Monthly Archives: August 2024

Punkademic Precomposition: The Secret To Creating Great Music [TUTORIAL]

By | August 15, 2024

Punkademic Precomposition: The Secret To Creating Great Music [TUTORIAL]

Hi, I’m J. Anthony Allen, Ph.D. in Music Composition and a veteran of over 25 years in the music industry. I’ve taught over a million students online and in person, sharing my expertise in composition, music theory, and production across all genres.

This course unveils the power of precomposition – a technique that has transformed countless music-making processes, including my own. Precomposition is the secret weapon professional composers use to craft compelling, cohesive music efficiently. Whether you’re writing a string quartet, an electronic dance track, or anything in between, these techniques will elevate your work to new heights.

In under two hours, you’ll learn:

  • How to define your musical purpose and target audience
  • Techniques for finding and developing inspiration
  • Methods to outline a piece’s structure and key moments
  • Strategies for overcoming creative blocks
  • Ways to infuse deeper meaning into your music

This course focuses on practical, applicable knowledge – not rigid rules or complex theory. You’ll see real-world examples from my own work, including an in-depth look at my Piano Sonata and how precomposition shaped its development.

Precomposition techniques are valuable across all genres. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned pro, you’ll discover new ways to streamline your creative process and enhance the quality of your music.

By the end of the course, you’ll have a robust toolkit for starting any musical project. You’ll be able to approach your compositions with a clear vision, saving time and reducing frustration. Most importantly, you’ll be equipped to create music that’s more cohesive, meaningful, and impactful.

Don’t let writer’s block or aimless composing hold you back. Join me, and let’s unlock your full creative potential through the power of precomposition. I’m excited to share these insider techniques and see how they transform your music-making journey.

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Organic Drum Synthesis [TUTORIAL]

By | August 15, 2024

Organic Drum Synthesis [TUTORIAL]

In this course we will dive deep on what spectrally makes up each of the main drum sounds that are heard across a wide variety of music genres.

This course is divided up into a number of sections focussing on each main drum sound: Hihat, Kick, Snare, Shaker and Clap sounds.

Each section begins by discussing what each sound is in terms of frequency content, temporal elements as well as tonal character. We will then look at initial synthesis and how to synthesis the base sound. We will then proceed by exploring a number of intermediate and advanced techniques to pour life, organics, realism and performability into each one of your drum preset instrument patches. We will firstly look at processing inside the synth its-self then some more advanced and technical approaches on how to use native plugins in your DAW to further embellish and add ultra realistic detail/microphone emulations.

After completing this course you will have the tools, skills and knowledge to create highly performable and realistic drum patches that you can continually use in your future productions. This course also provides you with 30 extremely varied pre-made presets that you can easily morph and edit to create a plethora of grooves, tones and beats to be used in your music royalty free!

What you’ll learn:

  • Understand what makes an exceptional drum sounds
  • Synthesise highly organic and realistic drum sounds: Kicks, Snares, Claps, Hats, Shaker
  • Creating highly performable drum instruments with human nuances
  • Receive a plethora of designed presets covering all styles of drums sounds

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Lewis Fautzi Masterclass 2 Everything you need for a track [TUTORIAL]

By | August 15, 2024

Lewis Fautzi Masterclass 2 Everything you need for a track [TUTORIAL]

Masterclass 2 is out. Everything you need for a track. A small arrangement on 2 different breaks, and how to create tension on that. Synths with a Bongo, Basslines with Operator, and the 909 rack always in action 🙂

All with original tools from Ableton. Is time for you understand the potential of been creative only with a few sounds.

Duration: 1h00

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Ultimate Preset Moog Minitaur Supreme Analog Bass

By | August 15, 2024

Ultimate Preset Moog Minitaur Supreme Analog Bass

Ultimate Preset presents Moog Minitaur Supreme Analog Bass , a collection of other 64 powerful analog bass presets for your Moog Minitaur.

Unlock the full potential of this powerful synthesizer, enrich your productions with strong, solid and warm analog bass!

This Soundbank is great for any musical genre, as Deep House, Techno, Tech House, House, Ambient, Future House, Pop, Hip Hop, Electronic and many more.

Only available on Ultimatepreset.com

Product Specifications and Requirements.

