New VSL Strings Libraries : pizzicato mutes

[fzd]

Hello,

I have a problem when I want to create my own rules for the pizzicato mutes : it doesn't work.
The sound used is always the pizzicato one, not the pizzicato mute (the normal pizzicato is, for me, in A11 in Vienna Instruments Pro).
Somebody can help me ?
I want to write this rule : if mute (con sordino) and pizzicato are both used on a score for an instrument, the patch used must be on D11 in Vienna Instruments (Pro, for me).

Thanks !

Best,

François

[fabiolcati]

Try this way:

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<rule>
<!-- YOUR INSTRUMENT ID HERE -->
<if technique="pizz" />
<if technique="mute" />
<!-- YOUR KEYSWITCH COMMAND HERE -->
</rule>

I'm not a VSL user, but in practice you can sum techinques and conditions in one rule by piling them between the instrument you want to play the rule and the keyswitch/command that fires it.

Check carefully how midi notes are handled by your library, sometimes midi note numbers shifts one octave up and down along the keyboard (eg for some manufacturers C0 is C1 and so on)

Hope it helps

[fzd]

Thanks for your help, but this is not the right way, it doens't work.
Hope I will find it !
Thanks, fabiolcati !

I tried that :

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<rule name="pizzicato mute">          
      <if technique="pizz" />
      <if flag="srdn"/>
      <unset-flag name="main"/>
      <key-switch type="note-on-prefix" midi-pitch="4" velocity="1" />
      <key-switch type="note-on-prefix" midi-pitch="22" velocity="1" />
   </rule>

Something is wrong, but... what ?

[fzd]

Now, that's OK !

The right code is :

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<rule name="pizzicato mute">
      <if technique="mute" />
      <if technique="pizz" />
      <unset-flag name="main"/>
      <set-flag name="srdn"/>          
      <key-switch type="note-on-prefix" midi-pitch="4" velocity="1" />
      <key-switch type="note-on-prefix" midi-pitch="22" velocity="1" />
</rule>   

I hope it will help !