Wow. I feel like I've genuinely improved myself from watching this video. Even as a relative novice, everything was easy to grasp and understand in context. I appreciate that.
so according to this logic of yours, either: 1. he should not teach anything because "library" sounds aren't very good, and/or 2. you can do much better than he's doing here, and/or 3. it's not worth learning or teaching orchestration because "library" sounds kill all that, and /or: 4. he is even MISLEADING the rest of us, maybe even intentionally. Instead of whining, just let him benefit the rest of mankind here, your complaints are irrelevant to the rest of us. "Library" sounds are what they are: a compromise. He's using those because of restraints, and they are perfectly adequate and useful considering how expensive it would be to employ real musicians. Now it seems to me that THAT sounds much more logical than your whining. Don't like "library" sounds? Deal with it. PS. maybe you mean "sampled sounds". As far as I know, these have nothing to do with libraries, bookshops, etc. Nothing personal, but youtube party wreckers with fake names and no content have never been of use to anyone here.
@@luigipati3815 Cool your jets, he's making a very fair point. Even the best sound libraries don't blend timbres all that accurately, and the one used in this video has that exact problem. Many of them also don't account for the size of a string section which can lead to awkwardness in balance and timbre becase it's just layering the same synth string voice on top of itself.
I'll simplify, for the ones who whine and moan about my 'lengthy' thoughts (a clear indicator of their own poverty of ideas) : the fact that he used 'library sounds', don't make his statements any less true than if he had used the Royal Symphony Orchestra. In fact, had he included no audio at all, his statements would still be 100 per cent factual. In this light, the 'library sounds' there are a bonus, not a minus. But if one dislikes them that much, there's always earplugs, a more effective solution to whining about other people's work.
PLEASE ALAN DON'T STOP, WE WANT MORE!
Now THAT'S an orchestration lesson, wow.
No one explains things so correctly and so clearly.
My thoughts exactly
I love how organized and easy-to-follow your videos are, Alan. You are first-class in music pedagogy!
This guy knows his stuff. I had a lot of fun listening to the examples and became very inspired with some of the doubling examples you provided.
Yep, he is "the real deal".
Wow. I feel like I've genuinely improved myself from watching this video. Even as a relative novice, everything was easy to grasp and understand in context. I appreciate that.
These videos are extremely useful! Thanks for sharing this content
I'm already waiting for the video on Mahler.
I could listen to that excerpt with the organ-like doubling at the 12th over and over again
This is very helpful. Clear explanations, to the point and very well done.
Brilliant! ( as always!) Thank you so much for these. You pack so much useful information into all your video lesson.
helpful as usual...!! Thanks Mr. Belkin.!!
very clear Master!
Very enlightening!
It must have been interesting studying with Elliot Carter.
T'es bouillant bravo
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Unfortunately library sounds are not very useful to even misleading when discussing orchestration.
so according to this logic of yours, either:
1. he should not teach anything because "library" sounds aren't very good, and/or
2. you can do much better than he's doing here, and/or
3. it's not worth learning or teaching orchestration because "library" sounds kill all that, and /or:
4. he is even MISLEADING the rest of us, maybe even intentionally.
Instead of whining, just let him benefit the rest of mankind here, your complaints are irrelevant to the rest of us. "Library" sounds are what they are: a compromise. He's using those because of restraints, and they are perfectly adequate and useful considering how expensive it would be to employ real musicians. Now it seems to me that THAT sounds much more logical than your whining. Don't like "library" sounds? Deal with it. PS. maybe you mean "sampled sounds". As far as I know, these have nothing to do with libraries, bookshops, etc. Nothing personal, but youtube party wreckers with fake names and no content have never been of use to anyone here.
PPS. you must be one of these great incognito orchestrators going around to warn everybody on the internet of the great dangers you described.
@@luigipati3815 Cool your jets, he's making a very fair point. Even the best sound libraries don't blend timbres all that accurately, and the one used in this video has that exact problem. Many of them also don't account for the size of a string section which can lead to awkwardness in balance and timbre becase it's just layering the same synth string voice on top of itself.
I'll simplify, for the ones who whine and moan about my 'lengthy' thoughts (a clear indicator of their own poverty of ideas) : the fact that he used 'library sounds', don't make his statements any less true than if he had used the Royal Symphony Orchestra. In fact, had he included no audio at all, his statements would still be 100 per cent factual. In this light, the 'library sounds' there are a bonus, not a minus. But if one dislikes them that much, there's always earplugs, a more effective solution to whining about other people's work.