Realistic Mockup Tips
What are the most important aspects of creating realistic mockups?
Dynamics, Velocity, Midi Controllers, Short Note Dynamics, The Velocity Gap, Phasing, Humanization, Alternation and Repetition, Specific Techniques of Dynamics, Filters, Prerecorded Dynamics, Realtime Dynamics, Macro Dynamics, Avoiding “Sample Pumping”, Natural Orchestral Performance Considerations, Attacks and Releases, Fast and Slow Passages, Note to Note Transitions, Layering, Balancing For Realism, Orchestrating For MIDI, Should You Quantize?, Machine Gun Syndrome, Avoiding Keyboard-isms, Focus on Quality, The Do’s and Don’ts, Aleatoric Effects, Drum Loops, Licks
Course Curriculum
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StartIntroduction (2:12)
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StartSynthestration (0:58)
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StartVolume vs Perceived Volume (1:56)
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StartControl Of Dynamics (2:50)
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StartVelocity (1:19)
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StartReal World (1:34)
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StartCCs (2:40)
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StartShort Notes (1:59)
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StartMod Wheel (1:21)
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StartFilter Based Dynamics (1:02)
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StartPre-recorded Dynamics (3:05)
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StartPlan Your Dynamics (2:14)
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StartSustains (1:17)
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StartDISCUSSION: Dynamics
Instructor
Film Composer of over 80 Feature Films, theorist on the Art & Craft of Film Music, founder of The Composer Collective a media scoring firm of over 3000 global composers, creator of CuePop™ the world's first fully automated online Music Library, and son of the legendary Jazz Pianist Bill Evans.
Evans studied with Jerry Goldsmith, Joey Rand (Music Editor, "Titanic"), Steven Scott Smalley (Orchestrator, "Batman","Conan The Barbarian"), Marco Beltrami, Don Ray, Clare Fischer, Elmer Bernstein, and Lalo Schifrin.
He has worked for and trained under iconic Film Composers Danny Elfman, Jeff Rona, David Newman, Jerry Goldsmith, Lalo Schifrin, and Basil Poledouris.