(03-28-2018, 11:46 PM)peastman Wrote: Are the "arco" samples the same as the existing SSO sustain samples? They sound rather different to me, which might just be because the existing ones have reverb baked in and these ones don't. I makes them sound like two different instruments though.
The arco vib one is the same as SSO Violin Solo, I think.
- The SSO one has that baked ambience and a loss of high end, which for a solo violin doesn't matter that much because it's in the front of the orchestra and therefore should have both more high end and less room sound. I think the untreated one is better - users can always EQ the instruments if they don't want the added presence.
- The SSO one has the attack pulled down like a fade-in effect. Mattias probably treated the samples in an audio editor. Again, the user can just use a transient designer plugin to remove the attack if they want that behaviour. Or you could duplicate that in SFZ and call it a "leggiero" variant.
- The SSO one is sampled in thirds or thereabouts. The new one has a sample for every note, except the high C6 - the samples end at B5, I left the C6 in to give people the option. For a solo instrument, I believe the added samples are justified because they really are all played differently.
Quote:Do you know if these files have loop points in them? I'm not sure how to check.
The SSO2 one has loop points in the SFZ file, and since the arco vib is basically the same sample, those should be worth a try? I'm not sure if the wav file needs loop points defined too?
Quote:What are your thoughts on the best way of adding this? Combining samples with and without added reverb in a single instrument is likely to sound odd. Possibly it would be best to just add this as a new "solo violin 2" instrument, distinct from the old solo violin.
Maybe new instruments should be added with an SSO2 prefix to avoid messing up existing projects?
SSO2 Solo Violin.sfz
SSO2 Solo Violin (novib).sfz
SSO2 Solo Violin pizzicato.sfz
SSO2 Solo Violin pizzicato (novib).sfz
or thereabouts.
Probably rename the arco ones since that might just confuse people. They are sustain.
