The Sound and Music of Oblivion

If you've not yet watched this year's Action, Adventure, Mystery movie Oblivion, this is a great chance to get informed about some of the brilliant work that Director Joseph Kosinski put in with composers Anthony Gonzales, M.8.3 and Joseph Trapanse.

This film is about how sound and music together act as a dynamic part of story telling.

SoundWorks Collection - The Sound and Music of Oblivion from Michael Coleman on Vimeo.

Digital Audio Workstation Spotlight - REAPER 4.0

In simple terms, a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) is a software that you can use on your computer or workstation to facilitate the creation of music. They run on your existing computer provided they meet the recommended requirements.

There have been many different DAWs over the years both commercial and non-commercial, paid and free.

Today, we're looking at a  Digital Audio Workstation from Cockos - REAPER 4.0
REAPER was first released as a freeware on 23rd December 2005. Since then, they've been a host to a strong community of users who swear by REAPER due to it's excellent capabilities and feature-sets.

As it evolved, new versions brought significant "evolutionary" updates to the software. Now, REAPER comes in two license versions - A full commercial license ($225) and a discounted license ($60)

REAPER is a brilliant alternative in terms of affordability and features compared to some expensive DAWs on the market. This is an excellent tool for anyone who's starting to make music or is shifting from another DAW.

Free Weekly Sample Pack Give-Away - Ambient

Ambient sounds are known to have a certain magnetizing capability in music. They're mostly used to bring in a mood and create immersion in the mind of a listener.

Starting this week, Music Maker India will aggregate free sample packs from all over the internet for you awesome readers.

This Ambient allsort sample pack is divided into Analog loops, Lengthwise loops, Processed vox, Whisper sessions and Spherical loops.

All samples included in this pack are 24-bit WAVs. These can be imported directly into your DAW or used in a sampler of your choice.

Download it, use it, love it, share it!

Download the Ambient allsort Sample Pack (486 MB)

(courtesy: MusicRadar)

Free Weekly Audio Plugin Give-Away - BootEQ MKII

The successor to the original BootEQ plugin adds more features to your mixing. BootEQ MKII features a cool pre-amp section including one of the finest transformer and tube-style saturation emulation.

Of  course, besides all this, there is also some great audio colouring capabilities that is part of this free plugin.

In this new version, the developer has added some EQ code optimizations which should feel much better than the previous one.

Click here to download BootEQ MKII

Welcome to Music Maker India

Hey guys,

Welcome to Music Maker India. I started this blog to aggregate content about music theory, home recording, mixing, mastering and a lot more from all over the internet.

To know more, check out the About page.

Since this is the first post on the blog, I’d like to share a documentary that I came across a few months ago on “How music works.”

This is an excellent documentary for anyone who loves music as a listener or a producer/ composer.

Hope you enjoy the documentary. Stay connected to read more on different topics.

I will also be uploading tutorials and other videos to a new channel on YouTube. I will let you guys know as and when stuff is up on the site :)

If you would like to contribute to the site, share your music or just help artists with tutorials, feel free to write to me - onestepcloser.9@gmail.com

Thanks!