Incredible library! My whole Superman Legacy soundtrack and Batman Brave and the Bold uses this!
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
Great! Thanks for watching
@Angelcomposer2 ай бұрын
The warmth, expression and vibrato of this library is second to none and perfect for slow passages. Of course, it is also good for quick parts of a musical theme... in my opinion, this library is unbeatable. Perfect. 😊
@GoldnhourMusic6 ай бұрын
This composition is out of this world 🔥
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
That’s very kind of you, thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
@OfficialStevenCravis6 ай бұрын
Tom, Your composition and arrangements are amazing! Cinematic Studio Brass is also outstanding.
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
You are very kind; thank you so much!
@composahwithabohohwah2 ай бұрын
Woodwinds are also!
@saf13046 ай бұрын
Bro is INSANE, just casually plays a masterpiece pretending it's not a big deal
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
You're supremely kind, thank you!
@dougjamesberwick2625Ай бұрын
Great video, and thanks for showing the score!
@TomHarroldMusic27 күн бұрын
No problem!
@eddiecharlesrosemond70526 ай бұрын
As a composer and orchestrator myself ; very inspired work... Wonderful ! (you should try out "Pacific Strings Suite" 1st !!! ;)
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching. I will try it out!
@KrzysztofElantkowski2 ай бұрын
Such an amazing piece Tom! Congratulations! Would love to hear extended version in the future.
@therantingboy11 күн бұрын
"It's not perfect" plays Vivaldi level composition
@TomHarroldMusic11 күн бұрын
You’re very kind, thank you 😃
@israelcanova6 ай бұрын
All props for your composition, for sensibility and musicality!
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
You’re very kind, thanks very much!
@joobastudio4 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing ! What a beatiful composition !
@TomHarroldMusic4 ай бұрын
Thanks so much!
@Harrysound6 ай бұрын
that automation lane makes a lovely piece of art!.
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@mysterybro1006 ай бұрын
CSS has a negative track delay of -60 to -70. With the exception of the legatos. Very consistent envelopes. These plus the sound makes it the best on the market IMHO. Nice work!
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
Thanks for the info!
@theinvitation11984 ай бұрын
Superb demonstration of CSS, well done. Cinematic studio series are my favourite lib developer, I have all their libraries with exception to their piano.
@TomHarroldMusic4 ай бұрын
Thanks very much. They are indeed a tremendous series. I enjoy them very much.
@benhawkins60296 ай бұрын
Beautiful composition!
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
Thanks very much! Much appreciated
@tkalsnv6 ай бұрын
Amazing!!! A beautiful composition and very good video! Keep it up :)
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! More to follow on CSS very soon!
@Al-Ghaeb5 ай бұрын
Sounds really realistic! you have a nice musical taste too, thank you very much for this video.
@TomHarroldMusic4 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!
@micwarren216 ай бұрын
I have bbcso core, but I'm saving for css, beautiful sound, and beautiful composition. Great Demo.
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
Thanks very much for watching!
@D20Music6 ай бұрын
As someone also with BBCSO core, I recommend getting CSSS first (unless you can get both). They work perfectly with the BBC strings, or with my personal preferred string library, Spitfire Studio Strings. Legatos and portamentos work in the same way and compliment both libraries - and they sound 🤌😙 I still haven’t got CSS, but I think that might change that this year. There’s always a $100 discount for owning one of Cinematic Studio’s products.
@micwarren216 ай бұрын
@@D20Music I appreciate your response and the information. Thank you.
@SOUNTH11composingdesign6 ай бұрын
Great video. Thank you. I like the details.
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
Thanks very much! More to follow soon
@MusicOfTheSilverScreen3 ай бұрын
you'r my inspiration sir
@TomHarroldMusic3 ай бұрын
And you are very kind!
@cesmcmyth5 ай бұрын
Hey Tom, congrats. you write beautifully. don't apologise for nuances only you notice. keep it up.. really good.
@TomHarroldMusic5 ай бұрын
Thanks very much indeed!
