BOHEMIAN VIOLIN

MANUAL
EXPANSION 2

REQUIRES UVI WORKSTATION 3.0.5+

POWERED BY
 BOHEMIAN VIOLIN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
4 ABOUT THIS SERIES A quick overview of the Soul Capture Series

5 DOWNLOADING How to access your download

6 AUTHORIZING How to Authorize your serial (found in your confirmation email)

7 INSTALLING How to mount the downloaded Library into the UVI Workstation

8 ACTIVATING How to Activate your library in the iLok License Manager

9 FIRST SETUP Setting up the best streaming settings in UVI Workstation

10 OPENING THE LIBRARY How to load the Library in the UVI Workstation

11 ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS The importance of the background loading functions

12 NAVIGATING THE INTERFACE How to use the built in help guide

13 MAIN INTERFACE: PLAY Purpose of the Play interface

14 PLAY FUNCTIONS 1/2 Playbox, Volume and Reverb

15 PLAY FUNCTIONS 2/2 Play Menu and Maestro

16 SETTINGS INTERFACE: CONTROL Purpose of the Control interface

17 CONTROL MENU Control menu selection

18 CONTROL KEY-SWITCHING Control Key-switching and Force-Keys

19 CONTROL ASSIGN MIDI KEYS How to assign midi keys to articulations

20 ARTICULATIONS: LAYOUT How to assign and move articulations on the user interface

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 BOHEMIAN VIOLIN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
21 LAYOUT ARTICULATION SELECTION How to change articulations under each mood

22 LAYOUT ARTICULATIONS DESCRIPTIONS How to access your download

23 CONTROLLING THE PERFORMER Example articulation layout description

24 FULL ARTICULATION LIST 1/6: LONGS Descriptions of the Long articulations

25 FULL ARTICULATION LIST 2/6: LEGATOS Descriptions of the Legato articulations

26 FULL ARTICULATION LIST 3/6: SHORTS Descriptions of the Short articulations

27 FULL ARTICULATION LIST 4/6: BOW CONTROL Descriptions of the Bow Controls

28 FULL ARTICULATION LIST 5/6: MOODS Descriptions of the Moods

29 FULL ARTICULATION LIST 6/6: MOODS Descriptions of the Moods

30 CREDITS

CONTROL MENU

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BOHEMIAN VIOLIN
ABOUT THIS SERIES
SOUL CAPTURE SERIES
THE V.I. THAT BECAME A REAL BOY

The magic of the Soul Capture Series is the ability to play as the performer, someone who has spent a
lifetime practicing and honing their abilities, with their personality projected through their instrument...

A REAL PERFORMANCE.

THE WORLDS FIRST VIOLIN VIRTUAL PERFORMER

A lifetime of Violin performing and incredibly mind boggling scripting, all wrapped into a single package
for you to play and compose.
No midi mastery or advance programming required, the Bohemian Violin takes care of all of this on your
behalf, leaving you free to make music beautifully fast with unparalleled realism.

Czech born Ondrej Pochyly, the first performer to have been immortalized into our Soul Capture Series of
solo instruments, performs using his Maestro Czech Violin, recorded in studio dry quality at VirHarmonic
Studios, Czechia.

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DOWNLOADING
AND UNPACKING
THE FILE FORMAT
The Bohemian Violin is compressed into a zip file and will need to be unpacked prior to mounting into the
UVI Workstation, once unpacked you will be left with a single Bohemian_Violin_V3.ufs

VIRHARMONIC ACCOUNT
To access your download, please login to your account at
www.virharmonic.com and navigate to your downloads.

ACCOUNT DOWNLOADS
Locate the Bohemian Violin and click on the download icon to
start the download.

You may re-download up to 5 times, if you use up your download

limit, then please contact our support for a limit reset or if you
are having issues downloading.

UNPACKING SOFTWARE
Windows and Mac should both be able to natively unpack the download. However, if you encounter any
issues unpacking the Bohemian_Violin_V3.zip here are links to a few free unpacking softwares:

Windows: www.winzip.com MAC: www.theunarchiver.com

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AUTHORISING
USING iLOK LICENSE MANAGER
NEW iLOK USERS
Please visit www.ilok.com and create a free account, please make a special note of your chosen iLok ID
and password, as you will need these again later.

AUTHORIZING YOUR LICENSE

Please visit www.virharmonic.com and sign into your
account, navigate to Authorize your Library and enter
your iLok ID and the serial number from your virharmonic
purchase confirmation email.

Click Authorize and the license is placed into your iLok

account.

