This is gonna be soooooo cooooooooooool!

Thanks and excellent video Paul. Excited to see what other videos you create!

"acting like a midi compressor" is a wonderful analogy to understand the relative use of dynamics and expression! thanks for this video Mr. Thomson

Been looking all over the internet for this! Thanks so much !

You are an excellent teacher, thank you so much for this great tutorial!

So glad you have your own channel now. Let's get to learning. Thank you!

Really excellent Paul! Your illustrations are fantastic. Your ideas even penetrated my thick skull! Looking forward to more.

Unreal. This has helped so much!

This is exactly what I was looking for, thanks.

Really great to see the Physis K4 as the controller. Marvelous keyboard, and I see how much I’m underusing mine. Jewel

Thank you so much Paul - very useful video!

So excited to see you joining the vlog world!

Amazing content. Exactly what I was looking for. Legendary.

Thanks Paul! I've been struggling with this myself lately, especially how to transition into and out of the CC automation. Very helpful and lots of food for thought 👍🏻

the difficulty to this skill is understated! Im thankful to find some guidance and tips in this video!

Yaay!! Good to see your on your own channel.

dude you're one of best, that simple, but ingenious tricks like "expression kinda follows volume" makes such a big difference, I would've never guessed myself merci merci merci :D

This is extremely helpful. Especially, the difference between Dynamics (CC 1) and Expression (CC 11) and how to manipulate them naturally are extremely important for MIDI composers for making realistic mockups. Thanks so much, Paul!

Excellent stuff, can’t wait

Thank you so much Paul! This is exactly what I need right now.. it is easier for me to draw than to play or I can control only dynamics while playing.. need to practice

Fantastic! Im so happy that we have two different sources of great musician advice now! Subscribed and i hope to see more!

Paul,, I have really appreciated your musically intuitive demonstrations on the Spitfire Library videos. I"m glad you're now doing your own personal channel. Cheers

This is an amazing tutorial. Thank you!

Awesome. Thanks for taking the time to create this channel.

Happy this day has come! Looking forward to learning from you, Paul

Fantastic. Thank You Paul. This is what I really love about Spitfire. Thanks Paul and Christian putting time into these valuable nuggets. Looking forward to more of these.

Brilliant video, Paul! Great tips. 😁👍🏻

Great to see you here Paul, excited for the upcoming content!

Great to see you on here Paul!

Welcome to KZfaq! Look forward to watching your channel grow.

I've struggled with the concept of cc controlling, and the big feedback I've had from submitted to various libraries is the expression not being quite there. Your description, however, has just utterly clicked with me. Watching your physicality whilst playing, as well, has completely demonstrated how I to do it. I'm not classically trained in any sense, but I get this utterly, it's like a dance. Thank you so, so much. I can't wait to get in front of my DAW later

Hi Paul, thank you so much for sharing these tips. I'm just starting out with Albion One and have been looking for help on Midi CC to create realism in my music. Thanks and now time to practice with the sliders!

Hi Paul, same here :D I am Super Happy, that you started this Channel, Looking forward to follow you around!

I have ALWAYS believed, as you do, that it is important to catch as much realism as possible in the initial recording rather than after the fact with drawing, etc. Great to hear that a Sensei is reinforcing this newbie's take on it...

Just great! Thanks!

Nice one Paul, wish I'd had this when I had my first library. Nice tip on catching the attack, something I'll try and do more

Thanks for doing this Paul.

OH my gosh! That was SO helpful!

Thank you Paul! This was very helpful to see how you used all four cc at the same time and explained in detail of how it affects the instrument listening experience! This kind of in depth explanations take long time to figure out yourself so thank you again for doing this! All the best!

Thanks Paul. Just the issue I was struggling with as I start using Symphonic Strings fro Spitfire.

Great and helpful video, thanks for this! By the way, Studio Strings is one of the greatest string libraries i have ever heard, in my humble opinion. Very organic and natural sound! Especially the legato patches! I also like these individual patches, very gentle to the RAM managment. For legato, i use the same Fader for vibrato and dynamic control very often, so the vibrato ,,follows " the dynamic sound. Greetings from Germany :)

Glad to see you’ve started a channel Paul. These kind of tutorials are really helpful. Would love to see more in depth tips and tricks with libraries. Specifically less well known techniques or avante garde approaches to sample libraries that help stretch our composer minds on what these libraries could be made to do. Practical tips for working faster/more efficiently etc. Musings on the industry too. I know Christian has covered some of this; but different/more perspectives and workflows would be great. I think most of us in the YT community are looking to broaden our minds and approaches with our music making. Anything that does that is solid gold. Cheers 🙂

Great job, Paul; very useful. Thanks for doing this! I sold keyboards for 16 years; hadn’t heard of Physis piano, although we did have Viscount/Oberheim drawbar organs (90s). Looking forward to more of your videos!

