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in reply to: A.R.T. & Legato Patches #53348
Hi Kendall,
I personally like to keep ART as a separate entity from my main template stuff – so I do what you do and have separate set of patches.
The other ART video we have is this one: https://audiobro.com/video-3/art_explained/
And of course there’s a section in the manual.
What is going on with latency?
Polyphonic legato (using Auto Arranger) is a different topic of course. ARC is not required, but can be used to help setup. These are the videos we have:
https://audiobro.com/video-3/aa_teaser/
https://audiobro.com/video-3/aa_basic_overview/
https://audiobro.com/video-3/auto-arranger-sustain-pedal-example/But we have a folder of multis for Auto Arranger which can also be loaded and played without further setup.
Let me know if you have any specific questions I can help with.
Regards,
Sebastianin reply to: DIVISI AND CHORD NOTES #53325Hi Christian,
Yes this is possible with LASS Full. Each instrument can be told exactly what note to play for any given number of chord notes. So it can be customized exactly as you’ve mentioned. If you end up upgrading to LASS Full and need any help I can show you how those rules would look.
Let me know if you have any other questions,
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Sebastianin reply to: The Key switch did not work properly. #53317Hello shugoena,
I believe the issue is that you are sending MIDI to ARC – but not on channel 16. You set the ARC KS Input Channel to 16, but if you’re in Kontakt standalone you’re likely sending MIDI on channel 1 from your keyboards.
So the quick solution is to change the KS Input Channel from 16 back to 1. In practice we try to avoid overlapping the KS Input Channel and instrument channels. In a DAW it’s a simple matter of changing the track’s channel to 16 to match, but in standalone you’d need to change the channel coming from your keyboard.
Hope that makes sense!
Let me know if you still have any trouble.
Regards,
SebastianYes, this is definitely possible with LASS Lite for both portamentos and glissandi (where available). It works exactly the same way as LASS Full.
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Sebastianin reply to: Romantics strings pads #53236Hello Christian,
In case you didn’t see it already, this thread may be interesting to you as it pertains to that demo: https://audiobro.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=838
One thing I can’t stress enough is keeping your dynamics moderate (CC1 in low to medium ranges). Of course there are times you want to go to a high dynamic – but the mistake I hear a lot is playing at high dynamics all the time. The lower dynamics will help keep a softer and more sonorous string sound.
Let us know if you have any more questions.
Regards,
Sebastianin reply to: Bad GUI in LASS Lite 2 #53229Hello Christian,
This is normal. The ensemble patches are considered “legacy” at this point so they do not have the newer skins. But they should still work just fine!
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Sebastianin reply to: ARC and midi channels #53226Ok, I understand. IN that case you don’t need to use ARC or KeySwitching at all. You just need to do one of the following to make sure Auto Arranger works:
1. Set all the instruments to the same MIDI channel in Kontakt – and use the same MIDI channel in your DAW
2. Set all the instruments to channels within Port A, create a track for each in your DAW with a matching MIDI channel, and make sure they are all record enabledBasically, all the MIDI has to get to all the instruments – then ARC filters the right notes to play based on the Auto Arranger rules.
Hope that makes sense!
in reply to: ARC and midi channels #53224I don’t see a problem… but I only see 1 articulation set up – so what are you keyswitching to? If playing on MIDI chan 16 the Auto Arranger is working here.
in reply to: ARC and midi channels #53222Yes that’s correct. In those setups Channel 16 has all the layering and keyswitches set up so that you only need the one track.
in reply to: External ssd or internal non ssd #53219It’s usually better to separate into a few instances of Kontakt. My general-purpose recommendation is to separate by instrument section (So Violins in 1 multi, Violas in another, etc.)
Depending on your needs this can of course be customized further in a number of ways.
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Sebastianin reply to: ARC and midi channels #53220For just the example multi you mentioned you would do as you suggested. You’d need a separate track for each MIDI channel and then set them all to record simultaneously. In the video in question ARC is only being used as a setup utility for the instruments and isn’t doing any MIDI transforming for playback.
As to your question about using ARC and the KeySwitch input channel…
KS Input Channel = The channel your Logic track is set to. MIDI on this channel enters ARC and is then routed to the instruments in your setup. ARC can route your playing to one or more instruments simultaneously which allows for stacking divisi sections on a single keyswitch.
These videos may be of use in understanding the basic setup: https://audiobro.com/arc-template-starters-tutorial/
Let me know if that helps at all.
