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Hi,
While fixing some mistakes in the full orchestration, I also exported the strings alone (Lyra and Musca). Maybe they are interesting to understand how well these behave in traditional writing.
Prokofiev, Third Symphony, beginning - strings only
While I just purchased Jupiter, this mockup only uses Andromeda for horns. All considered, they are the right size for this piece.
Paolo
Interesting test and comments Paolo, particularly on how they sound like a cohesive group playing together. Its interesting to hear how these sound with a traditional writing sketch.
Just curious though how you handle the octave doubling in BBO though? Maybe this actually "blurs the lines" creating the impression of more realism?
Greg, thank you for listening!
Doubling seems to make the sound thicker, most of the time, more than sounding like two separate lines. I have to try these libraries in more situations, but at the moment I'm surprised at how octave doubling seems not to be an issue while sketching.
There is a problem if you want to write a separate Viola line: you have to write it one octave higher. And then, violins tend to sound stronger than violas. But this is expected.
Experimenting with the mics, and maybe with the balance knob, may be useful to empower some sections over the others.
Paolo
I'm doing some tests on the violas (audio examples later).
I think that a decent isolations can be achieved by moving each mic balance towards the right, using the channel EQ to dampen the middle-high frequencies and slightly boosting the middle-low ones, and giving more weight to the Decca Mid microphone, compared to all the others.
Violins are still strongly there, but much more veiled, and leaving the lower octave, with the violas, more in evidence.
However, replacing the Viola part with another violoncello section could be a better idea.
Paolo
After a few tests, I would say that violas can't be isolated. They are used as a reinforcement for the violins, and they are blended together.
So, as the claim says, it's High Strings and Low Strings. They have to be used this way. That's their scope. If you want violas, you have to recall a dedicated patch adding detail to the Lyra+Musca ensemble.
Paolo
Hi Paolo, I'd love to hear this but the link seems to be broken...
EDIT: apologies, I was referring to the link to the Prok 3 mockup in your first post...
Hi Paolo, I'd love to hear this but the link seems to be broken...
I'm sorry, but I see I changed the name of the files in the server, but not the link. I've now linked it with the most recent version I made with BBO. According to the name, it includes A, D, F, H, J, L, M, O. With the volumes released later, it could sound more detailed. I'll try to update it.
Paolo
