Ahee Presents Compression Wizardry: Making Music Come Alive TUTORIAL
Join two world class producers, engineers, and sound designers on one of the most tricky components of music production, compression. We have an absolutely brilliant, life changing class that is guaranteed to improve your music immediately. These expert producers are also master teachers who have brilliant teaching models to help make compression make perfect sense.
This class was recorded live. This purchase gets you the complete recording of the entire 5 class course, approximately 10 hours of of compression instruction, plus all course materials/templates/samples.
Bring your compression skills up to a 9 or 10 as we dive into:
When and why to use compression (and when not to)
Working each knob/parameter with deliberate skill
Using compression not only as a mixing tool, but as a ridiculously wicked musical instrument that will breathe life into your music
Different types of compressors and how to know exactly what type of compressor to use in a variety of situations
Adding punch, phatness, and dynamics to your everything
Creative and innovative ideas on how to use compression for extra musicality
Compressing drums, bass, vocals, busses/groups, and entire mixes
Upwards vs downwards compression, Ableton’s OTT, and Mid/Side compression
This webinar series is being taught live so you also get:
welcomed into our micro community that we’re creating
networking/connections
insights from other people asking important questions
relationship building with two successful music producers
As a bonus you also get:
Presets and templates (and education on how to use them) designed by Ahee himself
All of the course handouts demonstrated in the class for your ongoing reference
Inspired by my popular Urban Cookbook series, Hotpot EP1 contains a wide variety of delicious ingredients. Punchy drums, smooth bass, tasty synths, useful fx plus inspiring loops, and chord hits. Perfect for a wide variety of genres like Hip Hop, Footwork, DubStep, Drum & Bass, Breaks, Grime, Dance Hall, Electro, EDM, and IDM. Producers and beatmakers will appreciate the varied high-quality sounds, including Kicks, Snares, Hi Hats, Toms, Percussion, Claps, Cymbals, Layering tools, FX, Hits, Chord Hits, Electric Bass, Synths, Electric Guitar, and various Loops… just over 1.7 GB of the freshest ingredients.
Some of the instruments used: Model: Cycles FM synth, 70s Ludwig Blue Oyster Kit, Zildjian cymbals, Meinl and LP precision, 70s P Bass, Telecaster Guitar, Moog Grandmothersynth, Reface DX synth, MicroFreak synth, PPG Wave 2.2 synth, MPC60, 808 and 808 clone, DDD1 drum sampler, custom vinyl, Eurorack modular synth system, Moog DFAM drum machine, Flute, Korg Prologue-16…
Some of the studio gear used: Fat Bustard II valve mixer, Electrodyne 501 pres, ez1073 pres and EQ, UBK Fatso, Eventide H3500, Bricasti M7, SPL TwinTubes, Plasma distortion pedal, Bock195 mic, Elektron Analog Heat, Big Muff distortion, Toft ATB 4 mixer.
Pack Contents:
2623 x 24-bit one-shot wav samples
175 x loops (Rex and wav)
Maschine (2.11.0 or higher) – 8 x Projects, 31 x Drum Kits, 51 x Other kits, and 53 x Instrument patches (Sounds)
Geist – 31 x Presets and 31 Kits
Battery (3 or higher)- 31 x Drum Kits and 40 x Other Kits
Kontakt (5.8.1 or higher) (full version only, not the free player) – 28 x Drum kits, 58 x Instrument patches, 13 x Hits, and FX patches
Logic Pro – EXS24/Sampler – 28 x Drum kits, 42 x Instrument patches, 13 x Hits, and FX patches
Ableton Live 10.1.18 or higher) – 31 x Drum Racks, 17 x Other Drum Racks, 41 x Simpler Patches, 61 Clips, 10 Sets, and 23 Instrument Racks.
The Ivory bundle spans five of the most popular distinct piano styles from the last seven decades. This bundle contains over 3GB of content, in both WAV and MIDI format, which is over 900 files, giving you massive potential for creating, limitless amounts of beats. It offers you a great saving on the individual piano packs.
We have the ultimate companion to your melody and chord creation, Chords Galore! With Tears, you can create an emotional Ballard or storytelling hip hop beat. Smokey Cocktails: Light a cigar & pour yourself a glass. with this pack, you can create smooth sophisticated jazz-inspired beats.
Get your groove on with Rhythm & Soul pack and create beats with the feel of Soul, RnB, Gospel, and Swing. Finally, you can POP your cherry with a lick of this sweet stuff! Candy is bursting with chart-topping inspired Pop loops. Grab your Bundle now and get inspired!
