Songcamp34
New Member
Hi ! I am a newbie.
By layering, I mean, like with synths for fattening the sound, using many strings patches to make a big sounding one.
For example, you use sustained strings with a good library, and you decide to add the same kind of strings playing exactly the same notes, but from another library.
With synths, it works very well, and it make the sound bigger, but what is it with strings ?
I have no knowledge, but I think that layering (in this way) would destroy the strings sound because it would be totally unrealistic (it's like playing two differents orchestras in the same time)
Is it common to do this with orchestral strings ?
In this song, at 1m22s :
I love the string sounds, it sound very full, but do you know how the producer got this sound ?
Is it about using many strings libraries and layering them, or just by getting the good one to make what you have in head ?
Sorry for this noob question, I am totally a noobie about orchestral instruments !!
So to make it short :
By layering, I mean, like with synths for fattening the sound, using many strings patches to make a big sounding one.
For example, you use sustained strings with a good library, and you decide to add the same kind of strings playing exactly the same notes, but from another library.
With synths, it works very well, and it make the sound bigger, but what is it with strings ?
I have no knowledge, but I think that layering (in this way) would destroy the strings sound because it would be totally unrealistic (it's like playing two differents orchestras in the same time)
Is it common to do this with orchestral strings ?
In this song, at 1m22s :
I love the string sounds, it sound very full, but do you know how the producer got this sound ?
Is it about using many strings libraries and layering them, or just by getting the good one to make what you have in head ?
Sorry for this noob question, I am totally a noobie about orchestral instruments !!
So to make it short :
- Is layering strings (I take East West staccato + 8dio Staccato and make them play the same midi notes to make it fatter) is something that is used, or should it be avoided ?
- To get big sounding strings (in the context of EDM/Pop), is is all about getting the right libraries ?