Existing Users, the Free Expansions do not require another

activation.

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INSTALLING
MOUNTING THE UFS FILE
PLEASE INSTALL THE LATEST VERSION OF THE UVI WORKSTATION AND OPEN IN STANDALONE
You can get the latest version here https://www.uvi.net/en/instruments/uvi-workstation.html

PREFERENCES MENU
To open the Preferences, click the burger button and select
preferences from the drop down menu.

SOUNDBANKS TAB
Click on the Soundbanks Tab to open the Soundbanks page.

ADD SOUNDBANK LOCATION

Click on the ... button to open a file browser window. Now
select the folder which contains your downloaded bohemian
Violin UFS file and click open (You cannot select the library.ufs,
only the folder which it is within).

Close the UVI Workstation and open it again for the changes to
apply.

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ACTIVATING
USING iLOK LICENSE MANAGER
SIGN INTO iLOK
The iLok license Manager is automatically installed with the UVI Workstation, open the iLok License
Manager and sign into your account.

SIGN IN
Enter your iLok User ID and password to sign in.

ACTIVATING THE LIBRARY

Once signed in, you will see the Bohemian Violin license in the
right column.

Click on the license and drag it over to the icon of your computer
in the left column and release the mouse button, (you can also
authorize to an iLok USB if you wish to).

When prompted, click to confirm activation.

Your Library is now authorized to use on this computer, you can
activate on up to 3 different computers at the same time.

DEACTIVATING A LIBRARY
Your license has 3 movable activations, you can return an activation back into your iLok License Manager at any time
to reuse on another computer. Recommended to do prior to replacing computer hardware or OS reinstall/upgrade

STEPS TO DEACTIVATING:
1# Sign into the iLok License Manger on the computer you wish to deactivate.
2# Right mouse click on the Bohemian Violin License in the right column.
3# In the drop down select DEACTIVATE and confirm when prompted.
The activation will now be returned to your iLok account for use on another computer.

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FIRST SETUP
UVI STREAMING SETTINGS
PLEASE ENSURE THAT THE UVI WORKSTATION IS CORRECTLY SETUP FOR THE BEST
PERFORMANCE POSSIBLE (SSD* IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)

PREFERENCES MENU
To open the Preferences, click the burger button and select
preferences from the drop down menu.

STREAMING TAB
Click on the Streaming Tab to open the streaming page.

STREAMING SETTINGS
In most cases the default settings will be ideal, but rather than
loading the entire sample set into RAM, the samples may be read
(streamed) from the hard disk as the program is being played. To
optimize your experience, please select the appropriate hard drive
type and cache size for your system. (Default cache is suitable for
majority of systems).
APPLY CHANGES
NOTE: to apply the settings of this page, you must click Apply.
UVI Workstation’s performance is directly affected by the speed of
the hard disk, so the faster the drive the better, set the Hard drive
type accurately for the best performance.

* SOLID STATE DRIVE, INTERNAL IS BEST OR EXTERNAL VIA USB-C/THUNDERBOLT OR USB 3.0
TRY TO AVOID USING USB HUBS OR USB MULTI SPLITS, AS THEY GREATLY REDUCE HDD/SSD STREAMING SPEEDS

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OPENING THE LIBRARY
LOADING THE LIBRARY
NEW USERS: PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE AUTHORIZED YOUR SERIAL AND HAVE ACTIVATED THE
LIBRARY IN THE iLOK LICENSE MANAGER ON YOUR COMPUTER PRIOR TO LOADING THE LIBRARY.

OPEN BROWSER
Click on the folder icon to open the library browser.

OPEN SOUNDBANKS
Click on Soundbanks dropdown and the Bohemian Violin will
appear below, click on the Bohemian Violin to open the patch
column.

Here in the patch column you can choose to open a patch which is
suitable for your use.

Patch 1: Bohemian_Violin_v3 - This is the default patch which will

load all the samples upon launch.

Patch 2: Bohemian_Violin_v3_Fast_Load - This is the fast load

patch which will load the program with essential samples only. The
remaining samples will load in upon first note played.
To ensure the library loads fast in your saved projects, please purge the
library prior to final save in your DAW.

Double click the patch you wish to open and the Library will start
to load.

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ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
BACKGROUND LOADING
BACKGROUND LOADING
We have given you a choice of patches to load, a full load patch (Standard load time) and Purged patch
which only loads the necessary samples and leaves the rest purged (Shorter Load time). With the Purged
patch, the samples will load in upon first note played. You can also purge and load samples within the
user interface on the fly.