Thanks so much Paul.

Thanks for sharing this.

Terrific. Thank you!

Another option is recording the CC with MIDI overdub mode. Then you play first and add the CC in a second pass.

As I'm new to the Spitfire libraries, this was the single aspect I've been most worried about. How to make these libraries come alive the like SA demos. High value. More, please!

Great job, Paul, and wonderfully clear and precise, as always. I love that Physis keyboard you're using. Too bad they don't ship to the USA. Keep up the great work, both you and Christian and your team. Go Spitfire! ; )

Hi Paul, Can't wait to follow your content. Really enjoyed your Vlog on christians channel!

So psyched you launched your own channel! You know I’m your biggest fan right?! 😉

INCREDIBLE ! I've listened to a ZILLION vague KZfaq tutorials on "realism" and NEVER heard this kind of detail as to how its actually achieved. Thank you SO MUCH Paul for sharing your artistry so selflessly. One thing I wonder about is, with FOUR controllers, can you (e.g. mere mortals) only control a few, and then on a second pass, diddle with the other two. Or is it all baked in the cake with the single pass.

This is a hiddem gem. Thank you

Amazing video Paul! Super excited to see another legend on KZfaq!

Great. Have just bought Spitfire Symphonic Woodwinds and would greatly value you taking us through that product in the same way as you have with this one in this excellent video.

Nice to see you; I can always use tips and tricks with sample libraries.

Hey Paul! Excited to see you start up your own channel with tutorials and vlogs documenting your journey as a composer & business owner :)

Great video!

Amazing to get what seemed like such a mystery sorted in a few minutes . Thanks Paul. I can't seem to find a controller that is separate from a keyboard though.. one that is between my keyboard and the Rubix 22 I use to connect to the iMac and LogicProX.

Thank You 🙏🙂

Very useful.

Great job

Great tutorial, thanks, also a fan of Christian Henson.

How come I didn’t see this channel before? Bell button pressed maestro

Hi Paul, There is another way to do this...one I've just started to experiment with...using a Leap motion controller to control your CC messages. It is similar, in a way, to using a Theremin. It takes a bit of getting used to, but it is an expressive way to play in the data and I'm having fun exploring the technique. Great to have contributions form you on your own Channel on KZfaq...looking forward to what you have coming up Terry :-)

Right On!

Great video man, I'd love a follow up where you show us the CC curves of one of your completed pieces

Thanks for starting up your YT channel, Paul, really appreciate it! Also, thanks for showing different MIDI CC techniques, the "coming into a musical phrase" really is crucial, I believe. Can we expect a similar video for brass and woodwinds? I remember that in your SSB walkthrough video you advised not to apply Expression, or it would make the brass sound too sinthy

Thank you for this useful lesson. Would you be able to do something similar with woodwinds or brass instruments?

How to bring out the magic in your samples explained, thanks Paul.

What I miss is those mock-ups you used to do on the Spitfire channel, so I would love to see you take one of your compositions and do a mock-up from scratch, maybe a series? Cheers man!

You missed the possibility of playing in the midi cc after the fact of recording the notes i.e. not having to draw in... unacceptable lack of attention to detail! Just kidding... watched your reverb video, probably the best video I have ever seen on reverb with an anechoic recording to boot... very cool. Really enjoying these videos... welcome to the fray. Whether you are more cleverer than Christian as he claims remains to be seen though ;O)

Very, very useful video indeed! Some major jigsaw pieces right there, definitely going to be applying these tips in future. Also fantastic to see that you've started your own channel. If I could add my own suggestions for content, as a fellow BT fan, I'd love to know if/how his music has influenced your own work. Who are your biggest musical influences and who would you suggest for an 'essential listening' list? Also, any information on the business side of being a composer would be much appreciated.

Thank you for this. When you say that 'by boosting the level' you can hear the effect of expression at pp. How do I set this on BBCSO Pro please?

Great video, thank you! If you could, in the near future, make a similar kind focusing on Midi CC for Brass, that would be awesome. Cheers!

