Synthogy Ivory Manual 1.5
Synthogy Ivory Manual 1.5
Synthogy Ivory Manual 1.5
Table of Contents
1 • What is Ivory? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2 • Installing Ivory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
11 • Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
1 • What is Ivory?
Ivory is a comprehensive virtual instrument reproducing the sounds of
the world’s finest grand pianos. Ivory’s creators are accomplished pia-
nists as well as programmers, and know that no single piano, no matter
how great, is right for all players, all styles or all recording situations.
Therefore, Ivory contains more than 40 Gigabytes of carefully assembled,
unlooped and untransposed samples of three distinct world-class instru-
ments: a Bosendorfer 290 Imperial Grand, a German Steinway model D
nine-foot concert grand, and a Yamaha C7 grand. Each can be installed
separately, or you can install them all together.
Ivory also contains its own 32-bit playback and DSP engine, which was
designed from the ground up to perform the various specialized tasks of
reproducing piano performance, and which can be hosted on every major
workstation platform on Macintosh and PC computers.
Separate samples are provided for “soft pedal” (una corda) playing, also
at multiple velocities. Either of these features can be disabled to reduce
the amount of required CPU power and/or RAM.
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The Key Noise feature is also unique to Ivory. When recording a piano,
different players and engineers like to have different amounts of mechan-
ical noise in the sound. Ivory addresses this by using a specially con-
structed filter that tracks the mechanical component in the sound, and
allows users to attenuate or boost the noise to their taste.
A Velocity Map feature allows the player to tailor the velocity response of
Ivory to his or her playing style and controller keyboard, creating a
harder or softer “action” and also allowing for Ivory’s full dynamic range
to be played even by a keyboard that does not produce a full range of
MIDI velocity values.
2 • Installing Ivory
System Requirements (Macintosh)
Audio Units, RTAS, VST 2.0 host.
Minimum Requirements
Macintosh G4 450 MHz CPU
1GB RAM
11GB free hard drive space
Mac OS 10.2.x or greater
Mac OS 9.2 or greater
DVD ROM drive for installation
Recommended Requirements
Macintosh G4 1Ghz CPU
2GB RAM
41GB free hard drive space
Mac OS 10.2.x or greater
Mac OS 9.2 or greater
Hard drive speed of at least 7200 RPM recommended for all systems.
Minimum Requirements
1.3Ghz CPU Pentium 4 or equivalent
1GB RAM
11GB free hard drive space
Windows XP
DVD ROM drive for installation
Recommended Requirements
2Ghz CPU Pentium 4 or equivalent
2GB RAM
41GB free hard drive space
Windows XP
Hard drive speed of at least 7200 RPM recommended for all systems.
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You’ll be prompted to read and accept our license agreement and read a
short text file before proceeding with installation. Once in the installer,
you have the choice of installing any of the plug-in formats along with
any of the piano libraries. The piano library choices are:
To install all formats and all libraries, select Easy Install from the pull-
down menu at the top of the window.
The installer may ask you to locate specific folders that it needs to find in
order to properly install the plug-ins that you’ve specified. When the next
DVD is needed, the current one will eject, and the installer will prompt
you and wait for the next DVD to be inserted.
When installation is complete, the installer will ask if you’d like to autho-
rize your current copy of Ivory. This procedure is described on page 11.
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You will be asked to choose a location to install the large library files.
Use the file browser at the bottom to select the disk and location. Choose
a disk that is fast and has enough free space. To install the entire library
you’ll need 41 GB of free space.
After you've chosen a library location, you have the choice of installing
any of the plug-in formats along with any of the piano libraries.
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By default, all plug-in formats and all libraries are selected. The next
screen verifies your choices.
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The installer may ask you to locate specific folders that it needs to find in
order to properly install the plug-ins that you’ve specified.
If you want to use Ivory in more than one VST application, manually copy
the VST.dll file, which you have installed into the chosen folder, to the appro-
priate VST-compatible host application folder. For example, Cubase VST
hosts VST plug-ins in its Vstplugins folder. Cubase VST 5.0 can also host
plug-ins in a shared folder called Shared VST Plug-ins Folder. This folder is
usually located at C:\ProgramFiles\Steinberg\Vstplugins.
In any case, in order to install the Ivory plug-in in other VST compatible
applications, you should refer to the particular application's user’s guide.
After the plug-ins and other program data files are installed, the Ivory
Library installation starts. When the next DVD is needed, the installer
will prompt you to change disks and press OK to continue the installa-
tion.
When installation is complete, you must run the Authorize Ivory utilty,
located in the Ivory Items folder, to authorize your current copy of Ivory.
This procedure is described on page 11.
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Authorizing Ivory
After you install Ivory, you will need to authorize your current copy. To
do this, you’ll need a web browser to access our registration page at
http://www.synthogy.com/register.
On the Macintosh, the installer will ask you if you want to authorize
Ivory. Press OK to proceed with authorization, and you will see the Ivory
Authorization Tool dialog box. On the PC, you must run the Authorize
Ivory utilty, which is located in the Ivory Items folder.
Go to the Synthogy web page and enter this information along with your
email address, etc. into the required fields, and you’ll be emailed an
Unlock Code.
Type or copy/paste this Unlock Code into the Ivory Authorization Tool
to complete authorization, and you’re done!
If you are unable to access the World Wide Web for Authorization, please
refer to the Troubleshooting chapter of this manual for further assistance
in authorizing Ivory.
The installer creates a folder named Ivory Items at the location you speci-
fied during installation. This folder contains the library files, text files,
presets, and additional tools.
Every host application has its own way of dealing with virtual instru-
ments. On this page and those following, find the section that pertains to
the host application that you wish to use.
To get MIDI data to Ivory, make sure you have an empty Audio Instru-
ment on the Arrange page and that it is set to “Record” (Logic should do
this for you automatically).
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In the Tracks Window, select a MIDI Output for the track you want to
record on, set it to “Ivory-1-1”. (Actually, you can use any MIDI channel,
since Ivory doesn’t discriminate.)
Click in the MIDI input popup (which says “Not Connected”), and in the
popup select the input device or Port you wish to use to control Ivory. If
you’re not sure what this is, select “All MIDI Inputs” .
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Click on the MIDI output popup menu for that track and select “Ivory”.
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In the Mix window, click on one of the insert effect popup menus on the
new track, and select Ivory as a stereo multi-channel plug-in.
