[[;)]] I am am using Opus 1 and Solo strings, both of which are great. I use them with Digital Performer. I've spent the past few months getting this all to work, and have gotten to the point where I can now experiment with different combinations of instruments.
I am having a problem with the timing of the notes as I play them from my keyboard. To be clearer: for practice, I am trying to orchestrate the slow movement of one of the Beethoven piano sonatas (Op.2 #1). The first full measure begins with a quarter note, followed by a turn, folowed by a grace note which precedes four eighth notes. The turn is executed as follows: a dotted eighth note followed by four 64th notes.
It is there that I begin to have problems. I am giving this passage to the violin ensemble, and I can't seem to get it to come out with the timing sounding right. It sounds sluggish, if not just out of tempo. I imagine that is because I can't play the notes quickly enough from my keyboard. I have tried to play the passage using the Ivory piano program, and then assigning those notes to the VSL violin track, but what results is not entirely satisfactory, as it lacks the string articulation. I have this problem with clarity of articulation when I use the strings or woodwinds or brass as legato instruments (but not with pizzicato or staccato) . It seems that there is a slight but noticeable delay between the time I touch the key and the time it's fully depressed. Has anyone else encounterd this situation, and how do you handle this? I hope I have explained myself clearly enough. Any help would be much appreciated. Thx, OJ
I am having a problem with the timing of the notes as I play them from my keyboard. To be clearer: for practice, I am trying to orchestrate the slow movement of one of the Beethoven piano sonatas (Op.2 #1). The first full measure begins with a quarter note, followed by a turn, folowed by a grace note which precedes four eighth notes. The turn is executed as follows: a dotted eighth note followed by four 64th notes.
It is there that I begin to have problems. I am giving this passage to the violin ensemble, and I can't seem to get it to come out with the timing sounding right. It sounds sluggish, if not just out of tempo. I imagine that is because I can't play the notes quickly enough from my keyboard. I have tried to play the passage using the Ivory piano program, and then assigning those notes to the VSL violin track, but what results is not entirely satisfactory, as it lacks the string articulation. I have this problem with clarity of articulation when I use the strings or woodwinds or brass as legato instruments (but not with pizzicato or staccato) . It seems that there is a slight but noticeable delay between the time I touch the key and the time it's fully depressed. Has anyone else encounterd this situation, and how do you handle this? I hope I have explained myself clearly enough. Any help would be much appreciated. Thx, OJ