DK+ Library info, please read!

[liqih]

hello, please forgive my english and read below,

DK+ is close to release and we decided to go with quality and usability over quantity, for the content of it,

the number of styles and kits will grown anyway with the many updateds we planned,





DK+ Library

    What is it?

The DK+ Library is a great tool for the creation of songs and compositions,
amusement and to discover new exciting rhythms.

The DK+ Library is a collection of drum kits and a rhythmic patterns.
The collection is organized in 3 sections:

Factory Library: with a pattern collection arranged per musical style.

Custom Library: with an internal pattern set per kit

User Library: the section the user may fill with his creations.

NOTE each section is user editable, but to retain compatibility
with the DK+ Library updates we suggest to modify only the User section.


Factory Library

The Factory Library in version 1.0 features 26 drum kits and 20 styles,
for a whole of about 4000 different patterns.
More will be added at each DK+ update.

Each rhythmic style features a set of 8 patterns which can be exchanged
with any other style, as they are all consistent with the same logic.

A = standard rhythm long version, 2 or 4 or 8 bars
B = variation rhythm long version, 2 or 4 or 8 bars
C = standard rhythm short version, 1 bar
D = variation rhythm short version, 1 bar
E = fill 1, 1 bar
F = fill 2, 1 bar
G = intro, 1 bar
H = ending, 1 bar

The Above structure will let you build a song recording a track of MIDI
note message,
one note per pattern, and then switch style while keeping the song structure
as you arranged it in your VST sequencer.

Moreover each drum kit in the Factory Library features a unique version of
the style,
this means that switching kit you get also a variation of the rhythmic patterns
to musically match the sound of the kit.
So a great deal of musical content is at your finger tips.

The table below shows the style list of available ones in version 1.0,
a short description is given. Please note that sometime the same
style could be useful for different musical genres just by changing
the tempo, the speed at which it's played. So the suggestion is to
listen each style with all drum kits and various BPM settings.

* Blues Shuffle     Vintage Groove 
* Bossa Nova            Vintage Groove acidized for modern music
* Breakbeat             Dance rhythm with many variations
* Cha-Cha               As latin rock style
* Drums'n'bass1      Dance rhythm with many rolls for fast tempo
* Electro               Kind of New Wave rock rhythm
* Funk rock             Modern rock rhythm, suitable for Metal style too
* Old Hip Hop       The typical "tum tum cha" rhythm for rappers
* Pop 90                Pop rhythm with little shuffle on 16th
* Reggae1               "One drop" reggae rhythm
* Samba         Vintage Groove acidized for modern music
-* Ballad   
-* Ballad 6-8   
-* Funk         Vintage Groove
-* Fusion               World fusion groove for New Age and similar music
-* Hard rock            
-* House                "Four on the floor" groove      
-* Pop 80    
-* Rock       
-* Swing                Do some jazz mate
-* Techno               Dance rhythm for electronic sounds
-* Trip Pop             Down beat tempo



(table to be completed)

NOTE An asterisk (*) after the name of the style in the selection menu of
DK+ means
that the style is not available for the current drum kit selected.
Likewise an asterisk after the name of the drum kit means
that the style selected is not available for the drum kit.
  
Custom Library

The Factory Library in version 1.0 features 9 drum kits with internal style.

The drum kits in the Custom Library section do not use the Syle list,
but they include a variable number of custom patterns inside the kit itself.
These patterns are both examples for the use of the specific kit and a useful
start point for compositions in musical styles which usually feature those
kind of sounds or instrument. E.G. the Tabla kit features two Bangrha style
patterns.

User Library

On installation the User Library features only one kit as example,
to add your own kit follow these simple instructions:
just put your kit (made of WAV files and the bank.dk+) in a new folder inside
the "libray" folder located where the DK+ DLL is.
Put a "U" at the beginning for new folder name
and your kit will be available by the DK+ menu in the "User Kits" section
next time you open it.
NOTE the bank.dk+ file saved by the main MENU will hold both pads and pattern
settings. Also you can save and export the pattern in many other ways,
please refer to the DK+ manual for that.


