Playbeat 4 Explained®

HiDERA | 11 May 2025 | 132 MB

Join veteran Groove3 instructor Larry Holcombe for a detailed look at Playbeat 4, the AI-powered drum instrument from Audiomodern. You’ll learn various ways of creating grooves, customizing drum sounds, playing and sequencing the sounds, exporting beats, and much more with this powerful and intuitive beat-making tool. By the time you’re through, you’ll be familiar with all parameters and how to adjust them to get the sounds you want quickly and easily. These videos are designed for new Playbeat 4 users. Larry welcomes you and begins by giving you a tour of the plugin’s interface so you’ll know where everything is laid out as we progress through the course. Then you’ll see how to use various types of randomization (random, remix, smart, temporary) to quickly create grooves and add all kinds of variation.

NI Dopamine Explained®

FANTASTiC | 08 January 2026 | 130 MB

NI Dopamine Explained® introduces you to a uniquely creative instrument designed to spark ideas, add movement, and accelerate songwriting. In this video course, Eli Krantzberg shows you how Dopamine’s dual sound engines, modifiers, effects, and sequencing tools work together to create evolving, expressive sounds that go far beyond static presets. You’ll begin by exploring the Dopamine interface and preset browser, learning how to quickly audition sounds, lock effects, swap sound sources, and save your own customized variations. From there, Eli dives into shaping tone and dynamics using amp envelopes, filters, global controls, and a flexible multi-slot effects system that allows you to morph between states using the mod wheel. As the course progresses, you’ll uncover Dopamine’s most powerful creative features: the modifier system and built-in sequencer. You’ll see how these tools add motion, rhythm, and variation to sounds, how to automate modifier behavior per key, and how to export internal sequences as MIDI for deeper editing in your DAW. Additional lessons cover the arpeggiator and MIDI Chords tools, showing how Dopamine can act as a powerful idea generator for melodies, progressions, and full arrangements.

Cubase: Programming Realistic Drums

HiDERA | 21 June 2025 | 365 MB

Getting tired of trying to record great-sounding drum tracks at home? It’s certainly not an easy task. In this Cubase video course, Cubase expert Gary Hiebner walks you through the process of building a virtual drum track that sounds 100% authentic and mix-ready professional. From selecting and tweaking sounds to programming, editing, quantizing, creating multiple outputs, and more, you’ll learn all you need to know to get awesome results. By the time you’re through with this Cubase course, you’ll be completely ready to start programming your next drum track right away! These Cubase videos are designed for Cubase users who’d like to start using virtual drums. Gary begins by showing you how to add drum instrument tracks with a MIDI part or pattern. You’ll also see how to set up your MIDI devices properly and learn the difference between instrument tracks and drum tracks. Then Gary illustrates the differences between the Key Editor and the Drum Editor, showing why and how the Drum Editor is often a better choice when working with drum tracks.

Cubase Mastering Explained®

FANTASTiC | 21 December 2025 | 685 MB

If you’ve ever wondered how to take your Cubase mixes from “pretty good” to “release ready,” this comprehensive video course with Gary Hiebner walks you through the entire mastering process step by step. Using only Cubase’s stock tools (plus a few optional third-party plug-ins), Gary demonstrates exactly how to turn your finished mix into a polished, balanced, and professional-sounding master. By the end of the course, you’ll be ready to start using these ideas right away. These videos are designed for Cubase users new to the mastering process. You’ll start by preparing your mix for mastering, setting up your Cubase project, and learning best practices for exporting your final mixdown. Then, Gary guides you through building an effective mastering session — routing your tracks, using reference mixes, and applying essential processors like EQ, compression, saturation, stereo imaging, and limiting. Next, you’ll see how to apply subtle EQ correction with Frequency 2, use single-band and multiband compression to control dynamics, and add warmth, color, and width using tools like Quadrafuzz, Magneto II, and Imager.

Alkane Explained®

HiDERA | 27 July 2025 | 985 MB

In this in-depth Alkane video tutorial series, production guru Alberto will take you on a detailed exploration of the plug-in, explaining each parameter and component fully and providing plenty of real-world examples so you can hear it in action. You’ll see that, regardless of genre, Alkane can help impart punch, clarity, and character in your mixes with an unparalleled level of control over saturation while still remaining intuitive and easy to use. By the time you’re through with this Alkane course, you’ll be ready to start using Alkane like a pro on your very next project! These Alkane videos are designed for new Alkane users. Alberto begins with a quick overview of the series, explaining what Alkane is/does and discussing the piece (an original video game score) he’ll be using for demonstration purposes in this course. He then provides a thorough tour of the interface so you can understand the signal flow through the plug-in as well as the location of all the various sections and components. Once you’re familiar with the basic layout, Alberto pulls out the magnifying glass and gets into the nitty-gritty a bit, analyzing the various controls and parameters and demonstrating what they do and how they affect the sound.

EZdrummer 2 Explained TUTORiAL

P2P | 10 June 2014 | 197 MB

MEET YOUR NEW DRUMMER

Toontrack EZdrummer 2 has changed the virtual drumming game yet again. This software instrument is absolutely mind blowing and veteran studio guru Todd Tatnall is going to show you all it can do, taking you from installation and setup all the way to creating your first song! Todd begins with an introduction to EZdrummer 2, going over what it is and discussing what you’ll learn throughout the series. Next, it’s on to Installation and Registration, and then an in-depth look at the Standalone version of EZdrummer 2. Exploring the Interface is next, and you’ll see how to load basic drum kits, audition drums, change individual drum sounds and modify them. Todd now goes deeper into EZdrummer 2, explaining How to Browse and Audition MIDI Grooves using the Browser and Search Pages, as well as How to Use the Grooves from Expansion Packs. Play Styles and Power Hand are then looked at in-detail, showing you how to adjust the grooves and kits for nearly infinite variations. The Song Track and Song Creator are then revealed, allowing you to Custom Build your New Drum Parts for your songs with ease and realism.

Super Jumbo Explained®

SYNTHiC4TE | 09 June 2019 | 242 MB

Learn Super Jumbo, incredibly realistic virtual acoustic guitar instrument inside and out, as well as how to use it creatively. Eli starts with an introduction to Super Jumbo, as well as Super Jumbo’s main features and functions. Playing Modes and Articulations are then explained and explored, and you’ll see exactly how to utilize Instrument Mode, Keyboard Mode, and Solo Mode, including how each of the Super Jumbo articulations and key switches work. Next, Eli shows you how to use Super Jumbo Strummer to play and edit harmonic and rhythmic strumming or picking patterns based on the chords you like. Super Jumbo Riffer is then revealed, and you’ll see how this tool is used to generate new ideas and more. Wrapping it up, Eli demonstrates how to use the Dice feature to generate random Super Jumbo Riffer patterns based on selective user input, how to import and play 3rd party guitar tablature files, alter the sound of Ample Guitar Super Jumbo by adjusting the tuning and gain of individual samples, using effects, and much more.