IntervaLive®
| IntervaLive® Choose "Set IntervaLive® features for when you play overlapping notes..." from the Settings menu.  Then you will see the following interface appear:  IntervaLive® - This is one of the features that makes the Concert Brass 2 library really come “alive”.  Brass Intervals Defined For string instruments, fluidly (legato) moving to different notes only requires a change of bow angle or a different finger since these types of instruments are more or less “random access” where choosing their notes is concerned. Therefore, it’s rarely that there is a lot of audible sound that actually occurs between the 2 notes except for perhaps a bit of a leftover “ringing” from the first note. The exception is usually only during a left hand position change. For brass instruments, this is much different. This is because most of the features of brass instruments that make the note-change itself (such as the use of valves, slides, change of lip pressure, etc.) cause the entire body of the instrument to change. In addition to that, moving from note to note is not “random access” as is the case for strings or other instruments such as the piano. The player needs to “bridge the gap” between the notes unless the note is stopped first. Therefore, with brass, legato notes are most always associated with a certain amount of portamento whether intended or not. IntervaLive® Using TVEC 3 To simply add a synthesized portamento between notes never sounds human or desirable. However, TVEC 3 achieves musical realism by using actual recordings of intervals coupled with sophisticated programming. If you should overlap notes, (legato style performance) TVEC 3 will know the distance, whether up or down, between the notes you perform. Accordingly, TVEC 3 will play the correct interval between the performed notes. However, you may not wish to hear intervals on EVERY legato phrase you do. Therefore, there is a switch entitled "Intervalive® C1". By turning this switch on or off, (either by keyswitching at C1 or using automation) you can tell TVEC 3 whether to play the interval or not. However, TVEC 3 does not stop there. Looking at the interface above, you will see 12 switches occupying the center of the interface. These switches tell TVEC to only play intervals above a selected interval size. For example: Let's say that you only want to hear intervals when you perform larger intervals such as octaves or 5ths. Simply click "Constrain interval to perfect 5th or larger". Now, only intervals that are a perfect 5th in size or larger will be played by TVEC 3. And TVEC 3 does not stop there. Toward the bottom-center of the interface, you will see 3 switches where you can tell TVEC 3 to constrain the intervals even more: 1 "Up_Only" - Only upward intervals are played. 2 "Down_Only" - Only downward intervals are played. 3 "Up_And_Down" - Intervals will be performed whether upward or downward. But WAIT, there's MORE! By this point, you might have noticed 3 knobs at the bottom-center of the interface. These knobs further control how TVEC 3 plays the intervals: 1 "+/-Vol" - Control the actual volume of the interval itself. 2 "Int Space" - Whenever TVEC 3 plays an interval, it obviously needs to create a certain amount of space between the 2 performed notes - usually more space for larger intervals, and less for smaller ones. If, during the performance, you find that there is too much "lag" or latency, you can decrease the space between the performed notes with this knob. 3 "Time Sens" - Perhaps when you play really fast phrases, you don't want to hear TVEC play any intervals. Therefore, we have created a feature that allows you to tell TVEC 3 to only play intervals during slower phrases. Setting this knob creates a time-threashold over which TVEC 3 will not play intervals. So if you only want to hear intervals when performing very slowly, then set the knob to a low value. If you like to hear intervals even during fairly fast phrases, then set this knob at a high value. And one more thing... Let's say that when you are playing fast phrases, the intervals sound a bit "lumpy". You can smooth them out by depressing the sustain pedal. Click "DONE_SETTINGS" at the upper-left of the GUI when you are finished. |