Make Your Metal Songs EPIC - For FREE!

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Free virtual instruments I use in this video:
Soroosh's Master List of FREE VSTs: docs.google.co...
ML Sound Labs - Amped ROOTS Free (amp sim plugin): ml-sound-lab.c...
Native Instruments Free KONTAKT Player: www.native-ins...
Project SAM - The Free Orchestra 1 & 2 (runs on the free Kontakt Player): projectsam.com...
Orchestral Tools - SINEFactory (uses their own free SINE Player plugin): www.orchestral...
Spitfire Audio - BBCSO Discover & LABS (uses their own free player): www.spitfireau...
Bogren Digital - Krimh Drums Free (runs on the free Kontakt Player): bogrendigital....
Sforzando SFZ player: www.plogue.com...
Synful Orchestra (uses the free Sforzando player) www.synful.com/
Native Instruments - Jacob Collier Audience Choir (runs on the free Kontakt Player): www.native-ins...
Death Culture Studio - Chronos Bass (requires full version of Kontakt): / chronos-bass-v2-54825219
Performance Samples - Solo Cello Legato (requires full version of Kontakt): www.performanc...
Performance Samples - Solo Violin Legato (requires full version of Kontakt): www.performanc...
Musical Sampling - Legato Solo Trumpet (requires full version of Kontakt): musicalsamplin...
Impact Soundworks/Red Room Audio PALETTE: Primary Colors (requires full version of Kontakt): impactsoundwor...
Sample Logic - Taste The Fury taikos (requires full version of Kontakt): www.samplelogi...
EastWest Composer Cloud ($20/mo): astoundcommerc...
Kontakt 7 Full version ($149.50 until 9/1/2024): sweetwater.sjv...
Song mixed and mastered by ‪@ErikSeime‬
Video edited by Jiva Brown

[@treyxaviermusic]

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[@Frank_Kreepy]

Thanks for that class, it answered a couple of questions I was asking myself but ultimately gonna have to bite that bullet and study orchestral arrangements on my own to find what I'm looking for. I found sonuscore orchestra elements to be a good addition to have in the free to use department it sounds 👌

[@Insill]

Alternative title: "How to order Nightwish from Temu"

[@Hermitthecog]

Mü-metal.

[@niteshades_promise]

😂🍻

[@kitchensinkproductions1]

Love the VSTs review Trey but the editing, flow and production on this video is just at a level few KZbinrs can match. Phenominal work!

[@SorooshMhs]

You went nuts with the fantasy jokes and i’m all here for it 🤣 Love the song too!

[@CreativeMindsAudio]

This is awesome! Been using the BBC SO discover forever, such a. Great library! Gonna have to grab some of these other ones!

[@widgemidge6663]

Trey, you are just so phantasmagorical, I adore you, keep doing you dude❤❤❤

[@YannisOelgarthMusic]

We need a full version NOW please!!! 🎉

[@yungvirticus]

Love the Spitfire stuff, but it chews up so much hard drive space. Also, still getting the awesome "Better Than Raw" opening track vibes with the strings. Great vid- thank you!

[@treyxaviermusic]

I have a 4tb T7 SSD that I have everything on, and I'm still constantly deleting and re-downloading things haha

[@ryansaunders683]

Nice Soroosh-core!

[@treyxaviermusic]

stealing that haha

[@SorooshMhs]

Jeez Ryan hahaha

[@pjmtry7]

Always a Great show!

[@rogerwalker2224]

Great video Trey, your edits and humor will not go unappreciated!

[@treyxaviermusic]

I appreciate that!

[@jahiddle]

Thanks for this. From someone that wants to start an epic symphonic metal band I believe this would be helpful!

[@xenonvinc]

Well done! I also use a lot from Spirfire but there are many new plugins, thanks man

[@Tawa611]

Please more symphonic metal composing videos!

[@treyxaviermusic]

you got it

[@sirmaurice1023]

Anytime i hear a pipe organ my brain goes "Dancing Mad"

[@Orchestral-Tools]

Nice work Trey - shout out to the wood nymphs!

[@JonasRosenkilde]

Okay,,, that was pretty good.. I tip my hat to you, sir!

[@treyxaviermusic]

Glad you liked it!

[@LintBisquick]

Wow. You know when and where to sound the the different parts of an orchestra. Woodwinds, Horns, Harps...Choirs. Goddamn

[@StuartWarren]

Don’t show this to Jari from Wintersun, otherwise he’s going to have to give back all that crowdfunding money!

