Gediz

MALE TURKISH VOCAL PERFOMANCES

SONOKINETIC BV 2015

TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Introduction
- Content

page 4

- Interface
- Playing Gediz

page 6

- Song / Theme Buttons

- Intelligent Tempo Mapping

page 7

- Wave Orb
- Mod wheel Start Offset

page 8

- Breath Level
- Impulse Response

page 9

- About the Artist

- Colofon & Support

page 10

page 5

page 7

page 8

page 9

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page 11

Gediz
Do you wish you had a top class ethnic vocalist at your fingertips? Need fast and easy inspiration for
your tracks?
At Sonokinetic we pride ourselves on seeking out those talented artists that can lift any composers
track to greatness. With Gediz weve done it again and bring you beautiful Turkish vocals from an
inspirational male singer who has soaked up the rich musical tradition of his culture since before he
could walk.
So, if youve no time or budget to find yourself a performer who really is the best of the best, then the
Sonokinetic vocal line can certainly help you out.
With Gediz' we continue on the path we began all those years ago with Tigris and Euphrates. Since
then our premium ethnic vocal range has spawned some very special instruments packed with
stunning vocal performances.
Gediz Coroglu is an amazing vocalist with a unique voice and singing style. We couldnt help feeling
goosebumps during these extraordinary sessions in Istanbul so were so pleased that we finally
turned these special recordings into a product. Gediz recorded improvisations in 4 keys and at 2
tempi, and in 4 different themes. As a bonus he recorded two ancient songs for you to use in your
compositions, also in two tempi, but because of the fixed range of a song only in two different keys.
As you can hear from the demos written by our talented composers, a major strength of Gedizs
singing is his delivery and performance. Even when there are no lyrics, or they are in a language we
dont understand, we know exactly what he is saying. The emotion never ceases to touch us.
If you would want to contact Gediz for a custom recording we are more than happy to share his
contact details with you, please send an enquiry to support.sonokinetic.net
We, at Sonokinetic BV, are very proud to introduce Gediz to you and cant wait to hear the amazing
things you, our valued customer, will produce with it.
Sonokinetic has established a name as one of the best value & quality sample producers and with
this product wed like to underline that statement. We undercut our pricing module and then some
and still offer the high quality sampling you have come to expect from us.

We wish you the best inspiration and creativity.

With warm regards,

The Sonokinetic Gediz Production Team

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CONTENT
Contents
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One Kontakt 5 patch spanning:

6 Main categories in traditional Turkish style:

Traditional Songs

Improvisations

End notes for the improvisations

Breath samples

Automatic BPM group selecting (HOST slave)

Use of Sonokinetic Intelligent Tempo Mapping functionality

2 copyright-free traditional songs in two tempi

4 sets of Improvisations in two tempi and 4 separate recorded keys

Kontakt 5 with Timemachine Pro settings (64Bit)

2400+ samples. (600 MB sample content) in 16 bit 44.1 kHz NCW file format

Song lyrics in English translation (pdf).

Royalty and copyright free content license.

Gediz Reference manual (pdf).

Artwork: Gediz dvd cover. Designed by Rob van den Berg

Video tutorial: Walkthrough hosted by Reuben Cornell

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INTERFACE
The GUI for Gediz consists of six main buttons to choose between themed groups of songs and
improvisations. There are also controls for ITM, reverb and breaths. Phrase length is indicated by an
orb that fills with colour to represent the duration of the phrase.

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PLAYING GEDIZ

root key

trigger breath

trigger phrase

end notes

The basic method of playing Gediz is to play notes within the blue keyrange. This range varies
depending on which set of songs or themes you have chosen within the interface. The root key of the
phrase is determined by the red keyrange. You can trigger end notes or breaths with the green notes.

SONG / THEME BUTTONS

With the six main buttons you select a
specific theme for your session.
The samples contained within each
theme are based upon the following
moods: Passion, Hope, Devotion and
Melancholia. There are also two songs
available; Cavus and Sendeki Kaslar.

Gediz loads only the samples that are needed for the theme chosen. Samples that are not used are
purged from memory once you select another theme.
When you choose one of the six themes the available root keys are displayed as red keys from MIDI
key A0 to G#1. The limitations of the human voice and the need for realistic time stretching dictate
the sample mapping. Phrases are mapped to the blue keys from MIDI key C3 and upwards. This
range varies depending on which theme you have chosen.

The green keys from MIDI C2 to B2 trigger short

breath samples. Which samples play depends on
velocity, giving 50 samples in total.

