Thanks for all the detail, Daniel. Vienna MIR 3D Pro is well outside my affordability, but it sounds great. Teldex, that’s the new studio built early in this century at Teldec Hall, the German equivalent of Abbey Road studio 1? That’s some space for ambience! Thanks again.
Stephen, I think Teldex is a bit smaller than Abbey Road Studio 1, but yes, that’s it. Maybe not to drift off into a discussion about other developers too much (sorry, guys!), but Orchestral Tools records there a lot, which means a lot of the bread and butter stuff in my template already has the “Teldex sound,” which makes it convenient to try to mix other instruments in there as well. To be honest though, you probably wouldn’t need MIR or Berlin Studio, you could also use something else. I’m only mentioning it because these 8 instruments were essentially soloists and basically recorded dry, so positioning and reverb are very relevant factors.
And thank you, Eleri!
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I’m not even close to making it all the way through this thread, but I’ve really loved what I’ve listened to so far! I’ve been lurking for a long time, but decided it was time to “be brave.”
Since 2016, I’ve participated in a Song-A-Day group where we all attempt to write, record, and post a track every day for the month of February. It has, quite literally, been a life-changing experience.
Occasionally, I give myself an extra challenge or constraint (e.g., only three pieces of gear, pre-defined track length, different genre every day, etc.). My constraint for some tracks this year was to use only presets with no editing and, for extra credit, the default patch if I could make it work.
In many ways, using Crow Hill libraries was cheating, because everything sounds so lovely. So here are my entries for February 11, Climbing Crow Hill, and February 20, Faint Glyphs. These links are to my personal website, but don’t worry about reading the blog entires unless you’re just interested. I hope you enjoy them!
Addendum p.s.: @christianhenson the first track is D&B. I’ve enjoyed your accounts of the early days and loved the video where you showed how you mapped the Amen break. Gave me a lot of ideas. 
Thanks for all of the wisdom and experience over the last several years!
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Great chilled tracks - early 2000 after party vibes. It’s great how you’ve documented the creation of the tracks too! Hear your frustrations but there is some humour coming through which I enjoyed! Lovely work!
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