What could be more nightmarish than trying to re-open a mix that you’ve spent hours working on, only to encounter a fatal error that means you cannot open the .song file? We all know that sinking feeling you get when you first realize you may have lost hours of hard work. It’s especially painful if you may have lost a …
If you’re a Kontakt user running a large project full of virtual instruments, it can be very useful to have multiple patches loaded on a single instance of Kontakt, and route each of those patches to individual channels for mixing and processing. It allows you to consolidate your plugin instances thereby saving processing power. Here’s how! Insert an instance of …
In this free video tutorial I show a cool trick for using keyswitching in Native Instruments Kontakt to cycle between MIDI channels. A script is required which can be downloaded here: https://www.orangetreesamples.com/blog/free-keyswitch-router-multiscript
Part 1 Intro & Basics Continued 3. Strings: During the string sections relatively brief history as an orchestral section, it has seen a meteoric rise to prominence and indeed dominance in the ensemble. Innumerable scores from all periods demonstrate that composers have treated woodwind and brass as accessories to the string section, to which they typically entrust their most essential …
Sometimes, it is useful to be able to export individual sounds from a VSTi. Perhaps you want to edit the samples in an external editor, or maybe you want to use the sounds in an entirely different context (Like an app, or as a sound effect) In this quick tip, we’ll look at how to export all the sounds from …
MIDI Learn is the ability to assign DAW and plugin controls to physical knobs and faders on a MIDI control surface. Very useful for dynamically controlling filters, panning, volumes, delays and many other parameters that may change over the course of a track. Make sure your control surface or keyboard is set up properly in Studio One. In this case, …
Part 1 Intro & Basics Continued 2. Woodwinds: Of all the instrument families of the orchestra, the woodwinds have consistently proven the most difficult to define. The term “woodwind” can be a misleading one, as the various instruments are made of assorted materials including silver, brass, plastic and wood. Suffice to say that every instrument we now classify as woodwind …
Part 1: Intro & Basics 1. Preamble: Writing for the virtual orchestra is an art that has come a long way in the last two decades or so. With the advances in computer hardware, sequencing software, MIDI and instrument sampling, it’s now easier than ever to create astonishingly professional sounding orchestral music using readily-available tools, even for the beginner. Although …
Part 1 Intro & Basics Continued 6. Section Review: Choir More than any other group, the human voice is often omitted from discussions about orchestration and composition for large ensembles. It is rarely considered part of the orchestra, and indeed, one often neglects to think of the voice as a musical instrument at all despite it being the eldest and …
In this free video tutorial, I give a detailed walk through of how to use the Chorder found within the Note FX included in Studio One 4.
Microsoft Windows has been the world’s number one operating system for almost 30 years – it runs on everything from desktop PCs, laptops, tablets, phones, ATM machines, electronic billboards and many other devices. Because of its ubiquity, there are an enormous combination of hardware settings, system settings and audio settings available that can affect how Studio One will run on …
I just finished orchestrating the theme song for this years Global Youth Leaders Conference in Kassel, Germany 2018. The title of the track, and the theme of the conference, is “Pass It On” Check out more about the event at http://youth.adventist.org/GYLC
This macro is super-useful for tempo mapping in studio one. It splits an event at every bar for your entire song. Easy Way: Download the macro here Then move the file to your macro folder. On windows, it’s C:\Users\Documents\Studio One\Macros Done! Hard way: Alternatively, if you want to get a bit more control over the inner-workings of the code in …
A song I produced back in April has been released on iTunes and Spotify. “Human”, a song about homelessness, was written by Danny Dempsey and sung by Gillian Walsh All proceeds from sales are being donated to homeless charities including #HomesweetHome, #ICHHDublin , #MyNameIs and #EndHomelesssnessNow Stream it here on Spotify!
Just finished orchestrating a new piece of music – a short piece for piano and orchestra. Peter from Costa Rica on the piano. Check it out!
I contributed some orchestrations for the latest album “Treasure” by the Christian faith band “Deep Renewal”. Check it out here!
The very talented lyre player John Billing recently come to the studio to record a full album of Bach’s music. John recorded a selection of Bach’s music on his hand-made renaissance lyre, which is an ancient instrument shaped and played like a small harp. Check out John at his website for his tour and teaching schedules: http://www.johnlyre.co.uk/ …
I recently featured as a guest pianist on a new album by Nemo James- a folk singer/songwriter from Croatia. I also contributed some orchestrations. The album is called “Special Days”, and you can listen here! http://www.nemojames.com/albums/special-days
Just finished writing an orchestral part for a new song by the French band “Lucy, Raquel and Me”. The song is titled “Millions Out There”. Check out the track here!
Just finished a recording session with singer / guitarist Niamh Langan. She recorded two songs in the red room recording studio. Check it out!