Monthly Archives: July 2022

BassGorilla Mixing & Mastering In Ableton Live With Cat & Beats TUTORIAL

Uncover the secrets to transforming any muddy, amateur mix into a heavy, hard hitting track from a world-class sound engineer

Results You Can Expect From This Course

This course will give you the knowledge and skills you need to:

• Make your tracks sound like they were mixed and mastered by a world-class sound engineer
• Clean up your mix and eliminate all the unnecessary muddiness and murkiness in it without taking away from the feel you’re going for
• Make all the different elements of your track like the drums, bass, and lead synth actually enhance the sound and overall vibe of the track
• without interfering with one another
• Use advanced routing techniques to elevate the sound of your track
• Train your ear to pick even the subtlest, most minute details
• Get rid of all the random clipping, clicking, popping noises you come across
• Train your ear to pick even the subtlest, most minute details
• Train your ear to recognize minute details and pick out subtle problems that a lesser producer would miss

About Your Instructor

Guido Werner from Cat and Beats was born with headphones on his head and as soon as he could walk he was playing drums.

He worked in several professional studios and has been mixing and mastering for artists from all over the world from small names to bigger names. The work he is mostly known for is a skill he has which he calls ‘reverse engineering’. He can listen to a song and make a 1 on 1 copy of it from scratch.

This odd skill makes him an interesting person to have as your engineer as he can tell what is missing and or should be cut. He also works for mixmasteryou.com where every mix and master that is made is screen recorded so you can watch your project file transform into a ready to release song.

Tutorials In This Course

• 1. What Is Mixing
• 2. How To Listen
• 3. Tools Of The Trade
• 4. The Plan Of Approach
• 5. Drums – Cleaning up the kick drum
• 6. Drums – VU meter Trick Bass Kick
• 7. Drums – Cleaning up the snares
• 8. Drums – Too many hats
• 9. Drums – Deciding on the groove
• 10. Drums – fills and sweeps
• 11. Drums – testing if the routing will work
• 12. Drums – Compression of the drums and compression overview
• 13. Drums – Getting the drums and percussion to play nice
• 14. Bass – Fat with a PH
• 15. Bass – Bass advanced routing
• 16. Leads – Everything Lead
• 17. Leads – Riding A Fader
• 18. Arrangement – Going backwards
• 19. Arrangement – The intro
• 20. Arrangement – The second drop
• 21. Arrangement – The second drop needs some love
• 22. Arrangement – Fx arranging
• 23. Arrangement – Never say last checks
• 24. Balancing – Harmonic compression
• 25. Balancing – Buss compression
• 26. Balancing – Tape and levelling
• 27. Mastering – What is mastering
• 28. Mastering – Mastering Mindset
• 29. Mastering – Test Master
• 30. Mastering – Metering
• 31. Mastering – Bouncing down
• 32. Mastering – Final mastering and last checks
• 33. Mastering – Final Word

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Bassgorilla Drum & Bass Production In Ableton Live With DJ Rap TUTORIAL

Drum & Bass veteran DJ Rap walks us through the sound design, mixing and mastering processes that she used when producing her track ‘Emote’, which she released on her Propa Talent label.

This course will give you the knowledge and skills you need to:

• Mix hard-hitting drums for any dance floor oriented drum & bass track
• Design a twisting Reese bass in NI Massive
• Build your own double notch filter to create unique automations in your basses
• Discover DJ Rap’s unique approach to mixing her tracks
• Build your own mastering strip to give your track huge amounts of punch, presence and loudness

About Your Instructor

DJ Rap has been voted the #1 female DJ in the world by Shejay.

She owns, records for, runs and A&Rs two labels Propa Talent and Impropa Talent. She is also a producer, model and actress.

After being the first artist on the scene to self-release her first CD, she signed to Sony along with Grooverider and Leftfield. She has sold over 3 million worldwide.

DJ Rap has also done vocals for several artists, including BT (for “Giving Up the Ghost”) and Art of Trance (for “Madagascar [Domi Nation Remix]”).

