02-17-2017, 03:41 PM
Hi peastman,
thanks for the feedback. I'm really grateful for any feedback I get, because I may have some general musical experience, but I only started doing MIDI orchestration about a year ago. Everything else I did had to do with toting a guitar and shaking my hair. :-s
I only got into classical music relatively late in life. I did appreciate stuff like the Four Seasons and Mozart and Bach and Pachelbel, but I was so focused on rock music. And until a few years ago, it was nigh impossible to do something with a virtual orchestra unless you had quite a bit of money to spare, and I didn't.
I marvel at the fact that my PC can do 30 tracks today. I remember trying to program drums on a crappy Atari in some early version of Cubase. What's possible today is comparatively amazing.
I'm still learning the ins and outs of the orchestra. I only figured out what do do with things like the viola recently. My current WIP actually had all the violin work smack dab in the viola range, and I never noticed... I was like, "oh, I guess I should move that over to the viola. Oops."
I think I'm probably overly cautious with many things still. The reverb is one example, and the swelling chords etc. are another. I've heard some people really overdo that. But you're right, the Scout's theme sounds comparatively dead. I'll have tó give it a work-over. I'm also slightly bumping the tempo up in several of my pieces. For some reason I tend to start out at a lethargic tempo.
I thought it was very daring when I used a ping pong delay on the harp in my current WIP. I was like, wow, I guess I can do that!
Thanks for the tips, guys. It's appreciated.
thanks for the feedback. I'm really grateful for any feedback I get, because I may have some general musical experience, but I only started doing MIDI orchestration about a year ago. Everything else I did had to do with toting a guitar and shaking my hair. :-s
I only got into classical music relatively late in life. I did appreciate stuff like the Four Seasons and Mozart and Bach and Pachelbel, but I was so focused on rock music. And until a few years ago, it was nigh impossible to do something with a virtual orchestra unless you had quite a bit of money to spare, and I didn't.
I marvel at the fact that my PC can do 30 tracks today. I remember trying to program drums on a crappy Atari in some early version of Cubase. What's possible today is comparatively amazing.
I'm still learning the ins and outs of the orchestra. I only figured out what do do with things like the viola recently. My current WIP actually had all the violin work smack dab in the viola range, and I never noticed... I was like, "oh, I guess I should move that over to the viola. Oops."
I think I'm probably overly cautious with many things still. The reverb is one example, and the swelling chords etc. are another. I've heard some people really overdo that. But you're right, the Scout's theme sounds comparatively dead. I'll have tó give it a work-over. I'm also slightly bumping the tempo up in several of my pieces. For some reason I tend to start out at a lethargic tempo.
I thought it was very daring when I used a ping pong delay on the harp in my current WIP. I was like, wow, I guess I can do that!
Thanks for the tips, guys. It's appreciated.