Hi,everyone.

I'm F5, this is my first time to this forum and sharing my little music work,
and the kind of music is my first try as well.
Would be glad to have some communicate with everyone about this orchestral music.

Hope you can enjoy, thx!!

 

ethno world 5 (intro) . the composition is not bad . the sound like a mush in my ears . need an mastering the tracks

 

Yes,i have the big problem of the mixing & mastering,
it's a really big problem for me,
I don't know why I just couldn't fix the issue,
and most of times ,
I don't even know the sound is going wrong,even this is my best one for now...
maybe just need more practice.
The first vocal of boy used from ethno 6,
Wow how impressive your knowledge!!

Thank you for your reply,
I will remember this and keep practicing .
If my words is hard to understand, I feel sorry because english is my second language.
Thanks at all

 

Hi and welcome!

I know there is a lot of hard work to put an orchestral piece together. So first, congrats!

Hope you understand we are all learning from each other. You say it's your first try so I will not go in to composition - as it is subjective. There are certainly nice parts, but the main structure is somehow "detached" - this might work as an effect sometimes but usually it's a no. Try "connecting" the choir part with the second and then with the end and see how it sounds.

What I noticed as a distraction and what pushes the work away from realistic feeling was:
- The panning. Look at the orchestra from a listeners perspective. If I hear the violins hard right and a brass instrument hard left (2:13) it immediately sounds "wrong" to me.
- Transitions. There are "legato parts" the are not smooth. With all these libraries that focus on legato, you have a quick fix..
- Reverb. Play with it. Like the panning it will help you position instruments in a better way achieving 3D depth.

But you did the so important thing - finishing the work!

 

At first ,I need to thank you for your advising,
I think it will really help me . :D

The first you said ,try to "connecting" the choir part to the other ,
I still couldn't know how to fix it for now,
but I will keep it in mind!!!

The 2nd,
about the pan of brass and violin,
It's a new issue for me I never noticed.

Really thank you for all this ,and your encourage.
Here is bit lots informations need to process for me,
I will need a time to figure them out.

Wish we have a good day :D

 

To simplify what I meant:

Technically you have natural noise under the boy's singing that even ends with a click. Nothing wrong with the noise, it adds to realism, but it should be consistent. As far as composition goes - you can leave this cut (it adds drama) but you can experiment with dynamics or add a timpani roll where strings attack. Don't listen to me! Its your composition..

Just google "orchestra" and look at "images". You will see that the instruments are almost always positioned in the same spots. Look at the instrument(s) position and adjust the pan left-right to where the sound should come from. The violins are towards the left so I should here them more on my left - it's that simple..

 

Can I ask what you used? And... nice first (if indeed it is your first) run!

 

Good job. For a first attempt at something like this?

 

Thank you for keep patient with me ,
and I think I got your words wrong...
my poor english

I didn't know you're talking about the very first boy's part, and I think I can fix it now.

As for the pan position...yes , I will spent my time to get further on it .

Thank you and good night :D

 

Last edited: May 13, 2017

Thank you, there is kontakt factory library,logic pro's library and lass 2

 

Thank you,
it's my first kind of orchestral work,
and I would like to learn something I wasn't realized from here,
because I just touched DAW about a year,
too many things still confused me,
and it's really hard to find a forum like this in my country.