Two things I forgot to say on the Morphing Articulations part: 1) The “polymap” function I showed at the end is present on most Orchestral Tools libraries. Even Metropolis Ark 1 on Kontakt has it! Read the CAPSULE manual to learn how to set it up. 2) There’s a way to do articulation crossfades easily with any Kontakt Library, it’s a script some people have mentioned here in the comment. Look up “GrumpyMonkey Kontakt Scripts” on google to find it along with a treasure trove of other scripts that will enhance your orchestral writing. PS. Apologies for the blurry video! It took me quite long to record it, and only at the end I realized the resolution settings were messed up throughout the process. Nonetheless, hope that knowledge helps out some of you. Chances are some of these tips are things you're already using, so I recommend cycling through the chapters to just watch the parts you don't know much about.
OMG.. i miss u so much Alex! I'm your new fans one and half years ago.. I really inspired by your tutorials.. And I'm still struggling to composing until now💪🏻 I really hope to show u my music🤩
I see, you were just using a clever technique to get us to use our ears rather than our eyes 😃 Also so glad to see another tutorial from you, your channel has been my number one resource for learning, thank you so much for all the knowledge you've shared with us. You're truly both a spectacular composer and teacher.
Lol saw the video and expected an intro or a brief about how long it has been since he posted... And when he went straight into it.. I immediately went to his channel to see if I missed some videos... And no I didn't 😂😂😂 welcome back Alex 🎉
Nice tips. With acoustic instruments, the sound is in the fingers, not in the mixer ;) That is why all the articulation and dynamics symbols exist on a score, plus all the nuances there are no symbols for.
Nice idea with automating the mic position. A good way to explain it is you're automating the position of Super Mario 64's Lakitu with the microphone, as he sweeps in closer or further from the orchestra as it's recording. A tip for your morphing section, the way I have my default FL template set up, I create Pre-Master and Reference mixer channels, and use a Control Surface to set up a DJ style crossfader knob so I can easily slide back and forth to A B compare my track against a reference track. I found a linear approach with the mixer in direct middle, the total volume output was too quiet since decibels fall off logarithmically. So a better way to set up a smooth crossfade in FL isn't mapping a knob with mapping formula as "Input" and "1 - Input", but "Tension(Input,10)" and "1 - Tension(Input,10)". If you want to set it up to something like the mixer's volume faders which default to 80% = 0dB, then you can set it up as "0.8*Tension(Input,10)" and "0.8-0.8*Tension(Input,-10)", and this will set you with two inverse volume faders that cross fade in a logarithmic fashion that caps at 80% (0dB). This type of crossfade is closer to how it would work in a DJ controller in a way that if both volume sliders are set at 50% or in direct center, the volume decibel loudness is equally as loud as if it was hard 100% A or 100% B. With this approach, you can set up a single knob/fader/MIDI CC to control to automate smoothly between any two sources with a balanced volume blend between the two. Hope this helps someone.
Hey, Alex, I am glad to hear that. And I also have to say that as sound assistant in orchestral recordings it helped me to understand more the mic positions and mixing. Have a good time and see you in Prague!
You described me perfectly at the start :-) but I don’t want to use ensembles and learning how to layer and combine and this video has been incredibly helpful thank you.
I belong to the 1% who watched this until the end and must say, grudgingly, (;)) that you are so wrong! This video was easy to watch and follow and I have learned some new trick or two. Thank you Alex for this video!
22:11 Notationally, in a real orchestra this is easy to do. You have a normal note tied to a tremolo note (note with slashes) at the end. Above the first note you put the instruction “tremolo poco a poco” and the draw a line or dotted line to above the notes to the second note. Idk how hard this is for an orchestra, but that’s how you’d notate it. I don’t know if there is a passage from the 1900s that uses this. (Maybe Richard Strauss??) But it IS used in 20th century music, albeit infrequently. You can also do the same thing for number of techniques. One instrument to many instruments. Pizzicato to arco. Sul tasto to sul ponticello. The last one I think would be good if there is a library that allows you to go from sul tasto sustained to sul ponticello tremolos.
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Welcome back, I missed your videos. Hoping to see more tutorials in your channel. I wish you made a trailer track from scratch (in style of Rok Nardin, please).
Hi Alex, your videos are awesome. Try to include the shortcut keys on screen while you do something. For example when you group the channel, seeing the alt+g on the video would be much useful to learn through. Thanks
Just a heads up - Mixer faders are on an exponential curve - It's better to actually toss a fruity balance at the end of the mixing chain and then automate that as opposed to the mixer itself.
Unrelated, but i had a song in my had and i did not remember the name, 2:50 it was larger than life by Pinkzebra. once you said i've instantly remembered, damn my mind was at the point of melting thank you Alex, the universe sometimes its such a small place full of coincidences.
In Ableton morphing is even easier. Just group several (even different) instruments on one track and assing crossfades with chain selector to one of Macro controls of the group and there you go.
