My Orchestral Template 4.0 (2022) | Sample Libraries, Plugins, FX Chains

In todays video we go through my Orchestral Template 4.0 (2022) | Sample Libraries, Plugins, Mix and Master Effects Chain
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0:00 Coming up...
00:19 no sponsorship
1:17 volume balancing
3:32 woodwinds
3:56 sample modeling brass
6:07 cinematic studio brass
6:59 project settings/mac specs
8:23 dealing with latency
9:29 utilities/sketching tools
11:09 runs/phrases
11:57 custom libraries I made
14:18 ensamble patches
15:07 octaves
16:57 orchestral fx
17:44 percussion instruments
20:37 pianos/keys
23:04 strings (css, csss)
25:07 strings (bbc)
25:53 a few examples
26:48 achieve resonance with a dry mix
27:10 cinematic rooms
28:33 achieve cohesion
29:19 subtractive eq
30:06 dynamic eq
30:52 texture/saturation/compression
31:29 more examples
33:11 something slow
34:18 mastering chain

[@QuiemRe]

Thanks for the video! Where can I get your custom library?

[@MattiaChiappa]

It’s not commercially available, it’s just something I made for myself.

[@QuiemRe]

@@MattiaChiappa It's a pity(

[@billpeet1976]

@@MattiaChiappa Just to follow up on this----getting those kinds of measured tremolos seems to be a real hole in the sample market which nobody has filled. I've been wanting a really comprehensive measured tremolo library for years, and nothing ever happens. I'm sure lots of people would love one, and would pay top dollar for something comprehensive and useful. Just something to consider....

[@MattiaChiappa]

Hi guys, I really appreciate that you like these virtual instruments 😁 Selling these is not as easy as it may seem. At the moment I simply have too little content and as much as I would like investing to expand these instruments and make more patches, we’d be talking about quite a big sum. I have very little experience producing sampled instruments and I know absolutely nothing about the inner works of sample library companies, or selling digital products even. To make these market ready I’d need at least to put together a small team of people that can help me and that’s also going to be a cost. I could try and crow found this if there’s an interest but right now it seems quite a big undertaking and a very risky one too. Believe me, I had in my mind for a while and I’d love to do this eventually but when I do, I don’t want to let anybody down. If anybody reading this has any experience with any of the above and wants offer some advise please reach out to me! I’ll pin this discussion so that hopefully more people will read it.

[@pixelcat_yt]

Maybe it would be worth reaching out to the Pianobook crew? There is now a section for selling instruments there in collaboration with Spitfire.

[@mr_don_key]

Thank you very much for showcasing your current template. It amazes me how awesome it all sounds in the end (very nice short compositions you made!). Great job!

[@scottfoster3643]

You are a Godsend. Can't thank you enough for your course (Master the Score) and showing your settings for SM French horn it has made all the difference for me to fall in love with it as well. Wishing you many blessings in 2023

[@aaronsarnat]

This is amazing! Thank you for sharing all this info and man, you are so talented!

[@Bitimi]

This should be fun. It’s always awesome to see other people’s templates. Looking forward to it! 🙌

[@Hartproduktie]

Great content as always! Inspired right now, nice walkthrough, Grazie Mattia, thanks for this!

[@dfizzbom]

You know, for all the 'stuff' you have there, it's the stuff you write that really exemplifys what the most important thing to have correct is all about. And that's what always seems to be just beyond my grasp - quality orchestration. Without that, all the stuff can sound pretty miserable. You're super talented. Thanks for your videos. Btw, I just know you have an choir hiding in there somewhere. 😉

[@onurnasir]

You are a real angel, this video alone is inspiring and a great blessing for composers with little experience in production. All my good wishes are with you!

[@veenhond]

now this is a fantastic sounding template, with a clear goal in mind - homogeneity, instead of the common compulsive need to add as many tracks and options as possible into a template and run 20 servers to do just that. great work, definitely the most sensible and coherent template i've seen on here. midi composers sometimes forget that it's all about composing and not micro managing 2500 tracks. and i also speak for myself here..

[@JavierFinlayMusic]

As someone who's new to using orchestral sample libraries this is extremely helpful, thank you for sharing!

