How to mix strings 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 orchestral strings in your own orchestral mockups. Don’t forget to […]
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Mixing Orchestral Music
With todays video we start a new chapter of the FREE masterclass Realistic Orchestral Mockups: Mixing! I will discuss my philosophy on the concept of mixing, exporting midi and importing audio and three plugins that I almost always use on my master bus: Voxengo Span, iZotope Insight and iZotope Ozone Imager. So let’s start mixing […]
Walkthrough Awakening
In this video I go in depth. I’ll talk about the concepts of dynamics, balancing, panning and EQ clean up. Very important basic concepts. Concepts that you need to apply to create realistic orchestral midi mockups. I use my orchestral music track Awakening for this walkthrough. Don’t forget to hit that like button if you […]
EQ Clean Up
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 […]
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. […]