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  Make musical decisions before they become production problems.

  A new expert resource for viola, live strings, event-music planning, repertoire decisions and recording with Kim-Marie Borger.

• /music-production/

  Music Production

  Session architecture, collaboration and delivery for projects that need to remain understandable.

• /ableton/

  Ableton Live

  File management, Sampler and controller workflows grounded in official behavior.

• /sound-design/

  Sound Design

  Sampling and playable-instrument workflows that document the source and transformation.

• /recording/

  Recording

  Room-aware, repeatable recording plans for acoustic instruments.

• /music-for-media/

  Music for Media & Events

  Briefing, rights and live-performance planning for films and ceremonies.

• /resources/

  Resources

  A local ceremony planner, practical music calculators and rights-aware legacy records.

• /resources/tools/

  Tools

  A local ceremony brief planner and practical music calculators. No sign-up and no upload.

• /resources/glossary/

  Glossary

  Terms as this publication uses them, across production, Ableton, sound design, recording and music for media.

• /ableton/midi-fighter-twister-review/

  MIDI Fighter Twister in Ableton: design the mapping before the knobs

  A controller-mapping method that does not pretend an unfinished hardware review exists.

• /sound-design/sampled-instruments/building-a-sampled-instrument/

  Build a small sampled instrument in Ableton Live without losing the source

  A conservative Sampler workflow for roots, dynamics, edits, zones and round robins.

• /recording/acoustic-instruments/recording-viola-at-home/

  A repeatable plan for recording viola at home

  Prepare the room, compare fair takes and archive material you can judge tomorrow.

• /about/

  About Auspicious Music

  What Auspicious Music publishes, who writes it, and how to reach the publication.

• /about/history-and-relaunch/

  History and relaunch

  What Auspicious Music is today, what was published at this address before 2026, and where the line between the two runs.

• /about/editorial-policy/

  Editorial policy

  How this publication tests, sources, discloses and corrects — including its position on AI assistance.

• /authors/

  Authors

  Who writes and reviews here, and the rule this publication applies to bylines.

• /contribute/

  Pitch a guide

  How to propose a guest guide for Auspicious Music: what the publication accepts, what it declines, and how the editorial review works.

• /contact/

  Contact

  How to reach the editorial desk, report a correction, or raise a rights question.

• /legal/

  Impressum

  Anbieterkennzeichnung nach § 5 DDG und Angabe des Verantwortlichen nach § 18 Abs. 2 MStV.

• /privacy/

  Datenschutzerklärung

  Informationen zur Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten nach Art. 13 DSGVO.

• /accessibility/

  Erklärung zur Barrierefreiheit

  Stand der Barrierefreiheit dieser Website, bekannte Einschränkungen und Rückmeldemöglichkeit.

• /resources/tools/delay-and-reverb/

  Delay and Reverb Time Calculator

  Delay times in milliseconds and hertz for every note division at any tempo, straight, dotted and triplet, plus reverb pre-delay and decay starting points.

• /resources/tools/note-frequency/

  Note and Frequency Calculator

  Convert between note names, MIDI numbers and frequencies at any concert pitch, and read the cents deviation of any frequency you enter.

• /resources/tools/sample-pitch/

  Sample Pitch and Rate Calculator

  What transposing a sample does to its playback rate, its length and its tempo, including sample-rate mismatch in semitones.

• /journal/

  Journal

  All published guides with topic, method and reading time.

• /music-production/ableton-project-handoff/

  An Ableton project handoff that another computer can actually open

  Collect media, expose plug-in dependencies, print safety stems and make the next decision obvious.

• /recording/acoustic-instruments/viola-microphone-placement/

  Viola microphone placement: three useful starting positions

  Compare three microphone positions without pretending one distance works everywhere.

• /sound-design/when-to-record-strings-instead-of-using-a-library/

  When to record a string part instead of using a library

  Decide by phrasing, transition, revision risk and the musical role of the layer.

• /music-for-media/planning-live-viola-for-a-wedding-ceremony/

  Planning live viola for a wedding ceremony

  Define musical moments, flexible timings, cues and practical conditions.

• /music-for-media/music-clearance-for-small-film-projects/

  Music clearance for a small film before edit lock

  Identify the work, recording, media, territory, term and evidence before delivery.

• /viola/

  Viola im Einsatz

  Praxiswissen zu Viola bei Anlaessen, im Repertoire und in der Aufnahme mit Kim-Marie Borger.

• /eventmusik/

  Eventmusik, die zum Ablauf passt

  Live-Viola fuer Hochzeit, Trauerfeier, Empfang, Dinner, Firmenevent, Geburtstag und Unterricht planen.

• /repertoire/

  Repertoire nach Anlass

  Repertoire-Ideen fuer Live-Viola nach Anlass, Funktion und Machbarkeit.

• /tools/eventmusik-planer/

  Plane die Musik, nicht nur die Titelliste.

  Ablauf, Repertoire-Ideen und E-Mail-Entwurf für Live-Viola bei unterschiedlichen Anlässen.

• /tools/wunschstueck-check/

  Wunschstück für Solo-Viola vorbereiten

  Fassung, Spielmoment, Wiedererkennbarkeit, Länge und Vorlauf eines persönlichen Wunschstücks für die musikalische Prüfung vorbereiten.

• /eventmusik/hochzeit/

  Hochzeit / Trauung musikalisch planen

  Ablauf und Repertoire-Ideen fuer Hochzeit / Trauung mit Kim-Marie Borger.

• /eventmusik/sektempfang/

  Sektempfang musikalisch planen

  Ablauf und Repertoire-Ideen fuer Sektempfang mit Kim-Marie Borger.

• /eventmusik/trauerfeier/

  Beerdigung / Trauerfeier musikalisch planen

  Ablauf und Repertoire-Ideen fuer Beerdigung / Trauerfeier mit Kim-Marie Borger.

• /eventmusik/dinner/

  Dinner musikalisch planen

  Ablauf und Repertoire-Ideen fuer Dinner mit Kim-Marie Borger.

• /eventmusik/firmenevent/

  Firmenevent musikalisch planen

  Ablauf und Repertoire-Ideen fuer Firmenevent mit Kim-Marie Borger.

• /eventmusik/geburtstag/

  Geburtstag musikalisch planen

  Ablauf und Repertoire-Ideen fuer Geburtstag mit Kim-Marie Borger.

• /eventmusik/unterricht/

  Unterricht musikalisch planen

  Ablauf und Repertoire-Ideen fuer Unterricht mit Kim-Marie Borger.

• /viola/viola-oder-violine/

  Viola oder Violine für Live-Musik?

  Entscheidungshilfe nach Klanglage, Melodieführung, Raum, Besetzung und gewünschter Wirkung.

• /eventmusik/live-streicher-draussen/

  Live-Streicher draußen planen

  Schatten, trockenen Standort, Wind, Akustik, Cue und einen belastbaren Plan B vorbereiten.

• /tools/streicheraufnahme-briefing/

  Ein Briefing, bevor die Aufnahme läuft.

  Funktion, Timing, Spielweise, Takes, Dateiformat und offene Entscheidungen lokal im Browser ordnen.