PURGE SAMPLES
Purge all samples, the library will become unresponsive during this short process. This function is essential to
use prior to saving your project if you use fast load patch, so next time you load your project, the samples will
be purged speeding up load time. (If Auto Load is off, Samples will not play until you have clicked the Load Samples button)

LOAD SAMPLES
This fully loads the library, you can still play the library while loading the samples, although you may hear pops
and clicks during the loading. (A loading samples notification will appear until fully loaded)

AUTO LOAD SAMPLES

Will Automatically load the purged samples on first note played. While the library is loading the Loading
Samples overlay will be active and the UI will not be accessible. Most memory efficient, suitable for SSD only,
playback may be temporarily interrupted due to the background loading of samples.

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NAVIGATING THE INTERFACE
THE BUILT IN HELP GUIDE
The interface contains all the basic information that can be found in this manual, from descriptions
of functions to animated examples on how to trigger certain articulations. The interface background
becomes darker when information or a simple tutorial is being shown.

OPEN HELP GUIDE

Click to find out more information on each part of the Library, available on the bottom right of the User
Interface.

CLOSE HELP GUIDE

Click on the cross at the top right of the interface to close the Help Guide.

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MAIN INTERFACE
PLAY
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This is the greeting page when you first open the Library.

Here you can play with an uncluttered User interface and no distractions. Everything can
be played from here, if you wish to see the Key-switches and Force-Keys assigned on the
interface, simply unhide the controls and the interface will visually show all your assigned
articulations.
NAVIGATING THE INTERFACE
FUNCTIONS 1/2

MOOD PLAY BOX

ARTICULATION
Displays the current Mood, Articulation, Dynamic and Bow
direction being played, handy as a visual aid.
DYNAMIC UP BOW DOWN BOW

VOLUME & REVERB

Click on VOL to Mute, or REVERB to switch to DRY Samples.
Use the sliders to control Volume and Reverb amount.
[UVI Spark Verb]
VOL REVERB

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PLAY
FUNCTIONS 2/2

UNHIDE CONTROLS
Reveals the controls where you can reassign keys and choose different
articulation setup.

MAESTRO
Switches the Bohemian Violin into Poly-Legato mode. Force-Keys and
Key-Switches can still be used but are not displayed in the play box while
Maestro is active. Maestro may be CC assigned by right clicking on the
Button.

Moods also affect the Play Style of Maestro.

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SETTINGS INTERFACE
CONTROL
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This is where you can take control of the performer by assigning additional overrides to
each mood, directing the Virtual Performer to your specific style. These functions are
best suited for those wishing to take a more active role in directing the Virtual Performer
beyond its defined play styles.
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MENU SELECTION
When you reveal the controls by clicking the show control icon , the menu will expand to include the
following functions:

HIDE CONTROLS ICON

Hides the Controls for a clutter free user interface.

SAVE LAYOUT PRESET

Save your Layout Preset. This will enable you to save the layout and selection of you articulations and moods
for other Projects.
NOTE - SAVES ONLY THE LAYOUT! UVI WORKSTATION CHANGES ARE NOT SAVED!

LOAD LAYOUT PRESET

Load your previously saved layout Preset, useful if you are working across multiple computers and wish to have
unified work process.

RELEASE TIME
Click to open a drop down menu that allows you to adjust the release time between the default 300ms for
easy live playing or 225ms and 150ms. This is the time the note is held for after release to allow for nice Bow
Changed legato. (Release Time is specific to each mood).

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CONTROL
KEY-SWITCH & FORCE-KEY
The performer takes care of the articulation handling for you, based on the way you play. If you would like
to direct the performer to play something different to the articulation chosen, you can use a FORCE-KEY
for a quick alternative or a KEY-SWITCH to alter the performance for a longer duration.

KEY-SWITCH
Lights up when pressed, will override the performer until another articulation is selected or that key-switch is
pressed again, returning control back to the Virtual Performer.
FORCE-KEY
Lights up when held down, will override the performer until the key is released, once released the Virtual
Performer will regain control. Staccato, Spiccato, Pizzicato and Non-Vibrato Force-Key can be clicked to switch
between Force-Key or Key-Switch.

