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Composer Bridge – Introduction

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A few months ago I decided to overhaul my orchestral template. As many of you can imagine this meant going down the rabbit hole… After putting together a sample template on VEP and Digital Performer I decided to learn how to use, and program touch interfaces with Lemur. After countless hours of work and research I now have a system that I could only dream of before. Since this system conveniently makes touch operations available right in front of the user, I decided to call it Composer Bridge, after a ship bridge (or command deck).

I believe showing some of the features of Composer Bridge could be beneficial to the many composers who are designing their own templates and refining their workflow. That’s why I created the video below.

You will notice that Composer Bridge is feature-packed. Therefore I couldn’t cover all and I don’t explain how I achieved some of the awesome functionalities since I didn’t want the video to be hours long. But I am happy to share more in case I see enough interest in the comment section and on socials.

Here is an index in case you’d only like to learn about a specific area of Composer Bridge:

00:00 – Intro
02:07 – 01. One channel per instrumenta quick look at VEP
02:35 – 02. Vienna Ensemble Pro
03:03 – 03. Bounce-friendly
03:58 – 04. Instrument selection
04:27 – 05. Instruments control
05:28 – 06. Bidirectional MIDI
06:10 – 07. Counter and time display
06:48 – 08. Basic DAW controls
07:07 – 09. Quick tools and macros
07:57 – 10. Project setup options
08:28 – 11. Editing tools & quantise options
08:48 – 12. Navigation tools & markers
09:05 – 13. Beyond MIDI control
09:22 – 14. Upcoming features
09:41 – Conclusion

That’s it for now, should there be much interest around it you will hear more about Composer Bridge in the future. Now it’s time to sail the ship towards new exciting compositions. Ahoy everyone!

UPDATE: Composer Bridge is now available! Find out more here…

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  • Giovanni Rotondo

    Editor in Chief of Film Scoring Tips. Giovanni Rotondo is an experienced London-based film and television composer whose music has been showcased on top-tier platforms like Netflix, BBC 1 and Rai 1. Known for his versatility, Giovanni has contributed to feature films, TV series, TV movies, and documentaries. He's also the creative force behind the popular game music album series "The 8-bit Time Adventures." A BAFTA Connect member, Giovanni is renowned for blending technical skill with creative flair. For more information, visit: giovannirotondo.com

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Giovanni Rotondo

Editor in Chief of Film Scoring Tips. Giovanni Rotondo is an experienced London-based film and television composer whose music has been showcased on top-tier platforms like Netflix, BBC 1 and Rai 1. Known for his versatility, Giovanni has contributed to feature films, TV series, TV movies, and documentaries. He's also the creative force behind the popular game music album series "The 8-bit Time Adventures." A BAFTA Connect member, Giovanni is renowned for blending technical skill with creative flair. For more information, visit: giovannirotondo.com

11 thoughts on “Composer Bridge – Introduction

    • Hi Scott, thanks for asking! I am seeing a very healthy interest around Composer Bridge after posting about it yesterday. Should the trend continue I’ll find the best way/model to distribute it very soon. In the mean time it would be amazing if you could help me reach as many potentially interested pees as possible. Are you member of any fb/reddit group whose members you feel would like to know about this?

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  • Bennie Sims

    I am very interested in Lemur. How will I know when or if it available?

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    • Hi Bennie, after a warm reaction from the internet last week, I am preparing new content regarding Composer Bridge. A distribution strategy is still not been defined but might soon. The best way to stay up to date on that is to subscribe to our newsletter. Thanks!

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  • Morry Engler

    Wow! It’s what “every” composer has been waiting for! I would definitely like to have this program when the time comes. It open’s up and streamlines so many possibilities!! Thank you for your genius and hard work!!

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  • Hola Giovanni, this is impressive. I expended so much time configuring my OSC Bridge and key bindings for commands in my keyboard to have something kind of like your little beast. I look forward to the release. I’ll see you next week in the MOTU webminar!

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  • Mark Spiegel

    Hi Giovanni
    I am a somewhat technophobic film scorer and composer, so this looks to be a beautiful solution. Obviously the speed and ease in making creative decisions can only be a benefit to us creative types.
    I see it’s been about a year since you released the Composer Bridge. I hope that you have been able to move your project forward, or perhaps find a worthy partner to get it out to the buying public. You have a great deal to be proud of with this. In particular, to have an interface that “speaks” creative, and is visually appealing is a big selling point to me, (rather than having to learn to decode computer buzz words, or jumping through many technical hoops to do whatever creative work is necessary)
    Watching you work on the project looked to be a joyful, and stress free experience….and as you said, that is what is needed to keep track of the creative elements while working on any project. Please let me know how things are progressing.

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    • Hi Mark,
      many thanks for your kind words! As I mentioned development of Composer Bridge highly depended on support from readers/users. Although I got great people helping out on Patreon there weren’t enough to justify putting its development on fast track. However I still have plans to add new features and I hope to do so before the second half of the year. I should mention though that the current version is really stable provided you use the listed software and the templates that come with it.

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