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BROADWAY BIG BAND – USER`S MANUAL V1.06

1. This is a popular dynamic microphone that is often used in live show situations and will blend very well with live instruments when using Broadway Big band in live shows where a similar microphone is being used to pick up the other instruments of the ensemble Microphone setups for Trombone Mic1 Close Mic A small Ribbon microphone setup is relatively close and offers a fairly dry and focused sound but it is still far enough to let the instrument breathe and the sound to fully develop allowing some of the room reflections to be included adding brightness and size Mic2 Tight mic Small Caplsule This microphone setup is very close to the instrument and it delivers a super dry sound with almost no room reflections Creates a very dry and personal feel Also great with the muted instruments for a supper cool jazzy sound Mic3 Loose mic A Large capsule condenser microphone U87 This Microphone setup is still fairly close to the instrument but simulates the studio micing style typical for a large ensemble such as a large big band Using a vintage tube preamplifier it delivers warm and rounded yet powerful sound and due to the relative distance from the instrument it includes significantly more room reflections than the two close microphone setups This setup delivers a bigger sound image than the close microphone setups as the sound tends to acoustically buildup in the air and with the added room reflections you get a Fa
2. 28 Digital Performer workflow in Hybrid Re Wire mode Hybrid Re Wire Mode is a special mode in which Broadway Big Band HALion Player shows up as Re Wire in your midi audio sequencer but behaves as if in standalone mode as far as midi is concerned This makes it an ideal mode for Broadway Big Band as it simplifies the midi routing and setup Here is how to work in Hybrid Re Wire mode with Digital Performer as your host Before we start setting up a Digital Performer project let s make sure that the the IAC driver is activated IAC Driver On your system hard drive under Applications gt gt Utilities is an application called Audio MIDI Setup Open that and in the upper left corner you will see a pink or red button called IAC Driver Double click on it Check the box Device is online Then hit the Apply button MAC users in general Digital Performer users included need to launch Broadway Performer before launching the hosting sequencer DP in order for the Broadway Performer s midi ports to appear So launch Broadway Performer now and then go to the next step Continued on the next page 99 Launch Digital performer Then first make sure you have Core Midi checked in the preferences audio midi solo patch thru v WAS Data Display MIDI Patch Editing Automatic Conversions MIDI Patch Thru mode Continuous Data Off Direct echo Graphic Editors MIDI Editing soundbite List D Use CoreMIDI Patc
3. sl Remove R1 IAC Driver IAC Bus 1 L i 19 From Broadway Performer Port 1 an 4 Launch Broadway Big Band and set its audio output to Soundflower 16 if you want 16 outputs into Logic otherwise you can use Soundflower 2 for two outputs You could use any other audio interface s outputs here but we re using Soundflower in order to route the audio into Logic s mixer Preferences D i y Big Band Soundflower 16ch ASIO Device Ke LE G BAND VSTi Output ASIO Output Hal Stereo 1 L 01 Soundflower 16ch 1 l Hal Stereo 1 R 02 Soundflower 16ch 2 Hal Stereo 2 01 Soundflower 16ch 1 amp rM Hal Stereo 2 R 02 Soundflower 16ch 2 al 0 Pa Hal Stereo 3 01 Soundflower 16ch 1 ee F AR lt C gt p Hal Stereo 3 IR 102 Soundflower 16ch 2 I 2 um GEN en K EEE _ Enable Hybrid Rewire Mode requires restart A ki A8 Not Connected SSCs imm iS eg Ei MIDI Input x Not Connected Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port 4 gt y T Kc OPTIONS IAC Bus 1 IAC Bus 2 IAC Bus 3 IAC Bus 4 IAC Bus 5 IAC Bus 6 IAC Bus 7 IAC Bus amp IAC Bus 9 IAC Bus 10 IAC Bus 11 2X2 G5 in 1 Session 1 Port 1 AS K From Broadway Performer Port 1 Um uM pei Port 2 From Broadway Performer Port 3 From Broadway Performer Port 4 All MIDI Inputs 5 Start Logic you must launch the programs in the following order 16 6 Go to Audio
4. This large diaphragm condenser microphone U87 is positioned near the neck of the Bass This gives this microphone position an edge delivering powerful attack without overloading the low frequencies In order to get a fatter sound it is highly recommended to mix this microphone setup with the Mic 3 setup as they were recorded with the intention of being mixed together Microphone 2 This microphone setup is simply the onboard pickup of the upright bass which was recorded Nothing fancy but if you want a genuine pickup sound this microphone setup is for you Microphone 3 This large diaphragm condenser microphone U87 is positioned near the sounding board of the upright bass and uses a vintage tube pre amplifier so it is loaded with healthy phat low frequencies It is great by itself for a jazzy warm sound without too much emphasis on the attack of the plunking However as mentioned above it is highly recommended to combine this microphone setup with the Mic1 setup for an extra punch Microphone 4 This large diaphragm tube condenser microphone 149 is positioned in front of the center of the upright bass as a loose mic using a vintage tube pre amplifier It is suitable in those cases where other microphone setups feel overwhelmingly massive and close As it is not as close to the instrument it dose not have as much size and punch as mic1 and mic3 but it has its own qualities The extra distance from the instrument lets the sound
5. Volume IAC stands for Inter Application Communication the IAC busses are internal virtual 16 channel MIDI interfaces If you need more of them you can create them in Audio MIDI Setup by double clicking on the IAC driver icon You can alSo name them there if it s more convenient we haven t done that here 18 8 Now you need to stop the virtual MIDI outputs streaming out of BBB and the IAC busses from feeding back into Logic creating a MIDI loop Go to the Logic Environment s Click and Ports layer On the Physical Input object clear the cable select and delete going from the Sum to wherever it s headed next on its way to the Sequencer Input or To Recording and Thru in Logic 7 1 2 and earlier in this case it s going to the onscreen keyboard e080 bbb Iso Environment O BS L RR Click amp Ports EE 81 DB OS to Recording amp Thru RR Ban f e oaf Lo E owa Eg Y No Selection varata tatami mama vivi vivivivivivivivivivivivivivivivivivivivivivivivivivitiTi SLT NIMM Input Notes Physical Input mmm mm em ag mm mm a mm ms Now replace the Sum with individual cables from all your real MIDI inputs i e everything except the virtual IAC busses and the From Broadway Big Band busses 19 9 n the Logic Environment create a new Audio Object and set it up as a stereo Input Object Assign its input to a Suundflower output in this case 25 26 It will now look l
6. m D no SN e 1 A Bus 4 eee E nserts k Click amp Ports cun g FRewire 2 nl Broadway iure S Audio Object Ir T Dead End Physical input mn ra Broadway Continued on the next page 96 Sending Broadway Big Band instruments to Logic ReWire busses In your Environment layer create the number of Rewire busses you want to use stereo or mono In the Broadway Big Band HALion player assign the instruments to the corresponding stereo or mono outputs Yes it IS that simple If you don t assign an instrument a specific output and leave it at its Program default all BBB instruments with the exception of the drum kits will default to the 1 stereo output The Drums however will utilize stereo outputs 9 13 oide note Apple Logic has a channel limitation of 32 mono channels for rewire ports therefore while all 13 stereo outputs of BBB are available it can only see the first 6 mono outputs and mono channels 7 16 are not available SCH Sonar workflow Using BBB as a DXI plug in First you will have to open the MIDI devices window to select the Maple MIDI ports to enable them To add an instrument to a Sonar project 2 MIDI tracks have to be added to the project Let s call the first of them the MIDI Input track e g Tenor Sax MIDI and the second track the MIDI Output track e g Tenor Sax HALion The MIDI input track is the only one recording performance while
7. S Remove Upright Bass e To Broadway Performer Port 1 32 8 From Broadway Performer Port 1 69 2 ja Remove Alto Sax 1 Legato Mic 1 B To Broadway Performer Port 1 34 3 4 From Broadway Performer Port 1 A MAL Remove There are two more things you still have to do 1 Load the instruments to the Broadway Big Band HALion Player and 2 setup appropriate ReWire tracks in Digital Performer to enable audio to come from the Broadway Big Band HALion Player into your Digital Performer project Let s get right to it 32 Inthe Broadway Big Band HALion Player load the appropriate instruments to match the instruments you have selected in Broadway Performer Make sure to load the instruments from their respective categories and not from the no category folder as the instruments in the no category folder are only raw audio content and are not playable You can recognize those by the word Audio at the beginning of their names Setup audio outputs for the loaded instruments in the Broadway Big Band HALion Player For the Drum kit leave it at Program as this will automatically distribute the drum kit to 5 separate stereophonic outputs stereo 9 13 which is a desirable thing when it comes to mixing On the other hand both of the other instruments we have in this example upright bass and also saxophone are recorded in mono hence mono outputs would be the most appropriate In this example we will be using Mono1 for
8. case the extended duration of the note and not the shorter appearance on the timeline is the one to consider y Editor ES Alto Saxophone 1 Part n ively affects the played nole ana ihe Staci simo key swi du ring a Ge irg legato race ger a Legato to sample 3 overlaping key swilch D Virtual Key Switches I E Emery 8 45 Chapter 15 Alternate samples handling Overview Broadway Big Band and the Broadway Per4former have a unique patent pending way of handling alternate samples Alternate samples are multiple recorded versions of the same note of the same articulation and same dynamic level which are intended to be played consecutively one after the other in case of repeating notes in order to avoid the Machine gun effect which is the very unconvincing sound of the same exact sample played repeatedly Most of the modern virtual samplers support that feature however the way in which it is implemented is radically different Most samplers offer a single cycle for alternate samples AKA round robin so that each note played moves the cycle one step forward This method presents two main problems The number of alternate takes must be consistent throughout the entire instrument whether it makes sense or not In case of for example two alternate takes when you play a trill because of the way it is managed the entire idea
9. develop and breathe If you want to 53 take advantage of these advantages without sacrificing low frequencies simply add more Low frequencies by EQ ing it It is also possible to combine this microphone setup with mic3 for extra boost on the low frequencies no phasing issues are going to be presented by it but as both mic3 and mic1 are close microphone positions which are meant to be combined with each other for a combined close micing setup combining mic4 with any of them 1 or 3 may not provide you with the unique advantages of either close micing or loose micing however you may experiment with the various combinations and create just the sound you want for the specific production you are working on Microphone setups for Banjo Ukulele There are two stereophonic microphone setups for both the Banjo and the Ukulele The differences are in the over all sound as a result of microphone angles and stereo imaging Two ribbon microphones and two condenser microphones were used oimply experiment with both and use the one the most suits your current production Microphone setups for Latin Percussions All of the Latin percussion instruments were recorded roughly the same way so this following description is appropriate for all of them Congas Bongos Timbalitos and the various percussion toys There are 3 stereophonic microphone setups that can be used individually or in combination with any or all of the others Microphon
