Hey there, this is my first song id call a success with caustic :D
I didnt use any effects cause i really dont get along with them at the moment.
Whatever, i wanted to share this track with you guys to see what you think about it. Maybe you got some ideas how to make it sound better as i cant really handle all those settings.
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All the extras handling will come trust me... You are off to a great start. Giod animation and variety of tones..... Keep it up!
Yea i think i just need to practice a lot. Be sure, ill never stop as long as i get positive/constructive feedback ;)
Another one i wanted to share is this small piece with violins. I tried to create an Orchestra and i was supprised, because after i played round with the attack wheel it sounded way better than i thought it could.
Ofc its no real track but a small play round. I needed to split those into 3 different lines because it wasnt able to play them correctly if there are too many notes in one line.
Im already on to make a real song out of it, but it seems like it will end up in the same style as the first one did
Liking it - although I'm sure last time I checked delay and reverb were effects
Enjoying the mix between classical, European folk melodies and electronica
Really accomplished from a musical perspective, I'm guessing you play a traditional instrument?
Effects seem to work best as subtle shading or extreme sound modification, finding my way with these too. Distortion on synths and Drum machines for added crunch works a treat.
Would love to know where you got the string and/or orchestral samples from. Are they from a content pack or self made?
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Wow, yeah that orchestral sounds huge, what kinds of samples are you using?
Nice arrangement and smooth sound. Good use of Stereo Reverb and Delay to build a nice depth and spread of your string type sounds..... You're learning fast. Look out lol.
Loved them both! Very accomplished musically, and I loved the string and organ(?) sounds in the main track. I look forward to hearing more, welcome aboard!
Ye ofc youre right, reverb and delay are effekts too, but theyre one of the easyest ones. Thats always the first thing i do after opening a new project: zoom out, turn up delay to the half, reverb up to a quater, enable stereo for both :D
The sample that sounds like an organ is just the default preset of the subsynth with stereo delay and reverb on. I used them to make the melody and wanted to change it later but i realized theres no change needed (troll :D ). The strings are the usual pcmsynth strings witch are integrated in caustic, just the “attack“ wheel was turned down to a quater (see in “orchestra.caustic“ file below)
And yea youre right, my brother played the violin once so i often listened and learnd from it.
I played contrabass once, the changed to the harp (where i still invent my ideas i convert to caustic) and during the last 10 years i learned a bit of guitar and piano. Im not great with those, but its okay ^^
If any1 is interested in this orchestra track:
http://db.tt/0T9gZrl0
Feel free to use, change it or make it awesome ^^
Thanks for the welcoming and the great feedback. :)
Just one last thing to warn you: my english isnt allways the best. Still working on it :D