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Maybe the introduction progression is the most interesting part of the piece. I found it the other day and I probably took inspiration from Gesualdo.

About the rest of the piece I tried to convey the imagine of a knight who has been defeated in a Souls-like universe. I wanted to portray the feeling I got from the music when I first played these videogames that I love so much.

I hope you enjoyed it and see you next time!

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A complete failure, really.

If you want to get that Dark Souls sound, you need much, much crappier string samples; perhaps from a '90s children's CASIO keyboard. This is much too high quality and musical for Dark Souls.

 

In all seriousness though it's a great, short piece. My only suggestions would be that I personally yearned for a bit more movement in the bass and felt the violin line could've been at a higher dynamic. You're using Musescore? I'm not sure if you've got the Berlin First Chairs, they're fairly cheap (at least when I bought them). I'd try the violin on that for the 1st violin here; I bet it would be great.

Other than that it could benefit IMO from just a SMIDGE more reverb tail to really go with that isolationist feel of Dark Souls. 

The only thing I would say actually disappointed me about the piece, was that ending chord. I really think a darker harmony at the end would really drive it home.

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  On 1/28/2025 at 9:14 PM, Alex Weidmann said:

I decided to go with Cinestrings Solo, since it had much better ratings. 
It has some annoying bugs though, where some notes are much louder than others.

The available articulations are very limited also.

 
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Those bugs are a problem across musescore and that's why I don't use it very much, but I found less bugs with Berlin.

And yeah, I can't recommend Cinesamples, even as a company, in good faith to anyone. I only use them presently for the woodwind trills and the odd legato patch from the brass. Other than that, it's one of the few libraries I regret buying over 15 years.

Their samples are simply not very good, there are many imbalances between articulations, and very few dynamic layers for what market themselves (and are priced) as big league libraries. Their customer service is also the worst I've ever had to deal with in software. The 1.8 update to Cinebrass for me would not detect the samples on any other mic position than the default. I did everything they said to try, and when it didn't work, they straight up ghosted me. 

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I confess I have no idea what Dark Souls is, but THIS is a very fine muscal idea!

   I agree it's a little dry and would benfit from a small amount of reverb.

 

Wondering how wonderful it would be with a string quartet and the different tibres, colors of the insturments?.....

 

  Worth expanding on, for sure!  

 

     I can only once again recommend Vienna Symphonic Library for solo strings--and pretty much anythin else.  The special editoins V1 is now one package (not v1 and v.1 PLUS) and you can get it at about 40% at least once a year when there is a sale.  They are well supported and work with Dorico, Sibelius, etc...

  The new SYNCHRON SOLO VIOLIN is excellent--very expressive with a nice but not intrusive vibrato.  Articulations are extensive....

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  On 1/27/2025 at 12:30 AM, Alex Weidmann said:

Beautifully melancholic.

Reminds me of Bach, as it seems to contain hints of the Baroque style. 

 
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Thanks! Yes, I agree it has some Baroque hints, most of my counterpoint is based on Bach's influence. The melodies aren't too special but the sonority is more videogamey.

  On 1/27/2025 at 2:11 AM, AngelCityOutlaw said:

A complete failure, really.

If you want to get that Dark Souls sound, you need much, much crappier string samples; perhaps from a '90s children's CASIO keyboard. This is much too high quality and musical for Dark Souls.

 

In all seriousness though it's a great, short piece. My only suggestions would be that I personally yearned for a bit more movement in the bass and felt the violin line could've been at a higher dynamic. You're using Musescore? I'm not sure if you've got the Berlin First Chairs, they're fairly cheap (at least when I bought them). I'd try the violin on that for the 1st violin here; I bet it would be great.

Other than that it could benefit IMO from just a SMIDGE more reverb tail to really go with that isolationist feel of Dark Souls. 

The only thing I would say actually disappointed me about the piece, was that ending chord. I really think a darker harmony at the end would really drive it home.

 
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Oh, but I don't focus too much on libraries and sampling for now, it's just a miniature I came up that day.

Yes, the bass doesn't do much here, it is more like a support. I only use MuseSounds, but I will consider buying some libraries later this year.

Yup, I usually put some reverb but I was too lazy with this one haha.

  On 1/29/2025 at 9:05 AM, AngelCityOutlaw said:

 

Those bugs are a problem across musescore and that's why I don't use it very much, but I found less bugs with Berlin.

And yeah, I can't recommend Cinesamples, even as a company, in good faith to anyone. I only use them presently for the woodwind trills and the odd legato patch from the brass. Other than that, it's one of the few libraries I regret buying over 15 years.

Their samples are simply not very good, there are many imbalances between articulations, and very few dynamic layers for what market themselves (and are priced) as big league libraries. Their customer service is also the worst I've ever had to deal with in software. The 1.8 update to Cinebrass for me would not detect the samples on any other mic position than the default. I did everything they said to try, and when it didn't work, they straight up ghosted me. 

 
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What libraries do you think are worth my investment if I only use Musescore for now. If you had to pick your 3 most reliable libraries and which ones are best for each group of instruments (strings, brass, etc.). I have no idea about all that and I never really used a DAW.

  On 1/29/2025 at 6:46 PM, Rich said:

I confess I have no idea what Dark Souls is, but THIS is a very fine muscal idea!

   I agree it's a little dry and would benfit from a small amount of reverb.

 

Wondering how wonderful it would be with a string quartet and the different tibres, colors of the insturments?.....

 

  Worth expanding on, for sure!  

 

     I can only once again recommend Vienna Symphonic Library for solo strings--and pretty much anythin else.  The special editoins V1 is now one package (not v1 and v.1 PLUS) and you can get it at about 40% at least once a year when there is a sale.  They are well supported and work with Dorico, Sibelius, etc...

  The new SYNCHRON SOLO VIOLIN is excellent--very expressive with a nice but not intrusive vibrato.  Articulations are extensive....

 
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It is a dark fantasy videogame! I really suggest people checking it out, it is a classic at this point.

Yes, I left it open just in case I want to reuse it for a future epic piece.

How about Musescore? And how expensive is it usually?

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  On 1/31/2025 at 7:51 PM, Ivan1791 said:

What libraries do you think are worth my investment if I only use Musescore for now. If you had to pick your 3 most reliable libraries and which ones are best for each group of instruments (strings, brass, etc.). I have no idea about all that and I never really used a DAW.

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For Musescore, I would use Berlin winds, brass and strings. Spitfire is also not a bad choice.

 

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