Spitfire Audio – Abbey Road One (Review)
Abbey Road One: Orchestral Foundations is Spitfire Audio’s very first collaboration with the iconic British Abbey Road Studios. It seeks to capture the highly-praised sound that Studio One has infused countless orchestral film soundtracks with. This includes featuring the same players, instruments, microphones, and gear that was used on scores by film composer greats like John Williams, Howard Shore, or Alan Silvestri.
Cinematic Synthesis Course – Evenant (Review)
Today we’re taking a look at Evenant’s online course Cinematic Synthesis – Digital Sound Creation. This course, hosted by producer and Ableton-certified trainer Big Jerr, is focusing on the creation of cinematic synth sounds heard in soundtracks of recent blockbusters and TV series like Dunkirk, Blade Runner 2049 or Stranger Things.
Spitfire Audio – Eric Whitacre Choir (Review)
Eric Whitacre Choir is Spitfire Audio’s latest addition to their roster of premium sample libraries and their very first symphonic choir product. Created in tight collaboration with Grammy Award-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre, this new choir instrument seeks to go beyond the beaten paths of angelic, sacred and apocalyptic vocal sounds.
Creating Trailer Sound Design with Karél Psota (Interview)
As part of our review of Evenant’s Trailer Sound Design Course we had the chance of interviewing the course’s tutor, sound designer and composer Karél Psota. We had an enjoyable chat about inspiration, workflow, secret sound design tricks and…Pokémon.
Spitfire Audio Albion ONE 10th Anniversary Edition Review
The year 2017 marks Britain sample library top-dog Spitfire Audio’s 10th anniversary in business, which is why the brand decided to celebrate this special occasion by enhancing their best-selling product to date – the ALBION ONE epic composer toolkit.
Laboratory Audio Strikeforce Review
Today we’re taking a look at an interesting new cinematic percussion library from a newcomer brand in sampling: Laboratory Audio’s very first product STRIKEFORCE. Strikeforce seeks to deliver the big and massive modern film score percussion sound made popular by recent Hollywood blockbusters like Mad Max: Fury Road, Deadpool or Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice.
Gothic Instruments – DRONAR Dark Synthesis Review
After the first three successful installments, Gothic Instruments is back with their fourth volume of their exclusive drones & ambience creation engine DRONAR…
Interview With Robert Leslie Bennett
Today we’ll be interviewing Robert Leslie Bennett, renowned composer, conductor, multi-instrumentalist and founder of Glory Oath + Blood – a well-known Los Angeles-based trailer music production company. Their tracks can be heard in all sorts of prestigious Hollywood motion picture advertising campaigns and video games.
8Dio – Legion Series: 66 Cellos (Review)
Today we will be checking out 8Dio’s latest addition to their acclaimed Legion Series product range: the new Legion Series: 66 Cellos.