Compose For Film For Free - Episode 1: Scoring a Game Trailer
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Welcome to "Compose for free", my new series about free software for aspiring film and media composers. In each episode I introduce you to free tools & libraries.
Today we are going to write a little game trailer with the awesome “Free Orchestras” by ProjectSAM and the lovely sounding “Odd Flutes” by DG Ollie.
But first of all you need a Digital Audio Workstation, short: DAW. And one that suits your system. Whether Windows, Mac or Linux. And one that can play videos. My recommendation: Waveform Free by Tracktion.
Puhhhh … a lot of stuff. And all this is really free? Yes!!!
Here are all download links:
DAW:
www.tracktion.com/products/wa...
Sound Libraries:
projectsam.com/libraries/the-...
projectsam.com/libraries/the-...
www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/odd...
Free Kontakt Player (required to use the sound libraries):
www.native-instruments.com/en...
Tip: Download KOMPLETE START for free, including KONTAKT PLAYER plus 6 GB of content with 2000 sounds.
My Score Files (Waveform Free Project):
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p648s7...
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Waveform Free Tutorials
Quickstart Guide: • Waveform 12 Quickstart...
Waveform Basics (18 Lessons by Audio Tech TV):
• Tracktion Waveform Basics
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Movie (used in this episode):
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3myfx6...
Thx to Marika Schanz for providing her enchanting game trailer "Whispers of Lumina". Visit her website: www.marikaschanz.com/scoringv...
(In her shop you can find more free scoring videos!)
And - last but not least - also visit the YT channel of my friend Martin Heidenreich, with whom I did the great “Alone at Last” Film Scoring Competition this spring:
/ martinheidenreichmusic
Here is the competitions’ playlist:
• Film Scoring Competiti...
Martin and Marika also organized a competition for the "Whispers of Lumina" game trailer used here. Details can be found here: • Whispers of Lumina - V...
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Chapters of this video
00:00 Intro
00:57 Recommendation #1: DAW | Waveform Free by Tracktion
01:55 Recommendation #2: The Free Orchestra 1 + 2 by ProjectSAM
03:03 Recommendation #3: Odd Flutes by BG Ollie (via Piano Book)
04:02 Creating a new project in the DAW
04:18 Importing the movie
05:49 Setting markers
06:06 Finding the tempo
06:27 Scoring Part A (slow & dreamy)
08:26 Scoring Part B (dark & dramatic)
10:39 Outro
Пікірлер: 30
This is brilliantly explained. I want to get into creative music and this is what I needed. Thank you. 😊
@AndreasDormannMusic
5 күн бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you.
Sounded really good
@AndreasDormannMusic
4 күн бұрын
Thx!
Cool stuff, thanks for sharing. Waiting for the nexts episodes 👍
@AndreasDormannMusic
12 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching! 👍
Nice one, short and sweet and to the point.
@AndreasDormannMusic
12 күн бұрын
Glad you liked it!
Amazing idea, that series really sounds interesting. Will watch it for sure
@AndreasDormannMusic
14 күн бұрын
Thx, my friend & thx for this contest. Just in time for starting my series with the enchanting visuals by Marika!
Fantastic guide, Andreas. Very nice ways for beginners to try some things out.
@AndreasDormannMusic
17 күн бұрын
Thx, my friend!
The Project SAM Free Orchestras are absolutely building into a very versatile toolkit! Fracture Sounds Blueprint series and the Heavocity Foundations series (which sadly they seem to have neglected recently) are also great collections of free instruments. I also used the first release in Westwood's free Roots series in my entry into the Whispers of Lumina competition, the cello provided a really meaty low drone for the forest scenes! As you say Andreas, great times to be composing music!
@AndreasDormannMusic
14 күн бұрын
Thx, David! I added your libraries to my list for this series. Maybe they‘ll make it into one of the next eposides…
Fantastisches Video!
@AndreasDormannMusic
14 күн бұрын
Dankeschön! 😊
@DarkSideofSynth
14 күн бұрын
@@AndreasDormannMusic Immer gerne. Mach's gut.
Dream to compose for animation show like bluey
@AndreasDormannMusic
17 күн бұрын
Well, stay tuned!
The only downside of this is that I can hear so clearly when Project Sam instruments are used. I mean the odd ones. Strings and horn are fine.
@AndreasDormannMusic
14 күн бұрын
Thx for this point, Jens! Maybe it would be interesting to show, how to give them your own signature.
1:07 That's how Germans, and most of us Europeans signal the number 3. Learn that to avoid getting killed like in Tarantino's movies
@AndreasDormannMusic
14 күн бұрын
Thx for your live-saving hint, my friend! 😂 I remember this deadly scene... Maybe "How to survive as musician" could become another tutorial. 😉
@DarkSideofSynth
14 күн бұрын
@@AndreasDormannMusic True. Yup, that'd be cool. Well, they died but at least they enjoyed their beers.
Free Kontakt instruments have to be Kontakt Player compatible or they open in demo mode, making the sound stop completely after 30 minutes. You're not gonna find Kontakt Player compatible libraries outside of companies doing it because you have to pay Native Instruments to have your library be Player compatible.
@AndreasDormannMusic
13 күн бұрын
I definitely know that ProjectSAMs Free Orchestras are working with the free Kontakt Player. Do you have issues with the "Odd Flutes"? I'll check this. I'm sure, together we'll find a suitable solution/alternative...
@BrunodeSouzaLino
13 күн бұрын
@@AndreasDormannMusic ProjectSAM works because it's Kontakt Player compatible. Free libraries made by regular users with the full version of Kontakt only work in the full version of Kontakt. I mean, They will open in Kontakt Player but in demo mode, meaning they only produce sound for 15 minutes.
@AndreasDormannMusic
11 күн бұрын
@@BrunodeSouzaLinoYou are right. My suggestion for this piece: Go to www.pianobook.co.uk/ and find a flute sound that is compatible to DecentSampler (DS). You can download DS for free from here: www.decentsamples.com/product/decent-sampler-plugin/ I will use this plugin in my next episode.