Salvé // using Orchestral Tools Tallinn only

A few years ago Orchestral Tools released their Tallinn vst instrument. Beautifully recorded strings, choir and organ, with a strong and touching character. It instantly reminded me of some of the Arvo Part recordings I had listened to.

In my composition Salvé I use Tallinn only; Legato and portamento long strings supporting the choir, by doubling and adding lines. Using ‘Sylabs long’ for the choir, with legato aaah’s for the soprano’s (in some fragments). This is all supported by the Tallinn 'Choir organ'. The Tallinn choir comes with just a 'female' and 'male' playable vst instrument, so I've splitted them up becoming a SATB choir, creating 4 tracks at some moments, and doing some stereo balanced panning there for placing.

Concerning the depth: In the mix I use a half of the Tallinn surround mics and some FabFilter Pro-R Reverb (Cathedral 2, my favorite). I'm a sucker for reverb. specially when composing chruch kinda compositions, creating depth, space and distance, as I feel the reverb almost acting like some sort of auditive history.

In the mix I did some push & pull EQ ‘ing on nearly all seperate tracks as well as on the auxes and masterbus, using a variety of EQ’s, all doing a little. For this ocassion I also tested out my freshly bought SSL plugin; Fusion Stero Image, that’s more of a widener, using it on auxes and the masterbus, all just a touch.

The video was compiled using footage from Pexels and the Orchestral Tools Tallinn trailer. In the video I also show screenflows from the midi events in my Cubase Pro 11 project file.


Be well,
Jeff Hijlkema

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