Nov 28, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Mix Automations in Orchestral Music Mix Automations are pretty common in music productions. It basically means that you program parameters of the mix (like fader levels, pan, reverbs etc.) to change automatically during the course of the track, e.g. raising the levels...
May 30, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Fingers off the Pan Knob The standard panning knob (or balance on a stereo signal) works in a way that it simply changes the levels of the right and left channel according to where you set it. Therefore, on stereo signals it only seems to change the direction of the...
Nov 16, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Panning Instruments After the Scoring Session You should be aware that it is practically impossible to change the panning of an orchestral recording in the mix. As you use the signal from the decca tree in the room as your main mix signal, you can place the (usually...
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...