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Strezov Sampling presents AFFLATUS Chapter 1 // 1.2 Update feat. 18GB of new sample content

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I have a question: Which basses patch would I use if I was to do a composition/arrangement with the Minimalist Strings and need more low end. The Lush Basses are too strong and upfront, and don't seem like a good match? As I hear you are making plans and decisions on what to add in the future to Afflatus, I wanted to ask if there a possibility of adding Minimalist Basses in the future? I think it would be really nice. These strings are so deep and cinematic, and I really miss the matching soft Basses to add the low end. The library is really impressive, and deserving of the term Boutique. I am very close to taking the plunge, after realizing there is a Loyalty discount added because of my previous purchases. I think that is a really nice thing. Thanks for all the hard work you and the team obviously put into it. The more I listen to the demos the more I am impressed. #nextgen

Have you tried the lush basses using not just the modwheel but also the expression at a low intensity ? It should do the trick. In my memory, Nathan Einhorn used the lush basses on his demo Snowfall for the minimalist strings to add the low ends. I should ask him again, but I'm pretty sure he told me he used it.
 
Violins 1, Violins 2, Violas, Celli and Basses. So 5 Soloists. :)

Can you clarify if this first chairs will include your polylegato in an ensemble patch?. I.e. I can play 4 parts with two hands and the engine will intelligently assign separate legato lines to each violin, viola and cello???
 
Have you tried the lush basses using not just the modwheel but also the expression at a low intensity ? It should do the trick. In my memory, Nathan Einhorn used the lush basses on his demo Snowfall for the minimalist strings to add the low ends. I should ask him again, but I'm pretty sure he told me he used it.

Yeah I used the Lush Basses on my demo (and the pizz in the final part), if you put the CC1 all the way down and play mostly with the expression, you can get them to blend pretty nicely with the minimalist strings :)
 
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I just purchased AFFLATUS Chapter One 2 days ago and LOVE IT. The only thing that is very frustrating is not being to sustain notes or chords using my sustain pedal on the patches that do not use the sustain pedal to trigger divisi. For example: the Ensemble Patches: Lush Strings KS, Minimalist Strings Legato etc. Is there a way to do this in Kontakt 6 itself? Will there be a fix or update for this? PLEASE say there is.
 
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Hi David, sadly in order for us to use the polyphonic legato, we had to disable the sustain pedal - sort of like a sacrifice for the greater good. What comes to mind would be to automatically enable sustain whenever you disable the true legato?
 
Hi David, sadly in order for us to use the polyphonic legato, we had to disable the sustain pedal - sort of like a sacrifice for the greater good. What comes to mind would be to automatically enable sustain whenever you disable the true legato?

Thank you Mr Strezov for your quick response. I love the library completely. How do I enable the sustain when disabling the true legato. How do I disable the true legato? Sorry, I am fairly new to Kontakt Instruments. Thank you and the entire Strezov team for your extremely hard work and impeccable sound libraries. I am also LOVING Storm Choirs 2!!!
 
Thank you Mr Strezov for your quick response. I love the library completely. How do I enable the sustain when disabling the true legato. How do I disable the true legato? Sorry, I am fairly new to Kontakt Instruments. Thank you and the entire Strezov team for your extremely hard work and impeccable sound libraries. I am also LOVING Storm Choirs 2!!!
Hi David, sadly in order for us to use the polyphonic legato, we had to disable the sustain pedal - sort of like a sacrifice for the greater good. What comes to mind would be to automatically enable sustain whenever you disable the true legato?
LOL. I am actually using Afflatus now and I am on the Minimalist Strings Legato Ensemble patch. I turned off the Legato Button, but I do not know how to enable the sustain pedal... or is that something I must do in the Midi editing in Logic?
 
Hi David, we'll have to program this in a future update in order for it to work. We'll quite possibly make an update on playability before we address the new patches and instruments. I'm noting this one down!

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Can you clarify if this first chairs will include your polylegato in an ensemble patch?. I.e. I can play 4 parts with two hands and the engine will intelligently assign separate legato lines to each violin, viola and cello???

Sorry, @prodigalson , missed this one. Yes, I think we can make polylegato work like this. It will probably be in an ensemble patch and the auto-orchestration will be quite simple (based on note ranges). Those will be also recorded in Sections, so you will have an option to do it manually.

Best,
George
 
Hi David, we'll have to program this in a future update in order for it to work. We'll quite possibly make an update on playability before we address the new patches and instruments. I'm noting this one down!

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Sorry, @prodigalson , missed this one. Yes, I think we can make polylegato work like this. It will probably be in an ensemble patch and the auto-orchestration will be quite simple (based on note ranges). Those will be also recorded in Sections, so you will have an option to do it manually.

Best,
George

Thank you Mr. Strezov! Blessings to you and your team :)
 
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I am downloading Afflatus, can't wait to play...
I already own Wotan and Freyja, which I love, but I don't know how to use breath controller (cc2) instead modulation wheel for dynamics.
Is it possible in these three libraries?
Thanks in advance.
 
The only thing that comes to mind would be to change the parameters in the DAW host or hardware (for instance I believe Komplete Kontrol has the ability to switch parameter information). However, since a lit of people asked for that already we are adding this advanced option (CC1->CC2) in the first update. Thank you!
 
The only thing that comes to mind would be to change the parameters in the DAW host or hardware (for instance I believe Komplete Kontrol has the ability to switch parameter information). However, since a lit of people asked for that already we are adding this advanced option (CC1->CC2) in the first update. Thank you!
Great, thanks!
 
@Nicola74 if you use Logic X try this in the MIDI Scripter

Code:
function HandleMIDI(event) {
if (event instanceof ControlChange && event.number == 2) {event.number = 1; event.send();}
else event.send();
}

This takes any breath controller and transforms it in a modwheel for Afflatus.

If I didn't understand you correctly, this script....

Code:
function HandleMIDI(event) {
if (event instanceof ControlChange && event.number == 1) {event.number = 2; event.send();}
else event.send();
}

...does the opposite, when you move the modwheel it will send breath controller information to Afflatus instead.
 
@Nicola74 if you use Logic X try this in the MIDI Scripter

Code:
function HandleMIDI(event) {
if (event instanceof ControlChange && event.number == 2) {event.number = 1; event.send();}
else event.send();
}

This takes any breath controller and transforms it in a modwheel for Afflatus.

If I didn't understand you correctly, this script....

Code:
function HandleMIDI(event) {
if (event instanceof ControlChange && event.number == 1) {event.number = 2; event.send();}
else event.send();
}

...does the opposite, when you move the modwheel it will send breath controller information to Afflatus instead.
Hi Noam,
Thanks for the suggestion, but I use Cubase in Windows...
Strezov wrote here that breath controller will be implemented with the next update.
Thanks again, all the best!
 
BTW, I remember that you could do this internally in Cubase with MIDI transformer (I think):

Won't be in the studio till tomorrow eve Sofia time but let me know if this might help you till we implement it...
 
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