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  • Nwew to VSL with Solo Strings Question

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    I'm new to VSL and I need some help with the Solo Strings Library I just purchased. I'm wanting to get a sound of more then one violin, more like an ensemble and I'm wondering what's the best way to do that with solo strings? Any help is appreciated! [:D]
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    @snsguy said:

    I'm new to VSL and I need some help with the Solo Strings Library I just purchased. I'm wanting to get a sound of more then one violin, more like an ensemble and I'm wondering what's the best way to do that with solo strings? Any help is appreciated! [:D]

    Hi I understand that you want to have 3 Violins which are playing unisono...
    If you are a cubase4 user try the VST-Effect "Clone".
    Another possibility:
    1. Copy the midi track twice so that you have 3 identical miditracks.
    2. transpose on midi-side one track +1 half tone, one track -1 half tone and one track you let as it is.
    3. correct the faults (+1, -1) on the audio side (tune).
    Each of the three violins play the melody with other samples this way - it sounds like 3 violins are playing...
    If you are a new VI-Player: Have also a look at:
    VI Tips and Tricks
    http://www.beat-kaufmann.com/vitutorials/vitipstricks/index.php


    Have fun with your new "treasure"

    Beat Kaufmann
    - Tips & Tricks while using Samples of VSL.. see at: https://www.beat-kaufmann.com/vitutorials/ - Tutorial "Mixing an Orchestra": https://www.beat-kaufmann.com/mixing-an-orchestra/
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    Hey thanks for the reply i'll try that out! I don't have Cubase 4 but I do have Cubase SX and I believe I already have a plugin that has cloning so I might try that out to. Thanks Again.
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    Wow! Great idea! I've never liked playing patches sampled with 3 instruments (trpts/Clarinets etc.) I like the idea of this technique so much I just had to chime in with a Brilliant! I think to go a step farther, after cloning I'm going to play with shifting the start and stop times of the cloned tracks.
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    @nova.music said:

    Wow! Great idea! I've never liked playing patches sampled with 3 instruments (trpts/Clarinets etc.) I like the idea of this technique so much I just had to chime in with a Brilliant! ...

    This technique has been discussed more than one time here. But for every newcomer it is new again OK.
    If you want to come even closer to the reality: A lot of Hosts do have a random generator which can used for several things on the midi side. So if you vary the position of the notes with such a random function (within a small range of course) you can simulate the human factor of three players once more.

    Best
    Beat
    - Tips & Tricks while using Samples of VSL.. see at: https://www.beat-kaufmann.com/vitutorials/ - Tutorial "Mixing an Orchestra": https://www.beat-kaufmann.com/mixing-an-orchestra/
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    Or play the lines in one at a time to keep it as alive as possible. It's amazing how loose real performaces are -- anything you can do to alleviate the sterility of sampledom. We want to have healthy pink -- or other shades of -- babies here!! Not robot children!

    By the way, Beat, are your new tutorials up yet? I guess I could just go check right now, but since you're here.... [:)]

    Mahlon
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    @Mahlon said:

    ... By the way, Beat, are your new tutorials up yet? I guess I could just go check right now, but since you're here.... [:)]

    Mahlon

    Yes they are... [:D]
    http://www.beat-kaufmann.com/newtutorials/index.php

    Beat
    - Tips & Tricks while using Samples of VSL.. see at: https://www.beat-kaufmann.com/vitutorials/ - Tutorial "Mixing an Orchestra": https://www.beat-kaufmann.com/mixing-an-orchestra/
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    Excellent!! [H]
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    @Mahlon said:

    Excellent!! [H]

    Thanks! [:O]ops:
    - Tips & Tricks while using Samples of VSL.. see at: https://www.beat-kaufmann.com/vitutorials/ - Tutorial "Mixing an Orchestra": https://www.beat-kaufmann.com/mixing-an-orchestra/
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    WAIT A MINUTE!!! What happened to the chamber strings VSL is offering?

    Isn't that the best solution? Or am I missing something?
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    @Another User said:

    I'm wanting to get a sound of more then one violin, more like an ensemble

    VSL's Chamber Strings contains six violins playing in unison, a more intimate ensemble sound than the bigger violin sections in Orchestral Strings I and Appassionata Strings. However, if the desired musical effect is two or more solo violins playing different parts using the same articulation, Beat's trick is a good way to go.