2/2 Dispatch Orch/Synth!!

[bigbluebarry]

Jul 22, 2009, 2:44pm, fusilierb wrote:Jul 22, 2009, 1:48pm, mazz wrote:The issues I hear with most usage of sampled brass is a static sound. No brass player worth their salt (or any other wind or string player for that matter) will just hold a note without doing something with it, vibrato, crescendo, decrescendo, etc. In film music, brass are used so much for dramatic swells and transitions and big hits, it is essential to learn those articulations and what your library can and cannot do in that department.I like the "canned" crescendos in EW and you can mess around with things like putting a stacatto on one MIDI track and a crescendo on another. Depending on the length of crescendo you need, you can start the crescendo before the stacatto track. If it starts to fade in too early, just bring it in with CC11 when you need it. Then you get that sFz sound with the big "Matrix" swell.Some of the DXF patches work well too, it takes some practice to play in the swells with the mod wheel but you can always tweak the curves afterwards. The key is to do multiple tracks with slightly different samples (a mix of solo horns and ensemble horns, for example) and perform each swell individually. I just play one and get it the way I like it, and then watch that curve go by in the piano roll display and try to match it (I won't ever get it exact, which is what I want!) on the other tracks.Lots of tricks!!MazzVery interesting...First off... MAJOR CONGRATS to you Mazz! I listened to the Spiderman track over the weekend when you linked to it on Facebook. You NAILED it! I would pay real money to just observe the two of you (Mazz and Bryan) create a track from start to finish, including all of the creative process of actually writing the piece and all of the technical aspects of really using your software. That would be a truly valuable day of learning.Keep up the great work guys!- Big Blue

[keithl]

Bow down to Zod......I mean Mazz (a little Trekkie humor)You ARE the man......I repeat.......You ARE the man!Congrats!

[mazz]

Jul 22, 2009, 5:26pm, bigbluebarry wrote:Jul 22, 2009, 2:44pm, fusilierb wrote:Very interesting...First off... MAJOR CONGRATS to you Mazz! I listened to the Spiderman track over the weekend when you linked to it on Facebook. You NAILED it! I would pay real money to just observe the two of you (Mazz and Bryan) create a track from start to finish, including all of the creative process of actually writing the piece and all of the technical aspects of really using your software. That would be a truly valuable day of learning.Keep up the great work guys!- Big BlueHey BB,Your post was the impetus. I've been wanting to do something like this for a while anyway. Thanks for the "push"!!http://mazzblog-mazz.blogspot.com/

[didger]

Jul 22, 2009, 6:57pm, keithl wrote:Bow down to Zod......I mean Mazz (a little Trekkie humor)But that's Superman II humor! Tsk tsk. You've failed the geek test.

[remmet]

Great work, Mazz. I always get a thrill when I hear something that I wouldn't have thought of in my own work. These pieces have lots of little surprises and unpredictability, and they make you want to listen closely to hear what happens next.Congrats!Richard

[georginasaint]

Excellent work, as always Mazz. You should score a Bond film sometime. Your work often puts me in a Bond film. ("Spies Have all the Fun" is one of my favs!)Congrats!Georgie

[japaneseprincess]

im so impressed with your music and the fact that you still have time to beon this forum

[jay10music]

Mazz...U R The MAN......Went on your site last month and when I saw the amount of tools U used,I almost fell off the chair...And all your credits..WoW..And your stuff is incredable...Congratz Big Time...Jay..

[bigbluebarry]

Jul 22, 2009, 7:27pm, mazz wrote:Jul 22, 2009, 5:26pm, bigbluebarry wrote:First off... MAJOR CONGRATS to you Mazz! I listened to the Spiderman track over the weekend when you linked to it on Facebook. You NAILED it! I would pay real money to just observe the two of you (Mazz and Bryan) create a track from start to finish, including all of the creative process of actually writing the piece and all of the technical aspects of really using your software. That would be a truly valuable day of learning.Keep up the great work guys!- Big BlueHey BB,Your post was the impetus. I've been wanting to do something like this for a while anyway. Thanks for the "push"!!http://mazzblog-mazz.blogspot.com/You're welcome, thanks for actually taking the time to do it! I'm gonna buy you a drink at the Rally my friend!- Big Blue

[fusilierb]

Jul 23, 2009, 5:38am, bigbluebarry wrote:Jul 22, 2009, 7:27pm, mazz wrote:Hey BB,Your post was the impetus. I've been wanting to do something like this for a while anyway. Thanks for the "push"!!http://mazzblog-mazz.blogspot.com/You're welcome, thanks for actually taking the time to do it! I'm gonna buy you a drink at the Rally my friend!- Big BlueI'll get round two!B