question about 2 GOLD patches

[shnurgle]

Hi,
I love Gold and can't wait to get my XP next month. There are however, two patches that just make my biscuits burn every time out: the cellos quick U/D patch, and the vibes patch.

1. Cellos Quick UD: this patch doesn't feature a performance quick enough for faster tempos. Will gold Pro have a truly "quick" UD patch? (ironically, silver's quick UD celli patch was quicker, tighter)

2. Vibes: why is this patch only sustained? Is there not a vibes patch withought the sustain? It really limits how you can use this instrument as any more than 3 consecutive notes become muddled in a wash of sustain and ambience.

what's the deal peeps?!

[shnurgle]

is anyone else experiencing this with these patches, or do i just have an odd lot? I have polyphony issues with the harp roll patch and no one seems to have the same.

to sum:

1. Celli UD patch not realy quick, is the XP upgrade going to fix?

2. Vibes patch only sustained.

anyone?

[shnurgle]

let me try this another way my brothers:

IS there a non sustained vibes patch? Am I missing this? Would someone be doll-face and check for 'ol Shnurg?

[awpmusic]

The vibes patch has sustain. Try playing with the envelope - reduce decay - sustain and release a little - and hey presto!

[shnurgle]

awp, thanks for the feedback. Unfortunatly that's really only a quick fix in the technical sense. The sound of vibes with the damper up (muted) is totally different than the sustain.,..beyond just playing env settings.


Vibes are usually not played sustained, so out of the two choices I'm not sure why they chose the sus patch. With this sus patch in GOLD you can olny use vibes in your compositions to hit a sustained chord...no fast runs, not jazz solos....what a waste.

[Nick Phoenix]

Yes XP fixes these problems. The cellos now have TONS of short note options. The marcatos and spiccatos are really sick!!

[lovelysilence]

sounds like more realism... ?

[shnurgle]

right on Nicholas, RIGHT ON!!!!!

That's what I wanted to hear!!!!!!!!!!!! Those spic cellos are going to be my best friend.

Yes XP fixes these problems

Is this to say the vibes are fixed as well?

[sinkd]

If the vibes thing is not updated, I would recommend you check out the ArtVista vibes. I don't have them myself, but I love the Grand Piano for realism and its subtle gnarliness.

DS

[sinkd]

Originally Posted by Nick Phoenix

Yes XP fixes these problems. The cellos now have TONS of short note options. The marcatos and spiccatos are really sick!!

Oh man. I can't wait. You are going to make me crazy--Nick, could you guys post some pictures of the first boxes leaving on those gorgeous purple and orange lettered trucks...

PLEASE

DS