EastWest Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition Virtual Instrument Plug-In (Download) - Manual (Page 104)

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Effects
The instruments in this folder fall into several types:
• trills
• rips and shakes
• crescendos
• flutter tongue
• clusters
• special effects (FX), rises, and oddities
Trills
A trill is the rapid alternation between two notes either a half tone or a whole tone apart. Any
file with “HT” in the name contains a half-tone trill. And with “WT” in the name, it contains a
whole-tone trill. With “KS” in the name, it contains both versions of the trill and the user can
select which version using a keyswitch note: play C0 in advance of the trill for a half-tone trill
or play C#0 in advance for a whole-tone trill.
This instrument responds to the Mod Wheel to control the volume. It does not respond to MIDI
Velocity. This approach allows you to increase or decrease the loudness mid-note, that is, dur-
ing the trill.
Rips and Shakes
Brass instruments (especially the horns, but also the trumpets) can play a characteristic sound
called a rip. This is a kind of glissando that works up the scale of harmonics. The effect evokes
the sound of a natural hunting horn.
Horns can also perform an effect called a shake: the sound is similar to a short trill but coarser
(less controlled).
The shake is sometimes used in jazz performances. And this library includes a few examples
with a jazz-specific sound.
These two effects can also be combined into a patch known as a rip shake.
The patch called Rip Flutter Tongue starts with a short rip and then holds the end note with a
flutter tongue. The rip at the start has its volume controlled with the Velocity paramater. The
the loudness of the sustained flutter tongue is controlled with the Mod Wheel.
Crescendos
The crescendo instruments capture the sound of a single-note crescendo, a common usage in
brass music. Using one of these instruments can often more realistic than using MIDI volume
or expression to achieve the effect. In most cases, there are Fast, Medium, and Slow versions
available. In an instrument called “Crescendo MOD SPEED,” the speed of the crescendo is
controlled by the Mod Wheel (CC 1): the further you push up the Mod Wheel, the faster the
loudness increases:
• Slow (1–42)
• Medium (43–85)
• Fast (86–127)
The numbers in parentheses specify the Mod Wheel (CC 1) values that trigger each speed.
These are 3 discrete levels; so, for example, pushing the Mod Wheel from 50 up to 70 does
not increase the speed.