Wow. It should be obvious, that more tracks sound more, but the difference with changing the main melody from shorter to longer notes literally blew me away. You hit the point with that! Thank you.
great tips as usual. I would like to add something extra as someone who does write trailer music for big trailer labels: - Writing Epic Trailer music for TV differs in my opinion a lot compared to High End Trailer Music for the big screen. If you want to learn how to sound like the high end stuff, you have to listen to current trailers and figure out what kind of chords, hooks the music is built on, transcibe and find out how you can do something similar. The Chords you choose is so important, as some chord progressions just sounds so outdated and not that interesting
Really have to say this, in this 12 min video Alex covered more than many other videos and courses I have watched over the couple of years. That’s true professionalism showing the main keypoints straight to the point. Thanks a lot Alex!
God damn. It's sooo damn simple. I was actually overcomplicating all my shit and turns out to be sounding messy in the end. Harder to comprehend, harder to mix and translate to the listener. Thanks for this man
Wow! What a big difference between the two examples! Nice tips here. Sometimes we forget that the frecuency spectrum must be almost totally filled, especially on the main part of the track
I came to this channel while making my first trailer music and i found that your video was not upto the mark , then I discover your other videos and boom , it's been 3 weeks and i am learning a lot from you , your videos are highly useful, I want to share what I've made and i wanted your feedback if possible do give a reply
Hey, thank you so much! You can always contact me at alex@alexpfeffer.co ... however, I got loads of work currently, so I can't promise when I will be able to give you feedback.
I loved your course and this reminder is useful. back to basis right! I do believe your 'instructions' helped me in my workflow and production. I strongly recommend your courses Alex.
Great video Alex. I'm a member of your trailer course but I still learned a lot from your methodical approach. I would love to see a video where you turn this example into a full trailer track.
Great video as always. I think there are so many things a beginner might overlook in this video. Almost all video tutorials don't really point this out. I struggled with all these as well when I started about 6yrs ago. First is octaves. There are seven octaves on the keyboard. It can be hard to tell where each element or instrument fits, a trombone chord at oct 2 may sound like a horn at oct 3. In a standard simple piano arrangement the elements of your tracks are distributed to certain octaves. it easy to overlook these things, if you don't know these simple rules you end up having elements all over the place. Knowing this you can break the rules to get a clear mix like in this tutorial. Notice how the trombones (oct1/2) are playing the chords about two octaves below the pads (oct3/4), although I would have played it an octave higher. A piano playing that low will sound muddy and dark. Using a standard piano arrangement helps simplify everything in terms of arrangement and frequency. Oct 3 for instance is still low frequency (below 500hz) but it's clear enough to have the chords between oct 2/3. Oct 1 is bass (below 200hz). Oct 4 is mid range (800hz and above) that is why vocals, main ostinatos fits in that range clearly. For those using a different DAW you may want to experiment on your piano roll. For instance in FL studio, Oct 6 is mid range (800hz and up) which is Oct 4 in most DAW and Oct 3 in others. It may be a little bit crazy, but I believe understanding this basic things can help with creating more complicated tracks.
hey Alex, awesome tips here. You opened my mind with the Nexus synth instrument. What i'm realizing now is that the synth bed is what gives that sense of fullness to the trailer track. Lots of rhythmic synths too. Sometimes are very subtle, in fact i'm going crazy in analyzing some really big tracks made by Audiomachine or Really slow motion. Can you confirm?
I like what you did. Especially the percussion. It will help me get better percussion in my tracks. But I think the trombones are too muddy with full chords. Just my 2 cents.
So I actually got 128GB but tbh I am just having 12-13 tracks here that probably not use more than 4-5 GB, if not less. With today's libs you should at least have something around 16-32GB.
@@AlexPfeffer thank you for answering. This is important to me. Do you usually make batch re-save or something with libraries in kontakt or you use them without any manipulations ? Excuse my silly questions. I used to be a flight attendant and now I’m willing to be a composer 😄
@@Perfect_sound Thanks! :) Regarding batch resave it totally depends if they have been changed or updated. If they load fast, I don't care, if the are slow I try to batch resave.
