Instrument Assignment Best Practice

Realize provides access to 13 separate and distinct orchestral brass libraries:

1. Horn A1
2. Horn A2
3. Horn A3
4. Horn B1
5. Horn B2
6. Horn B3
7. Trumpet 1
8. Trumpet 2
9. Trumpet 3
10. Trombone 1
11. Trombone 2
12. Bass Trombone
13. Tuba

When you import your Midi file into the plug-in, you will be presented with an Import Dialog. You will see a list of the tracks detected in the file, along with the names you gave them when you exported the file from your DAW. If you have named them appropriately (such as "Trumpet 1" etc.) the Import Dialog will automatically map each track to an appropriate sample library (the "Instrument" column) and will select those tracks for inclusion. If the tracks are not brass instruments or have inappropriate names they will be automatically excluded from the Import process. You can override the inclusion status and reassign the sample library for each track using the controls. The "Designation" column allows you to change how the track is named inside of our Instrument drop-down menu.

You may of course import more tracks than we have instruments. For example, four Trumpets could be assigned as Trumpet 1,2,3,1 or 1,2,3,2 for example. Eight horns could be assigned Horn A1,A2,A3,A1,B1,B2,B3,B1 as another example. You will be using a duplicate library in these circumstances, but you can avoid true duplication by selecting different Sample Matches or by using Waveform Adjustments to alter the result.

The Horns were arranged into two sections of three horns each. For a traditional four horn section, we recommend selecting A1,A2,B1,B2 corresponding to Horn 1,2,3,4. For a six horn section, we recommend A1,A2,A3,B1,B2,B3 corresponding to Horn 1,2,3,4,5,6.