FREE ORCHESTRAL LIBRARY - But Is It Any Good?
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- A free Kontakt orchestral library? But can it possibly be any good? Film and Television Composer Guy MIchelmore takes Project Sam's Free Orchestra for a spin scoring a suspense/contemporary horror sequence.
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Can't believe you just went through all of that to make a "free lunch" joke. This guy is amazing
Guy is a 'nutter' an a attribute associated with the great and creative....we gotta love him!!
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I couldn’t believe it, I thought he actually wanted to book a table haha
Its probably his wife 😂
Wow cool video Guy! And thanks for the kind words! BTW: this April we’ll have a surprise, involving an even more expanded The Free Orchestra which works in the free Kontakt Player ;-)
As someone trying to get into composing as a hobby, this is very much appreciated!
Nice! That would be an incredible resource for many who are looking to get into scoring and the like and could really make it more accessible for a huge amount of people. Great work!
Yyaaayy can't wait then.
You're welcome - bring it on!
Hi they are only Demo version, I have kontakt player 6 orginal and it doesn't work , so please help 😞
Did Guy just prank called a legit restaurant for this video?🤣🤣🤣 He's the exact kind of person I wanna be when I grow up👌 I hope you actually went to the restaurant to treat yourself a great meal later though 😊
Oxo Tower is fantastic highly recommended - and very nice people!
@@ThinkSpaceEducation I'll visit there when I'll come for my Master's graduation ceremony 😊
If only they knew whom they were talking with... :J
"My mom was right - there is no such thing as a free lunch". OMG. I almost chopped my dinner at the screen! You, sir, are a star!
I think you're the first youtuber I see that is sponsored by its own content :D
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Guy Michelmore hey I love the videos I finally got native select 12 i love it so much sounds
Always so inspiring to watch a master at work, after 30 years working in music a few minutes with you reminds me how little I know and how much more I have to learn. However, it is also good to know that I’m not the only one talking to myself in the studio and berating my own wrong moves aloud!😂 The joy I see apparent in you process is refreshing to see, and something I can relate to in my own work at times. Discovering your channel, by chance, was wonderful, keep up the great work Guy, very much respect.
Impressive. I will go download my free lunch now. As usual, these "Guy wired" videos tether us to solid, practical solutions for making music.
"are you all shaking in your boots?" I CANNNTTTT!!!! guy ilysm
I love how much fun he is havong while making his masterpiece! Subbed immediately!
What an absolute gem of a channel this is. I can't believe how much I have already learned from you in the short time I've been here. Thank you Guy for all of the effort you put into all of your videos :)
I used a lot of these free orchestra samples in a horror score last year. So useful!
Dearest Guy Michelmore, I can't thank you enough for showing me this library!! Thanks you so much! Such a very high quality! Its exactly what I was looking for my project! And money is short lately so this helps me a lot! Just subscribed!
Wish I had the full version of Kontakt. Perhaps someday it’ll be on sale or something. This library sounds great, thanks for the video.
This library now runs on the free Kontakt Player!!!!
@@AndrewPRoberts really?! that's awesome, thanks for the heads up. I'll go check it out.
That shit can barely get downloded
yo it's like 75% off right now since everybody's stuck in their house!
@@MikeRivkees Where? I still see the regular price on the NI website
Watching your enthusiasm for the things you do for a living is very inspirational. You are one lucky man and so are we for having you share this all with us.
How on earth do you not have a billion subscribers? Fantastic all the way around! Supremely glad I stumbled across your channel.
Hi Guy - my first visit here! The version that works with Kontakt Player is out now - I just installed it and have had a bit of a play and am quite impressed!
Joe Grint hey.. can you put the link where to download that
@@vishmikaveesha Here you go :-) projectsam.com/library-category/the-free-orchestra/
this a lot better than those hip hop producers on youtube that don't know anything about music and only use crappy samples and 808s. even though we have more music production tools now i feel a lot of music has gone backwards and the main reason is most producers now don't play an instrument as a basis of understanding. i feel like guitar is a very good basis especially rhumba/flamenco as you have weird timings and have to sometimes finger tap the beats. when you learn this type of guitar you can quickly learn other string instruments, piano and drums as once yo understand the scales/ chords its easy to translate. i encourage any aspiring producer to pick up an instrument of some sorts and try others down the line as they don't have to be expensive. also its easy to learn how to play anything now as its all free on youtube with thousands of videos.
