07-10-2022, 12:16 PM
(07-07-2022, 03:46 PM)Paul Battersby Wrote: That's quite the collection of libraries you're using. The music sounds good. It has your signature style. I like it.
Thanks Paul! Yeah, I've sort of picked up various things I needed when they were on sale over the last couple of years. I haven't had any real plans to get back into orchestral composing, but I figured that if/when I do, it's going to be a lot more fun if I don't have to worry about weak spots in my template.
(07-08-2022, 08:28 PM)Terry93D Wrote: It sounds stellar, Mattias. It's got your distinct style, but with a newer sound to it. Very cool to hear you coming back to orchestral music in some form!
I looked up the Hephaestus Sounds Fairy Tale Harp, since I'd never heard of it. What a find that is! It sounds fantastic and it's absurdly cheap.
Thank you! The harp is really cool, only issue with it is that it's close mic'd and super bright, so you need to sort of tame it in the mix or it will sound like it sits in front of everything else. Other than that I love it.
(07-09-2022, 01:45 AM)Samulis Wrote: What a great track! A lot of nice places, some great orchestration, and a strong sense of direction. Honestly reminds me a lot of some of the music for 0 A.D., which I've been helping out on lately with sound and some music; I'd be curious about possibly submitting it to the team when you are happy with it, if that would be of interest to you.
Thanks Sam. 0 A.D. is an open source game, right? I wouldn't mind submitting the track as long as it's not going to be the Wesnoth situation all over again, i.e. the peanut gallery whining about the music and requesting numerous changes that doesn't make any musical or compositional sense
(07-09-2022, 01:45 AM)Samulis Wrote: HW brass is quite good when using Legato patches. Definitely an improvement on EWQL SO! It just wants a very, very particular way of playing I think, which is not always fitting of every situation. Try out the true legato solo vibrato trumpet sometime, one of my favorites for slow, gentle melodies. 2-horn is also useful vs. 1-horn, pleasantly fuller without that "big horn section" vibe. I used that a lot in Airscape.
Needing a very particular way of playing is my only issue with it as well, it doesn't always feel intuitive. Also, it's sometimes hard to know what the different cryptically named articulations are and what they're for, but that might be down to me needing to RTFM.
(07-09-2022, 01:02 PM)Nayrb Wrote: Yeah, sounds great! It's nice to hear some Spitfire in action. I feel like I only ever hear about their libraries, but the winds in your track are very nice. And the strings libraries are blending well together.
I'm not normally a huge fan of Spitfire as each and every product of theirs I've tried has a super wet, distant sound. Even these winds -- which are called STUDIO woodwinds -- are almost too indistinct and blurry for my taste. They tend to sort of disappear in the mix if you're not careful. Then again, the levels in this still needs some tweaking.
