Monthly Archives: February 2021

Raw Tech Synths & Vocal Drops MULTIFORMAT

By | February 27, 2021

Raw Tech Synths & Vocal Drops MULTIFORMAT

Raw Tech Synths & Vocal Drops MULTIFORMAT

We present Raw Tech Synths & Vocal Drops, a pounding and vigorous set of tech house sonics designed to generate energy and excitement in your dancefloor structures. This huge helping of audio tools is 100% royalty free, as is standard from Loopmasters.

The focus on Raw Tech Synths & Vocal Drops is to bring unique features to the forefront of your mix, and you’ll find a plethora of groovy and rave-ready sounds in a variety of forms within. Tech house synth samples, bass loops, house vocal samples, kicks, claps, percussion, FX and more are all included to help bring memorable hooks and serious vibes to your tunes.

Included loops roll out between 122-127bpm, making them perfect for all your house music workouts, including tech house, deep house, classic house and beyond.

In detail, expect to find 955 MB of content, with all audio recorded at 24Bit & 44.1KHZ. There are 64 synth loops, 36 bass loops, 19 full drum loops, 19 top drum loops, 15 fx loops, 15 vocal loops, 12 clap & snare loops, 10 percussion loops and 4 combi loops. There are also 55 vocals and 9 FX samples. Also included are 194 Rex2 files, 2 soft sampler patches (for Halion, NNXT, EXS24, Kontakt and SFZ) and 16 Midi files.

Log in to download a free taster pack, and check out the specs and demos to find out more!

  • 24Bit 44.1KHZ
  • 64 Synth Loops
  • 36 Bass Loops
  • 19 Full Drum Loops
  • 19 Top Drum Loops
  • 15 Fx Loops
  • 15 Vocal Loops
  • 12 Clap & Snare Loops
  • 10 Percussion Loops
  • 4 Combi Loops
  • 55 Vocals
  • 9 Fx
  • 2 Soft Sampler patches
  • 16 Midi Files

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Rektchordz – Retro House MULTIFORMAT

By | February 27, 2021

Rektchordz - Retro House MULTIFORMAT

Rektchordz – Retro House MULTIFORMAT

We Rektchordz Retro House – an up-front collection of dance sounds inspired by the genre to end all genres, from Bristol’s acclaimed Producer Rektchordz. All content is 100% Royalty Free and comes polished for your productions to give them immediate impact and Lo-Fi nostalgia!

Jamie Smithson aka Rektchords has established himself as one of House music’s rising stars with a Mixmag tune of the month under his belt and support from Mark Knight, Laurent Garnier, Todd Edwards, Faithless, DJ EZ, James Zabiela, Radio One, Gorgon City, Justin Martin and many more.

Rektchordz Retro House comes with 749 MB of content featuring Loops, One Shots and Sampler Patches created and crafted to give you the audio artillery you need for to inspire a full on House assault! 377 Loops are included with chunky Basslines, melodic Lead Synths, beefy Drums, choppy Vocal and razor-edged Tops. Expect to hear Old School Piano Stabs, Melodic Chords, Synth Arpeggios and vintage Pads.

Each sound in the pack is meticulously processed and layered in order to showcase the Rektchordz production style. 187 One Hits are included with Basses, Synths, Drums and FX to trigger and sequence in your DAW, using our expertly pre-formatted Sampler Patches. All melodic content in this pack is key-labelled for immediate integration in your productions.

A word from Rektchordz: “I’d like to inspire producers to create unique music that brings their own personality through sampling, manipulating and taking ideas to form something new and exciting. My intention is to bring a collection of highly usable samples that will add character to your sound and can be dissected to get a better understanding of how I produce House music”.

At tempos from 120 to 124 Rektchordz Retro House is ideal for all forms of House, as well as Techno, Breaks, EDM and more!

In detail expect to find 749 MB of content with 564 individual 24 Bit WAV files. 377 Loops are included with 93 Top Loops, 80 Synth Loops, 74 Bass Loops, 64 Full Drum Loops, 58 Hat Loops, 4 Kick Snare Loops and 4 Vocal Loops. 187 One Hit samples are included with 137 Drum Hits, 20 Fx, 15 Bass Hits and 15 Synth Hits along with 227 Rex Files, 44 Sampler Patches for NNXT, Halion, EXS24, Kontakt and SFZ.

Rektchordz Retro House is an organic journey of melodic House sounds to inspire and generate a blistering dancefloor all-nighter.

