It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Subscribe to our Patreon, and get image uploads with no ads on the site!
Base theme by DesignModo & ported to Powered by Vanilla by Chris Ireland, modified by the "theFB" team.
Comments
“Theory is something that is written down after the music has been made so we can explain it to others”– Levi Clay
I can play keys, but I'm rusty. I learned to a fairly high standard as a kid, on the classical curriculum, but jacked it in my teens for the guitar. So, I can read music well for piano, but slowly for guitar. That aside, the good things about learning piano as a kid is that I learned theory, parts of which I still remember. The bad bit is that I can't play as well as I used to or remember to, so I get very frustrated when I can't get what is in my head into my fingers.
Like all of us, my time for music is very limited, so I can't see the situation changing anytime soon.
I play keys, but not great.. certainly not good enough to do live... in the studio though I'll noodle on keys with chord progressions and stuff.. specifically when experimenting with inversions, chord voicings, and for checking harmony etc..
I find composition on a keyboard interesting because it makes me go about things very differently
@Clarky check out this piano .. one of the best I've heard for a while ..
http://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/keys/una-corda/?content=3237&uuh=12167ed19cd68216412a605e1b039eb5&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Una+Corda+c=Una_Corda+b=Komplete+t=Release_PD
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
http://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/orchestral-cinematic/symphony-series-string-ensemble/
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
http://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/orchestral-cinematic/action-strikes/
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
http://www.soundsonline-europe.com/composercloud
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
I can see symphonic brass and strings being bought at some point down the line.
I've got a few synths that have good orchestra patches in them - Cakewalk's Rapture Pro is very good, as is Alchemy. Omnisphere 2 is excellent for vocal stuff - some v good choral and ethnic/tribal patches, and of course the ability to import and manipulate audio.
I;'ve got a few recordings of Imams doing the Azan (or is it adhan), which I have yet to start arsing around with, very atmospheric.
The orchestral strings in Komplete are not bad.. they have a handful of articualtions that you can keyswitch and they react well to velocity.. before I had CS2, I used to blend them with Session Strings Pro.. SS Pro provided the "tone" and Komplete provided the body and size.
the down side though is that the Komplete strings cannot cres and dim.. this is a big part of getting the realism.. to do this I used to create two parts where for example the cres was to happen.. one soft and one strong.. then I'd fade in the strong up through the soft one.. worked ok.. that said, doing this in CS2 [and the new NI Symph Series Strings are the same] via the Mod wheel is much better..
take a look at the sttrings in Omni.. I think there's one called Hollywood which is beautiful for the softer side of things... really smooth...
I love the sound of Azan.. when it's done well it makes my hair stand on end..
The keyboard on this track has since died, and the shaker was made of rice in a used squash bottle. I ate the rice for lunch the day after doing the recording.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself