Great video and thanks for your support Christian! Always exciting bringing your music to life and we hope this encourages the whole community to work with live musicians. Our shared sessions spread our production costs to make it as affordable as possible for composers to record in the UK - next one is in late October. Best wishes from us all x

@JPDC624

2 жыл бұрын

You all sound WONDERFUL. 👍🏼

@dariusofwest

2 жыл бұрын

You guys are so coool!! :D

@lahattec

2 жыл бұрын

Great job, guys!

@professortrog7742

2 жыл бұрын

Dolce = sweet / soft / tender

@counterpoint1014

Жыл бұрын

As a composer, it's wonderful to know a session orchestra not only provides services but is more than willing to record new music. Thank you:)

When you're booking a live orchestra for multiple takes for an educational video... this is on another level. Thanks, that was wonderful!

Yeahh... I worked with Vangelis and attended a recording season with him one day - with a full Orchestra on stage... He gave some instructions to the orchestrators and off they went. He then turned to me and asked my opinion, the orchestrator listened to me (us) - at the time a timpani was just another italien dessert on the menu for me - then gave the orchestra some instructions... So i turned to Vangelis and asked how did this work - he pointed at his ears and said 'Sarah all you need to know is how to listen'. A award winning composer that relies on his ears and listens to girl....

Christian, your generosity is extraordinary. You spread love, respect & loyalty around your industry in a unique and wonderfully wholesome manner. More power to you. 🤝

For logic users, some key commands that will help: shift and up arrow will select the top row of notes; with these selected, cmd/shift/I will invert the selection (selecting everything but the top row of notes) - deleting this selection, will then leave you with only the top row, which you can allocate to violin; with a combination of these you can then quickly pull out the other rows (eg to select 2nd violin: shift/up arrow to select top row; delete; shift up/arrow to select new top row; cmd/shift/I to select everything except this; delete, and you're left with your 2nd violin line).

@Jin-Hu

2 жыл бұрын

Nice, thank you I was wondering if there might be a swift way of achieving this, thanks

@RLeaguer_Saint

2 жыл бұрын

...also, shift down arrow works to select the bottom row of notes (eg for selecting the bass parts, by then inverting the selection (cmd/shift/i), and deleting)

This is the best channel on KZread.

"You might want to think about spending less on that next expensive Spitfire library, and actually get yourself on the ladder to working with musicians” Amen to that, and thank you Christian for being so generous and large ❤️ed to provide this knowledge.

Just magical seeing how a great band orchestrated with care can make the music leap from the page. Great idea with the orchestration "cheat sheet". It would be great as a poster too ...

I have no words. Thank you Christian, this was amazing.

I am speechless! Dear algorithms, please updoot this fantastic vijeo!

Videos like this make me want to cry, I have spent almost 10 years in university learning music theory at all levels, musicology, composition, performance, sociology of music, music business, harmony, orchestration, Italian I am not going to get into the technical bits in these video, but what breaks my heart is the fact that it is usually people “self taught “ that have their training and work more successful I find myself asking why did I amd still at university studying this music thing, what is it that I know that sets me apart or atleast that assures my success because writing a concerto definitely guarantees my poverty Let me just stop here, I am ranting incoherently Thank you for your video

And that happens again… smashing the thumb up button before even watching the video !

@TheCrowHillCo

2 жыл бұрын

I did the same without reading your comment.

You're a phenomenal teacher. The way you explain things boils down complicated concepts such as music theory to a very understandable thing that pretty much anyone with a decent DAW can do. And I have huge respect for you for advising people to work with live musicians instead of dishing out thousands of pounds on expensive flashy libraries that, albeit astonishing in their quality, can never come close to the natural aesthetics of a live orchestra. As someone that is yet to embark on this composing journey, I wholeheartedly thank you for the education you provide to everyone for free. Happy new year, and may nothing but the best come your way!

Wonderful video! Thank you Christian!

Really insightful, thanks Christian!

