EQ, equalisation, is a powerful concept that you can use before you even started composing orchestral music (or music in general). Before you even wrote any note in your Digital Audio Working station. Use EQ as a clean up tool for every instrument in your composition and get rid of unwanted frequencies. This will boost […]
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Moon – Score This 8Dio
8Dio LLC celebrates the Moon Landing during the Apollo program in the 1960s and 1970s. NASA sent nine missions to the Moon, six of them landed astronauts safely on the surface. With this score I wanted to celebrate the mystery of the Blood Moon. Last year we had a beautiful experience in The Netherlands with […]
Panning explained
Panning is in it most simple explanation nothing more or less than positioning instruments in a room: left, centre and right. In this video I’ll lay out the principles of this concept in more detail. And I give you some quick wins – tips – how to get the most out of the panning concept. […]
Balancing Explained
This video is about a basic, but also essential concept to create professional, realistic and good sounding orchestral midi mockups: balancing. It seems simple, but this is a hard and difficult topic. It’ll take a lot of practice and effort to reach a professional level. Don’t forget to hit that like button if you appreciate […]
Dynamics explained
Last week I announced a series of videos about how to write music for film, tv and games. In this first video I’ll be talking about dynamics. A basic and simple concept that I think is really important to get good sounding and realistic orchestral midi mockups. Don’t forget to hit that like button if […]