rmak
Senior Member
Greetings everyone,
I am new to this forum and posted in the wrong discussion channel. I thank you for taking the time to read this post and appreciate any input you may have.
I like Ludwig Göransson music in Mandalorian and new movie Tenet; I also like scores like Bear McCreary in the show "See" on Apple TV . If I am going for these hybrid/experiemental types of film scores with synths, 808s, but also your traditional orchestral instruments, does anyone have any recommendations for library vst s I should keep my eyes out for as Black Friday approaches? I don't really have any orchestral libraries other than the ones in NI Komplete 11. Currently, I am trying to learn dark zebra vst via putting together a short composition with generated sounds from the synth. I attached a 45 sec clip of what I have from my arrangement efforts in case you wanted to hear what I naturally gravitated towards. I am also considering some courses in orchestration on evenant for instance; I think they use a lot of audio imperia's nucleus vst in the course. I am a keyboard player, grew up playing classical, and I currently play more pop improvisation with chords. I use logic pro X.
I do like some of the smaller and intimate libraries out there with more detail and warmth like Strezov's inspiring Afflatus Ch 1 Strings and Spitfire Audio's Chamber Strings, but I am also wondering if a library like Orchestral Tools Metropolis Ark 1 with that epic big sound is necessary for this genre of composition. Afflatus is also nice because you get more flexibility from small ensemble to a 50 piece, but I don't think the library is as well equipped for tension and action themed music because I don't think it has as many dynamic layers. There are also of course libraries that are just inspiring and evocative like Albion Tundra and quiet Neo which I am keeping my eyes on. I do very much like that close detailed sound more so than the loud/epic sounds, and I also enjoy very dynamic compositions but I want to make sure that I cover my bases and not just buy the sounds I like. There's also a chance that I am not correctly identifying that an epic sound is an "epic sound" is some of the tracks I hear; sometimes it is hard for me to differentiate between the sound a full orchestra and a smaller ensemble. I hear a lot of good things about Cinematic Studio libraries, and a lot of composers use it for their bread and butter. I don't like most of the cinematic studio demos; I don't know if it is because of the song choice and how the library is being chosen to be used.
One more thing is I am new to this, so ease of use also helps but that is not the most important requirement for me. I know there is also that drier versus wet libraries, but really whatever libraries will get me closest to Ludwig or Bear's sounds without too much mixing of reverbs and processing. I learned from one of Satoshi Nagochi's YouTube videos that you can send your mix on two buses to two reverbs, one for the tail and one for the room (ideally a convolution impulse response) and that helps the overall mix. There is of course brass and woodwinds which I haven't done as much research into yet. I am more excited about woodwinds than I am brass; it seems that the brass sound can potentially be synthesized more easily than strings. But I also hear the NI session brass instrument is pretty nice; I haven't checked it out yet.
Any input you may have would be greatly appreciated. Best,
Ricky
I am new to this forum and posted in the wrong discussion channel. I thank you for taking the time to read this post and appreciate any input you may have.
I like Ludwig Göransson music in Mandalorian and new movie Tenet; I also like scores like Bear McCreary in the show "See" on Apple TV . If I am going for these hybrid/experiemental types of film scores with synths, 808s, but also your traditional orchestral instruments, does anyone have any recommendations for library vst s I should keep my eyes out for as Black Friday approaches? I don't really have any orchestral libraries other than the ones in NI Komplete 11. Currently, I am trying to learn dark zebra vst via putting together a short composition with generated sounds from the synth. I attached a 45 sec clip of what I have from my arrangement efforts in case you wanted to hear what I naturally gravitated towards. I am also considering some courses in orchestration on evenant for instance; I think they use a lot of audio imperia's nucleus vst in the course. I am a keyboard player, grew up playing classical, and I currently play more pop improvisation with chords. I use logic pro X.
I do like some of the smaller and intimate libraries out there with more detail and warmth like Strezov's inspiring Afflatus Ch 1 Strings and Spitfire Audio's Chamber Strings, but I am also wondering if a library like Orchestral Tools Metropolis Ark 1 with that epic big sound is necessary for this genre of composition. Afflatus is also nice because you get more flexibility from small ensemble to a 50 piece, but I don't think the library is as well equipped for tension and action themed music because I don't think it has as many dynamic layers. There are also of course libraries that are just inspiring and evocative like Albion Tundra and quiet Neo which I am keeping my eyes on. I do very much like that close detailed sound more so than the loud/epic sounds, and I also enjoy very dynamic compositions but I want to make sure that I cover my bases and not just buy the sounds I like. There's also a chance that I am not correctly identifying that an epic sound is an "epic sound" is some of the tracks I hear; sometimes it is hard for me to differentiate between the sound a full orchestra and a smaller ensemble. I hear a lot of good things about Cinematic Studio libraries, and a lot of composers use it for their bread and butter. I don't like most of the cinematic studio demos; I don't know if it is because of the song choice and how the library is being chosen to be used.
One more thing is I am new to this, so ease of use also helps but that is not the most important requirement for me. I know there is also that drier versus wet libraries, but really whatever libraries will get me closest to Ludwig or Bear's sounds without too much mixing of reverbs and processing. I learned from one of Satoshi Nagochi's YouTube videos that you can send your mix on two buses to two reverbs, one for the tail and one for the room (ideally a convolution impulse response) and that helps the overall mix. There is of course brass and woodwinds which I haven't done as much research into yet. I am more excited about woodwinds than I am brass; it seems that the brass sound can potentially be synthesized more easily than strings. But I also hear the NI session brass instrument is pretty nice; I haven't checked it out yet.
Any input you may have would be greatly appreciated. Best,
Ricky