REFERENCE MANUAL

REFERENCE MANUAL

TRUE STRIKE
INTRODUCTION 3
THE INTERFACE 9

QUICK INSTALLATION 4 MAIN TAB 9

DETAILED INSTALLATION - DOWNLOAD 5 EFFECTS TAB 11

MICROPHONE CHANNELS 7 CONTACT PROJECTSAM 12

CREDITS 13

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INTRODUCTION

Thank you for purchasing TRUE STRIKE!

ProjectSAM’s acclaimed TRUE STRIKE series holds the percussion libraries of choice for film, TV and game composers
requiring cinematic, powerful percussion samples. TRUE STRIKE focuses on orchestral percussion and was recorded in a
beautiful concert hall environment which gives it its deep, warm sound. The library gives you lively recordings of symphonic
percussion instruments such as timpani, bass drum, snares, tom toms, cymbals, tam tam, tubular bells, glockenspiel,
xylophone, celesta, various small percussion, metal hits and much more.

This reference manual will guide you through the different features and possibilities of TRUE STRIKE.

We hope TRUE STRIKE will be a source of inspiration for you and, starting today, will find its way into all of your music
projects.

The SAM Team

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QUICK INSTALLATION
For experienced Kontakt users, these are summarized steps to install TRUE STRIKE:

I. INSTALL
Download TRUE STRIKE using the ProjectSAM Downloader for Mac or Windows.

II. ADD LIBRARY

III. ACTIVATE
Click the ‘Activate’ button in Kontakt and activate TRUE STRIKE using your product serial number.

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DETAILED INSTALLATION - DOWNLOAD
This chapter helps you install the DOWNLOADABLE version of TRUE STRIKE.

I. DOWNLOAD LIBRARY
1. Download the ProjectSAM Downloader application for Mac or Windows.
2. Launch the application.
3. Enter your ProjectSAM account username and your TRUE STRIKE product serial number. Your product serial number
can be found in the order confirmation e-mail, as well as in your ProjectSAM account at www.projectsam.com/My-Account.
4. Click Download.
5. Select a destination for the ‘True Strike Library’ folder. This is the folder that you will later add to Kontakt Player.
The folder can be on any hard drive and inside any subfolder.
6. Click Choose.
7. Your download will start. TRUE STRIKE is 9 GB in size, so downloading will take a while, depending on your
internet speed and our server load. The downloader automatically chooses the server closest to your location.
8. If your internet connection is interrupted or you wish to quit the ProjectSAM Downloader, your download can be
resumed at a later time.
9. After your download is complete you can safely quit the ProjectSAM Downloader.

II. INSTALL KONTAKT PLAYER 5

III. ADD LIBRARY TO KONTAKT

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4. Browse to the downloaded ‘True Strike Library’ folder and double-click it.
5. You now see the contents of the ‘True Strike Library’ folder. Click Choose.
6. Kontakt may ask you for your administrator password. TRUE STRIKE is now added to your list of Kontakt libraries.

IV. ACTIVATE
After you have added the library to Kontakt, TRUE STRIKE must be activated using your product serial number. Until you
activate TRUE STRIKE, the library will run in demo mode and stop working after a certain amount of time.
1. Click the Activate button in the TRUE STRIKE image.
2. Kontakt may ask you for your administrator password. The Native Instruments Service Center application will
now launch.
3. Service Center requires a Native Instruments account. Please note that this is a different account from the ProjectSAM
account you have at www.projectsam.com. Log in using your Native Instruments account or create a new account if
you do not have one.
4. TRUE STRIKE will be listed on the Activation tab.
5. Copy-paste your TRUE STRIKE product serial number into the provided text fields.
6. Click Activate. TRUE STRIKE is now activated.
7. Restart Kontakt for the activation to take effect.

Important note:
Activation is done using the Native Instruments Service Center application. Please note that you have to log in to the Service
Center using your Native Instruments account. This is a different account than your ProjectSAM website account.

