Charlie Clouser

A lot of the sounds that I developed for the album were run through Electro-Harmonix pedals the Screaming Bird

My Ableton workflow is about the same as it's been for the last fifteen years or so.

We also did a lot of passing audio through the filter inputs of the Access Virus module and the Roland JP-8080.

We also did a lot of passing audio through the filter inputs of the Access Virus module and the Roland JP-8080.

Charlie Clouser praises the Auddict Hexeract for its innovative approach to applying FM to samples in a modular setting, highlighting its ability to produce substantial depth and texture. This endorsement is featured on the Hexeract website, underscoring Clouser's use and appreciation of this software synth.

A few yeras ago our choices were limited to basically running stuff through the filter input of the Minimoog or putting it into the Eventide H3000.

Seen on his main desk for composing soundtracks, visible at 2:27 in his Creative Cribs video.

do all my main composition, recording, and mixing inside Logic X on a Mac Pro cylinder

Mangling guitar with the amazing plugins for the UAD platform fro @UAudio - Fuchs Overdrive Supreme, Neve 1081, and OTO Biscuit - love 'em!

Clouser, who’s become a connoisseur of mastering plug-ins in his search for a Master X5 replacement. He’s currently using Waves L3 Multimaximizer and iZotope’s Ozone 7 mastering software.

"For pads I love Omisphere and I use that plug-in quite a bit."

From Pensado's Place #76 Charlie Clouser at 53:10

Charlie Clouser discusses using Spitfire Audio Spitfire Symphonic Strings in a scoring cue, as mentioned in the VI-CONTROL forum thread "Secrets of the Score-Charlie Clouser and JIGSAW."

Tantra is one of my favorite new plugins. I did use it on a few cues for Jigsaw to provide trance-gate type effects. Very cool little plugin.

the eighth (!) movie in the SAW horror franchise, JIGSAW, which hits theaters (and IMAX!) on October 27th. No slaves, no VEPro, just Logic X and 250 instances of EXS-24 in glorious 4k.

I recorded the audio output of my Logic rig in ProTools as a stereo file

So I'll buy that Boom Library "cinematic metals" library on special for $99 from VSTBuzz or whatever, just because with a name like "cinematic metals" there HAS to be something good in there, and then immediately load it up in AudioFinder, audition every one of the 4,000 wav files and delete them as I go.

In a discussion on VI-CONTROL, Charlie Clouser mentioned purchasing the Boom Library Cinematic Metal Bundle, highlighting its appeal due to its distinctive name.

At about 5:53 Charlie shows off his hacked up ARP Solus.

So for every song we had a single sys-ex dump of each Nord Lead, the Virus, the MicroWave, depending on which synths were used on that song.

A few yeras ago our choices were limited to basically running stuff through the filter input of the Minimoog or putting it into the Eventide H3000.

"Don't skip Alchemist by String Audio, great stuff. Simple, minimalist interface, powerful ways to shape the sound and TONS of excellent sample content." - CHARLIE CLOUSER

I repurposed a couple of older Mac Pro towers as orchestral slaves running Vienna Ensemble Pro,

Mangling guitar with the amazing plugins for the UAD platform fro @UAudio - Fuchs Overdrive Supreme, Neve 1081, and OTO Biscuit - love 'em!

Mangling guitar with the amazing plugins for the UAD platform fro @UAudio - Fuchs Overdrive Supreme, Neve 1081, and OTO Biscuit - love 'em!

one sound is from the excellent Zebra synth from UHE. I have the Zebra 2 version, Hans Zimmers custom version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPqMXbD3hhE at 6:45

Clouser, who’s become a connoisseur of mastering plug-ins in his search for a Master X5 replacement. He’s currently using Waves L3 Multimaximizer and iZotope’s Ozone 7 mastering software.

His studio, located in Topanga, Calif., has 5.1 surround monitoring via a Dynaudio Air System.

Once in a while I will use a UAD plugin like Ocean Way Studios for strings reverb,

In the VI-CONTROL discussion titled "Secrets of the Score - Charlie Clouser and Jigsaw," Charlie Clouser explains his use of the Apple Logic ES2 Software Synthesizer as the main component in a layered sound, contrasting it with the more textured background provided by ZebraHZ.

This entire video features Charlie talking about Que Lastas, a one of a kind instrument made by Chaz Smith. It sounds immensely cool and the video is really worth watching a few times.