This video has quite a nerdy side. I’ll go in-depth into busses, routings and STEMS. Not just for fun, but for optimising the orchestral template for composing. And to prepare it for mixing and mastering. All (hopefully) future proof adjustments making a composers life so much easier. I hope you enjoy and appreciate it! Don’t […]
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Mixing Orchestral Strings Part 2
Earlier I did a video about mixing orchestral strings. It was part of the Masterclass Realistic orchestral mockups. This time another video about this topic. But quite different. I will take some time to show you 2CAudio Precedence (spatial plugin) and Breeze2 (reverb plugin) in action. Don’t forget to hit that like button if you […]
Joël Dollié about Valse Mystique
In this video I show you a review of my orchestral music track Valse Mystique by Joël Dollié. He is a professional mixing engineer. I think a review done by a professional out of the music industry is gold for us home-based bedroom composers. We’re not professionals in all the areas we need to cover. […]
Orchestral Strings – Layering
We all want the best orchestral sounds. Lush and full sounding strings like we know from Hollywood. How hard we try, it is difficult (maybe even impossible) to get that sound straight out of a library. Definitely when you’re on a budget and you don’t have access to the high quality libraries. But maybe there […]
Harmonics – How to control
When we compose orchestral music we can use a variety of instruments. All beautiful instruments! But some of them can have certain harmonics that are too much. Your mix gets unbalanced. And you end up with a dissatisfying result. No need to! In this video I show you how you can control these harmonics. Don’t […]