BOW CONTROL
These work exactly the same as Force-Keys but have their own icon for bow control.
The exception is for RE-BOW which can be clicked or CC assigned as it is a toggle:
MANUAL AUTOMATIC
RE-BOW RE-BOW

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CONTROL
ASSIGNING MIDI KEYS
Shows which midi key the articulation is assigned to, click on the key to reassign to another of your
choosing. Once clicked you will be prompted to press a new midi key to assign, if the key you choose is
already assigned to another articulation, you will have a choice to cancel the assignment or swap the keys
over. (It is not possible to have an articulation without an assigned midi key).

FORCE-KEYS & PLAYABLE RANGE

MOODS
KEY-SWITCHES G2 - F6

ACTIVE FORCE-KEY/ ASSIGNED FORCE-KEYS/KEY-SWITCHES NOT PLACED ON YOUR LAYOUT

KEY-SWITCH (Hidden articulations can still be used, but are not shown on the GUI unless allocated - see LAYOUT on next page)

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ARTICULATION
LAYOUT
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Tailor the Library to your specific work-flow, assign slots you have selected to any
articulation, mood or bow type. Each mood can have its own unique layout, so as you
switch through Moods, you can have different articulations assigned to Key-Switches/
Force-Keys, allowing you to re-use a single midi key multiple times.
LAYOUT
ARTICULATION SELECTION
The LAYOUT allows you to change which articulations are placed under which mood. Moods can have
different articulation setups from each other and share midi key assignments, so as you change through
the moods, you can reuse the same midi key to trigger different articulations.

ARTICULATION SLOT
Click to open the LAYOUT page. You may assign a different Articulation, Mood, Legato or Bow type to the
selected slot. You can only edit one slot at a time.
Each layout can be unique to each Mood

SELECTION DROP DOWN

Click to choose a different Selection from the drop down menu, you will have a description of the selected
Articulation, some will also have basic play tips. Click on ASSIGN to replace/Add the articulation to the
selected slot, or click CANCEL. Click here for the full list of articulations.

[SELECTION TYPE]
Shows you what type of selection you have clicked, ranges from Performer Mood, Legato Type, Long
Articulation, Short Articulation, Bow Control and Empty Slot.

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 LAYOUT
DESCRIPTIONS

Displays whether the articulation is a Force-Key,

Key-switch or both.

Some descriptions have simple animated

example of how to trigger selected articulation.

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 CONTROLLING
THE VIRTUAL PERFORMER
There are Seven factors that control the Bohemian Violin, but don’t worry, as most of this is taken care of
by our Virtual performer or you can choose to manually override the virtual performer if you so wish.

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MOOD
The mood you have selected overrides the entire virtual performer play style.

2
VELOCITY
How hard you hit the keys affects dynamic.

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ON BOW
Overlapping the notes plays our vast array of on-bow legatos

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Not overlapping the notes (within Release Time which can be set between 150-300ms) plays our vast array of
BOW CHANGE bow-change legatos. Play over the set release time, and the Violinist will perform a bow lift and begin a

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new phrase.

Virtual Performer chooses articulation/legato or user can manually force articulations.

BOW TYPE

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BOW MOTION
Virtual Performer decides bow motion, up bow, down bow, re-bow or user can manually force bowing.

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PLAY SPEED
The speed at which you play will trigger different behavior, playing a specific way fast, will perform trills,
runs or tremolos.

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LAYOUT ARTICULATION MENU 1/6
[LONG ARTICULATIONS]
ARC Midi Key Default: C0
A sustained note with Crescendo and a very soft start. Ideal for longer opening notes.

MID-ARC Midi Key Default: C#0

Similar to Arc but with faster Crescendo and Diminuendo towards the end. The Mid Arc climaxes in the
middle. More suitable for mid phrases or faster paced pieces.

SUSTAIN Midi Key Default: D0

Level dynamic sustain, suitable for mid phrases or faster bow changes.

DIMINUENDO Midi Key Default: D#0

A sustain with gradually decreasing volume, currently the longest bow. Ideal for end of phrase.

MARCATO Midi Key Default: E0

Sustain with a sharp and immediate attack, ideal for faster paced parts or escalation of dramatic
emotion.

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LAYOUT ARTICULATION MENU 2/6
[LEGATO TYPE]
¼ LEGATO Midi Key Default: F0
A form of on bow legato that uses purely fingered or string changed legato with a short
note after the transition. Ideal for faster pace emotion or if no slur is desired.

½ LEGATO Midi Key Default: F#0

The most expressive of all legatos, with a mid length bow after the transition. Featuring fingered as
well as pronounced slurs with dynamic variation. Ideal for expressive parts.

LEGATO Midi Key Default: G0

Whole Legato, the slowest of all the legatos featuring both fingered and slurred in lower dynamics.
Offers the longest on bow sustain after transition and is ideal for quiet and emotional playing.