Wow. It should be obvious, that more tracks sound more, but the difference with changing the main melody from shorter to longer notes literally blew me away. You hit the point with that! Thank you.
Thank You Very Much!
🙂🙏
Great work! You and another orchestra Alex are now my favourite channels on TH-cam.
Thanks so much! I am also a fan of that other orchestral Alex! 😀
I have a bad habit of overly complicate things in my head. This once again great reminder that less is more. Thanks Alex!
great tips as usual. I would like to add something extra as someone who does write trailer music for big trailer labels:
- Writing Epic Trailer music for TV differs in my opinion a lot compared to High End Trailer Music for the big screen. If you want to learn how to sound like the high end stuff, you have to listen to current trailers and figure out what kind of chords, hooks the music is built on, transcibe and find out how you can do something similar. The Chords you choose is so important, as some chord progressions just sounds so outdated and not that interesting
Danke, eine gute Demonstration von layering / Unterstützungs Sounds
Thank you Alex! So much rich buttery goodness here.
Always goes to show a less is more when cleverly arranged. Very insightful.
Very useful. Crazy how these simple things can make or break a track. Amazing job Alex 🔥
Awesome tips! Adding all that low end sounds much more epic. I love what the sub does to example 2. Thank you, Alex.
8:34 This by itself sounds like a finished piece of music! 😆 I need to work on my percussion writing...
Really have to say this, in this 12 min video Alex covered more than many other videos and courses I have watched over the couple of years. That’s true professionalism showing the main keypoints straight to the point. Thanks a lot Alex!
Same!
Danke für das tolle Tutorial und weiter so.Happy Composing!
God damn. It's sooo damn simple. I was actually overcomplicating all my shit and turns out to be sounding messy in the end. Harder to comprehend, harder to mix and translate to the listener.
Thanks for this man
You're more than welcome, glad I could inspire you! :)
Brilliant as always, Alex! What is the little "low, distorted synth" you're using at the end? Fantastic sound!
Wow! What a big difference between the two examples! Nice tips here. Sometimes we forget that the frecuency spectrum must be almost totally filled, especially on the main part of the track
Thank you! Yes, absolutely! :)
Thank you Alex, these videos are really helpful!
Great video covered more than many other videos much more epic, simple things can make or break a track thanks a lot
So much good info in a short video. Great Job, Alex!
More brilliant advise and tips. So useful. Thank you alex
I came to this channel while making my first trailer music and i found that your video was not upto the mark , then I discover your other videos and boom , it's been 3 weeks and i am learning a lot from you , your videos are highly useful, I want to share what I've made and i wanted your feedback if possible do give a reply
Hey, thank you so much! You can always contact me at alex@alexpfeffer.co ... however, I got loads of work currently, so I can't promise when I will be able to give you feedback.
Clean out the mess and add the power with the chorded trombones sub bass and low distorted synth .Brilliant tutorial as ever ,Alex! 11/10
Thanks man
Great advice in a short video!
Brilliant Alex. Thank you.
I loved your course and this reminder is useful. back to basis right! I do believe your 'instructions' helped me in my workflow and production. I strongly recommend your courses Alex.
Thank you soooo much!
I totally agree, I love his trailer course too!! Looking forward more videos like this to make it even better!
Great video!!
Great video Alex. I'm a member of your trailer course but I still learned a lot from your methodical approach. I would love to see a video where you turn this example into a full trailer track.
Thank you so much! I already have a few ideas with this example/track
@@AlexPfeffer excellent!
thx for the tips
Great video as always. I think there are so many things a beginner might overlook in this video. Almost all video tutorials don't really point this out. I struggled with all these as well when I started about 6yrs ago.
First is octaves. There are seven octaves on the keyboard. It can be hard to tell where each element or instrument fits, a trombone chord at oct 2 may sound like a horn at oct 3. In a standard simple piano arrangement the elements of your tracks are distributed to certain octaves. it easy to overlook these things, if you don't know these simple rules you end up having elements all over the place. Knowing this you can break the rules to get a clear mix like in this tutorial.
