When layering sounds, what sounds work well together from the same or different categories? Have you combined sounds that you've never heard of that really work well together?

Hi MM:

Hope all is well in Scotland and with you. I can't remember anything that might contribute to your topic... but will give it some thought. Meanwhile, Happy New Year!

The old standby, piano and slow strings, strings piano and choir and hundreds of others. Too many to mention
MEL

Plus 1.

Gary

My trick to layering strings with piano
- increase the release of the strings
- make damper pedal only work for the piano part..

But i dont think Kurt wants to hear the obvious combinations..

Piano works good with several instruments..
Try with some percussion for example
Or a churchorgan with choirs..
Or brass and strings... and set brass for only high velocity range..
And layering the low end of a piano with a bas sound, requires some work as you want the volume of the bass to slowly degrade to zero from C3 to c4...
And how about layering the low end of a steinway with the high end of a yamaha grand, same way as with the bass.. from c3 to c5 the steinway volume slowly falls, as the yamaha volume comes in..

But thats still the usuall

Piano and panflute is also nice..
And my secret tip, bagpipes and percussion with lots of wide cathedral reverb..

It depends on if you sing or not.... Be your own maestro with your own music there are no rules..

When you say Bagpipes and Percussion what Percussion ?

Bagpipes go very well with some string voices, though I heard them used once with vibes and the effect was excellent.

Gary

Try vibraphone and put it one octave lower and half the volume of the bagpipes..

Thanks folks. When panning the sounds how much do you normally separate the sounds ?