All sounds and samples are licensed as Royalty-Free to use in your commercial productions Key and Tempo labeled. All sounds are in high-quality WAV format along with MIDI, giving you stunning sounds and complete control over your beats!
PRODUCT INCLUDES:
80 Layered Melodies
216 Chord Progressions (9 Chord Progressions in EVERY Key)
Different voicings of every major and minor chord, midi scales
2 Essential Videos explaining chord progressions and ghost notes
24-Bit WAV
536 WAV Files
392 MIDI Files
2 MP4 Files
Stemmed out Chords and Melodies (Separated Tracklines)
We present ‘Jimmy Edgar: Modular Loop Systems’, an extraordinary sample library with over 1100 samples and loops produced by sound couture’s “poster boy”, Jimmy Edgar.
About Jimmy Edgar:
A true renaissance man the Berlin-based and Detroit native Jimmy Edgar has been playing instruments and experimenting with sound manipulation from an early age. As a man of many talents (musician, director, photographer, multimedia artist), Jimmy’s creativity knows no boundaries and his music reflects that thirst for experimentation and innovation. Whether it’s Techno, Electro, IDM, Funktronica or glitchy Hip Hop, his music is as much Human as it is Robotic.
With releases on labels such as the seminal Warp Records, !K7, Hotflush Recordings, Detroit Underground, Semantica Records and his own label Ultramajic, Jimmy Edgar is now teaming up with Future Loops to deliver a brilliant collection of carefully crafted and curated samples that delves deep into the realms of sampling, electronica and sound design.
What’s Inside:
Inside ‘Jimmy Edgar: Modular Loop Systems’ you will find many samples and loops that make up for Jimmy’s signature sound so expect a perfect combination of Techno, Ambient, Electro, Funk, Experimental, Hip Hop, Glitch and everything in between, a journey through Jimmy Edgar’s extensive collection of analogue synths and sound manipulation gear!
Much of this collection was recorded from Modular synths (you’ll find over 360 loops such as Bass, Synths, Drums, FX, Chords…) but digital production is also represented with Digital Chords, Synths, Vox and Percussion loops.
The bulk of this sample library is the wonderful One-Shots folder where you will find over 800 unique and inspirational one-shot samples with an impressive variety: Modular FX, Modular Bass, Patch Chords, Modular Chords, Atmospheres, Drums and much more…!
Big Bang – Hip Hop Construction Kits brings you a fresh and contemporary Hip Hop sound with big drums and inspirational hooks ready to inspire any producer!
These are radio-ready gems that will help craft your next tunes into bangin hits! Big Bang – Hip Hop Construction Kits includes 15 construction kits each with full drum loops, individual drum loop elements (kick, snare, hat, clap, percussion & more) plus melodic elements & instrumentals (bass, 808, synth, FX, pads, arps, vocal FX & more!).
Also included are 130 deluxe Hip Hop drum one-shots, for those who wish to build their grooves from the ground up!
Sub Boom Trap brings you bass and 808 heavy beats with bouncing drums and dope hooks: these are radio-ready sounds that will serve perfectly as the backbone for your next tracks and will bring inspiration for your Trap productions!
Inside Sub Boom Trap there are 15 deluxe construction kits with ready-to-mix sound gems: full drum loops, drum loop elements (kick, snare, clap, hat, percussion & more), melodic elements (bass, 808, FX, synth, pad, piano, arps, bell, vox & more) PLUS over 100 pristine Trap drum one-shots for anyone who wishes to build new beats from scratch!
Sub Boom Trap is 100% Royalty-Free, certified fresh and blazin hot!
Nu Crunk – Hip Hop Construction Kits brings you premium Hip Hop samples that mix Dirty South , Crunk and Trap in an irresistible and super fresh vibe! There are 15 deluxe construction kits filled with radio-ready sounds: cool basses and 808s, sick drums, fresh synths, moody pianos, brass, FX, arps, Vox & more!
Each construction kit in Nu Crunk – Hip Hop Construction Kits features full drum loops, individual drum loop elements (kick, snare, hat, clap, percussion & more), melodic and instrumental loops ( 808, bras, arp, synth, brass, FX, Vocal FX, Piano & more) PLUS 84 crunk drum one-shots. Just edit, cut, mix and mash as you please!
Nu Crunk – Hip Hop Construction Kits is delivered in WAV format and all sounds are 100% Royalty-Free, bangin, crispy hot and inspirational!
‘Drill Smoke Vol 2’ by LBandyMusic is now ready! This second library is offering over 150 Loops, over 50 MIDI Files, and also 105 One-Shot Drums! Inspired by top-notch artists like Pop Smoke, Fivio Foreign, Lil Tjay, Travis Scott, JackBoys, NAV, Quavo, Smoove’L, Headie One, 808Melo, AXL Beats, Gunna, PnB Rock and many more.
