Neo-Soul Suitcase - Virtual EP VST Plugin

for Kontakt 4 and Higher

Visit: http://NeoSoulSuitcase.com/ for more info, news,

updates, tutorials, and patches.
Thank you for purchasing our Neo-Soul Suitcase plugin for
Kontakt 4. Below you will find system requirements and
instructions on how to decompress the download.
We have chosen to only support Kontakt 4 for this plugin.
Kontakt has so many more features, scripting, and a much
better infrastructure. If we offer our sample set for Reason
or EXS, then you will be missing some very important
advance scripting nuances that really make the samples

sound like a real Rhodes. Without these advance-scripting

methods that are only offered by Kontakt, you will not get
the full experience and quality sound of the samples. As a
result, rather than offering outstanding samples on a
subpar sampling engine, we have decided to keep the
quality high, which will keep the user experience where it
needs to be.
Update: We are working on Kontakt Licensing so that
you will be able to use the samples with the Kontakt
FREE player. Hopefully we will have the licensing
finished by mid October
System Requirements
Kontakt 4.2.3 Retail Paid Version (Library does not
work with Kontakt Free Player)
Windows
Windows XP (latest Service Pack, 32 Bit), Windows
Vista/Windows 7 (latest Service Pack, 32/64 Bit), Intel
Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or Intel Core Duo or AMD Athlon 64, 2
GB RAM (4 GB of RAM is Highly Recommended).
Mac
Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 (latest update, 32/64 Bit), Intel Core
Duo, 2 GB RAM (4 GB of RAM is Highly Recommended).
Disk Space: 2.6GB

RAR Utility Required to Decompress

The files that you download from the internet require a
RAR utility that will decompress the file. We chose to use
the RAR format as it has the highest compression
algorithm and we were able to compress the files twice as
small, which allowed for faster downloads. For Windows
you can download WinRar and for OSX you can download
Unrar X for.

Feature-Set and Controls:

Our main goal with the feature-set of the Neo-Soul Suitcase,
was to provide the most important features needed to make
the sound as real as possible. We didnt spend our time
making a bunch of funky phasers, wha-whas and other funky
effects, because thats not what you hear live. Well leave that
up to your DAW for those few effects you may use every once
in a blue moon. When a musician goes to a gig or records a EP
the right way, they take their suitcase, with the cabinets below;
maybe a twin reverb cabinet; their favorite pre amp for more
color; and/or a vintage chorus for a more beefy sound. All the
main components that make up the true sound of a Neo-Soul
Suitcase, is right here in this plugin. The interface is easy to
read and broken up into three main sections for easy tweaking.
From bottom to top:
Section 1: Bread and Butter EP Controls (Treble/Bass
Boost, Vibrato)
Section 2: Must have vintage effects (Amp/Pre-Amp,

Chorus, Twin Spring Reverb, Flanger, Phaser, Distortion,

Delay)
Section 3: Tweak-able EP effects (tine, pedal noises, key
noises, release sounds and bark)

1. Analogue/Vintage Modeled Vibrato

Anyone who has played a EP before knows that you cannot
survive without a dedicated Vibrato. This was the first feature
on our list of most important features as the vibrato can make
or break a EP plugin. Many libraries out today just give you the
raw EP sound, but leave it up to the user to provide their own

vibrato. The problem is that most DAWs dont have a

dedicated vibrato. They have a tremolo, WHICH IS NOT
VIBRATO. A true EP vibrato is a type of auto-panning effect,
with some inherent mushy effect that adds even more
warmth to the EP. So a true vibrato is a dual threat with autopanning and effects and we achieved this. All knobs can be
controlled via MIDI with Kontakts special MIDI learn function.
The vibrato LED even vibrates like a real EP does.

2. Treble and Bass Boost

If youve ever seen the face of a real EP, you will see a
dedicated treble and bass boost, the latter being extremely
useful. What makes a EP sound so beautiful is those low
barking bass notes. The bass boost darkens the EP and that
dark soulful sound is what musicians look for when playing
urban type of music. The treble boost is important to highlight
those nice sweet tine/bell frequencies when playing slow R&B,
neo-soul, or ballads.

3. Amp and Pre Amp Simulation - Impulse Response

Physical Modeling
This one feature alone is worth the price of the Neo-Soul
Suitcase. The Amp simulation is what changes the plugin from
a EP sound, to a dedicated EP synth. With high quality impulse
responses of real world amp cabinets, you can instantly change
the tonal character of the EP. By changing amp sim sounds,
you can instantly have a new EP. Running your EP through
popular Cabinets, Tube Saturators, and even specific pre-amp
colors, you can change the tonality, color, character, and feel
of the patch. Its equivalent to playing your drum sounds
through a MPC, or an ASR-10. Its something about these units

that adds color and warmth and our 12 different models will
do just that.

4. Warm Fat Vintage Chorus

With our special contact scripting techniques we were able to
model an analogue-vintage chorus. When you run our EP
through this chorus, you will instantly get a nice warm phat
sound that is not overly obtrusive, but just enough to fatten up
the EP. This is especially useful for soft ballads, R&B, spoken
word, and neo-soul music. As with the vibrato, you can control
all of your knobs through MIDI.

