USER MANUAL

BBC SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
CONTENTS

Introduction 3
Welcome 4
Downloading & Installing 5
The Spitfire App Preferences 6
The Dedicated Plugin 7
Have A Look Around 8
Preset Selector 10
Main Controls 11
Signal Mixer 12
Technique Selector 15
Effects 17
Preset Editor 18
Top Menu 19
The String Section 22
The Brass Section 23
The Woodwind Section 25
Recording the BBCSO 27
Microphone Signals 28
Techniques 30
Appendix A — FAQs & Troubleshooring 33
Appendix B — Techniques/Mics/Mixes 37
Appendix C — Default CC Mappings 43

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INTRODUCTION

Thank you for purchasing BBC Symphony Orchestra. In partnership with BBC
Studios and the world-famous BBC Symphony Orchestra, Spitfire Audio has
finally been able to capture what no other sample library has before: a family
of astoundingly accomplished players that has shared the stage for thousands
of hours, whose musical telepathy and 90-year heritage of performances and
recordings is a national and international treasure. BBC Symphony Orchestra
has been expertly recorded by the Spitfire team at London’s famous Maida Vale
Studios — home of the BBCSO, and host to The Beatles, Hendrix and Bowie. Our
most expansive and ambitious project to date, this landmark library is the stuff of
composing dreams: strings, brass, woodwind and percussion, all housed inside our
award-winning standalone plugin.

QUICK SPECS MAC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.10 or later
Minimum: 2.8GHz i5 (quad-core), 8GB RAM
Recommended: 2.8GHz i7 (six-core), 16GB
RAM

PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10 (latest
Service Pack, 64-bit)
Minimum: Intel Core 2.8GHz i5 (quad-core) or
AMD Ryzen 5
Recommended: Intel 2.8GHzi7 (six-core) or
AMD R7 2700

• Over 1,000,000 Samples

• Disk space required: 565 GB
• Disk space required during install: 600 GB
• 418 Techniques
• 55 Presets

• Dedicated plugin (AU, VST2, VST3, AAX)

• Deep sampled: multiple instruments,

techniques, dynamics, round robins, release
triggers, and true recorded legato.

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WELCOME

A TRULY COHESIVE SOUND SHARE & COLLABORATE

“To suddenly have all I need at my fingertips Up until now it’s been difficult in the film
in one single plugin is a game changer.” composer world to share and collaborate —
but that, with this universal starting point,
– Christian Henson, Spitfire Audio Founder changes now. This library allows you to mock
up your scores quickly and with ease, so
Orchestral samples have become an you can share your work with your fellow
essential component of modern scoring, and composers, collaborators and directors.
the range of libraries available is vast. But
what if a single product could become the THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING
universal starting point for a generation of
composers?
The founding values of the BBC – to
inform, educate and entertain – could not
We’ve taken over a decade of sampling
resonate more richly with Spitfire, making
experience to give you this comprehensive
this partnership a truly exciting and defining
orchestral library of epic proportions —
moment. Beyond a new standard for
comprising over 200 hours of recordings, to
orchestral sample libraries lies a blueprint for
give you a staggering 1,000,000+ samples
an ongoing collaboration with the BBC that
at your fingertips, sounding exactly as they
will provide resources – online and live – for
would if you had the orchestra in the room.
a community of musicians ready to produce
We have recorded 55 different instruments
the orchestral music and blockbuster scores
on world-class Millennia preamps, including
of the future. BBC Symphony Orchestra is
groups and soloists, 418 techniques
just the beginning...
including 33 legatos, for each melodic
instrument. The product also includes a
staggering 20 signals, including eleven
microphone positions, two stereo mixes,
a set of signals designed for use in Dolby
Atmos mixing, plus five spill signals, for
added realism and ultimate control. This is
your definitive orchestra, made accessible
through cutting edge technology, all in one
package.

Maida Vale Studios has a rich musical history.

Built in 1909, it was one of the BBC’s earliest
premises — the centre of the BBC News
operation during World War II, and the home
of the BBC Symphony Orchestra since 1934.

With a beautiful, modern design by ustwo

(Monument Valley, DICE), BBC Symphony
Orchestra is housed in our award-winning
standalone plugin (VST2, VST3, AU, AAX
& NKS ready) developed primarily for
composers, by composers — easy to use,
intuitive and inspiring.

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DOWNLOADING & INSTALLING

Thank you for buying BBC Symphony Orchestra. If you are a total newbie to this
kind of thing you can get up to speed here: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/about/

First though, grab the ‘Spitfire Audio App’ from this link, this app will enable you
to download the library: http://www.spitfireaudio.com/info/library-manager/

THE SPITFIRE AUDIO APP behaviours as described on the next page.

When you launch the app you will be 2. FILTERS Clicking these filters will quickly
prompted to login using the same details display products you’ve yet to install, those
you use at our site. Then you’ll see the page already installed, and any available updates.
pictured below: Clicking again will remove the filter.

3. LIBRARY All libraries and plugins in your

collection will appear with their artwork on
the My Products tab. Clicking this artwork
will open the product page. This is a great
place to find information such as system
requirements and instructions as well as
Reset and Repair options.

4. INSTALL/UPDATE buttons allow you to

quickly start a download directly from the My
Products tab, instead of clicking through to
1. TABS the default tab is My Products, which the Library. Next to the button the size of the
shows all of the libraries on your Spitfire download is shown.
Account. Downloads will show currently
downloading products and Preferences
allows you to set default locations and

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THE SPITFIRE APP PREFERENCES

If this is your first time using the Spitfire

Audio App for a download you may wish to
first navigate to the Settings tab. Here you
can set the Default Content location for
where you wish to download your libraries.
You can also you can set the default VST2
install location to the folder where your DAW
expects to find VST files.

Here you can also enable Auto Login to save

time in future.

