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Balancing Explained

Gh0stwrit3r · July 7, 2019

This video is about a basic, but also essential concept to create professional, realistic and good sounding orchestral midi mockups: balancing. It seems simple, but this is a hard and difficult topic. It’ll take a lot of practice and effort to reach a professional level.

Don’t forget to hit that like button if you appreciate this video. And sub to my channel if you’re interested in how to write music for film, tv and games. Or have an interest in sounddesign and sound recording.

The orchestral families: balancing is key

To create a good balance in your music composition you have to apply this concept between the orchestral families. In the video I talk about how to balance between the string family, the brass family and the woodwind family.

But that’s not all! You also have to balance within the orchestral families. That is why I discuss several individual instruments and how to balance them within the total orchestra.

For example, I talk about the violins, violas, cello and double basses. And the trumpets, trombones, horns and tubas. But also about the piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon.

Next week: the concept of panning

Last week I posted a video about the basic concept of dynamics. Next week I’ll talk about the basic concept of panning. With these three videos you’ll have a good basic start as a media composer.

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If you support me on Patreon for only 1 dollar (ex. VAT) a month, you’ll get access to the orchestral sketches. And of course you can download my music tracks for personal listening too! I guess a no-brainer … lots of detailed information and joy for the price of a cup of coffee!

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  1. Awakening Walkthrough ⋆ How to write orchestral music for film says:
    July 27, 2019 at 3:09 pm

    […] this video I go in depth. I’ll talk about the concepts of dynamics, balancing, panning and EQ clean up. Very important basic concepts. Concepts that you need to apply to create […]

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  2. EQ Clean Up ⋆ How to write orchestral music for film says:
    August 9, 2019 at 12:30 pm

    […] diving into the concepts of dynamics, balancing and panning, this week I want to spend some time on […]

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  3. Panning explained ⋆ How to write orchestral music for film says:
    August 9, 2019 at 12:30 pm

    […] This is the third video in the series of ‘How to write orchestral music for film, tv and games’. If you haven’t seen the other episodes, you should definitely watch them too. They are about dynamics and balancing. […]

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  4. Balance Orchestral Instruments ⋆ Free Beginner Masterclass says:
    January 12, 2021 at 4:35 pm

    […] this post and video will help you out. Still having questions after this? Feel free to ask them in the […]

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  5. How to export STEMS StaffPad & prepare mixing in DAW - Piece of Cake ⋆ says:
    October 25, 2021 at 9:13 am

    […] make this the most effective, do your balancing in StaffPad. If necessary do some extra panning. To be honest, I leave it “as is” most of the […]

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