$99 Orchestral Library?! We put it to the test scoring a trailer
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- You asked, he listened - Using only samples from the $99 Nucleus Lite by Audio Imperia, Guy Michelmore puts it through its paces and writes a trailer track
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Hello, Mr. Michelmore. What's your choice string library for a consistent natural arpeggiation? A lot of them appear to be loop-based and pre-programmed patterns rather than taking on any chords. Thank you.
"Honey! I need $100. I'm gonna be Hans Zimmer!"
lol
I remember times, when that joke would go "I'm gonna be John Williams".
@@bukkaratsuppa6414 John Williams will always be the king. Something like the violin runs on the Hogwarts Theme owns every Hans Zimmer score...
or the old maestro Ennio Morricone
Hilarious! Not far from the truth, most of his stuff post The Thin Red Line is basically trailer music made in Kontakt lol.
First time watching this guy's videos, 2 minutes in and I already love him lol
100%
I hit subscribe at about 20 seconds in lol
haha yeah for sure
I was to drunken to subscribe!
This guy, Guy?
I'm discovering all kinds of interesting characters during this isolation period. Subscribed!
and then after lock down, I'm never gonna be able to watch all those videos being uploaded by these people.
Too bad this isolation period will come to an end
This video was recommended and I'm not disappointed :D
hahahaha this comment was awesome
IKR? Yay for TH-cam realizing I like to watch composers! Unfortunately it's now recommending me 5 videos on Nucleus.
I love your personality. I am 33, and I feel so much “older” watching this.
You sir, might actually cure my own bad happit.
And that is, dont be too serious about music, have fun with it and for god sake, be yourself and dont worry too much about what everyone else is thinking about when you go “public”. You sir are an amazing spirit. And seems like a wonderful human being. Its so rare to find an intelligent person and at the same time be down to earth and so alive.
This video made my day.
Subscribed!
Best Regards Thomas, Denmark
-PS Didnt drink, cause I was nursing my son while watching this :)
Heja Danmark!
You really spoke my heart, some may be busy trying to talk you down, just be yourself, do you what you enjoy best, cause you are not in this world to live up to someone else expectation, even if I release my song at age of 90, that nobody's business, this man threw a lot of lights into my part
Did not expect to find you here. Love your covers, have been listening for years
And now it is brought to my attention double thanks to you both have fun don't be serious I always end up frustrated and doubting myself when the point was the fact I enjoy it ! So have fun ! Be funky it'll show ! Patience is also key if I can add anything
Hey Guy! Great review and nice track you've composed there in just 60 mins! On behalf of the Audio Imperia team, I want to say thank you for taking the time to create this :)
Thanks for a great library at a great price. It will help a lot of people get started.
Oh shit you are on Audio Imperia team?!! Thank you so much for making it a kontakt "player" library (although i bought the full kontakt later), it really is a great library, for beginners and pros alike! I use it in all my compositions :D
Great kudos for this library. To me, as a hobbyist, who will never do a money out of music, as I'm doing it solely to my own pleasure, I would never buy a full version of Kontakt. Now, having to spend as little as $100 in total (as it's using Player) - I can afford this, finally (without being killed by my wife ;) ). So yeah, a big thank you!
@@ZlakEdoras Indeed I am! Lots of content regarding Audio Imperia sample libraries coming on my channel this year :)
@@mrutak3r That's great to hear! I'm glad you're finding the library useful for what you need it for as a hobbyist - I'll pass this onto the rest of the team :)
Not a musician, and don't know this software. But this is a genius at work. I suppose I could learn the software, but the EMOTION that this guy understands and brings out in music is priceless.
I watched this two years ago, and getting this was the BEST start to my musical journey. It's so cheap for what it's for and it's available for Kontakt Player so a low barrier to entry. 10/10 library and works wonderfully for an orchestral foundation.
In some way Guy makes me dream on being a composer and living of music.
Thanks Guy.
Think carefully as something that is a joy as a past time can feel very different when it puts bread on the table! But it absolutely is a great job
@@ThinkSpaceEducation haha best comment by the OP and best advice from you!
