The Trumpet and partials

DarylDaryl
edited October 2011 in General Questions
Sometimes when a Trumpet player is slurring one can hear the partials. Is there any way to simulate this with The Trumpet? I can imagine that this will be even more important with the French Horn, so this issue really needs to be solved.



Thanks.



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  • Giorgio TommasiniGiorgio Tommasini
    edited 7:19PM
    Daryl,



    what do you exactly mean by partials?



    According to my knowledge: "Any complex tone can be described as a combination of many simple periodic waves (i.e., sine waves) or partials, each with its own frequency of vibration, amplitude, and phase. A partial is any of the sine waves by which a complex tone is described".



    Please elaborate.



    Thanks,



    Giorgio
  • DarylDaryl
    edited 7:19PM
    Giorgio Tommasini wrote: Daryl,



    what do you exactly mean by partials?



    According to my knowledge: "Any complex tone can be described as a combination of many simple periodic waves (i.e., sine waves) or partials, each with its own frequency of vibration, amplitude, and phase. A partial is any of the sine waves by which a complex tone is described".



    Please elaborate.



    Thanks,



    Giorgio
    Sorry to be unclear, I was talking about the harmonic series. It is most obvious in horn slurring, where one really can hear the harmonics that are skipped over. In Trumpet playing it is less obvious, but it is still there, when doing certain types of slur on certain notes. is there a way of doing this with The Trumpet?



    Thanks for the reply.



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  • Giorgio TommasiniGiorgio Tommasini
    edited 7:19PM
    Hi Daryl,



    we implemented a so called "default split portamento", corresponding to a slur based on harmonic series, both in the Trumpet and the Trombone. It is activated by the Keyswitch C 2 (to be pressed before overlapping start and destination note).



    Or am I missing something? :roll:



    Best,



    Giorgio
  • DarylDaryl
    edited 7:19PM
    Giorgio Tommasini wrote: Hi Daryl,



    we implemented a so called "default split portamento", corresponding to a slur based on harmonic series, both in the Trumpet and the Trombone. It is activated by the Keyswitch C 2 (to be pressed before overlapping start and destination note).



    Or am I missing something? :roll:



    Best,



    Giorgio
    Aha. I've been looking for that for years. I had no idea what that feature was, but the term Portamento put me off. Thanks, I'll check it out.



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  • DarylDaryl
    edited 7:19PM
    OK, I've given it a good testing, but it isn't subtle enough for my taste. So for me, this is still the one area where the more conventional sample libraries have a "better" legato.



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  • Giorgio TommasiniGiorgio Tommasini
    edited 7:19PM
    Daryl, could you please provide an example of the articulation we have been talking about?



    Thanks in advance,



    Giorgio
  • DarylDaryl
    edited 7:19PM
    Sure, I'll sort something out later this week.



    D
  • Ben HBen H
    edited 7:19PM
    I'd like to hear some examples too. ;)

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