string voices

[Jos Wylin]

In my score, I have (as usual) a first and second violin section. When playing some kind of legato, a lot of notes disappear (drop out) from the second violins. Why is that? What can I do about it?

Jos

[andi]

Hello Jos!

I guess you are talking about Solo Strings, right? Please notice that the Solo Strings are not looped and so the samples will end after some time. In this case I would retrigger the note.

Best,
Andi

[Jos Wylin]

No, Andi, I'm talking about the section strings. It looks like the library has difficulty in splitting into two sections (first and second violins, borh from the violin section. (This thread has nothing to do with the solo strings.)

Jos

[andi]

Hello Jos!

The Orchestral Strings are looped and shouldn't drop out. That's why I thought that you may have loaded the Solo Strings. I can only guess why this is happening. Maybe the two violins are playing on the same channel. Please make sure that you have reserved a program and channel for both sections on the Sibelius Manual Sound Sets page and in Vienna Ensemble. If you have made any output settings in the Sibelius mixer, please reset all outputs to (Auto).

Best,
Andi

[Raymond Robijns]

As a non-user, but curious about the ins- and outs before purchasing, I followed this thread and thought that Max is using Notion-4. What has that to do with the Sibelius Manual Sound Sets?

Raymond

[andi]

Hello Raymond!

It has not been mentioned in this thread, which software Jos (or Max) uses. I assumed it was Sibelius, but admit that this might have been a wrong guess. I wonder what makes you think that it is Notion.

Jos, can you please clarify which software you are using and what you did exactly to set up your playback.

Best,
Andi

[winknotes_282]

It also hasn't been mentioned whether two matrixes of orchestral violins have been loaded or whether two staves are going to a single matrix.

[Raymond Robijns]

A. He told me some time ago, among other programs.
B. In another thread he mentioned something about Notion.

Raymond

[Jos Wylin]

I'm sorry, Andi, I thought you knew from another thread. I de use Notion 4 and channels are assigned automatically in Notion when using a preset library (such as VSL SE Strings) in Notion score setup. I assume all the staves (instruments) use another midi channel, but I can't actually tell. I have tried assinging separate channels to every staff (i.e. to V-I, V-II, Volas, Cellos, Basses) but the result was exactly the same. I could make a recording if necessary of only these two violin groups and you will notice that here and there notes are not played in V-II. Please let me know.

Jos

[Jos Wylin]

I do use two separate matrices.

Jos

[andi]

Hello Jos!

If you are using separate Vienna Instruments instances as opposed to Vienna Ensemble, you don't have to care about MIDI channels.

If you want to, you can send me your Notion file and I will take a look at it. Send it to

[Jos Wylin]

Thank you, Andi, I will do that.

Jos

[andi]

Hello Jos!

[Todd_SLCUT]

A couple of the Legato patches don't allow you to play two notes at once. I'm not sure why, but they don't. I find this when I try to do double-stops in either Solo or Ensemble string writing. Try changing the keyswitch and see if that works.

[andi]

Hello Todd!

Our performance interval patches (like legato) are monophonic by design. The Vienna Instruments Pro player offers a Polyphonic legato mode. You can find out more about VI Pro and order a free demo license at the following link:
https://www.vsl.co.at/en/211/497/537/1456/1083.htm

Best regards,
Andi