@averilwilliamsmusic29576 ай бұрын
WOW, so beautiful, just found your page and had to subscribe. Excited to learn and share!
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
Thank you very much, that’s really kind!
@johnzuker6 ай бұрын
Beautiful piece.
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
Thanks very much! Cheers
@TommyLellan12 күн бұрын
Please score films. I miss this kind of work in the movie industry. James Horner, John Williams... So rare these days.
@TomHarroldMusic11 күн бұрын
Yes it’s something I’m working towards just now. Thanks for watching!
@davidhenderson8194 ай бұрын
Beautiful composition! I am not a proffesional or even a good amatuer, but I prefer the BBC version. CSSS is a little cloudy, but the solo's are perfect.
@TomHarroldMusic4 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! I think both libraries are good for different things and contexts
@AirArtStudiosOfficial6 ай бұрын
Wow❤ beautiful music
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
Thanks very much!
@replicant62 ай бұрын
Beautiful writing. I definitely prefer CS. Smoother and more focused sound.
@maviaksaç2 ай бұрын
I started writing strings with this plugin. But when i find BBCSO i love the tone and mic set-up in it. I didn't like the muted sound because there was significant loss of high frequencies in CSS. I still like CSS for the legato mode but if i have to choose one, probably i will choose BBS becouse of the tone.
@VHF.brunoverdoni5 ай бұрын
Beautiful short piece Tom. Would it be possible to have a peek at the sheet music, even partly. I just think I would learn so much from looking at all the intricate parts and voice leading. Thank you.
@TomHarroldMusic5 ай бұрын
Thanks very much. I’ll see what I can do! I’m going to do a video on orchestration for strings anyway so hopefully that might be of interest.
@simonpassmore6 ай бұрын
Thanks for the shout-out Tom! And welcome to the CSS club... you'll never go back haha. I'm on a monthly break from Coffee page while I get these VWinds demos done but will get back on next month. Where's your composition Patreon??
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
You were a big help in me joining the CSS club! Looking forward to more demos from you soon, they’re always so great. And who knows, maybe a Patreon will come one day…!
@bartmuz6 ай бұрын
CCS are more "legato" lirycal transition, but BBC sounds much "deeper". Bear in mind, that BBC is made for full orchestral mockups - not only for pieces for strings! It is also different size of string section
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
Yes you’re completely right. I just think the legato and overall string sound might be more convincing in CSS. Might be my poor programming with BBCSO but who knows!
@bartmuz6 ай бұрын
@@TomHarroldMusic I don't have BBC - I have Spitfire Studio Strings ,Chamber strings and appassionata. I thinking about buying Cinematic Studio Strings too - I like expression of the legato transitions of them. I have a lot of experience with blending libraries to get better result. I hate of blending libraries because of problems with procesor :) In fact I really like the expression of the CSS
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
Yes I’ll be seeing how blending CSS, BBCSO Pro, EW Hollywood Orchestra and Cinematic Studio Solo Strings works!
@bellinghammond6 ай бұрын
could you possibly post the midi file for those interested in learning how to do orchestration? (like me :) and yes, a video on setting up the VCA (logic user here too) would be nice
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
Great, let me see what I can do!
@saf13046 ай бұрын
Yes please...
@cryptocurrencyinvestor60826 ай бұрын
Yes that would great to see how to set css up in logic
@charlesyateschalfant6 ай бұрын
Very nicely done! I love both string libraries but CSS has better legato and the programming is second to none.
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
Thank you! Yes the legato in CSS is superb.
@bartmuz6 ай бұрын
I finally decided to buy CSS too. I realy like them and agree with many things U say. In fact I also like spitfire strings. Sounds deeper, but CSS have better legato transitions and more expressive vibrato. Take care about reverb - the more reverb, the less natural them souns
@TomHarroldMusic5 ай бұрын
Fantastic! Let me know how you get on with it. I’ve got some new content on the way very soon with more CSS!