BOW CHANGE Midi Key Default: G#0

Forcing bow change will mean that every new overlapped note will use bow changed legato instead of
on bow.

PORTAMENTO Midi Key Default: A0

Is a slide between a note and a new note on overlapped legato. The force key needs to be pressed, like
with all others, prior to the transition (new note overlap).
This legato should be used rarely.

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LAYOUT ARTICULATION MENU 3/6
[SHORT ARTICULATIONS]
TRILL/RUN Midi Key Default: A#0
Fingered or string changed on bow legato, ideal for fast moving notes.

STACCATO Midi Key Default: B0

Short, sharp detached note, often used in works of Vivaldi and Mozart.

SPICCATO Midi Key Default: C1

Short notes using a bouncy bow, gritty and great for atmospheric writing or fast runs.

PIZZICATO Midi Key Default: C#1

Notes plucked by the Violinist.

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LAYOUT ARTICULATION MENU 4/6
[BOW CONTROL]
DOWN-BOW Midi Key Default: D1
Manually force the bow direction down, by holding down this force key, overriding the
Virtual Performer.

UP-BOW Midi Key Default: D#1

Manually force the bow direction up, by holding down this force key, overriding the
Virtual Performer.

RE-BOW Midi Key Default: E1

Automatically re-bows just prior to the end of the note, can be switched off by clicking the re-bow
force key icon in the user interface, switching it to manual re-bowing.

NON VIBRATO Midi Key Default: F1

None vibrato bow strokes. None vibrato does not support auto re-bowing or the lasting bow functions,
thus each note will finish at the end of the bow. However, it has true re-bow samples available, so you
can re-bow manually by replaying the note and it can also be played as an on-bow or bow-changed
legato when forced.

CHORDS Midi Key Default: F#1

Chords will activate our newest Poly-Legato mode that we fondly call Maestro. Maestro can also be
activated by clicking the icon beneath the play box. Maestro can be CC assigned by right clicking
on the icon.

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LAYOUT ARTICULATION MENU 5/6
[MOODS]
“A performer mood is a musical style employed by the virtual performer, the mood
affects what type of legato and articulations the Virtual Performer may use to evoke a
certain style of playing”

Embellish and evolve the Virtual Performers mood by seamlessly employing different
key-switch or force-key articulations, as soon as you released the forced behavior, the
performer continues seamlessly with their performance.

IMPROV Midi Key Default: C2

Ideal for all tempos and a great way to start playing with our Virtual Performer.

Improv will offer the most variety in selecting our on bow legatos, as well as utilizing all variations of
our Bow-Changed Legatos to allow the player to be always in phrase.

This mood is very expressive yet flexible, ideal for mid tempo pieces.

CZARDAS Midi Key Default: C#2

The most aggressive of our moods, always opening the beginning of the phrase with a Marcato.

Leans heavily towards faster legatos and is ideal for faster paced energetic pieces in higher dynamics.

EMOTIVE Midi Key Default: D2

Offering the softest of our moods, ideal for the slower paced pieces in lower dynamics.

Leaning towards a feathery performance with a nice but not over pronounced slur and slower paced
legatos, whilst still allowing for faster paced parts.

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LAYOUT ARTICULATION MENU 6/6
[MOODS]
SPRIGHTLY Midi Key Default: D#2
For aggressive double stops, utilizes blending of shorts; Marcato, Staccato and Spiccato.

Think Witches of Eastwick OST

CONCERTINO Midi Key Default: E2

Concertino brings about a very assertive Violinist, playing using mostly fingered Legato

Ideal for faster mf to ff phrasing.

LASTING BOW Midi Key Default: G1

An experimental bow extender, which enables you to prolong the bow length following a Legato.

To apply, press this force key prior to the interval and hold down during the interval, the final note will
be extended by near seamlessly merging two bows together, giving you a longer lasting bow.

NONE
Select none to leave the slot on the user interface empty, although you may hide articulations from the
interface, they will always remain assigned to a midi key.

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CREDITS

Ondrej Pochyly
HEAD DEVELOPER
CONCEPT, RECORDING,
SAMPLING, MAPPING, LOGIC
AND VIOLINIST

Alex Hyde
GUI, MANUAL,
SAMPLE CUTTER

Jordi Cerezo
SCRIPTING

Diego Manca Mura

ADDITIONAL SAMPLE CUTTER

RECORDED AT VIRHARMONIC STUDIOS, CZECHIA

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