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Guitar Pro 7 Music Notation Software For Beginners TUTORIAL

By | February 24, 2022
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Guitar Pro 7 Music Notation Software For Beginners TUTORIAL

Guitar Pro 7 Music Notation Software For Beginners TUTORIAL

Welcome to my course Introduction to Guitar Pro 7
My name is Geoff Sinker and I am a Musician, Editor and Teacher with over 30 years experience. Technology has always played a major role in my work as a Guitar teacher. Guitar Pro has always been a central part of my lessons since it was first introduced. Having introduced numerous students to the program I decided it was time to create a introduction course for the basic users of the program, using all the Real World knowledge I have learned over the hours I have spent working with the software.

I know that you will find this course both enlightening and interesting for all users of Guitar Pro 7

Guitar Pro is probably the best program for reading, creating, & playing along with tablature on the market today.
Nearly every time you see a piece of tablature on a website or a YouTube video the chances are that it has been produced using Guitar pro. To use the phrase Industry standard would be a correct assessment of the program.

Guitar Pro allows you to edit your music scores and tablature for guitar, bass, and ukulele, as well as create backing tracks for drums or piano. This is a most thorough yet user-friendly tool for musicians who wish to get better, compose, or simply play along.

Quite simply Guitar Pro is the Microsoft Word of music tablature.

In this course you will learn the most important functions and uses of Guitar pro 7
You will learn how to edit files, and variety of sounds using GP own sound-banks, How to add chord diagrams to your scores. We will look a the various way you can export files and how to make your own audio tracks for playback use.

You will also learn how to use Guitar Pro as and aide to learn songs and the various function available to assist you.

At the end of the course you will have a working knowledge of using the program.

Now it its current version 7.5, guitar pro has more features then ever installed.
This new version is free for Guitar Pro 7 users. Opening tool windows by clicking on the score, file explorer, tablature editing for 9- and 10- strings guitars, mySongBook integration, batch conversion tool, MIDI import improvement, better orchestral soundbanks, enhanced drums view

Yes i know it is a paid program, but as a guitar player it is probably the best $69 you could spend on you musical journey.

Guitar Pro is a powerful score player really helpful to learn how to play, improve your technique, reproduce your favorite songs or accompany yourself.

I have been using Guitar Pro since it was first released, not only for learning songs but as a aid to my teaching. I no longer use a whiteboard I now have access to a variety of tools that GP provided that greatly enhance my lesson.

I have produced a number of lessons on using Guitar Pro aimed at the beginner and have provided you the links to help you get started with the program.

Project Description

Project 1
Open and load the file marked GP7 Skillshare Course and load the file Edit Chord Diagrams. Using the add chord function work through the song adding the appropriate chord image to the track.

Project 2
Open the file marked Kayleigh-Marillion-Soundbanks. Practice changing the sounds for the Synstrings using the soundbanks available in GP7. Work on getting an interesting sound for the vocal track.

Project 3
Open the track marked Sweet Child Of Mine – Transpose.

This track is tabbed in the key the Guns & Roses recorded the track however i want you to transpose the the Guitar and Bass tracks to standard tuning without changing the fingering positions.

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ADPTR Audio Sculpt v1.0.5 VST VST3 AU AAX

By | February 24, 2022
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ADPTR Audio Sculpt v1.0.5 VST VST3 AU AAX

ADPTR Audio Sculpt v1.0.5 VST VST3 AU AAX

SCULPT is built on top of four dynamic modules that run in parallel. Combined, these modules form the ultimate dynamics, tone, and transient shaping workhorse.

Next Generation Dynamics Processing

ADPTR AUDIO’s SCULPT represents the future of dynamic and tonal control. Designed for master and group buses, SCULPT lets you thoroughly and cleanly reshape your sounds in ways that other processors simply can’t. At its heart are a remarkably transparent “Upward” Compressor, a more traditional Downward Compressor, and powerful Tonal and Transient “SCULPT” sections. Use it to add refining touches to masters and mix buses, or to enhance specific elements inside of samples, stems and instrument groups.

