Starise Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 This track is a Frankenstein of sorts. It wasn't made using only one large orchestral sample library. I used a little bit of almost everything. I have some Vienna synchron player, some Sampletank, some Sonivox, I loose track of what all else. It's a real hodge podge but it was fun to make. I was thinking movie cinematic when I made it today. Comments welcome from all, especially from those who might have made music for film. Thanks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack c. Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 great recording. at the start the strings have a tad too many highs try low cut filter or eq high end.jack c. it sounds just like a pro symphony!the end needs a little tightening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornpdx Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Definitely cinematic tho I think it needs a fuller sound. Maybe add some/more reverb or slight delay? Double tracking? Drums need to make their presence known - more boom! Evokes a nice dramatic scene, like marching soldiers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sprouse Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 (edited) I really liked how you used melody, as well as the good, comprehensible counterpoint. Edited December 28, 2020 by David Sprouse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Epic sound, but @Starise hope you do not mind me saying it sounds just a tad MIDI, perhaps nudge here and a nudge there just to move the timing around a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garybrun Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 I have listened to quite a lot of your stuff... this one seems very mechanical ... not real... cant explain what I mean. I understand where you are coming from... seems a little to much false! Sorry... we all paint very different pictures and as you know when we invite people to critically listen to our music we then get critical replies. 🙂 But the average guy in the street wouldn't notice what some of us talk about and would be happy listening on his ear buds or phone 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bajan Blue Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 20 hours ago, Wookiee said: Epic sound, but @Starise hope you do not mind me saying it sounds just a tad MIDI, perhaps nudge here and a nudge there just to move the timing around a bit. Exactly what Wookie said! Apart from that I like it Nigel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starise Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 On 12/26/2020 at 1:16 PM, jack c. said: great recording. at the start the strings have a tad too many highs try low cut filter or eq high end.jack c. it sounds just like a pro symphony!the end needs a little tightening. On 12/26/2020 at 3:54 PM, bjornpdx said: Definitely cinematic tho I think it needs a fuller sound. Maybe add some/more reverb or slight delay? Double tracking? Drums need to make their presence known - more boom! Evokes a nice dramatic scene, like marching soldiers. Thank you for comments on this. May I ask what you're listening on? Just a brief explanation of my signal chain for drums. I rolled off anything below 40hz (slope) or it would eat up my overall signal. I EQ notched out the muddy mids at 250-500 but nothing more than a few db. I added Boz Bark Of Dog 2 on bass channels and boosted the bass in the "thump ranges with it. I'm using a very high quality reverb with a hall setting. Lows rolled off on reverb. I am side chaining into the Cakewalk master compressor at 100hz or under. I have it set low so the needle is barely moving. I am sending anything bass to that side chain. For master I am using Fabfilter to roll off lows below 30hz.>McDSP 4L4000 and following it up with a small amount of peak limiting at the end. Once again I'm keeping things less muddy using that plugin. I haven't cut any bass above 50hz. Open to suggestions. On 12/27/2020 at 7:13 AM, Wookiee said: Epic sound, but @Starise hope you do not mind me saying it sounds just a tad MIDI, perhaps nudge here and a nudge there just to move the timing around a bit. 22 hours ago, garybrun said: I have listened to quite a lot of your stuff... this one seems very mechanical ... not real... cant explain what I mean. I understand where you are coming from... seems a little to much false! Sorry... we all paint very different pictures and as you know when we invite people to critically listen to our music we then get critical replies. 🙂 But the average guy in the street wouldn't notice what some of us talk about and would be happy listening on his ear buds or phone 🙂 6 hours ago, Bajan Blue said: Exactly what Wookie said! Apart from that I like it Nigel Thank you for bringing this tyo my attention! No midi programming here other than sliding the odd note here and there.. I must be a very exact player 🙂 The only thing mechanical is I'm using the free Big Bang orchestra in the synchron player for only the low strings and brass. The synchron player still requires a person to "play" it. None of the runs in sychron are automated all hand played. But maybe that's what you hear. Drums are Sampletank 4 hand played. Violins are played in with Amadeus. Horns are SONiVox hand played. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garybrun Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 7 minutes ago, Starise said: No midi programming here other than sliding the odd note here and there.. I must be a very exact player 🙂 The only thing mechanical is I'm using the free Big Bang orchestra in the synchron player for only the low strings and brass. The synchron player still requires a person to "play" it. None of the runs in sychron are automated all hand played. But maybe that's what you hear. Drums are Sampletank 4 hand played. Violins are played in with Amadeus. Horns are SONiVox hand played. Thank you! It is the low strings and brass: I am impressed with the no midi stuff. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomin36Beatz Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Like it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 22 hours ago, Starise said: No midi programming Must have been my Furry ears not being awake then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Kirby Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Nice job Starise - this had a drama vibe to me - so it would be cool for a movie soundtrack. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeringAmps Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 On 12/28/2020 at 7:32 AM, Starise said: No midi programming here other than sliding the odd note Reminds of a tune (tunes aren't similar of course, the comments are) I posted years ago on Broadjam. A surf tune my friend/long time collaborator had submitted to Taxi. Someone was incensed by the "programmed" drums; boy was Jeff's drummer pissed (drum track was kind of Wipeout ish) I told him to consider it as a compliment. On 12/26/2020 at 12:54 PM, bjornpdx said: Definitely cinematic tho I think it needs a fuller sound Not quite a "Cinematic" soundstage, wish I had a solution for you (both of us really). t 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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