10. it is still far enough to let the instrument breathe and the sound to fully develop allowing some of the room reflections to be included adding brightness and size Mic2 Tight mic A Large capsule condenser microphone 414 This microphone setup is very close to the instrument and it delivers a super dry sound with almost no room reflections It gives the saxophones a modern poppy sound suitable mostly for pop solos and or slim focused sound of a pop section Mic3 Loose mic A Large capsule condenser microphone U87 This Microphone setup is still fairly close to the instrument but simulates the studio micing style typical for a large ensemble such as a large big band Using a vintage tube preamplifier it delivers warm and rounded yet powerful sound and due to the relative distance from the instrument it includes significantly more room reflections than the two close microphone setups This setup delivers a bigger sound image than the close microphone setups as the sound tends to acoustically buildup in the air and with the added room reflections you get a Fatter sound This Microphone setup is very useful especially for jazz oriented pieces and if you want to glue the instruments together making them sound as if they were recorded as an ensemble sharing microphones in a single room This is also a good option if you want a soloist sound that needs to be incorporated in a symphonic arrangement Mic 4 Room Mic A Large cap
11. nia LI Un oh ul A A om a 0 C J Program 1 By default when you load an instrument otherwise known as a program the Output settings show program which means that the outputs defined in the program will be used Most programs are set to use Stereo1 output therefore if you want to set the instrument to a different output for better control in mixing simply click in the OUTPUT field and choose the desired output from the drop down menu Even though you can update to a new output there are some cases in which it is recommended to stick with the default Program output One such example would be drum kits usage Program outputs for the drum kits are separated into five stereo outputs Kick drum Snare drum Hi Hat Toms and Cymbals in total utilizing stereo outputs 9 13 In order to preserve the five stereo outputs and prevent them from being combined into only a single stereo output you would set each instrument to a different output Two other groups of programs with multi channel output are the Xylophone and Percussion programs both of which have 3 stereophonic microphone setups routed to the stereo outputs 3 5 and 6 8 It is also possible to load separate microphone setups as individual programs and to send each of them to a separate outputs for custom mixing This is useful when you want or need to combine microphone setups for the upright bass or wind instruments Since all wind instruments were record
12. or HALion if you re using the full version of HALion This is due to the fact that Broadway Performer is a real time standalone application and it needs to work in real time to generate the desired results Detuning It is currently not possible to detune individual instruments in the Broadway Big band HALion Player or in any HALion 3 X based sampler or sample player In order to detune a single instrument you will need to do it in 3 steps Detune HALion or Broadway Big Band HALion Player through the master tuning knob in the bottom right corner of the Broadway Big Band HALion Player s interface Dump only the desired track to an audio track as described above Retrieve the original tuning to its original value 440 installing updates and add ons Once updates become available registered users will have access to a download page and instructions about installing the various updates will be included there 48 Chapter 17 Choosing and loading Microphone setups Introduction In music production using live session players in a recording studio you would typically try to choose your microphones preamplifiers and microphone positions based on the genre and style of your production We feel you should have this kind of choice when working with samples as well As a result aside from the drum sets all of the instruments included in Broadway Big Band were recorded and delivered with several different microphones applying vario
13. properly when played using the Broadway Performer If you are a Mac user you must start the Broadway Performer before starting the Broadway Big Band HALion player and also before starting your MIDI sequencer otarting the Broadway Performer will create virtual MIDI ports in your system named to Broadway Performer and from Broadway Performer 1 4 If you are a PC user you will have to install the Maple Virtual MIDI Cable if you haven t already done so and use them instead As mentioned in Chapter 2 the Maple virtual MIDI ports can be downloaded for free at http Awww marblesound com This is also discussed further in the next chapter Chapter 5 Suggested Workflow Setups Wf Chapter 5 Working with Broadway Performer Broadway Performer is a standalone midi processing application that was developed especially for the Broadway Big Band and is required in order for the Broadway Big Band instruments to play Since most of the functionality of Broadway Performer is controlled via midi the interface is mostly used for midi routing purposes It is important to understand the role Broadway Performer plays in the system in order to avoid confusion later on so here is a brief explanation Broadway Big Band allows you to have instant real time access to thousands of sampled sounds per instrument by key switching alone and without the need to load multiple separate patches of a single instrument There s a lot of automated midi proc
14. rj LU Fall Down fast ur aw G2 OS to JD C 56 Virtual Key Switches Master Map for Alto Sax 1 Primary Functionality With Shift 1 With Shift 2 With 5hift 1 With Option 1 Wit ion 2 With Option Sluft 2 C2 C20 Repetition 24 Virtual Sustain Pedal Staccatissime Option l Iyfarccato amear into 3e Fall Down short Fall up long e Glide Down Fall Up short GE Marccato Dirty vibrato e Dr CH SHIFT 1 eis Io SHIFT 2 Progressive Progressive Progressive Vibrato Vibrato Deep Vibrato Ges Rurale Deep Vibrato E la Progressive Vibrato active ies 7 dla Virtual Key Switches Master Map for Tenor Sax 1 Primary Functionality With Shift 1 With Sluft 2 With Shift 1 With Option 1 AU BO Shift C 0 AIL PU C Repetition j Virtual Sustain Pedal NIarccato no vibrato 24 p Staccatissimo Option 1 Dl 4 e Fip up into short amear into NMarccato no Zi vibrato Lil Fl T bai D Fall Down iude ee tesis Ge Slow Gl 3l Sforzzando E Marccato Marccato FP Sforzzando see RR o emm Il A ES Strong vibrato 34 Bl 3 Progressive No Vibrato Lal 3T D Deep Vibrato Deep Vibrato With Option Staccato Option 2 58 Virtual Key Switches Master Map for Baritone Sax Primary Functionality With Shift 1 With Shift 2 With Sluftl With Option 1 Wi
15. set it up to be an Instrument Insert the Logic instrument called External on this object Double click the External instrument to bring up its interface Its MIDI destination is BBB channel 1 and its audio source is the same Soundflower outs you used in step 9 Assign this object to the sequencer track instead of the MIDI BBB object You may be able to able to bypass step 9 above but we ve found that it s better if you go through it first just to kick Logic in the rear end 91 An Important note After you have opened Broadway Performer and BBB HALion Player Standalone and you open Logic you may get a message from Logic saying Instrument BBB sends to a Midi port named To Broadway Performer Port 1 of Midi interface which no longer exists This is normal and to be expected You will have the choice of Keep Unassigned or Reassign Choose Keep Unassigned After Logic has opened go to the Environment layer and choose the multi instrument midi that you created for Broadway Big Band and you will see that it is assigned to a grayed out Broadway Performer 1 and you can simply move the pointer up to select a non grayed out Broadway Performer 1 Bouncing BBB tracks to audio with Soundflower To convert your Logic midi regions that are playing the BBB standlone using Soundlower to audio files is easy if you are bringing them into Logic through the External Instruments which is the best way as we have previ
16. the MIDI output track is the one sending MIDI information to the Broadway Big Band HALion player To add a new MIDI track in Sonar right click on the empty space A popup menu will appear From that popup context menu choose create midi track Then Double click on track 1 Input track and the properties window will popup In the properties window you will have to choose midi ports and channels Choose your midi interface the one connected to your midi keyboard as your midi input Choose Maple MIDI Out port 1 as your output port The MIDI input channel should match your MIDI keyboard usually channel 1 The MIDI output channel changes for each instrument For the example we ll use channel 1 DER wen HAAR G Producer Edition fie Et Process ves pes Irarspat Ge Tuscia Tesi Quocni EE a bait BSC SOB ma LIE Track Properties rsegerel Cols Pardue Loe b Choose Cola E Dets Track Color Tiaka 1 11 21 i Snc rm zqZ Lo EI II SEL ea CITI For Help press Ft 10500 Waiki bibi Dek space C 5066790 7158 REES DECR Click OK to close the Track Properties window Then double click Track 2 the MIDI Output track to open its Track Properties window Here you should select Maple Midi in Port 2 for the Track s input and Broadway Big Band as the track s output port For this example you will set both input and output channels to 1 but this vary from instrument to instrument
17. the Upright bass and Mono for the Alto saxophone 88980 FableSounds dnd Big Band Hybrid ReWire Slave Mode oe soo Rm CECA MM C530 a CN CI Cana IS rogamio FC T 0 ES ER MM LECH EEN ba ER MM MILENA CC CA CR RRE a pe S Prooramaz BA i o ES ER MEn Enna A Poorana Ra FER ES foom FE Ena A roma BA FER ESA ER FET Enn LEE rosams DEER ESA ER PA Programas FER ESA ER A RA wm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm 0 0d8 440 0 Mil 1 my VK I NI rr 0 2 0 1 1 M uu c rom Now let s setup the appropriate ReWire tracks in Digital performer We have already setup one stereophonic ReWire AUX track in the beginning of the process but we will leave it alone for now and create new tracks for the specific instruments we have in our example song Based on the output settings in the BBB HALion Player as shown above we will need two mono tracks to go with the bass and the saxophone and 5 stereo tracks to go with the drum kit 33 Go Ahead and add those new AUX tracks and assign them to the matching HALion Player ReWire outputs In this example we will name the initial stereo ReWire Track Stereo Program which is assigned to the first stereophonic output of the BBB HALion Player This first stereo output is the default output for all BBB instruments besides the drums and it is a good idea to enable that channel just in case you are loading an additional instrument and wan to be able to hear it even before assign
18. them If you load them directly NO SOUND will be played Chapter 4 HALion Player Preferences MIDI amp Audio settings The preferences page of the Broadway Big Band HALion player allows you to choose the audio device output and the MIDI port input you want to use It is fully accessible only when running in stand alone mode To access the preferences page Open the File drop down menu at the left end of the top bar of the BBB HALion player and choose Preferences Preferences AUDIO asio SCOPE ASIO Device VSTi Output ASIO Output Hal Stereo 1 L 01 Qut 1 Scope 24 bit R 02 Qut 2 Scope 24 bit L 01 Qut 1 Scope 24 bit R 02 Out 2 Scope 24 bit Hal Stereo 3 L 01 Qut 1 Scope 24 bit ASIO Control Panel MIDI M Enable Hybrid Rewire Mode it requires restart Reset MIDI TEMPO Tempo 120 E Time Sign 4 4 4 3 Close Broadway Big Band can be used in several different ways detailed in chapter 6 Stand alone mode is the most simple of them When using Broadway Big Band In stand alone mode you should choose your audio interface or sound card as the audio output In all other modes there is no need to choose audio output through the preferences page as this part of the preferences page will not be accessible In both stand alone and hybrid rewire modes it is necessary to select an input MIDI port Do not choose your physical MIDI interface as the instruments of the Broadway Big Band only respond
19. with the various sampled instruments without sacrificing the efficient and intuitive workflow we have come up with some new concepts that we believe you will find both helpful and easy to use and understand This Manual will introduce these concepts to you and will guide you through the technical steps of installing and using Broadway Big Band and Broadway Performer and will offer various tips about how to get the most out of this powerful and inspiring virtual instrument package and will hopefully provide you with a quick and easy learning curve AND HERE IS AN IMPORTANT NOTE Most of you are very experienced users of midi sequencers samplers and virtual instruments and tend to learn as you go and not follow manuals We urge you PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW THIS MANUAL There are a few very unusual elements in Broadway Big Band that affect setup and workflow If you don t follow this manual you are very likely to run into problems Take the time read and follow It will be worth it and will save you time in the long run From all of us at Fable Sounds Good luck and congratulations Chapter 2 Installation amp Registration Before you start Please write down the 9 digit number that is found on a small rounded white sticker underneath the semi transparent plastic coat of your oteinberg Key the dongle and keep it in a safe place In case you ever lose your dongle Steinberg Key these numbers will be the only way to retrieve your lic
