Originally Posted By: 1manband


Still wish I knew how or where to simply turn off the legato feature...anybody?


Oh dear, I don't think you're understanding how that feature works.

The String Arrangement itself uses an orchestration method to arrive at that legato situation.

As old as violin sections themselves, the idea is that, if you have two or three strings playing in harmony and the chord changes, there is likely going to be one of the harmony parts that is going to be playing the same note for the next chord, so why write it such that that section or player stops playing that note, only to have to initiate an attack on the same note again in the next chord?

Think about a simple chord transition, let's say it is a C Major Triad, moving to an F Major Triad.

Regardless of Inversion, the notes for the C would be C,E,G.

To change that to an F it would become possibly C,F,A.

Since that C is the same not in both cases, why lift it and then hit it immediately again?

You can try this on your MIDI keyboard easily enough by doing the above, and holding that C throughout the change, and then again lifting all fingers off the keys and hitting the F chord with all three notes inititiating to hear the difference.

So the rule is that if a note is already being played and it is also a useful note for the next chord, don't stop the playing of that note during the transition. Legato literally translates to, "smooth".

And that is hard coded into the style or part as notes, it is not something overlaid as a global command or anything like that. You either choose the new legato strings and get the better, likely more realistic sound, or you have the option of choosing one of the many older Strings from another style that don't have that feature.

BTW I tried your file here and it worked the first shot. Am still investigating, though.

--Mac

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