This pack is fully charged with stunning sounds, featuring an array of cutting-edge samples, including nasty and dark Melodies, high-powered Drums, growling 808 Bass and more. MIDI files are included so these samples are ready to be chopped, sliced, stretched, pitched and orchestrated to your likings. If you are looking for a high-quality collection of WAV and MIDI assets dripping on-the-spot inspiration, the Drill Smoke series are definitely for you.
‘Drill Trap Beats Vol 2’ by Samplestar presents an astonishing collection of samples! Looking for an uncompromising and authentic Drill sample library? It’s here!
‘Drill Trap Beats Vol 2’ by Samplestar aims to deliver just that and more! Following on from the success of Vol 1, Vol 2 offers producers the same high-quality core content with the addition of brand new track starters loops. More content – more inspiration!
Expect to hear – subsonic sliding 808 samples, moody melodics, twisted keys, deep transient kicks, punchy snares and much more! All content is 100% Royalty-Free, cleared and release-ready.
Inside each Key Labeled Kit, you will find all content neatly arranged into individual track loops ready to drag and drop into your chosen DAW. From here, go as deep as you like by editing the loops and MIDI in order to create your own unique compositions.
All content has been carefully mixed and eq’d for optimum sonic balance while allowing plenty of extra headroom for further processing and also final mastering stages.
Expect to find full Song Starter Inspiration Kits: 5 huge Key-Labelled track starter kits of combined Drums, Bass and Synth Melodics broken out into individual professionally mixed and mastered WAV loops (includes full MIDI files for all melodic content).
Each individual production kit comes complete with isolated Kick, Hats, Top, Perc, Snare and Full Drum Looamplesps, Bassline Loops, Chord Loops, Synth Loops and FX Loops all neatly organized and named with Key, Tempo and Instrument info.
Track Starter Loops feature 19 melodic phrases primed for instant track starter inspiration complete with breakout parts for full creative control! WAV files only.
One-Shot Drum Samples contain 22 one-shot drum samples ready to be fired up in your favourite sampler!
Pack details:
• 05 Full Production Kits with Drums, Synth, Bass, Keys & FX Loops
• 74 Assorted Loops From Inside The Production Kits
• 16 MIDI Loops
• 19 Track Starter Loops
• 22 One-Shots
• 131 24-Bit WAV Loops, One-Shots, MIDI Files In Total
• 100% Royalty-Free
A virtual analog effect inspired by classic bucket-brigade delays (BBD), but extended with modern features. We called our new baby “Colour Copy” because it can deliver the kind of colouration people still love in classic BBD units, but with a wider variety of colours. Colour Copy started life as the little delay unit called “Lyrebird” we built into Repro-1, but the sound was too good not to be developed further and become an FX plug-in.
Colour Copy in the spotlight…
BBD-style analog delay, for the smoothest possible pitch effects
unique colour morphing, with saturation for non-linear effects such as distortion / resonance
1ms to 1s or host-synched time base, scaled via rate control from 25% to 400%
dynamic ducking via envelope follower
LFO (with dynamic frequency and depth) can modulate rate, tap position or amplitude.
MIDI note tracking and Freeze button (infinite loop) for wildest experimental effects
powerful preset browser with tag and/or text search functions
independent input and feedback routing options allow all possible stereo or mono combinations
100 factory presets, NKS-compatible
UI instantly resizable from 70% to 200%
custom remote control via MIDI CC, 14-bit resolution option
In most digital delays the delay time alters the size of the buffer. If you quickly modulate or sweep the delay time on a typical digital unit, unmusical glitches propagate through the feedback as the buffer is shortened or lengthened. Like a real BBD, Colour Copy changes the internal samplerate instead (i.e. how fast the “buckets” pass on their content), and this is why Colour Copy is smooth with a capital SMOO!
Features
Colours
During development we soon realized that we could capture the essence of the entire range of classic bucket brigade delays – from the low-range rumbling, slowly evolving delays to the highly resonant, screaming characters. A single knob lets you continuously blend between the five finely-tuned “colour” macros. The differences may be subtle, but each one is rich in detail. In addition to obvious differences in frequency bandwidth, each comes with its own noise and dynamic characteristics, frequency loss over time, and several other qualities. The Saturation knob controls how prominent or subtle those characteristics should be, in case you want to dial back the colouration to better fit in the mix. Finally, a Brightness knob lets you adjust the bandwidth.
