<pony><original><orchestral> MiJyn - Everlasting Friendship

[MiJyn]

ok, here is my track thingy, hope y'all enjoy it ^^

[Alycs]

Really liked this; it sounds really good. There were only a few thing that bugged me. One was even though the strings were doing runs, they still had noticeable vibrato on them. Yes, technically you can do this in real life but its usually reserved for fiddling, not for something like this. If you have strings that are being played normally sans-vibrato, or Marccato they would sound more accurate in my opinion.

Second was the drums are all panned dead in the center of the mix. With the types of drums you have, it usually sounds a lot better if you stagger them across the stereo field. It helps widen the sound and makes the whole song much more dynamic. Also, there is a touch too much reverb on them, they start getting muddy near the end.

Lastly was the bell at the end. Personally, I love orchestral chimes, but the thing that makes them most effective is when they are standing out from the rest of the song. These were getting a little lost with all the strings taking the highs and high-mids, and the drums taking the low-mids. I'd recommend having one more chime going in the low register, so it sounds under the drums, and one more playing (very softly) in the high register to give definition over the violins.

That being said, this was a very nice song. I love hearing good orchestral work.

[MiJyn]

wow, thanks for the huge feedback on it! what do you mean by putting the drums in stereo though? like putting them more on a certain side? or panning them?

and yeah, I agree, the chimes were absolutely terrible in that piece >.<

hmm, I actually didn't hear any vibrato... is it in the ostinato's (the part that keeps on repeating and changing)? or in the bass or melody?

thanks again!

[Alycs]

For the drums I meant change the panning position from note to note, so on one beat it could be center, the next right, the next left... etc.

For the strings, it sounds like the vibrato is part of the instrument. I'm going to guess you are using EWQL's Symphonic for the strings (the chimes sound like their's), and on almost all of their samples they have included vibrato (even if it isn't marked), to get a clean sound, you have to go with either their Non Vib Sus/Fast sounds or with their Marc. Sounds. (if it isn't EWQL, I'm sure whatever library it is has something similar)

[MiJyn]

ohhh ok, thanks! actually, I was just using orchestral essentials, so I can't control that, but with the one I'm working on now, I'm using another (LASS), which allows me to do so, thanks for the tip!!