LATEST UPDATE (March 2024): The project file for "A Skip Down The Road (To The Pub)" for Abbey Road Orchestra 1st Violins has now been released! (post #201)
Additionally, https://synthestration.com/product/secrets-of-the-forest/ (<b>Secrets of The Forest</b>) has been updated to use the major "2.0" updates of ProjectSAM's Orchestral Essentials 1 & 2 (Cubase & Logic).
Symphonic Explorations has been updated to the latest OPUS version of EastWest's Symphonic Orchestra (Cubase & Logic).
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Hi all,
Earlier in the week I "re-launched" a website that I've had sitting in my lap for a little while now - Synthestration.com
The premise is simple: Project files complete with MIDI, audio stems, mixing and routing, that you can download, explore, and study at your own pace, to see exactly how a 'professional' mock-up can be produced, and on a budget.
The first product is the complete Cubase project for Beyond The Storm - a cinematic orchestral mock-up using only Eastwest's Hollywood Orchestra Gold, Hollywood Choirs, and Hollywood Harp (all available through Composer Cloud), and stock (or free) plugins. It also includes a full orchestral PDF score, with parts. (I know, I know, that's pretty nerdy. But I personally love listening and following along with the score!)
I'll save the proper sales pitch for another day, but here's the track/project you can get:
My goal with this is to offer more of a "hands on" approach to learning the ins and outs of virtual orchestration, but also to show beginners (and maybe even not-so-beginners), that spending oodles of cash is not a pre-requisite to making music.
This is my first public announcement about it, and I'm interested to hear the VI Control community's thoughts. I do intend on adding more project files that cover other sample libraries and DAWs in the future, as well as other helpful resources,but I've also set up a little suggestion box on the homepage for if you have any specific requests or feedback.
Now stay safe, stay healthy, and let's see if we can get this thread moved to the Drama Zone.
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Project files currently available:
Additionally, https://synthestration.com/product/secrets-of-the-forest/ (<b>Secrets of The Forest</b>) has been updated to use the major "2.0" updates of ProjectSAM's Orchestral Essentials 1 & 2 (Cubase & Logic).
Symphonic Explorations has been updated to the latest OPUS version of EastWest's Symphonic Orchestra (Cubase & Logic).
======== ORIGINAL POST FROM JULY 2020 =============
Hi all,
Earlier in the week I "re-launched" a website that I've had sitting in my lap for a little while now - Synthestration.com
The premise is simple: Project files complete with MIDI, audio stems, mixing and routing, that you can download, explore, and study at your own pace, to see exactly how a 'professional' mock-up can be produced, and on a budget.
The first product is the complete Cubase project for Beyond The Storm - a cinematic orchestral mock-up using only Eastwest's Hollywood Orchestra Gold, Hollywood Choirs, and Hollywood Harp (all available through Composer Cloud), and stock (or free) plugins. It also includes a full orchestral PDF score, with parts. (I know, I know, that's pretty nerdy. But I personally love listening and following along with the score!)
I'll save the proper sales pitch for another day, but here's the track/project you can get:
I first launched Synthestration.com in 2016, after some members here and elsewhere asked me to help them with making mock-ups. I made a few attempts to help over email, but it was clear that there are some concepts and techniques that you simply need to see in action, with the ability to click around and compare results. So, I created an original piece of music with the most common library at the time, to specifically demonstrate various techniques in virtual orchestration and production that even a beginner could use and understand. The project used only one sample library - Eastwest's Symphonic Orchestra Gold - and only used stock plugins that came with their DAW. I made it available for both Cubase and Logic.
I realised once I had made it, that this is exactly the sort of thing I would have killed for when I was getting started.
The ability to take a completed project and dive in, turning over every rock, muting and soloing different tracks, bypassing plugins to hear the difference they make in realtime.... has always felt more satisfying to me than watching a series of videos that I forget by the next day.
So, I made it available to purchase online.
ANYWAY, to make a long story slightly shorter... the website was only online for about a year before I took it down and became busy with other things.
Well, it's now been revamped and re-launched, with a new product added and the intention to expand!
I realised once I had made it, that this is exactly the sort of thing I would have killed for when I was getting started.
The ability to take a completed project and dive in, turning over every rock, muting and soloing different tracks, bypassing plugins to hear the difference they make in realtime.... has always felt more satisfying to me than watching a series of videos that I forget by the next day.
So, I made it available to purchase online.
ANYWAY, to make a long story slightly shorter... the website was only online for about a year before I took it down and became busy with other things.
Well, it's now been revamped and re-launched, with a new product added and the intention to expand!
My goal with this is to offer more of a "hands on" approach to learning the ins and outs of virtual orchestration, but also to show beginners (and maybe even not-so-beginners), that spending oodles of cash is not a pre-requisite to making music.
This is my first public announcement about it, and I'm interested to hear the VI Control community's thoughts. I do intend on adding more project files that cover other sample libraries and DAWs in the future, as well as other helpful resources,
Now stay safe, stay healthy, and let's see if we can get this thread moved to the Drama Zone.
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Project files currently available:
- Beyond The Storm - Hollywood Orchestra OPUS/Composer Cloud +
- https://www.synthestration.com/product/symphonic-explorations/ (<u>Symphonic Explorations</u>) - Symphonic Orchestra/Composer Cloud
- https://www.synthestration.com/product/journey-to-another-world/ (<u>Journey to Another World</u>) - The Orchestra
- The Great Zoo Breakout - Berlin Inspire 1
- The Enchanted - Berlin Inspire 2
- Exploring The Cave - The Orchestra Complete 2
- The Ryan Thomas Eastwest Template - Composer Cloud (a variety of EW libraries)
- Secrets of The Forest - Project SAM's Orchestral Essentials 1 & 2
- Born To Protect - Metropolis Ark 1
- Through The Dark Woods - Metropolis Ark 2
- A Skip Down The Road (to the pub) - Abbey Road Orchestra 1st Violins
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