Your writing and orchestration is just so insanely good. I would pay so much for a masterclass or course where you detail your workflow to achieve something like this.
Yes, as another long time follower, a breakdown would be amazing… man, if ever offered a class, I would jump on it. Great great work… better than many A-list composers !! Hats off Blakus !
This track perfectly shows how important thoughtful orchestration is. That combined with experience in getting the best out of sample libraries and of course great sample libraries itself will get you outstanding pieces like this one! Thanks for this!
John Williams passed the baton to you. I absolutely believe you to be an orchestral genius! It's obvious that this music lives deep within your boundless universe of creativity. Unmatchable work, exceptional talent, flexible, masterfully recorded sound libraries, and fantastic engineering. Phenomenal work! 🔥
That was beautiful. Loving this sooooo much. I've got them downloaded now and only played about with them quickly. But you've got them sounding amazing.
Beautiful soundtrack! Your ability to orchestrate and make samples sound realistic is amazing! How did you learn to make your music so cohesive and connected? Was it through hours of (perhaps frustrating) experience or through a program? Thanks so much!
I alwasy apprecaite you often do a screencast of a demo you provided to those major libraries, showing the tracks and midi data, which is very informative. And of course, the composition is absolutely phenomenal!!! 🤩🤩🤩
On Spitfire website it says that this track contains Abbey Road Orchestral Foundations, Spitfire Symphony Orchestra, Albion Legacy, so probably Horns from one of those. Also Blakus is a big partner of Performance Samples as far as I know so it can be Pacific Brass as well.
What an absolutely stunning piece! Wouldn't it be a dream if you decided to put a course together some day Blakus - we'd have so much to learn from you. Cheers!
Congrats, brilliant work! Can't say I'm convinced by the legatos in the lib, but otherwise the sound is great. What did you use as brass and woodwinds? Also Spitfire? Cheers!
@@Blakus indeed, that's where the magic detailing happens, I know. And that's where the time goes often 😉. Love your cohesive, warm orchestral sound and depth on this one. Cherio, Jeff
Listening to this after a short time away from it, I agree about the mix being 'ok' - it's a little harsh for my liking, but alas, time for me to move on haha!
Love the composition. Some great harmonies and pleasant surpirises in here. Are you also using the new Spitfire Reverb PlugIn for some of the samples or as an additional FX Channel? -- 350€ per AR string module. That is absolutely insane. The sound is nice, but man it feels overprized. I own 1VL + Celli already, but I really dont want to spend a 1000€ on the rest. Gotta wait for a black friday I guess...
Hey Blake, I have a question. Do you record with "Constrain Delay Compensation" enabled? If not, how do you manage delays? What audio buffer size are you working with?
@@Blakus Thank you. I guess, each plugin needs to compensate the volume after itself, so that the mix doesn't get ruined when some of them are turned off.
Hey Blake, do you use VEP for this template? If not, how can your PC handle those many spitfire player instances, my cannot even run 20 instances smoothly with CC1 and CC2 data.... I read in the forum that you got yourself an i9 14900k, do you have any issues like temperatur or crashing apps? i had those problems with an 13900k and was forced to sell it since i couldnt finish a project (within a specific deadline) without my pc crashing many times..
@@talnomix3164 yes, I have to use VEP for Spitfire player. Not sure why, but it handles the load much better. And also yea, my 14900k is frying itself. I’ve had to undervolt and under clock it to keep working for now. Waiting for a gap in work so I can RMA it. Intel screwed up the 13900/14900k badly. Nearly everyone is having the same issues. They just released bios updates that supposedly prevent the issue. But unfortunately it doesn’t help those of us who already have degraded cpus
@@Blakus Sounds really bad for people who earn their money with their pc... You got a second PC or do you use it all on the same computer? Im thinking about upgrading, i would go with AMD again but i dont know how many konatkt voices are playing if i would use my template with over 500 tracks. i saw in the dawbench that the 14900k can handle twice as many contact voices as the ryzen 9 7950x3d, so i'm wondering if a 7950x3d is enough... you use your own custom libraries, how many tracks does your template have? i think you use less contact instances because you don't need several libraries for one instrument group, do you?
Sweet composition and orchestration mate. I've been writing hybrid orchestral for action trailer but I really need to soak my head in this style of pure orchestral mockup. Do you read music by any chance mate? Keep it up :)
lol, Blakus has plenty of work, I think he probably only gets a day here and there (if ever) to write a piece for himself, and even then its likely a demo for a library. In this case it seems to be something Spitfire Audio will be using....
