PRE-BATTLE horn bavarios with
snare au chocolat

Used Instruments
Horn Snare Drum 1st Violins Strings

Downloads and further Information

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Youtube (VSL) Video of this Serving Suggestion
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YouTube (OR) Example of Original Recipe

Horn

Instrument / Preset Selection

  • Horn 1 / VelXF sus / Distant

Preparation / Articulation Selection

  • Staccato Agile and Staccato (beginning of each phrase)
  • Sforzato and Portato (pronounced endings)
  • Legato
  • Long Notes (less pronounced endings)
  • And a custom patch (see below)

Custom Patch

  1. Create a new Custom Patch
  2. Combine Portato and Long Patch in one slot
  3. Enable the Parallel Mode
  4. Set Parallel Mode to "Mix" for Portato and Long Patch
  5. (Optional) Rename Custom Patch or Individual Patches by doubleclicking

Basic Phrasing

  • Velocity for shorts and VelXF (CC1) for longs
  • VelXF (CC11) for decrescendos on long
  • Timbre adjust (CC8) (increase overall intensity by time / improve the tone decay for longs)
  • Expression (CC11) (increasing dynamic range)

Finishing Touches

  • Not required

Snare Drum

Instrument / Preset Selection

  • Snare drum / VelXF Rolls / Comp+Reverb

Preparation / Articulation Selection

  • Single hits

Basic Phrasing

  • Velocity (with velocity variations, accents on downbeats, overall crescendo)
  • Expression (CC11) increase overall crescendo

Finishing Touches

  • Not required

1st Violins

Instrument / Preset Selection

  • 1st Violins / VelXF sus / Ambience

Preparation / Articulation Selection

  • Legato
  • Portamento

Basic Phrasing

  • 3 Phrases Bars 9-11, 12-14, last 2 notes
  • VelXF (CC1)
  • Expression (CC11) to increase dynamic
  • Increase Volume on 8th notes in bar 11
  • Timbre Adjust (CC8) Add some variation and Shape Phrase Ends

Finishing Touches

  • Humanize Delay Scaler (CC25): ~30

Strings

Instrument / Preset Selection

  • Tutti full range / VelXF sus / Catchy

Preparation / Articulation Selection

  • Staccato Bold

Basic Phrasing

  • Velocity (variations & accents again) and a crescendo at the End
  • Expression (CC11) for phrasing 3 bar up and 1 bar down patterns, with crescendo at the end

Finishing Touches

  • Humanize Delay Scaler (CC25): ~30

Mixing

Master Volumes

Instrument Value
Horn 112
Snare 127
1st Violins 121
Strings 80

Snare

  • Main mic and reverb to maximum
  • Close mic to minimum

1st Violins

  • Boost Double basses to -4dB
  • disable Room EQ

Strings

  1. Disable EQ on Room-Mix
  2. Increase Reverb from -3dB to -2dB
  3. Add additional Algorithmic Reverb

Other Tweaks

  • Add a tempo map from 117bpm to 123bpm for bringing in variations and a ritardando at the end

Top learnings

  1. Importance of mixing articulations for exposed soloists
  2. Creation of a custom patch to have long note with a portato-like accent
  3. Create a tempo track in addition to humanization delay