COme with us! You are already
one! you just need to drag some ready made chord packs and send to the right people who prefer this over well crafted music lol.
This was sick. earned a subscriber. this is exactly what I'm looking for an entry-level orchestral suite that works with Kontakt player. Thank you.
Woah. I need to keep that in mind! 8:50 "There's no point in starting with an idea that you're not actually convinced by"
I actually disagree with that. There have been several times where I've turned an initially unimpressive line into something interesting with a little tweaking
Such a generous, motivational and great guy. You sir, are the ultimate source for film composers on all the Internet. Thank you.
I just listened "the Italian moment" 4 times in a row! Cheers from Italy!
This was great. Learning a lot about tricks with Cubase I didn’t know. Thanks. I like using the chord track instead of markers. Less likely to forget which chord I should be playing 😊
Love these videos and the passion and enthusiasm he shows for making music. Inspires me to jump back into the studio after I feel defeated from a long session.
First time watching any of his videos, his passion and personality is amazing, loving this channel!
Just ran into this gentleman. ...absolutely love him. I'm hooked.
Hi Guy... love your videos! A quick tip for finding the tuning of a wave file - select the relevant range on the wave file, under the Audio menu select "Statistics" and it will give you the dominant pitch. cheers, Mark
AHA!
Thank you. This is by far the most inspiring of your videos. Use what you've got and make the most of it. Great! I've just retired and started playing music again. Fourty five years ago I decided not to pursue a career in the music business and that was the right decision. Now I'm astonished how cheap good instruments are - virtual or not - and I'm having a great time playing again. I've spent less than half the money I spent when I was seventeen - and I've got way more possibilities now than I dreamed of then. I hope to see young people make bands again - it's so much more fun - but I enjoy being able to play a grand piano and conduct a big orchestra.
Thanks for taking the time to create such an informative video. It has strengthened my understanding of how to chose instruments as well as build an epic trailer! I just subscribed & look forward to more great content.
The early part of this melody sounds so much like Jupiter that I keep on hearing it in my head over and over again
Good ear
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Sir, do you recommend this ? For a beginner. For now, I’m using Labs and projectsam free vst and BBC orchestral. Please advice
How can you contact you sir
I LOVE your enthusiasm!
Thanks so much for posting this - it's exactly what I needed and affordable to help jump start my return to making music after 16 years away. I've always enjoyed epic sounding music and with this library and a plethora of your other videos, I can now make music like this. Who knew quarantine could be so exciting?
I'd love to start a series of videos called "Composers in Studios Getting Coffee". In the first episode I'd have Guy Michelmore and Christian Henson from Spitfire Audio. Then, I'd get the popcorn going.
Thanks for the tip on resetting the bar numbers in Cubase. My OCD persona has always wanted to reset the number, and that has always bothered me, so now--in celebration--I throw my hands in the air and drink! (I'm sure it's in the 1000 + page manual, but many thanks for that little tidbit.)
Nice work on the track--not too shabby for a $99 library!
I'm sold. That Intro is lush and you sir are electric Good Job Cheers!!!!!!!!
If this lockdown, isolation or whatever you want to call it has had any positive impact on my life it is finding your channel and watching your videos, giving me the realisation that I should pursue my dream of composing for film, games and TV. So thank you Guy!
great piece of music for a quick 60 mintues!! loved it! you've got skills
thank you
Finally TH-cam throwing me a solid recommendation! The algorithms gone done a good job with this one!
I've just begun taking classes from ThinkSpace and was beginning to look for an orchestral sample library to begin... it would appear that I've found it! Thanks for such a fun AND educational video, Guy!!
This was amazing! I've been having a writers block for close to a week now which feels like a lifetime and I feel so inspired now! I don't even write film music but I'd love to use some of this in my dubstep tracks! Thank you so much
Damn I love the Brits, their elocution and humour.
" Bravo come al solito! " ---- an italian guest. :-)
Very inspired and talented, congratulations! Thanks for reviewing this library!