In the File menu, select add Track. At the dialog, select 'Create 1 new
MIDI Track' and press Create.
On the MIDI track, click on the output popup menu, and select Ivory
from the list of possible outputs.
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Apple GarageBand
From the Track menu, select “New Track”.
In the New Track selection window, click Software Instrument from the
tab at the top, then choose an instrument category on the left (Pianos and
Keyboards), and an instrument on the right (Grand Piano).
Click OK.
Double click the new track to bring up the Track Info window. Expand
the Details by clicking on the triangle at the bottom of the window. In the
Generator popup, choose “Ivory” near the bottom of the list.
Press the pencil button on the right of the Generator column to bring up
Ivory's editor.
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Every host application has its own way of dealing with virtual instru-
ments. On this page and those following, find the section that pertains to
the host application you wish to use.
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In the Mix window, click on one of the insert effect popup menus on the
new track, and select Ivory as a stereo multi-channel plug-in.
In the File menu, select “New Tracks...”. At the dialog, select 'Create 1
new MIDI Track' and press Create.
In the Mix window, record-enable the newly created MIDI track by click-
ing on the “r” button once to highlight it. Make sure MIDI Thru is
enabled in the MIDI pulldown menu.
On the MIDI track, click on the output popup menu, and select Ivory
from the list of possible outputs.
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Cakewalk Sonar 4
After installing Ivory, it is important to register the VST plug-in using the
VST Adapter provided by Sonar.
From the Insert menu, select DXi Synth >VST Ivory VST. (Note: The loca-
tion of the VST on the Insert menu, and the exact name, could vary
depending on the preferences you chose using the VST Adapter.)
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Choose how you want Ivory to be inserted into a track. For most pur-
poses, the default options of MIDI Source Track and First Synth Output
(Audio) will be fine.
In the Track Window, most of the settings for the audio and MIDI portion
of the track should be setup if you have Sonar setup properly. If you need
to, you can select a specific output for the audio, as well as a specific MIDI
input. Activate Record on for the MIDI track.
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A Program contains all of the parameters that define the piano you are
playing. It consists of a set of samples of a particular piano, or “Keyset,”
release and resonance parameters, and settings for dynamic range, key
noise, and timbre. The Program also includes whatever Effects you have
set up. Program parameters—and the Effects button—are all grouped on
the left side of the main screen.
SESSION
Tuning / Transposition / Perspective
Gain / Polyphony / Velocity settings
PROGRAM
Keyset
Release samples
Resonance / Synth Pad
Dynamic Range / Key noise / Timbre
Effects
EQ / Chorus / Ambience
Programs, Sessions, Effects Presets, and Velocity Map Presets are all small
files which are stored in the “Ivory Items” folder, located on the same
drive and folder where you installed the sample data.
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Controls
Ivory contains several types of intuitive controls:
The Save and More buttons are actually small drop-down menus that
handle file management.
Rotary knobs set continuous parameters. There are two ways to move a
rotary knob, depending on the host software.
On RTAS platforms and some VST hosts (which allow you to select the
mode as a Preference), movement is linear: click on the knob and drag the
mouse up or down to change the value.
Up-down arrows also set continuous parameters, but are used for param-
eters that are normally incremented, rather than reset by large amounts.
Up-down arrows also have accompanying text-entry boxes.
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Program functions
Programs are the primary objects you will use in Ivory to call up and play
sounds. They have been specially created to take advantage of Ivory's
samples and features in the most musically useful fashion. The Program
selector menu is located just to the left of the Ivory logo at the top of the
screen. When you first instantiate Ivory, the Program selector will say
“Default,” which is an empty program that makes no sound. To select a
Program to play, simply click on the Program selector and choose a Pro-
gram from the drop-down menu. Notice that your selected Program
name will also appear on the “fallboard” of the piano graphic.
Once your Program is loaded, you will see a Keyset appear in the Keyset
selector, which is just over the lid of the piano graphic.
(Note that Keysets can be quite large, and may take 5 or 10 seconds to
load.) Keysets are your collection of source piano sample key mappings,
such as Bosendorfer_8_Level, a Bosendorfer sample Keyset with 8 veloc-
ity switched dynamic levels.
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* “II” keysets have an alternative set of velocity switch points that will
favor the softer dynamics through the mp-mf playing range.
The buttons below the Keyset selector turn on and off the Release Sam-
ples and Soft Pedal Samples that are associated with the selected Keyset.
Turning the Release Samples on makes a more realistic piano perfor-
mance, and is one of the unique features of Ivory.
On the other hand, not using the Release Samples lowers the RAM
requirements of the software. The Soft Pedal Samples are also unique to
Ivory, and can add significantly to the sense of realism. You must use a
separate footswitch sending MIDI Controller 67 to engage the soft pedal.
To the right is the Stereo Width control, which sets the apparent width of
the piano’s image in the stereo field, from 0% (mono, centered) to 100%.
To the left is the drop-down menu for selecting a Synth Layer sound.
The Synth Layer sound doubles the piano sound, and provides an easy
way of creating the layered keyboard textures used in pop music. The
menu offers a variety of Synth sounds. In addition, the relative level of
the Synth layer can be adjusted ±24 dB by the knob below the menu, and
the layer can be instantly turned on and off with the button on the left.
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Above the Keyset selector are four knobs for adjusting the piano sound’s
characteristics.
The Release knob scales the envelopes of the samples by the displayed
factor (from 0.2x to 3.00x), making the release longer or shorter as desired.
Key Noise changes the balance between the mechanical noise of the
piano keys and hammers, and the sound of the strings. At 0 dB, the Key
Noise sounds at the level it was recorded. The range is ±24 dB.
The Timbre knob controls the overall brightness of the sound by intro-
ducing a dynamically-controlled low-pass filter. At 0, the sound has an
optimal default velocity to filter response. Negative values make the
piano sound duller, while positive values make it brighter. The scale is -99
to +99. At the maximum value +99, the filter is wide open, and the sounds
play as originally recorded.
The Dynamic Range knob sets the overall dynamic range of the piano
from 0 to 60 dB. It works in conjunction with the parameters on the Veloc-
ity page (below). The setting here determines the difference in loudness
from the minimum key velocity to the maximum key velocity. For classi-
cal solo piano, this control would normally be set high. For rock piano in
a complex mix, this control can be set lower. Setting the dynamic range so
that the piano sound fits right into a mix can be helpful in that it can make
the use of a compressor on the track unnecessary.
