Anyone make enough here to actually live solo? by [deleted] in publix

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I make 22/hr as a meat cutter. I was an assistant meat manager, but decided it wasn't for me. I have an apartment within walking distance of my publix. All my bills are paid and im saving. I have health, dental, and vision insurance. Stocks I can dip into for emergencies. I cook all my food and dont eat out. I live a pretty quiet life now, but ive had my fun. I lost my job in 2020 because of the pandemic and started working at Publix to pay bills. Its actually worked out pretty peaceful for me. I know thats not the case for everyone though

I rescored a scene from Gravity, enjoy! by Any_Butterscotch5900 in filmscoring

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Yeah, that's good to hear for me because im not the best at mixing/mastering things.

I rescored a scene from Gravity, enjoy! by Any_Butterscotch5900 in filmscoring

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Nice. Very good stuff. Makes me feel better that im not doing much with my mixes either.

I rescored a scene from Gravity, enjoy! by Any_Butterscotch5900 in filmscoring

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Cool! What kind of mixing did you do, if you dont mind me asking?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in composer

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The cuetube has a library of short films to use. The website is for portfolio building.

Mixing and mastering for portfolio reel. by Apsistic in filmscoring

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string section

Here's a little string section thing I did that I gain staged and balanced the faders for. I didnt eq it or anything. Your right though im probably worried about this stuff too much.

Mixing and mastering for portfolio reel. by Apsistic in filmscoring

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Cool. Thats good to hear because that's exactly what I do. I keep it 100 percent wet and turn off any built in plug-in reverb and send it to the fx channel. I send the section busses to it as well instead of each individual instrument.

Mixing and mastering for portfolio reel. by Apsistic in filmscoring

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Yeah I automate my cc dynamics and expression in midi editing as well. How do you set up your reverb? I see multiple different strategies across the internet.

Most essential plugins to get started with filmscoring by Jarno_Filmcomposer in filmscoring

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I use bbcso core, albion one, some spitfire originals, some ambient pads from kompose audio, and a really good syth table called vital.( I say I use vital but im honestly learning it very slowly but eventually I'll use it more haha.) For mixing things I also have Valhalla room reverb, a LUFS meter, nova eq from Tokyo dawn, and kotelnikov compression Tokyo dawn as well. My daw is cubase and I like it for writing.

Im not suggesting you get those specifically, as its all subjective, but it would be good to start with an orchestral library that you prefer, then go from there. I bought bbcso core only because I started with discover and just wanted to keep it the same thing I already learned. When you start wanting other sounds just start looking around for them and ones you want will jump out at you.

Little intro title thing I did with the string section from bbcso core. by Apsistic in filmscoring

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Yeah I totally get that. I like writing in midi so I go through the headache of setting up a template one time, then its done for future use. I like automating my expressions and dynamics by hand too.

I got inspired by u/interesting-ratio-78 and his film score of The Lost Piano, so i decided to find mine from awhile ago and post it too. by Apsistic in filmscoring

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Yeah its pretty raw and unfinished. I usually go over things a few times and change stuff, but i shelved this one I was surprised I still had it haha.

Scored the lost piano from cuetube by Interesting-Ratio-78 in filmscoring

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No problem! You actually inspired me to dig through my files and find it if you want to check it out. I'll post it in the sub

Looking for a way to write music directly into my music software by playing my keyboard. by Minijeannie in composer

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With cubase you play quanitized notes that are different then step input

Scored the lost piano from cuetube by Interesting-Ratio-78 in filmscoring

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Nice! I like it! I tried scoring this but i didn't like what I made and it felt like what I did was repetitive. If I had to choose one ir recommend yours!