what controllers they are ? in this picture which is slower changing and what is faster changing ? what they are called in VSL software i trying understand how it works before i buy this stuff... ps. saddly all others than vsl se are pricey for hobby use...
@MAANTIEKIITAJA In the Vienna Instruments Player (as shown in this video) you may switch between articulations by using Key Switches (you may assign any key on your MIDI keyboard), the Pitch Wheel, any MIDI Controller (like, e.g., CC 01 – Modulation Wheel), MIDI Speed Controller (automatically reacts to your playing speed during your performance) and MIDI velocity. Vienna Instruments PRO offers even more options. Concerning the price: you get a staggering 58.955 samples with this collection!
@xamielxamiel Good question! But the sound of the CHAMBER STRINGS is more close and intimate, so even if you use them in a divisi arrangement (e.g., 3 voices with each 6 violins) you will not get the same timbral result as if played by the ORCHESTRAL STRINGS (14 violins) or the APPASSIONATA STRINGS (20 violins). If you use a lot of string voices in divisi, an option would be to mix libraries (and slightly adjust the volume of each section, depending on the amount of voices that are playing...).
@xamielxamiel If you're looking for the "best deal", you cannot put these to side by side. The VSL is on a whole other level of playability, expression, realism, and cost. For example, the NI sessions strings have a few different types of expressions (sustain, pizzicato, tremolo, etc..) they are not as fluidly changed as the VSL strings. VSL does not require you to work as hard to achieve a human-like expression, vs the square, unrealistic expressiveness of NI's sessions strings. I've used both.
what controllers they are ? in this picture which is slower changing and what is faster changing ? what they are called in VSL software i trying understand how it works before i buy this stuff... ps. saddly all others than vsl se are pricey for hobby use...
MAANTIEKIITAJA 1 month ago
@MAANTIEKIITAJA In the Vienna Instruments Player (as shown in this video) you may switch between articulations by using Key Switches (you may assign any key on your MIDI keyboard), the Pitch Wheel, any MIDI Controller (like, e.g., CC 01 – Modulation Wheel), MIDI Speed Controller (automatically reacts to your playing speed during your performance) and MIDI velocity. Vienna Instruments PRO offers even more options. Concerning the price: you get a staggering 58.955 samples with this collection!
VSLVideos 1 month ago
I am completely blown away,& in love with VSL!I swear I will one day get either the Symphonic Cube,or Superpackage edition.
BESTUNDRATEDEUCER 8 months ago
Does it make sense to use the chamber strings as a 2 divisi sections of the orchestral strings, soundwise?
Thanks
xamielxamiel 9 months ago
@xamielxamiel Good question! But the sound of the CHAMBER STRINGS is more close and intimate, so even if you use them in a divisi arrangement (e.g., 3 voices with each 6 violins) you will not get the same timbral result as if played by the ORCHESTRAL STRINGS (14 violins) or the APPASSIONATA STRINGS (20 violins). If you use a lot of string voices in divisi, an option would be to mix libraries (and slightly adjust the volume of each section, depending on the amount of voices that are playing...).
VSLVideos 9 months ago
@VSLVideos Whats the diference between all these string libraries? Are they different sections or what???
SilverfangX777 7 months ago
@SilverfangX777 The difference is the ensemble size and the included articulations. E.g., VSL Strings are available as Solo Strings (1 Violin, 1 Viola, 1 Cello, 1 Double Bass), Chamber Strings (6 Violins, 4 Violas, 3 Cellos, 2 Double Basses), Orchestral Strings 1 (14 Violins, 10 Violas), Orchestral Strings 2 (8 Cellos, 6 Double Basses) and Appassionata Strings (20 Violins, 14 Violas, 12 Cellos, 10 Double Basses). Please find more details on the VSL website.
VSLVideos 7 months ago
What is the best deal? VSL chamber strings or the new NI session strings?
xamielxamiel 9 months ago
@xamielxamiel If you're looking for the "best deal", you cannot put these to side by side. The VSL is on a whole other level of playability, expression, realism, and cost. For example, the NI sessions strings have a few different types of expressions (sustain, pizzicato, tremolo, etc..) they are not as fluidly changed as the VSL strings. VSL does not require you to work as hard to achieve a human-like expression, vs the square, unrealistic expressiveness of NI's sessions strings. I've used both.
rcarrillo7 2 months ago
Why do the strings sound so much better than the brass? =(
bebopsam1975 2 years ago 2
@bebopsam1975 Maybe because you dont know what a cello sounds like?
thestickynotethieves 11 months ago