Regards,
Sebastianin reply to: External ssd or internal non ssd #53217While it depends very heavily on how much you intend on loading/performing simultaneously, it’s very hard to beat the bang-for-the-buck of a custom PC. Of course – even if you do a smaller build it’s usually a bit more clumsy to carry around than a little laptop. But performance compared to the Air would be night and day (and price compared to a high-end laptop would also be night and day).
Could you do something with the Macbook Air? I would certainly think so. Will it handle large/demanding live performance with divisi strings? Perhaps not. With sample libraries you always have the trinity of potential performance bottlenecks: CPU, RAM, Drive speed. You can increase the drive speed in your Air – which would let you lower the DFD buffers (which will help with the RAM limits), but you won’t get around the CPU. Higher buffers/latencies will help with CPU of course – but will hinder live performance feel.
The one thing you can always do without spending any money is start to put together your live performance template on your current setup and see how far you get (if you haven’t already). You might hit a wall right away, or you might be pleasantly surprised. I’m happy to help if you have any setup questions.
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Sebastianin reply to: External ssd or internal non ssd #53215Ok, if I’m not mistaken that model should have decently fast internal flash storage already as well USB3 and Thunderbolt ports. So you should be fine to use LASS either way.
If you do want to use external storage I believe your Thunderbolt 2 port has the most bandwidth but may be harder to find a convenient and economical drive compared to USB3. Given the bandwidth limits of the model, something like a Samsung T5 may be a nice balance of performance/price for USB3. There are faster drives out there, but I think they will be limited by the USB3 bus on the Macbook anyway.
That said, if it were me, I’d strongly consider upgrading the internal storage with a larger drive and using that. If you’re interested at all, check out some options here (including how the installation goes): https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ssd/owc/macbook-air/2013-2014-2015 The advantage is larger and faster storage for everything with no external drives to connect.
Regards,
Sebastianin reply to: External ssd or internal non ssd #53213It won’t have any impact on memory (RAM) unless the external drive allows you to lower the Kontakt preload buffer size (which would free up memory).
What generation Macbook Air is it?
in reply to: ART and sustain pedal #53211Hello,
No there isn’t currently a way to keep ART running without doing as you mentioned. Either:
1. Keeping the keys held
or
2. Using Auto ArrangeRegards,
Sebastianin reply to: LASS multi not stopping in Cubase 10 #53132Hi there,
I’m not the Cubase expert here so I’m not exactly sure what could be going on. However, I don’t believe there’s any known issue using a setup like you’ve described. In fact, our ARC Template Starter multis are designed exactly that way (1 instance per section with all divisi loaded). Just curious if this is happening in a new empty project or as part of an existing project? Any difference with ASIO guard on/off or different buffer sizes?
If you want to send an example Cubase project our way we could take a look here: [email protected]
Regards,
Sebastianin reply to: Tremelo Speed #53043Hi guys,
Here you go:
[vimeo:zqsv0m14]345526324[/vimeo:zqsv0m14]
Let me know if you have any questions.
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Sebastianin reply to: Tremelo Speed #53041Not currently – but this is something that should be possible in the future.
That said, there is a way to do it if you own Kontakt Full and aren’t afraid to do some very minor under the hood adjustments. If you’re interested let me know and I can post a short tutorial.
Regards,
Sebastianin reply to: String Quartet Setup (SOLVED) #52945It’s partially a matter of balancing to taste, but velocity might also be coming into play. The Legatos use just MOD wheel to control dynamics – but the short articulations use velocity. One interesting thing – spiccatos are actually lower on volume in reality – but they play nicely when pushed… so again, it’s really a matter of taste.
in reply to: String Quartet Setup (SOLVED) #52941Yes, if you want to start with one our divisi multis you would remove all the instruments above Port A Channel 16 (basically all the instruments that aren’t First Chairs) and use Set A to control the First Chair articulation switching (which responds to MIDI Channel 13 by default, though you can change it). That would simply re-use the articulation switching that is already set up for these multis.
Starting from scratch would involve loading the instruments you want, assigning them in the ARC Setup Page, and then creating a keyswitch out of them. By starting with an existing multi you can avoid most of the drudgery in initial setup. The only reason not to would be if you have a very specific setup in mind that is too different from the defaults. For instance, if you were doing Vln FC+Vla+FC layered in a multi that would require further custom work.
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