Flexibility
Colour Copy is capable of a huge variety of different delay-based effects. With delay times ranging from under a millisecond to several seconds, you can create anything from comb-filter and flange/chorus effects to regular ping-pong delays and longer “looper” effects. The routing options let you mix or swap the input and feedback signals independently or even invert the feedback phase for various phase cancellation effects when delay times are set very short. Additionally, unlike hardware BBD units, Colour Copy’s left and right output “taps” can be placed anywhere along the delay lines. This feature lets you move echos independently “forward in time” for e.g. ping-pong or “rushing” delays as well as various stereo chorus or flanger effects. You never knew you’d want three different ways to create a ping-pong effect!
Animation
Colour Copy comes with a stereo LFO that can be used to modulate either the delay rate, the tap positions or the delay amplitude. With a range of 0.05Hz to 20Hz (as times: 20s to 50ms) the LFO can create chorus, vibrato and tremolo effects. Crank up the modulation depth for deep pitch-shifting. An envelope follow signal derived from the input signal can be used to modulate the LFO frequency and depth, adding realtime dynamics to the effects.
Colour Copy comes with the obligatory ducking compressor, but with a unique twist: You can select whether to duck the entire delay output or just the feedback signal. This latter option leaves the very first delay unaffected, preserving the overall stereo “space” while preventing the sonic mayhem that high regeneration often causes.
Performance Control
Some people like to perform on their BBD hardware, pitching the regeneration up and down by twisting the rate knob. We took Colour Copy a step further in this direction by adding a pair of creative features: Firstly, a freeze button that loops the contents of the delay buffer for as long as you like. Secondly, MIDI key control so that you can play Colour Copy like a mono synth – each octave up doubles the delay rate.
Requirements
Host software / DAW
1GB RAM, more recommended
50MB free disk space
1000 × 600 or larger display
Modern CPU required:
Windows: Intel Nehalem or newer, AMD Bulldozer or newer
Formats
Colour Copy is not a standalone product, it requires host software. Colour Copy is compatible with nearly all DAWs.
Repro dives into the past for analogue inspiration, meticulously modelling two famous synthesizers. Every detail of the original was captured using component-level modelling technology to create the most authentic model possible. All the subtle characteristics and quirks found in the originals are present in Repro. One product, one installer, two synths.
Repro-1 in the spotlight…
Powerful analogue sound using component-level modelling
2 multi-wave oscillators: saw/pulse and saw / triangle / pulse
Repro-1 is a fierce monosynth: The classic design gives you immediate access to all the raw power: Two oscillators, self-oscillating 4-pole lowpass filter, arpeggiator, step sequencer, the unique modulation section, and five stomp-box effects which can be arranged in any order. Hard working, raw sounding and immediately playable, it’s a simple and intuitive synthesizer which belies a deep feature set capable of a wide range of sounds.
Basics and history
The plug-in is a component-level model of perhaps the most powerful-sounding monophonic keyboard ever built. In the early 1980s, polyphonic synthesizers were almost within reach of the average musician. To be commercially viable, any new monophonic instrument had to be cheap but very capable. Fat drones, cutting leads, funky basses, quirky sci-fi sound effects – this synthesizer delivered on all counts.
The circuit design made good use of standard Curtis chips and the little onboard sequencer was more than just a welcome extra. Despite its molded plastic panel and the limitations of monophony, it sold surprisingly well and is generally recognized as an iconic piece of synthesizer history.
Our plug-in version includes all the lovable quirks of this classic synth, but with a much more capable sequencer, lots of presets, several under-the-hood tweaks, more modulation options, and as a plus: a great collection of cute stomp-box effects.
Features
Tweaks panel
Apart from being unashamed eye-candy, the Tweaks page is there to let you change the fundamental behaviour of individual modules. There are 5 user-adjustable jumpers (mini circuit connectors) and 5 module tweak selectors. While on this page, all the main controls of the synthesizer are still accessible.
Beside the option to modify the synth’s fundamental characteristics through jumpers and selectors, the panel also includes access to the Microtuning section with many included presets.
Sequencer
The sequencer in the original hardware may have been a stroke of genius. Repro-1’s version lets you step-record two patterns of up to 32 notes each, which are also saved with the preset and support copy/paste of pattern’s presets between different instances of the plug-in.
Other than having more steps than the original, the integrated sequencer supports per-step velocity, a rest button to add pauses, the ability to record your own sequences through a MIDI controller, and other improvements.
Stomp-boxes
Repro-1 ships with a set of 5 high quality effects in the shape of stomp-boxes. From subtle to extreme adjustments, this section expands the analogue synthesizer’s capabilities beyond expectations.
