Monthly Archives: February 2022

Ableton Live for Beginners TUTORIAL

By | February 27, 2022

Ableton Live for Beginners TUTORIAL

Ableton Live for Beginners TUTORIAL

You can be a music producer. All you need is someone to show you the fundamentals of the software. Someone to point out how to add sounds, move audio regions, cut and paste sections, edit midi notes…the basic things that many teachers take for granted. Wouldn’t it be nice if you had an expert in your studio with you showing you how to make a song? That’s exactly why I created this course.

Hey there, I’m Dylan. I’m a music producer and songwriter in Los Angeles, CA. I want to help you get started making music right now. You don’t need to know every little detail in Ableton’s very powerful music production software–you just need to know enough of the basics to get familiar with making music using Ableton. That’s what I’m here to do.

I created this course because of a feeling…

You probably know the feeling. It’s the feeling you get when you start something new. It’s unexplored territory. It’s exciting but frightening. It’s promising but humbling. I love that feeling! But it can be overwhelming to start something new. That’s why I created this course. I want to teach you the essential foundations of music production in Ableton Live so that you can be encouraged and have fun making music.

Using 89 video lectures (that’s almost 6 hours of content) I will teach you everything you need to know about Ableton Live. I will walk you through all aspects of the software, carefully explaining each knob, slider, and button.

Whether you’ve just unboxed the software or you’ve spent some time with it, I believe your productions will be greatly improved by this thorough and fun course on Ableton Live.

By the end of this course you will be able to produce, arrange, mix, and master your own music using Ableton Live.

Don’t miss out on all the extra resources too including articles that helped me learn, free plugins, my own custom racks and presets, and more.

I learned a lot making this beast and I am confident that you will learn a lot as well! Please consider signing up for the course–we would love to have you join us!

Become a Music Producer Today with The Complete Beginners Course!

What you’ll learn:

  • Navigating Ableton Live’s user interface
  • Using Samples, Clips, Packs, and Instruments
  • Audio vs. MIDI
  • Recording, programming, and editing MIDI
  • Recording & editing audio
  • MIDI & audio envelope editing
  • Warp modes & editing warp markers
  • Audio & MIDI effects
  • Mixing & Mastering
  • Gain staging, dynamic processing, and loudness
  • EQ, compression, stereo imaging, and automation

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Mixing for Music Producers TUTORIAL

By | February 27, 2022

Mixing for Music Producers TUTORIAL

Mixing for Music Producers TUTORIAL

This course is a comprehensive guide to mixing for music producers.

At the end of this course, your tracks will be transformed into radio-ready, commercial quality songs which you can pitch to labels, contests, or simply release for your fans.

I created this course because I wish someone had taught me these principles when I was just getting started producing music. I had spent all of my time learning about synthesizers, recording live instruments, drum programming, and audio unit processing. I had a pretty good knack for making cool sounds and composing songs, but once all of the elements were piled together, more often than not it sounded like a jumbled mess. It was nowhere near the clarity and punch I heard on the radio or professional tracks that I loved.

It was at that point I realized that I needed to develop my mixing skills in order to be a truly good producer.

That’s why I created this course — to save you the trouble and headache I experienced when trying to produce music without a good foundation in the principles of mixing.

This course will take you from a good producer to a great one.

It is true that the roles of mix engineer and producer are different. However, in these days of home recording and DAW-based music production, these roles will often overlap significantly.

In this course I will teach you all of the tools and tricks of professional mix engineers so that you can make your tracks shine with the commercial punch and clarity labels and fans want to hear.

We’ll cover every aspect of mixing including: room acoustics, monitoring, mix preparation, equalization, compression, audio time and pitch editing, automation, plugin processing, return effects, and everything else in between.

Using 45 high definition video lectures, I’ll walk you through the entire process of mixing from exporting your tracks all the way down to the exporting for mastering stage.

We’ll be using Logic Pro X in this course. What if you use a different DAW? Well, this course is all about the theory, practice, and process of mixing. I teach you how to listen to your tracks, what to listen for, and how to creatively solve problems that may come up. Obviously, users of Logic will have a slight advantage since many of the tools we use will most likely be familiar. However, the concepts and techniques apply to every DAW so don’t dismay if you are not a Logic user.

