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[A Duet With the Maestro Himself!] The Joshua Bell Violin (Developer’s Thread)

somewhere back in time('bout 8 months ago) there was a rumor of an update of ISS,so that violin-cello would be as playable as the rest!!

Did Embertone confrim this will happen in the near future ? or have they not even began working on these updates ? I don't see any confirmation from Embertone on this thread regarding the ISS updates.
 
Hi there, does anyone know how they recorded the legatos?
Like if they recorded the transitions with a long sustain or if they made this typical cut with:
sustain -> legato -> sustain

Thanks
12:15
 
Hey guys at Embertone, many many months ago I emailed/inquired about a small bug in JBV, which you acknowledged via e-mail. Has this ever been fixed? I see no update on the website.
 
I just rewatched “Angels and Demons” and a couple of times the Beautiful Hans Zimmer Theme is played by a solo violin, and I thought “oh the sound of that violin reminds of Embertons Joshua Violin” and in the end credit- Solo Violin Joshua Bell :). The tone and timbre is richer in the soundtrack thou....
Anyone being able to achive this rich tone as in the soundtrack....?
 
Hey guys at Embertone, many many months ago I emailed/inquired about a small bug in JBV, which you acknowledged via e-mail. Has this ever been fixed? I see no update on the website.

Might be wrong, but did Embertone say there was a major update coming for the Joshua Bell violin?
 
Hello,

I apologize if this is a known issue, but I haven't found a solution. I have the Joshua Bell violin in my Cubase template, with all the orchestral instruments, including JB in Vienna Ensemble Pro 5. When I select the JB violin, if the release samples are activated in the settings of the instrument, I get this loud "echo" after I release any given note on the keyboard. In other words, if I play a phrase, on the release of the last note of the phrase, it will play that last note a second time immediately after I release it (and it plays it much louder than the initial pitch). I don't know if I routed something wrong when adding the instrument, but everything looks correct based on all my 100+ other instruments in the template. If I load a Kontakt 5 standalone with JB, this doesn't occur...only inside my Cubase/VE Pro template. Any idea what could be happening?

Thanks!
Dave
 
Hello old thread! Been a long time.

This is just a public service announcement to say that we have updated our Joshua Bell Violin to 1.1.

If you own the JBV and you have not received an email, please open up a ticket with us! [email protected]

Thanks and <3<3

-Alex and Jonathan

Here are the details if you haven't seen them in the other threads:

NEW FEATURES
Portamento Speed Control: Change the speed of Portamento samples in real-time based on user-selected control input via the Control Preset editor. See Settings page for new controls.
Legato Accent: New Control element for playing accented legatos.
Portamento Override: New Intuition automation for automatically triggering Portamento samples during slower playing.
Rebow Control Element: You can now configure how to trigger instant re-bows during a held sustain, in the Control Preset Editor.
Mono Mic mode: New option in the Settings page for switching between stereo/mono mics.

UPDATES
– Improved "Pitch Instability" Intuition engine.
– Short (Ricochet, Spic, Stac, Pizz) control elements now have "Quick Release" and "Instant" trigger options in the Control Preset editor.
– "Instant" control behavior modifier option added to "Rebow" and "Rebow Emo" Control Preset elements.
– Improved "Quick Release" control trigger options.
– Vibrato slider now reflects "Vib Variance" Intuition automation movement.
– Some graphics updated to improve visibility against darker backgrounds.
– Included "attention" button on Intuition page for extra clarification.
– Improved Control Preset triggering within certain articulation "groups" for better expected Control results.
– Improved Sul Pont releases.
– Increased default instrument volume to 0db.
– Added Limiter to protect against loud peaking in certain situations.
– Reduced Harsh Release volume by -2db.

BUGS
– Fixed Legato Volume Awareness engine (this ensures smooth crossfading between samples) from breaking upon loading Snapshots.
– Fixed bad timings + greatly improved consistency of Portamento sample playback.
– Fixed various bad samples.
– Fixed Reverb preset buttons from not working.
– Fixed a graphical bug that caused label bg's to display incorrectly.
– "Poly" button setting now persists across Control Preset changes.
– Fixed "Contour/Cresc/Decresc" Instant trigger behavior.
– Multistops now correctly trigger all notes of a given chord as Vib or NonVib depending on the "Vib/NonVib Variance" Intuition.
 
I had never ever paid attention to this instrument before. I have no idea why. Well, I got SM strings and promised myself I was done buying instruments for the next few years, but here I am looking at everyone raving at this. Can someone please ban my account before I end up buying this? Sounds really nice.
 
Hello old thread! Been a long time.

This is just a public service announcement to say that we have updated our Joshua Bell Violin to 1.1.

