The low string layer with the chamber strings thing is a crazy trick. It sounds real. Much more full bow stroke kind of sound with the attack of the beginning of the bow.
Wow, Christian... you sold me. I just bought SM. I was on the fence, but you really drove home the usefulness and breadth of capability. Not to mention you really wrote a KILLER piece there!
IMHO, Christian has done a fabulous job in this video by demonstrating that Motions is far deeper and more versatile than what many thought. And the way he brings everything together is complex and also fascinating to watch. I've always found his communication skills to be excellent as well, and I've certainly learned from his presentations over the years. And the kindness he showed to me in the past was far beyond expectations. Well worth watching this.
They all already can be used in all three. All of Spitfire's libraries run in Kontakt (with most of the big ones being licensed Kontakt Player libraries) or Spitfire's own VST plugin.
@@Justin.Franks Yes you're right they can - but unlike for eg: Note Performer - Sibelius has to have a separate stave for each articulation - also Dynamics are very variable !
What about the space between the notes? Spitfire says that can't be changed. We are stuck to the perfect grid? That makes it sound not real and isn't the reason for the library to sound as real as possible. The transitions between notes sound fantastic, but the perfect space between them is not. Something simple like a random variation/swing knob would be a great start. I'm surprised that was not though of. Do we really want perfect, tight, on the grid music?
I really found this presentation valuable as I just have purchased Symphonic motions , Additionally I recently acquired Albion , Kepler orchestra , Fragile string evolutions and Symphonic evolutions so my learning curve has presented as an Everest of a project. My point is these YT tutorials are invaluable in targeting the importances in the use of such libraries and they have definitely engaged me in starting to use ,explore and understand my new instruments , with less reliance on the manuals. So thanks for this 👍🙏🏿🙏👏👏🎩
Love this walkthrough! At the end of the video when you bounce you chose OFFLINE. I've been getting jittery/glitchy bounces that way (never used to) which results in missed subtle nuances of the strings, in my case Albion Tundra Sul Tasto. However it bounces fine if I do a REALTIME bounce. Thoughts?
Thank You, for the demonstration. Symphonic Motions is definitely on my wish list. Chamber Strings has always been on my list. My God These Are Good! Great Demo.
Quantization?! Surely the tool of Satan Christian. And lo it sucketh the soul from all music. I'm just getting to grips with learning the BBC SO sample library and wow it's big! (that's what she said, when she saw the size of the library and function). Beating someone up with a very dry haystack - sounds fun! loved the brass thing - a bit Alien 3 - in the furnaces?
Apart from the Motion libr even, just very inspiring content Christian. And the power of fine layering never ends. This stuff is what I like to see you do most on YT. An upward modulation would sure raise the tension also. Maybe even a little sidechaining to accentuate a certain pressure? Thanks for sharing.
The problem with Spitfire audio is it can’t read a score without a ton of tweaking They need to start including some defaults for the shapes of notes (Attack, delay, articulation, dynamics) In other words, it has to be able to perform a score as written
This sounds amazing! I think that if you automated the tempo in the first section, ie slight ritardandos and accelerandos, it would further enhance the realism of the symphonic motions.
Christian - can I ask what you're using for a mouse pad? Almost looks like some kind of plastic or glass? Also I many need to plunk down for this library. Thanks as always for the demo.)
Answered a question I had at 2:50. Okay I can stop watching now! LoI ...I would imagine this works with BBC Core as that's "all I have" at the moment. :) Anybody else?
Very nice. I do that with the arpeggiator of my impulse actually.... you can input the velocity through the drum pads and so far it works. I htink these motions shall be one step above. Shall yry
As always, wonderful tutorial!!! Thank you for taking the time to inspire and educate. Seems like I'll have to add Symphonic Motions to the wish list. This is an incredibly well thought out library! I've been attempting to make a few of these articulations manually, what a pain and not organic...this libray solves that problem...simply BRILLIANT!
Yeah, this is definitely a playing technique I need among my sample libraries. It's actually quite remarkable that it's such a niche thing in the world of sample libraries, as the technique itself is very common. What took everyone so long? Now the only thing left is: Can I use this library in a way where I can use a few notes of this playing technique within a larger musical phrase in a way that makes it sound like it was actually the same instrument playing the whole phrase? In conjunction with other Spitfire string libraries I suspect so, but for strings I'm predominently using VSL. I imagine if the close mics are used exclusively, I can match the reverb relatively well perhaps. The composition itself is a spot-on demonstration of how this technique is commonly used in Hollywood. But I imagine this would also be a fantastic library for doing phase shifting a la Steve Reich!
So why has no one done this before? It's literally impossible to program this with individual samples, or at least to make it sound realistic. Even getting a synth sound to make this rebowing /strumming effect would be difficult.
Yummm... tasty! Very very tasty. Very verrrry more-ish. Yum. I think I might have to get some hangar doors built into my solar plexus, to really let a few slices of that slinky chunky yummy damage through. "A chainsaw to the head, sir?" Oh, go on. Why not. Yes please, thank you!!