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At the upper left of the screen is the drop-down menu for selecting Sus-
tain Resonance. Sustain Resonance is a DSP function that realistically
simulates the resonances in a grand piano created by the “harp” and the
soundboard when the Sustain Pedal is pressed and all of the dampers are
raised off the strings. Ivory offers six Sustain Resonance models to choose
from, the character of which varies from dry and clean to highly resonant:
Clean Soundboard 1
Clean Soundboard 2
Medium Resonant 1
Medium Resonant 2
Extra Resonant 1
Extra Resonant 2
You can also think of the Resonances in terms of where the microphones
are placed: putting a mic underneath the piano's lid and flush with the
soundboard, for example, causes it to pick up a great deal of resonance
from the soundboard, so selecting a soundboard Resonance and increas-
ing its level can simulate that mic placement. The relative level of the Sus-
tain Resonance (-6 to +6 dB) can be adjusted by the knob below the menu,
and the function can be instantly turned on and off with the button on the
left.
All of the functions and settings listed so far (which you will notice are
located on the left side of the screen) are part of a Program. A Program
can be named and saved using the Save button at the top of the left half of
the screen. See Chapter 9 for more about Saving and Reloading Programs.
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Session functions
The controls on the right side of the main screen make up the parameters
of a Session. A Session contains a Program—the one that was current at
the time the Session was saved—plus other parameters (listed below), as
well as all the parameters on the Velocity screen. Sessions are saved and
loaded using the drop-down Session selector and the Save and More but-
tons on the top of the right side of the screen. It’s often a good idea to
name a session after the current song.
Gain sets the output gain of Ivory. It is useful for matching the instru-
ment’s level to that of other software instruments or audio tracks in the
same workstation environment. The range is ±24 dB.
The Stereo Perspective switch reverses the stereo image of Ivory’s piano.
When it is set to Performer, the lower notes of the piano are on the left
side of the stereo image. When it is set to Audience, the lower notes are on
the right side. Used in conjunction with the Stereo Width control, Ivory
offers you many possibilities for your piano’s imaging.
The four up-down arrows above the Tuning switch control the basic pitch
of Ivory’s piano. A4 pitch sets the pitch of the A above middle C. This
value defaults to 440.0 Hz, but some recording or performance situations
require a different reference pitch. The range is 420.0 to 460.0 Hz.
Fine Pitch similarly adjusts the pitch of the piano recordings, but is cali-
brated in Cents, or 1/100ths of a semitone. The range is ±99 cents. The A4
pitch and the Fine Pitch controls work in conjunction with each other.
Octave and Transpose modify the MIDI data as it comes into Ivory. The
Keysets themselves are not altered in pitch. The range of the Octave con-
trol is ±4 octaves, and the range of the Transpose control is ±11 semitones.
The Voices control sets the number of stereo voices (“polyphony”) avail-
able to Ivory. It is adjustable from 4 to 160, in increments of 4. The more
voices assigned, the greater the load on the memory and CPU, so try not
to assign more voices than you need. Polyphony is assigned using a
highly sophisticated algorithm that weighs the start time, duration, and
envelope of each note, to be as unobtrusive as possible when it has to
“steal” voices. The default value is 24, which is a good place to start. If
you have a fast CPU and hard drive, and you plan to use lots of sustain
pedal and big chords, you can increase the number of voices. Conversely,
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if you have an older CPU and are running other applications and plug-ins
simultaneously with Ivory, you can reduce the number of voices.
Stretch tuning is the more “natural” method of tuning the piano, and it
will result in the most pleasing sound for solo piano playing. The Stretch
tunings found in Ivory are the real-world results of the some of the best
concert technicians in the business, who were employed for the sampling
sessions, and who had great familiarity with each of the respective instru-
ments. However, it may not be the best choice when Ivory is used with
other instruments in an ensemble, and therefore we have also provided
equal-tempered tuning.
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Diagnostics
The features described below are useful in determining whether your
audio and MIDI connections are working:
On the right hand side of the Main Screen below the Buffer Size display is
a MIDI indicator light. If you have MIDI being successfully received by
Ivory, then this light will flash accordingly. If you are sending MIDI and
this indicator does not light, you should check your MIDI connections
and settings.
EQ
The EQ section is a two-band shelf fil-
ter, with each band having a separate
gain (-24 dB to +24 dB) and frequency
control (20 Hz to 10 kHz). The Low
Shelf section controls the filter’s fre-
quency and gain for the bottom of the
spectrum, and the Hi Shelf section
controls the top of the spectrum.
Chorus
This effect can be used for flanging as well as
chorus. Wet/Dry determines the balance
between the direct and processed signals. Neg-
ative values mean the processed signal is
phase-inverted from the direct signal.
Rate (0-4.0 Hz) controls the speed of the LFO so as to give long, sweeping
effects to fast “jittery vibrato” effects, or anything in between.
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Delay is the nominal delay time of the process, from zero to 30 millisec-
onds. Shorter delays give a flanging effect, while longer ones create a cho-
rus effect.
Feedback controls how the delays are fed back into themselves, to create
repeating delays. As with most digital delays, setting this control to
extreme levels will send the unit into self-oscillation, creating a distinct
pitch which will vary with the delay time (and the LFO). Negative values
indicate that the signal is phase-inverted when it is fed back into the cir-
cuit.
Damping controls a low-pass filter in the feedback path of the delay. Its
shelf frequency is adjustable from 20 Hz to 20 kHz, which is the –3 dB
point of the filter.
Ambience
This section adds room-type reverb to the
piano sound. The following room models are
available from the Room Type selector menu:
Room
Studio
Jazz Club
Live Venue
Recital Hall
Concert Hall
Curved Space
Wet/Dry determines the balance between the direct and processed sig-
nals. Negative values mean the processed signal is phase-inverted from
the direct signal. Predelay inserts a delay before the piano sound is sent
to the reverb. Predelay can increase the feeling of space in a reverb, and
also can be used when you want a lot of reverb effect, but you don’t want
to obscure the direct sound (which is not affected by this control). The
delay is adjustable from 0 to 100 ms. Damping controls a low-pass filter
that is applied to the Ambient sound, effectively shortening the reverb
time at frequencies above its shelf frequency. The filter frequency is
adjustable from 20 Hz to 20 kHz.
