Arcana Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4UPJv08c1k#t=0m37s In that clip, behind the drums, there's a crescendo of some kind, arranged from what sounds to be strings and brass. I've heard it in various pieces, including in mixes on this site. What is this sound called, and are there samples (or good advice about the techniques to recreate this sound) of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 I haven't heard that sound before... or at least, if I have, I don't remember hearing it. It actually sounds like some kind of prepared instrument or metal rather than a string or brass section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemophiliac Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 the metal release on the end is from reverb on the metal percussion methinks... i think this is like one of those air raid sirens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC2151 Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Sounds like a glissando to me; just not with the classical string get-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcana Posted March 6, 2010 Author Share Posted March 6, 2010 Best example from this site is probably on this song: http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01344/ "Chasing the Phoenix" by GrayLightning. You hear the sound first at 1:56. It's a slightly slower version of the one in the Battlestar Galactica opening. Also, at the very end of that song, you'll hear the same crescendo from 5:11-5:19, drastically slowed down (and also with no adjustment for pitch). Any more suggestions for re-creating it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarretGraves Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 I always thought it was the string section. to me it definately sounds like a string instrument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteo Xavier Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 It sounds like a processed opera-style vox to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Best example from this site is probably on this song:http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01344/ "Chasing the Phoenix" by GrayLightning. You hear the sound first at 1:56. It's a slightly slower version of the one in the Battlestar Galactica opening. Also, at the very end of that song, you'll hear the same crescendo from 5:11-5:19, drastically slowed down (and also with no adjustment for pitch). Any more suggestions for re-creating it? Both 1:56 and 2:03 in Gray's song are a brass swell. 5:11 is not the same crescendo, it's a choir ascending in pitch and intensity. The BSG opening sounds like some kind of prepared percussion or metal, as I said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcana Posted March 8, 2010 Author Share Posted March 8, 2010 Both 1:56 and 2:03 in Gray's song are a brass swell. 5:11 is not the same crescendo, it's a choir ascending in pitch and intensity. The BSG opening sounds like some kind of prepared percussion or metal, as I said. This is why you get paid the bucks for sound design and sample packs and I don't. Thanks guys, I'll get to working on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril the Wolf Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 it sounds like glissing brass to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemophiliac Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Both 1:56 and 2:03 in Gray's song are a brass swell. 5:11 is not the same crescendo, it's a choir ascending in pitch and intensity. the brass also have a rip on the end as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrototypeRaptor Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 it's a heavily reverbed french horn rip doubled with the violin IIs, more than likely. There's also a bowed percussion instrument somewhere in there, probably a waterphone? maybe a xyla More than likely, though, it's just a sample found on a library - it's probably Symphobia. god do I love that thing edit: yeah, definitely possible that it's symphobia: http://www.mediafire.com/?tcgdmz2wnqk quick test just throwing some samples through a hall preset Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcana Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 Man I'd feel bad taking that MP3 and using it in my songs if it's from a sample library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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