Buyer's Guide to the Metropolis Arks

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[@cloudgainsbourg]

9:25 Ark 1 summary 28:28 Ark2 summary 39:48 Ark 3 summary 49:02 Ark 4 summary

[@aktube4222]

"gotta catch 'em all", said I, hours before going broke

[@SaminYasar31]

Lmao underrated xD

[@montauksound1186]

So, here's what I got. MA1 : Sounds good and will help my music change so I should buy it. MA2 : Sounds good and will help my music change so I should buy it. MA3 : Sounds good and will help my music change so I should buy it. MA4 : Sounds good and will help my music change so I should buy it.

[@soosenschein1928]

Oh boi will I be broke

[@gladiusso]

"Not everyone knows exactly which Metropolis will suit their sounds" Well that's why I got all of em

[@JohnValhallaMusic]

Some string shorts. HS: A1 6:43 A2 23:24 A3 30:14 A4 47:49 LS: A1 7:46 A2 24:38 A3 30:36 A4 48:01

[@rowegardner9673]

The track you did at the end of #2’s presentation was absolutely beautiful.

[@akcel1211]

Mister Pelizzari, You are officially recognised for the public utility ! Thank you so much for your very good work :)

[@hadrianmyers]

It must have taken considerable effort to produce an overview of products this broad that still feels focused on important distinctions. All that and a quality John Morris tribute! Excellent and helpful video, thank you.

[@BlackDragonAJ89]

Honestly a nice little walkthrough and overview of what these collections do, and especially useful since the recent addition of Ark 5 and the whole collection being one big bundle now. Especially in regards as to what "sound" each one is aimed at in a straightforward fashion. Which was especially useful for me because outside of Ark 2, I didn't see a reason to invest into the entire collection. After all, I don't want to copy John Williams or be LOUD with my stuff.

[@SteveBardenComposerAuthor]

I’ve had each of these volumes since their release. It’s nice to have a refresher considering how much content is available. Great job on the presentation!

[@akhilvashist1339]

0:23 METRO ARK 1 10:45 METRO ARK 2 30:12 METRO ARK 3 40:54 METRO ARK 4 YOU'RE WELCOME :)

[@TheGrimpreacher777]

@ACE YT thanks for that! really helpful ...

[@WeDoLoveU]

That's really helpful. Thanks

[@keisaboru1155]

help i heard the whole thang and i'm not happy xDDD

[@Kolinu2]

This is superb. Such a helpful content guide. Thank you Cory.

[@ClicStudio]

I’m certainly going to buy one of these one of these days but for now I’m here for the demos! You’re so good!

[@AlonsoJoaquinComposer]

Hi bestieeeee

[@ClicStudio]

@@AlonsoJoaquinComposerhiiii

[@secretreleases]

The quality of this content is beyond the scale.

[@MyONyXilyx]

5:30 spiderman intensifies

[@jerrynkumu]

Why did I feel like I heard all the video games scores I listened to growing up? You know im not lying 😂 Aight let me get my credit card...

[@AntonyCannon]

"Copy John Williams", he says... Recreates Spaceballs theme. Oh love :)

[@BluemountScore]

better buy all four just to be safe ;)

[@ytb917]

great demo. these products are expensive, so it is helpful to hear extensive and methodical demonstrations like this.

[@Vegan_Kebab_In_My_Hand]

Damn it they're just too good! One day, all of you, in my possession. I sure hope so.

[@ricgus3]

49:25 ah the old classic "Raiders of the lost Park wars!"

[@apocryphal_man]

+1 for the Space Balls theme

[@ArcanaShift]

This video helped me a lot. Thank you !

[@simplesa3d434]

Wonderful video as usual mr cory!!

[@snowleopard9749]

Great demo, enjoyed the mini tracks, though I think the 'full' demo tracks and discussion about the libraries could have been better at the start of the video!

[@santhomas1281]

10:16 (MA1) 21:00 (Piano)

[@cubicdalek8607]

Great demo. Fantastic vsts. Sooooo disappointed OT leaved Kontakt....SIne....pfffffffff.....

[@Taronites]

Do I sense a hint of disdain for the 4th one? 😂 ...great work, though, really. Thanks for doing all this!

