensity set by the Depth dial. Filter: sets the extent to which the LFO varies the cutoff of the filter, which changes the brightness of the sound, as a proportion of the overall LFO intensity set by the Depth dial. When Depth is at zero, Volume, Pan, Pitch, and Filter have no effect. © Copyright Precisionsound 2014 www.precisionsound.
FX 1 Page On the third page of the GUI, named “FX 1”, you can process the sound with effects. From left to right, the controls are: 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.
FX 2 Page On the fourth page of the GUI, named “FX 2”, you can apply a delay effect and a high-quality convolution reverb. From left to right, the controls are: Reverb Level: sets the volume in decibels of the convolution reverb effect. Type: changes the impulse response of the convolution reverb. Fifteen impulse responses are available, ranging from short springs to churches and cathedrals. You can also disable the reverb by setting this menu to “Reverb off”.
Multimonica II Accordion for NI Kontakt 3,4 & 5 Multimonica Page On the front page of the Accordion GUI, named “Multimonica”, you can select a reed organ register, and adjust dynamics and modulation. From left to right, the controls are: Sound Preset Menu: sets the currently active Multimonica II reed organ preset for played notes. Five register presets are available. In addition to being selectable with this menu, presets can be chosen by pressing keyswitches on your MIDI keyboard.
Envelope 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. Modulation 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.
Stereo + EQ Page On the second page of the GUI, named “Stereo + EQ”, you can adjust the tone and panning of the instrument. From left to right, the controls are: Stereo Width: sets the stereo image of the sound, from mono (dial fully left) to natural stereo (dial fully right). 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.
Reverb + Delay Page On the third page of the GUI, named “Reverb + Delay”, you can apply a delay effect and a high-quality convolution reverb. From left to right, the controls are: Reverb Level: sets the volume in decibels of the convolution reverb effect. Type: changes the impulse response of the convolution reverb. Fifteen impulse responses are available, ranging from short springs to churches and cathedrals. You can also disable the reverb by setting this menu to “Reverb off”.
Credits Recording and sound editing: Lars Westin Sound editing: Fredrik Wictorsson Kontakt scripting: Iain Morland http://www.iainmorland.net GUI graphics: Lars Westin This product includes impulses from the free Bricasti M7 library by Acousticas, used under license. The Multimonica II manual was written by Iain Morland, with introductory text by Lars Westin. © Copyright Precisionsound 2014 www.precisionsound.
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