Happy Monday; immerse your workday and soundscape in Severance

To aid in your professional merriment, here’s a complete round-up of Severance stuff, from behind-the-scenes discussion of the show’s sound design and score to an eight-hour mix of “music to refine to.”|

Expressive playing with MPE, demystified

MPE, MIDI Polyphonic Expression, can make playing digital instruments expressive in ways we’ve desired for decades. It’s just down to understanding everything you can do – and composer Josh Madoff has a fantastic tutorial and Osmose demos that make this technology more accessible to anyone.

Peter Kirn - February 20, 2025

Inside the Dune 2 score with Osmose and Hans Zimmer

A sequel is only worth its weight in spice if it can best the original. For Dune 2, Hans Zimmer and his team went further with their electronic instrumentation to immerse us even deeper in otherworldly sounds. Now we get some insights into how they did it, and why the Expressive E Osmose was a starring player.

Peter Kirn - December 11, 2024

Add a notation view to Ableton Live Clips, for free: FPB Clip To Score

Peter Kirn - July 15, 2024

Hainbach on scoring Qinyuan Lei’s film, machines through a child’s eyes

Peter Kirn - February 19, 2024

Muse Group to “partner” with music publishing giant Hal Leonard

Peter Kirn - December 4, 2023

In Dorico 5, refined notation and more realistic playback with less effort – even in Elements

Peter Kirn - June 5, 2023

A celebration of graphic scores and process

Peter Kirn - April 13, 2023

Go listen to this podcast about HBO’s epic sounds – and stick around for some retro visuals, too

Peter Kirn - January 27, 2022

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