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  • Disabling the "overblow" layer from Brass

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    M
    Hi Everyone, I am trying to figure away to disable the overblow layer from all of my brass patches (at the time I own only the SE). It's a matter of taste, and I don't care for the overblown layer although I find the other layers excellent. So I just want the lower layers to extend higher to cover higher values of CC. Thanks, Michael
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    S

    I'd say the best way to accomplish that is bring any notes over that peak velocity layer down, while increasing the volume on that channel. Or another way to say it, take all velocity down 20% (or at whatever velocity layer that overblown sound is performed) but raise the volume of the quite stuff.

    You could also just turn velocity cross-crossfade on and make sure the velocity doesn't go over that overblown thresh-hold.
  • C
    C

    You also could try to set a max.velocity limit within your DAW for the desired track...very easy in Logic, I suppose that you also can do this in other DAWS.

    That means that if you set your max.velocity to let's say 90 (on the scale from 0-127) your DAW won't let you go further than 90.

    Just look at what velocity value the brass switches to the overblown layer.

    christof
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    M
    I am not familiar with VSL's programming interface, are the samples locked? Can I adjust the velocity layers and take out layers and re-program the samples? Yes i could do this in logic via a transformer but it wouldn't compensate for the volume loss for the overblown layer.
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    P

     Yes the samples are locked, and no ... you cannot take out velocity layers and reprogram the samples.

    You can adjust the dynamic range for each articulation in the cell edit window, or reprogram the xfade response curve to accentuate the lower layers,.
  • M
    M
    Thanks Pzy. Hmm that seems a bit of an oversite. Even if I could change the range it would be great (say 126-127) . Does anyone else agree about the overblow?
  • D
    D

     Just use the filter.

    DG