September 4, 2020 | Instruments, Resources
The oboe was the most popular Baroque woodwind instrument. In the early 17th century, it saw a rapid technological advance amongst the main instrument-making families in France. These families were the Philidor’s, the Chedevilles, and the Hotteterres. Many...
November 1, 2018 | Blog, Music Synthesis
INTRODUCTION Today I’ve made a pad synth in FM8 that might remind you of something from an ambient Squarepusher track like Tundra or Tommib. It consists of 3 carriers, enveloping, frequency modulation, low-pass filtering, and reverb. The patch is easy to...
August 2, 2019 | Audio Processing, Blog
Surely you will agree that the acoustic guitar is one of the most used instruments out there. Countless everlasting hits in modern music were written for acoustic guitar, ranging from classical music and rock and roll, all the way up to modern hybrids of electronic...
June 11, 2020 | Instruments, Resources
Violoncello, or cello for short, has arguably the most profound sound in the violin family. It’s probably the youngest member and certainly, the most recently perfected in form and proportion. In the first half of the 16th century, renowned violin makers began...
September 23, 2019 | Blog, Tips and Tricks
Sample libraries that contain pre-recorded orchestral samples are getting better and better, but in most cases, they still lack that special human touch. Discover four alternative tips for making realistic virtual strings. 1. Instruments octave range and...
