4 Orchestration Tricks I Wish I Knew Earlier (For Sample Libraries)

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Here's some tricks for writing better virtual orchestrations which I wish I knew when I was a beginner.
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00:00 - The problem
01:38 - Tip 1: Layering Articulations
02:42 - Tip 2: Using split sections to avoid mud and clutter
06:46 - Tip 3: Automating Mic Positions
14:47 - Tip 4: Morphing Articulations
23:32 - Why is this important
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@AlexMoukala 3 ай бұрын

Two things I forgot to say on the Morphing Articulations part: 1) The “polymap” function I showed at the end is present on most Orchestral Tools libraries. Even Metropolis Ark 1 on Kontakt has it! Read the CAPSULE manual to learn how to set it up. 2) There’s a way to do articulation crossfades easily with any Kontakt Library, it’s a script some people have mentioned here in the comment. Look up “GrumpyMonkey Kontakt Scripts” on google to find it along with a treasure trove of other scripts that will enhance your orchestral writing. PS. Apologies for the blurry video! It took me quite long to record it, and only at the end I realized the resolution settings were messed up throughout the process. Nonetheless, hope that knowledge helps out some of you. Chances are some of these tips are things you're already using, so I recommend cycling through the chapters to just watch the parts you don't know much about.

@klunukmerisi 3 ай бұрын

OMG.. i miss u so much Alex! I'm your new fans one and half years ago.. I really inspired by your tutorials.. And I'm still struggling to composing until now💪🏻 I really hope to show u my music🤩

@PhilipWalker 3 ай бұрын

I see, you were just using a clever technique to get us to use our ears rather than our eyes 😃 Also so glad to see another tutorial from you, your channel has been my number one resource for learning, thank you so much for all the knowledge you've shared with us. You're truly both a spectacular composer and teacher.

@user-cb2ey2yi5b 3 ай бұрын

It's okay man you did incredibly well with your tutorial anyways.

@Shredberry 3 ай бұрын

This could've been recorded on a potato and I'll still learn something out of it!

@athishayjain.m.k9257 3 ай бұрын

Plz do more bro... Missing u so much... From 2 yrs❤❤

@HpPmL 3 ай бұрын

Dude comes back 1 year later with 0 introduction 😂 love it.

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@thejohncenafan100 3 ай бұрын

I was just about to comment that 🤣

@SantoshMareddy 3 ай бұрын

😂😂

@AndrewMaze 3 ай бұрын

Do we really need that?)) He was just chilling)

@kar5h01 3 ай бұрын

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@D3NXIE 3 ай бұрын

I can't believe my eyes, welcome back Alex!!!! Much love brother!!!!

@5ammy13 3 ай бұрын

Lol saw the video and expected an intro or a brief about how long it has been since he posted... And when he went straight into it.. I immediately went to his channel to see if I missed some videos... And no I didn't 😂😂😂 welcome back Alex 🎉

@GRAVYBEATS 3 ай бұрын

Bro's back at it, welcome back boss 💯🙌

@ileryon4019 3 ай бұрын

best orchestral KZfaq to date 😎😎👌

@CarlosAlvarezEpicMusic 3 ай бұрын

Welcome Back Alex! I was missing your tutorial videos, glad to see you again in this channel :D

@LETTMusic 3 ай бұрын

Nice idea with automating the mic position. A good way to explain it is you're automating the position of Super Mario 64's Lakitu with the microphone, as he sweeps in closer or further from the orchestra as it's recording. A tip for your morphing section, the way I have my default FL template set up, I create Pre-Master and Reference mixer channels, and use a Control Surface to set up a DJ style crossfader knob so I can easily slide back and forth to A B compare my track against a reference track. I found a linear approach with the mixer in direct middle, the total volume output was too quiet since decibels fall off logarithmically. So a better way to set up a smooth crossfade in FL isn't mapping a knob with mapping formula as "Input" and "1 - Input", but "Tension(Input,10)" and "1 - Tension(Input,10)". If you want to set it up to something like the mixer's volume faders which default to 80% = 0dB, then you can set it up as "0.8*Tension(Input,10)" and "0.8-0.8*Tension(Input,-10)", and this will set you with two inverse volume faders that cross fade in a logarithmic fashion that caps at 80% (0dB). This type of crossfade is closer to how it would work in a DJ controller in a way that if both volume sliders are set at 50% or in direct center, the volume decibel loudness is equally as loud as if it was hard 100% A or 100% B. With this approach, you can set up a single knob/fader/MIDI CC to control to automate smoothly between any two sources with a balanced volume blend between the two. Hope this helps someone.

@DarkSideofSynth 3 ай бұрын

Nice tips. With acoustic instruments, the sound is in the fingers, not in the mixer ;) That is why all the articulation and dynamics symbols exist on a score, plus all the nuances there are no symbols for.

@Lamberilio Ай бұрын

Glad to have you back, Alex! Always bringing the best guidance for us beginning composers! 👏👏👏

@StevenMelin 7 күн бұрын

I had no idea poly-mapping existed!! Super interesting. Thanks for sharing!

