I also recommend BBC Orchestra Discover by Spitfire, which is free as well. - Also ProjectSAM's "The Free Orchestra" (if you own the full version of Kontakt, which is not free). - PS. If you're using FL Studio, make sure to enable "align tick lengths" in the Audio Settings, otherwise the SINE player might give problems.
Hello Alex, can you make a tutorial about, how to introduce new instruments (I have difficulty building up my story on my tracks)? When I start the string part, it sounds so rude, I change my mind, remove all of my ideas, which were in my head and become very nervous. Please help me :)
A very enjoyable tutorial as always, Alex! Your editing has improved quite drastically since I started watching you several years ago, and adds quite much to your current videos. I like your new studio, as well. I anticpate your next video!
Cheers! The way I see and tackle RUclips is changing quite drastically (and positively) since I started working on my secondary channel, glad you noticed! The things I'm learning there will naturally bleed here too
What a guy... Can't believe it. I just downloaded Layers and discovered that it only works with chords (apparently I didn't pay enough attention watching this video :P) and then I discovered this... WOW!!!
I downloaded both Layers and Labs. I got The Free Orchestra (now working with Kontact 6 player) and downloaded Komplete Start for free. I also ordered Spitfire BBC Symphony Orchestra, which is free if you fill out a questionnaire. There is a two week delay and it hasn't yet arrived. I've been listening to a lot of paid orchestral plug-in demos and the ones I like best so far are Orchestral Tools Metropolis Ark 1, Ark 2, and Junkie Brass. These sound really good. They will go on sale eventually and I will pick them up. In the meantime I can hone my skills with the freebies. Your channel is full of excellent content and you have opened my eyes to the world of orchestral composing. Thank you!
DSK Music was how I started off orchestral composition, although I come from a background working with sundry ethnic, "world instruments", and that's exactly where DSK excels. Middle Eastern/South Asian, East Asian, African, European, American, and Island instruments. They tend to be more supplementary these days in my projects, but they definitely are well-crafted for freebies. Highly worth checking out. Incidentally, they also have things like moogs, synths/leads and electronic instruments, and more experimental stuff for those who really get into the experimental nitty-gritty with their sounds. There are textures, pads and sound design stuff. Great developer!
No such thing as free stuff. Someone had to pay for it either with money or with time. I hope that in the future you will be able to repay somehow for this.
1:01 oh dear god why is that recipe such a mood aaaahhhhhhh In all seriousness, your content is fantastic. I’m transitioning from Finale (which is a notation software) to Ableton and the learning curve has been really steep for me. I studied classical music in college but I never actually took a class in the production side of things, and knowing what an orchestra sounds like up-close (considering I’ve played with one before) has left me dissatisfied with the stock instruments. Even though this is chord-based, I’m still really glad I found this video bc it led me to your content. You have some solid stuff on here, dude, and I think you have a really good ear for orchestrating the melodies floating around in your head. A good sense of humor too! Definitely got a sub from me!
I'm glad you like them. I had these among other free ones from Project Sam because I'm a neub and I'm learning with these tools. I also took advantage of Nucleus Lite's discount in early February.
@@AlexMoukala Have you ever heard of Cakewalk by bandlab? It's a free full fledged DAW. Used to be a paid software, but for whatever reason, it's free now. I recommend starters like me to use that to practice before they buy. I've been learning a lot and I haven't paid for DAW ... yet. I will, eventually.
Really glad i found your video, ive been trying to write an Ennio Morricone style piece infused with rock. Normally for the music i tend to make i use synth string or mellotron sounds as they work for the style but this needed actual string sounds. I am amazed at how good this sounds for a free instrument. Only played around with it a bit and already enjoying it, just sounds so great. Will stay tuned to watch videos on how to make authentic orchestral sounds :)
I must say, after watching this video I am really very very impressed!!! You are a very gifted and extremely talented person. And your video motivates me to do more composing with orchestral libraries. Thank you for sharing your talent and thoughts with us!