5:23 I felt Stravinsky at this part
Dude, you're so great
I just discovered you and you've got literally all I need, in both content and charisma
Thanks a whale
(I just invented this saying, it means "thanks a lot", let's see if it sticks around)
Thanks a whale! Haha i love it! So British
Came for the musical knowledge, stayed for the joyful excitement!
I love the energy you bring to every one of your videos. I also love your musical flair and insights. I wanted to learn more about your music so I looked up your IMDb page, and have to say, very impressive! I enjoyed your demo reels there as well. Keep up the amazing work.
So I've been playing around with this library. I wrote a score in Sibelius (I like notation) then exported the xml into Reaper and began assigning instruments these samples. The samples are excellent quality. They sound really good right out of the box with minimal mucking around with processing the sounds. HOWEVER, they are rather limited in utility. You have no woodwind, for starters (the Wild Winds are some kind of pre-orchestrated patch, not an ensemble), the short strings are limited in range (violins have at least an octave, if not two, above where the SAM samples will let you go - I ended up having to take most of my strings down an octave, and apparently I can't count because I ended up with the most unpleasant harmonies afterwards!), plus you only get staccato strings, so you can't really play anything longer than a quaver (you also get the sordino violins, which are great, but only if you want them sordino!), the horns are really good, the other brass is basically these huge blasts and swells - pretty cool, but not subtle! The choirs are nice, but I prefer the (free) LABS choirs from Spitfire Audio. You also have very limited articulation options.
So basically the samples you get are really good, but it's miles away from being an entry-level orchestral library you can use for general purpose scoring (though good for 'epic' stuff and generic action ostinatos pieces). With what I wrote it sounded like a right mess with these samples. I'm not complaining because it's free and what you get is definitely good and I can see myself using some of the samples in future, but you'll need to download loads of extra samples to get yourself something even vaguely like an orchestra.
I think I'm going to save up for a proper sample library. Albion ONE looks like the best option, but expensive. Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 might be a more budget-friendly option. We'll see.
From what I gather, this free library is just a survey of what is offered in the libraries that are available for purchase.
I was thinking about getting this library. Now I'm only thinking of the possibilities to score some symphonic metal with this and Spitfire BBC Discover libraries!
Those where my thoughts exactly haha
What a CARD!
I was looking for a video to gibe me a comprehensive overview of The Free Orchestra, and I ....
uh.....
got lost, watching you get attacked by invisible monsters, which you obviously conjured, but playing their theme songs! 😆
I suspect that you took every one of us, who happened past your video, on a ride we had no intention of going on, but thoroughly enjoyed.
Project Sam needs to commission you to do their official introductory and/or instructional videos.
I find you engaging, clearly knowledgeable, madcap, and fun.
Thanls for the ride
I'll be checking out your "How to Write Musoc," video, soon.
I wish that you'd write a, "How to Play Musoc" video, too.
Regards from the United States.
Robin
Just downloaded this library with Kontakt 6. They are very rich sounds for FREE!!
Would love to spend a week in the studio with this guy . . . He's amazing!!!
I just found your channel and I am so so grateful that you are here to teach this sort of art to the world. I hope to be a film score composer when I am older and your videos have already been so helpful in my journey. Thank you Guy!
Bernard Herrmann would have loved this--if it only had contrabassoons! Excellent video, Guy. Free is great!
Maybe I should dice into that Spitfire BH library
I just recently discovered this channel! I gotta say, this man's energy is on another level!
17:08 I like everything about this Guy, I live for the endless tinkering. Keep it up!
That was a great intro! I'm like what the heck! Thanks for sharing some of your valuable knowledge with us.
John Williams would be proud of that moment! This was a really nice tutorial, because this is a nice little software for being free. I'm glad you brought this to our attention. And that delay, that was sweet. Thank you Guy!
