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DIATO

Kontakt 2 version

PRESENTATION
Here is a sound bank of a small diatonic accordion, with 21 keys on two rows at the right hand, and 8 basses at the
left, and a second stop that sounds lower. A diatonic accordion does not produce the same notes when you push or
pull the bellows, and this makes this instrument not so easy to play... More, it has not all the semi-tones of its 3
octaves (from D2 to E5). With this sound bank, you can forget those drawbacks, because we have "interpolated" the
missing notes, and all the notes are played in a same manner on a keyboard...
In order to use a sound bank of a diatonic accordion correctly, you must know that the left keys are used to play
accompaniment, and allow to alternate basses and chords, as you can hear it in a waltz. This instrument has 6
basses (C, D, E, F, G, A) and 6 chords (C major, D major, E major, F major, G major and A minor). In order to play
them easily at the same time than the melody, we put them on the two first octaves of a piano, C-A0 for basses, and
C-A1 for chords. So you can alternate basses and chords balancing fingers from an octave to the other. It requires a
big keyboard with 88 keys, like a piano, or two smaller keyboards with at least 55 keys... To make it easier to use,
left keys and right keys of this accordion are separate in different presets.
You must also know that, on the real instrument, the left keys can be played with the first or the second stop
simultaneaously, but it is impossible to play the two stops together. It would be useless, anyway, because the reeds
used by the second stop are the same as the ones used by the first. The second stop adds a lower sounding reed to
the first stop. Please consider this if you want to use this sound bank in a realistic way.
SOUND ESTHETICS
This sound bank has been created according to the following aims : we tried to produce the best sound bank
possible, without considering the final weight of it.
According to this, there is one sample for each note. Each sample has been looped carefully to make this sound
bank easier to use. The final product weighs 135 Mb.
You may find this recording too dry, not reverberated enough. It is a deliberate choice, because we want this sound
bank to be used in many contexts, mainly in a sequencer. So, it is possible to modify its sound, and add some
reverberation or other effects, exactly as the user likes, what would have been impossible with a less neutral sound
(for ex : church).

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DIATO : CONDITIONS OF USE
Copyright by Eric BRICET and Jean Yves GARET. September, 6th 2008

The soundbank Diato has been sampled by Eric Bricet and Jean Yves Garet, in August 2008. The authors have
decided to distribute it freely to anyone who will find it useful.
The free licence grants you the right to use the soundbank according to these conditions :
1 - The licence is granted for an indefinite period of time. Were the obligations of this contract not respected, we
could require the user not to use the bank anymore.
2 - It is forbidden to sell this soundbank or to insert the samples in any commercial application. It is forbidden to
modify the samples (except for a strictly personal use). However, it is possible to create new mapping files (for any
software) but this has to be reserved for personal use, and these creations have to be transmitted to the authors, who
might distribute them freely.
Public use and recordings are accepted freely.
3 - The authors keep property and rights on the soundbank Diato .
4 - If the user does not comply with these conditions, it could lead to legal prosecution. The court of jurisdiction
will be in France. The french version of this contract will be applied.
Commercial distribution of this soundbank is illegal and can lead to legal action.
5 - It is forbidden to distribute this soundbank without permission.

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