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EastWest 102 - Tools for Pop, Rock & Electronic.
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1
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 and right side are using the Haas effect to create a stereo image
The left and the right side are recorded using different recording setups
The left side and the right side are 180 degrees out of phase
2
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.
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.
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 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.
3
In the J160 instruments, what does the keyswitching provide the player?
Down Strums
Strumming vs. picking
Different Chord types
Up Strums
4
How do you determine the way the outputs of ProDrummer are going to be assigned in Play and your 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.
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.
5
What is preset morph?
Preset morph allows for the randomization of Ohmicide's settings via an XY pad
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 is a way of altering the settings of Ohmicide over time using an envelope
6
Why do some of the instruments in Ra have the same pitched note an octave apart?
The octaves are a safety device. If the lower octave sounds are overwhelmed by polyphony, Then the upper octaves take the load away from the lower systems.
Having the instrument spaced out in octaves is a design decision that seems to help guitarists feel more comfortable
The octave is the next harmonic in the harmonic series that can be accentuated for clarity
This allows for easy tremolo of an instrument, or things like up/down picking.
7
What is the Timeline, and how does it work?
The timeline is where you can drag individual drums to create a custom kit that plays in ‘breakbeat' fashion. A sequenced loop maker with built-in effects.
The timeline is a project backup system that keeps iterative saves of whatever song you are working on at the time
The Timeline is where grooves can be placed to follow your song arrangement
The timeline is a metered indicator that intelligently analyzes your song and creates and arrangement automatically
8
Where are the two places that you can assign convolution reverb in Ghostwriter?
in the browser and in the articulations screen
in the articulations area and the browser
in the Player window, and the FX section of the mixer on the master bus
on individual mixer channels, and in the browser area
9
How can you force legato mode on in the Les Paul libraries?
Choose ‘force legato' from the browser window.
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.
10
How did the hohner D6 clarinet get its sound?
It was a plucked instrument that was played with quills from turkey feathers
It was a stringed instrument that was hammered like a piano
It was a fretted instrument that was played with a piano keyboard
It created bell-like tones from using hammers and tone bars
11
What is the difference between a ‘drummer perspective' and ‘audience perspective'?
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 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.
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.
12
Where is the articulation list located?
In the browser in the center column of the screen
In the mixer to the far right in the bus section
In the Player in the upper left menu under ‘More...'
In the Player in the lower right hand corner
13
What is the main difference between the Master channel Strip effects and the other channel strips?
The master channel strip is a VCA fader, unlike the individual channel strips
The master channel strip is where the multiband compressor is located
The master channel strip has no effects. Only the individual channel strips have effects
The master channel strip is where the convolution reverb and bus compressor are located
14
Sometimes, instruments will load very quickly in Ghostwriter, and others will take a bit longer. What's the deal?
Some instruments were created using compressed audio files types, while others were created using PCM audio files.
Instruments that are loading quickly are automatically loading into RAM. Be sure to check your RAM buffer after they load.
Some instrument variations are being created simply by different production techniques. The samples loaded are common. These variations don't have to reload samples.
Instruments created in an older version of play may load a bit slowly due to the new Play architecture.
15
What is ‘wah'?
Wah is a tape emulation of ‘wow and flutter'
Wah is a dynamic filtering effect
Wah is an amplitude effect
Wah is a pitch correction effect
16
What does DI stand for?
Direct Input
Dominant Intonation
Direct Interface
Direct Interface
17
What is the Mod wheel most frequently assigned to in Ra?
The Mod Wheel is usually assigned to pitch
The Mod wheel is frequently used to change the filter cutoff dynamically
The mod wheel is usually assigned to the LFO speed
18
What are the ‘J37' Channel strips in ProDrummer?
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.
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 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
19
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 a bowed instrument and the sitar is a plucked instrument.
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 played with keys like a piano and the sitar is plucked with the fingers.
20
What is mid-side processing?
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 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
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 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
21
Why is it better to use Play as individual instances in programs like Logic, Live and Pro Tools instead of as a multi-instrument?
Multitimbral Play Instruments were originally made for PC, and Mac has a different bussing algorithm.
With less instruments in the Player window. The graphics processor will not slow down.
Individual instances of Play are better at streaming from RAM through auxiliary busses.
CPU processing is determined per track, so it is better to spread the load among multiple tracks.
22
What causes a frame drum to sound more prominent in the mid-range rather than deep and resonant?
Dampening the head with tape
Playing near the edge
Playing with a plain strike
Playing with a muting hand
23
What is different about the drums in Ministry of Rock 2 vs. the other libraries we have seen in the course?
The MOR 2 drums are recorded in an abandoned nuclear power plant. How metal is that?
The MOR2 drums were mixed by Lars Ulrich of Metallica.
The drums have a small, simple mixer in the Player area.
The MOR2 drum kits are jazz kits that were intentionally played in a rock manner.
24
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.
25
What effects are most commonly found in the Player regardless of library? (Excluding ProDrummer)
Articulations, Distortion, and Spectral Delay
Chorus, Flanger and Phaser
Reverb, Filter, and an amp envelope
Delay, Modulation, LFO
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