AMP - Articulation Mapping Processor
FX-MAX.com with Ian Livingstone and Dean Evans pleased to introduce a
revolutionary program that lightens the laborious engineering work
involved in digital scoring and arranging.
AMP uses a rules system that allows the composer/arranger to define how their
instrument and articulations are triggered. For example, when you play a midi note,
information based on midi length, velocity, cc# data (whatever you wish) can be
pre-defined to trigger an appropriate instrument or articulation without the need for
you to use a seperate midi channel within your sequencer. AMP handles this for you
and dynamically chooses which midi channel it plays within your sampler.
AMP will include a large rule library (constantly expanding and downloadable) based
on the majority of the major sample libraries and sample playback products (eg. VSL,
EWQLSO, Project SAM, Garritan, Sonic Implants, Dan Dean, NSGs etc). As these rules are
simple text files they can freely be downloadable.
Rules can be stacked and tiered to allow an near infinite amount of rules and possibilities
for ultimate user flexibility. Tiered based rules system allows you the composer to define
exactly how your instruments are triggered.
Use only one midi sequencer track to control a range of instrument articulations.
Compatible with all audio libraries as you define the rules.
Increased productivity as AMP manages your instrument banks dynamically
Realtime instrument/articulation switching.
Examples in use
Length Articulation Switching
Automatically chose from multiple
note length articulations simultanously with no effort and no need for keyswitching.
AMP does all the hard work by calculating the length of each note played and splitting
the phrase up into multiple tracks leaving you to focus on creativity. AMP will ship
with pre-configured rules based on all the major sample libraries ie. Project SAM libraries
use 7 seperate note length articulations:- Staccatissimo, Staccato, Marcato C (short),
Marcato B (medium), Marcato A (long), Long Notes non-looped, Long Notes Looped.
Simularly VSL has options for multi note length articulations eg. short, medium and
long lengths 0.3sec 0.5sec, 2 sec, 4 sec and Looped.
Auto alternation
AMP can replace the need for external midi
tools for auto-alternation (eg VSL, GOS, GPO, SAM use transpose based alternation for
up/down bows and multiple takes) Sonic Implants uses mod-wheel alternation mode for
up/down bows, AMP can also be used to add Auto Alternation to other libraries which
include articulations for alternative takes (eg. Peter Siedlaczek Advanced Orchestra,
Miroslav Vitous etc)
Legato mode
AMP can replace external midi tools for legato mode using sustain pedal switching
systems (eg Garritan GOS & GPO).
Spectrasonics True Staccato(tm)
AMP can auto-calculate the correct keyboard range for short and long note mappings
as used on Spectrasonics Trilogy.
Velocity Based articulation switching
eg. Switch between
String Pizz and String Col-Legno based on velocity without the need to re-program
velocity mappings from your sampler.
Experimental effects
eg. Mod Wheel can have 4 positions
to transpose up 0-3 octaves in real time.
etc!
Limitless possibilities.
AMP is in beta stage now. Interested parties can contact us at ampbeta@fx-max.com
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