Score: 10
"I agree..."
date: March 24, 2009
With Setu-Firestorm. The orchestration is good and you combine slower sounds in the strings with the melody in the woodwinds to good effect. Sometimes in slower pieces the beat is lost because of legato playing that isn't set against anything rhythmic. There is always something to help the listener keep time in your piece.
In a slower piece like this, you can really drench everything in reverb (within limits, though) to cover up the synthetic nature of the samples.
I also think that Setu-Firestorm is absolutely correct in that one of the things lacking in most orchestral music on NG is dynamics. One of the things that sets apart the pros like danman87 is the use of volume and dynamics to make his parts more expressive. I have not used Edirol Orchestra but with EWQL Symphonic Orchestra there are certain patches that are set up so that volume changes with movement in the mod wheel. Using effects like that to create crescendoes and decrescendoes I think would really add to this piece.
Overall, though, your piece is very well done and uses an accessible but not contrived chord progression to get the message across.
PGegen
May 6, 2009
Author's Response:
Hey, thanks for the great review! I'm still trying to learn the odds and ends of FL Studio, but I'll be sure to update my songs as I become more experienced with the program! ^_^
