How to Use Loops for Soundtrack Post-production – Audio Plus

Sep 15th in General by Adrian Try

In this week's Audio Plus content, Björgvin Benediktsson teaches you how to use loops for post-production of soundtracks. "Bear in mind that in the following examples I am using Logic, but you can use whatever DAW you want, if it has believable synths and you have enough loops."

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Author: Adrian Try

Adrian is writer and editor for Audiotuts+ and the AudioJungle blog. He has been playing keys and acoustic guitar for three decades, and has six kids. Follow him on Twitter at @audiotuts.

"Post-production is sometimes overlooked in the audio field. Record producers, music engineers and platinum records are more respected, popular and cool. Everyone wants to know how this record was made or how somebody got that sound on tape. Fewer people care about the subtle intricacies of building a soundtrack for a movie, recording foley or dubbing radio novels.

"There is a lot of work in the post-production stage, and building a scene from scratch is no easy feat. It has to be subtle, yet effective. You can't go overboard in effects, otherwise it'll sound unrealistic. Yet at the same time you have to make sure the feel of the scene is right. The choice of music, atmosphere, object sounds and such have to be right."

Here's the kind of ambient soundtrack you'll be able to create once you harness the knowledge inside:

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Table of Contents

• A Few Post-production Terms
• No Need to Know Music—Use Loops
• Creation of a Scene
• First Scene: Crime Alley
• Scene 2: Prison Interrogation
• Putting Your Soundtrack Inside the Character's World
• Conclusion

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