![]() ![]() I highly recommend reading the digital version because it also has much needed instructions on how to use Kontakt Player 2, and makes it quicker when searching for stuff.Įach patch loads with on-screen controls for reverb, 5-stage AHDSR envelope, and simple parametric EQ with adjustable mid. The skimpy printed manual simply tells you the knob functions, options, and describes the sounds included. ![]() pdf version that installs with the software. My box shipped with a small printed manual and larger, more up-to-date digital. If you don’t have internet then you can authorize by telephone or it gives you a file to do the authorization on another computer. To authorize VI One you just open NI Service Center (which opens automatically if you try to use VI One without authorizing) and it will connect to the internet and ask you which NI products you would like to authorize, then you click next and that's it. The files took a while to copy onto my drive, as it is a hefty 20GB.īefore you use any Native Instruments product you have to authorize it with their software called NI Service Center, which ships with VI One, and all NI products. Putting sample libraries on a faster, secondary hard drive usually helps performance and the samples load faster. On my Windows XP machine it was in C:\Program Files\Vir2 but you can choose any location you want during the install. The installation was fairly easy - you just pop in disc 1 and do the "I agree, next, next, next, finished" dance, but don't forget which folder you installed to, because you have to manually drag the other 2 DVDs into the same folder. As usual, visit the website for more details and for the latest updates/downloads before you start. Support is promptly done via email and Vir2's website forum. The license agreement allows you to install VI One on two computers at a time. It works with Windows XP, Vista (32-bit), Mac Intel or Power PC. VI One can be used in AU, RTAS, VST, DXi or stand-alone formats, which means you can use it by itself or with Sonar, Logic, Pro Tools, Cubase, Acid, Live, Garageband, etc. ![]() A single 1.4 GHz processor (G4 for Mac) is the minimum spec but I'm sure a lot of you will have more power than that. Huge sample libraries eat RAM like crazy so 1GB is recommended, with 512MB being the minimum. VI One ships on 3 DVDs so you'll need at least 20GB of space. The libraries use a custom-script version of Native Instruments' Kontakt 2 Player, (but they also work with the full-version of Kontakt. VI One is created by a new division of Big Fish Audio called Vir2 (which seems to focus on creating "higher end" sample libraries of professional-studio usability. It covers a lot of ground from pop, rock, electronic, hip hop, jazz, world, orchestral, sound effects, GM and more. It comes in all the latest flavors (RTAS, VST, AU, DXi or stand-alone) and was built to compete with the big boys, like the Yamaha Motif, Roland JV/XP series, Korg Triton, etc. It's a no-brain, one-stop upgrade for your studio, and it sounds better and costs less than any big-name, rackmount hardware unit I've heard to date. VI One is a 20GB software-based sound library with over two thousand instruments to choose from. To this note Big Fish Audio offers VI One. Many of the best sounds from the most popular keyboard workstations have been exhausted, used by numerous producers on countless hits. A lot of studio owners are holding off on pricey hardware investments in favor of a more elegant software based solution. The previously disfavored computer is now the central piece of the studio, along with an external MIDI keyboard or control surface of some sort. But this was before computers came into the picture. These all have a large built-in set of basic sounds that are of pro-studio quality and a multi-track recorder/sequencer so that one can slap a song together pronto. Up until a few years ago, one of the first pieces of gear everyone would save up for was the oh-so-popular $3000 keyboard workstation such as a Triton, Motif, Fantom, etc. ![]()
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