... once again, just "Thanks Tom...." what you are doing here is helping 1000's of us, "leap year" through technical issues and setting that would have taken many of us 10+ years to figure out... I can't thank you enough for these... my sincerest "Thank you..."
Tom was really fantastic meeting you last week. You answered something that I thought other people might find interesting... I was asking you about the length of time you are given to score a film and the daily working routines that you put in place on yourself to end up with the final result... Part of your reply was that often you will work on multiple projects at the same time and that you will never work every day for 18 months on one film. Instead you might work on something (say Mad Max) for 4 months and then forward this music to the director (say George Miller). Now George might only reply to you 3 months later and so in the intermittent period you will begin to work on something else (say Black Mass)...etc... This kind of leap frogging can continue for months through multiple projects... (thought this was a really cool idea) Always find it interesting how people spend their time - people like Ravel and Stravinsky were almost blue-collar in their work routines whereas someone like Schonberg from what I know was much more spontaneous and could finish pieces in incredible bursts of inspiration. All the best Max
Would you be willing to show a routing tutorial showing how you have things configured. I was curious about the choices you made and why for your entire path. From Keys, to a track VST, to a MIDI track on the VST track, to VEPro6 on your servers, to Kontakt, to individual outs for each sample loaded in Kontakt, is it purged/enabled/disabled? back to Cubase, to Inserts if any, EQ if any, how you apply FX track wet/dry, then do you direct the track to a SubGroup? Do you use another master Group of 8 group channels or VCA, then you go out to quad monitors right, or to Control room for different monitors? How are you doing your mix-downs in this config, And why... It sounds like a lot but you don't have to spend a lot of time on it. I'm using a similar config and I was curious if this was more of a hindrance at crunch time.
What software is used for the touchscreen ? is it available in the market or just specially made for you ? these simple things could really fasten the process i was shocked to see the how you just copied modulation data on other lanes by one click i try to replicate manually and that kills my time a lot. please do share more on the touchscreen software and details would appreciate it :)
Thanks for these videos. They are great. I'm really looking forward to the expression maps in cubase episode because that is quite a mystery to me. Thank you!
Hi JXL, thanks so much for these videos! I asked this question last time you went through your template...could you show us how/why you resampled some of the commercial orchestral libraries? Cinematic Strings for example? THANK YOU!
Jesus.....this channel is not just about Cubase, it's literally about showing what's inside the VAULT OF SECRETS that score composers don't want us to see... Hey Tom, how does it feel to be the freaking coolest guy in the universe???
Would you please explain how you route all these tracks? Like how you connect all machines? what tracks you create in Cubase and VEPro in your slave machines? Thank you very much !
Thanks you for the insight! What are the midi clips in the beginning of each track? Do they contain information to instantly put the keyswitches in place or what are they for?
I've not used Cubase for a while, does it do something special with templates - i.e. how long does a template with 1500 tracks stuffed full of libraries take to load and open?? Presumably, you've got a maxed out PC, but even SSDs at 500Mb/s must take quite a while to load up? Just curious.
I believe he is using Vienna Ensemble Pro to host his samples. With VEP, you can create a network of slave PC's that host all the sample libraries, meaning that the primary (master) computer doesn't need to load them each time it is opened. This drastically speeds up loading times and takes pressure off of the main machine but is quite an expensive investment as the slave computers need to be high-end machines to deal with the amount of libraries Tom has.
He made a video on his computer rig, I didn't even know you could do this until Tom took the time to teach everyone th-cam.com/video/geO7Npecmcg/w-d-xo.html
Hallo Tom, I'm new in your channel so a I don't know if you already have answer the question that follows. What are the specs of your computer that can run so nice and smooth so many plug ins and VSTs??? Thanks for your time!
@@dantesdjay2068 It depends on the composer. I set CC11 to 80, CC01 to 0. At libraries with mic positions (Hans Zimmer Percussion Professional, CinePerc...) I can control 3 faders with the controllers. So I set them to my default settings, And you can set keyswitches. I don't change attack and release. But this is up to you. ;-) th-cam.com/video/u4-y3_-x1hc/w-d-xo.html
@@SOUNTH11composingdesign Thanks for clarifying. Is there a way to prevent cubase from overwriting these defaults when "merge" recording is on? The only way i can prevent it from overwriting them is when this setting is is set to something different...
I've been waiting for the episode, because I thought there was going to be a ton of articulations in each section and I was going to ask of advantages of that approach (because I didn't see any advantages over expression maps). But now it has been ruined ;DDDDD
If only there was a way to show instrument/midi/audio tracks without showing the parent folder in the project window..... Folder tracks take up so much screen real estate once the track count gets high.
