Tech Tips Volume 88 Designing FX with Haterade TUTORIAL Haterade’s back with some more Tech Tips, and here we’re looking at creating our own effects to use in our tracks. From impacts, sweeps, background ambience and risers – Noah gives us the basics of how to easily design multiple effects so you can go to town modifying and… Read More »
How To Make Trance ASOT Style with James Dymond TUTORIAL It’s Takeover Time again here at Sonic Academy! We have listened to your requests, and this time, we are bringing you all things Trance! For the first of three massive ‘How To Make’ courses we are kicking things off in style by welcoming back the brilliant James Dymond… Read More »
How To Make Trance Anjuna / Trance 2.0 Style with Protoculture TUTORIAL Trance Takeover is now in full swing, and this week, we’re bringing you the second epic masterclass in ‘How To Make Trance’ and this time, we welcome back the man that is Protoculture! Nate has been assigned the task of creating a progressive Anjuna/Trance 2.0 style… Read More »
Tech Tips Volume 87 Layering Like A Pro with Protoculture TUTORIAL Welcome to Tech Tips Volume 87! This week Protoculture is sharing a some vital tips and tricks when layering your sounds. Tutorials Tutorial 862 – Sound Selection Tutorial 863 – Layering Chords Tutorial 864 – Mid/Side Processing for Layers Tutorial 865 – Layering Bass Tutorial 866 –… Read More »
How To Sound Like Sub Focus with Haterade TUTORIAL Haterade’s back this week with a new ‘How To Sound Like’ course using his love for Drum’n’Bass and taking on a recreation of ‘Ready To Fly’ by Sub Focus and Dimension. Starting from scratch Noah takes us step-by-step through the drums, the sound design for all the synth parts,… Read More »
How To Sound Like Fisher with Haterade TUTORIAL This week we welcome back Haterade for a new ‘How To Sound Like’ course, and this time he’s recreating a version of the number 1 track ‘Losing It’ by Australian Producer Fisher. Aimed at beginners, this is an easy-to-follow track to build from scratch but will introduce you to all… Read More »
How To Sound Like Wilkinson with Haterade TUTORIAL This week we welcome back Noah, aka Haterade, for a new ‘How To Sound Like’ course and this time, he’s focussing on creating a Liquid DnB track using English DJ and producer Wilkinson as a reference. Starting with a blank canvas and recreating elements from Wilkinson’s track ‘Used To It’,… Read More »
How To Make Trance 138 Style with Sean Tyas TUTORIAL In our third and final ‘How To Make Trance’ course for Trance Takeover, we proudly welcome back Sean Tyas for a fast and furious look at creating a 138 Style classic track from start to finish. Over these eleven videos, you’ll get a no-holds-barred insight into the world… Read More »
How To Make Drum & Bass with Haterade TUTORIAL It’s Takeover time again, and for the next month, we’re bringing the heat with bass and beats at the forefront by focusing on all things Drum ‘n’ Bass! To kick things off in style, we assigned no other than our bass maestro – Haterade, to bring us an all-new… Read More »
Tech Tips Drum & Bass Essentials TUTORIAL Continuing with our Drum ‘n’ Bass Takeover – and back with a new set of Tech Tips, Haterade is here with some hard-hitting sound design tips created in ANA 2 to give you everything you need to create your own DnB monster. Starting with how this epic genre came to be,… Read More »
Beginner’s Guide To Music Theory Part 3 with Graham Ginty TUTORIAL This week we’re taking our Beginner’s Guide To Music Theory to level 3. Strap in and learn to take your understanding of music theory even futher with a detailed look at modes, suspended chords, voicings and deep dives in to tracks that will bring all this learning… Read More »
How To Make Leftfield House with Sensho TUTORIAL This week, we proudly welcome a brand new tutor – LA-based artist, audio engineer, producer and instructor Sensho, for a new course in How To Make Leftfield House. Taking his inspiration from Canadian producer Kaytranada, Sensho crafts this smooth, lo-fi, ‘live’ sounding track from scratch in Ableton, sharing some awesome… Read More »
How To Sound Like Monki with Protoculture TUTORIAL This week, we welcome back Protoculture for an epic new ‘How To Sound Like’ course where he harkens back to the early 90s Ibiza sound with a classic remake of ‘Feels Darker’ by Monki. Over these twelve tutorials, we get a masterclass on how to achieve that classic 90s rave… Read More »
Tech Tips Volume 90 with James Dymond TUTORIAL FL Studio guru James Dymond is back for Tech Tips Volume 90 – and over these ten videos, he’s sharing some workflow hacks and checking out some of the updated features that’ll make your life as an FL Studio producer easier and more fun! From setting up groups, send/return effects,… Read More »
Tech Tips Volume 58 with Dirty Secretz TUTORIAL Following on from our popular ‘Synthwave Essentials’ Tech Tips we welcome back Richie aka Dirty Secretz for a set of Tech Tip videos that focus on everything to do with House Music. Starting with how this ground-breaking genre came to be, we look at building the drums using some classic… Read More »