Four Modules Running in Parallel

SCULPT is built on top of four dynamic modules that run in parallel. The Upward Compression module offers an uncommon spin on dynamic control with greater transparency, while a high-quality Downwards Compression offers more conventional dynamic control. The one-of-a-kind Tone SCULPT module accentuates or suppresses specific aspects of your audio, while the Transient SCULPT module manipulates the onset of each sound for precise control over its sonic “envelope”. Each module has its own mute, solo and output meter so you can see and hear how they’re affecting your audio.

A Master Tone Manipulator

Each of SCULPT’s modules come with frequency controls that affect the way SCULPT analyzes your signal. These function as sidechain EQ controls within the compressor modules, as tonal balance controls within the Tone SCULPT module, and as transient selection controls within the Transient SCULPT module. The Tone SCULPT module also includes a tonal balance graph that displays the frequency balance of tracks, allowing for constant tone monitoring. The beauty of SCULPT is that it doesn’t apply frequency-dependent processing. Instead, it affects the gain of your input on a sample-by-sample basis, which leads to unbelievably transparent results.

Distortion-Free Dynamics Control

SCULPT uses a state-of-the-art Envelope Detection Algorithm (EDA) that mimics the way humans hear sounds, making it more responsive than conventional compressor technology. EDA detects the envelope of sounds with lightning-fast precision, allowing SCULPT to operate distortion-free, even when processing complex material using super-fast attack and release settings. Use SCULPT to apply light to heavy sidechain compression without worrying about distortion ever again.

Auto-Gain That Actually Works

The issue with most dynamics processors is that they don’t take perceived loudness into account when applying makeup gain, meaning you often end up with a “level matched” signal that sounds much louder or quieter than your input signal. SCULPT analyzes the full frequency response of your incoming audio signal and adjusts its knobs accordingly, allowing you to make accurate level-matched A/B comparisons. The presets included with SCULPT also adapt themselves based on the dynamics of your incoming audio signal so that you can hear how they’re intended to sound.

FEATURES:

  •  Transparently shape the dynamics, tone, and transients of individual tracks, busses, and masters
  •  Four dynamics modules that include an upwards compressor/expander, downwards compressor/expander, tonal balance module, and a transient processor
  •  A Tonal Balance Visualizer that accurately displays the tonal balance of incoming audio
  •  Each module comes with low and high-shelf filters and a Spectrum Tilt EQ
  •  Independently bypass each module’s bands and scale the processing applied to fine-tune your sound
  •  An Envelope Detection Algorithm (EDA) that results in distortion-free processing, even when processing complex material
  •  Advanced Adaptive Auto Gain (AAAG) analyzes incoming audio and accurately applies makeup gain based on the way humans hear sound
  •  A Master Mixer Panel that provides a bypass control, wet/dry mix knob, and mid/side processing options
  •  An extensive library of presets that adapt to meet the needs of your material

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SynthFont2 v2.7.1.2 [WIN]

By | February 24, 2022
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SynthFont2 v2.6.0.0 WIN

SynthFont2 v2.7.1.2 [WIN]

Music enthusiasts are constantly looking for specialized software solutions that can help them come up with innovative sounds and create great tunes. Those who often work with MIDI files can rely on SynthFont to manage their files and to render audio tracks, as soon as a SoundFont is loaded.

Here is a short list of some of the features in SynthFont2 – not found in SynthFont1:

  •  support for multiple MIDI time signatures
  • smooth playback scrolling of the Pianoroll
  •  support for creating one more compressed audio format: M4A, based on the free AAC format
  •  support for creating compressed audio files using Variable Bit Rate
  •  support for multiple CPU cores
  •  support for some Windows 7/8/10 enhancements
  •  a new combined SoundFont Override and Bank Manager: you can give SynthFont a number of SoundFonts and folders in which to search for banks missing in   the default SoundFont
  •  support for SoundFont modulators
  •  VU meters for the MIDI channels
  •  many more MIDI editing features
  •  function to quickly determine the maximum loudness of a song
  •  MIDI data can be saved in the Arrangement file
  •  support for mega-size MIDI files
  •  unlimited voice count
  •  Visual Styles
  •  … plus a very large number of minor improvements and new features

Bug fixes in 2.7.1.2:
– Just fixed a few reported bugs, for example, some strings had gone blank due to the new support for localization.

