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EastWest 102 - Tools for Pop, Rock & Electronic.
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1
How are groups used in MOR2 drums?
The groups are used for mixer automation in the mixer section, and are triggered by the automation mode of your DAW.
The MOR2 drums are created as a multi-timbral instrument that has different groups that are assigned to the same channel. This makes selecting different groups of drums much easier for mixing and matching kits.
Groups are used to route the audio to the multiple outputs of the mixer section.
Groups are a way to normalize the volume levels across multiple mixer channels in the mixer section. Rather like an automated compressor.
2
What is the best way to get great performance out of the MOR2 Basses?
The basses in MOR2 were meant to be played with a stringed input controller and are set automatically to multi-mono for convincing response.
Basses in the MOR2 library were coded to make your piano keyboard function more like a bass. The keys of the keyboard are broken up into 4 sets of chromatic scales, a fourth apart from each other.
The Basses in MOR2 will groove automatically when you strike a key, playing a rhythm determined by your velocity. The higher the velocity, the more intense the performance.
Set their polyphony to a single note. This will create a very convincing performance due to the legato sensing in the instrument.
3
How do you determine the way the outputs of ProDrummer are going to be assigned in Play and your DAW?
The outputs are set for each channel of ProDrummer, and they dynamically allocate depending on what DAW and audio interface you are using.
The outputs of ProDrummer are automatically assigned depending on the physical outputs and inputs of your audio interface. These are also reflected in the DAW.
ProDrummer's outputs are changed directly in the mixer section. The input of the audio that is coming from Play is allocated in your DAW depending on how you chose the plugin to open.
The outputs are activated in the Play's Player view, reflected in the browser view, then cabled to your DAW via ReWire.
4
How do you use the ‘Elements' version of the Telecaster library?
The elements are selected via mod wheel.
The elements are selected via mod wheel and velocity.
In the Player, you need to select which articulations to use for the instrument. These can be blended in creative ways.
The elements are selected via keyswitching.
5
What is legato ‘sensing'?
Legato sensing is an intelligent script that decides whether or not to engage legato mode depending on the performance of the composer.
Legato sensing automatically changes note end values to engage legato mode.
Legato sensing is only engaged when you extend the note offs of your performance so that the notes are overlapping by 400 ticks or more.
Legato will activate legato when 2 notes are held simultaneously and disengage when one of the notes is released.
6
What does DI stand for?
Dominant Intonation
Direct Input
Direct Interface
Direct Interface
7
What do you get in different octaves of the electric guitars of Ghostwriter?
Chugs, Up strum and down strum
Chugs, Mutes, and harmonics
Harmonics, Chugs, and squeals
FX, palm mutes, and Round Robin samples
8
What is ‘wah'?
Wah is a dynamic filtering effect
Wah is a pitch correction effect
Wah is an amplitude effect
Wah is a tape emulation of ‘wow and flutter'
9
How do you add the Ra library to the Play engine?
Control-click in the lower left library area in the browser window, and add the library location.
Located the System Menu item for the Play engine, click on it, then choose the library from the dropdown menu.
Open a browser, locate soundsonline.com, and add your library under ‘Installations and Registration'. A window will pop up asking for your administrative password. Enter your password and the Play engine will see the library.
In the finder window, find the Ra Play engine icon. Under ‘Services', add the Ra library to the Play engine.
10
What is mid-side processing?
Mid-Side processing is a process where the audio material that is exactly the same between the left and right channel is separated from the content that is different in both channels to be processed independently
Mid-side processing is when the center speaker in an LCR speaker array can be used to accentuate the panning of a sound from left to right. This is achieved by attenuating the amplitude of a signal as it passed through the center speaker.
Mid-Side processing was used in the ‘60s to emulate the effect of a player double-tracking their part to tape to create a more interesting stereo effect
Mid-Side processing is an imaging process that is created when some audio from the left and right channel is selectively swapped to create a more compelling stereo image
11
How can you force legato mode on in the Les Paul libraries?
De-select the ‘triggered legato' button in the Player.
Choose ‘Force Legato' from the main menu.
Choose the legato articulations from the articulation list in the lower right of the player.
Choose ‘force legato' from the browser window.
12
In the Ra Player, what are ‘Grooves'?
Grooves are personal selections by the library's producer. These deep selections are considered the cream of the crop when it comes to overall performance, playability, and feel.
Grooves are quantization templates that were performed for the Play engine by professionals. They are used to create a timing template for the Ra libraries.
Grooves' are live performances played by masters of whatever instrument is selected. They are meant to be played to add a level of authenticity to a given work. MIDI performances can only capture so much emotion.
