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.

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.

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.

Ozone 12 Mastering Explained®

FANTASTiC | 17 October 2025 | 869 MB

“Ozone 12: Mastering Explained®” is designed for producers, mixing engineers, and musicians who want to move their final mix sound up to that professional level. In this Ozone 12 video course, mastering expert Larry Holcombe guides you through the tools and modules in Ozone 12, demonstrating how to balance, polish, and enhance your tracks for clarity, punch, and loudness across any genre. You’ll learn practical techniques for low-end control, mastering chains, multiband processing, and limiting that can help your mixes translate anywhere. These Ozone 12 videos are perfect for new Ozone 12 users. The Ozone course begins with lessons on Bass Control applied to both indie and dance tracks. Larry shows how to shape the low end for clarity, balance, and punch, ensuring the kick, synths, and bass coexist without muddiness. Next, you’ll explore the Unlimiter module for restoring dynamics to over-compressed mixes, as well as Stem EQ and multiband compression techniques for sculpting the low end of a kick or balancing a dense rock track. Larry provides hands-on demonstrations for achieving power and clarity without sacrificing the musicality of your mix.

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.

Studio One 7: New Features Explained®

HiDERA | 14 June 2025 | 223 MB

If you’re looking forward to getting the most out of the new Studio One 7 update, you’re in the right place! In this Studio One 7 video tutorial series, Studio One wizard Eli Krantzberg breaks down all the shiny new features and updates, providing plenty of examples and usage scenarios along the way, as well as several tips to help maximize efficiency. From brand new components like Launcher (grid-based music production) and Deep Flight One (virtual instrument) to other updates and enhancements, it’s all covered here in detail, so you’ll be ready to hit the ground running! These Studio One videos are designed for those familiar with Studio One but new to version 7. Eli begins the series by demonstrating the new Splice extension, with which you can work with content from Splice (a huge sample library) directly within the Studio One browser. Next, Eli introduces you to Launcher, a new grid-based production tool that employs a non-linear approach through the use of cells, scenes, and playlists. You’ll learn how to populate the cells by dragging and dropping them from the timeline, Loops browser, or Splice browser, as well as by recording directly to a cell and copying events to other cells.