Chuck, That makes perfect sense.  Also, there are issues with optimizing alternate samples occasionally.  Someone asked in another thread if there is a "reset" in order to start over on a cycle of alternate samples (or up/down bows, etc.).  There isn't one, and so if you do not start in the same place you will get different alternations that are no longer present in the optimized group of samples. 

Understand William -- like a round-robin reset via CC control.

Herb posted a solution by using a phantom note (if there are 2 alternations)  so each time a sequence played the same note would sound - this would work when VI's are optimised as the phantom note sample and the respective alternation note would remain in memory.

Julian

I am not understanding this -  usually a sample wll not alternate unless it is the same note.  Unless the programming is different on these and ANY note causes a switch to the alternate set of notes?  Is that it?   Otherwise how could it be "phantom"?  It would have to be within the keyswitched section, and on the same note, and therefore it would sound an irrelevant note.  Please explain that again because I did not see that thread.

Link:

http://community.vsl.co.at/forums/t/21887.aspx

Julian

Thanks for that link.  Though that may be too complicated to do, especially when using almost all alternation instruments in many sections.