I really wasn't expecting to enjoy this video this much!
16:13 me when i say i can play piano
Only virtusos can play Chopin with just their index fingers
45 seconds in and I'm already drunk. Its gonna take me a year to watch this.
Jesus ! A great professional composer who explains well, who has humour and who doesn't take his head in his stride. Thank you very much Guy! I subscribe right away!
I like this, it's so informative and being able to see the process of it all is so encouraging!
Man, you are awesome, here in my country almost any old person only watch tv and talk shit about other people and stuff like that!, I hope i can be like you when i get old
Sergio. When your beard turns gray, and your face gets wrinkled, you will still be the same person on the inside. If you love music now, you will love music then. Don’t let the world steal that from you.
I nearly spit out my coffee tho in the intro when you started throwing your arms in the air. thank you for this! love your videos.
Does it work with the free version of Kontakt? I'm poor and can't afford the full version lol
Yes. :)
Just bought this because of your recommendation, definitely not regretting it!!
I swear I was expecting everything but when you stared talking in italian I completly lost it, this is my new favourite creator! Abbracci dall'Italia! :)
makes magic: "I can live with that"... damn, that was a nice touch on the reverse thing, I'll start applying that technique as well, thank you for the tips
Never reversed something in the mix? I've been doing that since 1984.
@@JW-pz9xp I've been studying music production for one year
@@danavzaradel That's nice. I've never had a music lesson in my life. I did reverse music by turning the tape over. Don't be afraid to experiment. You can get really interesting results.
If ever I don't have enough decay on a sample or a recording take cuts short I try reversing the tail and cross-fading it. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
@@inthefade That's a very good idea. I find a lot of drum samples are nice but too short.
Praise the TH-cam algorithm that randomly tosses such delightful channels at my wall.
Such a great video, I was in awe with Guy's skills and personality from the first to the last minute.
I did it! I bought it...had problems installing but got there in the end. And I am impressed. Does the job! Especially for a newbie. I am using it on my indian folk music project. Thanks for sharing Guy you are great!
Clicked on 20:59 after the intro, just to see where this was going... Perfect point to drop in.
If that doesn't convince you to spend the $99 than nothing will.
Hi Guy, I'm new to your channel, I'd be really glad if you could answer me this, I see that during your process you didn't touch a single compressor or EQ yet the track sounds absolutely majestic and full. Mixing has always been one of my weak points and I was wondering if you did any post processing after this video or if you can achieve a high quality sound with the presets alone just by adjusting volume while composing the score on the go like you did. Thank you,
Man, i love this! I really think this is a beautiful piece of music!
That was FANTASTIC. Subbed yesterday...this channel is excellent!!
Welcome aboard!
I'd pay to see the mixing process of this particular track.
Hi Guy,
I really enjoyed this video. Speaking of cheaper libraries, I was wondering if you’ve ever tried any of the Garritan Libraries. I’ve been a GPO user since it came out in 2004 I think it was. They’re super simple to use and can sound pretty good.
I built a huge template, based on your Template in a Weekend Program using several of Garritans libraries.
Admittedly, they don’t compare in size to most of the Pro libraries, but the sheer amount of instruments you get and the efficiency of the Aria Sample Player is pretty amazing!
I only bring it up because the price point is, comparable to the one you just used. It’s only $150 for GPO 5. It’s a good library for beginners, professionals and composers with limited resources.
I hope you have a great day.
Jonny
I have GPO as well. It actually has a lot to offer that other libraries do not.
What a great introduction to orchestra. I couldn't believe what you achieved with this inexpensive library. Thank you!
The opening title, the fast transition with soundeffect, followed by 'Hello everybody!' That does it for me every time!
I would LOVE to see what you can do with LMMS, Ardour, VCV Rack, Hydrogen, Rose Garden and other open source software that would be really interesting to see
7:26 that was toadally unexpected, but I was really pleased. Grazie
One of the more useful reviews wich turned out to be a guide at the same time i have seen ever.
