8dio Silka - User Manual
8dio Silka - User Manual
8dio Silka - User Manual
User Manual
Silka Choir
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OVERVIEW
Silka is a continuation to our choral libraries dedicated to effortless, lyrical and expressive choral writing. Along with
Insolidus, it is the first to feature expressive polyphonic legato, so you can play advanced chord- and syllable
progressions with a single patch.
Silka can be a soft, distant light of a silent snowy night. A contemporary scoring choir for epic and emotional pieces.
Your gentle and sleepy sonic textures or the first pilot for any classical music composition.
Silka contains an advanced phrase-builder offering you the ability to create up to 64 strings of syllables.
Silka contains 8 microphone positions (Mix, Decca, Far, Wide and Spot 1-4) and over 63.500+ samples. The library
revolves around a deep set of meticulously sampled articulations. It comes with an advanced phrase-builder that allows
you to create completely realistic choral phrases.
Our CHAOS engine has also been added to multiply the textures and possibilities this library has to offer.
We hope you enjoy using this library as much as we enjoyed making for you.
PATCH DESCRIPTION
01 Silka Main DFD, TM2 and TMPro
The main patches contain both the male & All patches in 01, 02 and 03 are Available in DFD,
the female components layered together for TMPro (Time Machine Pro) and TM2 (Time Machine 2).
ease of use. These can be mixed and further DFD patches are light in RAM and CPU usage although
refined to your preference. they are not Tempo Synced. Time Machine patches are
Tempo Synced but heavier in RAM usage. As for quality,
02/03 Silka Males/Females Patches TMPro will give the best results but will be the
heaviest CPU-wise. TM2 is lighter but might have
The individual “split“ patches contain the artifacts due to the nature of the algorithm.
male & the female components as separate
patches. These are useful if you only require Finally, all the “Legato” patches work the same
a single section. These Use Time Machine independently of the folder they are in (TMPro, DFD or
Pro. TM2)
04 Presets CC LIST
A group of presets showing the possibilities CC 1 - Dynamics
Silka offers has been added. Enjoy with more CC 11 - Expression
experimental patches.
CCs 16, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 82,84, 85, 86, 87 ,88, 89,124 - Are
used by our engines so avoid assigning any controls to
them as it could generate conflicts.
USER INTERFACE
MAIN UI CONTROLS - ARTICULATIONS
SETTINGS PURGE
By selecting the settings icon you can choose how each You can load and unload each individual articulation from
articulation is activated. Be it a velocity range, a key RAM. Therefore saving valuable system resources from being
switch, or a range within a particular MIDI CC. taken up by unused sounds. When highlighted this indicates
the articulation is loaded (or loading) and available to be
You can fully customise each articulation to best suit your played.
personal workflow.
For global purging, use the small dropdown arrow located
For global selection, use the small dropdown arrow directly above the top purge button
located directly above the top cog wheel.
SEQUENCER CONTROLS
When open, the sequencer allows you to pre determine the ARROWS - Use the relevant arrows to move forwards and
order of your articulation changes. backwards in the sequence.
REST - Select this to insert a rest into the sequence.
This is great for chaining sequences together without RANDOM [?] - This will randomise every slot.
having to play them in live. Simply select what CLEAR - This control will clear the entire sequence.
articulations you want in the sequence by clicking the RESET - This will return the sequence back to the beginning.
articulations names. Use the neighbouring settings cog to control how it is
activated.
You can even switch between 4 different sequences live SETTINGS - By selecting the settings icon you can choose how
using whatever control method you require. each page is activated.
Furthermore you can even export and import full
sequences between different patches using the
“Load/Save“ dropdown menu.
The Mixer page has a very familiar layout, containing
controls that allow you to alter the volume / pan / solo /
mute for each microphone position. To adjust the output
routing, simply click on the name of the desired
microphone position and select an output from the
dropdown menu.
DROPDOWN PURGE
By using the dropdown menu you can access controls for You can load and unload each individual microphone position
the Stereo Spread and EQ Presence for each individual from RAM. Therefore saving valuable resources from being
microphone position. taken up by unused positions.
When highlighted this indicates the position is loaded (or
When at the default value (CMD + CLICK) these controls loading) and available to be played.
will automatically bypass in order to save CPU resources.
