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  • perf-rep-dyn

    PaoloTP
    PaoloTP

    Hi,

    Some libraries (I’m now thinking to the drums) include patches with a name like "perf-rep-dyn". These are progressive round robins with varying dynamics levels. At each key press, you get a note louder or softer.

    What is this type of patch for? May someone suggest me a use of this type of patch?

    Paolo
  • M
    M

    Hi Paolo,

    My guess would be that it is a more realistic musical representation of a crescendo through a series of repeated notes.  Similar to how they have crescendo and diminuendo patches on sustained pitches.  Yes, you could achieve this by riding the cc velocity crossfader up and down, but it comes off more realistic when the players actually record the crescendo and diminuendo.   To get the effect of the perf-rep-dyn patch, you could also ride your cc up or down while playing just the perf-rep patch, but again, I think pre-recording the succession of changing volumes is more convincing in the finished product.  That is the mark of an excellent library - the multitude of articulations recorded in a variety of ways.
  • PaoloTP
    PaoloTP

    Thank you, Mike. But since the normal "hits" patches already contain several dynamic layers, isn't the same as using velocity to select the same layers? I wonder which are the different use cases.

    Paolo
  • M
    M

    Just a guess - perhaps a matter of convenience - having it loaded up that way.  
  • PaoloTP
    PaoloTP
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    @Mikecomp said:

    Just a guess - perhaps a matter of convenience - having it loaded up that way.  

    Maybe. Maybe a repic of the Perfomance Tools era.

    Paolo