<Pony><Original><WIP> Her Growth (Orchestral)

[EverfreeLuna]

Hi all,

First of all. Thanks to everyone who helped me with my last song. It somehow managed to get onto EQD

Now... onto the important part. I've started working on a new song using a melody and chord progression that i had devised using block chords and a single voice melody. This is my attempt to arrange some of it for an orchestra.

http://soundcloud.com/everfreeluna/her-growth-wip

My main concern right now is mixing the instruments properly. I've been looking at several guides on mixing but all the guides I find are for electronic music which heavily involves the kick. Does anyone have a link to a guide on mixing orchestral instruments?

The melody is not yet finished and this is just a small section.

How does my WIP sound? Is it good enough to continue? I was thinking of scrapping it and moving onto something quick for this weeks Toastbeard

Thanks!

Edit: Soundcloud seems to kill quality so i thought i'd try EQBeats. Does it show up if it isn't published?

[Lopsided]

That sounded really cool and if I were you I wouldn't scrap it, it definitely has the potential to become a really great song.

From a mixing standpoint I've heard that you are meant to mix the instruments in to a standard orchestral seating plan, so listening to it is like you are really sitting in a concert hall.

I haven't read this article but some of it might help you

Also if I were to make a suggestion, add some variation and flair into your strings, I found an awesome video showing all the different methods of doing that, but I can't for the life of me find it, so I guess I'll just have to suggest adding in some countermelodies and runs and such.

[EverfreeLuna]

That sounded really cool and if I were you I wouldn't scrap it, it definitely has the potential to become a really great song.

From a mixing standpoint I've heard that you are meant to mix the instruments in to a standard orchestral seating plan, so listening to it is like you are really sitting in a concert hall.

I haven't read this article but some of it might help you

Also if I were to make a suggestion, add some variation and flair into your strings, I found an awesome video showing all the different methods of doing that, but I can't for the life of me find it, so I guess I'll just have to suggest adding in some countermelodies and runs and such.

Thank you. I already have the instruments panned to the orchestral seating arrangement, Its just the right level of volume for each I need to adjust I believe? I will see if I can find this string flair and variation video somewhere.