You sir are awesome and it made me happy noticing how i also approached certain things like playing stuff in reverse.
Multilayered harmonies without percussion and vocals are often epic intros when played in reverse.
New subscriber and glad to found you.
Cheers from Sweden.. Och we are immune to alcohol so wave and gesture my friend like you seen an old friend.
Great music, great tutorial, great energy!
it's a nice sound actually
the sound: zum*CLICKzum*CLICK*CLICK
I always thought that a lot of dance music started off when some stoner sent the click through some heavy processing.
I just needed to made a comparison. So.... Shot my Granny with a Glock and silencer. Should have left the silencer off as the sample sounded a bit too dull in the mix. Still, you live and learn (apart from Granny of course).
Thanks for another fab vid Guy.👍
jesus christ, paul
You've just taught me so much and you're a wonderful character to watch!! You're hilarious and a genius!!
A superb demonstration, and value for money, especially for those of us who are just beginning to expand the samples library on a budget!
He reviews Imperia then he speaks Italian and the Internet falls :P
Thanks for testing this sir.
Youre welcome :)
Any thoughts on ikmultimedia Miroslav Philharmonik
I LOVE your channel but this video was worth it just for the Cubase nugget of how you can offset bar #1! Wow. I've needed to know that for ages. Thank you! 😃
Love your enthusiasm
If anyone's interested, I have Miroslav Philharmonik and it's a pretty amazing plugin
I used it a ton and absolutleyy you can achieve great things with it. Though the accessability regarding depth of that library might be offsetting for many. I especially love the Cellos and Oboe in the first Miroslav Philharmonik.
youth : old guys are boring and depressing and complaining about today too much.
this guy :
Are you speaking about german people? Because british men are like this.
@@saporob On the contrary, I know some German elderly people who are pretty joyful and some really boring British old farts.
This is why you don't judge people ONLY by their nationality or ethnicity. It almost always *doesn't* work. Not in this day and age at least.
Also, I just noticed you said German people in general.
Hah. Someone's never been to Germany and only riding on stereotypes.
@@WrektSK how about you just don't judge people at all?! especially not from nationality AND age.
@@Nostrum84 i don't know why you had to add that "especially" part, because I don't like judging people by their age and nationality. But for the first part, is it possible to completely not judge people at all? Lol it's human nature to judge.
You’re an inspiration.. beautiful home studio space .. seems like a happy life 😌
OMG!! First time seeing this channel and I immediately subscribed.
I play this when I finally vacuum up the paperclip off the floor, after I've ran it over 20 times.
A truly dramatic moment if ever there was one.
@@Nine-Signs Tell me about it. I will be attacking the penny on the floor next, with such tenacity and ferociousness this world has yet to see.
I did this for a living for 10 years... I worked in solitude, never saw anyone do it. So it's weird to see someone actually do it real-time. It was frustrating as hell, composing, auditioning patches, making patches, orchestrating, midi editing/trying to make it sound 'real', audio mixing etc... It's one of the hardest jobs there is...
Thanks for sharing! I love the Solitude compositions! What are you working on now (just curious)?
@@surfwidow lol
@@heliopijpe well I wanted to do more extensive work and be more involved with projects. Music is such a lonely job and usually an afterthought when it comes to creative groups. So I've since got more into game development (programming) and I do music and sound design where I can - usually its at the end of a project.
@@belljo Awesome! You are right, it can be very lonely, I experience that more with video editing, wich I avoid at all costs .. not so much with audio producing. Glad you found something much better for you ^^ Thx for sharing
JB Thank you for everything you did for all those years! Sounds like excruciatingly hard work.
First time I've watched you, loved your enthusiasm. Subscribed!
That was a lot of fun! Thank You
Could you imagine what Chopin, or Mozart, or Bach could do with a system like this?!? Man, I really want that time machine thing to work out!
In what way do you imagine that their work would be different?
@@henrikpetersson3463 They would have instant feedback and complete control over their orchestrations without having to instruct others on how to play their music.
