01-10-2019, 03:50 AM
(01-08-2019, 10:10 PM)Michael Willis Wrote: 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.
Thank you for the kind words, as well!
If you aren't successful with getting the modwheel dynamics to work then I would still suggest modulating the volume of the patches to taste. The dynamics will certainly add something.
As for volume, I think it's just a simple matter of levels. The brass can come down a bit without losing that ever important power you're going for. I've been dealing with a lot of volume issues as I've been working on my master template. Up til now I sort of winged it and relied on my ear, and it seems to have worked reasonably well. But ultimately my "templates" became a mess over time and stopped up my workflow. In trying to standardize things in some way, I've been all over the place with my brass. So I know where you're coming from. I've started pulling the brass down and listening for how well it cuts through everything else at high dynamics. Particularly with a trumpet section, I've noticed that I have to pull it down a bit more than I thought I would because of the nature of the frequency range; it can really cut through in certain registers.
Also, curiously, tambourines. Having such a cutting quality I often find I have to drop them down considerably.
