Thorsten Meyer: Paolo you run Fluffy Audio, tell us a little about Fluffy Audio and about the team? We are a small team of four people plus some great collaborators. Me and Olmo plan the recordings and sample the instruments, while my girlfriend Gabriela and Sebastian help us to edit hours and hours of samples.…
Fluffy Audio Bundle Deal: 6 Kontakt Instruments for $99, 79% off. .This deal expires on May 3rd.
I wanted to share an overview of the included presets that Sample Logic created and made available as part of their Arpology library. The core of ARPOLOGY (Affiliate Link) has been deThorsten Meyer – StrongMochasigned around Sample Logic’s newest invention, the powerful Step Animator™ – a step-sequencer and arpeggiator fused into a single engine for…
I just finished the download of the newest spitfire audio product called BT PHOBOS. Phobos is spitfire’s polyconvolution synthesizer positioned towards composers which write epic, cinematic electronic and hybrid compositions. Different from other spitfire audio libraries, this one runs as an standalone plugin (VST, VST3 , AU, and AAX) and does not require KONTAKT.…
Analog Strings | Output play-through Output, the makers of unusual virtual instruments Signal, Exhale and Rev have released another great product this time a powerful string machine in Analog Strings for today’s composer.
In Session Audio’s RIFF Generation can be found here:https://insessionaudio.com/products/riff-generation Riff Generation creates exciting, complex and surprising combinations of melody, rhythm and sound design. Requires KONTAKT OR THE (FREE) KONTAKT PLAYER, pls check the required version of Kontakt with In Session Audio. At the time this video was taken the requirement was free Kontakt Player 5.6.1…
Oceania is Jasper Blunk’s first commercial release from his company Performance Samples. Oceania is a 48-person choir (24 women / 24 men) with a focus on syllable cohesion, playability, and energetic, dynamics. It is a choral library that emphasize expression, energy, and are “fun to play” over everything. And in addition it just sounds great.…
A quick look at the loops included in the latest string library NOVO released from Heavyocity With Novo Heavyocity has delivered again a great product to improve and shorten the composing process. You can buy it from Heavyocity here
AUDIO IMPERIA’s “Decimator Drums”, produced by Martin Hasseldam, is designed to redefine the sound of ensemble drum kits in modern trailer scores. Decimator Drums is split into four sections: Ensemble Drums (Raw and Epic, both with 10 Velocity Layers, 6 Round Robin) Designed Kits (20 Designed Kits) Loops (26 Loops and the individual stems) Extra (109…
Realivox Ladies In composing virtual instruments that offer good and convincing solo singer are difficult to find. With Realivox Ladies (Affiliate Link) you get your hands on easy to play solo singer. Just use the solo voices relaxed and it sounds better. At the current sale price of $99 it is a very good deal…
Evenant courses are on a limited SALE. There is a not so widely know sale where you can get 25% OFF All Courses & Bundles, with the promo code SPRING25 you get 25% OFF (Affiliate Link)The Offer ends March 20th, 2017. The Aspiring Trailer Music Composer This course is a complete introduction to the world of creating…
RHYTHMOLOGY (Affiliate Link) by Sample Logic is an innovative, dynamic rhythmic sequencing loop engine fed by the high value samples loops that are included. RHYTHMOLOGY fits all styles of music production and scoring.
Get the Kirk Hunter Studios Concert Strings Bundle for $99 here(Affiliate Link)
Kirk Hunter Studios Concert Strings Bundle for 99 USD (Affiliate Link) The Kirk Hunter Studios Concert Strings Bundle includes Concert Strings Legacy The Concert Strings Legacy collection is a set of all of our best string sections contained in the Diamond Symphony library. With Concert Strings Legacy, you’re not limited in the size of the…
RHYTHMOLOGY (Affiliate Link) by Sample Logic is an innovative, dynamic rhythmic sequencing loop engine fed by the high value samples loops that are included. RHYTHMOLOGY fits all styles of music production and scoring. The provided content helps you in your scoring of cinematic, Pop, electronic, Funk, rock, Experimental, organic, world, and many more tracks. You…
Everything Bundle from AUDIOMODERN (Affiliate Link) The Everything Bundle from AUDIOMODERN is a collection of 21 products comprising Kontakt Instruments, Sample Packs and Preset Packs. This versatile bundle is available at a staggering 84% discount for a few days until early March 2017. Discrete Energy [Sample Pack] Discrete Energy ΙΙ [Sample Pack] Metamorphis [Sample Pack] Rude [Sample…
AN INTERVIEW WITH ALEX DAVIS, CO-FOUNDER OF EMBERTONE by Thorsten Meyer Alex Davis from Embertone did take the time out off his busy schedule to provide some insights and background information about Embertone and the virtual instruments which help some many to write inspiring great music. Thorsten Meyer: You mentioned that you appreciate other virtual…
Embertone Solo Strings Bundle now for a limited time period for just 199USD here: https://audioplugin.deals/ref/18/ (Affiliate Link) Embertone Solo Strings Bundle contains Friedlander Violin, Fischer Viola, Blakus Cello, and Leonid Bass. Back in February 2016 Alex and team from Embertone complete soloist library for their Intimate Strings series with the release of Leonid Bass. All four…