@@davidefant3045 I currently have it posted in the "requested features" section on the Cubase forums, but who knows who's actually paying attention to that, or how fast they would ever get around to it. :( Personally I use all instrument tracks in my full template, but I nest them in sub-folders categorized by library and instrument type/section, so the folders just eat up way too much space once I go above 40 or 50 tracks, even when you only show tracks with data on them. Not sure why they didn't allow an option in the visibility menu to simply show instrument/audio/midi tracks with data without showing any of the folders they are nested in. Seems like an easy thing to add, but maybe I'm missing something.
@@brianjones8432 Hey Brian, thanks for the update. I use many folders too, and I experience the same thing you report: they eat up a lot of space once you use a lot of them and want to see only tracks with data. Anyway, Cubase 10 looks amazing on HD screen, and the graphic improvements on the version are awesome to me. Hopefully we'll get this option on future updates. 🤞🏻
I've gone to using folders only for the main groups. To separate the rest I use midi tracks, disabled, colored black and they look nice and hide when using "Show Tracks w/Data"....
![The Mixer Window - Cubase Template [Studio Time S3E12]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/OyY4tDDPRb4/mqdefault.jpg)
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What I learned from your videos is a 10000X more valuable than my entire internship!Thank you Tom!
... once again, just "Thanks Tom...." what you are doing here is helping 1000's of us, "leap year" through technical issues and setting that would have taken many of us 10+ years to figure out... I can't thank you enough for these... my sincerest "Thank you..."
a great composer who shows these secrets for free for young musicians, big thanks Junkie XL ( que dieu te protège)
Can't wait for the Expression Maps episode! =)
Tom was really fantastic meeting you last week. You answered something that I thought other people might find interesting...
I was asking you about the length of time you are given to score a film and the daily working routines that you put in place on yourself to end up with the final result...
Part of your reply was that often you will work on multiple projects at the same time and that you will never work every day for 18 months on one film. Instead you might work on something (say Mad Max) for 4 months and then forward this music to the director (say George Miller). Now George might only reply to you 3 months later and so in the intermittent period you will begin to work on something else (say Black Mass)...etc...
This kind of leap frogging can continue for months through multiple projects...
(thought this was a really cool idea)
Always find it interesting how people spend their time - people like Ravel and Stravinsky were almost blue-collar in their work routines whereas someone like Schonberg from what I know was much more spontaneous and could finish pieces in incredible bursts of inspiration.
All the best
Max
I wish for an episode per day! 🧙♂️ So good as usual!
Thanks as always! So helpful and insightful
Damn, whatever you've done with Cinebrass sounds amazing!
God bless you Mr. Holkenborg!
great video!
Hi TOM ! thanks for showing us your Weapons... Very interesting !
Could you make a tutorial were you show us how you process (for example) the strings??
It would be great!! :D
was just about to ask the same thing! :P
th-cam.com/video/1ozqqW02eQw/w-d-xo.html
Hi Tom, Great and thank you.
Would you be willing to show a routing tutorial showing how you have things configured. I was curious about the choices you made and why for your entire path. From Keys, to a track VST, to a MIDI track on the VST track, to VEPro6 on your servers, to Kontakt, to individual outs for each sample loaded in Kontakt, is it purged/enabled/disabled? back to Cubase, to Inserts if any, EQ if any, how you apply FX track wet/dry, then do you direct the track to a SubGroup? Do you use another master Group of 8 group channels or VCA, then you go out to quad monitors right, or to Control room for different monitors? How are you doing your mix-downs in this config, And why... It sounds like a lot but you don't have to spend a lot of time on it. I'm using a similar config and I was curious if this was more of a hindrance at crunch time.
What software is used for the touchscreen ? is it available in the market or just specially made for you ? these simple things could really fasten the process i was shocked to see the how you just copied modulation data on other lanes by one click i try to replicate manually and that kills my time a lot. please do share more on the touchscreen software and details would appreciate it :)
Waiting for Expression maps! :)
Could you make a tutorial to show us how you balance the Scoring Folder?
Could you give us a walkthrough of your sample treatment and processing Junkie?
Thanks for these videos. They are great. I'm really looking forward to the expression maps in cubase episode because that is quite a mystery to me. Thank you!
Cubase is pretty awesome!
Hi JXL, thanks so much for these videos! I asked this question last time you went through your template...could you show us how/why you resampled some of the commercial orchestral libraries? Cinematic Strings for example? THANK YOU!
Could we get screen shots of your touch screen pages? Would be useful for getting ideas on workflow. Thanks!
You said the menus and shortcuts from the touchscreen are from Cubase itself so...where's that menu ? :P
Big Fan From India.. love you Sir
Jesus.....this channel is not just about Cubase, it's literally about showing what's inside the VAULT OF SECRETS that score composers don't want us to see...
Hey Tom, how does it feel to be the freaking coolest guy in the universe???
Tom when you are actually working and writing do you have that much latency when playing the sounds?
Fank you for Lacrimosa Epic Choir!
Would you please explain how you route all these tracks? Like how you connect all machines? what tracks you create in Cubase and VEPro in your slave machines? Thank you very much !
