Mr Greg G
Senior Member
EDIT from the future (11 years later): screencast recording and minor improvements.
Hi,
I just did a mock up of Hans Zimmer's Dream is Collapsing for training purpose.
My goal is to get the closest sound to his production with the tools I have at my disposal:
- VSL SE
- VSL Epic Horns
- PS Symphobia
- Audiobro LASS
- Spectrasonics Omnisphere
- Spectrasonics Trilian
- EW Stormdrum 2
- EW free orchestra
and also a Squier Stratocaster with cheap single coils and a PODxt.
I worked with the original track loaded in my Cubase project to be able to compare my mockup with the original easily. I tweaked EQs like crazy as Symphobia has quite more highs than the strings in the recording. I also ran some tests with some light distortions on the horns, but I still couldn't get the same powerful in-your-face sound. That being said, this is not even the horns I'm not satisfied with but the strings that sound fake, especially the high strings.
https://www.box.net/shared/y3flm48hbh
What can I do to improve the sound of this mock up?
Here are other examples of people who tried to recreate the same song:
PS: I can share the MIDI file if you're interested in improving this mockup.
Hi,
I just did a mock up of Hans Zimmer's Dream is Collapsing for training purpose.
My goal is to get the closest sound to his production with the tools I have at my disposal:
- VSL SE
- VSL Epic Horns
- PS Symphobia
- Audiobro LASS
- Spectrasonics Omnisphere
- Spectrasonics Trilian
- EW Stormdrum 2
- EW free orchestra
and also a Squier Stratocaster with cheap single coils and a PODxt.
I worked with the original track loaded in my Cubase project to be able to compare my mockup with the original easily. I tweaked EQs like crazy as Symphobia has quite more highs than the strings in the recording. I also ran some tests with some light distortions on the horns, but I still couldn't get the same powerful in-your-face sound. That being said, this is not even the horns I'm not satisfied with but the strings that sound fake, especially the high strings.
https://www.box.net/shared/y3flm48hbh
What can I do to improve the sound of this mock up?
Here are other examples of people who tried to recreate the same song:
PS: I can share the MIDI file if you're interested in improving this mockup.
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