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The Arc Type determines the shape of the velocity curve, varying the
degree to which incoming velocities are remapped. There are four “con-
ventional” curves: Mild, Moderate, Medium, and Maximum. Upper Bias non-
uniformly affects louder velocities more than softer ones, and Power is
provided for particular circumstances where a very large bend in the
curve is desired.
Hardness determines the curvature of the velocity slope. When this is set
to zero, the relationship between changes in velocity and changes in
Ivory’s levels is linear. When it is set to a positive number, the velocity
slope rises quickly, so that the instrument is more sensitive to changes in
velocity of relatively soft strokes than it is to differences in velocity of
hard strokes. When it is set to a negative number, the opposite is true: the
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slope rises slowly, so that there is less sensitivity to velocity changes at the
soft end, and more sensitivity at the hard end.
Min Velocity and Max Velocity are useful when you are using Ivory with
a MIDI controller that does not send out the full MIDI velocity range of 1–
127. It can also be helpful when you want to be able to increase Ivory’s
dynamic range without playing very softly or very hard, or when you
want to expand the dynamic range of a sequenced track without chang-
ing the velocities of the notes on the track. These controls work in con-
junction with the Dynamic Range control on the Main Screen. Any note
with a velocity lower than or equal to the Min Velocity setting will cause
Ivory to play that note at the lowest end of its Dynamic Range. Any note
with a velocity equal to or higher than the Max Velocity setting will cause
Ivory to play that note at the highest end of its Dynamic Range.
You can use your MIDI controller itself to set the minimum and maxi-
mum velocities with the Set function. When you click on Set, Ivory will
ask you to play a note on your controller at a pianississimo (ppp) level.
Then it will ask you to play a note at a fortississimo (fff) level. The veloci-
ties of these two keystrokes are then automatically transferred into the
Min Velocity and Max Velocity parameters.
The Save and More buttons behave just like their counterparts on the
Main Screen’s Program side. When you save a Session, the current Veloc-
ity Map is saved with it.
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For the purpose of this chapter, when you see the word “Preset,” it refers
to all types of Ivory files, including Programs, Sessions, Effect Presets,
and Velocity Map Presets.
Managing Presets
Whenever you launch or instantiate Ivory all of the Presets are set to
“Default.” The first time you launch Ivory, the Default Program is empty,
with no Keyset loaded, and it makes no sound. If you go to the Program
selector, you will see the available Programs in the drop-down list. Select
a Program, and it will load: the Keyset associated with that Program is
loaded in, the fallboard on the on-screen piano will show the Program’s
name, and the other Program parameters will set themselves accordingly.
You load an Effects Preset, a Velocity Map, or a Session the same way.
When you load a Session, it loads a Program, the Program’s Keyset and
Effects Preset, and a Velocity Map Preset. When you make any changes in
a Program or any other Preset, the name of the Preset goes into Italics.
This tells you that the Preset has been edited.
The Presets that are provided with the Ivory disks, known as “factory”
Presets, appear in the selector lists with bullets in front of their names.
Presets that you create (“user” presets) do not have these bullets. You can
overwrite any of the factory or user presets with either the Save or Save
As… functions. However, when you try to overwrite a factory Preset,
Ivory will warn you that you are doing so. The Default presets cannot be
renamed.
The More button gives you other file-management tools. Reload lets you
revert to the saved version of the current Preset, and discards all of your
current edits. (Selecting the current Preset from the list will not reload it
automatically.) Delete takes the current Preset off the list and calls up the
next one (or the previous one if there isn’t a next one). You can Delete the
factory presets, but you will be warned, and you cannot delete any of the
“Default” presets. Rename lets you rename the current Preset.
When you save a Preset that has dependent items—that is, a Program or a
Session—you are saving the current state of those items, but the depen-
dent items themselves are not specifically saved. For example, if you save
a Program in which you've changed some Effects parameters, the name of
the current Effects preset is stored with the Program. Recalling this Pro-
gram will recall the Effects preset as if you chose this Effects preset from
the popup menu. However, the Effects parameters themselves are not
saved as an Effects Preset unless you explicitly do so. If you want those
Effects settings to be recalled the next time you instantiate Ivory, you
should save them as an actual Effects Preset.
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Optimization
Ivory’s custom software engine has been developed to use your com-
puter’s CPU in the most efficient manner possible. It has also been
designed to provide the features that are most important to realizing a
true and accurate piano performance, and only those things that are nec-
essary for that job.
Of course, not all computer systems and CPUs are equal, and therefore
many of Ivory’s features have been designed so that they can be custom-
configured to meet the needs of individual users and their systems. If
your system has an older/slower CPU, or does not have a large amount
of RAM, then you might find it helpful to follow these tips:
• Choose a fewer number of Voices. Using less polyphony uses less CPU
power and reduces the demand on your hard drive. So if your processor
is not fast, or your hard drive is slow, or if you are trying to do many
other things in addition to running Ivory, like running other software
synthesizers or processing plug-ins, lowering the number of voices will
save on CPU cycles and hard drive bandwidth.
• Turn Release samples off. The Release samples add greatly to Ivory’s
realism when the piano sound is heard alone. But if your Ivory piano is
going to be part of an ensemble with other instruments, perhaps they
won't be as important. Turning them off will greatly reduce the amount of
RAM that Ivory uses.
• Similarly, you can use Piano Keysets that have fewer dynamic levels.
The overall dynamic range of Ivory will be the same, but the timbral
range may not be as great, or change as subtly as you play louder and
softer as it does in Keysets with more dynamic levels. Using Keysets with
fewer dynamic levels reduces the amount of RAM used.
• Turning Soft Pedals off also reduces the amount of RAM used. If you
know you will not be using the Soft Pedal in your recording or perfor-
mance, disabling this feature will improve the performance of your sys-
tem as it relates to RAM usage.
• Turning off the Effects and/or Sustain Resonance will save CPU power.
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• Turning the Synth Layer off will save both CPU and RAM, though the
synth layer is not very demanding in either case.
• Adjust the Buffer Size to suit the balance in your computer between
CPU speed and RAM. A Buffer setting of Large gives better performance
with a slower computer, but it uses more RAM. A faster computer can use
a Buffer setting of Small, which frees up more RAM. NOTE: This setting
does not affect latency (see below).
