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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 ай бұрын

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

@Shredberry 4 ай бұрын

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

@athishayjain.m.k9257 4 ай бұрын

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

@HpPmL 4 ай бұрын

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

@Mastenbal 4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@thejohncenafan100 4 ай бұрын

I was just about to comment that 🤣

@SantoshMareddy 4 ай бұрын

😂😂

@AndrewMaze 4 ай бұрын

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

@kar5h01 4 ай бұрын

😭😭🤣🤣

@D3NXIE 4 ай бұрын

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

@Lamberilio Ай бұрын

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

@pancakeforge 4 ай бұрын

THE KING IS BACK WITH THE TUTORIALS

@DarkSideofSynth 4 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.

@GRAVYBEATS 4 ай бұрын

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

@5ammy13 4 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 🎉

@CarlosAlvarezEpicMusic 4 ай бұрын

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

@niacinbiotin 4 ай бұрын

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

@StevenMelin 26 күн бұрын

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

@ileryon4019 4 ай бұрын

best orchestral KZfaq to date 😎😎👌

@LETTMusic 4 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.

@alejandronegrin6354 4 ай бұрын

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

@Mattjki 4 ай бұрын

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

@paulg3388 29 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.

@David_cab_cus 4 ай бұрын

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

@fastrack2170 4 ай бұрын

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

@adaraneocomposer 3 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!

@133beatz5 4 ай бұрын

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

@JohnCProductions 4 ай бұрын

This brightened my day. Please keep these going.

@Flowee141 4 ай бұрын

Im so glad seeing you here! Thanks a lot!

@highbred 4 ай бұрын

welcome back bro! awesome video as usual!

@Roland_Geyer 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for the great explanation 👍

@myozzio5025 4 ай бұрын

Love your style of tutoring LOVED IT!

@skippyzk 4 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

@-Deena. 4 ай бұрын

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

@ariaofthe6strings230 4 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.

@zenzelstephensmusic 4 ай бұрын

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

@user-cb2ey2yi5b 4 ай бұрын

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

@hariomchaurasiya9786 4 ай бұрын

It's nice to see you again!😊

@BadNessie 4 ай бұрын

Priceless!!!

@Denisgold2204 3 ай бұрын

u r a genius! love your work.

@nishchalkujmar7592 4 ай бұрын

glad to see you again after a long time

@TheWizardArtist 4 ай бұрын

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

@synec7597 4 ай бұрын

YES! WELCOME BACK !!

@UnknownUnknown-cd4hh 4 ай бұрын

Legend is back!! 🔥🔥🔥

@DarkGruntMusic 4 ай бұрын

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

@MJ-qd3jg 4 ай бұрын

One of my favourite producers is backkk🔥🗿

@JonasDenolf 4 ай бұрын

Quality tutorial, thanks

@ledpill 4 ай бұрын

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

@ExpeditionMusic 4 ай бұрын

THE KING IS BACK!!!

@grobinson9352 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for this.🙂

@gilydoesall 4 ай бұрын

Bro was gone for a whole year and came back like nothing happened💀

@beatlach 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for this great tutorial 🎶

@chenglenyang 4 ай бұрын

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

@mattiaseptember1406 4 ай бұрын

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

@FalkomMusic 4 ай бұрын

Saludos desde Colombia Bro! feliz de ver un nuevo video

@WangleLine 4 ай бұрын

It's nice to see you again Alex :D

@yasumu3960 4 ай бұрын

Ayyyyy you´re back!

@davedesigning 4 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.

@definitelynotsham 4 ай бұрын

i got ur own ad before the video haha

@Comandante_ 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@jenstornell 4 ай бұрын

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

@javierestevez9680 4 ай бұрын

u are back great!

@XxguaxinimxX. 4 ай бұрын

Great video!

@martijnvanbeek4387 4 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!

@kevinmkraft 4 ай бұрын

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

@h3avyw3ight9 4 ай бұрын

Welcome back 🔥🔥🔥

@kelvynification 4 ай бұрын

Great info great energy cool dude:)

@sammpaul 4 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).

@arvindgunasageran9691 4 ай бұрын

I'm happy to see you again.

@ABE2000 4 ай бұрын

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

@kongspeaks4778 4 ай бұрын

Ayyyy he's back!!!

@AnymMusic 4 ай бұрын

He's back! Let's go!

@GTORT 4 ай бұрын

He's back!

@Floofy007 4 ай бұрын

The king is back!!!

@ShenauticOfficial 4 ай бұрын

Oh. He’s back!

@franciscoaragao5398 4 ай бұрын

“Gentle but still powerful”

@berserker2551 4 ай бұрын

Welcome back Alex 😎

@ThirdEchoMedia 4 ай бұрын

He’s back!!!

@TheDJMTBizzle 4 ай бұрын

welcome back mate

@SilvermainMusic 4 ай бұрын

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

@Karthikyuva55 4 ай бұрын

I love to see you 😊

@user-mu9gh3go7p 4 ай бұрын

RETURN OF THE KING

@Chara_99999... 4 ай бұрын

Bro it's been a while 🔥🔥🔥

@insightproductionz26 4 ай бұрын

Welcome back man it’s been a while

@Sylvie1225 4 ай бұрын

welcome back!!!

@limonscore 4 ай бұрын

He back!

@tekdotlun 4 ай бұрын

THE GOAT BACK

@jvsonyt 4 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 .

@jujusmusic 4 ай бұрын

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

@Frankfreemanuk 4 ай бұрын

Lol .. I got it too

@joeeckersley957 4 ай бұрын

“Want your music to sound HUGE?”

@andreakleiner80 4 ай бұрын

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

@kirpalsingh8547 4 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 ❤❤

@skippyzk 4 ай бұрын

Wild. Stack articulations. Never woulda thought of that

@seanfourie7 4 ай бұрын

Welcome back Alex

@krishnakiran8950 4 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 4 ай бұрын

The Messiah is back

@earthquakemusic3923 4 ай бұрын

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

@Maplefoxx-vl2ew 4 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?

@EvanDingman 4 ай бұрын

HE'S BACK!

@peshtiwarbotanimusic 4 ай бұрын

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

@DL-1 4 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?

@ronnyb5890 4 ай бұрын

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

@marvinrockon 4 ай бұрын

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

@0nshore 4 ай бұрын

THE RETURN OF THE MAESTRO

@j-smack4147 4 ай бұрын

Are my eyes playing tricks? The music man has returned

@riq4724 4 ай бұрын

18:51 what is that pcf thing never seen it and cant find it

@SolarisFr 4 ай бұрын

ITS BEEN A YEARRR WHAT

@PhantomBeats3 5 күн бұрын

How do you program the note color to different articulations ?

@gabrielbrodrigues1111 4 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.