About orchestral "realism"

[jeralddrai]

I've Just Upload a second version from the cue here :

http://soundcloud.com/jerald-drai/the-golden-circle

With a different mix, different percussions parts, more presence...
After several hours... i think its better

[Lipskimusic]

I recently watched this and found it quite useful (in particular the 'mosaic technique'):-

https://www.macprovideo.com/tutorial/or ... ng-realism

[jeralddrai]

Cool, thanks for sharing it !

[artturner]

Thank you Art, it's help a lot !
Effectively, i rarely use single patches on MA2 (except when I have very little memory left...)

I'll try to re-work on the track today and make it better, Paul and you gave me so precious advices, thanks again.

here: https://soundcloud.com/artturnermusic/the-return-home

So impressed by the subtilities and the movement in your strings lines
What a great track ! Did you make it with MA2 ?

Thank you very much! The strings in that track are Cinematic Studio Strings, which I have found are really great for expressive lines.

[waveheavy]

Pretty much what Paul van Geldrop said. The whole mix almost sounds like a mono mix that was run through a stereo widener. It's still going to be mono, just spread out more.

Think about the orchestra section balances more. A heavy brass section is going to be louder than everything else.

Good way to create space between front and rear is use different reverb settings between front and back instruments. And the reverb doesn't have to be stereo for every instrument. You can use a mono reverb on some things just fine. This reduces 'mud' in the mix that overlapping reverbs can cause.

Hi there, its me again

what did you think about this orchestral track ?
Sounds kind of realistic for you ?

// Update : last version : http://soundcloud.com/jerald-drai/imperial-waltz

i'm trying to make it better, but ... i'm kind of lost, i've spent to many hours on this i guess
....

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