TVEC is a single instrument containing numerous different articulations (legato, marcato, tremolo, etc.), and 22 user-controlled parameters.

The best thing about TVEC besides its great sounding samples, is the fact that all of your edits and tweaks are immediately saved independently for each articulation you are working on. And if you want to start over, all you have to do is either reset the articulation you're working on, or globally reset all of the articulations to the "factory" settings.

The other thing that sets TVEC apart is that it has FlexNote® "Dual Action" or "Triple Action" editing for each note! Simply put, this means that for certain articulations that contain sustained samples, you can edit the beginning and sustain portions of the note with either 2 or 3 parameters independently. So you now can control how a note starts and how it ends. It really makes the sound "breathe"!

Oh, and one more thing. Human Pitch Correction, as part of FlexNote® editing, has been updated and is now under your control rather than being "fixed" as it was in previous versions.

Ok, so what does all of this mean?

It means that you can now have a workspace that is completely custom made for you, the way you work and the way you want your palette to sound. For example...

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GETTING STARTED - A brief walk-through using Concert Strings as an example
As it was mentioned before, Most TVEC instruments contain various articulations. So after you load a TVEC instrument, (let's say you open the Concert Violins TVEC instrument named "01_Concert_1st_Violins.nki"), and go to the "Legato" articulation (by either keyswitcing to it, or selecting it via the Articulation Pull-down Menu). You'll hear the factory settings for Legato when you play the instrument.

Velocity Volume and Modwheel Volume
The first thing you will want to do is decide on the velocity and Modwheel volume. These are available with the "Velocity" and "ModVol" Pull-down menus. Higher values yield higher sensitivity. Any changes you make with these 2 parameters will take place over the entire instrument and will be saved only if you actually resave the instrument.

Articulation-Specific Parameters
Now, let's say that you decide you want to make some changes to the Legato articulation. You can edit any of the 17 Articulation-Specific parameters and they will automatically be saved into only the Legato articulation since that's the articulation you're working on. Now, if you go to the Marcato articulation, for example, you will hear the factory settings for Marcato when you play the instrument. Ok, so you like the factory setting of Marcato, but want a lighter attack. You can choose the attack style by keyswitching the lowest A or A#. In most cases playing the lowest A gives you an aggressive attack, while playing the lowest A# will choose a lighter set of attack samples. You get these 2 choices per articulation. In some Concert Violins TVEC instruments, you get three choices per articulation; aggressive marcato, light staccato, or spiccato! So now you decide to go back to the Legato articulation. You will notice that all of your changes to Legato are still there. In this way, you have customized the Legato articulation. And if you then go back to the Marcato articulation, the changes you made there will also be preserved. You can repeat this method of customization for any of the articulations thereby building your own custom palette inside one single instrument!

Factory Reset
Ok, so now after playing the instrument for awhile, you decide that the changes you made to Legato were not as good as the "factory" settings after all. But you DO like the changes that you made in "Marcato", for example. Therefore, you want to revert to the factory settings for Legato, but keep your changes in Marcato. Easy! All you have to do is make sure you're on the Legato articulation, and pull-down the Preset menu to "Reset Only This Articulation". If you have made changes to any of the other articulations such as you did in Marcato, those changes will be preserved. But if you do decide that you want to reset all of the articulations, then simply pull-down the Preset menu to "RESET ALL ARTICULATIONS". All of the articulations will be reset to the "factory" settings.

Closing a TVEC Instrument
When you are finished and you want to close the instrument, you will need to resave it to preserve your changes. Basically, once saved, TVEC will remember the factory settings along with the last state in which any of the articulations were left. It is completely safe to replace-save since all factory settings are retained in the instrument's internal programming.

But wait! There's MORE!

TVEC comes with some built in presets. Let's say you're still in the "Legato" articulation. Then you pull down the preset "Espressivo slow with auto-fade in vibrato" from the presets pull-down menu. When you do this, a button called "Save_Preset" will pop up. If you click this button, then the current preset (Espressivo slow with auto-fade in vibrato) will be saved into the Legato articulation. If you do not click the Save_Preset button and move to another articulation, the "Espressivo slow with auto-fade in vibrato" preset will not be preserved. However, any changes you made while at the Legato articulation will be preserved. But please note, only the changes you made will be preserved, not the factory settings for the preset. Additionally, to alert you to the fact that you've made any changes to a factory preset, the "Save_Preset" button will turn orange prompting you to save the preset to the articulation you're working on, or you'll lose your personal changes to it when you move to another articulation. Once again, you can always go back to any factory settings for either the articulation itself or the preset you've selected.

