Orchestral Composing with NI Symphony Series

Description

Fabio Lendrum presents orchestral composition videos using the Native Instruments Symphony Series! Learn to create orchestral compositions using the Native Instruments Symphony Series virtual instrument. These Symphony Series tutorials are great for those just starting out composing with the Symphony Series, as well as intermediate orchestral composition creators.

First, Fabio welcomes you and then gives an overview of the course and the Symphony Series instruments you'll be using throughout the videos. After covering downloading and installing SS, Fabio explains the String Ensemble section of the plug-in, covering setup, the different sections / number of players, and controlling them with the Dynamics parameter and more.

Next Fabio shows you around the Brass and Woodwind ensembles, and how to use them convincingly to play the different parts of the arrangement, followed by videos on writing the percussion parts and their individual controls per piece of percussion, as well as using the mixer / FX section to further sculpt your sounds.

You'll then dive into the composition side of the series, learning the finer points to composing with the String, Brass, Woodwind and Percussion ensembles, including crafting the grand finale section of the arrangement.

To see what these Symphony Series tutorials show you and how they'll help you to learn and compose with the Symphony Series, see the individual orchestral composing tutorial descriptions on this page. If you're ready to write your first orchestral arrangement, or learn more about how the Symphony Series works, this collection of Symphony Series videos are perfect for you. Start orchestral composing today... watch “Orchestral Composing with NI Symphony Series" now.

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Coming from a traditional writing background I now see the advantage that technology can offer; just the speed of getting ideas down is an enormous help. Will definitely use these techniques. great help.

I am a: Professional, Musician

I'm picking up a few good tips here and there. I do wish however that the examples of some of the settings and articulations were better musically and more "real world." Just tapping a key a few times while rotating through expression, attack, etc. doesn't demonstrate as well as some complete phrases that utilize these settings.

Unfortunately Mr Lendrum was out of his league in this offering with a distinctly amateur's understanding of orchestration coupled with what is considered to be considered the cinderella of orchestral libraries. Nevertheless it was his technical understanding of controller manipulation and FX which kept my attention to the end. His self aggrandisement remarks coupled with his over use of adjectives simply made me cringe when listening to his final orchestral "composite". It's ok that Mr Lendrum is neither an orchestrator nor a composer, but Groove3 (and NI) would better employ his technical expertise in areas that he himself is comfortable with. Mr Lendrum would make an excellent politician or at least a script writer for such, but orchestral libraries are not his forte. I gave it 2.5 stars simply for indirectly helping me understand the parameters of my R4 reverb plugin!

I learned a great deal about how to set up NI Symphony Series. I was also impressed with the ease of using Logic Pro to compose in.

I am a: Professional, Musician, Audio Engineer, Pro Tools, Reaper, Studio One

NI Symphony Series rocks! (Or at least orchestrates) - and this tutorial series puts you in the driving seat. Even if you perhaps don't have any desires to compose large orchestral pieces, (like me), this series of videos still contains much of interest. And, perhaps, if you do, even more so! I am in the former category, no Beethoven or Mozart here, but I do I like the sound of certain Orchestral sounds with an acoustic guitar and a vocal, very much indeed. Very interesting course. Thoroughly enjoyable and well presented.

I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Logic Pro

It is not my style of music, but it was a fantastic way to learn how to use Native Instruments Plugins...Specially this ones!

I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Producer, Ableton Live, Logic Pro

This series really helped bring this library to life for me and showed me a handful of things that I didn't know about this series that I was immediately able to put to use.

The course starts with an excellent and thorough introduction using the String ensemble. He then goes through the other ensembles explaining the differences. There is some repetition regarding the dynamics, articulations and mixer sections though this is a very minor criticism. The remaining videos give an excellent demonstration of composing a piece starting with instruments from the string ensemble and subsequently adding instruments from the remaining ensembles. I found these videos to be particularly useful and I highly recommend buying this course. I hope that something more advanced will soon be available.

I am a: Hobbyist, FL Studio

Really gets under the hood of what each section of the Symphony Series can do. Great tutorial!

I am a: Professional, Producer, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Cubase

I've often wondered about these Native Instrument "Instruments" but, after watching the Orchestral Composing with NI Symphony Series by Fabio Lendrum I feel confident that they are what I am looking for. Thanks Fabio.

I am a: Semi-Pro, Musician, Logic Pro

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