Thanks Paul. Really useful tips. I’d love to see how you go about constructing a track next. Do you start from scratch or do you use a template? Every professional sportsperson has a coach and if you could be the coach to composers on this channel that would be incredibly helpful and motivational. Thanks again!

Hi Paul, Great to see you on your own channel. Great first video. Would love to hear about your favourite plug-ins? I remember you using Blackhole in another video. Looking forward to watching more, Cheers, Patrick :)

Does anybody know if the korg nano studio will work with assigning cc’s in spitfire libraries like expression, dynamics, tightness in Logic Pro? Thanks

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Hey Paul, thanks for being willing to share your expertise with the community. Subscribed and will be watching ALL the content you release, just like Christians' vlog!

useful? oh, yes. please more!

Please, if i play with both hands and dont have possibility to control also controlers, can i use them like automation afterwards during playback of recorded track and hear the modulation at the same time? Thx!

Something I would be very interested in would be to see how you put together, for example, a section of Strings and how you go about this using articulations on separate tracks because it always feels like I am building music and it can become very finicky going between different String shorts on different tracks. Also there's the use of TM patches for variation. To be honest, I have a ton of questions so I'll just stop here and hopefully not being incredibly annoying! Haha!

Paul great vid…I have just got a Neova MIDI Ring Controller..and am trying to workout which cc’s to use for best effect..on strings..please can you look at it.. I think you will be impressed. I just want to understand which midi cc’s thanks

Thank you Paul. Im just about to buy a new midi controller, especially for string arrangements and piano and what has to be my last keyboard. My patient wife of 50 years has given the go ahead, but the following purchase has to be jewelry. Loved the tutorial and can you tell me if you are happy with the feel of the bed when playing piano? regards,Chas

Hi Paul. I just recently bought Spitfire Studio Orchestra and am still struggling to make the samples sound musical so thanks for making this video. I noticed that you're using a built-in controller on your keyboard in this video but this keyboard isn't available here in Indonesia. Would you mind recommending me a controller from more popular brands (Akai, Korg, Behringer)?

What would you say is the best expression to use on short phrases? Spiccato, staccato, quick legato lines etc.

Very helpful, Paul! What's your keyboard again? I didn't quite get the name.

Love the video - someone's finally speaking to what I need to do thank you! Now I just need to learn how actually to connect the Spitfire (BBCO Pro) sounds to the keyboard. And do you have an opinion about a keyboard with aftertouch as an addition to sliders? Sorry to bother with questions but you're the guy!~ WG

I was told to contact Spitfire about technical problems with assigning controllers to faders to control expression etc, but it's more to do with the one thing I haven't learnt yet because of not having faders available to control with, and draw the information into the midi regions like modulation that already works because I use a Fantom X8. Maybe a video can be done on how to achieve this so I can sleep at night and happy. Or would I need to contact the team to get tech help? Not sure if I need a certain midi cc controller to control spitfire audio libraries. After rambling on because I come from an analogue background this is the one thing that I've struggled to grasp thinking it was the same as learn assignments but only got as far as finding out that it's midi cc assignment for controlling the various parameters described in this video.

I am just a simple keyboard player, who only plays piano and synthesizers on my iPad. How can I use CCs. What do all complicated abbreviations stand for?

Also I noticed that you use a separate device to control dynamic, expression, etc.. what is it?

I won't underestimate CC11 anymore. ;-)

Hi guys: My problem is this: I spent years and years, just creating lines on the fly Musically all for naught I’ve finally gotten more serious about orchestral scoring So I’ve been writing in Sibelius. Writing the best music of my life But I love the sounds from BBCSO.. Better than note performer, which I use with Sibelius I want to merely import my midi score into logic loaded with BBCSO samples And use expressions, articulations and dynamics that I written in from Sibelius Will be BBCSO express these?? I’m hoping without a whole lot of tweaking Thanks in advance!

What are those headphones?

May I ask, what is that mic you are using for this video?

Great tip about note starts. I’m surprised that neither you nor Christian use a foot controller (there are some really nice ones out there). With the right foot for the sustain pedal, the left foot has nothing to do. Might as well put it to work. ;)

Are you a string player by any chance. Paul?

Helpful vid. I am in the ridiculously tricky position of having the Symphonic collection in the basket, but am having trouble committing the thick end of £2k - this tutorial vid didn't help my cause!!! Sorry, kids... porridge this month...

ООО🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