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  • Solo french oboe - weird note in legato performance - AUDIO EXAMPLES

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    Hello,

    i'm using the french solo oboe for a composition.   I have the standard dvd version with the extended content.

    I discovered that there is really a strange note in the standard legato performance.

    It is between the transition of G3 to A3 of the first (pp) velocity layer...  The transition sound very weird and false...

    I know there are other performance like legato grace that I can use,  but I would really prefer to use the standard performance which I like better.  [:D]

    Is there a solution for this?

    Thank you,

    Vincent
  • V
    V

     [:D]
  • H
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     Hi Vincent,

    couldn't detect anything weird. Just to be sure that I've checked the right patch:

    "OB2_perf-legato", and you mean G & A interval above middle C (which are labeled G4 & A4 in VI)

    G3 would be below the playrange of the Oboe.

    best

    Herb
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    V

    Hello herb,  thank you for your help!

    I'm at  job right now.  I will verify the interval tonight,  and I will post an audio demo to show you

    what I'm talking about.

    Vincent
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    Hello Herb,

    I did 2 demos to show you what I'm talking about.  And yes,  this is the patch you mentionned in your previous post.  It's between G4 and A4 on the VI Pro keyboard.

    http://soundcloud.com/vincentmartinez/oboe-legato-patch-2

    Thank you for your time,  it's very appreciated,

    Vincent
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    V

    Do I have to see a doctor for a case of defectives ears?  [:D]
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    V

    Is everybody on vacation?  Are you still here herb?  [:D]
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     I think that you can surmise that nobody else thinks it's a problem. [;)]

    If it really upsets you that much, and you don't want to change patch, just play the patch a bit short, hold the sustain pedal down to cover the gap and then carry on as normal.

    DG
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     Hi Vincent, sorry for the delay.

    As DG just wrote, I indeed can't detect any problem with G4 to A4 interval.

    best

    Herb
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    Thank you for your answers DG and herb. 

    I will find a workaround for my oboe passage in my composition.  [;)]
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    @Vincent M said:

    I will find a workaround for my oboe passage in my composition. 

    A workaround?  Why?   What is supposed to be wrong with this? There is nothing audible in this except a normal legato transtion on an oboe. 

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    Thank you for the edit,  I prefer this way better than your previous aggressive message.   [;)]

    Maybe my ears are bad,  I'm hearing weird transitions between A and G in the examples that I posted previously...

    In 3 months my next music college session start.  I will ask an oboe professor what he thinks about these demos...  Thank you for your time.  [;)]
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    Sorry, I am a smart aleck.   No, your ears are not bad, you are probably just hearing the natural, deliberately imperfect transition sound. 

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    @Vincent M said:

    Thank you for the edit,  I prefer this way better than your previous aggressive message.  

    Maybe my ears are bad,  I'm hearing weird transitions between A and G in the examples that I posted previously...

    In 3 months my next music college session start.  I will ask an oboe professor what he thinks about these demos...  Thank you for your time.  

     

     In the meantime I've told you a good workaround, so it shouldn't stop you working.

    DG
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    Thank you for your help DG.

    For my composition I am at harmonisation step right now.  I will orchestrate my composition when harmonisation will be finish,  maybe in 2 or 3 months.

    You can be sure that I will try the trick you give me.  Thanks again!  [;)]

    Vincent
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     Though it still doesn't sound at all weird to me.  It sounds good in fact.  I still don't understand why this is considered "weird" and in need of a workaround.  it is what happens when one samples legato. 

  • V
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    And I don't understand why I'm the only one who ear this patch weird!  [:D]  Maybe my ears have a problem with the 440 HZ!  [:O]
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    I can tell why you would think it sounds weird but it doesn't sound unnatural to me. It's probably just a sound that doesn't sit well in your ears but there's nothing wrong with that.
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     Thank you for your time Casiquire.  I think my ears are unbalanced!  It's strange...  [:D]
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    Being unbalanced in every way only makes you a better musician!