Orchestration Recipes: 7 minute tour for DAW composers

Orchestral DAW composer? Here's how to get more from the sample libraries you already have. More at orchestrationrecipes.com.

[@ChristerOstergaard]

Haha, spot on. Thank you for doing this! I am on a journey to converge two of my favorite genres, electronica / EDM and orchestral music, and I look forward to using your recipes to make my tracks even better. Thank you!

[@pianobellosomusic]

That sounds like a great recipe! :)

[@CybreSmee]

Wow, thats a brilliant idea.

[@pianobellosomusic]

This is a fantastic idea!

[@seanfourie7]

This is mindblowing,exactly what we all need

[@SpeakOfTheDavel]

Oh man. Pretty much exactly what I did the past 12 months since starting. I’m sold.

[@nickmuzekari6124]

Folks checking out this preview. I bought the current three available. Definitely worth it. Go and buy, seriously. What an incredible aid to composing music. The notion behind it is glorious, to be able to learn recipes for distinct sounds/themes you want to compose.

[@nickmuzekari6124]

Dude wha? I LOVE this. I'm a newbie and this is golden. Thank you so much for a wonderful and helpful idea. Exactly what I'm looking for... a recipe!

[@luminousbrilliance1711]

Yes I was referred here by a POroduce Like A Pro Academy member-and this is utterly intriguing! Thank you so much for posting!

[@PeterBatah]

Great way to start off my weekend. Brilliant.

[@PatrickHaeslerMusic]

This is exactly what's been missing from a lot of my composition courses at ANU. I've learned a lot but this is such a simple and effective format to learn, build and share compositional frameworks. Will definitely be taking a look & also sharing anything I come up with and formalise. 👍

[@ericgriffin120]

I am in! Keep them coming

[@JPDC624]

Absolutely brilliant. I'm in.

[@dafingaz]

Dope! Let me know when the holiday sale on Orchestration Recipes kicks off! 😳 😂

[@alexjevincent]

Great idea and presented so well. Sign me up!

[@Markrspooner]

Fantastic idea!

[@ennbr]

Looking forward to the release

[@Amatteus]

Hats off.. you nailed it with this video..

[@mikesideateam]

well communicated....love it.

[@stevew2724]

I think the idea of compositional [any genre] recipes is a great, timely idea and might be ideal to help some/many people overcome the "I need _______ to be successful, achieve my goals, etc." rut, temporary mental/creative blocks, etc., as well as a practical approach to training. It might not be to everyone's liking, but kudos to you for your efforts!!!

[@iancurrie3763]

Love it!!

[@rafaelvasconcelosmusic3636]

perfect!!!

[@vkhor927]

You are speaking my language, I am an ardent chef ,cook and composer and this hits the spot for me. :) By the way, I am gluten and lactose intolent, so gluten free recipes fits me. lol Going to get your first pack.

[@thomas-mavian]

Excellently hilarious!

[@OliKember]

This is fantastic; a breathe of fresh air and exactly the kind of thing I can use. Excited for it!

[@TableTopComposer]

This is an incredible idea! I love the creativity behind it :) found you channel from a recommendation I got in the comments on one of my videos. Can't wait to check out your website!

[@010203109]

I'm more interested in Electronic genres honestly but I find this concept fascinating and may have to get in on one of these 30 dollar for a pack sales eventually. I used to play clarinet in woodwind ensemble in college and as I figure out my DAW it would be neat to grab some decent sample libraries and do a bit of orchestral tinkering. But I'd also like some electronic focused producers/composers to take this concept and apply it to that music too. In theory fewer and cheaper instruments would be needed since some synthesizers are incredibly flexible. And instead of random disjointed tips like I find on youtube, having a guide that says "take this synth, load this preset, make these adjustments, then input something like this for the midi notes" would be great. Fusing sound design and music composition lessons into one course.

[@evrenhalavut9207]

I came across to you just when I was thinking of buying another string library. I think I will get the recipes instead. Thanks a bunch!

[@fiaskolo]

Damn right there should be.