Tutorials In This Course

• 00:00 – 03:40 Artist Intro & Course Description
• 03:40 – 05:34 Track Play Through
• 05:34 – 17:22 Mixing Drums & Percussion
• 17:22 – 19:10 Reese Bass Set Up In Ableton Sampler
• 19:10 – 24:00 Making A Double Notch Filter
• 24:00 – 25:05 Sub Bass Overview
• 25:05 – 28:44 Reese Bass Synthesis In NI Massive
• 28:44 – 31:04 Atmosphere Processing
• 31:04 – 32:16 FX, Risers and Crashes
• 32:16 – 33:30 Vocal Sample Processing
• 33:30 – 35:30 Checking The Dry Mix
• 35:30 – 38:40 Mixing – Adding Delay, Reverb And Autopan
• 38:40 – 42:25 Mastering Strip Detailed Walk Through
• 42:25 – 48:12 How To Build Your Own Mastering Strip
• 48:12 – 52:10 Exporting And Multiband Maximizing With Waves L316
• 52:10 – 56:27 Final Track Play Through

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BassGorilla IDM Glitch in Ableton Live with Eckle TUTORIAL

In this tutorial series, talented Bristol duo Eckle will take you through their creative process, giving detailed explanations on how to approach sound design, sample manipulation, synthesis, and mixing-all you need to know to create beautiful, mind-boggling tracks that will captivate your listeners.

Results You Can Expect From This Course

This course will give you the knowledge and skills you need to:

• Create powerful drums by choosing right sounds for your kit and processing them using techniques like layering, saturation and compression
• Effectively control synth’s parameters like compression, filtering, saturation and deliver convincing basses, pads and electric pianos
• Map macros to quickly and easily manipulate the sound of your bass, synths and pads
• Make any sample fit your song employing techniques like glitching and pitch altering
• Use song structuring, and transitional techniques to keep your listeners hooked
• Develop an effective workflow and learn the different mindsets required for writing and producing music
• Get a solid sense of how music theory works and construct amazing sounding chords and beautiful melodies
• Boost your mixing and mastering skills and deliver exciting, high-energy tracks

About Your Instructor

Bristol producers Harvey Carter and Jack Angel founded Ekcle in May, 2016; the project quickly gained notoriety and earned a large following (today they have around 4000 followers on SoundCloud), hooked by their mesmerizing sound and beautiful instrumental arrangements.

Their tracks, which combine elements from ambient, drum and bass, beats and other EDM genres can be described as complex, yet melodic, energetic at times, mellow and meditative at others. The use of advanced sampling and sound design techniques has given Eckle’s music a truly authentic and innovative sound.

They are currently signed with Inspected Records, and in April 2018 they announced the release of their new EP.

Tutorials In This Course

• 1. Introduction & Overview
• 2. Mini Series Overview
• 3. MS Neuro Bass Synthesis & Processing
• 4. MS Sub Bass Synthesis Design
• 5. MS Drums Programming & Processing
• 6. MS Kalimba Glitching Techniques
• 7. MS Rhodes Processing & Music Theory
• 8. Layering & Processing
• 9. Neuro Bass Synthesis & Processing
• 10. Neuro Bass Resampling
• 11. Rerecorded & Resynthesised Bass Processing
• 12. Layering & Harmony
• 13. How We Work With Transitional Techniques
• 14. Importance of Workflow
• 15. Mixing Techniques

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Bassgorilla Jazz House In Ableton Live With Julian Gray

If you want to produce authentic house music fuzed with jazzy samples, Julian Gray has you covered. Julian will walk you through the exact techniques he uses to produce an funky, jazzy house track from start to finish in Ableton Live

This course will give you the knowledge and skills you need to:

Create a melodic motif or ‘hook’ for your track to make it memorable

• Program and process authentic house style drums and percussion that create the groove of your track
• Chop, rearrange and process samples to give your tracks a fusion with other genres of non-electronic music
• Add transitions to your arrangements to create tension, release and build energy as your track progresses
• Compose an alternative drop to keep your listeners excited and focused on your track
• Mix the elements of your track together to produce a clean, transparent and louder mix down
• Master your track to give it the impact and loudness it needs to stand up against other tracks on any club sound system

