Articulations Explained & How To Use Them To Orchestrate Better

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Пікірлер: 84

@AlexMoukala 7 жыл бұрын

This video was long overdue, and kind of long-winded too, but hopefully it'll help out a bit. :D Also, you can get BRSO Articulate here: www.syntheticorchestra.com/articulate/

@andrewqualls 7 жыл бұрын

Hey Alex I have a question about EQ for Cello's and Double Bass, Which one deserves more of the bass frequency? (Which one should balance in the bass frequency more) And which one should be cut a little bit in the low end and how much?

@AlexMoukala 7 жыл бұрын

The Basses generally have a much more powerful low end, cellos sound thinner than them, but they can also go higher in pitch. Also, I personally wouldn't cut low end in any of those two, but that's relative to your arrangement!

@1NOnlyAdityaUnofficial 5 жыл бұрын

Alex Moukala Love it... quite helpful ... keep uploading videos like this...❤🙏

@sarthaktrivedi1415 3 жыл бұрын

I think you'll get 1 million subscribers very soon. 😃

@Composerily 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Alex!! You da man!!!

@akokoloko5199 4 жыл бұрын

esh get eaht

@shantanusrivastava9744 4 жыл бұрын

Wtf-?? You follow him?

@akokoloko5199 4 жыл бұрын

@@shantanusrivastava9744 I know?

@EqDior 6 жыл бұрын

Ive been making this kind of music from time to time but did not have a clue about the explanation of the different articulations and when is a good time to use them. This is one of the best video tutorials that I have come across for orchestral production!. Great Job man!

@LukeMans 3 жыл бұрын

14:58 Kind of a random note, but there is a difference in Col Legno and Bartok Pizzicato; Col Legno is hitting the strings with the wood of the bow, while Bartok Pizzicato is plucking the sting hard enough that it hits the fingerboard. They do produce a very similar sound though so I guess it doesn't really matter.

@AdamSalaah 7 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting years for someone to explain it like this! Thanks Alex!

@Musiken 5 жыл бұрын

What an absolute pleasure to have found your channel! It's clear you know what you are doing and your compositions sound great.

@michaelbulls5872 3 жыл бұрын

Alex, I want to thank you dearly brother. I'm working on my first album and I can't emphasize enough how important your tutorials have been to me and I'm sure many more people! Keep it up man, THANK YOU!

@jerrymanas671 4 жыл бұрын

Finally! A video that explains all this! Just subscribed! Everyone else's videos seem to assume people know all this!

@ShamStalin 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome Alex! This definitely helps & very informative

@Bramsmelodic 5 жыл бұрын

Nice video Alex! Very helpful...I am novice in orchestral music . It really helps a lot

@RockBoBsteRMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Legato would be like changing the notes with your fingers but keeping the bow going in one direction. Up bow=^ Down bow=√ So you could do sustain ^ c √d ^e √f Or legato ^cdef √cdef So the attack either there for sustain, or legato the attack is only on bow direction changes. Portamento is sliding from note to note.

@MitchellBroom 7 жыл бұрын

This was so helpful man!

5 жыл бұрын

Rewatching this helped me to remind myself using them more! Even I am using them I still could variate more, always :)

@Muzisoccer253 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing work thank you so much !

@ethenjoseph9176 7 жыл бұрын

Could you please tell us how you set up your template. You seamlessly change articulation easily with each instruments. It makes the process quicker.

@AlexMoukala 7 жыл бұрын

I talk about that in the second part of the video.

@Sanraiok 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Alex, What are the Kontakt libraries you use and recommend others for orchestral music. Thank you.

@darkdragon5848 7 жыл бұрын

amazing as always.

@DigitalCollision 5 жыл бұрын

I watched this and fell in love with the crescendo you demonstrated. Got home to see if my library had a crescendo articulation for brass. Nope. Damn. Heartbroken. I don't want to buy a new library any time soon.

@ouroborussound6670 7 жыл бұрын

Sounds like something you'd have for either an opening cinematic or main menu of an epic game. Seriously, this is awesome.

@FMHeatSink 7 жыл бұрын

Anthony Thomas Its the Zelda theme

@aguilarrojasoctavio4402 3 жыл бұрын

It is an epic game, isn´t it

@sarthaktrivedi1415 3 жыл бұрын

@Alex Moukala Tutorials, A big thanks Sir, You're incredible, i request you to make a new tutorial of rules and techniques of orchestration. Love from india, You teach in very smooth manner.

@sonyvegas1 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, man! :)

@Scaretale 7 жыл бұрын

Hey Alex, been following your tutorials for some time now and you're doing a great job! What are your computer specs though? Ram, harddrives, and computer model?

@Purv. 4 жыл бұрын

written in the description

@wowerman 4 жыл бұрын

Hi mate. Thanks for tutorial on articulations.Could you recommend inexpensive orchestral library for contact or vst ( strings mainly ) with good articulations?

@thejohncenafan100 7 жыл бұрын

Thx this was really helpful! Haven't watched the whole live stream but did you transcribe this by ear or did you used a score? And if u did transcribed it by ear, was your ear always this good?

@AlexMoukala 7 жыл бұрын

It was written by ear, yeah! I don't know if my ear is that good though, it's just that I've been composing completely by ear since day one, so more than a talent it's just the force of habit I'd say. :)

@athishayjain.m.k9257 5 жыл бұрын

sir i use logic pro.... do we have any articulation pluggins for display tq

@aakashr2101 5 жыл бұрын

You deserve 500K subscribers

@AlexMoukala 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@swainsonsecho5561 3 жыл бұрын

If you're trying to overlap or make chords with Sus Legato or Sus using BRSO articulate & metropolis ark 1 choir, I had to make them into 3 separate tracks. Even with the 'allow overlap' setting enabled on the BRSO plugin, only 1 sustain/sus legato voice would play in the chord.