Even if you’re sending off your tracks to a mix engineer, you don’t want him or her to make all of your creative decisions. Being fluent in the language and technique of mixing will make you a vastly better producer.

Sign up for this course today and transform your productions into the commercial quality you’ve been aiming for.

Get your tracks radio-ready with this comprehensive guide to mixing for producers.

What you’ll learn:

  • Mix a song in any genre
  • Export a production session for mixdown
  • Prepare a mix session with naming, organization, and color coding
  • Set up submix routing
  • Achieve a static mix with fader balancing
  • Shape tone with EQ and avoid frequency masking
  • Apply compression for dynamic balance
  • Choose and apply plugins for maximum impact
  • Use automation to create a dynamic mix
  • Prepare a mix for mastering

Who this course is for:

  • Music Producers
  • DJs
  • Songwriters

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Sound Design with Massive TUTORIAL

By | February 27, 2022

Sound Design with Massive TUTORIAL

Sound Design with Massive TUTORIAL

This course is a comprehensive training course in the popular and powerful “Massive” VST plug-in from Native Instruments. Using 100% high-definition screencasts, you will learn the ins and outs of this software.

After taking this course, you will be able to create huge, earth-shaking basses, lush pads, screaming leads, and even some crazy FX presets.

I created this course because learning the principles of true sound design opened up a world of possibilities for my productions. Massive helped get me there. Now I want to show you how to get there too.

You’ll get access to 52 video tutorials. That’s over 10 hours of content. Plus I include all of the preset files that we build in the course for free. All for a really great price with a 30 day money-back guarantee. You can’t beat that.

You know that you’re sick of being a preset-picker. Learn sound design and get over that production plateau that has been making you hate your mediocre mixes.

You will become a master of Massive.

Learn the principles of sound design and synthesis by mastering Native Instruments’ Massive

What you’ll learn:

  • Understand the inherent capabilities of Massive
  • Navigate the VST components
  • Understand LFOs, Oscillators, Filters, Performers, and Effects
  • Create 100% unique synths, basses, hits, and FX
  • Become a professional sound designer
  • Understand synthesis and how to synthesize any sound

Requirements

  • It’ll be useful to have a DAW such as Logic, Cubase, FL Studio, etc. But it’s not necessary

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Frontline Producer Mark Fletcher Afrobeat 2 WAV

By | February 27, 2022

Frontline Producer Mark Fletcher Afrobeat 2 WAV

Frontline Producer Mark Fletcher Afrobeat 2 WAV

‘Afrobeat 2’ by Frontline Producer presents a second concentrated collection of complex Afrobeat drumming grooves. Inside you’ll find only the highest-quality drum parts, 100% Royalty-Free and waiting to be used to form the rhythms in your next track.

Mark Fletcher’s CV reads a bit like a modern Jazz lover’s record shelf. From Ronnie Scott and Pete King, Hatfield and The North and Gary Husband to the final line-up of Soft Machine to feature Elton Dean and Hugh Hopper. Fletcher’s style is deeply aggressive whilst rock solid whether swinging, grooving or dancing round odd metres. And if you don’t think brushes can be played loud just come to one of his gigs.

Mark’s second Afrobeat outing on Frontline Producer comes with 207 MB of content, a combination of killer intricate loops and tightly coiled drum fills. Coming in between 80 to157 BPM, you’ll find this collection works synergistically with Afrobeat, Funk, Electro, Hip Hop, Breakbeat, House and many other genres.

Product Details:

  •  155 Live Drum Loops
  •  4 Drum Fills
  •  1 Snare Roll
  •  44.1kHz/24-Bit
  •  100% Royalty-Free

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PML x Orchestral Tools – Acoustic Melodic House Themes WAV

By | February 26, 2022

PML x Orchestral Tools - Acoustic Melodic House Themes WAV

PML x Orchestral Tools – Acoustic Melodic House Themes WAV

Orchestral Samples meet Melodic House / Techno Producers – the result is a highly versatile songstarter pack that will improve the way you make music!

