Sep 27, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Writing “For Samples” Even with all the advancement in sampling technology, you unfortunately still need to write “for samples” nowadays. This means that you need to keep the strengths and weaknesses of your samples in the back of your mind and...
Sep 20, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Click Track Bleed Click track bleed is one of the most annoying things that can happen in a scoring session, especially when it only gets discovered later in the mix. It results from the click on the headphones of the musicians spilling over to the microphones....
Sep 6, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Learning a new Software Every now and then, you have to learn how to use a new piece of software, for instance you switch to a new sequencer or simply get to know a new sample library etc. With quite complex software for music professionals, the learning curve can...
Aug 30, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Music Mix as Part of the Concept Not only your musical concept and style is part of making a score homogenous but also the mix. If you record a live ensemble for your score, you will most likely have a quite homogenous mix throughout the score as the room/mics etc....
Aug 23, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Combining recordings from different rooms Combining sample libraries or recordings that have been recorded in different rooms with different ambiences in one piece is usually not that much of a problem as some people think or make believe. Especially in more tutti...
