Do any of you composers out there use actual stringed instruments--not guitar, but violin, cello, etc.--in your recordings? How about brass?
It seems that everyone uses synthesizers/MIDI, but in my experience that is so limiting. For the score I'm working on I really need a driving, percussive string sound, like can be heard in parts of the Pirates of the Caribbean score. I just can't get it on MIDI and I'm wondering if it would be advisable to pursue actual violin recording.
Do any of you composers...
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RE: Do any of you composers...
Well good luck man the reason synth is used more often (perhaps with some solo instrumentation - if ur lucky) is because 1 you can't just record a pile of solow performances and add them (and expect the same timbre as an orchestral sound) and 2 cos obviously getting an orchestra is nigh on unaffordable. (Try even getting yer highschool orchestra to learn and play some composition you get etc.)
Its a tough one !
Its a tough one !
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Have you actually tried to score the film with MIDI? Or are you just guessing that it wouldn't work? Because if you have a good set of tools, it can sound very convincing.
Unless you're willing to hire an orchestra...
Unless you're willing to hire an orchestra...
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I have done some MIDI scoring already, some of which I am pleased with, esp. anything involving organs or more electronically oriented sounds.
But in this specific case, yes, I have tried MIDI, but I could not get the sound I wanted. Then again, my tools might not be the greatest. I guess I need to go back and do some more experimentation.
Thanks for the suggestions though.
But in this specific case, yes, I have tried MIDI, but I could not get the sound I wanted. Then again, my tools might not be the greatest. I guess I need to go back and do some more experimentation.
Thanks for the suggestions though.