01-08-2019, 10:10 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-08-2019, 10:10 PM by Michael Willis.)
Thanks Chris, Viktor, and Nayrb. I really appreciate the feedback; I have enjoyed listening to tracks from all of you, so that makes it even more meaningful.
I think I'm making the mistake of "I want the brass to be powerful, so it has to be really loud!" I need to learn better how to convey the strong feeling I want; clearly just being loud isn't what I need from the brass here.
As for "mountainish reverb", I know that I tend to use way too much reverb, so maybe I dialed it down too low this time. I'll experiment with the reverb on my next draft.
I'm using Virtual Playing Orchestra, which does have optional cross-faded brass. Unfortunately it didn't work for me when I tried it, which probably means that it uses some SFZ opcodes that aren't supported by LinuxSampler. I probably should have reported this to Paul ages ago, but I didn't want to make him do even more work to support some shifty fly-by-night SFZ player.
Viktor, I have some ideas about adding a countermelody, but I'm saving that for later. I imagine this growing to be several minutes of music, with plenty of opportunity to revisit this specific theme and explore variations.
I think I'm making the mistake of "I want the brass to be powerful, so it has to be really loud!" I need to learn better how to convey the strong feeling I want; clearly just being loud isn't what I need from the brass here.
As for "mountainish reverb", I know that I tend to use way too much reverb, so maybe I dialed it down too low this time. I'll experiment with the reverb on my next draft.
I'm using Virtual Playing Orchestra, which does have optional cross-faded brass. Unfortunately it didn't work for me when I tried it, which probably means that it uses some SFZ opcodes that aren't supported by LinuxSampler. I probably should have reported this to Paul ages ago, but I didn't want to make him do even more work to support some shifty fly-by-night SFZ player.
Viktor, I have some ideas about adding a countermelody, but I'm saving that for later. I imagine this growing to be several minutes of music, with plenty of opportunity to revisit this specific theme and explore variations.