Notice how the trombones (oct1/2) are playing the chords about two octaves below the pads (oct3/4), although I would have played it an octave higher. A piano playing that low will sound muddy and dark.
Using a standard piano arrangement helps simplify everything in terms of arrangement and frequency.
Oct 3 for instance is still low frequency (below 500hz) but it's clear enough to have the chords between oct 2/3. Oct 1 is bass (below 200hz). Oct 4 is mid range (800hz and above) that is why vocals, main ostinatos fits in that range clearly.
For those using a different DAW you may want to experiment on your piano roll. For instance in FL studio, Oct 6 is mid range (800hz and up) which is Oct 4 in most DAW and Oct 3 in others.
It may be a little bit crazy, but I believe understanding this basic things can help with creating more complicated tracks.
Thanks for an inspiring video - really informative
Really helpful Alex, many thx😎🤩😍🚀
Este é um canal muito útil. Obrigado.
hey Alex, awesome tips here. You opened my mind with the Nexus synth instrument. What i'm realizing now is that the synth bed is what gives that sense of fullness to the trailer track. Lots of rhythmic synths too. Sometimes are very subtle, in fact i'm going crazy in analyzing some really big tracks made by Audiomachine or Really slow motion. Can you confirm?
Hey Mario, yes, very often it is the subtle instruments in the background creating that lush and thick arrangement.
Yet again... another fantastic video... so much good info. Trailer Music Course GIVE-A-WAY? Did I miss it?
Thank you! ... we now have a video games music giveaway! ;)
Add layers, harmonize, vary your parts within themselves and/or during repeats.
Very usefull, thanks!!
Great video, man
Always you give us important things.. Thank you so much Alex ❤️
Thank you, Alex. Excellent.
Again, thank you 😊
Incredible!
Wow, extremly helpful. Im so happy that i found your channel, right płace right moment:)
This is incredible!
What kind of strings are "FSII Vla spic"?
Thank you for your work!
Great video!🔥🔥
Thank you!
Absolut cool and thanx a lot for this Video Alex.
Would be cool when you could say wich libraries you are use
Pat
NUC is short for AudioImperia Nucleus at least, I'm sure
Sooo good :)
Awesome!!
Thank you! :)
I like what you did. Especially the percussion. It will help me get better percussion in my tracks. But I think the trombones are too muddy with full chords. Just my 2 cents.
Thanks, well you can always tastefully EQ that bit .. but generally, writing low chords with trombones works pretty well.
Hello. Do you have a video that goes into depth on the type of equipment and music libraries one would need to get started?
Not really, it's on my list. So far I have a video about writing trailer music with free stuff.
@@AlexPfeffer Thanks for responding. Gotcha, I look forward to your post in the future.
Could you make a special about using Diva. Especialy for Sub Synth Sounds. Wy and when tu use it?
Very useful, and I like that you keep it pretty short - I have a hard time focusing much past 10 minutes unfortunately..
How much RAM do you have? You used so many instruments, my PC would die suffering
So I actually got 128GB but tbh I am just having 12-13 tracks here that probably not use more than 4-5 GB, if not less. With today's libs you should at least have something around 16-32GB.
@@AlexPfeffer thank you for answering. This is important to me. Do you usually make batch re-save or something with libraries in kontakt or you use them without any manipulations ? Excuse my silly questions. I used to be a flight attendant and now I’m willing to be a composer 😄
@@Perfect_sound Thanks! :) Regarding batch resave it totally depends if they have been changed or updated. If they load fast, I don't care, if the are slow I try to batch resave.
Kratos from God of War (Alex) doing this seems so simple, me doing it becomes my worst nightmare
Bit by bit. Haha, need a bit of training until I look like Kratos 😂
just paint your face white and red, you already have the skills 😉
@@MathewR2R
The sound has become fatter and richer but you have lost the melody_!!
It always depends on the purpose of a track. Besides that nothing is carved in stone when it comes to music.