Amazing how it sounds just out of the box, for being a free thing, I think people at east west quantum leap will have to step up their game about the free market, spitfire and project sam already made their move and it's quite amazing. Awesome video man! thanks.
After moving overseas for contract work, I decided to leave my violin and guitar behind with my family. Now with covid/travel ban, I really regret not bringing them with me. But finding your review channel (yay ff14!) and hopping to this channel, it's filling the hole that I miss playing and now wanting to try re-/creating some melodies of my own until I can go back and pick up my instruments again. Thank you Alex for doing what you do and making our days better with your passion and excitement in listening/making cool music! Laliho!
Layers sound really awesome. I'm just learning how to use it and I'm having some difficulties coming to terms with the fact that it's all chord-based. As a guitarist and keyboardist, I'm very stuck in my ways and it feels weird to not lay out the actual chords myself, but it is a clever concept and it sounds so great I'm gonna keep at it. Also, I love the way you sway with the music as it's playing. That adds an extra _layer_ to the video. ;)
Just downloaded Vienna Symphonic Library Big Bang Orchestra Free Basics which is free as I already have an eLicenser from my old Arturia/Cubase days. It sounds good and isn't restricted to chords like Layers is.
The free Orchestra by Project SAM is also not bad and has since been updated with Kontakt Player compatibility - which means it is an entirely free library as Kontakt Player is also free.
When you say sell you music online, what kind of places are you going to do that? Using free libraries to make money to buy proper ones to get more commissions is exactly my plan and I'd love to know how to monitize my music at an early stage!
Holy Cow. What a great musical start. I've just discovered DaWs and vpns. I've been buried in alien language, so hearing how good it can get is inspiring. I really appreciate your work. Is this the end of the physical orchestra?
Amazing sound. I have wrote UEFA Championship chords sound !!!! Hour and hours playing it. Then, ACE combat 4, was the best sound ever with Orchesta Tools layers !!!
I'm actually quite impressed. Also your score makes me think JRPG battle theme music so you get a thumbs up from me, even if that wasn't your intention. :D
dude, thanks for showing me these things. if it wasn't for you just now, I wouldn't be finding anything close to affordable for what I'm looking to make.
I'm new to Orchestra production. I usually produce EDM and Pop and whatever else im in the mood for. So this is a new venture for me. I purchased BBCSO Core, Albion One, 8DIO Brass and Percussion libraries, Native Instruments Komplete (Standard Edition), and Next Black Friday or When a great price comes along, I will be getting Nucleus and Jaeger and Oceania 1&2, Hopefully that will cover me decently.. Hehehe
You. Yes you right there. You ended my search. Thank you. Thank you a lot, you allowed me to make better music with my budget of 11.50€. Thank you for that.
I also recommend BBC Orchestra Discover by Spitfire, which is free as well.
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Also ProjectSAM's "The Free Orchestra" (if you own the full version of Kontakt, which is not free).
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PS. If you're using FL Studio, make sure to enable "align tick lengths" in the Audio Settings, otherwise the SINE player might give problems.
I Downloaded it and I have just chords
Please help
@@max-tf3vo it's meant to have chords since it's a starter kit
Thanks for posting this comment. I was just want to complain about how SINE Player keeps crashing FL Studio for me, but that seems to have fixed it!
Hello Alex, can you make a tutorial about, how to introduce new instruments (I have difficulty building up my story on my tracks)? When I start the string part, it sounds so rude, I change my mind, remove all of my ideas, which were in my head and become very nervous. Please help me :)
"So what's your excuse?", that really hit home!
Yep. There’s never an excuse with the technology of today.
Well...no excuse bro
Gsus4, you got me there man!
If you like the sus4 to major sound youll love the narnia soundtrack
@@Nikx-youtube sus
@@niklex5071 yeah I saw harry-gregson williams vent😳
@@niklex5071 4
A very enjoyable tutorial as always, Alex! Your editing has improved quite drastically since I started watching you several years ago, and adds quite much to your current videos. I like your new studio, as well. I anticpate your next video!
