WRITTEN BY OPETH (Album: Deliverance - 2002)

All instruments recorded by me
Vocals provided by Rymrgand (Benjamin Håkansson)
https://soundcloud.com/rymrgand
Check him out. Seriously. Now.

There is also my guitar playthrough of the track in youtube. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IewPCUy2xfo
Read the description in the youtube vid for more info on the cover.

Deliverance ft Rymrgand (Opeth cover)

Symphonic Strings Tremolo Dynamic Range (pppp-fff) Test

PACIFIC in context of other instruments. Here is a short piece that I did as a speedwrite challenge - no reverb or processing/eq (subtractive or otherwise) of any kind. Orchestral elements are pre-alpha patches from Pacific Strings, ABP-Soloists, and very pre-alpha patches from Voyage Percussion. Pacific legatos are pre take-selection and pre balancing.

Pacific - The Stars in Her Eyes (50m speedwrite - no verb/proc) - By Jasper Blunk

Texte : Luciole Langevine
Musique : Vasco Ribeiro Morais https://soundcloud.com/user-363430534-348495792
Les êtres-tambour ont la peau tellement fine qu’elle frémit, 
sensible au moindre souffle de brise.

Les êtres-tambour ont la peau qui se tend et vibre, amplifie les couleurs de la vie sur tous les tons. Sur tous les temps.

Ils ont le cœur qui  palpite, palpite et frissonne, caressé par les ondes des tendresses vagabondes.
 
Les êtres-tambour tremblent, quand les cris dissonants les transpercent et déchirent jusqu’au profond des tripes. Les êtres-tambour tremblent.

Les êtres-tambour rêvent, silencieux, d’un doux cocon ouaté qui estompe le monde et d’une ombre portée pour prendre le relais et absorber le vent. 

Alors, en attendant, l’impossible ou la fin, ils résonnent et résonnent, et rien, jamais, ne pourra réprimer leur murmure et leur chant.

les Êtres-Tambour  - musique Vasco Ribeiro Morais

Los Quince Años De La Chu

Music: Torbjørn Vagle and Oddrun Eikli
Musicarr. Piano and organ: Torbjørn Vagle
Voice and lyrics: Oddrun Eikli https://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli
Thank you so much Oddrun for writing this music with me and for giving your beautiful voice to the song.
Lyrics:
som i ett lite barns fryktløse blikk
åpnes mitt hjerte i ditt
i ett åpent sinn deles min glede med din
som ett lite barn

Preludium (Oddrun Eikli and Torbjørn Vagle)

Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks" soundtrack for ADAM Audio Soundtrack Competition 2020

Nighthawks

Your Majesty - Oliver Patrice Weder (BBCSO CORE)

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Organic Hybrid & Pulse Tests

New spiccato example from Voyage development. 

Very early, rough version of one of the NEW cello spicc patches (there are multiple types). Along with another type of bass spiccato (also very early). These particular bass spiccatos are rather clumsy and were re-recorded, so they do hold back some of the nimble nature of this demo a bit. Dynamic xfades and timing isn't finessed yet for the cellos. 

I suppose I'd call this spiccato style "motion spiccato."  It's a bit more cohesive and connected (for between-pitch material as well, though this is a challenge) - it has a long way to go still, but it's a step forward from the more basic spiccato patch in the library. If I were to re-record this vc patch I would have gone for slightly higher hand position (the A-String on cellos is a predictable issue, among other things), but there's a good number of shorts patches to choose from and a variety of options. I might re-record this particular spicc style for vc, but we'll see - no promises.

As of posting this, longs in the strings are up to 15 dyn and shorts up to 13 dyn. EDIT: 14 dyn on shorts.

No processing, EQ or verb on this example. There are a LOT of harmonics, noises, as well as a degree of "pre-note" (as some people call it) on these particular shorts (and the library as a whole), so if you are particularly sensitive to those things you'll definitely want to avoid this library. Those things are part and parcel of capturing from performances (especially the particular, faster performances I'm having them do in some cases), and oftentimes basing the sampling process around "how can I get the cleanest recordings" compromises the performance.

All subject to changes.

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Voyage - Vc+Db Spiccatos (VERY early PRE-alpha)

Note: No external reverb, EQ, or processing was used on this example, aside from panning the close mics. Featuring a pre-alpha version of AWP.

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Symphonic Strings Tremolo Dynamic Range (pppp-fff) Test

Performance Samples