In this article you will learn all about Bitwig Studio Favorites, Collections and Smart Collection. The Bitwig Studio Collections and Smart Collections help you organize your favorite plugins and presets into accessible folders in the Bitwig browser. Favorite Collections makes Bitwig Studio one of the fastest DAWs to work in if you learn how to […]
Make Music with the MacBook Touch Bar
Did you ever wonder if it’s possible to make music with the MacBook Touch Bar? To me, the touch bar always felt like an obselete feature. Was it a huge miss from the Apple department? The touch bar does work nicely with Logic Pro X. But it’s as easy to just make the edits with […]
How to score action scenes – Film Scoring for beginners E05
In the latest Film scoring for beginners episode 5 we look at how to score action scenes! Welcome to Film Scoring For Beginners episode 5. In this episode we look at how to score action scenes in a film. Todays film score is from the short film, Bag of bones. A film I scored a […]
Alchemy Preset Pack – NEPTUNE released
The Alchemy Preset Pack NEPTUNE is a MUST OWN library for everyone that uses Alchemy inside of Logic Pro X! NEPTUNE adds excellent new production-ready patches to the Alchemy synth in Logic. In NEPTUNE for Alchemy you will find Majestic Pads, Tropical House Flute stabs, Tonal Percussive sounds, Kalimbas and much more. Check out the […]
Best Synths of NAMM 2021 – Believe In Music
Today we look at the best synths of NAMM 2021 – Believe In Music. NAMM is the yearly music convention usually held in California (Anaheim). Due to the current ongoing covid-19 crisis with restrictions on public people gatherings and travel restrictions the NAMM convention now appears in a digital form. I’ve collected some of my […]
Vital Presets Pack – OMEGA
OMEGA // Vital presets pack +80 carefully crafted presets for Vital! OMEGA demo song #3 – Future Bass OMEGA demo song #2 – Summer Chill OMEGA demo song #1 – MEGA DRIVE Take a listen to the first demo song, MEGA DRIVE (synthwave), which was produced solely with presets from the Vital Mega Presets Pack. […]
How to sidechain in Bitwig Studio
In this article and video we will look at how to sidechain in Bitwig Studio. Sidechaining is one of the most important production techniques to learn for any modern music producer. Obviously, there are different ways to achieve sidechaining in a DAW like Bitwig Studio. In the video I show how you side chain with […]
Best video format for film scoring or audio post
In general, less compression gives better playback / scrubbing performance. Generally you want to work with less compressed video file formats when editing. A less compressed video format will tax your cpu less during playback. When you play back an encoded file format the cpu (or hardware gpu) will have to decode the data in […]
Playful Math (Lek och lär med matte) v1.50 for iPhone /iPad released
New version of Playful Math (Lek och lär med matte) released for iPhone/iPad 2021-01-16. New in v1.50: Selectable multiplication tables 1-10. Added sound when switching hats. Updated privacy policy link target. How to select multiplication tables in Playful Math In the main menu – activate level 7. Select which of the times tables you want […]
How much should You Charge To Compose Original Music
Pricing your work is very individual, but critical for any producer. Across the industry you will see people charging everything from $50 all the way up to $2500 per minute of music. But how much should YOU charge to compose original music? If you are new in the game with little experience you are obviously […]
Maschine Plus Review – Standalone music production
Native Instruments latest Maschine, the Maschine Plus is a standalone version of the Maschine experience. The Maschine finally comes with a built-in computer so you can finally experience the Maschine workflow completely standalone from an external computer. The Maschine Plus goes for £1,099 €1,299 $1,399 depending on your country and region. Check here (Amazon) for latest prices. […]
Should you buy a new MacBook with Apple M1 Silicon CPU for music production?
On November 17 2020, Apple launched three new ARM-powered computers, which is the first step in moving away from Intel CPUs to their own CPU design. The Apple M1 Silicon processor. Initially Apple will release three new machines, the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro 13″ and the Mac mini which all feature the newly designated M1 […]
How to make Halloween music
Today we look at how to make Halloween Game Music. We break down my track, Frankenstein Castle that I was commissioned to write for the game company come2play a few years back. In the halloween music tutorial we talk about arrangement, harmony, melody, instrumentation, templates and much more. At the end I hope you will […]
Bitwig 3.3 Beta – What’s new?
I just downloaded the brand new Bitwig 3.3 Beta and it’s some really exciting new additions in there like a new synth device, Polymer, with wavetable support! The Polymer is basically a new synth with an oscillator, sub-osc, filter and envelope pre-setup for you to get started with sculpting your sounds. If you got an […]
Rhythm Timing Exercises – How To Play On Beat
If you have a hard time playing in time there are several exercises and techniques you can use to improve your timing. These rhythm timing exercises are relevant to any kind of musician or producer. Playing any kind of instrument. Be it finger drumming on the latest Maschine+, MPC or the upright piano. My name […]
Film Scoring For Beginners #4 – Theme Variations
Welcome to film scoring for beginners episode 4. How do you transform an original melody into different moods? Learn music arrangement tricks that I use to awake certain moods in a film score. Film Scoring for beginners #4 In the Film Scoring for beginners episode 4 I show my work process when it comes to […]
