SONUSCORE Duduk Ancient Phrases Owner’s Manual

: June 12, 2024
: SONUSCORE

SONUSCORE Duduk Ancient Phrases Owner’s Manual

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to SONUSCORE ANCIENT DUDUK PHRASES. This HALion instrument enables you to integrate expressive Duduk phrases into your compositions.

DOWNLOAD & INSTALLATION

Please follow these steps to set up the library

Download and install the Steinberg Download Assistant if you haven’t already. You can find it at www.steinberg.net.
Open the Steinberg Download Assistant and click on the requested Ancient Duduk Phrases sound library.
This library can only be used with a compatible version of HALion, HALion Sonic or HALion Sonic SE. Therefore, before you proceed and start to install the sound library content, please make sure you have installed the latest version HALion 6, HALion Sonic 3 or HALion Sonic SE 3. You can get the latest updates from here www.steinberg.net.
You don’t have HALion 6, HALion Sonic 3 or HALion Sonic SE 3 installed? Both HALion 6 and HALion Sonic 3 are available from www.steinberg.net.
If you don’t have HALion 6 or HALion Sonic 3, you can use HALion Sonic SE 3. In the Steinberg Download Assistant, the HALion Sonic 3 SE installer can be found in the VST instruments & Plugins column.

Please note: HALion Sonic SE 3 is also included in Cubase 9.5 or later. So if you have installed Cubase 9.5, HALion Sonic SE 3 is already installed and, if necessary, only needs to be updated.

Registration

Once all downloads have been completed (green progress bar), click on ‘Open’ in the line of the first library component listed by Steinberg Download Assistant.
Steinberg Library Manager, a tool installed along with HALion/HALion Sonic (SE), opens and suggests to register the contained sound files (‘Register VST Sounds’).
Click ‘OK’ to proceed and wait for the registration to finish. Please be patient. It can take some until all files have been registered completely.
As soon as the Steinberg Library Manager has completed the registration, a window pops up reporting that ‘VST Sounds registered successfully.’ Click ‘OK’ to confirm.

Please remember that this sound library can only be used with a valid license. The Ancient Duduk Phrases license includes a license for HALion Sonic SE 3. If you want to use this library with HALion 6 or HALion Sonic 3, please make sure that the corresponding license is available on your system, too.

ANCIENT DUDUK PHRASES

Ancient Duduk Phrases

On the main page you can select a theme and access all the basic functions you need to get started.

THEME SELECTION BAR

On the left side of the main page are 17 themes that you can choose from. When you choose one of the bonus themes the root key range is changed to the available keys. Your theme selection is reflected on the keyboard in the octave above C5.
Theme Selector

PHRASE SYSTEM

Each theme consists of five complete phrases. You can play the opening, middle and endings of each phrase and combine them freely to create new phrases. As an addition we created short endings that will take you back to the root at any time.

KEYSWITCHES

Key Switch

You can use the highlighted keys to play the phrases and combine them freely.

PHRASE PROGRESS BAR

Phrase Progress Bar

The Phrase Progress Bar shows the waveform of the current phrase and the playback position the phrase is in.

NOTE: You can drag the left start icon to adjust the playback start of the current phrase.

PAGE SELECTION

Page Menu
On the bottom of the GUI you can find the Main and FX page buttons. Use those to navigate between the two pages.

PLAYBACK SPEED

The speed knob allows you to change the playback speed of the phrases.

It goes from a minimum of 50% up to 150% of the original speed

FX PAGE

On the FX page you can access the advanced functions of the EQ, DELAY and REVERB settings.
FX Page
On the FX page you can access the advanced functions of the EQ, DELAY and REVERB settings.

EQ

EQ ON/OFF: Toggles the equalizer on and off.
LOW: Adjusts the gain of the low frequency band of the equalizer.
LOW/MID: Adjusts the gain of the low-mid frequency band of the equalizer.
HIGH/MID: Adjusts the gain of the high-mid frequency band of the equalizer.
HIGH: Adjusts the gain of the high frequency band of the equalizer.

DELAY

DELAY ON/OFF: Toggles the delay on and off.
SYNC: Sync to host tempo on/off.
TIME: If SYNC is turned off you can select the delay time in ms. If SYNC is turned on you can select the delay time in note values.
FEEDBACK: Adjusts the FEEDBACK amount of the DELAY effect. Basically this parameter controls how many times a note will be audible via the DELAY.
MIX: Adjusts the MIX level of the DELAY effect.

REVERB

Reverb

REVERB ON/OFF: Toggles the reverb on and off.
IR MENU: Choose one of six impulse responses.
PREDELAY: Adjusts the PREDELAY of the REVERB effect in ms. This parameter is helpful for simulating distance.
MIX: Adjusts the mix level of the REVERB.

ANCIENT DUDUK LEGATO

When opening the „Ancient Duduk Legato“ instrument you have all the controls you need right there in the GUI.

DYNAMICS AND EXPRESSION

Dynamic Expression

CC1 (mod wheel): Controls the dynamic of the instrument.
CC11 (expression): Controls the over all volume of the instrument.

Use both CCs if you want to expand the dynamic range of the instrument.

REVERB

Reverb

REVERB ON/OFF: Toggles the reverb on and off.
IR MENU: Choose one of six impulse responses.
MIX: Adjusts the mix level of the REVERB.

EQ

EQ ON/OFF: Toggles the equalizer on and off.
LOW: Adjusts the gain of the low frequency band of the equalizer.
LOW/MID: Adjusts the gain of the low-mid frequency band of the equalizer.
HIGH/MID: Adjusts the gain of the high-mid frequency band of the equalizer.
HIGH: Adjusts the gain of the high frequency band of the equalizer.

DELAY

DELAY ON/OFF: Toggles the delay on and off.
SYNC: Sync to host tempo on/off.
TIME: If SYNC is turned off you can select the delay time in ms. If SYNC is turned on you can select the delay time in note values.
FEEDBACK: Adjusts the FEEDBACK amount of the DELAY effect. Basically this parameter controls how many times a note will be audible via the DELAY.
MIX: Adjusts the MIX level of the DELAY effect.

KEYSWITCHES

The playable instrument range is from G3 to C5. Besides the legato articulation (keyswitch C1) there are 7 different types of sustain variations with ornamentations available to enrich your performance (keyswitch D1-C2). If you continue to play legato (overlapping midi notes) after a sustain variation the instrument will automatically activate the legato articulation (keyswitch C1) again otherwise the pressed keyswitch will stay active.

C1 – Legato
G1 – Crescendo Accent
D1 – Halftone Bending
A1 – Accent Cresc Exp
E1 – Accent Cresc Soft
B1 – Double Trill Short
F1 – Short Trill
C2 – Double Trill Long