20. 1 ion 2 E i S hift 2 C20 Dz0 CO Repetition J4 Virtual Sustain Pedal Staccatissimo Option 1 EIL en e Fip up into short Fip up into csi note sustain D T Fall Down Glide Down Fall Up short Sforzzando IRE CORE REI Crescendo fast Crescendo slow With Option 1 2 2 SE E j t Eee Fall Down short GH 32 6 E 0 7 T 5 mero In 0 9 l Sa Gl A i Progressive No Vibrato No Vibrato psi NL MM Plunger 1 MR oe fee ee 3 cma ren ee emer Di Deep Vibrato 62 Articulation Lists The following tables describe the way to reach articulations which cannot be learned from the virtual key switch map and includes a list of all possible articulations Trumpet 1 Articulation List Fall down 7 O Fall down from sustain O Fall down low O Fall down w flutter sJ O Falup 4 J O Fall up from sustain Falupsow O O Glide down le Ee Legato to short C 0 or D 0 held before the last note of a legato phrase E Marccato w mild vibrato Plunger On Plunger 3 Rip down into sustain CH1 Ko AE Rip portamento to short C 1 D 0 held before transitioning to the destination note E Stozzando Sforzzando Sforzzando cresc fast KE E RE TE O Sforzzando cresc slow Shake fast le Shake slow ES Sm
21. BROADWAY BIG BAND USER S MANUAL V1 06 Table of contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Ee 3 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION amp REGISTRATION 111rrrrrrreeeeeee zii 4 CHAPTER 3 HALION PLAYER LOCATING CONTENT 5 CHAPTER 4 HALION PLAYER PREFERENCES MIDI amp AUDIO SETTINGS 7 CHAPTER 5 WORKING WITH BROADWAY PERFORMER iii 8 CHAPTER 6 SUGGESTED WORKFLOW SETUPS 1111sssssessesesseeazizi iii 11 STANDALONE WORKFLOW albe 11 PREPARING CUBASE OR NUENDO TO WORK WITH BROADWAY BIG BAND 12 STEINBERG CUBASE WORKFLOW IN HYBRID RE WIRE MODE nnne enne 12 STEINBERG CUBASE WORKFLOW USING BBB AS A VST PLOUGN nnn 14 APPLE LOGIC WORKFLOW USING BBB AS STANDALONE WITH SOUNDFLOWER 15 APPLE LOGIC WORKFLOW USING BBB AS AN AU PLUG IN 23 USING BROADWAY BIG BAND WITH LOGIC AS HYBRID REWIDE eese 26 SONAR WORKFLOW USING BBB AS A DXI PLUG IN nnne nnne nnn 28 DIGITAL PERFORMER WORKFLOW IN HYBRID RE WIRE MODE 29 CHAPTER 7 SAVING LOADING ROUTING PRESETS IN THE BROADWAY PERFORMER 35 CHAPTER 8 HALION PLAYER OPTIONS amp MEMORY SETTINGS 36 CHAPTER 9 HALION PLAYER OUTPUT SETTINGS eere nnn nnn 37 CHAPTER 10 HALION PLAYER RAM SAVE FUNCTION nnne 38 CHAPTER 11 POLYPHONIC VS LEGATO INSTRUM
22. Broadway Performer Port 1 In Broadway Performer from the drop down menu select the instrument you want to load and setup its midi input and output ports as follows otart Broadway Big Band HALion Player At the preferences page make sure that the Enable hybrid re wire mode mark is checked If it is not checked click it A checkmark will appear You will have to close HALion Player and launch it again for the new settings to take effect If it was already checked there s no need to restart HALion In the preferences page of the Broadway Big Band HALion Player choose the same midi port that you have chosen to send midi to from the midi tracks that you ve setup in your sequencer on step 2 In the sequencer enable the Broadway Big Band Re Wire Ports that you want to use That s it You can now load the instruments onto the Broadway Big Band HALion player setup Broadway Performer accordingly and you re good to go nd Steinberg Cubase workflow Using BBB as a VST plug in To add an instrument to a Cubase project 2 tracks have to be added to the project Let s call the first of them the MIDI Input track e g Tenor Sax MIDI and the second track the MIDI Output track e g Tenor Sax HALion The MIDI input track is the only one recording performance while the MIDI output track is the one sending MIDI information to the Broadway Big Band HALion player In the main page of the track inspector in Cubase on the
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24. HONE SETUPS e 49 INTROPUCTIO N iaia 49 MICROPHONE SETUPS FOR TRUMPET i 49 MICROPHONE SETUPS FOR TROMBONE Renee ee reremse eise sire ra sa ere sagsage re sa sage pagas 50 MICROPHONE SETUPS FOR SOPRANO SAXOPHONE 51 MICROPHONE SETUPS FOR ALTO SAXOPHONE re ii 52 MICROPHONE SETUPS FOR TENOR GASOPHONE i 52 MICROPHONE SETUPS FOR BARITONE SAXOPHONE ee enne ne nime re se irse sa eres sa pase rera 52 MICROPHONE SETUPS FOR UPRIGHT Bags 53 MICROPHONE SETUPS FOR BANJO UKULELE EEN 54 MICROPHONE SETUPS FOR LATIN PERCUSSIONS Ine ne enne re emere sire re si ere sa sare raras 54 MICROPHONE SETUPS FOR XYLOPHONE ennaa anaana EAEL EAEL EAE REAA AA LARARE LELA naaar nnne 55 CHAPTER 18 KEY SWITCH MAPPING TABLE FOR THE BROADWAY BIG BAND INSTRUMENTS scie er 56 ARTICULATION LISTS e 63 CHAPTER 19 FAQ amp TROUBLESHOOTING cereum n REENEN REENEN ENNEN KEEN 67 Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing Broadway Big Band Congratulations We are confident that Broadway Big Band will change the way you look at contemporary midi orchestrations and that it will change your workflow forever The Broadway Big Band package includes nearly 100GBs of multi sampled audio content and a package of its accompanying software programs In order to achieve the desired level of realism
25. active xc xx x gt lt x oe x e x x Wl Use System Timestamp for Windows MIDI Inputs Steinberg Cubase workflow in Hybrid Re Wire mode What is Hybrid Re Wire mode During the development of Broadway Big Band trying to offer a smoother workflow that will work for as many hosting sequencers as possible we came up with the idea of a new playing mode for HALion In that non existing mode HALion had to receive MIDI from a MIDI port outside the MIDI sequencer but the audio had to show up in the virtual mixer of the hosting sequencer The idea of a Hybrid Re Wire mode came up A mode in which HALion will function as a standalone application as far as MIDI is concerned but will at the same time be connected to the sequencer through Re Wire so that the audio will show up in the Sequencer s mixer The people at Steinberg were accommodating enough and have added that feature for us Hybrid Re Wire mode offers an even more streamlined workflow as it only requires one midi channel per instrument and hence no midi filtering and setting up extra midi tracks in monitor mode 12 Here is how it works Create one midi track for each BBB instrument you want to add to your arrangement On PC oet the MIDI Output port of the midi track you have just created to Maple Midi Out Port 1 On Mac Set your MIDI output port of the midi track you have just created to To
26. al MIDI multi instruments like before but set Port to Broadway Performer 2 or 3 or 4 In the Clicks and Ports page make additional audio instruments and connect From Broadway Performer 2 or 3 or 4 to it Tip it may be a good idea to avoid numbers in the port names so that MIDI channel numbers will not get confusing 25 USING BROADWAY BIG BAND WITH LOGIC AS HYBRID REWIRE You need to setup everything in Logic as described the previous subchapter regarding the AU Logic workflow and save the appropriate files Make sure Hybrid Rewire is checked in the Broadway Big Band HALion Player and then quit the Broadway Big Band Standalone application In your Logic song s Clicks and Ports Environment Layer remove the Broadway Big Band AU plug in from the audio instrument but leave the cabling intact Open the Broadway Big Band standalone and in the preferences make sure that the Hybrid Rewire option is active and that the MIDI Input is from the appropriate Broadway Performer port i e From Broadway Performer 1 Load your instruments in the Broadway Big Band HALion player and you are ready to go Broadway Big Band File Help O Ej 11039PM 4 Q AAA BBB 2 Iso Arrange m Edit Track Region MIDI Audio View DOQ MIDI THRU Snap Smart Drag Overlap oop HI a W d a a AOA New v Edit View v Options wm E
27. at otherwise would have been caused by the typical inaccurate modulation wheel readings As such a double threshold is crossed the Broadway Performer actively plays the next dynamic level and performs a quick cross fade in a predetermined duration that has been tested to minimize phasing artifacts As the cross fade is completed the Broadway Performer releases the original note and thus lowers the polyphony load MIDI Data Morphing Too often there is a gap between the value generated by the keyboard velocity and the value generated by the modulation wheel To overcome this problem the Broadway Performer does not take the modulation wheel s data for its face value Instead it morphs between the keyboard velocity value and the value coming from the modulation wheel giving you ample time to set the modulation wheel to the proper position before the dynamic level changes too much It also protects you from overly sudden movements that would have generated overlapping cross fades that would have sounded unconvincing 43 In conclusion to change the dynamics of a note using the modulation wheel creating crescendo and diminuendo effects Play the note with the desired initial dynamic keyboard velocity Quickly bring the modulation wheel to a position that closely resembles the initial dynamic played Move the modulation wheel up or down to create crescendo or diminuendo effects Note that moving the volume pedal controller does n
28. c1 Close Mic A Large capsule condenser tube microphone 149 This microphone setup is relatively close and offers a fairly dry and focused sound but it is still far enough to let the instrument breathe and the sound to fully develop allowing some of the room reflections to be included adding brightness and size This microphone setup is intended for Funk Salsa and any other situation where you need a powerful vivid and bright sound Mic2 Tight mic A Large capsule condenser microphone 414 This microphone setup is very close to the instrument and it delivers a super dry sound with almost no room reflections It lets the baritone saxophone have a very aggressive in your face sound which will easily cut through the mix Mic3 Loose mic A Large capsule condenser microphone U87 This Microphone setup is still fairly close to the instrument but simulates the studio micing style typical for a large ensemble such as a large big band Using a vintage tube preamplifier it delivers warm and rounded yet powerful sound and due to the relative distance from the instrument it includes significantly more room reflections than the two close microphone setups This setup delivers a bigger sound image than the close microphone setups as the sound tends to acoustically buildup in the air and with the added room reflections you get a Fatter sound This Microphone setup is very useful especially for jazz oriented pieces and if you want
29. cato D 0 and Staccatissimo C 0 Different combinations will trigger different variations of the basic articulation For example F 0 stands for fall By default a standard short fall down articulation will be triggered However holding the option 2 key D 0 with F 0 will result in a Fall up articulation Holding Option 1 C 0 with F 0 will result in Glide down which is a shorter less radical effect similar to fall and holding both Option 1 and Option 2 will result in Fall down slow articulation Some instruments also include Fall up slow triggered by the combination of F 0 and one of the shift keys 44 Another good example is choosing the different vibrato styles C1 and D1 are the two keys assigned for choosing the vibrato style but most of the BBB instruments have 3 or 4 different recorded options usually 1 no vibrato 2 Normal Vibrato 3 Deep Vibrato and 4 Progressive Vibrato In Most cases C1 will select the Progressive Vibrato style and D1 will select Deep Vibrato In order to select the other styles you need to use Shft 2 BO Holding shift 2 before hitting C1 will select No Vibrato and holding Shift 2 before hitting D1 will select Normal Vibrato All of these vibrato style selections have a passive unidirectional behavior which means they will affect notes played after the key switch is triggered However holding Shift 1 AO before hitting any of these keys will c
30. cay DEA Sustain P D CA Relea BCA Amoun D Volc A E A SW 0 0dB Ki FN e a EXT RM BN dere c ALLAN AAA In the option menu click Locate Content A browser will appear ci Player Options Highlight all of the Broadway Big band HSB files that you have copied to your system and click Open If the HSB files are located in several folders repeat the last three steps until all content has been located This action is only required once You will not need to repeat this process once all of the content has been located After locating content all of the audio content files will appear in the no category folder while the playable programs will appear in their respective categories Note that you cannot locate folders Only files can be located This means that you either need to locate the files of each folder separately or even better copy all FILES to a single folder and then browse to that folder when locating content select all files by highlighting them as you normally would and click Open Also note that you must locate both all of the Audio files from the DVDs and the playable programs also HSBs from the CD ROM When it is time to load instruments to the player do not load the Audio files from the No Category section but rather the playable programs from the proper category in the player s browser The Audio files are only there so that the player would be able to use the audio content in
