I think this is what my confusion is. What "real-world" action is causing the "fade up"? Is it another right hand attack? Or is it just the pressure of the left finger / initiation of the slide?
No it is not another right hand attack, it is the moment just before. If you play a note, wait for the full natural decay, start moving your finger firmly upwards on that same string you'll hear what you mean (I guess) with the 'fade up'
Or is it an artifact of the scripting?
I don't think so, the volume should be more restricted however in the scripting.
As for the unnatural sound - this feels like something that could be avoided with scripting.
This will be fixed/improved in a next update.
Is the issue that the connection tool is implemented as a separate Kontakt instrument, and therefore is out of touch with what the primary instrument is playing?
I don't think so if I understand you well, I had to separate the nik's due to problems in the scripting.
If you use expressive legato in a flute library, for example, even if the legato transition is as loud as possible (for the libraries that allow you to adjust this), it'll never be louder than the initial note.
If you use expressive legato in a flute library, for example, even if the legato transition is as loud as possible (for the libraries that allow you to adjust this), it'll never be louder than the initial note.
This is certainly correct for many instruments, but if you play a start note at pppp level and start moving your finger firmly upwards on that same string, the glissando sound can be louder. But, this never will happen in real life on a guitar, I admit.
Am I right to think that this is something that can / should be avoided
Yes, and I think this is possible with a better volume setting.
I must admit to not understanding what you mean here, apologies.
No problem of course. What I tried to say is that there are always quite some parameters to deal with in a virtual library. If you go from ff to ff the connection sound will be different than pp to pp.
The other two connection tools, as part of the main nki, give a user the possibility to experiment to get the best needed result. I mean this: if I play in real life a nice espressivo line starting from the first fret on the b-string to the 10th fret on the e-string, the interval formally looks like a ninth (from c to high d). But how is this performed? The first finger glides from the c on the b-string only up to the fifth/sixth/seventh fret (just what my ears telling me to do) and play around that moment simply the 10 th fret note on the e-string. In this case it might be better in virtual life to use the 'fourth up' slides as part of the main nki, offered in 2 speeds.
And what a luxury Evocación offers in this specific situation: you can end up with whatever articulation!
If this won't work with success, you could try the gliss-FX, which is a recorded sound of a finger firmly moving on a string: you'll hear the frets maybe seperately if you listen carefully. This typical guitar FX can be accomplished with Evocación. And now we have twice a choice of patches!
This is certainly an impressively deep (and beautiful sounding) library
Thank you!
I see the number of dynamic layers are listed for the different patches. Are there round robins as well?
Yes, but scripted in a musical manner. Sorry, I can't go into all details here, from a bussiness standpoint.
Is there a way to control what string a given note is played on?
In most cases, when using a basic color articulation is the answer yes, up to a certain amount
first position only: full e-string up to the highest b.
fifth position uses low E-string up to the fourth fret, starting fifth fret on all strings, high e-string continues from 8 fret to highest b.
ninth position: uses low E-string up to the eight fret, starting ninth fret on all strings, high e-string continues from 12 fret to highest b.
I see that the different colours refer to different positions on the fretboard, so that would seem to have an effect. But what if you play a note that's not in the position on the fretboard? How do you control?
By using a different patch
And, if we're playing in 9th position, for example, is it possible to trigger an open string?
Like above: simply use the first position patch that contains all open strings. There are so many situations in daily life, fiddling on the nylon strings, with open bass strings at the same moment. In that case it is advised to have at least two different midi tracks.
I hope to have answered your questions properly!
Best
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