Hi,

I'll just take this opportunity to thank Mr. Bacal for his very good work but also for his generosity.

When I began using VSL, I was a bit discouraged by the result I got compare to the demos.

Even though I had very good experience with synth and DAW, the sound I got was getting nowhere.

So, since Mr. Bacal demos comes with the actual midi tracks and matrix, it helped me a great deal to study his approach to achieve  a good result. It really helped to understand the 'mechanic' of using vsl.

His demos were  invaluable for me. Then I developed my own approach. 

I'm still far from his results but at least, I"m getting better and better results.

Thank you very much for sharing your work!!!

Jean Roy

ps.

According to your demo list, It seems that we also share some musical taste.

Hi Jay, I think you are one of the best midi editor, by far the best.

You should really consider setting up a class or your own blog to teach how you edit those score and make it sound so real like an orchestra.

I will certainly pay for this kind of lessons.

Kindly let me know if you wanted to teach this for private lessons.

Thank you.

Best Wishes

Jeremy

VSL user

Hi Jeremy,

Thanks for the kind words.  You can learn a lot by downloading the midi files included in the tutorial of the various demos.  

Also I highly recommend the learning materials supplied by Beat Kaufmann.   I personally learned a lot from his postings.

Best wishes,

Jay

Welcome Richard,

please use a different user name for this forum, to avoid confusion. Thanks in advance!

username changed to RichardB by cm (can't be done in profile) 

@JBacal said:

... You can learn a lot by downloading the midi files included in the tutorial of the various demos....

Are tutorial / midi files available for your "Star Wars - Main Theme" ([url]http://www.vsl.co.at/Player2.aspx?Lang=1&DemoID=5844[/url])?

Thanks for sharing some of your techniques.

As an aside, I'm wondering where to find the sheet music for this, as I've been unable to find it after some trying?

help me Jay Bacal, you're my only hope

Jay has not posted on this forum for a while. However maybe this will help.

http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/star-wars-suite-for-orchestra-deluxe-score-sheet-music/3979685

Two caveats:

1. I have not personally seen these scores, so I can't vouch for their authenticity.
2. In any case they will have been re-scored (by JW) for concert use, so they might not be 100% the same as the ones that Jay worked from.

@DG said:

Jay has not posted on this forum for a while. However maybe this will help.

http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/star-wars-suite-for-orchestra-deluxe-score-sheet-music/3979685

Two caveats:

1. I have not personally seen these scores, so I can't vouch for their authenticity.
2. In any case they will have been re-scored (by JW) for concert use, so they might not be 100% the same as the ones that Jay worked from.

Thanks very much for the tip. Even with those caveats, it will likely be a million times better than what I could come up with on my own. Mostly interested in studying JW's orchestration, which is one of my weakest points.

Sorry I missed Jay's presence on this forum; I didn't hear his work until recently, and I think it's outstanding. I hope VSL and Jay decide to release a tutorial / midi files for the Star Wars "Main Title".

Star Wars main theme concert suite is available at Alexander Publishing.com. Look for JW on the home page.

@Peter Alexander said:

Star Wars main theme concert suite is available at Alexander Publishing.com. Look for JW on the home page.

Thanks. I bought it from you and received it, and it's nice. Big pages, each showing all (29?) parts.

I really appreciate your work on Philip Sparke's Harlequin. I'm interested in doing that kind of thing for Brass Band. How long is it necessary to do a job like Harlequin?