User Manual

BLACKBIRD
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INSTALLATION ​
INSTRUCTIONS
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3. The library can be found through the regular browser in Kontakt.

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Please use your purchasing email address and enter ENTIRE serial code.

TROUBLESHOOTING KONTAKT:
This library does NOT use the “add library” function in Kontakt and all files must be access through the regular Kontakt browser
(upper left side of Kontakt). Please use the file browser in Kontakt and locate the program (.nki) files in the library to use it.

Please contact us at ​
[email protected]​
- if you encounter any other unforeseen issues.
OVERVIEW
BLACKBIRD is an extension to one of the most comprehensive drum kits ever sampled containing over 37,000
samples.

BLACKBIRD contains 10 individual microphone positions for ultimate mixing flexibility. You have individual
microphones for kick, snares, hi-hats, cymbals, toms and dedicated overhead, room and custom distortion. The
user-interface is highly intuitive and flexible, so both beginners and experts can have fun from the get-go.

Our Advanced Drum Series libraries are the first libraries to utilize our new flow-note technology. One of the
challenges with normal drum sampling is that elements like hats and cymbals artificially stack upon each other. In
reality a cymbal doesn’t stack. It is partially muted when it is hit again, while also carrying some sound from the
previous hit. We call this concept Flow Note.

BLACKBIRD is powered by the powerful Kontakt engine allowing for ultimate flexibility and effective streaming.
BLACKBIRD also contains features for advanced users, including ability to choose individual FX per microphone
position. The ability to send each channel to separate outputs and remapping tools. The entire user-interface was
designed in 3D and is incredibly intuitive to use.

But most importantly BLACKBIRD just works. It sounds completely real out of the box and doesn’t take a drum expert
or pro engineer to operate. The flow-note technology just makes everything connect. The mixer allows you to dial in
your desired sound in seconds.

BLACKBIRD is all about hyper-realistic sound, playability, and of course - ease of use.

Thanks

Troels
PATCH ​
DESCRIPTION

BLACKBIRD contains two patches: ​

MASTER ​
and L
​IGHT​
.

The ​
Master ​patch loads every single sample of the BLACKBIRD collection, whereas the ​
Light ​
is
designed for faster loading times and less ram consumption.
Both patches are compatible with each other, that means that the user can start a project using
the ​
Light ​patch and, before rendering, he can swap to the ​
Master ​patch without needing to
re-adjust anything.
USER ​
INTERFACE
MAIN ​
UI CONTROLS - ​
ARTICULATIONS
BLACKBIRD has a highly intuitive front end, allowing you to do such simple tasks such as change
between our carefully designed presets, to individually tuning the drums to your personal taste.
To adjust any drum or cymbal, simply click its image highlighting it. You will now see a range of
controls available for that drum or cymbal. These controls are as follows.
VOLUME:​
- Controls the gain of that particular drum across all microphone positions.

PAN:​
- Controls the panorama of that particular drum across all microphone positions.

TUNE:​
- Adjusts the tuning in semitones either up to +12, or down to -12.

FINE TUNE:​
- Adjusts the fine tuning up and down 1 semitone allowing you to fine tune the drum.

ATTACK:​
- Adds an artificial fade into the sound allowing you to reduce the sharpness of the sound.

DECAY:​
- Controls the fade out of the sound upon the release of the key, allowing you to gate or shorten tails.

SNARES:​BLACKBIRD contains 3 separately recorded snares, allowing you to choose and shape the most
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vital part of the kit to best fit your song. To select a different snare simply click its icon towards the
right of the interface.
PREVIEW:​If your are programming drums and need to check what particular drum you have selected,
-​
simply click the PLAY icon located in the bottom menu to preview the drum or cymbals you have
selected.
PRESETS:​ BLACKBIRD contains several carefully crafted presets to help you get started. To select a
- ​
different preset, click the PRESETS drop down menu, this will bring up a list of all the included presets
for that particular patch.
MIXER:​To access the microphone mixer page, just click the mixer icon to the right of the drum kit, this
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will bring up the mixer page.

RE-MAPPER:​ BLACKBIRD follows standard midi

- ​
mapping guidelines, but for ease of use you can
bring up the RE-MAPPER by clicking the GEAR icon
in the lower menu, allowing you to re-map up to
12 drum sounds to whatever keys you prefer.
MIXER ​
PAGE
BLACKBIRD has a fully dedicated Mixer page, with all the controls you could ever want to
customise this kit.
VOLUME:​
- The faders allow you to alter each microphone positions volume.

PURGE:​
- PURGE allows you to remove samples from RAM, saving valuable system resources.

PAN:​
- The PAN dial controls the panning for each independent microphone position.

SEND:​
- Adjusts the amount of gain sent from each microphone to the customisable reverb send.

SOLO/MUTE:​
- SOLO and MUTE can be used to alter what channels you can hear at any one time.

L/R:​
- Allows you to completely flip the master stereo perspective from “PLAYER” to “AUDIENCE”.

MASTER:​
- Allows you to adjust the instrument’s main volume, also available via CC11 [Expression].
OUTPUT:​Each microphone channel in BLACKBIRD has the option to route its
-​
output to any channel in your system. Simply click the “+” icon in the upper corner
of each channel and a drop down menu will appear.

EFFECTS:​Every microphone position has its own effects chain attached to it, such as STEREO SPREAD,
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EQ, COMPRESSOR and LOFI. BLACKBIRD even has its own REVERB send with many custom designed
convolution reverbs.

CHANNEL SELECT:​To select a different microphone channel, simply click on the microphone name.
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Channels are also be automatically selected upon SOLOing that microphone position.

MAIN PAGE:​To return back to the main drum options, click “MAIN PAGE”.
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8DIO ​
THANKS

so much for purchasing the 8DIO BLACKBIRD

THANK YOU​
​

The production of BLACKBIRD is not only a product of our own vision, but also a product of patience
from friends and family - and a product of countless discussions with great composers and producers.
A​
special thanks to Tawnia, Cam and Alejandro for keeping it together and dealing with my mad brain. You
guys are - once again - the true puppet masters.

If you have any questions, concerns, love-letters or hate mail feel free to send it to: [email protected].

♥ Troels Folmann