NYC’s own Heavyocity has released their latest pack of cinematic scoring tools – GRAVITY. The new virtual instrument comes with over 12GB of sounds, ranging from pads, hits, and strings, to ethereal chimes, ominous drones, and more.
Accompanying the standard editing tools, GRAVITY is complete with its own unique editing Read more...
For those of us that love music/sound synthesis, sound designing, and electronic production, we are living in glorious times indeed. We now have a vast ocean with a plentiful bounty to fill our synthesizer appetites. Every week it seems I’m reading yet another email or news article about a new Read more...
Since its release, Synthmaster—a semi-modular synth by KV331Audio — has garnered heaps of praise from audio critics: Rob Mitchell of Soundbytes wrote that it’s “tough to find something it can’t do.” Musicradar.com labeled the software, “Everything you need in one synth.”
A bit of full disclosure: I’m a contrarian, so Read more...
As music licensing has become a bread-and-butter revenue stream for so many recording artists, songwriters and composers, a number of licensing companies have emerged in recent years, promising to help rights holders sell their music.
The spectrum of services and solutions ranges from turnkey publishing companies to highly personalized licensing Read more...
One of New York City’s classiest composers, Frank Ferrucci, will be presenting a free film scoring workshop on Wednesday, July 11th. The 2.5 hour class will be put on in conjunction with the Manhattan Producer’s Alliance (ManhatPro) – the NYC-based media education, professional mentoring and networking community for music professionals. Read more...
