RÉSUMÉ
Milos
Betko started to work as a recording supervisor in 1992. As an employee of
the Slovak Radio he recorded plenty of compositions with the Big Band Radio
Bratislava, Radio Folk Instruments Orchestra and Slovak Radio Children’s
Chorus. He contributed towards the release of 8 CDs anthology of the Slovak
mainstream popular songs just as a numerous singles of young bands and
singers. For the radio purposes he also recorded a great deal of the
incidental and scenical music. On the field of classical music he produced a lot
of premiere recordings of the Slovak contemporary chamber music.
In 1994 he started to work as a freelance recording supervisor and orchestral and film music became his principal line. He have recorded about 120
CDs and almost 50 movies for more than 90 record labels and film production companies
with large number of symphony and chamber orchestras, choruses, ensembles and more than
170 highly professional
soloists (almost all kind of instruments and singers),
conducted by nearly 50 conductors from all over the world.
He recorded music by more than 300 composers of all styles and genres. Classical
music - from early music to the contemporary and experimental music, church music,
vocal music, opera, operetta, film music, movie soundtracks, game music, up to the music for
commercial spots.
He
has recorded in many kind of halls, from the professional recording studios and concert halls, through
the various types of theatres, up to the churches and castle rooms cross the Slovakia,
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At present he edit all the recorded music himself at his ProTools
home studio.
Himself
a composer, Milos Betko deeply understand other composer’s ideas, questions
of scores writing and problems of their style interpretation, so, he knows how
to get things from a score. As a violinist he very well knows the matters
concerned to the execution of all stringed instruments which created the bone of
an orchestra. He is acquainted with the psycho-physiological processes present
at the recording sessions and he is able to lead musicians towards their top
performances. His minutely work during the post-production phase (listening,
editing, mixing, sound finalizing) effect the forcing-out the maximum of the
recorded material.
He is targeted at the pure intonation, precise rhythm and
perfect sound balance because these are the essential ingredients of what is
called ‘music expression’.
His
stern professional motto is: “If there is the only take of a section of
music recorded – we can only hope that it's usable. If there are two takes of
the same section – one of them is usually better. If we have three – one
should be the best. And finally, if we have four takes – there is a justified
hope that one of them is really good.”