Ample China Dongxiao (ACDX) is built on the latest development of the Woodwind Sample Engine, with 4.8 GB samples, including head and body articulations, FX sounds, as well as a select collection of improvised licks.
The head group is used to perform grace notes at head. Articulations with more grace notes are assigned to higher keyswitches; Ascending and descending articulations are close together.
The body group can not only perform grace notes at head, but can also be used for articulation legatos to express changes of the sound body.
Note velocity is used to control the start time of Expression and Vibrato articulations, to generate slowly developing notes or strong notes.
The Auto Legato System detects the duration of each note. For legatos whose duration is less than this value, only the straight legato will be triggered to ensure that no unwanted grace notes are generated during fast performance.
When note duration is longer than Legato Time:
Velocity£¨126-127£© | Triggers Layering Legato (Ascending) and Ripple Legato(Descending) |
Velocity£¨96-125£© | triggers Grace Legato |
Velocity£¨32-96£© | triggers Straight Legato |
Velocity£¨16-31£© | triggers Soft Legato 1 |
Velocity£¨1-15£© | triggers Soft Legato 2 |
In Slide Legato mode, low velocity triggers slide notes.
In the real performance of the Woodwind, the legatos are ever-changing, sometimes hard and sometimes soft. Legatos with no changes cannot completely simulate real performance.
Hold pedal can be used to turn on Double Legato Mode.
The body group can be used for endless articulation legatos. For example, you can start with a Sustain, hold the note, then play the Expression Keyswitch (C1) to play legato to an Expression note; then play Marking keyswitch (E1) to play legato to a Marking note, and then press Laying keyswitch (F1) to play legato to a Laying note, and so on.
Playing the keyswitch when a note is sounding will reverse the sample at current position. It changes for example a Slide Up to Slide Down, or a Slow-Fast Vibrato to Fast-Slow Vibrato. It can also be used to control the sustained body of notes like Expression.
Each voice has its on SAHDS modulation envelope.
You can get natural and realistic vibratos while keeping the Mod wheel in one position.
The mod speed, gain, and pitch can also be adjusted.
The Wind is the sound of air blowing in the Woodwind tube. We extracted this sound from each real sample to enable the independent control of this element.
The sound of the woodwind without the Wind is very pure. Moderately control the volume of the Wind, and make some changes during the performance, can increase the feeling of "dirty" and breath, and improve the realism.