Tutorials In This Course

• 1. Introduction And Course Overview
• 2. Establishing A Melodic Core
• 3. Core Drums & Percussion
• 4. Manipulating Samples
• 5. Arrangement & Transition Effects
• 6. Adding An Alternative Drop
• 7. Final Mix & Mastering
• 8. Conclusion & Final Track

Software Used In This Course

• Ableton Live 9 (Standard or Suite Edition)
• Xfer Records Serum
• Valhalla Room
• Nicky Romero Kick 2
• iZotope Ozone 7 Maximizer
• System Requirements

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Bassgorilla Sound Design & Arrangement With Mr.Bill TUTORIAL

Witness the ingenious talent of Mr. Bill as he reveals his innovative approaches to sound design, arrangement, workflows and more in this seven part tutorial series exclusively on BassGorilla

Results You Can Expect From This Course

This course will give you the knowledge and skills you need to:

• Learn the fundamentals of resampling and Mr. Bill’s resampling techniques
• Discover how Mr. Bill creates glitchy pops and clicks in his rhythms and arrangements that give his music such a unique character
• How to chop and arrange vocal samples to create vocal glitch effects
• Separate the various processes involved in producing music
• Create effects chains to create highly unique sounds and mixes
• Write your own arrangements quickly and easily by utilizing the power of randomization

About Your Instructor
Bill Day (better known as Mr. Bill) is an Australian music producer and DJ.

He is known not only for his eclectic and technical production style, but also for his unorthodox production methods, which have been imitated and adapted by many well known producers.

Since releasing his first album in 2006, Mr. Bill is currently working on album number eight. He has collaborated with dozens of highly acclaimed producers.

He has become notorious for his distinct abilities to mangle and glitch audio in Ableton Live, and has held Ableton seminars in various cities around the world.

Tutorials In This Course

• 1. Sound Design – Resampling
• 2. Sound Design – Pops Clicks And Glitches
• 3. Sound Design – Vocal Glitching
• 4. Workflow – Separating Processes
• 5. Processing – Effects Chains
• 6. Arrangement – Mr. Bill x Holly Project Analysis
• 7. Arrangement – 15 Minute Track Challenge

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Tchad Blake, I Know Who You Are, Queen Kwong, Inside The Track 75 TUTORIAL

Tchad Blake takes the stage for our debut series filmed at the MWTM flagship studio in Paris! In this installment, the extraordinary mixer continues to push sonic boundaries as he shares techniques applied to a recent project — the 2022 single ‘I Know Who You Are’ by Queen Kwong. The experimental indie rock piece is well-suited to Blake, who left his recognisable sonic imprint on the record and shares exactly how he did so, working entirely ‘in the box’. Tchad gives an overview of the artist and project, plays the rough mix, and explains his typical approach to any session he receives. He states how he is unafraid to follow his own vision, often deviating far from the rough mix then making changes later upon client requeFmastersst. He also emphasises the difference he sees between A-B’ing and referencing, and why it’s important to distinguish. Aside from discussing his general workflow, Blake goes into detail on creative processing, revealing how he adds presence with harmonics, increases ambience, enhances transients, and much more!

Part 1
19 min
Project background, improvisation, rough mix, arrangement, A-B vs. reference, panning, samples, resonance

Part 2
20 min
Toms, distortion, EQ, drum buss, compression, multi-band limiting, transient design, phase relationships

Part 3
23 min
Harmonic presence, colour coding, gating, de-essing, bass & electric guitars, filtering, modulation, reverb

Part 4
11 min
Synthesizer, stereo spreading, increasing ambiance, framing the vocal, cassette emulation, delays

Part 5
15 min
Vocal excitement, sibilance control, dynamics, mic & amp emulation, magnetic tape character, effects

Part 6
11 min
Workflow discussion, typical approach, pre-mix groundwork, experimenting, communication with artists

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