How To Mix Orchestral Music - Equalizers & Specturm Analyzers

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7 жыл бұрын

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@AlexMoukala 7 жыл бұрын

Libraries used & PC Specs: - Strings: Metropolis Ark 1, Cinematic Strings 2 - Brass: Metropolis Ark 1 - Choir: Metropolis Ark 1 - Percussion: Heavyocity Damage, Rhapsody Orchestral Percussion - DAW: FL Studio 12 - PC Specs: 3.4 GHz i7 CPU, 16GB RAM, 512 GB SSD + Extra HDD

@showdown2613 7 жыл бұрын

Good tutorial but I need help here. This may be a stupid question but I m planning to purchase CS2 and metropolis ark 1 libraries. I know that both of this libraries can be used in Kontakt Player. But will the sound be different compare to the full version of Kontakt? Will the sound be horrible? Because no way i can afford the full Kontakt version. I rather spend my money on libraries..

@AlexMoukala 7 жыл бұрын

IF they're compatible with both versions, the libraries should generally sound the same on both versions of Kontakt. Instead, if they're not compatible with Kontakt Player, you won't even be able to read them.

@showdown2613 7 жыл бұрын

Alright thank you

@JSBach-pd4yg 6 жыл бұрын

Alex Moukala and audio interface???

@user-ei5vs4sk2v 7 жыл бұрын

Those were the best 30 minutes and 27 seconds of my day.

@Huetete 5 жыл бұрын

I'm hyped now

@PWEST 7 жыл бұрын

This is one of the best channels I know :)

@DantheComicArtist 5 жыл бұрын

Man, what an amazing tutorial and an amazing piece of art you're making. This is gold, and it is exactly what i was looking for. Thanks, and keep up the great work!

@j.crivelli7906 7 жыл бұрын

...Can't wait for the next one! Thank you Alex!

@J-A-Music 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. How to use equalizer in orchestral music was one of my biggest questions. It helped a lot. I am looking forward to every new tutorial from you. Keep it up!

@eG3o 7 жыл бұрын

never thought of using a spectrum analyzer as a tool for orchestration, thanks for the tips!

@GravemossStudio 7 жыл бұрын

as always thank you so much for your videos!

@skyfire3498 7 жыл бұрын

always waiting for your video

@Ricardo-ns5hl 6 жыл бұрын

This explanation was GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@songainlover 6 жыл бұрын

You are a freaking genius, Alex~

@Sanguinegamingz 6 жыл бұрын

Even though there's so much to soak in, I always like visiting your channel for music knowledge. Rekindles the dream I had to being a composer for games and movies. Feels like home 😊

@marekdomagalamusic 6 жыл бұрын

Don't give up on it dude!

@alexandercortez1080 3 жыл бұрын

I love you

@MitchellBroom 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Alex, another great tutorial! ❤️

@HumanTouchArt 7 жыл бұрын

great tutorial i was looking forward for this mixing stuff i think mixing is very important and its hard to get a good tutorial on youtube this one was great :D hope you do one on compressor soon :D tnx !!! :)

@tondabucek 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Alex, great tutorial. I learned a lot. But I personaly like more the natural sound of the anvils. I guess it si more or less personal choise and of course the purpose you need them for.

@johnny711 3 ай бұрын

very nice videos alex. thanks a lot for the tuts. though i have to tell you that your works look super compressed some times i can clearly hear that. sometimes we have to rely on our ears too of course. also i've put many works on my daw metering with i.e span only to see lots of spikes. and i mean huge ost like glen stafford's for warcraft etc. some spikes are inevitable though the soundtracks are legendary. cheers.

@thesoundguysam5225 3 жыл бұрын

Can you explain how to mix orchestral sections and vocals? Would be of great help :)

@aLoudSi1ence 7 жыл бұрын

Indeed it's very helpful but where could one get the talent that you have!

@zayy6513 6 жыл бұрын

hey i love the video and was wondering what VST did you get for the dulcimer.

@hamzah6106 7 жыл бұрын

Rhapsody Orchestral Percussion, is that from Impact Soundworks?

@mahdiscoutsshakraa8956 5 жыл бұрын

Thx for ur effort, what is this epic track nams you work on. Advise please

@magistri4787 7 жыл бұрын

Hey Alex, love the guides. This one in particular came in really useful seeing as I'm really new and know very little about mixing itself. (I'm assuming this information can be transfered across DAWs?) I do have a question, though. You mentioned websites that help with the more cinimatic side of writing for orchestra. Do you know any sources (websites, KZfaq channels, etc.) that can help with the more classical side of things? I love both types of orchestra but I prefer the classical side a bit, but have yet to find a channel or website that covers it as well as your channel covers cinimatic orchestration. Was wondering where to start.

