NEW Spitfire Symphonic Orchestra - Full Tutorial

Spitfire Audio have relaunched their flagship symphonic orchestra libraries at an astonishingly low price - £499 for a collection of libraries that once cost thousands. At the same time we at ThinkSpace Education have re-released one of our most popular courses, Cinematic Orchestration at a new super low introductory price of £79! Today, Guy shows you how to orchestrate a classic cinematic orchestral climax while putting the newly relaunched libraries through their paces.

So watch this if you want to know:
• What Spitfire’s new Symphonic Orchestra collection sounds like
• How to orchestrate emotive cinematic climaxes
• Techniques for blending and layering instruments

Spitfire Symphonic Orchestra

0:00 Start
2:28. Building a quick SSO template
4:20. The new Performance patches
6:00. Writing the theme
7:35 Opening phrase – woodwinds
8:45 Strings
10:45 Brass
22:20 Layering brass
32:00 Percussion
33:20 Harp glissandi
37:30 The finished piece

[LiamHaleMusic]

If you've never been up close and personal, being inside an orchestra is one of the most thrilling musical experiences you can imagine

[edmundpotrzeba]

I’m 74 and have wanted to compose for many years, your videos have given me the confidence to try, thank you, thank you, thank you . ❤

[ribstones]

Dont be sorry for doing the video a bit longer Guy, every second “spend” with you like this is precious, thank you! 😁

[GenuineHeather]

Long time fan and student here. I've said this before, but you are so incredibly inspiring. You make orchestration look like child's play. I always learn something watching your videos. Often it's the tiniest subtleties that make all the difference, like blending articulations to produce a more impactful sound. I sincerely appreciate your generosity in providing these videos to the unworthy masses. Thank you. Regarding the new Spitfire library...holy cow. I was surprised and a bit confused to receive an email yesterday saying I owned this new library. I didn't see this coming and I'm just blown away. This is an astounding value and I love the new interface and programming. They truly breathed new life into these classic, beloved libraries. Amazing.

[aarondjacob]

When I saw the email about this release my jaw dropped. I already have Symphonic Pro but the redesigned legatos and inclusion of ALL THOSE PERFORMANCE PATCHES… it was an exciting morning.

[stephenshooterfineartist]

oh my, , , as always Guy, than for a lovely video, , , it looks and sounds amazing, , , when i'm feeling down, as i often do, i just lie on my bed and let your vids play, just to hear the sounds and imagine...our side of the planet, for most of us here, we will never be as lucky...thank goodness for Youtube...and your happy videos..i've followed your journey for a while now Guy, wonderful work...so THANK YOU for giving us a taste of the good life...regards from Durban South Africa...Steve Shooter

[roogrey]

I don’t think it’s possible for a video of you composing to go on for too long! 😂 As always, engrossing and educational in equal measure. Thanks, Guy!

[paulewingmusic]

Guy is getting cooler with each episode.

[mickimarbhmusic]

In this crazy world what we get from Guy is beauty 🙌

[anatomicallymodernhuman]

Spitfire’s key switches defaulting to the octaves below the keyboard drove me crazy at first. Then I got a Korg nanoKONTROL2 and assigned the bottom row of buttons to those MIDI notes. Now I love it. You use StreamDeck, right? That would work equally well. The big disadvantage to assigning key switches to notes on your main keyboard is that they’re at the low end for high inst and the high end for low inst. Muscle memory doesn’t develop as well because you’re reaching for different places. Get your key switches on a separate controller where Legato is always button 1, long is button 2, CS is button 3, etc. It improves your workflow more than you’d think.

[AuskellMusic]

If you were looking to get your first symphonic library, and you wanted the most out of your investment, might you pick this one?
Also on my radar is NI's Symphony Essentials.
Thanks for this video! Always helpful to see how someone experienced puts something together.

[necrodogs]

I first heard this motif on the track Crash and burn from Malmsteen's album The seventh sign. I never get tired of the feel of those few well chosen notes 😊

[doctorcane]

I saw the page and got the email, looked at it, saw some nice additions since I already had symphonic winds. This was a no brainer. Just downloaded. and now to get to work

[gilesmoss]

I've got a lot of Spitfire libraries but always stopped short of the Symphonic series because I just couldn't justify the price for a hobbyist. I told myself fairly firmly: I DEFINATELY need to better use the ones I have AND sharpen my skills at orchestral composition, and don't need any more libraries. Yet I couldn't help but watch your video, you're that inspiring. And, darnit! SSO sounds REALLY great, it's such a distinctive sound, and inevitably I now want it! I'm not buying it at the intro price (20% off isn't enough of a discount), but next time they have a >=40% off sale it's probably top of the list.

[league]

What really counts at the end of the day is not so much which libraries you have but rather the quality of the composer/ orchestrator using them. They are not a magic fast track to avoiding the hours of learning the essential skills. As Guy always tells us: if you put rubbish in, you get rubbish out!

[CampbellDownie]

Bought it today ... cant wait to get into it once my 24 hour download has happenend hahahahahaha great video thanks heaps.

[SvenH]

Always a joy looking at him doing his beautiful thing!

[sandwich-breath]

Great working review this library! There's always something to learn from your demos no matter what library you're using. I'm topped up with Spitfire libraries and can't don't see the need for anything at the moment but it looks like a major improvement on their interface and implementation. Looking good!

[kylebattlesmusic]

Was waiting for this before purchasing! Their symphony orchestra series has been on my wish list for a couple years now, but the price was too much for me to commit. Dropping it to an intro price of $499 (I think $620 regular) really made this a no-brainer for me, but was certainly waiting for your video before buying it! Excited to use this along with Chamber Strings and Albion One. Thanks Guy!

[maleake]

Great job, Guy. I was surprised to find yesterday that I had a free version of this retooled library coming my way. You've now inspired me to get busy and write something just utilizing this library.