Once you are happy with your preferences,

simply click the Install button for the library.
This is either directly on My Products tab
under the library artwork, or it can be found
by clicking on the library image and clicking
the install button on the page that appears.

Clicking either of these will prompt you for a

location, the default content location in your
preferences will be suggested but you can
select any suitable location. If installing from
a hard drive, ensure that you choose the
drive as the location.

Once you are happy with the location click

Download. Ensure for BBC SO, all five boxes
are checked.

After clicking install you will be directed to

the Downloads tab where you can watch the
progress if you like. You can of course leave
the Downloads tab and start other downloads
but at this point you should leave the Spitfire
App open until the download completes.

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THE DEDICATED PLUGIN

Unlike many Spitfire libraries, you don’t need

Kontakt Player or the full Kontakt to run this
library. BBC Symphony Orchestra is its own,
all new, self contained plugin built for VST,
AU and AAX, so once you’ve downloaded
and installed you’re ready to go.

LOGIC PRO X

• On a fresh project, a track dialogue box will

automatically pop up

• Choose ‘Software Instrument’, and then

look beneath the ‘Instrument’ dropdown

• Select AU Instruments > Spitfire Audio >

BBC Symphony Orchestra.

CUBASE

• Right-click the track window and choose

‘Add Instrument Track’

• Underneath the ‘Instrument’ dropdown,

choose BBC Symphony Orchestra

• Select ‘Add Track’

PRO TOOLS

• Go to the ‘Track’ menu at the top of the

screen, and select ‘New’

• In the pop-up, select Stereo and Instrument

Track, and press ‘Create’

• In the first Insert slot, select multichannel

plug-in and ‘Instrument’

• You should see the BBC Symphony

Orchestra available as an option

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HAVE A LOOK AROUND

THE BBC SO INTERFACE

OPENING YOUR FIRST PRESETS 1. TOP MENU

When you first open BBC Symphony 2. PRESET SELECTOR

Orchestra, this is what you will see. It opens
with a blank preset, so you can load any 3. MAIN CONTROLS
preset you choose first.
4. TECHNIQUE SELECTOR

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5. SIGNAL MIXER

6. COTROLLERS

7. KEYBOARD & INFO

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PRESET SELECTOR

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1. PRESET NAME “Strings” and “1st Violin” will show you only
the 1st Violin presets. Click the “Clear”
Here you can see the currently selected button to return to a view of all presets.
preset. Note that some presets are single
techniques, like “Breathy Mmm”, others are 4. INSTRUMENT GROUP
collections of techniques, like the “Tutti All In
One”. As you scroll through the available presets,
the instrument group is displayed here.
2. CLEAR FILTERS
5. PREVIEW
Click here to show all instruments at once.
Play back a short example of the preset
3. FILTERS without having to load it! Enormously helpful
when choosing a sound.
Click on a filter to only show those presets.
The filters are subtractive, so selecting 6. PRESET LIST
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Scroll through the list of presets here.
Double-click to load a preset or click the
‘Load’ button.

7. NEXT, PREVIOUS AND SAVE

With the presets view collapsed, you will

be able to see the Next, Previous and Save
icons. Next and Previous will simply send
you to the next available preset - if you have
a filter enabled, you will scroll through the
filtered set of presets. Save allows you to
save your own preset, click save, name the
preset and it will appear under the “user”
filter.

8. INFORMATION

Hover over on the “i” icon to see some

information about the preset.

9. LOAD

Select a preset and then press “load” (or

double-click the preset).

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MAIN CONTROLS

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1. VOLUME

Often referred to as “Expression” in our

Kontakt Libraries, this is a simple level
control for you to adjust along with...

2. DYNAMICS

Adjust the dynamic layer that you are playing

here, use in conjunction with the volume to
make your performances sound so much
more musical than before!

3. KNOB

The configurable knob allows you to control

any of the other available parameters for the
particular technique.

Hover over the knob and it will turn black.

3.1 CLICK: Click and you will be able to

assign any of the remaining available
controls to the knob.

Right click on any of these controls to assign

them to a MIDI controller. Remember that if
you assign a MIDI controller to a parameter
via the knob, the MIDI controller will follow
the parameter rather than being permanently
assigned to the knob.

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SIGNAL MIXER

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1. MIXER PRESETS advanced view, turn it off to show this simple

view below
Load and save your own mixer presets
here, this is a good way for you to share In this view, you can simply adjust how close
your mixes across different instruments and the instruments sound with a single fader.
presets. Click on the down arrows to save Under the hood, this will adjust the Close,
and the up arrows to load. Tree and Ambient signals.

To rename a preset after saving or delete a 3. GLOBAL

preset, browse to BBC Symphony Orchestra
> Presets > Mix in the finder and edit the By default, this is “on” and means that
.mpreset files. any changes you make to the mixer are
replicated across any technique in that
particular preset.
2. ADVANCED

By default, the mixer will load up in the 4. TECHNIQUE NAME

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5. SIGNAL ON/OFF

Here you can turn signals on or off (you can

also turn them on by fading them up). If you
turn a signal on, pay attention to the LED in
the top left of BBC Symphony Orchestra, if it
is flashing red, it means that the samples are
still loading into RAM and you should wait
before playing again to avoid glitches.

6. SIGNAL FADER

Adjust the level of each signal here, right-

click to learn MIDI cc# automation.

7. VIEW SELECT

Choose between the Technique Switcher,

Mixer and Effects, the Technique Selector
and Effects are covered in different chapters
of this manual.

8. SIGNAL NAVIGATION

Click the right arrow to access additional

signals. Unused signals are greyed out.

9. STEREO WIDTH

Adjust the stereo width of the close and spot

signals here. Right-click to assign to a MIDI
cc#.

10. PAN

Adjust the position of the close and spot

signals within the stereo field. Right-Click to
assign to a MIDI cc#.