     How to use the DK+ Library

The DK+ Library is a quick tool for the creation of the rhythmic part of
songs and compositions,
it's also easy to edit the kit and the patterns as you wish.

You may use it in many ways as the 3 sections suggest: Factory, Custom and
User.

"Factory" collection will let you arrange a song using the standard parts
like intro, chorus,
variation, fill, ending and then experiment swapping different styles or kits.
You can do that while listening.
The setup requires that "MIDI note on" messages are sent to DK+ on channel 16,
the notes from C1 to B2 select the 24 patterns in DK+ bank starting from
from pattern A,
C3 starts the step sequencer and C#3 stops it.

You may use the patterns directly from DK+ synced to the VST host, or you
can export them
as MIDI files for advanced editing. Check the DK+ manual for more info.

You can edit the Factory patterns in the DK+ step sequencer
and save them both as separate files (*.dk+ seq  and  *.dk+ ptn)
or inside a bank file (*.dk+).

Saving a song or a project from your VST host will also save the patterns
with your editing.


"Custom" collection provides some special kits like percussions or kits we
created
with original sounds. Example patterns are loaded in the DK+ sequencer
automatically when you choose a "Custom" kit from the "Kit" menu.
Then you can save, edit and export anything as you wish.


"User" collection is your space in the library, where to put the kits with
patterns
you created, the ones you want to keep handy by the DK+ menu as you may use
them often.

[Improv]

Looks good so far. I don't see where limiting the styles and kits is that much of a problem when you have .wav import. (And midi file import???)

Now where's the beef!!!

BTW-have you set a price yet?

Cheers

[topaz]

midi file import would be hard (probably) due to step seq using 16/32 grids.

I guess MF import where it qauntizes notes could work.

Looks good so far. I don't see where limiting the styles and kits is that much of a problem when you have .wav import. (And midi file import???)

[liqih]

midi file import would be hard (probably) due to step seq using 16/32 grids.

I guess MF import where it qauntizes notes could work.

Looks good so far. I don't see where limiting the styles and kits is that much of a problem when you have .wav import. (And midi file import???)

yes, so far DK+ features SMF export,
since the logic path could be:
quickly create in DK+ >>> then if you need fine editing, export to MIDI


price plan is still around 59 euros

[liqih]

please check it for me, thanks


http://nusofting.liqihsynth.com/DKplus_ ... _Drums.htm


BTW more skins, the Amoebe one is great!


all pics uploaded

[ugo]

please check it for me, thanks


http://nusofting.liqihsynth.com/DK+_Virtual_Drums.htm

im not seeing any errors on the page.
looks good to me.

-ugo

[tonalaxis]

I like the Mood skin

[amoebe]

Weird. I don't see any skins. The page loads as an empty page...

[pough]

liqih, there might be some issues with the "+" being part of the filename.

amoebe, try this: http://nusofting.liqihsynth.com/DK%2B_Skins.htm

[pough]

Just a FYI - '+' can sometimes be translated to " " when it's a part of a URL. It might depend on the browser being used. I hit the page fine in Firefox and IE. And it looks good in both!

[liqih]

thanks guys, and I'll change the + in plus for the URL,

[amoebe]

amoebe, try this: http://nusofting.liqihsynth.com/DK%2B_Skins.htm

Some progress, but now it says: click to enlarge but that's all I can see. No skins, no thumbs.

[liqih]

now the links are

http://nusofting.liqihsynth.com/DKplus_ ... _Drums.htm

http://nusofting.liqihsynth.com/DKplus_Skins.htm


should work,


thanks

[jtxx000]

works great here.

[amoebe]

I still can't see the skin thumbs. The skin page loads allright, but without any images.
I can manually load them by typing: http://nusofting.liqihsynth.com/images/Mood.gif, etc.
Weird huh...
WinXP home, sp2, IE 6