  • 24Bit 44.1KHZ
  • 93 Top Loops
  • 80 Synth Loops
  • 74 Bass Loops
  • 64 Full Drum Loops
  • 58 Hat Loops
  • 4 Kick Snare Loops
  • 4 Vocal Loops
  • 137 Drum Hits
  • 20 Fx
  • 15 Bass Hits
  • 15 Synth Hits
  • 44 Soft Sampler Patches
  • 8 Kong

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lapix HiTECH NINJA SAMPLES Vol.4 WAV

By | February 27, 2021

lapix HiTECH NINJA SAMPLES Vol.4 WAV

lapix HiTECH NINJA SAMPLES Vol.4 WAV

The most important high-tech sampling collection “HiTECH NINJA SAMPLES vol.4” by “lapix” who continues to run at the top of the high-tech scene, “Hitech Ninja”, is here!

Delivered in the highest volume in the series! !!

Just stay out of the gate! The high-tech sound, which should be called the secret Ninpocho, is released generously! It is not necessary to explain that it will be an immediate force for the production of dance music as well as high tech. !! High-tech full-on, psychedelic The perfect library for ninjas who are interested and DTM beginners, and the source of inspiration! In addition, a special demo song newly written by lapix is ​​included! !! !! Even though I’m stealth Exemple dedicated to tomorrow’s rivals that will spread all over the world! Bible! of! Fourth bullet!

■ Contents (sample breakdown)

◇Acid
Acid x 15

◇Bass
Bass x 44
Fullon BassLine Loops x 13
HiTECH BassLine Loops x 41

◇Drums
Claps x 17
Claps – Ghost note x 12
Claps – Wet x 12
Close Hihats x 10
Close Hihats – Wet x 10
Close Hihats Loops x 10
Crash Cymbals x 13
Crash Cymbals – Wet x 10
Open Hihats x 12
Fills x 30
KickRolls x 12
Kicks x 20
Kicks – Ghost note x 10
Kicks – Wet x 15
Loops x 37
Snares x 20
Snares – Ghost note x 10

◇Effects
Booms x 11
Hits x 15
Impacts x 11
PsyMisc x 30
Rises x 10
Scratchy and Backspin x 15
Sweep Down x 10
Sweep Up x 12
Zaps x 20

◇Synths
Synths x 85
Synths HiTECH Loops x 20

◇Vox
Vocals and Shouts x 58

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BusyWorksBeats Hermes VST VST3 AU

By | February 27, 2021

 Hermes + Bonuses WIN MacOSX

BusyWorksBeats Hermes VST VST3 AU WIN MacOSX

Sound with a Vibe

Modern Sounds for Hip Hop and R&B. Every sound has a vibe because
they were custom made and curated for You!

Not 10,000 Sounds You’ll Never Use

HermeSynth was built to give you over 150+ sounds that will work for modern music, not just a bunch of random sounds to say we have lots of sounds. Heavily curated.

Easy to Use

Extremely simplified interface to cut down on the things you never cared about 🙂

Custom Sound

I handcrafted and curated the sound for HermeSynth giving every sound a vibe! And the sounds are built for modern music and hip hop

Works in Major DAWs

VST2/VST3/AU Format works in FL Studio (PC/Mac), Ableton Live
(PC/Mac), Studio One (PC/Mac), Logic Pro

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GOGOi Lofi Films Serum Presets

By | February 27, 2021

Lofi Films Serum

GOGOi Lofi Films Serum Presets

LO-FI Films for xfer serum is the latest installation by GOGOi

This pack comes with 60 serum lo-fi electronica aesthetic sounds bringing you raw-organic synth sound palettes infused with low fidelity haze textures.

Sounds are inspired by artist like Micah Frank, Boris Salchow and BlankFor.ms

Expect to find 60 macro mapped with wavetable embedded serum presets, broken down as 12 bass presets, 10 key presets, 12 lead presets, 14 pad presets, 06 synth presets and 06 pluck presets.

Dynamic mordern basses. Woozy animated pads. organic old school vibe keys. raw sleezy leads.

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Organic Loops Afrobeat Grooves WAV

By | February 27, 2021

Afrobeat Grooves

Organic Loops Afrobeat Grooves WAV

Organic Loops are proud to present Afrobeat Grooves, a resolute compilation of complex and tightly played afrobeat drum sounds. Within this package, you’ll discover premier quality drum and percussion parts in abundance, 100% royalty free.