I think everybody has it's own routing, because everybody has another amount of libraries etc.
Would love to know your colorization system to differentiate the tracks in your template
what is the name of the choir Library it sounds amazing
fluffyaudio.com/shop/dominuschoir/
Thank you so much Adam Październy :)
Thanks you for the insight! What are the midi clips in the beginning of each track? Do they contain information to instantly put the keyswitches in place or what are they for?
They set they right controller values.
I've not used Cubase for a while, does it do something special with templates - i.e. how long does a template with 1500 tracks stuffed full of libraries take to load and open?? Presumably, you've got a maxed out PC, but even SSDs at 500Mb/s must take quite a while to load up? Just curious.
I believe he is using Vienna Ensemble Pro to host his samples. With VEP, you can create a network of slave PC's that host all the sample libraries, meaning that the primary (master) computer doesn't need to load them each time it is opened. This drastically speeds up loading times and takes pressure off of the main machine but is quite an expensive investment as the slave computers need to be high-end machines to deal with the amount of libraries Tom has.
He made a video on his computer rig, I didn't even know you could do this until Tom took the time to teach everyone th-cam.com/video/geO7Npecmcg/w-d-xo.html
Thank u for the videos.... I wanna know more of Touch Screen Commands & Project Logical Editor
10:30 I LOVE YOU XDDD
do you do frequency processing? why don't you show
1500 MIDI tracks!!! Plus others! I hope you backup your template as if that get's messed up, I doubt we'll be seeing you on TH-cam anytime soon! ;p
Hallo Tom, I'm new in your channel so a I don't know if you already have answer the question that follows.
What are the specs of your computer that can run so nice and smooth so many plug ins and VSTs???
Thanks for your time!
Search web for "Vienna Ensemble Pro 7" and "UAD-2" - you'll understand. Cheers!
Create your own touch screen using Lemur and Midikinetics Composer Tools Pro
What are those few bars for at the beginning of each track? Controller data? If so, what do they do?
They set every controller to default values.
@@SOUNTH11composingdesign what does this mean exactly ? the default values of each library? mic positions, sample release/attack, etc....
@@dantesdjay2068 It depends on the composer. I set CC11 to 80, CC01 to 0. At libraries with mic positions (Hans Zimmer Percussion Professional, CinePerc...) I can control 3 faders with the controllers. So I set them to my default settings, And you can set keyswitches. I don't change attack and release. But this is up to you. ;-)
th-cam.com/video/u4-y3_-x1hc/w-d-xo.html
@@SOUNTH11composingdesign Thanks for clarifying. Is there a way to prevent cubase from overwriting these defaults when "merge" recording is on? The only way i can prevent it from overwriting them is when this setting is is set to something different...
@@dantesdjay2068 For preven overwriting this settings always set this values at bar 1 and start the song at bar 5.
I am sure that every composer/musician who was visiting your studio was with the mouth open ,of how you had everything set up..
Unbelievably generous.
Why does your dialogue sounds so low quality like it's 64kbps or something like that even if I watch video in HD
I've been waiting for the episode, because I thought there was going to be a ton of articulations in each section and I was going to ask of advantages of that approach (because I didn't see any advantages over expression maps). But now it has been ruined ;DDDDD
If only there was a way to show instrument/midi/audio tracks without showing the parent folder in the project window..... Folder tracks take up so much screen real estate once the track count gets high.
Great point Brian. I was wondering the same thing. I'll look into it. :)
@@davidefant3045 I currently have it posted in the "requested features" section on the Cubase forums, but who knows who's actually paying attention to that, or how fast they would ever get around to it. :(
Personally I use all instrument tracks in my full template, but I nest them in sub-folders categorized by library and instrument type/section, so the folders just eat up way too much space once I go above 40 or 50 tracks, even when you only show tracks with data on them. Not sure why they didn't allow an option in the visibility menu to simply show instrument/audio/midi tracks with data without showing any of the folders they are nested in. Seems like an easy thing to add, but maybe I'm missing something.
@@brianjones8432 Hey Brian, thanks for the update. I use many folders too, and I experience the same thing you report: they eat up a lot of space once you use a lot of them and want to see only tracks with data. Anyway, Cubase 10 looks amazing on HD screen, and the graphic improvements on the version are awesome to me. Hopefully we'll get this option on future updates. 🤞🏻
I've gone to using folders only for the main groups. To separate the rest I use midi tracks, disabled, colored black and they look nice and hide when using "Show Tracks w/Data"....
@@InLightTone Exactly this. Midi tracks, with no name and disabled to separate things. Works like a charm when showing specific tracks with data. :)
"The commercial brass lib are not always good. Ok, Let's build mine". God.
"... Too soft that you can't even hear them ..."
2nd!
oh yea yea
Orchestra VST only Vienna Symphonic Library and Spitfire Audio 😊