Best Orchestral Woodwind Libraries 2021 Now is the time to talk about woodwinds. Many modern composers nowadays tend to overlook woodwinds as an important part of the orchestra, which fills the gap between strings and brass. If you are a fan of John Williams, pay close attention to his Star Wars scores and you’ll see […]
Best Orchestral Strings Libraries 2021 Strings are the backbone of the symphony orchestra and probably the most important instrument section. When we think of a symphony orchestra, we usually imagine a group of musicians with strings. The biggest part of your template is reserved for strings as there are so many libraries available today. But […]
Best Orchestral Percussion Libraries 2021 Every band needs a rhythm section, just like every orchestra needs its percussion. Here we are going to take a look at some of the most popular orchestral percussion libraries you can use in your template. When we talk about orchestral percussion we are talking about the instruments of a […]
Best Free Orchestral Plugins & Sample Libraries 2020 When you are a student or a hobbyist who aspires to become a working composer one day, you really struggle when starting out with your orchestral sample collection. Most of the time your budget if not limited is non-existing. That’s when you struggle to find usable free […]
Enhancing Realism In Orchestral Samples Part 3 – Percussion Part 1 and part 2 of this three part series dealt with the melodic instruments of the orchestra of strings, winds and brass and here we are in the final part of the series talking about percussion. Percussion instruments are all about the rhythm. There are […]
Enhancing Realism In Orchestral Samples Part 2 – Brass In part 1 we talked about the string section and how to set them up in a template, and how to manipulate their midi data in order to create more realism. In this part 2 we will do the same thing, only this time for the […]
Enhancing Realism In Orchestral Samples Part 1 – Strings How to get THAT sound with your orchestral samples is one of the most commonly asked questions among upcoming composers today. Many youngsters think the right thing to do is to mix the guts out of your tracks by processing them with various plugins simulating vintage […]
