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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
It is possible to produce vibrato on an open string on a violin, but it's not always practical. True or false?
False
True
2
Realism-enhancing concepts and techniques are DAW-specific. True or false?
True
False
3
How can you simulate the missing in-between timbral variation between two sample layers?
Velocity crossfading
EQing
Velocity switching
Multi-sampling (Deep-sampling)
4
What is CC#2?
Expression controller
Foot controller
Breath controller
Volume
5
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
6
Choose the best answer. Dynamics create changes in:
emotional intensity, volume and tone color
tone color and volume
tone color, pitch and volume
emotional intensity and volume
7
In Kontakt, where can you add CC#11 control of volume to an instrument?
Wrench icon > Amplifier > Mod tab > Add modulator > External Sources > MIDI CC
Wrench icon > Modulation > Mod tab > Add modulator > MIDI CC
Mapping Editor > Edit > Auto Map Functions
Instrument Options > Controller > MIDI Controller range
8
What is the most common method for selecting articulations?
Crossfading
Round Robin
Velocity
Key Switching
9
What can you adjust with the CC#11 Expression Controller?
It depends on the plug-in/instrument
Volume only
Nothing
Volume and timbre
10
The expressive range of Vienna Instruments can be greatly enhanced by:
enabling the velocity crossfading feature
playing most sounds using the normal velocity switching mode
adjusting the sample start value.
avoiding advanced programming techniques and playing the stock sounds, which sound the best
11
Which MIDI editor window is particularly useful when applying MIDI realism techniques?
The List Editor
The Score Editor
The Piano Roll Editor
The Hyper Editor
12
Round Robin sample programming is used to avoid the machine gun effect by:
artificially altering the pitch and timbre of a sample
randomly choosing from a pool of alternate takes of recorded samples
ensuring that repeated pitches don't sound precisely the same twices in a row
cycling systematically through a pool of similar-sounding samples but only for repeated pitches
13
Which of the following orchestral instrument is not "keyboard-friendly"?
Harp
Staccato violin
Vibes
Legato brass
14
A variable Sample Start parameter controllable by a MIDI CC is available:
on most sampled instruments, though in some cases the function is hidden
only on Vienna, EXS-24, and Kontakt instruments
only in certain plug-in instruments
Only in Play, Kontakt, and Embertone plugins
15
When working in crossfade mode (Vel.XF) in VSL, velocity has no effect on the sound. True or false?
False
True
16
Which of the following statement is correct?
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
All other answers are incorrect
Most MIDI controllers on the market can output the full range of 127 velocity values
17
Why would you use samples instead of real musicians?
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
All answers are correct
To experiment with new and unfamiliar orchestral textures
18
Which of the following statement is incorrect?
There is no such thing as "the best" sample library
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
19
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
20
To create realistic sounding harp parts, the maximum number of notes you should write per hand is:
Two
Five
Three
Four
21
The most important attribute of a realistic-sounding mockup is:
making it impossible to tell if it's real or fake
that you're using the latest libraries
to keep your listening audience "in the audience" a majority of the time
writing using ensemble sounds because writing for solo instruments is difficult
22
How can a legato sound be achieved?
Lengthening the release time so that the notes bleed into one another
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
A true legato sound can only be achieved with real players
23
The factory setting for release time is programmed to exactly emulate the true release characteristics of an instrument. True or false?
True
False
24
String position makes a difference to the timbre. True or false?
False
True
25
In general, the velocity sensitivity of most keyboard controllers:
is very good but it's usually extremely difficult to achieve very high velocity values
is not very accurate, but for creating mockups it's not a huge problem
is very good but usually lacks sensitivity when playing very soft notes
is not consistent between controllers and doesn't translate playing nuances very accurately
Orchestration 301
The MIDI Orchestra - Enhancing Realism
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