User Manual / Richter Strings

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OVERVIEW
The 8Dio Richter Strings is an indertaking never done Choose from a variety of tempo-synchronized Measured
before. 9 Round Robin articulations breathe life into this sequences, a never before captured collection of Short
string library like nothing heard before. Now with more note articulations or choose from dozens of flowing Arcs,
grit, intensity, controllability and of course articulations. each offering different vibratos, intensities, and repetitions.
The Richter Strings marks countless hours of critical Richter Strings also features five individually recorded
recording and capturing of musical performances, which Sustain articulations enabling you to play in a variety of
through proprietary post-production have been carefully sounds.
curated and crafted into these beautiful instruments.
Each of the main performance based Arcs also feature
Featuring only the best in musicianship, the Richter original and musical coloration and dynamic changes,
Strings has all the intricacy and passion you would expect, ensuring the pure and lifelike nature of the live performance
capable of dynamic and moving performances. Recorded can be accurately preserved.
in a controlled studio environment, Richter Strings was
captured in incredible detail and without compromise.

A stand out feature of Richter Strings is its extensive use of

round robin to create more realism than ever in our libraries.
MAIN PAGE
The Instrument Page contains all the vital controls in
order to shape the core mechanics of the sound, from
Dynamics, Speed & Keyboard Response, to the Micro-
phone Distance and selected Articulations.

*NOTE - You can always reset a control to its default

value by simply using (CMD + Click).
ARTICULATION MENU
The Articulation Menu allows you to load a desired
articulation, control its triggering method, switch be-
tween articulations and alter their core volume. All
while retaining the most vital controls in view at the
bottom of the screen.
THE menu BROWSER POP UP
Selecting a Technique or Articulation name will Selecting your desired articulation in the pop up
allow the highlighted name to be playable via your window is as easy as finding the category and sound
MIDI controller. To alter the loaded sound in any needed, and single clicking it. This will assign it to the
given slot simply double click the name and a pop currently active slot.
up browser will appear.
*NOTE - you cannot assign the same articulation twice.
*NOTE - Many articulations react differently to
Dynamic input either via the Dynamics Control,
Inputted Velocity, or sometimes both. Try playing
with these to achieve the desired sound.
ARTICULATION CONTROLS MAIN CONTROLS pt1
Each slot has multiple controls which are DYNAMICS - Controls the overall Dynamics of the
independant to the articulation loaded in that sound, controlled via Modwheel (CC1).
particular slot.
EXPRESSION - Controls the overall volume of the
VOLUME - This slider alters the volume of the sound, controlled via Expression (CC11).
articulation loaded within the slot.
SPEED - Controls the overall Speed the performance,
CTRL - Selects the activation method for the slot. To which also can be controlled via CC16.
switch between keyswitch and MIDI CC simply use
the “keyboard” toggle switch and drag the note or
number to the desired location.
MAIN CONTROLS pt2 UNAVAILABLE CONTROLS
RELEASE- Controls the overall volume of all If a control or set of controls are not available for the
release triggers. selected articulation they will be greyed out and not
function.
RESPONSE - Adjusts your MIDI Controllers velocity
response. *NOTE - Defaulting “DISTANCE“ or “RELEASE“ to the
minimum value will save on system resources.
VIBRATO - Controls the vibrato intensity of all ap-
plicable articulations.
The Effects Engine is perhaps
our most elaborate feature.
We wanted to take the
concept of chance and
extreme tweakability and
port it to our user-interface.

effects
The Effects page consists of multiple rack effects. To
alter the order of the loaded racks, simply select the
name of the effect and choose the appropriate option
from the dropdown menu.
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RICHTER STRINGS
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