Serum 2: DnB Sound Design

HiDERA | 13 July 2025 | 179 MB

Calling all fans of DnB! In this Serum 2 video course, electronic music wiz Larry Holcombe will show you how to design your own sounds for a DnB track using only Serum 2. Kicks, snares, basses … it’s all here, and you’ll learn plenty of great sound design techniques in the process that can be applied to other genres and instruments as well. When you’re done with this Serum 2 course, you’ll be ready to start designing your own sounds from scratch on your very next production. These Serum 2 videos are for users with a basic familiarity with Serum 2. Larry welcomes you to the course and begins by working with a drum break, demonstrating the various ways you can mangle and twist the sample to generate entirely new sounds. Then you’ll learn how to design your own kick from scratch by combining Wavetable mode and the Sampler, resulting in a tuned kick body sound paired with a punchy transient attack.

Building Instruments With Logic Pro Samplers

HiDERA | 15 October 2024 | 528 MB

Join Logic Pro expert Stephen O’Connell for a fun, informative video course on building your own instruments using Logic Pro’s built-in samplers! You’ll learn a ton and have a blast getting creative in new, inspiring ways—not to mention ending up with sounds and instruments that are uniquely your own. By the end of the course, you’ll be ready to start designing your own custom instruments for your very next production with sounds that can truly set your tracks apart from the crowd. Your imagination is the limit! These videos are designed for Logic Pro users that are new to using samplers. Stephen welcomes you and provides a short overview of what will be covered in the series, highlighting the three samplers we’ll be using—Quick Sampler, Drum Machine Designer, and Sampler—all of which are included in Logic Pro. Then Stephen gets down to it, starting first with Quick Sampler, covering the layout of its interface and explaining its capabilities. You’ll learn how to load samples and play them back in various modes (Classic, One Shot, Slicing) to achieve different sounds and effects. You’ll also see how to record a sound directly into Quick Sampler itself with its built-in recorder.

Leap Progressive Trance For KONTAKT 8

HiDERA | 22 May 2025 | 360 MB

Fast and fun loop control

Leap is an ultra-fast and playful way to play and manipulate loops. Spark fresh ideas, sprinkle in expressive performance effects, or just jam. Breathe new life into your sample collection or try something totally fresh with our new Leap Expansions series, starting with 12 curated packs for specific genres and styles.

BeatMaker 3 Explained®

HiDERA | 21 July 2025 | 111 MB

If you like to produce beats, you can’t do much better than BeatMaker 3 in terms of sound and intuitiveness. In this BeatMaker 3 video course, production expert Eli Krantzberg will break down every section and component of the plugin and show you everything you need to know to get started immediately – from selecting and playing sounds to mixing down and everything in between. There are also plenty of great demonstrations, so you can hear it in action! These UJAM Beatmaker 3 videos are designed for new Beatmaker 3 users. Eli begins by covering the new interface and showing how to navigate through the various libraries to tag favorite presets, search, and more. Then it’s time to have fun, and you’ll see how to play the various percussion sounds and loops, sync the loops in your DAW, drag/drop them into your DAW for editing, and affect the playback with modulation and pitch bend.

Building Instruments: Ableton Live Samplers

HiDERA | 21 December 2024 | 303 MB

Join Ableton guru Stephen O’Connell for an engaging course that teaches you how to construct your own instruments using Ableton Live. Understanding the intricacies of Ableton Live’s three samplers will equip you with the skills to craft unique custom sounds for your productions, enabling your music to stand out from the crowd. From different sampling playback modes to filters, modulation, and more, it’s all covered! These videos are designed for Ableton Live users who are interested in sampling. Stephen begins with an overview of the three samplers we’ll be talking about in this course (Simpler, Drum Rack, and Sampler) and discusses the goal of the series. Then it’s off to the races, and he starts covering Simpler, beginning with the interface and showing how to load your first sample. You’ll then learn about the different playback modes, the ASDR envelope, loop position, and more.

Cascadia Explained TUTORiAL

HiDERA | 21 December 2024 | 80 MB

In this Cascadia video tutorial course, production wiz Larry Holcombe takes you on a deep dive of iZotope’s powerful plugin Cascadia, an intelligent delay effect with an unmasking module that’s guaranteed to help improve mix clarity. If you’ve struggled with things feeling too cluttered when using delays in the past, Cascadia can be a godsend, and this video course is the quickest and easiest way to learn how to use it with confidence and authority. From basic controls like feedback and time (synced or not) to unique features like the Unmask module, it’s all here. These videos are designed for new Cascadia users. Larry starts off with a brief overview of the plug-in and a tour of Cascadia’s interface, so you’ll know up front where everything is located. Then you’ll learn to explore the top header and see how presets are managed, so you can save, recall, and browse your favorites. Specific controls are then demystified next, like the internal bus system, feedback, width, and time (tempo synced or manual).

Studio One MiDi Explained®

HiDERA | 19 July 2025 | 344 MB

Join veteran Groove3 instructor Gary Hiebner for a comprehensive Studio One video course on using MIDI. If you’ve never used MIDI in Studio One before, this is the course to start with. Not only will you learn how to set up your MIDI devices (keyboards, pads, etc.) and get them working properly in Studio One, but you’ll also learn tons of useful tips on recording and editing MIDI data, helpful S1 features like the Chord Track, using drum maps and patterns, adding MIDI automation, and much more! These Studio One videos are designed for Studio One users that are new to the subject of MIDI. Gary welcomes you to the course and begins by showing you how to properly set up your MIDI devices in Studio One, such as MIDI keyboards, drum pads, or other controllers. You’ll then learn how to create instruments and assign MIDI controllers to them, so you’ll be ready to go. This is followed by a look at some MIDI editing tools that you can use to tweak your MIDI performances, such as adjusting the position and velocities (volumes) of notes.