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  • FORTI/SERTI Demo

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    I apologize if this has already been addressed, but I'm trying out the Vienna Suite and I keep reading and hearing great things about Forti and Serti and I'm curious to try them out. Is there a way to demo these as well? Thank you!
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    S

    Hi Casiquire,

    These demo licenses are currently only available upon request. Please check your inbox, you've got mail! ;-)

    You'll get a second email soon with the links to the download of the installation files.

    Best,

    Stefan
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    I got it, great, thanks so much! FORTI/SERTI are two products that look great and get a very good reputation around the webz, but the demos really don't show what exactly they're doing to the sound, or how they are to work with. Thanks again for letting me try them out!
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    So sorry to take up any more of your time, but the download link is not available in my user area, and it doesn't seem like the impulses are bundled in to Vienna Suite. EDIT--They seem to have popped up in my download area now, thanks for being so responsive.
  • DietzD
    VSL Team
    DietzD

    Hi Casiquire,

    sorry for the delay - sometimes even VSL people take a break over the weekend! ;-)

    Thanks for your patience,

    /Dietz - Vienna Symphonic Library
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    S

    Hi Casiquire,

    Thanks for your replies, I confirm we had an issue with the download links, but as you already mentioned everything should be sorted now.

    I hope you'll like the impulses!

    Best,

    Stefan
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    P

    I've been working with Ernest Cholakis for the past month on really mastering FORTI/SERTI and I included it with a demonstration in the 9th video lecture of Visual Orchestration 2. So here's my simplified "composer's" explanation.

    FORTI/SERTI is a components parts approach to applying reverb tails, early reflections and EQ (TILT filters) using IRs (impulse responses) via the Vienna Suite Convolution. You need both to get the most out of it.

    FORTI/SERTI, unlike what the name implies, is about rooms. The largest "room" is Epic Hall 1 with a reverb tail of 2.87s down to Small Room 2 with a reverb tail of .27s. FORTI are ERs and tails primarily for large halls while SERTI is for studio and scoring stage sized rooms and smaller.  ERs are organized by Short, Medium and Long whch can be used for stage positioning or to shape the sound.

    For the TILT filters, go to this link and download the sheet I prepared a year ago. You pick the TILT filter by the lowest note of the instrument you're working with. So for Violins, with the lowest pitch being G3, you'd pick the TILT filter for C3. There you have choices of brightness and darkness which are also applied with the Vienna Convolution Reverb.

    http://soniccontrol.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/FORTI-SERTI-Table1.pdf

    If you've struggled with getting a good virtual mix, this course will help a lot. Most of the teaching and audio examples were done with the Vienna Instrument's player and obviously, the Vienna library. In video lecture 9, you'll be pretty amazed to see how the Vienna Suite Convo with FORTI/SERTI really transforms the Sample Modeling Trumpet which requires the addition of both ERs and a reverb tail.