31. could sometimes be challenging to keep it under control and avoid exaggerated sudden changes of dynamics While in most cases there shouldn t be a problem to play normally sometimes in cases of whole pieces that are all played only on the loud or only on the soft end of the dynamic range using a midi compressor can make it easier to both avoid triggering samples of the wrong dynamic level unintentionally and have a better control in reaching nuances of dynamics in performance within the proper dynamic range Midi compressors are midi plug ins and they limit the dynamic range of keyboard velocity the same way that audio compressors limit the dynamic range of audio This tip is a great idea not only for the Broadway Big Band but also for many other sample libraries that offer a very wide dynamic range Doubled instruments vs Overlay instruments In music production using live session players many of us find ourselves hiring one player for each section i e one trumpet player who then doubles himself track after track until the full section is created Using the legato instruments of the Broadway Big Band can work very much the same way In most cases this approach will create the most realistic results The only case it will be obviously impractical to do so is when the case of a unison line of a section In order to address these cases we created the additional overlay instruments Those are the Polyphonic only instruments that don t include any le
32. crophones U87 were positioned high above and behind the percussionist facing the large live room and capturing its reflections In order to prevent phasing issues and avoid too long of a distance from the instruments they were setup in an X shape at the center and hence provide a narrower yet very natural stereo image This microphone setup can be used as a natural reverb or to simulate a situation of microphone bleed It can also be used by itself if the production calls for long micing of the percussion Microphone setups for Xylophone The Xylophone was recorded with 3 stereo pairs of microphones that can be all mixed together in various ways to accommodate your mix for whatever genre you re working in However this xylophone is not intended for symphonic applications but rather for anything and everything other than that Microphone setup 1 A stereo pair of large diaphragm condenser microphones positioned at the top of the xylophone capturing the most punch and emphasizes the attack and detail of the sticks hitting and rubbing the wooden instrument This stereophonic microphone setup delivers a bright sound with much detail especially in the high frequencies Microphone Setup 2 A stereo pair of ribbon microphones using a vintage tube pre amplifier and positioned under the xylophone This stereophonic microphone setup delivers the meat of the acoustical tone of the instrument and it is usually a very good idea to use it in c
33. dway Big Band in Standalone without a sequencer or with a dedicated computer separated from the sequencer choose your midi interface as your midi input port In case you are using Broadway Big Band both as a plug in VST DXI AU and HeWire Hybrid ReWire simultaneously you will need an additional pair of virtual cables For PC it will be choosing Maple Midi In Port 3 as your input port and Maple Midi Out Port 4 as your output port For Mac it will be selecting To Broadway Performer Port 2 as your input port and From Broadway Performer Port 1 as your output port more on that in chapter 6 To add instruments click on the Add Instrument button in the upper right corner Midi ports will be inherited and the midi channels will automatically consecutively go up with the channel count At the upper right corner under the Add Instrument button there are a few smaller buttons The I button at the top right corner opens a little information window about the version of Broadway Performer you are using The F Button opens the File Menu where you can save and load projects The M Button opens the Virtual Key Switch Monitor Virtual Key Switch Monitor At the upper right corner under the Add Instrument button there are a few smaller buttons When you click on the M button a new window opens This is the Virtual Key Switch Monitor Broadway Performer Virtual Key Switch Monitor Flutter Vibrato Plu
34. e HALion s default is 1 60 seconds we found that for Broadway Big Band 0 30 of a second is a much better choice as it allows more instruments to be loaded at the same time on the same computer as a direct result of the RAM savings and significantly improves the instrument loading times The 0 30 value is already set in the Broadway Big Band HALion Player however If you are using the full version of HALion you should set its pre load time to 0 30 in order to be optimized to working with Broadway Big Band Player Options Quick Control 2 17 Gen Purp 2 Quick Control 3 18 Gen Purp 3 Quick Control 4 18 Gen Purp 4 Quick Control 20 Gen Purp 5 Quick Control 1 Gen Bum 8 2 Gen Bum d Quick Control 8 83 Den Bump 8 This is very important so make sure to verify the Preload into RAM settings just in case Also some people use even lower values such as 0 20 and even 0 10 ouch low values might create streaming issues depending on your hard drives and system however the lower the value is the more instruments you can load SO we encourage you to experiment with it and find your own sweet spot 96 Chapter 9 HALion Player Output settings In the main interface of the Broadway Big Band HALion Player there are 16 separate instrument slots Each of these slots includes the following fields which appear from left to right Category Program Channel Volume Pan amp Output SUTER CATE I df i T
35. e Setup 1 Close Microphone Setup This stereophonic pair of dynamic microphones SM57 simulates a live performance situation and is also good when you want the percussion to easily cut through the mix and sound close and crisp The stereo image is super wide to the extent that sometimes an instrument will only be heard on one side of the panorama with virtually no sound bleed on the other You can always narrow the stereo image down a notch if you want to do so by adjusting the PAN knobs in your mixer or by adding the Room microphone setup Microphone Setup 3 Microphone Setup 2 Loose Microphone Setup This stereophonic pair of large diaphragm condenser microphones C414 was positioned behind the performer and hence capture a rich room reflection content in addition to a wide stereo image of the instruments themselves You can always narrow the stereo image down a notch if you want to do so by adjusting the PAN knobs in your mixer and or by adding Microphone Setup 3 which has a narrower stereo image This microphone setup can be used by itself to blend smoothly in the mix or for a high end sounding percussion solo part or in conjunction with Microphone Setup 1 for extra punch However once again combining all three stereophonic microphone setups is recommended as it provides maximum sonic control when mixing B4 Microphone Setup 3 Room Microphone Setup This stereophonic pair of large diaphragm condenser mi
36. e instrument that can save you some RAM when loading them Almost any other change in the program will generate unexpected behaviors Q I m running Broadway Big Band on a MAC and the Key Switch Monitor of Broadway Performer seems to be sluggish about displaying the articulation changes when play A The real time performance of the actual midi processing and communications has a higher priority of performance in the Broadway Performer over the key switch monitor display This puts the Key Switch Monitor display in a lower priority of performance which causes the slight delay While in the PC version the performance of the Key Switch monitor is much better and seems to respond in real time the Mac version is slightly slower In the future we may try and improve this however in the meantime you can rest assure that the performance of the music you play is not sluggish and responds in real time just as you would expect 67
37. e next page 17 7 In the Logic Environment create a new Multiinstrument and assign its MIDI output to Broadway Performer Port 1 We ve named it BBB 000 New v Edit v View v Options v 9 Off INN All E Port 1 Unitor8 Port 2 Unitor8 Port 3 Unitor8 OMS Ob Port 4 Unitor8 Port 5 Unitor8 vBBB 1 Port 6 Unitor8 lS Port 7 Unitor8 icon Port 8 Unitor8 Port MEN IAC Bus 2 IAC Driver Mil IAC Bus 3 IAC Driver m IAC Bus 4 IAC Driver a IAC Bus 5 IAC Driver Velocit IAC Bus 6 IAC Driver Key Lim IAC Bus 7 IAC Driver Vel Lim IAC Bus 8 IAC Driver wem IAC Bus 9 IAC Driver e a IAC Bus 10 IAC Driver Style IAC Bus 11 IAC Driver VDAW 1 MIDIoverLAN CP PE VDAW 2 MIDIoverLAN CP PE VDAW 3 MIDIoverLAN CP PE VDAW 4 MIDIoverLAN CP PE VDAW 5 MIDIoverLAN CP PE VDAW 6 MIDloverLAN CP PE QLSO 7 MIDloverLAN CP PE QLSO 8 MIDIoverLAN CP PE Giga 1 1 MIDIoverLAN CP PE Giga 1 2 MIDIoverLAN CP PE Giga 1 3 MIDIoverLAN CP PE Giga 1 4 MIDIoverLAN CP PE Giga 1 5 MIDIoverLAN CP PE Giga 1 6 MIDIoverLAN CP PE Giga 1 7 MIDIoverLAN CP PE Giga 1 8 MIDIoverLAN CP PE 2x2 G5 1 MIDloverLAN CP PE 2x2 G5 2 MIDloverLAN CP PE 2x2 G5 3 MIDloverLAN CP PE 2x2 G5 4 MIDloverLAN CP PE Session 1 Port 1 MT4 Port 2 MT4 Port 3 MT4 Port 4 MT4 To Broadway Performer Port 1 To Broadway Performer Port 2 To Broadway Performer Port 3 To Broadway Performer Port 4
38. eardownandback Smear into sustain fF Staccatissimo ooo o 00 Staccato 11 To TFrF r 1roggGRG0 Staccato w closed plunger Sustain closed plunger w flutter Flutter On Plunger On Plunger 3 tongue 63 Sustain open plunger w flutter Flutter On Plunger On Plunger 4 tongue Sustain w deep vibrato Sustain w flutter tongue sustain w flutter tongue hard attack Sustain w growl I m o ii l l 1 ne Sustain w no vibrato Sustain w progressive vibrato Alto Sax 1 Articulation List Clap FX Fall down fast o 1 Fall down fast w growl Fall down slow SE Falldownslowfromsustain FFalup li Fall up from sustain M O Fall up slow A E Gide down o P REESEN phrase Ma et vibrato Marecato w dirty vibrato Smear into sustain O Smear slow into sustain oo Staccatissimo o Staccato Sustain w deep vibrato Sustain w growi TI Sustain w progressive vibrato Tenor Sax 1 Articulation List Clap FX N Fall down fast Il Fall down fast w growl Fall down fast from sustain J O Fall down slow FFalup Il Fall up from sustain J Gide down oo M Glide down w growl 64 phrase F Had S t vibrato Marccato w dirty vibrato Marccato w mild vibrato Sforzzando crescendo sl
39. ed CD ROM launch the Broadway Big Band HALion Player installer and follow the on screen instructions From the same CD ROM launch the Broadway Performer installer and follow the on screen instructions Log on to www fablesounds com register and follow the on screen registration instructions It will be necessary to register in order to gain access to software updates bonus materials and VIP coupons to be applied toward future products from Fable Sounds Registration is based on the unique activation codes you ve received with your package _4 Chapter 3 HALion Player Locating content Before loading the various instruments available in the package you first need to show the Broadway Big Band HALion player where their respective HSB files are on your hard drive For various reasons we ve decided to separate the audio content from the actual playable HALion programs The HSB files that include audio content have Audio in the beginning of the file name and the playable programs do not When locating content however it is required to locate both In order to locate content Click the Options button the big circular button on the HALion Player interface HALION PLAYER BI 2053 DIA BAND SII vec EOG EENS RICE i oS DE ER DRE RRE DEREN EAITZE ame ae ee ee Z RRE DEER ER RRC gt ES RR DEER ES I ER aA em RUN EE ER A ZE CrM O E KAN EE ON gt CCI CA ZIE A Ue a RO ZZE ET Resonance DEF Amount DCA Ate kj OCA De
