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[✧ ｓｔａｒｃｈｉlｄ ✧]

Sounds awesome man!

larrynachos responds:

Thanks dude!

[Last Battle [exp]]

Sounds Great Man! What did you use for The pads And Orchestra? Those really sound great!

Demonic-Overmind responds:

thanks!~
Sonatina symphonic orchestra for all orchestral instruments, and those pads come from nexus.

[Starbounded]

Awesome Man!

JaThu responds:

Yes!! PRRR (thanks)

[AIM - The Little Warrior]

How did you make all these instruments sound so REAAL!!? You really Outdone Yourself on this! Definitely my Fan Favorite!

Ylmir responds:

Thanks a lot ! :)

About realism, having good software does help (especially sections with true legato and multiple round robins and dynamic layers), but knowing some orchestration basics and MIDI techniques or workarounds can go a long way as well. I don't know what is your experience with orchestral sound libraries, but if you're interested in the subject, there's a lot of good online resources, as long as you know what you're looking for.

Mattias Westlund's articles about "The Sample Quality Myth" (you can google it with the quotes, it's the first result) can be a good introduction, I think. Keeping in mind that a real orchestra plays imperfectly and inconsistently is another good principle to keep in mind as well, since all the subtle mistakes a musician does when playing contributes to the expressiveness of the music he is playing - the same goes with virtual instruments. At the very least, slightly varying the rhythm and velocity/dynamics will avoid a robotic sound, but if done right, it can sometimes add a very different feeling to your track (hence why some people say it's important to play all your parts on a MIDI keyboard or something similar, replicating this manually on a computer can be long and/or difficult).

These are just some ideas to help you get started, but if you want to go further, there's a lot more to learn, on orchestration, on MIDI programming for orchestra, on mixing techniques... Curiosity is a quality, when you're interested into music. :p

[Aviator]

Oh Damn This is Amazing :.) Really gives Me a Nostalgic Flashback Of me Younger...

Noisysundae responds:

Yup. There were happier times back then. :)

[AIM - Stay with me [exp]]

Dude this sounds awesome! How did you make that Pluck?

Demonic-Overmind responds:

Thanks, it's a nexus preset. I suck at leads so mostly leads come from a preset with slight variation and I love making synths so i prefer making them.

[Knock Up]

It seems Alright...But that Intro...anyways Keep going man.

Demonic-Overmind responds:

Ikr xD, I said sorry already, check out my new songs (spoiler: better intro)

[Tidal Man]

This is quite Interesting! what soundpack did you use this time?

TheNGVirus responds:

I used an NES triangle, square, 12.5 and 25

I also used various NES drum samples ;3

Thanks! I actually have a 16 bit version too if you'd be interested

[Light, Shine Down]

Man This is Really Amazing How you did all this! Liked how you did with the Choir Effect!

Troisnyx responds:

The choir effect, believe it or not, was me layering my voice over and over again. ^_^'

Glad you like it!

[Fallen Down (K4VE Remix)]

Awesome Track!

k7g4p11 responds:

Thank you!