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Tokyo Scoring Strings: Patch 1.0.7 available (fixed short notes)

Apologies if this has been asked already, but is there any estimate of how much disk space the library will require?
 
MikeLG said:
Apologies if this has been asked already, but is there any estimate of how much disk space the library will require?
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A little over 100 if memory serves, but iirc they are packaging it so each mic is separated during encoding, so you can choose to delete everything but the mix mic for example and just play with a mixed mic patch if space is a problem.
 
Getsumen said:
A little over 100 if memory serves, but iirc they are packaging it so each mic is separated during encoding, so you can choose to delete everything but the mix mic for example and just play with a mixed mic patch if space is a problem.
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Awesome, sounds good. Thank you!
 
muziksculp said:
Hi @neblix ,

I'm happy you included a simulated Sord button, I love the sound of Sordino Strings (THANKS).


Q1. How does the engine switch between Monophonic, and Polyphonic Legato ? is it automatically done ? or there is a way to select which legato mode you want to enable via CC, or other option ?

Q2. How are Legato Portamento transitions triggered ?

Thanks,
Muziksculp
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Q1: there's a switch which is also cc learnable.

Q2: triggered on lower velocities by default. But you can change that any way you like.
 
Do shorts dynamics have the option to react to velocity or dynamics control CC? This is my favourite feature in Bravura and how I set all my libraries up for consistency (and shun those that don't allow me to do it!).
 
MikeLG said:
Apologies if this has been asked already, but is there any estimate of how much disk space the library will require?
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The library should be less than 80 GB after it's encoded.
karender said:
Can we use legato transitions between articulations ?
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Technically the engine supports this, but to preserve the user experience we've locked it to Arco, Tremolo, and Trill, where by default Arco uses legato but Tremolo and Trill have to optionally enable legato manually.

Triggering legato transitions on short articulations or other dynamic articulations like Sforzandos can often sound buggy and glitchy in many situations because designing a good legato sound requires a lot of sample consistency between the "normal" articulations and the transitions. This is why we prefer not to open up the ability, as it can misrepresent the sound and cause the user to assume the library has been crafted inconsistently.

muziksculp said:
Q1. How does the engine switch between Monophonic, and Polyphonic Legato ? is it automatically done ? or there is a way to select which legato mode you want to enable via CC, or other option ?

Q2. How are Legato Portamento transitions triggered ?

Thanks,
Muziksculp
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1. As Henning said, the switch is learnable and will also be available as an NKS param.

2. Portamentos by default are lower velocities, but can be triggered however you like if you adjust the mapping in TACT.

Ihnoc said:
Do shorts dynamics have the option to react to velocity or dynamics control CC? This is my favourite feature in Bravura and how I set all my libraries up for consistency (and shun those that don't allow me to do it!).
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We do have plans for a controller blend which will let you steer between CC and velocity control (the max and min values being "CC only" and "vel only"), and it may be left up to chance if there is enough time for me to finish implementing it. It can always appear in the first update in the event I don't get to it.
 
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I was listening to the TSS demos posted, and what really grabbed my attention was how wonderful the Violins sounded, especially at their higher range, and at mf, and ff dynamics.

They just sound so rich, and detailed, but not metallic/shrieky at all.
 
neblix said:
The library should be less than 80 GB after it's encoded.

Technically the engine supports this, but to preserve the user experience we've locked it to Arco, Tremolo, and Trill, where by default Arco uses legato but Tremolo and Trill have to optionally enable legato manually.

Triggering legato transitions on short articulations or other dynamic articulations like Sforzandos can often sound buggy and glitchy in many situations because designing a good legato sound requires a lot of sample consistency between the "normal" articulations and the transitions. This is why we prefer not to open up the ability, as it can misrepresent the sound and cause the user to assume the library has been crafted inconsistently.


1. As Henning said, the switch is learnable and will also be available as an NKS param.

2. Portamentos by default are lower velocities, but can be triggered however you like if you adjust the mapping in TACT.


We do have plans for a controller blend which will let you steer between CC and velocity control (the max and min values being "CC only" and "vel only"), and it may be left up to chance if there is enough time for me to finish implementing it. It can always appear in the first update in the event I don't get to it.
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The sound is good, this GUI is too ugly, can't it be a little bit color? Please refer to CSS, Fluffy Audio Venice Modern Strings, Soaring Strings
 
The GUI is stylish as hell. Loving the ink style aesthetic.

I've always disliked UI's with random images for no reason. Adds visual clutter that I could do without (matter of taste of course.)
 
Rather than copy the look of other libraries, the strength of Tokyo Scoring Strings is that it looks bright and open in a sea of dark and saturated orchestral libraries. Our subtle highlight colors (in the strings' case, red) will match the branding of each library section, so expect to see different highlight colors in future installments. We are tremendously happy with the hard work of our designer, Paulo Nunes, balancing aesthetic and functionality as well as he could muster. He designed both this UI and the UI of the articulation system (to be shown) in just under 2 months, which is an incredibly productive pace.
 
I like the GUI but think the articulations and their respective keyswitches should be listed on the main page itself (which is not the case now unless I'm missing something...)
 
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