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  • Appassionata VI-20_perf-legato_4vel layer question

    G
    G
    I really like the sound of the softest velocity layer of the Appassionata Violins preset VI-20_perf-legato_4vel. Is there any way to limit this preset to just playing this layer, regardless of how hard the keyboard is played? Or is it at all possible to just load in this softest layer? Thanks, Gary
  • C
    C

     Hi there,

    as far as I know you can't load just one velocity layer, but you could try to activate velocity crossfading and turn it to the softest layer, so  no matter how hard you hit your keyboard you will only hear the selected layer.

    Another way is to adjust the velocity curve on your keyboard (if it is supported on your keyboard, works with my keystation pro 88), but I think the first method should work fine.

    christof 
  • G
    G
    Thanks, I just experimented with that and found that I could limit the velocity crossfading to the softest layer, but it'd be great if I could increase the velocity response within that single layer to be greater from low to high. As it is now, there is a little velocity variance while playing only that soft layer, but I wonder if there's a way to get more.
  • C
    C
    Well, if you want to increase the velocity within the softest layer just try to play around with the EXP (expression) fader.Should work! chris
  • G
    G
    Thanks Chris, but I just can't seem to get that to work. I'll keep trying.
  • R
    R

     Volume is NOT 'intensity' with strings but you could also just ride the volume curve as well.

    Rob 
  • D
    D

    How about using the filter for more intense sound? 
  • G
    G
    Some notes jump out more than others, so that's why I was trying to get more of a velocity range happening. However, I just adjusted a few settings now that even out those notes and the preset doesn't even use velocity at all. I'm only riding the cc7 vol fader, and it's just what I needed. Thanks. Gary
  • M
    M

    Or you could use Mod Wheel (or CC1) with 'crossfading' set to on, and then keep the mod wheel at the lowest value.

    M.
  • P
    P

    VSL doesn't have cross fading. This is well discussed and you can search it out on this forum. Dynamics (p,mp, mf, f, etc) are assigned to specific velocity levels. In your sequencer, you can assign a region (term used in both Logic and DP), also called "object" or "part" in other programs, to a specific velocity level.

    If you have any VSL Gigastudio library, using the current version of EmulatorX with Giga import, you can set up cross fading. But in Vienna Instruments, it's a work around.

    I suggest you review some of the excellent demos by Jay Bacal, including his version of "Thomas Tallis" by Ralph Vaughn Williams. Here, you can download both the MP3 and MIDI file, which can be imported into your sequencer. You should then examine how Jay sets up the Volume, Expression, and how he edits with Expression.

    This should help answer some of your questions.
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    D

    You can, however set up velocity xFade. This can be switched on and off on the fly with a controller. You will find a small amount of phasing on the solo instruments, but for ensembles it works very well

    DG
  • M
    M

    Sorry --- meant velocity crossfade...

    Mahlon