EastWest Academy 1: The Fundamentals | How To Use Virtual Instruments

[@Ahmad-Mounir44]

Dear EastWest and Ryan Thomas, what you're doing now can be best described as "Generous". You're literally doing a free online course with each video lasts around 30 mins or more. Most online education YT vids are 6 or 10 mins max and the material is empty. Thank you so much for doing this. With that said, I grabbed your sweet offer of HOOPUS plus forbidden planet so that I can put everything in practice. Thanks again 👍

[@scottsoul]

Content on how to make virtual instruments sound realistic is scarce on the Internet. The fact that this course is going to be provided entirely for free is a massive W for all amateur composers that don't have the luxury to work with real orchestras and/or multi-instrumentists. I will be waiting impatiently for Episode 2. Good job, EastWest!

[@astrah982]

In general, what makes a sound sound 'midi' to people or keyboardish is the lack of variation. You do not want a sample to sound as if it's looping or have any moment in where it's the same as any moment before. Important factors are in between notes you want natural recorded transitions (true legato), and also dynamic reverb can mold a sound (the longer a note is held it will expand as it bounces off the walls of a room). Any kind of staccato, spiccato/short articulation of an instrument you want to have round robin at least x4 or above.

[@Bashanvibe]

I’m one of those guys!!! I can fake what I know a little bit but I have a low vocabulary in this world!!!

[@IceCold1]

The quality of EastWest is Unmatched!!

[@davenichollsmusiclife]

Fabulous, so much looking forward to this! 😁

[@complexicus]

Thank you for the great videos, I love composer cloud and the Opus engine.

[@LightWingStudios]

Super endeavor EW! Looking forward to all of this series and thank you Ryan!

[@sammy02459]

The 7-lesson series of the EastWest Academy is very helpful, and summarizes multiple production and none production aspects, I really appreciate your effort on this

[@yadinmichaeli12]

Wow iv'e been wating for those kind of videos from you guys thank you so much!

[@williammullin6175]

Oh man, just seeing your template gave me steps to take from my redundancy in workflow. The articulation matrix is great.

[@oskararnarson]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 This is the video that sold me the notification bell. I'm hitting that bell like there's no tomorrow. Absolutely LOVE that you're doing this. Can't wait for more.

[@drnowt]

I only just got Composer Cloud a few days ago and found that it's way bigger than I was expecting and I felt a bit out of my depth. This is exactly what I need.

[@kdh2484]

Maybe the most valuable video on KZbin! Great work!

[@captainsztorc]

I am using EW Composer Cloud + for one year now. It's great. I was waiting for this Academy. Because it helps a lot to explore EW. 🎹🎺🎻Greetz from Amsterdam

[@poporomu]

great video!!! I, who started with opus east west, had a lot of questions about making my instruments more realistic. This first introduction helped me a lot.

[@LindaMissad]

Thank you so much for this. I have been a little overwhelmed with the small details on how to use Opus

[@RamonRodgers]

A billion times... thank you!!!

[@RodrigoGarcia-sy2rf]

My whole life all summed up in 3 minutes... im running out of tears, thanks!

[@ckhowes]

Most excellent! I look forward to the next video in the series.

[@GaryWilson-fb2zz]

Excellent! Thanks EW for taking the time to make these valuable tutorials! I'm hooked!

[@andresnino5849]

great video! i'm a composer student with a student license for eastweast plug-ins and this vidio have helped me a lot :'D

[@AbcDef-jz4ex]

fantastic start to my new favourite series on KZbin :)

[@JoshuaTMagee]

So, so grateful and excited that y'all are offering this course! Can't wait for the next episode.

[@QuaverloveStudio]

This series is very welcome and a great start to it is this video. Thank you.

[@iamthereforeimustbe]

So much easier to understand than reading a manual. The examples following each explanation are perfect.

[@alanweston6425]

Being new to EastWest, this is indispensable as a means for learning. Look forward to more in this series. Thanks Ryan.

[@zenchiefengineer]

So glad for this series! Not only that, I found out that I hadn't set up my interface correctly and I've been monitoring and referencing in mono for months. When you did the pan, I'm like, "Wait... this is mono!" DOH! Fixed, thanks to this vid

[@EWQLTutorials]

Great to hear!

[@PMaxTheKing]

Great ! Great! Great! kind of video about This great virtual instrument . Thank you so much Ryan to put this good VI within our reach.

[@chrishartzogmusic]

Excellent tutorial! I am a new user of Opus. The part on key switches answered a question I have been struggling with on how to automate articulation changes within one instrument. Now I know! Thank you so much. I look forward to seeing some of your other tutorials!

[@heartofcygnus]

Good rudimentary stuff. Looking forward to more!