Cheers!
The way I see and tackle RUclips is changing quite drastically (and positively) since I started working on my secondary channel, glad you noticed!
The things I'm learning there will naturally bleed here too
Kudos to Christian Henson from Spitfire for making Labs free. He is also a awesome guy and very knowledgeble. i just love him
Henson is the best!
He has bbcnow for free if you apply a form instead of 60 bucks
Miles Away can't believe i found you here haha
What a guy... Can't believe it. I just downloaded Layers and discovered that it only works with chords (apparently I didn't pay enough attention watching this video :P) and then I discovered this... WOW!!!
I downloaded both Layers and Labs. I got The Free Orchestra (now working with Kontact 6 player) and downloaded Komplete Start for free. I also ordered Spitfire BBC Symphony Orchestra, which is free if you fill out a questionnaire. There is a two week delay and it hasn't yet arrived. I've been listening to a lot of paid orchestral plug-in demos and the ones I like best so far are Orchestral Tools Metropolis Ark 1, Ark 2, and Junkie Brass. These sound really good. They will go on sale eventually and I will pick them up. In the meantime I can hone my skills with the freebies. Your channel is full of excellent content and you have opened my eyes to the world of orchestral composing. Thank you!
where can i download the freebies
needed this
DSK Music was how I started off orchestral composition, although I come from a background working with sundry ethnic, "world instruments", and that's exactly where DSK excels. Middle Eastern/South Asian, East Asian, African, European, American, and Island instruments. They tend to be more supplementary these days in my projects, but they definitely are well-crafted for freebies. Highly worth checking out. Incidentally, they also have things like moogs, synths/leads and electronic instruments, and more experimental stuff for those who really get into the experimental nitty-gritty with their sounds. There are textures, pads and sound design stuff. Great developer!
Yesss. My broke ass needs free stuff.
No such thing as free stuff. Someone had to pay for it either with money or with time. I hope that in the future you will be able to repay somehow for this.
@@abz124816 you must be fun at parties
@@abz124816 Literally the worst kind of person. Go quote Hemingway or something
@@abz124816 You sound miserable dear!
Don toliver you made me laugh so much hahahaha
1:01 oh dear god why is that recipe such a mood aaaahhhhhhh
In all seriousness, your content is fantastic. I’m transitioning from Finale (which is a notation software) to Ableton and the learning curve has been really steep for me. I studied classical music in college but I never actually took a class in the production side of things, and knowing what an orchestra sounds like up-close (considering I’ve played with one before) has left me dissatisfied with the stock instruments. Even though this is chord-based, I’m still really glad I found this video bc it led me to your content. You have some solid stuff on here, dude, and I think you have a really good ear for orchestrating the melodies floating around in your head. A good sense of humor too! Definitely got a sub from me!
Thanks alex you’re a life saver ! I’m just getting my hands into orchestral music 👌
How is it going mate? :D
symphony 1 yet?
I'm glad you like them. I had these among other free ones from Project Sam because I'm a neub and I'm learning with these tools. I also took advantage of Nucleus Lite's discount in early February.
Literally the best starter kit right there. Keep it up!
@@AlexMoukala
Thank you, man.
@@AlexMoukala
Have you ever heard of Cakewalk by bandlab? It's a free full fledged DAW. Used to be a paid software, but for whatever reason, it's free now. I recommend starters like me to use that to practice before they buy. I've been learning a lot and I haven't paid for DAW ... yet. I will, eventually.
Layers: *Best free chord-based orchestral library ever made*
Pros: Free
Cons: *chord-based*
underrated and true comment
^ This ABSOLUTELY needs to be specified!
That's a disappointment
What does chord based mean?
@@TheRealMacAndCheese You can only play with chords, you don't have single notes or articulations like other libraries
It's great to see your emotions, feeling your music as it is being played, actively. There's complicity between you and your art!
you are wonderful Alex! Just dont stop
I've been looking for something like this for years. This is inspiring.
