Producing House with NI

HiDERA | 10 June 2022 | 398 MB

A great house track combines several elements into one effective package. In this course, electronic music pro breaks down all these elements and shows you how to create and combine them using readily available Native Instrument plugins. You’ll learn not only which instruments to include – drums, synth bass, piano, pads, funk guitar, lead synth, and more – but also how to treat and process them for maximum House music effect! These videos are for those new to producing house tracks. To introduce the course, Thomas plays through the track you’ll be creating, so you get a big picture right away about what the end goal is. Then he begins the creation process with the electronic drum track using some 707 sounds and blending in some acoustic samples for a disco-inspired tone. A funky house bass stab follows, with Thomas providing direction on both sound design and note-programming.

Family Voices WAV

HiDERA | 9 June 2022 | 10 MB

Give your beats that home-grown vibe! There’s something about the sound of a family talking around the dinner table, or settling down for tea together. These 74 vocals recorded in house give you everything you’ll need to make any topic come alive; Imagine getting cozy with mom at night, spending time on holidays with the kids, and even playing jokes on pesky younger siblings. With just one click, get all these unique vocal samples delivered right to your door! No matter what style you’re into – lofi hip hop? Chill out? Ambient? You name it… The Family Voices pack has got you covered without ever having to leave home again. Let Toolbox take you on a unique sound bed of a fictional family ready for you to sample however you wish! 100% Royalty Free

Computer Game Fx

HiDERA | 9 June 2022 | 24 MB

You don’t have to get your hands on an old dusty Nintendo console to tap into the nostalgia of retro video games, with this collection of 40 sound effects from 8-bit consoles. Your productions will be instantly transported back in time! With fresh/nostaglic sounds, Computer Game Fx delivers retro sophistication – highly sought after by producers looking for that extra something special to create the perfect track. Add some classic ambience into Dubstep, Breakbeat, Lo-Fi, Trap & Pop driven tracks with these authentic samples pulled straight out of the 80s and 90s! Experiencing Game Fx is like jumping into a time machine and travelling back into the past to escape your mundane office job. The sounds evoke emotions that can’t be found in anything modern, which renders this product perfect for any songwriter looking to add some cool retro-style textures. All samples are royalty-free and key labelled – so will easily fit in your productions!

GrooveCell EXPLAiNED®

HiDERA | 6 May 2022 | 169 MB

Pro Tools guru presents a comprehensive series of video tutorials on GrooveCell! This new virtual sampler for Pro Tools is loaded with useful features, and this course will help you get familiarized and up to speed quickly. Eli takes you on a tour of all the important functions, demonstrating each with effective examples before culminating with a full beat designed from scratch. These videos are for new GrooveCell users. Eli welcomes you and starts with a general overview of the instrument, so you’ll be familiar with how everything is laid out before moving on. Then you’ll learn how load samples (single or multiple) onto a pad and how to set the trigger mode for each pad: velocity split, round robin, or layered. Watch as Eli explains and demonstrates the Pad Settings, which allow offsets for volume, pan, tuning, amp/pitch envelopes, and much more.

Mixing Metal & Orchestra

HiDERA | 3 June 2022 | 1.84 GB

Hello URM members, I’m Jacob Hansen, a producer and mix engineer from Denmark. You may be familiar with my work with bands such as Epica, Amaranthe, The Black Dahlia Murder, Volbeat, and Fleshgod Apocalypse. In this Fast Track I’ll be going over my approach to mixing orchestration in the context of metal. The key to this approach is in two simple things: starting with the right arrangement, and preserving as much of the orchestration’s sonic character as possible (rather than aggressively high passing it as many people do). Orchestral parts can add a lot of dynamics, character and interest to metal songs, but because most of us are unfamiliar with how to approach them, they often end up treated as an afterthought in the mix. I hope to change that with this Fast Track: by the time you are finished with it, you’ll have a comprehensive skillset for mixing all the typical components of orchestration in metal.

Post Production Effects

HiDERA | 3 June 2022 | 1.40 GB

Hello URM students! For those of you who don’t know me, I have been a producer for over 15 years and worked with bands like Machine Head, Attila, and Vinyl Theater among many, many others. I’m a co-founder of URM Academy and Drumforge, and I’m told that I have the strongest jacket game in the business! I’m very excited to share this Fast Track with you which goes into extreme detail about all the post-production techniques I’ve developed over the years, from glitches and chops to effects like bitcrush and the lofi sound you’ve heard on many metal and metalcore records. These can be incredibly effective ways to add interest, energy and dynamics to a song, and by the time you complete this Fast Track you’ll have a huge bag of tricks at your disposal.

Mixing Unique Arrangements

HiDERA | 3 June 2022 | 3.93 GB