The Loop Loft Every Loop Ever Released in Every Format. Plus 60% Off of All Future Loop Loft Releases.

Posted on 20. May, 2013 by in Blog, Recording

Introducing The Master Collection. EVERY loop ever released in EVERY format by the loop loft. Plus, you’ll receive 60% off of all future Loop Loft releases. Included in the Master Collection bundle: The Platinum Pack: The Art of Brushes Vol 1 The Art of Brushes Vol 2 The Art of Brushes Vol 3 Blues Drums [...]

Layering & Doubling Drum Samples in Logic 9 [Video]

Posted on 14. May, 2013 by in Blog, Recording, Tutorials

This video shows you how to quickly layer and “double” multitrack drums in Logic 9 with electronic samples. The drum session used in the video can be downloaded here: Logic Drum Sessions Vol 1 Logic Pro Drum Sessions Vol 2

Get GIANT Synth Bass Tracks In Your Mixes [Video]

Posted on 13. May, 2013 by in Blog, Recording, Tutorials

Mix Engineer Dave Pensado shows you how to get giant synth bass sounds when mixing your tracks

Brian Eno Unpacks His Very Big Brain For 81 Minutes [Video]

Posted on 12. May, 2013 by in Blog, Music Business, Musicians, Recording, Tutorials

Brian Eno showed off his very large brain to a select group of journalists and upstart musicians for a moderated discussion hosted by the Red Bull Music Academy, which has set up shop in New York City for a series of events happening throughout the month of May.

Logic Pro Tutorial: Using Side Chain Compression – Tips & Tricks

Posted on 12. May, 2013 by in Blog, Recording, Tutorials

In this tutorial, Dubspot Electronic Music Production and Sound Design Instructor Evan Sutton will demonstrate two techniques for sidechain compression in Logic Pro in the context of dance pop production. These techniques can be used in a number of different musical contexts, and can be even more handy when made part of a Logic template.

Recording Great Vocals In Two Steps [Video]

Posted on 08. May, 2013 by in Blog, Recording, Tutorials

With as many variables as there are to recording vocals, there two that will have the biggest impact on your recordings. Recording Great Vocals In Two Steps by Graham Cochrane at TheRecordingRevolution.com

String Master for iPad

Posted on 06. May, 2013 by in Blog, iOS, Songwriting

StringMaster is an advanced iPad application suitable for beginner through to advanced Guitarists and other fretted instrument Musicians. With its beautiful, natural sound, StringMaster supports a wide range of instruments. The chord building and detection, comparison between instruments, fretboard learning system, scales and advanced song writing tools are all supported with any instrument in any [...]

Recording Multiple Tracks In GarageBand on iPad Simultaneously [Video]

Posted on 06. May, 2013 by in Blog, iOS, Mac & Apple Stuff, Recording, Tutorials

Here is a simple trick to do if you want to record with two Apogee MiCs on two iPads.

Tips: Reason 7 Walkthrough

Posted on 06. May, 2013 by in Blog, Recording, Tutorials

This is a walkthrough of the Reason 7 demo song “Sunrise” by Josh Mobley and Cristi Vaughan. This video goes over the various aspects of the the songs creation, production and arrangement.

Free Toontrack EZdrummer Lite & EZmix 2 Lite

Posted on 02. May, 2013 by in Blog, Recording, Songwriting, Time Sensitive

Toontrack is giving away EZdrummer Lite & EZmix 2 as part of it’s Songwriters Month 2013. New Products focused around songwriting will also be released on May 3rd , 14th, 21st , & the 28th. EZdrummer® Lite is a stripped down version of the multi-microphone drum-sampler EZdrummer®. It is designed for musicians and producers in [...]

Quick Tip: Mac OS X Burn Folders Explained [Video]

Posted on 02. May, 2013 by in Blog, Mac & Apple Stuff, Tutorials

Burn folders are an extremely simple to understand concept for creating folders of data to be burned to optical media, such as writeable CD or DVDs. In this screencast, Dan Lourenço shows us how this is done and warns us what to watch out for.

Save Frozen/Hung Project – Logic Pro 9

Posted on 30. Apr, 2013 by in Blog, Mac & Apple Stuff, Recording, Tutorials

How to save your frozen Logic project, when the only other option is force quit. If it crashes it will save the crashed project, however if it says ‘Logic is not responding’ you will need to force crash Logic. This video shows you how.

Build a Mastering Chain in Logic Pro

Posted on 29. Apr, 2013 by in Blog, Mac & Apple Stuff, Recording, Tutorials

In this video tutorial, Mo Volans covers the subject of mastering. He approaches the topic from a different angle to his popular 2010 post, How to Master a Track in 15 Minutes or Less, showing one way he approaches the mastering process.

Logic Pro Multi Track Drum Sessions 3 Songs & 3 Different Mixes For Each Song

Posted on 27. Apr, 2013 by in Blog, Recording

Introducing Logic Pro Drum Sessions. 3 complete songs (each with 3 different mix options), fully mixed and arranged in Logic Session format. Working with multitrack drums in Logic has never been easier (or sounded better). Each session clocks in at 3-4 minutes in length and is pre-arranged in a traditional song structure (intro, verse, chorus [...]

How To Create Reverb Effects from Delays – Dave Pensado [Video]

Posted on 22. Apr, 2013 by in Blog, Recording

Tired of the same old reverbs? Dave Pensado shows you a cool trick to create interesting reverb effects with the help of some delay plug-ins and creative panning.

Get The Trent Reznor Sounds From Social Network Using Pro Tools

Posted on 18. Apr, 2013 by in Blog, Musicians, Recording

In this video Russ shows those who want to get the kind of sounds used in Social Network score how to do it without owning a room full of vintage modular synths. All the sounds used in this video are free with Pro Tools 8 or 9.

Moby’s Drum Machine & Synth Collection [Video]

Posted on 16. Apr, 2013 by in Blog, Gear, Musicians

Moby talks about his collection of vintage drum machines and synths.

Free Guitar Amp 2 VST Plugin PC

Posted on 16. Apr, 2013 by in Blog, Recording

Get yourself a free rack of guitar gear: this plugin includes two amplifiers for guitar and bass plus effects and a tuner. This second version promises improved performance and various other fixes. Guitar amp 2 free edition is a virtual rack of effects and amplier for guitar and bass, ideal for newcomers to the world [...]

Free VST Guitar Tube Preamp

Posted on 16. Apr, 2013 by in Blog, Recording

The X30 is emulating a high gain german preamp. (The technology used in this software is unfortunately outdated a long time ago (2009) and an update with improved accuracy and oversampling will come!) Read the included manual for more info. Download: Win VST 32bit Minimum requirements: Intel CPU (w/SSE2) | 32 Bit Windows XP

Free Guitar Pedal Plugin The R47 Mac PC VST AU

Posted on 16. Apr, 2013 by in Blog, Recording

The R47 is emulating a famous “rodent” guitar pedal. It’s modeled against a schematic of the unit and tuned against clips of the real unit for improved accuracy. Read the included manual for more info. Download: Win VST 32/64bit | OSX VST Universal Binary | OSX AU Universal Binary Minimum requirements: Intel CPU (w/SSE2) | [...]