• The speed of your hard disk has a large impact on the performance of
Ivory. When disk accesses are slow, you may see a 'slow disk' indicator
appear to the left of the MIDI light on the Main screen. Individual voices
may abruptly stop playing and result in a “click” if the disk accesses are
really overloaded. Here are a few suggestions to get the most out of your
hard disk system:
- Reduce the number of voices to prevent too much data from playing at
any one time.
- Install the library files on a faster hard drive. Internal ATA drives are
usually faster than external FireWire drives. But drives that are used for
other significant things, like your system disk, or another disk used for
recording/playing audio data are not good choices. See Chapter 11 for
more information on hard drives.
Latency
Latency is the measure of time between a MIDI keystroke and the sound-
ing of the actual note. All digital instruments, both hardware and soft-
ware, exhibit a certain amount of latency. Ivory has been optimized to be
a very low-latency application, and changing the internal settings in the
program do not affect the latency. If you experience a delay, adjustments
should be made in your host application’s buffer settings. Consult that
host application’s user guide for information about how to optimize this
for your particular system.
MIDI Response
Besides Note-ons and Note-offs, Ivory responds to these MIDI com-
mands:
Controller #66, Sostenuto pedal. This functions just the way it does on a
real acoustic grand piano, sustaining only on those notes that were
depressed when the pedal went down.
Controller #67, Soft Pedal. Engages the soft pedal samples for that Key-
set, if they are active.
Rendering Audio
It can be very useful to render your MIDI-controlled Ivory tracks as audio
tracks within your host application. Playing audio tracks is much easier
for a host application than interpreting MIDI data and producing instru-
ment sounds “on the fly,” so turning your Ivory tracks into audio (in
AIFF, SDII, WAV, or Broadcast WAV formats) is a great way to free up
CPU resources in your production environment.
Updates
Please check our website at www.synthogy.com for updates and addi-
tions to Ivory’s software, programs, effects, velocity maps, demos, and
more. News on future upgrades will appear first here as well.
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11 • Troubleshooting
Diagnostics
Ivory’s diagnostic features can help you to determine whether your audio
and MIDI connections are working.
On the right hand side of the Main Screen below the Buffer Size display is
a MIDI indicator light. If you have MIDI being successfully received by
Ivory, then this light will flash accordingly. If you are sending MIDI and
this indicator does not light, you should check your MIDI connections
and settings.
You can play sound directly from the Main Screen by clicking on the Key-
board of the Piano Graphic Model. Clicking on the Keys of this graphic
will play notes on the currently selected Program or Keyset. Clicking
closer to the fallboard of the piano plays the notes softer, while clicking
further to the edge of the keys will play them louder.
Authorization
The fastest and most convenient way to authorize your copy of Ivory is to
access our web registration page at http://www.synthogy.com/register.
However, if you do not have access to the World Wide Web, you may
authorize Ivory via email. Send your Machine ID (from the Ivory Autho-
rization Tool) and your Serial Number (from the inside cover of your
manual) in an email message to register@synthogy.com and your unlock
code will be emailed back to you. If you do not have email you may call
our toll-free Tech Support line at 800-745-8020.
Authorization Issues
Didn’t receive Unlock Code via email after website registration
Since your Unlock Code email is sent automatically from software
instead of an actual human being, some spam filters may flag it as an
unwanted message. The unlock code email is sent from register@synth-
ogy.com.
If you’ve checked your mail filters and still haven’t received the code,
simply contact our tech support via email or phone and we can quickly
provide it for you.
System Management
Moving Ivory to a different Hard Drive.
The libraries can be dragged to another volume without having to rein-
stall. Just move the Ivory Items folder to the new location. Then, all you
need to do is update an alias that needs to point to this folder. The alias is
called 'Ivory Items', in OS X it is located in:
/Users/{Home}/Library/Preferences/Ivory Preferences/
Now you can either throw the alias into the trash and let Ivory ask you to
find the new location the next time it starts up (recommended), or update
the alias yourself by clicking once on the alias, press Cmd-I for Get Info,
click the Select New Original button, and select the Ivory Items folder at
the new location
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Uninstalling Ivory
The large audio files are all kept in a folder called Ivory Items. Simply
deleting this folder will remove most of Ivory's data. The location of each
plugin is:
/System Folder/Preferences/
in OS X:
/Users/{Home}/Library/Preferences/
If the clicks coincide with the appearance of the Slow Disk message to the
left of the MIDI light on Ivory's main page, refer to the section on Disk
Performance (page 53).
General Comments
Ivory's feature implementation was designed to work on a wide range of
computer speeds. Each feature has an On/Off button in order free up
resources on older computers, or those with significant bottlenecks, or
Ivory • 53
•CPU/bus speed.
•Hard drive speed.
•RAM.
Ivory will bump up against one of these more noticeably on slower com-
puters, but you'll hit one of these when pushing Ivory on any computer.
CPU/Bus Speed
The best way to determine if CPU/Bus speed is too slow is to call up and
watch the host's CPU usage meter. If the meter maxes out, then you will
need to reduce CPU load. Turn off any unnecessary features:
•Sustain Resonance.
•Ambience.
•Chorus, etc.
•Set Key Noise to zero (12 o'clock).
•Reduce the number of maximum voices.
Disk Performance
If the words 'Slow Disk' appear to the left of the MIDI light on Ivory's
main page, you may be experiencing some disk related performance
problems. This is often accompanied by a 'click' as a voice abruptly stops
playing.
RAM usage
Unlike OS 9, OS X uses a virtual memory system that cannot be turned
off. So what may seem like a performance problem in OS X may in fact be
related to RAM. If you are experiencing dropouts without the Slow Disk
message appearing to the left of the MIDI lights on Ivory's main page,
then it's probably a RAM issue. RAM issues can also become apparent
when other sample-based plug-ins (e.g. samplers or sampling reverbs)
are used alongside Ivory. The following methods will reduce Ivory's
RAM usage:
Latency
Latency is one of the most misunderstood topics in the industry. Ivory
itself has very little if nothing to do with latency. The speed of your com-
puter will have a significant impact, but it is mostly introduced by the
audio hardware in your system and can be controlled with the hardware
buffer size setting in your host software.
Default values are usually set to 256 or 512. Selecting a lower value will
improve latency. The trade-off is CPU load, so setting this too low may
cause other performance problems.
And finally, some effects plug-ins impose a delay due to the nature of
how they process audio. The host may compensate for this during normal
session playback, but will be exposed while playing Ivory in real time.
Ivory • 55
However, there are additional factors related to your hard drive that also
influence performance. These are discussed below.
