USING GARRITAN JABB WITH LOGIC 8 and KEYSTATION PRO

Vibrato in GBB&J is controlled through aftertouch. MIDI CC#17 controls the speed, while the aftertouch controls the intensity. So if your controller can't send aftertouch, or channel pressure, you won't be able to have vibrato as you play. You could always add it after the fact in Hyperdraw, as MIDI channel pressure, or possibly re-assign channel pressure to another controller.

The modwheel on all GBB&J patches controls volume.

On a side note... really take the time to explore all the programmability that lies under the hood of GBB&J, found via MIDI CC's. Without the MIDI CC's, GBB&J is barely impressive. But take the time to program some of the control info that's available to each instrument, and these sounds start to come to life. It makes ALL the difference.

Please check the JABB manual. Although M-Audio's Keystation Pro 88 does not have aftertouch, you can set up any of the Keystation Pro's faders or turn knobs to the CC# that provides the same aftertouch effect. The JABB manual will tell you which CC# to use for aftertouch. (I am away from home and away from my own manual, otherwise I would give you this information.)

Because of all of the CC#'s that are utilized within JABB to help create "real sounding" instruments, I usually do several recordings after the original one for each of the CC#'s that I may use. This includes that "aftertouch" CC# that I've set up on either a fader or turn-knob. This is my work-flow methodology which works well enough for me. Then, I fine-tune the recorded CC#'s information using Hyperdraw.

Without a doubt, this is a labor-intensive process. But with the time and effort put into JABB (and other similar instrumental libraries), comes a more natural-sounding work. At least this is true for my ears, anyway.

Good luck to you! 🙂

Ted