UACC – A NEW PROPOSED STANDARD
We finally admit that things have got out of hand here in the world of Virtual instruments. Every single one works differently, responds differently to different key switches and controllers, and thats just within our own library! The UACC (pron’ you-ack) project is our attempt to unify articulation switching across our entire range and it’s one we hope other developers will also adopt. It will mean greater integration between your VI set templates, greater encouragement to venture into the darker, less visited corners of your collection and a smoother workflow.
When selecting “Articulation Locked To UACC” you disable what we believe to be the soon-outdated keyswitch method of articulation selection. In favour of UACC which defaults to channel #32 (change this by right-clicking the CC slider next to the padlock). This then gives you the option of using a MIDI controller to select articulations based on the list below. We recommend a switch based controller or an iPad app. Alternatively simply dial in event or automation data on your DAW. The latter will give you the ability of always being on the correct articulation, even if you haven’t rolled your sequence back before the midi event.
This list is a work-in-progress and we look to users and other developers to finalise it.
1 Longs (vib xFade CC21)
2 Longs con sord
3 Longs alternate mute
4 Longs sul pont
5 Longs con sord sul pont
6 Longs sul tasto
7 Longs flautando
8 Longs (artificial) harmonics
9 Longs SUL lowest string
10 Longs sul pont heavy distorted
11 Longs Cuivre (brass only)
12 Longs vib13 Longs flutter
14 Longs hollow (flutes only)
15 Longs overblow (flutes only)
16 Longs overblow flutter (flutes only)
17 Longs Mariachi (if separated off)
21 Legato
22 Legato con sord
23 Legato SUL lowest string
24 Legato half section
25 Legato half section con sord
26 Legato sul pont
27 Legato fast run (if separate patch)
28 Legato flautando
29 Legato harmonics
41 Spiccato (strings only)
42 Shorts spiccato
43 Staccato
44 Staccato dig
45 Spiccato con sord
46 Feathered spiccato
47 Staccatissimo
48 Tenuto shorts
49 Marcato shorts
50 Combined shorts via velocity, with dyn on MW??
51 Staccatissimo con sord
52 Tenuto shorts con sord
53 Marcato shorts con sord
54 Combined shorts via velocity, with dyn on MW?? con sord
55 Staccatissimo con sord ALT
56 Tenuto shorts con sord ALT
57 Marcato shorts con sord ALT
58 Combined shorts via velocity, with dyn on MW?? con sord ALT
61 Pizzicato
62 Pizz Bartok
63 Col legno battuto
71 Trills min 2nd
72 Trills maj 2nd
73 Trills min 3rd
74 Trills maj 3rd
75 Trills perf 4th
81 Trems – unmeasured
82 Trems – unmeasured con sord
83 Trems – unmeasured sul pont
84 Trems – unmeasured con sord sul pont
85 Trems – measured 180 bpm
86 Trems – measured 150 bpm
87 Trems – measured 120 bpm
88 Trems – measured TM 180 bpm (time machine)
89 Trems – measured TM 150 bpm (time machine)
90 Trems – measured TM 120 bpm (time machine)
91 Double tonguing
92 Triple tonguing
93 Quad tonguing
94 Double tonguing con sord
95 Triple tonguing con sord
96 Quad tonguing con sord
111 FX 1
112 FX 2
113 FX 3
114 FX 4
115 FX 5
116 FX 6
117 FX 7
118 FX 8
119 FX 9
120 FX 10
121 Disco falls
122 Rips
123 Falls
124 Rips con sord
125 Falls con sord
SABLE VOLUME 2 – TEASER WALK-THROUGH
By popular demand Paul has done a quick teasy walk-through of Sable Volume 2 to give you a taste of what is coming your way later this month!
Here’s the youtube teaser walk-through:
We’re aiming for a 30th of April release date with an official announcement of this expected this weekend!
(Available on Instruments saved in the “Punch Cog” folder: Albion I, Albion II and the BML range.)
As we record our samples like you would a film score, we actively encourage our musicians to make every note sound different. To play with the flair that would be expected from them on a score shoot. We like tuning imperfections, little squeeks, the odd breath of a human! We like our pizzicatos loose and for the odd “rub” between players when playing transitions.
However much we apply our exacting taste principals onto our range we’re never going to meet with everyone’s preferred quality bar, or needs and expectations of a project. So we present to you Blake Robinson’s coupe de grace…. A way of punching notes in and out like we used to in the old days. A way of customising your library to fit your taste and needs.
If there is a round robin you don’t like or a long note where the tuning is a bit fruity. Load in a “Punch Cog” instrument, and switch to the articulation you were using. Play until you find the Round Robin you don’t like and then stop. Observe the pictured cog bottom left of the front panel/ UI, and click on it to get this dialogue:
HOW SHOULD WE TWEAK – Then your last note played will be displayed, if this is correct get tweaking.
SKIP THIS RR – Will simply make it always jump along to the next round robin in the cycle.
ADJUST TUNE/ VOL – Will adjust the tuning and or volume of the last played note.
ADJUST RELEASE – This will alter the level of the release trigger (which will effect the percieved decay of that note).
SAMPLE START – If it feels loose adjust to the right, tight adjust to the left.
REMOVE ALL NOTE TWEAKS – This removes all custom changes you have made with the Cog.
Happy Tweaking!
Paul demonstrates how to get the best out of both of these great lines in this excellent walk-through. For adding detail and bringing Albion into “focus” how different applications of Sable can change the dimensions of this workhorse library. But conversely how you can take a Sable arrangement and add weight, numbers and emotion to it with a spoonful of Albion: