Vienna Ensemble Configuration

[ToTeMusik]

Hello, I´m trying to understand the vsl ensemble and the work with Sibelius. For now, I have five Instruments started (Violin I + II, Viola, Cello, Contrabass), all in Orchestra Mode. In Sibelius I have "VSL Ensemble Special Edition Plus" as Sound Set selected. Also I have done the Performance Guide (Map Control and Velocity x-fade) At the moment I have the problem to understand the difference between controlling "Control Edit->V-Span (Speed or Controller)" What do I have to choose? I think that V-Span->Controller is better, because when I use "pizz." with Speed vsl is allways using pizz-snap. H-Span is controlled by Keyswitch. Is this correct? regards Torsten

[Beat Kaufmann]

Hello Torsten

Within the Vienna Instrument you are able to open up to 12 matrices.

Each of these matrices can contain a field with cells (12 x 12 for example)

You need the V-Span Controller and the H-Span-Controller for moving within this cells of the matrix.

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Example: If you load the samples "sustain into A0, portato long into A1, portato short into A2, staccato long into A3, staccato short into A4" in the horizontal A-Row it could be

great to use the speed-controller-function in this case. The faster you play the higher the "value" of A. So slow playing means A0 > faster A2 > even faster A3 and A4.

Hope that helped a bit

All the best

Beat