
Royalty Free music CDs and downloads can now be similar to traditional libraries so far as MCPS, which helps to erase DVD and video music, has had to change its rate cards to try and simplify music approval. In the past Royalty Free Music has been tarnished by the reputation of low productivity, and while there may still be companies releasing unwanted strings that will not be heard in a particular pornographic area, but standards have changed now as technology allows composers to produce high quality music. The easiest and most expensive way to find the music you will produce in the future is to buy directly from the Royalty Free Music library.

All music recordings are copyrighted and using this music in your production requires permission from the copyright owners of recording, usually large, flawless record companies that create rating cards and play God in the process of allowing you to use popular themes from a major movie or recent pop experience. Navigating this music can be quite a headache if you go through the regular copyright channels, and it can be expensive. These are royalty free samples for you to use in your own productions under Creative Commons attribution.Good music points are important to your production. You are free to use these samples in any of your recordings – something we will hope will encourage some creativity in these troubling times. Other than that, these are raw and unprocessed, straight out of the Pro Tools session at 24bit 96kHz.” If not, it would have been the Neve 88R Console we have in Studio 1.

I can’t remember exactly, but I’m pretty sure we ran these through the AEA RPQ500 Ribbon preamps, which sound fantastic. For these recordings, I used 2 RCA’s – one in front and one behind the instrument, which I have panned slightly left and right to give the samples a nice 3D quality.

I always mic at least a few feet back from the drum so you really capture the full sound of the instrument. It gives defined but soft transients and feels reminiscent of 1950’s records, which is my favourite vibe for percussion. Jack had this to say about the recording: It features percussionist Tarek Sawires and was recorded by in-house engineer Jack Prest. We are continuing to dig through the archives to bring you more tasty sounds from the Studio! This week, we’re bringing you a collection of Egyptian Clay Tabla recordings made in Studio 1.
