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in reply to: Lemur Templates for LASS 2.5 #49256

Hi Leo,

I found this. Can’t vouch for it.
http://www.artsunmuted.com/a3/a3.html

I hope this helps.

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in reply to: Question about EQing after LASS, what EQ, and EQ settings? #49204

This is a vast topic, i think. But basically LASS are very real sounding strings, so you can eq them a lot, and create whatever sound you want. I think it’s interesting to try just anything, from airy strings with little midrange (or a low/hi boost), to raw power with a low-mid boost, to cutting different sections of the sound spectrum when in a pop setting to make room for the vocal and other instruments. A lot of 70s records (Elton John, Michael Franks, Motown) have strings with very minimal low frequency content, which is no problem as long as you have enough bass guitar to make up for it.

I have no special settings. Anything is possible really. No way to go wrong when experimenting. I notice a lot of soundtracks from studio releases do have a substantial boost in the lower frequencies to have more impact.

In my experience when using a high Q factor, there usually are a lot of artifacts you get mostly with phase and resonance/ringing, even with linear phase eqs. I think the best results are obtained with a low Q regardless of how much dB is pushed or cut, which can be a lot when shaping a certain sound, up to +/- 20 – 30 dB in some cases. (If there’s a resonance in the sound you need removed, i found out it’s best to use a multiband compressor, de-esser or the Oxford SuprEsser. Or it might be due to the resonance of the room you’re working in.)

I think any eq will do, but i think some analog modelled eqs do sound sweeter than your average DAW plugin.

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in reply to: Some Good Demo Tips #34979

@Sebastian K wrote:

soulofsound did that demo and he may be able to answer some more specific questions.

Which demo is that? I read through the posts, but i can’t seem to find which one you are referring to. Isn’t the reference to Andrew’s demonstration?

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in reply to: how to get best result with "come & go" #49099

Check A.M.G (anti-machine-gun in the manual. I believe it’s CC110. At the same time you change the vibrato with CC2 and get even more variation, in order to avoid the machine-gun effect. Changing CC83 could work to change the portamento’s attack.

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in reply to: assigning Aftertouch? #49025

@Andrew K wrote:

It was just a bunch of info that wasn’t being used and that took up a lot of MIDI bandwidth.

Which is a measly 31250 baud or 3,91 KB/s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI_1.0#Low_bandwidth

Sorry i couldn’t resist looking it up.

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in reply to: ARC bugs w/in VEPro 5? #49003

Hi Andersmusik,

You need to have VEPro “connected”, otherwise ARC becomes unresponsive.

I hope this helps.

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in reply to: Stage and Color when working with other libs.. #46599

Now i remember : they used to be available as a download, but now i’m not sure if that’s still the case. http://www.audiobro.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=684&start=10#p19337

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in reply to: Stage and Color when working with other libs.. #46597

Hi Samadhi,

Can you check if there’s a LASS IRs folder in your Samples folder?

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in reply to: VirtualSoundStage ("VSS") #48796

Great, his music reminds me of David Gilmour’s.

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in reply to: VirtualSoundStage ("VSS") #48794

Not really a tutorial for steel guitar, but i’ve liked his sound on everything he did : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEhIY-TELHI & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihcPhJF3wyg & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75dYhzQ7Is0.

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in reply to: VirtualSoundStage ("VSS") #48791

In that regard i’ve always liked these tutorials : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSNYBbPAvKE & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_-PjWts3nI. I find Mid-Side eq’ing works better than regular stereo eq’ing if you’re really searching for space. I think the Fabfilter plugins are good, but i also think there are better eqs, though not many have Mid-Side functionality. Some do though, Brainworx come to mind, which i like a lot.

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in reply to: VirtualSoundStage ("VSS") #48788

Thanks for taking the time to post this here. I think it’s very interesting.

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in reply to: Another Trill Question #48530

SFriedrich,

There’s an audio tutorial here (last one on the page) : http://audiobro.com/demos/audio-tutorials/

I hope this helps.

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in reply to: Reverb Gone? #48633

Dave,

AFAIK you need to load one of the multis in order for the reverb to work, as these are loaded through the ARC. I can’t explain why you had the reverb working any other way.

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in reply to: Recording Mod Wheel Automation Solution – Logic X #48523

Thanks for taking the time to write and share this.

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in reply to: In need of a little perspective #48257

I like the dynamics a lot. Most importantly the difference in timbre between p en f. To compensate for the difference in volume, it might be ok to add some bus compression. This will also bring out more of the reverb: a little extra space might be beneficial, BUT the close and dry atmosphere seems to be part of the overall sound, so i’m not sure if adding space would be a good idea. It might, it might not.

Love the music!

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in reply to: In need of a little perspective #48254

mgtube,

Which brass and woodwinds libraries are you using?

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in reply to: Little LASS ARC Tutorial! #47566

Thanks!

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in reply to: Possible remote-load samples from the host? #47519

dedersen, yes i have it set to purge all samples. Now that i think of it, i don’t understand why Kontakt still loads samples. But anyway, loading from an SSD is really fast, and having all samples purged, i can’t hear any delay when playing, like i could when LASS was still on a slower drive.

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in reply to: Optimizing workflow #47528

Hi luiza177,

I hope i understand what it is you’re looking for.

You can use program changes with the ARC. So you can setup Kontakt with the ARC like you used to have your instrument banks: one instance for every string group, 4 (or 5 with Basses) tracks (multi-timbral if you want) with just one Kontakt instance each to load all of LASS.

The benefit compared to instrument banks (besides the ARC functionality) is that you can have multi-timbral tracks (i hide these most of the time) that target a specific articulation directly if you don’t want to use the ARC/Auto-Arranger. (Say you want to play each of the divisi separately without auto-arranger, then you play on each one of the multi-timbral tracks (those that have the corresponding midi channel that your articulation – say Violins I A legato- is on) and play directly without having the ARC send it to this articulation, so without Auto-Arranger.) Then if you want the auto-arranger again, go to the track that sends on the midi channel that the ARC receives. These are just some practical examples of how you could take your old setup and keep it, but at the same time expand the possibilities.
Another benefit with the ARC is that you can layer/combine any articulations you like. This was not possible with instrument banks.

So there shouldn’t change much with the new setup compared to the old. You can keep your old way of working, and add anything you like at any time.

As to loading samples, i don’t load any. So i purge all the samples. Since they’re on an SSD, i never have to wait. 16GB of RAM should be plenty to load all of LASS and a lot more.

Please ask anything specific, so we can help out.

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