How to Make Midi Strings Sound Real

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  • Learn how to make MIDI strings sound real in Ableton Live 12 using Spitfire Audio's BBC Symphony Orchestra VST strings. This tutorial covers essential techniques for creating realistic string sounds. Enjoy this sound design guide!
    CHAPTERS
    00:00 - The Understanding
    02:33 - The Problem & Solutions
    04:33 - The Important Part
    09:13 - Fine Tuning
    11:01 - The Power Of Reverb
    15:07 - To Summarise
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  • @WhoIsAlexElliott
    @WhoIsAlexElliott  22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Apologies I was editing this one LATE at night and completely missed the misspelling of "important" lol

  • @nckcn4923
    @nckcn4923 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    Splitting up the chord midi to reflect a real orchestra is so simple yet so genius, good shit bro

    • @WhoIsAlexElliott
      @WhoIsAlexElliott  22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      🙌🙌 glad it’s helpful bro!

  • @Producelikeapro
    @Producelikeapro 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Such a great video! Excellent info Alex!

  • @Dre-uk8wc
    @Dre-uk8wc 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Coming from a keyboardist/mallet player i never thought about it this way i usually think about sections playing chords instead of spreading the chords throughout the entire ensemble

    • @WhoIsAlexElliott
      @WhoIsAlexElliott  10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I use to think the same way also! But this has been quite a helpful approach for me 👌

  • @BugsBunnyFly
    @BugsBunnyFly 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Nice awesome straight forward video. Very underrated. Thanks

  • @XVIIIPRO
    @XVIIIPRO 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    took me straight back to my orchestration classes at uni with a modern production & practical twist, brilliant video

    • @WhoIsAlexElliott
      @WhoIsAlexElliott  22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Thankyou for the compliment bro. and it’s awesome to know that I’m reminding you of an actual education institution 🙌😅💯

    • @XVIIIPRO
      @XVIIIPRO 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@WhoIsAlexElliott i mean definitely!! that’s where i learned this and applied it for myself, so it’s refreshing to see that it’s not just a weird concept i stole from my orchestration modules & applied to beatmaking & production, glad to see myself thinking similarly to other professionals like yourself

    • @WhoIsAlexElliott
      @WhoIsAlexElliott  21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      🙌

  • @alexbrowningOBG
    @alexbrowningOBG 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    WHAT A BAD BOY.....!!!! BIG YOU UP EVERYTIME

  • @mostafafarid9832
    @mostafafarid9832 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Just got here by coincidence.. am really glad watching and following you … I like the way you illustrate with deep comprehension…
    Good job man ✌🏻👌🏻
    I got into music writing and production for a short while and hope your tips would boost the pace little bit
    Cheers 🍻

    • @WhoIsAlexElliott
      @WhoIsAlexElliott  9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Welcome aboard! And happy to have you as a subscriber

  • @nobbymorph
    @nobbymorph 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    You sir are a pretty clever cookie, thank you. Subscribed!

    • @WhoIsAlexElliott
      @WhoIsAlexElliott  14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Lovely to have you as part of the community

  • @paulinskipukprogressive4903
    @paulinskipukprogressive4903 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I really like your calm and clear way of showing us this process

    • @WhoIsAlexElliott
      @WhoIsAlexElliott  20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I’m glad it was able to connect with you ❤️🙏

  • @RogerioValgode
    @RogerioValgode 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Wow, great video! It resumes all steps to get the sound, thank you so much for sharing. Love the way you explain it. These 15 minutes get us 80% of the realism os the strings. 🔥 The next layer I'll add would be a "solo expressive violin" and a "solo expressive cello" on top of the mix, just to fool the listener to think he's listening a section of players. To me this give me that "10%" extra to the sound/realism.

    • @WhoIsAlexElliott
      @WhoIsAlexElliott  21 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I’m glad it’s helpful. 🙌. And adding a solo instrument is a fantastic trick to get the texture and more realism. I love to do this with bohemian cello and bohemian violin but I didn’t add that into the video as I didn’t want people to think it was only achievable if you spend LOTS OF MONEY 😅😅😅. Good Solo string libraries are 💰 💰 💰

  • @LucaArtusaMusic
    @LucaArtusaMusic 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Very inspiring,thanks😊

  • @invaderzeke
    @invaderzeke 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    i don't use ableton but i can definitely use some of these ideas here in my own way... thank you 🙏🏽

  • @ianleone
    @ianleone 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    goat channel, thanks bro

    • @WhoIsAlexElliott
      @WhoIsAlexElliott  12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Ahhh huge compliment. Thankyou

  • @Mrnw10
    @Mrnw10 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thank you Alex for the knowledge! I've been making dodgy strings for years! Finally i have a solution to beef them up! #NewSubscriber

  • @Child9Music
    @Child9Music 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Good tutorial, expression is underrated.

    • @WhoIsAlexElliott
      @WhoIsAlexElliott  22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It’s so underrated and Thankyou ❤️🙌

  • @i_castiel
    @i_castiel 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Just the video i was looking for

    • @WhoIsAlexElliott
      @WhoIsAlexElliott  22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I’m glad it found you ❤️🙌

  • @largebottomproductions
    @largebottomproductions 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Glad you came up in my algorithm. This was an excellent, excellent, excellent tutorial. I am working on my string game in my productions and this was spot on. Truly appreciate the video.

