Volume 3: Bisected 10th Example 1

• Brass Ensemble

• Strings

• Percussion

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• Strings: Pink (moving)

• Horns a6: Pink

• Trombones a4: yellow

• Bass trombone + Bass tuba: Green

• Tutti full range / VelXF sus / Wide

• Staccato bold

• Delete Violins 2 to prevent "jumps" between instruments

Velocity adjustments:

• High amount of variation
• 2 bar phrases with 1 bar crescendo followed by 1 bar decrescendo
• Loudest points on 4th and 8th bar
• Decrescendo at the end
• Always play back repeated second note with less velocity
• Add an expression curve to increase (de)crescendo effects

• Humanization Delay Scaler (CC25): ~21
• Double-check that Violas and Cellos (only instruments that play back) have different tuning curves

• Horns - 6 players / VelXF sus / Wide
• Trombones - 4 players / VelXF sus / Wide
• Bass trombone / VelXF sus / Wide
• Bass tuba / VelXF sus / Ambience (More reverb)

• Legato

• 1 bar crescendo followed by 1 bar decrescendo (similar to strings) with Modulation (CC1) and Expression (CC11)
• Short break after every 2 bar phrase

Timbre Adjust (CC8) for slightly darker sound

• Horns: 95
• Trombones: 78
• Humanize Delay Scaler (CC25) for all instruments: ~20
• Adjust note ends (not all instruments stop playing at exactly the same time)

• Concert Toms / VelXF sus / Comp+Boom+Sat+Reverb

• High (10'') and low (20'') Tom (played by midi notes C4 and C2)

• Accents as indicated in the score (Beat 1, 2+, 4)

• Crescendo at the end

• Taiko / VelXF sus / Wide

• Similar to low tom but with increased differences in velocity of accented / unaccented notes

• Snare / VelXF sus / Classic

• 16th notes

• low velocity

• minor velocity variation

Remove the stroke and keep only the "sizzle" sound by applying EQ on both (!) Microphones

• Low Cut

• 1,3 kHz

• Snare / VelXF sus / Wide

• Constant velocity with buildup at phrase end

• Increase cello mid microphone from -6 dB to +1 dB

• Pan violas more to the left (center to L47)

• Increase horns master volume from 95 to 108

• Increase taiko and bass drum master volume from 113 to max (127)