Hi,

What DAW do you use?

In my case (with Studio One), The "Vel.XF On" Parameter correctly switched it off and on. The same correctly works with the "Ctrl 1-29" (29 instead of 29 I think because it's not 0 indexed - so CC1 also is Ctrl 1-2 instead of 1-1. Little oversight I think, but in Studioone the main Parameters can also be accessed by names).

It is correct that the slider still moves, but if it's switched off it doesn't influence the layers.

Hi,

Yes, the Vel XF option is right besides the Dynamics slider on the Perform page (you see a little Standby/Power symbol that's red - click that and Vel XF is on).

Legato: Dorico generally select the right articulations when you slur the notes in the score. The Legato Blur is great to smooth out some "harder" sounding transitions. Make Sure you have the Playback Template set to VSL, that shoudl take care of all the CC stuff.

Yes, this is a little unfortunate.
Dorico sets all CC7 to 100, so Doricos mixer mirrors what is in synchron player. The problem arises there as in some other posts mentioned: VSL SE are balanced with each other using CC7. When you load up a patch in Synchron player, you notice that the instruments all have different CC7 values, Dorico overwrites that. So you would need to balance the instruments yourself, either with Doricos mixer or by sending A CC7 message at the start of the score.
Also, according to the manual, the instruments are loaded with a very dry mixer last in order to save CPU less powerful machines. If you machine had some power, consider changing the mixer preset of each loaded instrument to e.g. the classic string (that enables the convolution reverb and Synchron IR).
As for expressiveness, if you work with score dynamics/hairpins for crescendi and decresc., make sure the Vel. XF is turned on in each instrument (either manually or by CC28 iirc). For even more "life", you would get into mockup territory and start adjusting the different CC curves to change attacks, legato blur etc.
I hope that helps!

Hi,

 

Yes - You should have two Instruments under "Big Bang Orchestra - Free Basics", one of those says "VelXF". This patch has Velocity Crossfade on CC1 activated. Keep in mind that the Shorts then also are controlled via CC1, which you can of course edit so that they are controlled via velocity.
The Other one has it disabled on CC2 - but you can activate it with the little "Power Symbol" on the left of the fader. You can also change the CC when you hover over it and click it. Velocity Crossfade is also automatable via CC28.

The Synchron Player has many customization options and is very deep - I recommend reading the Synchron Player Manual (https://www.vsl.info/manuals/synchron-player/introduction) to seewhat is possible and where to change it :-)

Best,
Mat

Here's a short cue that I thought would be cool to share.
Only VSL instruments used:
- Synchron Elite strings (with a dash of SE Appassionata & Synchron Strings Pro at the end)
- SE Dimension Horns + BBO Jupiter
- SE Harp
Since the cue reminded me of Apollo 13 and similar, I set it to a snippet of SpaceX' launch promo for their Crew Dragon Launch. Copyright for the visuals therefore lies with SpaceX :-)

Leaving the Planet

Best, Mat

Yeah, I just checked - the "live record KS" definitely seems to be an oversight on PreSonus' part there. I see the use case, especially for people who create their own KS layouts and have e.g. a small Keyboard on their Desk for exactly that purpose (and have practice live switching).

Glad the core issue is so far solved though -  For fast Articulation editing/entry, I recommend that you assign a Hotkey to the "Find and Apply Variation" Action (Menu: Studio One -> Keyboard Shortcuts). That way a small window pops up and you can quickly type the Articulation you want for the selected notes (e.g. start typing "bol" and the first Articulation with "bol" in it is suggested, for example "Short Notes - Bold") and simply hit Enter and boom. That can speed up a whole lot as well, especially if you use a Streamdeck or AutoHotkey or the like.

Best, Mat

Hi Frido,

Yes, the Keyswitches in StudioOne are not working by default. StudioOne hijacks the Keyswitches that are sent by the Synchron Player for it's internal Articulation Switching system. When you open the Sound Variations window, you can Switch the Articulations there by clicking with the mouse (or inside the Synchron player as well), or inside a recorded MIDI event, you can of course assign the Articulations (the intended use case I would assume).

