The Making Of "The Landing" | Epic Orchestral Trailer Music in FL Studio
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
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Here's a "making of" tutorial of my Epic Orchestral Trailer track: "The Landing"!
In this video, I explain everything from how I went to create the track, to all the libraries I used.
It's a bit sketchy since it's the first tutorial I ever made, but whatever. If you're a producer / composer, I hope this will be useful for you. :D
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Original Song Name: Final Fantasy VIII - The Landing
» VSTs/Sample Libraries used:
Native Instruments Kontakt 5 , Orchestral Tools Metropolis Ark 1 , Heavyocity Damage , EastWest Symhponic Orchestra , EastWest Gypsy , CineSamples Tina Guo Acoustic Cello Legato, Impact Soundworks Juggernaut , XFER Serum , Boom Library Cinematic Trailers Designed , Audio Imperia Scenes From The Multiverse , Audio Imperia Shredders , 8Dio Hybrid Tools 2
Project Stems & MIDI Download:
- www.patreon.com/posts/download-landing-7308375
Libraries used & PC Specs:
- Strings: Metropolis Ark 1, Tina Guo Acoustic Cello Legato
- Brass: Metropolis Ark 1
- Choir: Metropolis Ark 1
- Piano: The Giant
- Guitars: Gypsy
- Percussion: Heavyocity Damage, Metropolis Ark 1, Symphonic Orchestra
- Synths: Juggernaut, Serum
- Trailer SFX: Various Custom Samples, Cinematic Trailers Designed,
Scenes From The Multiverse Vol.1, Shredders Vol.1, Hybrid Tools 2
- PC Specs: 3.4 GHz i7 CPU, 16GB RAM, 512 GB SSD + Extra HDD
- DAW: FL Studio 12
I cannot see everything
I use sonatina symphonic orchestra and I can't find the mod wheel. Is there one?
You started making music 3 years ago with no knowledge of theory, hahaha that's amazing.
:)
"It's just a break for the listener's ears..."
Thank you! Too many composers and arrangers totally miss that.
I got more useful information out of this one video than the entire Hans Zimmer Masterclass.
1:14:09 almost blew my brain up!! x2 Alex talking
Yeah... I noticed that when it was already too late, haha!
Wooow! Man1!!! This is so great track. Really good job.
Thanks! :)
Man you are brilliant. All of this by ear with little music theory? Insane
this is so fascinating! :O so much effort goes into every track you make, that's amazing. such a thorough breakdown, really awesome :D
Thank you for the kind words! :)
you make very good music and great tutorials. Keep up the good work.
Glad it could be of use to you, and thanks again for the pledge!
The tutorial is very in-depth and detailed, thank you for this "dissection" of the track, it was very helpful. One thing I'd like to see different in your future tutorials is that you avoid repeating words when you talk, or stuttering while you talk because it makes it really hard to follow the music. If you play a section, try not to talk over it or if you do, try increasing the volume of the track and lowering the volume of your microphone.
Thanks for the tips!
Alex Moukala No problem, I just wanted to say thanks again for sharing your workflow with the community, it's much appreciated. Keep up the good work!
Once again,great tutorial!Thank you Alex!!!
Man i like what you've done, Nobuo Uematsu should see this 👍
Your playlist is very organized. I like it.
Thanks, I tend to organize it this way whenever I'm writing something with a very complex instrumentation, helps a lot!
Maaan! Finally made it through! What a masterpiece!! The detail really blew me away. You got skills dude. And btw, I did walk away with some gems. ;-)
Thank you!
Whew! I'm glad I didn't make you waste an hour of your life man. :D
*1hr and a half
A very informative and professional tutorial, and your English is very fluent i'll tell you that.
Oddio sei italiano! Ho scoperto ieri il tuo canale e mi sto divorando i video. Ottimo lavoro :)
Spero ti siano d'aiuto!
Makes 2 Steps from hell look like a five track folk song. Looking forward to watching the rest of your channel. Hopefully there's a way to get that big sound with fewer tracks that you'll share with us later. Absolutely excellent info though.
