YUVAL SHREM: Hi. My name is Yuval Shrem from Fable Sounds. We just finished developing the Broadway Big Band virtual instrument. It's 100 GB of audio with some really interesting software for MIDI processing that we developed for it that allows you to access the entire scope of articulations of each of the instruments in real time. No MIDI controllers required, no multiple MIDI channels are required; just play the same way as any instrument player plays.

So now I'm going to play some tenor saxophone for you.

[YUVAL SHREM PLAYS TENOR SAXOPHONE FROM BROADWAY BIG BAND]

As you can see, the note transitions are very, very natural. The reason is we recorded all of the legato samples from prima to major ninth up and down to give you the real note transition from each note to each note.

What you see on the screen is the Broadway Big Band virtual instrument, but we also have the Broadway Performer, which is the MIDI processing program. As you can see there's nothing on the interface because everything is done from the MIDI keyboard. So now we're going to play you some trumpet.

[YUVAL SHREM PLAYS TRUMPET FROM BROADWAY BIG BAND]

Now, in order to switch in real time this way, we developed this virtual key switch system. It enables you to multi-dimensionally switch different elements instead of just choosing a patch, so you can turn flutter-tonguing on [YUVAL SHREM PLAYS WITH FLUTTER-TONGUING ARTICULATION ON] or off [YUVAL SHREM PLAYS WITH FLUTTER-TONGUING OFF]. You can actually do it actively in the middle of a tone [YUVAL DEMONSTRATES FLUTTER-TONGUING ARTICULATION IN THE MIDDLE OF A TONE]. You can do plunger effect [YUVAL DEMONSTRATES PLUNGER EFFECT], or you can combine them both [YUVAL DEMONSTRATES PLUNGER EFFECT AND FLUTTER TONGUING SIMULTANEOUSLY] and you don't have to remember many MIDI keyswitches because they're always the same. In a multi-dimensional way, you can control every and any or each of them separately.

All of the temporary articulations are accessible immediately as well like falls [YUVAL DEMONSTRATES FALLS], staccatos [YUVAL DEMONSTRATES STACCATOS], legatissimo [YUVAL DEMONSTRATES LEGATISSIMO], etc., and those, instead of having to push another keyswitch to get back to normal, those are bidirectional, so as soon as you release the keyswitch, you're back to normal.

[YUVAL SHREM DEMONSTRATES KEYSWITCH FUNCTIONALITY]

Repetitions are done with virtual sustain pedal or an actual sustain pedal like this [YUVAL SHREM DEMONSTRATES REPETITIONS], and you can control it with staccato, for example if you [YUVAL SHREM PLAYS STACCATO] play a staccato, in the end of a legato phrase, you'll get a legato to short sample instead of just a staccato sample. It sounds like this: [YUVAL SHREM DEMONSTRATES LEGATO AND SHORT SAMPLES]. And shakes are done like this [YUVAL SHREM DEMONSTRATES SHAKES], or a different one [YUVAL SHREM DEMONSTRATES SHAKES]. The reason for that is we have option keys and shift keys to change the functionality of keyswitches, and this way, you can control, you can access any family of keyswitches -- I'm sorry -- any family of articulation by using the same keyswitch always. It's very easy to remember and much more intuitive.

Note transitions are also recorded not only in legato i.e. legato to short but also chromatic runs [YUVAL SHREM DEMONSTRATES CHROMATIC RUNS], switched in real time, portamento, etc. You can see more on our web site. You can hear audio demos on our web site, FableSounds.Com, or you can order it at SonivoxMI.com. Thank you.