11. INVERT

Click to swap the left and right channels.

12. LOCK

Click to lock the Mixer. This will prevent

further changes to the mixer, useful if you’re
happy with what you’ve done and don’t want
to accidentally change it. This will even
prevent changes made by MIDI controllers,
but beware, as soon as you unlock the mixer,
the control will be active.

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TECHNIQUE SELECTOR

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1. TECHNIQUE SWITCHER 6. TECHNIQUE TRIGGER

Click to select a technique. Shift-Click to With the technique trigger section you can
select multiple techniques. The black dot choose to trigger techniques using various
in the top left shows which technique(s) parameters:
will play, the black outline shows which
technique will be affected by any changes KEYSWITCH: Pick a key on the keyboard
you make to the other options in this page. that will select this technique. The selected
keys will show up in green for unselected
2. VIEW SELECT techniques and in orange for selected
techniques.
Choose between the Technique Selector,
Mixer and Effects. The Mixer and Effects are CC RANGE: Choose a CC# and a range of
covered in different chapters of this manual. values (or a single value) for the control that
you want to trigger this technique.
3. TECHNIQUE NAVIGATION
VEL. RANGE: Switch technique based on
how hard you are playing! You might want
Click the right arrow to access additional
to trigger longs when playing softly and
techniques.
pizzicato when playing hard.

4. KEYSWITCH ADJUST MIDI CHANNEL: Switch techniques based on

the incoming MIDI channel.
Click and drag to move the keyswitches to
the left or right on your keyboard. SPEED: Switch technique based on the
speed of playing. Specify the time interval
5. LOCK between notes to switch to a particular
technique.
Click here to lock off the technique section
and prevent any unwanted changes.

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7. ACTIVATE LAYER -2: This option will play the round
robins from the tone BELOW the key played
Choose between “NORMAL” and “LATCH” for but transposed UP so that it plays at the right
your technique switching. pitch.

8. ROUND ROBINS 12. TRANSPOSE

Round robins are a way to ensure that Transpose the instrument up or down in 1
repeated notes don’t sound robotic and semitone increments.
unnatural. We record the same note multiple
times and then cycle through them. Here you
can choose to reduce the number of round
robins that are being used.

9. RESET ON TRANSPORT

If you’re worried about the effect of the

round robins making each run through of
your session sound different, you can choose
to reset the round robins using the DAW
transport.

10. RESET FROM KEY

You can also reset the round robins using a

keyswitch. Choose that keyswitch here.

11. OPTIONS

NEIGHBOUR ZONE RR: Double the number

of round robins by “stealing” notes from
neighbouring notes and transposing them to
match the pitch.

LAYER X2: Thicken the sound by layering

round robins on top of one another. This
option will play round robins 1/2 followed by
3/4, effectively halving the number of round
robins.

LAYER X2 (NO SKIP): Same as above but this

time you will be playing 1/2 followed by 2/3
and so on, meaning that you will not halve
the number of round robins available.

LAYER +2: This option will play the round

robins from the tone above the key played
but transposed down so that it plays at the
right pitch.

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EFFECTS

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1. VIEW SELECT (senza) to lots (molto) of vibrato.

Choose between the Technique Selector, 7. TIGHTNESS

Mixer and Effects, the Technique Selector
and Mixer are covered in different chapters The start of a short note is often not the start
of this manual. of the ‘sound’ of the instrument. This cuts
further into the note to make it tighter. But
2. TECHNIQUE NAME does detract from realism. Worth tightening
up when playing in, then loosening and
3. RELEASE putting a negative delay into your DAW to
compensate for ultimate reality!
Allows you to change the amount of release
trigger you and your listeners hear. This only 8. REVERB
applies to Long techniques.
You can add additional reverb to the sound
4. SPEED here.

Controls the speed of specific intervals.

5. VARIATION

On certain patches this will trigger a

different variation of the same technique. For
example, on a ‘multi-tongue’ patch you can
go from double-tongued, triple-tongued, and
finally quadruple-tongued by increasing the
slider.

6. VIBRATO

Where appropriate, this crossfades from no

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PRESET EDITOR

The Preset Editor will allow you to both add and remove techniques from your
current preset, as well as re-arranging the order of the techniques to your own
personal preference. This can be a great RAM saver!

• The left ‘Instruments’ panel allows you to • Once you’re done, click ‘Save’. If you have
filter between all available techniques for made a mistake and don’t want to save,
this specific preset. choose ‘Cancel’ instead to go back to your
previous setting.
• The central ‘Techniques’ panel shows all
available techniques for each preset. Click
the ‘+’ to add techniques back into your
current preset.

• The panel on the right is where your

current articulations are displayed. Click
and drag these to re-arrange the order. By
selecting the ‘x’ in the top-right corners, you
can remove a technique from your preset.
Click the ‘trash-can’ in the upper corner to
remove all techniques completely in a single
click.

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TOP MENU

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1. LED instrument here. If in doubt select “all” so

that the instrument will react to any incoming
Shows when an instrument is loaded by MIDI messages.
lighting solid green. If this is flashing, your
instrument is not fully loaded yet. 8. TUNE

2. CPU METER Move this knob to tune in semitone

increments, shift-click to move in increments
An indication of how much your CPU is being of 0.01 of a semitone. Alt-click to reset to
taxed, the green flash next to the CPU meter default.
will turn red when you are overloading it.
9. PAN
3. DISK METER
Pan the whole plug-in left and right in the
How hard are you taxing your hard drive? If stereo field. Alt-click to reset to centre.
this is close to, or going over 100% it’s time
to consider a faster drive. See next page for 10. VOLUME
settings that can help get the most out of a
slower drive. Control the overall volume of the instrument.