The effects section includes Jaws (wavefolder), Lyrebird (a flexible delay, which inspired the creation of Colour Copy), RESQ (semi-parametric EQ or resonator), Drench (a lush plate reverb), and Sonic Conditioner (a stereo saturator and transient designer – to add the right amount of gelatine to your patches). All effects are rearrangeable through drag and drop in the FX Chain section.
Requirements
Host software / DAW
1GB RAM, more recommended
50MB free disk space
1000 × 600 or larger display
Modern CPU required:
Windows/Linux: Intel Nehalem or newer, AMD Bulldozer or newer
Formats
Repro is not a standalone product, it requires host software. Repro is compatible with nearly all DAWs.
Nothing else quite sounds like tape. Satin puts the legacy of tape recording in your hands: from top-of-the-line multi-track consoles to humble cassette decks. All the good (saturation, transient smoothing, compression) as well as the bad (noise modulation, flutter, hiss) qualities are under your control. Construct your (im)perfect tape machine.
Satin in the spotlight…
Lush analogue tape sound
Includes historical developments in tape technology
Control up to 8 instances of Satin at once using the Group panel
5 popular noise reduction encoder / decoder models
Service panel: Controls for hiss, wow and flutter, bias, head gap, azimuth, saturation, high frequency compression and more
Modern or vintage tape material
Internal sample rate up to 384kHz
5 circuit models for recording and reproduction EQs
Stereo delay mode (2 or 4 heads) with multiple-mono, cross or ping-pong routing
Tape flange mode with classic through-zero flanging
Adjustable tape speed from 1.87 to 30ips
Pre-emphasis and soft clipping options
Preset browser with search functions
NKS FX compatible
Resizable UI from 70% to 200%
Skinnable UI
120+ factory presets
Once reserved for major studios, digital recording has become widespread. It offers pristine sound and comfortable editing at a fraction of the cost of multitrack tape. Despite all the advantages, however, digital audio can easily sound too clean and impersonal. So musicians, producers and audio engineers have turned to traditional analogue tools to bring some life back into overly clinical recordings. A world of non-linear behaviours, distortion, saturation and much more arises during tape recording and playback. Bringing these coveted characteristics of magnetic tape into the digital realm, in unprecedented quality—this is what Satin is all about.
Features
The sound
That tape sound depends on interaction between the various parts of a tape machine. Each contributes in one way or another—enhancing, reducing, combining—to generate the final sound.
Satin models individual components and lets them interact in the same way. For maximum flexibility in sound shaping, Satin is a toolkit of alternative parts, not an emulation of a single machine. Build your own custom tape unit. The perfect final sheen for your mixdown, or “glue” multiple drum tracks together, decode old NR-encoded cassette tape, or misuse Satin for extreme effects.
Delay and flange
After developing the components for a tape machine toolkit, our minds turned other popular tape-based machines. Delay and flange immediately jumped to mind.
In service
Imagine opening up a tape machine, peeking “under the hood” and tinkering with the parts. That is what service technicians used to do, and it is what the Service Panel in Satin is for. It gives you detailed control over some of the more esoteric and characterful elements.
In the Tape section are perhaps the more readily identifiable attributes of tape recording: hiss, asperity, wow & flutter, crosstalk and bias. Dial in a little of each for a retro vibe or “glue”. Dial in the extreme settings and you can end up with the sound of poor quality tape left in someone’s basement far too long.
The Repro Head(s) parameters control the physical attributes of the tape heads. With Gap Width and Bump you can cut or boost certain frequencies and introduce resonances and fluctuations. Azimuth pushes the audio off-centre for interesting spatial effects, mimicking a skewed tape head.
Finally the Circuit section lets you change the inner EQ circuitry. Included are various industry standard EQ curves, should you want to mimic specific machines. But Satin goes a step further by allowing independent selection of the recording and reproduction EQ curves. Which you can abuse for weird processing effects, or to correct EQ errors in old recordings (see below).
Decoding
Selectable Compander and Circuit settings make Satin useful as a format converter.
If you have a tape recording with an unsuitable EQ, using Circuit’s independent RecEQ and ReproEQ selectors you can set a new target EQ curve and make changes. Similarly, Compander can handle audio recorded with specific noise reduction (NR) encodings. Just run it through Satin with Decoder set to match the known NR encoding type.
Requirements
Host software / DAW
1GB RAM, more recommended
50MB free disk space
1000 × 600 or larger display
Modern CPU required:
Windows/Linux: Intel Nehalem or newer, AMD Bulldozer or newer
Formats
Satin is not a standalone product, it requires host software. Satin is compatible with nearly all DAWs.
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