Vir2 Instruments MOJO User Manual

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The Effects menu is available and works identically to the Core
Instruments, but there is a Key knob allowing for the easy trans-
position of the riffs into other keys. The Key knob defaults to the
key of the patch loaded (C Major in this example), and a pulldown
menu allows the choice of two different transposition methods.

All riffs automatically sync to host or MasterKontrol tempo. This
particular instrument, while recorded at 120bpm, will play back
at whatever tempo the host sequencer or the Kontakt Master
Kontrol is set to.

Note that both time-stretching (syncing) and transposing are done
by Kontakt’s DSP, and they work best if the distance to stretch is
smaller rather than larger. This example patch, which was recorded
in C major at 120bpm, should sound fine if played back in C# major
at 110bpm, but may sound strange if stretched to F# major and
50bpm. The best rule of thumb is to try and use riffs patches that
are as close as to the key and tempo that you need them to be.

Special Effects encompass various noises that the instruments
can make, such as key clicks, unusual glissandi, and more. Several
hundred samples are included across the instruments, and each
loadable patch features the individual samples mapped chromati-
cally on the keyboard starting at C1 (two octaves below middle C).

Sustains Only contain the same twelve instruments as the Core
Instruments, but remove all additional articulations apart from

sustains and releases. They are much faster to load than the Core
Instruments and use less RAM. They are useful for instances in
which realism is less important than being able to simply orches-
trate horn parts.