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1

What is the difference between a slur and portamento?
- A slur is sloppier and has indeterminate time when moving from note to note
- A slur is used to tie a legato instrument's passage together, and portamento is used to smoothly transition pitch
- A slur has a shorter duration between the first and second pitch, giving it a different curve than the linear portamento
- A slur is slower than portamento
2

How do accents work in the Hollywood Strings library?
- Accents get their own articulation and instrument
- Accents are used in the performance script section to add influence to the beginning of a given sound
- There is a staccato or marcato articulation that plays layered at the beginning of the sustained or legato string articulation
- Accents are a volume spike that is applied at the front end of samples
3

What is the difference between ‘Master', and ‘Elements' libraries?
- Master' has all of the articulations mapped to a keycap, ‘Elements' loads the articulations, but does not activate them
- ‘Master' uses the master output of the Play mixer. 'Elements' has automatic assignment to individual outputs
- Master' controls all of the articulations of Play as a whole, allowing for the changing of parameters easily across multiple instrument types
- ‘Master' is all of the articulations switched by velocity. "Elements' are the beginning, middle, and end of the samples, chosen with CC2
4

What does ‘H' and ‘W' mean in the woodwind trills?
- Half-cent and Whole-cent
- Hurried and Wait
- High and Wide
- Half-tone and Whole-Tone
5

What is an example of a brass effect?
- A Crescendo, Rip, Shake, or Cluster
- Con sugo, bellingissimo, molto agressivo, Col Legno
- Tremolo, col legno, sul ponticello
- Zing, bop, bam, diggity
6

What is WordBuilder?
- WordBuilder allows the composer to create phrases for the symphonic choir to sing.
- Wordbuilder uses spectral synthesis to playback speech patterns.
- Wordbuilder uses a combination of physical modeling and granular synthesis to generate speech.
- Wordbuilder is a synthesizer built on formant synthesis.
7

What is portamento?
- A setting that allows a note to slide from its current pitch to the pitch of the next note played
- A brass articulation that has a long volume fade
- It means ‘to play very softly'
- An articulation with a short attack followed by a crescendo
8

What is ‘microtuning'?
- Microtuning is a way to change the entire instrument's pitch by a matter of cents to get it in tune with an out of tune arrangement
- Microtuning is a way of setting Play to several different concert pitches like 432 Hz and 415 Hz
- Microtuning is a way of emulating the tuning tables of other cultures by altering the scale to include deviant tunings that are off by a couple cents here and there, as well as leaving out notes altogether for pentatonic scales
- Microtuning is a way of manipulating the formant shift of an instrument
9

In Stormdrum 3, how do you turn on the SSL channel strip?
- Turn on the ‘FX" button on the Play mixer, then turn the power button on for the input of the channel strip. There are power buttons for the transient designer, the reverb, and the compressor as well
- In the player, choose the ‘FX' power button and route whatever articulations you like there
- In the browser, choose the ‘FX' folder and load a preset there. The SSL section will pop up in the Player shortly after
- In the Mixer, simply route any articulations and instruments through the master bus, and then in the Player window assign the SSL modules individually based on the bussing system
10

What does ‘On Bow' mean?
- The string player is playing a short articulation that ends with the bow stopped on the string.
- The bow is flipped upside down and played with the wood
- The bow is placed on the string and rubs along the vertical of the fingerboard
- The bow's horsehair is bowed with another bow to create an effect
11

In Stormdrum 2, what is the purpose of the ‘Zendrum' settings?
- The Zendrum settings adhere to the tuning and timing methods of ancient Tibetan traditions.
- Zendrum is a drum from the Remo company that makes several different kinds of sounds depending on the tension of the drum head
- The Zendrum is a MIDI controller. These instruments map in an intuitive way for zendrum users
- The Zendrum settings are used to remap the entire Play library to be used with the APC40 controller from Akai
12

What is the difference between MIDI multis of SD2 and the performances of SD3?
- In SD3 actual recorded performances are time-stretched to match the tempo of the DAW instead of using MIDI files
- In SD3, MIDI performances are not used. Instead, there is a new control system that is used to create tuning and timing patterns that are based on algorithms to emulate the performances of Mickey Hart
- In SD3, MIDI performances are not played within the player. They must be accused through the DAW and reassigned to channels there
- In SD3, the MIDI files are located in the ‘MIDI performances' folder and can be quantized in different ways
13

What library folders are common to each instrument in EWQLSO?
- Long, Short, Loud, Soft, and grouped
- Long, Short, Effects, ModXfd, Keyswitch
- Heavy, Light, Big, Economy, and Layered
- Long, Short, fast, slow, and grouped
14

