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Nice work. About the imagery given by the music? Well, I imagine a Belgian, a rabbi and a kangaroo walking in a bar. And then the kangaroo says to the bartender...
OMG! I can see it! ... "I'll have a pint of your finest beer, please. And make sure it's cold-I've been hopping around all day." The bartender, taken aback by the talking kangaroo, stammers, "Sure thing. But, uh, I gotta ask-how does a kangaroo end up in a bar with a Belgian and a rabbi?" The kangaroo chuckles and replies, "Well, it's a long story. But let's just say I needed a break from the outback, the Belgian needed a new adventure, and the rabbi... well, he’s here to make sure we stay out of trouble." The Belgian raises his glass and adds, "Plus, we heard this place is in need of some shady detectives!"
Here’s my take: It’s a comic murder mystery in a swank hotel. All the characters faux rich and slightly eccentric. They stumble over trying to solve the murder themselves vs. the detectives assigned to the case. (Hmm.. maybe I should write the screenplay!)😅 Gianni❤
Nicely done! Great set up for separating the multi instrument into separate tracks. And a damn fine 1-hour tune! I had the image of an early 70's opening scene of a Columbo episode starring Larry Hagman as a lawyer who kills his law partner. The scene has Hagman rowing a small skiff out to the center of a lake on a sunny day, with this music playing, light sunny day jazz with a hint of menace, until Hagman stops and pushed his partner wrapped in sheets over the edge of the skiff with a small splash. Then some aleatoric chords from the orchestra. Obviously your cue set off very detailed imagery. :) I am glad you figured out that whiskey knob. It was perplexing me a bit. ProjectSAM really knows how to market their stuff. I had always wanted to get Swing! And Swing More! but was reluctant for the price of a 'niche' library. But I heard the FilmNoir instrument and realizing they were having their big summer sale, I purchased them both and love them! Not so niche either, I think I will be using them often.
Ouff! The result was - not my genre, let's say :D No, seriously, not my best spontaneous work. But also, really outside my comfy zone. So, I'll take it. I am 100% sure I learned something today. And the ProjectSAM Patch is awesome! The upright bass is great!
I agree with levels is the most important of a mix. But I don't use any automation because I want to have volume control within a midi event and not the track, I do all with CC11 and CC7.
Hmmm. Yes. Expression and modulation are the foundation as they make your orchestra sound good. However, I still like to a) emphasize the expressiveness b) fix volume inconsistencies through volume automation. For me it's a matter of workflow. I start with a good but dry mix in the midi project. And the I export and work with the audio only for the actual mixing stage. Just my workflow. Whatever works, works :D
I think the brassy thing was a intentional choice. In the symphonic world, brass don't usually play legato in a brassy manner, but way mellower, in fact, it's hard to sustain a fff note for way too long, that makes mockups sound artificial. This library is aiming for a concert sound and not the typical movie trailer stuff, which is kinda rare.
It might. I agree that BBCSO is capturing not the hollywood big sound, but the more classic symphonic sound. And it does that phantastically. And yes, in a classic symphonic orchestra you usually don't play fff brass all the time. As you mentioned, it's tough!
That was an epic tutorial into epic sound design 👍. Now all that's left to do is getting an epic voiceover added by the epic movie voice guy of Honest Trailers 😁
Hi Samuel! Your heading says “…. 7 Techniques for Beginners” but you glossed over stems, exporting them and having a dedicated “Mix Project”. I had hoped you would have delved into that in greater detail since you mentioned its importance. Thanks, Gianni❤
Hi Gianni. I am sorry, you are perfectly right. See - the video was intended to be 18 minutes long, whch - as my pretty useless yet expensive RU-vid tooling tells me - is the optimal watch time for my audience to go "oh, that looks like a cool video". And then, it ended up being, like, 30 minutes long. And the same tool tells me that 25 minutes is the threshold for "oh, that's long, I might watch it later". So... instead of adhering to my own quality standards, I decided to cut out some content. And - well, you pointed out one of the obvious victims of that. Just to mention it: The reason THIS specific aspect didn't make the cut is because it is Studio One specific and might not apply equally to any other DAW. And as I have learned, too many people still rely on the second best option for a DAW.
Fantastic content! Not many (free) videos show these techniques! Thanks for going over your process! I personally would suggest using more reverbs for better separation and also if you have to deliver stems (eg. Strings short, strings long, brass, woodwinds, percussion, etc.). Nowadays plugins do all the work and they are not that CPU taxing anymore. Loved every bit of your walkthrough and composition! Cheers from LA! 👍🏻
As usual, the visuals are from artlist.io - awesome library of stock footage. Way too expensive for recreational use. Pexels.com has some good royalty free video content which I used, e.g., for my OG LABS uilleann pipes video.
