Monthly Archives: November 2024

How To Sound Like Chase and Status with Haterade TUTORIAL

This week, we welcome back Haterade for a new course where he builds a track from scratch based on the epic track Disconnect by Chase and Status and Becky Hill.

We start by listening to the original to determine the different elements we need to use in our own track before working chronologically through the intro, verse, build and drop, designing our synth sounds in ANA 2, percussive elements and effects along the way.

Once the main layout is built, we bring in the raw vocals and look at how to process them to fit the mix before mixing and mastering to complete the track.

Packed full of sound design and production tips and tricks in an easy-to-follow course, this is definitely one to check out!

Tutorials

• Tutorial 01 – Introduction
• Tutorial 02 – Reference
• Tutorial 03 – Intro
• Tutorial 04 – Verse
• Tutorial 05 – Build
• Tutorial 06 – Drop
• Tutorial 07 – Arrangement
• Tutorial 08 – Vocal Mix
• Tutorial 09 – Mixing
• Tutorial 10 – Mastering

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Tech Tips Volume 83 Racks & Chains with Protoculture TUTORIAL

Protoculture’s back with a new set of Tech Tips today where he’s building some awesome rack plugins in Bitwig Studio that will speed up your workflow, and once you’ve spent the short time building them, you can save them out and drop them onto any channel.

These techniques can be applied to any DAW that can group and contain different plugins and then apply macros. They can also be manipulated in various ways to suit your needs, or inspire you to create different effects using similar methods.

From bass enhancers, EQs, toploop processors, and multi-band compressors to glitch effects, vocal processing and MIDI gates, these set of Tech Tips really showcase how you can make your DAW work for you.

Go check it out, get creative, and build your own awesome plugins!

Tutorials

• Introduction – 01:00
• Tutorial 824 – Cheat EQ – 08:27
• Tutorial 825 – Dual Filter – 08:06
• Tutorial 826 – Toploop – 14:26
• Tutorial 827 – Hybrid Vocal Verb – 10:51
• Tutorial 828 – MIDI Gate – 08:18
• Tutorial 829 – Harmonic Balance – 09:24
• Tutorial 830 – Parallel Loudness Rack – 07:09
• Tutorial 831 – Glitch Switch – 08:13
• Tutorial 832 – Multiband Compressor – 08:11
• Tutorial 833 – Bass Processor – 11:24

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Tech Tips Volume 84 Improving Your Kicks with Protoculture & Haterade TUTORIAL

This week Protoculture and Haterade are back with a set of Tech Tips focussing on the all-important kick.

If you’re producing electronic music, the kick can make or break a track, so it’s super important to get it right.

Here we look at what ‘makes’ a good kick and the importance of choosing the right one depending on your genre before diving into different methods and the tools that can help improve your kick and get it to cut through the mix and hit harder.

Check it out!

Tutorials

• Tutorial 834 – What Should The Ideal Kick Look Like?
• Tutorial 835 – How To Choose The Right Kick
• Tutorial 836 – Getting Your Kicks To Hit Harder
• Tutorial 837 – Transient Shaper
• Tutorial 838 – Kick EQ Tips
• Tutorial 839 – Saturation On Kicks
• Tutorial 840 – Sidechain vs Volume Shaping
• Tutorial 841 – Layering Kicks

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Tech Tips Volume 89 Drum n Bass Production Tips with Haterade TUTORIAL

Haterade’s back with a new set of Tech Tips, and this time he’s focussing on designing your own classic baddass Drum’n’Bass sounds.

Starting by creating a classic D’n’B drum loop, he then dives into sound design using ANA 2 and predominantly Ableton stock plugins to build some gritty evolving Bass sounds that you can use in your tracks.

From the classic Heavy Reese and Neuro Bass to using Ring Mods and Oscillator phase to get that high-end wobble, these Tech Tips will show you the techniques and effects to go for when designing your sounds.

Hope you’ve got some good speakers!

Check it out!

Tutorials

• Tutorial 883 – Drum Loops
• Tutorial 884 – Heavy Reese
• Tutorial 885 – Ring Mod Bass
• Tutorial 886 – Fog Horn Bass
• Tutorial 887 – Harmonic Sine Bass
• Tutorial 888 – Response Bass
• Tutorial 889 – Badaddan Bass
• Tutorial 890 – Percussive Bass
• Tutorial 891 – Wobble Sine Bass
• Tutorial 892 – Neuro Bass

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How To Sound Like Peggy Gou with P-LASK TUTORIAL

This week, ever popular Ableton Certified Trainer P-LASK is back with an epic sixteen part course where he recreates Peggy Gou’s summer classic ‘It Goes Like Nanana’ from scratch in Ableton Live.

This course is aimed at both beginners and more seasoned producers, with everything included – from the MIDI, the samples, and the ANA 2 presets, so you can either drag and drop the parts directly into your project or build it from scratch yourself by following along.

We meticulously break down each element using only Ableton Live and ANA 2, starting with the drums before adding the bass and synth parts, including the classic Korg M1 sounds that feature heavily throughout. Once in place we arrange the track before mixing and mastering so it can be played out.

P-LASK nails Peggy Gou’s sound and shows us plenty of tips and tricks in music production and sound design, explaining everything in detail in his easy-to-follow way.

Check it out!

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How To Sound Like Mau P with Haterade TUTORIAL

This week, we welcome back Haterade for an all-new ‘How To Sound Like’ course where he takes on a Tech House classic ‘Drugs from Amsterdam’ by Mau P.

Mau P is making a major impact on the house music scene. The Amsterdam native eats, breathes and sleeps music. His debut single “Drugs From Amsterdam” was one of the hottest tracks in the scene over the summer, being played at every major festival.

Noah has supplied everything you need in the resources, including his designed ANA 2 presets, so you can easily follow along and quickly piece this one together or alternatively change things up to get your own sound.

Although there aren’t too many elements in this track, the groove really comes into its own by automating build-ups and drops, along with some varied vocal chops and transitions.

Check it out and enjoy!

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