Template Update 2023!

[@AnneKathrinDernComposer]

Y’all please stop mansplaining the Control Room to me. I’m deleting any new condescending comments now that assume I don’t know already. Maybe just trust that my template is set up exactly the way I want it and that I‘ve considered and tried other options and concluded that this is the best way for my workflow. It gets very tiring to have this happen on any tech related video I make.

[@jasonjansen9831]

Wait, are you saying you DON'T need some middle-aged dude with zero movie credits giving you 'advice' on how to set up your template? Seriously though, 🤦‍♂, and thanks for another great video.

[@mgrizzello]

haha…. don‘t tell Dom Sigalas about not using the control room in cubase 😂! thanks for your VID! greetings from berlin.

[@Tristan-mv6lc]

mansplaining lol

[@amikojean]

I noticed the apparent lack of respect of your expertise in the comments the first time I came across your channel by people thinking they're being helpful but rather are patronizing (aka mansplainers trying to assert their dominance by making others feel insecure in their place), this in comparison to the all respectful nature of comments for umpteen less qualified male-run channels I've come across. But then my everyday experience as an ethnic female in 2024 is still pretty dark ages so I'm sadly not at all surprised. Thanks for pushing back so others can feel we can.

[@aBlaringStereo]

Yes! Own your software, no subscriptions, couldn’t agree more 👍

[@Mikearice1]

I totally feel the same way about subscriptions. I'm tired of everybody turning everything into renting.

[@amazeus1980]

No worries! You will own nothing and be happy! 😂😂😂

[@InLightTone]

@@amazeus1980 I was just about to type that! Glad peeps are aware of the BS!

[@amazeus1980]

@@InLightTone It is very obvious that companies, politics act in accordance…

[@Nightowl427272]

Same, subscription = deal breaker

[@meljames172]

Very interesting and no nonsense delivery. Refreshing.

[@IngoGarza]

Looking forward to see what libraries you've added :D

[@ToHisGloryMusic]

Among the things I love particularly about your videos are your intros! I love seeing the world through these. Take care...

[@thewayyouwah9170]

I was thinking the same thing. And great photography and no need for music!

[@phaeraofficial]

Reference is pure gold! The speaker calibration works great, too!

[@LiquidSonics]

Great to see you're still enjoying the LiquidSonics reverbs, really interesting to see what else is in your 2023 template 👍 All the best from sunny London!

[@Zaleskee]

Anne-Kathryn You Rock!, another great Video! ,thank You!

[@PhilipValdesMusic]

Since you mentioned Soundtoys. I recently started using Radiator and it's great for adding that console saturation and subtle compression thing. I like it on basses and percussion

[@AnneKathrinDernComposer]

Oooh I haven't used Radiator on anything yet - will definitely try it out! Thanks for the tip!

[@Humcred]

You're rockin' that eye shadow!

[@paulstokes8241]

Many thanks Anne-Kathryn for sharing your valuable knowledge and experience. Also for being open and honest about why you use software and in most cases you paid for it yourself.

[@ndtaylor40]

Thanks for sharing!

[@alvarorodriguezfilmmusic]

Great stuff! I've also been switching over to Izotope more and more over the last year. The environment spares you a great deal of friction. Cheers!🙌🙌

[@AnneKathrinDernComposer]

Yes, there are definitely advantages to having an infrastructure with just one developer so the plugins can all communicate. Love it!

[@mitsuki1388]

I feel like iZotope is still underrated in the media composition circle, maybe it's all the AI assists that are completely optional. The amount of times people told me to get ProQ when I have Neutron that does everything already and is just as competent

[@antonjohansson8033]

Thanks for a fantastic video.

[@Byron101_]

In Cubase I use the PRE rack in each mixer channel to cut low frequencies befor reverb. Highly recommend.

[@LightsandMotion]

if you like Crystalizer then I can also recommend Fragments by Arturia. Really cool granular engine for fun textures

[@asan1050]

Anne! どうもありがとうございます

[@anled.composition]

Thanks a lot for sharing this content !