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MICROPHONE CHANNELS
TRUE STRIKE was recorded in a beautiful concert hall environment using three stereo mic pairs. The TRUE STRIKE
interface allows you to mix these mic channels in real-time. Individual channels can also be purged, to save RAM.

1 Close Mic

The Close mic was placed at a distance of 2-3 meters. This gives the samples in this mic folder a bright, direct and relatively
dry character.

2 Stage Mic

The Stage mic was placed at a distance of 6-7 meters. This is the go-to mic set for most orchestral composers.

3 Far Mic

The Far mic was placed at a distance of around 15 meters. This mic set gives you the most ambient, wet sound,
great for an extremely large and epic sounding snare drum, gran cassa or tutti hit.

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THE INTERFACE

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MAIN TAB
1 MIC CHANNELS
Click the ‘c’ (close), ‘s’ (stage) or ‘f’ (far) labels to purge/un-purge a mic channel to save RAM. By default, all three
mic channels are loaded. Use the vertical faders to adjust the volume of each of the three mic channels individually.

2 MIC CROSS-FADER
The horizontal microphone cross-fader allows you to smoothly morph between the three mic channels, without hav-
ing to control each channel fader individually.

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3 MODWHEEL CONTROL
The functionality of the modulation wheel (MIDI CC #1) differs per instrument. Its three possible functions are:

- Articulation switching
The modulation wheel allows you to switch between different articulations of the instrument.
In the example screenshot, the drum snares can be switched on (wheel down) or off (wheel up)
using the modulation wheel.

- Dynamic cross-fading
The modulation wheel allows you to smoothly control the dynamics of a looped percussion sample,
such as a timpani or drum roll.

- Filter
The modulation wheel controls a set of hi-pass and lo-pass filters. In its middle position, no filtering
is applied. By default, the modwheel filter is turned off. To turn it on, click on the text ‘Filter’.

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4 ROUND ROBIN
Enable/disable the round robin feature, which automatically alternates the triggering of multiple takes of the same
hit. Using round robin you avoid the the so-called ‘machine gun effect’, in which the same sample is mechanically
repeated over and over.

5 RELEASE TRAILS
Enable/disable release trails, which triggers an end note and a natural concert hall reverberation tail upon releasing
a looped percussion sample, such as a drum roll.

6 MASTER EQ
Apply a certain amount of low, mid and high gain to the instrument.

7 LIMITER
Apply a certain amount of limiting to the instrument. The knob controls the limiter effect’s input.

8 REVERB MIX
Apply a certain amount of convolution reverberation to the instrument.

9 REVERB TAIL
Adjust the tail length of the convolution reverb. The default tail length is 50% of the original convolution sample.

10 ATTACK
Adjust the attack time of the instrument. Release trails will not be affected.

11 DECAY
Adjust the decay & release times of the instruments. The release time of looped samples (such as tremolos)
will not be affected.

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EFFECTS TAB
1 TRANSIENT MASTER
Enable/disable the transient master effect and its controls using the on/of button.
Adjust the transient using the input, attack, sustain and output knobs.

2 DELAY
Enable/disable the delay effect and its controls using the on/of button.
Adjust the delay using the dry/wet, time, pan and feedback knobs.

3 SATURATION
Enable/disable the saturation effect and its controls using the on/of button.
Adjust the saturation using the intensity and output knobs.

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CONTACT PROJECTSAM
If you have a general question about TRUE STRIKE or a technical issue installing or using it, please go to
www.projectsam.com/My-Account, log in using your ProjectSAM account username and password, and click
‘Technical Support’. This way, all necessary information is sent along with your question.

Alternatively, you can contact ProjectSAM by e-mailing support@projectsam.com.

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TRUE STRIKE CREDITS
ProjectSAM development team
Maarten Spruijt, Vincent Beijer, Marco Deegenaars, Joep Sporck and Stijn van Beek

Sleeve design
Jeroen Peter

Interface design
Dickie Chapin

Manual design
Martijn Lammerts

ProjectSAM would like to thank:

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