I just wanted to come here and say that Project Colossal has been one of the best purchases so far of my entire career. I'm not a pure orchestral composer (I mainly do hybrid trailer-y things) but i've spent so much time, energy, money and effort studying orchestral mixing and programming (as well as writing), bought so many online courses, so many string libraries....Not because i'm trying to create William's-esque scores and compositions but because when I DO incorporate orchestra into my trailer music, I want it to be professional quality.
Mixing strings has always been a struggle, especially in a busy, dynamic mix. I can honestly say i learned more from the PC mixing template than I have with any other course. I bought it mostly bc I owned CSS already and I loved the demos, but being able to study the volume and eq choices has been incredible. I tweaked the template to suit my needs and now I know when I write, I have a balanced, consistent and clear string sound to work with. I can layer other libraries if I need, I can tweak EQ or add plugins to get the CSS balance to sit in my mix, but the joy of being able to start writing with a baseline amazing string sound was worth. every. penny.
Thank you so much Rico!!!!