4. MEMORY 11. LEVEL

This shows how much RAM you are currently A visual indication of the level of the
using in this instance of BBC Symphony instrument.
Orchestra. While the preset is loading,
this will show the instrument loading into 12. PRESET SETTINGS
memory.
A
5. VOICES B

Shows how many voices are being used at C

any one time.

6. REFRESH

Refresh the instrument, alt-click to refresh

the whole plug-in. This can be useful if you A. VELOCITY MAPPED TO DYNAMICS —
have hanging MIDI notes or have moved Here you can choose from up to 4 different
samples in your file system. behaviours for the Dynamics fader. 1) Full
Velocity Range. 2) Velocity Mapped to
7. MIDI CH Dynamics. 3) Compressed Velocity High. 4)
Compressed Velocity Low. These settings
Set the MIDI channel that will control the will change how hard you need to hit the

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keyboard to trigger different layers. Velocity B. HELP TEXT — Turn this on to display
mapped to dynamics will allow you to control parameter information in the bottom left
short note velocity with the mod wheel. corner of the plug in.

B. VELOCITY RESPONSE — Pick from C. DEFAULT SIZE — Set whether the

4 different velocity curves to suit your instrument opens up collapsed or expanded
controller. by default.

C. RESET CC MAPPINGS — Clicking on this D. DEFAULT SCALE — How big the

will reset all of the CC mappings for this instrument is when you open it as a fraction
instrument to the defaults - useful if you’ve of its original size. Here you can “get” the
got yourself in a mess! current scale of the instrument or change
the value and press set to change the scale
For a list of all the default CC mappings, of the instrument. Press “save” to save the
please see Appendix C. current scale as the default and press “reset”
to change the current scale to the default
13. PLUGIN SETTINGS value..

E. SHOW KEYSWITCHES — When this option

is on, presets that have multiple techniques
will show available keyswitches in red and
the currently selected technique(s) in yellow.
A

F. UNLOAD WITH MIXER FADER — Toggle

this to unload data from RAM when fader is
pulled down to the bottom.
A. COPY SETTINGS — Common Controller
values will transfer over to other Spitfire G. GAIN UNITS — Toggle this if you want
plugins. your gain to be displayed in dB instead of as
a percentage.

H. MAKE CONTROLS GLOBAL — Common

Controller values will remain when switching
B techniques.

C
I. DISABLE HOST AUTOMATION — Turn this
on to enable the Host Automation from the
DAW.
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J. MAXIMUM VOICES — Enter the maximum
number of voices that can play at once. More
voices = More CPU and memory used.

K. PRELOAD SIZE — The minimum number

of sample values preloaded into memory for
each audio recording. Increase for slower
hard drives. Default is 12888.

L. STREAM BUFFER SIZE — The number of

sample values kept in memory for each audio
recording stream at any time. Increase for
slower hard drives. Default is 65536.

M. DEFAULT PRESET — Choose a preset that

you wish the plug in to load by default on
launch

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THE STRING SECTION

1st Violins & Leader G3 C#7 16 players 1 ST VIOLIN SECTION

Usually the largest of the String sections,

with the widest expected range. They sit to
the left of the conductor and their principal
player is referred to as the Orchestra ‘leader’.

2nd Violins & Leader G3 C#7 14 players 2 ND VIOLIN SECTION

Exactly the same instruments as the 1st

Violins, but in a slightly more ‘supporting’
role. These players are situated to the right
of the 1st Violins, and the left of the Violas.

Violas & Leader C3 F#6 12 players VIOLA SECTION

Similar in shape, but much larger in size than

a Violin. These sit straight ahead and slightly
to the right of the conductor. They often play
the simpler more ‘pedalling’ harmonic lines.

Celli & Leader C2 A#5 10 players CELLO SECTION

Arguably the most versatile of the String

instruments, with a huge range from very low
to heartbreaking highs. They sit to the right
of the conductor and in front of the Basses.

Contrabasses & Leader C1 F#3 8 players CONTRABASS SECTION

Huge and monstrous instruments that sit to

the right of the conductor and behind the
Cellos. These all had the low C extension,
hence the range.

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THE BRASS SECTION

Solo Horn & a4 E2 F5 4 players FRENCH HORNS

Available as solo and a4, Horns are the most

stately and noble of the brass family – similar
in range and timbral diversity to the cello.
Many would say that Horns are the principals
of the brass choir.

Solo Trumpet & a3 E3 C6 3 players TRUMPETS

Available as solo and a3, the Trumpets are

the highest member of the Brass family. From
plaintive and anthemic solo lines in it’s mid
range to blistering mariachi up in the top.
Great in octave unisons with the Horns!

Solo Trombone & a3 G1 D4 3 players TENOR TROMBONES

Available as solo and a3, the Tenor Trombone

is a deeply versatile Brass instrument.
Providing plenty of warmth and depth when
played in the lower dynamics, and rasping
tones in the higher.

Bass Trombones a2 E1 G4 2 players BASS TROMBONES

Because of it’s different bore size, the timbre

of the Bass Trombone differs from the Tenor.
Great for lower passages, but also in unison
blend with the Tenor.

Contrabass Trombone E3 G4 1 player CONTRABASS TROMBONE

A lesser used, but no less interesting

instrument. It requires huge amounts of
breath so be careful when writing low and
continuous drones!

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Tuba D1 E4 1 player TUBA

It doesn’t get more noble than a Tuba.

From super fat bottom end and chocolatey
harmonic potential, to a rasping lion from the
depths of hell.

Contrabass Tuba D1 C4 1 player CONTRABASS TUBA

Less articulate than it’s smaller cousin,

the Contrabass Tuba is a true giant of the
orchestra. Great for super low and monstrous
long notes.

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THE WOODWIND SECTION

Piccolo D5 C8 1 player PICCOLO

The Piccolo is a half sized Flute that plays an

octave higher than written. The loudest and
highest instrument in the orchestra, can cut
through an entire orchestra with ease!

