In this educational pack I break down my solo violin and orchestra piece "As The Years Pass", which I composed as a demo for Embertone's acclaimed Joshua Bell Violin.
This MIDI Study Pack serves as an hands-on orchestration and composition lesson, and provides particular value to owners of the Joshua Bell Violin Instrument.
This MIDI Study Pack comes packed in .zip format and contains the following files:
.mid - This is a MIDI file, which can be opened in any DAW or notation program (although opening it in a DAW like Cubase or Logic is recommended).
.cpr - There is one Cubase 11 project file included for Cubase users. The only reason to use the .cpr over the MIDI is so you can see the additional volume automation I am doing in Cubase, and to see how I am using (minimal) FX.
.wav - This is the final, mixed version of the piece for your listening reference.
.wav stems - In the event that you want to recreate the piece with your own libraries, you might find listening to these stems useful for reference reasons.
.nka - this is a Kontakt script array file, which you can load into the Joshua Bell Violin Instrument to change the settings from the defaults to the ones I’m using in this demo.
.pdf - Readme and Study Guide
The attached PDF doubles as a readme for information on how to use these files as well as notes that turn this study experience into a guided composition/orchestration lesson.