64 Bass presets
This Moog Minitaur Supreme Analog bass preset pack requires Moog Minitaur v.2.2 and Moog Minitaur software editor version 3.2.0.

* Please note: The Moog Minitaur and editor plugin is not included.

All of the sounds in the MP3 demos above were created using this bank, except the drums and percussion.

The sounds you will get are exactly as you hear in the demos.

This product does not contain any loops, just presets you can use to create your own parts.

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Studio One Simplified [TUTORIAL]

By | August 15, 2024

Studio One Simplified [TUTORIAL]

Dive into the world of music production with “Studio One Simplified,” the ultimate course for mastering Studio One software. This comprehensive course takes you through every step of using Studio One, from initial setup to recording your first track, mixing, and exporting your final song.

Organized into five clear modules, the course guides you through the entire process of recording a song from scratch. You’ll gain hands-on experience with recording drums, acoustic and electric guitars, keys, bass, and vocals. Along the way, you’ll explore essential topics such as sidechaining, parallel compression, programming MIDI, using virtual instruments, and tuning vocals with Melodyne, all within Studio One.

You will also learn to save time by following a repeatable music-making process. The course shows you an easy system for mixing and mastering your music so that you can focus on creating great music instead of trying to figure out how to use the software. If you have questions on any of the videos you can leave a comment and get personal feedback from Eric.

Plus, enjoy three exclusive bonus sections: mastering in Studio One, creating lead sheets, and downloadable track stems for practice. “Studio One Simplified” is your gateway to producing professional-quality music with confidence and efficiency.

What you’ll learn

  • Get quickly up and running with Studio One software
  • Gain a thorough understanding of programming MIDI and recording audio
  • Save time by following a repeatable process for making music
  • Learn an easy system for mixing in Studio One
  • Discover advanced techniques like parallel compression and side chaining

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Bassrush Records Mat Zo 2 Track Breakdown [TUTORIAL]

By | August 15, 2024

Bassrush Records Mat Zo 2 Track Breakdown [TUTORIAL]

It’s been a wild ride for the ever-impressive Mat Zo. Having launched into the upper echelon of the electronic music world from a young age, the Grammy-nominated, chart-topping artist, DJ, and label manager has flexed his unique genre-blurring vision on imprints ranging from Anjunabeats to his own Mad Zoo imprint and most recently, our very own Bassrush Records.

While freeform bass experiments may be all the rage these days, Mat has been carving his own path and steamrolling his way through genres since he was sixteen years old. Able to inspire and pull the heartstrings as much as he’s able to twist the synapses or hit it hard on the dancefloor, Mat’s output is bold and impressive not only in scope but in the sheer breadth and depth of his body of work.

Taking a turn into drum and bass territory on his latest release for Bassrush Records, Mat Zo returns to where it all began as he seems to be revisiting the inspirations that drove him to early success as a teenaged producer, with an updated and fresh new twist.

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True Samples Love Story [WAV MIDI]

By | August 15, 2024

True Samples Love Story [WAV MIDI]

‘Love Story’ by True Samples brings you 100 amazing piano loops and 20 violin loops that will be useful for a variety of genres. So load up your library with some essential instrumental delights and make your best music.

Everything is key and tempo labelled for your convenience and each loop has beenperfectly mastered so the files are ready to be dragged & dropped straight into your beautiful tracks. Also included are the MIDI loops for every single loop so you can get extra creative in the studio and really make the most out of this pack.

Product Details:

  •  100 Piano Loops
  •  100 MIDI Piano Loops
  •  20 Violin Loops
  •  20 MIDI Violin Loops
  •  240 Files In Total
  •  44.1kHz/24-Bit
  •  100% Royalty-Free

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Busloops Emotive Trance Vol.2 [WAV MIDI]

By | August 15, 2024

Busloops Emotive Trance Vol.2 [WAV MIDI]

Emotive Trance Vol 2 brings another set of five smooth and lush Construction Kits for creating a wide variety of Trance music styles such as Melodic and PsyTrance. All phrases are 100% royalty-free.

You will find beautiful melodies, chords, pianos, keys, strings, synths and warm pad loops and FX. Loops for drum tracks are supplied (kick, snare, ride, etc.) for perfect drum loop mixing.

Midi files for each kit are also included for versatile mixing.

