mickomoo
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I'm no stranger to music as well. My dad had a band in the 80s, and has a studio today. My mom played the flute in elementary school. I went to catholic elementary school, so we had to study theory every year. I also played piano from 4th grade to 8th grade, and I played Tenor Sax in 10th grade. The irony is I wholly for the most part detested practicing or playing until I "realized" that video game music could be "remixed" and that I like anyone else was capable of composing my own music.
That said my theory is somewhere between primary and intermediate levels. I can't tell any more, but I've been there for awhile given my exposure, but my delayed interest. So I've gone the route of playing things out in a DAW, which means every time I recreated a song it'd not be consistent. However what I've started to do now (and did only half seriously before) is pre-play all parts on a piano before actually recording with vsts. Now the only thing I fall short of doing is hand writing (typing) the notes on a formal score (which I should start doing). I'm still at the stage where I'm "playing around" but I intend to learn more formal theory.
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I love this topic, thanks for the detail! So anyway I know you said you began composing 2 years ago, but did you have any experience with music at all prior to that? I started writing two years ago, but I'll admit, I have never formally composed... which I should start doing.
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wait really? Oh I meant the mic positioning. The positions of the instruments would always sound weird when placed with other samples in a mix right?
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Last question... I'm just going for the 2 for one deal. If I only really need choirs and an orchestra anyways. Do you find Gold's default reverb a hinderance? Is it at all possible to try and mix it with other vsts despite its defualt sound?
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$79 for a student addition. Alright just gotta see if any other vsts have student reductions
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Should be a download link beside it on the page with your serial numbers.
All that's showing up for me are my serial numbers =/
Bit over your budget, but have you checked out Wallander?http://www.wallanderinstruments.com/
http://www.sonicstate.com/news/2009/01/26/wnamm09-wallander-wivi-orchestral-synthesizer/
There's a demo on the site too.
This looks good! And it's cheaper than Garritan. Does anyone btw have experience with garritan jazz/big band samples?
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Calum I've found your feedback on my work partly fundamental in my own growth. You clearly know what you're doing... not to be sycophantic or anything. What my dad has done is essentially go to a studio ever so often to either get lessons are speak to some (small time) producers for some general feedback. A good friend of mine specifically works on collabs all the time just as a test of skill. Although he's key'd into a very specific genre (electro) so its kinda easier for him to find people to work with on a consistent basis.
More to the point, there was a topic in the originals section where people posted a track, and gave feedback to the one above theirs... I'm certain it's long gone by now though. Although we're not of the same level of experience I empathize with your search for feedback and ways to improve lol. Good luck.
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It's times like this I wish I were rich... and followed through with my instrument training. I can only play one instrument decently. That is a sick setup!
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I've been too lazy to upgrade, or pay the 20 for the upgrade. I just got a desk though so within 2 weeks I'll start making music again.
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Dito. I'm looking into some big band samples and couldn't find Kontakt's anywhere. Free... that's kinda hard to find, at least of good quality. Maybe some companies might offer trial/demos.
Garritan has been recommended to me, though I don't feel it's the best. It's $145 at its cheapest. I've heard of Kick ass brass, can't speak for it, it's more expensive. I've heard of sample modeling's prodcuts, while really really good, each instrument is sold separately and would cost you together over 1000 euros for a sax section plus trombones plus trumpets. >_<
While there is no dearth of orchestral samples, free, expensive, decent/good. It's hard as hell to find samples for big band. Just my experience... I'm still looking let me know if you find anything lol. I'm really regretting letting go of my tenor sax. =/
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This is totally not feedback but what program did you use to make the score? >_<
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Yeah I'm starting to realize how crappy tech support is for EW products. Now it's a direct trade off between product quality and support. If I buy I'm essentially betting on having few to no problems >_<
I know Vienna and garritran exist as alternatives, but its seems like EWQL really has the sound that I want. I might just do their june sale, buy two products, if I don't like them... just $400 down the drain. Also it looks like the gold mic positions are not coming back, why the hell do they have misleading information on their site. It's like they want you to hate them
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New music:
two related themes above and one additional thematic song below
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horrible attempts at video game, jazz, and film music, mostly using orchestral and acoustic vsts lol
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Yeah I like the ease of use for audio recording and plug-in usage, but this is starting to seem to be not the best option in terms of vst recording and midi editing, not that it's bad but I need something more optimal. I'm going to get EWQL symphonic orchestra soon and it's starting to seem that I might need something a bit better than mixcraft
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damn it the more I research on this the more I'm confused. So for the choir word building only works on the default articulation? Like you can't use word builder on say falls or whispers? Also what are the default words for the whisper?