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World Music 102: Chords for Bedroom Producers TUTORIAL

By | February 24, 2022
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World Music 102: Chords for Bedroom Producers TUTORIAL

World Music 102: Chords for Bedroom Producers TUTORIAL

Ready to master chords for just a fraction of the cost of college or other courses?
In the second part of the World Music Series, anyone who is just a producer of music with no ability to read sheet music or play an instrument can understand the science behind chords and the sequences of them within a song (also known as a chord progression).

There are tons of topics covered here, but only the ones most essential to creating a song that others will appreciate and recognise as part of the genre they’re used to. You’ll learn about basic seventh chords, extended harmonies, tritone substitution/passing chords, the seven different modes, progressions in the most widely used genres, borrowed chords and much more.

This will lead to subsequent courses where you will be able to master ear training and capture the vibe of any song or melody that inspires you without copying the original (and subsequently being sued). The key is to be able to take the best parts of what you would learn in a college course and take it all in for $30. Then, you will be well on your way to creating awesome music.

The material is presented in a way that is easy to understand regardless of what education level you are at. From the Mozarts to the first-timers, as long as you’ve taken World Music 101, this course will be very easy.

What you’ll learn:

  • Identify and build the basic and extended harmony chords used in most genres of music
  • Learn why certain chord progressions are sonically/harmonically pleasing to the human ear
  • Learn how to manipulate and expand chords to match/complement a vocal or instrumental track
  • Figure out how to create chords in multiple genres and improve basic standard chord progressions

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From Data to Decisions in Music Education Research

By | February 24, 2022
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From Data to Decisions in Music Education Research

From Data to Decisions in Music Education Research

From Data to Decisions in Music Education Research provides a structured and hands-on approach to working with empirical data in the context of music education research. Using step-by-step tutorials with in-depth examples of music education data and research questions, this text draws upon concepts in data science and statistics to provide a comprehensive framework for working with a variety of data and solving data-driven problems.

All of the skills presented here use the R programming language, a free, open-source statistical computing and graphics environment. Using R enables readers to refine their computational thinking abilities and data literacy skills while facilitating reproducibility, replication, and transparency of data analysis in the field. The book offers:

  • A clear and comprehensive framework for thinking about data analysis processes in a music education context.
  • An overview of common data structures and data types used in statistical programming and data analytics.
  • Techniques for cleaning, preprocessing, manipulating, aggregating, and mining data in ways that facilitate organization and interpretation.
  • Methods for summarizing and visualizing data to help identify structures, patterns, and trends within data sets.
  • Detailed applications of descriptive, diagnostic, and predictive analytics processes.
  • Step-by-step code for all concepts and analyses.
  • Direct access to all data sets and R script files through the accompanying eResource.

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Dulio Drum Kit Vol.1 WAV FLP

By | February 24, 2022
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Dulio Drum Kit Vol.1 WAV FLP

Dulio Drum Kit Vol.1 WAV FLP

Dulio presents his first ever drum kit with bonus loops

This kit contains:

•15 808s
•6 Claps
•2 FLPs for FL Studio 20.8
•7 HiHats
•5 Loops
•5 Open Hats
•6 Percs
•7 Snares

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Epic Stock Media Hybrid Future Afrobeat WAV

By | February 24, 2022
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Epic Stock Media Hybrid Future Afrobeat WAV

Epic Stock Media Hybrid Future Afrobeat WAV

Unlock new inspiration with over 300 lively next-gen island vibes that will have you creating top-charting hits that melds the lines between Afrocuban, Mambo, Reggaeton, Brazilian, Club, Pop, EDM, Hybrid-Trap, and much more! Inside you will find authentic rhythms, fat basslines, thick drums, jamming melodies, and vibrant chords giving you everything needed to create those island fusion vibes with this one-of-a-kind pack by Epic Stock Media.

Inside you will find a vast collection of loops & one-shots weighing in at over 550 MB for the true-heavy weight to make-use of and master. Hybrid Future Tropical Afrobeat captures those authentic island rhythms while combining it with the latest of modern-day pop and dance genres, resulting in a versatile pack that just works.

