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  • Documentation/Manual for VI, VI Pro

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    Can someone tell me where/if manuals exist for VI or VI Pro for a prospective purchaser to peruse or do you

    have to first buy it or get the demo ?  I am trying to understand it before purchase and unfortunately the video

    tutorials go by too fast, and the one 30 pager I found on Pro doesn't go into explaining the matrix very well.

    I purchased Beat Kaufmann's tutorial and wanted to work through reading it before figuring out what to purchase

    and very quickly realized I actually need to RTFM.  Or is there some third party book I can buy that explains

    Instruments to mere mortals ?  I am not a newb but this will be my first purchase of some heavy duty libraries

    and tools (I'm looking at Suite, VE Pro, and maybe complete Chamber for starters).  Right now I've just got

    what came with Kontakt 5, Miroslav, Garritan Jazz and a few playtoys.  I'd like to really study the Instruments

    manual.  Tnx.
  • civilization 3C
    civilization 3C

    Seems like if you take out a demo license for VI Pro you'll have a manual you can download.

     The matrix is basically a horizontal row of articulations and more rows under that accessed via the vertical. For instance L to R a row of cells containing articulations, triggered via keyswitches; the row under that accessed by mod wheel, and it is again more keyswitches or there are articulations that make sense to trigger via speed, etc. How you move is determined by you, though.

     More than one matrix is a matter of categorization or usefulness. Say one matrix is 'performance', legatos etc and the next one is 'dynamics', 'p<f>p 3 seconds' type. Or whatever. More than one matrix is savable as a 'preset'. Switching matrices is by keyswitch or program change.

     If you're like me, the doing is more revealing than reading about it. I had to RTFM for a couple of things, like the APP sequencer but on the whole, not much reading went on here. From the interface I didn't get the 'X-Y' of the dimensional matrix, I got that off the tutorial video. It's not rocket surgery.
  • PaulP
    VSL Team
    PaulP
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    Hi,

    You can also check out the many video tutorials for VI PRO. These will be easier to understand if you have the actual software available!

    To start with, watch the VI (non-Pro) video tutorials, for the basics.

    Best,

    Paul

    Paul Kopf Head of Product Marketing, Social Media and Support
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    Many thanks all.  Very helpful.  And BTW, IMHO you can't "beat" Beat's tuts !  Only place I have been able to find

    such a detailed 'how to' specifically tailored to Cubase, templates, stage presence and more (and, no relation or

    affiliation).  wish there were more.

                Bob