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Articulation-Specific Editing Enables you to edit and control each articulation independently without losing factory settings. All of your changes will be remembered even when you switch to other articulations.	Global Velocity Volume Sensitivity (Customizable) Enables you to change the sensitivity of the velocity volume on the entire instrument. (Click Anywere Inside This Window to Close It)	Global Modwheel Volume Sensitivity (Customizable) Enables you to control the Modwheel volume sensitivity on the entire instrument. (Click Anywere Inside This Window to Close It)
FlexNote® Editing TVEC gives you FlexNote® flexible controlling and editing for EACH note on certain articulations and presets. For string ensembles, it enables you to control the vibrato of the beginning of the note or the vibrato of the sustained part of the note independently. And you have a choice of controlling FlexNote® via Modwheel, Velocity, external midi cc or host automation. Additionally, as a 3rd parameter, if applicable, you can "dial in" a desired amount of Human Pitch Correction (HPC).	Various Articulations via Keyswitch or Pull-down Menu This pull-down menu enables you to select the various built in articulations. (You can also select articulations via keyswitching. The label of each articulation on the pull-down itself will tell you which key to use for keyswitching.) Each articulation contains a factory setting to which you can revert once you've made any edits to the articulation itself. (Click Anywere Inside This Window to Close It)	Built In Factory Presets (Customizable) You can load built in presets into the articulation you're working on. Then you can choose to save the preset into the articulation so that if you leave that articulation, and then come back again, the built in preset's changes will be preserved there. (Click Anywere Inside This Window to Close It)
IntervaLive® intervaLive® - Currently, intervaLive® is accessed by raising or lowering the pitch wheel. By doing this, you invoke section slides and microcomposed "release chunks" that greatly improve the realism of musical passages. In real music, when a sustained note is played followed by another note, there is an audible part in between these notes, especially if the notes are played smoothly.  In these types of phrases, we have broken down the sound into 3 parts: 1) The Interval and its 2 associated parts:   2) The Interval Launch     3) The Interval Approach IntervaLive® handles both the interval launch and the interval approach parts associated with these sustain types of instruments. In some cases, the Interval Approach is not used. Let's use an example of a French Horn section playing a middle C (source note), and then smoothly playing the G (destination note) a fifth above. Between the C and the G, if you listen closely, you'll hear other audible parts that are neither the C nor the G.  This part is the interval.  The interval in this case is most audible at the lower and upper end of the interval itself, not in the middle.  So, you'd hear mostly the D just above the C (the interval launch) and the F just below the G (the interval approach).  Alternately, if you were to create a portamento where equal amounts of sound between the C and G could be heard, that interval would not sound believable. The Interval Launch The interval launch is the audible part at the lower end of the interval in the example above (near the D).  It is always the the part most audible near the source note.  How it is handled is preprogrammed with intervaLive. The Interval Approach The interval approach is the audible part at the upper end of the interval in the example above (near the F).  It is always the the part most audible near the destination note.  How it is handled is preprogrammed with intervaLive. note: The K2 version of intervaLive uses various control knobs that give you even greater flexibility over the interval launch and the interval approach.  See a Ruby instrument in K2 by clicking here.	Human Pitch Correction (Customizable) Human Pitch Correction is very useful when using non-vibrato articulations or presets. Without it, phrases can sound synthy especially on faster moving passages. But if you add some Human Pitch Correction (HPC), it makes the players play slightly out of tune at the very beginning of the note thereby making a much more realistic sound. Detail of HPC The very beginning of the note is played "humanly" without perfect pitch setup. Then, the pitch is quickly and naturally corrected by the players as would normally occur in real musical phrases. The biggest problem with string samples has been that they immediately sound "sterile" and lifeless. This begs the question, "How can I instantly feel as if there is a bunch of real string players at my fingertips when I play the keyboard, rather than having to do a bunch of after-the-fact tweaking?" The answer is to have each sampled note express itself as if it were a real performed note within a musical phrase rather than setting it up separately in the sampling session. Though this seems fairly obvious, it is difficult to address in the sampling world. Suffice to say that we have managed to capture this to an impressive degree. Preliminary reviews are quite favorable so far! Unexpected Benefits After the first programming stages, not only did we find that the expressiveness brought a wonderful "old world" sound to the table, but we also found that playing all kinds of runs and moving phrases were immediately much more believable than expected. For instance, if we wanted a quick run, but not as fast as a glissando, all we had to do was to choose a detache instrument, and the thing really worked. Legato for slower, and more "vivo" or "marcato" for faster. The point is that all of the "movement", note to note, was much more realistic than we had expected. How does it work? When you select a string section instrument that uses this human pitch correction, what you'll hear is the first part of the note play with quite a bit of "wildness". Then, after a reasonable amount of time, the note "settles down" into a more blended pitch and tone. (note: In the Kontakt version, you can change this correction amount in real time.) This "settling down" of the note cures an old problem that used to exist with other sampled strings that used a lot of vibrato. This problem was that when you held a chord with these heavy vibrato samples, the chord would sound good at first, but then never really "tune up" as you'd expect to happen with real strings. It would always sound too "wild" and could even get in the way on some mixes. So it's nice to have the benefit of a rich and musical sound as you're playing moving phrases, and then have it all tune up and blend as expected. How do I enable it? On non-vibrato articulations or presets, simply "dial in" the desired amount using the HPC knob. For more dramatic results on any sustained-note articulation (other than tremolos, trills or harmonics), use the "StartVib" knob instead, or in addition to the HPC knob.	Real-time Automation Most of the User interface controls are fully automatable. To find which midi cc to use for a specific parameter, just click the parameter itself, and the midi cc number will be displayed. More about automation...
Articulation-Specific Factory Reset You can revert back to the factory settings for just the articulation you're working on without changing the settings of any of the other articulations. (Click Anywere Inside This Window to Close It)	Global Factory Reset You can revert back to the factory settings for all of the articulations. (Click Anywere Inside This Window to Close It)	Articulation-Specific Mutes (2 Built In Presets) You can apply 1 of 2 mutes (sordini) settings to the articulation you're working on without changing any of the settings of any of the other articulations. On some instruments, you can even access the mutes setting via keyswitch. If there are note names such as "G#7" in the name of the mutes setting itself, then you can keyswitch to the setting via that named note. (Click Anywere Inside This Window to Close It)

