EastWest Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition Virtual Instrument Plug-In (Download) - Manual (Page 93)

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Barok Pizzicato
In this articulation, the string is pulled away from the fingerboard and released so that it snaps
back and strikes the fingerboard. The sound incorporates pitched as well as non-pitched, per-
cussive elements.
All sections except the 2nd Violins include this instrument. (If you need a Bartók pizzicato
sound in the 2nd Violins part, use the instrument from the 1st Violins; the sound is so
percussive and short that no one will know which section played the notes.) This is a
round robin instrument with 2 distinct samples for each note.
Ricochet
This articulations, also known as Jeté, is played by throwing the bow onto the string in a way
that causes it to bounce on and off the string several times. Within a single MIDI note, you can
hear the same note played about 3 or 4 times in rapid succession.
This is a Round Robin instrument with 2 sets of alternating samples.
Col Legno
With this style of playing, the bow strikes the string with the wood (instead of the horsehair)
and immediately bounces off. This causes a percussive and distinctive sound of short duration.
Col Legno is Italian for “with the wood.”
This is always a Round Robin instrument with 4 or 2 sets of samples in rotation.
Marcato
When used in a score, the term “marcato” indicates that every note is to be accented. This
articulation contains notes of a short duration that begin with a strong accent.
This is a Round Robin instrument with 4 sets of samples in rotation.
Note that the 2nd Violins and the Basses include, in addition, instruments called Marcato
Long with the same strong attack but a slightly longer duration.
Spiccato
In this style of playing, notes of very short duration are created by bouncing the bow so that it
is in contact with the string for a very short time.
In Hollywood Strings, Spiccato is available in two versions:
• plain Spiccato
• Spiccato in which the Mod Wheel can be used to change to Marcato
In the patch Spiccato Marcato MOD (found in the MOD COMBOS subfolder), Opus cross-fades
between spiccato and marcato samples to achieve a smooth transition: the further up you push
the Mod Wheel (or increase the value of MIDI CC 1), the more the notes have a marcato sound.
This feature gives you the ability to control the accent of individual notes within a part, includ-
ing the use of sounds of an intermediate quality between spiccato and marcato.
This is a Round Robin instrument with 9 sets of samples in rotation for the Spiccato patch.
And there are 8 sets of samples for the Spiccato Marcato MOD patch.