vitocorleone123
Senior Member
Total beginner here (at anything orchestral). One step I've decided to take to help me explore more quickly is to create a template in my DAW (Waveform 10). In part, this will help me say, "Orchestra, assemble!" in a commanding voice. Well, really more in that I don't actually know all of the elements I've purchased to date. Oops. This will help me pick and choose - or just load 'em all for now.
My current plan is to largely use Kontakt Full for most elements. I've started a Google sheet to help me before doing this in the DAW. While I would hope to cut this down over time, I'm currently thinking of the following Kontakt instances (in the sheet I then also have columns for Instance #, library name, instrument name, midi ch., output ch., and notes - such as the delay inherent to the library, like PS Fluid Shorts). I won't exhaustively list out the libraries I have, which, as it turns out, are more extensive than I thought, but just the overall Kontakt/folder name. Some of these will be rather sparse, such as the Woodwinds, unless I decided I "need" to buy more.
I'll also be adding a small handful of virtual instruments since I'm unlikely to write anything more complex than "hybrid", including HW Brass Silver that I picked up when I shouldn't have early on, some more drums, Omnisphere, and Hive2 & Diva.
I can tell already, having spent one hour so far, that this is an all-day kind of thing. BUT, I truly believe it'll make it a lot easier on me over the next... year(s) to just load a template and start in if I don't already have something specific in mind in this genre direction.
My current plan is to largely use Kontakt Full for most elements. I've started a Google sheet to help me before doing this in the DAW. While I would hope to cut this down over time, I'm currently thinking of the following Kontakt instances (in the sheet I then also have columns for Instance #, library name, instrument name, midi ch., output ch., and notes - such as the delay inherent to the library, like PS Fluid Shorts). I won't exhaustively list out the libraries I have, which, as it turns out, are more extensive than I thought, but just the overall Kontakt/folder name. Some of these will be rather sparse, such as the Woodwinds, unless I decided I "need" to buy more.
- Drums
- Strings - Ensemble
- Strings - Solo
- Brass - Ensemble
- Brass - Solo
- Woodwinds
- Choir
- Vox (e.g., solo)
- Hybrid
- Ethnic & FX
I'll also be adding a small handful of virtual instruments since I'm unlikely to write anything more complex than "hybrid", including HW Brass Silver that I picked up when I shouldn't have early on, some more drums, Omnisphere, and Hive2 & Diva.
I can tell already, having spent one hour so far, that this is an all-day kind of thing. BUT, I truly believe it'll make it a lot easier on me over the next... year(s) to just load a template and start in if I don't already have something specific in mind in this genre direction.
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