May 23, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Natural Phrasing of Brass Sustains Orchestral Brass players will always execute a natural decrescendo on sustained notes unless otherwise indicated by special dynamics. Many sample libraries come with absolutely flat sustains on the brass (in order to be loopable) and...
May 16, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Film Scores and Dolby Atmos Recent years have shown the rise of so called “immersive audio formats” such as Dolby Atmos, Auro3D and DTS:X. While all formats have different technical specifications and concepts, all have the advancement of providing...
May 9, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Varispeed For Tuning By now, most film scoring studios have the technical possibility to use Varispeed to compensate for the standard a= 442 or 443 Hz tuning of a normal orchestra by recording at a slightly higher sample frequency and tempo than what the actual...
Apr 18, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Getting Used to Different Monitoring Whenever you work in a different monitoring situation than the one that you’re used to, spend some time to get to know the system acoustically. Especially on scoring stages or mixing studios where it is really essential to have a...
Apr 11, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Revisiting Cues in the Same Recording Session When recording with real musicians, try to get a perfect take of a cue while you’re at it. It usually doesn’t work that well to revisit a cue “if we have time at the end” in order to get a better take. It will take almost...
Apr 4, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Influence of Recording Stage Size If you have a choice between several recording venues, you should make a wise decision, which kind of sound your music needs. The advantage of a small space is that you get a lot of precision in the sound. This is very useful when you...
