Flute
Bassoon
1st Violins
Strings
Recipe #08 on www.orchestrationrecipes.com (log-in required)


- 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


- 1st 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
- 2nd Violins
- Violas
- Cellos

VelXF sus / Wide
- 2nd 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
Instrument | Value |
---|---|
Flute | 126 |
Bassoon | 115 |
1st Violins | 75 |
2nd Violins | 107 |
Violas | 108 |
Cellos | 114 |
- 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

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