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I wrote this track recently in the style of strategy JRPG games. Just wanted to share it with everyone who would be interested! I'm really inspired by people like Hitoshi Sakimoto and his scores for FF Tactics and Valkyria Chronicles. Everything is sampled besides the main trumpet. Have...

Just to give my two cents but I use Engine a lot. Its... not great. Especially when it comes to moving libraries, and re-locating the samples/etc. Most of the time it requires me to completely reactivate the library, and best service usually only gives you 3 of these. I've had to reach out to...

Does anyone know a proper way to do this? Looking to use my Surface Pro for macros/buttons to operate my Cubase Template. Having issues finding an app or something more simple on Windows 10

Ah can't wait to hear it!!

Thank you Billy! Glad I picked up Voxos so far

Thank you for the kind words!

Here is the track: This style is quite new to me though so bare with my choir writing for today haha. Just wanted to share in case anyone else was also checking out Voxos. I found it a LOT easier to work with than EWHC, which I used previously from Composer Cloud. This is my first purchased...

Which library was used on the Persona lick? That was spot on imo

Maybe I can get them to put it on their demo page!? That would be so dang cool. Thank you so much! Nobuo Uematsu is my biggest influence honestly. His score for FF7 and Lost Odyssey are fantastic. Thank you! I actually spent very long on that simple snare part haha. Originally it was a 3 snare...

Thank you for the kind words! Its so funny you mention the font because when I added it I KNEW something was weird about it haha. But I just didn't know how to go about fixing it. Any recommendations for that? I am very much not used to make visuals haha

Thank you so much! Here's a list: Winds: CSW with the wooden flute being from Medieval Era 2 Percussion: Mix of Spitfire Perc and EWSO (still love those mark trees and percussion) Piano: Ravenscroft 275 Harp is a mix of EWSO glisses and then the VSL harp that comes with Kontakt haha...

I wrote this track the last week just for practice. Mostly focusing on only using piano, strings, and winds and purposely avoiding brass to lean on for dynamic moments. Would appreciate any feedback on sequencing! There are a few things I struggled with, especially the quick wind runs without...

I also struggle with this since I think these sort of sequences are really hard for samples to pull off. I have gotten decent results using CSS using the quickest transition possible, then using the modulation to make each slur sound slightly different (meaning I'm not doing smooth curves at all...

Dang I just missed this. Purchase RMX 2 days ago, any chance I can still get in on this?

Ah yeah I picked this one up yesterday! Crazy what you get for such a low price. Thank you to everyone for the info so far! I've been checking them all out

Hello, I just purchased Stylus RMX and am loving it so far. Especially after watching the tutorials I realize how powerful it is. However I'd like to update the loop library to avoid having the same loops as a ton of jingle/etc during the 2000s. I've noticed a few REX supported packs from...

Thank you!

Hey everyone! I wrote this track in a few days to 1. work on writing something only for 5 winds (and nothing else) and 2. to learn CSW a bit better. I think it came out pretty well! I was especially surprised at how quick it sounded natural after moving melodies/voices from my sketch piano...

I haven't had any yet, but I haven't done much work in it yet

Definitely. Its not that I don't know voicing or voice leading. Its that I wasn't sure how conscious other people were about it. I've been part writing for almost a decade now haha! I learned by part writing in school, followed by tons of Bach analysis and moving my way through the times. It's...

Oh yeah you're totally right. There isn't really a standard curriculum. Although I personally think there are basics that EVERYONE should teach. Voicings, part-writing, harmony basics, arranging (so you actually know how to use the ideas you have), instrumentation, melody development, etc. For...

Yeah for sure. I've run into that while analyzing some of Joe Hisiashi's more quartal/quintal sounding works. Most I guess "normal" writing works on piano, so its cool to be able to play that stuff from the ground up. Similar to you with the more orchestrally written stuff I've been using more...

I think its more than just score reading. I'd suggest score reading AND making a piano sketch of the voicings/voice leading. That's what I've been doing for the past month or two and its been very informative. That's a quick way to memorize this stuff as well, since you're writing it all out in...

