Music for Tokyo Fashion Week TUTORiAL

SYNTHiC4TE | August 05 2017 | 377 MB

In this Webinar Series, Josh gives you a look into his completed DAW session and the “Call Sheet” he was given by the event coordinator to use as a reference for creating the music for the show. Get an inside look into this type of music production work! Josh first talks about how he got the job, what it takes to put a job like this together, and then goes right into some production elements like creating the Zipper sounds for the tracks. You’ll then get Josh’s opinions and recommendations on the microphones he used to record some of the samples in the project, and also discusses some mic choices you have for recording your own samples. Wrapping it up, Josh answers a viewers question regarding how he built his layered snare, and then gives advice on how how to save CPU power by exporting your tracks as audio files, and importing them into a new session.

Computer Music – October 2017

English | 116 pages | PDF | 30.52 MB

Computer Music’s goal is to help its readers create great music with a PC or Mac. Each month find easy-to-follow tutorials for all sorts of music software, unbiased reviews of the latest products and answers to technical questions.

Teaching Music with Screencasting TUTORiAL

ilfsn | 01.08.2017 | MP4 | 1.05 GB

What is Screencasting and how can you use this as a musician? In this course composer/sound designer/online trainer will guide you through how to use screen casting software and create your own music tutorial videos. It could also be an extra revenue stream for your music career. We will cover the different types of screencasting software you can use, and how to get setup and ready to record your first video. Then we will show you how you can take your screencast tutorials further with some great tips and tricks on how to make them more visually interesting and appealing. Plus, we’ll also go over how to record great voice audio for your tutorials which is a super important part of the process. Finally, we’ll show you how you can export out and share your tutorial video/s with others.

Vocals Advanced TUTORiAL

SYNTHiC4TE | July 28 2017 | 141 MB

Dance Music Sound Design

Advanced look at dance music vocal sound design. Join him, and unlock your creativity with these breathtaking, vocal technique tutorials! In EDM, vocals are manipulated and processed in an infinite number of ways. Using a variety of editing and processing techniques, top producers are able to completely transform vocals, and give them a whole new personality … and even transform them into leads, pads, basses our SFX if they wish! In this course, EDM expert shares all his secret techniques to help you take your vocal sound design skills to that next level. You discover creative uses of resampling. You find out how Frequency Modulation can be used to turn vocals into aggressive lead sounds. You learn about the often overlooked interpolation settings, and how it can be used creatively. There’s also a section on stereo imaging, one on creating custom wavetables, and another one on audio repair. Using all kinds of audio and MIDI plugins, Adam shows you that when processing vocals, the only limit is your imagination!

Lead Synths Advanced TUTORiAL

SYNTHiC4TE | July 28 2017 | 141 MB

Dance Music Sound Design

Advanced synthesis tips to help you design better Dance Music lead synth sounds. Join him, and get ready to take your EDM leads from good to outstanding! Do you find that your lead sounds are lacking depth, dimension, or are not expressive enough? In this 21-tutorial course, dance music expert shares advanced techniques that are guaranteed to take your lead sounds to the next level… and vastly improve your synthesis knowledge! Begins by looking at the importance of understanding harmonics and waveforms, and how these concepts relate to creating amazing lead sounds. Using various synths, he shows you innovative ways to make your patches more expressive with velocity, aftertouch, and keytracking. Adam also reveals less known techniques (such as microtuning, hard syncing, modular synthesis, advanced unison and portamento modes…) that are useful for creating cutting-edge leads.

SFX Dance Music Sound Design TUTORiAL

SYNTHiC4TE | July 28 2017 | 150 MB

White noise, sweeps, swooshes, risers, background noises, vocal FX… More than just the “icing on the cake”, sound effects play a vital role in dance music. Try playing a track with all the sound effects muted, and it certainly won’t have the same impact! But how exactly do you create them? In this course, dance music expert Adam Pollard reveals his secret weapons, tools and techniques for crafting your own. How do you create pristine cymbal effects? How do you synthesize earth-shaking sub boom sounds from scratch, using any synth? What about vinyl spin down, white noise and synth riser effects? And which soft synths and effects should you use, and when? Using a variety of plugins, Adam reveals inside info to help you design all these… and more!

Music for a Car Commercial TUTORiAL

SYNTHiC4TE | July 23 2017 | 414 MB

In this Webinar Series, Josh cracks open his DAW and speaks about creating the soundtrack for a Toyota car commercial. Josh focuses on more of the emotional aspects of composing music for video or other mediums, rather than getting caught up in the technical points.