Hi,

I would like to remake my custom presets for Dimension Strings, and there is something that can't understand:

- Are the IRs for DS I, DS II, DS III and DS Bonus the same?

Judging from the wave shape in the IR diagram, so it seems. But then, the IRs for each collection is in a different Mixer Preset folder, each one with the name of the corresponding collection.

MIR has no separate Instrument Profiles for DS I, II, III and Bonus, but just a single profile for each of the individual instruments and the ensembles. It is not as with the Orchestral, Chamber and Appassionata Strings, where there are separate profiles.

So, can I use the same preset for all the DS collections, or each one needs its own IR set?

Paolo

I found this old thread of mines, and I think I should answer to myself. When the reverb is the global one, it is allied to the full signal as a whole, as a sweetener adding tail. When it is in an Aux channel, only some of the mics (usually the Close/dry ones) are sent to the algorithmic reverb, to blend them better with the Room (wet) mics.

Paolo

Hi,

May I express a wish for the next releases? Lyrical legato for all the libraries. A more pronounced transition would be a useful addition, in particular for strings.

Paolo

I just hope they will continue to support human intelligence and creativity with their tools, and will never become a toy's company.

Paolo

Synchron Percussion Orchestral Percussion III has it.

Paolo

Since a few days, the web site and forum are incredibly slow again. They sometimes even stop responding. No issues with other web sites (including ones in Austria).

Paolo

Originally Posted by: Dewitt

I am on the way to purchase the Synchron Prime as it sounds great (I already have many VSL Synchron and Synchronised products) and has the lowest footprint of all the Wallander listed Libraries, I mostly want to concentrate on the writing instead of the tweaking (NP4 NPPE does that for you now thanks to its powerful AI).

One of the nicest thing is that, despite its incredibly low footprint, Prime does with NP more than one would expect from it: NPPE adds articulations that are not in the original library. Therefore, it might be small, but it does unexpected things (like brass mutes).

Paolo

Hi,

So, NotePerformer 4 is finally out. I immediately tested it with the Star Wars' Main Title score and VSL Synchron Prime. This is what I got, with nothing I had to edit.

Paolo

You must use Vienna Ensemble to create a multitimbral instrument. Then, you'll have to set a range for each of the patches in the Synchron Player. In the end, save the Vienna Ensemble project as your new instrument, or a DAW project containing it.

Paolo

Originally Posted by: liquidlino

Hi. You dont' necessarily need to buy a tape emulator

In particular if you have one already included with the player! :)

Paolo

Originally Posted by: Dietz

I tested your setup and can confirm that there's something going on, possibly a glitch in the dry/wet split routing of MIR 3D in VE Pro. VSL's developers will look into it as soon as possible.

Dietz, I suspect this is the same problem I'm having with VEP and MIR3D. I already reported this to your support, but also described it here: 

Channels not routed to the Master Bus

Paolo

Hi,

I've reported this to the support, but let's see if I can find someone have dealt with this same issue.

I'm using this chain: Dorico Pro 4.3.30 --> VEP 7.2.1516 --> MIR 3D. The instruments in the problematic VEP instance are all VIP. I'm on an Intel Mac, Mojave.

The project has been working fine up to before the latest wave of software updates. Now I have this problem:

- Up to a certain point, an instruments plays on that instance, sending audio signal to the instance's Master Bus.

- At a certain point, the Master Bus becomes disconnected. No instrument in that VEP instance can send signal.

- If I solo a channel in that instance, I can hear it. Solo a second channel, and again no signal to the Master Bus. This happens if soloing from VEP or MIR, not from Dorico.

- Adding a new SY Player to that instance seems to temporarily solve the issue. But not always. Also temporarily solves the issue creating a new Master Bus channel, and routing there the channels. Maybe also switching on/off the instance temporarily solve the issue.

- I've explored the CC sent by Dorico on the instruments of that instance, and it doesn't seem there is anything strange at the point where the signal disappears (that, apparently, is never the same).

Any idea?

Paolo

I'm still wondering about these two reverbs. I can't understand the rationale behind their use in the various VSL presets. I would guess that it is the same algorithm as the Room Reverb in the Aux, but with less controls, and to be used if you don't want to access deep editing. But I'm not sure.

Paolo

Tutorials! We want tutorials for these wonderful pieces!

Paolo

Thank you very much for the maps!

Paolo

Hey! It's not even my birthday!

Thank you very much. That's really a great porting, with even some very useful presets to have a series of already chiseled sax sounds!

Paolo

Paul, I guess there is no chance to extend the deadline to Monday 3th of April, so that we can get advantage of the weekend?

Paolo

Originally Posted by: andi

The Dorico expression maps for "Synchron Strings Pro" work for "Synchron Elite Strings" as well.

Oh, I see! I would suggest to make this self-evident in the map's name, or those a bit slower like me would not get it!

Paolo

Originally Posted by: andi

we have added Dorico and Sibelius settings for our new Synchron Elite Strings

I was trying to use the default Elite Strings expression map in Dorico 4.3.30, but while the VSL installer says that they are included, I can't see them in the list of included expression maps in Dorico. There are the Strings Pro maps, and then the Prime maps, but no Elite Strings maps.

The playback template is Silence, since I'm trying to build a custom playback template with several different endpoint configurations. But I see a lot of VSL maps when selecting from the Endpoint Setup dialog.

What am I doing wrong?

Paolo

Thank you very much! Very well packaged! In SYzd format, they are much easier to use!

Paolo

Originally Posted by: Zarabozo

After all these years, Vienna Imperial is, to me, the greatest virtual piano ever created

It's the same for me. Great piano, with nothing matching its clean, detailed, strong, yet expressive and responsive tone.

Paolo

This happens to me on Mac Mojave and Safari. It doesn't happen on the iPad with the previous OS version.

Paolo

Maybe panning them a bit apart, and using a slightly different mix (in particular, with different Close and Mid mics levels) could work. Also, you could play a bit with the EQ, to shape the sound a bit differently.

Paolo

Thank you for the tutorials! Very interesting music, as well!

Paolo

Originally Posted by: EricWatkins

After creating presets for Violins 1 and 2, I opened a Violas patch, loaded the "Default" preset in the mixer, and then started adjusting the mics, but when I did, I realized that the Close Mic channel won't turn on, nor can I change the level of that microphone.  […] 2nd issue; The Mid Mic is stuck at the default level and is unadjustable. 

At least here (Mac Mojave) both the Close and Mid mic channels work fine for the SSP violas. Velocity preset tried. Is the corresponding sample file in your drive?

Paolo