@bartmuz5 ай бұрын
@@TomHarroldMusic Nice. I have subs your channel, so I will observate a new vids. Regards!
@AnilJohnsonJohnson4 ай бұрын
Amazing composition, Brilliantly arranged and programmed.. CSS sounds awesome.. could you let us know if you have used eq on the same and reverbs.. cheers n Thanks..
@TomHarroldMusic4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much. I use a combination of Altiverb and Sonnox Reverbs
@YipengLuo5 ай бұрын
I want to try layering bbcso with css for wider room sound
@TomHarroldMusic3 ай бұрын
My next video will do exactly this!
@TrevorWesleyOfficial4 ай бұрын
Sounds great bro! I have CSS... But I can't really use it most the time because of the extreme delay and it takes forever to find each note's perfect timing... How do you do it bro? I love the sound of CSS I just can't find the right work flow... Delaying the whole track still creates problematic notes.
@redguitar60626 ай бұрын
Looks like an excellent library and not a bad price either. I've heard that modelling synthesis is now at a point where it's becoming viable. Do you have any info on that approach too?
@davidgomezcomino6 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Can I ask you why you use Pshift plugin in some instruments?
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
No problem! It's a trick I got from Simon who I mentioned in the video. The process of transposing one section down a semitone (and changing the MIDI so it still comes out the same) makes it seem just different enough from the original version to make it sound like different players to the first. Please don't ask me how it works, but it sure does!
@cryptocurrencyinvestor60823 ай бұрын
Finally bought ccs thanks to your inspo. After downloadingloading it on the free kontakt 7 player,, I can only play 1 string at a time. It won't let me play 2 or more at once. Is that normal?
@TomHarroldMusic3 ай бұрын
Great! Turn off legato and try again; let me know if that works
@cryptocurrencyinvestor60823 ай бұрын
@@TomHarroldMusic Wow. It works! Thank you. How do I add the legato in after recording it.
@minder016 ай бұрын
Very good comparison and amazing programming. Personally I just find the response better in BBCSO, not having to deal with Kontakt and the sound of those players is just fantastic. The playability is out of this world and the fact is integrates so well with Logic is great. Dynamic controls are there, articulation setups are straight forward and mixing options are endless. In my findings, CSS sounds like Jurassic Park while BBCSO Pro sounds like Jaws.
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
Thanks very much! I agree; the two are very different tools - I am extremely impressed by both products for sure, and I will probably use both equally (and layer them, too, which I think will be tremendous once I discover that properly!)
@SamRedfern916 ай бұрын
I am a BBCSO Pro user also, got it when it first came out, I must have spent thousands of hours with it, and I still feel that I can extract more and more realism from it but I do think about getting CSS a lot. There are terrible BBCSO Pro performances out there, but also absolutely amazing ones (Andy Blaney), on the other hand, everything I’ve heard from CSS is spot on. So I guess a realistic sound is far more easily attainable with CSS than BBCSO or perhaps CSS is objectively better than BBCSO, I'm not sure. I wonder what library you would go for to bolster your woodwind and brass arsenal? I personally think about the AV Infinity libraries. Also, nice shout out to Simon Passmore, he’s great!
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
I don’t think it’s a case of one being better than the other; I think for me CSS has just yielded better results results (on day one of me having it) that would’ve taken significantly more programming time in BBC to achieve. I’ll still use BBC everyday, CSS is just another tool to use. I have Aaron Infinite Brass - they are stunning once properly understood/programmed.
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
Woodwinds I just use BBCSO Pro. The oboes and bassoons particularly are gorgeous.
