@Rob Elliott said:

Thanks Martin - lots of good ideas in here. I am definitely working towards adding a 3rd PC just for VSL. That will help.

Both existing PC's have 2 GP instances loaded in the template, but really during 'writing' I can just pick up my verb through my Roland SRV-330 (through the monitoring board).

Makes me wonder if I didn't have these 2 instances how many more patches I could load up. Something I'll experiment with for sure.

Thanks for your nice comments about this short short diddys. Forgive the very rough nature of the mix.

Rob

I don't think thaqt unloading GigaPulse will make any difference to the number of instruments that you can load, but it will make a difference to the CPU useage.

DG

Thanks DG - just hoping for more ready access to patches / instruments. Can't wait to get my 3rd GS3 system up and running.

Rob

@Rob Elliott said:

It was good to have as many articulations available as possible.

http://www.robelliottmusic.com/mp3s/Misc/Playful%20Deception.mp3


Here's a second one using only basic patches. Sorry for the roughness of the mix.

http://www.robelliottmusic.com/mp3s/Misc/Memories%20of%20Her.mp3

I'm really impressed with the beauty of these works and the realism you achieved.

Could you tell me how do you made the background noise?

And, my main doubt is, what's the best GigaPulse configuration to create a real placement for orchestral instruments?

Could you tell me how did you create this configuration?
[8-)]

Thanks in advance.

Rogerio.

Thanks for the reminder, I (unfortunately) missed those when originally posted! Wow, Rob, really good for some "exercises"...

Thanks Polar Bear for your nice comments. This really is a wonderful library - the more 'access' you have to at one time - the faster the writing flows. Should get my third PC today - really getting excited!!!!


Hi Rogerio,

The background noise was from Garriton's GOS. I think that Belamedia has a free one somewhere on NS (do a search there.)

As far as Giga pulse - for writing and 'rough mixes' like this right out of the board, I simply set up 2 GP's - one near mics and one far. It is good enough for general placement while writing. For final tracking you would have to set up perhaps more placements - but CPU could be a hinderence here.

For all but the biggest projects I will just use the two GP's and of course do a REAL final mix (cut some of the mud out of certain instruments, etc.), then VERY light compression in the mastering stage.

What I have found for me is that the better I can get the arrangement and orchestration the less I need to work in the mix stage.

Hope this helps.

Rob

Excuse what looks like obnoxious self-promotion, but in our first issue (Virtual Instruments Magazine) composer Klaus Badelt explained how he had his pallet set up in Logic when he was using 18 GigaStudios. Christopher Caoette followed up in a letter in our second issue, which should be online for download later today.

The basic idea is to create an Environment layer with MIDI Instruments (which are named and can be assigned icons - pictures of the instruments) that point to various MIDI ports and channels (connected to external Gigas or other MIDI modules). Command/clicking on the icon assigns it to the currently-assigned track. That means you can have billions of articulations loaded without having each one permanently assigned to a track. You can also move the icons around the screen wherever you want, and also put them in a graphic box so all the violins, etc., are together.

I posted about this here a few months ago.

Oh, and to each his own, but I personally hate using program changes. I don't want my studio reconfigured on the fly every time I go back four bars.

Can we buy this mag/issue in the UK,Nick?That sounds very interesting,and I'd like to get hold of a copy.

www.VirtualInstrumentsMag.com

Please check your P.M. - I don't want to be a prat on the VSL site. [:)]

Hey Nick - thanks alot. Any idea how this would work on SX 3.x? I agree on program changes.


Rob

@Nick Batzdorf said:

www.VirtualInstrumentsMag.com

Please check your P.M. - I don't want to be a prat on the VSL site. [:)]

Many thanks,Nick:most kind. [H]