Full strings performances – EastWest Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition Virtual Instrument Plug-In (Download) User Manual
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During the Hollywood Strings recording sessions, microphones were placed close to the
left and right of each section to capture mostly the left, or mostly the right, side of the
section. The approach of recording the divisi mics at the same time as all the other mics
was necessary to prevent intonation problems that might occur from separate takes.
The Divisi instruments include only Close mics because anything further away would
capture both halves of the section, however, you can mix the divisi close mics and the
other non-divisi mics. For the other mic positions in your projects, include the same ar-
ticulations (in their non-divisi versions) and adjust the loudness.
Full Strings Performances
Full Strings combine multiple instruments (1st Violins, 2nd Violins, Violas, Celli, and
Basses), into a single performance that covers the entire range of the string orchestra.
A performance is essentially multiple instruments that work together as a single entity.
Opus does this by loading all the instruments at once, and assigning the MIDI channel to
OMNI MIDI Mode, which means that they all respond to MIDI
on all channels.
Each instrument type is assigned a range of notes, so that in-
struments do not overlap. The most common ranges are listed
here, but the break might occur at a slightly different point:
• Violins C4–E
• Violas G2–B3
• Celli C1–F#2
• Basses C0–B0
You can see the exact ranges of each instrument by looking at
the Zones Window in the Perform page.
In the Full Strings 01 Long folder, there are a variety of combined legato and sustain
instruments, providing a range of notes that can play a legato melody, while the rest of
the string orchestra providing a sustained accompaniment.
• Full STR Sus + 1st Vln Leg
• Full STR Sus + 2nd Vln Leg
• Full STR Sus + Vc Leg
PLEASE NOTE:
All the individual strings instruments that make up the Full Strings perfor-
mances are described in the next section.
Violins
Violas
Celli
Basses