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  • Flute Runs...

    P
    P
    Ive been looking through the different articualtions of Opus and the Cube... and I dont see any flute runs up or down.. I dont know what the real term is, so it might be that its there, but I just dont know whats its called...

    So I want to know... are there flute runs, and if yes.. where ar they - Opus?
  • J
    J
    I think that's a "Performance Set" feature.
    It is called runs.
    The only runs included with the Horizon box are strings, it seems
  • E
    E
    There is another way to word 'runs'. You can also call them scales. I have the flute scales, and I have used them. They sound very nice. I hope to see other scale speeds. I think the symphonic cube will add those.
  • P
    P
    Ok... well.. I need them to go between to phrases in action pieces... where the flutes to a fast run, ebding on a very high note...

    So I can only get this with The Performance tools? Why is it a performance too fature and not a sample? How does it work...
  • J
    J
    The flute runs are included in the Performance Set.
    They are samples and not a Performance Tool feature.
  • P
    P
    Right.. got ya...

    strange [:)]
  • D
    D
    I just did some "runs" in the woodwinds section manually using the legato tool and they sound very very good. The reason being is that the performance is at the exact tempo with the exact number of notes. I switched between 4 and 5 sixteenth notes per beat at some points, which you could never do with a sampled run. (I have used sampled runs as well to good effect, but it's just not as controlled)

    The fast way to do this is to play the run (at a slower tempo if you like - then switch to original faster tempo) in one instrument like flute, then edit velocities, durations, etc., and then copy the part into the other winds (or any other instruments like, strings.) You can also copy into lower range instruments than simply transpose. If it sounds to perfect "humanize" it a little. I find that since all instruments speak a little differently I rarely have to do anything but just copy and paste away.

    Just my two cents (as us Yanks say)

    Dave Connor
  • E
    E
    Yes. This is how I do it too.

    Sounds 100% convincing.

    Evan Evans