
Designing Cinematic Orchestral Templates
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6:55
Introduction
Gary welcomes you and discusses why you need a template for Cinematic Orchestration Compositions and how it can help your workflow. Software and Hardware requirements are gone over, plus get a look at what will be covered in this series.
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2:51
The Options
Look at using VEPro and how it can help your template designs on a single machine or if you want to run a multi-computer network setup.
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8:57
Setting up VEPro & Loading Instruments
Explore how to setup instruments in VEPro and how you connect to these VEPro instances in your DAW.
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7:31
Cubase & Few Instances
This video takes a look at the best way to run VEPro with Cubase. Cubase prefers few instances with many instruments loaded in each instrument. Also see how to create MIDI tracks in Cubase that route to the instrument within VEPro.
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5:18
Logic with Many Instances
In this video we take a look at how the VEPro setup differs with Logic. In Logic it prefers to connect to many instrument with single instruments loaded within them.
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13:35
Building Up the Strings in Cubase
Learn how to setup your String Section in Cubase, with the different articulations spread out across MIDI tracks.
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9:19
Building Up the Strings in Logic
See how to setup the same stringed instruments in VEPro with Logic, and how to switch between these different articulations with an articulation switching tool.
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5:32
Building Up the Brass
Here we cover how to setup the Trumpet, Trombones and French Horns for the Brass section.
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3:27
Building Up the Woodwinds
This video takes a look at how to add Woodwind elements to your template, like Clarinet and Flute Runs and so on.
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8:53
Building Up the Percussion
Discover how to build up your percussion section which can include your typical orchestral percussion, plus more hybrid percussion elements into your mix.
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3:50
Adding Choirs to the Mix
See how to load Choir tracks to your template, and how these types of sounds can add to the epic-ness feel of your track.
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7:01
Adding Hybrid Elements
Now explore adding hybrid elements to your template, such as Synths, Pads, Soundscapes, Whooshes and Impact sounds, as well as an emotive Piano.
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13:25
Balancing Your Volumes & Panning
Discover some good techniques on how to balance all your instruments together so you can get a cohesive sound across the different tracks.
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5:47
Adding Reverbs
Learn how you can use two different Hall Reverbs to help gel the different instruments together.
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8:17
Template Optimization Techniques
See the different ways that you can get better performance from your templates, such as purging samples, disabling tracks, and decoupled instances in VEPro.
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1:47
Conclusion
Gary sums up all you have learned about Designing Cinematic Orchestral templates in this series.
Product Overview
In this Groove3 video series, DAW guru Gary Hiebner reveals the steps to take to build a powerful Orchestral Template that you can use time and time again, as a great starting point when creating cinematic orchestral type productions.
Gary begins by welcoming you, and then discusses why you need a template for cinematic orchestral composing and how it can benefit your workflow. Software and hardware requirements are then gone over, plus a look at what will be covered in the series.
Starting at the beginning, Gary shows some VEPro specific options and setup tips, followed by some Cubase and Logic setup help, plus the different ways they each prefer to work with VEPro.
You’ll then see how to set up and build your Strings, Brass, Woodwind and Percussion sections so they’re ready for action at a moment’s notice, followed by ways to add Choir tracks to the mix, as well as Hybrid elements such Synths, Pads, Soundscapes, Whooshes, Impact sounds, and an emotive Piano.
Gary wraps up the video series with tutorials on balancing your volumes and panning in the template, adding Reverbs, template optimization techniques and more.
See the individual tutorial descriptions for detailed info. If you’re into producing and writing orchestral or cinematic compositions, see how a template can boost your creativeness and productivity… Watch “Designing Cinematic Orchestral Templates” today.
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Reviews
Submitted 3 months ago
Little disappointed that it's not more universally centered.
I agree with eduardovictory. I was expecting more concepts using Kontakt. I was a little frustrated, and it sounds like a promotion for a specific Daw. However, there is good information, you just have to parse your way through for concepts that may apply to Kontakt.
Submitted 6 months ago
Lots of Helpful Info Here But Is Situation Specific...
This course is filled with some pretty great information. The instructor is easy to understand and has great information. However, this particular course relies on designing a template using Vienna Ensemble Pro, unfortunate for those of us who work with Kontakt instruments. Your milage may vary and there are lots of good things to pick up but I could only take so much away from this course not using VEP.