Solo Flute & a3 B3 C7 3 players FLUTES

Available as solo and a3, the C Flute is

massively dynamic and versatile. Suitable
for carrying sweet and lyrical melodies, or
within section work. Try in unison with your
1st Violins!

Solo Oboe & a3 B3 F6 3 players OBOES

Available as solo or a3, the Oboe is a

double-reed instrument that is less dynamic
than other Woodwind cousins. It’s a beautiful
lyrical instrument with ‘period’ connotations,
and also works great as a bright section
texture.

Cor Anglais E3 A5 1 player COR ANGLAIS

Also known as English Horn, and often

mistaken for an Oboe. The Cor Anglais
handles top lines just as well as the Oboe,
but with a richer quality.

Solo Clarinet & a3 D3 E6 3 players CLARINETS

Available as solo and a3, the Clarinet is a

single reed instrument with a very regal tone.
When used solo it can have a very period
drama sound to it.

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Bass Clarinet Bb1 E5 1 player BASS CLARINET

This instrument has an extraordinary sonic

switch when played quiet; smooth and rich.
Played loud and short it rasps almost like a
synth.

Contrabass Clarinet C1 C4 1 player CONTRABASS CLARINET

Far less common, and very difficult to play,

this immensely rich instrument can sit under
your double basses adding complexity in the
undertones.

Bassoon & a3 Bb1 D5 3 players BASSOONS

Available as solo and a3, the Bassoon is yet

another versatile instrument that is often
painted into a staccato comedy corner. As
Stravinsky proved with “The Rite of Spring”, it
can be hauntingly melodic.

Contrabassoon C1 Bb3 1 player CONTRABASSOON

Producing the lowest tones in the orchestra,

this beast can go from rich bass qualities to
pure low end horror that shakes the room.

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RECORDING THE BBC SO

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MICROPHONE SIGNALS

MONO STEREO SECTION

An old fashioned microphone for an old Two Coles 4038 microphones placed in a
fashioned sound! Positioned behind the stereo arrangement, close to the musicians
conductors head for a close to realistic mono at head height. Use as a very nice pickup if
pickup. you want a closer sound but with a different
vibe. Great for use on a Solo Instrument with
LEADER some Tree or Ambient, but use with caution
on multiple instruments as they will be
A condenser microphone placed close to the panned the same!
leader of the section. Not used in a typical
mix, though very useful when wanting to MIDS
make the section sound smaller.
A stereo pair placed above the Brass,
DECCA TREE Woodwind and Percussion sections. These
are used as a mid pickup between the Close
Three omnidirectional microphones placed and Tree microphones. These are great
in the traditional Decca Tree arrangement, in most mixes, and are a great balance
situated high above the conductors head. between close and roomy.
These give a strong representation of the
hall, whilst maintaining instrument focus. SIDES
Often the start point of any mix.
Two omnidirectional microphones placed on
OUTRIGGERS the very edge of the Orchestra, in the same
line as the Decca Tree and Outriggers. Great
Two omnidirectional microphones placed for use in a Dolby Atmos mix, or in 5.1 to add
midway between the orchestra at the some extreme width.
same line as the Decca Tree. These add
great natural width, and should be used in ATMOS FRONT
combination with the Tree to add space to
your mix. Two omnidirectional microphones placed
high above the Orchestra at the front. Use
AMBIENT these to add height to a Dolby Atmos mix, at
the front of the mix.
Two omnidirectional microphones placed
towards the rear of the room, higher than ATMOS REAR
the Outriggers resulting in a nice room
ambience. Great for use in a 5.1 surround Two omnidirectional microphones placed
mix, or to add more space to a stereo mix. high above the Orchestra at the rear. Use
these to add height to a Dolby Atmos mix, at
BALCONY the rear of the mix.

Two omnidirectional microphones placed CLOSE WIDE

at the very rear of the hall, high up in the
balcony. Also great in a 5.1 surround mix, or The section close microphones. These are
for a huge amount of space in a stereo mix. panned across the stereo image with as
About as much ambience as you can get! much separation as possible, to allow the

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most control so that the signal can be moved MIX 2
easily.
Jake Jackson’s second mix, which is a bit
The occupied space in the stereo field more ‘hyped’ in sound, with some added
will vary depending on how many close Compression, EQ, and Reverb.
microphones are used:
This is specifically a mix of the Decca Tree,
• One microphone used (eg. Solo Flute) will Outriggers, Ambient, Balcony, Sides, Atmos
be central. Front, Stereo, Mids and Close signals.

• Two microphones used (eg. Horns) will be Neither of Jake’s mixes use the Spill signals,
both hard left and hard right. 1L, 2R. so these can be dialled in as bonus!

• Three microphones used (eg. Flutes a3) will

occupy the entire space. 1L, 2C, 3R.

With a stereo panner (not a balance panner!)

you can narrow and move the signal
wherever you like with ease. This is great for
use in pop!

CLOSE

The standard close microphones per section,

positioned naturally in situ for the best close
sound. Use these with your room mics for
part of your base sound.

SPILL

We have 5 spill (or ‘bleed’) signals available,

which can act as glue in Orchestral context.
These will add extra width and natural
‘space’ from the unused microphones. The
spill signals are available to dial in on a per
section basis, or as a ‘full mix’.

For example, a Solo Horn dialling in some

of the ‘Sp. Str’ will mean that the close mics
from the String section will be added to the
mix. Whereas for ‘Sp. Full’, every single close
mic from the entire Orchestra will be added.

MIX 1

Jake Jackson’s mix, which is a balance of

commonly used microphone positions. A
great starting point!

This is specifically a mix of the Decca Tree,

Outriggers, Ambient, Balcony, Mids (not on
the Strings!), and Close signals.

