Serum 2: DnB Sound Design

HiDERA | 13 July 2025 | 179 MB

Calling all fans of DnB! In this Serum 2 video course, electronic music wiz Larry Holcombe will show you how to design your own sounds for a DnB track using only Serum 2. Kicks, snares, basses … it’s all here, and you’ll learn plenty of great sound design techniques in the process that can be applied to other genres and instruments as well. When you’re done with this Serum 2 course, you’ll be ready to start designing your own sounds from scratch on your very next production. These Serum 2 videos are for users with a basic familiarity with Serum 2. Larry welcomes you to the course and begins by working with a drum break, demonstrating the various ways you can mangle and twist the sample to generate entirely new sounds. Then you’ll learn how to design your own kick from scratch by combining Wavetable mode and the Sampler, resulting in a tuned kick body sound paired with a punchy transient attack.

Pro Tools: Programming Realistic Drums

HiDERA | 13 July 2025 | 349 MB

If you’re tired of dealing with the hassle of finding a good drummer and/or trying to record great-sounding drums, this course is for you! Pro Tools guru Thomas Cochran will show you how to get professional-sounding drum tracks in Pro Tools – all without miking a single drum! You’ll learn all about programming beats, patterns, and fills, including plenty of techniques for added realism, as well as tips on MIDI editing, processing, and mixing. After this drum programming course is through, you’ll be ready to add a killer drum track to your very next song using everything you’ve learned. These drum programming videos are designed for Pro Tools users wanting to get pro-sounding virtual drums. To begin, Thomas shows you the ropes of programming a basic beat, getting your feet wet and familiarizing you with the basic concept of composing drum patterns. You’ll also learn key aspects of realism, such as making the parts playable and following common practices employed by real drummers. Then Thomas will show you how to get more detailed with your beat, adding velocity variation, applying different types of quantization, and more.

Leap Jazz Hop KONTAKT 8

HiDERA | 08 July 2025 | 456 MB

Leap Expansion for Kontakt 8. Warm vinyl textures, smooth jazz melodics, and laid-back drums far late-night lo-fi hip hop beats.

Scene: Lotus KONTAKT 8

HiDERA | 07 March 2025 | 1.22 GB

Soundscapes that blossom

With Scene: Lotus, each sound tells a story. From the breathy shakuhachi and hichiriki to the delicate plucks of the koto, this compact scoring palette brings to life timeless instruments from Japan. Blend these with orchestral swells and radiant synths, using the XY pad to morph between textures and effects for evolving cinematic soundscapes that transition from serene to intense.

Top 10 Mastering Mistakes to Avoid

HiDERA | 05 July 2025 | 175 MB

Join veteran Groove3 instructor Larry Holcombe for a video course on the tricky subject of mastering. If you’ve started to get your feet wet in the mastering domain but still aren’t sure of the best process(es), you’re in the right place. It’s certainly possible to do more damage than good if you don’t know what you’re doing, and this mastering course aims to mitigate that from the start with 10 common pitfalls many fall into when attempting to master early on. From specific limiting strategies and ordering of plug-ins to thinking outside the box, these 10 tips will save you countless hours of mistakes and help set you on the path to success. These mastering videos are designed for those new to the subject of audio mastering. To start off, Larry focuses on the all-important aspect of limiting, showing you how to avoid overloading a single limiter by using exaggerated threshold settings, using a clipper to shave transients off transparently, etc., all of which can help reduce the load placed on a single limiter. Then you’ll see how to build a custom mid/side mastering compressor, enabling you to bring up a focused midrange while keeping the side material uncompressed and not affecting the reverb/delay tails.

Circular Explained TUTORiAL

HiDERA | 05 July 2025 | 229 MB

Join studio wiz Eli Krantzberg for a comprehensive video tutorial series on Circular, the new polyphonic sequencer virtual instrument that presents bold new possibilities in the world of film/TV/video game scoring or other cinematic-style productions. In this Circular video course, Eli breaks down each component of this instrument, explaining how to select different sound sources, program sequences, tweak the sounds, add modulation, add effects, and much more. By the time you’re through with this series, you’ll be ready to start using Circular right away in your very next production. These Circular videos are designed for new Circular users. Eli welcomes you to the Circular course with a quick overview of Circular, how it’s structured, and what it can do, followed by a look at the display and interface so you’ll know how to get around quickly and efficiently. You’ll see how to adjust the velocity and duration for each step of the sequence in all four parts, which alone presents plenty of variation, though it’s only the tip of the iceberg. Then Eli shows you the basic layer controls, such as selecting different sounds, selecting which notes will play or not on each layer, copying and pasting layer settings, and more.

DJ.Studio Explained®

HiDERA | 01 July 2025 | 730 MB

In this DJ.Studio video tutorial course, electronic music guru Larry Holcombe will show you how DJ.Studio places all the tools you need at your fingertips, making it easier than ever to create mashups, DJ mixes, video mixes, live sets, and more in no time at all. With plenty of smart features like stem separation, harmony/tempo matching, transition editing, mastering, and more, this app can do it all and quickly! These DJ.Studio videos are for new DJ.Studio users. To begin, Larry welcomes you and gives a brief overview of DJ.Studio, explaining what it is and what it can do, and follows with a quick tour of the interface so you can see how everything is laid out. Then you’ll jump right in and create your first mix, learning how to import different types of audio files, access the local library, and use the Harmonize feature to sequence the mix in various ways. You’ll also see how to use the Match icons as well as the Mood and Fuzzy modes. Next, you’ll move on to the Studio page, where you can edit the transitions automatically created by DJ.Studio. You also have access to the mixer, timeline editor, and beat markers here, and you can add other various effects as well. Larry then covers the Transitions tab, which gives us precise control over our transitions, including the length, type of crossfade, etc., and offers the ability to save presets.