Not only was this a great guide on how to turn mockups into sheet music, it also provided a very good A/B comparison for sampled stuff and performed stuff, a very big thanks Christian!

@grantmalone

2 жыл бұрын

Not really. He put no effort at all into making the samples sound like the real thing, he was just getting the notes down.

@LukeMans

2 жыл бұрын

@@grantmalone Ok I might not have worded that exactly right. I meant to say that it kinda showed what real recordings can do more than samples

Fantastic video! Thank you so much, Christian!

I freaking love this video. Thank you Christian!!

Beautiful, thank you!

very thorough and entertaining.

Absolutely Fantastic! Greatly Appreciated. Thank You Christian.

Amazing video Christian !!!! Really informative !!Thanks for doing this !!🙂🙂

Wonderful explanation, superb musicians

This is great. I will share this to my friends!

Thanks for doing this Christian, this is so helpful and very much appreciated.

what a talented bunch of musicians! and the space sounds lovely too

Christian, you are a godsend! Thank you!

Subscribed. Much love Christian!

Fantastic, wow lots of work putting that together.

So interesting and helpful. I might just try to give it a go. Thank you!

Definitely one of the best videos you’ve done! Sooo informative and easy to understand. Brilliant

Massive props for the amazing lesson, the live example and the suggestion of using live musicians instead of promoting Spitfire for all uses. Brilliant

This was so incredibly helpful, Christian. Deeply grateful for the time and effort that went into this!

Wow! This was fantastic and informative. I hope you can do more of these and introduce more concepts. Thanks!

Wonderful. So valuable. Thank you sir.

Hugely entertaining and instructive-thanks.

Amazing video Christian, so good to hear the takes side by side so you can actually hear the differences. Really interesting!

This was unbelievably eye-opening... Thanks so much for sharing!

A very handy resource, thank you Christian.

Thank You very much for this video!

Thank you, Christian! This is amazing. The fact that you provide this content for free is incredible. Much appreciated.

Outstanding! This is going to be required viewing for my composition students this week!

What a wonderful cheat sheet! It is going directly into my toolbox of resources for when I teach orchestration.

Thank you Thank you Thank you. This is great info!!!

Thank you so much for this Christain. This is one of the best single pieces of educational content I've ever seen and has been so useful for me, and I'm sure many others.

This is another absolute jewel box of a film and so are those super-handy supporting resources. And I note (from their post below) that the Scottish Session Orchestra does shared sessions.

For me, this is about the most valuable and useful video you've ever posted. Thank you so much!

One of my favourite of your videos, Christian. Great to hear how the piece really came alive, played by live musicians. Thank you.

Wow, what an amazing video. I've been messing around with making music for a little over a year and this is so inspiring. Thank you Christian and Spitfire!

Christian, your contribution to the composition community is just incredible. This is the best time to be a musician, because we can learn all the time from amazing channels like yours. Abrazos and thanks!

thank you so much for this, the cheat sheet will come in very handy, I've just started to learn notation after many years of writing music, so this is a real help.

I love the sound of the band! Thank you, Christian for another families video and for all the materials you've shared with us. This one's a gem 👌

This is so helpful!

Awesome video, really interesting and helpful 👌🏻... off to download the blaggers cheat sheet 🙊

Thank you Christian, this is invaluable! To go from a basic midi file to footage of a live orchestra performance, and your wonderful introduction to the basics of musical scoring, it makes it all seem so much less complicated in my head. I look forward to applying this knowledge!

Wow! For me as a beginner in composing orchestral music this is sooo helpful and really good explained! Thank you for that! Love all your content!

I found this to be one your most useful and enlightening videos in quite a while. Not a negative for some of the previous work you have posted at all... I still watch the fly on the wall stuff over and over as well as your sampling workshops and advice. This just really demonstrated to me, how much more versatility and depth can be added to a simple piece by using real players. Thank you CHM for posting this and all the study material! One of the best videos you have done for 2021 for sure.

amazing video, Christian! I can't believe how doable this actually is! I am just getting started making music, and I figured I would never bother try to get live musicians for my pieces, but this changes everything!

