Young, ace assistant DA, Shelby Cook, works with driven cop, Mike Holland, to catch Daedalus, a serial killer infamous for luring his victims to their deaths through labyrinth traps. Three innocent men have already taken the fall for Daedalus and when Daedalus strikes again, Shelby finds herself defending the latest man accused, a retired and respected judge--who also happens to be her own father.
She collected dust for years, thought of as nothing more than a novelty. But one fine day, in the mid '00s a certain young composer pulled The Gremlin from forgotten obscurity (and quite possibly saved her from that great guitar field in the sky), and the rest is history...
This is no toy. She has been lovingly added to every film score I've ever written, in some form or another.
Here, I've sampled some muted finger plucks, and then created 7 custom .nkis that are perfect for atmospheric sound design - from warm and beautiful to icy and fragile.
All sounds and instruments ©2013 Blake Ewing Music. All Rights Reserved.
I thought I play around with the newly introduced poly-legato feature in Loegria 1.1
and see it compares to the regular sustain patches in this post.
To do this, I played in triadic chords with the sustain patches, added cc1 (mod wheel) data,
and then copied this to another track an octave lower for the low strings.
After that, I copied each of those to matching Legato tracks and adjusted each of the triad members' velocity data,
as that is how Loegria determines the polyphonic function.
Rinse and repeat for the half sections, and c'est voila!
Happy to announce the premiere of "The Real St. Nick" with original music by Jeff Toyne.
I orchestrated/programmed and composed additional music for this one. Tune in!
Premiering tonight on Lifetime at 10/9CST, The Real St. Nick” tells the story of Kate (Torrey DeVitto), a nurse at St. John’s Hospital. A couple of days before Christmas, a cute young man (Callard Harris) in a Santa costume is brought into her ward, unconscious. When he wakes up, he is convinced that he is Santa Claus and explains that he fell off his sleigh during a routine “test run” before Christmas. At first he is disregarded as crazy, and placed in the psychiatric wing; however everyone in the ward–patients and staff included–cannot help but feel the warmth of his Christmas spirit.
To further show how I've personally used these two different libraries,
here are two demos that hopefully show off some strengths of each library.
Ultimately, I think combining the two libraries will give the most flexibility,
and offer the most variety in ensemble sizes and articulations.
Here is a comparison of the Albion 1 & 2 Brass Longs and Legato patches.
From Albion 1, I'm using the Horns/Bones, and from Albion 2,
I've used the Horns/Euphoniums and Sacbuts.
Here is a comparison of the Albion 1 & 2 String Shorts Patches.
More comparisons to come, including horns.
Here is a comparison of the Albion 1 & 2 String Legato Patches.
I've divided this into high and low strings. Lines are played at the octave, depending on the patch used.
More string comparisons to come, including shorts.
As a follow up, and via a suggestion from Andy Blaney, I've increased the velocity on the first note of all
Albion 2 examples in the audio below in order to create a harder attack on the first note of each phrase.
Spitfire Audio has released the next iteration of their (mostly orchestral) Albion series, with Albion 2 'Loegria'.
If the focus of vol. 1 was on the epic cinematic style, vol. 2 is all about cinematic beauty and detail.
Here is a comparison of string longs from both libraries playing the same material.
More string comparisons to come, including legato and shorts.
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UPDATED with new Loegria 1.1 String Longs example.
