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Orchestration 301 - The MIDI Orchestra - Enhancing Realism.
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1
When working in crossfade mode (Vel.XF) in VSL, velocity has no effect on the sound. True or false?
False
True
2
Why would you use samples instead of real musicians?
All answers are correct
To save time and money
To create a mockup so the director can hear in advance what the music will sound like when performed by a real orchestra
To experiment with new and unfamiliar orchestral textures
3
A variable Sample Start parameter controllable by a MIDI CC is available:
only on Vienna, EXS-24, and Kontakt instruments
only in certain plug-in instruments
on most sampled instruments, though in some cases the function is hidden
Only in Play, Kontakt, and Embertone plugins
4
It is possible to produce vibrato on an open string on a violin, but it's not always practical. True or false?
True
False
5
What is the Mosaic technique about?
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
Doubling parts to get a bigger and more realistic sound
6
In Kontakt, where can you add CC#11 control of volume to an instrument?
Wrench icon > Modulation > Mod tab > Add modulator > MIDI CC
Wrench icon > Amplifier > Mod tab > Add modulator > External Sources > MIDI CC
Instrument Options > Controller > MIDI Controller range
Mapping Editor > Edit > Auto Map Functions
7
Which of the following orchestral instrument is not "keyboard-friendly"?
Staccato violin
Harp
Legato brass
Vibes
8
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
With CC7
All answers are correct
9
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
10
String position makes a difference to the timbre. True or false?
True
False
11
Round Robin sample programming is used to avoid the machine gun effect by:
cycling systematically through a pool of similar-sounding samples but only for repeated pitches
ensuring that repeated pitches don't sound precisely the same twices in a row
artificially altering the pitch and timbre of a sample
randomly choosing from a pool of alternate takes of recorded samples
12
To achieve MIDI realism, you should avoid using outdated sample libraries. True or false?
True
False
13
What is CC#2?
Breath controller
Foot controller
Volume
Expression controller
14
To create realistic sounding harp parts, the maximum number of notes you should write per hand is:
Three
Five
Two
Four
15
How is it possible to create realistic sounding mockups with just one sample library?
Only by using a high-end, expensive library
It's not possible because every library has a imited range of musical emotions that it can express
By playing to the strengths of the samples
Only if the library features dynamic crossfading between sample layers
16
How can you simulate the missing in-between timbral variation between two sample layers?
Velocity crossfading
Velocity switching
Multi-sampling (Deep-sampling)
EQing
17
Which aspect of sustaining sounds do we have the least amount of control over?
The release characteristics
The attack characteristics
The speed and depth of vibrato
The volume contour of the sustaining part of the sound
18
The expressive range of Vienna Instruments can be greatly enhanced by:
adjusting the sample start value.
enabling the velocity crossfading feature
playing most sounds using the normal velocity switching mode
avoiding advanced programming techniques and playing the stock sounds, which sound the best
19
How can a legato sound be achieved?
Either with specialty libraries, or by using various programming techniques to "bend the samples to your will"
A true legato sound can only be achieved with real players
Only by using libraries which feature true legato samples
Lengthening the release time so that the notes bleed into one another
20
Choose the best answer. Dynamics create changes in:
tone color and volume
tone color, pitch and volume
emotional intensity and volume
emotional intensity, volume and tone color
21
The factory setting for release time is programmed to exactly emulate the true release characteristics of an instrument. True or false?
False
True
22
Which of the following instrument is not touch-sensitive?
Marimba
Celesta
Xylophone
Harpsichord
23
When percussion instruments are damped, they stop vibrating immediately. True or false?
True
False
24
Which velocity response curve should you choose to make a MIDI controller less likely to output high velocity values when playing softly?
Inverse exponential
Linear
Hypothetical
Exponential
25
What can you adjust with the CC#11 Expression Controller?
It depends on the plug-in/instrument
Volume and timbre
Volume only
Nothing
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The MIDI Orchestra - Enhancing Realism
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