Hello friends!
We continue to dive into the world of virtual instruments!
What we will be using to create our wonderful compositions is not limited to synthesizers. Sometimes you want to add sounds of live, real instruments. It is possible when you have a good skills in playing the guitar, violin, or a wind instruments. But what if you cannot do it? Then sample technologies come to the rescue! In short, it looks like this: a musician takes a live instrument and begins to record each note separately with a sample into a certain electronic instrument (sampler), which, in the future, allows you to play these samples using a midi keyboard. This process is very long and not easy. It is very difficult to correctly record all the techniques of sound production so that during the subsequent play they sound harmonious and do not differ much from the original playing of the instrument. Nevertheless, there are such libraries and there are quite good ones that will greatly facilitate our life.
Let us start with the piano. What self-respecting composer would give up the great sound of a wonderful instrument to create the right mood throughout the composition? In this case, we should consider a few free options:
For your first projects these two instruments, will completely cover your needs in the sound of a grand piano and a piano.
Next, let us pay attention to strings. Violins, violas, cellos, and just an orchestra! This will add a cinematic feel to our music and make it deeper.
It is a wonderful instrument that surpasses our desires in stringed instruments, but also includes brass instruments and orchestral drums.
Let 's talk a little about the wind instruments. I love them! Sometimes the composition seems incomplete until you add a few wind strokes of the trumpet, trombone or the saxophone solo.
The only think remains to mention is the guitars. Well, what kind of music could be without guitars? Here I just recommend the free products from the well-known company Amplesound. Here you will find acoustic and electric guitars, basses and even ukuleles! An irreplaceable set!
And I cannot help but tell you about a wonderful set, which includes pianos, orchestral strings, brass, and many, many, many others. This is a free library from one of the market leaders SpitfireAudio . Everyone should have it!
Now that we have finished our review of the best free tools, I'll give you a quick breakdown of the professional leaders. There are many tools, their prices are different. Many tools have demo versions that allow you to evaluate their capabilities. The tools are serious and require a thorough approach.
A versatile and incredible tool. Large libraries of presets created for this tool will appeal to most composers. This instrument is considered the de-facto standard and should be in possession of every self-respecting music producer.
Now almost every popular pop, dance or rap track created with the use of this instrument. The tool has turned out so successful that it can be found almost in every studio. By the way, the popular artist deadmou5 was involved in its creation.
A huge collection of different emulations of famous analog instruments of the past. From Moog to the Fairlight. The instruments are of a very high quality and will add a touch of analog sound to your compositions.
By right, this is already a legend of dance music. From sparkling arpeggios to deep bass. All of this you can get with this easy-to-learn synthesizer.
Another generally accepted standard that every studio has. It is a wrapper sampler for a huge number of instrument libraries. I say right away that the libraries must be purchased separately. But in the end ... Hans Zimmer uses this tool.
Today we have looked over the basic quality tools that we will be using in our future projects. The choice of tool is a personal matter. Whatever I like to use, not necessarily going to be your favourite. I just gave some coordinates from what to build your library and gave an example of the best options for use today. Perhaps tomorrow, another tool will appear that surpasses all of the above in terms of capabilities. Who knows…?
In the next part I will give you links to collections of samples without which we cannot work on our daily projects, as well as a small number of processing plugins that we need.
Stay tuned...
Andru (Namaste) Shaitar
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