I've been flat out with contract work for the last few years thankfully! (hence why my RUclips channel is quite neglected). I took a quick breather here between projects to write something for myself, I find it invigorating :)
@@Blakus It's good to get off-spec or break from requirements. Great for the creative process, it makes sense. Well, we certainly like it when you do. :)
Awesome composition!! Just my thoughts. I think the tone of the strings is good, but, the dynamic feel of the strings, if it could be improved i think it would be better. And i don't mean with automation but the natural texture dynamic character of the strings. I can be corrected but i think each note in a violin or viola or an orchestral string has an imperfection of velocity fluctuation, may not be very noticeable but i think it may be there, when a string player such as the violinist or cellist, holds a note or does a legato. Keep up the great work!
you're absolutely cooked with this comment, nobody can do a better mockup than Blakus. There are library limitations, and you're not going to get the real thing, but I mean telling Blakus that he could get more "imperfection of velocity" (Lol) has to be one of the funniest comments I have read lately.
I wasn't referring to blakus improving the velocity. It was the library's manufacturer or the company. not blakus. This music composition is awesome! What i was suggesting was improvement of Abbey road symphonic strings by spitfire, not blakus improving the velocity.
Well, there's the title, was that not sufficient? "DAWcast - featuring Abbey Road Symphonic Strings", a library that was just released today. And if you were confused, search it out, don't throw negativity at the person who wrote such a piece. Speaking of, can you not recognize the quality of this composition and have some appreciation for it?
Your writing and orchestration is just so insanely good. I would pay so much for a masterclass or course where you detail your workflow to achieve something like this.
Absolutely unreal Blakus. The dimension and depth is stellar!
Nice to see the expression choices. Very pleasing melodies.
Yes, as another long time follower, a breakdown would be amazing… man, if ever offered a class, I would jump on it. Great great work… better than many A-list composers !! Hats off Blakus !
This track perfectly shows how important thoughtful orchestration is. That combined with experience in getting the best out of sample libraries and of course great sample libraries itself will get you outstanding pieces like this one! Thanks for this!
Why does this feel very John Williams? Something about the way the strings move through the melodies and swell and fall back off. It's beautiful.
Absolutely beautiful as always! Glad to have you back Blakus...
This piece is pretty incredible and inspiring. I'm not lining up to purchase the library but I can see it has value.
John Williams passed the baton to you. I absolutely believe you to be an orchestral genius! It's obvious that this music lives deep within your boundless universe of creativity. Unmatchable work, exceptional talent, flexible, masterfully recorded sound libraries, and fantastic engineering. Phenomenal work! 🔥
Love to see you writing a new original piece, always enjoy it my friend! all the best as always!
Amazing composition and incredible orchestration, it has the magical Blakus signature (1:27 for example)
Absolutly beautiful .... very happy of your come back
dang it thats it im getting spitfire. was on the fence but after hearing this its over.
Fantastic work! Sounds incredible. 💙
The legend returns! haha :)
absolutely INCREDIBLE
Man you’ve got to do another template walkthrough now! A breakdown of this piece would be awesome
A rare but exciting glimpse into the midi maestro’s workflow
For the love of all things good can you please teach us how you mix! its so damn good blake
i follow you for a long time now and it's just amazing. this is so perfect
This sounds wonderful Blakus. Nice composition with these strings to show what they can do! 👍
Beautiful
Bravo Maestro! Absolutely amazing sounding. Thanks for inspiring all of us for what can be achieved 🙂
What a wonderful piece, amazing mate!
Beautiful! :)
featuring... a fresh haircut!
Hahah! Actually though! Only hours before I shot this.
This piece is magnificent!
That was beautiful. Loving this sooooo much. I've got them downloaded now and only played about with them quickly. But you've got them sounding amazing.
Beautiful!! Thanks for sharing!!
Brilliant!!!
wow, sounds epic, insane, beautiful and amazing
Beautiful writing (and production obviously!) would love to see a score for those harmonies, stunning stuff!
Really nice low end
beautiful !
Great work!
So beautiful!
This is the closest I have ever heard virtual instruments to the real thing. If you ever get any free time to do a walkthrough, that would be amazing.
Beautiful soundtrack! Your ability to orchestrate and make samples sound realistic is amazing! How did you learn to make your music so cohesive and connected? Was it through hours of (perhaps frustrating) experience or through a program? Thanks so much!
Blakus! hot damn bro. it's good to have u back.
Bravo porca put! Coud you tell me what instruments for percussions please?
Percussion is all AR Percussion from their Metals/Low/High series along with AR One ensemble perc
Beautiful!
Excellent work! :)
Just wow!!! Man, you are so talanted...
