Hi to the Forum,
I have a couple of questions regarding this thread, and if anyone can help me out here, that's great!
Beat mentions the sample player can bend the pitch, and when I was checking this, I saw that there is the pitch control on the far left of the vi keyboard interface, and there is also the Master Tune giving you A440, which you can change, and also the pitch bend range in cents. Which is the correct one that will do this audio tuning? And, when you know the right one to use, how much do you bend the pitch to get the correct transposition?
Thanks if anyone knows that answer. The reason I'm asking is that after reading this thread, I started experimenting with Sibelius 5 using the SE version and the orchestral string matrices. I did a quick orchestral sketch, then transposed the violin 2 part up, then went into the vi player to do the pitch bend, and then realized, well, what controller do you use?
Later, in looking back on what Beat mentioned in this thread, I realized I had made a mistake in my transpostion of the 2nd violin staff, as he writes;
two violins which should play the same part (unisono) then play one of them a half tone lower (midi side) and
compensate this half tone with the Vienna Instrument by tuning on the audio side the other way round (pitch + 1/2 tone).
Both violins will play now the same melody but with other samples - in VSL quality.so I realized that I made a mistake in my Sibelius score - I should have transposed the 2nd violin staff down a semitone, and then tune the vi instrument audio in the opposite direction - up a semitone.
I also noticed that he states:
If you have SE - Libraries you should play the melody one "whole" tone lower and tune it afterwards + 1 tone - because the samples of SE-Libraries changes every whole tone.
So, I need to tranpose the track a whole tone lower if I am using the SE library, and not for the other sampled string libraries - I have both so thats is fine.
Ok, so, which controller is the correct one to detune the pitch higher or lower on the audio side of things, and, depending upon which controller is the correct one, how much do you measure it in either cents or the A440 absolute pitch for either a tone or semitone up?
thanks heaps,
Steve[:D]