I do somewhat agree with you. That's why if you think you have ADHD you should go through a legit diagnosis. Not talking to your primary care doctor and taking a 6 question test haha. If you're doing the whole trifecta of therapist (referral), psychiatrist (medicine), and psychologist (specific...

This is from an addiction based site on abusing Adderall, not using a theraputic dose. The part before what you quoted puts that into context. There is a big difference between taking your prescribed amount and abusing it. This site/source isn't in relation to taking the medicine as instructed...

Glad to help! Adderall 10mg XR is a good place to start. Its a super low dose and the XR is split in the system, so you really only have 5mg in your system at once. If it doesn't help or makes things worse, there are a ton of options now. I'd always suggest therapy at the same time too, just...

There's no substantial evidence for that with therapeutic doses of ADHD medicine. With all due respect, stop sharing misinformation. 10-25 mg of adderall has never been shown to cause these issues. Maybe if someone is opening the capsules and snorting it, or taking WAY too much. All common...

Medicines definitely aren't always needed for sure. But they help a lot of people, and if you have severe enough executive function issues you really do benefit from medicine over most other natural things. I wouldn't urge anyone on ADHD medicine who's been thoroughly diagnosed not to take their...

I'm using it to refer to both simultaneously, but mostly in the way of vertical distribution. Otherwise I'd used "voice leading" instead. They are similar but different for sure. I brought it up however really referring to voicings aka Drop 2,3,2+4, etc etc

Glad to hear! Its just so rare I hear other writers talk about it, so I wasn't sure if it was just me or not (I didn't think so really). I've noticed a definite improvement in my music when I arrange everything on piano and maybe 1 more stave for countermelodies. Then everything is voiced...

I don't know about that, but in my experience it doesn't affect my creativity at all. I've never done drugs or anything like that either so it probably affects me differently. I take a small dose of generic amphetamine salts once a day as prescribed by my doctor. I haven't noticed any loss of...

Hey everyone, I've been diving deep into some voicing techniques to improve my arranging and sketch to full score process. How much do you all pay attention to these kinds of things? I feel like is so important yet so many composition texts overlook it or don't really explain how important it...

Definitely in the more aggressive and rock-ish tracks. I write game music so I'm writing battle themes and things like that pretty often. I usually put a little parallel comp on my staccato med/low strings to beef them up some, and then some on my short brass. I try to use a pretty transparent...

I use this: It's the best manuscript I've found for the price. Yellow and with sturdy paper so its easy to erase on. I'd recommend if especially for sketching 2-6 instrument stuff.

I'm not the most prolific or best game composer. But I think I can share some helpful information. I think writing music for games is still a relatively new art form. I think the main challenge is REALLY getting the music to fit correctly. Since most the time in games the music loops, it really...

Yeah! I've been keeping up with Nishiki's post pretty well. He's kickin ass!

Just wanted to start a conversation of this fantastic soundtrack that seems to have gone unnoticed here! It's a huge collection of orchestral/other stuff with tons of great melodies, orchestration, and other awesome stuff. I definitely recommend listening to it if you haven't already.

I feel like it could be better with a more diverse melody. For instance later on you center the melody a lot around D. I think if you took it more places (and used the rest of your orchestra to accompany it), it'd already be better. I think the thing you're good at is pacing the music, now...

Love the newsletter idea and the format you sent this one in! It gave me a brief overview and enough information to decide if I wanted to check them out or not. I also appreciate your personal opinions you gave on a few of the links. Keep them coming!

True Markus. I only use one instance on single engine. But I do use the oversampling at max. Sam. If I had it and used it for that purpose I'd be putting it on my Kontakt instances. Also if I was doing that everything would be bounced to audio for mixing, because from what I understand...

Yes improvement! :D Thanks for the help. I'm gonna keep a closer ear on my stereo imaging in the future.

Thanks in advance! Looking forward to your feedback Mark!

