DSmolken
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A girl I work with has written a slow song that we want to try giving a real old-school soul vibe, like "Ain't No Sunshine" or something in that territory. I have pretty good orchestral samples (Miroslav Philharmonik 2 plus my own cello and double bass samples) and we also have a cellist who plays live with us, so I think I got the tools to pull this off.
So, any tips or examples of arrangements that we could follow? Miroslav's 14-violin section is probably too big especially since playing a three-finger chord will make it 42 violins, and the solo violins all have too much vibrato to make a smaller ensemble from multiple layers, so it won't quite nail the sound, but I think we can get close enough to the general vibe.
Here's a track we did a few months ago with a funk-inspired acoustic sound. For this new song we want to go more soulful and more old-school, but not totally trying to make everything sound like it was recorded in the 1960s with equipment that existed at the time.
So, any tips or examples of arrangements that we could follow? Miroslav's 14-violin section is probably too big especially since playing a three-finger chord will make it 42 violins, and the solo violins all have too much vibrato to make a smaller ensemble from multiple layers, so it won't quite nail the sound, but I think we can get close enough to the general vibe.
Here's a track we did a few months ago with a funk-inspired acoustic sound. For this new song we want to go more soulful and more old-school, but not totally trying to make everything sound like it was recorded in the 1960s with equipment that existed at the time.
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