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Top 10 Music Studio Backup Solutions 2019
Top 10 Music Studio Backup Solutions 2019 All hard drives will break and fail after years of use and abuse. It’s a fact. You need to have a proper backup system because God forbid your system breaks and your hard drives freeze in the middle of a project and you are on a deadline. Proper […]
Top 10 Simple But Amazing Plugins 2019
Top 10 Simple But Amazing Plugins 2019 Simplicity is the mother of virtuosity and sometimes less IS more. That is the case when it comes to audio plugins. We all love them and we all need them but sometimes their GUIs and options are too much to comprehend. This is why we scouted for some […]
Top 10 Best Free Kontakt Sample Libraries 2019
Top 10 Best Free Kontakt Sample Libraries 2019 Everybody loves getting free stuff, especially musicians and composers who know how much an average instrument or software library can cost. That is why we scouted some of the best free Kontakt sample libraries out there that will help you get started composing if you’re on a […]
Enhancing Realism In Orchestral Samples Part 3 – Percussion
Enhancing Realism In Orchestral Samples Part 3 – Percussion Part 1 and part 2 of this three part series dealt with the melodic instruments of the orchestra of strings, winds and brass and here we are in the final part of the series talking about percussion. Percussion instruments are all about the rhythm. There are […]
Enhancing Realism In Orchestral Samples Part 2 – Brass
Enhancing Realism In Orchestral Samples Part 2 – Brass In part 1 we talked about the string section and how to set them up in a template, and how to manipulate their midi data in order to create more realism. In this part 2 we will do the same thing, only this time for the […]
Samples, Soundsets And Plugins – What’s The Difference?
Samples, Soundsets And Plugins – What’s The Difference? Here at VST Buzz, we have great deals on all kinds of different music software. We regularly receive questions about compatibility and which software is needed to run the products. The music software market has fragmented into products of many types, all of which create sounds in […]
Enhancing Realism In Orchestral Samples Part 1 – Strings
Enhancing Realism In Orchestral Samples Part 1 – Strings How to get THAT sound with your orchestral samples is one of the most commonly asked questions among upcoming composers today. Many youngsters think the right thing to do is to mix the guts out of your tracks by processing them with various plugins simulating vintage […]
Simple Tricks For Customising Factory Sample Libraries
Simple Tricks For Customising Factory Sample Libraries Kontakt FX Kontakt ships with dozens of high quality studio effects offering a powerful (and free) way of customising and personalising otherwise generic factory presets. To begin, open any instrument and click on the wrench icon on the left to open, for this example I’ll use the “Rock […]
Creating A Loop Based Composition
Creating A Loop Based Composition Like it or not, loops are a mainstay of music production. Whether you use them as a jumping off point for a new track or as the primary material for a composition, there is no doubt that they can be useful. In particular loops can be great as an exercise […]
Hidden Gems In Kontakt’s Factory Library
Hidden Gems In Kontakt’s Factory Library 1 Orchestral Believe it or not there are a handful of very useable orchestral instruments included in the Kontakt Factory Library. If you are a new media composer who is still developing their collection of high end virtual instruments or if you are just looking for some alternatives or […]