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Native Instruments Studio Drummer User Manual

Native Instruments Studio Drummer User Manual

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  • Page 1 Manual...
  • Page 2 The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not repre­ sent a commitment on the part of Native Instruments GmbH. The software described by this document is subject to a License Agreement and may not be copied to other media.
  • Page 3 Contact Germany Native Instruments GmbH Schlesische Str. 28 D-10997 Berlin Germany www.native-instruments.de Native Instruments North America, Inc. 5631 Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90028 www.native-instruments.com © Native Instruments GmbH, 2011. All rights reserved.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Effects ........................19 3.2.5 Channel Settings ....................... 23 Grooves Page ..........................24 Options Page ..........................27 3.4.1 VELOCITY Settings ..................... 28 3.4.2 MIDI Mapping ......................29 3.4.3 RANDOMIZE Settings ....................30 Kit Selection ......................31 STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 4...
  • Page 5 Table of Contents Drum Articulations ..................... 32 Session Kit ..........................32 Stadium Kit ..........................35 Garage Kit ..........................37 Credits ........................41 STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 5...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Introduction Introduction STUDIO DRUMMER is an acoustic drum library that gives you premium drum kits, a top of the line studio sound, full mixing control with high quality effects, and a huge selection of MIDI grooves covering a variety of popular music genres. It gives you everything you need to create the perfect drum tracks for all kinds of productions.
  • Page 7 → Results of actions are introduced by this smaller arrow. About KONTAKT / KONTAKT PLAYER STUDIO DRUMMER is a KONTAKT Instrument; you will, therefore, have to have KON­ TAKT or the free KONTAKT PLAYER installed on your computer in order to use this instru­...

  • Page 8: Quickstart

    To change the overhead and room mix amounts for each piece, adjust the correspond­ OH MIX ROOM MIX knobs. To alter the tuning, adjust the TUNE knob. STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 8...

  • Page 9: Changing The Snare

    Here you can control the volume, pan, mute, solo, and routing of the various tracks. You can also add many cus­ tomizable effects to all channels. STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 9...

  • Page 10: Adding And Removing Drums

    If you will not be using a particular drum, cymbal or percussion instrument, you can re­ move it from the kit, thus freeing up more computer memory. To do this: Click on the tab. STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 10...

  • Page 11: Preset Handling

    Adjust the settings you want to save and recall for your preset. Click in the text area on the preset drop-down menu. Type in the name for the new preset and click on the Save icon above the drop-down menu. STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 11...
  • Page 12 To remove a user preset: Select the preset in the drop-down menu. Click on the Ø icon above the drop-down menu. → The user preset will be deleted and not be available when opening the kit again. STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 12...

  • Page 13: The Performance View

    The Performance View Kit Page The Performance View This chapter describes the Performance View interface of STUDIO DRUMMER. Learn how to use the functions and controls of the four pages: Kit, Mixer, Grooves and Options. Kit Page page has a view of the drum kit where you can select each drum and adjust: ▪...
  • Page 14 After selecting a drum, the name and controls for that drum will appear in the panel at the bottom of the page. Edit­ ing the sound of a selected drum will edit all articulations of that drum. STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 14...

  • Page 15: Oh And Room Mix Knobs

    Please note that this is a separate control from the overall level of the OH and Room mics. These levels can be adjusted on the Mixer page. STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 15...

  • Page 16: Tune Knob

    You can save and load all mixer settings by using the MIXER panel at the upper left of the page. This panel appears on every STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 16...
  • Page 17 The Performance View Mixer Page page of STUDIO DRUMMER, in order to select different mixer page presets while using other parts of the interface. As each kit has a very different sound, these mixer presets can only be used for the kit that they are saved with.

  • Page 18: Common Mixer Controls

    “direct” mics) are placed very close to the drums. There are close microphones for the kick, snare, hi-hat, toms, and some percussion. 3.2.3 KIT MICS/BUSES Area The right portion of the Mixer page displays the controls for either the kit microphones or the busses: STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 18...

  • Page 19: Effects

    3.2.4 Effects Several new high quality effects are included with STUDIO DRUMMER, specifically tail­ ored for acoustic drum production. These effects are Convolution Reverb, Solid G-EQ, Solid Bus Comp, Tape Saturation, and the Transient Master. Each of these effects can be turned on or off for any of the channels by clicking on the LED next to each effect name at the bottom of the page.
  • Page 20 ▪ The low and the high frequencies can switch between bell curve and shelf modes by clicking on the BELL button. ▪ The OUTPUT knob on the right side adjusts the overall output level. STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 20...
  • Page 21 ▪ The MAKEUP knob allows you to increase the overall output level of the compressed sound. ▪ The OUTPUT knob on the right side adjusts the overall output level. STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 21...
  • Page 22 Transient Master Transient Master effect The Transient Master can subtly or drastically change the sound of the drums, depending on how you want to use it. STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 22...