[@ivvasband]

Thank you for these videos. I am VERY new to working with virtual instruments and I am as novice as you can get.

[@EWQLTutorials]

We all start off somewhere, it’s all about the musical journey.

[@CJCalvertMusic]

Kudos to you, Ryan, and to EastWest for providing this value-add resource. Love the reminder about assigning macros to the mod wheel - Opus has a lot of power under the hood. Please keep the videos coming!

[@timgraycomposer]

Cant believe Ive been manually allocating keyswitches (writing the key in just before the note) all this time! Thank you for showing this feature.

[@sergiodegregorio3834]

I super welsome this Academy series! Thank you!!

[@pascaltatipata]

This is gold. Thank you so much guys!

[@johnbroadway7709]

Very informative - one of the best introductions to virtual instruments - ever!

[@atarisaint]

EastWest will never stop surprising us with how firm they stand next to us who buy their products and subsriptions. Thank you EW.

[@khalidalkhamiri7510]

Wonderful … Thanks man … a video with full information to gain will be waiting for more from East West Academy 😊

[@BSCHLOSBERG]

Very interesting video that helps a lot in learning and knowing Opus deeply... Thanks for the help and looking forward the next videos...Hi from France

[@StephaneGman]

CC_map is a great tool if you're using Ableton and you want to quickly control the CCs and map them to anything. I then also map both CC1, CC11 and the one controlling both.

[@TurdMcNugget]

I am so glad you are doing this series. Please keep this going. I've composed for a long time, but I have a LOT to learn about MIDI, and the differences among sound libraries. This type of content is really helpful. Thank you for a great video.

[@chrispittman3510]

Been waiting for a series covering these very issues. Well done. Tidy. The right information. I figured out a lot of this stuff but you’re filling gaps in my understanding. Keep it up!

[@j.j.hagelsieb]

Loooooooveeee it!!!!!!! I use EastWest for my learning path on Film Scoring and this videos will be of immense help using your libraries. I'm so exited with this amazing surprise. Looking forward to more of this.

[@laureanonovaislopes1685]

👍 Looking forward to see more

[@KarlWolf-qv5yd]

Absolutely brilliant. Hope to see the next videos as soon as possible

[@JoelBrandonMedia]

Very clear and helpful! I’ve been doing this for a long time but learned some new things! Thanks!

[@sprkymrt]

Thanks This is fun to watch, fun to listen to, and it makes understanding the orchestra easy to learn.

[@gurumonkey]

This is AMAZING!!! Kepp this up.

[@tensemusic]

Thank you Ryan for sharing all those precious tips and tricks with us!!

[@philhooper]

Ryan, thanks so much. It's like having a coach right by my side. Your presentations are always winsome and pleasant. Thanks so much and anticipating more wonderful instructions.

[@jacobjosephgoudreault3114]

Man why did I wait so long before looking for this - gold right from the source! Thank you!

[@scarletvoid2977]

What a great idea! You definitely got my attention, and I'm looking forward to the rest of the series. Thank You so much EastWest.

[@spokansas]

Looking forward to the rest of this series!

[@petervoglmusic2517]

Probably the best approach I’ve ever seen on this. You are going to help a lot of folks.

[@jWilliamAdkins]

This is great, Ryan! Well done - and thank you EW for producing this series ... Looking forward to continuing 🙂

[@fwscoringmusic6670]

Ryan, I have to say that you are my mentor, and I still use eastwest instruments since 5 years when I have started my career as music composer. Thanks a lot my friend for your amazing work, and thanks to eastwest to be there for such a long time 😁🙏

[@mattwallis1893]

Harmonic analysis / concepts would be great to see as well as just using EW software. Regardless, this new series is very much appreciated. Thanks!

[@mfcpro7466]

Muchas gracias lo estaba esperando!,

[@catpeterson4577]

Aloha from O’ahu! Fabulous! Eagerly anticipating the deep dives! Mahalo!

[@rustylewis2121]

Outstanding! Thank you East West! I look forward to future videos.

[@2divas]

This presentation is so well organized, so lucid, so efficient. Bravo Mr. Thomas!! More! More!! MORE!!! ❣❣❣

[@heartbreaktimemachine]

This is a wonderful guide! Thank you! The shortcut re: CC1 & 11 together is super useful!

[@मंजू-त7च]

Thank You Very Much! 🙂🙏

[@GrantTaylor]

Brilliant Ryan, keep it coming!

[@ElementalSoundWorks]

Yay! This is so exciting!

[@nassimdaoudi5947]

This is great EW ! Finaly you communicate to the world how amazing your products are !