Two things I forgot to say on the Morphing Articulations part:
1) The “polymap” function I showed at the end is present on most Orchestral Tools libraries. Even Metropolis Ark 1 on Kontakt has it! Read the CAPSULE manual to learn how to set it up.
2) There’s a way to do articulation crossfades easily with any Kontakt Library, it’s a script some people have mentioned here in the comment.
Look up “GrumpyMonkey Kontakt Scripts” on google to find it along with a treasure trove of other scripts that will enhance your orchestral writing.
PS. Apologies for the blurry video!
It took me quite long to record it, and only at the end I realized the resolution settings were messed up throughout the process.
Nonetheless, hope that knowledge helps out some of you.
Chances are some of these tips are things you're already using, so I recommend cycling through the chapters to just watch the parts you don't know much about.
OMG.. i miss u so much Alex!
I'm your new fans one and half years ago..
I really inspired by your tutorials..
And I'm still struggling to composing until now💪🏻
I really hope to show u my music🤩
I see, you were just using a clever technique to get us to use our ears rather than our eyes 😃
Also so glad to see another tutorial from you, your channel has been my number one resource for learning, thank you so much for all the knowledge you've shared with us. You're truly both a spectacular composer and teacher.
It's okay man you did incredibly well with your tutorial anyways.
This could've been recorded on a potato and I'll still learn something out of it!
Plz do more bro... Missing u so much... From 2 yrs❤❤
Dude comes back 1 year later with 0 introduction 😂 love it.
😂😂😂😂
I was just about to comment that 🤣
😂😂
Do we really need that?)) He was just chilling)
😭😭🤣🤣
I can't believe my eyes, welcome back Alex!!!! Much love brother!!!!
THE KING IS BACK WITH THE TUTORIALS
Bro's back at it, welcome back boss 💯🙌
Lol saw the video and expected an intro or a brief about how long it has been since he posted... And when he went straight into it.. I immediately went to his channel to see if I missed some videos... And no I didn't 😂😂😂 welcome back Alex 🎉
Welcome Back Alex! I was missing your tutorial videos, glad to see you again in this channel :D
best orchestral CZcams to date 😎😎👌
Nice tips. With acoustic instruments, the sound is in the fingers, not in the mixer ;) That is why all the articulation and dynamics symbols exist on a score, plus all the nuances there are no symbols for.
Nice idea with automating the mic position. A good way to explain it is you're automating the position of Super Mario 64's Lakitu with the microphone, as he sweeps in closer or further from the orchestra as it's recording.
A tip for your morphing section, the way I have my default FL template set up, I create Pre-Master and Reference mixer channels, and use a Control Surface to set up a DJ style crossfader knob so I can easily slide back and forth to A B compare my track against a reference track. I found a linear approach with the mixer in direct middle, the total volume output was too quiet since decibels fall off logarithmically. So a better way to set up a smooth crossfade in FL isn't mapping a knob with mapping formula as "Input" and "1 - Input", but "Tension(Input,10)" and "1 - Tension(Input,10)". If you want to set it up to something like the mixer's volume faders which default to 80% = 0dB, then you can set it up as "0.8*Tension(Input,10)" and "0.8-0.8*Tension(Input,-10)", and this will set you with two inverse volume faders that cross fade in a logarithmic fashion that caps at 80% (0dB). This type of crossfade is closer to how it would work in a DJ controller in a way that if both volume sliders are set at 50% or in direct center, the volume decibel loudness is equally as loud as if it was hard 100% A or 100% B. With this approach, you can set up a single knob/fader/MIDI CC to control to automate smoothly between any two sources with a balanced volume blend between the two. Hope this helps someone.
Just discovered you my guy! I have finally found the perfect guru to learn from! Amazing talent!
Thanks again Alex! It's great to have you back!
I had no idea poly-mapping existed!! Super interesting. Thanks for sharing!
Hey, Alex, I am glad to hear that. And I also have to say that as sound assistant in orchestral recordings it helped me to understand more the mic positions and mixing. Have a good time and see you in Prague!
You described me perfectly at the start :-) but I don’t want to use ensembles and learning how to layer and combine and this video has been incredibly helpful thank you.
Glad to have you back, Alex! Always bringing the best guidance for us beginning composers! 👏👏👏
Welcome back Alex, I've been waiting for these things. Thanks again.
Glad to have you back! Your tutorials were always informative and inspiring and this time is no different.
Oh. He’s back!
I have the expressive e from Liee, you should try it! You can do all that dynamic stuff and fade in the the vibrato and reverb and everything
Dude is still dropping gems after all these years...
glad to see you again after a long time
One of my favourite producers is backkk🔥🗿
I belong to the 1% who watched this until the end and must say, grudgingly, (;)) that you are so wrong! This video was easy to watch and follow and I have learned some new trick or two. Thank you Alex for this video!