Really good tutorial, thank you for sharing this! I am half-way through and need a break but I hope the last part is as good :) And amazing track too!
Thanks my friend!
Sorry if it's too long, haha. There was just too much to say about this track. :)
Alex Moukala No no, that's great! The more details the better :D
Great video. Sounds amazing
Glad you like!
Awesome work
Thank you very much. This looks fun.
You're welcome Joseph, I hope you'll take away something useful from this video!
Epic video, thank you so much for sharing the knowledge, even though I don't make orchestral there's a lot to learn
Glad it could help you out!
You are a Monster (as a composer).
What did you begin learning first? What was your focus? Did you only focus on music theory? Did you get comfortable with FL studio first and then start focusing on other things? I don't want to fall into the sample pack trap, but writing is like I'm walking through a minefield blindfolded sometimes.
I love your videos mate, i found you from Walids site Evenant, love you guys share this so much thank you!
Really amazing btw!
Thanks! :)
Awesome, my friend! :)
Thank you bro! :D
Amazing
Thanks Mario!
Thank you for sharing with us :) , also waiting for new ones
You're welcome!
And yes, you can expect more tutorials on the way! (Hopefully shorter than this one. :D)
Great vid. Keep them up. Subbed!
Thanks for the sub! :)
Bello bello bello!
Grazie! :D
great tutorial ! :D
Thank you brooo!
this summer...
Thanks Man! You really helped me :)
I'm very glad to hear that!
hey ! You're amazing bro,thank u for explaining us how to make this masterpiece. 😊
which computer do you use for such a big project ?????
i7 3.5 GHz, 16GB of RAM + various HDDs & SSDs!
Dude, you are amazing for doing this!!!
Now how many hours did it take you to complete this epic music???
Awesome, Thanks a lot!
He also states what libraries he uses for his cinematic hits @ 16:08
Ahm, Alex, I don't know if had read my last question with different kontakt on different patterns, I waited quite a long period of time for your answer, until I almost..., ahm, I almost had to give up using FL Studio and try other DAW. Well, I really tried one of those DAWs trial versions, but it annoyed me a lot with this elicenser stuff. Until I decided to analyze your "The Landing" and keep asking myself "How did he do that?" (almost like in 17:33, 18:35, 19:17 and so on) and tried to figure it out on my own. Now, dated May 22, 2017, I decided to make some trial and error on my DAW, and finally I found one of the basic answer to my own question. Now I can make my music without confusing on over lapping (found in 13:38) strings. Now, I still had to figure out on how did you separate those (like in 17:33, 18:35, 19:17 and so on), that you group them individually and make those colorful segregation in mixer.
Your "The Landing" inspires me a lot to pursue my desire to create my own music, but it is a long way for me to make it not that perfect but exactly almost perfect. I just started last March 2017, listening your music and some orchestration music that can be seen and heard here in CZcams.
Thank you very much Alex, you are my icon. Even though we are thousand miles away, you are a great help to me.
Hey Rac, I talked about how I organize my whole FL Studio Orchestral Template here: czcams.com/video/ekReYnYA5a0/video.html
Dear Alex, great stuff. I saw you using multiple instances of i.e. Damage all with different Outputs and Midi Channels. I use one instance of damage per track. Could you please explain your workflow concerning Midi? I use Studio one but I think it translates to every Daw. Thanks a lot.
wow, that was amazing. thank you for sharing. your video was much longer but that is perfect to preview any details from your work. my question is your library, you buy it? where site can i to find this library?
thanks. ☺
kontakt
Hey Adriano, I wrote the list of the various libraries I used in the description, simply googling their names will get you to the pages where you can purchase them. :)
Awesome video as always. Something that i didn't understand is how you made the [ Midi out to control the velocity and volume of the strings ] like how to do that, how to give it the human feel ? please help. thanks in advance
Great vid do you do automate a pitch bend to do the scoops? If not can you give a short explanation as how you achieve it?
Thanks!
