control the keyswitching using the transpose setting in
the Config Panel. These instruments can be found in:
•
Orchestral/1 - VSL Strings EkeySwitch
•
Orchestral/2 - VSL Woodwinds EkeySwitch
•
Orchestral/3 - VSL Brass EKeySwitch
The instruments in
Choir/Vowel Keyswitches
have
also been set up the same way.
The following table shows which notes to play to switch to
which articulation.
Low E
Strings
Brass/Woodwind
Choir
Fret 1
Sustain
Sustain
a
Fret 2
Fortepiano
Fortepiano
e
Fret 3
Sforzando
Sforzando
i
Fret 4
Staccato
Staccato
o
Fret 5
Tremolo
Sustain 2
u
Fret 6
Pizzicato
Sustain 3
m
6.4
Dynamic Keyswitching
With Dynamic Keyswitching you can switch notes while
they are playing (see the Overview section of the Kontakt6
Library Manual for more details). The note is switched
only for the time the Dynamic keyswitch note is playing,
after that it reverts to the previous articulation.
Dynamic Keyswitching is interesting in the
Choir instruments, for instance you can
switch between sounds to make it sing ‘m-a-
m-a’ !
We have set all the Gtak6 instruments to use the
same keys for dynamic keyswitching, starting 7 semi-
tones above the first normal keyswitch notes. For the
EkeySwitch
instruments these correspond to:
Low E
Strings
Brass/Woodwind
Choir
Fret 8
Sustain
Sustain
a
Fret 9
Fortepiano
Fortepiano
e
Fret 10
Sforzando
Sforzando
i
Fret 11
Staccato
Staccato
o
Fret 12
Tremolo
Sustain 2
u
Fret 13
Pizzicato
Sustain 3
m
6.5
VSL legato instruments
The VSL legato instruments have 24 extra samples for
each normal sample. The extra samples are played legato
starting from a different note (from 12 semitones below to
12 semitones above). This greatly increases the realism of
legato playing.
The standard VSL legato script was written for keyboard
players, who can only play legato by playing single notes
and overlapping the starts and ends. This limits legato
playing to playing one note at a time.
Guitarists play legato using hammers, slides and bends -
sometimes on more than one string. Gtak6 harnesses this
power by detecting legato playing, triggering a new note,
and telling the custom
Gtak6 Legato script
to trigger
one of the special legato samples. This means you can play
legato chords.
The Kontakt6 library has 5 of these special legato instru-
ments:
•
Violin ensemble (legato)
•
Cello ensemble (legato)
•
Viola ensemble (legato)
•
Flute (legato)
•
French Horn ensemble (legato)
They are in the
Orchestral/Legacy VSL Instru-
ments/
section under the appropriate instrument. For
instance the violin is in
Orchestral/Legacy VSL In-
struments/01 Violin ensemble/04 Legato In-
struments/
.
To quickly hear the legato effect in action, load up the
French Horn ensemble (legato)
. Then try play-
ing an open string and hammering on the 7
th
fret.
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