What external controls work with the EWQLSC library?
- CC25, CC26, aftertouch, and CC90
- Bank MSB changes, LSB changes, CC20 and aftertouch
- Mod Wheel, CC11, CC7, and velocity as well as CC20 for restarting a phrase
- CC70, CC71, Aftertouch, and CC27
15

Which controllers does the EWHS like to see the most?
- CC20, CC21, CC70, CC71
- CC3, CC4, CC5, CC6
- Mod Wheel, CC11, CC7, and velocity
- CC13, Aftertouch, pitch bend, and CC70
16

What controller should you always try with East West libraries?
- ModWheel
- Macro
- CC70
- Aftertouch
17

What was the name of the producer that Doug Rogers and Nick Phoenix teamed up with on the Hollywood Strings library?
- Nile Rogers
- Thomas Bergersen
- Phil Spector
- George Martin
18

What is a waterphone?
- A waterphone is an instrument that has a metal water jug with spikes coming off of it. It is played by bowing or striking the spikes
- The waterphone is a cylindrical instrument that has a ports membrane at the top that you pour water through to get interesting, ghostly tones
- The waterphone is an underwater microphone that was used to capture how transients travel underwater
- A waterphone is an instrument that is a blend of an alpine horn and a trombone that is meant to be played into a small vessel of water
19

What is a special way that the Play engine can speed up load times?
- Play uses CAF files to store Lossless encoded files for playback in real-time
- You can have multiple Play engines loading sounds concurrently
- Play can load sounds into RAM from a virtual cloud
- Play uses data compression to play instruments before they are loaded
20

What category is the Harp under?
- The Hollywood Harp is in the vintage items libraries
- The Hollywood harp is in the ‘odds and ends' library
- The Harp is a Hollywood Solo Instrument
- The Hollywood Harp is actually in the EWQLSO
21

In Hollywood Strings, what does NV NV VB MV mean?
- It means that the instrument can have No Vibrato, Vibrato, and Molto Vibrato played via velocity
- Using the Mod Wheel from 0-127 passes through 4 dynamic changes: No Vibrato, Vibrato, and Molto Vibrato
- It means that the articulations for No Vibrato, Vibrato, and Molto Vibrato are loaded and ready to play with CC11
- It means there is a different dynamic per channel: No Vibrato, Vibrato, and Molto Vibrato
22

What does ‘EXP' mean in a Hollywood Woodwinds library patch?
- Expression is added to the instrument with CC10
- The instrument was recorded in an expressive way with vintage microphones
- Aftertouch is used to get more vibrato out of the instrument
- Mod Wheel should add dynamics as well as vibrato
23

What is the advantage of using the FX version of the Dark Side instruments?
- The effect version of the instrument is usually lower in memory usage
- Switching back and forth can create an interesting zippering effect, and that can be bounced to disk for effect
- The FX versions of the instruments are used to create interesting cinematic sound design for film
- When switching between the FX processed and unprocessed instruments, the samples are common amongst the instruments, so the load time is very fast
24

Why would you create a separate lane for key switches?
- To make exporting MIDI files without the keyswitch notes for a scoring program easier.
- To use the keys with data to create new melodies
- To help use those keyswitches for other sections and instruments
- To convert the keyswitches to other kinds of MIDI data
25

Why does the Powerful System have its own folder?
- The powerful system is an algorithm that uses advanced core threading to get more efficiency for the CPU
- The powerful system is a series of instruments that are designed specifically for overblown movie productions - like a Michael Bay movie
- The powerful system is very CPU heavy and requires more overall system resources than any other articulation in the library
- The powerful system is just the system file. It's the engine that the EWHS is running on

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What is the difference between a slur and portamento?

How do accents work in the Hollywood Strings library?

What is the difference between ‘Master', and ‘Elements' libraries?

What does ‘H' and ‘W' mean in the woodwind trills?

What is an example of a brass effect?

What is WordBuilder?

What is portamento?

What is ‘microtuning'?

In Stormdrum 3, how do you turn on the SSL channel strip?

What does ‘On Bow' mean?

In Stormdrum 2, what is the purpose of the ‘Zendrum' settings?

What is the difference between MIDI multis of SD2 and the performances of SD3?

What library folders are common to each instrument in EWQLSO?

What external controls work with the EWQLSC library?

Which controllers does the EWHS like to see the most?

What controller should you always try with East West libraries?

What was the name of the producer that Doug Rogers and Nick Phoenix teamed up with on the Hollywood Strings library?

What is a waterphone?

What is a special way that the Play engine can speed up load times?

What category is the Harp under?

In Hollywood Strings, what does NV NV VB MV mean?

What does ‘EXP' mean in a Hollywood Woodwinds library patch?

What is the advantage of using the FX version of the Dark Side instruments?

Why would you create a separate lane for key switches?

Why does the Powerful System have its own folder?