The excellent SoundToys DECAPITATOR gets the What It Does treatment. Putting it through its paces and seeing what it does visually with the Bertom EQ Curve Analyzer. Soundtoys Decapitator I love to visually see how something is changing the audio I’m working on, especially the first time I buy something. Read more…
With the latest Batman film now being released, Marcus Hedges thought he’d go back in time and try his hand at an epic version of the original Batman theme for his Trend Orchestra. This is how it turned out. Fantastic! Mastering by me.
Do you know when your drum/percussion tracks just aren’t cutting through your orchestral mix? Here’s a walkthrough of what I did whilst mixing this track to solve the problem for me. Hope you find it helpful 🙂 Mixing Punchy Orchestral Drums TRACK INFO Reckoning Action by Kyle McCuiston on Filmstro Read more…
The soundtrack for the epic multiplayer dragon battle game Century: Age of Ashes is now available for you to enjoy! Music beautifully written by video game composer Marcus Hedges and mastered by me. CENTURY: Age of Ashes Century: Age of Ashes (Original Soundtrack) by Marcus Hedges
Here’s the first of my What It Does videos, putting the excellent Bettermaker EQ232D from Plugin Alliance through Waves Audio Q-Clone. A fantastic plugin that can help show how our digital equipment of plugins is affecting the sound we’re working on whilst using them. I love to visually see how Read more…
Marcus Hedges is an outstanding composer, writing for games such as “Ary and the Secret of Seasons”, “Override 2” and one of his latest projects, “Century: Age of Ashes”, which will be released tomorrow on December 2nd 2021. I’ve worked with Marcus for a few years now and love what Read more…
Here’s a quick blind test for you comparing Seventh Heaven and Cinematic Rooms from Liquidsonics. Which one did you choose? Orange or Blue? Do you already own one or both and what do you like about them? Whichever one, they’re both gorgeous sounding reverbs for our productions 🙂
A Year on Helvellyn It’s been confirmed that Life of a Mountain: A Year on Helvellyn will air on BBC Four at 9pm, Tuesday 26th January. This spectacular film features a year in the life of the Lake District National Park’s most popular peak, Helvellyn. Three years in the making, Read more…
Shakira has done a deal with UK based Hipgnosis, an investment company established to offer investors exposure to songs and associated musical intellectual property rights. She has signed over the music publishing rights for her entire catalogue, 145 songs, for an undisclosed amount. Shakira is the bestselling female Latin artist Read more…
The pandemic we experienced consuming 2020 effected us all in many ways. During this time, composer Arhynn Descy hatched a plan for an album project. Postcards From A Pandemic THE CONCEPT: It’s the year 2050. You discover a bunch of old postcards, mailed back in 2020… ’that year’ – the Read more…