Computer Music’s goal is to help its readers create great music with a PC or Mac. Each month find easy-to-follow tutorials for all sorts of music software, unbiased reviews of the latest products and answers to technical questions.
Video tutorials on how to repair audio quickly and easily with RX6. See how to use the numerous tools RX6 offers to remove unwanted artifacts and imperfections from your audio! Adam begins by welcoming you and goes over what RX6 is and why it’s an invaluable tool for audio repair and production. He then jumps right in and gives a complete overview of RX6’s user interface and everything you need to know to get started. Then over the course of the series, you’ll learn some of RX6’s major features and functions such as the Spectrogram, Module Chain and Batch Processing, Trimming, Saving, and Exporting. Adam then covers different modules such as Deconstruct, De-crackle, De-clip, De-click, De-wind, De-noise and others, and how to use them in real-world situations.
Reason Guru shows you everything you need to know about the new Drum Sequencer player in Reason 10! Learn all about it and how to use it creatively when producing in Reason. Paul begins with the basics of inputting drum hits into the new Drum Sequencer player, as well as how to automate pattern changes. He then goes into Remapping Lanes, Playback Modes and setting Pattern Lengths for complete control over the Drum Sequencer player. Live Note Input, Randomization and Pattern Presets are then all gone over in detail, allowing you to both program and select different patterns quickly and easily. Paul then gets advanced, showing you how to utilize automation to create variations on your patterns without wasting precious pattern slots. You’ll then see how to increase the Lane and Pattern Count, Convert CV to MIDI with a free player device and open up all of your existing rack devices to the wonderful world of players.
Discover a whole series of tools and techniques to generate dynamic and interesting melodies, chords, and rhythms in this Generative Composition using Ableton & Max for Live Course. Rather than relying solely on your own musical knowledge you can learn how to use Ableton’s MIDI devices along with a few Max for Live devices to help you generate content and come up with new ideas you may not otherwise have thought up yourself.
Eurorack Hardware & Modular Synthesis is big news these days. So much so that programmers have emulated some the classic modules in the Max for Live format. The power of these tools allows new possibilities of sound generation, parameter modulation, audio processing, and pitch and rhythmic generation. In this course a selection of these FREE Max for Live devices will be explained and examples of their application will be given. The Eurorack Emulation in Ableton with Max for Live course explores different devices that are clones or inspired by Eurorack modular hardware.
Europa is brand new in Propellerhead’s Reason 10, and it’s an absolute beast! Get ready to demystify this shapeshifting instrument in this revealing course by synthesis expert! Offering wavetable synthesis, FM capabilities, physical modeling and more, Europa is the most advanced synthesizer available in Reason. In this course, sound designer Rishabh Rajan digs deep into this unique and very modern instrument and explains how to get the most of it. Rishabh starts the course with a detailed explanation of Europa’s signal flow. He then moves to the heart of Europa: the three powerful and versatile sound engines. You learn about the wave section, the modifiers, and how the Spectral Filter does a lot more than filtering. You also discover the extensive modulation possibilities offered by the Harmonics section, and you learn why the Unison section is one of the best available in any soft synth.
The Make Noise 0-Coast is a little semi-modular desktop Eurorack synthesizer with lots of power under the hood. Watch this in-depth course by synthesis expert, and get ready to make some noise! Whether you’re from the Moog (east-coast) or Buchla (west-coast) synthesis school of thought, you’ll find something to love in the 0-Coast (read: zero-coast) semi-modular synth. As its name implies, this semi-modular Eurorack desktop synth is inspired by both synth ideologies… it really combines the best of both worlds! In this course, synth expert Rishabh Rajan gives you an in-depth tour of all the 0-Coast features.
