Cinematic Studio Piano: A Sample Library Review

 Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Alyx Jones Developer: Cinematic Studio Series Composer: Andrew Overfield Sound Designer: Alex Wallbank Reviewed on: MacBook Pro 16GB DDR3 2.2GHz i7   Cinematic Studio Piano (CSP) joins the Cinematic Studio Series’ (CSS) lineup alongside Cinematic Studio Strings which I reviewed back in August. You can see this review -> HERE <-   Setup & Interface The installation is

Pro Sound Effects: Hybrid Sound Effects Library Review

Reviewed by: Doug Waters Developer: Pro Sound Effects Significant Contributors: Ric Viers, Stephan Schütze, Kenneth Skoglund Reviewed on: iMac 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 NOTE:  Since this review was written, Pro Sound Effects released the Hybrid Library 2017 – the latest edition of their best overall value general sound library. Designed to be your go-to source

Cinematic Studio Strings: A Sample Library Review

Cinematic Studio Strings: A Sample Library Review Review by: Andrew Overfield Developer: Cinematic Strings Composer: Andrew Overfield Sound Designer: Alex Wallbank Reviewed on: MacBook Pro 16GB DDR3 2.2GHz i7 Cinematic Studio Strings is the latest release from Cinematic Samples’ roster of hard-hitting and well-respected sample libraries. The Sound Architect are privileged to be able to bring to you a review of

Pro Sound Effects Releases Chicago Ambisonics Library

Pro Sound Effects have just released their latest sound effects library 'Chicago Ambisonics', featuring over 3 hours of immersive urban ambiences. The library also includes the software that allows users to control the positioning and polar patterns of 'virtual microphones' for greater control and creativity. This is the second Ambisonics

Western Black Powder Guns – Sound Designer, Barney Oram

Barney Oram Western Black Powder Guns

(TSAP S04E03) Sam chats with Barney Oram, sound designer at Sweet Justice Sound, about his recent sound library, Western Black Powder Guns. They discuss everything about the sound library process; from prep and gear management, all the way to post processing and price. Barney also shares his learnings from making his

Screen Music Connect

Article by Alyx Jones Screen Music Connect is a new event series, following on from the success of Game Music Connect, but opening up to a wider audience of composers and music industry professionals who work on music to picture. Founded by award-winning composer James Hannigan, it was created to "explore

Spitfire Chamber Strings Review

Review by Jordan Killiard Edited by Sam Dudley Price: £599 inc. vat Developer: Spitfire Audio Spitfire Chamber Strings has risen out of the ashes of Spitfire’s original Sable series. Released back in 2013, Sable was a modular library beginning Spitfire’s British Modular Library (BML) series, released in five volumes, including specially created ensemble