Hi Ros, I’ve only spent about 30 minutes playing about with this new library and so far I find it has some very good atmospheric sounding qualities about it. I’m sure that there is a whole boat load of goodies in this one but I’ve only touched the surface of this one so far so my advice may not be of the best of help. I’m running so short of time to complete my remaining unfinished compositions that are just piling up. As soon as I get close to finishing a composition Christian goes and releases a new plugin and so I get distracted with it because it sounds fantastic. I bet this applies to most of us hey. I can’t say yes or no to whether a flute fits in well this library at the moment because its a subjective question and depends maybe on what type of composition you want to compose. I will leave that up to you. However, I purchased it for its sound design uniqueness while also buying it at a discounted price and I’m very glad that I bought it. You can’t beat a bargain. It sounds very different to all of Crow Hills string libraries. I’m sure someone with your creative ingenuity will be able to incorporate it into a flute composition but please remember it’s not the same as Rachel Portmans - Tides Libray by Orchestral Tools, ok. Stay safe and stay creative.
Thanks Michael - I’m so pleased that you’re enjoying it, and hope you get more time to play soon ![]()
Rachel Portman is a genius
but not looking for that kind of sound just now so that’s cool - my big splurge library was bbcso core which I love and keep finding new things - who knew growly tenor trombones were hiding in a velocity layer! now I’m collecting little esoteric and/or more editable sets of sounds, particularly solo voices like that raptor violin with all those different playing techniques… feeling pleased about its sound design qualities sounds great!
Thanks again for your time and thoughts Michael ![]()
I’m not sure of the kind of flute music you have in mind, so this might not be entirely helpful - but to my ear, some of the articulations for the Prehistoric Strings instruments have a quality that reminds me of instruments in the viol family. I think they could potentially work well with solo woodwind, in the same way that viols can in an early music context.
I was unable to resist the urge to test this theory, so here’s a setting of a segment of the 16th century tune My Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home for Raptor Violin, Hadrocello, and Fat Rex with the BBC SO Core solo flute.
Oh thank you Ed! That’s great! Yes that’s just what the sounds reminded me of, and made me think of fun to be had with my flute and recorders - thanks again for your thoughts and time ![]()
A wistful bamboo flute or Shakuhachi would go really well with this.
Thanks Eleri, a lovely blend ![]()
Did you make something that you can share with us? ![]()
Hello everyone - i made a video in canva for the track I created with this - edited it to be black n white/ noir effect - and a blinking effect - all for extra dramatics! If you watch it, I hope you like it!
Nicely done Eleri. Where was the video shot? The video in black and white made the whole thing even more interesting for me.
Come on Ros. I sense a fantastic composition coming from you with all those flutes and recorders. Let’s hear it. ![]()
This is lovely Eleri, I was getting a Norse vibe from it!
Hello Michael! Thank you so much! I have made this all in CanvaPro - so the footage is all available for me to find and use as part of the subscription and I don’t have to get outdoors and film stuff myself - which is rather handy. I searched for abbey and church ruins in the UK
and then applied the noir filter to it all to echo the shadow title, and to align with looking in on the past - like looking at ye-olde-days black and white photos.
Like something out of Valheim - Maybe up in the mountains! Thanks Vishen - appreciate you watching and listening!
I love the way you always choose very good video footage for your compositions. It makes your compositions even more compelling and appealing to the listener. I haven’t got around to adding video footage to my compositions yet. I’m just gonna spend the next 12-24 months on getting back into composing and taking it from there. I personally need to spend a lot of time re-educating myself when it comes to music. Ive forgotten so much if not 90% of what I had previously once learned from many many years ago. Even so Eleri I’m gonna take a look at CanvaPro and see what it’s all about. It seems interesting. Keep up the good work Eleri and keep combining your lovely music with your video footage ok. It will help to express yourself through your music. ![]()
Thank you very much for your kind words, Michael!
I’m sure the music making will all come back to you - it’s got to be a bit like riding a bike? Muscle memory?
Regarding Canva - there is a free version also - which only means that there are fewer stock videos, templates, functionality and storage to use - but you can still make really lovely things with that version. That’s how I started. You can use it to make all sorts of things - not just videos - but I use it primarily for videos, YouTube shorts and other assets for releases such as album art and social media things. When you do eventually get to it, if you have any questions about it - post them on the network forum and I’ll happily answer as best I can ![]()