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  • Chamber Strings: Falls, Doits, Etc...

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    Hi...

    Cheapskate here. I have CS1 and 2 but only the -std- lib... not extended. I also don't have VIPro... only VIschlep.

    Question: Is it possible to program -anything- approaching jazz articulations such as a fall or doit or disco-style flip? Eg. 'Earth Wind & Fire 'Boogie Wonderland'.

    (I'm not really doing disco... more like Bartok... but it's the closest parallel I can think of at the moment.)

    I understand there is a lot more flexibility in terms of pitch and the length of detache/stacc with VIPro and perhaps upgrading that and/or finally getting the XL makes this possible?

    I currently use NI's Session Strings for this sort of thing, but I'd -rather- do it all in VSL if possible and not have to switch back and forth (the sound of the two libs do -not- mesh well IMHO.)

    TIA,

    ---JC
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    Use a portamento string patch on any interval up to an octave. Set the first note of the interval to a moderate to high velocity, and set the second note to a low velocity. You might have to adjust the start time of the portamento. Upward intervals will create a scoop, downward intervals a fall.
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    @Adriaan V said:

    Use a portamento string patch on any interval up to an octave. Set the first note of the interval to a moderate to high velocity, and set the second note to a low velocity. You might have to adjust the start time of the portamento. Upward intervals will create a scoop, downward intervals a fall.

    Interesting. I know the velocity and length of a following note affects bowing accents, but I never thought about it for portamento. Do you know exactly how the velocity of the -second- note affects this process? Or is it just trial and error?

    Thanks,

    ---JC
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    Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the idea is to leave crossfade OFF so that a lower velocity note actually makes a lower volume sound so that the second note isn't heard as loudly.