All files are mastered & professionally produced to ensure you gain that spark of creativity to launch you into new realms of music production. Not only that, but we have organized everything into understandable folders & meticulously key-formed, key-tagged, and bpm mapped all files for ease of use in your next production. We also added SoundMiner metadata into the samples to help you find the right sound at the right time. All files are 100%Royalty-Free and supplied to you in high quality 48k/24-Bit WAV audio file format and can be used in the most popular samplers, DAWs, and plugins with drag & drop plugin features.

Pack details:

  • 306 loops & one-shots
  • 170 loops
  • 136 one-shots
  • 555.8 MB of samples
  • 32+ minutes of sound
  • All in high-quality 48k/24bit .wav audio file format
  • 24 Drum Perc Loops
  • 27 Melodic Loops
  • 27 Bass Loops
  • 17 Chord Loops
  • 24 Guitar Loops
  • 32 Melodic Loops
  • 12 Piano Loops
  • 7 Vocal Loops
  • Includes Soundminer Metadata
  • All files form, key & bpm labeled
  • 100% Royalty-Free
  • Compatible with PC/Mac and all DAW’s

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Delectable Records Chicago Loop Mainroom Techno Stabs WAV MIDI

By | February 24, 2022
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Delectable Records Chicago Loop Mainroom Techno Stabs WAV MIDI

Delectable Records Chicago Loop Mainroom Techno Stabs WAV MIDI

‘Mainroom Techno Stabs’ by Industrial Strength is a sample pack based on one of the most important elements in Techno production: the almighty stab.

Designed by Chicago Loops, this pack features loads of elements to add to your remixes and productions, including drum loops, grooves and above all, loads of Techno Stabs.

‘Mainroom Techno Stabs’ combines old school rave stabs, modern Tech stabs and essential stabs for any road you wish to take. Check the Demo Track
out and listen for yourself.

This forward thinking collection is a perfect addition to Chicago Loops’ ongoing collection of Techno sample packs such as ‘Driven by Techno’ and ‘Acid Machines’. Pure Techno goodness.

Pack details:

  • 100 Stab Loops
  • 100 Stab Shots
  • 100 MIDI Files
  • 16 Drums
  • 100% Royalty-Free

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Touch Loops Infinite Promise WAV

By | February 24, 2022
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Touch Loops Infinite Promise WAV

Touch Loops Infinite Promise WAV

Let’s get deep with our latest emotional house pack: Infinite Promise. A collection of loops inspired by Jaques Greene, Disclosure and Koreless, to name a few. It falls into the world of progressive and Melodic House with a slight UK Garage nod.

With the focus on emotion and melody, each loop is drenched in analog warmth and human imperfections. You’ll be greeted with fidgety garage and solid house beats and tops, Full-bodied bass lines and sub samples, pad loops with ample character and warm colours, and analog arpeggios and synths overflowing with euphoric melody and shape.

As always each loop has been painstakingly arranged, mixed and mastered to give you everything you need once in your DAW or sampler. So if you’re looking for those emotional, progressive house vibes look no further! And as always, all are 100% royalty-free.

Pack details:

  • Arps: 8
  • Bass: 21
  • Beats: 22
  • Pads: 19
  • Perc: 9
  • Synths: 27
  • Tops: 22

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Vocal Megapack 12 Samplepack WAV

By | February 24, 2022
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Vocal Megapack 12 Samplepack WAV

Vocal Megapack 12 Samplepack WAV

For the 12th installment of Vocal Megapack our team dived in the studios again with amazing talented vocalists.

The quality of the vocals gave us so much inspiration that we are proud to deliver one of the best in this series.

Vocal Megapack 12 explores many interesting genres are included; from Pop, Indie, Tropical, Slap House and others.

With 4 complete acapellas and 5 kits filled with an amazing amount of detailed tones and melodies. The kits have been spread and split up in different categories including Music Loops, Bass Loops, Vocal Phrases, Drum loops and more.

The pack contains 4 Acapellas, split up in 24 Vocal Leads, Harmonies and Backings, Full & Main Vocals, 91 Vocal Phrases, 16 Vocal Chop Loops, 41 Music Loops, 9 Bass Loops, 52 Drum and build Loops, 49 Drums, 20 Bass & Synth one Shots and last but not least we added 19 songstarters, to get you going.