The green keys from MIDI C6 to E6 trigger

short phrase end note samples at an
appropriate pitch.

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INTELLIGENT TEMPO MAPPING

ITM stands for Intelligent Tempo Mapping, and its a
function we developed in-house to make the
instrument adapt in a natural way to tempi ranging
from 30 BPM to 300 BPM. Because it doesnt sound
natural when a sample is stretched beyond certain
limits, we chose to go to a half-time feel when the
tempo is set above a set limit, and to double-time
feel when its set under a particular limit.
To make the stretch amount even smaller, we have
recorded everything for Gediz in two different tempi.
ITM will automatically pick the recording closest to
your host tempo, even if this means a doubled
version or halved version. This effectively makes the
vocals within Gediz sound perfectly in time even in
extreme tempi without the user having to think about
it. ITM happens under the hood and our goal is for
you to not even notice it is there.

Activate ITM with the button shown here. Normally we would recommend you leave the ITM function
switched on. However, you may wish to deactivate it if your track has many tempo changes
throughout which may conflict with the ITM programming. For instance, if your tempo changes cross
a threshold where ITM would choose the other set of samples during play.

With ITM switched off you may choose between two base tempo settings. These tempi vary
depending on the original source material. This allows you to dictate that a specific sample set is
used and stretched to your host tempo accordingly. Note that for the improvisations these recordings
will be very different for each tempo, since they are improvised, the songs will be very similar, and the
two different tempi there just make sure they sound their best in each host tempo.

WAVE ORB
When composing, we found it particularly intuitive to have a visual indication
of the length of a phrase. Since not all phrases are cut out with computer
science in mind, they are more focused on musical and artistic expression,
theres a lot of variety in length and duration of each phrase. Hence the
Wave Orb that shows you the remaining length by steadily following the
phrase progression, filling the sphere from blue to yellow as the phrase
progresses.

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MOD WHEEL START OFFSET

As with many other Sonokinetic libraries, the MOD wheel can be used to offset the start-point of any
played sample. Push up the MOD wheel to offset the start point of any played phrase, pushing the
start of playback further into the sample.

BREATH LEVEL
You can set the volume level of the breath samples by using this dial. Click and
drag to adjust. Ctrl / cmd click to reset the level to default. The breath samples
are mapped to the octave below the middle C. We chose to map each sample
to a different velocity rather than use round robins, so you can make sure that
you get the same breath on each playback, but you still have 50 different
breaths to choose from.

IMPULSE RESPONSE
Gediz comes preloaded with a convolution reverb sampled
from an actual space to simulate a realistic singing
environment. This control makes it easy to quickly dial in
some realistic reverb without too much fuss. Adjust the
wetness and size of the reverb by click-dragging on the dials
shown here. Ctrl / cmd click to reset the levels to default. Turn
reverb on / off by clicking the IR button.
From the Kontakt configuration window (shown below) you
can adjust many other aspects of the reverb including wet/dry
levels, pre-delay, dampening and width. You can also swap
out the preloaded impulse response for one of your own.

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

Gediz Coroglu
Born in Sakarya, Turkey, in 1986. He finished Istek
Belde Fine Arts high school with a scholarship. He
entered Istanbul Technical University in 2004 and
studied Classical Turkish Music at the Voice Education
Department. He has passed out and graduated the
university with the highest degree as high honour in
2009. He is now an academic lecturer at Istanbul
Technical University Turkish Music State Conservatory
and giving lectures of repertoire lessons for Turkish Art
Music since his graduation.

He has worked with and vocalized many famous and

internationally acclaimed Turkish artists such as Tarkan
in 2008 and pianist/composer Fahir Atakoglu for the
album IZ.

In 2010, he has vocalized a show called Onlar ki

which was specially made for the 95th anniversary of
The Battle of Canakkale.

He was a male voice vocal for Tigris & Euphrates: Voices of The Ottoman Empire which is an ethnic
Turkish Music project by Sonokinetic. His vocal performance for Tigris and Euphrates appears in
Magnificent Century (Muhtesem Yuzyil) which is a prime time historical Turkish soap opera television
series and is currently broadcasted on the Star TV Channel in Turkey. The show is based on the life
of Suleiman the Magnificent, the longest reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

Gediz was a soloist for the TV programme Istanbulun Muzikli Sokaklari for TRT Music Channel in
Turkey which has broadcast 25 programmes.

He is still a voice artist at Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism Istanbul Government
Turkish Music Association and Cemal Resit Rey (CRR) Association.

Sonokinetic are very lucky and grateful to have Gediz Coroglu on board for this project.

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