5. Spring Reverb - Twin Amp Modeled Impulse

Response
A good reverb can completely make or break a EP. A true
reverb will will completely add an overall sheen and presence
to a EP and we have achieved that through complex
convolution methods of creating impulse responses of a real
world Spring Reverb. This is what an EP Suitcase was designed
to run through and we have created this for you.

6. Tine/Bell Knob
Everybody likes different things. Some like a lot of bell and tine
noise and some dont. Thanks to our samples and plugin, we
give you the option to decide just how much tine sound you
want on your EP. We recommend some slight tine/bell noises
for slow R&B ballads, to make your performance or track sound
like a silky bell.

7. Pedal Noise and Pedal Resonance

Thanks to Kontakt 4s advanced scripting techniques, we were
able to add the sound of the resonance of the sustain pedal as
well as the clunk noise it makes when released. As with a real
EP, the sound goes through the cabinet and DI and you can
hear the grit and realness of the sound. We sampled 4different pedal resonance sounds and made each selection
random. So when you press your sustain pedal on your
controller or keyboard, the pedal resonance sounds. When you
lift your foot from the sustain pedal, then you will hear a
random of the 4-different choices, just to add a feeling of
playing a real EP. The pedal up noises are random as well to
give you even more randomness and variety.

8. Key Up Noise
This is the noise that the EP makes, when you lift off or release
the key and the momentum of the release vibrates and makes
a key-up sound. Once again, we wanted to give you the true
feeling of playing a real EP. Although this sound is not melodic
and does not contribute to the tonality of the EP, it does
significantly add to the realism of the EP as it instantly gives
the hearer a sense of playing a real world instrument

9. Key Down Noise

When the keys are pressed and the key raises up to hit the
tine, you will be able to hear this subtle, deep thunk. Its not
tonal, but it adds this really deep percussive noise and
presence in the cabinet and cover of the EP. Although this
sound is not melodic and does not contribute to the tonality of

the EP, it does significantly add to the realism of the EP as it

instantly gives the hearer a sense of playing a real world
instrument. It is actually amazing how this percussive noise
makes you feel as if you are playing a real EP.

10. Release Effects

This is probably one of the most important features of the
whole EP. We went back into the studio 2-3 times just to
capture all of the release sounds. We captured 12-layers of
staccato and 12-layers of 1 second release notes to make sure
we captured this important feature. The release sounds are
what makes the EP. Without good release samples, then you
are not playing a real EP. The grit of the release noises is
paramount and we added a dedicated control for this very
reason.

11. Bark
There is no EP sound without a bark. How many times have you
played a EP sound and wished it had more or less bark. The
bark of the EP is the whole reason why you love it so much. As
a result, we went back into the studio and capture 12
additional layers of bark sounds. So now you never have to
worry about having more bark. Just turn the knob and get
more bark!

12. Volume Knob for Rhode Sounds for Mixing

We strategically made the dedicated volume control to only
control the main EP sounds, not the effects. This will allow you
to instantly change the main EP volume for easy mixing. You
also can turn this volume all the way to 0 to be able to hear the
individual EP sound effects by themselves so you can precisely
program your sound to your liking. Or you can turn the EP
volume up to mix more of the main EP sound without having to
turn down all of the EP effects knobs individually.

13. Original Sound and Cleaned Sound Options

No matter how good the condition or how well serviced your EP
may be, there will still be some minor abnormalities in the
sound of each key. Remember, every single key has its own
personality and may not sound exactly the same as the other
keys. As a result, this feature allows you to use the original
sound of each key, or you can use the cleaned function which
cleans up the imperfections in the notes that are not quite as
uniform as the rest of the instrument. Our main goal with the
feature-set of the Neo-Soul Suitcase, was to provide the most
important features needed to make the sound as real as
possible. We didnt spend our time making a bunch of funky
phasers, wha-whas and other funky effects, because thats not
what you hear live. Well leave that up to your DAW for those
few effects you may use every once in a blue moon. When a
musician goes to a gig or records a EP the right way, they take
their suitcase, with the cabinets below; maybe a twin reverb
cabinet; their favorite pre amp for more color; and/or a vintage
chorus for a more beefy sound. All the main components that
make up the true sound of a Neo-Soul

14. FX - Phaser, Flanger, Delay, Distortion

The icing on the cake is the FX section. You cant quite have a
Neo-Soul Suitcase and not have the funky effects of a phaser
and flanger. The distortion effect will add some grit and
personality to your sound and the delay is very good for that
deep hip-hop sound that you heard from the Roots live album
and other hip-hop and neo-soul music.

Creating Your Own Patches

If you are familiar with Kontakt, then you will have no problem using
the patches. Here are the steps:
1. Open up your standalone Kontakt 4 or Open up an instance of
Kontakt in your DAW
2. Locate the Kontakt Patches Folder in the Neo-Soul Suitcase
directory.

3. Drag the patch or sound to the patch area of Kontakt.

4. Once you adjust all of your settings and knob

adjustments, you can save your own
patches:

5. If you want to assign your own controllers to a

particular knob it's easy. Just right click on a knob and
move a controller on your keyboard and the plugin will
automatically learn and assign your MIDI controller knob
to the plugin.