It'd be like giving Picasso, Van Gogh, or Davinci an iPad Pro with Procreate. I'd just love to see their reactions and what they'd do with the tools. Their genius is undeniable.
The artist in me dreams about the great music, Chopin, Bach or Mozart could create with nowadays technology. The realist in me realizes, they probably would work in a dull office job in public service or in an insurance company to make a living. Cos there are no lords anymore, who support artists at their court and you need a lot of publicity, clever marketing (therefore a lot of money) and a bunch of connections to make it as a pop star* nowadays.
* Mozart was a pop star at his time.
if you reach that level of composing, all you need is paper, pen, and piano (for example sound). Example, you work out orchestration and structure on your head.
It takes me a while. i able to understand reading sheet music for symphony like a whole orchestra playing.
Here's the thing, those people could hear the music in their head and translate it directly to paper. This is a skill that most of the best musicians have. This is how Beethoven wrote four symphonies while he was deaf. These types of tools probably wouldn't have made their music better, as the biggest influence on their music was the culture they were surrounded by.
Is anyone else hearing distortion when he plays the samples?
Yes! I thought I was the only one hearing this! There's a crackling sound. I have this same problem on my computer everytime a sound starts (from ANY sound source) and I don't know how to fix it!
It's probably caused by the low buffer size he is using. To demonstrate what he is doing while recording, he might have set the buffer size lower so that he doesn't have to deal with the delay.
@@Morgenmaane Try using higher buffer size to get rid of the popping noises.
It's a metronome, to get the timing right. You can hear it plays the bpm constantly (130 bpm), so it's not caused by a low buffer size or anything.
@@InterfearenceNL you can hear it when the metronome isn't playing if you use headphones, so it's not the metronome
Awesome review of Nucleus! All of Guy's video's are top notch and entertaining
Congratulations Sir. You deliver a great good energy! 👍🙌
The sound of the instruments is full of buffering glitches , noises and crackling. Did anybody notice that part ?
It won't carry over to the export.
All sample libraries have this to some degree, it happens when your hard drive is unable to buffer samples in the time allotted by the sample buffer. SSD drives minimize this issue.
He has low sample buffering, which decreases latency - and introduces artifacts - should have increased it a tiny bit.
21:00 may I sample that out? xD
Excellent vid as always Guy!
I don't know how I ended up here. I was not looking for "how to become a Scoring composer" at all, but I am glad your video pop up on my feed. you are quite a character and a very talented person. Thank you for such beautiful test scoring.
I could see myself spending a lot of time composing music after I retire just for the pleasure of it. learning keyboard and garage band now.
Who else subscribed the instant he started talking. Nice Guy!
You make this musician happy.....thank you!
love the sun room setup. perfect
Nice italian accent :) Bravo! :-)))))
not exactly! But at least I can make myself more or less understood
@@ThinkSpaceEducation At least you can eat!! hahaha :) Thanks for the tutorial
Bergamasco siciliano :D
"sounds like somebody just shot my granny!"
Everytime I see one of your'e vdeos I get inspired and want to start a new project myself. Thanks for that!!!! Keep things up.
Dammit man, you are by far my favorite orchestral producer/scorer. Love your personality and your willingness to teach
Oh My god, Drink count 11: i‘m drunken.......
Es ist "im drunk", uwe. XD
MAD BLAXE hahaha 😂😂😂
20-30 euros for a pizza oof, Costco pizza is 16" for $10 and it's fresh. 👍
he meant when you eat with the family, 99$ for a single person would be awesome ;) in germany/italy you can get a pizza magarita starting at 4€ ;)
Very good sound samples, and superb value. Fabulous compo example to show them off as well 👍
What a lovely studio space. Thanks for the idea.
My immediate gut reaction is that I don't like the sound of this library.
oh boy. another interesting thing to get into.
awesome video
I have to say that I really love your videos. You have a ton of presence and charisma. I feel your excitement, and I hope I can catch some of it. :)
SO COOL! Guy, you're hilarious and a new hero of mine for showing us this! Subscribed! On to more!