@@SamuFL You're not wrong about the "expensive" part! That $29.99 per month would translate to NZ$49.42 by the time it arrived on my credit card bill! Ouch! For my Murihiku video, it was WAY cheaper for me just to drive out to McLean Falls and Curio Bay and do my own filming!
Whoop! Studio One is GREAT! And, one of the things I love the most is - I don't really have a "template". I have stored track & instrument presets that I can load as I go.
Great tutorial! I haven't attempted much sound design, but it looks like a lot of fun, and as you said, a great break from composer's block, and get reenergized.
Oh yes. It's a totally different way of spending time with "sound". And yes, it helps me personally quite often to get some creative ideas for something completely new.
Hi, just double checked. They actually don't - which is a pitty. There are ways to hack around this limitation in most DAWs as almost anything than can be automated also can be somehow controlled via some MIDI controller. But it's not as easy as right clicking and selecting "midi learn". See this weird soundtoys suport page for example: support.soundtoys.com/article/90-midi-control
Sorry to disagree - there are key switches, just too low down on the keyboard to see. You can click on the little keyboard icon (halfway down the right side) and then move the keys witches up or down on the keyboard. As always they are C, C#, D and E.
I love this track! This made me subscribed. I listen to this often everywhere I go. As I listen I envisioned this track playing at the end of a movie where a couple must depart ways, not by choice, but they reunite one last time. Im interested how much went into making this, you should make a video about it, especially mixing it. I do need help with mixing. This sort of music is right up my alley.
Wow! What a nice compliment! This piece will be published on Spotify/Tidal/Amazon Music/... next month. I will create a dedicated "how I mix my orchestral music" video, and yes, I am also quite happy of how this piece turned out. Thank you!!!
Ouff. Good question. Depending on what your current musical skill-set is, the answer might differ. Here some resources to get you started: - Whatch YT Videos by Guy Michelmore and try to follow along. - Listen to scores you like and try to "recreate" them (doesn't have to be 100% exact, but at least "what does the string section do? what does the brass do? ..." - I've done a few courses at Thinkspaceeducation and can recommend them. Very high quality content. - Write a lot of music! That's probably what will help the most. - Oh, if you haven't done so -- subscribe to my channel! Most of all: Keep creating!
Yes. It is expensive. I got my upgrade during the 50% promotion that ran recently. Still quite an investment... And honestly: pro isn't twice as good as core. I mean, you do get more of the product you already love. More options, more control etc. But it's not even close to the jump from discover to core.
@@SamuFL Yes, I saw it in that recent 50% sale, and thought, "Wouldn't it be nice. Unfortunately......" I would want it mainly for the extra instruments. But now that you have it, can you tell me how much RAM you would need to have in your computer to run it? That is one thing that worries me about Professional - that it would require me to get a new PC as well? My current music PC will only take 32GB.
Hi. I subscribe to artlist.io which is a service for stock footage. I use that to create my own videos. I am also a member of The Cue Tube - which is a composer community for media music. Membership costs 1 buck / month, which is super cheal. Among other things, they have a library of ready to score to videos which cover commercials, documentaries, horror, action, trailers, ...
Just discovered your channel - I am exploring orchestral at the moment and these videos and shorts help so much! Just what I needed for my musical journey. Thank you so much for sharing your experience and wisdom! subbed
That’s awesome! Waves J37 is great, the Stereo Imager - not ideal. Watch out for mono incompatibilities and phase cancelation. Best EQ to detect those resonances would be FabFilter Pro-Q. 😊 Of course your stock EQ can do it too.
Yes, you are right about the danger of stereo imagers with overly simple algorithms. So, yes, I do test my mixes always in mono before calling them done.
Samuel So good to see your process in real time! It really helps to see the similarities in what I am thinking too! As I have said before I also work in studio one so everything looks familiar to me. Your insights from your experience is most valuable. I just played with this new addition from Project Sam and was blown away with the choir sound! Total inspiration at your fingertips! We are so lucky to have these tools available to us in this day and age. Thank you THANK YOU thank you again! Please keep em coming! ~Michael 🎼 Santa Rosa CA
Hello, I am also using Studio One in Windows 11, how is your audio buffer setting please ? I have an 18-core I9 with 128 GB RAM and I would imagine somewhat higher performance in some applications ... I switched from Cubase mainly because of the articulation overclocking, which Steinberg invented but still works miserably in Cubase. Thank you for your response.
Hi. I just looked it up. My Audio settings are as follows: I use PreSonus Studio 26c USB as audio interface. For midi recording: Device Block Size 64 samples; for mixing Device Block Size 1024 samples. Saple rate is set to 96 kHz. Dropout protection is at "minimum". Process oprecision at Single 32 bit. Does that answer your question?
