"BROADCAST QUALITY"

[frodo]

Aug 16, 2008, 1:27pm, nickfever wrote:Nice Frodo.I hadn't come across this yet.NickWell, I remembered seeing the link in a daily 'Why not join dispatch' post, so I fished if up.I haven't seen a link to the page via the Taxi site, though, - come to think of it, haven't looked either... - until next timefrodo

[mojobone]

It was linked in the newsletter a while back, as I recall...

[davewalton]

Aug 17, 2008, 5:22am, ewxxxx wrote:First: Sorry. I didn't realize it was "Mrs." Moderator. My apologies.Second: Wonderful! Thank you all for taking the time to answer. I will go to the links everyone has posted and listen.I'm not saying I've not had forwards. I've had a bit less than 40% of my music forwarded. That's fine by me. I like that the Taxi standards seem to be high.As far as my TV goes... I only trust my TV to give me an insight into style. I don't trust the sound quality of the little TV speakers. Yes, I invested in some nice Tannoy monitors for my studio but I still trust my car stereo to be one of the final deciding factors.I've worked in music a long time but I've just entered into this area of production in the last few years. My biggest obstacle is forcing myself to write "commercially" as opposed to what I consider to be good music. I'm learning as I go. Also, thanks for the offers to listen. You can see my site at... http://www.watersmusicdesign.com/Thanks again,EricHi Eric,I'm listening to "Whale Song" and I'll use that as the basis for any comments. I'm happy to announce that you have an affliction, an affliction that most people are happy to catch. It's called "your composing skills are outpacing the quality of your music samples and instruments".It seems like I really love spending money (especially when it's yours ) but I'm really a thrifty "spend on an 'as needed' basis" kind of guy. If you're going to do this and you're going to be sending music to the same people that Mazz, Matto, Crs7String, et al are sending THEIR music to, you need a bit of updating with your sounds. I'm not a paid spokesmodel (although I get mistaken for one all the time ) but I'm a big fan of EWQL (www.soundsonline.com) particularly their "Gold" orchestral package. So that's around $600 BUT... as the centerpiece and foundation to build on... that's a VERY good way to go. I'm hearing your music as being very much like mine and the other guys I mentioned. "Orchestrally centered" but you venture out to ethnic and some other things as well. So for hundreds of dollars (as opposed to thousands or tens of thousands) you can have a great building platform and true broadcast quality. BrindaBella transformed her already wonderful music simply by buying a quality virtual piano for a couple hundred dollars, something that matched her composing skills. Oh... then she got a deal. There is a limit to how far your current set of sounds can take you and I think your composition skills and musical ideas have already gone beyond those limits.(Eric, yelling to his wife) "HON-EYYYYYY! Dave says I need all new stuff... gonna run at least $20,000 but there's no other choice!" Forum members love me, spouses hate me. A couple hundred bucks to get you started up the right path is well worth it if your going to be doing it. Dave

[ewxxxx]

Dave,Thanks for the kind words & a good laugh. Not to worry. The "ex-wife" is off tormenting someone else. My studio expenditures require no approvals other than my own The Whale Song was done with Colossus & Atmosphere. I've since added a bunch of other sample libraries. I went with the VSL Horizon Series for orchestral samples. The Kontakt Player came with even more samples. I've heard great things produced with the EWQL Gold as well.I did notice a big difference between a Bach Sarbande I arranged (using Colossus strings) & a piece I wrote called Melancholy 1 (using VSL). I had a terrible time getting the Colossus strings to sound as good as the VSL. Not to knock Colossus. It has a very useful & broad range of samples. I'm curious about Goliath as well.My sound quality has improved in increments. Working on my mixing skills helped. Trying to target upgrades that really improve my sound helped. The Manley Vari-Mu arrived a few months ago. It was expensive but has proven to be wonderful for the smoothness & clarity I want. Little by little the sound gets better.If anyone has any suggestions for sample libraries, I'm open to suggestions. Let me know what you use.I went to the Taxi "Broadcast Quality" link. That was helpful (thanks Frodo). Mazz's tune was beautiful (thanks Mazz). Dave's music sounds wonderful as well. I'll go visit the other names you mentioned.I still think I need to divorce my own tastes from the process & write for the listener. I've worked commercially as a musician my entire life. If I can do it in that context, I'll learn to do it in the composing field as well. Thanks again everyone,EricP.S.How do you set this forum up to forward responses to your personal e-mail?

[ibanez468]

Aug 19, 2008, 7:24pm, ewxxxx wrote:Not to worry. The "ex-wife" is off tormenting someone else. My studio expenditures require no approvals other than my own Yeeaahh!! Now dat's what I'm talkin' about!! I-468