Produced for Melodic House & Techno

550+ main theme loops expertly recorded by top session musicians in Germany’s best studios and processed by pro electronic producers

About This Pack

All loops in the Acoustic Melodic Techno Themes Pack can serve as the main theme of a track, that you build your custom sound design around. It does not matter if you start with one of the loops or open the pack, because that “special sound or moment” is still missing from your production.

Orchestral Tools and PML teamed up with 5 of their favourite contemporary producers, gave them full access to all available OT sample libraries and let them all create tonal & atonal percussion loops, atmospheres, melodic / harmonic themes and a lot more.

The result is the probably most inspiring pack PML ever released. From beautifully crafted tonal wood loops, to atmo string layers and atonal organic percussions – Acoustic Melodic Techno Themes is loaded with sounds you instantly want to work with!

What You Are Getting

  • 550+ main theme loops
  • Endless possibilities to chop up and customise
  • 100% royalty free
  • You can use this pack with every DAW – no special software require

The Producers

The 4 producers involved took the OT catalogue of sounds & samples to a complete new level! They worked with playable instruments in the OT SINE-Player and created loops & themes SPECIFICALLY for Melodic House & Techno producers: tap directly into their creativity and professional sound!

Behind this Pack

This pack serves as a main source of inspiration and high quality sound with a natural feel made for electronic music producers.

“We always wanted to do something together” says Hendrik Schwarzer, CEO of Orchestral Tools about the cooperation with PML, “so when we had the idea to this pack during a coffee break beginning of 2021 in cold Berlin, OT and PML were both super excited.”

The challenge, but also the potential of this pack for every producer lay in the clear focus of who this pack is for: Melodic House & Techno Producers! Fans & customers of Orchestral Tools usually produce film/score music – so they need high quality playable instruments to play their scores.

Melodic House & Techno producers (or electronic music producers in general) rely much more on ready to use and royalty free samples to chop up and make their own.

The goal was to make these amazing OT sounds available for everyone.

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Groove3 Waves Tune Real-Time Explained TUTORIAL

By | February 26, 2022

Groove3 Waves Tune Real-Time Explained TUTORIAL

Groove3 Waves Tune Real-Time Explained TUTORIAL

Scottie Dugan shows you all about Wave’s wonderful Waves Tune Real-Time plug-in and goes step by step on how to tune your vocals for that modern polished sound!

Scottie begins by going over the user interface and discusses why you’ll need to make some specific decisions before tuning your vocals or instruments, and then reveals the main parameters Speed and Note Transition, which allow you to begin to dial in your tuning amount and style.

Fine tuning is next, and Scottie shows you how to adjust Waves Tune Real-Time to remove or add tuning artifacts. After that, it’s time to see it work in-action. Scottie tunes up some vocals as well as covers some tips for working with inconsistent vocalists, making sure you’re able to handle any tuning needs.

See the individual tutorial descriptions below for more info. If you’re new to Waves Tune Real-Time, or just want some more detailed info, check out “Waves Tune Real-Time Explained” today!

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Fox Samples Must Have Audio Twerkus WAV

By | February 26, 2022

 

Fox Samples Must Have Audio Twerkus WAV

Fox Samples Must Have Audio Twerkus WAV

Fox Samples presents Twerkus, a hot new product from the Must Have Audio brand.

This product features 5 unique styles of Twerk construction kits inspired by artist like Party Favor, Meaux Green, Jack U, and TWRK. This pack is definitely a hot party starter!

Included:

  •  5 Construction Kits between 100bpm and 105bpm
  •  24bit WAV files
  •  All folders are tempo and Key labeled
  •  Over 495 MB of content
  •  100% Royalty Free

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Soul Surplus Port Rich Vol.3 WAV

By | February 26, 2022

Soul Surplus Port Rich Vol.3 WAV

Soul Surplus Port Rich Vol.3 WAV

Port Rich Vol 3, is the third original sample collection from Soul Surplus. Included in the third collection are 10 original tracks full of soul and ‘vibes’, perfect for producers and creators to utilize as their foundations for new creations.

In this volume, the main focus was on feel and vibe. The team pushed to create a sound that was a little more modern with some classic textures. We offer hassle-free sample clearance, so you’ll never have to worry about jumping through hoops to get your music approved for distribution. All sounds included are compatible with any DAW or sampler (44.1K).

