Spitfire Audio/Cinematic Studio Demo | TRACK BREAKDOWN | Dance of Castles and Stars | Original Piece

[@martinfernandez4467]

awesome

[@tweetbecky6836]

Holy shit, that’s really good, man. Can’t stress enough how well the orquesta has been written. The work with the brass section is truly marvellous and this has honestly turned into one of my favourite pieces. Just followed you in Spotify, now if you excuse me, I’m gonna go and SIMP over your work.

[@SamuelStalderOST]

Thank you so much Becky :). I'm so glad you like this piece. Your comment only encourages me to make more stuff like this with you in mind. I'll make sure you're one of the first to hear any of my new pieces :). Hope you are doing well 😊

[@brandonhills3797]

Dude .. it's just amazing

[@SamuelStalderOST]

Thanks Brandon! Glad you liked it :)

[@kaitok6949]

"Oh look Sam wrote a ditty" *Literally an entire orchestral arrangement* ok

[@SamuelStalderOST]

haha orchestra go *brrrrr*

[@aleksandarstojceski3139]

Loved the piece and Studio brass never sounded this good.

[@SamuelStalderOST]

Thanks Aleksandar! Yes, studio brass never disappoints :)). My go to brass library for everything nowerdays haha.

[@c-m-laurin-lenschow]

It took less than a minute of your music to make me subscribe to your channel :)

[@SamuelStalderOST]

Thank you Laurin! That means a ton :)).

[@maximdomnikovmusic7912]

Wow I'm going to have to up my game next piece haha. This is amazing Sam.

[@SamuelStalderOST]

Thanks Maxim! :)) I know you! KZbin recommended to me your piece titled 'Transported to Another World'. Absolutely loved it!

[@drewcollier1138]

Really nice piece! As for Cinematic Studio Brass, I'm wondering how you mixed it. It sounds very center-heavy compared to the Spitfire stuff. Did you use a lot of the close mics? I want to get CSB next month but I'm concerned it won't mix well with BBCSO, etc.

[@SamuelStalderOST]

Thanks Drew! Yeah, CSB definitely does have a closer feel than all the Spitfire stuff. In this situation, I'm only using the standard mix. You do have the option to make it feel more far back by adjusting the mic positions. I can't due to RAM issues. The main reason I got this library is due to how easy it is to use compared to the Spitfire Symphonic series. Of course, it won't blend naturally with the Spitfire stuff since they're in two different rooms. Also Spitfire has more reverb on their libraries than Cinematic Studio. With lots of mixing you can pull it off. I tried to do it with my 'Horton Hears a Who' mockup. That piece has adjusted mic positions to make it feel bigger. I think it worked in that case :). Of course, if ever you'd like me to demo some stuff for you, I can help with that :). Maybe send over something made with bbcso and I'll add some CSB over it or I can mockup something that has both Spitfire Symphonic Strings (for example) and CSB. My contact is [e-mail]. Hope this helps!

[@NeverduskX]

This was a pretty nice piece. As someone still learning orchestration, I appreciate the breakdown.

[@SamuelStalderOST]

Thank you for your kind words! I will be doing more stuff like this in the future, but with more notable composers than me haha, so do stick around if you want to see more breakdowns.

[@anggawibisono2621]

You literally do a hard quantize but it’s still sound really good, how you do it?

[@SamuelStalderOST]

Yup, quantise everything for when I make the sheet music score. How do I do it? I guess lots of time composing and mocking up stuff haha. Gives you a good sense of orchestration.

[@anggawibisono2621]

@@SamuelStalderOST but for sure it won’t trigger any legato right?

[@SamuelStalderOST]

@@anggawibisono2621 No, it won't as it's all short articulations. If I was making a longer piece with legato patches, I would bounce the legato mix before editing and quantising the MIDI to be suitable for orchestration.