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    Hey eveyone...my first post.  And I'm sure this has been asked, but here goes.  I like to use a traditional orchestra template. and need 3 trumpets to complete the section.  Also 3 bones, 2 oboes....you get the idea.  Can't use the same sampled instrument because when unisons occur they phase.  I have special Edition 1 and the Epic Ordhestra.  I heard about usind the pitchbend to transpose and therefore use different samples, but this seems like a convoluted solution.  How does VSL address this issue?  If buying additional libraries does the trick that's fine, but there are so many different "packages" that I'm confused.

    Thank, Dennis
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    It's always a compromize. You could load three tracks of solo trumpet and one ensemble. For chords you can use the three solos and for unison the ensemble (+one solo). What I don't like at that concept: it's not very intuitive for unison lines that end in chords or vice versa. And it's hard to export it to (or use it in) a notation program as it doesn't correspond to score tracks.

    The transposition trick works well. I used it for strings, trombs and horns in VIpro. But mostly I just fill the gaps with instruments of other libraries.

    Dimension Brass could solve your problem. These are sections built of single instruments recorded together but miked seperately. So there's no phasing when using them in unison.

    With the woodwinds of Special edition Vol2 you should have a doubled WW section.
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    thanks Saxer. I think I'll give the transpoition a try.  I like seeing each inst on it's on midi track and also need to export to Sibelius, so separate inst tracks are the way to go for me.  
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    I use a 2nd performance in the Vienna Instrument which holds my 1st trumpet, and put the a3 trumpets with the same matrix as my solo trumpet, and I program a keyswitch to switch between the solo and the ensemble performance.

    When a unison occurs I switch to that ensemble performance. The music is also written in the other two trumpets, but the notes are muted (a feature logic pro has, don`t know about other DAWs), so you can read the music in all three staves, but only the 1st with the ensemble patches is playing.
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    @Dennis B said:

    thanks Saxer. I think I'll give the transpoition a try. 



    Would be my recommendation as well. You just set the transposition in the player and raise the pitch bend to compensate and you are ready to go (nothing convoluted about this 😉

    As VI player's pitch bend parameter is MIDI automatable, you can freely switch between transposed and non-transposed patches/instruments in the same instance.