I alwasy apprecaite you often do a screencast of a demo you provided to those major libraries, showing the tracks and midi data, which is very informative.
And of course, the composition is absolutely phenomenal!!! 🤩🤩🤩
Absolut fantastic!!!
Amazing!!
SOUNDS AMAZING 🔥🔥🔥
Cheesus dude, really great. You bring me everytime back into writing music again. Not on this level though but still inspired :D
I take that as a huge compliment ❤. Keep writing, friend!
You have good chops.
What a job... Real hears pleasure ! GG
BRAVO!!
You’re taking the piss 😂 Great work as always man.
Very cool man !
You do love Dark Crystal ;-) Great Composition!
I've never actually heard Dark Crystal, you made me check it out just now! Wow, I see why one might think that haha! And indeed I do love it, now!
Legend!
I love it! ❤
Damn, sounds amazing, very realistic!
Bravo
Would like to see a remake of "Lawrence of Arabia" with that soundtrack. 👍 Great!
TROP FORT !!!!!🙏
What is the horn library you are using? Its sound is really good！！！
On Spitfire website it says that this track contains Abbey Road Orchestral Foundations, Spitfire Symphony Orchestra, Albion Legacy, so probably Horns from one of those. Also Blakus is a big partner of Performance Samples as far as I know so it can be Pacific Brass as well.
Stunning composition and the orchestration, as always, deserves to be in the college books! Well done, Blake! ❤
Grandios!
Anyone know what brass library he is using? Love the sound
Most realistic mockup I’ve ever heard. Outstanding work!! Spitfire Audio is onto something here!
bro that is amazing
What an absolutely stunning piece! Wouldn't it be a dream if you decided to put a course together some day Blakus - we'd have so much to learn from you. Cheers!
BLAKUS VIDEO
😂 that cheeky grin at the end: “These ARE the samples you’re looking for…”
Awesome as always!
This sounds really, really good. Still wondering about doing fast runs with AR strings performance patches, are they as good as the Kontakt SSO ones?
I would say that fast runs are something that this library doesn't excel at, personally.
Hard to believe the melody is completely written with sample libraries. Outstanding work!
F'ing tease lol. There'd better be a breakdown video coming.
Outstanding composition and sound, especially the dynamic variations! The brass also sounds excellent - is that a custom library?
He describes in the AROSS user demo thread on vi-control forum which libraries he’s using
Congrats, brilliant work! Can't say I'm convinced by the legatos in the lib, but otherwise the sound is great. What did you use as brass and woodwinds? Also Spitfire? Cheers!
AR strings!
This is just so beautiful composed and produced work! Do you play straight in, using CC faders (1-11-21), or did you tweak CC afterwards?
Cheers! I always perform straight in but am often going back in afterwards to tweak. Sometimes many times 😂
@@Blakus indeed, that's where the magic detailing happens, I know. And that's where the time goes often 😉. Love your cohesive, warm orchestral sound and depth on this one. Cherio, Jeff
Jesus Christ thats Jason BOURNE!
Excellent composition, beautiful orchestration, ok mix, average strings that would have been a breakthrough library circa 2014.
Listening to this after a short time away from it, I agree about the mix being 'ok' - it's a little harsh for my liking, but alas, time for me to move on haha!
@@Blakus It doesn't remove one bit to the composition quality.
Bro, you alive? Thank God. I thought you were dead man.
Love the composition.
Some great harmonies and pleasant surpirises in here.
Are you also using the new Spitfire Reverb PlugIn for some of the samples or as an additional FX Channel?
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350€ per AR string module. That is absolutely insane. The sound is nice, but man it feels overprized. I own 1VL + Celli already, but I really dont want to spend a 1000€ on the rest. Gotta wait for a black friday I guess...
If you pause it at 2:09 there is an Easter egg of the Enterprise
What a great piece! Which vst’s did you use, apart from AROSS?
Excellent... did you use a personnal mics set-up or the basic MIX from Spitfire ?
Just using Mix 1 here.
@@Blakus thank you.
Hey Blake, I have a question. Do you record with "Constrain Delay Compensation" enabled? If not, how do you manage delays? What audio buffer size are you working with?
Yes I do have that enabled. Working with 512 buffer size with ASIO Guard on max.
@@Blakus Thank you. I guess, each plugin needs to compensate the volume after itself, so that the mix doesn't get ruined when some of them are turned off.
How can someone be a composing, mockup and mixing Jedi, all at the same time ?
Hey Blake, do you use VEP for this template?
If not, how can your PC handle those many spitfire player instances, my cannot even run 20 instances smoothly with CC1 and CC2 data....
