Volume 3: Bisected 10th Example 1

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Brass Ensemble Strings Percussion

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Score

Piano Roll

  • Strings: Pink (moving)
  • Horns á6: Pink
  • Trombones á4: yellow
  • Bass trombone + Bass tuba: Green

Strings

Instrument / Preset Selection

  • Tutti full range / VelXF sus / Wide

Preparation / Articulation Selection

  • Staccato bold
  • Delete Violins 2 to prevent "jumps" between instruments

Basic Phrasing

Velocity adjustments:

  • High amount of variation
  • 2 bar phrases with 1 bar crescendo followed by 1 bar decrescendo
  • Loudest points on 4th and 8th bar
  • Decrescendo at the end
  • Always play back repeated second note with less velocity
  • Add an expression curve to increase (de)crescendo effects

Finishing Touches

  • Humanization Delay Scaler (CC25): ~21
  • Double-check that Violas and Cellos (only instruments that play back) have different tuning curves

Brass


Instrument / Preset Selection

  • Horns - 6 players / VelXF sus / Wide
  • Trombones - 4 players / VelXF sus / Wide
  • Bass trombone / VelXF sus / Wide
  • Bass tuba / VelXF sus / Ambience (More reverb)

Preparation / Articulation Selection

  • Legato

Basic Phrasing

  • 1 bar crescendo followed by 1 bar decrescendo (similar to strings) with Modulation (CC1) and Expression (CC11)
  • Short break after every 2 bar phrase

Finishing Touches

Timbre Adjust (CC8) for slightly darker sound

  • Horns: 95
  • Trombones: 78
  • Humanize Delay Scaler (CC25) for all instruments: ~20
  • Adjust note ends (not all instruments stop playing at exactly the same time)

Percussion


Percussion Score

Toms

Instrument / Preset Selection

  • Concert Toms / VelXF sus / Comp+Boom+Sat+Reverb

Basic Phrasing

  • High (10'') and low (20'') Tom (played by midi notes C4 and C2)
  • Accents as indicated in the score (Beat 1, 2+, 4)
  • Crescendo at the end

Taikos

Instrument / Preset Selection

  • Taiko / VelXF sus / Wide

Basic Phrasing

  • Similar to low tom but with increased differences in velocity of accented / unaccented notes

Snare

Instrument / Preset Selection

  • Snare / VelXF sus / Classic

Basic Phrasing

  • 16th notes
  • low velocity
  • minor velocity variation

Finishing Touches

Remove stroke and keep only "sizzle" sound by applying EQ on both (!) Microphones

  • Low Cut
  • 1,3 kHz

Bass Drum

Instrument / Preset Selection

  • Snare / VelXF sus / Wide

Basic Phrasing

  • Constant velocity with buildup at phrase end

Mixing

Strings

  • Increase cello mid microphone from -6 dB to +1 dB
  • Pan violas more to the left (center to L47)

  • Increase horns master volume from 95 to 108
  • Increase taiko and bass drum master volume from 113 to max (127)