@petethomas said:
Er, can you explain that in some more understandable way???
"you can't check it be starting on the shorter note itself." ??? I have no idea what that means!
Surely if this is legato, it should just be legato without all this complication. Especially after paying 5000 Euro for this.
I cant say this for sure but what I think is being said is this...
When Vienna recorded Performance Legato notes, they recorded them in two ways, the raw note being played by itself AND as a transition note. The transition note is the sound you would hear when an instrument is going from another note to the note you are looking for. So for example, when recording a middle C, they didnt just record a middle C. They also recorded the transition from B to C, Bb to C, A to C, Ab to C, G to C, etc. covering the entiring range of every possible note transition in that instruments range. So, when you decide to have an instrument go from a G to a C, it isnt just a flat G, then a flat C you hear, its a flat G and a transition to the C that you will hear. These transition notes are used in the Vienna Instruments player to give you a more human sound when you are going from one note to another, but because they are transition notes, ie. 2 notes that were recorded (the player has to first play say an A and then jump to a C), they are shorter recordings.
For more information on this, go here, pick the overview video and skip ahead to the 2:38 minute mark and watch until the 4:11 minute mark, Paul demonstrates the performance legato transitions very effectively in this minute and a half section.
https://vsl.co.at/en/Software/Vienna_Instruments#!Video_Demos
These transition notes might help to achieve a more realtistic sound in another way, what a player is physically able to play. A common problem with soundfonts is, we dont have to breathe to play the notes. When transitioning from one note to another, that requires more air than just playing a single note by itself and as such, this transition will be shorter. So it might be a good indication, if you are looking for a more realistic sound, that you need to put a pause in for the player you are simulating to be able to breath as that player would in real life.
So, you have two options here. if you care about having a more realistic sound, consider putting in a small gap big enough for a breath. OR, you can use the sustain patch instead of the legato patch, they are nearly identical, but the sustain notes are significantly longer (maybe even digitally extended to forever, I cant remember if a sustain patch will play until you let up on the key or eventually will stop playing a note). If you scroll through the different articulations, you should find the sustain patch, usually labeled with 'sus'.
