Melodyne 5 Explained®

HiDERA | 26 May 2020 | 318.29 MB

Studio guru delivers comprehensive Melodyne 5 video tutorials! Learn all the basics, its features and functions, and how to use them effectively to manipulate your audio track’s pitch and time, with incredible results. These videos are designed for new Melodyne 5 users. Eli welcomes you and gives you a first look around the new Melodyne 5 interface, what it looks like in various DAWs, and where some of the new v.5 features are located. Next you’ll learn the important basics like transferring audio to Melodyne in real-time, using the Audio Random Access (ARA) feature, navigating and controlling playback in your DAW, and more. Basic editing is up next, and you’ll learn to use the Correct Pitch Macro for simple and effective basic tuning, utilize the new Chord Track functions to analyze, re-analyze, edit, and audition chords all from within Melodyne for alien-like control over your chords. This feature alone makes Melodyne 5 a weapons grade sonic manipulator that anyone working with audio should have.

Sibelius 2020 Update Explained®

SYNTHiC4TE | May 15 2020 | 77 MB

Notation pro brings you a detailed AVID Sibelius video tutorial series! Learn all of the new features and functions in Sibelius 2020 and how to them when creating your scores. These videos are designed for those who already know how to use Sibelius, but just want to learn about the new features added to v2020. Doug welcomes you and starts of with the cool new features added to Sibelius 2020 such as MIDI File Import, Auto-Assign, new articulations and playing techniques for string parts, how to explode a 4 part MIDI brass track to 4 separate instruments, and when naming tracks based on the libraries used, how you can add group naming to make importing into Sibelius a breeze. Auto-Optimize is then covered and you’ll see how this behind-the-scenes feature automatically keeps staff spacing looking great, plus how to both override and remove overrides when scoring. The new dotted and dashed ties, tie into ties and laissez vibrer ties are shown and explained, as well as the new key commands and engraving choices that are available.

VocAlign Ultra Explained

FANTASTiC | 23 March 2021 | 234 MB

Learn all about VocAlign Ultra’s features and functions, including how to use them creatively in your productions. See how you can use this plug-in based audio alignment tool to quickly and effectively match pitch, align and tighten vocals and harmonies, or even instruments. As a bonus, you get the audio files Eli uses in the videos, so you can follow along on your system. These videos are for new VocAlign Ultra users. Eli welcomes you and explains exactly what Vocalign Ultra is and what it does, and gives you a detailed overview of the the user interface so you know how to navigate it. Then you’ll see how to set up and use Vocalign Ultra in popular DAWs like Pro Tools, Studio One and Logic Pro, so you can easily start using ARA, and or real-time audio transfers and correction when aligning and tightening your tracks.

Vocoder V Explained®

HiDERA | 21 May 2021 | 391 MB

Synth wiz presents detailed Arturia Vocoder V tutorials! Learn all about virtual recreation of a classic Moog vocoder from the ’70s, including its features and functions, and how to make exciting sounds from scratch. These videos are designed for new Arturia Vocoder V users. To start, Tyler welcomes you and demystifies the Arturia Vocoder V, giving you the history of the Vocoder and what it can do. Then you’ll get an in-depth overview of the main user interface and general layout, so you can easily navigate it and find its important functions. Tyler then breaks down the anatomy of the Vocoder so you understand its signal flow and can put it to use in your DAW. Then it’s on to the nuts and bolts of the Vocoder V, such as using different sound sources like a sample played via the built-in Sample Player, the Voice Input to utilize a microphone or other audio source, and the built-in Carrier Synthesizer to generate a usable carrier sound. Tyler then covers all the other parts of the Vocoder V including the Vocoder Section, Modulations Section, Effects Section, and the Preset Management section so you can easily load and save your presets and sounds.

EZbass Explained®

HiDERA | 12 June 2020 | 281 MB

Studio expert delivers detailed EZbass tutorials! Checkout this in-depth video manual for amazing virtual bass instrument, and learn all of its features and functions, including how to use them to add bass so real, you would never know it was a plug-in instrument. These videos are designed for new EZbass users. Eli greets you and starts at the top with a detailed introduction covering what EZbass is, and where all of its central controls are, and what they do. Eli then shows you the different fingered and picked sounds that are possible, followed by how the Grooves Tab header bar affects the behavior and presentation of the included MIDI grooves. Next, you’ll discover the Tap2Find feature that allows you to search the library based on rhythms you tap in, or short phrases you play into EZbass, and how to incorporate your own MIDI files into the EZbass library and use them as the basis for searches and search results. Throughout the rest of the videos you’ll learn all of EZbass’s controls and features as well as how to arrange EZbass and make an incredibly realistic bass parts, generate and replace existing bass parts with EZbass, work with key switches, import and export to and from your DAW, and much, much more!

Dark Synthwave Explained®

SYNTHiC4TE | June 12 2020 | 281 MB

Sound Design

Synthesizer wiz brings detailed you dark synthwave sound design video tutorials! See step by step how to make sounds from scratch that define this popular genre. In these videos Thomas uses some great 3rd party virtual instruments like TAL-U-No-LX, Korg Mono/Poly and u-he Diva, but you can apply the info to any comparable virtual or hardware synth. This series is for those who have a basic understanding of synth sound design and want to focus on understanding and creating the sounds found in dark synthwave music. Thomas welcomes you and jumps right in, showing you how to craft a variety of bass sounds perfect for dark synthwave like a Distorted Bass, Dark Reverb Bass Stab, Distorted Sub Bass and a Heavy Bass Stab. Then Thomas moves to arpeggiated sounds and you’ll see how to make a Phase Arp, Resonant Arp, and a way cool texture Bit Crushed Arp all from scratch. Next, watch how to make killer dark synthwave lead sounds like a Synthwave Oscillator Sync Lead, Juno Space Lead, and a Resonant Lead, all perfect for your next dark synthwave melody line. And last but not least, Thomas shows you the basics of creating and programing dark synthwave drums, including what types of samples are used, and how they are processed differently from other styles of synth music.

Turnado Explained TUTORiAL

SYNTHiC4TE | Nov 30 2013 | 345.07 MB

THE STORM AFTER THE CALM

Laurence Holcombe is back with an awesome series about the incredible Sugar Bytes Turnado multi-effect tool, created especially for massive real-time audio manipulation. Learn all the important features and functions, as well as how to put them to good use, making plain tracks into something twisted! Laurence begins by welcoming you and discusses the innovative workflow found in Turnado. He then covers the interface and settings, showing you how to browse and load effects. Next, Laurence reveals the Edit Page and all of its common controls and how to assign them to different parameters. Moving on, Laurence then examines all the different effects such as Modulation, Reverb, Transformers, Amplifiers and Loop effects, giving you full disclosure on all they can do, as well as creative examples of them in action.