Black-Wulf said:
nono sry pal I was away for some days...
to answer your questions:
1.money isn't the point, I got some nice connections...
2. I thought of some kind of program which doesn't need an instrument or sth. like that. so its the 2nd part of your question I guess.
If money is no object then theres lots of options, but Im going to assume there is a limit to your connections
. After you get started you could always find out the top of the range stuff by yourself. Its really just a case of upgrading what you have, if you can, and buying the really expensive libraries that you'll end up spending thousands on. Im going to reccomend some entry level stuff, which will get you started but also show you where to go and what kind of thing to look for.
(All prices are in British pounds because for some reason I cant seem to find US retailers in a quick google. )
Number 1 thing you need is a sequencer. (Im going to assume you're on PC, if not let me know). I would reccomend Cubase, simply because the top of the range version is very good and easy to use.
http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/products.php?m=Steinberg&b=Cubase+Series
The entry level version Cubase SE is at a reasonable £99, but I use the full version so I dont quite know if it leaves out any important features I couldnt live without. Still, at a quick glace it should be great to start out with and especially when you're on a budget. Next up is Cubase SL at £249 and so on up to Cubase SX3. If your "connections" can get that and you're serious about this it will do pretty much everything you want sequening and audio editing wise.
Now the fun bit, what sounds do you use? You may have a flashy new sequencer but without decent sounds you arent going to get very far.
Everything depends on what your ears like best, but be warned some people are very skilled at using samples, mixing and engineering and if one or two demo tracks sound just too good to be true,
IT PROBABLY IS. Theres one product in particular you need to watch out for for doing this and Ill point that out to you below. The point you see is that when you are just starting out you will not know how to use this stuff as well as these guys, so to buy based on a couple of amazingly good demos to your ears may just mean you will be frustrated in the end when you recieve it. Look at all the demos as a whole.
Just go down this list (which is in no special order) and check them out. Listen to the demos and see which ones you like the sound of best. In the end you may like some sounds from one, and some sounds from another, which is fine and most people mix sample libraries.
Kirk Hunter Emerald:
http://www.kirkhunterstudios.com/v2.html
(Note that this one does
not come with its own player, so you'll need a sampler like Kontakt 2 to run this one. (
For your needs I really wouldnt reccomend GigaStudio.) I believe he is either working on a stand alone player or there is already one but its not finished yet, not sure.)
Quantum Leap Silver:
http://www.soundsonline.com/sophtml/details.phtml?sku=EW-161PROB1
(This is the link to the bundle of the Expansion edition being sold along with the original. You can find links to each on their own on the page. This is the entry level version of the library in the Quantum Leap Orchestra range.
Garritan Personal Orchestra:
http://www.garritan.com/
(Beware. Go listen to all the demos before you make up your mind about this one. Its mostly not that great samples dressed up to look fancy, trust me. The piece playing on the front page sounds impressive but the guy mixing that is very good and is using a really expensive reverb (google: Altiverb) It is a very complete set of instruments though and comes with everything you need to get started with good support and community. If you dont mind getting results like the worst sounding demos there, you will probably be more than happy with this collection.)
Miroslav Philharmonik
http://www.philharmonik.com/Main.html?prod_MP
(An old library thats been remastarted and added unreleased content. Some really good stuff here. Also comes with a pretty nice choir!! Unlike the other libraries, this one used to cost thousands and thousands about 4 or 5 years ago.)
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If you have enough money, I'd go with two of these sample libraries. Theres much more I could list but once youve looked through all this though you should have a pretty good idea at how to research this by yourself.
3. well I want to create some tunes like the real wing commander 3 and 4 sequences, you know the intro e.g. with all the fantastic instruments playing...and I heared some guys...I guess from WC saga made a tune like that. If you whant to know what I mean follow the link.
https://www.wcnews.com/news/update/5154
and thanks for answering
No problem. Its about the only thing I actually know a lot about so I dont mind sharing what I know.
I dont know what the guy used in that WCSaga track, I dont reccognise the sounds, but it might very well be from a hardware keyboard like some of the Rolands.
Honestly the sounds in Wing Commander 3 and 4 werent actually very good, especially Wing Commander 3. But what made the music so cool was how well sequenced they were and how well orchestrated they were. George Oldziey is a really really good composer! They are also mixed really well too, but the point Im making is that even good sounds can sound bad without good composition.
What Im trying to tell you is that you can have the most professional sounds and software and equipment in the world, and you can still make bad sounding music and you'll wonder why. Ive learnt this through experience, I used to blame my sounds when something sounded bad but almost every single time was my composition that was the one that sucked. If you are not musically trained it will be be very frustrating to start but if you stick with it you can make it eventually. It just means basically learning by trial and error. If you can learn some theory it will help tremendously. Its kind of like trying to understand a complicated program without reading the manual.
In other words, while pretty much any of the samples I suggested above will be able to make better "sounding" tracks than Wing commnader 3 and 4, it is your composition that will really make the difference. I hope I got that point accross. Making orchestral music can be very rewarding when you get it right, but you really cant cheat so easily as you can with dance based music.
Good luck !
Ed
PS: Make sure you have a decent PC. And I would still reccomend a keyboard if you can get one because its nice to improvise ideas once you get the basic hang of it.