However, when you change the Sound Variation "mode" from "Enable Keyswitches" to "Use Activation Sequence", you can use your Keyboard to Keyswitch as you normally would do when you Switch while playing. The ability to assign the Articulations inside the Sound Variation Lane then is still possible, so "best of both worlds". You find this setting when you click the wrench in the Sound Variations lane of the MIDI Editor. Then you see allthe Switches laid out - on top you see the name of the Patch, and right next to it to the right you should see "Enable Keyswitches" - click this dropdown and select "Use Activation Sequence" (See attached Screenshot)

Short explanation on the "intended use case I assume": You would input notes with a long patch, get the stuff in, riding faders or whatever. Then you would edit that MIDI sequence and shorten/lengthen note, move them, assign articulation to shape the performance. That's how I currently mainly work as well. As said in the second paragraph - change to "Use Activation Sequence" and you can use the Keyswitches while playing (or to select beforehand via MIDI-Keyboard).

I hope that helped,

Best, Mat

This is awesome stuff - and once PreSonus update their Remote app, it's gonna be glorious. I switched from Reaper to StudioOne a few months ago for TV Work, and this collaboration is great! Trailblazing the future.
Just wanted to share my appreciation. There can be a lot of nagging in official forums ;-)

Thank you Paul (and also Muziksculp). Very good to know, and eases the purchase decision as well :-)

Hi,

The current offer is mighty tempting, a good start into the new year. Now before I mindlessly purchase samples like a maniac:

I know about the difference in content between the SY-zed and SY-zed SE version of Dimension Strings. My question is about the sonic character. Simply said, I read (correct me if I'm wrong) that e.g. the Orchestral strings versions are both remastered, but differently, resulting in a different sonic character between these two versions. Is this the case for the Dimensions Strings as well? Meaning - do the SE Dimension Strings "sound the same"/have the same samples and remastering as their bigger SYzed counterpart? If not - what could I expect the difference to be?

I own SE but not the VI Dim Strings.

Thanks,
Mat

I like the Synchron Player (to be fair, I have very little experience with the VI Player). I feel more in control compared to...other samplers.

Back to topic - I throw my voice in as well - and sincerely hope that it's not iOS exlisuve - but Android as well, and maybe even Windows. I programmed in all Keyswitches into Open Stage Control (similar to touchosc, but full free) and think that could be an interesting idea if it is possible to do:

Open Stage Control creates a local webserver, meaning you can access the created frontend from any device that you want (same PC on a touhscreen, android phone, tablet - everything that can pen a website essentially). That might be a direction that could be interesting to look into for the team, if they are planning and have not yet polished everything for a later release. Don't forget the Android crowd and windows tablet crowd please, and consider the potential in a locally running webserver to serve the control surface, that way you don't need to pay any attention to mobile OS developments ;-)

Hi,

I saw some time ago that there was a remote interface available for the VI Player (runs on localhost) - and I wasn't able to find any info on that for the Synchron player - is a similar solution implemented, and if yes, what is the corresponding port?

I think with the dimension tree system a nice control for all the Keyswitching and Faders could be pretty nice to have. I stumbled on this question why trying out some remote solution for easier access to some stuff.

Best,
Mat

Thank you,

Yeah. I did it with copy-pasting the slot,. Opened two instances of the player, opened a factory preset, emptied it, recreated my root structure and then copied from one instance to the other. That worked out very nicely.

Schönen Sonntag! (Have a nice Sunday)

Greets,
Mat

Hi there,

I created a simple preset for Synchron Strings Pro to have a standard set of articulations with my Keyswitches set etc.

For ease of use, I simply replaced the articulations in that preset with the ones from the other instrument (adjusted KS where necessary) and saved it under a new name. So far, so good - the problem is that the Mixer preset are not "the correct ones", so the Vc only has the Vn I mixer presets available. Is there a way to remedy this except "do it again, each instrument has to be done from the factorypreset to get the mixer presets"?

 

Best,

Mat