Saturation & Distortion Explained®

HiDERA | 31 December 2022 | 410 MB

If you think you’ve heard it all when it comes to saturation and distortion, think again! Plugin expert Gary Hiebner shares a myriad of creative uses in this comprehensive video course that will have you rethinking everything you know about these tried-and-true, gritty friends of ours. From effect chain order to parallel and mid/side processing and more, the techniques demonstrated here will ignite your creativity and get you thinking outside the box for your next productions. You also get all the wav files Gary uses in the videos so you can apply your own distortion and saturation effects while following along to the videos. These videos are for users with a basic familiarity of distortion and saturation effects and routing. After welcoming you to the course, Gary begins with an overview of saturation and distortion, explaining what exactly is going on with an audio signal that’s distorted so you can better understand what you’ll be working with. He talks about various types of distortion and saturation and shows how the waveform is changed and affected through various types of processing. Then, he discusses the difference between using the effect as a send or insert, explaining the advantages of each.

Prophet 6 Revealed TUTORiAL

SYNTHiC4TE | Sept 30 2015 | 673 MB

Rich-sounding analog electronics, enclosed in a beautiful wooden instrument, sound like a dream come true! Welcome Dave Smith’s Prophet 6! This 32-tutorial course reveals how this exciting new synth works! The original Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 changed the path of analog synth history. This re-imagined Prophet 6 captures the essence of the ’80s analog feel and adds some of its own unique twists! In this course, Matt Vanacoro, takes you through every aspect of this exceptional instrument. You learn its geography: where all the knobs and buttons are and what they do. You get a series of lessons in the Prophet’s unique, analog signal flow… essential information in a hardware-based instrument! Most of all, Matt takes you through the process of creating your own sounds utilizing virtually every control the Prophet 6 has to offer.

Using an Oscilloscope

HiDERA | 24 November 2022 | 478 MB

If you’ve never used an oscilloscope before, you may be wondering what exactly their purpose is. In this 70-minute production video course with audio expert, he’ll share with you many useful applications for this powerful audio tool. With topics ranging from audio analysis and sample layering to assisting with loudness and checking phase, these videos will help you gain a deeper knowledge of what you’re doing to audio when you process it, which in turn will help you to make more informed decisions about said processing. These videos are for intermediate pro audio producers and engineers. Larry begins by showing how to analyze various aspects of a kick drum with the scope, such as the length of the tail, the fundamental pitch, and the level of the transient. With this knowledge, you’ll have a better idea of how to create a similar kick sound in your own productions. You’ll also learn how, when layering two kick samples together, you can check the scope to ensure of proper phase coherence.

Composing Music TUTORiAL

ilfsn | 07.05.2017 | 1.95 GB

for Film, Documentaries and Commercials

Are you a composer that’s always been curious about scoring music for film, documentaries or commercials? This class takes you through the fundamental elements for scoring music to moving picture.

Composing Metal Melodies & Harmonies

TEAM MAGNETRiXX | 16 October 2014 | 2.51 GB

learn the crucial art of melody composition.

A great melody is one of the most important ingredients in writing a memorable song or piece of music. It’s the melody that catches your attention and stays in your head long after the song is done playing. The best melodies are often very simple to play or sing. Writing them is where the real challenge lies. This class, which is the perfect addition to Eyal’s Mastering Metal Songwriting, will cover more songwriting ground – teaching you the basics of melodies, how to write them, place them and evaluate them.. Whether you are an accomplished musician or just starting out, this course will answer all your questions related to composing harmonies and melodies in a metal context.

Songwriting & Composing Melodies

ilfsn | 31.05.2017 | 594 MB

What makes a song or melody heroic, romantic, sad, or uplifting?

In this class, you’ll learn a few tried and true techniques for creating memorable melodies, as well as how to create a song which tells a story. Using a “creative brief” for our project, you will have an opportunity to create a custom piece of music the same way as many working composers do for film,TV and advertising every day! As a composer for film and TV, I’ll share with you some tricks I’ve learned along the way. Some prior knowledge of music and ability to record music for the final project is helpful. All students interested in developing skills as songwriters or composers can benefit from this class! Beginners welcome!

Fl Studio 21 Complete Beginner Tips

P2P | 25 December 2022 | 1.18 GB

Language: English | Duration: 1h 27m

Learn how to use FL Studio 21 from zero and basic concepts of music production. In this course FL Studio 21 is explained from the most basic foundations. It is a course suitable both for those approaching the software for the first time and for those who, despite using it for many years, have never managed to use it completely and do not know the many hidden and interesting functions that the sequencer produced by Image -Line, a Belgian company, supplies. The course also deals with the issue of Music Production, in fact once the functions of the software are understood, several lessons deal with some of the most popular musical genres of the moment: techno, tech-house, house, slap house, edm, hip-hop , trap. That is, in the projects that can then be downloaded for free it is possible to learn tips and tricks that can be applied from one genre to another. For example, in the house project, although there are classic elements such as organ bass and electric piano, it is enough to change some instruments and the beat borders on tech-house; same thing with the edm project, which has a slap-house connotation, with contaminations ranging from future house to progressive house. As for the techno project, it approaches the styles of artists such as Charlotte De Witte, Amelie Lens, Boris Brejcha, Debora De Luca, etc. and Drumcode-style sounds and the like.