[@fhatsk8er]

With the help of your videos, I got a template together with balanced and in-time-with-one-another instruments, got articulations split with a combo of long/short separation and keyswitches, and freedom to write without having to sit there forever dauntingly adding one instrument at a time. Feels like an orchestra at the fingertips. We owe you more coffee

[@AnneKathrinDernComposer]

Yes! It's so much better to be able to immediately create instead of having to worry about technicalities. ❤

[@nicksaya]

In Cubase it’s best to put the sound id ref plug on one of your control room insert slots. This way you don’t always have to remember to bypass it when you print your mixes.

[@AnneKathrinDernComposer]

I prefer it on the master fader myself. It warns you if you forget to bypass it.

[@nicksaya]

@@AnneKathrinDernComposer yes it does that in protools when I use it there.

[@iancurrie3763]

Thanks, Anne, looking forward to to next week’s video!

[@craigwentworthmusic]

Would be VERY interested in a deep dive as to how you are using the iZotope tools... which sections/tracks are you using it in, or is it busses...? I think you get the idea: more deets! Love your videos, thanks for sharing.

[@joshrainbow-IceTenor]

I love your video Anne. I also started to use Izotope a lot more in my orchestral music and it sounds great. Do you have any experience with the patches - voices of the company East West? They sound so amazing. Wish you a great weekend and looking forward to your next video 🙂

[@BigGiantCircles]

I hate hate HATE subscription only models. I'm subbed out. Just let me buy the plugins that I want to.

[@grobinson9352]

Thank you much

[@MusicTheatreAcademy]

Thanks so much for this. Ive been using your template setup since you did a tse webinar and its fantastic 😍

[@mithramusic5909]

I use more than half of those constantly. Great video! Thank you as always. Also where is the intro filmed? It's beautiful.

[@quickbrown-f0x]

Hello, big fan and thanks for the update - very cool. Quick and nerdy question about routing though; how do you route your parellel compression tracks, straight back into your stem groups? Say you have four group tracks; "Strings", "Strings-High", "Strings-Low" and "Strings-Ensemble". The latter three are routed to the main "Strings", which is itself routed to "Full-Score". Then, for instance, you have a solo violin, routed to "Strings-High". Through a send, this track also sends its signal to a compression FX track, called "Comp-Strings-High". Knowing that you want to be able to export each stem, like "Strings", with everything on it (compression, FX, the whole nine yards), is this how you'd set this up? Or do you sum your parallel compression at the end, at "Full-Score"? I'm struggling to get this right to be honest, so I keep changing it. Would love to hear your thoughts. Same goes for FX, btw - it looks like you add those right at the end, on your main Outs? Anyway, cheers/tschüs.

[@jenssieckmann]

Thanks for this great video. Regarding Sonarworks and a bad monitoring situation, far more worse than "You can't correct what you can't hear" is that you correct things that ONLY apply to your specific - bad - monitoring situation.

[@J-MLindeMusic]

18:30 I had this happening especially with Hollywood Brass and thought I was going crazy! Also, love Sonarworks' SoundID to bits, makes life a lot easier!

[@bonuebonue]

Thank you Anne-Kathrin, very interesting video! Looking forward for your next videos. I always look at you videos to get inspired and I learn a bunch from your expertize and art!

[@xavijim]

¡Gracias!

[@nicksaya]

I found it helpful when having to print final stems that you want to go through master bus processing to import your full unmastered mix back into your session and set its out put to none. Then on your master buss compressor set the key input or side chain to react to that imported mix. Because as Anne said the individual stem prints through the master bus processing will not hit that processing the same way. I do this a lot when mixing rock and pop productions. I picked this up from Michael Brauer. It is very helpful.

[@AnneKathrinDernComposer]

Ozone doesn’t support side chaining though. It might work with Neutron. So keeping anything threshold based in Neutron and static processing in Ozone might be the solution.

[@nicksaya]

@@AnneKathrinDernComposer it is something that I always do in my rock/pop productions when working on albums. If I have to print processed stems for any reason. Another thing learned along the way because I mess noticing my stems at unity didn’t quit sound exactly the same as the mix. I too learned the hard way with the solo defeat button on fx channels😞. I think they fixed all that in version 12 but I still keep mine the old way. (Habit)

[@lahattec]

Have you not tried putting the Sound ID as a Control Room insert? That way you don't have to bother with it when you need to export.

