Whatever type of music you are making, and however you make it, your hobby need not cost you a fortune. The world of freeware is booming and you’ve come to the right place for your free music making. There are thousands of free music making apps and ’freeware’ software titles out there.
With desktop music production, a freeware refers to complete pieces of software that do a job without restrictions on saving as you usually find on demo software. They are usually produced by a thriving community of developers who are keen musicians and experienced software producers.
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Music Recording
Sonuscore Releases Kontakt Instrument "Lyrical Violin Phrases" – Customisable Orchestral Strings
Sonuscore, developer of high-quality virtual instruments and known for their products like “The Orchestra”, “Action Strings”, “Action Strikes” etc. released the third instalment in their “Lyrical” Series: Lyrical Violin Phrases.
The instrument covers a variety of styles, from melodic passages and ethnic phrases to unique double-strings, trills, sul ponticelli and other techniques. Pressing a key instantly evokes the characteristic, unmistakably human touch that can be adjusted in key, speed, length, succession and connection of phrases. It contains over 310 unique and live performed phrases, split into 19 themes. Each theme is different in style and mode.
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Aston Microphones reveals the Aston Stealth
Aston Microphones has introduced a sleek new model: the Aston Stealth. This handsome unit is packed with features, including four switchable voices and a first-of-its kind autodetect function that senses phantom power.
Aston is billing it as “the world’s most versatile microphone”. Developed by a panel of more than 90 audio engineers, the Stealth has four settings optimised for various functions: V1 (Vocal): Best suited for male performers, V2 (Vocal): Best suited for female performers, G (Guitar): For all types of guitars, D (Dark): For a vintage feel, reminiscent of ribbon mics.
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3 Ways Digital Audio Is Better Than Analog For Musicians – And 2 Ways It’s Not
First, digital can be copied without degradation. Copying digital files on a computer makes bit-for-bit, exact copies with no signal loss. There’s no degradation provided you don’t deliberately alter the files during the copying process. This means that if you copy a folder full of WAVs, it’s exactly the same as your originals.
With analog, each copy introduces slight physical imperfections. This is why master tapes used to be so important. They were the highest quality source available for a project. Of course, the perfect digital copy has also basically enabled mass piracy of music.
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Produce music videos that get attention
With the vast number of videos on the web, you can’t just record the same old footage and rise above the clutter. Videos posted on websites and blogs are an effective way to promote your music. Here are 15 approaches to consider when producing your next video.
First, use humour. Laughter makes people feel good, so why not produce music videos that make people laugh? Singer/songwriter Dave Carroll wrote and filmed a humorous video called “United Breaks Guitars” after the airline trashed one of his instruments during a flight. Not only did the video receive over 18 million hits.
Read more about this here: http://blog.discmakers.com/2018/05/produce-music-videos-that-get-attention/