[@mysterybro100]

Tip! When in Low latency mode if you are bussing for effects, you can select “low latency safe” mode. This keeps that selected bus sending to that effect ie reverb. Simply click on the send knob then select. You must first be in low latency mode.

[@MattiaChiappa]

Oh cool! I did not know this! Thanks I’ll look into it 😁

[@Mitch_dsm]

Your channel is a fracking🚀 gold mine ! Thanks very much for sharing this stuff with us🙏

[@N-JKoordt]

Sounds great - well done!

[@semproser19]

Thanks Mattia, feeling pretty inspired right now :)

[@michaelreaves6212]

I love your content! Proud to be a patreon supporter, thank you for sharing your wisdom 🙂

[@MattiaChiappa]

Thanks man 😁

[@benrijkmans8983]

New fan here ! Thanks you so much for all this knowledge and experience u share! ❤

[@mysterybro100]

Great content as always! Something I do instead of, or with track stacks, is grouping my choirs then hide and show with my numeric keypad. Much cleaner work space imho.

[@RicoDerks]

Nicely improved man! Sounds awesome!

[@MattiaChiappa]

Thanks man!

[@BrandonJamesComposer]

As a noob to orchestral production, this was invaluable. Thank you, keep it up.

[@paulthiebaut]

When you enter Dagobah be like 33:20, this just has a great Star Wars vibe 😯 Always a pleasure to watch your template evolve Mattia, thanks for sharing that !

[@Chancholoraq]

Hey this is a fantastic video!! All of your instruments are running on the Mac alone without Vienna ensemble pro? Incredible!

[@valbod]

True genius of orchestration

[@rubenmolino1480]

excellent ¡¡ as always ¡

[@DarioBortolato]

Sei un grande!! Veramente bravo, gran gusto musicale.

[@MichaelPilipp]

Try this: use only Spot 1 and Spot 2. Rotate Spot 1's panorama to the right and Spot 2's panorama to the left. Now you have fantastic stereo sound.

[@frankiegoesanywhere]

Brilliant !!!

[@LeeNashMusic]

Hey really good deep-dive into your template, thank you. Have you ever considered using Divisimate for orchestration, so you have a faster workflow? Soundwise you would probably still use pre-orchestrated samples if you wanted to. But only for workflow maybe an option?

[@adamz3090]

So cool! Thanks for this! Im always being in trouble with reverbs. Do u put the cinematic rooms to the stereo mix, or each section individually? Im so confused with this ones always

[@MattiaChiappa]

I use it on an auxiliary channel and then send different amounts to different instruments

[@alleyway3215]

Mattia - I've been composing for years. I'm curious so I listen to a lot of other composer's work, especially in the mockup world. I'll go out on a limb and say you produce some of the best I've heard. Given all my experience, I still find myself wanting to understand motivations for your creative choices and of your chosen set of tools. Strangely enough, I feel the Cinematic Studio series and Sample Modeling have so much going for it. More importantly, I thank you for placing the most emphasis on orchestration in general in your videos. Such knowledge of instrumentation and blending stands above all tools. May I ask, do you ever use pencil and paper?

[@MattiaChiappa]

Thanks! I did do some experimentation in the past but I quickly came to the realization that I’m not that kind musician. My sight reading is atrocious. Well that’s an understatement… My sight reading is near non existent and while I can read, it takes me some time to figure things out and that doesn’t help. Piano is my also my third instrument and I can’t play at the same level I write, adding an extra layer of difficulty if I want to check parts against each other. In short without modern technology to help me compose with a sequencer I would be very limited. I’ve been working on improving but being busy makes it difficult to be consistent and I feel like I’ll never reach the level I aspire. I envy people with formal training but hey we do the most with what we’ve got 😁

[@johnnmusic]

@@MattiaChiappa I 110% resonate with this, it is exactly how I feel. I am not a trained pianist, yet it's the tool I use to write. My process is basically listening to my brain spitting ideas out that I try to capture with my voice, and then over many hours I attempt to capture that same energy and feeling with technology because I absolutely cannot perform it myself. I will have so many moments where rudimentary harmonic content will sound brand new to me. Once a foundation gets established, everything else is throwing paint against a wall and wiping away excess colors. Most of the time, I have no idea what I did once I'm removed about 2 weeks from something, it's fun!