Why haven't I noticed this before? This is the best thing I've ever seen appeared on my recommended session for my budget music composition.
yes
Man, you’re simply amazing! Thank you so much for “the recipe” thing, this is absolutely gold!
Really glad i found your video, ive been trying to write an Ennio Morricone style piece infused with rock. Normally for the music i tend to make i use synth string or mellotron sounds as they work for the style but this needed actual string sounds. I am amazed at how good this sounds for a free instrument. Only played around with it a bit and already enjoying it, just sounds so great. Will stay tuned to watch videos on how to make authentic orchestral sounds :)
I must say, after watching this video I am really very very impressed!!! You are a very gifted and extremely talented person. And your video motivates me to do more composing with orchestral libraries. Thank you for sharing your talent and thoughts with us!
you are both talented and skilled sir. I cant imagine how long it took you to hone in these skills! impressive! please keep going!
I wanna play around with the idea of having an orchestra play livley jazz for fun I think i'll check it out.
This is amazing man, absolutely love this
Amazing how it sounds just out of the box, for being a free thing, I think people at east west quantum leap will have to step up their game about the free market, spitfire and project sam already made their move and it's quite amazing.
Awesome video man! thanks.
It would be great if a company like Epic funded them like they did with Quixel Mixer
After moving overseas for contract work, I decided to leave my violin and guitar behind with my family. Now with covid/travel ban, I really regret not bringing them with me.
But finding your review channel (yay ff14!) and hopping to this channel, it's filling the hole that I miss playing and now wanting to try re-/creating some melodies of my own until I can go back and pick up my instruments again. Thank you Alex for doing what you do and making our days better with your passion and excitement in listening/making cool music! Laliho!
Layers sound really awesome. I'm just learning how to use it and I'm having some difficulties coming to terms with the fact that it's all chord-based. As a guitarist and keyboardist, I'm very stuck in my ways and it feels weird to not lay out the actual chords myself, but it is a clever concept and it sounds so great I'm gonna keep at it. Also, I love the way you sway with the music as it's playing. That adds an extra _layer_ to the video. ;)
you have helped me SO much. thank you, genuinely.
Thank you so much for having clean language. It's a hard thing to find on RUclips. God bless! ♥
I like the little "recipe" caption things you use to show us _how_ you made it sound like that. Thank you. :)
i love you man. hope you having a great day. thank you for the lessons!!!! from Malaysia
This was very helpful for me. I appreciate it. It's a free sine player and a sound bank. Genius. Thank you.
I'm happy to have stumbled into this. Thank you! This video is a gem.
I like your scoring work. Thanks for highlighting these libraries
Dude. Your videos always inspire me so much. You make it look easy. Cheers!
Thank you so much for introducing me to this software! It all sounds amazing!
wow you just mentioned everything I was looking for and even more. Holy smoke, thank you sir!!!
Just downloaded Vienna Symphonic Library Big Bang Orchestra Free Basics which is free as I already have an eLicenser from my old Arturia/Cubase days. It sounds good and isn't restricted to chords like Layers is.
This is like something you hear whilst cuein up for a rollercoaster ride at a theme park..I love it so much
Good Job My friend. I also learned to combine Layers with other pizzicato software. The results are amazing.
Thanks for putting this video together!
Dude, that second piece is epic! Nice dramatic vibe
The free Orchestra by Project SAM is also not bad and has since been updated with Kontakt Player compatibility - which means it is an entirely free library as Kontakt Player is also free.
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@@not..A..channel it’s good I just got it
Recipe: The thought of people not subscribing.
IMPOSSIBLE
Wow the track you wrote there was... mindblowing. Beautiful!
Thank you for sharing this.
Thanks Alex. That information is pure gold.
While flat-out orchestral music isn't my forte, I've always appreciated your vids and have learned/incorporated much of what you've shared.
What a gift. Its free and such a good one! Thank ya alex
this is amazing i'm going to try it, thank you! it really got me inspired to get back into it
What a great time to be alive!on the same day you talk about free layers and Thinkspace one for project Sam free... Glorious!
