ACE Studio Explained®

HiDERA | 24 May 2025 | 246 MB

A comprehensive look at ACE Studio – the popular AI-powered virtual vocal generator that allows you to create studio-quality vocals from MIDI and lyrics. You’ll learn all you need to know to create stellar vocals, from using the Clip Viewer to drawing in melodies, entering lyrics, editing pitch, and much more. By the end of the course, you’ll be ready to start using ACE Studio in your very next production. These ACE Studio videos are designed for new ACE Studio users. Eli begins with a brief overview of the app, looking at the main preferences and examining the different parts of the interface, such as the transport, library, arrangement view, clip viewer, etc. Then you’ll get a ground-up course on using Clips – the basic containers that hold MIDI notes or audio tracks – including how to create, move, split, resize, separate them, and more. This is followed by a look at how to save your work.

Sibelius Updates Explained®

HiDERA | 19 May 2025 | 464 MB

(05.2025 Updated)

Notation pro brings you a detailed AVID Sibelius video tutorial series! Learn all of the new features and functions found in Sibelius updates and how to use them when creating your scores. These videos cover all the point updates for Sibelius and are designed for those who already know how to use Sibelius, but just want to learn about the new features added. Doug welcomes you and starts of with the cool new features added to Sibelius such as MIDI File Import, Auto-Assign, new articulations and playing techniques for string parts, how to explode a 4 part MIDI brass track to 4 separate instruments, and when naming tracks based on the libraries used, how you can add group naming to make importing into Sibelius a breeze. Auto-Optimize is then covered and you’ll see how this behind-the-scenes feature automatically keeps staff spacing looking great, plus how to both override and remove overrides when scoring. The new dotted and dashed ties, tie into ties and laissez vibrer ties are shown and explained, as well as the new key commands and engraving choices that are available.

Control for Pro Tools Explained®

HiDERA | 19 May 2025 | 367 MB

Studio pro Doug Zangar presents in-depth AVID Control video tutorials! Learn everything you need to know to use the free iOS AVID Control app to control your Pro Tools sessions, including mix and edit windows, transport controls, writing automation, toggling folders open and closed, keyboard shortcuts and more. These videos are designed for both new and intermediate AVID Control users. Doug greets you and starts at the beginning with how to find the free iOS app on Apple’s App Store, and the free Eucon Control software download on AVID’s website, and how to install them correctly. Once that’s done, you’ll then get a detailed overview of the AVID Control interface, as well as how to customize its look and feel via its many settings. Doug then goes through all the different available pages throughly, including the Mixer View, Tracks View, Channel View, Meters View, and Soft Keys, showing what they do and how to use them effectively in your Pro Tools sessions. Not stopping there, you’ll watch and see how to toggle folders open and closed in Mixer view, Tracks view, and with Soft Keys, as well as how to arm and record multiple tracks with AVID Control, and record volume, pan and send gain automation using AVID Control as the controller.

Elysium Explained TUTORiAL

HiDERA | 16 February 2025 | 204 MB

In this Elysium video tutorial series, synth expert Larry Holcombe will show you how to create amazing, unique textures and sounds for your own productions with this collaborative virtual instrument from Native Instruments and Wide Blue Sound. You’ll learn how to blend different sounds from the two main layers (Perc and Synth), add all kinds of otherworldly built-in effects and modulations, bring the sounds to life with ever-evolving modulation sequences from the Phrase Sequencer, and more. These Elysium videos are designed for new users. Larry begins by welcoming you and providing a brief overview of the interface, so you’ll quickly gain an understanding of Elysium’s basic layout and structure. Then he moves on to the Perc channel, which is where you can select the percussion sound source with the Morph and Bass layers and tweak further with the Filter, Pitch, and Flux controls. The Synth channel follows, and you’ll see how to select the sound sources to layer together and customize further with the Pan, Tone, and Pitch controls.

Logic Pro Delay Plugins Explained®

HiDERA | 16 February 2025 | 117 MB

Join Logic Pro guru Eli Krantzberg for an in-depth look at the delay plugins of Logic Pro. Eli examines all the parameters and controls for each plugin and provides plenty of demonstrations, so you can hear everything in context and get a good idea of each effect’s possibilities. Whether you just need the simplicity of Echo, the character and vibe of Tape Delay, or the routing functionality of Stereo Delay, it’s all covered here and more. These Logic Pro videos are designed for users new to these delay plugins. Eli welcomes you to the course and begins by looking at common elements to all delay plugins followed by an examination of the simpler Echo plugin in Logic Pro. Then you’ll see several uses for Sample Delay, including both creative (to stereoize a mono track by slightly offsetting the timing of one channel) and corrective (to fix frequency cancellation due to multiple mics). Next, check out how to add some retro flavor to your tracks with the Tape Delay plugin, with which you can simulate a tape-based delay unit, including parameters like tape saturation, pitch modulation, and tape speed fluctuation, etc. You’ll get to hear it in action on a Rhodes track, vocals, and bass.

Cubase Automation Explained®

HiDERA | 15 November 2024 | 1.5 GB

Join Cubase expert Gary Hiebner for an in-depth video course on using automation in Cubase to produce more interesting, dynamic mixes, solve issues, and create engaging effects. If you haven’t tried using automation before, you don’t know what you’re missing. This course will provide numerous examples that illustrate the usefulness and creativity of automation. Whether you want to simply create some auto-panning effects or get a bit more creative with delay throws and more, you’ll learn how to do it quickly and easily. These videos are designed for Cubase users new to the subject of automation. Gary begins the course with an overview of everything that’s going to be covered—a bird’s-eye view of automation and some common things that can be done with it. Then he starts to get specific, first looking at panning automation. He presents several possible uses for this idea, such as panning instruments narrower in verses and wider for the chorus. Then it’s on to volume automation, where you’ll learn how to create more interest in the mix by keeping the levels dynamic and fluid. Gary then demonstrates how combining two can yield a range of effects, from subtle to extreme.

Studio Drummer v1.4.1 KONTAKT

HiDERA | 10 January 2025 | 7.1 GB

STUDIO DRUMMER is the perfect realization of a drummer in software, with everything you need to create realistic acoustic drum tracks — top-of-the-line drum kits, detailed mixing options, and a ready-to-go groove library, packed with authentic beats of all colors and flavors.It’s much more than state-of-the-art sampled drums. Thanks to more than 3,300 authentic grooves, STUDIO DRUMMER makes it easy for anyone to produce lifelike, dynamic drum tracks. And the on-board mixer and powerful effects deliver enough usability, versatility and tweakability to meet the demands of eclectic modern producers.