@quinn9598 3 жыл бұрын

Very useful tip, I usually make multiple Leg patches via Kontakt using Lacrimosa (8dio) - makes it a _little_ more difficult, but ghost patterns in FL Studio are a great help for identifying where the voices should go within the chord.

@EminoMeneko 7 жыл бұрын

Very interesting one.

@HZIEI 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro

@KirillTheMetalMonk 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your tutorials,they are very helpful.What headphones do you use?

@AlexMoukala 7 жыл бұрын

Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro. ... I used Monster Beats before. haha.

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@ariefrachman7877 6 жыл бұрын

hi alex, im trying to learn your video from beggining and found some difficulty in this part. if i may ask how could you make "control > dynamic" in piano roll? because i only could edit it from BRSO tab

@sablesasquatchproductions6395 3 жыл бұрын

Right click and click on edit on piano role

@RomainPennesComposer 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Alex, this is very helpful as always. I can see that you use CS and Metropolis Ark. Do you use Metropolis Ark1 or 2? Or Both? I'm only using EW libraries at the moment, because of budget reasons. I would like to expand to other libraries. It's hard to pick one or two (i would like to have them all) because they are so costly :/ I've heard Berlin Brass is great as well. Have you tried it? Is it better than Metropolis Ark 1? The cost of these is too expansive :( I wish I had more money to help me have better VST and a more professional sound.

@AlexMoukala 7 жыл бұрын

I haven't tried that one but I think Berlin Brass, being a library that focuses completely on Brass, will be better than metropolis ark on that particular insturment family. However, Metropolis Ark 1 also includes strings, choir, percussion & band, which is a considerably versatile range of insturments. I personally only own metropolis ark 1 so far.

@RomainPennesComposer 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Alex.

@imdone8243 5 жыл бұрын

Hyrule field?

@imprblm9489 5 жыл бұрын

what do you think about the native instruments symphony series? they have sales I am struggling to buy it. Can you give me your opinion pls...

@Purv. 4 жыл бұрын

hey why ur patterns of some ghost articulation lines are like a line and others like mountain?is there different setting for that?

@ohaerianthony5991 Жыл бұрын

we miss you alex

@PebsBeans 2 жыл бұрын

21:15 this melody reminds me of a game...

@josephjebarajs3550 4 жыл бұрын

19:54 Zimmer be like : Hey Alex! Just my cellists right ?

@eatyouup9891 3 жыл бұрын

What do you think about "Ultimate Articulation Engine by ultimate midi plugin"? It looks good.

@CraigHinrichs 4 жыл бұрын

Why don't you use the F6+ keys to change the articulation? Do you? Or do you have each articulation as it's own instrument?

@Kaizeron 5 жыл бұрын

Nice tutorial as always, but I would have wished there is an option to assign articulations without keyswitches.

@smiley122688 7 жыл бұрын

hey alex how much do you spend composing every day/week and do you sometime feel like you have spent all your creative potential of the day? Because sometimes i do and i just have to stop because i'm not coming up with no more ideas and i'm just running in circles around what i've been composing for like 2 hours. Thank you for replying i've been following you for like a couple of weeks and i feel like it helps me more and more eventually!!

@AlexMoukala 7 жыл бұрын

It does happen. Sometimes you've got to think of productivity in terms of work done, and not hours spent. If you feel completely drained, there's no point spending that extra time just to procrastinate without making progress, that will just make you even more tired. Taking breaks is part of the job!

@hankcoook229 5 жыл бұрын

hey, how open this Articulation tool I dont know, and how can I link it with symphonic orchestra?

@AlexMoukala 5 жыл бұрын

www.syntheticorchestra.com/articulate/

@thevisi0naryy 6 жыл бұрын

Hey just wondering, what are you using for that sub sound?

@AlexMoukala 6 жыл бұрын

I think the sub in here was mostly made with Metropolis Ark's Low Strings Patch & Bass Trombones.

@skyfire3498 7 жыл бұрын

hello alex please please reply me what audio interface are u using?

@AlexMoukala 7 жыл бұрын

M-Audio M-Track Plus. I hope to change it soon though!

@skyfire3498 7 жыл бұрын

Alex Moukala hey brother thankyou for replying please can u let me know which one would you buy?

@Canqwertz1 Жыл бұрын

Why do you have always two instances of the same metropolis Ark Instruments. For example Trumpets Or Horns?

@benja303 5 жыл бұрын

How to Use Orchestral Articulations: To Deliver harmonies and melodies more effectively. Introduction: Articulations can split into 3 categories -Sustain -Short (Stacatto) -Transition (Tremolo etc) Sustained: Sustained Articulations give you way more rises and falls effectiveness. (To be continued)

@imdone8243 5 жыл бұрын

Add soungoodizer. Then another one: repeat till desired goal.

@excorific2205 4 жыл бұрын

how to access ARK's capsule??

@lukejansen3540 Жыл бұрын

Is this the zelda overworld theme?

@jattiprudhviraj4523 7 жыл бұрын

hi bro

@santojose4869 7 жыл бұрын

how can i get free epic drums like yours

@nilstarlight 5 жыл бұрын

Buy them :^)))))))

@JordanSteinagel 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like Zelda

@slap_my_hand 4 жыл бұрын

I guess beginners don't use a lot of articulations because they can't afford a good ibrary and are stuck with free options that only have legato and maybe staccato