Orchestral Intransparency

Aug 1, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical

Orchestral Intransparency It is in the nature of orchestral music to not be able to hear every instrument clearly in the mix. Some instruments like woodwinds even regularly “drown” in tuttis and their only purpose is to add to the ensemble sound. This is actually a...

Loops, Prerecorded Phrases and Presets

Jun 13, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical

Loops, Prerecorded Phrases and Presets The use of loops, presets and prerecorded phrases is seen very controversial among the community of composers with some people using only their own individually programmed presets and loops. There are of course two sides to this:...

Natural Phrasing of Brass Sustains

May 23, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical

Natural Phrasing of Brass Sustains Orchestral Brass players will always execute a natural decrescendo on sustained notes unless otherwise indicated by special dynamics. Many sample libraries come with absolutely flat sustains on the brass (in order to be loopable) and...

Varispeed for Tuning

May 9, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical

Varispeed For Tuning By now, most film scoring studios have the technical possibility to use Varispeed to compensate for the standard a= 442 or 443 Hz tuning of a normal orchestra by recording at a slightly higher sample frequency and tempo than what the actual...