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Soundsources
Concepts » Architecture & Hierarchy » Soundsources
A Soundsource can be thought of as the smallest building block of a sound and the best place to start when creating a new Patch from scratch in Trilian. The signal path of Trilian starts with its Soundsources, so those settings will affect all of the other…
Soundsources
The Edit Page » Soundsources
The Soundsource section is the heart of Trilian’s sound capabilities. It provides direct access to the Soundsource Browser, the Soundsource Mixer, controls for Special Articulations such as Legato and Release Noises, and Sample Thinning controls. It also provides…
Soundsource Zoom Articulations
The Edit Page » Soundsources » Soundsource Zoom Articulations
Most of Trilian Soundsources include Special Articulations. The Special Articulations are additional Soundsources loaded in the background that will be automatically triggered depending on how a passage is performed. These two Special Articulations are Legato…
Soundsource Zoom Thinning
The Edit Page » Soundsources » Soundsource Zoom Thinning
In addition to Special Articulations, most Soundsources also include multiple Round Robin samples, and Velocity switched samples. For this reason, a fully loaded Soundsource can use a tremendous amount of memory. The Sample Thinning interface helps to manage the…
Soundsource Zoom
The Edit Page » Soundsources » Soundsource Zoom
Trilian ships with sophisticated multi-channel Soundsources, and the Soundsource Zoom Edit View provides controls that let you manage several aspects of these complex Soundsources. You can mix the levels of multiple channels, such as Microphone and Direct Pickup…
Info Zoom Views
The Browsers » Operation » Info Zoom Views
When the Info View mode is selected, the right column contains information about the selected sound. In addition, there is a Zoom Button that will open a Zoom View for additional details about the sound. The Zoom Views in the different Browsers contains similar…
Selecting & Linking Layers
The Edit Page » Common Controls » Selecting & Linking Layers
Selecting Layers The Layer Selection Tabs & Buttons simply toggle between the controls for each Layer in a Patch. The parameters in the center section of the EDIT page will change when toggling between the Layers. The common parameters in the Footer and on the far…
Streaming
System » Streaming
The Streaming section contains controls for the streaming function in Trilian. Streaming permits samples to largely reside on disk. In this way you can use large samples with a relatively small amount of memory. Streaming Switch Streaming Mode engages or…
Lite Version
The Browsers » Overview » Lite Version
Many of the sounds included in the Trilian Factory Library are quite large, and contain thousands of samples, with some over 2 Gigabytes in size. These can place a heavy demand on available memory and take a longer time to load. The Lite Version feature provides…
Parts and Patches
Concepts » Architecture & Hierarchy » Parts and Patches
Trilian is a multi-timbral instrument, allowing up to eight different Parts to be played at the same time within a single instance of the plug-in. Each of the eight Parts can be thought of as an entire instrument, complete with its own Soundsources, modulation…
QuickStart
Getting Started » QuickStart
This QuickStart provides an overview of the essential things you’ll need to know to get started using Trilian. Trilian can be run as a standalone application or hosted in any DAW. Trilian can be a memory-intensive instrument, especially with Multis…
Favorites & Projects
The Browsers » Favorites & Projects
Favorites and Projects provide tools for managing, organizing and recalling user-defined groups of sounds, making it much more convenient to navigate specific sounds, recall preferred sounds, and work efficiently with Trilian’s enormous library. Projects…
Soundsource Zoom Mix
The Edit Page » Soundsources » Soundsource Zoom Mix
Most of the Acoustic and Electric bass Soundsources recorded specifically for Trilian’s library are multi-channel, containing one channel for the Direct output of the bass pickup signal and another channel for the Microphone/Amplifier signal. Depending on the…
Browser Filters
The Browsers » Overview » Browser Filters
The four-column layout of the Browser Filters provides both hierarchical and Attributes-based filtering functions, and operates in two distinct modes. In Attributes Mode, the Browser Filters display selectable Category and context-sensitive Attributes columns based on…
