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Composition runs in David Newman's family, and he's become one of Hollywood's most sought-after writers of music for film.
Want to write music for picture? To deal with tight deadlines, multiple rewrites and ever-changing picture edits, you’ll need to be on top of the technical requirements of the job.
We investigate a newcomer to the orchestral sample-player scene and provide a quick round-up of the 'powered processing' options available to DP users.
A collaboration with a renowned composer and electronic music pioneer launches Spitfire Audio into outer space.
Last month, we introduced Cubases VST Expression facility. Now its time to build your own multi-articulation instrument.
Walter Taieb enjoyed worldwide success as a dance producer, before reinventing himself as a classical composer. Working with violin prodigy Vanessa-Mae tested both his orchestration skills and his music technology expertise.
Like Ronseal products, EWQL's Colossus is pretty much as it's described on its container, offering the user a vast 32GB sample collection supplied on eight DVD-ROMs. Size, however, isnt everything — or is it?
Dubai welcomed in 2019 with one of the biggest spectacles ever staged. Dom Jones created the epic soundtrack.
Are modern orchestral sample libraries really good enough to power an entire 90‑minute film score? Mark Russell found out the hard way...
Prices for former top-of-the-line hardware samplers are ridiculously cheap these days. Emu...
Today’s TV composers have no choice but to operate a Zen studio. Where’s the fun in that?
I have recently bought an Akai S5000 sampler and I am attempting to create samples of some synths I have...
IK Multimedia follow up their highly acclaimed MODO Bass with a percussive counterpart.
Cakewalk’s Rapture soft synth has been completely reworked and re-imagined: introducing Rapture Pro.
Long a favourite amongst film and TV composers, Digital Performer now embraces loop-based production and live performance.
This suite of sampling, effects and live performance software, with a bundled 65GB library, is feature-rich but also up against heavy competition. Can it make its mark?
Combining multitimbral sample playback, loop tempo matching, synthesis, multi-effects and an 8GB sound library, is Plug Sound Pro the only software sound source you need alongside your DAW?
The Sequential Prophet X combines analogue and sample-based synthesis in one enormously ambitious and flexible instrument.