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Orchestration 301 - The MIDI Orchestra - Enhancing Realism.
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1
To create realistic sounding harp parts, the maximum number of notes you should write per hand is:
Five
Four
Three
Two
2
How can a legato sound be achieved?
Only by using libraries which feature true legato samples
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"
3
The expressive range of Vienna Instruments can be greatly enhanced by:
enabling the velocity crossfading feature
adjusting the sample start value.
avoiding advanced programming techniques and playing the stock sounds, which sound the best
playing most sounds using the normal velocity switching mode
4
How can you simulate the missing in-between timbral variation between two sample layers?
EQing
Multi-sampling (Deep-sampling)
Velocity crossfading
Velocity switching
5
Which of the following statement is correct?
All other answers are incorrect
Most MIDI controllers on the market do not output the full range of 127 velocity values
All MIDI controllers on the market can output the full range of 127 velocity values
Most MIDI controllers on the market can output the full range of 127 velocity values
6
Which of the following statement is incorrect?
All sample libraries have expressive strengths
EQs and Compressors will help you to enhance the realism in your mockups
All sample libraries have expressive limitations
There is no such thing as "the best" sample library
7
In Kontakt, where can you add CC#11 control of volume to an instrument?
Instrument Options > Controller > MIDI Controller range
Wrench icon > Modulation > Mod tab > Add modulator > MIDI CC
Mapping Editor > Edit > Auto Map Functions
Wrench icon > Amplifier > Mod tab > Add modulator > External Sources > MIDI CC
8
What is CC#2?
Breath controller
Foot controller
Expression controller
Volume
9
When working in crossfade mode (Vel.XF) in VSL, velocity has no effect on the sound. True or false?
True
False
10
Which velocity response curve should you choose to make a MIDI controller less likely to output high velocity values when playing softly?
Exponential
Linear
Hypothetical
Inverse exponential
11
Which of the following orchestral instrument is not "keyboard-friendly"?
Legato brass
Staccato violin
Vibes
Harp
12
Choose the best answer. Dynamics create changes in:
emotional intensity, volume and tone color
tone color, pitch and volume
emotional intensity and volume
tone color and volume
13
Which MIDI editor window is particularly useful when applying MIDI realism techniques?
The Hyper Editor
The Piano Roll Editor
The Score Editor
The List Editor
14
A variable Sample Start parameter controllable by a MIDI CC is available:
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
only in certain plug-in instruments
15
What is the Mosaic technique about?
Doubling parts to get a bigger and more realistic sound
Mixing and matching different sample libraries to get the articulations you want
Playing back a different sample each time a note is repeated to avoid the "machine gun" effect
Repeating a musical phrase continuously throughout a musical piece
16
It is possible to produce vibrato on an open string on a violin, but it's not always practical. True or false?
False
True
17
How can you simulate a crescendo on a sustained note?
By changing the velocity value of the note
By repeating the note with increasing velocity values and forcing the note to be legato
All answers are correct
With CC7
18
Which of the following instrument is not touch-sensitive?
Celesta
Xylophone
Harpsichord
Marimba
19
Why would you use samples instead of real musicians?
All answers are correct
To create a mockup so the director can hear in advance what the music will sound like when performed by a real orchestra
To save time and money
To experiment with new and unfamiliar orchestral textures
20
The most important attribute of a realistic-sounding mockup is:
writing using ensemble sounds because writing for solo instruments is difficult
to keep your listening audience "in the audience" a majority of the time
making it impossible to tell if it's real or fake
that you're using the latest libraries
21
String position makes a difference to the timbre. True or false?
False
True
22
Which aspect of sustaining sounds do we have the least amount of control over?
The speed and depth of vibrato
The volume contour of the sustaining part of the sound
The release characteristics
The attack characteristics
23
What can you adjust with the CC#11 Expression Controller?
Volume only
It depends on the plug-in/instrument
Volume and timbre
Nothing
24
Realism-enhancing concepts and techniques are DAW-specific. True or false?
False
True
25
What is the most common method for selecting articulations?
Round Robin
Velocity
Crossfading
Key Switching
Orchestration 301
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