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Articulation-Specific Parameters (Changes only the articulation you're working on.)	Please see automation for further use of user-interface parameters for knobs.
FineAttk Knob	Fine tunes the attack.
HPC Knob	As part of FlexNote® editiing, this controls the level of Human Pitch Correction at the very beginning of each note.
StartVib Knob	As part of FlexNote® editing, this selects the amount of vibrato at the beginning of the note.
SusVib Knob	As part of FlexNote® editing, this selects the amount of the vibrato during the sustained part of the note.
Slide_Up Knob	Selects the volume of the upward slide (portamento samples). Note: The volume here is also selected by how much you raise the pitch wheel. See intervaLive® below.
AttkSens Knob	Selects the attack velocity sensitivity. Higher values increase the sensitivity.
SlideDown Knob	Selects the volume of the downward slide (portamento samples). Note: The volume here is also selected by how much you lower the pitch wheel. See intervaLive® below.
Release Knob	Sets the release time. Higher values give a more "wet" or ambient sound. Lower values give a more "dry" sound.
LaunchUp Knob	Selects the volume of the upward "launch" part of the interval (release samples). Note: The volume here is also selected by how much you raise the pitch wheel. See intervaLive® below.
MrcLev Knob	Where applicable, this changes the marcato levels. This will not have any effect when using the Legato, Adagio, Pizzicato, Bartok Pizzicato or Harmonics articulations since they do not employ a marcato attack.
LaunchDn Knob	Selects the volume of the downward "launch" part of the interval (release samples). Note: The volume here is also selected by how much you lower the pitch wheel. See intervaLive® below.
Attk Knob	Controls the attack sharpness. Higher values give a sharper attack.
Modwheel Vibrato Pull-down Menu	Currently there are 3 options: - NoModVib - Factory setting. If "NoModVib" is selected, then you control the vibrato of the first part of the note with the "StartVib" knob, and the sustained part of the note with the "SusVib" knob. - ModSusVib - If "ModSusVib" is selected, then you control the vibrato of the first part of the note with the "StartVib" knob, and the sustained part of the note with the Modwheel. - ModVibratoAll - If "ModVibratoAll" is selected, then you control the vibrato of the entire note with the Modwheel. Note that once you've engaged the Modwheel in any way for the vibrato, the values in both the "StartVib" and "SusVib" knobs, if visible, may not actually apply since you're using the Modwheel.
Velocity Vibrato Pull-down Menu	Currently there are 4 options: - NoVelVib - Factory setting. If "NoVelVib" is selected, then you control the vibrato of the first part of the note with the "StartVib" knob, and the sustained part of the note with the "SusVib" knob. - VelStartVib - If "VelStartVib" is selected, then you control the vibrato of the first part of the note with velocity. Vibrato for the sustained part of the note will now be controlled either via the "SusVib" knob or via the Modwheel depending on your choice. - VelVibratoAll - If "VelVibratoAll" is selected, then you control the vibrato of the entire note with Velocity. - VelSusVibrato - If "VelSusVibrato" is selected, then you control the vibrato of the sustained part of the note, not the attack, with Velocity. Note that once you've engaged Velocity vibrato in any way, the values in both the "StartVib" and "SusVib" knobs, if visible, may not actually apply since you're using velocity for vibrato.
Mutes Pull-down Menu	Selects Mutes Setting. Currently, there are 2 "mutes on" settings. On some instruments, you can even access the mutes setting via keyswitch. If there are note names such as "G#7" in the name of the mutes setting itself, then you can keyswitch to the setting via that named note.
Aggr_Attks_A0 Button	Click this button or play the lowest A on your 88-key midi controller to get aggressive attacks when using VelMarcato, Detache, Vivo, Marcato, Sfz, ShortNotes, Tremolo or Trills.
Lite_Attks_Bb0 Button	Click this button or play the lowest B flat on your 88-key midi controller to get lighter attacks when using VelMarcato, Detache, Vivo, Marcato, Sfz, Tremolo or Trills.
Spiccato_B0 Button (Violins Only)	Click this button or play the lowest B on your 88-key midi controller to get spiccato attacks when using VelMarcato, Detache, Vivo, Marcato, Sfz, Tremolo or Trills.
Global Parameters (Changes all articulations.)
Velocity Volume Pull-down Menu	Selects the velocity sensitivity. Higher values add sensitivity. A value of 0 removes velocity sensitivity completely.
Modwheel Volume Pull-down Menu	Selects the Modwheel sensitivity for volume (not vibrato). Higher values add sensitivity. A value of 0 removes Modwheel volume sensitivity completely.
Selection Parameters (Selects articulations, factory settings and built in presets)
Articulation Pull-down Menu	You can select any of the available articulations with this pull-down menu. You may also select articulations via keyswitch. You'll see the key to use labelled with the articulation here.
Preset Pull-down Menu	Choose some interesting built in presets with the pull-down menu. You can also reset the articulation you're working on or all of the articulations to the factory settings with the pull-down menu.
Options Parameters
Save_Preset Button (Not Always Visible)	If visible, it means you've selected a built in preset. If orange, rather than grey, then it means that you've edited a built in preset. Use this button to save the preset in its current state into the articulation you're working on.

