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How to get the release samples on Orch Strings & Appass Strings
Last post Mon, Nov 02 2009 by Paul, 8 replies.
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Posted on Fri, Oct 30 2009 15:27
by KMuzzey
Joined on Tue, Jul 22 2003, Los Angeles, CA, Posts 270

Hi guys,

I'm having a problem with something because I'm trying to work with the orch strings & appass strings in a very dry setting -- minimal altiverb on this stuff.

I don't get the sound of a release sample. On all of my strings, when you release the key the ending is so abrupt that it's actually a bit of a sucking sound - like a vacuum. It sounds very synthy. In my VI Player, the "play release" button is toggled on.  I can always adjust the release time in the Patch window itself, but that makes the strings sound less authentic.  So the question is: How do I eliminate that sucking sound (which also occurs if I have to repeat a note quickly, like a bow change - I get the sucking sound between notes) and get something more realistic?

Kerry

Posted on Sat, Oct 31 2009 09:01
by Maya
Joined on Tue, Nov 25 2003, Vienna/Europe, Posts 841

Hey KMuzzey,

hmmm, I find that the release samples are clearly hearable when I turn them on and off (please try the strings legato samples for e.g.). Try to set your release slider (in "Perform control") to default value = 50. Does this help?

/Regards,

Maya

/Maya - Vienna Symphonic Library
Posted on Sat, Oct 31 2009 15:12
by KMuzzey
Joined on Tue, Jul 22 2003, Los Angeles, CA, Posts 270

They're all set to the default release of 50... unfortunately when I'm not using much reverb, it leaves a very fast release/sucking sound at the end of each note.  I suppose I can just up the release time a bit to take the edge off.   But when a note is repeated very quickly (like if you're playing a Bb, hold for a few counts, then quickly restrike the Bb) rather than get a repeated or re-bowed note, I get that sucking vacuum sound between the notes that sounds very synthy.  This isn't anything new, it's just more noticeable to me now that I'm trying to do something with very minimal reverb on it.   Is there a way to get the restruck note to sound like a re-bowing of that note vs. a re-struck note?

Thanks Maya,

Kerry

Posted on Sat, Oct 31 2009 17:37
by Mahlon
Joined on Sun, Jan 08 2006, The decadent South, Posts 441

 Try switching to the performance repetition samples when you need to strike the same note twice. They are made for this very purpose. If you need a longer held note for the second one, you might set up a patch where, once you've struck the performance repetition sample, you crossfade into a sustain.

Another idea is to layer patches to hide the sucking sound --- say a marcato with slightly modifie (less) attack layered over the sustain.

Mahlon

Posted on Sun, Nov 01 2009 15:01
by KMuzzey
Joined on Tue, Jul 22 2003, Los Angeles, CA, Posts 270

Yeah, I was trying to avoid switching to the perf_rep samples (it'll be a lot of keyswitching in this cue) but I think that's gonna be the only way around this.   If I could make one VSL-related wish, it would be that perf-rep was built into the legato patches!

Posted on Mon, Nov 02 2009 08:20
by Paul
Joined on Sat, Aug 03 2002, Vienna, Posts 13900

Hello KMuzzey,

that would be one hell of a BIG patch. There are also so many options with the Performance Repetitions (legato, portamento, staccato....) that it will always be hard to pick the right one (we ar still working on that mind-reader).

But you can always add Repetitions in any matrix of yours, so you can switch between them comfortably.

There is an automatic repetition (designed for legato repetitions) implemented in each Performance Legato, btw, best played with a pressed sustain pedal. Of course there are limits with "just" one repetition.

But times are changing quickly, let´s see how we can make the Vienna Instruments even more flexible!

Best,

Paul

Paul Kopf
Product Manager - Vienna Symphonic Library
Posted on Mon, Nov 02 2009 14:14
by KMuzzey
Joined on Tue, Jul 22 2003, Los Angeles, CA, Posts 270

Hey Paul,

That's what I'm looking for! The automatic repetition for legato repetitions.  How exactly do I trigger that?  That's exactly what I need... and only the one repetition as well.     Does holding down the sustain pedal trigger the legato repetition sample, or is it a setting within the VI?  

Kerry

Posted on Mon, Nov 02 2009 19:06
by Paul
Joined on Sat, Aug 03 2002, Vienna, Posts 13900

Hi Kerry,

well, you repeat a note and hold the sustain pedal while you re-trigger it, so that the transition is as smooth as possible.

If you trigger a repeated note within a certain time frame, you will get a repetition note (NOT a "normal" sustain note that has to "start again").

Best,

Paul

Paul Kopf
Product Manager - Vienna Symphonic Library
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