CRAIG WENTWORTH
TECHNICAL COMPOSER
THE STUDIO
Craig doesn't do any of this on what he would consider high-end gear. His studio isn't sound-proofed or referenced -- in fact, his "studio" is actually his home office.
But many up-and-coming composers want to know what's under the hood of half-way decent-sounding MIDI recreations. Here is the list of hardware, software, and samples that Craig relies on the most... in addition to his ears, of course.
HARWARE + SOFTWARE
DAW
Cubase
Vienna Ensemble Pro
Computer
Custom-built Windows Workstation
Midi Controller
Native Instrument S69 Gen2 Midi Controller
Head Gear
Audio Technica Headphones
PLUGINS
EQ
Waves
FabFilter Pro Q-3
Reverb
Arts Acoustic Reverb
Seventh Heaven Professional
Compression
FabFilter Pro C-2
The Master Chain
TDR Kotelnikov (barley tickling the limiter)
Gulfoss (just a kiss)
Fresh Air (just a kiss)
Izotope Vintage Maximizer (also barely tickling the limiter)
SAMPLE LIBRARIES
The majority of the orchestral sounds used by Craig are commercial sample libraries available from many of the top producers world-wide.
The current list of what's in Craig's template (in template order) includes:
Woodwinds
Spitfire Audio BBCSO Core
Spitfire Audio Albion One
Brass
Performance Samples Caspian II
Cinebrass CORE
Cinebrass PRO
Spitfire Audio Abbey Road One Orchestral Foundations
Spitfire Audio Symphonic Brass
Percussion
Sonic Academy Kick 2
CinePerc
Spitfire Audio Abbey Road One Orchestral Foundations
Spitfire Audio Hans Zimmer Percussion
Spitfire Audio BBCSO Core
Heavyocity Master Series Drums
Heavyocity Damage
Heavyocity Damage 2
Strikeforce
Pianos
Native Instruments Pianos (The Maverick, The Grandeur, Noire, etc)
Hans Zimmer Piano
Guitars
Shreddage3 Stratus
Shreddage3 Hydra
Omnisphere
Choir
Performance Sample Oceania II
Metropolis Ark 3 Male and Female Choirs
AudioBro Genesis Children's Choir
Strings
Abbey Road Orchestra
Hans Zimmer Strings
Abbey Road Legendary Low Strings
Cinematic Studio Series
Performance Samples
Spitfire Audio Albion One
Spitfire Audio Symphonic Strings
Synths
u-he Zebra2
u-he ZebraHZ
u-he Hive
Spire
Omnisphere
Sonic Academy ANA2
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