Composing : Live orchestra recording or vst instruments? by George Ioannidis

Most of the time I have to use samples. I've had gigs with real orchestras in concert situations, but more often the projects that come in just don't have the budget for it.

Same here! But I prefer the live orchestra of course

What size group did you get to use on this session?

Welcome to the community, George Ioannidis. What genre was the movie?

For this one it was:

Strings 16-14- 8 - 4

Woods : 2-2-2-2

Brass 2 trumpets - 2 horns

The rest I will add them with vst...

I will mix it soon and I will share it with you guys! Comments are welcome!

This movie is mystery with little a bit of tension

Congrats George Ioannidis , always so good to hear live instruments performing music you've written! I'm team live all the way, though as has already been mentioned VSTs have to do sometimes due to budgets

I like watching Mystery movies, George Ioannidis. And I like trying to figure out the mystery. Looking forward to seeing the one you scored.

That’s a good size and will sound nice. I had a gig come in this past Friday to do a string arrangement on a country tune. I’m sure I’ll have to use samples due to budget. It’d sound better with a pretty small section of live players. I’ve got a 2 mix of it with a basic band with acoustic guitars, mandolin, bass, drums, and vocals. It wasn’t recorded with a click so I’ll make a tempo map so bars will line up and go from there. I’ve worked with this artist before so it’s an enjoyable hang and I’m looking forward to writing something for it later this week. We have a phone meeting today to talk about arrangement. I’m on the west coast and they are on the east. Pretty nice that we can zoom and work with people all over the place these days. Keeps it interesting…

Congratulations on the gig, Linwood Bell! Hanging around the Composing Lounge is like learning a new language. :)

@Maurice I will share would be happy to hear what you have to say!

Linwood,share with us if you want to

George Ioannidis There's too much me in here already. lol

Ok, great, George Ioannidis.

Would love to have a live orchestral recording one day.

David Obaniyi I have no doubt that you will have that opportunity.

Always a pleasure having real instruments recorded by professional musicians. Samples are great for layering but are still missing the wonderful and irreplaceable emotions.