[@remcolux]

Thanks a lot. This is so great and I'm glad that you are doing this academy series. I love working with EastWest's virtual instruments and the quality is awesome.

[@LaGoStream]

This is an amazing resource, can't wait for the next videos!

[@dayanekin]

Great video and explanation. Subscribed and activated notifications, looking forward to the next video 👀

[@805productions3]

awesome start so far. I've struggled for years to make realistic sounding orchestration. I'm excited to see where this goes.

[@AdamFBuchanan]

awesome. been wanting east west to make some more serious tuts for along time. looking forward to the next heap of the series. thanks

[@RaidenMotion]

Thanks for the content, i am new in the EastWest Wrold and this Video is really getting me into this fantastic atmosphere

[@Thomlinmusic]

I am finally able to start composing with the complete EastWest library, these video’s are here at the perfect time for me.. can’t wait to learn more!

[@Ghandralph]

Wow. Excellent stuff!1!1!

[@michaelleeman6483]

Excellent presentation. Very instructive.

[@BlindManCruising]

Great video and very descriptive for us blind people. Keep em coming. By the way, the new edition of Opus released today is very accessible to me now. Just a few more adjustments needed but you’ve got me sold

[@cedhawkins5013]

Awesome introduction!!!🙌🏽

[@dougfinck7127]

That was great! I need all the help I can get, and this was the perfect start to my MIDI education! Thank you.

[@dee7953]

Yeessss this is amazing

[@waterrealm]

W stuff. I appreciate the Composer Cloud thing because some people are low in $

[@michelcompagna7750]

Amazing! Thank you!

[@juliendecot6915]

Bravo c'est génial !! C'est vraiment des vidéos comme cela que l'on peut avancer ! Bonne continuation et un grand merci !!!!

[@flowingartstudio9477]

Excellent presentation - so clear and understandable. East West has amazing sounds and an EastWest Academy will help me so much in understanding the finer aspects of the instruments. Thank you- can't wait for the next one.

[@daveanderson5026]

Very nicely presented. I love my EW orchestra but haven’t had the time to learn the different facets to maximise its use - from this first training video I’ve learnt valuable things am confident that I’ll learn ever more valuable things as the series progresses. Thanks!

[@randalbranham3005]

So great. Ryan makes understanding this so concise and clear! Thank you!

[@CarlosSanchezcsbphoto]

Excellent video. It's great this series is starting. It has clarified some concepts for me and I have learned a lot. I think they can help us get more out of our EW libraries. Thanks!!!!!!!

[@musictrainingonline]

You don't need to go into the environment to set up controller assignments in Logic. Instead, use Logic Pro's incredibly flexible, easy to use smart controls. There you can route your mod. wheel to any controller and combination thereof, and even assign different curves, reverse, and what not.

[@epicgenerationmusic]

Thank you ! Thank you ! I'm looking forward for your video about microphones ! And also, I was wondering how to set the midi macros... no longer. 👏👏

[@ronnyb5890]

great tutorial Ryan,looking forward to the next one,always have some troubles in making virtual instruments sound realistic these videos will help considerably,i also love the way you present your tutorials,they are very easy to understand,a lot of other content creators videos are too complex sometimes for a amateur to understand,thanx again Ryan and thanx EW for this free course,cheers mate

[@rotarydragon6834]

Excellent information

[@avatlantida]

Great tutorial!. Waiting for the next tutorial

[@gurumajuindonesia]

Keep em coming EW! Awesome Ryan!!

[@jean-renebastienmauritiusi82]

Wonderful presentation!!!

[@rayderrich]

Such a superb video for me, as I just subscribed to your Cloud for a year with zero orchestration knowledge but lots of inspiring song ideas in my mind. Thank you very much.

[@EWQLTutorials]

Welcome to ComposerCloud Plus! If we can help you with anything let us know

[@rayderrich]

@@EWQLTutorials The song I made yesterday already got 3 times the love of my previous, synth only, work, so I'd say you helped me already. I am very much looking forward to your other videos.

[@That__Guy]

Looking forward to this series

[@datooch]

Wow. Might need to buy this! Thank you for the breakdown.

[@gilles31]

Excellent, merci Ryan ! C'est tout à fait avec ce genre de tuto qu'il est possible de progresser. Par contre, il serait bien de proposer à chaque fois, 1 sujet très précis, 1 vidéo courte.

[@phil4772]

smashed it here EW as a new composer cloud user these are great!!! and Ryan its a great host!!!!

[@valveizi]

Thanks a lot, Ryan! This is Great!

[@mshuggabug2]

Finally, what I've been looking for.

[@JeffWardMusic]

At last! An explanation of CC1 vs CC11 that I understand. Thank you! Oh, and the rest of the video is great too...