[@philippvonhoren]

I guess you know this already, but you can put sound ID reference on the control room in cubase so you don't have to disable it when you're printing.

[@AnneKathrinDernComposer]

Yes, I know. I prefer it this way though.

[@music_is_magic]

Great insight, thank you for this video. Would also really love a separate video on iZotope products and how you use them in your template. I also see you are using Ozone on every track if I’m correct? Why Ozone instead of Neutron?

[@heartbreaktimemachine]

That eye shadow tho! Your folder strategy rebooted how I did my own template. Thank you for all these videos and explanations! Question: When you export stems, do your parallel compressed tracks come out separately?

[@mustechnology]

Endlich! Danke sehr! 1. It would be interesting to know about your iZotope workflow. As well as Liquid Sonics staff. 2. I find VariAudio in Cubase more flexible and easy compared to Melodyne. 3. Sonarworks can be used in Control Room, so you shouldn't switch it off before you bounce. I'm looking forward to the next series!

[@frankwales]

Ooh, pre-reverb EQ is a great idea!

[@pjdahmen]

Great Tutorial and well done!

[@colinaiken]

Thanks!

[@AnneKathrinDernComposer]

Thank you so much for the support! ❤

[@clenbullard]

Working with what is now a primitive system for composition, do you have a basic set of systems requirements go might provide to say a new team member to work with you on projects? I am not looking for work, that is simply a frame of reference. Your videos are new to me. I’ve been watching Guy Michelmore and a few others and KZbin suggested your videos. There is a profound honesty in your presentations that is keeping me interested in what you have to say. Thank you for that For clarity’s sake I am not a film composer I like the challenge of composing for orchestra and now that I am retired from engineering and live performance, composing is a joy. Thank you for letting us understand the tools and complexity of your work world. “Y’all”? Splendid. :)

[@BNLNRD]

Soundtoys are really just a treasure trove for fun. Devil Loc is great for manglig anything and Filterfreak is great for Pinging. Love to set up some clicky percussion, put Filterfreak on with two tuned resonant peaks and making a couple passes just playing with the gain and resonance mapped to faders.

[@heartofthedragonensemble]

Great to see Chinese Instruments on your template.❤🌹

[@loicdesjardinsmusic]

Thanks for the video, very insightful. I have an opposite approach to articulations : use them as much as I can and control/edit them using a control surface (Open Stage Control on iPad). It keeps my template compact and speeds up my workflow. Also, I'm surprise that you put SoundID on your master channel, isn't there a risk to engrave your headphone correction to your final mix? IIRC, Cubase a monitoring channel for this kind of use case (corrections set for headphone / room monitoring).

[@SamuelLeTonqueze]

On the new Steinberg Nuendo 12, there is the "Headphone Match" plugin, which performs the same function as SoundID.

[@waltertill1388]

Thanks for the nice update! i like the idea with the stars to be reminded for notes a lot!!!!!!!! looking forward to the libaries! all the best! did you route the stems of the instruments into this new groups?

[@tomkent4656]

Headphone equalisers are great, but what happens if your hearing isn't flat?

[@ryanknaggs]

Hi Anne, OH MAN! Either I read your mind or you are reading my mind. I just upgraded my Studio with 7.1 with Adam Audio T5V and Forcite 18i20. I just put together a video to show off my new studio that I'll have on my youtube channel, it's not out yet but will be soon! I'm looking at the Sound ID for my new 7.1 I'm still deciding if I need this now or later but I'll get this. I'm kind of waiting for a sale then I'll get it $$$. Also, I also purchased the bundle for iZotope and LOVE the Ozone advanced. Also, have avoided Waves too. Another is Fabfilter is another goto for me. Anyway thanks again for talking about these cool new things. It's so much fun to talk about and also use in my projects too! :) P.S. I absolutely will not subscribe either. I only purchase my software outright too. :). Take care.

