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Groove3 Modern Sound Design and Mix Techniques TUTORiAL

Times have surely changed regarding the way we work with and manipulate audio, as new options and techniques are constantly being developed and explored. Studio guru Chris Herrera bings the first volume of videos focused on these methods, looking at cool advanced bus routing and resampling ideas and practices.

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MasterClass Reba McEntire Teaches Country Music TUTORiAL

For Love of Country You know her songs. Her Oklahoma charm. Now learn directly from Reba in her first-ever online class. Join her as she records a never-before-heard song, creates a new acoustic version of Fancy, breaks down her hits, and delivers emotional performances on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry. This is more than a music class. This is Reba's life, business, and country music MasterClass.

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Groove3 Superior Drummer 3.1 Update Explained TUTORiAL

In this in-depth video series, SD3 wiz Luke Oswald gives you a comprehensive walk through of all the important new features found in the the Superior Drummer 3.1 update. Learn all about the new features found in the Superior Drummer 3.1 main menu, including new Metronome settings, Auto-Save and Hi-Hat/Snare CC visual indicators.

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Groove3 GarageBand iOS Explained TUTORiAL

Apple’s GarageBand for iOS is far and away the most popular music creation app on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch, and Apple DAW expert Eli Krantzberg shows you how to get the most out of it! Eli will teach you How to Record, Mix, and Share your own songs using nothing but your iOS device.

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Lynda Tips and Tricks for Modern Producers TUTORiAL

Are you interested in taking your productions to the next level? In this course, join instructor Evan Sutton as he shares tips, workarounds, and time-saving techniques that can help music producers work smarter in the studio and enhance their final productions. Evan dives into drum programming and processing, and discusses synth programming, including how to get from MIDI to audio. Plus, he shares practical tips for working with vocals, and demonstrates how to get your mixes ready for mastering.

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Lynda Logic Pro X New Features TUTORiAL

New releases of Logic are eagerly awaited, but 10 is a major leap forward, especially for sound designers, EDM and hip-hop producers, and beat makers. This course gives you a preview of the new features found in 10.1–10.3, as well as shortcuts for integrating them into your production workflow.

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Sonic Academy How To Use ANA 2 Sound Design with Bluffmunkey TUTORiAL

Sonic Academy proudly welcome back synth sound design virtuoso Bluffmunkey for a masterclass in getting the most from ANA 2. In these 20 short videos we get a multitude of different sounds showcasing what this powerful synth is capable of.

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Sonic Academy How To Make Structures with Dom Kaney TUTORiAL

This week here at Sonic Academy we have something pretty special for you, as we welcome back sound design guru and Mau5trap artist Dom Kane - and this time he's showing us how to make his latest release 'Structures' from the ground up.

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Academy.fm Ultimate Guide To Compression in Ableton Live TUTORiAL

Ableton Live 10 comes with several different compressor plugins that each have different features and capabilities. Understanding the differences and similarities between them will allow to use each much more effectively.

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Academy.fm Ultimate Guide to EQ in Ableton Live TUTORiAL

Pretty much every DAW comes with stock Equalizer plugins that you can use straight out of the box – and Ableton Live is no exception. All Ableton users have access to two simplistic, powerful EQ plugins that can be extremely useful if you know how to use them.

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MusicTech - April 2018

Emulating the artists that inspired us in our many music-making ventures is as much about rekindling those feelings as it is knowing how the sounds were created. In our cover feature this month we show you how to get impossibly close to the sonic signatures left by your musical heroes. Continuing the theme we present our newest feature ‘Recording Spotlight,’ where we speak to Peter Franco, engineer on Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories, and gain insight into the complex, painstaking work that went into creating this modern classic. Additionally, we sit down with dance-music producer Stefano Ritteri and rising UK production star Rhiannon Mair, get into the meat of Cubase 9.5 and get hands-on with all the latest gear, tech and software. We hope you enjoy the issue…

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Computer Music May 2018 PDF

Start-to-finish keys course | FREE Scale Player MIDI plugin | Dave Clarke interview | 3 sample packs | Tom Hades 90-min studio video | Arturia VC6 & Logic Pro 10.4 guides… and more!

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Academy.fm Ableton Live Quick Start Course TUTORiAL DAW Templates

Many new producers are often overwhelmed when they first open Ableton Live 10. The plethora of features and tools at their disposal can initially be quite daunting. With this extensive quick start course, we’re going to help new Ableton users gain a better understanding of what this powerful DAW has to offer.

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Academy.fm Beginner’s Guide to Writing Drums TUTORiAL

In this tutorial, esteemed producer Nick will walk you through the basic ways you can create drums in Ableton Live. There are many tools in this DAW that make drum creation simple and fun.

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Truefire Jeff McErlains 30 Sweet Blues Licks You Must Know TUTORiAL

When you listen to players like Peter Green, Eric Clapton, Joe Bonamassa, Robben Ford and BB King, there’s a special and very distinctive “sweet” quality to their lines and every note seems to sit just perfectly over the prevailing chord changes. That sweet, bright major sounding quality is created by targeting the right notes - those sweet notes - at just the right time, often combining both major and minor pentatonic scales in the same lick.

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Udemy How To Get a Manager Music Business Management TUTORiAL

Artists guide from being self managed to hiring a manager to help build your music career As the artist Manafest I've sold over 300,000 albums worldwide, over 1,000,000 singles and toured over 19 different countries.

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Academy.fm Production Fundamentals Ableton Live 10 Audio Effects TUTORiAL

Ableton Live 10 is out now and there are thousands of new producers out there. It can be scary looking at the huge collection of audio effects included. By the end of this 10-part course you’ll be able to understand the production fundamentals by using the audio effects inside Ableton Live 10.

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Academy.fm Using the Groove Pool in Ableton Live 10 TUTORiAL

A major feature that tons of Ableton Live producer’s constantly take advantage of is the Groove Pool. This clever tool allows users to instantly apply different levels of swing to their MIDI clips in Ableton, making their tracks more danceable and appealing.

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Nicholas Cook Music as Creative Practice

Until recently, ideas of creativity in music revolved around composers in garrets and the lone genius. But the last decade has witnessed a sea change: musical creativity is now overwhelmingly thought of in terms of collaboration and real-time performance. Music as Creative Practice is a first attempt to synthesize both perspectives. It begins by developing the idea that creativity arises out of social interaction-of which making music together is perhaps the clearest possible illustration-and then shows how the same thinking can be applied to the ostensively solitary practices of composition. The book also emphasizes the contextual dimensions of musical creativity, ranging from the prodigy phenomenon, long-term collaborative relationships within and beyond the family, and creative learning to the copyright system that is supposed to incentivize creativity but is widely seen as inhibiting it.

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Udemy Species Counterpoint Music Theory Skills TUTORiAL

Use the rules of species counterpoint to create contrapuntal music. “Species” counterpoint is the traditional method for learning how to write contrapuntal music.

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