Any producer will be ready to create unique uplifting trance tunes,as well as radio and TV commercials, film cues and web applications of high quality.

Each of these Kits is given its own unique treatment, to create a pack which has all of the unmistakable hallmarks of the genre but with a sound all of its own.

Product Details:

  • 5 Construction Kits
  • 24 Bit WAV
  • Midi
  • BPM & Key Information Provided For Each Kit
  • 100% Royalty-Free

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Ushuaia Music Bedroom Techno 2 by Max Foley WAV

By | August 15, 2024

Ushuaia Music Bedroom Techno 2 by Max Foley WAV

Inspired by the big names of todays Techno & Tech House Scene like Green Velvet, UMEK, Jay Lumen, Layton Giordani, Adam Beyer, ANNA, Charlotte de Witte, Solardo, Camelphat, Fisher, Prok & Fitch, Chris Lake and many more. This Pack is a must have for every Techno & Tech House Producer out there!

Features:

  • 475 MB
  • 20 Atmos & Pads
  • 10 Bass Loops
  • 10 Bass Midi
  • 5 Bonus Drum Loops
  • 10 Clap Loops
  • 11 FX
  • 16 Hat Loops
  • 20 Kick Loops
  • 15 Percussion Loops
  • 20 Synth Loops

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ProdbyJack The Drum Collection

By | August 14, 2024

ProdbyJack The Drum Collection

ProdbyJack The Drum Collection

Maximise your opportunities with the Drum Collection

Become the master of any genre with these high quality sounds

Take your beats global using sounds inspired by the music of the world

Perfect for the producers of today to increase your sound palette and diversify your beat catalogue

Ocean

300,000 Youtube Subscribers
One of the biggest producers in the UK
Years of experience making beats

Sikky Beats

Over 50,000 Youtube Subscribers
Fellow sound designer and producer
Creator of the popular “Pandora” kits

Jackson Romain

Double platinum certified producer
Worked with 21 Savage, DJ Khaled, Gunna
Produced “Met Gala” with Wheezy

Hundreds of go-to sounds from each of the genres

Make any kind of beat you want, you are only limited by your own creativity

Use these sounds as a stepping stone to your next big opportunity

6 DRUM KITS

RNB

Infuse your production with the deep and emotion inducing percussive tones used by modern R&B artists such as Chris Brown, Bryson Tiller, Partynextdoor and more

DANCEHALL

Catch vibes with these wavey, tropical sounds used by artists such as Popcaan, Drake & Wizkid to create dance worthy drum loops and get everyone out of their seat

POP

Become part of the constantly evolving sound of Pop with “La Galleria” perfect for creating the mainstream sound used by The Weeknd, Ariana Grande & Billie Eilish

LOFI

Combine sounds of the past with the modern “Lofi” sound using vintage drum breaks and foley elements. Adopt the sound of producers such as J Dilla, Kanye West & 9th Wonder

DRILL

Jump on the Drill wave with these sharp and bouncy sounds used by producers such as M1onthebeat, 808 Melo & AXL to create the dark and energetic beats you hear today

TRAP

Everyone is making Trap beats these days, with these sounds you’ll have everything you need to make a hit for artists such as
Travis Scott, Future and Lil Uzi Vert

WHAT YOU’RE GETTING

“Splash” Trap drum kit (100+ sounds)
​”Trophies” R&B drum kit (120+ sounds)
​”La Galleria” Pop drum kit (100+ sounds)
​”Angels” Lofi & Boom Bap drum kit (150+ sounds)
​”Recoil” Drill drum kit (90+ sounds)
​”Motion” Dancehall drum kit (120+ sounds)

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PLAYvirtuoso Make Deep ‘Journey’ House Music [TUTORIAL]

By | August 14, 2024

PLAYvirtuoso Make Deep ‘Journey’ House Music [TUTORIAL]

In this course, Fred P will cover tips and techniques for generating ideas, structuring your track, and mixing and mastering. By the end of this course, you will have developed a deeper understanding of music production and gained practical skills to create professional sounding tracks.

