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Videos - TVEC II Features (Kontakt Version):
TVEC II Features Described (Kontakt Version):
Whole DIvisions
16 1st Violins
16 2nd Violins
12 1st Violas
12 2nd Violas
12 1st Cellos
12 2nd Cellos
6 Basses
46 Combination Patch
 Half DIvisions
8 1st Violins
8 2nd Violins
6 1st Violas
6 2nd Violas
6 1st Cellos
6 2nd Cellos
3 Basses
23 Combination Patch		 Quarter DIvisions
4 1st Violins
4 2nd Violins
4 1st Violas
4 2nd Violas
3 1st Cellos
3 2nd Cellos
2 Basses
13 Combination Patch		 Solo DIvisions
Solo 1st Violin
Solo 2nd Violin
Solo 1st Viola
Solo 2nd Viola
Solo 1st Cello
Solo 2nd Cello
Solo Bass
Please note that the following 4 articulations below have additional
full vibrato, attack, velocity attack, velocity attack sensitivity,
and release, control. Therefore, you can get up to 6 different kinds
of accented sustained notes.
Legato (multiple layers for blending or selecting vibrato/dynamics)
Accent pp (adds any short note below to legato)
Accent mf (adds any short note below to legato)
Accent ff (adds any short note below to legato)

Short Notes:
(can be used alone or with accented, tremolo or trill articulations)
Marcato (Staccato)
Detache
Spiccato
Marcato + Spiccato (Blend)
Detache + Spiccato (Blend)
Marcato + Detache (Blend)
 Adagio (same as "Legato" but much slower)
Tremolo
(attack will follow the last articulation's attack you chose such as
legato, accent mf, adgio, etc.)
Half Step Trills (Excuding Quarter and Solo Bass)
(attack will follow the last articulation's attack you chose such as
legato, accent mf, adgio, etc.)
Whole Step Trills (Excuding Quarter and Solo Bass)
(attack will follow the last articulation's attack you chose such as
legato, accent mf, adgio, etc.)
Pizzicato
"Bartok Pizzicato (Whole and Half Sections only)
Harmonics (Whole and Half Sections only)

All articulations' attacks, vibrato, sustain, and volume can be separately controlled. If velocity is chosen to alter attacks, you can additionally set the sensitivity of that.
Each section (violins, violas, cellos, basses and combinations) has various different instrument (patch) versions. These versions range from the largest, ("Quad" which contains 4 divisions) to the smallest, ("Single" which contains only 1 division). Therefore, you can instantly load as many as 4 divisions in one instrument. Here is how they are laid out:
Quad Version
1 Instrument Style

Each "Quad" instrument contains 4 divisions:

Style 1) Instrument contains
Whole Division
Half Division
Quarter Division
Solo Division
 Triple Version
2 Instrument Styles

Each "Triple" instrument contains 3 divisions:

Style 1) Instrument contains
Whole Division
Half Division
Quarter Division
Style 2) Instrument contains
Half Division
Quarter Division
Solo Division		 Double Version
3 Instrument Styles

Each "Double" instrument contains 2 divisions:

Style 1) Instrument contains
Whole Division
Half Division
Style 2) Instrument contains
Half Division
Quarter Division
Style 3) Instrument contains
Quarter Division
Solo Division		 Single Version
4 Instrument Styles

Each "Single" instrument contains 1 division:

Style 1) Instrument contains
Whole Division
Style 2) Instrument contains
Half Division
Style 3) Instrument contains
Quarter Division
 Style 4) Instrument contains
Solo Division

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You can run Concert Strings II and TVEC II with one machine.
Full version of Kontakt 3.5 or newer, NOT the player-only version that ships with other libraries.
TVEC II "Quad" Version
TVEC II-Quad was tested on A Macintosh G5 dual core with 4GB RAM, a Macintosh quad core with 13GB RAM a Macintosh 8 core with 10GB RAM and a Macintosh 8 core "Nehalem" with 16GB RAM. We could load all of the instruments on all machines tested.

Dual core
Note performance was low on the G5, but not unusable if freezing or bouncing tracks.
Quad core:
All instruments coulld be loaded. CPU performance was good, but sometimes spiked when live-playing very large chords.
8 core:
All instruments could be loaded. CPU performance was very good, and never spiked.

8 core Nehalem:
All instruments could be loaded. CPU performance was very good, and never spiked. Even live playing using the most "hungry" features of DivisiLive® and VibratoLive®, performance was good.

Recommendation:
To fully utilize the Quad version of TVEC II, the minimum system should be a quad core with 8GB RAM.
 TVEC II "Triple" Version
Using the 4 systems mentioned, performance was good in most situations on the Quad core and both 8 cores. Using VibratoLive® tended to spike the CPU when playing large chords using the G5 and Quad core.		 TVEC II "Double" Version
Using the 4 systems mentioned, performance was good in most situations on the Quad core and both 8 cores. Using VibratoLive® tended to spike the CPU when playing large chords using the G5 and Quad core.		 TVEC II "Single" Version
Using the 4 systems mentioned, performance was good in most situations. Using VibratoLive® tended to spike the CPU when playing large chords using the G5.