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    THE CONCEPT The Power of Layering

    The idea behind DruMM was to create an aesthetically and fully functional drum

    module that would have the type of controls that I selfishly wanted. Ease of use

    and fun were the main criteria for developing this product. To be able to

    dynamically affect every sample on the fly appealed to me greatly. Chaining

    specific effects and dynamics into single function knobs and dials not only makes

    it easy to run deep edits on the go but it makes for a much more pleasing

    approach to sound design. Additionally, the whole concept of making everything

    simple and beautiful gave me an insight into how to design a functioning GUI

    whilst maintaining control.

    The decision to chain and condense effects and dynamics into single functions

    was made to help beginners and intermediates understand and utilize commonly

    desired processes.

    The real power of DruMM lies in the layering process. The fact that modules can

    be stacked on top of each other and layered using the same midi channel in

    Kontakt makes the series both extremely versatile and fun! With this in mind the

    samples have been processed using phase cancellation, polarity inversion and

    M/S, all resulting in specific bands being removed to hollow out samples for clean

    and explosive layering.

    Please see the chapter on SAMPLES and LAYERING.

    There are no limits as to what can be done with DruMM and I implore you to

    abuse the modules as much as possible and enjoy the same mayhem that I have

    had such fun in being the cause of.

    DruMM is an ongoing project with more modules being created for further

    layering and warping!

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    Stretch That Note was created to act as a vehicle for users to dig into and enjoy

    crazy warping products.

    Additionally, specific phase cancellation and M/S techniques have been used to

    create space for layering drum kits (please see chapter SAMPLES).

    A labour of love? Yes. A moment of madness? I certainly hope so.

    I sincerely hope you enjoy using DruMM as much as I have in creating it.

    Eddie Bazil

    STN Stretch That Note

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    INSTALLATION AND SETUP

    Once you have successfully downloaded the product, use either Winzip or Winrar

    to unzip the contents.

    You should see something like the following:

    DruMM requires Kontakt 4.2.3 and higher and one of the new functionalities is

    wrapping resources into Resource Containers which includes things like graphics

    etc. It is, therefore, important that the nkc and nkr files are kept within the same

    main folder.

    Place this main folder into the usual Kontakt library root directory, or wherever

    your library is located. BUT please make sure to keep all the relevant files

    together.

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    Drumm GUI

    Panels and Controls

    DruMM consists of the following:

    A drum kit template spanning across 60 keys with repeated mini kits across each

    octave allowing for multiple kits to be accessed within the same kit.

    The drop down menu below the AMP ENV sliders shows all the midi notes and

    corresponding samples. This allows you to either treat the whole kit globally or to

    edit individual samples.

    Globally: Individual edits:

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    Drum kit list:

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    MAIN CONTROL PANEL

    The control panel houses the global functions for the whole kit.

    VELOCITY Controls the velocity curve of the instrument.

    LEVEL Controls the overall level (volume) of theinstrument.

    CUT OFF Controls the filter cut-off for the selected filter type.

    TUNE Controls the overall tuning of the instrument.

    PAN Controls the pan of the instrument.

    RES Controls the filter resonance of the selected filter.

    AMP ENV Amplitude Envelope

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    The amplitude envelope consists of the following parameters:

    ATTACK determines the time it takes the sound to reach peak value

    HOLD determines how long peak value is held prior to the decay

    DECAY determines time taken for attack to die prior to sustain

    SUSTAIN determines how long the note is held

    RELEASE determines how long the note takes to release (die)

    FILTER ENV Filter Envelope

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    The filter envelope consists of the following parameters:

    ATTACK determines the time it takes for the filter to open

    HOLD determines how long peak value is held prior to the decay

    DECAY determines time taken for attack to die prior to sustain

    SUSTAIN determines how long the filter is held open

    RELEASE determines how long the filter takes to release (die)

    AMNT controls the amount of filter required

    There are three filter types:

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    Introduction to Filters

    Cut-off frequency

    This is the point (frequency) at which the filter begins to filter (block or cut out).

    The filter will lower the volume of the frequencies above or below the cut-off

    frequency depending on the type of filter used.

    Attenuation

    This lowering of the volume of the frequencies , is called Attenuation. In the case

    of a low-pass filter, the frequencies above the cut-off are attenuated. In the case

    of a hi-pass filter, the frequencies below the cut-off are attenuated.

    Resonance

    Boosting the narrow band of frequencies at the cut-off point is called resonance.

    Also known as Q and bandwidth, in effect, he higher the resonance, the narrower

    the bandwidth.

