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Hi all, I used to come to this forum all the time. It really helped me grow with my compositions. I've met a lot of composers in IRL from this website. I'm really glad it's still around. Anyway, I wanted come back here and share a piece I wrote for an amusement park. I hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/CQQofPp2IDo?si=BCQZJbE16Hb1_fhF

Thanks everyone for listen and the kind words!!!! I really appreciate it! The orchestra is Cinematic Studio. It's very versatile and very very easy to work with. I have to touch my mod wheel much less than other libraries I've worked with. The choir is Audio Imperia, and the ethnic instruments is East West Ra. My reverb is Valhalla, very cheap and gives a great sound. Bjarke! It's good to see you here! Thanks!

Thanks for the info! Apparently MuseScore 4 does have ways of changing the individual velocity of each note! I will test it and see if I get the hang of it. MuseScore and Sibelius seem to lack a lot of options, though. Apparently Dorico is the software that mixes best DAW features with a notation software. I had the Reverb but it was really low. I increased it but, as you said, the piano does not sound realistic without putting care into each individual note. What I did originally was having 4 different staffs (so two right hands and two left hands) so I could have one with only the melody and extra notes I wanted to be louder and other one for the rest of the notes. Of course this was cumbersome and annoying, so from now on I might be better off changing individual velocities 😅 Thank you!

I enjoyed this so much. I listened to it 5 times in a row. As others commented before, I am also curious about which instruments you used. Thank you so much for sharing!

You can use MS Basic Soundfonts, Musesounds or Berlin Orchestral Piano, it doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is that you apply a reverb or delay effect to the piano track. You can do that in Musescore by downloading from MuseHub Reverb and Delay effects which were originally created for Audacity. Of course, Musesounds tracks already have an applied automatic reverb so you shouldn't have to apply another reverb to it. But another thing that the Musesounds Piano might lack is the ability to nuance the dynamics. Usually you should be able to bring out specific notes you want to bring out in high relief above other notes in the same hand on a piano, by going into the properties tab of a note and increasing its velocity. But that doesn't work with Musesounds pianos, only MS Basic Soundfonts (and that is how I prefer to do it). Using MS Basic Soundfonts it then becomes necessary to apply the audacity reverb effects to make it sound better (the piano sounds by themselves aren't that different from each other I think, but they can be really made to shine with proper application of reverb, panning, delay, and bringing out the most important notes through velocity values).

Wow Adamich It's really awesome to see you on the forum I didn't knew you where here too. just to clearify I am focusmrbjarke from youtube and as you know I been following your amazing compositions for some years. It's really amazing to see you here and I hope we can see more of your here if that is what you want 🙂 Welcome back to the forum! All the best. Bjarke.

Hello @Adamich and welcome back to the forum! My friend on this website @Bjarke mentioned you in a personal message and the next day I know here you are! What a wonderful piece and realistic mock-up! You use many unusual instruments in this rendition, care to inform us what they are? (and what libraries you used?) Also, I noticed that the choir is singing actual words - what language are they in? The piece is perfect for an amusement park as you intend - it's well themed toward depicting it's titular subject and it is upbeat, using percussion to create an energetic vibe. Great job and thanks for sharing!