Bus Interface
Serial ATA is probably the fastest interface out there (with the exception
of some very expensive SCSI solutions). After this FireWire 800 is next,
followed by FireWire 400 and regular ATA, which are roughly equivalent
in speed. So choosing to install the Ivory Library on a drive off of one of
these faster interfaces will gain you more performance.
Configuration
Sometimes people like to use a dedicated 'sounds' drive where they store
the sounds to all their soft synths and samplers. This is generally fine,
unless they will attempt to stream other sounds from that drive from
another sampler or application while Ivory is also streaming. However, if
the sampler or other application just plays the samples out of RAM the
speed of that drive will not be affected.
Fragmentation/Partitioning
Other factors that may adversely affect hard drive performance (and as a
result, Ivory performance) are whether the drive is fragmented or near
capacity. Any hard drive that is nearly full will get very slow. Of course
we know from years of experience with digital audio what fragmentation
will do (another good reason to keep Ivory separated from your digital
audio drive). Partitioning can also be a problem. When a disk gets parti-
tioned, the newer partitions on a disk will generally be created on a
slower part of the disk.
Ivory • 56
RAID
By far the fastest hard drive system we have used is a striped RAID vol-
ume. A RAID volume consists of 2 or more physical hard drives com-
bined into a single volume that appears on your desktop. In a striped
two-disk RAID setup, the work of accessing the stored data is distributed
among two drives instead of one. We have found this to be the single big-
gest gain in Ivory system performance yet. It can effectively double the
amount of polyphony you can get out of Ivory in most cases. If you need
the highest performance you can get, we highly recommend building a
RAID with FW 800 drives.
RAID performance is optimal when drives are identical. A RAID set with
2 FW 800 drives may be used on a single FW800 bus provided there are
no other devices connected to this bus. Connecting a single FW400 device
to a FW800 bus will often bring the entire bus down to the slower speed.
If you decide to use some of your existing drives as a RAID, keep in mind
that this will create a new volume with these drives, and therefore com-
pletely erase anything that is currently on them. So be sure to move/
backup any data that is currently there that you may wish to keep.
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The VST file is named "Ivory VST.dll" and is installed at the location you
specified while running the installer. If you don't remember where it was
installed, perform a Windows Search for the name of the file. Once you've
determined that this file is on your hard drive, you may need to tell the
host application where it is. Each host is different, so please refer to indi-
vidual host documentation on how to load VST plug-ins.
Authorization Issues
Didn’t receive Unlock Code via email after website registration
Since your Unlock Code email is sent automatically from software
instead of an actual human being, some spam filters may flag it as an
unwanted message. The unlock code email is sent from register@synth-
ogy.com. If you’ve checked your mail filters and still haven’t received the
code, simply contact our tech support via email or phone and we can
quickly provide it for you.
Ivory • 58
System Management
Moving Ivory to a different Hard Drive.
The libraries can be dragged to another volume without having to rein-
stall. Just move the Ivory Items folder to the new location. Then, all you
need to do is update a file that tells Ivory where the Ivory Items location
is. This path is stored in a text file:
C:\Program Files\Synthogy\Ivory\LibraryPath.txt
Either throw this file into the trash and let Ivory ask you where the new
location is when it starts up (recommended) or open the file with a text
editor and type the new path.
Uninstalling Ivory
The large audio files are all kept in a folder called Ivory Items. Simply
deleting this folder will remove most of Ivory's data. The location of each
plugin is:
Win VST: Location depends on where you initially chose to install it.
If the clicks coincide with the appearance of the Slow Disk message to the
left of the MIDI light on Ivory's main page, refer to the section on Disk
Performance (page 60).
Otherwise, in Windows, the culprit is likely a RAM issue. Refer to the sec-
tion on RAM usage (page 60).
General Comments
Ivory's feature implementation was designed to work on a wide range of
computer speeds. Each feature has an On/Off button in order free up
resources on older computers, or those with significant bottlenecks, or
otherwise during a resource-intensive session. Every system, no matter
how meticulously optimized, will be limited by one of these three things:
•CPU/bus speed.
•Hard drive speed.
•RAM.
Ivory will bump up against one of these more noticeably on slower com-
puters, but you'll hit one of these when pushing Ivory on any computer.
CPU/Bus Speed
The best way to determine if CPU/Bus speed is too slow is to call up and
watch the host's CPU usage meter. If the meter maxes out, then you will
need to reduce CPU load. Turn off any unnecessary features:
•Sustain Resonance.
•Ambience.
•Chorus, etc.
•Set Key Noise to zero (12 o'clock).
•Reduce the number of maximum voices.
Disk Performance
If the words 'Slow Disk' appear to the left of the MIDI light on Ivory's
main page, you may be experiencing some disk related performance
problems. This is often accompanied by a 'click' as a voice abruptly stops
playing.
RAM usage
Windows XP uses a virtual memory system that usually shouldn’t be
turned off. So what may seem like a performance problem in Windows
may in fact be related to RAM. If you are experiencing dropouts without
the Slow Disk message appearing to the left of the MIDI lights on Ivory's
main page, then it's probably a RAM issue. RAM issues can also become
apparent when other sample-based plug-ins (e.g. samplers or sampling
reverbs) are used alongside Ivory. The following methods will reduce
Ivory's RAM usage:
Latency
Latency is one of the most misunderstood topics in the industry. Ivory
itself has very little if nothing to do with latency. The speed of your com-
puter will have a significant impact, but it is mostly introduced by the
audio hardware in your system and can be controlled with the hardware
buffer size setting in your host software.
Devices > Device Setup > VST Multitrack > Control Panel
Default values are usually set to 256 or 512. Selecting a lower value will
improve latency. The trade-off is CPU load, so setting this too low may
cause other performance problems.
And finally, some effects plug-ins impose a delay due to the nature of
how they process audio. The host may compensate for this during normal
session playback, but will be exposed while playing Ivory in real time.
However, there are additional factors related to your hard drive that also
influence performance. These are discussed below.
Bus Interface
Serial ATA is probably the fastest interface out there (with the exception
of some very expensive SCSI solutions). After this FireWire 800 is next,
followed by FireWire 400 and regular ATA, which are roughly equivalent
in speed. So choosing to install the Ivory Library on a drive off of one of
these faster interfaces will gain you more performance.
