The Enemy

A new orchestra piece.  All comments welcome.  :)


The Enemy

Hi Janet. I see that you've moved. Nice uncluttered piece that has a lot of feel. I like the 40's 1:40 and around 2:40. I agree with Robby about the cymbal swell coming down a tid bit. I listened to this on my old marantz through a set of Klipsch KG4's and it sounds clear and powerful at loud volumes. Of course the cymbal swell will scare the hell out of you at that volume. It should a little bit though I think/prefer.

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Wow!!!!!

Wow, very cool piece Janet!

I still have a problem with your cymbals, tho, I don't know what you're doing or not doing, but they don't sound natural to me.  they sound dry and harsh for lack of a better description.

everything else sounds great, IMO.  but your cymbals have basically always sounded this way. 

the piece is very good, tho.  very nice stuff!

hmm.  well I could be remembering wrong.  I know I've commented on the cymbals in two of your pieces, probably both of the ones you used EW for.  but I was thinking they always sounded dry and lifeless and harsh

Beagle


Wow, very cool piece Janet!

I still have a problem with your cymbals, tho, I don't know what you're doing or not doing, but they don't sound natural to me.  they sound dry and harsh for lack of a better description.

everything else sounds great, IMO.  but your cymbals have basically always sounded this way. 

the piece is very good, tho.  very nice stuff!

+1


songs sound great.   Try lowering cymbal volume, and adding reverb.   If they still sound harsh, grab the EQ.

EW doesn't do the swell w/MIDI, it's a swell recorded by an Orchestral percussionist? So you hit the key and hold it, and "the sample" swells. EW is top flight! Her mix just needs a little love on those cymbals :-)

they're too bright and harsh (still).  sorry.  I just call it the way I hear it!  the first one is worse than the others if that matters you can look at what you've done differently on it than the others, but they all still are very unnatural sounding, IMO.

I do agree with robby, this piece sounds very "Russian Classical"

love the timps, tho (and I know I've told you before I hated them, so this time they work!!!)

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OK, here's another try.  I lowered the velocity of the cymbals and slapped a low pass filter on 'em.  I'm not sure what else to do.  They're probably too quiet now, which might be a good thing.  lol

Hi Janet. I just switched from my laptop w/headphones to my DAW and my HS-80's. Sorry but the cymbals are still harsh.

You sure you don't want to give that midi file a try I gave you a link to? ;) You might be pleasantly surprised. :)

Here's a song I'm working on with it in it ... this is not finished by any stretch of the imagination. I'm posting for reference, not input. :)

There are two swell types I used from the midi file (there are 3 in it all together iirc.). The 2 at the beginning are the same, the third time you hear them at the beginning of the break is the 2nd type.

Solar Blues

Hi Janet, lovely tune, very cinematic and dramatic. Like the percussion !

Greetings, Rik

Listening on soundclick, for some reason the reverbnation wont load up. I've had problems with them before, and I even use them, but, no matter, s/c is working. I am not hearing the cymbol problems noted above, maybe due to the fact that you have had the chance to fix it, but at the same time, I really don't think there is that much to concern yourself with. They seem to be at the right volume levels at this time, and I am wondering if maybe you over compensated a touch due to the emphasis from others. I like a lot of "sizzle" in the upper end freq's, so I might not be the perfect person to listen to, but I think you may have cut a touch too much....

Then again, there could easily be a difference between the conversion on s/c compared to r/n, or maybe I am  having a rough night as far as my ears are concerned, or maybe...

I'll leave that all alone. The rest of the composition is very well put together, I can see the "russian" influence that others noted, although it really is more of an "oppressive" feel than a russian "influence" in my mind. Well chosen instrumentation, great dynamics, you are so much the master of your domain, now that you are getting so comfortable within it. Orchestration was made for your use, and you use it so well.

Later
Albert

This is very good, maybe "reverse" the crash cymbal and but it up to the original...I like this the best of everything I've heard from your stuff...very nice.

Awesome Janet.  I'm so proud of you.