The two most important plug-ins you must have access to in your DAW are EQ and reverb. Of both, you can find free ones as well as average ones all over the Internet. For YouTubers and hobby sound engineers, it’s fine to use those. For projects like movie, TV series and documentary post-production, though, only the best will make you win awards.… Read More FabFilter Pro-Q 3 Equalizer plug-in
Sample library developer Orchestral Tools and top music school Berklee College of Music are about to deepen their ongoing collaboration with a brand new Virtual Orchestration channel on YouTube.… Read More Orchestral Tools and Berklee College of Music Launch Free Educational Series on YouTube
You have convolution reverb and algorithmic reverb plug-ins. Polyverse’s Comet is a purely algorithmic reverb with controls that enable you to automate its settings and morph from one reverb preset into another.… Read More A reverb for the biggest of spaces and still spatially accurate: Polyverse Comet
Supermodal is a cutting edge filtering tool with a huge collection of presets. Supermodal uses hundreds of narrow filter bands working together to emulate the resonating qualities of acoustic bodies, both real and imagined. The results are astonishing, even if you only scratch the surface.… Read More A modal filter that’s almost a synth: Polyverse Music’s Supermodal
Orchestral Tools has released its latest sample collection, Salu. The Salu collection is a set created by performers at the Arvo Pärt Centre in Estonia. Pärt’s music is always delicate, close to religious, with a high degree of sacrality. The Salu samples collection draws on those qualities with a unique assembly of close, intimate, experimental instruments and textures. It has been designed for sensitive, inspired musical expression.… Read More Orchestral Tools Salu samples collection perfect fit for introspective drama, psychological thriller, and more
I present to you Analepsis, a classical / cinematic music piece I composed with a large number of the Orchestral Tools sample collections I have reviewed so far. … Read More Analepsis – a classic / cinematic music piece I composed
Shortly after my review of the ReMarkable 2 e-ink tablet, ReMarkable started working on a version 3 of their firmware and its release yesterday has changed everything — for the worse.… Read More ReMarkable 2 with firmware version 3 – a review reconsidered
Since early December, film music makers have a new sample set to add to their collection: Metropolis Ark Ø, a collection of three by Orchestral Tools. Metropolis Ark Ø concentrates on large orchestral movements that go hand in glove with majestic scenes, but it can be surprisingly subtle as well.… Read More Playing a full symphonic orchestra with a MIDI keyboard: Orchestral Tools Metropolis Ark Ø
Sample library developers Orchestral Tools have released their latest sample collection — Drones by Alexander Hacke. Designed by Sascha Knorr and Timo Loosli, Drones explores the titular musical effect through a series of instruments chosen specifically for their atmospheric and evocative qualities, providing lengthy (some over a minute) sonic textures ideal for sound design, avant-garde composition, and film and game scoring.… Read More Orchestral Tools Drones review
Sound Devices just announced the A20-Nexus, a compact, expandable digital wireless receiver that is designed to serve as the hub of the Astral wireless range which also includes the A20-Mini and A20-RX.… Read More Sound Devices announce A20-Nexus digital wireless receiver
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