Hey everyone. What do you think of it now? The file should be updated now. I've been playing with the orchestration/writing some though. What about the stereo imaging now? I noticed I had a stereoizer on the strings and got rid of it. Got rid of the Ozone stereo processing too. Took the...

Thanks bunker. It has to be from the sid/mid processing. I'll check that out (luckily that should be a quick fix). I know that preset uses some mid cutting, but I didn't realize it was that drastic. Thanks for the help everyone.

Yeah I remember you saying that recently. I still don't get why it comes off that way. The only panning I've done (besides the built-in panning) is on the: Harp (left), Crash (right), Crotales (right). Then again, I'm using a preset in Ozone called "More Space". I don't use it exactly but its...

I honestly don't know why its not used more. I don't know any other composer who uses it (plenty use Aether). Thats why I said unpopular. Shouldn't be confused with not great. I actually don't find it that intensive on my computer. But I've been using one instance on a bus anyways. So it...

Honestly I think your current setup is pretty normal. I personally don't even separate longs from shorts. I just set the length more conservatively so they stay in the same place. I don't have much experience with trailer mixing though (I know its a different beast). So maybe someone with more...

Unpopular opinion but I've been loving B2 by 2Caudio lately! My recommendation: Spaces for hall placement and B2 for tail. If you want a much better Spaces (in my opinion) then altiverb. I don't own Altiverb but I've heard how convincing it is for room placement. It beats Spaces in that regard...

Hey David! I'm trying to learn myself! I would definitely be down with collaborating with you on a score I'm working on now. If not just to hear someone else's approach to my music. You still doing this?

I'll share my current workflow. It's been working quite well for me lately and its' a relatively new approach for me. I use two reverbs. Spaces (for placement) and B2 by 2CAudio (on a bus; omg I love this thing) I use Kontakt multis for orchestral sections (winds, brass, perc, epic perc...

Hey everyone, This is the most recent track for a game I'm scoring: Since this is the latest time I've had the opportunity to use full orchestral stuff I'm really trying to use each track to grow my mixing chops. Any feedback on the sequencing or mixing would truly be appreciated. I feel...

I can't tell if you're trolling or serious. That's not the point of the video at all and her clothes aren't even tight. They have a normal fit. Also, who cares what she wears? People can wear whatever they want. Pay attention to what she says so maybe we can have a legit conversation about that...

Wow. This is a really beautiful talk. I think she makes some great (although unscientific) thoughts. I'm going to try this out myself. I struggle with a very perfectionist attitude. So I can definitely see this as helping. Also, I can agree that I've felt this sort of unnatural/unexplainable...

Depends on the piece of music, and what I'm trying to blend. Lately when working with medieval era II I've been using the verb inside of it for placement with the instruments. So my placement verb on all other instruments besides the ones from Era has been the Berlin Church A TS FR 2.2.

I think there are lots of ways of making it loopable without noticing. Most of the best seamless loops utilize multiple approaches. Harmony - Making the section right before where the loop happens feel inevitable. That way when it loops, the harmony just feels like thats exactly where it should...

What I'd recommend is a medium length reverb. If you want it to sound realish that would be the best bet. In my opinion 1-2 seconds of tail should be good for that type of things. Always err on the side of caution of too long. Too much reverb will just sound really bad. Too little just makes...

Thanks for the feedback. That may be because the strings through are actually Albion One. CSS is only used as an inner layer for the string parts. The bulk of the string sound is Albion One. Maybe some less of Albion and more of CSS in the mix would add to the expression? I think you're...

Thats possible. The Psaltery kinda stands out. It's timbre just has that type of presence/quality. Thanks for you opinion. But after asking around I think its at least a good/professional mix. For now thats good enough since the track has been approved. Time to move on to the next track! Thanks...

Thanks for your opinion. But "too clear" is ironically, not clear to me what you mean. I get the tempo thing for taverns and more homey/folksy piece ingame. But in this instance I don't think rubato would work like I want it to. I have some slight tempo fluctuations but thats about it. You can...