This is so helpfull! Your videos are of unbelievable value to me.You're a great tutor! I thank you kindly Sir!

Enjoyed that, and learned. Ta very much mister.

Thank you so much for sharing this video and the resources. The quality and quantity are amazing. You are so generous.

Jeepers Christian.. This is frickin' AMAZING! Thank you and the Scottish Session Orchestra so much .... pure GOLD! All the best, Mike.

This is extremely informative for a rock n roller! Thank you Christian

Thanks as always Christian

Being someone who has taught themselves to write and read sheet music, as well as little bits and pieces from school, this video was still worth while watching for me. The way you spoke on phrase markings helped me to think about such things differently, as I hadn’t before. Great video Christian!

Brilliant 🦄 valuable ,enhancing and the best video blog you have produced…so thanks 🙏🙏🏿👏👏🎩👍

Incredible work Christian ! The resilience & enthusiasm in your teaching style is truly unmatched ! Thank you for being so kind to take time to teach valuable information that my mind literally craves consistently! I am by no means at the point to where I am writing for "live musicians" however this video really inspired me to "Study" harder. I find it difficult to stay away from my own DAW when I watch such an great tutorial. Thank you so much for the education and inspiration.

Amazing video, one of the most insightful and useful you've ever made. And to end with "less samples - more real players" - much respect! Expect Clockwork's books to fill up soon, rightfully. Congrats for steering almost 100K people their way!

Christian, this has been one of your most inspiring and helpful videos for me. You truly have shown me that even though I am not educated in music, that I can still have a future with an orchestra playing my music. Thank you so much

This was a great window into what is a dream for so many composers

Awesomeee ;) Thank you a lot !

Very encouraging. I always have ideas that I'm going to "get a Cello player on this" for example, and then... I just play it myself using a sample because finding a collaborator seems daunting in so many ways. Thanks for sharing!

Great video as usual Christian some really good tips. I'm always nervous about approaching an orchestra with my score. It's all about confidence, or in my case lack of it. Take care and many thanks look forward to the next one, best wishes Terry

Excellent instructional video, Christian! Didn’t see the Shallow Water in the video, but noticed the Meris Hedra pedal on your desk and checked out Meris’ demo video…. pretty wild pitch-shifting, delay action!

This was awesome thank you

Amazing tutorial Christian.... this has given me so much more confidence and encouragement to be able to work with live string players. I have had the experience of having an 8 piece string group (6 violins and 2 violas....budget constraints.... thus the need to double track each take for a much fuller sound) play some of my. arrangements earlier and it was a great experience. But this video has given me great insights on notating the piece for the players in Logic (I'm a bonafide blagger) and of course collaborating with the players on the actual session to get the best performance possible. It never ceases to surprise me how much just one live musician can elevate that faux violin or flute line you've programmed to such great heights. Please keep these coming!

Fabulous excellent and helpful

In the 9 years I’ve been at it, this is the most useful video I’ve ever watched. Thank you, Christian. Ps, the process of moving music from midi to live performance always causes me to well up. Yours accomplished that, especially with the glissando at 25-29. Well done.

Chris, your generosity in sharing your years of knowledge to this community is incomprehensible in today's greed stricken world. Your soul's passion permeates in every lesson shared with us. On behalf of all your clients and subscribers , we thank you and your staff immensely.

This is amazing. The 1st take was night and day from the daw. What a testament to the beauty of a live orchestra.

Cheers CH ! You've outdone yourself. A full-on, concise and exceptionally presented, lecture with visuals, worksheets, Pro Audio info, sessions & midi files. Along with anecdotes, vocalizations and, well timed, witty remarks; as expected from a naturally instinctive quipster. Much inspiration was induced. 5000 subscriptions from me, if it could be done. All Hail ! Sir Christian of Blagger-shire. "aside:" Nice one, bruh.