Instruments Used In This Collection
Fender Rhodes, Access Virus, Roland Jupiter, Moog Opus 3, Moog Minotaur, Yamaha DX7, Fender Precision Bass, Lakland 55-02 Bass, Notation Ultranova Synth, Fender Stratocaster Guitar, Novation Bass Station II.

Product Specifications:

  •  Format: WAVs
  •  10 x Constructions Kits – (Including: Stems/Loops Files)
  •  10 x Mixed & Mastered FullMix/Preview Demos
  •  62 x Individual (WAVs) Files Stems/Loops Files
  •  72 x Individual (WAVs) Files In Total
  •  Tempo-Labelled
  •  44.1kHz 24-Bit High Quality
  •  Compatible With All DAWs
  •  PC & Mac Compatible

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Soul Surplus Port Rich Vol.2 WAV

By | February 26, 2022

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Soul Surplus Port Rich Vol.2 WAV

Port Rich Volume 2, is the second original sample collection from Soul Surplus. Included in the second collection are 10 original tracks full of soul and ‘vibes’, perfect for producers and creators to utilize as their foundations for new creations. In this volume, the main focus was on texture.

The team pushed to create a sound that closely emulates the sound right from your turntable. We offer hassle-free sample clearance, so you’ll never have to worry about jumping through hoops to get your music approved for distribution. All sounds included are compatible with any DAW or sampler (44.1K).

Instruments Used In This Collection
Instruments used in this collection: Fender Rhodes, Access Virus, Roland Jupiter, Moog Opus 3, Moog Minotaur, Yamaha DX7, Fender Precision Bass, Lakland 55-02 Bass, Notation Ultranova Synth, Fender Stratocaster Guitar, Novation Bass Station II.

Product Specifications:

  •  Format: WAVs
  •  10 x Constructions Kits (Including: Stems/Loops Files)
  •  10 x FullMix/Preview Demos
  •  59 x Individual (WAVs) Files Stems/Loops Files
  •  69 x Individual (WAVs) Files In Total
  •  Tempo-Labelled
  •  44.1kHz 24-Bit High Quality
  •  Compatible With All DAWs
  •  PC & Mac Compatible

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Soul Surplus Port Rich Vol.1 WAV

By | February 26, 2022

Soul Surplus Port Rich Vol.1 WAV

Soul Surplus Port Rich Vol.1 WAV

Port Rich Volume 1, is the first original sample collection from Soul Surplus. Included in the first collection are 10 original tracks full of soul and ‘vibes’, perfect for producers and creators to utilize as their foundations for new creations.

We offer hassle-free sample clearance, so you’ll never have to worry about jumping through hoops to get your music approved for distribution. All sounds included are compatible with any DAW or sampler (44.1K).

 Instruments used in this collection
Fender Rhodes, Access Virus, Roland Jupiter, Moog Opus 3, Moog Minotaur, Yamaha DX7, Fender Precision Bass, Lakland 55-02 Bass, Notation Ultranova Synth, Fender Stratocaster Guitar, Novation Bass Station II.

Product Specifications:

  •  Format: WAVs
  •  10 x Constructions Kits (Including: Stems/Loops Files)
  •  10 x FullMix/Preview Demos
  •  88 x Individual WAVs Files In Total
  •  Tempo-Labelled
  •  44.1kHz 24-Bit High Quality
  •  Compatible With All DAWs
  •  PC & Mac Compatible

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SM WHite Label Analogue Underground 2 WAV MIDI

By | February 26, 2022

SM Analogue Underground 2 MULTIFORMAT

SM WHite Label Analogue Underground 2 WAV MIDI

From dark basements and after-hours warehouses comes ‘Analogue Underground 2” – a raw house hybrid representing the cutting edge of four-to-the-floor. 700 MB+ of squelchy bass, skipped and steeped beats, rave chord stabs, inimitable percussive grooves and unique modular sequences. Tempo-synced and key-labelled at 120 and 125bpm with custom drum kits and one-shots for non-stop underground house music.