40. ed in mono it is recommended to use the mono outputs for them as well as the upright bass The Broadway Big Band HALion Player has 16 mono outputs the same number of instrument slots available in the Player which means you ll never run out of outputs Note that when sending more than one program to a single output you can balance the range of outputs by adjusting the volume and pan on each instrument s slot 7 Chapter 10 HALion Player RAM Save function In order to battle the limitations of RAM memory the HALion Player offers the RAM Save function RAM Save can automatically unload notes that you aren t using in your arrangement Click the RAM Save button at the left of the HALion Player s virtual keyboard lt will start to blink It will start to blink Once this begins Play the song in your sequencer from beginning to end Click the RAM Save button once again The button will stop blinking and a pop up dialogue window will soon appear Click Apply to enable RAM Save unloading process Ji FableSounds Broadway Big Band E Ces Cancel Important note Because of the way Broadway Performer deals with alternate samples running the song only once for RAMSave to learn it will drop all unused alternate samples which is not a desirable thing as some of the notes will play only every other time when the cycle gets to the same alternate sample that was used during the RAMSave learning process Ther
41. efore it is recommended to run the song several times 3 times is usually enough before clicking the RAMSave button the second time To reload the dropped samples for a selected instrument Highlight the selected instrument by clicking the LED to the left of the instrument slot in the player Right click on the empty panel at the center of the player A context menu will appear From the context menu choose Reload Samples From RAMSave 38 Chapter 11 Polyphonic vs Legato Instruments Broadway Big Band includes both polyphonic and legato instruments for use in your recording sessions However each one has certain advantages and drawbacks which make the use of one or the other more beneficial in certain given situations Legato Instruments The advantage of using the legato instruments is in the added realism that is achieved by the real pre recorded note transitions The legato instruments include real pre recorded note transitions such as legatos and glissandos which make the performance much more realistic and convincing However it only allows you to play one note at a time just as with a real wind instrument In order to take advantage of the real prerecorded note transitions e legato intervals etc you should overlap notes Play the next note before releasing the current one and the sample of the interval between the current note and the note will be played If you do continue holding the current note even af
42. enses If you transfer licenses from one dongle to another keep record of the serial number of the dongle that currently has your licenses on Also Keep the BBB Activation codes These will be required for product registration on the Fable Sounds website which will be required for gaining access to future updates and bonus materials MAC USERS Copy all of the DVD content to your hard drive or hard drives It is recommended to use a fast hard drive that is separate from your system drive From the included CD ROM launch the Broadway Big Band HALion Player installer and follow the on screen instructions From the same CD ROM launch the Broadway Performer installer and follow the on screen instructions Log on to www fablesounds com register and follow the on screen registration instructions It will be necessary to register in order to gain access to software updates bonus materials and VIP coupons to be applied toward future products from Fable Sounds Registration is based on the unique activation codes you ve received with your package PC USERS Before installing Broadway Big Band on your PC you should download and install the Maple Virtual Midi Cable if you don t already have it installed on your system You can download it for free at www marblesound com Copy all of the DVD content to your hard drive or hard drives it is recommended to use a fast hard drive that is separate from your system drive From the includ
43. essing that handles playing back the proper sampled note transitions repetitions and up to hundreds of individual cycles of alternate samples per instrument None of these midi processing technologies is available in HALion or in any other software or hardware sampler existing to date and many of them were developed especially for Broadway Big Band and are a part of Fable oounds patent pending midi processing technology In order to take advantage of these very advanced midi processing features the midi needs to be processed by Broadway Performer before it reaches the Broadway Big Band HALion Player oince the output from Broadway Performer cannot be recorded by midi sequencers Broadway Performer must be the last stop of the midi path before reaching the HALion Player Let s take a look Midi Keyboard MMC Performer Midi Sequencer DAW Midi comes out of your midi keyboard then sent into your midi sequencer From your midi sequencer it is then sent via a virtual midi cable into Broadway Performer After being processed by Broadway Performer HALion Player the processed midi is sent via a second virtual midi cable into the Broadway Big Band HALion Player In standalone mode you will skip right from your midi keyboard to Broadway Performer as shown above It is important to understand that Maple for PC users and the From Broadway Performer and To Broadway Performer for Mac users are virtual midi cable
44. ey switch groups such as vibrato type or flutter on off at all times and displays any bidirectional key switches as they are pressed Using the monitor greatly helps in understanding what is happening with the program as you play especially for very articulated instruments such as Trumpet 1 The default playing state of most instruments is sustain with progressive vibrato and legato note transitions It is possible to combine several virtual key switches simultaneously in order to achieve a combined musical result For example you can press the growl on VKS and the fall down VKS to trigger a fall down with growl sample This also means that for example if you play a legato phrase and press the staccato key switch right before the last note of the phrase it will trigger a legato to short sample instead of a plain staccato sample We encourage you to experiment with combining virtual key switches and exploring the numerous recorded articulations The 18 virtual key switches assigned on the MIDI keyboard typically vary between about 40 playing techniques for each of the main instruments of the Broadway Big Band Introduction Virtual Key Switches just like standard key switches are keys on the low end of the physical controlling MIDI keyboard and are used to enable the user switching between different playing techniques and articulations However the virtual key switches do not control the sample player directly but rathe
45. gato samples and do not include as wide variety of articulations Trumpet 2 Alto Sax 2 Tenor Sax 2 but can easily play in unison with the legato instruments as the instruments recorded were physically different Volume control vs dynamics All wind instruments of Broadway Big Band respond both to keyboard velocity modulation wheel and volume pedal or volume midi controller editable in the sequencer While the volume pedal and volume midi controller affects the output level only the keyboard velocity and modulation wheel affect the actual dynamics of the performance triggering and or cross fading between the various recorded dynamic levels More about modulation wheel driven crescendo and diminuendo in chapter 12 Maximizing memory usage For Cubase and Sonar users it is recommended to use 2 instances of Broadway Big Band HALion Player One as a Plug in and the other as Hybrid Rewire This helps overcoming the 2GB limitation per application of the operating system Alternatively if you have 4GB of RAM it is recommended to explore the idea of the 3 GB Switch however the 3 GB Switch is not suitable for all systems and we cannot offer support for it 47 Freezing tracks dumping to audio There are two unique point about freezing tracks with Broadway Big band You MUST choose the real time export otherwise it will not work properly For Logic users there is an export mode that needs to be checked in the HALion Player
46. gt Audio Hardware and Drivers and select PCI424 SF16 Preferences Ee Ga E Built in Audio Global Audio MIDI Display Soundflower 2ch Soundflower 16ch Drivers Display Mobile 1 0 2882 DSP 1363 WEE DE E SEN Core Audio DAE Geet TTT Fireface PCI 424 v Enabled ueque SF 16 Fireface Ens SF2 Drive MIO MOTU a Ensemble PCl 424 System Memory Requiremen gi I O Buffer Siz i Ge wt Let Da UU UU rn Recording Delay ence iue cate e D i t db od d d Pd L i eS Max Number of Audio Tracks ee E T AS D Zz 64 Busses vi Universal Track Mode 4 Larger Disk Buffer vi 24 Bit Recording Software Monitoring Process Buffer Range Medium 1 Rewire behavior Live Mode Higher CPU Load Maximum Scrub 5peed Norma u Scrub Response Normal t NOTE the main reason you must launch the programs in this particular order is that Broadway Big Band s HALion player will start up in ReWire mode if you launch it after Logic and before Broadway Performer ReWire won t allow Broadway Performer to intercept the MIDI coming from Logic before it reaches BBB HALion Player and you will hear no sound IMPORTANT Apparently there can be two different launching orders 1 Logic 2 BP 3 BBB or 1 BP 2 BBB 3 Logic and different systems tend to work better with one launching order or the other You should experiment with both and see which one works best with your system Continued on th
47. h Thru Tools Auto channelize U Sync Recorded MIDI to Patch Thru Track Columns Setup Tracks Overview EI Patch Thru in Background Undo Pruning Wavetonm Editor General Audio Options Background Processing Startup Options Play And Record or Ww Click and Countoff MIDI Solo amp Patch Thru Receive Sync Transmit Syme Set the non solo MIDI tracks to of velocity U Solo front most MIDI edit window cos Check play in background so you can listen while working in Broadway Performer Also auto channelize if you haven t already Also you must enable and work in Multi Record mode From the Studio menu select the Multi Record to enable it Not enabling and working in Multi Record mode will create a bad midi loop In the following example we will be setting up a project with three instruments an alto saxophone a drum set and an upright bass 30 Before Launching the Broadway Big Band HALion Player you MUST setup at least one rewire channel in Digital Performer It can be an AUX track or an audio track If you are using an audio track then you must put it in record enabled This will let BBB HALion Player know that it is expected to open in Re Wire mode and not in Standalone mode It is recommended to create AUX tracks first and only create audio tracks if and when you want to bounce tracks to audio Go to the Audio Input menu of the new AUX track and from the drop down list of pos
48. hange the behavior to active which will affect notes that are already being played and will change them on the fly 42 Chapter 13 Mod Will Controllers amp MIDI data morphing in the Broadway Performer Broadway Big Band has a unique way of handling modulation wheel driven crescendo and diminuendo cross fades This is so for a few reasons otandard cross fading with sampled solo instruments tends to create unwanted phasing artifacts which damage realism Controlling dynamics by both keyboard velocity and the modulation wheel in the same playable program without using our new MIDI data morphing technology introduces a problem because of the gap between the value generated by the keyboard velocity and the value generated by the modulation wheel as soon as it is moved Without MIDI data morphing the gap between the two different values causes an abrupt change in dynamics that sounds very unnatural and artificial or digital For example here is how the Broadway Big Band wind instruments cross fades between dynamic layers If for example you are crescendoing from PP as the softest dynamic layer is already played it first starts raising the volume level amplitude of the same sample only without cross fading Then there are double thresholds between the dynamic layers Before any cross fading occurs the modulation wheel needs to cross both sides of the double threshold This is done in order to prevent unwanted cross fades th
49. hannel different from MIDI Channel choose Instrument 17 For MIDI Channel choose All Name this audio instrument Broadway Run a cable connecting From Broadway Performer 1 in the Physical Input object to Broadway the audio instrument you have just created You can run additional cables connecting From Broadway Performer 2 3 and 4 if you want to be using them Now go ahead and load Broadway Big Band on this audio instrument now This way when we go to the arrange page we ll have confirmation that we really are dealing with the correct audio instrument Adding instruments to the arrangement Go to the Arrange Page Select the Broadway audio instrument for one of the tracks Note that it is not under Audio gt gt Audio Instruments It is under Clicks and Ports since that s where it was created You should see Broadway Big Band already installed as a plug in from a few steps ago Double click on it In the Program 1 slot of the Broadway Big Band HALion Player load Alto Sax 1 Legato Mic 3 Note make sure to load it from the proper category Don t load the program from the no category area with the programs that start with the word Audio as those are merely Audio content files which are not playable and will not make a sound For the sake of this example we chose to use Alto sax 1 Legato Mic 3 You can obviously use any instrument you choose Under MIDI Inst gt gt BBB gt gt Channel 1 on a new track
