it's ctsai89 from viControl.. I find your composition so incredible!!

This just sounds incredible. I was wondering if you'd be able to share some tips on the CSS legato? How do you keep it soo buttery smooth? I tend to have some lag between where the dynamic shift is really noticeable. Thanks!

Cinematic Studio Strings

Composed by Brian Petuch
Performed by andPlay
Sound Engineering by William Gardiner

A note by the composer:
The Pequod is the whaling ship in Moby Dick. I read Moby Dick last summer for the first time while on the coast of Oregon. The immensity of the dark Pacific coast only made the book more real to me. While reading I contemplated the scope of the Pequod’s journey on the vast sea and the scope of Captain Ahab's futile quest to conquer the white whale, which led to the Pequod's inevitable demise. It was both beautiful and terrifying and this piece tries to capture the spirit of the novel. I use the electronics and strings in a way that at times are abrasive and grating in order to feel the immense weight of an unforgiving and impartial world, and other times the music emerges with moments of light simplicity out of the darker more sonically oppressive moments.

andPlay is
Maya Bennardo - Violin
Hannah Levinson - Viola
http://andplayduo.com/


Brian Petuch's Website
www.brianpetuch.com


EDIT: This studio recording is a replacement of the live recording at Cloud City in Brooklyn NY 2/17/16

The Pequod - for Violin, Viola, & Electronics

Excerpt of my piece Libera me with CSS out of the box.
The digital sheet music is now available on the website ASTURIA MUSIC :  www.asturiamusic.com
In a soon future and if everything goes well, I plan to make a version for choir and orchestra of it. In the meantime, you can listen to a choir unaccompanied version here on my Soundcloud channel.

Libera me (excerpt) - CSS Cinematic Studio Strings (out of the box)

Herewith what I did with a piece of mine that I wrote 20 years ago and never was able to get a right sound and intention in the string sound with samples. Cinematic Studio Strings is coming very very close.

This is the second movement from a small sinfonetta for strings: Sarabande.

Sarabande

Just got Cinematic Studio Strings yesterday, and this is my first test run with the legato! This track uses only the close mics, which are very detailed and rich. 

Surrounding Mist (Cinematic Studio Strings Test)

Cinematic Studio Strings (demo piece)

The Forgotten Waltz

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Reflection On Mahler

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<a href='https://theartistunion.com/tracks/b4bb13'>Download for free on The Artist Union</a>

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Hey there,

here is a little testing of the Embertone Joshua Bell Violin. This short piece took me about 1.5 hours. I played it in with my masterkeyboard and just edited it a little bit. You even could go deeper with that vsti. I got almost all the solo violins out there these days. This one IMO is the strongest i have ever seen. Check it out!

Veil of Passion

Music Teacher - plays organ, cello, clarinet

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