This Virtual Instrument Sounds Like A Real Instrument
Benbrick plays "The Only Shortcut" on Keyscape
Yesterday I bought and downloaded Keyscape containing 80 GB's of keyboard samples. I wanted to make a video demonstrating just how expressive these virtual instruments are becoming. You may not realise (or have given much thought to it) but these days it is possible to create music without any instruments.
Spectrasonics have been one of my favourite creators of sound libraries for a long time. I use their instrument Omnisphere 2 on almost every piece of music I create. Last month they released Keyscape which has been in development for over 10 years.
Each individual note is multi sampled. The idea behind multi-sampling is to record each particular note on the piano (or indeed any instrument) at individual velocities. This means when you trigger a particular note using your MIDI keyboard the sample that plays back will be dependent on how hard you press the key.
Watch the video above to see me playing The Only Shortcut which I also talked about in an earlier post.
I am still waiting for the new song to buy :)
I think it will be Friday!
Following you now. Just watched "and so she runs."
Great beat and loved your voice.
thank you!
Wow ! This is awesome .
analogue purist triggered
Lol but i agree, many softsynths are getting so good these days! Well i consider samples to be part of the softsynth category.. do you usually work in the box first?
Almost always!
I like to re-record real Cellos and Violins (although companies like Spitfire are really pushing the boundaries in that world too). Pianos are almost always samples and they almost always make it into the final mix.
It's also possible to get some incredible unique sounds too (not just perfectly recorded pristine samples). Spitfire Felt Pianos is one example (for £2!). And SoundDust Ships Piano is another cool & wonky piano.
Pretty incredible and would love to hear this live i order to make my mind in relation to this. It sounds amazing, thank you for sharing and namaste :)
Nice man! I'm a music producer as well...https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@steemit-life/music-producer-that-has-worked-with-grammy-award-winners-nominees-already-on-steemit What are some of your favorite DAW's? Favorite VST plugins? Would love to know man! Thanks:)
I looked up those Spitfire packs for string instruments and they sound great. They're charging a pretty penny but I'm sure its worth it! I'm not materialistic but being a multi-instrumentalist and home studio owner the list of things that I'm thinking about getting is endless haha. Great post brother, I will be dropping my own music as well by end of this week, cheers!
Check out the Spitfire Labs range for some much cheaper (but still really great) alternatives!
Thanks for taking time to make the recommendation @thisisbenbrick I will definitely do that! I am actually having trouble meeting up with a cello player to record my last song and might just have to do spitfire haha, cheers! Ps check out my introduce myself post I released today if you have a moment. I would be grateful :)
sounds amazing, thanks for the post!
Thanks for the information!
Very nice!