Great video. 🙏

Absolute solid ⭐️ GOLD ⭐️ Christian. Thank you. Other people usually charge for such sterling information. I’ve done a music degree (with Jake Jackson actually!) and use Logic, but you really address the fear aspect of it all (which we all have), making it highly useful. Wonderful!

This is a fantastic video Christian. Well done and thank you. Your practical videos on arranging led me to your channel a few years ago and to Spitfire products. I di enjoy all your vids but when you are arranging at you’re computer (now done a lot by others at Spitfire) it just paints the big picture on how to use samples and arrangements. This vid, however, takes it to a whole new level. Probably my favorite video of yours… ever. A big shout out to to the musicians who demonstrated these examples. Congratulations to you mate

Force legato feature looks very useful 🙌🏼

Great video as always. I would love to see you do a video on how you go back and write ” expressions” into the midi

Ooh this is going in my very important folder, thank you Christian

thank you so much for this. nd for the inspiration .

Wow! This is so good. It really breaks the ice. Whether I could pull it off or not, after watching this, I certainly feel I could approach it with enough grace and swagger to aim things in the right direction, and then, by bringing the musicians on board as you say, take it to the line. Thank you, so much Christian. As ever, you have really gone above and beyond in giving us more than one could ever expect to receive from watching a 30 minute KZread video. The amount of highly thoughtful work, the investment of intensive preparation time, and, let’s face it, the significant financial resources you must have committed to pull this off, is astonishingly generous to us, your grateful bell-dingers!! Thank you! A really treasured gift - When the impossible is shown to be a piece of cake, the imagination is free to soar!

WHOA. Starting at 16:13 you really hear a well-written piece sounding amazing with real strings in a real room. Love this piece of music Christian, and I tell ya, 16:43 should be our reference track to work off of with Spitfire Chamber Strings and a good reverb, to work hard to figure out how to dial in that live-in-the-room sound. Man, when they hit that section, if you're on good headphones and your arm hairs don't raise up, get to an ear doctor.

Thank you Christian, that video really helped me a lot in order to get my hands on some articulations. And I am sure this is something many people have been looking for. There is so much information about single instruments on the web but when it comes to sections and orchestral type of music I always felt a bit intimidated. Transferring a DAW-arrangement and turning it into live music played by real musicians is really something! I am writing parts for a string quartet and I am using spitfire strings (BBC and symphonic strings). I am trying to prepare as much as possible so the notation is as close to my musical imagination and the audio examples are as close to how it might sound later. As a piano player I know about dynamics and some articulations, but this gives so much more insights into the much broader and more diverse landscape of articulations string players use. I loved the sound of the glissandos and metallic sounding sul pont and seeing /hearing how it helps increase the overall musical narrative. As always your videos are so well narrated, explained, they are entertaining, they sound fantastic and I cannot thank you enough for making so much brilliant educational content available here!

Dicas valiosas🚀

Super helpful video! Another super super quick way to break the parts out is using a midi plug-in called Divisimate. It breaks the parts out to different tracks as you record the notes in to the DAW

Thanks for sharing.

This is really invaluable - thanks so much. I've been writing strings in Sibelius, and never considered how stupid that was until now! Not sure if you don't use this for a reason but there is a Select > Highest Note or Lowest Note in the Edit menu to remove them manually.

Brilliant v-blog Christian - never seen this explained so clearly - and of course great playing by the SSO! Quite a few mates playing in the band too :-).

@martifingers

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed, not just the technical expertise but the obvious emotional commitment they were bringing to the session. Perhaps it was for them a relatively simple piece but they were not just phoning in a performance.

Christian, Thank you for this. 🙂

Very interesting video Christian TFS Best wishes from Shropshire 👍

10:59 - Dude caught a vibe on that run :D

HEY Look! 100K today! Congratulations Christian, see you at the event tomorrow!