Software vibrato in The Trumpet

Pat S

I've seen the software vibrato function mentioned in another post, but I'm not quite sure how to enable it. I'm using a Morrison Digital Trumpet via Kontakt 2 on my iMac. I can do a "lip vibrato" via the mouthpiece, but a software vibrato, particularly as described, would be nice.



The vibrato thumb switch on the MDT does not produce a very realistic vibrato.



Thanks in advance!

Pat

webbiedave

The vibrato is controlled with cc19 (Vibrato Rate) and cc1 (Vibrato Intensity).

Pat S

Hmm... to follow up. How do I access those CC functions when I have the trumpet set to "wind controller"? Am I missing where these specific functions reside?



Thanks,

Pat

Pat S

AHA... so it appears that I can manipulate controllers 1, 2, and 3 while in wind controller mode... didn't know I could do that.



New question, then... is there an adjustment I can make to delay the onset of vibrato until I've held the note a bit longer.



Lastly, one user recommended that I set the Vel to Dynamics setting to zero. What do I accomplish by doing this?



Thanks,

Pat

webbiedave

The vibrato is invoked with cc1. When you want the vibrato to start, set cc1 to a non-zero value. It's entirely up to you (and your controller) as to how this is achieved.



"Vel. to dynamics" can be used by keyboard players to affect dynamics by how hard they strike the keys (as opposed to a pedal). Wind controller users should use cc11 or cc2 only to control dynamics. From the manual:



"CC25: dynamics linked to velocity. The dynamic is normally controlled by CC11 only. CC25 allows to link the initial dynamics to note-on velocity. This allows fast sforzato-crescendo effects, often too difficult to create with the expression pedal CC11."



You can check out the manual for more info.