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Take a 25 question quiz to test and certify your knowledge of the tutorial-video course
Orchestration 301 - The MIDI Orchestra - Enhancing Realism.
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1
Why would you use samples instead of real musicians?
To save time and money
All answers are correct
To experiment with new and unfamiliar orchestral textures
To create a mockup so the director can hear in advance what the music will sound like when performed by a real orchestra
2
The most important attribute of a realistic-sounding mockup is:
writing using ensemble sounds because writing for solo instruments is difficult
that you're using the latest libraries
to keep your listening audience "in the audience" a majority of the time
making it impossible to tell if it's real or fake
3
To achieve MIDI realism, you should avoid using outdated sample libraries. True or false?
False
True
4
Which of the following instrument is not touch-sensitive?
Harpsichord
Celesta
Xylophone
Marimba
5
In Kontakt, where can you add CC#11 control of volume to an instrument?
Mapping Editor > Edit > Auto Map Functions
Wrench icon > Modulation > Mod tab > Add modulator > MIDI CC
Wrench icon > Amplifier > Mod tab > Add modulator > External Sources > MIDI CC
Instrument Options > Controller > MIDI Controller range
6
Which of the following orchestral instrument is not "keyboard-friendly"?
Staccato violin
Legato brass
Vibes
Harp
7
String position makes a difference to the timbre. True or false?
False
True
8
What can you adjust with the CC#11 Expression Controller?
Volume and timbre
Nothing
It depends on the plug-in/instrument
Volume only
9
What is the most common method for selecting articulations?
Round Robin
Velocity
Crossfading
Key Switching
10
Which velocity response curve should you choose to make a MIDI controller less likely to output high velocity values when playing softly?
Hypothetical
Exponential
Linear
Inverse exponential
11
What is CC#2?
Foot controller
Volume
Expression controller
Breath controller
12
How is it possible to create realistic sounding mockups with just one sample library?
It's not possible because every library has a imited range of musical emotions that it can express
Only by using a high-end, expensive library
Only if the library features dynamic crossfading between sample layers
By playing to the strengths of the samples
13
When percussion instruments are damped, they stop vibrating immediately. True or false?
True
False
14
How can a legato sound be achieved?
Lengthening the release time so that the notes bleed into one another
A true legato sound can only be achieved with real players
Either with specialty libraries, or by using various programming techniques to "bend the samples to your will"
Only by using libraries which feature true legato samples
15
A variable Sample Start parameter controllable by a MIDI CC is available:
only in certain plug-in instruments
Only in Play, Kontakt, and Embertone plugins
only on Vienna, EXS-24, and Kontakt instruments
on most sampled instruments, though in some cases the function is hidden
16
Choose the best answer. Dynamics create changes in:
tone color and volume
emotional intensity and volume
tone color, pitch and volume
emotional intensity, volume and tone color
17
When working in crossfade mode (Vel.XF) in VSL, velocity has no effect on the sound. True or false?
False
True
18
Which aspect of sustaining sounds do we have the least amount of control over?
The volume contour of the sustaining part of the sound
The release characteristics
The speed and depth of vibrato
The attack characteristics
19
Which of the following statement is correct?
All other answers are incorrect
All MIDI controllers on the market can output the full range of 127 velocity values
Most MIDI controllers on the market do not output the full range of 127 velocity values
Most MIDI controllers on the market can output the full range of 127 velocity values
20
How can you simulate the missing in-between timbral variation between two sample layers?
Velocity crossfading
Multi-sampling (Deep-sampling)
Velocity switching
EQing
21
It is possible to produce vibrato on an open string on a violin, but it's not always practical. True or false?
True
False
22
Round Robin sample programming is used to avoid the machine gun effect by:
ensuring that repeated pitches don't sound precisely the same twices in a row
artificially altering the pitch and timbre of a sample
cycling systematically through a pool of similar-sounding samples but only for repeated pitches
randomly choosing from a pool of alternate takes of recorded samples
23
How can you simulate a crescendo on a sustained note?
By repeating the note with increasing velocity values and forcing the note to be legato
With CC7
By changing the velocity value of the note
All answers are correct
24
To create realistic sounding harp parts, the maximum number of notes you should write per hand is:
Two
Four
Three
Five
25
Which of the following statement is incorrect?
EQs and Compressors will help you to enhance the realism in your mockups
All sample libraries have expressive strengths
All sample libraries have expressive limitations
There is no such thing as "the best" sample library
Orchestration 301
The MIDI Orchestra - Enhancing Realism
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