True Keys Pianos from VI LABS (three concert grands) True Keys is a virtual piano collection based on three highly revered concert grands. With nearly 50,000 audio files recorded with multiple high end mics and preamps, the pure sound of these instruments is available at your fingertips. Advanced scripting and specialized sampling replicate the fine…
Dan Dean Signature Bass Collection Dan Dean Signature Bass Collection is an unique collection of 5 different bass guitar libraries, each with its own and different sound. Available for a short period of time in Jan 2017 here: https://audioplugin.deals/ref/18/ (affiliate link) Dan Dean is a multitalented artist, achieving national and international recognition as a bassist, producer,…
RED PLANET and GRAVITAS Piano from Audio Imperia have been released under their KLAVIER brand. “Klavier” – Sound Design Pianos: KLAVIER – RED PLANET PIANO KLAVIER – GRAVITAS PIANO Klavier from Audio Imperia comes in two versions: Gravitas Piano and Red Planet. Both Klavier editions combine a piano with an additional sound. Red Planet…
Amazon introduces Echo, a small device that comes with a build in voice assistant that answers your questions and plays music. As the TV box is voice enabled Amazon tries to be more integrated into the daily life, offering amazon services where possible to further increase the revenue generated from that “echo” enabled home. Echo…
We backed the coast guard, where we get two packs and two young writing partner get a deck of cards. Only another 16 days for you to grab on Kickstarter your own Writer Emergency Pack, which is a tool to help get your story back on track. The Cards Writer Emergency Pack contains…
Collaboration Between Connolly and Indie Filmmaker Seth Worley of Plot Device Fame; 10 Minute Action/Thriller Shot in 10 Days, No Budget, Borrowed Gear The final product, released today, was produced entirely with a minimal crew, no funding and with all of production and post production gear on loan from generous partners and vendors. The…
Silhouette is a revolutionary rotoscoping, paint, keying and visual effects suite utilized by top visual effects facilities around the world. All Silhouette capabilities, including its award-winning roto and paint components, as well as its keying, effects and compositing features, are stereo enabled. We discussed with Marco Paolini who is the President of Digital Film Tools the latest…
CINEMA 4D Release 13 and BodyPaint 3D Release 13 are scheduled to ship in September through MAXON and its authorized dealers. “CINEMA 4D R13 is supercharged with numerous productivity enhancements that cater to the multi-collaboration challenges our customers face every day,” Harald Egel states. “Artists interested in expanding their capabilities will love the new character tools.…
3 Years in 3 Minutes Impressions: 2009 and 2011. Video by Thorsten Meyer PhotoMocha.com Sense of Delight
If you happen to be in Munich I encourage you to visit Thorsten Meyer’s potrait exhibition. You can find the exhibition in a local Café called Kreislauf ( Daiserstr. 22, Munich). The exhibition shows some big prints from recent (2009-2010) portrait work from the portfolio of Thorsten Meyer a Munich (Germany) based photographer. The PhotoMocha Photo Exhibition ends…
The Museum of Modern Art presents Tim Burton, a major retrospective exploring the full scale of Tim Burton’s career, both as a director and concept artist for live-action and animated films, and as an artist, illustrator, photographer, and writer. On view from November 22, 2009, through April 26, 2010, the exhibition brings together over 700…
Avatar is nominated for 4 Golden Globe (…so far). Avatar passed the 1 billion mark in worldwide gross in only 17 day. The Budget for Avatar was $280,000,000 (estimated). Quite a nice payback. James Cameron’s Vision Featurette: Samson Featurette: How it was developed and designed: Concept Artist, Neville Page, discusses the design of the Banshee,…
Are you look for some fun and want to relax? How about some great examples of misheard lyrics: Our favourite one is Ken Lii Far behind the rest of misheard lyrics
StrongMocha: Charles, Tell us a little bit about your history in the movie business. Well, being only 20 years old, my history is short, but I’ve had my fair share of vivid experiences, especially in film. I first picked up a video camera as a sophomore in high school, and I’ve been infatuated since. Throughout…
In this Audition 3 Video tutorial Jason Levine (Jason’s blog) teaches you how you can remove hum (and other low frequency noises) from a vocal or voice-over. Jason work flow is based on using the Spectral Frequency Display and Audition 3‘s unique Noise Reduction filter. See also: Removing Plosives with Adobe Audition 3
Many of you wonder where you could get information about graphics, design, compositing, AF, graphics, Premiere Pro, specific graphic packages or post production topics. CGTalk.com Creative Cow Forum VFXTalk.com 3D Buzz – The Ultimate Resource – Free Tutorials, Training Information, Job Postings, & more DVXuser.com – The Filmmaking Community The Digital Video Information Network Adobe…
If you afraid of an earworm, do not start this video. For the rest who are not afraid of an earworms “This is just..just fantastic.” schmoyoho (YouTube channel name) does use auto-tune. Auto-tune (from Antares Audio Technologies) can alter singers’ voices to achieve perfect pitch. You can lean more about auto-tune in this Time’s article…
