Hi everyone,
It has been 2 years now that I have been trying to get my stuff do sound like Media Ventures stuff (Hans Zimmer, Harry-Gregson Willams, etc). I am not trying to get my melodies to be like theirs, I am trying to get the same sound quality. Sometimes I get close, but I never get it right. I have even once recreated a track of Zimmer's just to see if it was my orchestration that had problems or my mixing/equing/compressing.
The latest reverb that I use is the Waves IR-1, with the Sidney concert hall preset. I find it to be the best so far.
Take Zimmer's track "Molossus" from Batman begins for example. It sounds like what I want my stuff to sound like (sound quality wise).
When I create my own music, the sound seems to be more in my face. The ensemble strings do not sound as "ensemble-ish" as zimmer's stuff. Now I know that Zimmer uses real orchestras as well as sampled ones. I have heard a demo on VSL's site which sounded pretty close. It's The Battle by Matthias Guenthert.
Now, as I am listening to "Molossus" right now, I am noticing that even though the sound is in my face, it still has some depth. I can also notice the sampled strings in some parts, yet they blend in perfecly. Is this a question of reverb? or compression? (i am pretty sure there is compression on zimmer's tracks)
To acheive this kind of sound, do I need compressing (on the overall mix, individual tracks?)? which kind of reverb do I need (convolution, or regular)? I am not trying to get my orchestra to sound like a real orchestra performed by a symphony as if I were in a symphony hall. I am tyring to get the same sound as Zimmer's.
I have tried different ways of mixing: mixing right in midi, or mixing after bouncing all diff instruments to audio files. which is right?
I am on a PC running Windows XP Pro, Gigastudio 3.1, Nuendo 3.1, Soundforge, all Waves plugins, Gigapulse in Gigastudio.
I also noticed that the vienna samples are wide stereo, do i need to decreased the width in gigastudio?
I have so many questions, however it would take too long to ask them in one post.
I have basically been mixing pretty much with trial and error, not knowing what I'm doing. I can mix a techno track or anything else pretty well, all except a zimmer like orchestral track.
Thank you all
It has been 2 years now that I have been trying to get my stuff do sound like Media Ventures stuff (Hans Zimmer, Harry-Gregson Willams, etc). I am not trying to get my melodies to be like theirs, I am trying to get the same sound quality. Sometimes I get close, but I never get it right. I have even once recreated a track of Zimmer's just to see if it was my orchestration that had problems or my mixing/equing/compressing.
The latest reverb that I use is the Waves IR-1, with the Sidney concert hall preset. I find it to be the best so far.
Take Zimmer's track "Molossus" from Batman begins for example. It sounds like what I want my stuff to sound like (sound quality wise).
When I create my own music, the sound seems to be more in my face. The ensemble strings do not sound as "ensemble-ish" as zimmer's stuff. Now I know that Zimmer uses real orchestras as well as sampled ones. I have heard a demo on VSL's site which sounded pretty close. It's The Battle by Matthias Guenthert.
Now, as I am listening to "Molossus" right now, I am noticing that even though the sound is in my face, it still has some depth. I can also notice the sampled strings in some parts, yet they blend in perfecly. Is this a question of reverb? or compression? (i am pretty sure there is compression on zimmer's tracks)
To acheive this kind of sound, do I need compressing (on the overall mix, individual tracks?)? which kind of reverb do I need (convolution, or regular)? I am not trying to get my orchestra to sound like a real orchestra performed by a symphony as if I were in a symphony hall. I am tyring to get the same sound as Zimmer's.
I have tried different ways of mixing: mixing right in midi, or mixing after bouncing all diff instruments to audio files. which is right?
I am on a PC running Windows XP Pro, Gigastudio 3.1, Nuendo 3.1, Soundforge, all Waves plugins, Gigapulse in Gigastudio.
I also noticed that the vienna samples are wide stereo, do i need to decreased the width in gigastudio?
I have so many questions, however it would take too long to ask them in one post.
I have basically been mixing pretty much with trial and error, not knowing what I'm doing. I can mix a techno track or anything else pretty well, all except a zimmer like orchestral track.
Thank you all