Strings Divisi, Reverb - MIDI Mockups Tips and Tricks

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We continue this chat on how to improve midi mockups with a new couple of simple tips and tricks. Strings divisi and how to use reverb for positioning dry recordings in a hall
0:00 intro
00:13 strings divisi
1:32 chords
3:49 legato lines in harmony
7:54 reverb
14:23 out

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@pavelsabacky 3 ай бұрын

How did I miss this one! Thank you. You are in my top 5 fav composer youtubers!

@raymondspagnuolo8222 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful, thank you for posting.

@elchabonification 2 жыл бұрын

This channel is a gold mine. Thanks Mattia

@MattiaChiappa 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@eddiefranklin1446 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff. I love it. Thanks for being so generous.

@nathanmarshallmusic 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Extremely useful information! Thanks so much!

@joeldavidpalmer 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Very clear and useful.

@yvanroustan4426 2 жыл бұрын

Always very interesting ! thank you Mattia !

@MattiaChiappa 2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

@LongshanMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Reverb is what I find the most challenging. Thank you!

@MattiaChiappa 2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah man, reverb is hard 😅

@kappabravomusic2101 Жыл бұрын

Very nice and easy explanation. Cheers

@muddycube-theboringytchann9036 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@markdavenport2613 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the tips. Was experimenting with string libraries and was looking for a way to now have them sound like reverb slapped onto them.

@garygimmestad4272 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent and helpful! Thank you!

@MattiaChiappa 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks glad it helps!

@scottfoster3643 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic reverb tips!

@MattiaChiappa 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks glad it’s helpful!

@argentosthemepark 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! I'm working on a mockup of Williams Jurassic Park theme and he uses quite a lot of divisi (even splitting violas and cellos into three at certain points). Always having a bit of a struggle to make this work.

@grobinson9352 2 жыл бұрын

Very information. Thank you!

@MattiaChiappa 2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

@muziksculp2r 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. This was very helpful.

@MattiaChiappa 2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

@DavideBonfantino 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mattia, great video as always. :) What do you think about a video series about writing in different styles? Maybe regarding film scoring(action, adventure, romantic, thriller/horror etc…). Always dealing with melody, harmony, orchestration and the good stuff. I personally would find very interesting to see your process throughout maybe with explanations in subtitles and scores. How about that? :) Have a great day. 💫

@composeryadinmichaeli6272 Жыл бұрын

Hello there,thank you very much your channel is amazing and really helping

@danielbendshadler9479 2 жыл бұрын

Really appreciate your feedback on the divisi topic. Should help me fell somewhat less self conscious about sneaking in the occasional 48 violins.

@MattiaChiappa 2 жыл бұрын

😂

@sergioisone 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video again Mattia. I don't know if I missed it , or it wasn't mentioned in the video, but I noticed that you used CSS for the chords as oppose to BBCSO, (both which I love using btw) and of course CSS is a smaller recorded section, so I assume that helped towards recreating a better sound. I would like to ask if you would advise (or have indeed already done so yourself) mixing BBCSO and CSS together, only using CSS when creating chords?

@MattiaChiappa 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Sergio you got it on the other way around. I used BBC for chords and CSS for legato. Yeah I do mix them up all the time. I think they complement each other very well. I use BBC almost exclusively for chords now. I really like the sound of all the long patches, much more than CSS. Once again I’m not super concerned about ensemble size but you’re right, technically using CSS instead would be more appropriate since it’s a smaller group.

@paulthiebaut 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for addressing those two important subject Mattia ! Those explanations were quite helpful although I found the microphone example quite confusing when you talked about creating depth. Low frequencies are known to travel a lot further than high frequencies and our ears tend to associate low frequencies as wet and distant whereas high frequencies are associated to a close/dry sound... I believe Joel Dollié explains this pretty well in his videos as well.

@MattiaChiappa 2 жыл бұрын

I think you might have misinterpreted what Joel says. It doesn’t quite work like that 😅 Look up proximity effect. The closer you get to a mic the more bass you get, just like I show in the video. Try it yourself, it’s super easy and you can clearly hear it.

@paulthiebaut 2 жыл бұрын

@@MattiaChiappa Oh ok got it thanks ! I confused to different things as you were talking about closeness and I was talking about how frequencies are affected with a reverb so when the sound is distant which are two different things !

@lucasguillaneux7240 2 жыл бұрын

I juste discovered jour channel and I must say it's amazing I have a question, I'm a guitar player and I'm getting into composing so I started to transcribe orchestral pieces I love and put them into logic. And I can play a few notes at the time on the piano but I'm not familiar with playing chords on it yet. I think I've read that you studied guitar too, so how did you got into piano ? Did you take lessons, or just learned by yourself as you were transcribing ? thanks a lot, it's really motivating to watch your videos

@MattiaChiappa 2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t recommend what I did. Get a good teacher! The one things I feel is holding me back right now is me not being very good at the piano. I’m self taught and never really studied the instrument. I guess I’ve learnt by the past few years of composing and playing others music but I’m in a rough spot right now and developed really bad habits that constantly get in the way. Yeah, get a teacher, it’ll pay off in the long run. You’re a musician already and I feel like with good guidance it’s a much easier instrument than guitar, at least for your needs.

@lucasguillaneux7240 2 жыл бұрын

@@MattiaChiappa thanks for the answer ! 🙂

@tanglung4379 2 жыл бұрын

Hi , an instrument like drum behind others instruments have more or less early and late réflexion compar to guitar on front scene , what do u think about ? . Thanks .

@MattiaChiappa 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know exact science behind it but in theory the further away it is the more late reflections you get. If are interested in the topic I would do a google search on acoustics laws. You’ll find a ton of info and the exact science behind it

@tanglung4379 2 жыл бұрын

@@MattiaChiappa ok thanks for this .

@pseudomino3 Жыл бұрын

A question kinda unrelated to the video: how many gigabytes of ram does your template use? Great video, btw. I discovered your channel recently and I’m really enjoying the tips and techniques.

@MattiaChiappa Жыл бұрын

Hey! Thanks! I’m not sure. I load everything un-armed and load instruments gradually. With everything armed I think think it’s still less than 32 GB which is what my computer used to be equipped with

@pseudomino3 Жыл бұрын

@@MattiaChiappa Than you for answering! I’m planning to buy a new mac and I was wondering if 32gb is enough.

@Ahobakachan Жыл бұрын

@@pseudomino3 it's fine until you load the whole bunch of mics on each instrument. In this case even 64gb is too little

@rubenmolino1480 Жыл бұрын

A question Master, .... a string quartet! ..Is it better to compose it first on the piano...or directly try the composition from the beginning,...with the strings? ...what do you advise me?..........thanks in advance!

@MattiaChiappa Жыл бұрын

I sketch everything on piano no matter what ensemble the music is for. That’s what works for me though, there’s no right or wrong

@rubenmolino1480 Жыл бұрын

@@MattiaChiappa thank you very much Mattia .... as always a big hug!