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EastWest 102 - Tools for Pop, Rock & Electronic.
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1
What is the best way to get great performance out of the MOR2 Basses?
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.
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 were meant to be played with a stringed input controller and are set automatically to multi-mono for convincing response.
2
In MOR2, what are ‘performances'?
Performances are mixer snapshots that are cycled through as you play a guitar library. These snapshots are used to automate a mix.
Performances are actual riffs played by real guitar players on the instrument that is featured in the MOR2 library.
Performances in MOR2 are a new Multi-timbral mode used for playing multiple guitars at once.
Performances are used as a real-time capture tool for getting a scratch track from a played lick that was never meant to be recorded. Play is always listening. ALWAYS.
3
How do you load an alternate drum?
Drag and drop from the sample folder to the drum location desired.
Choose the alternate drum from the browser window.
Drag and drop from the Finder window, or download the sample to the drum location via composer cloud.
Click on the drum desired, then click its disclosure triangle. Pick the new drum from the drop-down menu.
4
What is the difference between a ‘drummer perspective' and ‘audience perspective'?
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.
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 is when the kit is recorded and mixed very dry, as if in the studio with the drummer on playback.
5
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
6
Where is the articulation list located?
In the Player in the lower right hand corner
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...'
7
What is peculiar about the stereo sounds in Ministry of Rock?
The left and right side are using the Haas effect to create a stereo image
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 side and right side are dry and wet signals, summed together in an auxiliary channel
8
What is the main focus of the Ra sound library?
The Ra library is primarily a collection of Egyptian instruments from the Middle East
Ra is a collection of stringed instruments from different regions of the Nile
The Ra library is a collection of multi-sampled instruments from around the world focusing on the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, and India
Ra is a collection of cinematic sound design to be used in film, games, and TV
9
What is the difference between ‘Live' and ‘Element' instruments?
Live' instruments are meant to be switch articulations via the DAW in real time using velocity and mod wheel, and elements are all of the individual articulations available by keyswitches.
‘Live' instruments are acoustically recorded in an open studio space with microphones. ‘Elements' are individual articulations that are recorded direct through a recording console and DI.
‘Live' instruments are played live by real players in a real space and recoded with microphones. ‘Elements' are synthesized components that are created by a computer model.
‘Live' instruments were recorded acoustically and are contiguous performances of the instruments' articulations. ‘Elements' are sound elements of the performance mapped across the keyboard.
10
What is Ohmicide?
A muti-band saturation plugin
A limited-band dynamic equalizer
A multiband compressor
A multiband de-esser
11
Where do you take care of the panning of individual articulations?
In the Player's articulation window.
In the Player, under the panning menu item.
Only in the mixer.
In the browser when the library is first being selected.
12
What is preset morph?
Preset morph allows for the randomization of Ohmicide's settings via an XY pad
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
Preset morph allows you to switch between different snapshots of Ohmicide, smoothly transitioning from one snapshot setting to another
13
What causes a frame drum to sound more prominent in the mid-range rather than deep and resonant?
Playing with a plain strike
Playing near the edge
Dampening the head with tape
Playing with a muting hand
14
In the J160 instruments, what does the keyswitching provide the player?
Up Strums
Down Strums
Different Chord types
Strumming vs. picking
15
When the Play browser is loading ProDrummer, how does the GUI change?
The browser is replaced by aa OS X finder window
The libraries are hidden behind a disclosure triangle
There is no keyboard at the bottom of the interface
The browser is organized by icon instead of column
16
How do you create a drum arrangement in ProDrummer?
Grooves can be dragged into the ProDrummer timeline from the Finder window
Open the Grooves tab, pick a groove via the browser, then drag that groove to the ProDrummer Timeline
Grooves can be dragged into the timeline from the browser
Open the Groove tab, then drag the grooves to the tracks area of logic
17
What is ‘Beating'?
Beating is a method of playing drums by hitting the drum with a cold fish.
Beating is when 2 notes are very close in pitch and playing at nearly the same amplitude. The difference between the tones is represented by a perceptible wobble in amplitude and frequency, especially in low tones.
Beating is something that happens in water based precision with the water is over-filled, causing a noticeable perspiration on the outside of the instrument.
Beating is a way of adding harmonics to a sound by hitting a drum while playing a tone on a pitched instrument.
18
What do you get in different octaves of the electric guitars of Ghostwriter?
Chugs, Mutes, and harmonics
FX, palm mutes, and Round Robin samples
Chugs, Up strum and down strum
Harmonics, Chugs, and squeals
19
What is the biggest difference between the sitar and the Tambura?
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 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 a bowed instrument and the sitar is a plucked instrument.
20
What does ‘Round Robin' mean?
Round Robin is when you use keyswitching to choose different articulations of an instrument
Round Robin is a way of transforming modulation information into MIDI note information
Round Robin is a pitch effect where when you run past MIDI note 127, you are given an extra bank of 127 notes.
Round robin is when a different sample is used for each hit when hitting the same key multiple times.
21
Sometimes, instruments will load very quickly in Ghostwriter, and others will take a bit longer. What's the deal?
Instruments that are loading quickly are automatically loading into RAM. Be sure to check your RAM buffer after they load.
Some instruments were created using compressed audio files types, while others were created using PCM audio files.
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.
22
Why do some of the instruments in Ra have the same pitched note an octave apart?
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.
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.
23
Why is it better to use Play as individual instances in programs like Logic, Live and Pro Tools instead of as a multi-instrument?
CPU processing is determined per track, so it is better to spread the load among multiple tracks.
Individual instances of Play are better at streaming from RAM through auxiliary busses.
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.
24
What are the ‘J37' Channel strips in ProDrummer?
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
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'.
25
What is different about the drums in Ministry of Rock 2 vs. the other libraries we have seen in the course?
The MOR2 drum kits are jazz kits that were intentionally played in a rock manner.
The drums have a small, simple mixer in the Player area.
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.
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