Hello everyone! For those of you working with game music, I'd love to hear your insights on an issue I’m debating with my husband, who’s also in the industry. He has a strong opinion that in-game music should sound great at both low and high volumes, no matter what. He insists that "the music should be so well-mixed that if it's ever played at high volume on big speakers (like at Gamecom conference), that it won’t hurt people's ears." Hmm 🧐 I thought this only applied to trailer music... Honestly, though, I often struggle to achieve that clean, ear-friendly mix when I crank up the volume on my speakers. The mix sounds perfectly balanced at mid-volume, even high volume in headphones, but as soon as I push the volume on speakers, it can sound unpolished or harsh. How do you handle this? Is my husband right, and should I be aiming for that kind of "conference-ready" sound? If so, it looks like I need to dig deeper into final mix techniques. But! some VSTs just sound harsh at high volumes, reducing Frqz only makes the sound tiny and poor. Any advice or tips would be super appreciated!

Hi everyone, So what will you be buying this Black Friday in regards to instruments or plugins? For me I might get Jaeger or Nucleus and already bought Damage 2.

Great video on AI mastering from Benn Jordan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZRV2H4PK0Q The results of his blind test were that human mastering by experts got the most votes as sounding best - BUT....the top AI mastering tool is called Matchering - an open source AI mastering tool that appears to be what subscription tools are plugging into: The GitHub page for Matchering is here: https://github.com/sergree/matchering (for those who are a bit more techy) You can download a desktop version of it at: https://ultimatevocalremover.com/ Yes it's a vocal remover tool but the mastering option is under the menu CHOOSE PROCESS METHOD>AUDIO TOOLS and you can select Matchering. Then you add your track and a reference tracks and it'll do it's magic. It got better results in the blind test than Ozone's auto-mastering (although he only tested the automated version, without human tweaking, which he rated a lot higher). So basically it's not the best possible, but it's a free version of some of the subscription based AI mastering tools - so not for everyone but certainly a useful thing to try out, especially if you're on a tight budget!

Hello everyone! It's incredible. A couple of years ago, I sent a request out into the Universe, and here I am - scoring for my first movie. It's a testament to the power of believing in "you become what you think." 🌠🌟 I wanted it, and I got it. Now, however, comes the scariest part. I have barely three weeks left until the deadline. 😅 The movie director was supposed to send it to me in January-February, and it was supposed to be about 10 minutes long. But surprise! I received the final cut on Wednesday, and it's 20 minutes long. I have to deliver the music by May 15th, or else he won't be able to submit the application to the Toronto Festival. It's a pivotal moment in my life, and I need to give it my absolute best, right? Could any of you guide me a little? Is there anything specific I should consider on the technical side when writing for a movie? I know there's a 5.1 surround setting for the final mix, but does this mean I have to mix my channels in a specific way, or is the usual L/R panning setting sufficient? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! 🙏

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