How to Make MIDI Strings Sound Realistic

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Today you're going to learn how to make your MIDI strings sound a lot more realistic. We'll start with the basics and build up to more advanced techniques.
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[@junipertapes]

Drew here! Thanks for watching the video, here's a timeline if you want to review any sections. 0:00 Introduction 0:21 Step 1- Think About the Size of the Orchestra 1:47 Step 2- Understand the Basics of Orchestration 3:17 Overview of the role each instrument plays in a string section 6:01 Record with a MIDI Keyboard 7:48 Step 3- Automation (Absolutely Crucial for Realistic MIDI Strings!)
11:14 Step 4- Mixing and Editing MIDI Strings 12:05 EQ 12:40 Compression 13:59 Reverb 14:41 Should You Upgrade to Premium String Samples?

[@DanielOndaro]

Hi Drew, any advice on how to automate while using a plug-in for strings like Sampletank? Thanks a lot!

[@imvioletsun]

I don't have all the equipment yet but I'm studying music production and your channel is SO helpful You're really helping me, the quality of my channel will get better and better bc of you!

[@MarkFreedmanNY]

This is fantastic. I’ll be returning to this when I work on strings. Of course, now I feel like I have to go back and fix everything 😁

[@BenkenArt]

an improvement proposal: put a low cut on your voice, often bass bumps are hearable, as something slaps against your mic stand. Apart from this: Nice content, I learnt a lot! :)

[@richburnsred]

Loved this! The automation tip is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Thanks so much 👌🏼👌🏼

[@Mark761966]

MIDI brass next?

[@ursanotsomajor]

Mark Williams Oh yeah, that would be great

[@mageprometheus]

Thanks, this was great. (Although I'm worried poor Tchaikovsky is spinning in his grave.) 😃

[@evanwanous2466]

What a friggin FANTASTIC tutorial!

[@joelyzuker6322]

Best video I've seen on MIDI strings in Logic Pro X. So concise and easy to follow. Thanks so much! Definitely subscribing.

[@LuisTorres-qz5kr]

GREAT job on this Tutorial. Thank you!

[@asyrafnukman1991]

I wish you continued success in the field of music and KZbin thank you

[@LittleRichard1988]

I don't think these strings are anywhere near as bad as some people seem to make out. I personally think the fact these sound synthetic is a good thing and they are still perfectly acceptable for someone learning or for hobbyists. In school or college they would show you how to do everything using only stock instruments and stock effects. I made do with Halion Sonic SE for 6 years before the full version of Halion started coming down in price and I have also done many tracks using just stock sounds in Mixcraft and believe me the Acoustica instruments library sounds far more inferior to Logic's stock instruments. Free stuff like Labs and BBCSO DIscover is definitely worth trying out and should be good enough for any hobbyist.

[@QuabmasM]

One of the best ways to compress, change/improve the tone, & make a signal cut through the mix all the while having its dynamic volume tucked into the mix..... ....is to use saturation. Youre welcome.

[@HamlinandJolliffe]

This is good, though if you're working on an orchestral score with a high track count, using multiple libraries which involve negative track delay will be much easier with quantisation. It will be very difficult without. You can always use humanisation settings and slightly varied negative track delays to introduce the 'creative timing' of a real orchestral section.

[@paulwarren8832]

Excellent videos really useful. Be great to have a horns/sax follow up (hint hint 😀). Great channel, really well explained. Keep up the great work 🙏🏼

[@ZhanaZanyZone]

This is very helpful!! Thank you

[@tanukusiddharth9675]

Please do video on Fim scoring and composing 🙏🙏🙏

[@AllanGildea]

Lovely track and very good tutorial - thank you.

[@masteringcom]

Happy to help!

[@TomJohnsonRecording]

Great job! Very helpful

[@sokigibson2599]

Thanks for the tutorial! Awesome!

[@BillGraper]

5:59 In Reaper, you can change all midi notes' volume from 0-127. I use a keyboard, but after that I quantize, edit the length & volume, and sometimes I even drag the notes to other notes... or add/subtract notes.

[@tokzick]

you can do the same with abletons velocity, its really a charm, reaper is supposed to be easier for strings

[@samuelandrade3117]

What about Just intonation? The pitch of thirds forths and fifths ..sevenths....It makes diference? More realistic...It depends? Sounds more beutiful? In songs that dont have a piano ..(temperement pitch) shoud i use Just intonation on strings? Greettings from Brazil

[@asyrafnukman1991]

Thank you very much

[@enricmarshal]

Really great tutorial. Thanks guys!

[@romanokoenmusic]

Such a great tutorial.

[@sinjara]

You're a Legend Thankyou so much

[@vibik.varkey9842]

Thank you dear..

[@Elevtr]

tip: Not everyone has ADD, you don't have to fast forward stuff man, if people are watching this they want to

[@reformrafta9719]

what name of this vsti

[@user-fh4gz2gu7v]

What's the name of the song?

[@SamHaldar]

Thanks

[@soundsofmysoul570]

Hi what Kind of kontroller with fader do you use? Thanks

[@celestechick5406]

Hey Drew, I don't know if you've made a video about this yet but I'm wanting to get into freelance audio mixing, but until I get clients, I was wondering how and what do I practice for getting better and more comfortable using Pro Tools when I'm not working on a project in particular? This video is super hempful, thanks!

[@charltonrowe4161]

Celeste Chick, look into some of the plugin companies. I know that Waves has had free mixing classes where you download a project and mix it. Dave Darlington did one a few years ago.

[@justdandavies]

I’d say put each note ever so slightly out of tune. I also find increasing the release in ADSR ever so slightly can widen the sound of strings if it suits the track …

[@emanuel_soundtrack]

how to made a solo violin sound realistic ? with a lot of work

[@francissreckofabian01]

Re: Strings, Brass & woodwinds do they need much EQing & compression? Would I also do bus compression on Brass & Woodwinds? Thanks.

[@0626love]

Go by your ears

[@vedantbrahmbhatt1272]

bro look for kontakt, a gentle suggest

[@emanuel_soundtrack]

ps.: the rules for writing for strings is instrumentation. Orchestration is about how to apply those rules as a musical result

[@DavidRosario69]

It's LA Scoring Strings for me

[@Intenzity]

No string part is gonna fix that singing.

[@Hinge45]

Man what?

[@robertsteinberger5667]

How to do tremolo on a violin? Pitch lfo or thru midi notes?

[@tomkent4656]

Your vocals need tuning. The strings are really showing them up!

[@kezomusicstudios2476]

This reaper??? Please help #kezomusicstudios

[@TGMS77]

Man, I do believe this video is very well made and educational, but it's really harsh to just hear you say "for this part, if you have a MIDI keyboard, use it." and then give no help for people who don't have one, like me...

[@raztube90]

lol horrifying video 😂 You used logic sounds to begin with I can’t take you seriously what a huge waste of my precious time 😢

[@karayuschij]

Interesting, but these strings sound really bad :D

[@LittleRichard1988]

At least they came with Logic.

[@stiggystigmarnason9077]

Legato doesn't mean sustained bud, you talked a couple of times like it does. It's to do with how smoothly notes join together it's got nothing to do with the sound of a single note.