Afrobeat Grooves comes with over 1 GB of content, with a versatile sound that will work perfectly in both traditional and new generation afrobeat styles. Fans of 60s & 70s West African musical styles will find plenty of intricate loops and drum fills to bring their rhythm section to life, whilst 21st century, pop-infused afrobeat fans will enjoy the range of percussion and top loops within. You’ll hear a rich and diverse palette of instruments and played styles, from upbeat full kit workouts to extravagant congas, claves, timbales, scrapers, shakers and much more, all waiting to be used to form the rhythms in your next track.

Coming in between 80-140bpm, you’ll find this collection works synergistically with afrobeat, funk, electro, hip hop, breakbeats, house and many other genres.

In detail, expect to find 1.05 GB of content with all audio recorded at 24Bit 44.1KHZ. There are 15 grooves made up of 150 live drum loops, 57 percussion loops, 48 top drum loops and 33 drum part loops.

Pack contains:

  • 24Bit 44.1KHZ
  • 15 Grooves
  • 150 Live Drum Loops
  • 57 Percussion Loops
  • 48 Top Drum Loops
  • 33 Drum Part Loops

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Organic Loops Arcane Percussion MULTIFORMAT

By | February 27, 2021

Arcane Percussion

Organic Loops Arcane Percussion MULTIFORMAT

Organic Loops are proud to present Arcane Percussion, a deep and ritualistic collection of mystical percussion sounds. These striking samples will bring a spiritual and transcendent feel to your compositions, whether they are based in cinematic, downtempo, world or contemporary electronica. Everything included is 100% royalty free.

Arcane Percussion is packed with well over 1 GB of content, with an incredibly versatile collection of instruments and playing styles within. Colour your rhythm section with a range of traditional African & Indian instruments such as congas, djembes, talking drums, berimbau, bongos, tablas, kanjiras and many more, all played and recorded with top-tier professional techniques to ensure you’ve got the sounds you need.

Bring some vibrant tonal drum work to your works with some of the included space drum sounds, which have a beautiful and soothing sound that has been captured perfectly to shine through your mixdowns. The loops inside Arcane Percussion roll out between 80-185bpm, making them perfect for your world, chill, trip-hop, soundtrack and cinematic productions.

In detail, expect to find 1.32 GB of content recorded at 24Bit 44.1KHZ. There are 124 conga loops, 61 djembe loops, 61 space drum loops, 60 berimbau loops, 59 FX percussion loops, 56 talking drum loops, 52 bongo loops, 35 tabla loops and 25 kanjira loops. One-shots included are 163 Percussion Hits and 14 Space Drum Hits. Also included are 18 soft sampler patches (for Kontakt, EXS24, SFZ and NNXT) 10 Kong.

Check out the demos above and log in to download a free taster pack now. This collection is also fully Loopcloud ready. More information can be found about Loopmasters award winning software here: loopcloud.com

Pack contains:

  • 24Bit 44.1KHZ
  • 124 Conga Loops
  • 61 Djembe Loops
  • 61 Space Drum Loops
  • 60 Berimbau Loops
  • 59 Fx Percussion Loops
  • 56 Talking Drum Loops
  • 52 Bongo Loops
  • 35 Tabla Loops
  • 25 Kanjara Loops
  • 163 Percussion Hits
  • 14 Space Drum Hits
  • 18 Soft Sampler Patches
  • 10 Kong

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FaderPro The Cube Guys Track From Scratch TUTORIAL

By | February 26, 2021

The Cube Guys Track From Scratch

FaderPro The Cube Guys Track From Scratch TUTORIAL

The Cube Guys is a club undertaking that was born in 2005 between two of the most prominent producers in Italy: Roberto Intrallazzi and Luca Provera. Although their backgrounds and professional training differs, their common desire to release new productions and contribute to the international club scene is the same. Together, they combine their previous experiences and endeavors to launch a fresh and innovative musical journey.

Roberto Intrallazzi began his musical career in the latter part of the 80’s and beginning of the 90’s as part of one of the most successful projects of the ‘made in Italy’ dance era, F.P.I. Project. Their track ‘Rich in Paradise’ received worldwide acclaim and was one of the first house music releases to come out of Italy. Over the 90’s decade, his sound evolved into more like ‘house’ of today with influences from electro of the 80’s. The combination of the strong energy and search for new rhythms typical of the 80’s along with the contemporary minimal-electronic sound further assisted with the development of Roberto’s style.

In 2000, Roberto Intrallazzi met the DJ and producer, Luca Provera who matched Roberto’s knowledge of music and technology. Luca got involved with music at a very young age by building his own recording studio and becoming familiar with the technicalities of making music. Luca utilized computers, mixers, samplers, and keyboards to launch his career as a producer and sound designer; employing both digital and analog equipment.