[@다니엘킴]

its AMAZING VIDEO❤❤

[@RobbyWanKenoby]

08:57 John Williams

[@41Fingers]

well done

[@alexjevincent]

Interesting you don't like the Ark 1 drumkit - this demo made me instantly impressed with it (the choirs and pianos also) - I already own Berlin Brass, Woodwinds and Glory Days and wanted a drumkit in the same room, but I can appreciate the lack of sampling depth. What kit library would you recommend instead for that scoring stage kind of sound? As ever, all the micro-compositions you've done here show an immense amount of work and talent. The Ark 2 organ and piano moments were especially wonderful. Thank you for making these demonstrations. I hope you had fun playing with all the instruments!

[@CoryPelizzari]

My favourite wet drums are Alive Underground Drums. You can get them for dirt cheap at Kontakt Hub and they're really deep sampled.

[@Breakbeat90s]

buyers guide for spitfire albion series pls make it happen!!! :)

[@CoryPelizzari]

That'll cost about AUD $3000. I have moths in my wallet at the moment.

[@paulackerman2800]

Thanx for your great videos ! could you make a video about the use of major 7ths and minor 7th add 9 chords...

[@CoryPelizzari]

I'm trying to come up with something that will be helpful and entertaining when it comes to chords, but right now I'm actually focusing on putting together a huge midi pack with chords, arpeggios and rhythms...

[@paulackerman2800]

@@CoryPelizzari Extra !

[@adownbeatexegete1549]

How did you use one instance of each to make all of those tracks? Sorry, I'm new to recording.

[@imazi643]

Would love to hear your thoughts on some of Orchestral Tools' other libraries, especially the Time and Berlin series.

[@CoryPelizzari]

That's gonna take a lot of money.

[@imazi643]

@@CoryPelizzari no rush of course! Just if you end up purchasing any at some point it would be interesting to compare whatever one you get with similar libraries you already own

[@typowyjanusz-jz8ss]

EPIC BAM BAM !!!!

[@VoidloniXaarii]

Omgggg yeayyy!

[@hasankaya9209]

Metropolis ark 3 Which Kontakt library for Mac OS it is running. I have contact 6.0.3 but it doesn't work here. can you help please

Wow I need the full song starts at 40:26 Cory, do you have a full version of it? Would be awesome.

[@CoryPelizzari]

It's just a snippet I came up with for the video.

@@CoryPelizzari oh I see :( thank you anyways. You are awesome!

[@snarf1504]

21:22 how do I learn to play like this? (simple, dreamy 7th chords style or whatever it's called)

[@CoryPelizzari]

Practice scales musically and use a lot of Major 7ths and Minor 7th add 9 chords. Play the scales for one note, then start transposing down a note until you learn how to comfortably play the scales and chords for each root note. Then alternate between the majors and minors for different root notes.

[@snarf1504]

@@CoryPelizzari So in the end are you "riffing" in the scale of the root of chord you are playing in, or with some kind of tonal center in mind?

[@CoryPelizzari]

@@snarf1504 I'm just free playing what comes to mind, but I tend to lean towards major 7ths and minor 7th add 9 chords, so I tend to play arpeggios in those scales moving up and down freely and switching between root notes, like C minor 7th add 9 down to G# major 7th, then F minor 7th add 9 to G major with minor 7th add 9 etc. It's a style I feel comfortable with. I feel I'm going to have to make a video on this at some point...

[@snarf1504]

@@CoryPelizzari That would be lovely :)

[@Utkarshn]

Cory Pelizzari this makes so much of sense. Thank you for sharing 😊🙏🏼

[@jetlag1488]

9:57 bleh

[@user-jq7hh5gx8u]

hi, does anyone know how to make the velicity depend on the speed of pressing a key on the midi keyboard, and not (or not only on) the position of the modulation wheel? Sorry for my Eng, not a native speaker)

[@tobylangton-gilks1858]

Can we have one of your detailed comparisons between Metropolis 1 and 8Dio Majestica/8W? Thx

[@alexandrebaroni1057]

Hi Cory. Great as usual. Can you do a review for the new Drumatic Creator from In Session Audio please?

[@CoryPelizzari]

Already got an NFR heading my way, the video should be up next Thursday.

[@alexandrebaroni1057]

Thanks.

[@alexandrebaroni1057]

@@CoryPelizzari You are the best.

