1.-Welcome to Accordions!

Producer, Eduardo Tarilonte is well known for his five-star star Anthology series. The same award winning attention to detail has been applied to this latest release. Accordions claims to be the most realistic and extensive accordion collection ever. 2,7 Gb 24 bit 44.1 Khz mono samples. This collection includes 7 accordion instruments (plus a bonus one) and 8 multis combining all possible sound registers you can find in an accordion. The gem of this library is the bandoneon. An A-A (Alfred Arnold) bandoneon was recorded to keep the authentic tango spirit. This model was built before the Second World War and Astor Piazzolla made it famous playing it during all his life. Piazolla bandoneon serial number was about 19.000. The sampled one is 15.690, very close!! Designed gned to be played on real time, just moving the mod wheel, wheel you will be able to emulate the bellows and all the expressiveness an accordion can achieve. Accordions is powered by Kontakt. Kontakt. No sampler required! Kontakt 3 player included.

2.2.-The Instruments
Accordions consist of 7 instruments and a bonus. All seven patches where chromatically sampled with 3 different velocities and 3 round robins each. The bonus patch, a Steirische Accordion, has been chromatically sampled but it has just one velocity and no round robin. 1.-Bandoneon 2.-Concertina 3.-Double Reed Musette 4.-Single Reed Musette 5.-Single Reed Piccolo 6.-Single Reed Bassoon 7.-Basses (Left Hand) 8.- Steirische Accordion (Bonus Patch)

Bandoneon

1.-Button Noise on: Switch this button to turn on/off the press button noises. 2.-Volume: Volume of the press button noises. 3.-Release Noise on: Switch this button to turn on/off the release button noises. 4.-Volume: Volume of the press button noises. 5.-Sforzato on: Press this button to switch on/off Sforzato articulation. This is a very typical sound in bandoneon. 6.-Sforzato Volume: Volume of Sforzato articulation. 7.-Sforzato Threshold: Set the velocity threshold to activate Sforzato articulation. Sforzato will sound if the velocity played is over the threshold. 8.-Volume Table: This table shows you the cross fade value between the 3 layers. This is the bellows strength. 9.-CC Volume: Choose the midi CC you wish to control the volume cross fade. 10.-Group Start: Choose between random cycle and round robin. 11.-FX on: Switch reverb on/off. 12.-FX Send: Amount of reverb. 13.-FX Controller: Choose the midi CC you wish to control the amount of reverb. 14.-Help: Press this button to read what everything in the patch is for.

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1.-Key Noise on: Switch this button to turn on/off the press button noises. 2.-Volume: Volume of the press key noises. 3.-Release Noise on: Switch this button to turn on/off the release key noises. 4.-Volume: Volume of the press button noises. 5.-Volume Table: This table shows you the cross fade value between the 3 layers. This is the bellows strength. 6.-CC Volume: Choose the midi CC you wish to control the volume cross fade. 7.-Group Start: Choose between random cycle and round robin. 8.-FX on: Switch reverb on/off. 9.-FX Send: Amount of reverb. 10.-FX Controller: Choose the midi CC you wish to control the amount of reverb. 11.-Help: Press this button to read what everything in the patch is for.

Left Hand Bass Accordion

The left hand of the accordion, the basses, is designed to play chords and rhythms. IMPORTANT: If you use this instrument at the same time than any other accordion preset (left and right hand), dont forget that there is only one bellows, so any midi CC volume info should be the same for both.

RANGE: C1-B1 Bass Notes C2-B2 Major Chords C3-B3 Minor Chords C4-B4 7th Chords C5-B6 Diminished Chords

Concertina

1.-Button Noise on: Switch this button to turn on/off the press/release button noises. 2.-Volume: Volume of the press/release button noises. 3.-Bellows Noise on: Switch this button to turn on/off the bellow noises. 4.-Volume: Volume of the bellow noises. 5.-Frequency: Move this knob to adjust the frequency of the bellows noises. 6.-Handle Noise on: Switch this button to turn on/off the handle noises. 7.-Volume: Volume of the handle noises. 8.-Frequency: Move this knob to adjust the frequency of the handle noises. 9.-Volume Table: This table shows you the cross fade value between the 3 layers. This is the bellows strength. 10.-CC Volume: Choose the midi CC you wish to control the volume cross fade. 11.-Group Start: Choose between random cycle and round robin. 12.-FX on: Switch reverb on/off. 13.-FX Send: Amount of reverb. 14.-FX Controller: Choose the midi CC you wish to control the amount of reverb. 15.-Help: Press this button to read what everything in the patch is for.

3.-The Multis
Accordions includes 8 multis. Multis are a combination of single and double reeds registers. With multis you can get all different sounds an accordion can play. IMPORTANT NOTES ABOUT MULTIS: Only noises of the last instruments are activated. If you want to turn off the reverb do it in ALL instances. Tweak the volume of every instance in order to get the sound you want. In this way, you can achieve any sound you wish.

4.-Credits
Concept and Production by Eduardo Tarilonte Script Programming by Gnter Hirscher Art by Nimgul Beta Testing Nick Harvey, Pedro Macedo Camacho and Max Toffone Special Thanks to Klaus Kandler and Robert Leuthner from Best Service, Rupert Gregson GregsonWilliams, lliams, Pedro Macedo Camacho, Nick Harvey and Max Toffone Toffone. Best Service 2009

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