You’re Not Ready

You’ve been told you’re talented. You just graduated music school. You have your plane ticket. You’re gonna be famous. Not so fast, Johnson.

2011 NAMM: MOTU and ADAM Audio

SCOREcastOnline.com’s Brian Ralston and Deane Ogden visit with MOTU and ADAM Audio at the 2011 NAMM Show.

Inside ProTools 9

With Pro Tools 9, Avid has finally taken steps to reach out directly to media composers. Let’s take a look under the hood.

James Semple: 2010 Tech Roundup

Although some have the luxury of working with live musicians, samples are a reality for a great many composers. Let’s look at some trends that took root in 2010.

Mixing: Technical Guidelines, Part 2

Recording and mixing music is a collection of skills that can take a lifetime to acquire. But almost every composer needs to do their own mixing sometimes, whether for a demo, low-budget project, or other reasons. The equipment keeps getting better and is widely available, especially with the computer software packages most composers work with. Let’s take a look at a few ideas and concepts about mixing music for the screen. Setting up your studio First of all you need an appropriate place to listen and work. A deep discussion of room acoustics is too much for this article, but for a fantastic resource check out “Acoustic Design For The Home Studio” by Mitch Gallagher….

Advanced Mockup Techniques

I’m going to dive in straightaway in this month’s column with a handful of advice for those of us that have to mockup our music (i.e., all of us). LEARN YOUR SAMPLE LIBRARIES The simplest way to do this is just working on a project. If you don’t have a big one on the table, make some exercises or write some library music- get to know the strengths and weaknesses of your samples, and their unique characteristics. Is there reverb on the sample? If it is nice reverb, perhaps you can leave it in or match your other samples using similar reverb settings. If not, can you alter the release or decay section of the…