Articles & News for Composers
Fury Distortion VST Plugin (Quick Review)
There are some types of music production tools and effects I seem to always want more of. Reverb is one, distortion is another. Check out the plugin here: Fury [...]
5 Tricks for Making Scary Music
How do you make scary music for horror movies, dark soundtracks and tension thrillers? Music is a language of many dimensions, first you have the melodic and ha [...]
3 Best Synth Plugins for Sound Design
Which VST Synth Plugins are the best if you want to do your own sound design, modulations, automations etc. to create your own unique sound presets? I have made [...]
3 Best Loudness Metering Plugins (LUFS)
Find the perfect plugin for measuring the loudness, using the standard LUFS measure system that all the broadcast industries like film, TV etc. have used for de [...]
How to use Stream Deck for Music Production
DAW controllers have been around for decades, but most of them are big, clunky, and in my experience you only end up using part of them. Now when I found out th [...]
7 ways to Improve the Acoustics in your Home Studio
Do you record audio in a room in your home that you use as your studio? Most home studio recordings are problematic because of the incredibly bad acoustics of o [...]
How to make your own Shaker Instrument
Shakers have been around forever, not only because it is such a simple music instrument to play, but because they add a lot of interesting variation in the rhyt [...]
Mixing Microphone Positions in Sample Libraries
Most modern sample libraries, especially in the orchestral and cinematic niche, have been recorded with several microphone positions. Often the microphones them [...]
Mixing a Drum Kit with Orchestral Percussion
Do you compose cinematic and orchestral music, and love the sound of those huge and powerful percussion instruments and drums in the orchestra? The recorded spa [...]
The Power of Basses and Cellos in Octaves
Layering double basses and the cellos in the string section of the orchestra is one of the foundations for a big, bold and clean low end in your orchestral musi [...]