Download Contains:

  • 487 x 24-bit Wav files
  • 80 x MIDI files

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C-Ram Beats It’s Coming Now WAV MIDI

By | February 26, 2022

C-Ram Beats It's Coming Now WAV MIDI

C-Ram Beats It’s Coming Now WAV MIDI

“Now Its Coming” brings you five Construction Kits with a Trap vibe in the style of artists such as Future, Migos, Tyga, and Lil’ Wayne. Take your productions up a level with this high quality and inspiring pack.

WAV and MIDI files are included and all files are 100% Royalty-Free.

Contains:

  •  5 Construction Kits
  •  MIDI loops
  •  73 Indiviual loops
  •  Tempos available
  •  100% Royalty-Free

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Pro Sample Packs FX Essentials WAV

By | February 26, 2022

Pro Sample Packs FX Essentials WAV

Pro Sample Packs FX Essentials WAV

Pro Sample Packs are proud to present this unique Fx Essentials sample pack.

We recorded these excellent sound effects for you.

Much of this pack will surprise you!

Be free to use our FXs and make your next song even better!

Pack Details:

  •  200 Files
  •  120 – FXs ( 10 x Atmospheric FXs, 10 x Dark FXs, 10 x Fantastic FXs, 20 x Impact FXs, 10 x Metalic FXs, 10 x Suspense FXs, 20 x Sweep Down FXs, 20 x Sweep Up FXs, 10 x Voodoo FXs )
  •  80 – Bonus Drum Loops (Full Drums and Tops)
  •  44.1kHz 24-Bit High Quality
  •  Compatible With All DAWs
  •  PC & Mac Compatible

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Truefire Chris Buono’s Practice Sessions: Bending Workouts TUTORIAL

By | February 26, 2022

Truefire Chris Buonos Practice Sessions Bending Workouts TUTORIAL

Truefire Chris Buono’s Practice Sessions: Bending Workouts TUTORIAL

Learn and Practice Bending Techniques with Interactive Practice Sessions
Bending is one of the most unique and expressive techniques a guitar player can master. Unfortunately, most players never properly train their ear or build the muscle memory and pitch control needed to execute a wide variety of bending techniques and take command of the broad melodic applications that bending can offer.

Chris Buono’s Bending Workouts edition of Practice Sessions drills deep on Van Halen Overbends, Ghost Bends, Double-Stop Bends, Wound String Bends, First Finger Bends and Combined Bending Techniques.

”We’ll focus on building your bending technique by playing together through eight powerful practice sessions. I’ll kick off each study with a breakdown of the bending technique and then I’ll perform an example over a backing track to give you a feel for how it sits in a groove.

We’ll cap off each study together with a hands-on practice session. I’ll roll the track and we’ll trade back and forth as I guide you through the core exercises followed by several variations and embellishments.”

What makes this format really special is how you’ll get these approaches firmly under your fingers — you’ll practice each of the bending techniques together with Chris, in a series of interactive practice sessions.

Chris will kick off each study with a breakdown of the bending technique and then perform it over a backing track to give you a feel for how it sits in the rhythm section.

You’ll cap off each bending study together with a hands-on practice session. Chris will roll the track and you’ll trade back and forth as Chris guides you through the core examples followed by several variations and embellishments. Working regularly with these “practice sessions” is the key to having command of all 8 blues soloing approaches.

”We’ll start out with a couple of workouts for basic bending technique. Then we’ll work on one of my favorites, something I call Van Halen Overbending. The fourth session focuses on bending on the wound strings while the following one addresses ghost bends (AKA pre-bends).

Next up, working on some drills for building bending strength in the first finger followed by the timeless double stop bend. Lastly, we’ll work on some lines that combine bending approaches together.

Throughout the lessons I will pass along key tips and insight that, with time and practice, will help you become a bending expert. Each of the practice sessions come with the jam tracks I use throughout the course so you can work with them on your own.”

Chris will explain and demonstrate all of the key concepts and approaches along the way. You’ll get standard notation and tabs for all of the performance studies. Plus, you’ll be able to use TrueFire’s learning tools to sync the tab and notation to the video lesson. You can also loop or slow down the videos so that you can work with the lessons at your own pace. All of the backing tracks are included to work with on your own as well.

Grab your guitar and let’s practice bending with Chris Buono!

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