Orchestral song

[RobertPlatinum]

Mike three words ex-cel-lent! I was wondering how much would you charge to shoot a low budget music video?

Pigpen you said that you were interested in seeing how other Oasys users work their Oasys.

I used the combi's, karma presets, programs, and record through a preamp to the Oasys. I live and mix inside the sequencer and add some effects. Mainly the O-verb to master fx, eq and stereo mastering limiter to total fx. Then I bounce to wav file in the O and straight to CD all using the Oasys.

It normally takes about 20-25 minutes from inspiration to final song(but I do add to it sometimes over the course of several days).

[Mike Conway]

Great sound, nice use of the vocoder............how long did it take you from inspiration to finished sond, and did you do much editing after the first take? I am interested in how others on this forum work their Oasys.

I came up with the actual song in an afternoon. However, I spent a couple of days, off and on, just playing around with the sound set. I reprogram almost everything - like AMP Pan positions, so that the low end of the Tremolo strings are on the left and the High end on the right, while keeping it a single program.

I created a drum kit that contained the timpani, tubular bell and what you heard. Every sound in that drum kit needs to be panned and/or EQ'd.

I programmed breath control for the solo strings, flute and clarinet. I also made the woodwinds mono. I programmed some new spiccato patches.

This was my first time really going through all the EXs3 sounds, with such scrutiny. I was inserting program changes, so instruments would change in and out, but I ended up only needing 15 of the MIDI tracks. Still, I wanted to know how to do it.


As for the actual playing/recording, this was very loose. Nothing was quantized or looped, I just played each track. I laid down the harp, first, then started playing other instruments on top of it. When I screwed up (often), I would press COMPARE and re-record it.

I was wondering how much would you charge to shoot a low budget music video?

Interesting question. That would depend on where and how much was involved (lighting, fog, greenscreens, editing, etc.). Where do you live?

[RobertPlatinum]

Thanks for replying, I live in North Carolina. I figured well here is a guy talented with movies and soundtracks. I figured it would be logical to at least ask about it.

I'm using all of my resources, business training, musical ability, songwriting skill(needs work), and funds that I can acquire to chase the dream before I get too old. Also, so I won't have any regrets of not trying when I get old.

You're an excellent role model for my endeavours because you are running your own business and producing excellent product(s).

[Mike Conway]

North Carolina, eh? I'm not sure about lugging equipment to the opposite coast, but we can discuss what you're doing, via PMs. Thanks for the kind words, btw.