antler

Thanks for listening Jeff - glad you liked it.

You've got some great piano skills there, Jeff! I really enjoyed that, especially the bluesy key-change ending. Is that a piano library, or a real recording? Sounds great either way.

Unleash the fire of Jimi’s revolutionary sound with the definitive Authentic Hendrix™ collection packed with official gear, presets and never-before-seen interactive features for Spark & BIAS FX 2. Play Fire. Play Freedom. Play Hendrix™. From gritty fuzz boxes to psychedelic modulations, this collection of Jimi’s gear is meticulously recreated and officially licensed by Authentic Hendrix, LLC. Plug into the gear that Jimi used to forever change the way you play guitar. https://www.positivegrid.com/jimi-hendrix

Love the song Paul - it's got a good classic rock feel to it, and kinda reminds me of John Mellencamp in places.

Nice piece Bjorn. I like how there are quite a few chromatic themes and pitch bends in there, but how the whole piece still gels together cohesively.

Nice! Really soothing - love the (what sounds like) subtle woodwind texture highlights.

Very creative and unique. Thought the opera cracking the glass was funny (in a good way) and loved the guitar solo. Thanks for sharing!

Liked this one - really well written and produced with a full sound. It's also cool how the main hook/theme gets subtly repeated throughout. Great song!

Great sound you've got there in both the playing and the tune. Love it!

Nice! I like the bells that accent the guitar during the opening verse (gives it a sparkly feel), and the overall diversity of instrumentation as the piece goes on.

Thanks for listening all, and for the comments. Thanks - and that's a good idea; I might do another version adding other libs to the mix too. Thanks Mark. I did it in HitFilm Pro - Humble Bundle ran a deal a few years ago where they offered it for a very low price. I've heard it crashes a bit for more complex videos, but I've not had any problems while doing my relatively trivial videos. There's a free version available, but I think you'll need to buy an addon pack for the spectrum analyser. I got the pic from Pexels.

Sample Logic is proud to debut their most advanced atmosphere designer to date – EMPYREAL AD – The Ultimate Atmosphere Designer! EMPYREAL AD is streamlined to be as creative and as easy to use as possible. Now you can use the EMPYREAL engine to bring your soundscapes to life with cutting-edge tools. With over 1,000 sounds and the ability to load your own samples, EMPYREAL is a virtual instrument environment that will become your new go-to for generating atmospheres without limits! Get EMPYREAL AD now at an introductory price of $159.99 (regularly $299.99) for a limited time only! https://www.samplelogic.com/products/empyreal-atmosphere-designer/

Was going to ask; thanks for pre-emptively answering my question

Great song and mix! The verses and choruses work well, and the synthy instrumental bridge/ending offer a good sonic contrast that is different but fits.

Love the diversity in this - lots of parts that seem like they're doing their own thing, but work really well together as a whole.

Very nice, Bjorn. The countermelodies (fiddle/flute, fiddle/harp) in this work really well - well done!

Very nice! I like how you keep introducing new elements throughout to keep things interesting, and also how you're occasionally using chromatic chords to give a more ethereal sound. In Cosmic Dust, something to try might be adding some delay to the occasional ear-candy parts to give an even more open/spacious sound. Nothing wrong with how it is now though.

Love the sound Markku - very cool/laid back groove. Great playing too!

Thanks for listening everyone, and thanks 905133 for linking to the other thread. Those images hadn't crossed my mind before, but I can see it too now you mention it - it's great how everyone can have different perspectives on the same piece of music! Thanks David - to tell the truth, I'm not sure what they are exactly; I did think they made a nice texture though

I'm all for inspiration tools, and lowering the theory bar for entry. I get how not every knows what the I, II, III, etc. chords mean; I'm not sure replacing roman numerals with shapes in different orientations is that much more helpful though.

Pre-order is now open, at a discounted price of $349 https://impactsoundworks.com/product/tokyo-scoring-strings/

Hi all. I was playing about with a new Kontakt freebie to see what it could do, and came up with a quick tune. You might have already seen this as I posted it in the Deals forum, but thought I'd put it here too. Enjoy! (and as usual, comments/feedback welcome)

If you have a spare slot, by all means go for MODO Drum as it does sound quite nice. Just be aware that while the drums are modelled: the cymbals are sampled so there is still a disk footprint. you have a little control over how they are played and the tips of your sticks. However, unlike Pianoteq which is a modelled piano with an engine capable of rendering sounds from electric pianos to steel drums to glockenspiels, MODO drum does not offer anything other than sticks - no mallets, no brushes (yet?).

Thanks - glad you liked it. I'm not associated with any music related company, so this isn't an attempt at any kind of upsell, but if you're considering Full Kontakt at some point, it might be an idea to pick up a Player library that you can upgrade to Kontakt with. Libraries and Kontakt upgrades go on sale from time to time, and once you get full Kontakt a whole world of freebies gets opened up, e.g. I've picked up 32 free KLANG instruments so far; there's a free edition of DRONAR; and some online stores sometimes have time-limited offers of a free library with a minimum spend. Edit: and also what abacab said

This is actually quite a good freebie - here's a quick tune I wrote using only sounds from it