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    LOW PASS

    In the low-pass filter diagram the frequencies below the cut-off are allowed to

    pass through whereas the frequencies above the cut-off are attenuated.

    Hi PASS

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    BAND PASS

    A filter that passes frequencies between two limits is known as a band-pass filter.

    It attenuates frequencies below and above the cut-off and leaves the frequencies

    at the cut-off. It is, in effect, a low-pass and a hi-pass together.

    AMBIENCE SLIDER

    The ambience slider controls the send levels of both the reverb and delay effects

    both globally and on single samples. This has been carefully created to allow for

    space rather than a wet reverb as low frequency drum sounds, like kicks etc, can

    lose definition when too much reverb is applied. Moving the slider to the right

    allows for more of the ambient effect.

    Use this when you want your drums to sit in their own space.

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    DIALS, KNOBS AND SLIDERS

    This is the heart of Drumm.

    PHAT

    A combination of chained effects and dynamic in series affording a very specific

    multi-band EQ, subtle distortion when pushed and a limiter to tame the varying

    levels. The design of this knob is a well guarded secret but suffice to say each

    effect and dynamic behave relative to each other. If you like your drum sounds

    really PHAT then hit the dial and explore some sonic mayhem. BE CAREFUL when

    using the PHAT dial on tonal sounds like 808 kick drums or toms etc as it can give

    an underlying distortion buzz tone.but maybe that is exactly what you want!

    CRUNCH

    A combination of bit crushing into sample rate conversion gives this dial a nasty

    and destructive character..LOVELY! Turn the dial to the end for some serious

    degradation of sound. BUT, used lightly you can achieve a nice thickening of the

    sound much like saturation.

    VINYL

    This dial is a 4 way selector switch and selects vinyl background noises from

    different eras.

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    OFF 30 - 40 60. This is a global effect as the vinyl noise is added globally to thewhole instrument.

    Controls the level (AMT) of vinyl noise required.

    WIDTH

    This dial controls the stereo width of either the whole instrument (globally) or a

    sample.

    VINYL KNOB

    The crackle knob is a 3 way selector OFF crackle 1 crackle 2 and selects crackle

    noises that you get with vinyl playback. This effect is global and is applied to the

    whole instrument.

    Controls the level (AMT) of the selected crackle.

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    THE SAMPLES and LAYERING

    I have used specific sample inversion techniques and polarity inversions with

    some M/S to create width and this has resulted in specific frequencies being

    removed for layering purposes. By phase cancelling specific frequencies I was able

    to create a hollow in the secondary layer so that the primary layer can sit. This

    makes for layering without the usual uncontrollable frequency cancellations and

    summing that normally takes place with sample layering. I also switched some of

    the polarities so they sound 'different' when using the PHAT dial. This allowed for

    thickening without having to have the usual gain problems when the dial is

    turned, even with a variable limiter.

    Please watch the SAMPLES AND KIT LAYERING video as it clearly

    demonstrated the thinking and processes behind this technique.

    A great way to test this concept is to load 2 DruMM kits/modules into one

    instance of Kontakt. Assign the same midi channel to both kits/modules and play

    away. This way the two kits are triggered at the same time allowing for layering

    on the fly. You will now hear a huge difference when playing the kits as layers as

    opposed to individual kits.

    This was the original and whole idea behind DruMM, the ability to layer and edit

    drum sounds on the fly without losing the creative process due to the time taken

    to create layers and assign effects etc.

    For this reason alone I hope you will delve into all the modules and extreme all

    functions and layering. If you find you are in the mood, chain a series of modules

    for mayhem madness.

    Warp and weep!

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    INFO

    Click the INFO tab to access all the necessary credits and a very brief breakdown

    of the heart of DruMM.

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    KONTAKT ISSUES

    Kontakt displays certain anomalies with certain effects and dynamics.

    Whilst creating and then testing DruMM we found that the WIDTH dial crackles

    when used. This was investigated and found to be a known issue with this specific

    effect in Kontakt.

    The PHAT dial displayed a click when used with FX bypassed. This was remediedby switching FX ON all the time. This may drain your CPU resources and if it does

    then it can be bypassed.

    Midi note select cannot be adopted when scripting in group mode. This is why a

    drop down menu was created for sample/note selection. For detailed editing

    please use the settings option and use group and sample editing.

    USING THE FREE KONTAKT PLAYER

    Please be aware that there is a time limitation when using the free Player to

    audition DruMM. The Player will shut down after a specific period (depending on

    which version you have) and although it allows full access to editing the edits

    cannot be saved.

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