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TECHNIQUES

LEGATO SLURRED or ‘Fingered’ is the most basic

type of transition, where the player will
Legato in the context of a sample instrument simply add or remove their finger whilst
refers to the technique of capturing the the bow continues without change. These
sound of an instrument moving from one will trigger on the higher velocity transition
note to the next. Capturing these intervals values.
can be extremely useful in adding realism,
but does need to be played monophonic LONG (+ CS)
(one note at a time).
The most vanilla of the long notes that we
To trigger these transitions, you must make record, a standard sustained note. This is
sure that you hold down the first note whist the basic playing style, recorded both with
playing the key of the second note. As and without vibrato. Long CS (short for Con
long as you overlap the notes, the engine Sordino) is the muted variant of this patch.
will know that you want to trigger a legato A small rubber mute is attached onto the
transition. bridge, giving a dampened effect to the
strings.
In the BBC Symphony Orchestra we recorded
many different types of transition, which vary FLAUTANDO
across the different families.
This refers to a soft ‘flute-like’ way of
If you see the ‘Legato (extended)’ techniques performing on a stringed instrument. Often
available in anything other than Strings, the bow will be near or over the fingerboard,
this means that the patch will have playable which gives off a very different character
‘short’ notes built in which respond to the to the sound from the usual bow position.
way you play. If you play a short snappy Sometimes we describe this to played as
note on your keyboard, a short note will ‘harmonic-like’, and this helps steer them
trigger. The Strings have this programmed towards a more ‘glassy’ and delicate, often
automatically, even without the (extended) non-vibrato sound.
tag.
SPICCATO (+ CS)
As well as this, the extended patches
also often have another type of transition This articulation can vary! For us, our
featured. For example, the Flute Legato Spiccato aim to capture a very nice ‘tight’
(extended) technique will have playable runs sound, with the bow bouncing off the string.
recorded, which will trigger based on the This creates a sound that can be used either
speed of playing. as a nice short staccatissimo, but also as a
sequence of fast short notes or an ostinato
Within the String family, we’ve recorded a
couple of specific transitions:
STACCATO
PORTAMENTO is the technique of ‘gliding’
Staccato in notation refers to a ‘shortened
from one note to another without defining
and detached’ style of playing. In the case
the intermediate notes, resulting in a smooth
of samples, this usually refers to a single but
slide between two pitches. This is commonly
defined short note.
used on larger intervals across different
strings. These trigger when moving to
another note at lower velocity.

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PIZZICATO (+ BARTOK) some middle ground between Flautando and
Plucking the strings with the finger. The your standard sustained note!
Bartok variant is where the player plucks
so hard that the string actually ‘snaps’ HARMONICS
back onto the fingerboard, producing a
characteristic percussive sound. Definitely If a player holds down lightly on the string
use this one sparingly, unless you want your a perfect fourth interval up from the note
players to develop blisters! they are fingering, you hear what is called an
‘artificial harmonic’ sound - two octaves up
COL LEGNO from the note being fingered. This is called
‘artificial’ to distinguish it from the natural
Col Legno means ‘with wood’. This style harmonic series of the open string. These
of playing is to turn the bow over and ‘natural’ harmonics can be heard by moving
hit the string with the wood of the bow. the finger up and down the string while
Usually players will bring a practice of less lightly bowing. Available as both short and
expensive bow for this, as their main bows long techniques.
can cost thousands!
MARCATO ATTACK
SUL PONT
Quite simply, played with a very heavy and
Short for ‘sul ponticello’, meaning to play on accented abrupt start to a note. Great for
the bridge. Here the players bow very close layering, or for extra bite in a phrase.
to the bridge, which produces a brittle and
edgy sound. Always reminds us of nails on a STACCATISSIMO
chalkboard!
The shortest of the short notes. Similar to
TREMOLO (+ CS & SUL PONT) Staccato, just more snappy and short!

A tremolo is where a player rapidly moves MARCATO

the bow whilst keeping the left hand on the
same notes. The effect is a shimmering one Different to the Marcato Attack variant, and
when played soft, and a very aggressive and also not specific to Strings. Marcato in our
tense sound when played loud. CS refers to samples refers to the longest of our short
the muted variant, and Sul Pont refers to the notes, and has a slightly harder attack whilst
Sul Pont variant. maintaining a round shape to the note start.
Think of this as the longest note in a fanfare
TRILLS passage.

A trill is where a player alternates between CUIVRE

two notes. These work great as accented
performance embellishments, or you can Literally French for ‘brassy’ - this refers to a
play them very softly to create unique and style of playing where the player will go for
interesting textures. a much edgier, more nasal and aggressive
sound than usual. In some cases we ask the
SUL TASTO players to simply play as loud and brassy
as they can! Think of this as the ‘top layer’
To play with the bow over the fingerboard, in brass instruments. If you’re going for
producing a thinner and more delicate tone. something even brassier, try adding some
This is different from Flautando, in that it is saturation to the highs for a very hyped
not specifically required to be ‘flute-like’, and sound!
therefore is more of a soft and delicate, yet
still ‘normale’ sounding tone. Think of this as SFORZANDO

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Sforzando, or ‘Sfz’ indicates a forceful
accent. In the case of our patches, you get
a heavily accented note, which will then
quickly drop to a softer layer, similar to Sfp in
notation.

FLUTTER

The player rolls a silent ‘R’ with the mouth

whilst playing, giving a unique airflow that
creates a very characteristic sound.

MULTITONGUE

One of our favourite tools! We record double,

triple, and quadruple tongued notes. You
select which one you want to use by using
the Variation slider. If you hit the keyboard
hard, you’ll get a longer more ‘accented’
final notes. If you hit softer, you get a very
‘tight’ final note. This combination makes the
patch very versatile!

