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MSchnell wrote: Do you think of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter-tuned_harmonica#Extra-reed_harmonicas or maybe this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melodica We (band) just are practicing a song by Sting that features a Solo…
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I'll cast my vote for accordion also, but I don't think 2 votes will have much impact! Seriously, that's a nice idea. I'm currently using the Garritan World Instruments accordion, both concert and French versions, and it's not too bad although lac…
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Sorry, I can't help you but just want to add that I have had a similar bad experience every time I have added a new SM Kontakt-based instrument. Extremely frustrating and incomprehensible to normal people, but hang in there because eventually you wi…
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Well, the saga continues. Now that Reaper doesn't crash I'm getting the Kontakt GUI freezes that Michael gets. At least now Reaper stays up because it's in a different process and I can get out of the Kontakt instruments, but it's very hard to get t…
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MSchnell wrote: What kind of crashes did you have with Kontakt ? I also run multiple Kontakt instances in Reaper (but no SampleModeling instruments in Kontakt). I never had any "crashes" but I do have "GUI freezing" when I do certain mou…
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I think I've got this resolved. Maybe everyone else already knew this, but one of the tips I found looking for solutions to Kontakt VSTs crashing in Reaper was the following: Run each VST in its own dedicated process, rather than included in Reaper'…
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I updated to 5.6.1, hoping there were some bugs fixed that might solve the random crashes I'm having with the SM Kontakt instruments under Reaper. No such luck, as I'm still getting them. I have a current show band gig where I need the Trumpet, Fren…
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Giorgio & Peter, Thanks for the informative reply. I've been able to get my desired scale temperament working well using microtuning and the Kontakt frequency adjustment after a considerable amount of work, some of which was the learning proce…
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MSchnell wrote: I don't know if that helps or is even necessary, nor did I try if it really works. I suppose that the microtuning values are VST parameters and hence the VST host you use should be able to deal with them. Usually all VST …
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Don't know what happened; suddenly it's back now. Weird. Dick
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See the Patchman windcontroller forum: http://www.patchmanmusic.com/forum/ There is a separate section for the EWI5000 with a lot of information, not all of it positive. I'm a WX5 player myself and have a EWI USB that I don't use anymore, …
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Kobi, Wow, that's great. I may have to break down and add the flutes to my SM instruments. I normally don't have that much need for a flute, but have been using the Orangetree Passion Flute on the rare occasions I did need one. You make a persuasi…
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Kobi, Thanks as always for sharing. Will try them soon. I've been using some of your previous Reaper setup ideas and Clarinet/Sax presets and they are nice! Dick
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Kobi, Thanks as always for sharing your findings and settings for all of us. I'm going to give some of these latest ones a try as soon as I can. Dick
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Sylvain, I was only joking about getting it from someone else, just because it is so well done. It's totally original sounding and perfect for the contrabassoon and bass clarinet. I think the kids will like it a lot. Dick
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Sylvain, I'm sorry to have slighted you, not realizing you had composed this nice piece. Are you sure you didn't get it from Tchaikovsky or someone like that? Dick
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Sylvain, Very nice; I think it could turn into an ear-worm for me! I'd like to try this with our band (not having much material suitable for contrabassoon) but I can't find any music for your version. There are a number of Hurdy Gurdy waltzes, i…
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Thanks very much, will give it a try. Dick
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Kobi, Nice. Would you mind sharing your settings? Thanks, Dick
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Kobi, Very good to see and hear! Thanks for posting and enjoy your visit. Dick
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Kobi, Good trombone, clarinet, and sax work with the SM instruments, and a nice-sounding band and singer. I've also used my Zoom H2 to record the band I play in. It's pretty amazing for anyone who lived through the analog tape era. Thanks for your…
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OK, I tried Reverberate with the dry clarinet and sax. I found the Basic Hall a little too much, but played with some of the other presets (there are a lot of them!) and like the Bright Chapel sound. Dick
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Kobi, Thanks for sharing more of your presets. I don't think they are either better or worse than the first ones, just different. I usually don't use any external reverb on the SM instruments, just some delay in addition to the built-in reverb, bu…
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Kobi, Thanks for sharing your clarinet and tenor presets. I finally got around to trying them and I like them, especially the clarinet. I had been able to get a tenor sound that I like, but never too happy with the soprano clarinet. I'll now have …
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Wrong midi channel? Try using "omni" or "all channels" or whatever it's called in Cubase. Dick
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Look on the NEWS page and you will find the instructions for this update, but it is very confusing. I wasn't sure where the "attached" Native Instruments Content Updater was, but I opened the NI Service Center on my PC and clicked on the Update tab.…
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Peter & Giorgio, I like your analogy, but in my case I'm going to have to fix the gas pedal anyway, so I might as well use the best car I can get! I understand the things you said about the best way to play the SM instruments. As I sai…
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Giorgio, I'm using KB mode. The MIDI file doesn't have any controllers that can be mapped to expression, just velocity. So I don't see any way to provide CC#11 without playing it in or adding it manually (I'm not keen on that). I realize in order …
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Demos sound great. Now that's done we can start worrying about (in my preferred order, and hopefully under SWAM): Clarinet Flute Oboe/English Horn/Bassoon Dick
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Justin, I use Reaper for live performance and highly recommend it. It has a lot of capabilities for recording, mixing, and editing midi and audio which I don't use, but they're there if you need them. The price is $60, but that gets you a lifetime…