In this course for FaderPro in partnership with Glasgow Underground, The Cube Guys show their entire production process from start to finish and create a club-ready track start to finish.

Course Total Runtime: 1.7 hours

DAW used: Logic Pro

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FaderPro The Cube Guys Deconstruct “E Samba” TUTORIAL

By | February 26, 2021

The Cube Guys Deconstruct E Samba

FaderPro The Cube Guys Deconstruct “E Samba” TUTORIAL

The Cube Guys is a club undertaking that was born in 2005 between two of the most prominent producers in Italy: Roberto Intrallazzi and Luca Provera. Although their backgrounds and professional training differs, their common desire to release new productions and contribute to the international club scene is the same. Together, they combine their previous experiences and endeavors to launch a fresh and innovative musical journey.

Roberto Intrallazzi began his musical career in the latter part of the 80’s and beginning of the 90’s as part of one of the most successful projects of the ‘made in Italy’ dance era, F.P.I. Project. Their track ‘Rich in Paradise’ received worldwide acclaim and was one of the first house music releases to come out of Italy. Over the 90’s decade, his sound evolved into more like ‘house’ of today with influences from electro of the 80’s. The combination of the strong energy and search for new rhythms typical of the 80’s along with the contemporary minimal-electronic sound further assisted with the development of Roberto’s style.

In 2000, Roberto Intrallazzi met the DJ and producer, Luca Provera who matched Roberto’s knowledge of music and technology. Luca got involved with music at a very young age by building his own recording studio and becoming familiar with the technicalities of making music. Luca utilized computers, mixers, samplers, and keyboards to launch his career as a producer and sound designer; employing both digital and analog equipment.

In this deconstruction, The Cube Guys dissect their rework of the classic Junior Jack track “E Samba” that was produced in collaboration with Kevin McKay and released on Glasgow Underground.

Course Total Runtime: 60 minutes

DAW used: Logic Pro

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Sonic Collective Dusty Organ WAV

By | February 26, 2021

Sonic Collective Dusty Organ WAV

Sonic Collective Dusty Organ WAV

Produced by Jason Matthews, this collection of melodic motifs was inspired by a myriad of styles and eras centered around the Hammond B3 Organ and processed through a tape machine for analog vibes. From soulful licks and funky riffs to resamples and reworked loops, this collection covers a broad range of sonic characteristics with a vintage twist.

SOUL 95 LOOPS 95 ONE SHOTS

Sonic Collective is an eclectic label focused on real instrumentation and live performances. Featuring a wide range of genres and instrumentation, Sonic Collective connects musical styles from around the world through authentic, high-quality recordings available exclusively on Splice.

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The Music Producer’s Ultimate Guide to FL Studio 20: Create production-quality music with FL Studio

By | February 26, 2021

The Music Producer's Ultimate Guide to FL Studio 20: Create production-quality music with FL Studio

The Music Producer’s Ultimate Guide to FL Studio 20: Create production-quality music with FL Studio

Leverage the power of FL Studio 20 to create and compose production-quality songs and develop professional music production skill

Key Features

  • Leverage the power of FL Studio to create your own production-level music
  • Develop widely applicable music production skills and learn how to promote your music
  • Utilize cutting-edge tools to fuel your creative ideas and publish your songs

Book Description

FL Studio is a cutting-edge software music production environment. It’s an extremely powerful and easy to use tool for creating music. This book will give you everything you need to produce music with FL Studio at a professional level.

You’ll begin by exploring FL studio 20’s vast array of tools and discover best practices, tips, and tricks for creating music. You’ll learn how to set up your studio environment, create a beat, compose a melody and chord progression, mix sounds with effects, and export songs. You’ll learn how to use tools such as the Piano roll, mixer console, audio envelopes, types of compression, equalizers, vocoders, vocal chops, and tools for increasing stereo width. The book introduces you to mixing best practices and how to master your songs. Along the way, you’ll explore glitch effects and create your own instruments and custom designed effect chains. We’ll also cover ZGameEditor Visualizer, a tool for creating reactive visuals for your songs. Finally, you’ll learn how to register, sell, and promote your music.

By the end of this FL Studio book, you’ll be able to utilize cutting-edge tools to fuel your creative ideas, mix music effectively, and publish your songs.

