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A really well put together song - love the vocal harmonies. The guitar and strings give it a really light overall feeling and the brushed snares give it some movement - much like, well... flying.

Nice song Jack. Catchy chord sequence, and much better than what passes for pop these days.

Just curious, but what don't you like about it? I think it's quite nice for pieces requiring a smaller-sounding ensemble.

So after thinking about it a bit more, I think I'll pass on this. The demos sound good but I already have orchestral libraries, even if they don't go up to fff. It's very expensive for a set of libraries in a player that sounds like it still has some problems, and I think I prefer each instrument type to be broken down into sections (e.g. violins 1, violins 2, etc); it might be a moot point for an epic library like this, but that's my preferred workflow at the moment.

I don't have anything from Orchestral Tools, and I've never used Sine; what's so bad about it? Just trying to figure out whether it's worth getting the Sine version of these, or just sticking to my current set of Kontakt orchestral libraries (which too be honest is good enough: GAS is bad)

I'm not getting those banners - is the bundle a time limited special? 999 Euros is a huge discount given that each volume is at least 549 (Kontakt), and the Ark 1+2 bundle is 839 (Sine)

Thanks Bill - Very cool and atmospheric! Seasons Greetings to you (and also everyone else) too!

Your music sounds pretty good despite claiming to not know much about mixing/EQ. I'd definitely suggest posting more to the Songs forum if you don't mind sharing - you can sometimes pick up some useful tips from there too.

I'm guessing he means phrase libraries like Action Strings, and (UJAM's) STRIIIINGs - I'm not sure how many people would hear a sampled E5 note from a legato-strings section and say something like "A-ha! That comes from CineStrings; just like that other piece I heard yesterday - everything sounds the same these days..." I get the irony though

Please do - it'd be nice to hear what the Cat creates

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Good point - I bought a bundle of KF libraries a while back; can't remember who from - maybe APD? - but they did give me redemption codes

I wonder if it's because they don't "own" their store? e.g. the use something like fastspring. Could be completely wrong on this one; I have no idea how third party webstores (like fastspring/digital river/etc) work.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter today

Remnant: From the Ashes has been on my Steam wishlist for a while now. It's only the base game that Epic's giving away (not the DLC), but I've got so many unplayed games that it's probably enough.

Sounds good to me. If I were to be picky, I might suggest panning the piano slightly more away from the centre to keep the vocal a bit cleaner. As David mentioned, I was partially expecting a bigger ending - maybe drums coming in with some electric guitar power chords - though maybe that's just a reflection of the type of music I might listen to.

That was amazing! Who did the backing vocals?

Looks like there's still time to pick up Shadow Hills (green), and Unfiltered Audio LION, but the coupons expire today (18th). The coupons for Iron and Keemun expire tomorrow (19th).

Is there any general rule/guidance over when to use red, and when to use green?

Anyone used Keemun? Does it have any advantages over MODO Bass?

Not sure about Roland Cloud Manager, but you only need to use Native Access when you want to register a new serial/update your plugins; you can close it once you're done

Very nice - great synth work and vocal harmonies!

Mix sounds quite good to me. Could be my setup, but the lead guitar sounds slightly panned right in the first section. Something to try might be a tiny bit of master bus compression (slow attack/release, shallow ratio, and fairly low threshold) - it should help gel everything together a bit. If the compressor pumps, try feeding the sidechain with a version of the mix that's been passed through a HP filter, maybe set to around 150Hz. Some compressors have this option built in, otherwise you might have to be a little creative with routing. Excellent guitar work by the way!

Love the bluesy sound Freddy! As others have mentioned, the vocals are competing with the horns. I would suggest spreading them out a little in panning; maybe the trumpets on one side and the saxes on the other, but not hard left/right (unless you're going for an LCR [Left-Centre-Right] mix). You might want to try some complementary EQ too: try boosting somewhere 3-4K on the vocals, while cutting the same frequencies slightly on the brass; it should help the vocals stand out a bit more.

There's definitely a sunshine sound to this one - well done!