[@antkn33]

Neat!

[@RobHoward83]

BRILLIANT idea! I am in.

[@AlexSonicsMusic]

I'm deeply grateful for what you're building here! Great video and content, I just signed up for pack 1🌞thanks

[@PleiadianMusic]

🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣❤

[@patricksmith1433]

A very big thumbs up!

[@Julian-wx9cn]

I found the perspective you provided very interesting and helpful, and I will definitely check out your products on your website. One piece of constructive criticism: this is a channel about music, and it really casts a negative light on your abilities as someone who aims to introduce people to this subject that the video is so incredibly quiet. I had to turn up my monitors all the way just to be able to understand you. Now, imagine if a commercial or something came on and blasted one's ears. That's really not cool.

[@dafingaz]

Lightly seasoned choir...

[@everratic]

I want a grass fed glockenspiel!

[@orchestrationrecipes]

You say that now, but then you've got to build an enclosure for it, and take it for walks every day, and-my God-the vet's fees...

[@samlowry3902]

I bought this awesome course :) , a lot of fresh ideas, complete orchestral knowledge with practical examples. Do you plan any other courses ( for example on transitions in orchestration or any subject ) or have you a roadmap ? very exciting to see what course following.

[@orchestrationrecipes]

Hi Sam - apologies for delayed reply. Yes, Volume 2 is coming in July :) There's a teaser here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKSsmpSVrs1sbJI

[@RLeaguer_Saint]

You perfectly described me: ever-hunting for 'that' library that will transform my playing from monkey to Mozart, obsessively hunting on VI-C for new libraries, and overall, just getting so enamored with the sounds of libraries, rather than in using them to do what I wanted them to do in the first place: write my own music. I also see a worrying trend in the sample library industry: now that every instrument has been sampled over and over again, if they can't sell us on the new hall it was recorded in (Abbey Road anyone?), the new trick is to sell us on pre-baked orchestration (eg, 'Hollywood Opus Orchestrator', 'The Orchestra 2', 'Action Strings 2', 'Symphobia' - all doing the creative aspect of writing music, (rhythmically, melodically or both), and then having the user press a key and pretend it's their own work; it's just 'painting by numbers', and then pretending the numbers weren't there. What I love about your approach, is you're enabling people to do this themselves. I hadn't realized this is what I needed, but it's EXACTLY what I needed! In fact, based on your approach, I plan to go back to 'The Orchestra 2' with a different perspective: by sequentially soloing their orchestrations, I can learn how they created each one, and then write my own, without using their patch. Their patches become recipes, like yours, from which I'll create the meal, but not the meal itself. You haven't cured me completely though: now that you're releasing Volume 2, I will HAVE to buy both volumes, "because I might be a composer, but I'm also a completionist, and there's no point in only having half a thing" ;) Seriously, thank you! :)

[@rodterrell304]

Yeah I fell into the "sample Library pit and got a bunch of sounds only to realize that the music doesn't write itself and that I need to stop watching compositing /orchestration videos and just start making music and I will after I watch some more of these orchestration recipes videos....I promise.

[@josephangelodelosreyes4206]

BRO.

[@MaxFleye]

But where do I get the gluten free violin library?

[@PhilipJohnstonMusic]

Just look in the aisle with the FODMAP woodwinds, just to the left of dairy-free percussion. Can’t miss it.

[@Ephisus]

This is a game changer for a filmmaker that has to wear a composer hat sometimes.

[@orchestrationrecipes]

"Filmmaker that has to wear a composer hat sometimes"....has to be just about the coolest job on the planet :)

[@ashleythorpe7933]

Dry roasted horn. Fine for me!!!!

[@fearlessfreddy1000]

Your *#&! flippi'n address doesn't like my email, password, etc, It won't let me join your 'joy of cooking' club and I'm not going to spend my time chippin' the ice off it so I can see what's in thar!

[@orchestrationrecipes]

All is good, send me an email at [e-mail], I'll get you in-anybody who crafts a complaint comment this funny would be a great addition to any club :)