Thank you alex for the great video i loved it and i have watched it like 3 times now in 3 days to make sure i remember everything u say once again thank you :D
But i have one question about that i was wondering what vst and library did you use for the choir? u forgot to mention it in the video :)
Hey there Berchi, glad you enjoyed the video! The library I used for the choir was Metropolis Ark 1! The choir section is probably my favorite thing of that whole library. :)
Alex Moukala Thank you my friend :)
Do you prepare all your FL Studio plugins by hand in the Channel rack, or when you're about to create a masterpiece do you just open up a FL Studio file that has the Channel Rack already layed out with Names and colors for you etc?(Cello - SUS, Viola - SUS, Horn - SUS etc...) Same with the view playlist. :D
Sometimes I do, after I was done writing this track, I saved the template with all the instruments loaded and the channel names/colors already set.
Although, for the most part, I use a blank slate template with lots of empty MIDI tracks and about 8 Kontakt Instances, and I build upon it as I write the track.
I like the second approach better than the first 'cause it's less limiting, but starting from a completely defined template like in the first approach can help your workflow in terms of speed.
Ok, i'll try out the second approach. You're really good, keep up the awesome work! =D
Alex, How to manage multiple Kontakt in the channel rack?, I to test it, but when I route it midi out, I can't find connection of midi out to my new Kontakt. Can you make tutorial about this matter?, What I did is, I open Kontakt and I route it to two midi output, then I open a new again, and tried to it's midi out, but it doesn't happen, I mean, I hear no sounds.
...you did this is FRUITYLOOPS?!
Whew boy, I've got a lot to learn. Hey, if you ever wanna correspond over skype chat to bounce ideas off eachother, or need to send me stuff you want feedback on, leme know. I'm an aspiring music producer/composer (albeit, with less experience) and it'd be pretty neat to discuss some stuff with you.
One question I had by the way, was.. are you selftaught or did you get an education in music?
Welp, guess I should'nt have skipped around in the video, since most of my questions were answered in the first bit lol -- my bad
Hey man, no worries. :D
Hope this helps you out! As for the skype calls, thanks for the proposal, although I don't think I'd have the time for that! However, I believe that that eventually I'll make a mastermind group for aspiring composers/producers at some point.
More tutorials pls !!
Expect those! I definitely enjoy sharing the knowledge :)
Awesome walkthrough. I want to know what your pc is like that it can handle this thing.
Thanks. :)
My pc is a desktop with Intel i7 4771 3.5 GHz as a CPU, 16 GB of RAM, and a few SSD + HDD drives.
Although even all of that wasn't enough to handle this project optimally!
A pretty good rig though. Keep up the good work!
Alex, thanks for the amazing tutorial. Can you tell me how can i erase the drawings of the expression wheel in the piano roll? Even if I delete the Expression and Volume Wheel, the patterns i drew in the piano roll are still there. Cant find a way to delete it, does anybody know how to ?
There are many ways to do it, the quickest is this:
Open the FL Browser (Alt + F8) -> go on Current Project -> Patterns -> Select the pattern with the curves, and it'll show you the names of all the curves drawn into it. Click on one, and it'll open up the curve graph. There you can delete it or cut it with Ctrl+X .
Could you do one with Codename Highwind?
That would be awesome.
Hey Connor,
I'd love to, but I can't seem to open the project file correctly anymore for that track. (Same for many of the track I wrote in the past, damn!)
Although, you can expect more breakdowns like this one for the music I'll upload in the future. :)
can we score feautre film ? using fl studio ....how to make cue session ? what to do if i ran out of mixers .... !
Can you explain to me how your using a vst called metroplis ark 1 and tranfering it to the midi out
which computer using
His, I think
What computer do you use? How much RAM? Which processor?
How much will it cost for one orchestral project?
Where the hell is the choirs explanation? Can't find it...cazzo!
Where's the modulation part because I really can't watch all this before the exam ;(
I am searching for that too.
I can't find FLP
Do you usw swith smard disable for plugins to make the cpu whith less load?
Definitely, yes.
How do you link the the modulation and expression wheels to the midi out controller?
I still haven't understood that yet
did you find the answer bro ?
@@jamiegoldenseal3826 Nah, dude. Do you know anything about how to do that?