Legend is back!! 🔥🔥🔥
I got an art station ad for this video with Alex Moukala, watching the tutorial from Alex Moukala. I love your work man sincerely.
Ayyyyy you´re back!
YES! WELCOME BACK !!
Dude, you explain things way better than others, so I say you are a great teacher! Awesome Job with explanation!
He’s back!! 😮
Those Benjamin Wallfisch strings sound incredible! I've been eyeing on these for some time now.
He's back!
He’s back!!!
Im so glad seeing you here! Thanks a lot!
22:11 Notationally, in a real orchestra this is easy to do. You have a normal note tied to a tremolo note (note with slashes) at the end. Above the first note you put the instruction “tremolo poco a poco” and the draw a line or dotted line to above the notes to the second note. Idk how hard this is for an orchestra, but that’s how you’d notate it. I don’t know if there is a passage from the 1900s that uses this. (Maybe Richard Strauss??) But it IS used in 20th century music, albeit infrequently. You can also do the same thing for number of techniques. One instrument to many instruments. Pizzicato to arco. Sul tasto to sul ponticello. The last one I think would be good if there is a library that allows you to go from sul tasto sustained to sul ponticello tremolos.
Thank you very much for the great explanation 👍
“Gentle but still powerful”
Oh my god, you're finally back!!!
Maybe revisiting older video titles, that you think important and making video about them? Happy to see you back
This brightened my day. Please keep these going.
Aleeeex welcome back!!!!dreams come true we love you
Hope u can feel it
Even tho I don't have Benjamin Wallfisch Strings because it's bigger, but I like that tutorial.
Man have I been waiting for you to come back with dope ass tips!!! Thank you Alex !!!
All great tips Alex! The kind of things that you slowly realize and learn over time when composing many many tracks! :D
THE GOAT BACK
Finally Alex Remembered His CZcams Password 😅, i'm Fl Mobile User that's What I Have & Your Strings stacc Tutorial changed My Life ❤ I LOve To See More Of Your videos ❤❤
u r a genius! love your work.
Welcome back, I missed your videos. Hoping to see more tutorials in your channel. I wish you made a trailer track from scratch (in style of Rok Nardin, please).
Great advice on the mic positions. I'd never even thought of that a! Thanks 🧡
Welcome back. Now stay, if you can and want to. Youre welcome here ❤
It's nice to see you again!😊
The Messiah is back
I'm happy to see you again.
Wonderful tips Alex especially the automatimng mic positions it never came to mind!
Thank you for this.🙂
These days I was thinking that you didn't know a video in a long time!! incredible!!! 🤣Greetings from Argentina!!
I've used similar tricks myself. You're creative and resourceful.
RETURN OF THE KING
The Ad is playing to promote his channel in his video 💀
Lol .. I got it too
“Want your music to sound HUGE?”
@@joeeckersley957”want your Music sound as a mess?” is more accurate actually
THE KING IS BACK!!!
Wild.
Stack articulations.
Never woulda thought of that
THE RETURN OF THE MAESTRO
It's nice to see you again Alex :D
welcome back bro! awesome video as usual!
Love your style of tutoring LOVED IT!
i got ur own ad before the video haha
ITS BEEN A YEARRR WHAT
The king is back!!!
He's back! Let's go!
Great video! I am looking forward to the next one coming out 2025. 😊
I love to see you 😊
Priceless!!!
Hi Alex, your videos are awesome. Try to include the shortcut keys on screen while you do something. For example when you group the channel, seeing the alt+g on the video would be much useful to learn through. Thanks
The OT trip is tremendous.
This is something I've always knew about, but the way you explained it made me u n d e r s t a n d .
Welcome back Alex 😎
GUYS, THE G IS BACK!!!
Are my eyes playing tricks? The music man has returned
Welcome back Alex
Grumpy monkey actually has a midi cotrol that lets you crossfade between everything.
He back!
Quality tutorial, thanks
Saludos desde Colombia Bro! feliz de ver un nuevo video
Thanks for this great tutorial 🎶
HE'S BACK!
Welcome back 🔥🔥🔥
welcome back mate
welcome back!!!
u are back great!
Thank you!
Just a heads up - Mixer faders are on an exponential curve - It's better to actually toss a fruity balance at the end of the mixing chain and then automate that as opposed to the mixer itself.
Welcome back man it’s been a while
Great video!
Can’t wait to get my tooth into this. This is going to be great 🙏
Unrelated, but i had a song in my had and i did not remember the name, 2:50 it was larger than life by Pinkzebra. once you said i've instantly remembered, damn my mind was at the point of melting thank you Alex, the universe sometimes its such a small place full of coincidences.
Bro was gone for a whole year and came back like nothing happened💀
Great info great energy cool dude:)
In Ableton morphing is even easier. Just group several (even different) instruments on one track and assing crossfades with chain selector to one of Macro controls of the group and there you go.
Please do one on one tutorials!!!
Now where have you been ?! We were waiting for you on the couch with lights on