@AlexMoukala 7 жыл бұрын

I stumbled upon this guy just the other day, haven't checked out his channel but this video in particular seemed interesting and talks about that kind of thing, using John Williams as an example: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/itynZdh4r7KypHk.html

@magistri4787 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you. Will give it a look. :)

@salvatorepisano4078 6 жыл бұрын

Just found and love this channel. I have a request. No one on KZfaq has videos on this. Can you do arranging and scoring and mixing orchestral music in Metal songs. I know that a lot of it has to do with writing the orchestrals around the other instruments so that they don't interfere with the rest of the band. No one covers this and you'd be perfect for doing it. There's a lot of amazing orchestral music in Metal songs like Epica or Nightwish. Or listen to Symphony X: The Odyssey. It's an INCREDIBLE 30 Minute Symphony

@AlexMoukala 6 жыл бұрын

That's a pretty great subject actually. Maybe I'll try!

@Shadow-rq6lu 6 жыл бұрын

FFXV OST - Hellfire :P Nice track!!

@peshtiwarbotanimusic 5 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! I learned something! My mixing skills are so bad and this helps!

@JacobmbMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Alex! Do you EQ each instrument individually, or do you EQ Each Section as a whole? I feel like the mix is muddy for me if I do not give each instrument it's own EQ, and if I only EQ each BUS, it seems like I'm not getting rid of all of the mud. Do you have any thoughts here?

@yurianvise1672 4 жыл бұрын

I think it's important not to sound unnatural and fake in the and. If it's sounds good then is good mate ! Break the freaking rules

@DR-zf8qy 3 жыл бұрын

@@yurianvise1672 Generally speaking, It might sound good to you, but for someone professional with more experience it might not sound good, unless you have trained ears, So you should aim for more precision and get better at it for your own good imo.

@varunm.s5597 7 жыл бұрын

Hey Alex,why do you use tempo automations on each section. Btw Great tutorial.Thanks for sharing knowledge.Much respect sir.

@AlexMoukala 7 жыл бұрын

Oh that's just something I do, so if I isolate a group of tracks in the FL Playlist, they still follow the tempo automation.

@botondfilo745 6 жыл бұрын

How do I set up SPAN in cubase to see the frequency range of all Instruments at the same time (like in Alex's videos)?

@AlexMoukala 6 жыл бұрын

Just open the instance of SPAN on your mixer's Master channel.

@botondfilo745 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your quick response! It took me some time because I have never done anything besides adding vsts and recording but I finally managed to do it. Thank you again :)

@pedambr199 6 жыл бұрын

thank god cubase has an eq with the spectrum analyzer built in

@iggswanna1248 7 жыл бұрын

alex how are you mate?

@emanuel_soundtrack 2 жыл бұрын

you are teaching mixing or mastering?

@newrockorder 6 жыл бұрын

Too nervously fiddling around with the mouse, makes me nervous too

@D3NXIE 5 жыл бұрын

28:45 > 28:55 is this OCD?

@TheMindCrushGroup 6 жыл бұрын

But this is not how you would treat a real orchestra. This is just a cinematic brickwall using orchestral instruments, not an orchestra. Why not try and mix something like Debussy's La Mer? Or Mahler'6th Symphony? That is the real deal.

@AlexMoukala 6 жыл бұрын

FYI, this is a mockup based on how they wrote the original "Hellfire" cue from Final Fantasy XV, which while it was not composed by Mahler and is very different from the classical style, it is one of the few tracks on the score written mostly with a REAL orchestra if I'm not mistaken. Here's what it sounds like: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fLqBZcmourXclWQ.html That aside, I personally like the "brickwall" orchestra sound way more than the very classical one like Debussy etc. It's a different kind from those classics, but still pretty much orchestral music.

@magdiel6709 6 жыл бұрын

TheMindCrushGroup Of course it isn't how you would treat a real orchestra, the whole point of cinematic orchestral music is to seem larger and more dramatic than traditional orchestral music, much like how live-action films are very dramatic, stylized interpretations of realistic situations.

@emanuel_soundtrack 2 жыл бұрын

find the tracks and give them to me, i mix it live for you