Another great informative vid Alex and you kinda read my mind here .I was looking everywhere to learn these techniques.There is a song by Audiomachine that has a fantastic arpeggiated string phrase at the end and in lower volume throughout .This will get me a lot closer to my goal of working out how it was done,it's a very tricky one .. It's so good to have these solid tutorials on here.11/10
Alex you are a god and I have subscribed. can you do more arpeggios please. May be how hans zimmer uses appegios in his work. I have been struggling for years with this but always do the same boring ones. Many thanks
Really good ideas here! It's also a great way to learn Cubase 11 coming from Ableton and Logic =). I always find the word "inversion" funny, because it's not really turned upside-down, it's just moving one of the notes of the basic triad chord up or down an octave. My mind always thinks of "inverted" as when the direction of the notes are getting "flipped" like the arpeggios you did at the end (where they go up and then back down again). I know it's not a real music term, but in my mind I think of what we call "inversions" as being "octivated"...as in "C-maj octivated up" is "1st inversion" and "C-maj octivated down" is "2nd inversion". ;)
Another great tutorial Alex! Also, smart move with using Nucleus for the tutorial as a lot of beginners/intermediates are using this affordable and great sounding library. Btw, I'm curious as to how one can apply mic positions to a library like Nucleus that doesn't have mic positions, and I rarely see videos/composers that touch on this subject. Would love a video on this from you one day. Cheers :)
Love your videos. Do you have any tips on how to make a convincing sounding arpeggio using a legato string patch? I find Spitfires Symphonic strings performance patch produces reasonably convincing results. But I wonder if you have any tips in this regard?
An effective tutorial. You make some useful points about voice leading and melodic ornamentation. Also, I highly enjoy this "nucleus" library. On a side note, are you doing well?
Hi Alex! What would be the best way to arrange staccato or spiccato phrases or melodies. I tend to reverse the notes in order to make them short, and that's how I get the sound of short note phrases. Should I instead use staccato and spicatto notes from library and just use a higher tempo?.. hopefully you understand my question! Thanks!
Hey Ed, I am not sure if I get this right but if you want to write stacc/spicc phrases and melodies, then you would use stacc or spicc samples, no? :) I also don't understand what you mean with reverse the notes to make them short.
@Alex Pfeffer......what would you say are the strengths of this library? Is there something that makes this "better" for cinematic / trailer music vs other popular libraries?
I may sound a bit strange when it comes to this, but I think there is no better or worse, it is all a matter of taste and taste is personal. One thing I really LOVE about Nucleus is that it sounds absolutely amazing right out of the box. You have the ability to sound huge and traileresque but also more intimate and pure. The legato is absolutely amazing and the lib is focused on the more essential articulations which I think makes it great as an entry library. However, even though 15 years in the business now, Nucleus is part of my core template :)
You could say that ostinatos can be arpeggios but are more like repeating patterns. It could be just two notes where an arpeggio is at least a triad etc ... of course there are no exact rules.
Bought Nucleus and just dumped it. Have not been able to use it for 6 months due to the delay in play. And I can't even find that tutorial on how to fix it 😕
You definitely should check a video on setting negative delay. There is no computer to travel back in time yet. Besides that if you would have read the manual you would know that you can set the delay to zero inside Nucleus in the advanced tab 😊
This is a wonderful video and is very inspiring! Thank you so much for publishing this.
Nice walk through. Thanks!
Thanks again, Clay! :)
Ganz tolles Video ! Ich bin immer wieder von Deinen Tutorials, so auch das von den Brasses, begeistert !! Immer wieder bitte mehr davon ! :)
Danke Dir! mach ich! :D
Another awesome video! Alex, every time I open RUclips, there's a new, useful and helpful tutorial in my feed. Thanks, and keep them coming. :)
Thanks so much Luka! Trying my best! :)
that was really good. I would love to see much more videos like that with brass and other instruments :) very practical
Thank you Jarek! Noted down :)
Thanks Alex, awesome!!!!
Thank you again!
Thanks, Alex! Very helpful. I enjoy how you explain things.
Glad it was helpful! Thank you so much!
Great Video.
7:20 sounds like any "epic" music in yt ads lol.
Hahha! :D
very helpfull so thank you.
thank you very much , this is my main problem in orchestral music i hope you make more videos about it thanks again
More to come! Glad I could help. Thank you! :)
Thank you. Amazing how much an arpeggio can describe
Thank you!
Great ideas!
Thanks Marcus!
@@AlexPfeffer No problem!
I love this video 😍
Thank you so much!
Another great informative vid Alex and you kinda read my mind here .I was looking everywhere to learn these techniques.There is a song by Audiomachine that has a fantastic arpeggiated string phrase at the end and in lower volume throughout .This will get me a lot closer to my goal of working out how it was done,it's a very tricky one .. It's so good to have these solid tutorials on here.11/10
Thanks so much man!! :)
Wow!
Thanks Alex!
