EDIT PAGE - Soundsource Zoom - Special Articulations

 

 

Most of Trilian Soundsources include Special Articulations. The Special Articulations are additional Soundsources loaded in the background that will be automatically triggered depending on how a passage is performed. These two Special Articulations are Legato Soundsources (samples of actual Legato performances), and Release Noise articulations.

In the Special Articulations section, you can control how these are applied to the primary Soundsource.

 

Use Legato SS / Legato Rules

When Legato Soundsources are available and loaded, enabling the Use Legato SS button will automatically trigger these Special Articulation samples when playing legato-phrased notes a half step or a whole step apart, providing added realism and nuance to the Bass sound.

The Use Legato SS feature enables very realistic hammer-on, pull-off and other types of realistic bass phrasing. It allows for a very natural playing style, and great sounding Legato trills!

Enabling Use Legato SS will change the way the instrument responds to notes that are played Legato. Successive Legato notes that are played half step or a whole step apart, will behave much like a lead synth using SOLO mode. That is, the next note played will cut-off the previously played note. If you sustain the cut off note, it will sound again when you release the successive note. The key difference is that Legato Mode is actually polyphonic!

Notes played Legato, but more than a whole step apart will not trigger the Use Legato SS behavior.

NOTE: The Use Legato SS button only changes the behavior of the Part. In order to hear the Legato Soundsources, make sure “No Limit” is selected in the Sample Thinning - Legato menu. This will allow the Legato Soundsources to load, and can add a very live, dynamic quality to the sound during performance.

NOTE: Use Legato SS is a Patch Common parameter. Changing its setting will affect both Layers in the Patch.

 

Release Soundsource Menu

Release Soundsources are triggered only after a note has been released.

This menu lets you select the Soundsource used for Release Noises. You can also select “No Release Soundsource” if none are desired. Some Basses have multiple sets of Release Noises (e.g. a softer set), and you can try mixing the Release Noises from Basses other than the one loaded.

 

Release Key Tracking

When the Release Key Tracking Button is enabled, the pitch of the Release Noise will track the keyboard. If it is disabled, the Release Noise will only play at the pitch of the root note

 

Release Level

This level fader is used to mix the level of the Release Soundsource. Use it together with the Soundsource Mix faders to set the balance you prefer.

The biggest difference between Trilogy and Trilian release noises is that Trilian release noises are multi-sampled, meaning they are actually tuned release noises, and they include Round Robin samples, which makes the bass sound much more realistic.

When experimenting with mixing Release Noises, try mixing them louder for up-tempo tunes, and lower them for tunes with slower tempos.

If the fader is all the way to the left, no Release Soundsource will be heard. Moved all the way to the right, will make the Release Soundsource very prominent. A setting of around -3dB is usually a good starting point for a natural sound.

NOTE: The Amp Envelope Release Time must be set long enough to hear the decay of the Release Noise Soundsource.

NOTE: Legato and Release Noise Soundsources load after the primary Soundsource samples have finished loading. If you have Release Noise Soundsources enabled, you can start playing before they have loaded, but you will hear long sustains ringing instead of the noises. This is because release times for the amp envelope are set long to let the full Release Noises through.

 

Transition Timing

This fader affects the transition time between the sustained sample release and the Release Noise Soundsource. At higher settings you will hear an overlap of the sustained sample release time, and the trigger of the release noise. This can be a desirable effect in some circumstances.

If the fader is all the way to the left, there will be no overlap. The farther to the right you move the fader, the more overlap will be heard.