Great video! Thanks for making this.
Subscribed bro. Real impressive compositions big ups
Hey Alex, there is a new BEST FREE ORCHESTRA! It's also from Spitfire, it is called the BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover, and it also has a harp ;)
I subscribed simply because of the super sly suggestion you slid in. Awesome, man, awesome.
Really happy sir to see you in your new setup
I stumbled across this looking for an orchestral vst. Dude, you made that sound awesome
For anyone having issues with CPU spikes in FL Studio, go to Audio Settings>CPU Settings and enable "align tick lengths"
This sounds so good, hard to believe its made with a free vst! 🤩
My man I thank you so much. Greetings and subbed from Greece.
so helpful and entertaining!!
That track at the beginning had me hooked
Wow I'll have to check Layers out man. Great job and sick compositions!
Sounds amazing, you saved my life. Thanks.
When you say sell you music online, what kind of places are you going to do that? Using free libraries to make money to buy proper ones to get more commissions is exactly my plan and I'd love to know how to monitize my music at an early stage!
I loved the encouragement at the end of the video 😍😍 Thank you so muuch ❤❤
Brilliant presentation. Gsus4 😁 good chord. I like Spitfire BBC orchestra. But this is certainly worth a try. I hope many are inspired by your videos.
You are good at this!
You're an amazing composer. Thanks for the info!
Holy Cow. What a great musical start. I've just discovered DaWs and vpns. I've been buried in alien language, so hearing how good it can get is inspiring. I really appreciate your work. Is this the end of the physical orchestra?
Love it Alex and this is so cool bro!
Cool compositions and thanks! This is just what I was looking for.
Amazing sound. I have wrote UEFA Championship chords sound !!!! Hour and hours playing it. Then, ACE combat 4, was the best sound ever with Orchesta Tools layers !!!
Very well done! I am subscribing now. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome, the video I was looking for!
your reactions exactly syncing with music
Damnnn your composition skills are 🔥
Oh yes, I've been waiting for this!!
Many Thanks for the tip!! 😁
I'm actually quite impressed. Also your score makes me think JRPG battle theme music so you get a thumbs up from me, even if that wasn't your intention. :D
thank you so much for sharing! very inspiring!
dude, thanks for showing me these things. if it wasn't for you just now, I wouldn't be finding anything close to affordable for what I'm looking to make.
Great video my brother! Subbed!!!
Fun Fact: Spitfire's Soft Piano was used as the main instrument for 'My Castle Town' in Deltarune Chapter Two
i love when violin or cello breathing
thank you very much! im going to install these immediately!
Thanks Alex! Nice music.
Thanks for the video and links!
A really great video, nice content and a good presentation style. Thanks!
Thanks for the resources and your explanations. Well done... cheers
Love your interpretation of the Gsus4 chord!
Very funny.
I'm new to Orchestra production. I usually produce EDM and Pop and whatever else im in the mood for. So this is a new venture for me.
I purchased BBCSO Core, Albion One, 8DIO Brass and Percussion libraries, Native Instruments Komplete (Standard Edition), and Next Black Friday or When a great price comes along,
I will be getting Nucleus and Jaeger and Oceania 1&2, Hopefully that will cover me decently.. Hehehe
yooooo i found you by accident when i was Looking for brass samples for a trap beat… instant Sub
What have u found from this guy lol I'm also a trap producer and in desperate need of free vsts
LOL, love his vibe Subbed
You. Yes you right there. You ended my search. Thank you. Thank you a lot, you allowed me to make better music with my budget of 11.50€. Thank you for that.
I'm looking to use this for movie production
Wow! I like your style. Only a min in, has a very adventure feel to it. Exploring caves. :)
Thanks to finally give a solution at my problem :,)
Nice use of that vst. Keep composing.
came for a orchestral library ... left with a life lesson..
Sounds good exactly what I was looking for
Bro thank you so much this is amazing
Me: *play one note on Layer*
My computer: 🔥💥🔥💥