If you own the JBV and you have not received an email, please open up a ticket with us! [email protected]

Thanks and <3<3

-Alex and Jonathan

Here are the details if you haven't seen them in the other threads:

NEW FEATURES
Portamento Speed Control: Change the speed of Portamento samples in real-time based on user-selected control input via the Control Preset editor. See Settings page for new controls.
Legato Accent: New Control element for playing accented legatos.
Portamento Override: New Intuition automation for automatically triggering Portamento samples during slower playing.
Rebow Control Element: You can now configure how to trigger instant re-bows during a held sustain, in the Control Preset Editor.
Mono Mic mode: New option in the Settings page for switching between stereo/mono mics.

UPDATES
– Improved "Pitch Instability" Intuition engine.
– Short (Ricochet, Spic, Stac, Pizz) control elements now have "Quick Release" and "Instant" trigger options in the Control Preset editor.
– "Instant" control behavior modifier option added to "Rebow" and "Rebow Emo" Control Preset elements.
– Improved "Quick Release" control trigger options.
– Vibrato slider now reflects "Vib Variance" Intuition automation movement.
– Some graphics updated to improve visibility against darker backgrounds.
– Included "attention" button on Intuition page for extra clarification.
– Improved Control Preset triggering within certain articulation "groups" for better expected Control results.
– Improved Sul Pont releases.
– Increased default instrument volume to 0db.
– Added Limiter to protect against loud peaking in certain situations.
– Reduced Harsh Release volume by -2db.

BUGS
– Fixed Legato Volume Awareness engine (this ensures smooth crossfading between samples) from breaking upon loading Snapshots.
– Fixed bad timings + greatly improved consistency of Portamento sample playback.
– Fixed various bad samples.
– Fixed Reverb preset buttons from not working.
– Fixed a graphical bug that caused label bg's to display incorrectly.
– "Poly" button setting now persists across Control Preset changes.
– Fixed "Contour/Cresc/Decresc" Instant trigger behavior.
– Multistops now correctly trigger all notes of a given chord as Vib or NonVib depending on the "Vib/NonVib Variance" Intuition.

Hi,

I keep getting a mail delivery failed message when I write to support. Fresh desk does send me an acknowledgement though.

Could you please explain what the legato accent feature is?
 
Hello old thread! Been a long time.

This is just a public service announcement to say that we have updated our Joshua Bell Violin to 1.1.

If you own the JBV and you have not received an email, please open up a ticket with us! [email protected]

Thanks and <3<3

-Alex and Jonathan

Here are the details if you haven't seen them in the other threads:

NEW FEATURES
Portamento Speed Control: Change the speed of Portamento samples in real-time based on user-selected control input via the Control Preset editor. See Settings page for new controls.
Legato Accent: New Control element for playing accented legatos.
Portamento Override: New Intuition automation for automatically triggering Portamento samples during slower playing.
Rebow Control Element: You can now configure how to trigger instant re-bows during a held sustain, in the Control Preset Editor.
Mono Mic mode: New option in the Settings page for switching between stereo/mono mics.

UPDATES
– Improved "Pitch Instability" Intuition engine.
– Short (Ricochet, Spic, Stac, Pizz) control elements now have "Quick Release" and "Instant" trigger options in the Control Preset editor.
– "Instant" control behavior modifier option added to "Rebow" and "Rebow Emo" Control Preset elements.
– Improved "Quick Release" control trigger options.
– Vibrato slider now reflects "Vib Variance" Intuition automation movement.
– Some graphics updated to improve visibility against darker backgrounds.
– Included "attention" button on Intuition page for extra clarification.
– Improved Control Preset triggering within certain articulation "groups" for better expected Control results.
– Improved Sul Pont releases.
– Increased default instrument volume to 0db.
– Added Limiter to protect against loud peaking in certain situations.
– Reduced Harsh Release volume by -2db.

BUGS
– Fixed Legato Volume Awareness engine (this ensures smooth crossfading between samples) from breaking upon loading Snapshots.
– Fixed bad timings + greatly improved consistency of Portamento sample playback.
– Fixed various bad samples.
– Fixed Reverb preset buttons from not working.
– Fixed a graphical bug that caused label bg's to display incorrectly.
– "Poly" button setting now persists across Control Preset changes.
– Fixed "Contour/Cresc/Decresc" Instant trigger behavior.
– Multistops now correctly trigger all notes of a given chord as Vib or NonVib depending on the "Vib/NonVib Variance" Intuition.
Had a very fast try with it, oh man ! JB is in my room, what a fantastic instrument... Everything seems faster, easier, better... Thanks to Embertone, you're great !
 
Hi,

I keep getting a mail delivery failed message when I write to support. Fresh desk does send me an acknowledgement though.

Could you please explain what the legato accent feature is?

Well that's not cool! We *are* getting support messages, but didn't realize that people are also getting bounce backs. I'm resolving that issue now, but rest assured that we've received your email! Nick will get back to you about the issue. Oh... and my understanding of legato accent is that it's a volume bump to give the transition more "oomph". Let me check in with Jonathan about that today.

I think a walkthrough video for the update is in order, don't you? :)

-Alex
 
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