For a long time we though about adding a MAC to our range of PCs to be able for example able to do work with Final Cut Pro and other MAC OS software. So far we did only have a Mac Mini available which is good for the living room and such but has it…
In this interview, Rich Storek from Storek Studio talks with us about nVeil. nVeil is a Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express plugin which changes your footage into a new piece of art. StrongMocha: Tell us about yourself and how you came upon the idea for nVeil. As an architect working with visual art…
Andrew Kramer and the Video Copilot crew did release Pro Scores which features hundreds of sound design elements and over 50 music tracks for a wide variety of styles and music product effects. Pro Scores is a massive toolkit of professionally composed music and sound elements for creating powerful soundtracks and scores. Pro Scores features:…
Imagine yourself beneath the Eiffel Tower or in the heart of Times Square. Now imagine being able to see that exact scene in an amazing new way. With Photosynth, you can look up or down, pan from left to right, zoom in, or pull back to reveal the full sense of where you were. Photosynth…
Smashing Magazine did compile a list of 70 Beauty-Retouching Photoshop Tutorials Dirk Metzmacher from Smashing Magazine writes: “ Beauty retouching is probably one of the most popular application areas in which Adobe Photoshop is used extensively. There are two simple reasons for that. First, Photoshop offers a variety of advanced tools to smooth out skin…
Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) shows you a few tricks on how to make your own sound loops.
Houdini 9.5 public beta is available, you can download the Houdini 9.5 beta from Side Effects web site. [MEDIA=23] New features of Houdini 9.5: Houdini for Mac OS X Built from the ground up with a particular focus on performance, Houdini for Mac supports 64-bit Intel Macs running OS X Leopard. Houdini for Mac looks…
In 2007, a subtle and intelligent film was made depicting the relationship between our bodies and modern physical environments. Entitled “Flesh and Furniture” is set entirely in an all-female household with a sultry female vocal score. Erika Janunger: ‘Weightless’ The furnishings, fixtures, and bedding are all horizontal, while the performers appear to defy gravity. This…
Trapcode Horizon is a camera-aware color gradient and image mapping tool. It is a fairly straightforward utility plug-in. It is meant to be used on the bottom layer in a 3D comp. It generates a background that corresponds to the camera’s viewing direction. To get yourself started with the Trapcode Horizon Tutorial Trapcode Horizon can…
Akama studio made this great Lacoste Ad “Tennis in 2083” and how the gesture will evolve. Of course all in Lacoste. The Ad was produced for the www.lacoste-future.com web site. Everything wa done by Akama studio with 3DS MAX, Vray, Adobe After Effects.
Cebas has release its new ThinkingParticles 3.0 Demo Version. Cebas tried to make your ThinkingParticles Demo experience as close to the full version as possible, but there are as you can expect some restrictions in a Demo Version. Cabas say’s about their product: “ThinkingParticlesTM 3.0 is the ultimate rule based particle system for 3ds max,…
Did you ever see a photo or image and though “mm that looks odd, does she really have three arms?”. It might be Photoshoped to death. If you interested in such images you should take a look at photoshopdisasters photoshopdisasters list them all. All the Images that got a little to much Photoshop work on…
Wanted (Universal Pictures) is a comic book inspired movie hitting theaters in Summer. Staring James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, and Angelina Jolie. The story: What if someone came to you and told you your father was part of a secret organization and was one of the world’s greatest assassins and you have it in your blood…
Donnie shows how to use 3D Layer in PhotoShop in his latest and great video tutorial. Donnie tells his sad story, which make you smile.
Phase One has released versions 3.7.8 and 4.0.1. These releases add new cameras to the compatibility list and fix bugs in previous versions. Full details in the release notes Capture One 4.0.1 release notes, Capture One PRO 3.7.8 for Windows release notes and Capture One DB 3.7.8 for Windows release notes. A number of new…
This new video catalogue from Ikea shows how you can present furniture in a very nice way. All characters are shown in their hectic day2day live (quick cut sequences) and then in the relaxing atmosphere at home in their of curse Ikea bedroom (slow motion shots). Watch “You need a quiet place” and relax a…
Today, after 7 Month since StrongMocha went online the StrongMocha web site did pass the One Million Hits bar. Thank you for visiting and coming back in the future.
imagineer systems did release a new mocha tutorial made by CMIVFX and Imagineer Systems explaining mocha’s innovative planar tracking in depth.
Gareth Edwards did produce the 250 HD effects shots all by himself. Gareth was using Premier Pro, After Effects, mocha-AE, PhotoShop, 3D MAX and some more tools. Gareth spend almost 5 month on the post production. fxguide did publish a great background story on the making of “One Man Against Attila the Hun” “Every once…
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