VI BASIC-PRESETS

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Contents

Introduction
The Solution
The Advantage
Large Basic Presets
Keyswitch Basic-Organisation
Strings - Presets (*.fxp)
Woodwinds - Presets (*.fxp)
Brass 1 - Presets (*.fxp)
Brass 2 - Presets (*.fxp)
Downloads
How to load the presets with MAC/LOGIC
How to select VI-Basic-Preset-Articulations
Remark 1
Smaller Basic Presets
Remarks 2
Services

Introduction

Fact 1 > The problem is, that you need a "good" organisation of all the used keyswitches with the new Vienna Instrument.
Fact 2 > You played a melody with the VI-trumpet. Later on you prefer to play the melody with a flute. The question is: "Which keyswitches did I use for the trumpet?"
The frustration > Perhaps you have lost the notes about all your trumpet keyswitch settings. Starting at square one again. What a pitty!

The Solution

I have created general - EQUAL -presets for all instruments. They contain the most used samples which are
(more or less)available for every instrument - also for ensemble instruments. And further: I added the most typical common additions for each group of instruments. So you will find portatos with the strings or repetitions
with the woodwinds.

Keyswitch Basic Preset: Solo Cello

Further on
The keyswitch presets will load up samples only from 300MB to 1000MB. So you always have the very important samples handy without a Ram-overload.

There are further places for loading up 5 more matrixes. So it is up to you to add more needed articulations.

In the course of time you will know the ever equal keyswitches by heart. Thiswill increase your workflow.

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Keyswitch Basic Preset: Flute Ensemble (3)

The Advantage

All the keyswitches are congruent for the same articulation. Therefore you can exchange your instruments when ever you want. This works specially in a good way within the instrument groups. If you didn't use the instrument group's additional keyswitches then you could even choose and exchange instruments from other groups.

Play a melody with the Oboe and change the instrument after it... Transpose the melody for the Viola or the Cello ...

Download:
Keyswitch Basic Org. Instr. Exchange mp3

Demo Melody Keyswitches

If you want to repeat the upper music-example > here is the midi file. Open it in Cubase and load a "BK Instrument Preset". Please take notice of the different keyswitches for bass instruments and all others.

Large Basic Presets

If you want to have smaller Presets, then have a look here...

Keyswitch Basic-Organisation

At Downloads: The Basic-Organisation-Preset table for every Instrument (With the keyswitches)

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Strings - Presets (*.fxp)

Data files for the Solo Strings (*.fxp):
Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass
Data files for the Chamber Strings (*.fxp):
Violins, Violas, Cellos, Double Bass
Data files for the Orchestra Strings (*.fxp):
Violins, Violas, Cellos, Double Bass
Data files for the Appassionata Strings (*.fxp):
Violins

Woodwinds - Presets (*.fxp)

Data files for the Woodwinds 1 Solo Instruments (*.fxp):
Flute, French Oboe, Clarinet in B, Bassoon
Data files for the Woodwinds 1 Ensemble Instruments (*.fxp):
Flute (FL-3), French Oboe (OB-3), Clarinet (KL-3)
Data files for the Woodwinds 2 Instruments (*.fxp):
Piccolo Flute, Alto Flute, English Horn1, English Horn2

Brass 1 - Presets (*.fxp)

Data files for the Brass1 Solo Instruments (*.fxp):
Trumpet in C, Horn (HO1), Tenor Trombone, Tuba
Data files for the Brass1 Ensemble Instruments (*.fxp):
Trumpets (Tr-3), Horns (HO-4), Trombones (TB-3)

Brass 2 - Presets (*.fxp)

Data files for the Brass2 Solo Instruments (*.fxp):
Piccolo Trumpet, Bass Trombone, Contrabass Tuba,
Cimbasso, Contrabass Trombone, Triple Horn, Wagner Tuba
Data files for the Brass2 Ensemble Instruments (*.fxp):
Horns (HO-8, Epic Horns)

Downloads

VI-Keyswitch-Presets (all presets) BK_VI_Basic_Presets
PDF - Keyswitch-Organisation (all PDFs) BK_VI_Basic_Presets_PDFs

MAC users:
Please use the free program "StuffIt Expander" to decompress the "zip" - files.
The link is http://www.stuffit.com/mac/index.html

How to load the presets with MAC/LOGIC

It seems to be that also MAC-users can use the Cubase's *.fxp - data files as well.
But how to load them?
In your Logic application folder, there's a directory called "Plug-In Settings". In that folder, you should see another one called "xxx" (where xxx is the name of the virtual instrument or plug-in you're dealing with). Place your *.fxb files in there and you should be able to access them.

How to select VI-Basic-Preset-Articulations

First of all:
These presets are not very useful for a live performance. You agree that it is not necessary to have 35 articulations on hand while playing the VI in realtime. You load 6 or up to 10 different articulations. In this case you fill every matrix with only one articulation. So you are able to switch through all of them with the keys C0, C#0, D0, D#0, E0, F0, F#0, G0...

These VI-BASIC Presets are intended for using in a studio situation
and for editing with the mouse...
The matrixes are filled up with more articulations. Now we can't select every articulation with one simple key. It needs more keys to navigate inside the matrix(es) as well.

I took the "BASIC-Preset Flute1" as an example. Let us select the articulation:
dim/cres oV med 4s (diminuendo or crescendo without vibrato medium dynamic, 4s)

We have to select:
D0 for the Dynamics-Matrix
D1 for the column "Dynamics (5s, 4s)"
F1 for the line "Articulation Dim/Cresc oV med 4s" .... and
B1 for Diminuendo (A#1 for Crescendo)

So we need 4 Keys to get this articulation...
because we also used other Matrix-fields than 1A

The picture below explains the navigation with keyswitches inside the VI-Matrix.
More information about the Order of keyswitches you will get by clicking on the link.

Remarks 1

Standard & Extended - Libraries
I combined articulations from the Standard and the Extended libraries. Therefore the use of these presets makes only sense with both of them.
Different Keyswitch - Ranges
Because of the range of orchestral instruments it was necessary to select different keyswitch- ranges for them.
Bass-instruments... like Cello, Bassoon, Doublebass, Bass-Trombones (Instruments with a range extended C2 and below) got the keyswitch range from C6 to B7.
All other instruments (like Flute, Violin, Viola, Trumpet...) got the keyswitch range from C0 to B1.
I only used "keyboard-keyswitches".
There are no switches programed which use the Modwheel, the PitchTune etc.

Remark 2

The Presets here contain quite a lot of sample-articulations which need a lot of RAM again - a bit too much as a commen starting point (my exeperience today). So I also recommend to create your own presets. Use only everyday samples to keep the RAM free. Save then the preset+additions together with corresponding piece.

Smaller Basic Presets

The meaning is, that you load up only one articulation per matrix. (No more keyswitches for the navigation within the matrix). A preset - as you can see below - contains the "really every time used" sample articulations.
Such presets are good
- for larger arrangements
- for arrangements with lots of opened instruments
- as a starting point.

If you want to save even more RAM-space: Leave out the legato-articulations.

Attention

Transpose the keyswitches -1 octave for bass instruments (C-1, C#-1, D-1,...).
Contra Bass instruments could have a range down to B0, A0, ...

Feel free to create your own Basic Presets.

Yours
Beat Kaufmann


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