RAID
By far the fastest hard drive system we have used is a striped RAID vol-
ume. A RAID volume consists of 2 or more physical hard drives com-
bined into a single volume that appears on your desktop. In a striped
two-disk RAID setup, the work of accessing the stored data is distributed
among two drives instead of one. We have found this to be the single big-
gest gain in Ivory system performance yet. It can effectively double the
amount of polyphony you can get out of Ivory in most cases. If you need
the highest performance you can get, we highly recommend building a
RAID system.
RAID support is not built into Windows XP. To set up a RAID system,
you may need to purchase a third party solution.
RAID performance is optimal when drives are identical. You may also
experience a performance increase by putting two slower drives each on
its own bus. This prevents the bus speed from creating a bottleneck as
data from two drive compete for bandwidth.
Configuration
Sometimes people like to use a dedicated 'sounds' drive where they store
the sounds to all their soft synths and samplers. This is generally fine,
unless they will attempt to stream other sounds from that drive from
another sampler or application while Ivory is also streaming. However, if
the sampler or other application just plays the samples out of RAM the
speed of that drive will not be affected.
Fragmentation/Partitioning
Other factors that may adversely affect hard drive performance (and as a
result, Ivory performance) are whether the drive is fragmented or near
capacity. Any hard drive that is nearly full will get very slow. Of course
we know from years of experience with digital audio what fragmentation
will do (another good reason to keep Ivory separated from your digital
audio drive). Consider de-fragmenting your hard drive with “Disk
Defragmenter” that comes with Windows XP.
Check Libraries runs very quickly and will perform a simple check of
your object data. It will also confirm that the sample files are installed and
that they are in the correct format. However, it will not check all of the
sample data. For that, you will use the Verify Libraries tool. If Check
Libraries finds a problem, you can correct it without running the Verify
Libraries tool.
Verify Libraries runs all of the same tests as Check Libraries. In addition,
Verify Libraries will read all of the sample data and test it. This can take
almost as long as library installation, so please be patient! If any errors are
found, they will be reported on the main screen.
Convert Libraries is useful if you manually copied files from your Ivory
Install DVDs. The files on the DVDs are in Macintosh format, and cannot
be used on your PC without conversion. The Ivory Installer automatically
converts them for you. If you copied them manually, you can use Convert
Libraries to perform the conversion.
You may need to use Delete Libraries if you find a problem with one of
your libraries. After choosing Delete Libraries, you will be asked to
choose a library for deletion. After you delete a library, run the Ivory
Installer again, choosing the library that you want to reinstall. Note that
the Synth library is used by all of the other libraries. If you delete the
Synth library, you can choose any of the other libraries in the Installer
program to reinstall it.
Velocity Maps
Default
Linear
Easy 1
Easy 2
Easy 3
Hard 1
Hard 2
Hard 3
Warm Touch 1
Warm Touch 2
Rocker's Touch
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Effects
Default Bosendorfer Salon
Bosendorfer Imperial fx Soft Hammers fx
German Concert D fx Bright Grand fx
Studio Grand fx Jazz Grand fx
Recital Hall Rock Grand fx
Live Hall Pop Grand fx
Ambient Concert Hall Lacquered Hammers
Jazz Concert Hall Rock Player's Effect
Bosendorfer Hall Basement Upright
Resonant Church Jazz Imperial fx
Bosendorfer Imperial 10 fx Ballad Studio Piano fx
German Concert D 10 fx Pop Grand fx 2
Distant Hall fx Close Mic Rock fx
Bose Hall Rockin 88s fx
Distant Bose Hall fx Chorused Grand
Orchestral Piano fx Pop Excited Chorus
Warm Hall Chorus Hall
Small Club Sweet Chorus Grand fx
Small Room, Close Mic Honky Tonk Saloon
Close Mic Ambient Bose Scape fx
Small Dark Ambience Under A Thick Blanket
Steiner Club Trails
Piano Studio
Note: Default presets are generally ‘blank’ presets. They can be overwritten, but
they cannot be renamed.
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Keysets
Bosendorfer 10 Level 97 note Imperial grand with 10 Dynamic Levels
Bosendorfer 10 Level II 10 level keyset w/ alternative velocity switch points*
Bosendorfer 8 Level 97 note Imperial grand with 8 Dynamic Levels
Bosendorfer 8 Level II 8 level keyset w/ alternative velocity switch points
Bosendorfer 6 Level 97 note Imperial grand with 6 Dynamic Levels
Bosendorfer 6 Level II 6 level keyset w/ alternative velocity switch points
Bosendorfer 4 Level 97 note Imperial grand with 4 Dynamic Levels
Bosendorfer 4 Level II 4 level keyset with wider timbral range
Bosendorfer88 10 Level 88 note version of 10 Level Bosendorfer
Bosendorfer88 10 Level II 88 note, 10 Level keyset w/ alternative vel switch
Bosendorfer88 8 Level 88 note version of 8 Level Bosendorfer
Bosendorfer88 8 Level II 88 note, 8 Level keyset w/ alternative vel switch
Bosendorfer88 6 Level 88 note version of 6 Level Bosendorfer
Bosendorfer88 6 Level II 88 note, 6 Level keyset w/ alternative vel switch
Bosendorfer88 4 Level 88 note version of 4 Level Bosendorfer
Bosendorfer88 4 Level II 88 note 4 Level Bosendorfer w/ wider timbre
German D 10 Level Steinway D with 10 Dynamic Levels
German D 10 Level II 10 level keyset w/ alternative velocity switch points
German D 8 Level Steinway D with 8 Dynamic Levels
German D 8 Level II 8 level keyset w/ alternative velocity switch points
German D 6 Level Steinway D with 6 Dynamic Levels
German D 6 Level II 6 level keyset w/ alternative velocity switch points
German D 4 Level Steinway D with 4 Dynamic Levels
German D 4 Level II 4 level keyset w/ alternative timbral range
Studio 7ft 8 Level Yamaha C7 with 8 Dynamic Levels
Studio 7ft 8 Level II 8 level keyset w/ alternative velocity switch points
Studio 7ft 6 Level Yamaha C7 with 6 Dynamic Levels
Studio 7ft 6 Level II 6 level keyset w/ alternative velocity switch points
Studio 7ft 5 Level Yamaha C7 with 5 Dynamic Levels
Studio 7ft 5 Level II 5 level keyset w/ alternative velocity switch points
Studio 7ft 4 Level Yamaha C7 with 4 Dynamic Levels
Studio 7ft 4 Level II 4 level keyset with wider timbral range
* “II” keysets have an alternative set of velocity switch points that will favor the
softer dynamics through the mp-mf playing range.
