Insights: Vienna Dimension Strings – Part 1
Recently, the Vienna Symphonic Library released their new Vienna Dimension Strings. In this first Insights, I’m looking at DS from a Professional Orchestration perspective and what it lets the arranger/composer do.
Read More →Insights: LASS 2.0
In this first of a series of articles on LASS 2.0, I’m writing from a particular vantage point as being a LASS user, a teacher of LASS basics via LASS Class, and at one time a LASS dealer (no more since LASS is now sold direct). Taking this triadic view into account, for this first [...]
Read More →Insights: Assembling a Kontakt Sample Library Orchestra
If you want to write for Kontakt-based orchestral sample libraries in a manner similar to writing for live orchestral ensembles, you can now assemble a virtual orchestra that may empower you to do just that.
Read More →SPAT: Your New Best Buddy For Mixing
One of the most difficult problems in mixing orchestral mock-ups, knowing how to spatially place instruments quickly and easily, has now been simplified with Ircam SPAT, a 32Bit downloadable audio plug-in that works with any library.
Read More →Insights: Miroslav Vitous String Ensembles 2.0
The Miroslav Vitous String Ensembles 2.0.1 library is the most velocity sensitive general string library on the market. Consequently, SE2 is not just a player’s library, it’s a library designed to be performed, live or in the studio.
Read More →Insights: Albion
Albion is the newest orchestral brainchild from Spitfire Audio, headquartered in Great Britain. It follows the path of Symphobia 1, Hollywoodwinds, and Symphobia 2 by being a problem/solution orchestral module that does not compete directly with full fledged orchestral libraries from EastWest, SONiVOX, or the Vienna Symphonic Library.
Read More →Hollywood Strings Gold Part 1: A Professional Orchestration Pre-Review
In this first review, we look at the risk/reward behind Hollywood Strings and The Language of The Bow.
Read More →EW Quantum Leap Spaces: A Professional Orchestration Review
The best way to describe East West’s new Quantum Leap Spaces convolution reverb is with the equation J2W2.
Read More →L.A. Scoring Strings: An Orchestration Review
Can L.A. Scoring Strings do the most common string combinations Hollywood composers and orchestrators love to use?
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