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 1 year ago
Clear, practical and thourough
This course helped me to build up my first orchestral template. I found it very clear. The course shows how to do this mainly by using Cubase and Logic as reference DAWs.
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 1 year ago
Good intro to building a template, lacking in comprehensive industry practices
As a user of Ableton Live and Native Instruments Komplete, this made me feel alienated. Despite this, by the end of the training I was able to walk away with usable advice that I employed and was grateful for. However, I felt the trainer spent too much time on specific tools and not enough time on general concepts, like how to EQ, compress, and mix the elements of a cinematic composition. I liked this training and I think it had value, but it wasn’t nearly as satisfying as simply purchasing a professional cinematic template for my Ableton DAW and learning from the structure and principles of a mixing engineer.
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 2 years ago
Brilliant.
All explained with much detail and at a calm pace. Clear, to the point, thorough. Thanks!
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 2 years ago
Great content on Orchestral template for Logic Pro and Cubase user
Great video's courses about orchestral templates on how to use the DAW with the VST instruments.
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 2 years ago
very helpful
it is important to be organixed or else you will have a mess later
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 2 years ago
Well thought out; excellent tips
I learned a lot about VEPro, making it even more useful to me than previously. Being a Logic Pro user, this is an invaluable tutorial for setting up an orchestral template using VEPro; also, sensible strategies for balancing instruments and using reverbs. Well done!
I am a: Hobbyist, Professional, Musician, Logic Pro
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 2 years ago
Some great pointers here
Very happy with this. Exactly what I was looking to get out of the course in getting an orchestral template together. While my DAW is FL Studio it was easy to follow the well explained steps.
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 2 years ago
Perfect !
Simple, easy to follow and comprehensive
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Reviews
Submitted 3 months ago
Little disappointed that it's not more universally centered.
I agree with eduardovictory. I was expecting more concepts using Kontakt. I was a little frustrated, and it sounds like a promotion for a specific Daw. However, there is good information, you just have to parse your way through for concepts that may apply to Kontakt.
Submitted 6 months ago
Lots of Helpful Info Here But Is Situation Specific...
This course is filled with some pretty great information. The instructor is easy to understand and has great information. However, this particular course relies on designing a template using Vienna Ensemble Pro, unfortunate for those of us who work with Kontakt instruments. Your milage may vary and there are lots of good things to pick up but I could only take so much away from this course not using VEP.
Submitted 1 year ago
Clear, practical and thourough
This course helped me to build up my first orchestral template. I found it very clear. The course shows how to do this mainly by using Cubase and Logic as reference DAWs.
Submitted 1 year ago
Good intro to building a template, lacking in comprehensive industry practices
As a user of Ableton Live and Native Instruments Komplete, this made me feel alienated. Despite this, by the end of the training I was able to walk away with usable advice that I employed and was grateful for. However, I felt the trainer spent too much time on specific tools and not enough time on general concepts, like how to EQ, compress, and mix the elements of a cinematic composition. I liked this training and I think it had value, but it wasn’t nearly as satisfying as simply purchasing a professional cinematic template for my Ableton DAW and learning from the structure and principles of a mixing engineer.
Submitted 2 years ago
Brilliant.
All explained with much detail and at a calm pace. Clear, to the point, thorough. Thanks!
Submitted 2 years ago
Great content on Orchestral template for Logic Pro and Cubase user
Great video's courses about orchestral templates on how to use the DAW with the VST instruments.
Submitted 2 years ago
very helpful
it is important to be organixed or else you will have a mess later
Submitted 2 years ago
Well thought out; excellent tips
I learned a lot about VEPro, making it even more useful to me than previously. Being a Logic Pro user, this is an invaluable tutorial for setting up an orchestral template using VEPro; also, sensible strategies for balancing instruments and using reverbs. Well done!
I am a: Hobbyist, Professional, Musician, Logic Pro
Submitted 2 years ago
Some great pointers here
Very happy with this. Exactly what I was looking to get out of the course in getting an orchestral template together. While my DAW is FL Studio it was easy to follow the well explained steps.
Submitted 2 years ago
Perfect !
Simple, easy to follow and comprehensive