mickomoo

Freeze track function helps, but the problem is I guess I'm doing to many things at once. I don't like freezing tracks cus I don't record my tracks individually

I'm in the same boat... I wanna punch my computer because not only am I not improving but Mixcraft's lack of memory keeps crashing any of my projects with 10 or more tracks.

reason doesn't permit 3rd party vsts or plugins?

Apparently my dad just got reason, I'm currently using mixcraft, but I'm starting to outgrow that. In your opinion how do the two compare?

Just out of curiosity and in the spirit of conversation I wanted to ask everyone how (and when and why if you want) did you start composing and producing music? How was the process initially, and at what point did you "improve" or notice some level of change in your skill level? What do you think got you there?

I remember looking at both books... can't remember the difference now, but what you could do is buy guide to midi orchestration as a reference, and borrow and start with Acoustic and Midi Orchestration from the library or a friend.

I could see something like this in Sonic Generations it's a really nice cover

How do I improve my composition skills. Like when you first started either making original music or improvisations did you memorize scales and musical techniques a ton before hand? Essentially I've just been playing around and improving, but it's only gotten me so far. I was wondering if there were any formal techniques that need to be learned and if I should learn an exhaustive list of scales?

btw, is there any guides to kontakt 4? I'm trying to learn how to map ATEs to see if that would help me. Honestly, I have no idea how to improve I'm kinda stuck. This is the latest mock-up I've done and honestly I can't tell how to even attempt to improve the sound. The brass, eq-ing in general, and spacial reverb are kinda annoying me... along with any other kinda problems I can't tell I'm having.

This is amazing I dream of making music this well mixed. I only really posted to compliment this arrangement. The only critique I have is extremely subjective so you can disregard it. Before the guitar starts playing, and even maybe a bit after, you could put (choir) oohs. I just heard them in my head while listening to the song. But in any case this amazing I can't wait until it's done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea2ihMH3pOs&feature=related I believe with this version I got rid of the lag in the first minute or so of the song... I'm still learning how to make the midi sound better though lol

lol, ditto.

midi keyboard pretty much

I was watching a simple tutorial (albeit the products used are expensive) and even the "dry" samples sound good for kontakt 4. And by the time he was done comparing his mock up to an original it sounded like a high quality library sample. I in fact have little idea of how he got his tone to sound so decent before applying revberb, because out of the box the samples do not sound like that.

Are there any good (preferably online) guides to midi orchestration, especially any mentioning or dealing with using kontakt 4? Also, for any of you who might use kontakt to make mock-ups, how exactly do you go about achieving realism? Is it better to use the solo patches or the multipatches in the library?

Thanks for the feedback. I actually think this remix is above my current skill level, I started about a year ago so I'm still getting the hang of things, but I like orchestra and was inspired, so I guess it's a noble attempt lol. I just thought it'd sound better than this. Anyway, I'm using Kontakt 4 for most of the instruments, I should be able to get a better sound of them right? The thing is I really don't know how to mix, aside from EQ-ing the instruments and reverbing them I don't really know what other options I've had. I know this isn't EWQL but it shouldn't sound this bad.

I'm not done as I'm still figuring out the transitions between the songs... and I'm in fact running out of free time. I'm probably about half way done I particularly wanted feedback on how to improve the mixing and the tone of the instruments. As well as a better transition around :47 and 1:31. Also, with regards to the timing I could have sworn I recorded in time, but it seems I'm having midi lag. I'm using kontakt 4 in a daw and it's quickly consuming the memory of whatever computer I'm on. Is there any way to either allocate more memory or expand memory.

with regards to strings, or orchestral instruments for that matter, is it best to apply reverb to single instruments, or rather the entire project? Also, with strings, aside from EQ-ing them and reverbing them what's the best way to mix them?

There are a few pieces I've written which prominently feature a piano: http://tindeck.com/listen/ureu But I was wondering, how to I make the mix of the piano sound grander, and smoother. Particularly like in this song. Or basically, how do most people make vst pianos sound better...

Is there any way I can get a clean jazzy guitar with a vst. Something sounding like the guitar in or . Or would I just be better of using a real clean electric guitar

I literally rewrote it from scratch. It's just that I really wanted to incorporate some of the old stuff, I thought rhythm was the problem with the old material which is why I reused it. Yeah I'm feeling like I need a real guitar, I can't really strum with the VST and strumming would allow much more variation with what I can do with that part.

I posted this song earlier in the year, but I've rewritten it from scratch. Due to me still getting a feel for these samples, and probably needing to rework the rushed and dragged out middle and end, this is a wip. I kinda forced myself to write a genre I'm not familiar with, but yeah. Anyways as I've said before, this is my first remix, so any advice on the sequencing, the quality of the sound, the mixing, and the composition would be great. Thanks!

Feeling can be subjective though it's kinda hard to infer feeling. I'm a beginner but typically my friends infer feelings similar to mine on music I've written, however if I show the piece to other they don't derive something similar. Expression IMO might be critical as that's what distinguishes notes from on another that and effects of course. Certain tracks based on their role in your music should either have reverb and whatnot. But you probably already knew that >_<

what Nebix said, electric guitar is really difficult to emulate with all of it's articulation and whatnot. Although if you were to buy individual instrument sets, such as sample modeling's The Trumpet and Sax Brothers or even though they're orchestral instruments they run pretty high too.

I wrote this around February, forgot about it and now as I'm reworking if not rewriting everything I've written, I've tweaked it a bit. I actually never posted this here surprisingly, I'm possibly going to rewrite this from scratch but as of now I wanna know how the piano and overall piece sound.