I read in the forum that you got yourself an i9 14900k, do you have any issues like temperatur or crashing apps? i had those problems with an 13900k and was forced to sell it since i couldnt finish a project (within a specific deadline) without my pc crashing many times..
@@talnomix3164 yes, I have to use VEP for Spitfire player. Not sure why, but it handles the load much better. And also yea, my 14900k is frying itself. I’ve had to undervolt and under clock it to keep working for now. Waiting for a gap in work so I can RMA it. Intel screwed up the 13900/14900k badly. Nearly everyone is having the same issues. They just released bios updates that supposedly prevent the issue. But unfortunately it doesn’t help those of us who already have degraded cpus
@@Blakus Sounds really bad for people who earn their money with their pc... You got a second PC or do you use it all on the same computer?
Im thinking about upgrading, i would go with AMD again but i dont know how many konatkt voices are playing if i would use my template with over 500 tracks.
i saw in the dawbench that the 14900k can handle twice as many contact voices as the ryzen 9 7950x3d, so i'm wondering if a 7950x3d is enough...
you use your own custom libraries, how many tracks does your template have? i think you use less contact instances because you don't need several libraries for one instrument group, do you?
Sweet composition and orchestration mate. I've been writing hybrid orchestral for action trailer but I really need to soak my head in this style of pure orchestral mockup. Do you read music by any chance mate?
Keep it up :)
Cheers! I do read music, yes. My favourite way to learn is to analyse the written music of scores that I love to then recreate them.
@@BlakusThanks mate for clarifying. I defo need to start reading music so I can interpret and analyse orchestration scores ❤
It’s worth it I think! You don’t have to be particularly fast or fluid at it to benefit.
Hi Blakus! Late comment but do you compose straight into the DAW or do you utilize notation at all for your writing?
Hey Christian, I compose directly into the DAW, usually starting with a piano sketch of multiple piano tracks for each section of the orchestra.
@ awesome. Thanks!
Pacific brass??
Probably, Performance Samples just released a few new products or is just about to release them!
@@ferdmusic8 Pacific Solo Strings was just released indeed, brass is coming soon
What computer are you using?
14900k with 192gb RAM, running Spitfire Player in VE PRO on the same machine. About to RMA my 14900k though, it's blowing itself up.
@@Blakus Thank you! Yes, I’ve read that 13th and 14th gen Intel CPUs tend to destroy themselves…
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Abbey Road Orchestra Strings Professional... Nice :)
Are you all composing with no intention of selling or licensing or doing contact work? Just original compositions for the joy of it...
lol, Blakus has plenty of work, I think he probably only gets a day here and there (if ever) to write a piece for himself, and even then its likely a demo for a library. In this case it seems to be something Spitfire Audio will be using....
I've been flat out with contract work for the last few years thankfully! (hence why my RUclips channel is quite neglected). I took a quick breather here between projects to write something for myself, I find it invigorating :)
@@Blakus It's good to get off-spec or break from requirements. Great for the creative process, it makes sense. Well, we certainly like it when you do. :)
Awesome composition!! Just my thoughts. I think the tone of the strings is good, but, the dynamic feel of the strings, if it could be improved i think it would be better. And i don't mean with automation but the natural texture dynamic character of the strings. I can be corrected but i think each note in a violin or viola or an orchestral string has an imperfection of velocity fluctuation, may not be very noticeable but i think it may be there, when a string player such as the violinist or cellist, holds a note or does a legato. Keep up the great work!
you're absolutely cooked with this comment, nobody can do a better mockup than Blakus. There are library limitations, and you're not going to get the real thing, but I mean telling Blakus that he could get more "imperfection of velocity" (Lol) has to be one of the funniest comments I have read lately.
I wasn't referring to blakus improving the velocity. It was the library's manufacturer or the company. not blakus. This music composition is awesome! What i was suggesting was improvement of Abbey road symphonic strings by spitfire, not blakus improving the velocity.
@@Pax30001 Ah! I understand. Thanks for clarifying!!
I’m totally confused as to what the purpose of this live cast was all about.
why does it need to have a “purpose”? are you inconvenienced in some way by its existence?
Just releasing a new track for fun, taking the new AR strings for a spin 😊 I didn't want to mention the library until official release.
Well, there's the title, was that not sufficient? "DAWcast - featuring Abbey Road Symphonic Strings", a library that was just released today. And if you were confused, search it out, don't throw negativity at the person who wrote such a piece. Speaking of, can you not recognize the quality of this composition and have some appreciation for it?
are you ok
Amazing !