What you’ll learn
Fred P takes you through his journey of how he discovered his sound and tips for you to discover your own sound. Fred will then show you exactly how you can make a deep ‘journey’ House track from scratch. You’ll learn a new approach to making music that focuses on keeping things simple, along with all of Fred’s technical tips – including how to build drum loops, basslines and synths as well as how to get the mix sounding perfect and ready to demo.

Get ready to learn:

  • Why keeping things simple will get you the best results and allow you to get ideas down quickly
  • Programming techniques for grooving drums that drive the track forward
  • How to create powerful melodic ideas without using any music theory
  • Using subtractive arrangement to easily build out a structure for your project
  • How to use reverb and delay to give your tracks a sense of space
  • Mixing and mastering techniques to get your projects ready for the club

Who’s this course for
Suitable for Intermediate experience levels.

This course is for those looking to optimise their workflow, generate unique ideas and develop their projects into release ready tracks through mixing and mastering techniques and processes.

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Keep It Sample Isotope Hard Techno [WAV MIDI]

By | August 14, 2024

Keep It Sample Isotope Hard Techno WAV MIDI

Keep It Sample Isotope Hard Techno [WAV MIDI]

Great news for you hard techno producers, Isotope is out now!

With this brand-new sample pack, you’ll be able to create your next banging tracks that bring pure fire to the dancefloor.

Containing everything you need for your next hard techno track, you’ll find stomping drum one-shots, custom FX, dark basslines, dirty melody loops, alongside MIDI files for maximum customisation potential.

As a bonus in the full ZIP, you’ll find a quick video tutorial on how to use the samples and get inspired for your next studio session.

If your sound is inspired by CARV, Basswell, Sopik, Zeuz, Creeds, Nico Moreno, and Brutalismus 3000, this pack is definitely meant for you!

So, what are you waiting for? Download the free taster pack and get yourself inspired by Isotope!

All audio files are 100% royalty-free.

Keep it simple, make it fast!

  • 326 MB
  • 24-Bit / 44.1kHz WAV
  • 30 Drum Loops (Full, Top, Perc, Stripped)
  • 44 Melodic Loops
  • 15 FX
  • 60 Drum One-Shots
  • 30 Melodic One-Shots
  • 37 MIDI Files
  • Bonus Tutorial

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Vicious Antelope Hot Tubes 2 [Knifonium Presets]

By | August 14, 2024

Vicious Antelope Hot Tubes 2 [Knifonium Presets]

Hot Tubes 2 is a collection of 50 experimental (very experimental and primitive actually) polysynths for Knif Audio Knifonium. The soundbank is pretty much focused and dedicated to the late 60’s to early 70’s wave of krautrock that came from Germany.

Most of the sounds are inspired by the great guitar and flute tones of Amon DĂĽĂĽl II to Faust and to some heavy early Tangerine Dream synth exploration (Electronic Meditation and Alpha Centauri albums mainly)

From dirty flutish synths to lo-fi organs and from hollow retro sounds to distorted bright keys this soundbank is one of the most unique we have ever released.

It comes with NKS supported files

Presets were design with Knifonium 1.0.1 and run best with this or newer version

Knifonium ® is a registered trademark of Knif Audio and Brainworx

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Resonance Sound AZS Expanse Pigments 3

By | August 14, 2024

Resonance Sound AZS Expanse Pigments 3

The all-new sound collection “Expanse” by Aiyn Zahev Sounds includes 130 Arturia Pigments 3 presets.
Expanse explores a wide landscape of cinematic sounds, covering mysterious ambiances, aggressive bass tones, and sequences, up to sonorous leads and rich expressive pads. The patches are designed to complement each other, helping to create tension and release.

Inspired by dark indie movie synth scores and big-budget lush scores alike.
This expansion aims to give artists a broad pallet of well-crafted sounds, perfect for creating rich background layers or bold upfront compositions, or of course a mix of both. The bulk of Expanse is comprised of pads, ambiences, and rich bass tones and rhythmic sequences.

There is also a nice selection of FX, leads, and various emotive synth sounds.

Patches have been carefully programmed with various mod wheel, aftertouch, and macro controls, and tagged in Pigments internal browser system. Also included are additional samples (loaded along with the bank, baked into the patches).

These come from amazing analog modules and synths.

Pack Contents:

  • 130 Pigments 3 Presets
  • mod wheel, aftertouch and macro controls
  • tagged in Pigments internal browser system

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