by Kole Hicks In part 1 of this 2 part series, the idea of combining the mixing & composition processes were introduced… “Pre-meditated Mixing” if you will. Many of the potential benefits were laid out and even a few arguments on when it may not be practical. Furthermore, a hypothetical Game Audio example was introduced […]
Author: Bjorn Lynne
Bjørn Lynne is a Norwegian sound engineer and music composer, now living and working in Stavern, Norway. He was also known as a tracker music composer under the name "Dr. Awesome" in the demoscene in the 1980s and 1990s when he released tunes in MOD format and made music for Amiga games.
Mixing as part of the music composing process, Part 1
By Kole Hicks**In this article I refer to Mixing as if it includes all aspects of track production before mastering. Mixing is typically considered by the majority of people as the thing you do to “sweeten” the music after it has been written and recorded. Furthermore, the “Mixing” definition tends to only refer to what […]
Sound for Picture – Faking it
by Terry Wilson As a sound editor and designer, the most important thing is re-enforcing the visual landscape presented to the audience; providing an audible focus, and creating sonic cues to match the pictures. The vast majority of low and mid budget film & TV productions are set in the real world, or in everyday […]
Paypal turning the screw…
At Shockwave-Sound.com we represent about 150 different music composers/producers who receive their royalties from us quarterly. We’ve been using Paypal Mass Pay to pay out their royalties and the Paypal fee for this has been capped at $1 per recipient. So when we sent out royalties to 150 receivers, it cost us $150. No problem. […]
Hanzi Warrior game with royalty-free Chinese music
From time to time we like to give a mention to a project where we feel that our customer has used our music in a cool way, or in a nice project. One such project is the new iPhone and iPod Touch game, “Hanzi Warrior“, up for release on 11/11/11, including our royalty-free Chinese music […]
Some thoughts behind our ‘Suggested Production Types’
The “Suggested Production Types” music browsing tool is something that we introduced to our site quite recently. We used to have just a list of Music Genres (Jazz, Rock, Classical, Ambient…) and nothing else. But searching for the right music for your project can be more complicated than that. You may not know exactly which […]
Increase your 3D animation impact – How to strengthen and intensify your 3D animations using royalty-free sound effects and music
By Mike Efford Audio intensifies 3D animation. It gives spatial depth and atmosphere to an animated production, fleshes out character, and generally breathes life into it. There are ways to make the most of that combined energy, to take an animation to a higher level of intensity with good audio, and that’s what we’re about […]
Have Yourself A Merry Royalty-Free Christmas
It’s almost Christmas time again and we can see that time coming, as people start buying royalty free Christmas music from our catalogue. Tracks like “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”, “Jingle Bells”, “Silent Night” and “O Come All Ye Faithful” are so popular that many of our composers have made their own versions of […]
Lifeyo has made cool content management
Lifeyo has made a cool Content Management System / Website building tool that makes it easy and fun to make your own website and blog. Putting together the YouTube video that demonstrates their service, they came to Shockwave-Sound.com for royalty-free music. We really liked the video and thought we’d post it here too. Notice that […]
Finding your picked tracks on a different computer
We are occasionally asked how it’s possible to make a list of favorite tracks, and then find that list on a different computer. You may be browsing music from home and wish to make a list of bookmarked tracks that you would like to come back to when you’re in your office, to actually make […]