[@raymondspagnuolo8222]

Hello, Mattias! This is so helpful. Also, I would like to know what ensemble patch are you using in your template. Thanks!

[@MattiaChiappa]

Thanks, many of them. CSS, CSB, Hollywoodwinds, BHCT and some patches of my own. I go through each of them in this video.

[@ownlifedanny]

Wow, sounds awesome!!! Thanx for the video! While we're at it: I just can't get the Samplemodeling Horn to sound like that - even if I copy your curves... Do you limit the expression to a certain value to avoid the crazy honking sound at the top?

[@MattiaChiappa]

A lot of its sound is in the performance. I took me a lot of practice to get it to sound good. Been using this library every day for the past 4 years. Give it time, it’s worth it!

[@jens1800]

Amazing video, thank you so much Mattia! One question: how do you deal with delivering stems w/o having one reverb for each stem? Thanks!

[@MattiaChiappa]

I just bounce each stem individually

[@musiclover19798]

Very impressive video! Thank you! What about panning? Do you use any panning plugins or 3d panning plugins?

[@MattiaChiappa]

I don’t 😁

[@tonyr.4778]

In your own first str and winds patch, instead of using the mod wheel to go from STR to STR&winds, if you went from STR to winds you would have more balancing options. For example you could make it all winds or just light strings with winds dominance.

[@MattiaChiappa]

Not really though, these ensambles are not multi. What I like about it is that they were sampled at the same time. The balance is baked into the samples.

[@tonyr.4778]

​@@MattiaChiappaat around 12:40 you demonstrate your own patch with strings and winds playing and say by turning the mod wheel down, you only hear strings and when you turn the mod wheel up you hear both. So I assumed you have two samples overlapping and the winds sample volume is controlled by the mod wheel. If you also controlled the string sample volume with the mod wheel, but opposite values, you would have more flexibility. Winds volume via MW = 0 to 128, and strings volume via MW = 128 to 0. This would allow you to tilt the patch not only towards strings only, but also winds only by going up with the MW. Or are you achieving the balance change another way?

[@MattiaChiappa]

Yeah I recorded strings and winds together. I was more interested in how the blends of certain instruments work with an environment than flexibility itself. This is something I find samples struggle to replicate. I would love one day to make my own sample library made solely by ensemble patches recorded in a similar fashion.

[@tonyr.4778]

@@MattiaChiappa you should. How you've processed existing libraries definately shows you are able to create better sounding patches than existing top libraries.

[@crouge]

Thank you for the great video. Having such a large template, does it overload the RAM or it will only load when you start playing that channel?

[@MattiaChiappa]

It doesn’t, everything is off at start

[@Sr.Rakthai]

So cool and informative! How much storage do you need for all these libraries?

[@MattiaChiappa]

I use an external ssd with 2TB of storage

[@LanzaroteShowcase]

What are your thoughts on VSL? Could you create your template using them? Also BBCSO core vs pro?

[@kostyamacleod3468]

Thank you very much ! I would like to know your opinion about 2cAudio Precedence. Is it possible to use Precedence in your future template ?

[@MattiaChiappa]

I don’t have it I’m afraid but I think it sounds very good

[@frattuncbas]

What dou you think about Eastwest Opus?

[@rafaelhernandez5550]

Hi Mattia do you Vienna Ensemble Pro? or how is your computer setup? Thank you very much,

[@Zoomfilm1]

Thx for this nice walkthrough - do you have a trick to always have vibrato on the CSS strings?

[@MattiaChiappa]

I think it should be always on by default. It’s a little more subtle on lower dynamics and there’s nothing you can do about it

[@Zoomfilm1]

@@MattiaChiappa Thank you for the answer - One other thing your chord progression, where you play the piano is beautiful

[@PerchHunter]

Fantastic video Mattia! Thank You. May i ask do You have Ozeone as a part of Komplete 11? or You bought this seperately ?