[@daniellee3059]

Great video - thank you! I'm curious - where are the opening shots from?

[@davidmagnus]

Hey Anne, here is a quick tip: put the reference pluigin on the control room and not directly on your master bus ;) otherwise you will always need to turn it on/off when exporting, which is really annoying over time.

[@AnneKathrinDernComposer]

I know. I prefer it my way though.

[@welchomestudio]

Great content as usual. Danke sehr!

[@dirtyharry1881]

When did you visit Vienna? I visited Vienna (and Schoenbrunn) in July. What a wonderful city!! went to Schönberg-Haus as well. almost all classical music I like was written in this city!

[@pop_polizei]

She just held a masterclass this summer in Baden near Vienna.

[@jonrittmann]

thanks

[@amazeus1980]

Would you recommend some vsts to make 50-60s movies sounds? Instruments but also chord progressions etc. Maybe some library for Kontakt for a good start? Actually each decade would be a nice topic for the video! ;)

[@es__music]

Have you looked into Berlin Studio reverb? I love how it has orchestral seating adjustments! Or Pan Knob 2.

[@colinaiken]

Used the Loyalty offers to upgrade to Ozone 10. Thanks for the tip.

[@sujhansuvisan8402]

Helpful stuff!

[@MBynum]

I've been looking into getting Cinematic Rooms for awhile now to use for CSS or Nashville Scoring Strings. But I also like the simplicity of using Seventh Heaven.

[@pop_polizei]

Hey Anne, I have two questions (and sorry if you answered them somewhere else before). Do you mix all your cues yourself or do you pass it on to an assistant? Whoever it does, does a great job! 🙂 Also, around 26:50 you talk about negative track delays. Do you have another video where you elaborate on how you calculate the delays? Thanks for all your work! I’m a huge fan. 😍

[@jade8538]

Fyi, in one of Anne's videos she talks about negative track delay. The video is : kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6vRg5yKbtRkpq8. (I include this info just in case Anne is too busy to reply).

[@pop_polizei]

@@jade8538 Thanks a lot! I knew I’ve seen it before, just forgot where it was. Much appreciated!

[@pop_polizei]

@@jade8538 I re-watched that part, and I immediately wondered if there wasn’t a page somewhere out there that lists all the negative track delays for the most common sample libraries? And indeed there is! For anyone wondering the same, here it is: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WP9sobba7OkldNkTiSzXP7r3Pb64IzWQWrLkqdiyRcA/preview#gid= It’s not complete yet, but it’s a start!

[@ScoringStageEu]

wait. you use a dedicated MELODYNE plugin? The melodyne engine and features are already build into CUBASE PRO since a couple of years I think.

[@lincolnmmitchell]

i could listen to you rant for days. man you are awesome.

[@rossoconnor4]

Thanks for this!! Great insight. I found it much safer for me to stick SoundID on the Control Room insert. Otherwise every stereo track I sent would definitely have it on it. I would never remember to disable it. Looking forward to seeing what's new in your sample libraries!

[@AnneKathrinDernComposer]

It actually gives you a notification if you forget to turn it off so the developers already had the foresight to put that in 😄 But using the control room is also an option of course. I just switch between headphones so often to ref check that it's more convenient on the master fader.

[@judithwoods4980]

Great video as always thank you for the content, I'm probably on my 4th pass of your previous vids as stuff tends to click as my knowledge grows, many forehead slaps recently 😂😂

[@AnneKathrinDernComposer]

Haha, that's good to hear! And here's to hoping you won't grow tired of hearing my voice. 😜

[@eddcastillo5]

Do you recommend sonarworks for the DT 990 pro beyerdinamic headphones? Does it work for headphones?cause i mix wuth those

[@VillemR]

Awesome! In my experience the headphone correction works best when not at 100%. More like 2/3, but that's me

[@AnneKathrinDernComposer]

Interesting, I haven't actually tried not using it at 100%. Will definitely experiment with this - thanks for the tip!

[@AtlasBenighted]

The Waves rant will have a bonus. A Spitfire rant! 😆

[@vigh4696]

ahhaah i like you already. I hate subscription models myself.