@133beatz5 3 ай бұрын

Just discovered you my guy! I have finally found the perfect guru to learn from! Amazing talent!

@paulg3388 10 күн бұрын

You described me perfectly at the start :-) but I don’t want to use ensembles and learning how to layer and combine and this video has been incredibly helpful thank you.

@niacinbiotin 3 ай бұрын

Maybe revisiting older video titles, that you think important and making video about them? Happy to see you back

@pancakeforge 3 ай бұрын

THE KING IS BACK WITH THE TUTORIALS

@adaraneocomposer 2 ай бұрын

Hey, Alex, I am glad to hear that. And I also have to say that as sound assistant in orchestral recordings it helped me to understand more the mic positions and mixing. Have a good time and see you in Prague!

@Mattjki 3 ай бұрын

Thanks again Alex! It's great to have you back!

@ariaofthe6strings230 3 ай бұрын

I got an art station ad for this video with Alex Moukala, watching the tutorial from Alex Moukala. I love your work man sincerely.

@alejandronegrin6354 3 ай бұрын

Welcome back Alex, I've been waiting for these things. Thanks again.

@highbred 3 ай бұрын

welcome back bro! awesome video as usual!

@skippyzk 3 ай бұрын

I have the expressive e from Liee, you should try it! You can do all that dynamic stuff and fade in the the vibrato and reverb and everything

@ExpeditionMusic 3 ай бұрын

THE KING IS BACK!!!

@fastrack2170 3 ай бұрын

Man have I been waiting for you to come back with dope ass tips!!! Thank you Alex !!!

@nishchalkujmar7592 3 ай бұрын

glad to see you again after a long time

@JohnCProductions 3 ай бұрын

This brightened my day. Please keep these going.

@David_cab_cus 3 ай бұрын

Glad to have you back! Your tutorials were always informative and inspiring and this time is no different.

@Flowee141 3 ай бұрын

Im so glad seeing you here! Thanks a lot!

@yasumu3960 3 ай бұрын

Ayyyyy you´re back!

@zenzelstephensmusic 3 ай бұрын

Wonderful tips Alex especially the automatimng mic positions it never came to mind!

@hariomchaurasiya9786 3 ай бұрын

It's nice to see you again!😊

@WangleLine 3 ай бұрын

It's nice to see you again Alex :D

@-Deena. 3 ай бұрын

Great advice on the mic positions. I'd never even thought of that a! Thanks 🧡

@synec7597 3 ай бұрын

YES! WELCOME BACK !!

@DarkGruntMusic 3 ай бұрын

All great tips Alex! The kind of things that you slowly realize and learn over time when composing many many tracks! :D

@chenglenyang 3 ай бұрын

Those Benjamin Wallfisch strings sound incredible! I've been eyeing on these for some time now.

@ShenauticOfficial 3 ай бұрын

Oh. He’s back!

@BadNessie 3 ай бұрын

Priceless!!!

@myozzio5025 3 ай бұрын

Love your style of tutoring LOVED IT!

@UnknownUnknown-cd4hh 3 ай бұрын

Legend is back!! 🔥🔥🔥

@ABE2000 3 ай бұрын

Even tho I don't have Benjamin Wallfisch Strings because it's bigger, but I like that tutorial.

@JonasDenolf 3 ай бұрын

Quality tutorial, thanks

@beatlach 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for this great tutorial 🎶

@ledpill 3 ай бұрын

Oh my god, you're finally back!!!

@SilvermainMusic 3 ай бұрын

Dude is still dropping gems after all these years...

@TheWizardArtist 3 ай бұрын

These days I was thinking that you didn't know a video in a long time!! incredible!!! 🤣Greetings from Argentina!!

@XxguaxinimxX. 3 ай бұрын

Great video!

@FalkomMusic 3 ай бұрын

Saludos desde Colombia Bro! feliz de ver un nuevo video

@user-cb2ey2yi5b 3 ай бұрын

Dude, you explain things way better than others, so I say you are a great teacher! Awesome Job with explanation!

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u are back great!

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He’s back!! 😮

@AnymMusic 3 ай бұрын

He's back! Let's go!

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Welcome back 🔥🔥🔥

@vadimmartynyuk 3 ай бұрын

Now where have you been ?! We were waiting for you on the couch with lights on

@Floofy007 3 ай бұрын

The king is back!!!

@Roland_Geyer 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for the great explanation 👍

@mattiaseptember1406 3 ай бұрын

Aleeeex welcome back!!!!dreams come true we love you Hope u can feel it

@Denisgold2204 3 ай бұрын

u r a genius! love your work.

@MJ-qd3jg 3 ай бұрын

One of my favourite producers is backkk🔥🗿

@ThirdEchoMedia 3 ай бұрын

He’s back!!!

@kevinmkraft 3 ай бұрын

I've used similar tricks myself. You're creative and resourceful.

@definitelynotsham 3 ай бұрын

i got ur own ad before the video haha

@grobinson9352 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for this.🙂

@GTORT 3 ай бұрын

He's back!