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Studio Strings

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- FlexNote® Editing - As it's already been described, TVEC gives you FlexNote® flexible editing for EACH note on certain articulations and presets. For string ensembles, it enables you to edit the vibrato of the beginning of the note or the vibrato of the sustained part of the note independently. What is so cool about that is that while you are holding a note or a chord, you can then play other notes that behave completely differently than the held note or chord. And you can change this behavior in real-time even while the same note or chord is being held! Additionally, as a 3rd parameter, if applicable, you can "dial in" a desired amount of Human Pitch Correction (HPC).
- When you play really softly or really fast, the notes will "flow" a little more into the next note as you play. This will sound a lot more realistic and resemble more closely how a string ensemble would sound.
-All TVEC instruments (except double basses) come with an additional TVEC instrument that you can double. This means that you can put 2 TVEC instruments up (for example, 2 Concert Strings Combination instruments) and have then both respond differently. By doing this, you will add an amazing amount of realism!
- Try putting 1st and 2nd Violins into record mode on the same track. Then in the 1st Violins, pull down the preset "Espressivo Slow; with Velocity Starting Vibrato and Modwheel Ending it". Then, in the 2nd Violins, pull down the preset "Super Drama! Touch-Sensitive Vibrato...". When you start playing those 2 instruments together, the sound and feel will be amazingly real since one instrument's vibrato follows touch, and the other follows the mod wheel. All kinds of combinations are possible!
More "cool stuff" to be described soon...

