MYSTERY BOX Volume 2 Experimental Resonances User Guide
- June 3, 2024
- MYSTERY BOX
Table of Contents
Volume 2 Experimental Resonances
End User License Agreement
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(songs, albums, music for advertisement, jingles, library music, live
performances), integrate them in film post-production or use them as audio
assets for game development. You are legally prohibited to distribute,
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Requirements
Mystery Box 2 requires a FULL version of Kontakt (v 5.8.1 or above), it doesn’t support the free Kontakt Play. The .wav files contained in Mystery Box 2 can be used separately (in another software or hardware sampler, or just by dragging and dropping them on an audio track of your DAW), you don’t necessarily need Kontakt to use them.
INTRODUCTION
Mystery Box vol.2 is a sample library created by experimenting with the sound
of resonant objects. We’ve selected and recorded a variety of resonant metals,
from large junk bins to springs of different sizes and materials, from
orchestral chimes to resonant bowls, plates, and drums. Subsequently, we’ve
digitally analyzed, re-synthesized, and manipulated them by using a number of
sound design techniques: the result is a collection of unique dark cinematic
sounds, which sits on the edge between the authentic, organic character of the
original samples and a more left-field, experimental sonic identity.
Mystery Box 2 contains a hidden discount coupon that can be used on SELECTED
TITLES (please see Mystery Box 2 product page).
To obtain the discount coupon on S+OS and Zero-G, find the lock combination on
the GUI (or head to the last page of this manual..)and get prepared for a
serious jump scare:
the coupon will show up right in front of you and you’ll be able to use it
immediately.
Will you dare to open Mystery Box 2?
MYSTERY BOX 2 – GUI Overview
Mystery Box 2 features 8 separate Kontakt instruments focused solely on one- shot samples.
They are divided in the following categories:
- Springs
- Impacts
- Metal Tympani
- Long Stretched
- Surreal Chimes
- Clocks – Rhythms (tempo synched)
- Granular Tones
- Bonus material
Each of these .nki instruments allows you to individually manipulate the
samples in a variety of ways, from extreme re-pitching to playing one of them
along the keyboard.
All the samples contained in the instruments can be individually manipulated
from the GUI: every time you hit a keyboard to play a sample, the
corresponding waveform is displayed at the bottom left of the UI and all the
controls of Sample Offset, Envelope, Filter, Pitch, and Volume are updated to
the last sample that has been played.
| ATT, REL | Controls the volume attack and release for each sample |
|---|---|
| HPF – LPF | Controls the high/low-pass filter applied to the current sample |
| RES | Controls the filter resonance applied to the current sample |
| Pitch | Controls the pitch of the current sample |
| Vol | Controls the volume of the current sample |
| Extend Sample Range | When activated, the range of the current sample is |
extended along the whole keyboard, allowing you to “play” the sample like a conventional chromatic instrument.
EXTEND RANGE
When Extend Range is activated, the range of the current sample is extended
along the whole virtual keyboard, whereas the others are muted. This can be
very useful to “play” the selected sample like a conventional chromatic
instrument.
T I P 1 : check the Extend Range function with the Long Stretched
instrument. Find a sample with interesting tonal content, offset the sample to
the beginning of the tonal region, set the volume Attack and Release to a
proper value and start playing melodies and chords.
TIP 2: try the Extend Range on the Metal Tympani instrument to create a
tuned resonant metal patch.
LOCKS AND HIDDEN COUPON
The lock sliders at the middle of the GUI are not a sound editing control.
Their value range is 0 to 9, you will hear a mechanical clock sound when you
click on them or change their value. Matching the right combination of values
of the three locks will display a coupon that enables you to have a discount
on selected titles. It will also scare you a lot.
But what if I don’t want to bother solving the puzzle?
We get your point. When we released Mystery Box 1 last year, some people
welcomed the puzzle idea very warmly, whereas other customers would have
preferred to have the coupon straight away, with no further actions required
on their side.
So, how can we be so mean to the second category of customers? Therefore….
SPOILER ALERT
Next page contains the winning code. If you want to enjoy the game, please
CLOSE this document here, open Kontakt, and don’t look back EVER.
Otherwise … just head to the next page.
MYSTERY50OFFZG
Written by Giuseppe Caiazzo
May 28th , 2021