ED UARD O TARILON TE’

ACCOR
2 DI
ONS
 W elcom e to Accordions 2.

Accordions 2 offers you the biggest

accordion collection available.
this collection you w ill find m ore than double the
In t
content of the first one,new user friendly interface
and features for an easy and ultra realistic accordion
virtual instrum ent.

Accordions 2 has 3 different dynam ics and 3 round

robins.All instrum ents have been recorded chrom ati-
cally w ith the pristine sound of a U47 m icrophone.

W hat is new :

Accordions 2 com es w ith all the instrum ents included

in Accordions plus:

French M usette Accordion

Steirisches Accordion (both hands)
W ooden M elodica
Concert Accordion (both hands)
Bass Accordion
and Folk Accordion (both hands).

Content:
13 instrum ents
8 gb uncom pressed
O ver 8.
000 sam ples
Sm ooth bellow crossfade am ong 3 different dynam ics
3 round robins
Chrom atically sam pled
 TH E IN STRUM EN TS

ACCORD ION :
The accordion released in the
first collection revam ped to
get all registers in the sam e
interface.11 registers.
Includes left hand basses.

FREN CH M USETTE
ACCORD ION :
A true french m usette
accordion if you are looking
for the beautiful
Parisian sound.

STEIRISCH ES ACCORD ION

(BOTH H AN D S):
The accordion sound from the
alpine folk m usic of Austria,the
Germ an state of Bavaria,and the
Italian South Tyrol am ong others.

W ooden M elodica:

A beautiful hand crafted

m elodica.
3 registers
 BAN D ON EON :
:
An Alfred Arnold bandoneon
w ith just a few serial num ber
ahead of the one that Astor
Piazzolla played all around the
w orld.The true sound of tango.

BASS ACCORD ION :

A deep bass accordion

intended to play low registers
in the accordion orchestra.

CON CERT
ACCORD ION
A w onderful Pigini concert
accordion w ith 15 registers.
Includes left hand basses.

CON CERTIN A:

The sound of the sailor songs

FOLK ACCORD ION :

A M engascini accordion
perfect for folk m usic
w ith 5 registers.
Includes left hand basses.
 TH E IN TERFACE
In Accordions 2 you w ill find 2 different interfaces.
Right hand (m elodic) and left hand (basses and rhythm s)

M AIN GUI

1.REGISTERS:You can select a com bination of reeds.

2.BELLO W S VO LUM E:Pressure and volum e of the bellow s

3.REED S:Registers are a com bination of reeds.

H ere you can change the volum e of every reed to get
the sound you are looking for.

4.N O ISES:Key noises volum e

5.REVERB & REGISTER control

6.IN STRUM EN T N AM E
 BAN D O N EO N has 2 different controls:

Sforzato on:Press this button to sw itch on/off Sforzato

articulation.This is a very typical sound in bandoneon.

Sforzato Volum e:Volum e of Sforzato articulation.

Sforzato Threshold:Set the velocity threshold to

activate Sforzato articulation.Sforzato w ill sound
if the velocity played is over the threshold.

ACCORD ION BASSES

Basses are m ainly intended to play rhythm s.

This is one of the hardest part of playing accordion.
To m ake it easy you can play som e basic rhythm s w ith one
finger and adapt them to your taste.
RH YTH M O N /O FF:Turn rhythm on off.W hen you click on
you w ill see the tab w ith rhythm s for you to choose.
You can also create your ow n rhythm s turning them off.

LATCH :to m ake the rhythm sound after releasing the key.
Press C1 to stop the rhythm

N O TE LEN GTH :You can change the length of the bass and
chords to m ake tighter or looser rhythm s.

key colors

BLUE:BASS N OTES
YELLO W :M AJOR CH ORD S
PURPLE:M IN OR CH ORD S
GREEN :7th CH ORD S
ORAN GE:D IM CH ORD S

Once you turn volum e on the blue keys (basses) w ill

disappear.To play rhythm s just press any key depending
on the note and chord you w ant.
BELLO W SH AKE

Choose am ong 3 kinds

of bellow shake.
M od C is the
recom m ended one.
Press and release A1 to
create the bellow
shake effect.

M ICROTUN IN G
Choose from different
presets or creat your
ow n tunings.

IM PORTAN T N OTE:
M idi CC’
s 118 and 119 are used for internal autom a-
tion.Please do not use this values for M idi Learn.
 CRED ITS
Eduardo Tarilonte:D evelopm ent,
production and concept
Günter H irscher:Kontakt Script
Ryo Ishido:Cover and GUI design
N atalia Rodriguez:Accordions
pictures

Recorded at Eldana Estudios by

Jorge Calderón

Special Thanks to:Chris H ein,

Jorge Arribas and Em ilio Bernardo

BETA TESTIN G

Abel Vegas,D avid D M endoza and Lukas

Ruschitzka.