I should note that I only have the free version of the Vienna Instruments software, so the Repetition Tool is not available to me. Does this preclude these patches from being useful to me?
I understand that, in general, Performance Repetitions are intended to avoid the shotgunning effect on repeated notes. What's not clear to me is when to switch to these patches. Let's say, for the purpose of an example, I am playing eight notes using Perf Legato. But after the first two notes, the middle four notes are the same. So, at random, let's say C2, E2, F2, F2, F2, F2, A2, A2. The first two notes are played Perf Legato. Should I be keyswitching to the Perf Repetition Legato patch before playing the first F2, or not until just before playing the second F2? I assume I would then keyswitch back to Perf Legato before playing the first A2, and then I could choose either to just play the second A2 with Perf Legato or switch to Perf Repetition Legato?
Also, without the Repetition Tool, is there a way to know how many repetitions have been sampled? The manual for the Upright Bass library does not specify this on the Perf Repetition patches (whereas the Jazz Drums manual clearly indicates this on all patches).
Finally, since the Perf Repetitions on Upright Bass have no release samples, they do not sound very natural to me when ending a phrase (and in general, they sound very different from their non-repetition counterparts and don't always blend well). Should I be switching back to a non-repetition articulation prior to the last note of a phrase, even if it is a repeated note, or is there a technique to this I'm missing?
Thank you.