Grooves are used to create complex groups of instruments to be played in the multi-timbral mode. Grooves can be cobbled together from elements and live performances that are loaded into the library.
13
Where are the two places that you can assign convolution reverb in Ghostwriter?
on individual mixer channels, and in the browser area
in the articulations area and the browser
in the Player window, and the FX section of the mixer on the master bus
in the browser and in the articulations screen
14
What is preset morph?
Preset Morph is a way of altering the settings of Ohmicide over time using an envelope
Preset morph allows you to switch between different snapshots of Ohmicide, smoothly transitioning from one snapshot setting to another
Preset Morph is a modulation matrix where various modulators may be assigned to parameter values
Preset morph allows for the randomization of Ohmicide's settings via an XY pad
15
How do you create a drum arrangement in ProDrummer?
Open the Groove tab, then drag the grooves to the tracks area of logic
Grooves can be dragged into the timeline from the browser
Open the Grooves tab, pick a groove via the browser, then drag that groove to the ProDrummer Timeline
Grooves can be dragged into the ProDrummer timeline from the Finder window
16
What is legato scripting?
Legato scripting is a way to adjust the attack and release of a given instrument to indicate that an instrument is being either bowed or plucked.
Ra has the ability to analyze a performance by the composer and determine when a note needs to be re-triggered. When legato mode is engaged, the instrument will glide between note seamlessly with no retriger.
Legato scripting is a coding language developed by East West for the Play engine to automatically call out the articulations that are happening at any given moment and feed that into the DAW of choice.
Legato scripting is used to add latin nomenclature to an instrument for orchestration purposes, even if the instrument is from the Middle East, india, or the Far East.
17
What are the ‘J37' Channel strips in ProDrummer?
The J37 channel strips are to be used in conjunction with the other channel strips as a resonating membrane. Sympathetic reverberation is provided by a mathematical model of a 2 dimensional membrane
They were designed by Joe Chiccarelli as drum elements that had been recorded to tape. These elements should be used instead of the clean elements if wanted, for they may cause phase issues due to wow and flutter.
The J37 was a specific german microphone that was used to record certain drum elements. Often described as a ‘condenser that sounds like a dynamic mic'.
The J37 Denotes the type of drum shell that is being used. It is from Joe's custom Maple kit that he brought into EastWest for his sessions.
18
What is peculiar about the stereo sounds in Ministry of Rock?
The left side and right side are dry and wet signals, summed together in an auxiliary channel
The left side and the right side are 180 degrees out of phase
The left and the right side are recorded using different recording setups
The left and right side are using the Haas effect to create a stereo image
19
In the J160 instruments, what does the keyswitching provide the player?
Down Strums
Different Chord types
Strumming vs. picking
Up Strums
20
What is the Mod wheel most frequently assigned to in Ra?
The mod wheel is usually assigned to the LFO speed
The Mod Wheel is usually assigned to pitch
The Mod wheel is frequently used to change the filter cutoff dynamically
21
When using the African drums in Ra, how are the different drums laid out in the keyboard?
The drums are laid out in a chromatic fashion, low drums on black keys and higher pitched elements on white keys.
The drums are laid out in a tritone starting from C. Each ensuing white note on the keyboard has a tritone family member that plays the round robin articulation of the instrument type.
The higher frequency elements are usually found in the the higher octaves, including stick effects. The lower octaves are usually lower pitched drum elements.
The drums are laid out according to the General MIDI protocol for drum set.
22
Where do you take care of the panning of individual articulations?
Only in the mixer.
In the Player's articulation window.
In the browser when the library is first being selected.
In the Player, under the panning menu item.
23
What is the difference between a ‘drummer perspective' and ‘audience perspective'?
Drummer Perspective is when the kit is recorded and mixed very dry, as if in the studio with the drummer on playback.
Drummer perspective is a 3D rotational system that allows for 3 dimensional placement of the drum kit.
Audience perspective gives the impression that we are far away from a drummer, giving more room and Overhead sound to the kit overall.
Drummer perspective usually has the hi hat to the left and the floor tom on the right, giving the impression that we are standing behind the drummer. Audience perspective is exactly the opposite.
24
What was the original player for EastWest libraries?
EXS24
NNXT
Mach 5
Kontakt
25
What is the biggest difference between the sitar and the Tambura?
The tambura is a percussion instrument and the sitar is more of a stringed instrument.
the tambura is played with keys like a piano and the sitar is plucked with the fingers.
The tambura is meant to be played as a sustained ostinato underneath the sitar performance. It is not mean to be played fast, rather it is meant to be a canvas for the sitar to paint on.
The tambura is a bowed instrument and the sitar is a plucked instrument.
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