Hello Guy! I'm watching you from Brazil. I got this library last week. I'm learning how to use it with you! Thank you!!!
Love your comments and your way to tell that you went went overboard so fast in the recording and production ,so true we all do it too often , thank you , love your videos .
I actually just used this library for the first time earlier tonight. Cool stuff.
i like the rawness of your working progress!
what a gift! Brilliant, Guy. The timing is perfect for a project I'm on right now. Some really excellent sounds and beautifully demo'd. Thank you
Information. Presentation. Value. Simply Fantastic!
Very good video tutorial!! The jaws theme part hahaha. Thanks for sharing!!
Unique -- not sure I'd want a free library with so much packed into one patch. Thanks for showing us this, Guy
I love his enthusiasm
EVERY video by you is really a big joy!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!
I want to be like this Man when i grow up 💜🔥🔥💪🏻🤘🏻💯
16:26 JAWS.... you are as epic and fun as your music! Love you Guy. SUBSCRIBED
Guy, could you do a video showing some of your favorite library for specific uses? Like best strings, or best brass, perc, etc...?
OK good idea
Brilliant stuff Guy. Can't wait to explore your videos more. Paul
I like free samples - my first experiment with them was to get a better sound on my Yamaha PSR... grabbed a usb Midi adapter, a free VST host... and a sampled Steinway - works just fine for me! Since added vsts for a DX7 and the CS80 - great fun!
I love watching his tutorial videos. he always gave us tutorials in a lively and positive way
Your enthusiasm is mighty infectious! That's what made me subscribe to your channel, Guy.
I actually paused the video half way in to tell you!
The full version of Kontakt is required to load the NKI instrument. You can also import the individual .wav samples into any sampler or DAW of choice. This is from the project Sam website. I'm going to check this with my sampler when I get home from work.
Anita... Yes, as it stands these don't ENTIRELY work with the free player; it apparently times out as a demo after 15 minutes. You can of course reload, and bounce in place too, to keep the audio. However Project Sam (above here in the comments somewhere!) have hinted there will be an expanded version of these free libraries, which will run properly in Kontakt Player. Let's hope!
I've watched this video with guy twice now and it gets better each time. I have an idea to write action music to guys videos.
This is great, I wish I had discovered you at the beginning of lockdown in March 2020, but I have found you now and enjoying your videos. I had the trial of Ableton Live 10 then after 180 days it ended so I bought the full suite. Just starting on the monumentus task of scoring video clips!!
1:21 Tricky Dutch vowels. Go to google translate and enter for Dutch: "Spruit". That's how you pronounce his surname. As for Maarten: close enough. The aa signifies long a though, so If you know French: á (aah), not à (ah).You could also look up a word like taart in google translate.
>>> The Free Orchestra now comes with a (free) Kontakt Player license!
The joke in the beggining lmao you rock man
VERY NICE! im so very glad to have found someone who can help me kickstart my music with showing quality plugins! You need to do more vids like this.
That intro caught me off guard yo 😂😂😂😂
Your attitude is amazing and approach is amazing.. Thanks for doing this channel
24:24 When you left your chair I thought you were going to get into position jump scare us!
That's exactly what I thought... XD
I thought we were going to see the trailer in its entirety. haha. Didn't even consider jump scare.
I always enjoy listening to U sir. I’m new to orchestral but with u, I can fly
Guy, idk if you've discussed the Retrospective MIDI Record feature before, but it is a magical tool in Cubase. IMO, it is a massive feature for composers and songwriters using MIDI. Cubase is always capturing MIDI input into memory, even when you are stopped! Take a look in the user guide.
best intro ever! I freaking love it!!
I have been a video editor since the early 60s and had a lot of fun doing it. You seem to be having the same amount of fun
Everything is great. May be Stay with your top, left go pro and screen capture for 99% and use your left slide camera only for intro & intermission talks with really slow slide. That might step up your presentation to be even more smooth! Cheers
I think CZcams has been spying on me. I've just been writing a rock song with an orchestral-esque breakdown, and these sounds are perfect!
