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well, I think I found a working combination, namely the "Grandeur" and the "Heartstrings"... I did a patch of the latter that compresses all the velocity layers into the 1-70 range, more or less, extending the upper one to 127. Then had to manually tune the Grandeur to make it go with the other as ...

did you already get them Piet?

Piet De Ridder wrote: ↑Oct 17, 2023 1:23 am ... Should I happen to hit on a combination that works, I’ll share it here.

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and so will I

I wonder if it would make any sense to build a piano with this one from ppp to mf and a different one, possibly with a similar timbre, from mf up. I mean using all of the velocities of this piano, and the available velocities of the second...

yes I wouldn't call it a sharp 9 as it would need the seventh to be a true one. The right hand plays, from low to high, F-F#-A(not always)-D. It's more a D chord with the minor third giving some bluesy dirt in my opinion...

my favorite jazz composer has passed away... they're all going one by one. Just saw a post by Adam Nussbaum

I'm not crazy too... had to manouvre quite a bit to make it phrase in an acceptable way. Like using the staccato patch, which isn't really staccato but has a clean attack, to start every initial notes of a phrase otherwise the attacks would be blurry. The timbre itself is not bad though: Bach ...

Sounds nice. Rob, is there a reason you would you use these instead of your usual VSL winds? Hi Larry, only reason would be the multiple mic positions, in this case the stage mics are putting the instrument at the right distance while one of the close mics is adding detail. But also them being more ...

did a little test today with the winds, the Sicilienne from Fauré's suite "Pélleas et Mélisande", and they seem to behave pretty well...

I have just purchased this and at this price tag they're a good buy. Be prepared to open the wrench in Kontakt and adjust the releases and other parameters, but then you have some good soloists for your orchestra... excellent fast legato and staccatissimo.

what I don't hear in the examples is both the sweet, bell-like tone of pianissimo playing and the bark when keys are being hit hard. Dynamics, in a word.

but these are not regular multisampled instruments, right? It's loops where each instrument is isolated... not sure how useful that can be

best wishes to all!

Ashermusic wrote: ↑Dec 18, 2022 12:16 pm

RobS wrote: ↑Dec 18, 2022 11:19 am I haven't understood if this harmonica can play chromatically or it's diatonic...

It can be played chromatically.

thanks Jay, that makes the instrument more interesting to me

I haven't understood if this harmonica can play chromatically or it's diatonic...

People, it's Toots Thielemans . Not Thielman. We Belgians may not have a lot to offer to the world's music stage, but what we have, we like to see spelled correctly. Did the graphic design for the Toots 100 commemorative 4LP box-set last year, which includes my favourite photo of Toots, together ...

Muziksculp wrote: ↑Dec 10, 2022 11:13 am Interesting. Do I still need to buy more Strings Libraries ?

You know the answer brother

Lawrence wrote: ↑Dec 08, 2022 12:52 pm It seems to have been stopped. Weird message- "the purchase of Vivace Legacy has been stopped for some time. Don't worry, it will return soon. It has been removed from your cart." (or something close)

not nice

I agree, Rob. So, no, you're certainly not imagining things. For certain things (in this particular example), your edited patch sounds better, at other moments, the original delivers a more fitting performance. Keep, use and combine both, it seems to me, it's a convincing combination. __ true, it ...

I'm not completely imagining things though... so, even if this thread has become my solitary therapy corner, here is a direct comparison between the unaltered patch and my customized one. Trills are better in the original, but for the rest I like the customized better...

damn I may well be imagining things... this morning I tried a direct comparison with the stock patch and can't hear a noticeable difference. I feel ashamed everytime I realize how variable is my perception. Can't trust myself

is there a minimum amount to spend Piet?

tempting, not the full collection, the singles... for like 50 € an Arp Odissey or the Prophecy

so here is the patch, based on the "workhorse tuned". The vibrato arriving sooner makes it more in line with what I'd have played on the real instrument... the orchestral arrangement is rather clumsy, found it on the net, had to correct some of the notes and added some horns to beef it up a bit. The ...

by manipulating the sample start and assign it to cc2 I was able to (kind of) get a more immediate vibrato and consequently a more pleasant phrasing, with the collateral effect of having still shortened the durations of samples... also made the transitions slightly longer, tomorrow I'll post an ...