Hey! Have you tried Ambient from Audio Modeling for placing groups of instruments in the same room? What is your opinion on it?

Hi Vince, wow! This really shows how accomplished your writing skills are, it’s impressive how you sing the line then instantly play it . I am sure you have mentioned it before but could I ask which breath controller you are using? I have just been asked what I want for Christmas 😊 Thanks

Man I can do this with guitar layers anytime but your keyboard/ string work is just awesome! Great arranging and harmony skills! Thanks for another great video!

That is über useful, cheers Vince.

Another great one. It’s interesting to see different workflows.

Nice to hear a review that has such good information AND such tasteful demo improvisations ! Great work :) As rewarding as those instruments look to play, they are VERY expensive for something that isn't quite good enough to sit in recordings unless it is concert with something else. If they could just hold up a bit better in the real world it would be amazing, but I think we're not quite there yet. Coupla revisions down the line though - these could be incredible, and a viable replacement for those 100 GB libraries !

Holy shit my guy. This is why I love this channel so much. Not only do I find your advice super useful, but you are also an amazing composer. Not every teaching channel is like this. Some may talk a lot and give their opinion, but many or most lack the skill to back it up. Thanks for sharing your music!

Amazing! Please do more of these kind of videos. This is very inspiring for a beginner. You have a talent for education.

Good stuff Vince!

Very disappointing it doesn't work with Track Stacks.

Finally someone else that uses this killer show/hide group feature! I only use track stacks for drum/percussion kits. Also, I use numbers 1-9 without modifier keys for quicker flow. Thx for the video I learned a trick or two as well!!!

Super useful stuff. Thanks for sharing

23:10. Agreed. It's a good library but I still find it a fiddle. I know their philosophy on this but the latency can get in the way. I find the Classic version a little easier to use. Excellent series, Vince.

Just catching up, Vince. Thumbs up on the 'sketching patch' technique. I seem to recall that CSS consider the marcato patch to be a sort of quasi performance patch but it lacks the biting attack of the short/long combo. Excellent burst of frenetic playing in there :).

Thanks! This workflow thing for me has been a recent point of experimentation for me so this video is on point! I use hide empty tracks but hadn't though of the hide/show groups rather than having to blast open ALLL the groups to grab the other instrument per your example. Good call!

I guess the most we can do for this extremely valuable content other than liking and subscribing is to write a nice comment: THANK YOU!

Oooo only a few minutes in but this is gold. Thank you ♥️

Great content!

Nice episode!

Would you consider the combination of keeping all the notes on the grid and applying tempo changes (tempo track) too restrictive in your workflow?

gorgeous man

bro you're really ignoring the incredible marcato patch in the css library

where do you get that breath controller?

Well dude you can play…period

Beautiful beautiful

The breath bite midi controller was new to me, what a great idea! it is outside my budget limits ATM but definitely something to add to my wish-list. Thanks for sharing your method!

Really cool video Vince!

Thank you for your great videos. The solo blending in the first part of your video is very informative! I use to do that with the Joshua Bell’s on top, which also ends nicely blended. Keep your great job! 🙂

Playing fast lines requires low latency. I use a weighted Arturia 88 key interface that coupled with even minimum latency makes performing fast lines feel sluggish. Can you share what audio interface you are using? Is it connected to a hub or directly to your computer? I have a super fast computer with 96 gb of RAM and an incredibly fast hard drive, but now I’m trying to identify a new interface-

Great video 👌 Concerning your Logic theme, I’d like to know too😅 looks like a protools skin… did you use LP colorizer ???

Amazing video Vince! =) I like the darker theme of your Logic project, and the more highlighted transport and measure numbers. How did you change it into this?

To my ear is that players often sound way too accurate and co-ordinated? Does it have a humanise control (ie for detune, start time, end time, etc)?

For this kind of material I would use the matcato patch in CSS, there's a specific reason you prefer to use a combination of sustains and shorts?

