Electric Keys: Reeds Duo KONTAKT

HiDERA | 11 April 2025 | 4.40 GB

An Electric Piano Whirlwind

Reeds Duo is a pair of authentic emulations of two iconic electric pianos – loved for their snappy attack, expressive growl, and unmistakable warmth. Unlike their tine-based cousins, these instruments use vibrating reeds to generate sound, resulting in a tone that ranges from buttery smooth to soulful and gritty depending on how you play. Jade and Ivory capture these nuances in stunning detail, letting you explore everything from subtle, intimate melodies to driven, expressive chords – making them ideal for soul, blues, rock, pop, funk, and beyond.

KORG Modwave Mk II Explained®

HiDERA | 06 April 2025 | 7.91 GB

Join synth expert Alberto Rizzo Schettino for an intensely thorough look at KORG’s formidable Modwave Mk II hardware synth. KORG went deep with this synth, and the possibilities within are truly mind-boggling. You’ll not only learn about the common components, such as the oscillators, filters, envelopes, etc., but Alberto will investigate two other unique aspects of this synth – Kaoss Physics and Motion Seq 2.0 – at length, providing you with a nearly inexhaustible supply of modulation and motion capabilities and sound design magic. These videos are designed for new Modwave Mk II users. Alberto begins by welcoming you and providing a quick overview of what the Modwave Mk II can do. This is followed by an examination of the block diagram, so you’ll have a good idea of how signal flows through the instrument, and a quick flyover of the main components and sections of the synth, giving you the general lay of the land before we get into specifics. You’ll then see how to quickly browse through the many excellent presets to audition the sounds and/or find a jumping-off point for creating your own patch.

Top 10 Mastering Tips

HiDERA | 06 April 2025 | 226 MB

Are you somewhat new to mastering and ready to take it to the next level? In this mastering video course, veteran Groove3 instructor Larry Holcombe will show you 10 must-know tips and ideas for transforming your masters quickly. Not only will you learn crucial concepts like creating a solid low end and suppressing resonances, but you’ll also get several workflow tips that will start to save you time and get results right away! By the end of the course, you’ll be able to implement all these concepts in your very next production. These videos are designed for those looking to improve the sound and efficiency of their masters. To begin the course, Larry shows how you can use Saturn 2 for focused, dynamic saturation in the mastering chain, resulting in more punch and a richer tonality. Then you’ll see how aiming for the same master levels each time can save you time when setting up a new session.

Using AI for Music Production

HiDERA | 02 February 2025 | 280 MB

Join music production expert Larry Holcombe for an engaging, comprehensive video course on using AI for music production. If you’re curious about creating music with AI, this course is definitely for you. Larry covers many different AI sources and plugins, describing how they can be used and demonstrating how to take advantage of their AI tools in numerous ways – from creating new content (lyrics, chord progressions, etc.) or improving/rearranging existing content to replacing vocals, creating samples, and much more. By the end of this music production course, you’ll be ready to start using these AI tools and concepts in your very next production. These music production videos are designed for those new to AI for music production. Larry welcomes you and briefly introduces some of the topics you’ll look at throughout the course, but then jumps right in, showing you how to quickly generate four different song snippets with Udio. You’ll then see ways to extend these ideas and flesh them out with other sections like intros, bridges, and more. Next, you’ll learn how to use Udio’s Remix feature to generate new ideas from an existing track, which can then be bounced out as a stereo WAV file or individual stems or tracks. Larry then demonstrates how to use the previously created sample and generate a new beat in Logic Pro (with Serato Sample) that’s ready to send to a rapper!

Novation Bass Station II Explained®

HiDERA | 02 February 2025 | 3.2 GB

Join analog synth expert Albert Rizzo Schettino for a detailed Novation Bass Station II video course! In this Bass Station II course, Alberto will not only familiarize you with all of the synth’s components, controls, and parameters, but he’ll also share many tips and techniques he’s learned during his extensive experience with this legendary modern monosynth. By the time you complete this Bass Station II course, you’ll be well on your way to creating your own custom bass, lead, and arp tones with skill and confidence! These Bass Station II videos are designed for new Bass Station II users, but there’s plenty of info more intermediate-level users as well. After welcoming you to the course, Alberto begins with a brief overview of the synth’s layout and main components. Though it can look dizzying to the synth beginner, Alberto methodically explains each section in an easy-to-grasp fashion that will bring even the complete neophyte up to speed. Then it’s on to some of the most central components of the Bass Station II, starting with the Mixer, which is where you’ll control the levels of the various components, followed by a look at the Oscillator and LFO sections, both of which are hugely integral to the sounds created by the synth. Next, you’ll fully explore the Arpeggiator/Sequencer, which you’ll use when creating those dazzling arp effects or sequenced bass or lead runs. You’ll see how to use the various Arpeggiator patterns as well as create your own custom sequences (up to 32 notes), both of which can add energy and momentum to your productions.

Neutron 5 Explained®

HiDERA | 23 November 2024 | 421 MB

Join mixing wiz Eli Krantzberg on a deep exploration of Neutron 5, iZotope’s flagship all-in-one mixing suite. This incredibly powerful plug-in collection contains everything you need to produce 100% professional-sounding mixes with greater ease than ever before. With all that power under the hood, however, it can be a bit intimidating, as it’s hard to know where to start. That’s where this Neutron 5 course comes in. Eli walks you through each component, explaining how it all works and showing you plenty of usage tips along the way, so you’ll be confident you’re getting the most out of everything Neutron 5 has to offer. These videos are designed for new Neutron 5 users. Eli starts off by looking at the interface and showing how everything is laid out so you can get your bearings as we proceed, followed by an examination of the IO panel channel controls and the various limiter options available. Then you’ll learn about all the common controls that appear in most of the individual modules, such as the multi-band crossover spectrum view, the delta button (for auditioning module processing in isolation), etc.

Studio One Advanced Mixing

HiDERA | 25 March 2025 | 1.1 GB

Join Studio One wiz Gary Hiebner for an in-depth video tutorial series on advanced mixing concepts in Studio One. If you’re familiar with the basics but feel as though your mixes are still lacking that certain something and/or you aren’t fully taking advantage of Studio One’s flexibility and processing capabilities, this is the Studio One course for you! You’ll learn techniques like parallel processing, split-band processing, clip editing, and adding width to your mix, to name a few. By the end of this Studio One mixing course, you’ll have a plethora of new skills and tricks at your disposal for your next mix project. These mixing videos are designed for Studio One users familiar with the basics of routing and mixing. Gary begins by showing you how to get around CPU resource issues by rendering tracks to audio, which effectively frees up any processing power that was used by the track’s plugins. Then you’ll see how to export stems from a multi-output instrument, such as a virtual drum instrument. This is followed by a look at working with similar instruments using folders and buses, which provides better organization as well as bus processing possibilities.