Nov 21, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Microphone Spill When recording a real orchestra, unless isolated in separate booths or recorded in several sections, you will basically hear every instrument on every microphone. This goes particularly for loud instruments like percussion and brass in forte or above....
Nov 7, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Mix Delivery in Stems When delivering the music to the film mix, often a separation into so-called stems is requested, meaning that you don’t deliver a complete mix but several tracks with different instruments like one for woodwinds, one for brass etc. This gives...
Jul 26, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Recording musicians separately Whenever you record an instrument or a section separate from the rest of the orchestra/line-up, never just record them to click and nothing else. Musicians hate playing something without hearing or knowing the context that they’re in...