34 seconds "action" demo with VI SE

[Major]

hello everyone,

i sometimes produce some demosound for myselfe to learn something about orchestrating. The one below is one of these. I feel like the sound isnt as "punchy" as it should be. Is this a matter of orchestrating or a matter
of mixing. Propably you can hear that i did no panning. to me it sound more aggressiv that way. And thats what i aim with that demo.

On the other hand i want it to sound not too unnatural, thats why i avoid compressors and stuff.

I would be glad if some of you could give me a tip or an horribly honest feedback. If not, I hope some of you enjoy the pease of music

http://vsl.co.at/upload/users/27513/gruselkabinett.mp3

Matthias

[Beat Kaufmann]

@Major said:

hello everyone,

I would be glad if some of you could give me a tip or an horribly honest feedback. If not, I hope some of you enjoy the pease of music

http://vsl.co.at/upload/users/27513/gruselkabinett.mp3

Matthias

This isn't the feedback you expect but:
I'm happy that you was successful in loading up an mp3 file [:D] [:D] [:D]

Beat

[Major]

this really isn`t the feedback i expexted [:D] . But thank you anyway beat. if there are any other coments by someone (concerning the music) that would be great. Even if its not about the sound.

[Migot]

Major,

I do not have a long experience with VSE yet but,
as composer I would like to say that your orchestration is very good.

Also,
the composition keep the listener on his toes.
Interesting events every second...

Not to much reverb too...

Congratulation

Alain LeBlond
Composer born in 1957

[Major]

Thank you very much migot. That really means a lot to me.

best
Matthias

[PaulR]

Good ideas, but you would need big lungs to keep that up.

[Major]

thank you PaulR,
i didn`t know that. but would it be possible to play?
well, thats the curse of samples. they can play almost everything, and because i play the cello (and you don`t need big lungs therefor) i don`t know what is possible for wind-instruments

best,
matthias

[sonicether_29951]

I actually think that the lack of punchiness is the result of both orchestration and mixing. Your reverb is very plain, and there is no panning. I feel that alot of this piece is copied and pasted, which is something you should never do. For example, the low piano notes are very repetative, I think that speding a little more time with a variance of velocities and counter-melodies could really help this.

Oh, and I do not think that the solo in the beginning is playable, at least not for that long. It'd be good to cut at some point, anyway.