User Manual

2 Quick Start
This
chapter contains a short description of the features and functionality of DAMAGE for
a quick start. Chapter ↑3, Using the Instruments contains a more in-depth description of
all of the functions.
DAMAGE provides you with five different instrument types. Each instrument type contains
three edit windows with various functions. These are accessed by simply clicking on the
tabs on the top right of the program window. When you load any instrument preset, the
main edit window will be displayed.
2.1 Overview of the Library
DAMAGE
is arranged in two main percussion categories, Rhythmic Suites and Percussive
Kits. These 2 categories form the top-level preset groups in the KONTAKT Instrument
browser. Within the Rhythmic Suites category, there are two sub-folders, Loop Menus and
Single Loops. Within the Percussive Kits Category, you will find five sub-folders organized
by genre: Epic Organic Drums, Ethnic Drums, Metals, Hybrid Hits, and Damage Kits.
2.1.1 Rhythmic Suites
With
over 700 beat-sliced loops, this category is arranged into 2 sub-folders, providing
loops in 4 main genres: Epic Organic, Epic Tech, Industrial, and Mangled Pop.
▪ Loop Menus: The Loop Menus category is suitable for quickly creating tempo-synced
grooves, providing menu style presets of tempo-synced/beat-sliced loops. These me-
nus are arranged in four styles: Epic Organic, Epic Tech, Industrial, and Mangled
Pop. All of the suites are geared to work well with one another, allowing you to mix
and match different styles to create unique rhythmic layers. The four presets labeled
“Full” provide menus of stacked, or layered, loops on each key. The twelve presets la-
beled “Elements” provide individual loops on each key.
▪ Single Loops: The Single Loops category contains over 900 presets of single loops.
This category is suitable for rearranging and tweaking individual loops, allowing you to
truly make them unique. These presets allow you to quickly modify and remix a loop,
including a drag MIDI to HOST option. Each of these presets has a loop playback key, as
well as each slice mapped to individual keys.
Quick Start
Overview of the Library
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