Cool! Thanks very much for the reply. It all helps.
One thing...and this is embarrasing to ask, but when you say vibrato...I think there are more than one paramter that can produce vibrato, am I right?
Which is the most common, or can you give any examples of different ways to acheive controllable vibrato (i.e. where one can make it deeper, or vary more, etc.)
Jim
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Fra: Bruce Wahler <bruce@...>
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Sendt: 2. juni 2001 01:46
Emne: Re: SV: [AN1x-list] Violin Sound
> Jim,
>
> At 12:50 a 6/2/2001 +0200, you wrote:
> >----- Original Message -----
> >Fra: Bruce Wahler <bruce@...>
> >I have only briefly played with the ribbon controller and meant to get
> >back to it but have been busy with other, mostly using the modulator
> >wheel. What is the advantage of the ribbon? Why is it (or is it?) more
> >natural for example than a mod wheel....in what kinds of cases do you
> >prefer the ribbon over the mod wheel?
>
> It's not necessarily more "natural" than the wheel, but it is a lot faster,
> and more closely coupled to the player's hand movements, IMHO. It also has
> the advantage of an automatic return-to-zero as soon as the hand is removed.
>
> I prefer the wheel when I plan to add a constant amount of modulation for a
> fairly long time -- opening a filter, or panning/morphing from one sound to
> another -- or when I need greater accuracy. I prefer the ribbon for quick
> stabs, or when I want to modulate two things at the same time. (The
> two-mod technique is tricky at first, but it comes in handy!) As with all
> human interfaces, whether you agree or not is a matter of personal taste.
>
> >While we're at it, I know I can assign most (if not all) parameters to a
> >controller...but if anyone had a list over the TOP best things to assign
> >to the mod wheel, and also to the ribbon controller I bet it would
> >help....Anyone?
>
> It's really personal taste, but here's my $0.02:
>
> Mod Wheel -- vibrato, if it's used in an on/off sort of way; VCF cutoff or
> resonance; slave VCO frequency on sync patches; morphing
>
> Ribbon X -- pitch bends: I like to set it up so that up OR down movements
> from center cause the same change (both up or both down); slave VCO
> frequency (for talking sounds)
>
> Ribbon Z -- very heavy vibrato, for quick stabs
>
>
> Regards,
>
> -BW
>
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