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

How To Finish Your Music

HiDERA | 29 April 2022 | 1.85 GB

Over the next two hours, he outlines a 10 step process to help you get your tracks that are sitting on your hard drive collecting dust to a place where someone’s ears other than yours get to enjoy them too! Jaytech guides you through the process by breaking it down into simple, bite-sized tasks that can get your rough draft to a fully completed track in a fun and creative but meaningful way that’ll also increase your knowledge and production skills along the way. A must watch for every producer out there!

Ztar Samples Collection

V.A | 12 June 2022 | 1.83 GB

Ztar Audio aims to deliver the highest quality production available. With several placements on cable networks, including BET, MTV, CBS, ESPN, and The Speed Network. Ztar Audio offers you high quality music with SSL studio quality. All of the products have been mixed by some of the top engineers in the industry and are radio and studio-ready for all artists, producers, and DJs. Their product range will include the following styles: Melodic Soul, Hip Hop, Trap, Pop, EDM, and much more.

Apogee FX Plugins In-Action

HiDERA | 13 May 2022 | 150 MB

Studio expert presents a detailed series of video tutorials on Apogee FX plugins! This collection of plugins packs a serious production punch, and this course will help you get the most out of it. Eli demonstrates the various EQs and compressors with a variety of musical examples on different sources, so you can hear each in-action while learning how they work. These videos are for new Apogee FX plugin users. Eli welcomes you and begins by showing how to set up the FX Rack to host up to six instances of the five different Apogee FX plugins. Then take a quick tour of the three equalizers featured in the collection: ModEQ6, EQP-1A, and MEQ-5. This is followed by a brief overview of the two compressors: ModComp and Opto-3A.