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I've been asked to create little demos of music that may or may not appear in a friends game. I'm probably going to recompose them when I get a better library or mixing skills but right now I just want feedback on composition and any tips for improvement:
This is like a battle theme, or some sort of encounter... there are transitional points which will probably be "stems" or changes that would occur depending on the scene
This is an uplifting happy song
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I'm starting to feel like a noob... >_<
The reason I asked that is because in the instrument listings for the set choir articulations only appear under the tab labeled silver. Another somewhat unrelated concern I can't find a link for the gold mic updates at all, and when I went to the upgrade section, gold's default upgrades are platinum or platinum plus, how exactly do you request the alternate mic positions?
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For other mixcraft users, what kind of music do you compose? I've only found it to be so-so for my purposes, I've been using kontakt vsts and the program crashes after 6-12 tracks, and I was thinking of getting even higher quality vsts so I'm feeling like I'm going to have to leave mixcraft behind, though I haven't quite outgrown its ease of use...
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Thanks for the quick responses. And XPRTNovice, I definitely have to check that site out. Yeah I was looking for big sites, but I forgot sometimes small knit communities significantly provide more fertile ground than larger ones with more people. It's just that it's always so hard to find such communities aside from word of mouth and a handful of other means.
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So I'm going to probably wait to get the CCC until it's on sale... I've seen it for $777 before, last cyber monday. But to hold me over I guess I might buy one set with an educational discount. I'm thinking the symphonic orchestra, but I can't decide between silver and gold. I've noticed that Gold has no organ or choirs, while silver contains some of these things, albeit I figure they're stripped down versions of EW other products like symphonic choirs or what not. Is it worth getting silver for these things or does the full articulation set of gold outweigh all of this?
And if I got gold, would the instruments mesh well with other non-EW samples on a count of their reverb? I tend to like to place choirs and orchestras together and was wondering if I didn't get silver or symphonic choirs with gold that the instruments won't go well with any other choral vsts I already have.
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How do you guys feel about using music apps to help in the music creating, composing, or even producing process? Anyone use music apps on any iOS or other portable devices and have any recommendations?
Personally, I downloaded like several, some DAWs, but recently I've been using chordbot seriously.
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Basically I wanna know if there a communities like ocr, but centered around other activities. So just like ocr is a community for people with an interest in video game music and composition are there communities for writers and artists?
So I know for art for example I'm assuming deviantart would be a good place, but does anyone know any for creative writers, specifically for short stories, science fiction, poetry, and/or graphic novels. Are there sections of people on ocr with these interests with their own sub-community? I'm aware of the writing competitions, but I was looking for something more. If not we can turn this topic into a place for people to link their own writing, if not create or go somewhere especially dedicated to these things.
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I was going to expand my memory to 8 gigs to see if I could get more from my laptop in general, would that help with running EWQL. Also, I know the learning curve is steep but does the software come with tutorials or are there tutorials anywhere for the interface?
Strawberry Electric Guitar - Does this library sound real to you guys?
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anyone ever here of 8 dio productions I just found this:
http://8dio.com/?btp_product=epic-guitar
http://8dio.com/?btp_product=requiem-pro
^(first demo in the requiem pro product has a guitar playing in it)