Browser Settings
The Browsers » Browser Settings
Selecting the Settings Button will open the Browser Settings Zoom View. Settings are saved across sessions, and are restored the next time you load Trilian. NOTE: Audition Auto Play will reset each time Trilian is loaded. Preview/Load Note Range When…
Folder Icon Buttons
Concepts » Interface Conventions » Folder Icon Buttons
There are three Browsers built in to Trilian, one each for Multis, Patches, and Soundsources. All three Browsers have identical functions, but access different parts of the Core Library. Anywhere that you see a Folder icon, you will be able to access a…
Layers
Concepts » Architecture & Hierarchy » Layers
Each Part has two Layers (A and B), and each Layer has its own set of parameter controls. Each Layer uses its own polyphonic Soundsource as a primary sample-based Oscillator. NOTE: It isn’t necessary to use both Layers when creating sounds. In fact, very complex…
Memory Management
System » Memory Management
The Sample Memory Menu allows you to manually limit the amount of virtual memory Trilian can use for Sample Memory. The default is ‘“Process limit.” To disable memory limit alerts, use ‘“No limit on Sample Memory” instead. Selecting…
View Modes
The Browsers » Operation » View Modes
There are two modes available for viewing sounds: Info View and 4-Column View. Selecting the Buttons shown above will toggle between modes. Info View This is the default view for all Browsers. The sounds are listed on the left and the area on the right contains…
Getting Started
Getting Started
Welcome to Trilian Reference Guide 1.4! Software Soundsources Patches 1.4.5c v1.0.1 v1.4.9c This Reference Guide is your source for comprehensive information about the functions and…
Sample Start
The Edit Page » Soundsources » Sample Start
The START control determines at what point in the sample that it begins when the Soundsource is triggered. This setting will vary depending on the number of samples in the Soundsource. This feature has several applications. First, it can remove sharp attacks or…
Favorites
The Browsers » Favorites & Projects » Favorites
The Favorites feature in Trilian provides a familiar and convenient way of rating and organizing sounds in the library. You identify Favorites by applying Ratings to Multis, Patches and Soundsources, and can easily change or remove assigned Ratings. This feature is…
The Browsers
The Browsers
Trilian ships with a large library of sounds, so it requires a sophisticated way to search, filter and browse its contents. The Browsers in Trilian were designed to provide an intuitive and convenient way to quickly find exactly the sounds you need from a…
Clear, Save, Copy, & Paste
Concepts » The Header » Utility Menu » Clear, Save, Copy, & Paste
The Utility Menu provides options to Initialize or Clear Multis, Patches and Layers, and to Save Multis and Patches. There are also functions that allow Part and Layer settings to be copied and pasted. Initialize vs. Clear** (Multi, Patch, & Layer) When you…
Harmonia Controls
The Edit Page » Soundsources » Harmonia Controls
Harmonia Voices 1-4 Up to four HARMONIA voices can be stacked on top of the OSCILLATOR’S voice by selecting the numbered switches in HARMONIA. Keep in mind the more additional voices are added, the higher the demand on the CPU. Harmonia Level Controls…
Sampling FAQs
Legal » Sampling FAQs
The purpose of this information is to clear up any confusion regarding the sampling of Trilian®. We get a lot of questions about this topic from other sound designers, so we’d like to make sure our policies are clear and upfront. The factory Sound Libraries within…
Performance Optimization
Concepts » Performance Optimization
Soundsources in Trilian can be extremely large (many GBs) and can contain over 10,000 samples. So it’s to be expected that Patches in Trilian will use more system memory than the average Patch in most other plug-ins. For this reason, we have included a number of…
Envelopes
The Edit Page » Envelopes
One of the innovative features of Trilian’s Envelopes is that each of them has two interfaces. There have always been two competing design philosophies; simple ADSR envelopes, which are fast and easy to use, and “complex” envelopes, which are more…
Glossary
Glossary
AAX Avid Audio Extension – an Avid proprietary, cross-platform plugin format for Pro Tools. Articulation Articulations are performance techniques that affect transitions and provide variety between multiple notes or sounds. There are many kinds of articulations,…