[@MattiaChiappa]

Yeah it was included with the bundle. If you are considering it thought you should check their website just to make sure it’s still the case

[@PerchHunter]

@@MattiaChiappa Hey Mattia thanks for your reply. I understand. You know, I'm just wondering because I have now registered version 13 Ultimate and somehow I don't see Izotope here :) That's why I was quite surprised when I heard that version "11" was. Maybe i should write to NI or im do something wrong

[@MattiaChiappa]

I don’t remember exactly if there was an extra step but it’s very possible. I did have some issues with it too though. I vaguely remember reading a paragraph on their faq

[@BaraMatahariPagi]

Wow it's been a year already since the last template video? Felt like yesterday haha! 😂 Anyway, great video Mattia, thanks for this! :)

[@tuneboxmusic]

I cant find The french horn library. Can you share whom is that? Thanks

[@MrLeeLewisDude]

Really appreciate the in depth view! When balancing the levels,. Do you just move CC7 or the GUI volumes? (Kontakt etc) When you do your sequencing, wouldn't you be ruining your balance levels when needing to automate CC11 with CC1 in your mockups? Great video

[@MattiaChiappa]

I use a CC controller with faders that are mapped to different parameters. I don’t mess with espression much except for spitfire BBC. I don’t think that it alters the balance too much, just gives you a bit more wiggle room when samples are not as dynamic.

[@MrLeeLewisDude]

@@MattiaChiappa Thank you so much! If not CC11, what parameters do you have mapped out to balance may i ask? It's not really possible to have the same balance in every mockup in your template right? Because you will be riding CC's for every instrument in your cues, ruining your default levels in your template?

[@MattiaChiappa]

Sure, every piece is unique because it uses different dynamics, the volume balance doesn’t necessarily change when you do this though.

[@MrLeeLewisDude]

@@MattiaChiappa Got it-Thanks so much! So do you recommend just setting just CC7 and 11 values for all your tracks for the volume balance? And never touching them in your mockups to keep that balance? ( Except for some libraries where you need to move CC11 slightly )

[@frattuncbas]

Very nice tutorial..🥂 Can you make a video for Opus too?

[@MattiaChiappa]

I don’t have it or use it

[@jand.k.2897]

Great video, Mattia. Quick question: When layering CSS 1.7 with CSSS in a single instance of Kontakt, how are you accounting for the different legato transitions of those libraries? CSS now has a low latency legato of ca. 150ms, but CSSS still has 250ms for medium speed. Are you using the legacy patches of CSSS? I’ve been struggling with this and any help is much appreciated.

[@MattiaChiappa]

I use the classic legato patch from csss together with the low latency from css. They seem to match quite well to me 😁

[@jand.k.2897]

@@MattiaChiappa Awesome. Thank you!

[@YeahBan]

Thank you for sharing good information. I have a question. When you put reverb or plug-in, doesn't it cause a serious delay if you record while playing on the keyboard? How do you solve that?

[@MattiaChiappa]

I use a function in Logic called low latency mode. Look at the time stamps, i briefly talk about that

[@YeahBan]

@@MattiaChiappa Thank you!

[@kurttomlinsoncompositions1067]

Mattia, I also have an M1 Mac and I've noticed you're able to get a very high track count with not much CPU usage. Are you in Rosetta mode or standard in Logic?

[@MattiaChiappa]

I’m in Rosetta, it doesn’t affect CPU usage though. Every track is disarmed at start and projects get larger and more CPU intensive as I progress

[@user-pi2qd5zr8b]

Very informative thankyou so much Mattia. How long are your average load and save times for well established projects on a template of this size? Roughly. I realise you open a blank project with all samples unloaded in the template. I mean switching between developed projects. That is seeing you are not using Vienna to host Kontakt etc. Your advice in this regards would be very useful as its very easy to spend more time watching it load than writing if its not done properly. Vienna adds in a further layer of complexity but obviously works beautifully for you without going that route.

[@MattiaChiappa]

The template loads up instantly, maybe takes a few seconds. A full project usually uses up to 180 tracks a can take maybe a minute or a little longer than that, I’m not sure. Saving takes maybe 1 or 2 seconds? I can’t tell you for sure because these times are so short I never took a notice. That was the case for my older iMac as well

[@user-pi2qd5zr8b]

@@MattiaChiappa Thankyou!! Sounds a really workable set up.

[@FortyNightsMusic]

So you're working with laptop. What external hard drive solution are you using to store this many libraries? I'm using a Samsung T7 but it soon will not be enough as I continue to add titles to it. Would love to know what external hard drive or system you're using. Thank you, and please keep up the good work.

