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  • Rise of the Wild (MIRx demo 2)

    To contrast the first MIRx demo, here's something different, and Stravinski-ish in places. 

    [url=http://guybacos.com/audio/Rise%20of%20the%20Wild.mp3]Rise of the Wild[/url]

    Guy


  • Hey Guy,

    I love the atmosphere of this piece. Your string work is fabulous as is the use of small crescendos and dimenuendos - nice. Pretty harmonically sophisticated piece and good build up of tension. I also like how you use the entire orchestra, but not all at once - it makes things very interesting to listen to - you want to listen just to foind out what happens next.

    Corte


  • Hi Guy,

    This actually sounded a little more Ravelian to me, but I just wanted to know again how coloured the mix was. Is it just MIRx again with some Suite compression and excitement?


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    @Another User said:

    Hi Guy,

    This actually sounded a little more Ravelian to me, but I just wanted to know again how coloured the mix was. Is it just MIRx again with some Suite compression and excitement?

    Ravel, Stravinsky, Debussy, Bartok, Shosty...  some Bacos maybe. 😉  
    I used a high end sophisticated, futuristic, enhancing sound machine.  Just kidding.
    I chose my patch, then select MIRx (orchestra seating, with corresponding volime), didn't touch anything else, but will explore some other options in the future. I almost always raise the detunng fader high enough and in some cases raise the release fader a bit, really depends though. These days, I like to use the VSL compression for almost all instruments, or a group selection, like dimension violins. In this piece, I also added a light "general purpose" compression at the output. I also have at the output a bit of exciter and some EQ. In a few cases I bounce sections and may add some EQ. I think that's pretty much it. This is what I did the last few demos, but I keep trying different things.


  • Thanks. I'm not trying to be difficult, I just wanted to know how much of the demo was MIRx and how much other mix-magic. One more question: Do you go with the default 'Natural Volume' for the balanced mix in the MIRx demos you did, or did you use your own individual levels? That is, I don't mean the final ouput level.


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    @Errikos said:

    Thanks. I'm not trying to be difficult, I just wanted to know how much of the demo was MIRx and how much other mix-magic. One more question: Do you go with the default 'Natural Volume' for the balanced mix in the MIRx demos you did, or did you use your own individual levels? That is, I don't mean the final ouput level.

    No problem, I understand where you're coming from. Yes, I used the natural volume on each instrument for both MIRx demos, I find it very helpful.


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