What you will learn

  • Get up and running with FL Studio 20
  • Record live instruments and vocals and process them
  • Compose melodies and chord progressions on the Piano roll
  • Discover mixing techniques and apply effects to your tracks
  • Explore best practices to produce music like a professional
  • Publish songs in online stores and promote your music effectively

Who this book is for

This book is for music producers, composers, songwriters, DJs, and audio engineers interested in creating their own music, improving music production skills, mixing and mastering music, and selling songs online. To get started with this book, all you need is a computer and FL Studio.

Table of Contents

  1. Getting Started with FL Studio
  2. Exploring the Browser, Playlist, and Channel Rack
  3. Composing with the Piano Roll
  4. Routing to the Mixer and Applying Automation
  5. Sound Design and Audio Envelopes
  6. Compression, Sidechaining, Limiting, and Equalization
  7. Stereo Width: Panning, Reverb, Delay, Chorus, and Flangers
  8. Recording Live Audio and Vocal Processing
  9. Understanding Vocal Effects
  10. Creating Your Own Instruments and Effects
  11. Mastering Fundamentals
  12. Branding, Promotion, and Marketing
  13. Publishing and Selling Music Online

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AudeoBox Twisted Metal 3 – Mangled Trap WAV

By | February 26, 2021

AudeoBox Twisted Metal 3 - Mangled Trap WAV

AudeoBox Twisted Metal 3 – Mangled Trap WAV

Sometimes one personʼs trash is another generation’s treasure, and sonically thatʼs what the Twisted Metal series encapsulates. Our musical refinery once again ups the ante while keeping the ethos of its predecessors. Twisted Metal 3 shifts into gear with gritty sounds that AshNikko, NAV, 21 savage, Travis Scott, and 2 Chainz would easily hop on. With a scrapyard full of melodic earworms, and drums with a mind of their own crafted by Dabow and Skimmy, Twisted Metal 3 is your mangled trap playground.

TRAP 171 LOOPS 52 ONE SHOTS

The brainchild of two Los Angeles based producers, AudeoBox is a music technology company that doesn’t chase trends, it makes them. Using the same heavy hitting sounds found on Billboard chart-topping pop and urban records, AudeoBox is your music production Swiss Army Knife, regardless of genre.

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Original Jungle Breaks 2 MULTIFORMAT

By | February 26, 2021

Original Jungle Breaks 2 MULTIFORMAT

Original Jungle Breaks 2 MULTIFORMAT

We are proud to present Original Jungle Breaks 2. This is a second helping of complex and shuffling drum sections that take inspiration from the classic sounds of the 90s junglist revolution, but have been recorded and processed using 21st century techniques to bring them to the next generation of wide-eyed revellers. An added edge of this collection is its 100% royalty free status, keeping the beats free from the need for sample clearance.

Original Jungle Breaks 2 comes with 689 MB of content, with loops ranging from funky ghost notes and intricate hi-hat work to dome-splitting snares and phat, bassy kicks, with all ground in between being covered in abundance. This amounts to over 1000 original drum loops to play with. If that weren’t enough, a staggering 389 one-shots are also included for your sequenced beats!

Tempos between 90-182bpm are all included, so you’ll find a break for all your excursions – ranging from old school jungle and intelligent drum & bass to raggatek, breakcore and other hi-octane dancefloor genres!

In detail, expect to find 689 MB of content, with all audio recorded at 24Bit 44.1KHZ. there are 952 jungle break loops and 52 halftime drum loops. Also included are 1004 Rex2 files, 389 drum hits and 13 soft sampler patches for Kontakt, Halion, EXS24, NNXT and SFZ.

Check out the demos now and log in to download some free taster samples from the pack. Join us on a junglist journey with Original Jungle Breaks!

  • 24Bit 44.1KHZ
  • 952 Jungle Break Loops
  • 52 Halftime Drum Loops
  • 389 Drum Hits
  • 13 Soft Sampler Patches

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Trap Wave & RnB MULTIFORMAT

By | February 26, 2021

Trap Wave & RnB MULTIFORMAT

Trap Wave & RnB MULTIFORMAT

‘Trap Wave & RnB’ is an amalgamation of an array of contemporary styles that amounts to something greater than its individual parts. Everything within is 100% Royalty-Free as usual.

Across a variety of loops & samples, ‘Trap Wave & RnB’ brings a unique combination of timbres to guarantee a new lease of beat-making motivation. Soulful chord progressions are met with sleek melodies and top lines, alongside Trap-driven beats and bass, ensuring you a unique set of harmonious production tools.

