Keyboard Techniques for Producers

ilfsn | Feb 26th, 2018 | 1.3 Hours | 639 MB

There is no better way to improve your music productions than to develop basic keyboard skills. Of course you don’t need to be a virtuoso to produce music, but having some keyboard techniques and musicianship is very important. Even if you never played a keyboard before, or if you’re paranoid at the thought of learning chords and scales, have no fear. Matt Vanacoro is here to show you how easy it can be to learn to play the keys. No sight-reading necessary! Matt starts by explaining the importance of having a comfortable keyboard setup and a good posture when playing. As he says, playing long hours with a bad posture is a recipe for disaster for your body! He then reveals, in very simple terms, the music theory concepts that every producer should know. You learn how to build and play major and minor scales, and you discover how to integrate those scary black notes (also called accidentals, or sharps and flats) in your playing. Next, Matt shows you how to build and play chords, and he explains the difference between major, minor, diminished and augmented chords. You learn to play with both hands, by playing chords and bass lines with your left hand. Matt also demystifies other important music theory concepts such as the circle of fifths, suspended chords, inversions, intervals, arpeggios and how to integrate all this in your playing… and in your music productions.

Mixing Rap Vocals for Dummies TUTORiAL

P2P | 26 February 2018 | 1.17 GB

Ever wonder how artists make their music sound so good? It’s all in the mix. Even when big musicians are touring on the road and recording in hotel rooms they sound incredible because their engineers are so good. I can’t promise that after this class you’ll sound like Drake. BUT I can teach you the basics so you’re one step closer to getting there. With over 10 years of experience mixing, recording, and writing records I’ve put together the complete beginners guide to mixing rap and hip-hop vocals…

Advanced Synthesis MatrixBrute TUTORiAL

SYNTHiC4TE | Feb 26 2018 | 0.98 GB

MatrixBrute truly offers limitless possibilities. Thankfully, synth expert Marc Doty is back with an advanced look at this very complex instrument. Join him, and dive deeper! There’s no doubt about it: The Arturia MatrixBrute is one of the most powerful analog monophonic synthesizer around. In this course, synthesist expert Marc Doty opens up his bag of tricks and reveals new ways to use the MatrixBrute to create amazingly cool sounds! Here are some of the things you will learn in this course: a special technique to give a bass boost to any sound, how to go beyond the standard ADSR and generate complex envelopes, a trick to add delay when the effect section is already in use, how to do additive synthesis with your MatrixBrute, the theory and science of creating human voice-like sound, a workaround to use the monophonic sequencer polyphonically, how to synthesize full drum beats… and more! The course ends with a demonstration of emulating well-known classic synths such as the Minimoog and Korg MS-20.

Orchestration Prep TUTORiAL

SYNTHiC4TE | Feb 26 2018 | 81 MB

So you recorded your MIDI score and can’t wait to hear it played by a live orchestra. What’s the next step? Join music composer in this course, and learn how to transform your MIDI data into a usable score for orchestra. Nowadays, orchestral music recorded with MIDI in a DAW can sound fantastic, but there’s nothing like music played by real musicians. In this second instalment of the Orchestral Session series, music composer Olajide Paris covers the special preparation work needed to transform your MIDI score into data that a notation program can use. In this course,  covers essential techniques and strategies to speed up your orchestration prep work. Topics such as when to use region-based vs. event-based quantization, how to deal with dedicated runs libraries so they correctly translate to the score, or how to consolidate MIDI parts are all covered. Olajide also discusses how to create individual parts from ensemble patches, what important housekeeping steps need to be done before exporting, why you should know about the alternative music XML format, and more…

Advanced Track Production TUTORiAL

SYNTHiC4TE | Feb 26 2018 | 332 MB

Ableton Live 10

House legend is back with another Ableton Live 10 course! Watch him create an old-school House track right before your eyes, and learn lots of pro techniques along the way. House music is as big as when it was invented in Chicago in the early 80s. And with a DAW like Ableton Live 10, it’s a lot of fun to produce! From beats, to melodies, to the drop, this Ableton Live course —by legendary dance music producer will take you through all the steps in creating your unique house track… or whatever EDM genre you are producing! Starts by explaining how to build the foundation of any dance track, the kick drum. From there, he creates a slamming beat with classic TR-909 sounds, percussion elements, effects, and he gives the beat more edge using some clever processing. After adding an arp synth line with Ableton’s new Wavetable synth, some disco strings, and that famous M1 Bass sound (popularized by StoneBridge), Olav is ready to build an arrangement. This is where you discover tips to create perfect intros, breaks, white noise effects, and exciting build-ups, complete with snare rolls and automation… all leading to that moment everybody’s waiting for: the drop!

Advanced Metering TUTORiAL

ilfsn | 1.3 Hours | Feb 20th, 2018 | 368 MB

A u d i o – C o n c e p t s

Audio meters are much more than the basic level meter that bounces along to the music in your DAW. From wave shape to frequency balance, audio meters offer all kinds of useful information about audio signals. There’s a lot of technicality involved in learning them, but luckily Joe Albano is here to explain it all! The course starts with some background on level measurement concepts, and an in-depth look at all types of level metering and the different scales and ballistics available. Joe reveals the various standards and recommendations used in the industry, and explains how they can help you get optimal and consistent audio levels in your recordings. You learn everything about oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers and vectorscopes, and how they can help you fix problems like phase, frequency, and stereo imbalances. You’ll also get a deep understanding of advanced displays, such as the 2D and 3D spectrogram available in iZ RX, and you’ll discover their practical and creative applications.

How To Make Psy Trance TUTORiAL

SYNTHiC4TE | Feb 25 2018 | 6.75 GB

Hold on to your hats because this week Sonic Academy’s bringing you an epic monster of a course, proudly welcoming back psy-trance maestro Protoculture in How To Make Psy-Trance under his other alias Shadow Chronicles. This incredible insight into Nate’s methods in Cubase, is a 7 hour journey where you get to watch a true master of his craft at work. Without holding your hand, there are heaps of pro tips and tricks to be gleaned from this course as we witness the creation of a world-class track completely built from the ground up. From the first kick to layering basses and percussion through to creating awesome synth lead lines, extensive automation techniques and fx details, this track has it all, right through to the polished final master.