50. ike a channel strip Assign its output to your monitor outs and bring up the fader if it s down ein e Y m Y Yee QU Dal FN Tracks G Audio Object Audio Object kon E us Device CoreA gt H or MIDI C Value Track Show E Input Show Aux Instrument ReWire Output Bus Master Show 5 Show WOoWOW Ww wow ow nput Stereo L Input 1 2 ReWire Stereo Input 3 4 Output Stereo Input 5 6 Input 7 8 Input 9 10 Input 11 12 Input 13 14 Input 15 16 Input 17 18 Input 19 20 Input 21 22 Input 23 24 Input 27 28 Input 29 30 Input 31 32 Input 33 34 Input 35 36 Input 37 38 Input 39 40 Input 41 42 Input 43 44 Input 45 46 Input 47 48 Input 49 50 5z Input 51 5 20 Now were ready to make sound 10 Load an instrument into the Broadway Big Band Player s MIDI channel 1 load the corresponding instrument into Broadway Performer and assign a MIDI track in the Arrange window to BBB the instrument we created in step 7 MIDI channel 1 Now when you select that track and play from your keyboard you should hear music 11 You can stop there but its more convenient to set Broadway Big Band up to behave just like a virtual instrument running inside Logic That way you can insert plug ins on it and you only have to deal with one channel strip for the audio and MIDI as shown in Fig 8 External ken ST PR ma ace Inserts 7 insert To do that create an audio object and
51. ing a specific output for it Seg l CR Sequence End E Selection Start Tijood End Todo Fi HUE REC IMFUT CH E 4h 4 4h ab A 4 A A A A A A A A AA A AA AA a d E Contoller 1 any Contoller 1 amy Contoller 1 amy Broadway Big Band ReWire Broadway Mono 1 27 Broadway Big Band ReWire Broadway Mono 2 28 Broadway Big Band ReWire Broadway St 9 L 17 R 18 Broadway Big Band ReWire Broadway St 10 L 19 R 20 Broadway Big Band ReWire Broadway St 11 L 21 R 22 Broadway Big Band ReWire Broadway St 12 L 23 R 24 Broadway Big Band ReWire Broadway St 13 L 25 R 26 Broadway Big Band ReWire Broadway St 1 1 R 2 Broadway Big Band ReWire Broadway Mono 1 27 Broadway Big Band ReWire Broadway Mono 2 28 Broadway Big Band ReWire Broadway 519 L 17 R 18 Broadway Big Band ReWire Broadway St 10 L 19 R 20 Broadway Big Band ReWire Broadway SH11 L 21 A 22 Broadway Big Band ReWire Broadway St 12 L 23 R 24 Broadway Big Band ReWire Broadway St 13 L 25 R 26 Broadway Big Band ReWire Broadway SU 1 R 2 LEVEL TRACK MAME E E LEE QE LE C LE AT AT MEL z Conductor di Drums di Bass di Alto Sax i BASS 4 Alto 4 KIK 4 Snare Hi Hat 4 toms 4 Cymbals STERO PROGRAM SS SS BASS rec oe ALTO SAX MIC 1 rec SS KIK rec zz SNARE rec SS HIHAT rec zz TOMS rec zz CYMBALS rec zz STEREO rec a Master 1 24 FLAT T7 YVYXTYTYYTYYTYTYTYYYTYYYYYY OUTFUT To Broadway Performer Port 1 1 To Broadway Perf
52. iver in order to incorporate Broadway Big Band into your Logic project IAC Driver On your system hard drive under Applications gt gt Utilities is an application called Audio MIDI Setup Open that and in the upper left corner you will see a pink or red button called IAC Driver Double click on it Check the box Device is online Then hit the Apply button MAC users in general Logic users included need to launch Broadway Performer before launching the hosting sequencer Logic in order for the Broadway Performer s midi ports to appear So launch Broadway Performer now and then go to the next step oetting up the Logic environment Launch Logic and go to the Environment Page Go to the MIDI Instruments Page Create a new multi instrument New gt gt Multi Inst Set Port to To Broadway Performer 1 and set Channel to ALL By default all 16 channels are crossed out You need to un cross them all one by one Name this Multi Instrument BBB you can name it as you please but we will use BBB for this example Go to the Clicks and Ports Page Create an instrument New gt gt Instrument and call it Dead End This step is required in order to prevent the IAC driver from going into an infinite midi loop oet Port to ALL Set Channel to All Run a cable from IAC Bus 1 in the Physical Input object to this Dead End instrument we just created Create an audio object New gt gt Audio Object zc Under C
53. left side of the screen choose your MIDI keyboard as the input port of your MIDI input track e g Tenor Sax MIDI and choose Maple MIDI Out Port 1 as the output port In this example choose 1 as your output channel For your MIDI Output track e g Tenor Sax HALion in the track inspector choose Maple MIDI In Port 2 as your input port and choose Broadway Big Band as your output port You should choose the corresponding MIDI channel output in this example channel number 1 Then press the Input Transformer icon on the top right corner of the track inspector Choose Local in the drop down menu that appears The Input Transformer window will appear Choose Channel Filtering in the Presets section and choose a preset with a number corresponding to the relevant MIDI channel in this example channel number 1 Then check check box number 1 in the Active Module section and close the window That s it Now you re ready to play Repeat these steps using different MIDI channels for additional instruments 14 Apple Logic workflow Using BBB as standalone with Soundflower If you are using Logic on the same computer with Broadway Big Band and you don t use a Digi Design audio interface then this is the recommended workflow for you If you are using a Digi Design audio interface this workflow is not for you In this workflow you will be using Broadway Big Band as standalone outside Logic and will be st
54. n staying in the new playing state This is very useful for articulations such as fall from sustain Bidirectional Semi Active Key Switches not available in this alpha version will be added at beta Behaves similarly to the semi active key switches but has an additional audible action with the release of the key switch This is very useful for articulations such as alternate fingering and clap bend Virtual Sustain Pedal Key Switch The low C key on the controlling MIDI keyboard is used as a virtual sustain pedal standard sustain pedal can be used to achieve the same functionality In order to access the repetition samples legato prima just hold the virtual sustain pedal before releasing the note to be repeated and then play the note again this time a repetition sample will be triggered instead of the regular sustain sample There is no need to press the sustain pedal repeatedly for multiple repetitions Special Option and Shift keys In order to make Broadway Performer even easier to use each articulation family was placed on a single key In order to reach the various articulations associated with that key 2 option keys and 2 shift keys have been assigned They are all ergonomically placed on your MIDI keyboard and are used very much like the Shift and Control keys on your computer keyboard The two shift Keys are AO and BO and the two option keys are actually the same keys that were assigned to the articulations Stac
55. nger Pattern Plunger Temporary Articulations Off None Plunger 1 CH Fropressne Plunges da Um Deep Plungers i i la pl Flunger 4 Instrument The Virtual Key Switch Monitor can give you a visual feedback about the playing state and active articulations of the instrument you are playing It can only monitor one instrument at a time Choose the instrument you want to monitor in the drop down menu at the right bottom corner The instruments will appear in the list numbered according to their appearance in the Broadway Performer The Proper attributes will appear You can reset an instrument and bring It to its default playing state by clicking the Reset button 10 Chapter 6 Suggested Workflow Setups Standalone workflow When using Broadway Big Band in Standalone mode either for a live performance or when using it on a dedicated computer separated from the computer running the sequencer you will still need to use Broadway Performer and therefore for PC users will still need the Maple Virtual Midi Cable to be installed Also go to the Preferences page in the Broadway Big Band HALion Player and choose the desired Audio driver most likely your physical audio interface TIP never choose Multimedia ASIO Driver as it will generate terrible latency For PC users choose your midi interface as your input port and choose Maple Midi Out Port 2 as your output port Then in
56. of alternate samples is rendered useless as each time each of the trilling notes is played it triggers the same take of each of them The way it is done in Broadway Big Band managed by the Broadway Performer is fundamentally different Broadway Performer creates individual and separate cycles of alternate samples for each not of each articulation in each dynamic level allowing inconsistency of the number of alternate samples between the different notes articulations and dynamic levels and also as a result Broadway Performer moves each cycle separately only when the same note of the same articulation and dynamic level is repeated The result is a completely life like performance which sounds slightly different every time you play it Just like what you get when using real live musicians on a recording session Additional tools for ultimate control over alternate samples handling will be added in the future In the meantime it is recommended to lock the unique performance by bouncing the tracks to audio choosing the best performances before laying down your mix Very much like the way you would have done it with real live musicians in a recording session Have fun with it 46 Chapter 16 Tips amp Tricks Using a MIDI compressor to overcome super wide dynamic range Many of the instruments included in Broadway Big Band offer a very wide dynamic range from PPP to FFF and since they all respond to keyboard velocity it
57. one setup is very useful especially for jazz oriented pieces and if you want to glue the instruments together making them sound as if they were recorded as an ensemble sharing microphones in a single room This is also a good option if you want a soloist sound that needs to be incorporated in a symphonic arrangement Mic 4 Room Mic A Large capsule condenser microphone U87 Positioned high above the instrument near the high ceiling of the studio this microphone setup includes a lot of room reflections yet it is still aimed at the instrument and not from very far away so you still get a direct signal from the instrument but it is well blended with the room reflections The height of the 49 microphone helps it in ignoring the acoustical gobos that are altering the acoustical characteristics of the other microphones letting the entire large live room to be heard This Microphone setup can be used as a natural reverb when combined with any of the other microphone setups or could be used by itself when a softer wide and far sound is desired This is also very useful if you want to include any of the Broadway Big Band instruments in a symphonic arrangement and make it blend with the rest of the symphonic ensemble MIC 5 Ribbon MIC A small Ribbon microphone in tight positioning Very vivid and natural sound Almost no room reflections Great for R amp B as well as for hot and dry Latin brass section sound MIC 6 PA MIC
58. onjunction with microphone setup 1 or in some cases just by itself Even though it is not as physically close to the surface of the xylophone keys it still presents a nice punch and attack but also a warmer fuller and more pleasing tone The recommended combination for close micing is the combination of microphone setup 1 and microphone setup 2 Microphone Setup 3 Room mic This Stereophonic pair of microphones captures the xylophone from a distance yet without sacrificing the stereo width and spread due to the special way they were positioned compared to the acoustical gobos that were used This stereophonic microphone setup can be used by itself for long micing applications or in conjunction with any one of the other microphone setups or with both 55 Chapter 18 Key switch mapping table for the Broadway Big Band instruments Just follow the maps Virtual Key Switches Master Map for Tenor Sax 1 bi 0 za Primary Functionality With Shift 1 With Shift 2 With Shift 1 With Option 1 Vit jon 2 With Option Al j t Shift 2 C20 0 1 Repetition Virtual Sustain Pedal d CA NIarccato no 25 Staccatissimo Option 1 vibrato Smear int te Smear Lesat Ge ied dh O ar into note ar Legato EE note Staccata note slow K Niarccato no 4 ae Fall Down eee Dirty wibrato mild vibrato fast Crescendo SE Se e Sen e uu a Deep Vibrato OU Deep Vibrato Sec Vibrato dm Growl ON TO