Acknowledgements
Production and Sound Design: Joe Ierardi
Software Engine, Interface and DSP: George Taylor
Graphics: Mike Abbott (Vantage Graphics and Design)
UI Design: George Taylor, Joe Ierardi, Mike Abbott
Additional Sample Editing, Processing: Scott Mackey
Additional Software: Rick Cohen, Roy Lovejoy
Additional Sound Design: Geoff Gee, Chris Martirano
Demos: Jordan Rudess, Geoff Gee, Lily von Ballmoos, Michael Bearden,
Volker Rogall, Larry Hopkins
Many thanks to our Beta Testers:
Scott Mackey, John Richmond, Chris Martirano, Chris O’Brien, Geoff Gee,
Cory West, Pierre-Yves Bessuand, Brandon Vaughn, Ken Hickey, Dan
Kalin, Mike Babbitt, Brian Qualls, Todd Campopiano,Tom Salta, Steve
Herbert, Jordan Rudess, Tony Shepperd, Jeff Williams
Documentation: Paul D. Lehrman, Rob Huffman, Max Albert
Package design, Photography and Graphics: Element 18, LA
Web Design: Mike Abbott
Legal: Patti Jones
Additional Legal: Kathy Chapman
Accounting: Roy Lamb, Jeff Murphy
Piano Recordings
All sessions produced by Joe Ierardi
Bosendorfer 290 “Imperial” Sessions
Austin Peay State University, Clarksville TN
Engineering: John Newton & Soundmirror
Pianist: Janice Weber
Post Production/Consultation: Mark Donahue & Soundmirror
Bosendorfer 290 “Imperial” prepared by Gerhard Feldmann,
Bosendorfer New York
Steinway D Sessions
Le Domaine Forget, Saint-Irenee, Quebec
Engineering: John Newton & Soundmirror
Pianist: Janice Weber
Concert Technician: Michel Pedneau
Yamaha C7 Sessions
LAFX, North Hollywood, CA
Assistant Producer: Chris O’Brien
Engineering: Tony Shepperd & Ulysses Noriega
Pianist: Joe Ierardi
Concert Technician: Keith Albright
Ivory • 70
Copyright Notices
Copyright © 2004, 2005 Synthogy, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
All Trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
Ivory™ and Synthogy™ are registered trademarks of Synthogy.
Bosendorfer™ is a registered trademark of Bosendorfer.
Steinway™ is a registered trademark of Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.
Yamaha™ is a registered trademark of Yamaha Corporation.
RTAS™ is a registered trademark of Digidesign.
VST™ is a registered trademark of Steinberg.
Ivory • 71
provided in the enclosed documentation and in this License and (h) subli-
cense, transfer or assign this License or any of the rights and obligations
granted under this License. Any purported transfer or assignment will be
void.
3. Copyright. This Software/Soundware and accompanying materials are
copyrighted. Unauthorized copying of the Software/ Soundware, in
whole or in part, is expressly forbidden. Use of the Software/Soundware
or any of its sounds in another digital sampler, or mixing, filtering, repro-
cessing, re-synthesizing, or otherwise editing the Software/Soundware
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releases in vigilance of any copyright infringements, and will prosecute to
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on any commercial music release (including music libraries) with the con-
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Every sound on a Synthogy disc has been pre-cleared for musical use.
Once you have purchased a disc, no additional licensing fees are required
to use it in your music compositions. However, all products require a spe-
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sions to any LICENSOR customer. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any
new features that augment or enhance the current Software/Soundware,
including the release of new properties, shall be subject to terms of this
License, and shall be provided at the sole discretion of Synthogy.
Ivory • 73
Support
Synthogy is committed to providing a product that is powerful, reliable
and user friendly. Please check our website for user tips and updates. If
you require immediate assistance, the quickest support response will
usually come by contacting your local Synthogy distributor. If your situa-
tion requires additional help that your distributor is unable to provide,
contact us directly and we will help you as soon as possible.
www.synthogy.com
info@synthogy.com
800-745-8020 (U.S. Toll Free)
+1-207-439-1052
Index • 1
A G
A4 pitch 34 Gain 34
AIFF 47 GarageBand 20
Ambience 38
Audio H
rendering 47 Hard Drive 5, 8, 46–47, 51–56,
Audio Units 5 59–63
Authorization
I
troubleshooting 49
Installation 6
Authorizing Ivory 11
Instantiation
B Macintosh platform 13
Broadcast WAV 47 PC platform 21
Buffer size 35 Ivory 3
playing directly from the
C Main Screen 36
Chorus 37 Ivory Authorization Tool 11
Copyright Notices 70
CPU 5, 45, 52, 59 K
Cubase Key Noise 32
Macintosh 15 Keysets 30
PC 23
L
Cubase VST 5 17
Latency 35, 46, 54, 61
Customer Service 74
Logic 6 13
D Logic 7 13
Diagnostics 36
M
Digital Performer 14
Machine ID 11
Disk, see Hard Drive
Macintosh applications 13
Dynamic Range 32
Main Screen 29
E MIDI 47
Effects 37 MIDI indicator light 36
End User License 71 MIDI Volume 47
EQ 37
N
Equal temperament 35
Nuendo 15
F
Fine Pitch 34
Index • 2
O Synth Layer 31
Octave 34 System Requirements 5
Optimization 45
T
P Timbre 32
PC applications 21 Transpose 34
Polyphony 34, 45 Troubleshooting 49
Presets Macintosh platform 50
list of 65 PC platform 57
saving and loading 41 Tuning 35
Pro Tools
Macintosh 18 U
PC 22 Unlock Code 12
Updates 48
R
RAID 56, 63 V
RAM 5, 35, 45–46, 52–54, 59– V Stack 16
61 Velocity 39–40
RAX 19 Voices 34, 45, 46, 47
Release 32 VST 5
Release Samples 31
W
Rotary knobs 28
WAV 47
RTAS 5
Windows applications 21
S
SDII 47
Serial Number 11
Session 34
Soft Pedal 47
Soft Pedal Samples 31
Sonar 24
Sostenuto pedal 47
Stereo Perspective 34
Stereo Width 31
Stretch tuning 35
Support 74
Sustain pedal 47
Sustain Resonance 33