GallenWolf

Not exactly sure if it's a deal or not, but EWQL SO is now available at half off list price? The gold edition appears to be USD 247.50?! http://www.soundsonline.com/Symphonic-Orchestra -> purchase/upgrade tab

Enjoyed it! Good job

Bearing in mind that I'm really new to this... I thought that the flute (or whistle?) didn't stand out against the distorted guitars - but I'm thinking that they are going to be harmonizing with the vocals right? So that may fit well. I think I need to hear it with the vocals, difficult otherwise, as I think I'm listening more to a pure backing track with no lead. hths!

I think while the units are the same, in dB, the purposes are different e.g. loudness vs level before clipping.

Hi guys! Good morning from the uk! @Calum: That is a marvelous post, thank you for the feedback. Indeed, only the sax is live, the bass and evp were recorded using my midi keyboard It's interesting the point you bring up about how muddy the evp is, and how the bass is in its place. Originally the bass was supposed to be an octave lower, I brought it up an octave to "overpower" the evp as I had no idea how to do a proper accompaniment/harmonize with the main line, and decided to just play the main chords, but push the piano down. Will know better next time Good thoughts on the spatial setup as well, I'll have to give that a go @Nonamer: I must admit improvisation is a skill I am still learning This recording was take 3, though I did overdub one bar as I missed a note Cheers for listening on headphones From what I read, I only mixed but didn't master (no idea how) or test on the laptop speakers, will definitely remember that for future items. Ah, the drums samples I used were Addictive Drums, and the loops from groove monkee. Having a hard time finding 3/4 loops for AD :-/ Thanks remixers! Will work harder

Keep 'em coming! They're great!

http://soundcloud.com/gallenw/silent-night-holy-night I started on the saxophone about a year ago, and earlier this month finally got logic, and came up with this arrangement for "Silent Night". I thought the mix sounded ok through my headphones, but it is quite dreadful on my laptop speakers. Need to test more on different platforms, I think Also tested a new microphone position for this recording, close mic'd the sax and it came out very thin A good previous recording was done from 2+ feet away, and that sounded much better. Ah well, live and learn

(insert thumbs up icon here) Cheers mate, looks like my journey has only just begun

Haven't tried it, need to sleep :0 http://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/products/producer/powered-by-reaktor/skanner/

Hi! Came across this site during my search for music resources. He has written on the topics of Composing, Counterpoint, Harmony, Orchestration - all of which are just way over my head. But what really spoke to me was this article, called Letter to a Young Composer. Hope you find 'em interesting!

Can't wait to get home, Gratuitous Space Battles looks interesting, hopefully something less like eve online, more like homeworld. Cave Story+ looks damned awesome too And linux/osx support? Win Thanks OP!

Hmmmm bits of both I think. On one hand I find it fascinating to listen to e.g. zelda/FF/chrono mixes, as those are fond memories of my youth, so a fair bit of nostalgia there. On the flip side, the intepretation of mixes - sometimes stands heads and shoulders over the original. Case in point there is this Red XIII mix (gah can't find it on my mp3 player) - that I thought that was brilliant. The artist passed away, sadly. I tend to have difficulty listening to new mixes - but after listening to the the lucid dreaming album, I think I've developed a fondness for Nights. Would love to try the game now if I had a chance.

Thanks for the reply Zircon, I'll be sure to look at Bass again if I get the full version of Kontakt

Poor vader That is an awesome vid, thanks for sharing

Those basses sound really good! Question: I don't have Kontakt 4 (or any NI stuff) - can I use the Kontakt 4 player for this?

Definitely not a genre of music I enjoy but.... That MLP mix is great! And I don't even know what mlp is. Ok, so I do know what a sonic rainboom is...

Hey Rozovian, thanks for the thoughts! I went ahead and bought AD, can't wait to check it out - and get some grooves from groovemonkee too :3 Addenum: Addictive Drums have just put up a notice on the website as well, it's a crazy good deal for the north american folk, AD + two ADPaks for USD149! It's till Dec 2011 though.

Addictive drums + 2 free adpaks - till 31st Jan 2012 Great, can't decide between AD or ezdrummer >.>

Dang it I have another event on that day >.>

Hey there, If you are alright with just two inputs, also check out the Mackie Onyx Blackjack. Build quality is definitely very good and solid. I'm using it on osx/garageband, ubuntu/audacity and it works great for recording. The headphone amps on it sound pretty darn good too.

Hope this is the right forum to share!

Herzog Zwei is awesome. Untold hours spent with friends or vs the cpu. Now that I think about it, yeah it is a forerunner to the modern rtses, and it ran pretty darn well, ignoring the usual vehicles getting stuck.

Just wanted to say it's fantastic.

Would this forum be the correct place to request for feedback on how my live instrument sits with the rest of the music? It's not a remix, just playing a live instrument over game midi and would love to know how to get it to sit better. (definitely not for mod review!) Thanks!

I have been doing some recordings with an Onyx Blackjack audio interface, so far I've tested on Ubuntu + Audacity and OSX + Garageband/Audacity and it works great. I keep reading about how bad the drivers are on windows. The headphone amps on it are definitely leagues ahead on the headphone outs on my laptop, and with my 55ohm headphones, roughly 5% on the volume knob is sufficiently loud. I'm thinking this interface can probably drive higher impedance headphones. Something to consider for non-windows folk