[@EdwinDPZ]

Never thought to artificially extend an instruments range. I always just reworked the melody when a pitch i wanted was too low.

[@AnneKathrinDernComposer]

I used to do that too but then I thought why not bend the physical limitations of instruments to my will instead of the other way around 😅

[@robresetar4144]

Are there any SAMPLES that you tend to just use AS SAMPLES without recording live players. Or is it all a budget decision?

[@geroldwaefler9485]

You are so much right with not to use software under subscription !!!!!!! I have switch to Blender, iClone and Unrealengine and of course i use Cubase and Dorico. If i would use still all Software, i used in the Past, i would now need to pay every month around 2000.-Dollar but i earn my money as a professional Violine player and Teacher and i never would can pay every month so much money. If i would pay all this subscriptions, i would need to have so much students, in the end i would have no more time to make my CG Animations Videos with my owen Filmcomposing... Filmcomposing i studied by David Angel, you know he ?

[@JornLavoll]

Cinematik Room

[@FLH3official]

I always wonder if Sonarworks works with a fixed EQ correction curve or if their plugin applies a dynamic EQ correction. Anyone has infos about that? Like any mechanical device I suppose headphones react differently to certain frequencies according to their amplitude, I don't imagine a linear behaviour. Furthermore if the EQ was linear it would be realy easy to "copy" the Sonarworks corrections with a white noise and a match EQ (or whatever the name of it in your DAW). But maybe I'm wrong. Tell me

[@zvenx]

I understand the dumping of Waves, but to go to Izotope.. hmmmm... Izotope scares me..several reasons, but from them dumping R4 and Nimbus alone...

[@poissonpuerile8897]

Waves plugins are 20 to 30-year-old algorithms packaged in primitive 20 to 30-year-old raster graphics interfaces. They've been lazily riding on their long-undeserved glory of yore, and virtually all of their plugins have been surpassed by other manufacturers. Izotope, on the other hand, is truly best-in-class at what they do, which makes replacing them difficult.

[@symfonik-pl]

🥰

[@rbingraham]

Just a comment that may benefit some Cubase/Nuendo users. I think it's in Cubase as well, but I know in the latest update to Nuendo (v12) there is headphone correction via an included plug in. So I just keep that on my Control Room output and turn it on and off depending on if I'm using monitors or headphones. I'm sure it's not as extensive as the Sonarworks plug in. But no point in spending money if you don't really need to.

[@JonAnderhub]

Don't get too excited about Izotope yet. Izotope was bought out by Native Instruments and now Native Instruments has been bought out by a private equity firm Francisco Partners.

[@Alchemetica]

I refuse to use software that requires a subscription, and use an alternative to replace the subscription companies product. Another point about using a visual representation of frequency is the inevitable high frequency loss as one ages. Besides just a high frequency sound, it can be the harmonics of the fundamental that are lost or their presence is weakened to your ears.

[@jamesstocks3169]

Good for you for saying no to subscriptions....

[@JScaranoMusic]

Test?

[@lincolnmmitchell]

i need more than one like button

[@Ahmad-Mounir44]

Likewise, any developer does subscription only will gonna lose me as a customer. I hate subscriptions! Also, many people jump on the EastWest composer cloud except me. Why? because I also love to own shit, period!

[@pop_polizei]

Any thoughts on Musio by Cinesamples? Apart from a monthly and annual subscription, they also offer a lifetime ownership that even includes any future updates.

[@cuezaireekaa]

the most beautiful woman on youtube. absolutely.

[@AnneKathrinDernComposer]

Hours upon hours of hard work to create even more hours of free educational content and the only two comments you’ve ever left over the years are about my looks. It’s quite frankly insulting to reduce me to that. You wouldn’t leave these kinds of comments on a man’s page.

[@cuezaireekaa]

@@AnneKathrinDernComposer thanks for all the hard work and your professionalism. im sorry i offended you. i really am. i dont remember ever commenting before this but i guess i did if you say so. really shouldve thought it thru before typing :(

[@AartiseemaGoswamivlogs]

❤❤❤❤❤❤ hi I am Indian welcome ❤❤