Need to Know (Orchestral/Cinematic)

Orchestral/Cinematic by Marc the Darc

This is my entry for the Hardware Jams fecesbook group, week 15, Guess the jammer challenge.
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Shared 2nd place in the vote, super proud here 😁 Highest ranking yet in the challenges.

This week we thought it would be fun to try and fool your fellow jammers!
We are going to play guess the jammer!
Your goal is to try and not get detected by your usual style of jammin, do something different and unusual.
During the streamthough we will all try and guess who it is!!
Videos will not be shown until we have guessed who it is, or reveal who it is on last minute of the jam!

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About the production:
Since the jam challenge was doing something completely out of character soundwise, I opted for a unique orchestral sound that I've been contemplating, and had a few unsuccesful attempts at, so nobody has really heard it so far.
Due to limitations of my hardware, this is almost exclusively software, to get the right sound. I have however stuck to the hardware jamming concept where ever possible, much of it is hand played, the vocal is one live take, and I arranged it live.
Especially the lyrics and vocal was hard to get right, and I was running out of time, so some of it isn't quite where I wanted it. And I could definitely have done more with the video to emphasise the "jammy-ness" of the track as a whole.
Still the sounds and harmonies are pretty bang on, I'm really proud of the overall result, especially as this is the first time I actually manage something in this style.

Gearbox:
TC Helicon Voicetone T1
Shure SM58
Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 2nd gen
Ableton Push & Suite 12
Akai APC40
Novation Launchpad mk2 & LaunchKey 49
U-He Hive2
Arturia; basically every plugin
FabFilter Q3/R2
Izotope Vocalsynth2
Toneboosters Barricade 4
House of Kush Silika

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