great tutorial, music and libraries, was looking for something like this for a while now. thank you Jef. more Big Band Jazz tutorials would be really nice
I love your videos and your style of explaining things. I’d love to see more jazz composing sample libraries using the tools of your choice. And now straight to the Sanjay C video, one of my favourite musicians here on RU-vid.
Nice video.The music was really well done to capture that style. Man these kontakt sound libraries sound so good. But wow the cost. But they will never sound old.
Yeah, it's best to keep track of the stuff out there and then make the purchases when you're ready to make something like this or need it in a project of some sort!
This video showed me a ton of great synths I am definitely going to add to my collection! I have always loved your content I have been subscribed for a while now and I just found out you are a fellow Canadian! Thanks for all of the great content!
This is great. I’d love to know the best libraries for recreating the mid-'60s to mid-'70s KPM & De Wolfe library sound from the likes of Keith Mansfield, Syd Dale, Alan Hawksworth etc.
Another outstanding video dude.. Your style is amazing.. I figure you have a jazz background and man, I wish I knew how to play the keys like you bro.. That song you made with young lady with the jazz neo soul feel.. OH MY GOODNESS..... I want to bump that in the car.. lol.. Great work Jeff.. You really taught me a lot how to work Machine.. Thank you man..
One thing missing from Maschine - custom chord sets. This is great for a guy like me who never had any music education. My knowledge of chords are cowboy guitar shapes. Would like a midi plug-in that does this - without the band instruments.
Great video, Jef. I would have never known that was your wife with the vocals lol. She did great too. The whole theme of the tune is put together very well.
The Swing More library sounds incredible, Jef! Thanks for the recommendation. It would be interesting to pair it with some sounds from the Bernard Hermann library from Spitfire.
I loved this video! And the Noir Video, I must have watched about 7 times. I thought you said you were going to revisit Noir. Discovered Project Sam recently but their plugins are a little costly. After I get my M1 laptop then a Project Sam bundle. Thanks for this video.
Nice tutorial. I've had Swing! and Swing More! for a while in my library but have not used it yet. Hopefully soon when I have more time. It is a really great library. I would still try to make something fun for example like the song: Doop (Sidney Berlin's Ragtime Band Extended Version).
This video inspired me to buy the Swing/Swing More bundle. The results I'm getting are far less spectacular than yours. Either you're really good at this, or I royally suck at it. More than likely a combination of both. 🤣
There are hardly any RU-vid videos on creating big band and jazz style tracks with sample libraries so I would love one on Swing More (it has been a potential purchase for some time)
INSPIRING... Hi Jeff! This episode with Sanjay C is so amazing. In regards to the interview the sound and picture quality is excellent (just as good as an interview on network television). However, I do realize that both you and Sanjay C do this on what appears to be a professional level. The point I am making is that if everyone had the same (or similar equipment) as you two no one would have to leave their homes for an interview. Technology has made it possible to communicate and collaborate with people all over the world. ONE QUESTION: Did you guys share video from both cameras at each location to get such a beautiful edit? Again, loved your interview. -JRC!
as a Big Band arranger and teacher this stuff depresses me a little. in its genesis, the composers for those kinda movies in the 40-50 where writing out everything in music paper, then orchestrating and then recording it. even Quincy Jones and John Williams would write every note out. wouldn’t be more honest if we would just spend the time learning how to write for big band, exporting the midi file from finale or sibelius to cubase/logic and making it sound properly from there?
I love swing but for me there isn't enough consistently across the articulations for example in the solo stuff they don't already have the crec option and the legato isn't as nice as you would expect from the real thing. If you haven't got it already check out vhorns check those out.
There's a ton more dedicated big band packs out there but nobody knows if they're good or not because they cost more than $2000 and all you have to go off of is a random endorsement by john soundtrack.
Fantastic content as always. Would love to see a video on how do you manage your sound/sample libraries. I am sure you have terrabytes of content - how do you organize, and find the sounds that are just right? Same goes for your plugins (Instruments and effects alike) - i am having information overload syndrome...
hi Jef,i realy love big band music,i listened to a lot of them,Glenn Miller,Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman, etc,i'm 59,so i heard a lot of music of the past,to be honnest,i like it more then the music of today,EDM, RAP, etc does nothing for me,i also find it more like noise than music my music collection spans over the 40s-50s-60s-70s -80S,and a little bit of the 90s,after these years music took a fall,and it all sounds alike,selena gomez,taylor swift and ariana grande,they all sound the same,sad,thats why i turn to the past for music,or movie scores
I’ve got a huge collection of vintage vinyl, I spend most of my listening time on the classics and then figure out how to bring that stuff into the modern world… such incredible talent back in those days!
I've wanted to buy the swing and swing more libraries for years, but I'm not a professional media composer, and that makes it very hard to justify the investment. You just nudged me a tad closer though. Btw, I keep thinking you're wearing a safety vest because of those orange stripes, and I think you should run with that for a future episode: put on a helmet and a tool belt and do some music for an imaginary commercial for children's sandbox toys or something 😊
