May 22, 201115 yr Nice! I like how you throw a few curveballs in there, it kept me on my toes. The bass at 1:10 was really really heavy, I'd suggest adding more space between the bass notes to let the music breathe (the basses often do that in an orchestra as well, keeping notes short so the music stays crisp rather than muddy) and maybe doubling that line with low piano to give it more bite, right now it sounds a bit like 'flub flub flub flub' rather than 'dum dum dum dum' (I always feel silly using sounds like that in a forum post but it's hard to describe it any other way). In general, in no fault of your own but just because of the sounds you're using, the articulations don't have much bite, which doesn't compliment the intense tone you're trying to set. To counteract that, I might maybe pull back on the reverb a bit and double lines with instruments that do have bite and where the attack is stronger than the body of the note, like the piano. It might also help to lower the bass/mid range sounds in general and bring up the higher strings, maybe add some upper woodwinds as well, especially at the end. The ending sounds a bit like it's fizzling out since it's all bass, adding more upper instruments will make it sound more full and make it sound more final, I think. Hope some of those ideas are useful! Thanks for posting!
May 26, 201115 yr Author Hey thanks for the advice. ill definitely play around with some of your ideas but am also looking into getting some new sounds. right now i use Finale. i have Logic but no good orchestral instruments to use in it. would you have any suggestions on what to use?
