ENGLISH DETECTIVE bassoon escalops with scurrying flute-string pan-bagnat

• Flute

• Bassoon

• 1st Violins

• Strings

• Video of this Serving Suggestion

• Sequencer Projects, Instrument Presets, adjusted MIDI

• Recipe #08 on www.orchestrationrecipes.com (log-in required)

• Example of Original Recipe

• Flute 2 (more airy / lightweight sound) / VelXF sus / Classic (presence on stage)

• Short Notes / Staccato (Timestretched ~30% longer)

• Velocity (Create two phrases and accents but not in too high ranges as it will get harsh)
• Expression (CC11) (increasing dynamic range)

• Humanize Delay Scale (CC25): 20

• Bassoon 1/ VelXF sus / Classic (presence on stage)

• Staccato (agile and normal)
• Portato
• Long
• Legato

• Velocity for Shorts
• Modulation (CC1) for Longs (increase for the legato transition beginning of bar 8)
• Expression (CC11) to increase dynamic range
• Timbre Adjust (CC8)
  • Bring variation into staccatos
  • Shape note ends for longs
  • Tame the sounds of the legato transitions (bars 2, 5, 6)

• Attack (CC22) to reduce the accents in the two last notes

• 1^st Violins / VelXF sus / Wide (Make space for the solo woodwinds)

Custom Patch

• Combine Marcato with Tremolo
• Activate parallel mode and set to mix
• Put Velocity Crossfade to off

• Put the VelXF slider (In Perform Tab) to fixed value 75
• Adjust Release (for the Tremolo patch only) to -4.26 dB

• Copy and Paste from Flute

• Humanize Delay Scaler (CC25): ~15

Create 3 individual lines as indicated in the picture for

• 2^nd Violins
• Violas
• Cellos

VelXF sus / Wide

• 2^nd Violins
• Violas
• Cellos

• Pizzicato

• Velocity (variations & accents again) and two times 3 bar crescendo, 1 bar decrescendo
• Expression (CC11) for increasing dynamic range

• Humanize Delay Scaler (CC25): ~20

• Mid Microphone -6dB

• Disable all EQs
• Increase Reverb by 1dB (glue together accompaniment)

• Add a tempo map from 260bpm to 265bpm for bringing in variations and a ritardando at the end

1. Time Stretching (change length of the staccato patch)
2. Custom patch - combining marcato and tremolo for a "busy violin" sound
3. Attack Slider (to soften accents)
4. Combine wide and classic Mixer Presets (increase stage prominence of solo instruments)