Producer’s Guide to Thorn

FANTASTiC | 11 May 2020 | 944 MB

After providing an overview of the synth’s architecture, Rob dives into a series of lessons that explore the less conventional aspects, like its harmonic editing and filtering, sampling capabilities and glitch sequencing. He then moves onto the meat of the course, which is a number of step-by-step guides to creating a wide range of patches, helping uncover all the hidden depths of the instrument, whilst providing a wealth of useful sound design techniques along the way! On the course, you’ll learn how complex patches like evolving basses, floaty sequenced pads and arpeggiated leads are constructed, as well as how to utilise advanced synth features such as FM. Signing up to the course entitles you to immediate access to the 2 hours of streamed tutorials, as well as the 5 presets made on the course and a further 5 bonus presets from Thorn Dance Essentials preset pack.

Advanced Guide To Music Theory

FANTASTiC | 10 May 2020 | 1.21 GB

Following on from the success of the Beginner’s Guide to Music Theory for Producers, this Advanced Guide promises to expand your knowledge of music theory to greatly assist in the creation of more musical tracks. Whatever your level of music theory, there are tonnes of useful techniques and workflows for working both with a keyboard and purely in the DAW, all demonstrated in the production of various popular genres like Hip Hop, House, DnB and Trap. The course begins with a summary of the Beginner’s Course, showing how to create melodic accompaniment and chords to go with a jazzy break, before moving onto the first advanced topic of modulation, meaning moving to a different key, starting off with the relative major and minor. There is also a thorough look at diatonic triad harmonies, covering the ways that triads change when shifted to different positions in the scale, and how this affects the mood of a song. A funky organ phrase is then put together with a House beat, which moves through a series of regular and inverted triads to create a catchy hook.

Beginners Guide to Dorico v2.2

SYNTHiC4TE | July 21 2019 | 380 MB

In-depth video tutorial series designed for the new Steinberg Dorico user. Learn what you need to know to get started with Dorico, and then go beyond, making your very first score! Doug welcomes you and then starts at the beginning with an introduction to the Dorico interface, setting up its preferences, and an overview of its menu items. You’ll then learn about important time saving key commands, creating players, layouts, flows and more. Next up is the Write Mode where you’ll discover basic set up info and note input functionalities using your mouse, computer keyboard and or MIDI controllers. The Notes Toolbox and Panel is then shown, as well as entering and adding articulations and dynamics to your masterpiece. Moving on you’ll explore the Properties Panel, creating Lead Sheets, working with text, Engrave Mode, Play Mode, Print Mode, and much more, all allowing you to create your very first score and share it with the world.

A Complete Guide to MASSIVE X

FANTASTiC | 12 July 2019 | 1.22 GB

Explore MASSIVE X in depth This course was designed as a practical resource that goes well beyond any manual arming you with the what, when, why and how of sound synthesis with MASSIVE X. Don’t let your knowledge limit your creativity, arm yourself with the skills you need to make the sounds you want – today! Totalling over 5 hours of in-depth, practical instruction, A Complete Guide to MASSIVE X shows you exactly what everything does step by step.

The Complete Guide to High-End Audio

2015 | English | 578 pages | PDF: 10.88 MB

An updated edition of what many consider the “bible of high-end audio”

In this newly revised and updated fifth edition, Robert Harley, editor in chief of the Absolute Sound magazine, tells you everything you need to know about buying and enjoying high-quality hi-fi. With this book, discover how to get the best sound for your money, how to identify the weak links in your system and upgrade where it will do the most good, how to set up and tweak your system for maximum performance, and how to become a more perceptive and appreciative listener. Just a few of the secrets you will learn cover high-end sound on a budget, how to do it cheap and still do it right; five system set-up mistakes and how to avoid them; how to make your speakers sound up to 50% better, at no cost; how to choose and set up a computer-based music system; how to find the one speaker in 50 worth owning; and why all 100-watt amplifiers don’t sound the same. Since the first edition’s publication in 1994, The Complete Guide to High-End Audio has been considered the essential reference on high-quality music reproduction, with more than 150,000 copies sold in five languages.

Optimizing Your DAW & Computer

SYNTHiC4TE | April 09 2019 | 1.48 GB

In-depth video series all about getting the most out of your computer and DAW, when recording and producing music! Shot in Ableton Live on Mac OS and applicable to any OS and DAW, see how to squeeze every drop of power out of your rig and avoid time wasting snafus. Adam welcomes you and then covers one of the most effective ways to free up CPU power, bouncing to audio. See how and other similar techniques that will give your CPU a sigh of relief. Buffer Size, Latency and Sample Rate are then all explained and explored so you can optimize your sessions for better performance. Throughout the rest of the series Adam covers some basic and not so obvious solutions for getting the most out of your recording system, such as computer cooling and airflow, using multiple displays, utilizing Multicore CPUs, storage types and common issues, 64bit vs 32bit, proper workflow practices, plug-in quality settings and what they mean, and much, much more.

Complete Guide to Pigments TUTORiAL

FANTASTiC | 12 March 2019 | 511 MB

Pigments is newest Polychrome software synthesizer. Loaded with features, Pigments offers unlimited creative possibilities with absolute control. In this course you will explore every module of the new Pigments. From the basics of the UI to the technical features of the wavetable and analogue engines to the creative opportunities allowed by Pigment’s Modulation capabilities. By the end of this course you’ll also be comfortable with the filters, voicing, effects and sequencer and be well equipped to apply the advanced features of Pigments to your sound projects straight away.