EDIT PAGE - Soundsource Zoom - Special Articulations

 

 

Special Articulations are additional Soundsources loaded in the background that will be automatically triggered depending on how a passage is performed. The Special Articulations are Legato Soundsources (samples of actual Legato performances), and Release Noise articulations.

Omnisphere Soundsources don’t use Special Articulations, but most Trilian Soundsources do. When using Omnisphere Library Integration, the Special Articulations section lets you control how these articulations are applied to the primary Soundsource.

NOTE: It is possible to apply Trilian Release Noises to Omnisphere Soundsources by selecting from the available Release Noises in the drop down menu.

 

Use Legato SS

When Legato Soundsources are available and loaded, enabling the Use Legato SS button will automatically trigger these Special Articulation samples when playing legato-phrased notes within the specified Legato Interval, providing added realism and nuance to the instrument sound.

 

NOTE: Omnisphere sounds don’t currently include Legato Soundsources, so this control will have no effect on Omnisphere Soundsources. It is most useful when loading Trilian sounds into Omnisphere.

 

Legato Interval

From this menu it is possible to select the interval within which the Legato Soundsources will be triggered. The possible ranges are from one semitone to two octaves.

 

Legato Rules

In Trilian Soundsources where Legato Soundsources are available, the Use Legato SS feature enables very realistic hammer-on, pull-off and other types of performance phrasing. It allows for a very natural playing style, and great sounding Legato trills!

Enabling Use Legato SS will change the way the instrument responds to notes that are played Legato. Successive Legato notes that are played within the specified Legato Interval will behave much like a lead synth using SOLO mode. That is, the next note played will cut-off the previously played note. If you sustain the cut off note, it will sound again when you release the successive note. The key difference is that Legato Mode is actually polyphonic.

Notes which are played Legato, but are outside the specified Legato Interval, will not trigger the Use Legato SS behavior.

 

NOTE: The Use Legato SS button only changes the behavior of the Part. In order to hear the Legato Soundsources, make sure “No Limit” is selected in the Sample Thinning - Legato menu. This will allow the Legato Soundsources to load, and can add a live, dynamic quality to the sound during performance.

NOTE: "Use Legato SS" is a Patch Common parameter. Changing its setting will affect both Layers in the Patch.

 
Release Soundsource Menu

Release Soundsources are triggered only after a note has been released.

This menu lets you select the Soundsource used for Release Noises. You can also select “No Release Soundsource” if none are desired. Some Soundsources have multiple sets of Release Noises (e.g. a softer set), and you can try mixing the Release Noises from sounds other than the one loaded.

 
Release Key Tracking

When the Release Key Tracking Button is enabled, the pitch of the Release Noise will track the keyboard. If it is disabled, the Release Noise will only play at the pitch of the root note.

 
Release Level

This level fader is used to mix the level of the Release Soundsource. Use it together with the Soundsource Mix faders to set the balance you prefer.

When experimenting with mixing Release Noises, try mixing them louder for up-tempo tunes, and lower them for tunes with slower tempos.

If the fader is all the way to the left, no Release Soundsource will be heard. Moved all the way to the right, will make the Release Soundsource very prominent. A setting of around -3dB is usually a good starting point for a natural sound.

 

NOTE: The Amp Envelope Release Time must be set long enough to hear the decay of the Release Noise Soundsource.

NOTE: Legato and Release Noise Soundsources load after the primary Soundsource samples have finished loading. If you have Release Noise Soundsources enabled, you can start playing before they have loaded, but you will hear long sustains ringing instead of the noises. This is because release times for the amp envelope are set long to let the full Release Noises through.

 
Transition Timing

This fader affects the transition time between the sustained sample release and the Release Noise Soundsource. It controls how long the note-on samples decay after the note is released, so that the transition between the sustained samples and the release noise samples is musical.

At higher settings you will hear an overlap of the sustained sample release time, and the trigger of the release noise. If the fader is all the way to the left, there will be no overlap.

 

Amp Release and Release Soundsources

When no release Soundsource is selected, you will hear the same note-on sample you initially triggered when you let go of the key, so the Amp release time has the same musical result that you normally would expect on any synth. For example, all the synth bass patches in Omnisphere and Trilian are programmed with no Release Soundsource, so they behave this way.

If a release Soundsource is selected, then you'll hear that new Soundsource which consists of just the release noises triggered when you let go of the key. Note that the Amp release feature is still working, but is now affecting the amp release of the noise samples only. All the Electric and Acoustic Basses in Trilian are set-up this way and have their Release Times set quite high so that the full decay of the noise samples can be heard.

The Transition time is an additional control which affects how long the note-on samples decay after the note is released, so that the transition between the sustained samples and the release noise samples is musical.