[@MattiaChiappa]

I use a samsung ssd evo 2TB

[@frattuncbas]

Is it worth to buy Cinematic studio strings after Opus?

[@kostyakonstantinoff]

What is your favorite reverb (excluding Cinematic Rooms)?

[@MattiaChiappa]

I don’t know, I only own cinematic rooms and seven heaven. Cinematic rooms is the one I prefer out of the 2 or stock Logic reverbs

[@jazzhotline]

very good template ! you are playing with 2 hands + MidiCC 1 at least right ? are you using a pedal for that ? which one are you using because for exemple my volume pedal is not very efficient for that

[@MattiaChiappa]

I use either some faders or the mod wheel

[@jazzhotline]

@@MattiaChiappa how can you do that playing 8 notes voicing chords ? ;-) do you switch very fastly between faders and keys ? Maybe keeping continuous sounds with sustain pedal ?

[@MattiaChiappa]

I rarely do wide stuff on ensable patches but when I do, I record the part fist then record the dynamics on a second pass. Most times though I have one hand on the keys and one on the faders, one voice per instrument. I often use ensembles only in a certain register, either low or high and when I do I rarely need to play the part with 2 hands

[@jazzhotline]

@@MattiaChiappa thks for those details

[@Cr4z33_YT]

Mattia un grossissimo GRAZIE ed una domandona: ho speranza di poter applicare questo template se uso Studio One e seguo il tuo video? 😅

[@MattiaChiappa]

Puoi provare, se copi passo per passo le impostazioni alle fine dovrebbe suonare simile

[@Cr4z33_YT]

@@MattiaChiappa OK grazie, era proprio quello che volevo provare a fare. 😊

[@talnomix3164]

Could you remake the star wars main title with this template????

[@paulthiebaut]

Hey Mattia, just got the template on your Patreon and I was wondering why you chose CSSS's classic legato patches to layer CSS and not the standard ones ? It seems to me like the standard ones sound nicer but the legatos might be a little slower...

[@MattiaChiappa]

Hi Paul thanks! Because since the update I’ve been using pretty much only the low latency mode and the standard legato doesn’t match with that very well being slower

[@paulthiebaut]

@@MattiaChiappa Got it thanks ! Also, I found out that the mod wheel in the brass shorts tracks doesn't influence the articulation (rep, staccattiss. stacc. and sfz), is there a specific reason for why you did that and how do you change articulation within these tracks then ?

[@MattiaChiappa]

Because I don’t want to inadvertently change articulation by bumping into a fader or the mod wheel. I’m very very clumsy and this happens to me like a trillion times a day 😅. I would disable note key switches as well if I could ahah

[@paulthiebaut]

@@MattiaChiappa ahaha I can relate to that 🤣 might sound a bit dumb but how to you switch short articulation without the mod wheel, which CC do you use ? For example if you want to play a bunch of staccatos and finish with a sforzando...

[@MattiaChiappa]

Oh I created some articulation sets in Logic using the values provided in the CSS manual. For example spiccato is on controller 58, between 11-15. You can find all them on the last page of the manual.

[@mybiggrin]

Do you not use the freeze feature?

[@MattiaChiappa]

I do when my computer cannot keep up any longer

[@Warrenvidalspella]

Hello Mattia, I saw that you have CSS divisi ? Did you created it ? Best regards

[@MattiaChiappa]

I’m midi transposing within the patch 2 tones up then 2 tones down within the instrument settings. This is so I can access a different sample pool

[@Warrenvidalspella]

@@MattiaChiappa Thanks ! And do you lower the db?

[@MattiaChiappa]

I don’t, it’s basically just a second patch of the same instrument

[@QuiemRe]

i wish you were selling your library... i would love to buy it((

[@user-wl3mx2xb8v]

Is there a replay of this video?

[@MattiaChiappa]

It's not a live show, just a premiere cause the video is quite long so yeah the video is staying on my channel

[@user-wl3mx2xb8v]

@@MattiaChiappa Great, I like your video.

[@ViktorKajtazaj]

im working on my templates since a week.. what a work to create right sound and its still shit

[@MattiaChiappa]

I’m sure it’s not that bad!