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Ron there's no way I would accidentally mix up your music with someone else's. You definitely have a distinct musical identity. This piece is very mystical and ambient and could very well illustrate an Ice Castle. There's a lot of distorted melodies and I picture myself walking through the castle looking at my reflection being distorted off the glass like ice. As I have said before I really don't care for this kind of music, but I did like the part at 6:00, which toned down most of the craziness and had somewhat of a melodic identity. One thing I don't like is the EWQLSO gong. It sounds so cliche I hear it all the time. I typically like to modify it to where it's not easily recognized or use a different instrument to produce a similar effect. Anyways, keep up the good work Ron.

Marius you sure know how to bring a guy down, but in a good way. So what suggestions would you give to make my strings and such sound more humanistic? I assume you know that I'm using EWQLSO Gold symphonic library. What things can you do to introduce those specific elements that you might suggest?

Do you export individual track s to audacity or the whole thing as one file?

You've mentioned you can get more volume using audacity. How do I do that in audacity?

K, I tried some of the things we talked about Rolifer. Tell me what you think of the new version.

Thanks Rolifer for the comments. Question, What is a volume envelope? Limiter for the Peaks? I'm completely ignorant to mixing. All I do is bring up the mixer in Sonar. Bounce all of my midi tracks into Audio. Play each one individually make sure it doesn't peak. And then play it all together and see if the master peaks. If it does I take the volume down.

I like it. In the beginning, since there is a lot repetition (which is fine), I would suggest having your strings swell. The music definitely has that epic feel. The second part where it's bigger really sounds more regal and feels like it gives the character some sense of duty or honor. Keep up the great work.

Here is an Action Cue I wrote. It sounds like it could work in a movie possibly more so a game. What I'm looking for is production advice. Mixing, etc. Other advice is welcome too. Time's up Time's up- New Version

Sounds really good Marius. I can really tell your a fan of James Newton Howard.

I went to the Kontakt site and I was confused at which program I needed. This will probably be the last question, which one do I need?

Thanks Marius for the input. Since I know you know a lot about these subjects I'll ask you another question. To use the Drums of war and other cinesamples with a Daw like Sonar which runs with my EWQLSO plugins, do I need to get Kontakt or can it be used standalone like EWQLSO? And if I have to get Kontakt what exactly is it? I guess thats more than one question.

Curious, what would be the EWQLSO equivalent to the Drums of war and Cinetoms? Are these better? Cheaper?

They sound good and the price is cheap. That's all I can say with my limited knowledge

You guys aren't giving me the answer I want. I want you to say that $100 will get me positive results. Oh well. Since you recommend spending a little more money what would you recommend in the $200 - $300 range in a normal room?

Hey I don't know if this has been asked if it has just point me to the right thread. I'm looking for some music monitors for my computer. I'm looking to spend $100 max. I looked at bose speakers their cheapest is $99.00 their nicest is $400.00. Does anybody know if the $100 ones are good or of some that are better in that price range? Bose Speakers