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Bro it's been a while 🔥🔥🔥

@TheDJMTBizzle 3 ай бұрын

welcome back mate

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welcome back!!!

@arvindgunasageran9691 3 ай бұрын

I'm happy to see you again.

@jenstornell 3 ай бұрын

Great video! I am looking forward to the next one coming out 2025. 😊

@sammpaul 3 ай бұрын

Welcome back, I missed your videos. Hoping to see more tutorials in your channel. I wish you made a trailer track from scratch (in style of Rok Nardin, please).

@Comandante_ 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@seanfourie7 3 ай бұрын

Welcome back Alex

@insightproductionz26 3 ай бұрын

Welcome back man it’s been a while

@user-mu9gh3go7p 3 ай бұрын

RETURN OF THE KING

@berserker2551 3 ай бұрын

Welcome back Alex 😎

@davedesigning 3 ай бұрын

22:11 Notationally, in a real orchestra this is easy to do. You have a normal note tied to a tremolo note (note with slashes) at the end. Above the first note you put the instruction “tremolo poco a poco” and the draw a line or dotted line to above the notes to the second note. Idk how hard this is for an orchestra, but that’s how you’d notate it. I don’t know if there is a passage from the 1900s that uses this. (Maybe Richard Strauss??) But it IS used in 20th century music, albeit infrequently. You can also do the same thing for number of techniques. One instrument to many instruments. Pizzicato to arco. Sul tasto to sul ponticello. The last one I think would be good if there is a library that allows you to go from sul tasto sustained to sul ponticello tremolos.

@EvanDingman 3 ай бұрын

HE'S BACK!

@tekdotlun 3 ай бұрын

THE GOAT BACK

@kelvynification 3 ай бұрын

Great info great energy cool dude:)

@Maplefoxx-vl2ew 3 ай бұрын

Can you do a video on how to mix orchestra instruments with heavy metal. What are the choices you make for instrumentation. do you have to use layed stuff to stand out in the mix with all the distortion guitars?

@martijnvanbeek4387 3 ай бұрын

I belong to the 1% who watched this until the end and must say, grudgingly, (;)) that you are so wrong! This video was easy to watch and follow and I have learned some new trick or two. Thank you Alex for this video!

@skippyzk 3 ай бұрын

Wild. Stack articulations. Never woulda thought of that

@Karthikyuva55 3 ай бұрын

I love to see you 😊

@limonscore 3 ай бұрын

He back!

@jujusmusic 3 ай бұрын

The Ad is playing to promote his channel in his video 💀

@Frankfreemanuk 3 ай бұрын

Lol .. I got it too

@joeeckersley957 3 ай бұрын

“Want your music to sound HUGE?”

@andreakleiner80 3 ай бұрын

@@joeeckersley957”want your Music sound as a mess?” is more accurate actually

@earthquakemusic3923 3 ай бұрын

Grumpy monkey actually has a midi cotrol that lets you crossfade between everything.

@0nshore 3 ай бұрын

THE RETURN OF THE MAESTRO

@krishnakiran8950 3 ай бұрын

Hi Alex, your videos are awesome. Try to include the shortcut keys on screen while you do something. For example when you group the channel, seeing the alt+g on the video would be much useful to learn through. Thanks

@CafaTheHutt 3 ай бұрын

The Messiah is back

@peshtiwarbotanimusic 3 ай бұрын

Can’t wait to get my tooth into this. This is going to be great 🙏

@franciscoaragao5398 3 ай бұрын

“Gentle but still powerful”

@DL-1 3 ай бұрын

How do you rank the orchestral library creators from best to less than best sounding?Spitfire,8dio,Project Sam,Cinesamples,EastWest,Uvi,Eduardo Tarilonte and other Best Service libraries? How do you get the best out of your libraries?

@prodsgbeatz 3 ай бұрын

GUYS, THE G IS BACK!!!

@Floofss 3 ай бұрын

ITS BEEN A YEARRR WHAT

@marvinroggon3168 3 ай бұрын

Welcome back. Now stay, if you can and want to. Youre welcome here ❤

@jvsonyt 3 ай бұрын

This is something I've always knew about, but the way you explained it made me u n d e r s t a n d .

@kirpalsingh8547 3 ай бұрын

Finally Alex Remembered His KZfaq Password 😅, i'm Fl Mobile User that's What I Have & Your Strings stacc Tutorial changed My Life ❤ I LOve To See More Of Your videos ❤❤

@guyshard 3 ай бұрын

The OT trip is tremendous.

@j-smack4147 3 ай бұрын

Are my eyes playing tricks? The music man has returned

@ronnyb5890 3 ай бұрын

nice video Alex, i would use nesembles only on one note melody's, and use seperate instruments to build the chords

@gabrielbrodrigues1111 3 ай бұрын

Unrelated, but i had a song in my had and i did not remember the name, 2:50 it was larger than life by Pinkzebra. once you said i've instantly remembered, damn my mind was at the point of melting thank you Alex, the universe sometimes its such a small place full of coincidences.