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  • "Sloppy" Pizzicato

    Hello,

    I am having a problem where there are multiple attacks on a single pizz. note where there should only be one attack. There is just one note in the track. And when I play that note on the keyboard, I hear only one attack. But on playback, there are multiple attacks and it sounds very sloppy.

    Has anyone else had this problem and found a fix?

    (Using VI, VA section, slow pizz. - Logic 7.2.3)

  • Not sure whether you're referring to Orchestral or Chamber strings? The orchestral violins' and violas' slow pizzicatos have built-in 4-way alternation, so you never hear the same sample twice in a row. If you select the violins and play the F above Middle C four times, one of the samples has a unified, fairly tight attack, the other three samples' attacks are looser. That might explain why you're hearing a different sample on playback.

    The 'slow' pizzicatos attacks are designed to sound slightly loose. If you want a tighter attack, try the regular pizzicatos.

  • Conquer, switching to regular (instead of slow) did the trick. Thanks.

  • Still, what you play should be what you hear. Something else was going on, such as a MIDI loop.