All loops are key and BPM labelled for better usage – All Royalty Free (if downloaded from official stores)

Oack details:

5 Songs in total
24 Wet & Dry Vocal Stems & Vocoders, Backing Vocals
4 Acapellas
Backing Vocals & Vocal Chops
91 Vocal Phrases
16 Vocal Chop Loops (wet & dry)
19 Songstarters
41 Music Loops (wet & dry)
9 Bass Loops
47 Drumloops (Full, Fills, Kicks, Hhats, Claps etc)
5 Buildup & Fill loops
49 Drum One Shots
10 Synth Hits
10 Bass One Shots
Midis – Melody & Bass

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Future Humans – Future Vocals WAV

By | February 24, 2022
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Future Humans - Future Vocals WAV

Future Humans – Future Vocals WAV

From smooth falsetto lines to huge belted choruses, Future Humans presents Future Vocals, an essential vocal pack for anyone in need of big indie pop vibes delivered with the unique and fresh vocal stylings of Afnan Prince. Produced by Future Humans producer Sam Cramer, Future Vocals covers all bases: infectious hooks, futuristic sounding processed loops, atmospheric ad libs, radio ready melody loops, and interesting oneshots. With a wide variety of BPMs and key signatures, as well as wet and dry alternatives, this pack is as versatile as it is usable.

Future Vocals captures the signature Future Humans sound, with Afnan Prince’s unmistakable voice alongside Sam Cramer’s inimitable production style. Having released their debut EP D.R.E.A.M.S as well a remix for Lewis Capaldi, the Future Humans sound is becoming more and more recognised and sought after, with a combined total of over 40 million streams. Grab this pack today and start making future hits.

INDIE POP
98 ONE SHOTS
120 LOOPS

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Purple Sounds Presents: XO Drew Vocal Pack WAV

By | February 24, 2022
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Purple Sounds Presents: XO Drew Vocal Pack WAV

Purple Sounds Presents: XO Drew Vocal Pack WAV

If Drake, Justin Bieber, and The Weeknd had a musical love child you’d have XO Drew. The vocal and lyrical sensation is from a new class of up-and-coming Hip-Hop artists that VOX is proud to present in collaboration with production house ‘Purple Sounds’. His heartache croons and ballad perfect flows set the tone perfectly for sad boy Instagram captions.

You’ll find this vocal sample pack kitted out with lyrical hooks across 3 different keys and BPMs in both wet and dry processing styles for versatility. Pitched loops, Bilingual phrases, and spoken word in Spanish and English language. Dripped in vocal FX, shouts, hype, and impacts ripe for alt RnB textures and Hip-Hop beats.

XO Drew is the kind of rare songwriting gem publishers and music producers salivate over. It’s no secret that the key to great musical art is great songwriting and XO Drew is certainly headed toward superstardom in his field. With a catalog that continues to create a big buzz in the industry, you won’t want to miss out on his debut collection of vocal sounds.

VOCALS
49 ONE SHOTS
143 LOOPS

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Purple Sounds Presents: Agina Vocal Pack WAV

By | February 24, 2022
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Purple Sounds Presents: Agina Vocal Pack WAV

Purple Sounds Presents: Agina Vocal Pack WAV

In collaboration with VOX, Purple Sounds proudly present the amazing debut vocal sample pack from Agina.

Blessing us with hit making RnB hooks, silky adlibs, both English and Spanish words and phrases, Agina brings her own unique stamp to the VOX stage. With tonal similarities to that of Demi Lovato, Sinead Harnett, and a vocal range that has had her compared with a young Mariah Carey, Agina’s star quality lies in her vocal ability to compliment multiple genres of music from Pop, RnB to Rock.

As a Mexican/American and a native of Los Angeles, Agina was born and raised in a musical family. As an already accomplished artist, Agina has a string of production and record deals under her belt, has performed live at the Apollo Theatre in New York and Sabado Gigante in Miami, and has toured around the US after signing a deal with Ruthless Records, playing her hit single ‘Somos Mar Y Arena’.

Her songs have been featured in several reality and TV shows such as Showtime and MTV. In 2014 she was a finalist on the musical show La Voz Mexico representing team Ricky Martin, who later invited her to tour Mexico together with him.

Dig into this electric vocal collection from Purple Sounds and Agina to make your next hit.

RNB
44 ONE SHOTS
168 LOOPS

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