With great plugins and sample packs, creating lush orchestral textures digitally is easier than ever, but making it sound real remains a challenge.
Tag: orchestration for strings
Articles to go with the course “Orchestration for Strings”
How Jonny Greenwood Uses Materiality, Clusters, and Aleatoricism in His Film Music
We break down a handful of composer Jonny Greenwood’s go-to techniques in examples from his scores to Phantom Thread and There Will Be Blood.
A Beginner’s Guide to Morton Feldman — an Intimate Encounter with Sound
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Essential Tips for Orchestral Positioning and Mix Panning
Having been a music director for a couple of open source game projects, I’ve reviewed…
The String Section – A Brief Context
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Mixing and Processing a Virtual Orchestra
When mixing music on a computer, you have a ton of advanced tools and processing…
How to Orchestrate an Endless Rising Tone Effect
The “Shepard Tone,” also known as the “Shepard Scale” or “Shepard Illusion,” is an auditory…
Student Spotlight, Volume 5: Listen to New Works by Student Artists
Each and every month, we start a new Mainstage session, welcoming in a fresh batch…
Orchestral Works for Children’s Education: Britten, Prokofiev, and Saint-Saëns
Inventive, exciting music plus an educational angle? Now that’s a Soundfly super combo! Here’s a topic we’ve…
Straight Outta Wakanda: How the “Black Panther” Score Fixed Marvel’s Music Problem
Spoiler alert! This article contains spoilers for the movie Black Panther. If you haven’t seen the movie,…