RIPS / FALLS

Either a sweep ‘up’ to the target note, or a

fall down to the target note. Sometimes there
are different speeds for this, controlled with
the variation slider.

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APPENDIX A —
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APPENDIX B —
TECHNIQUES/MICS/MIXES

INSTRUMENTS: • Long CS
• Long Flautando
STRINGS: • Spiccato
• Staccato
VIOLIN 1 LEADER • Pizzicato
• Legato (Portamento & Slurred) • Col Legno
• Long • Tremolo
• Long CS • Trill Major 2nd
• Long Flautando • Trill Minor 2nd
• Spiccato • Long Sul Tasto
• Staccato • Long Harmonics
• Pizzicato • Short Harmonics
• Col Legno • Bartok Pizzicato
• Tremolo • Marcato
• Trill Major 2nd
• Trill Minor 2nd VIOLINS 2 (14)
• Long Sul Tasto • Legato (Portamento & Slurred)
• Long Harmonics • Long
• Short Harmonics • Long CS
• Bartok Pizzicato • Long Flautando
• Marcato • Spiccato
• Staccato
VIOLINS 1 (16) • Pizzicato
• Legato (Portamento & Slurred) • Col Legno
• Long • Tremolo
• Long CS • Trill Major 2nd
• Long Flautando • Trill Minor 2nd
• Spiccato • Long Sul Tasto
• Staccato • Long Harmonics
• Pizzicato • Short Harmonics
• Col Legno • Bartok Pizzicato
• Tremolo • Long Marcato Attack
• Trill Major 2nd • Tremolo Sul Pont
• Trill Minor 2nd • Tremolo CS
• Long Sul Tasto • Long Sul Pont
• Long Harmonics • Spiccato CS
• Short Harmonics
• Bartok Pizzicato VIOLA LEADER
• Long Marcato Attack • Legato (Portamento & Slurred)
• Tremolo Sul Pont • Long
• Tremolo CS • Long CS
• Long Sul Pont • Long Flautando
• Spiccato CS • Spiccato
• Staccato
• Pizzicato
VIOLIN 2 LEADER
• Col Legno
• Legato (Portamento & Slurred)
• Tremolo
• Long
• Trill Major 2nd

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• Trill Minor 2nd • Staccato
• Long Sul Tasto • Pizzicato
• Long Harmonics • Col Legno
• Short Harmonics • Tremolo
• Bartok Pizzicato • Trill Major 2nd
• Marcato • Trill Minor 2nd
• Long Sul Tasto
VIOLAS (12) • Long Harmonics
• Legato (Portamento & Slurred) • Short Harmonics
• Long • Bartok Pizzicato
• Long CS • Long Marcato Attack
• Long Flautando • Tremolo Sul Pont
• Spiccato • Tremolo CS
• Staccato • Long Sul Pont
• Pizzicato • Spiccato CS
• Col Legno
• Tremolo BASS LEADER
• Trill Major 2nd • Legato (Portamento & Slurred)
• Trill Minor 2nd • Long
• Long Sul Tasto • Long CS
• Long Harmonics • Long Flautando
• Short Harmonics • Spiccato
• Bartok Pizzicato • Staccato
• Long Marcato Attack • Pizzicato
• Tremolo Sul Pont • Col Legno
• Tremolo CS • Tremolo
• Long Sul Pont • Trill Major 2nd
• Spiccato CS • Trill Minor 2nd
• Long Sul Tasto
CELLO LEADER • Long Harmonics
• Legato (Portamento & Slurred) • Short Harmonics
• Long • Bartok Pizzicato
• Long CS • Marcato
• Long Flautando
• Spiccato BASSES (8)
• Staccato • Legato (Portamento & Slurred)
• Pizzicato • Long
• Col Legno • Long CS
• Tremolo • Long Flautando
• Trill Major 2nd • Spiccato
• Trill Minor 2nd • Staccato
• Long Sul Tasto • Pizzicato
• Long Harmonics • Col Legno
• Short Harmonics • Tremolo
• Bartok Pizzicato • Trill Major 2nd
• Marcato • Trill Minor 2nd
• Long Sul Tasto
CELLI (10) • Long Harmonics
• Legato (Portamento & Slurred) • Short Harmonics
• Long • Bartok Pizzicato
• Long CS • Long Marcato Attack
• Long Flautando • Tremolo Sul Pont
• Spiccato • Tremolo CS

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• Long Sul Pont • Trill Major 2nd
• Spiccato CS • Trill Minor 2nd
• Staccatissimo
WOODWINDS • Tenuto
• Marcato
FLUTE • Multi-tongue
• Legato (Extended — Slurred & Fast Runs)
• Long CLARINET
• Trill Major 2nd • Legato
• Trill Minor 2nd • Long
• Staccatissimo • Trill Major 2nd
• Tenuto • Trill Minor 2nd
• Marcato • Staccatissimo
• Long Flutter • Tenuto
• Multi-tongue • Marcato
• Long Flutter
FLUTES A3 (3) • Multi-tongue
• Legato (Extended — Slurred & Fast Runs)
• Long CLARINETS A3 (3)
• Trill Major 2nd • Legato
• Trill Minor 2nd • Long
• Staccatissimo • Trill Major 2nd
• Tenuto • Trill Minor 2nd
• Marcato • Staccatissimo
• Long Flutter • Tenuto
• Multi-tongue • Marcato
• Long Flutter
PICCOLO • Multi-tongue
• Legato (Extended — Slurred & Fast Runs)
• Long BASS CLARINET
• Trill Major 2nd • Legato
• Trill Minor 2nd • Long
• Staccatissimo • Trill Major 2nd
• Tenuto • Trill Minor 2nd
• Marcato • Staccatissimo
• Long Flutter • Marcato
• Multi-tongue • Long Flutter
• Rips
• Falls CONTRABASS CLARINET
• Legato
OBOE • Long
• Legato • Trill Major 2nd
• Long • Trill Minor 2nd
• Trill Major 2nd • Staccatissimo
• Trill Minor 2nd • Marcato
• Staccatissimo • Long Flutter
• Tenuto
• Marcato BASSOON
• Multi-tongue • Legato
• Long
OBOES A3 (3) • Trill Major 2nd
• Legato • Trill Minor 2nd
• Long • Staccatissimo