We would recommend that when using secondary microphone
positions that you unload the “MIX“ position in order to avoid
phasing.
ADDITIONAL CONTROLS - OPTIONS
The Options page allows you to access
further controls that alter and
customise the playability and sound of
a patch.
DYNAMICS & EXPRESSION ADDITIONAL CONTROLS
DYNAMICS [CC1] - allows you to crossfade between LEG. INTENSITY - Controls the intensity of the intervals on
different velocities and filters. patches with Polyphonic Legato. Additionally, the button on
the side toggles legato On/Off
EXPRESSION [CC11] - adjusts the overall volume of a
patch. LINK links the 2 controls together. RELEASE - alters the release of the samples.
The Intimate Legato patch, containing True Monophonic Legato offers control over the speed of the
legato intervals (automatic if the button is ON) and their volume
MIXER VELOCITY
By using the horizontal sliders you can tailor Use the controls available under the velocity sub menu to alter the velocity
your own mix between the male and female sensitivity of the patch. This is great for customising the patch to work with
choir sections. your given controller.
KEY MAPPING
The RED keys are keyswitches to control the Articulations directly from the Keyboard.
CHAOS ENGINE
EQ controls a 3 band Equaliser, we have included a handful of useful presets to help you in sculpting your sound. We also have
included a CHAOS control, this allows you to randomise every value, which is extremely useful for carving out new and interesting
sounds.
The Settings page consists of a few vital controls to help control the CHAOS switch. Such as MOTION, which constantly randomises
and animates every relevant parameter. RANGE which alters the amount of randomisation under both MOTION and CHAOS. And the
CHAOS / FLOW switch which changes the type of randomisation available. CHAOS is purely random based on a value below your
current settings and the RANGE, whereas FLOW analyses and adjusts your current settings depending on your RANGE allowing you
to have a more subtle evolution of randomisation.
The Settings page consists of a few vital controls to help control the CHAOS switch. Such as MOTION, which constantly randomises
and animates every relevant parameter. RANGE which alters the amount of randomisation under both MOTION and CHAOS. And the
CHAOS / FLOW switch which changes the type of randomisation available. CHAOS is purely random based on a value below your
current settings and the RANGE, whereas FLOW analyses and adjusts your current settings depending on your RANGE allowing you
to have a more subtle evolution of randomisation.
The Settings page consists of a few vital controls to help control the gate. Such as MOTION, which randomises the gate at the end of
each sequence, and ON NOTE which will restart the sequence upon every new note played.
DELAY consists of 2 sequential delays, this allows you to build complex rhythms and sequences by simply using different time
values. Each delay has a wet MIX parameter, a tempo synced TIME control, and FEEDBACK and PAN controls to help control the style
and power of the delay. We also went a step further, and added a a LOW and HIGH PASS filter to the end of the chain, this allows
you to filter out certain frequencies only in the feedback of the delay ensuring it doesn’t conflict with your main sound.
And, you guessed it, we included a CHAOS control, so you are able to randomise every relevant parameter, creating some truly
amazing delay patterns. Both delays and the filters also work intelligently, meaning if you are not using them or they are set to a
minimal value, they will bypass themselves in order to save your CPU load.
TRANSFORM contains a powerful impulse convolution with some truly strange and wonderful presets. To change what convolution
is loaded, simply select the preset dropdown menu, and load any of our hand designed impulse responses. From fog horns, to car
crashes, engine revs to world ending drones, we have included a handful of our favourite custom recorded and designed presets. If
you are feeling indecisive, you can also select the CHAOS control, which will randomly assign a preset for you, as well as alter the
available controls for some truly esoteric results. The included controls can help you further shape the convolution, such as MIX
which alters the wet value of the insert, SIZE which stretches or compresses the impulse, PRE-DELAY which adds a small delay
before the impulse is triggered, and of course a HIGH and LOW PASS FILTER, which allows you to shape the frequency of the
impulse convolution layer.
8DIO THANKS
THANK YOU for choosing our products! It is because of you that we never give up on
developing new and original ideas! We hope you use it and explore it as much as it gets!
The production of our libraries are not only a product of our own vision, but also a product of
patience from friends and family and of course, countless discussions with a variety of great
musicians.
Further thanks to Alejandro, Thanos, Panagiotis, Tawnia and Cam.
Love,
Troels Folmann