Such A Jolly Guy 🥺 I'll Learn Everything He'll Teach (ps. i never comment on anyone's video but thank you man subbed 👊)
I mean if you're really interested in making music, buying a library will be a well spent investment! Myself, I'm currently using East West Symphonic Orchestra which is not too expensive for what you get. Pair that up with Reaper and you have a nice, budget package :)
Was really looking forward to using those sounds.
Bloody brilliant Guy! I'm so glad I discovered your channel. You're a blood gem!
You're my new fav CZcamsr
The piece/melody in this one is really up my alley!
Guy, you are a fantastic teacher and sooo... much energy!!!
OMG, everytime you surprise us with new things 😂
Dude, you are HILARIOUS and your energy is soooo refreshing. Thanks for sharing this resource!!!
I love this Guy ! Funny and good sharing. I came across your channel by wanting to update my orchestral library. I really like the content, the humble and talented person with British humor !
Regarding this video, hilarious Jaws sequences. It s vert nice on that pandemie. Thank you Guy.
Reef from west coast if France ;-)
Thanks for posting. I have several Symphobia libraries, but didn't realize that this was available.
Great video Guy, your humor is at the top!! feels good when watching your videos, keep it up!!!
I was like all ready to leave, and then you had to pull out some Waves delay and I was like all in. It's cool. You have a great touch of the dramatic.
Just been and downloaded this ... thx for telling us about it Guy. AND it works in the free Kontakt player cheapskates like me use. Happy happy happy!
19:07 That scream :)))))
Thanks Guy. You are the man. I love this passion and happiness with work.
This video inspired me to make some orchestral music, and it's sounding great
just stumbled across this video and i have to say.. this was brilliant very entertaining and informative. definitely getting this free orchestra and definitely subscribing.
This intro. 😂 Nice video, Guy! Keep the good work! 🙂
That free lunch bit was actually hilarious omg all i was looking for was some free strings!
I got this the other day but haven't tried it out yet. Thanks for this demonstration. There are definitely some very usable sounds in there.
This channel need more viewer and subscribe.
You deserve it.
Love your videos ❤️
The Welsh Tourist Board have their new promo theme
I feel the Torchwood team will be needed in a few minutes.
What, 18:14?
Soundtrack makes all the difference between whether we expect Richard Attenborough's voice or a great white attack next -independent of what we are seeing. It would be interesting to see an episode devoted to that phenomenon, using different sounds, chords and music against the same video clips. Love the channel at breakfast here in Pennsylvania. Carry on !
That was the friendliest prank call I've ever heard. Awesome video.
Nice worke: really cool to have such a "benign" bit of video turned all Arkham / Lovecraft via the TFO libraries.
My God !!! You make this so much fun and very useful !! Thank you for posting these videos I"m looking forward too more! yes exclamation on every line !!! I just pinched myself to see if this is true!!! I mean free useful vst instruments !!!!! I can work with this stuff (In a "pinch") !!! Thank you Guy !!!!
A very good, exceptional, informative video. And above all, FUNNY!!!
You obviously love what you are doing in it, but and it is but...........you make everyone watching a part of the enjoyment you feel. I loved the JAWS reference......made me laugh and feel good, especially during this lockdown period we're all having to endure. Thank you, no really, THANK YOU!!!
There were parts of the composition that reminded me of the original sounds of Planet of the apes ( the original 1970s version ) with a sort of primal/primitive feel. You Sir, are a genius and I'm sorry that you didn't get a 'free lunch'......... you deserve one!
what an epic orchestral bundle mindblowing how its free
Thank you for sharing this. Will check em out. I have project sam for Reason so I am already interested. What made this video fun is your metronome sound goes well with it as it was a motion trackers for 👽 movies. So it was spot on with the melodies. Thank you again. God bless Sir
The jaws moment was so hilarious. Just the expression on his face as he starts into it you can tell he is up to something. lol
This channel is fantastic. Thank you Guy for all the great content. You remind me to not take music so seriously and to have fun with it again.
You can't beat that for the price. Hell, quality verse cost point is off the chart. Thanks for this Guy o/
Thanks for the heads up! Downloading now👍
Bringing that much energy to the occasion is worth practicing. Most acceptable.