NOTION Music Forum

Perhaps because of an excess of caffeine this morning, I am obsessively concentrating on trills again, this time the solo strings:

Attached is a test file with a generic trill figure, with a turn at the end, just for added kicks. Because of the turn, I manually adjusted the duration of the trill note, so that it didn't overlap. I also added a hidden bump in dynamics on the final note of the figure, to get a more realistic "arrival."

I have the string expansion sounds installed; I believe that includes sampled trills (instead of MIDI trills).

Violin: No excessive delay before trill. Trill sounds sour and somehow smaller than a half step. It is a modern trill, starting on the base note.
Viola: No excessive delay. Trill sounds good overall, but it is a Baroque trill, starting on the upper trill note.
Cello: No excessive delay. Trill sound good to me, and it is a modern one.
Bass: No excessive delay. As with the Violin sample, it sounds slightly sour, smaller than a half step. Modern trill.

I wish the Violin and Bass trills could be improved so that they provide a clearer half-step trill, and that all trills start on the same trill note. But, of course, my feature request from yesterday, regarding better user control of trills, still stands.