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  • Elgar Enigma Theme & Variations 1-4

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    B

    Hey All,

    I just finished variations 3 & 4 and thought I'd share.  I used SE, SE+, AS I & II, and SB

    Hope you like it!?!?

    Brian [:)]

    http://www.aeneaseditions.com/Elgar/
  • B
    B
    Loved it! Very, very nice I have to say. /saves up for SE+
  • M
    M

    Very nice! Your woodwinds sound fantastic. And the strings sound great too.

    Mahlon
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    JBacalJ

    variation #3 works very well.   Nice mix with good sense of depth.

    Best,

    Jay
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    B

    Thanks Guys! I really appreciate the comments!

    I'm trying really hard to get the Elgar variations worked out to a high level.  Now that I've been working with samples for a while I'm starting to feel the auditory effects of sampled sounds, especially with these pieces (which I keep modifying every time I re-listen to them).  It's amazing what the human ear will accept when subjected to a sound long enough.

    I've played in orchestras, conducted a couple of orchestra pieces, been to more orchestra concerts than I can count, and listened to oodles of orchestral recordings.  I'd like to think I know what an orchestra sounds like, yet working with sampled orchestral instruments does weird things to your ear.  You spend a whole day working on a piece. You listening to it over and over, isolated instruments, sections, the whole ensemble.  You think you've got a good sound.  You think it sounds like it should and then you listen to a live orchestral recording and you think, "Oh God, what was I thinking, my mix sounds terrible!"  So you go back, you edit articulations, releases, you adjust EQ settings, you refine the reverb, check the stereo imaging, the balance, modify compression, etc. and it starts to sound better; but this got me wondering, "Is there a glass ceiling to current sampling?"  Is there a point when you finally say, "This is as good as my current libraries are going to sound without me buying a newer, better sampled future product?"

    I feel like I'm constantly changing my template(s), at first the changes were dramatic, now they're starting to get more fine-tuned.  I'm hoping enough fine-tuned adjustments together will equal a dramatically better sound, but who knows?  I'm constantly worried that working with sampled sounds is leading my ear astray, but I try to remain vigilant. [:)]

    Thanks again guys for listening!

    Brian

    P.S. The 4th Variation's got me puzzled right now, the single rhythm tutti sections don't sound quite right and I'm not sure how to fix them.
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