@@meheranand7852 hmm yeah hes not yet given us even a lick of how to control automation to god levels as shown in some of these videos..
im not sure my guy but if you find out drop us a link 🙏
@@jamiegoldenseal3826 yeah sure dude
@@jamiegoldenseal3826 so this is the closest video I have gotten on this. czcams.com/video/tJPCF_H0tYI/video.html. I still don't know how to link it to the midi controller
hey, what plugin did you use to make the choir at 58:00, it sounds really awesome man
Thanks! All of the choir in this track was made with Metropolis Ark 1. Killer library!
Thanks man, also thanks for making the video, really good stuff
Can someone tell me if this is on Mac or PC
can anybody tell me how you layer/structure the tracks in the playlist like he did?
Right click on a playlist track -> Group with above track.
Hey what liberary did u use for the choirs
Alex, what's the resolution of the screen is required?, because, I can't see the piano string at the bottom of kontakt 5
You'll need to toggle it on in the kontakt interface's options.
Thank you Alex, and by the way, two more questions, in your epic tutorial "The making of - The Landing", wow! that's great man, but I can't figure out those colorful tracks in the playlist, are they organized in the pattern or are they made separately in the channel rack ?, And those in the tracks 2-9 and 10-14, are those your ready made piece or a part of the library channels?, can you make a tutorial about that portion on how to make those?
I am really new in this stuff, and same as you, I had no background in music lessons. The funny thing is, before, the known instrument to are guitar, piano, e-guitar, bass guitar, violin and drums, as I slowly explore this stuff, I found out that aside from those I mention, there are still a lot more instruments I never knew that exist, also I had learn about those alto,soprano, tenor, bass, a very much thank you about this, you open my interest in music instruments and music itself, you are really a big inspiration to the beginners like me who is new in music composition using FL Studio or any such things of music compositor programs, as of the moment, I slowly explore those libraries, but I am quite in focus on routing Kontakt in FL Studio, because I still have a little bit difficulty in routing it, especially when using different pattern but using single kontakt library.
How much ram do you have?
How is that even possible to get 14 Gig of Ram on FL? FL can only take 6?Mine stutters at 4Gig and I have a beast of a PC
It depends on what version you use. FL Studio 64 Bit can take way more than 6GBs of RAM usage.
Also, stutters are often caused by the CPU, RAM has nothing to do with those.
Increasing your CPU power will bring a better performance overall, but also optimizing CPU usage as I explain in this video helps: czcams.com/video/oUPtl5tYzGk/video.html
Ok i'm always using 64bit. My ram is 64 GIG on an 8 Core machine...will definitely check it out thx Alex!
I don't use so many instruments in my songs, does that mean I'm a bad composer? :(
Absolutely not. Infact, I'd argue that if you're able to write awesome tracks by using a little amount of instruments, it's a sign you're quite good.
The degree of orchestration and instrument amount also depends on how complex the arrangement is though, this song here is quite long, and has quite a few parts that are very different between each other! If you check my other tracks, you'll notice I didn't use as many instruments there.
Alex Moukala thnx :)
+Alex Moukala I was wondering, I started composing some weeks ago, I already made some tracks, though I don't knoe anything about music. Do you have any advice for me?
+Quiel Evolution Gameplays Try to base your composition on learning new stuff as you go!
Say, for example, if you're not good at writing chord progressions, watch tutorials or read articles specifically about them. Then apply that knowledge to write a track which's main goal is to have killer chord progressions.
Study & apply right after, then rinse and repeat for anything you want to learn!
Alex Moukala thank you for your help, I'll do that :)
what's your computer specifications???
blackwings production He already answered it on the other comment..
You should always play through the track first.
You're right! Will keep that in mind for the next time.
Although, as I mention around the very first minute, the link to the track playthrough is in the description of the video. :)
Hey, what's this DAW?
This is Fl Studio, not sure which edition though.
@@OwenDavidson-Music thanks, mate!
TOY DAW
what are your computer specs ?
Intel i7 4771 3.5 GHz
16 GB of RAM
500GB SSD & a few other hard drives
is it a laptop or not ?
No no, it's a desktop. :)
I'd like to get a laptop for production though, but they're much more expensive.