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The Amadeus Symphonic Orchestra gives you access to a wide variety of solo and ensemble instruments, orchestral sections of various sizes, choirs and even full “symphony” patches, all for about $149. Produced by Don Williams and Tracy Collins, the Amadeus includes great woodwinds, strings, percussion and other instruments’ sounds. The user interface is tidy and straightforward, and lets you choose between different octaves. You can also customize the scripted legato. The symphony feature combines a whole orchestra into one instrument and gives you detailed control over things like volume, key range and relative positions of orchestral sections.

Key Takeaways:

• The Amadeus Symphonic Orchestra is a complete sampled orchestra, available to users for less than 200 dollars.
• The sampled orchestra features solo instruments, ensemble instruments and ensemble orchestral sections, large and small.
• The Amadeus Symphonic Orchestra features a full Symphony patch and only takes up 10 GB of hard drive.

“Suffice to say, it has all the bread and butter stuff that you would probably want for 90% of what you would ever compose.”

Read more: https://ask.audio/articles/review-amadeus-symphonic-orchestra

When producing a professional sounding track, you wan to ensure that any electrical instruments that were used throughout the recording process do not come across as too manufactured. One way to guarantee that electric drums don’t sound too over-produced is by manually assigning certain methods manually through the MIDI learn function. Assigning each individual drum a task through this process will result in a sound that is much more natural and less processed in its presentation.

Key Takeaways:

• Whatever group one is in, a v-drum veteran or trying his hands on electronic drums for the first time, tweaking those settings is for everyone.
• Truth be told, electronic or virtual drum instruments are hard to master in the past but things have improved considerably over the years.
• One has to realize that factory sounds aren’t useless in themselves. They are not a waste even if one needs to have a virtual drum to play with.

“Using electronic drums doesn’t mean they have to sound robotic. Here are 4 top tips to help you add a human feel to your sampled or synthesized beats.”

Read more: https://ask.audio/articles/4-tips-for-tweaking-electronic-drums-to-sound-real