How do you try to make your tracks not sound like everyone else's who has those sample libraries? Do you create your own samples? Do you agree with the Hans Zimmer quote? Leave your thoughts below!
Michael As always thank you! This gets rid of some of the guilt for all the libraries I purchased. lol This motivates me to get out more tracks at purchase. Thanks for the inspiration
Gold as ever Michael. What I am still waiting for myself to come to, is to take up on Hans Zimmers quote on, "all you need to make music is a rubberband and a cardboard box". That quote is appealing to me, and I'm just waiting for the right moment to experiment with it. (still trying my best to "swipe left" to all samplelibrary ads) :)
On ASCAP, the form ask if we used SAMPLES in the music? Do we have to check YES? VST libraries are samples? Or it's just wav files put as audio samples in DAW timeline in the music composed?
I would agree that you should finds a small number of sample libraries that you can or will use often and try to create a sound that is a bit unique. The real problem is that, there's always newer libraries being released the have newer sounds/articulations that you don't already have, or what you have doesn't quite deliver the sound you are looking for. Case in point for me, since I like to write more Golden Age of Hollywood, big film score stuff AND more of the Japanese game/anime stuff, I keep looking for newer samples because the JRPG/anime sound is so unique and specific that it's hard to get with most of what is out there since the sound really comes from the section sizes and a specific studio (Sound City Tokyo) that they record in. Impact Soundworks just released Tokyo Scoring Strings, which is what I've been after for years! Wish someone would have thought of it sooner so I could've saved some $$ ££ €€. It definitely helps to have a more exact idea of the sound you're going for from the go.
Great points, Matt. Defo always newer libraries coming out of course and always good to consider whether we need to level up our sounds. Great that you found Tokyo Scoring Strings, must have been such a good feeling to have found that! So with regard to your anime stuff, I guess that would fall under a specialist library for that genre? Might mark the end of the quest for strings for that stuff for you? Lovely to find something that nails it! I think that's sometimes the thing about companies like Spitfire (whom I really like) is it feel like we're getting yet another string library that isn't THAT differentiated from some of the others. Sounds like TSS is something a bit different and a Godsend for you! 🙌🏽
@@MusicForIncome I'm not sure if there is a specialist anime/JRPG type of library out there, but my goal was mainly, like you mentioned, to have my own sound in a way. So many people use BBCSO or the Metropolis Ark series (myself included) and do the trailer music style, that I thought it might be advantageous to write music that had more of the JRPG sound to it. Tokyo Scoring Strings gets me closer to that sound since the samples were recorded with the same ensemble that did the music for Final Fantasy, Legend of Zelda and many of the other great JRPG games. So really, I'm trying to go for a sound that not many others are doing. Thanks again for all the info Michael! 😃
How do you try to make your tracks not sound like everyone else's who has those sample libraries? Do you create your own samples? Do you agree with the Hans Zimmer quote? Leave your thoughts below!
Thanks Michael. Great advice as usual.
Michael As always thank you! This gets rid of some of the guilt for all the libraries I purchased. lol This motivates me to get out more tracks at purchase. Thanks for the inspiration
Hey Michael! I think that's a guilt we all share!! Ha ha ha! Thanks for the kind words!
Gold as ever Michael.
What I am still waiting for myself to come to, is to take up on Hans Zimmers quote on, "all you need to make music is a rubberband and a cardboard box". That quote is appealing to me, and I'm just waiting for the right moment to experiment with it.
(still trying my best to "swipe left" to all samplelibrary ads) :)
Haaaaa - your "swipe left" just had me laugh out loud!! Love it!! 😊
On ASCAP, the form ask if we used SAMPLES in the music? Do we have to check YES? VST libraries are samples? Or it's just wav files put as audio samples in DAW timeline in the music composed?
Is there a link or a group where one can get notifications of new music sample libraries? Thanks
Not sure if there's one that covers all companies (that would be cool!) Places like vstbuzz.com/ are good resources though, Jorge. Hope that helps!
Good point! Thanks for sharing, Michael :-)
A pleasure, Thomas!
I would agree that you should finds a small number of sample libraries that you can or will use often and try to create a sound that is a bit unique. The real problem is that, there's always newer libraries being released the have newer sounds/articulations that you don't already have, or what you have doesn't quite deliver the sound you are looking for.
Case in point for me, since I like to write more Golden Age of Hollywood, big film score stuff AND more of the Japanese game/anime stuff, I keep looking for newer samples because the JRPG/anime sound is so unique and specific that it's hard to get with most of what is out there since the sound really comes from the section sizes and a specific studio (Sound City Tokyo) that they record in. Impact Soundworks just released Tokyo Scoring Strings, which is what I've been after for years! Wish someone would have thought of it sooner so I could've saved some $$ ££ €€.
It definitely helps to have a more exact idea of the sound you're going for from the go.
Great points, Matt. Defo always newer libraries coming out of course and always good to consider whether we need to level up our sounds. Great that you found Tokyo Scoring Strings, must have been such a good feeling to have found that! So with regard to your anime stuff, I guess that would fall under a specialist library for that genre? Might mark the end of the quest for strings for that stuff for you? Lovely to find something that nails it! I think that's sometimes the thing about companies like Spitfire (whom I really like) is it feel like we're getting yet another string library that isn't THAT differentiated from some of the others. Sounds like TSS is something a bit different and a Godsend for you! 🙌🏽
@@MusicForIncome I'm not sure if there is a specialist anime/JRPG type of library out there, but my goal was mainly, like you mentioned, to have my own sound in a way. So many people use BBCSO or the Metropolis Ark series (myself included) and do the trailer music style, that I thought it might be advantageous to write music that had more of the JRPG sound to it. Tokyo Scoring Strings gets me closer to that sound since the samples were recorded with the same ensemble that did the music for Final Fantasy, Legend of Zelda and many of the other great JRPG games. So really, I'm trying to go for a sound that not many others are doing. Thanks again for all the info Michael! 😃