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- Phrases that use both slow and fast passages
Use VelStartVibrato (pull-down menu) for a more realistic sound.
- When you want the speed of the attack to follow your playing style
Set the AttkSens knob to higher values, and set the Attack knob to higher values as well.

OverviewFeaturesAutomationGetting StartedStrings Brass Woodwinds Automation Midi Automation Host Automation Automation Midi and Host Assignments Strings Brass Woodwinds OverviewFeaturesAutomationGetting StartedStrings Brass Woodwinds Midi Automation Midi automation gives you 2 ways of sending and receiving real-time features such as crossfading vibrato. 1) On-The-Fly and 2) "Drawing" the data into a track. However, to do "on the fly" control while you are recording the notes, you'll need an external midi keyboard or device that you can assign various different midi cc numbers as described above to output. 1. On-The-Fly Using your external Midi keyboard While Recording. Note: You will not be able to use the mouse to record in the automation data. This only works with host automation. a. Once you load an instrument, click the "Auto" tab in Kontakt's browser pane. Then click Midi Automation. Scroll down to cc 102. You will see the controller numbers and their knob assignments. (Click the cc number in that window, and you'll see what instrument actually has that assignment in the window just below.) You can then set your external controller to the desired knob's assigned midi cc number. b. On the midi track where you are recording, make sure you have set the automation mode to either "Latch" or "Touch". c. Record onto your track and use your external controller to access the knob you have set it to engage. (Note: when you use Modwheel Vibrato, you will not be able to actually see the SusVib knob's values change even though you WILL hear the effect in real time. Using your external Midi keyboard After Recording. Note: You will not be able to use the mouse to record in the automation data. This only works with host automation (see below). a. Record without using your controller to access automation. (Basically, just record some notes, no automation.) b. Now, go back to where you started the recording, and engage playback. (You MAY have to engage record rather than playback alone.) Then, simply use your controller (assigned to the midi cc that is assigned to the knob you want to access), and the data will be recorded. (Make sure you're in "latch" or "touch" mode if you're not in record mode.) 2. "Drawing" the data into a track Simply assign the track to display the midi cc you want (the knob's midi cc assignment shown in Kontakt's Midi Automation pane), and draw in the data. OverviewFeaturesAutomationGetting StartedStrings Brass Woodwinds Host Automation Host automation gives you 2 ways of sending and receiving real-time features such as crossfading vibrato. 1) On-The-Fly and 2) "Drawing" in the data. However, you cannot record host automation data into a Midi track. You can only record it into an audio instrument track. We have pre-saved host automation assignments into each instrument for you so that you don't have to do it yourself. 1. On-The-Fly Using the Mouse While Recording a. Make sure the track into which you're recording is enabled for automation recording. We recommend "Latch" or "Touch" mode. b. Start your recording, and if desired, use the mouse while you're recording on any of the knobs you wish. The automation should be recorded into the track. 2. "Drawing" the data into a track You can use whatever utility your sequencer gives you for drawing in automation data. Once you've loaded an instrument, just look at Kontakt's host automation in its browser pane (the "auto" tab) to see which data to draw. You will see a list of automation numbers along with their knob assignments. Generally, the assignments are from 000 - 011. Using the Mouse After Recording a. Record without using the mouse on the interface's knobs. b. Now, go back to where you started the recording, and engage playback. Then, simply use the mouse on any of the knobs, and the data will be recorded. (Make sure you're in "latch" or "touch" mode.) OverviewFeaturesAutomationGetting StartedStrings Brass Woodwinds Automation Assignments for User Interface Knobs - Concert Strings, Studio Strings, Symphonic Strings