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fresh music
Anyone have suggestion on some fresh music libraries that don’t sound like muzak? Looking for some material that is not too dense so it works well under voice copy but also needs to be relevant and fresh and arranged to work well with video content. I’ve used Music Bakery (not crazy out it) FreePLay music and stock soundtrack beds have now been used to death.. any “exciting” sources you could point me too that wont cost an arm and a leg? thanks!
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Digital Juice Stack Traxx is pretty cool and the instrument layers are individualized so you can pull out the drums or any other instrument. They’re running a special right now too, $149 for 10 volumes. Usually $49 each.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author, Chef.
HD Post and Production
Biscardi Creative Media“Foul Water, Fiery Serpent” featuring Sigourney Weaver coming soon.
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My vote’s with Killer, too. I’ve used them forever. The depth of their material is amazing and the quality is excellent.
John
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Revostock.com for cheap royalty free stuff.
Audiosparx for better music but higher price. Price dependent upon usage.
-trevor ward
Red Eye Film Co.
http://www.redeyefilmco.com
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One of the things I like about Sonic Fire Pro is that after you tell it the exact length of track you need, and skip thru a few keywords to describe the feeling you want, it instantly generates something like five alternate versions of the song, PLUS, sub-sets or “moods” of the song specifically playing up or muting various aspects of the instrumentation. Including a setup called “voice-over” that reduces the pitch and eq range of the parts of the tune that would conflict with the human vocal range. That lets your vocal punch out over the music in a really clear manner, without having to just duck the overall music level so low that you lose the sense of it.
What that does for me is, even though the music is somewhat “canned”, it gives enough levels of customization that I get a good variety out of those loops.
That’s nothing you can’t accomplish on your own with the proper tools, but I doubt most of you can do it and get five variations ready to lay down on the NLE track in 1.3 seconds. Sonicfire Pro also is web-enabled so you can shop for the tracks you want, any time of day or night, and not have to rely only on one purchased set.
As much a fanboy as I am about Lowel for lighting, I am a fan of Sonic Fire for scoring projects. If you don’t have the budget or ability to compose your own scores from scratch, this can be a very good alternative.
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We use:
https://www.opus1musiclibrary.com/
We stopped buying discs a decade ago. Now, we use needle drop and always have access to the newest, freshest trax!
FWIW
Chris Tompkins
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thanks everyone.. this is great.
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