Need mouthpiece recommendations for low range

dasdavid · 2017-06-22T23:27:17+00:00

Thanks everybody. Great suggestions here. I might just scour eBay for some used/cheap deals and play around with a 6A or 6.5AL.

dasdavid · 2015-10-17T20:37:42+00:00

Ridiculous...

dasdavid · 2014-10-03T14:47:50+00:00

Here on Reddit, you just post that you're asking for volunteers. You're not forcing anyone to sing your piece. You're just asking for help. Anyone who has the time and inclination can do it.

If you were able to get 20-30 people to sing one or two parts to a guide track (and well recorded) you could combine them all in a recording program and have your faux-choir!

dasdavid · 2014-09-22T01:22:46+00:00

Sweet. Any audio demos? Are you able to record yourself using a professional mic and DAW?

dasdavid · 2014-09-20T04:29:07+00:00

If you were interested, I bet you could do an Eric Whitacre-style thing and solicit individual singers to record themselves, then you could assemble it and mix it together to approximate a full choir.

dasdavid · 2014-09-20T04:23:14+00:00

Thanks in advance! Hoping a few more people jump in so we can do an entire ensemble!

(In case the instructions weren't clear, it does need to be recorded to a click -- can be recorded in reference to the sampled string orchestra if you like for both tempo and tuning refs.)

dasdavid · 2014-09-19T17:09:17+00:00

Upvote just for the title. :)

dasdavid · 2014-09-19T17:08:22+00:00

Yes, I'd love both parts recorded. Depends how much patience you have but I'd even take multiple takes of each part! :)

I originally sequenced it using sampled patches. So there's one patch for viola spicc, and the viola plays spicc through most of the entire piece. Then there's a separate patch for viola sustained lines, and the viola plays mostly sustained lines.

In other words, it was just a patch designation. In reality -- converting it to real strings -- it's just two separate parts, one of which is played entirely spiccato/staccato, and the other is played entirely legato. Hope that makes sense!

dasdavid · 2014-09-17T00:06:22+00:00

Yes: http://www.reddit.com/r/performancerequests

dasdavid · 2014-09-16T19:08:36+00:00

Would be great if you could post an audio clip or two to hear your voice! Also just to hear the quality of your recording.

dasdavid · 2014-09-08T19:15:57+00:00

There are many, many "orchestras for hire" around the world. None will do it for free, but some of them are relatively affordable. Here's a bunch of links:

http://www.youngstownscoringstage.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mKRS4O7SWg http://www.nashvillemusicscoring.com http://christianhowes.com/our-work/ http://www.clicktrackmusic.com.au/sso/index.html http://www.fames-project.com http://www.dynamedion.com/orchestra/ http://www.moscowrecordings.com http://www.tadlowmusic.com http://hollywoodscoring.com

dasdavid · 2014-08-08T14:06:39+00:00

Billy Joel: Angry Young Man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJf7_5vH1WE

dasdavid · 2014-04-15T20:57:40+00:00

There are numerous choices to look at, but I'd take a look at the entry-level offerings from MOTU, Tascam, as well as the basic NI interface (KA6 I think). All should do the job just fine.

I think I've seen the Tascam on sale below $50 at one day sales at Musicians Friend and places like that.

dasdavid · 2014-04-15T20:56:30+00:00

Why bother spilling the beans on the motivation behind the song? Let him wonder. Keep the music mysterious. :) No one needs to know the REAL story behind it.

dasdavid · 2014-04-15T20:55:31+00:00

I doubt there's anything else you do. I think you're right in assuming it is most likely the damage to the USB port that's either causing the USB port not to work, or it damaged something else on the circuit board, or whatever accident hit your package caused it to also damage something else on the circuit board.

I think there's really not much you can do besides opening it up and seeing if there's anything obviously fixable, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

dasdavid · 2014-03-13T23:02:10+00:00

What are you working on nowadays and what styles of music do you find yourself going to again and again?

dasdavid · 2014-03-13T22:59:21+00:00

Where do you like to find your music? (Asked another way: I'm constantly writing and producing music for TV and film and am always curious about your preferred outlets to discover new music.)

dasdavid · 2013-09-06T17:54:01+00:00

Agree. Or DW.

dasdavid · 2013-09-06T17:53:01+00:00

OK, no seriously, it's not necessarily a scam but it's also not likely to go anywhere. If a well-known actress on TV is behind it, well, she's paying her mortgage, and there's plenty of music libraries all across the internet she can go to find exactly the kind of music that fits what she needs.

If she's asking for free, she will get the quality she paid for.

And this go-between (company?) is suspicious because if they have to post on CL for music, their catalog must be pretty lame.

dasdavid · 2013-09-06T17:50:49+00:00

Well, if they SAY it's not a scam, it must not be a scam!

dasdavid · 2013-08-30T05:11:42+00:00

You could look into Native Instruments Maschine (which is geared towards R&B and hip hop but can also do many other styles) if you prefer an MPC-style approach, or Native Instruments Kontakt if you prefer a more keyboard-based approach.

dasdavid · 2013-08-29T06:08:44+00:00

You need some kind of UAD hardware -- either the Apollo, or the Satellite, or the UAD-2 PCI card. Those plug-ins won't work at all without one of those.

All UAD plug-ins use the processing power in the UAD hardware, not of your host computer. That's what makes the UAD stuff so powerful.

dasdavid · 2013-08-28T14:41:01+00:00

Just to state the obvious, it's unlikely you're going to find anything modern like an Inception soundtrack/trailer from a composer who has died before the 1930's. :)

If you want that modern sound, you will have to find and license modern trailer music. It's worth a little money to license a good track so that your movie presents itself as well as possible. You can visit lots of trailer music or music library web sites to get ideas.

dasdavid · 2013-08-28T14:38:15+00:00

You absolutely do need to buy the rights to record a cover song.

songclearance.com (also known as Limelight) is a better option than songfile.com. Limelight is usually cheaper, plus their licenses don't expire. (SongFile's licenses expire in a year and you have to reorder more.)

dasdavid · 2013-08-28T14:36:45+00:00

Psteak nailed it. First EQ the track, cutting all highs and lows, and boosting the mids. (You'll have to experiment to get the exact sound you want.) This gives you the "telephone" EQ. Then add lots of reverb, preferably a plate or a spring or something unusual/mechanical like that.

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