Paul Thomson, one of the founder fathers of Spitfire Audio, launched a challenge on Youtube recently. The #winpaulsmacpro challenge. The assignment is quite simple. Use a recorded voice pad from Paul in a cinematic music track with a length between 1 and 2 minutes. With the use of minor and/or major modes. The price to […]
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Imperial March – Star Wars
Star Wars belongs to our cultural heritage. The music is truly phenomenal! Written by John Williams, the man that plays in his own league. He is one of my biggest examples and a never ending inspiration source. How great it is then to attend a live performance of the International Symphony Orchestra of Lviv and […]
Mastering Orchestral Music
After watching this video about mastering you’ll be able to finalise your version of the orchestral music track Show Opener. And I’m really curious about your version! Share it with me before the 1st of December through Google Drive or Dropbox and I’ll add it to the showcase I will create. So we can all […]
Objectivity in orchestral mixes
How do you actually know that all the adjustments that you did during mixing, made the track sound better? We need some objectivity on this matter, cause we can’t always trust our ears. The brain is a complex psychological thing which can trick us. We need to protect ourselves 🙂 Don’t forget to hit that […]
Mixing Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion
How to mix woodwinds, brass, percussion and the piano and harp in a realistic orchestral mockup? That is the question that I’ll answer in this video. I’ll show you my workflow, the plugins that I use and why and how I use them. Hopefully this will give you some guidance when mixing your own orchestral […]