@SamRedfern916 ай бұрын
Yeah that's the impression I get, it's easier and quicker to attain a realistic sound from CSS, BBCSO requires some wrestling time. It's interesting that you can't say that CSS is simply better than BBCSO however.@@TomHarroldMusic
@SamRedfern916 ай бұрын
Yeah, I quite like the flutes also, Cor Anglais I tend to feel a bit meh about.@@TomHarroldMusic
@SamRedfern916 ай бұрын
I think what characterises my working experience with BBCSO is that for the longest time it might sound a bit meh, and sometimes I don't really enjoy my time with it, I'm just persevering but then in the end it comes together. Sometimes deadlines are so harsh that I don't quite make it though, I get sort of 90% towards realism. So I have an eye open for software that gets to a realistic place with less time spent wrestling with the software.@@TomHarroldMusic
@guyshard6 ай бұрын
May I ask whether you have ever hesitated and/or compared with the new Synchron Duality Strings from Vienna Symphonic library ? Thank you very much.
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
Yes I have. I considered it, and Berlin Strings; CSS was my choice as 1. It blends so well with CSSS, 2. The legatos are extraordinary 3. So many of my peers/colleagues use it as their workhorse string library that it can’t be all bad!
@guyshard6 ай бұрын
@@TomHarroldMusic Thank you so much for taking the time to answer.
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
No problem!
@TheMelodyofChaos4 ай бұрын
How does Cinematic studio strings compare to the new East west hollywood strings 2 ?
@TomHarroldMusic4 ай бұрын
I’m about to find out - video coming very soon!
@svenhansen51766 ай бұрын
A really beautiful piece! After having written it in Sibelius; Do you use MIDI file export, or is there a smoother way to communicate with your DAW?
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
Thanks very much, I'm glad you liked it. Yes I usually do use MIDI file export then programme the MIDI after that - I'll do a video showing my workflow on this at somepoint soon, I think!
@AndyGrayedout6 ай бұрын
I keep thinking about getting the CSS , do you find them easier to play/program than the BBC ? . listing to the BBC vs the why you have processed the CSS at the end you got them sounding very close almost the same as the BBC :)
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
I've literally had them for 48 hrs so I'll let you know if they're easier to programme :) I'd agree that the sounds are very, very similar, but CSS has that sheen/consistency/legato that I think the BBC lacks a bit.
@robertjason68856 ай бұрын
There are differences in vibrato between the 2 software offerings.
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
There certainly are. I love the CSS vibrato, it's amazing!
@robertjason68856 ай бұрын
@@TomHarroldMusicis The CSS pressure sense as to the pronounced vibrato, or are those samples natively playing that way?
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
I haven’t altered the vibrato at all
@robertjason68856 ай бұрын
@@TomHarroldMusic Ah, so it plays as it plays? If you want a straight tone are there specific samples for that? I have some of the lesser “Pro” BBC software, Labs, etc. BTW, that was a very fine composition. Vaughn Williams in those beautiful voicing and chord progression. First rate!
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
@@robertjason6885 thank you very much! Yes I’ll need to explore the vibrato further. There might be a CC control for it but it’s pretty great out the box.
@redguitar60626 ай бұрын
How do you visualise all the automation info at the same timelike that in Logic?
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
Select all the regions with CMD+A, then double click on one of the regions. Then click somewhere in the piano roll window, and press 'A' - that should bring up the automation data for the selected regions. Let me know if it works!
@stavros86ioannidis3 ай бұрын
🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼❤️
@TomHarroldMusic3 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@AdMBandLeader5 күн бұрын
Why do you sound like Elon Musk? Jokes apart, nice video. And btw, awesome playing, out of this world stuff, honestly.
@simonslee733 ай бұрын
They both sound good, to me though CSS sounds a little more processed and maybe “plastic” whereas BBC sounds more raw and “real”. Depending on the application both are useful though.
@jenstornell6 ай бұрын
It just cost so much money.
@TomHarroldMusic6 ай бұрын
I’m very fortunate to get educational discount, but I agree it is pricey. But it’s worth it. I promise!
@SgtMStewart4 ай бұрын
It's worth every single penny
@anticomunistadoms5 ай бұрын
this demo with little conversation, all volumes normalized (you dont need move volume control alltime)= studio.kzbin.infoQHoI9liCeFc/edit
@TomHarroldMusic5 ай бұрын
Thanks, but I didn’t give permission for you to use my video or music. Please remove