I see what you say, that's perfect... let me try to put these notions into practice..

Thanks a lot

Francesco

Hi Beat

I like very much the 2nd Violins on the right and the new placement in general.. i need to refine the power panning though.. it will take a bit of practice but the PDF placement solutions are really good.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ny2x6z1sjvbe2cj/Francesco%20Pirrone%20-%20VY%20CMa%2013%2005.wav?dl=0

it's a wave file so i uploaded it on dropbox, thank you for listening to my countless samples.

@Francesco Pirrone said:

Hi Beat

I like very much the 2nd Violins on the right and the new placement in general.. i need to refine the power panning though.. it will take a bit of practice but the PDF placement solutions are really good.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ny2x6z1sjvbe2cj/Francesco%20Pirrone%20-%20VY%20CMa%2013%2005.wav?dl=0

it's a wave file so i uploaded it on dropbox, thank you for listening to my countless samples.

Hi Francesco

What shall I say? Nice! Go on your way. Compare your mix over and over again with other mixes - also with real recordings. Listen to a lot of music-mixes and how those mixes are done. Try to "copy" all the things you liked into your own mixes. 

Further: Draw the placement of your virtual orchestra players on a virtual stage. This helps even more to trim, screw and adjust your sound until the instruments appear acoustically at their "right" places.

With such a draw you always know exactly what you should achieve.

Beat

Dear Beat

Your precious suggestions leaded me to get my mix very close to what i had in mind. The 4 Bus Groups and the 4 Depths are useful to create a good perception of space and to clarify the mix in general. This whole thread has been helpful and i will try to use Hybrid and Algo Reverbs when i will mix some piece for band and orchestra.

Again thank you for the positive comments and for the guidance.

Francesco