how do you make an orchestral stab?

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  1. samsome

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    using instruments from the orchestra


    brass should be at low end i believe...

    what else

    thanks!

     
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  3. BEAT16

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    An orchestra hit, also known as an orchestral hit, orchestra stab, or orchestral stab, is a synthesized sound created through the layering of the sounds of a number of different orchestral instruments playing a single staccato note or chord. The orchestra hit sound was propagated by the use of early samplers, particularly the Fairlight CMI where it was known as the ORCH5 sample.
     
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    @BEAT16 I think the OP is trying to create one from scratch using orchestral instruments, not looking for a premade one.
     
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    Find instruments with fast attack (like timbani?) and so on and then combine them
     
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    The easiest way is a sampled hit. The above mentioned CMI for example, but you can get it also from Stravinsky Firebird (see at 1:30), and many other.

    If you want overlay several sections, start with timpani, strings, brass, woods, slight and quick glissando up for the las three.

    Edit: added hit score.
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    Thanks for the hint.

    Sylenth: Orchestral Stabs [Sound Design]

    Serum Tutorial: How to make Orchestral Stabs/Hits (Brass/Violin Synth)
     
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    True. But just because you know how to do something, doesn't mean you should. :)
     
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    Nice answers here, well done guys :wink:
     
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    gem.jpg Oldskool!!:bleh:
     
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    give them a knife
     
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    I was looking for this answer :rofl:
     
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  15. demberto

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    I like this sound, but only when it has a good high end

    tracklib
     
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