[@simonleesax4788]

Hey Cory hope you’re well. I was thinking of buying the strings High and low as separates for mockups as I don’t have any string ensemble patches do think this is a wise choice considering the pair are just over £$€ 100 or do you have another in mind ? I took your advice and bought the Cinematic studio winds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@CoryPelizzari]

The high and low strings are good and you'll get your money's worth. Not exactly a bargain, but they'll work well for shorts and legatos if you just want some strings without committing to a whole string collection.

[@simonleesax4788]

Cory Pelizzari thanks mate.

[@davidvalens3337]

if you could only buy 2 if them which one would it be

[@AlonsoJoaquinComposer]

With 3+4 you get an insane amount of content, 4 is pretty niche though so maybe 3+2, or 3+1 if you only plan on going super mega hyper loud

[@azariahco]

Hi Cory, Is it worthy to buy the men and women choirs of metropolis ark 1 and ark 2 if I already own Freyja and Wotan?

[@CoryPelizzari]

Maybe Ark 2, because they're mellower.

[@simplesa3d434]

I have a 8gb ram with an I5 mobile cpu, would this be enough for metropolis ark 1???

[@CoryPelizzari]

Yeah but it would be best to use one mic position at a time, especially if you're going to have multiple patches loaded up.

[@simplesa3d434]

I am planning on using the close mic and using my own reverb settings, thank you so much for the answer!! I am also upgrading so I should just get this beast of a library

[@AlonsoJoaquinComposer]

​@@simplesa3d434I highly recommend using the main tree mic if that's the case, you won't get really good results with the close mics only unless you are going for the uncanny OG demon souls sound

[@sasufreqchann]

even tho its good, i am not convinced . Or is it overpriced ?

[@CoryPelizzari]

They are expensive. Most of Orchestral Tools' stuff is.

[@therealrussellsmyth]

To my ears , definitely not over priced. Haven’t heard better libraries , (don’t have a dog in the fight, just my honest opinion

[@user-dr7mr6hr3v]

Hello! I have a question. How did you specify the track color in Studio One? My Studio One doesn't come with color like you do. Did you download the file separately?

[@CoryPelizzari]

Go into Studio One options and go to "advanced" and under the "editing" tab check "colourise track controls". Then you can click on the little rectangle on the left of each track and it'll bring up a colour picker.

[@user-dr7mr6hr3v]

@@CoryPelizzari Thanks very much! I'll try it

[@imazi643]

I'm curious why you ignored the entire "District 1 - Beating Orchestra" part of Metropolis Ark 3. That seems far more interesting and unique to me when compared to the simple staccatissimo articulations you focused on for the non-percussion stuff. There's a lot more interesting stuff to be heard in that "district" imo.

[@CoryPelizzari]

I only wanted to focus on the basics for each library, otherwise the video would be 2 hours long. Plus the repetitions drift rather than keep in sync with the tempo so they weren't a worthy highlight.

[@zeko6665]

what's daw is this?

[@AlonsoJoaquinComposer]

Studio One!

[@toddfrombethesda6963]

I always think ark 2 sounds the best when mimicking the style of Batman Arkham series, OT pretty much did that for the trailer demo and it instantly sounded like it could be from that series. I honestly don’t think it sounds good making actual withdrawn style quietesqe music. It sounds better epic but at the same time deep. I really hate it when people say ark 2 is quiet cause it just isn’t. It’s literally in the title: Orchestra of the DEEP.

[@AlonsoJoaquinComposer]

But it is quiet, that's just a fact it won't go loud

[@toddfrombethesda6963]

@@AlonsoJoaquinComposer yeah but it’s aesthetically not. Dynamically yes but it’s purpose is not that of something like tundra.

[@AlonsoJoaquinComposer]

@@toddfrombethesda6963 A lot of the content is basically OT's take on the techniques and sound in Tundra... or was it the other way around? With split sections and legatos of course

[@toddfrombethesda6963]

@@AlonsoJoaquinComposer no

[@CoryPelizzari]

Thumbs up if you prefer John Morris's work over John Williams'.

[@rafaelpachecodasilva6973]

John Lennon

[@TemmeSikkema]

Agreed

[@cyrilloberholzermusic]

Spaceballs baby! :)

[@CoryPelizzari]

@@cyrilloberholzermusic May the shwartz be with you.

[@paulackerman2800]

Thanx for your great videos ! could you make a video about the use of major 7ths and minor 7th add 9 chords...