[@upStomp]

What a great idea! "F**k off, I'm practicing my whimsey!!!" 🤣

[@svendugandzija9716]

1:13 Great catch sir

[@treyxaviermusic]

with that much money on the line you become spiderman

[@gordontubbs]

I feel like Symphony X needs to remix some of their older songs with all these wonderful new plug-ins. Am I right? Who wouldn't want to hear a more epic version of The Odyssey?

[@treyxaviermusic]

Yeah some of their sounds were not great hahaha

[@shredward666]

Galder is an amazing guitarist and songwriter🤘

[@treyxaviermusic]

he also has the best haircut that only handsome boys have

[@shredward666]

@@treyxaviermusic he ought to change his name to Balder

[@LimeyDave]

I've had 2:15 - 2:20 on repeat for 10 mins and I'm still not sick of it

[@Bleak5170]

Great video as usual. This could easily pass as a Blind Guardian tune.

[@treyxaviermusic]

Whoa that's high praise! If you like Blind Guardian then you're gonna like the next video I've got coming

[@Bleak5170]

@@treyxaviermusic I was thinking "I want to hear the rest of this song!" lol. And yes, I do like BG for sure. Since they're not putting out new music anytime soon this is the next best thing.

[@Emily_M81]

instructions unclear, bought tuba. Neighbors hate me more, now.

[@treyxaviermusic]

I'd say "womp womp" but that might be a little too on the nose

[@Crispy_Music_2024]

You could go to DnD, RP, and LARPing events to recruit musicians who play these instruments too.

[@mortadella1234]

awesome!!!

[@treyxaviermusic]

no u

[@rubenlodewijk5023]

I use Guitar pro for this stuff. It ain't that fancy, but it does it's job.

[@jettsom]

Basically, a Nightwish song!

[@dropaudio7586]

0:33 Oh I know this one! You give it your child to raise.

[@treyxaviermusic]

I mean let's be honest, I'm not gonna raise that brat soooooo

[@spencerharding5328]

Dude this song totally summoned my daughter I can confirm it does summon goblins and yes she did dance 💃🏻🤘

[@RodneyJacob32]

Yet trey! BBC is the bomb!

[@NGBit]

There's so much magic in this video that the headless guitar is hanging on a guitar hook on the wall.

[@SamBrockmann]

Piccolo is an important part of symphonic metal!

[@dongonzulman6478]

thanks trey

[@treyxaviermusic]

thank YOU

[@TylerShepMusic]

Don’t forget Trey Drums!

[@ToniHennig]

Vsl bbo free is also great freebie.

[@RÅNÇIÐ]

Don't let Wintersun see this.

[@CelestiC]

Great ! Sounded a bit like metal slug lol

[@raptorman69]

Is that a nerf gjallrahorn I see in the background?

[@treyxaviermusic]

Good eye!

[@cobrasys]

Trey up in here hiding a "How Nightwish Writes A Song" video as a tutorial for using free VSTs, smdh.

[@mattjc]

Do you have a tour of your desk arm keyboard pad octopus setup?

[@treyxaviermusic]

Not yet, but it's just desk clamp monitor/laptop arm stands from Amazon

[@tophertaylor68]

The only thing missing is the DnD dice

[@treyxaviermusic]

oh it's comin

[@andrewjacksonmusic]

Excellent work. Surely they should be called piccalhigh 🤦‍♂️

[@treyxaviermusic]

noooooooooooooo

[@thebadbandito]

I bought a pickle but I still don't know what to do with it.

[@orshy1]

Was that a sample of Kenneth or are you actually risking his wrath by going behind his back?

[@treyxaviermusic]

he knew what this was

[@icestorm_rb9057]

I need more ogre farts in my life

[@jimwelty957]

So Trey. Ive been following you for about a year now and I've always gotten the impression that you were a little negative towards symphonic metal particularly lyrics of a fantasy motif. Has this changed? To be truthful I'd welcome that change as I do enjoy that type of music. Just curious.

[@treyxaviermusic]

I mean, the problem isn't specifically that they're of symphonic metal or fantasy, it's just the 55384059834th bland regurgitated D&D tropes written as a novelty or a thinly veiled parody that's just plain embarrassing to me. I've listened to Blind Guardian and Nightwish and all kinds of awesome symphonic and power metal for 25 years, there's plenty of awesome stuff that's truly great. There's also just absolute troves of hackneyed uninspired garbage, and even if it's pretty good they're usually retreading the same well-worn ground. Nobody's making another Nightfall in Middle Earth

[@zedmind5246]

Hilarious!

[@joshuamessenger]

idk what "Symphonic Metal" is & I cannot comprehend why anyone would want to create that.

[@treyxaviermusic]

Then today you're gonna learn something new!