Fernito Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 A friend of mine, who is a songwriter, asked me to do a collab work. He wanted an epic orchestral ending for his last song, so I took the main melody of his song (which is the one in piano you can hear from 0:18, and started working. This is the result: Comments are welcome, as always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markhansavon Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Awesome. I could see it in Oblivion. At 1:05 those basses could just be quicker, sharp attack, lower release. (Spiccato or Marcatto are probably good articulations to use? I'm sorry, I'm not the best orchestrator in the world.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernito Posted May 23, 2010 Author Share Posted May 23, 2010 Yep, you're totally right. I also thought it could have a quicker bowing in that part, but I wasn't able to find a better sounding sample. Thanks for the feedback anyway EDIT: OK, for some reason I missed the quicker bowing samples when I was looking for it. I'll update it as soon as I have some spare time! Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markhansavon Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Nice. =) What you could probably do in your sampler if you can double tracks, is add the quicker bowing one on to the legato strings. Then make it so that when you hit your keyboard hard it's like Arco, but then when you strike a note soft it's like legato. Here's a sample: http://ocrwip.fireslash.net/?action=single&f=Arco+Strings.mp3 That's if you're using a sampler. If you're using the Play engine I don't know if it'd be supported, but that's ok too, it's just a time saving tip for performance. Yep, you're totally right. I also thought it could have a quicker bowing in that part, but I wasn't able to find a better sounding sample. Thanks for the feedback anyway EDIT: OK, for some reason I missed the quicker bowing samples when I was looking for it. I'll update it as soon as I have some spare time! Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernito Posted June 2, 2010 Author Share Posted June 2, 2010 Thanks for the sample, very explanatory Anyway, I'm using a sequencer (FL Studio), and the cello samples have a keyswitch that allows me to change the sound from "normal bowing" to "quicker bowing" and others, so that's the way I solved it. Here's the new version. Does it sound better now? http://www.mediafire.com/?nviooqnjyzn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markhansavon Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Holy crap, yeah that makes a huge difference. Awesome stuff. Listening more right now.... EDIT: Alright, on that part, I still think that there may be so much reverb on the lower strings that their attacks aren't being noticed. Here's a clip of one thing you could try. This is just making it so that there's a gap from note to note for the basses. (I know, I'm playing it an octave up and I flubbed the high strings) http://ocrwip.fireslash.net/?fid=809 It's a great song by the way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernito Posted June 2, 2010 Author Share Posted June 2, 2010 Holy crap, yeah that makes a huge difference. Awesome stuff. Listening more right now.... hehe, thanks! ^^ Where is the stuff you're listening at? Myspace, YouTube? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markhansavon Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Just added the edit to the post. What do you mean by where is the stuff I'm listening to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernito Posted June 2, 2010 Author Share Posted June 2, 2010 Oh, sorry! My bad! When I read "awesome stuff, I'm listening more right now" I thought you were listening to my other stuff (see my signature ) As for your tip, sadly I wouldn't be able to do so, because that specific sample works in such way that the sound will always have the same duration, no matter whether it is a whole note or a sixteenth note. Anyway, thanks for your interest on helping me with this ^^ I really appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markhansavon Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Oh ok, then, no problem. In that case the song probably sounds as good as you're gonna be able to get it. Again, great job. =) It's been 4-5 years since I've used FL Studio, things seem to have seriously changed. (It really wasn't able to make orchestral stuff 4 years ago) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernito Posted June 3, 2010 Author Share Posted June 3, 2010 Thanks! But anyway, I'm using external orchestral samplers VSTs, I'm just sequencing on FL Studio. The only thing you need is lots of free RAM (when the FL session for this track is fully loaded, the RAM usage in my computer rises to more than 3 GB). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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