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The Pixelpoet Trick to Improve Legato Transitions. A Short Video Tutorial

DarkestShadow said:
It's very simply stuff and there is nothing magical about the pixelpoet trick. In fact it's just the first step in tweaking legatos. There are other parameters to be tweaked since the trick can also degrade things.
Eventually I'll make videos about all that since I've spend many hours over many days digging much deeper into legato tweaking etc.
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It's true, there isn't anything magical about it. :P

But, on the other hand, there hasn't been anything or anyone else providing these information before. I don't have any experience with (Kontakt) scripting. I did some google research, experimented with parameters in Kontakt and coincidentally found this "trick" on my own. And decided to share it with others.

Looking forward to your results and your videos.
 
Pixelpoet1985 said:
It's true, there isn't anything magical about it. :P

But, on the other hand, there hasn't been anything or anyone else providing these information before. I don't have any experience with (Kontakt) scripting. I did some google research, experimented with parameters in Kontakt and coincidentally found this "trick" on my own. And decided to share it with others.

Looking forward to your results and your videos.
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Indeed, that's why it shall remain the "pixelpoet trick" :D

I also didn't have a clue about legato tweaking AT ALL before coming across your trick so many thanks for sharing.
It just opened a rabbit hole and now I find myself having gotten pretty deep into legato realizing that literally every library can be improved with the right offset (which is what the trick does mostly) and ADSR settings. Sometimes even SAVED.
Some of what I saw made me worried about the health and sanity of the producers.
 
Hi,

Today I tried to see if I can improve the older Cinematic Strings 2 Legatos using the PixelPoet trick, and I think it does improve the legatos to sound smoother, and less bumpy a bit.

In the audio clip below you will hear the Cinematic Strings 2 Legato Violins 1, first using the stock legato patch, you will then hear a bell indicating the beginning of the Pixelpoet edited version, then the bell playing twice indicating the Start of the PixelPoet version with an added improved Pitchbend modulation to emulate a more emotional/romantic feel to some of the longer notes. I did this because this library doesn't have this type of vibrato, or vibrato control. I think it does make it sound very nice when this type of feel is needed.

Using the Mix Mic, no EQ, Limiter on Master Output, and Algorithmic Reverb, no Reverb from Instruments.

Cheers,
Muziksculp

View attachment Cinematic Strings 2 Leg Improvement.mp3
 
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muziksculp said:
Hi,

Today I tried to see if I can improve the older Cinematic Strings 2 Legatos using the PixelPoet trick, and I think it does improve the legatos to sound smoother, and less bumpy a bit.

In the audio clip below you will hear the Cinematic Strings 2 Legato Violins 1, first using the stock legato patch, you will then hear a bell indicating the beginning of the Pixelpoet edited version, then the bell playing twice indicating the Start of the PixelPoet version with an added improved Pitchbend modulation to emulate a more emotional/romantic feel to some of the longer notes. I did this because this library doesn't have this type of vibrato, or vibrato control. I think it does make it sound very nice when this type of feel is needed.

Using the Mix Mic, no EQ, Limiter on Master Output, and Algorithmic Reverb, no Reverb from Instruments.

Cheers,
Muziksculp

View attachment Cinematic Strings 2 Leg Improvement.mp3
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wow the trick really improves the transition sound in this library too, what an amazing technique!
 
Hi,

Here is an audio example showing the Pixelpoet edit improvement on the Sonokinetic Orchestral Strings Vlns 1 Expressivo articulation.

You will hear the stock legato patch played first, then you will hear a bell sound to signal the beginning of the Improved Legato using PixelPoet Edit, then two bells to signal the Improved Legato with some added Pitchbend data emulating a more passionate vibrato performance, it is subtle, but you will hear it if you focus a bit, I could have made it more prominent, but decided to keep it very subtle.

No EQ used, just a bit of an Algorithmic Reverb, and a Limiter on the Master Output.

View attachment SOS Legato Imp Test.mp3

Cheers,
Muziksculp
 
Hi,

Here is the video showing how I went about performing the Pixelpoet for Sonokinetic Orch. Strings Legato.

 
Hi,

Here is a Step-By-Step video showing how to perform the PixelPoet Edit to improve the legato strings of Audio Imperia's AREIA Strings library. I used the Celli Legato patch in this video, but you can use the same procedure on the other section of AREIA Strings.

Please note that the PixelPoet Edit requires that all the samples used for the edit be loaded in RAM, so the improved legato patches will be larger than the standard/preset Legato patches.

I hope this is helpful.

Cheers,
Muziksculp

 
muziksculp said:
Hi @Ciochi ,

I don't have the Lite version, but I guess it should work for the Lite version as well.
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I guess I can't. there's no wrench, it's locked by audio imperia, I don't know if I can unblock somehow, but this may be the reason why they didn't answer if the legato was true or script in lite version (I know it's scripted).
 
Ciochi said:
I guess I can't. there's no wrench, it's locked by audio imperia, I don't know if I can unblock somehow, but this may be the reason why they didn't answer if the legato was true or script in lite version (I know it's scripted).
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If it is locked you can't edit it. So, the answer is No, you can't apply the Pixelpoet edit to the Lite version.
 
muziksculp said:
Hi,

Here is an audio example showing the Pixelpoet edit improvement on the Sonokinetic Orchestral Strings Vlns 1 Expressivo articulation.

You will hear the stock legato patch played first, then you will hear a bell sound to signal the beginning of the Improved Legato using PixelPoet Edit, then two bells to signal the Improved Legato with some added Pitchbend data emulating a more passionate vibrato performance, it is subtle, but you will hear it if you focus a bit, I could have made it more prominent, but decided to keep it very subtle.

No EQ used, just a bit of an Algorithmic Reverb, and a Limiter on the Master Output.

View attachment SOS Legato Imp Test.mp3

Cheers,
Muziksculp
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Much better on the vibrato-pitch bend one. Nice work!
 
muziksculp said:
Hi,

Today I tried to see if I can improve the older Cinematic Strings 2 Legatos using the PixelPoet trick, and I think it does improve the legatos to sound smoother, and less bumpy a bit.

In the audio clip below you will hear the Cinematic Strings 2 Legato Violins 1, first using the stock legato patch, you will then hear a bell indicating the beginning of the Pixelpoet edited version, then the bell playing twice indicating the Start of the PixelPoet version with an added improved Pitchbend modulation to emulate a more emotional/romantic feel to some of the longer notes. I did this because this library doesn't have this type of vibrato, or vibrato control. I think it does make it sound very nice when this type of feel is needed.

Using the Mix Mic, no EQ, Limiter on Master Output, and Algorithmic Reverb, no Reverb from Instruments.

Cheers,
Muziksculp

View attachment Cinematic Strings 2 Leg Improvement.mp3
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Does it do as much to help Cinematic Studio Strings, or did he improve the legato himself on that one?
 
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