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• Tenuto • Trill Major 2nd
• Marcato • Trill Minor 2nd
• Long Flutter
TRUMPET
BASSOONS A3 (3) • Legato
• Legato • Long
• Long • Staccatissimo
• Trill Major 2nd • Marcato
• Trill Minor 2nd • Long Cuivre
• Staccatissimo • Long Sfz
• Tenuto • Long Flutter
• Marcato • Multi-tongue
• Long Flutter • Trill Major 2nd
• Trill Minor 2nd
CONTRABASSOON
• Legato TRUMPETS A3 (3)
• Long • Legato
• Trill Major 2nd • Long
• Trill Minor 2nd • Staccatissimo
• Staccatissimo • Marcato
• Marcato • Long Cuivre
• Long Flutter • Long Sfz
• COR ANGLAIS • Long Flutter
• Legato • Multi-tongue
• Long • Trill Major 2nd
• Trill Major 2nd • Trill Minor 2nd
• Trill Minor 2nd
• Staccatissimo TENOR TROMBONE
• Tenuto • Legato
• Marcato • Long
• Staccatissimo
BRASS • Marcato
• Long Cuivre
HORN • Long Sfz
• Legato • Long Flutter
• Long • Multi-tongue
• Staccatissimo
• Marcato TENOR TROMBONES A3 (3)
• Long Cuivre • Legato
• Long Sfz • Long
• Long Flutter • Staccatissimo
• Multi-tongue • Marcato
• Trill Major 2nd • Long Cuivre
• Trill Minor 2nd • Long Sfz
• HORNS A4 (4) • Long Flutter
• Legato • Multi-tongue
• Long
• Staccatissimo BASS TROMBONES A2 (2)
• Marcato • Legato
• Long Cuivre • Long
• Long Sfz • Staccatissimo
• Long Flutter • Marcato
• Multi-tongue • Long Cuivre

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• Long Sfz • Rolls
• Long Flutter
• Multi-tongue TIMPANI
• Hits
CONTRABASS TROMBONE • Rolls
• Legato • Hits Soft
• Long • Rolls Soft
• Staccatissimo • Hits Hotrods
• Marcato • Long Rolls Hotrods
• Long Cuivre • Hits Damped
• Long Sfz • Hits Super Damped
• TUBA • Hotrods Hits Damped
• Legato • Hits Damped Soft
• Long
• Staccatissimo TUBULAR BELLS
• Marcato • Hits
• Long Cuivre • Rolls
• Long Sfz • Hits Damped
• Long Flutter
• Multi-tongue VIBRAPHONE
• Hits
CONTRABASS TUBA
• Legato XYLOPHONE
• Long • Hits
• Staccatissimo • Rolls
• Marcato
• Long Cuivre UNTUNED ANVIL
• Long Sfz • Hit
• Hit Choked
PERCUSSION
BASS DRUM 1
TUNED CELESTE • Hit
• Sustained • Hard Sticks
• Damped • Hit Damped
• Damped Medium • Hand Muted Hit
• Roll Hard
HARP • Roll Soft
• Sustained
• Damped BASS DRUM 2
• Damped Medium • Hit
• Bisbigliando Trem • Hit Damped
• Gliss FX • Roll
• Super Ball
MARIMBA
• Hits CYMBAL
• Rolls • Crash
• Crash Muted
CROTALES • Crash Hard Stick
• Hits • Crash Hard Stick Muted
• Hits Bowed • Roll
• Bowed
GLOCKENSPIEL • Crescendo
• Hits

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MILITARY DRUM
• Hit TRIANGLE
• Rimshot • Open Hit
• Short Ruff • Hit Muted
• Side Stick Hit • Roll
• Roll
MICS & MIXES
PIATTI
• Choked Hit SIGNALS
• Clash Hit • Mono
• Short Roll • Close
• Tree
SNARE 1 • Out
• Hit • Ambient
• Rimshot • Balcony
• Short Ruff • Leader
• Side Stick Hit • Stereo
• Roll • Mids
• Sides
SNARE 2 • Close Wide Pan
• Hit
• Rimshot SPILL MICS
• Short Ruff • Spill (Strings)
• Side Stick Hit • Spill (Woodwinds)
• Roll • Spill (Brass)
• Spill (Percussion)
TAM TAM • Spill (Full)
• Hit Damped
• Hit MIXES
• Roll • Mix 1 (Full)
• Bowed • Mix 2 (Jake Jackson)
• Crescendo • Atmos (2 — front & rear)

TAMBOURINE
• Hit
• Shake
• Roll

TENOR DRUM
• Hit
• Rimshot
• Short Ruff
• Side Stick Hit
• Roll

TOYS
• Castanets
• Woodblock
• Vibraslap
• Cowbell
• Sleigh Bells
• Short Guiro
• Long Guiro

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APPENDIX C —
DEFAULT CC MAPPINGS

Dynamics 1
Global Gain 7
Global Pan 10
Expression 11
Release 17
Tighness 18
Reverb 19
Vibrato 21
Mix 1 22
Mix 2 23
Close 24
Tree 25
Outriggers 26
Ambient 27
Mono 28
Leader 29
Close Wide 30
Stereo 31
Mids 33
Sides 34
Balcony 35
Spill Strings 36
Spill Woodwinds 37
Spill Brass 38
Spill Percussion 39
Spill Full 40
Atmos Front 41
Atmos Rear 42

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