Vir2 Instruments Apollo Quick Start Guide - Manual

QUICK START GUIDE
Apollo: Cinematic Guitars includes five main categories: Swells, Pads, Ambient Designer, Phrase Builder,
and Instruments. Each category showcases unique features for simplified sound design, allowing the user
to create the exact guitar­based sound they need. The following is a quick start guide for basic introduction:
Throughout Apollo:
● Blue ​ = ​ Off ​ , ​ Yellow ​ = ​ On ​ , White = ​ Selected
● The Mod Wheel enables and controls a Low Pass filter
SWELLS
​ provides the user with their choice of well over a hundred unique patches, each with various
options of triggering chromatically sampled notes, major chords (high and low iterations, and high and low
iterations of minor chords). In the “Chords and Notes” folder, transition between chords and notes by
clicking the yellow tab above the Swell Speed knob. Click the icon (
​ i ​ ) located on the bottom right­hand side
for mapping specifics, click anywhere on the image to return to the main controls. ​ *Refer to ADSR and LFO
explanation at the end of this document for further functionality.
­ Refer to the official PDF manual for further details on Swells.
The
​ PADS ​ patch includes two pad engines for easy sound design. Click the tab above each engine to load
a pad from a desired folder. Click the left and right arrows to cycle through pads in your chosen folder.
Select MOD to engage modulation. ENV is engaged by default with preset ADSR settings. Click M or S to
mute or solo the selected pad. By default, PAN is selected, and turning the knob will change the pan
settings of your selected pad. Clicking the PAN text will switch the control to TUNE, which changes the
function of the knob below to affect the tune settings of your selected pad. Click the EDIT button to reveal
MOD and ENV controls.
​ *Refer to ADSR and LFO explanation at the end of this document for function
explanation. ​ Clicking BACK will bring back the main PADS control interface setting. Additionally, open the
Preset Patches folder in the Apollo library for access to the preset patches.
­ Refer to the official PDF manual for further details on Pads.
The
​ AMBIENT DESIGNER ​ is a revolutionary approach to guitar­based ambient sound design. There are six
basic groups: Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Cyan, and White. Each group has a set of sounds loaded, which
can be triggered by simply pressing a note on the keyboard. Click the LATCH switch to engage Latch Mode,
which allows for the basic foundation of sound design within Ambient Designer. Press a key to trigger a
sound which will latch and continue to loop (illuminating an indicator light below that sound’s group). Press