Progression 7: Halo 3

Thanks. I enjoyed watching this and learning. Also thanks for showing a score at the end.

I really enjoyed this video. I found it incredibly helpful and inspiring. I was wondering if you could create a similar video analyzing the song "Over the Horizon 2015" by Samsung. I think it would be fascinating to see your approach to breaking down the melodies in that piece and how it can serve as a learning example.

Cubase is so user-unfriendly that we need tutorials like yours to find our way through the multitude of microscopic buttons and links. And how about that sh*tty small bar at the bottom? How do you make it disappear? It's always in the way and it seems to serve no purpose. Even when you think you've closed the program it's still there. Also, with every new version Cubase the volume seems to be getting lower. I have to crank up the speaker volume to hear anything at all. Having said this: thanks for your useful advice. Very much appreciated.

very helpful!

Always nailing it. Thank you

Just like bass drum and timpani, should we avoid playing too fast or complex rhythms on taikos and surdos? Or are they more similar to toms? Thanks for the videos that you make by the way, I always come back to them every now and then.

This is by far one of the greatest videos I’ve seen in the internet. Even though that intro had me confused for a second. Thanks dude.

Really interesting idea but are the F and G not unfairly weighted compared to the other notes, using this method? They only have three letters while the others have four. Is there a way to equalise the distribution across the full scale? Thanks

This is handy but why do these chords work? I see that many progress upward, and span grand sections of the keyboard. Should I look at the circle of 5ths for a clue?

okay this was a good explanation but i have 3 questions. How do you do diminished chords? What makes the difference between majors and minors other than being reversed formula? and how do scales exactly play a role in chords? I understand this is a lot, so i am sorry but please explain as fluidly and easily as possible.

sir if you play surdos and takos sound separately then much useful for us. Play all percussion separately then paly together. Because we are beginner it's hard to understand jombo sound.

I thoroughly enjoyed this, and as an aside, it sounds lit it would fit perfectly if dropped into the Fable series of games.

Thanks!

Thank you

Sorry, but you're talking about arpeggios more than ostinatos, especially Zimmer's.

This was super helpful. Someone pointed out the trailer for Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom has the theme in this mode. I could sense something different but your video helped me understand much better.

Paste at origin was very helpful tip for me

Found one in Bruno Mar's "Just the way you are" played with piano. 😊

THIS IS SUCH AN AWESOME TUTORIAL

This would've come in handy when I was 13yo and composing the sounds of hell

thanx for sharing

Is there by chance a a possibility to listen to the track you have composed in the latter part of the video (14:11-16:22)? It sounds super amazing! Thank you!

I really sad I cannot follow these lessons, for foreigners not native-eng-language is quite difficult follow, not eve with subtitles

Pure gold

Very well explained thank you

amazing tips, thanks your channel saves me alot of time, I learned tonnes from you!

amazing ty for this

Excellent vid: I like the way you described each instrument, its context and why you used it. I bought Fantasy Orchestra some months back and its an incredible package.

Wonderful tutorial!

3:30 Is this a pure MIDI composing/arranging tutorial, or fo you intent to be played by a real orchestra later? That cello part with those chors sounds great here, but, in a real orchestra would sound very "dirty" and "fat", and it would be necesary to delete maybe 1 or two voices for clarity and clean sound. You've got violas there. You can double cellos by themselves (cellos playing same notes low and high), and then, violas playing the notes you removed from cellos. Nevertheless, you are already doubling notes there by the double bases, so mmm... The piece works, but I think the sound resulting is very very split. Down, bass and cello make it sound very gross at the end, and on the upper parts, they sound very distant from the lower voices. I would be more balanced if celli and viola are modified.

Thanks! Great tips.

13:00 holy cow, everybody dings Cubase for the fact that the locators can be flipped the "wrong" way... I had no idea this had real functionality behind it!

Thank you. I like ostinatos . 😊. Play slow. Play fast. What a difference !

No midi inserts in Elements 😕

Hans Zimmer is more a great sound layering man than a great composer... He once said that himself. ;)

at timeline 1:30 is that horizontal piano found inside Cubase or another insert?

Excellent video. very many thanks

Coming from Studio One 6, I've been struggling with Cubase. Whereas my sample libraries install effortlessly into S1, I can't even get them into Cubase. Or if they're there, I can't find them.

I just love your vids, Man!

You are incredible!

I got a common problem in cubase, I use ASIO4ALL to record guitars, my guitar goes through a fender mustang gt amp and they say I need ASIO4all driver. Problem with that is that I get sound only in cubase. It's very annoying if i want to share screen and sound during a call as I can't do it. However in reaper I can with the default wasapi driver...

Thank you for the valuable tips, Simon!!! Cubase rules!!!!

Very useful, thanks!

Hi Simon. Been using nearly all of your tips, which I fully support and Stream Deck helped to speed up those shortcuts even more - best piece of hardware I've bought for years.. Regarding Tip 15 (Cycle Markers) I have found myself using the Arranger Track for the same purpose as you can also try out arrangement ideas before committing. Instead of the dummy track idea I use folders to organise the various sections and that kills two birds with one stone. Great video and really well presented.

thank you for this tutorial. I've been trying to figure out how to do these type of music since ages. Infact, cinematic music (videogame and prog metal too) is the reason why i started making music

I just learned how to do the multiple controller lanes about two weeks ago. A big game changer for me as I'm constantly going back and forth to adjust the CC1 dynamics.

Your my goto composition platform. I learn something from every one of your videos.

Dividing tracklist with dummy, auto track is a good tip for me visually. Thanks.