    • @WhoIsAlexElliott
      @WhoIsAlexElliott  19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      This makes me glad. I’m happy it’s connecting with people and helpful ❤️. Just trying to pass on the knowledge I’ve acquired 🙌

  • @abbadonproductioninc
    @abbadonproductioninc 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    My boi back at it again!! loving this! sorry for not keeping up for the past couple of weeks, been doing life a bit. I've seen your content from time to time and it's been really great. I love the studio tour by the way and the video about mental health. I love the production stuff man it's incredible

    • @WhoIsAlexElliott
      @WhoIsAlexElliott  21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      No problem at all bro. Life comes first. Thanks for dropping the encouraging comment nonetheless and hope all is well now?

  • @ProdbyKsean
    @ProdbyKsean 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Gems 💎 , THanks for the video

  • @HOLLASOUNDS
    @HOLLASOUNDS 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I been using the same old Reason Strings for over a decade but wow those stings you go sound way better, and the good thing about midi is I can swap out those older stings with new better ones like these. Im literally commenting less then 1 minute into the video, You hooked Me in.

    • @WhoIsAlexElliott
      @WhoIsAlexElliott  22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Haha I’ll wait for you to finish 😂🙌

    • @HOLLASOUNDS
      @HOLLASOUNDS 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@WhoIsAlexElliott Im 6 minuts in and I do most of what your saying, and was something I learned to do well, back in 2008 and I would definitely say My stings in My music is a highlight I love puting piano with Strings. Reason has many ways to do strings however I still find some of there oldest presets work well for Me, but Spitfires audio definitely sounds great, does it sound better? Not sure, new don't aways equal better, plus the older more primitive strings sounds better in Hiphop and RnB in My opinion.

    • @WhoIsAlexElliott
      @WhoIsAlexElliott  22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@HOLLASOUNDSspitfire have some of the best sounding strings out there! I really do believe this

    • @HOLLASOUNDS
      @HOLLASOUNDS 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@WhoIsAlexElliott Well the library here is the BBC and there Strings always sound epic on there TV shows.

    • @WhoIsAlexElliott
      @WhoIsAlexElliott  22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@HOLLASOUNDS 🙌🙌🙌

  • @shineliketko
    @shineliketko 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Welcome to Ableton! Fellow producer that started in Logic and switched over to Ableton 🙏

  • @stilltrippin6100
    @stilltrippin6100 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Sheeeshh … thanks for sharing ✌🏽

  • @WinItReigns
    @WinItReigns 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Do you play guitar?
    Ive caught a few of your videos.
    Good stuff.
    Ill subscribe😊

    • @WhoIsAlexElliott
      @WhoIsAlexElliott  19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I don’t play guitar. I play Piano but guitar is on the list 🙌🙌. And Thankyou. Glad to have you in the community

  • @josealejandrogarciarojas1115
    @josealejandrogarciarojas1115 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great video and clear explanation of the frequency spectrum and instrument range! Never thought about riding the MIDI CTRL automation manually hahah. Btw, a little tip: you can use the Draw mode (B, Shift+B) to make more organic and faster automations. Holding Alt will deactivate the grid. Also, you can insert default automation shapes such as sine, triangle, square and a bunch more using the right click menu

    • @WhoIsAlexElliott
      @WhoIsAlexElliott  22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      OMD no way. How do I do that. That would save me so much time! 🙌

    • @WhoIsAlexElliott
      @WhoIsAlexElliott  22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Oh and Thankyou for the kind words ❤️

  • @arthurmavheneka2302
    @arthurmavheneka2302 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hie Alex, I am building my home studio and my colours are just like yours. Can you do a music studio tour or if not may I have the studio pictures. I will definitely show you mine after the build using yours as an inspiration. Thank you

    • @WhoIsAlexElliott
      @WhoIsAlexElliott  21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I’ll add a studio tour to the list 🙌

    • @arthurmavheneka2302
      @arthurmavheneka2302 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@WhoIsAlexElliott thank you so much

    • @WhoIsAlexElliott
      @WhoIsAlexElliott  21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@arthurmavheneka2302no problem

  • @tuneboxmusic
    @tuneboxmusic 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Can you say what the cc1 11 on your table? Thanks

    • @WhoIsAlexElliott
      @WhoIsAlexElliott  19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Not sure what you mean. Can you elaborate for me?

    • @tuneboxmusic
      @tuneboxmusic 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@WhoIsAlexElliott Sure, you have a box with 3 modulation wheels on the table, it has a wood view

    • @WhoIsAlexElliott
      @WhoIsAlexElliott  18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Oh link in the bio. It’s the nuance midi controller 👌👌

  • @trapbeatproducer
    @trapbeatproducer 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    IT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE AN ISRAELITE!!! We make the music. That's all you had to say 🙏😔.
    It is in us... black man deya! Also which DAW is that my brother?
    If you wanna join Bricksdamane's producer community I'm moderator on there.
    He produced for Drake, Gunner, Lil Baby, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne etc
    aye I can see you feeling the strings 😅💪🩵
    Stay blessed man

    • @WhoIsAlexElliott
      @WhoIsAlexElliott  22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah I was REALLY feeling the strings. I just can’t help it. I cry everytime I hear them live 🥲🥲.
      Thanks for stopping by and the community sounds interesting, what platform is it on?