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Posted on 4/30/2011 3:36:14 AM by admin

Camel Audio's Alchemy is a very powerful synth and sampler. Now that they have released the player for free. I really urge you to try it out. If you really like what you hear then you shouls consider upgrading to the full synth.

In this post I have put together a list of all the main tutorial videos for Alchemy so if you are thinking of getting it you can see how powerful this synth is by watching them. If you already own alchemy and you don't like manuals (Alchemy's manual is very good by the way), then you can watch these videos. Enjoy!!

Camel Audio Alchemy Player now Free

Posted on 4/30/2011 2:43:44 AM by admin

Camel Audio have now released the cut down player version of their flagship sample manipulation synth for free. Alchemy is an absolutely fantastic synth and if you want to get into it then I really recommend getting this player to see what it can do.

I own the full version of Alchemy and I think it is one of the most powerful and best sounding soft synths out there.

Fast Five Composer Brian Tyler

Posted on 4/29/2011 2:49:23 PM by admin

I must admit I am a very big film music fan. I especially love high energy action music and orchestral music suits this perfectly. One of my favourite composers has to be Brian Tyler and he has written some great scores.

Fancy Buying John Lennons Microphones

Posted on 4/29/2011 12:53:32 PM by admin

How do you fancy buying yourself some of John Lennons old microphones? The BBC has a report about John Lennons microphones being put up for sale. These mics are from Johns personal home studio. They are expected to read around £5000 though. Think I'll give it a miss but it would be quite cool to own such a cool piece of musical history.

The BBC article is here.

Posted on 4/28/2011 8:06:41 AM by admin

The Making of the Electronic Music Manuscript

Richard Devine has to be one of my favourite sound designers as he does a similar sort of design to me. That is the chaotic full on fuck shit up style sound design. The other year Mr devine released a sample library via Sony called the Electronic Music Manuscript showcasing some of his insane sound design. In this library comes a set of videos showing how the library was created.

Zoetrope and Lustmord Score

Posted on 4/28/2011 7:53:34 AM by admin

I am a huge fan of the dark ambient pioneer Lustmord. One of my favourite albums of his is the sound track to a short film called Zoetrope.

Curtis Roads Interview

Posted on 4/28/2011 7:47:59 AM by admin

One of my favorite guilty pleasures in sound design is that of granular synthesis. Sound created from millions of tiny sound particles.

I recently read Curtis Roads excellent yet head spinning book Microsound. I was doing a little digging on Youtube and I came across a 3 part documentary about Curtis, so I though I had to share :-)

50 Years of the Wilhelm Scream

Posted on 4/28/2011 6:25:30 AM by admin

This video made me laugh. It highlights over 50 years of the Wilhelm Scream used in films.

New Haunted House Records Blog

Posted on 4/27/2011 1:56:50 PM by admin

Welcome to the new blog for Haunted House Records. My name is Stephen Haunts and I run Haunted House Records. My aim with this blog is not to just tell you about my company news. It is also about discussing cool things to do with music and sound design in general. Read More....

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