Avantone Pro brings 'back' to market the much-loved nearfield studio monitoring mainstay with closely-matched CLA-10™ Studio buffs rejoice! The classic sound and design of the well known studio referencing monitor the NS-10 (discontinued by Yamaha in 2001) has been faithfully recreated by audio products producer Avantone Pro in collaboration with five-time
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Game Music Composers Announced For SoundTrack_Cologne 15
Takeshi Furukawa, Pieter Schlosser and Garry Schyman spearhead SoundTrack_Cologne's Games Day this year with early bird registration now open SoundTrack_Cologne returns with a star studded games program including guests Takeshi Furakawa (The Last Guardian), Pieter Schlosser (Destiny 2) and Garry Schyman (Bioshock). The composers will be talking about the characteristics of
iCON iKeyboard 8x Review
Review by: Jordan Killiard Edited by Katie Tarrant Price: £200 Developer: iCON Pro Audio Distributor: Synthax Audio Reviewed on: Cubase 9.5, Windows 10 The iCON iKeyboard 8x is a new addition to the most under-looked of composer's tools - the 88 key semi-weighted keyboard. There's not a lot of them out there and none seem to
Ludomusicology: An Interview with Dr. Melanie Fritsch
In a Sound Architect first Dr. Melanie Fritsch gives us an introduction to the weird and wonderful world of Ludomusicology: the study of music in video games. As an avid gamer from childhood and later with an academic background in Performance Studies and Musicology, Melanie became familiar with the field
Playstation in Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
Joris Daniel Hoogsteder – From Assistant to Co-Composer: A Perspective
Many thanks to composer, Joris Daniel Hoogsteder, for submitting this guest article, where Joris discusses how to be a great composing assistant and working your up in the world of music composition. Joris has composed music for video games, films, commercials, musical theatre, and has produced various pop songs. Currently,
BAFTA Conversations with Screen Composers: Austin Wintory
BASCA presents: Media Composer Conference
Article by Alyx Jones The lovely sunshine illuminated the Guildhall School of Music and Drama today as BASCA hosted their Media Composers Conference. The first panel consisted of Laura Rossi, Andrew Skeet, Rich Aitken, Simon Ashdown and John Warhurst, and were discussing the team of people who work behind the composer, creatively
Sound Forge Pro 12 Review
Review by Katie Tarrant Developer: MAGIX INTRODUCTION Sound Forge Pro 12 is an audio waveform editor originally developed by Sony, but was acquired by MAGIX in 2016. Since its acquisition, MAGIX have now released the biggest update to Sound Forge Pro in over 25 years ago. As suggested by the name, Sound Forge