59. ork with Broadway Big Band Before you start working with Broadway Big band in Cubase or Nuendo there is one thing you should do first On PC Disable Maple Input Ports 1 2 and 3 On Mac Disable the From Broadway Performer Port 1 input port To do that go to the Devices menu and select Device Setup There you can select the Midi tab and disable the unwanted input ports Device Setup MIDI Port Setup Devices Device Port System Name Show As Visible State In All Inputs MIDI Windows MIDI Maple Midi In Port 1 Maple Midi In Port 1 x Inactive a D MIDI Port Setup Windows MIDI Maple Midi In Port 2 Maple Midi In Port 2 Inactive 3 Transport Windows MIDI Maple Midi In Port 3 Maple Midi In Port 3 Inactive Time Display i Maple Midi In Port 4 Maple Midi In Port 4 Active Z3 Video i Creamware MIDI In Out 1 Creamware MIDI In Out 1 Active ax Video Player i Out Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth Microsoft GS Wavetable SW j Inactive s VST Audio System Windows MIDI Out Maple Midi Out Port 1 Maple Midi Out Port 1 Inactive ASIO DirectX Full Duplex Driver Windows MIDI Du Maple Midi Out Port 2 Maple Midi Out Port 2 Inactive VST System Link Windows MIDI Out Maple Midi Out Port 3 Maple Midi Qut Port 3 Inactive Windows MIDI Out Maple Midi Out Port 4 Maple Midi Out Port 4 Inactive Windows MIDI Out Creamware MIDI In Out 1 Creamware MIDI In Out1 In
60. ormer Port 1 2 To Broadway Performer Port 1 3 Main Qut 1 2 Main Qut 1 2 Main Qut 1 2 Main Qut 1 2 Main Qut 1 2 Main Out 1 2 Main Qut 1 2 Main Qut 1 2 Main Out 1 2 Main Out 1 2 Main Qut 1 2 Main Qut 1 2 Main Qut 1 2 Main Out 1 2 Main Qut 1 2 Main Qut 1 2 Main Qut 1 2 ke Chapter 7 Saving Loading Routing Presets in the Broadway Performer You can save and load routing presets in the Broadway Performer so that you wouldn t have to do it over and over again You are very likely to develop a few templates that will work for you and will end up using them repeatedly for many projects or at least using them as a starting point In any case saving those routing presets could be a real time saver In order to save a routing preset in the Broadway Performer Click the F button to open the file menu PERFORMER Broadway Performer Out Pork 2 l Broadway Performer Out Port 2 Broadway Performer Out Port 2 Broadway Performer Out Pork 2 Broadway Performer Out Pork 2 Choose either Save or Save as Name the file and choose the location to save it to In order to load an existing routing preset onto the Broadway Performer Click the F button to open the file menu Choose Open Browse for the desired file and select it 35 Chapter 8 HALion Player Options amp memory settings In the Option menu of the Broadway Big Band HALion Player you can set the pre load size for each loaded sample Whil
61. ot change the dynamics but rather affects the volume amplitude only Using the volume pedal or volume controller is helpful for mixing purposes but will not cross fade to other dynamic layers of the instrument Volume controller information can be added and edited on your MIDI sequencer s timeline as well which may give you better control for mixing 44 Chapter 14 Editing Key Switch actions in the sequencer While it is possible to play the entire range of key switches in real time it is also possible to change add or remove virtual key switch events after the fact To do this you must do the following select the MIDI track you want to edit virtual key switch events in Open the note editor for the selected MIDI track in your sequencer Key switch events will appear as note events below the playable range of the instrument Key switch events for passive virtual key switching should appear either slightly before the notes they affect or exactly aligned with them Key switch events for active key switching function much like note events so they should be placed where you want the active key switching to occur since active key switches affect currently played notes They are placed after the beginning point of the note they affect and before its ending point The ending point of a note may be extended vs the ending point appearing on the timeline by using the sustain pedal or the virtual sustain pedal key switch In such a
62. ously explained Let us say that there are 6 BBB instruments loaded Tenor Sax Trumpet Trombone Upright bass Banjo and a Drum kit assigned to Broadway Performer midi channels 1 6 each assigned in the BBB Halion Player to the corresponding midi channels and a different Soundlower Outputs i e several mono outputs for the wind instruments a stereo output for the banjo and 5 stereo outputs for the drum kit the default output settings of the BBB drum kits uses Stereo 9 for the kick drum stereo 10 for the snare drum stereo 11 for the High Hat stereo 12 for the toms and stereo 13 for the cymbals which you will reassign in Soundflower to whichever stereo channels you choose etc and that you have a played a midi part in for each of them in Logic through 5 External Instruments assigned to midi channels 1 5 coming in on the Soundlower inputs In Logic create 5 audio tracks and assign a corresponding Soundflower input to each arm them and hit record and away you go If you want to create an audio file that is a mix of all of them assign them all in the Halion Player to the same output and in Logic assign all the External Instruments to the same input Then create 1 audio track and assign it to the same input and proceed as previously described and it will create an audio file with the whole group DI Apple Logic workflow Using BBB as an AU plug in Let s take a look at how to setup the environment in Logic and using the IAC Dr
63. ow ii iti E s oU EEN E E s oU S Smear into sustain Smear into sustain w growl Smear slow into sustain oo Staccatissimo Staccato Sustain w growl s O Sustain w no vibrato ooo Sustain w progressive vibrato Sustain w strong deep vibrato Bari Sax Articulation List Double grace note 1 Double staccato sd Grace note a Grace note to short maj2ndup Grace note to short min2nd down _ Grace note to short min2ndup Legato w no vibrato 1 Legato to short Sforzzando JL Sforzzando crescfast Smearintosustain Staccatissimo 1 Staccato L Sustainw grow 1 Sustain w no vibrato Sustain wi normal vibrato Triple staccato Clarinet Articulation List Glide down Gidedown 1 Legato w deep vibrato E Smearintonote 1 Smear into note Smear legato a Sustain w progressive vibrato 65 Trombone Articulation List Fall down fast w flutter B Fall down slow x Fall down very slow a Fall up Flutter w hard attack 1 Gliss rip portamento 1 Gliss portamento w flutter 1 Legato w no vibrato 1 Marccato Wow 1 Plunger effecti PPlngereffeet2 Plunger effet3 J Plungereffect4 Rip up into short note 1 Staccatissimo Staccato Staccato Sustain w flutter Sustain w hard attack 1 Sustain w no vibrato 1 Su
64. r send information to the Broadway Performer software to be analyzed and reinterpreted according to the technical and musical context This means that each virtual key switch may trigger several different sample patches according to musical context and the playing state in which the instrument is in at the moment Passive Key Switches Has an action similar to the action of a standard key switch This means that it affects any notes played after pressing this key switch Active Key Switches These key switches behave differently since they affect notes that are currently being played even if triggered prior to pressing the active key switch This is useful for switching between growl on and growl off modes etc 40 Bidirectional Passive Key Switches This kind of key switch affects any notes played after the key switch was pressed and before the key switch has been released This means that this key switch affects only notes played while it is being pressed Any notes played after this key switch has been released will not be affected by it and will be played according to the playing state in which the instrument was in prior to pressing the bidirectional key switch This is very useful for occasional articulations such as staccato marccato etc Bidirectional Active Key Switches Behaves similarly to the active key switches however as soon as it is released it returns to the previous playing state of the instrument rather tha
65. reaming the audio back in using Soundflower By the way you need OS X 10 4 or newer to do this 1 Install the free Soundflower virtual audio interface from www cycling74 com Soundflower appears to all Core Audio supporting software such as BBB as a standard audio interface The only difference is that its output goes into other programs running on the same Mac rather than to physical outputs 2 In Audio MIDI Setup create an aggregate device of your audio interface Soundflower 16ch as shown in screenshot below In this case we re using a MOTU PCI 424 card and we re calling the aggregate device PCIA24 SF16 0949 Audio MIDI Setup Aggregate Devices PCI424 5F16 System Settings Default Input Fireface PCI 424 24 2 O 28824DSP 2 Ens MIO 18 18 ee p iudio He Ee Add and remove aggregate devices on your computer S e Properties For A p Structure Clock Source E 7 Clock Use Audio Device In Out Resample Audio Input M Pc 424 a2 10 EB IM EM M Soundflower 16ch 16 16 B meti gt Built in Audio 2 2 E Source Defaul C Soundflower 2ch 2 a E Mobile 1 0 2882 DSP 18 18 E Format 48000 Ch Volume Slider M e 1 ge di 3 Launch Broadway Performer and assign its MIDI input to To Broadway Performer Port 1 and its output to From Broadway Performer Port 1 BROADISAH PERFORMER
66. rface if your keyboard connects via a midi cable connected to a midi interface The output midi port of all 3 midi tracks should be set to To Broadway Performer Port 1 and each of them should be set to a different midi channel In our example we set the drum kit to midi channel 1 the upright bass to midi channel 2 and the alto saxophone to midi channel 3 Now set Broadway performer to match the instrumentation you ve created in your DP song First before adding empty instrument lines setup the first instrument In this example the drum kit Simply select the drum kit from the instrument drop down list menu then select To Broadway Performer Prot 1 as your input and From Broadway Performer Port 1 as your output By default the first instrument uses midi channel 1 for both the input and output You can leave it unchanged Now add two instruments by clicking the Add Instrument button on the top right corner of the Broadway Performer interface Notice that the new instruments inherit the input and output port settings and that the midi channels are assigned consecutive numbers All you still need to do is to select the appropriate instruments from the drop down list menu een Broadway Performer Untitled gt NYO NYY BROADIIAY PERFORMER Scere EEE ge FE pR M M weg Drums Pearl Set Sticks f To Broadway Performer Port 1 g 1 4 From Broadway Performer Port 1 1
67. s Treating them as cables will help preventing confusion Think of the arrows in this illustration as these cables Each cable can only be used once at each setup 8 The Interface of Broadway Performer WW Broadway Performer Example m E i pi eg 4 AR als PERFORMER E TS is Poe Output Port Trombene Legato Mic 1 Maple Midi In Port 1 Maple Midi Out Port 2 viz sl Drums Pearl Set Sticks Maple Midi In Port 1 3 Maple Midi Out Port 2 dl d remove Broadway Performer opens with one empty instrument slot The leftmost dropdown menu contains a list of all of the available instruments which correspond to instruments in the BBB HALion player For each instrument in the BBB HALion player the corresponding instrument needs to be loaded in the corresponding instrument slot in Broadway Performer For PC users when working on a single computer with a DAW you should select Maple Midi In Port 1 as your input port and select Maple Midi Out Port 2 as your output port For MAC users when working on a single computer with a DAW you should select To Broadway Performer Port 1 as your input port and From Broadway Performer Port 2 as your output port oet the INPUT midi channels based on the way you have set them in your midi sequencer Set the OUTPUT midi channels to the value chosen for the corresponding instrument in the HALion player In case you work with Broa
68. select BBB 1 For additional instruments you will be creating new tracks for BBB 2 BBB 3 etc IMPORTANT These are the tracks you record to NOT the Broadway audio Instrument Move Logic s Arrange page to the side or Minimize it so that you can see Broadway Performer Under Instrument select Alto Sax 1 Legato Mic 3 Under Input Port select To Broadway Performer Port 1 Under Output Port select From Broadway Performer Port 1 24 You re done Go back to the Arrange page in Logic record enable the track BBB 1 And play a few notes to verify that it works You can repeat the last few steps to add additional instruments to the arrangement A few tips and notes Onthe Clicks and Ports page of the environment The Physical Inputs object is usually too narrow to read very well Note that you can make it bigger by clicking on the lower right corner of it and dragging it wider Be sure the Steinberg Key is plugged in before starting up Broadway Performer Your system may freeze if you don t If you re using LOGIC 7 problem has been solved in Logic 8 In the Matrix editor Step Time MAKE SURE THE IN BUTTON IS NOT ENGAGED WHEN YOU USE THE PENCIL TOOL working with the pencil tool while the IN button is engaged creates a weird midi loop that create undesirable behaviors in Logic when used in conjuction with Broadway Performer How to get more than one instance of Broadway Big Band Make addition
