William,

ok then.

I've had this with a couple of stacc patches as well from older libraries where there's just this _one_ sample that pretty much can ruin a melodic line.

But I'm sorry you feel so strongly about this issue.

Serious question: What is DVZ? You can find out about me by just clicking on the www link at the bottom.

Cheers
Hans

PS: as someone with very little posts it's so easy to be dismissed as a troll/shill/noob but let's face it: we've all been there and problems are the first thing that everyone writes about. Isn't it?

Thank you and goodnight William.

>just this _one_ sample that pretty much can ruin a melodic line.

There's usually a way round these things - in this particular case you can 'trick' the VI into playing the other, clean F4 sample by inserting a silent (vel 0) F4 just before the note.

>it's so easy to be dismissed as a troll/shill/noob but let's face it: we've all been there and problems are the first thing that everyone writes about. Isn't it?

Yes. I would hesitate to dismiss anyone as a noob, especially since I have no idea what the word means. Everyone working with this technology has problems of one kind or another, you have to be resourceful and look for the solutions!

>What is DVZ?

It's an allegedly huge, yet to be released orchestral (+ other instruments) library from the US. Word is you need several computers to run it, and though they're currently running press ads I wouldn't be surprised if it's not released for quite some time. There's already a thread about it in this forum, if anyone wants to speculate about it would be best to post there!

Anyone from VSL want to comment on the noise Hans and I hear in the F4 sample?

All right, I was irritating with my posts there - sorry. I always get carried away at a keyboard. But I seriously listened to all the violins and the strings combined and couldn't find anything wrong with any F's. Maybe it is an installation-specific problem, since there is no problem of that kind on my own set of samples.

If you have the time, try loading the Appassionata Strings VI-20_sus_Vib violins and program a four-note phrase using the notes Eb4, F4, G4 and F4, all at vel 76 - loop the four notes and you'll hear the high-pitched noise on the left channel. As I said, due to the way the patch is programmed (some kind of round robin thing) you won't hear the noise if you just play F4 on its own. It is subtle (I could only hear it distinctly on headphones) but as two of us are experiencing it I don't think it's an installation problem.

I didn't play it on its own, I played it in every combination with other notes, at all velocities, and it sounds perfect.

Well, then we can just stand here and say, you don't hear it and I do.

No point in discrediting either one of us.

I will write to support and see what they have to say. Plus I'll go talk to them at Messe anyway.

Cheers
Hans