  • Page 23: Channel Settings

    (represented by a memory chip icon) in the top-right corner of the CHANNEL area. You can always load that channel back at any time. STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 23...

  • Page 24: Grooves Page

    This panel is available on every page of STUDIO DRUMMER so you can play the grooves when using any of the other pages.
  • Page 25 4/4, unless otherwise shown in the name of the Groove or Fill. And the end of each Groove, there is a suggested BPM (beats per minute) tempo to use, but the grooves can be used at any tempo. STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 25...
  • Page 26 GROOVE panel. Available Grooves The 8 Genres included with STUDIO DRUMMER are Pop, Rock, Funk, Jazz, Indie, Metal, Country, and Blues. A Groove for a particular Genre is a typical beat that would be used for that genre. Similar­ ly, a Fill for a particular Genre is a drum fill that would be used in music for that genre. A...

  • Page 27: Options Page

    “technical” parameters of a kit are adjusted, such as the MIDI note mapping and velocity ranges. There is also a RANDOMIZE section where vari­ ous sound parameters have random values applied. STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 27...

  • Page 28: Velocity Settings

    The Performance View Options Page Options page Performance View 3.4.1 VELOCITY Settings VELOCITY area at the top allows you to fine-tune the way STUDIO DRUMMER responds to MIDI input: STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 28...

  • Page 29: Midi Mapping

    All custom MIDI mappings can be saved and loaded from the mapping preset menu. Mapping Presets STUDIO DRUMMER also comes with a selection of mapping presets that are set up to work with popular software and electronic drum setups. These include General MIDI, V- Drums (two options), DrumIt Five, EZDrummer, Superior Drummer, BFD, iMap, and Addic­...

  • Page 30: Randomize Settings

    Turning these knobs up to a high value can be used for a more experimental sound. STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 30...

  • Page 31: Kit Selection

    Kit Selection Kit Selection There are three main kits included in STUDIO DRUMMER, called the “Full” kits. Each of the kits has two additional versions, “Lite” and “Template”. All of these kits are explained below. Full Kits ▪ Studio Drummer - Session Kit Full ▪...

  • Page 32: Drum Articulations

    For the default drum mapping of these kits, please refer to the separate documents “The Session Kit - Default Mapping”, “The Stadium Kit - Default Mapping” and “The Garage Kit - Default Mapping”, included with the STUDIO DRUMMER documentation (via the Info but­ ton of the Instrument's Library tab in KONTAKT).
  • Page 33 Center Left Hand Rimshot Rim Only Tom 3 Center Right/Left Alternating * Center Right Hand Center Left Hand Rimshot Rim Only Tom 4 Center Right/Left Alternating * Center Right Hand Center Left Hand Rimshot Rim Only STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 33...
  • Page 34 High Crash Edge Bell Choke *** Low Crash Edge Bell Choke *** Ride Bell Edge Choke *** China Edge Choke *** Splash Edge Choke *** Tambourine Shake Clap Solo Multi Stick Hit Cowbell Open Muted STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 34...

  • Page 35: Stadium Kit

    Closed Tip Right Hand Closed Tip Left Hand Closed Shank Right/Left Alternating * Closed Shank Right Hand Closed Shank Left Hand Closed Pedal Open Controller** Open Pedal Open Quarter Open Half Open Three-Quarters Open Loose Open Full STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 35...
  • Page 36 Center Right/Left Alternating * Center Right Hand Center Left Hand Rimshot Rim Only High Crash Edge Bell Choke *** Low Crash Edge Bell Choke *** Ride Bell Edge Choke *** China Edge Choke *** STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 36...

  • Page 37: Garage Kit

    Open Snare Drum 1 & 2 Center Right/Left Alternating * Center Left Hand Center Right Hand Halfway Right/Left Alternating * Halfway Left Hand Halfway Right Hand Rimshot Sidestick Flam Roll Wires Off Rim Only STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 37...
  • Page 38 Center Right/Left Alternating * Center Right Hand Center Left Hand Rimshot Rim Only Tom 3 Center Right/Left Alternating * Center Right Hand Center Left Hand Rimshot Rim Only High Crash Edge Bell Choke *** STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 38...
  • Page 39 (CC4). At the 0 position of the controller, the open hi-hat control key plays the fully open hi-hat. As the controller sends higher values, playing the open Hi-hat control key will trigger Hi-hat samples that gradually become more closed. STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 39...
  • Page 40 If no cymbal sound is currently active, then the cymbal choke notes will do nothing. Choke samples can also be triggered with electronic drum pads which support the choking feature. STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 40...

  • Page 41: Credits

    Drummer: Simon Baumann Drum Sound Specialist: Udo Masshoff Photography: Frauke Fischer MIDI Grooves: Julian Laping, Simon Baumann, Ludger Kleff, John Emrich, Marios Ioannou, Lizzy Scharnofske All Drums Provided by: TBS Backline: http://www.tbs-backline.de/ Udo Masshoff: http://www.masshoffdrums.com/ STUDIO DRUMMER - Manual - 41...

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