At 130 BPM, this selection will work perfectly in your Trap, Wave, Hip Hop, RnB and Neo Soul compositions, amongst any other melodic genres.

Pack Details:

• 44.1kHz/24-Bit
• 86 Full Drum Loops
• 47 Bass Loops
• 46 Synth Loops
• 26 Top Drum Loops
• 14 Synth Combi Loops
• 9 Percussion Loops
• 7 Drum Part Loops
• 96 Drum Hits
• 31 Bass Hits
• 29 Synth Hits
• 21 FX
• 6 Bass Multis
• 6 Synth Multis
• 88 Soft Sampler Patches (For Kontakt, NN-XT, EXS24, HALion & SFZ)
• 77 MIDI Files
• 10 Kong
• 100% Royalty-Free

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Pro Electropop Tips – Breaking Down ‘Best Laid Plans’ TUTORIAL

By | February 26, 2021

Pro Electropop Tips - Breaking Down 'Best Laid Plans' TUTORIAL

Pro Electropop Tips – Breaking Down ‘Best Laid Plans’ TUTORIAL

With a huge amount of music production experience, including being the engineer behind legendary band Submotion Orchestra, Producertech are very happy to welcome Dom Howard to the community, as he offers a glimpse at his working methods in this series of tutorials. On the course, Dom walks through one of the tracks on his 2020 solo album ‘Songs for the Time Being’, released under his artist name ‘Ruckspin’, in which he uncovers the techniques used to create and mix the different melodic and percussive elements within it.

After providing an overview of the artistic goals and structure of the arrangement, Dom starts to dissect the various parts in the song, beginning with the string quartet, which forms the backbone of the intro and lays down foundations for the overall harmony. He then moves on to the huge JP synth in the chorus and other complementary leads, as well as describing the way sub and bass layers are handled. Following this are lessons that outline the treatment of vocals and drums, with a thorough explanation of the many busses used to add extra textures and professional touches to the mix.

Once all the main parts have been covered, Dom returns to the main strings to provide a deeper exploration of the music theory behind them, then explaining how all of the melodic sounds are sequenced, from long, sustained notes to brief, pizzicato arpeggios. As well as getting more technical with the melodies, there are tips on recording percussion, and how to edit and arrange parts to create a more organic drum break.

Signing up to the course provides instant access to 90 minutes of streamed tutorials, in addition to a bonus collection of samples from Loopmasters, taken from the Submotion Orchestra sample pack. Check out the free excerpt from the course for an example of Dom’s style and delivery, which is packed full of pro tips to inspire and help with creating stunning Electropop tracks of your own.

Course Breakdown
Module 1 – Intro
Dom introduces himself and the course, making recommendations for different studio kit that has been most helpful to him over time.
4.57

Module 2 – Project and Track Overview
A summary of the main artistic goal with the project, followed by an analysis of the various melodic parts in the track, from the string quartet foundations, through the JP pad, prophet and neutron synths, main sub and bass layers.
12.00

Module 3 – Vocal Processing
A look at the treatment of vocals in the track, including the insert and send FX used, and a detailed explanation of the different vocal busses, adding extra layers and complexity.
9.36

Module 4 – Drums & FX
After showing the reverse FX samples utilised to great effect in the arrangement, Dom then talks about the methods used to construct the beats, from sequencing the main drums to the addition of percussion and extra loops, including the effects processing required to produce a solid and engaging groove.
7.17

Module 5 – More on Melodies
An exploration of the secondary melodic sounds in the intro, namely the Rhodes and Music box, before showing how detailed automation has been used to create natural expression and development in the strings.
5.46

Module 6 – Buss Processing
Dom’s tips for bussing drums, synths and other melodic sounds, to achieve a warmer, fuller and more professional-sounding mix.
7.04

Module 7 – Arranging the String Quartet
Getting deep into the music theory, Dom provides a thorough breakdown of how the strings were conceived, looking at the harmony behind them and the different arrangement techniques used at certain points in the song.
14.17

Module 8 – Arranging the Melodies
Expanding on the previous module, Dom continues to work through the creation of melodies in the track, moving on to the Rhodes, Music Box and Neutron synth, also talking about the use of an occasional stumbling rhythm across all parts to provide rhythmic interest as well as artistic vision.
15.03

Module 9 – Drum Recording & Arranging
A closer look at the percussion used in the track, such as the recording and editing of the cabasa and shaker, followed by some final commentary on the overall structure of the song.
9.44

Module 10 – Outro
Dom signs off and then plays through the track.
5.25

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