Non-metal piece, but I could use your advices...

[Stillborn]

Okay so here goes, I've composed some sort of a symphonic medley...
I have a music company here in France, and we'd like to compose for anything
from commercials, radio spots to movies etc... So this piece is mainly a sampler
for our "orchestra" section.

Anyway, it'd be cool if you had pointers, even if you think it's not relevant

Here's the piece : Orchestral piece

Thanks guys.

 

[Mendel]

nice with what did u do it ? some bit mor reverb would help

 

[NathanSoulfracture]

sounds fine to me. i think more reverb would just muddy the sound up.

 

[Razorjack]

I'd bring out the pizzicato strings more in the first part, maybe bring the percussion back in the mellower parts (or the strings forward).

Overall it sounds great.

 

[Flat Fifth Fury]

Very nice! Yeah, some of the percussion is a bit loud but maybe that's what you wanted. The only thing that I can think of is that the panning of the instruments is very centered except near the end where you do a ping-pong thing with the violins. That kind of violin panning thing is not possible in a symphony because all the violins are on one side, usually the conductors left. But still, I like it.

 

[Mendel]

sounds fine to me. i think more reverb would just muddy the sound up.

r u sure ?

orchestra's etc use most of the time lt's of reverb. im talking just a sprinkl more about this

 

[Stillborn]

There is a fine line between loud and too loud...
Because I do want the percussions loud, but
obviously what is "loud" for some might be
"too loud" for others...

The "ping-pong" thing is actually high violas and
low violins, which would be consistent with some
orchestra placement, but it is true that the panning
is a bit dull overall... I'll try and modify that,
thanks for bringing it up to my attention.

For Mendel : This piece was done with shitload of
samples, but mainly East West / Quantum Leap
Symphonic Orchestra Silver & Gold edition.

Thanks for your comments everyone

 

[Lord Lurion]

It sounds good to me. I wouldn't add any more reverb than what there is. I don't think it would do much for the piece.

 

[Hopkins-WitchfinderGeneral]

A handy guide to orchestra panning that was hanging around on my hd!

 

[Black neon bob]

That is pretty handy, yes..

But the east west orchestra gold and silver allready have the instruments panned as a preset, so it should fit into the mix quite well...

I think the part around 1:50 has a beautifull solo violin on it, and i like the whole piece, which is, in my opinion, not "too goddamn long"
took a long while to load though... hehe...

You did a good job on the velocity as well, really brings the instruments to live, like they should be!

 

[Hopkins-WitchfinderGeneral]

This sounds great allready actually, very nice stuff.

Mendel, this has the perfect balance of verb already. :roll:

edit: I guess you have to remember also, that a lot of film score type stuff is not panned traditionally these days. If it sounds good, which it does in this case, then fine.