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Rasmus Hartvig

Rasmus Hartvig

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Just played around with this for the first time. Wow. Sounds lovely, and will definitely bring a great deal more realism to my big band mockups. Well done guys - lots of stuff to love right from the get go!

I do however have problems with the chord tracking that seems somewhat unreliable. Sometimes it doesn't track chord changes for a while, and often it fails to recognize a simple minor chord in simple root position.
Is this something you are aware of / in the process of patching?
 
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Rasmus Hartvig said:
Just played around with this for the first time. Wow. Sounds lovely, and will definitely bring a great deal more realism to my big band mockups. Well done guys - lots of stuff to love right from the get go!
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Thanks Rasmus.

Rasmus Hartvig said:
I do however have problems with the chord tracking that seems somewhat unreliable. Sometimes it doesn't track chord changes for a while, and often it fails to recognize a simple minor chord in simple root position.
Is this something you are aware of / in the process of patching?
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Yes. We are aware of it. It seems to be a bit sticky in general. We are working on that, and a long list of other little bugs, for a 1.1 As well as, making a walkthrough vid, of some little practices that help keep the chord automation in sync with the melodic phrase you're working with.

We're very much thinking of this as a living library. We'll still be tweaking it and improving it into the future so it can be the best library possible.
 
Rasmus Hartvig

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We are working on that, and a long list of other little bugs, for a 1.1 As well as, making a walkthrough vid, of some little practices that help keep the chord automation in sync with the melodic phrase you're working with.

We're very much thinking of this as a living library. We'll still be tweaking it and improving it into the future so it can be the best library possible.
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Great to hear. I'm really looking forward to putting this to good use. So far it's very inspiring.

One little additional wish: Repeated notes are a little obvious in the harmonised sections. Although you probably have the raw materials for it, additional round robins would make a big size increase. So how about implementing a little fake neighbour borrowing round robin feature? I don't know if it would sound too "processed" given your sample intervals, but it would be nice to have as a switchable option.
 
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Rasmus Hartvig said:
Great to hear. I'm really looking forward to putting this to good use. So far it's very inspiring.

One little additional wish: Repeated notes are a little obvious in the harmonised sections. Although you probably have the raw materials for it, additional round robins would make a big size increase. So how about implementing a little fake neighbour borrowing round robin feature? I don't know if it would sound too "processed" given your sample intervals, but it would be nice to have as a switchable option.
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no promises, but we're trying it out as we type.
 
Rasmus Hartvig

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I played around with it some more today, and it actually seems like it's more the top lead voice that needs variations for repeated lines. In a thickened line, that would probably be enough to give the illusion that even the rest of the voices have round robins.

Thanks for trying it out!
 
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Hello everyone,
The update is done and all previous owners of SA! Jazz Horns have just received an email with a link to the update.

SA! Jazz Horns Update List

New Features:

- Round-robin added to Harmonized Chord patches. User-selectable number of additional RR's.

- Approach Chord Menu. In the Harmonized Chord patches, user can now select the kind of approach chords that are triggered when playing non-diatonic notes. Options are Diminished, Dominant, Chromatic or Suggested. "Suggested" approaches are the most stylistically appropriate combination of all 3.

- Different Passing Tones. Now recognizes and plays different voicings if you're approaching from above or below the note.

- Rebuilt Chord Recognition Script. New chord recognition script is a dramatic improvement over the original.

- Added chord types. Now recognizes more 5-note chords.


Bug Fixes:

- Various Solo Instrument Fixes

- Missing RR's upon first loading

- "Leap Accent" state restores when re-opening project

- "Shakes" crossfades

- "Flops" volume

- Tenor 2 - monophonic

- Various instruments - Sustains/Quarters problem w/ Dynamic Crossfades on

- Various volumes, crossfades, balancing


- Various Ensemble Chord Instrument Fixes

- Diminished chords sticking

- Range of trombone chord notes

- "Turns" in Tpts Close

- Various chord graphic fixes

- "Sus-Change" keyswitch, correct velocity

- Fixed unisons "Temporary Articulation"

- Volume of Chord Audition more balanced

- Various volumes, crossfades, balancing
 
bbrylow

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I have been trying to contact support for some time to find out how to add SA Horns to a bundle with instruments I already own. Can someone tell me how?
 
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Mike Connelly

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What's up with the demos? On the website (and soundcloud) no audio demos for the horns. And there are a few youtube video demos but they're all private.
 
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