Just discovered your excellent channel (thanks to the vagaries of the YT algorithm). Loving the content - really speaking my musical language. With special reference to using a breath controller, I feel duty-bound to mention the exceptional SwarPlug4 VSTi from Swar VST. This is a wholly Indian-developed set of traditional Indian instruments and percussion for VSTi. Crucially - and this cannot, imo, be over-emphasized - it contains the absolute best Bansuri Indian bamboo flute I have ever come across in virtual instrument form. This is a thing of real beauty (talk about 'the sound of India') - and it was developed specifically with excellent breath control (although it also performs admirably and convincingly without). I'm gonna go out on a limb and assert SwarPlug4 is one of the very best VSTi's I have ever risked a purchase on. SwarPlug4 comes with a multitude of traditional Indian instruments (plucked, bowed, blown, etc), many featuring breath control support. Also a ton of percussion - all the beautiful Indian drums one might ever need). All are very high quality and invite the player to dig down and wrestle with technique. Many example loops (in MIDI form) are provided with expression intact - mostly traditional ragas for illustrative purposes. The software has a massive library of traditional scales for correct regional tunings, etc. But the Bansuri - this is the absolute star of the show for me. Hauntingly evocative (with a tasteful reverb applied - all instruments are supplied 'dry' by default) - and worth every penny of my investment. I haven't yet purchased a breath controller (Swar has some demo videos of the Bansuri being used with a BC, btw) but I am keen to do so shortly - specifically for this library. Anyone making ambient, cinematic, 'fourth world', or even traditional orchestral music might discover in SwarPlug4 a rich, diverse, high-quality library of amazing possibilities.

You have given me the freedom to stop fiddling! I typically obsess over the articulations endlessly. Thank you!

Tuning. Tuning. Tuning. 12 tone equal tempered strings will never sound like real strings because real string players always "dynamically" retune their melodies and chords. They actually don't play within the constraints of strict cold 12 tone equal temperament imposed by machines.

Great tip on combining the long and short patches for sketching. I normally sketch using either the SA Solo strings "Total Performance" patch or Virharmonic's Bohemenian Violin for that. But, obviously the down fall is that they're both solo strings and not sections, so it can be an extra step or not entirely representative of the sound I want to achieve. Thanks, mate.

do you sell midi for strings arrangement? I would purchase them!!!

good tuff Vince! How exactly are you splitting the midi data between both cc 1 and cc11? Is that only available with the TEC controller that has bite and breath? Or are you setting it up in the DAW? Im not seeing that option with my BC (no bite).

Hi Vince! Great video. I very much enjoy watching your videos while coding my own tracks down. Makes time pass a lot quicker. :)

gratitude for this video, could you pass me information about the midi controller with the breath? genius

Cheers Vince! First time on your channel and instantly subscribed. Very nice peek at your composing process. I'm very fond of this no-nonsense approach. Thanks again and looking forward to more of your videos!

Thank you very much for sharing your approach! It makes me rethink how I could improve my workflow when it comes to mockups. I'm learning how to do mockups and the struggle is real haha What would be your go to library for small ensemble or soloist? Great video Vince! can't wait for part 2!!

Sir.. what is that midi gadget that helps you to "blow" midi parms?

Very helpful video, thanks. Everyone of us has its own workflow, when it comes to the dynamics. What I noticed is, that you give the instruments a basic dynamics shape with the breath controller. But afterwards you adjust these values. I am doing the opposite. I record every instrument "flat", without any dynamic changes and draw afterwards my bezier curves for the modulation and expression. I can also recommend Art Conductor for an easy way to set the right articulations. But of course, everyone can do that in the way, which works best.

very nice, thank you for the guide 😁

Very nice video, thank you !!!

Thanks, this video was very helpful ❤

Yes I also play in real time and use a traditional standalone multitrack . Ensemble patch then overlay with legato and blend . Vst still isn't right really

You should try Chris Hein Solo Strings. I made a reproduction of one of his samples he sent me. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqCldISpl7WdgZYsi=lIvEtO8OhCPaT2vM