Thank you MrLinssi! Please do! And let me know what you think! :)

Thank you bunker! Some of my favorites are: Cendric Main Theme Die Nachtblume Battle Theme My OST to Above: The Fallen Davy the Pirate is one of my most played pieces. Thanks for checking everything out!

Oh yeah! It's always good to grow as a mixer/composer. Thank you for listening and commenting! :D

Thanks for your thoughts! I'll try it out with my audio mix. Glad to hear there is no complaints on the MIDI side of things. Adjusting the audio is so much easier this way. Thanks once again!

Thanks for your opinion bbunker. I could see that working well if the Psaltery was meant to lead the track. I guess in a way it is, but at the second repeat its meant to be on the same "level" as the guitar lead in 3rds. That the only reason I don't have it front and center, and the guitars...

Actually the develop specifically wanted this kind of simple arrangement. I know I could've added lots of extra stuff ( I usually do, check out the main theme to the game). But the mixing of such little instruments is always a hard thing for me. So thanks for the compliment on that! I really...

Hey everyone, This was created for a Fantasy game coming out in 2018. It is played in a secret library area and was meant to be calming and somewhat reflective. The main melody is the main theme of the game, inverted. I thought I did pretty well with the mix. Everything sounds clear and...

Hey everyone, I recently started scoring a fantasy game. This is my first time finally getting to score in this genre (I've done about 20 games so far, but haven't gotten this lucky yet). Just wanted to share the main theme/first track with you all. Bought CSS, Spitfire Percussion, and Albion...

Hey fish_hoof. I just pm'd you!

Hey! Do you still have the verb!? I'd love to buy it today if you can do just the standard verb for less? I don't need the expansions just want B2. Please Pm me!

Do you still have it!? I'm looking to buy this verb today if possible! PM if you still have it. :)

Hey everyone. I'm trying to get a used copy of this reverb if possible. I'm not sure if the licenses are transferable but I hope so. Thanks

Thanks for listening! Hope this was helpful in some way. :)

Hey everyone! Just wanted to share a favorite layering technique of mine. Which is basically using CS2 combined with EWHS underneath with a slight DB reduction on the East West stuff. Hope this is helpful! I've been trying to find awesome string layering libraries and these two are by far my...

Joram, no I'm mixing my own scores for games at the moment. Of course the key to a great mix always starts with the source material, I realize that. But we all well know that production tools help get mixs to commercial quality. Especially when you are combining multiple libraries its...

Ah sorry I should have mentioned Norbz. I already own Ozone. But I use it mainly for mastering at the end. I'm looking mixing help. Thanks for your opinion Novaburst. Chances are I'll at least start the monthly subscription for this current gig I just started. pmcrockett, you're right. I...

So I've been using the stock plugins in my DAW for mixing the past 3 years. Overall I'm satisfied with the way I've learned to use them but I'm looking to add the extra omph to my orchestral mixs. I've been looking at the Wave subscription bundle and was wondering if anyone had experience mixing...

Rune Factory sounds like game music in that era of PS2/Wii/Xbox. So it's not in the 90s but more so early 2000s. I know EWSOG was used some in that era, but its too wet I think for the stuff I'm writing and combining with.

I actually just tried that Touhou soundfont and it actually sounds very close to what I need. I may be able to get by with that. JonSolo, I already own Era II and its nowhere close to that sound, Era II is much more suited for Fantasy/Medieval games, and I think Albion One is too new for this...

I just got commissioned to score 60 minutes of a video game. They are looking for a score similar to this type of sound: I currently have lots of filmscore-esque libraries but can't seem to get this kind of old school "fake" VGM tone. I've tried using Halion Sonic inside Cubase, EWQLSOG...

I'm in love with the reverb and overall mix of this soundtrack. Any ideas on how to get a similar vibe? Short of hiring the same orchestra/musicians that is. The ensemble sounds small for an orchestra (in terms of timbre) but the actual sound is so etherial and larger than life. Thoughts?