No, thank you! :)
Alex you are a god and I have subscribed. can you do more arpeggios please. May be how hans zimmer uses appegios in his work. I have been struggling for years with this but always do the same boring ones. Many thanks
Thank you so much, noted down! 😊
Really good ideas here! It's also a great way to learn Cubase 11 coming from Ableton and Logic =). I always find the word "inversion" funny, because it's not really turned upside-down, it's just moving one of the notes of the basic triad chord up or down an octave. My mind always thinks of "inverted" as when the direction of the notes are getting "flipped" like the arpeggios you did at the end (where they go up and then back down again). I know it's not a real music term, but in my mind I think of what we call "inversions" as being "octivated"...as in "C-maj octivated up" is "1st inversion" and "C-maj octivated down" is "2nd inversion". ;)
Yep, get your point. All those terms can be confusing from time to time. I worked with a producer who said marcato when he really meanth spiccato.
Hello again, Alex! What camera and lens you use to film yourself? And yes, as always, interesting video. Thnx you!
Hey, I currently use a Sony 6400 and the kit lens (16-50)
@@AlexPfeffer thnx!
Thank you so much alex♥️
You're welcome! :)
Another great tutorial Alex! Also, smart move with using Nucleus for the tutorial as a lot of beginners/intermediates are using this affordable and great sounding library. Btw, I'm curious as to how one can apply mic positions to a library like Nucleus that doesn't have mic positions, and I rarely see videos/composers that touch on this subject. Would love a video on this from you one day. Cheers :)
Thanks for the suggestion, so basically you would do that with reverb, predelay and EQ :) Will write that down :)
Made me realise I need to use Nucleus more often, time to blow the dust off of it
Ha, thanks for your comment!
I have such difficulty writing arps so this is useful! :P
Thank you so much! Glad it was helpful! :)
Great tutorial
Thank you! Cheers!
Alex Pfeffer you are welcome
Love your videos. Do you have any tips on how to make a convincing sounding arpeggio using a legato string patch? I find Spitfires Symphonic strings performance patch produces reasonably convincing results. But I wonder if you have any tips in this regard?
Hey Chis, if I do this I either layer libs or use the Berlin Strings Ostinato patches.
An effective tutorial. You make some useful points about voice leading and melodic ornamentation. Also, I highly enjoy this "nucleus" library.
On a side note, are you doing well?
Awesome, thank you!
@@AlexPfeffer You are welcome!
Psss......6.00min great workflow tip! Obvious, now you have pointed it out, but I have never used it.
Thank you, yes that really add a lot of realism to a track :)
Some great tips there bud, btw what's the name of the track u have at the end?
Thank you! It is actually my official demo for Orchestral Tools JXL Brass
@@AlexPfeffer brilliant,u have a link
@@AshrafElziftawiMusic ruclips.net/video/9KAsHSsgieo/видео.html
Am looking for a string library that can do a very fast consistent arpeggiation. Not prerecorded arps but one I'm free to draw. Thank you.
Nucleus is great for that but also Fluid Shorts 2 by Performance Samples
Hi Alex! What would be the best way to arrange staccato or spiccato phrases or melodies. I tend to reverse the notes in order to make them short, and that's how I get the sound of short note phrases. Should I instead use staccato and spicatto notes from library and just use a higher tempo?.. hopefully you understand my question! Thanks!
Hey Ed, I am not sure if I get this right but if you want to write stacc/spicc phrases and melodies, then you would use stacc or spicc samples, no? :) I also don't understand what you mean with reverse the notes to make them short.
@Alex Pfeffer......what would you say are the strengths of this library? Is there something that makes this "better" for cinematic / trailer music vs other popular libraries?
I may sound a bit strange when it comes to this, but I think there is no better or worse, it is all a matter of taste and taste is personal. One thing I really LOVE about Nucleus is that it sounds absolutely amazing right out of the box. You have the ability to sound huge and traileresque but also more intimate and pure. The legato is absolutely amazing and the lib is focused on the more essential articulations which I think makes it great as an entry library. However, even though 15 years in the business now, Nucleus is part of my core template :)
@@AlexPfeffer thank you for the explanation.
9:36 Yes, have to agree that Final Fantasy has some of the best music in the series. My fav is from FF8 and FF9. What's you favourite FF music Alex?
Thank you, definitely Highwind Takes the Skies! :)
👍👍👍👍👍 Thanks!
Thank you too!
Are strings ostinato and arp same thing?
You could say that ostinatos can be arpeggios but are more like repeating patterns. It could be just two notes where an arpeggio is at least a triad etc ... of course there are no exact rules.
@@AlexPfeffer thank you Sir.
Bought Nucleus and just dumped it. Have not been able to use it for 6 months due to the delay in play. And I can't even find that tutorial on how to fix it 😕
You definitely should check a video on setting negative delay. There is no computer to travel back in time yet. Besides that if you would have read the manual you would know that you can set the delay to zero inside Nucleus in the advanced tab 😊