69. sible inputs select the desired Broadway Big Band ReWire input It can be any of the 13 stereo pairs or any of the 16 True mono channels but you should avoid the Stereo mono options Once Broadway Big Band HALion Player is up it should say on the header Fable Sounds Broadway Big Band Hybrid ReWire Slave mode 880 FableSounds anes Rio sane Hybrid ReWire Slave Mode HALION PLAYER SCT EYE dE CAN EL sf Tr PP RIOT pro Un DCI CI H anti Program 2 he ee PL Program 10 ll 107 o lt C JProgram ELE oe DETTE RRE TC zz a em EC a EE EL co DEER ES ER RRC DEER ES EEN RRC CERCO TE Fee DE EN E zm ni ORT gt DES TT i cy oe 6S oo DCF Amount u ER 0 008 d 2v D o J ye J G WWW pr rmm nmm If the header says rewire but doesn t say Hybrid ReWire then open the preferences in Broadway Big Band and check the Enable Hybrid ReWire box You will need to close and restart BBB to enable Hybrid ReWire 31 Now create new midi tracks in your Digital Performer project oince in our example there are 3 instruments a saxophone an upright bass and a drum kit you should create 3 midi tracks accordingly You can name each track based on the instrument it will be playing The Input midi port of the midi tracks you ve just created should be your physical midi keyboard either your actual keyboard if your midi keyboard connects directly via USB or the name of your midi inte
70. stain w progressive vibrato 66 Chapter 19 FAQ amp Troubleshooting Q Why can t use the Quick Controls on the HALion Player A Quick Controls are intentionally disabled for the BBB instruments for various technical reasons Q Can load Broadway Big Band instruments in the full version of HALion 3 A Yes you can however as all BBB programs are HSB files and not FXP files you must use the internal browser of HALion and avoid dragging and droping from an external browser otherwise every time you load an instrument by dragging and dropping the instrument will be loaded to channel 1 regardless to the channel you dropped it to and the rest of the loaded programs will be automatically unloaded When using the internal HALion browser this will not happen Q Can load HALion 3 content other than Broadway Big Band onto the Broadway Big Band HALion Player A No The Broadway Big Band HALion Player can only load Broadway Big Band content files Q Using the full version of HALion can tweak the programming and save my own customized programs A Technically yes to a degree but the re programming of Broadway Big Band instruments in HALion is very limited as most changes will require you to make changes in the encrypted BPI files which you do not have access to The only changes that we recommend making is the removal of portions of the instrument which you do not intend to use saving smaller versions of th
71. sule condenser microphone U87 Positioned high above the instrument near the high ceiling of the studio this microphone setup includes a lot of room reflections yet it is still aimed at the instrument and not from very far away so you still get a direct signal from the instrument but it is well blended with the room reflections The height of the microphone helps it in ignoring the acoustical gobos that are altering the acoustical characteristics of the other microphones letting the entire large live 51 room to be heard This Microphone setup can be used as a natural reverb when combined with any of the other microphone setups or could be used by itself when a softer wide and far sound is desired This is also very useful if you want to include any of the Broadway Big Band instruments in a symphonic arrangement and make it blend with the rest of the symphonic ensemble Microphone setups for Alto Saxophone Microphones 1 4 the same as with the Soprano saxophone MIC 5 PA MIC This is a popular dynamic microphone that is often used in live show situations and will blend very well with live instruments when using Broadway Big band in live shows where a similar microphone is being used to pick up the other instruments of the ensemble Microphone setups for Tenor Saxophone Same as with Alto Saxophone Microphone setups for Baritone Saxophone The Baritone saxophone has 4 microphone setups to choose from and or combine Mi
72. ter releasing the next the Broadway Performer will play the interval back to the current note This technique is very useful if you want to play a trill or a tremolo between two notes Polyphonic Instruments The polyphonic version of the instruments is more desirable for live performance situations in which realism is secondary and the impact of playing multiple notes simultaneously i e chords is desired or in the sketching stage in which you may want to be able to play the entire harmony in one pass instead of playing each voice separately oome of the instruments include a polyphonic version only For those instruments real pre recorded note transitions were not recorded For example in the case of 2nd Trumpet 2nd Alto Saxophone and 2nd Tenor Saxophone the instruments are generally there as overlay instruments mostly to be used in case you need the section to play in unison Even so they usually do sound good enough to be used as secondary instruments throughout the arrangement While the polyphonic instruments do not include real prerecorded note transitions they do work with the virtual key switch system in exactly the same way as the legato instruments 39 Chapter 12 Virtual Key Switches The Virtual Key Switch Monitor which can be activated by pressing the M button on the main window of the Broadway Performer is used to show the current state of the selected instrument It shows the state of unidirectional k
73. th COption 2 With Option Al BO i CaO D 0 1 2 C 0 D 0 Double grace note Repetition Virtual Sustain Pedal SN H c L kA LA ba amp e jefe alae va e3 pefe BEE 59 Virtual Key Switches Master Map for Clarinet Primary Functionality ay Shufi 1 E rela 2 With Shift With Opion1 With Option 2 With Option ifi C 0 D 0 142 A0 B0 C 0 D 0 EIE i Ri Sustain Pedal d CHO 25 DU 36 Smear into note Smear Legato FU 29 FA e Go ili CREO ES AO 33 EN 34 EU 35 60 Virtual Key Switches Master Map for Trumpet 1 Primary Functionality With Shatft 1 SCH TE 2 With Shift 1 With 3tion Mu ion 2 With Option AD Shift 2 C50 D 0 142 A0 B0 C20 D20 CO Repetition J4 Virtual Sustain Pedal ee Bend down and Fip down into Fip up into short Fip up into mong back note sustain note Staccato note sustain Fall Down Ge Fall Down short Fall Up long Glide Down Fall Up short eee eem e Ei Attack Slow Release Pl fis in flutter Brass Only Sforzzando Marccato FP Dei Senesi d Sforzzando mild vibrato EE Crescendo qe Mismo 0 0 _ ss fe ee es um E E frate elet FT me me pa ge Chromatic Runs SHIFT 3 Runs SHIFT 3 61 Virtual Key Switches Master Map for Trombone Primary Functionality With Option
74. the Broadway Big Band HALion Player go to the preferences page and set the midi input port to Maple Midi in Port 2 For MAC users choose your midi interface as your input port and From Broadway Performer Port 2 as your output port Then in the Broadway Big Band HALion Player go to the preferences page and set the midi input port to From Broadway Performer Port 2 If you have an easy access to the midi out channel of your midi keyboard you can use it to switch between the various instruments After setting up both BBB HALion Player and Broadway Performer save the Broadway Performer Project Press the F button and choose Save as or see Chapter 7 and save the HALion Bank open the File menu and choose Save Bank Now your project is saved and can be retrieved at a later time Tip You can create various unison combos by setting up several instruments so that their midi input channel in Broadway Performer is identical make sure that the output channel is different for each instrument based on the channel it is set to in Broadway Big Band HALion Player The instruments will play in unison and as the main key switches are similar across the various instruments they will tend to respond together quite well You can set the same instrument multiple times in Broadway Performer with different input channels to include the instrument in multiple unison combos as well as a solo instrument 244 2 Preparing Cubase or Nuendo to w
75. to glue the instruments together making them sound as if they were recorded as an ensemble sharing microphones in a single room 52 This is also a good option if you want a soloist sound that needs to be incorporated in a symphonic arrangement Mic 4 Room Mic A Large capsule condenser microphone U87 Positioned high above the instrument near the high ceiling of the studio this microphone setup includes a lot of room reflections yet it is still aimed at the instrument and not from very far away so you still get a direct signal from the instrument but it is well blended with the room reflections The height of the microphone helps it in ignoring the acoustical gobos that are altering the acoustical characteristics of the other microphones letting the entire large live room to be heard This Microphone setup can be used as a natural reverb when combined with any of the other microphone setups or could be used by itself when a softer wide and far sound is desired This is also very useful if you want to include any of the Broadway Big Band instruments in a symphonic arrangement and make it blend with the rest of the symphonic ensemble Microphone setups for Upright Bass The Upright Bass is different than most of the other instruments of the Broadway Big Band as one of the most recommended setups is a combination of two microphone positions and also because one of its microphone positions is actually a pickup Microphone 1
76. tter sound This Microphone setup is very useful especially for jazz oriented pieces and if you want to glue the instruments together making them sound as if they were recorded as an ensemble sharing microphones in a single room This is also a good option if you want a soloist sound that needs to be incorporated in a symphonic arrangement Mic 4 Room Mic A Large capsule condenser microphone U87 50 Positioned high above the instrument near the high ceiling of the studio this microphone setup includes a lot of room reflections yet it is still aimed at the instrument and not from very far away so you still get a direct signal from the instrument but it is well blended with the room reflections The height of the microphone helps it in ignoring the acoustical gobos that are altering the acoustical characteristics of the other microphones letting the entire large live room to be heard This Microphone setup can be used as a natural reverb when combined with any of the other microphone setups or could be used by itself when a softer wide and far sound is desired This is also very useful if you want to include any of the Broadway Big Band instruments in a symphonic arrangement and make it blend with the rest of the symphonic ensemble Microphone setups for Soprano Saxophone Mic1 Close Mic A Large capsule condenser tube microphone 149 This microphone setup is relatively close and offers a fairly dry and focused sound but
77. us recoding styles and techniques capturing each of the single note performances in multiple different ways Now you can choose and load the microphone selection that best feet you current production Microphone setups for Trumpet Mic1 Close Mic A Large capsule condenser tube microphone 149 This microphone setup is relatively close and offers a fairly dry and focused sound but it is still far enough to let the instrument breathe and the sound to fully develop allowing some of the room reflections to be included adding brightness and size Mic2 Tight mic Small Caplsule This microphone setup is very close to the instrument and it delivers a super dry sound with almost no room reflections Creates a very dry and personal feel Also great with the muted instruments for a supper cool jazzy sound Mic3 Loose mic A Large capsule condenser microphone U87 This Microphone setup is still fairly close to the instrument but simulates the studio micing style typical for a large ensemble such as a large big band Using a vintage tube preamplifier it delivers warm and rounded yet powerful sound and due to the relative distance from the instrument it includes significantly more room reflections than the two close microphone setups This setup delivers a bigger sound image than the close microphone setups as the sound tends to acoustically buildup in the air and with the added room reflections you get a Fatter sound This Microph

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