Modern Heavy Rock Production TUTORiAL

SYNTHiC4TE | August 17 2015 | 568 MB

ONLY THE MUSIC IS HARD

Every genre has its own way of approaching production, and producing Heavy Rock or Metal is no exception. Metal production guru shows you how to dial in big, powerful tones for a crisp, Modern Heavy Rock Production on any DAW. Brock uses three different songs as demos for this production series so you get a taste of some of the different flavors of Heavy Rock that’s out in the wild. He then gives you an overview of the songs, and lays out his goals for the series. Moving on, Brock explores the production techniques used in each of the songs one at a time, carefully analyzing the produced sound of the Drums, Bass, Guitars, and Vocals, and shows you how each of the tones were achieved. Finally, Brock explains the Master Buss Processing that was used on each track, giving them their final, professional sheen that listeners expect in modern heavy tracks.

Switching from Pro Tools to Studio One 3 TUTORiAL

SYNTHiC4TE | August 17 2015 | 230 MB

LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP

Studio One 3 is hot, fully featured, and getting a ton of buzz. If you’re a Pro Tools user who’s thinking of making the switch to Studio One 3, Pro Tools guru shows you what you’ll need to know to get up and running, as well as convert your Pro Tools mind into the ways of Studio One 3. Starts with the basics, explaining How to work with the Start Page and do your Basic Setup. From there, he explores differences in the way Audio Tracks, Monitoring, and Recording are handled. Next, helps you understand how to use Studio One 3’s powerful Instrument Tracks. With the basics covered, Eli now takes you into more advanced topics, like how Studio One 3 differs from Pro Tools with regard to Zooming, Editing, and working with Effects. The final three videos all dive into Mixing in Studio One 3 vs. Pro Tools, with a separate video on the Console, Sends and Effects Channels, and Busses and Bouncing.

Pure Minimal MULTiFORMAT

TEAM SYNTHiC4TE | Jan 26 | 730 MB

WAV/REX2/KONTAKT/EXS24/HALiON/NNXT/SFZ

Pure Minimal is a collection of glitched, processed and tweaked minimal music loops produced specifically for the dance music producer. The pack contains 308 Drum, 65 Bass and 36 Synth Loops recorded at 126, 127 and 128 bpm. Loops are available not just as ACID-ised WAV files, but you can get them in Apple Loop, REX2, Reason 5 ReFill or Ableton Live Pack formats by your preference.

Interplanetary for NI Massive NSMV

SYNTHiC4TE | August 10 2015 | 15.6 MB

Enter a world of atmospheric, otherworldly, and futuristic sounds for Massive: the realm of Interplanetary. Featuring 128 unique sounds, this patch library will inspire everything from beautiful ambient works to cyberized electronic dance music. Includes effects, basses, atmospheres, pads, keys, synths, and rhythmic sequences. Interplanetary is the first synth patch library from Impact Soundworks, featuring 128 sounds for MASSIVE synthesizer. This collection evokes the sound of futuristic, larger-than-life, cinematic science fiction. Inside you will find dark atmospheres, evolving pads, aggressive basses, mechanical sequences, and other sounds ranging from haunting and ethereal to electrifying and hyper-modern. Most sounds have some element of atmosphere and motion, making them ideal for arpeggiation, sequencing, and evolving sustains. Timbres from subtle and soft to colossal in-your-face are included.

Tech Tips Vol.19 TUTORiAL-SYNTHiC4TE

SYNTHiC4TE | August 10 2015 | 207 MB

Welcome to the all new Tech Tips Volume 19. Ten all new tech tips to help you get the best from your DAW and speed up your workflow. In this collection of tips we welcome newcomer guest tutor, Multiplier, as he gives us 10 essential tips and tricks from improving your workflow in Ableton Live 9.

Denon MC6000mk2 Explained TUTORiAL

SYNTHiC4TE | August 10 2015 | 224 MB

PROFESSIONAL DIGITAL DJ MIXER REDUX

Denon has reimagined their next generation, flagship DJ controller and digital mixer, and Alex Solano explains how to get the most out of it, and its included software, Serato DJ! Alex starts by introducing you to what the Denon MC6000mk2 has to offer, and then explores the Hardware Features and how they can be used to control Serato DJ. After that, Alex explains how to use the Mic Inputs, including How to Add Echo and use them to duck the music. For DJs who use different software packages, he then includes videos on how to use the Denon MC6000mk2 with Virtual DJ 8 and Traktor. Finally, Alex concludes with a summary of what this series has covered. Whether you’re a DJ looking for a killer digital mixer and controller, or you already own the Denon MC6000mk2, Virtual DJ8, or Traktor, up your game and watch “Denon MC6000mk2 Explained” today!

Understanding FM Synthesis TUTORiAL

SYNTHiC4TE | August 06 2015 | 495 MB

FM is a beast to get to grips with.. but here Matt lays down the foundations by giving us a bit of background history on the technology before covering all the most common parameters and functions of FM and finishing with some sound design examples. Using Ableton Live’s Operator, all of the learning outcomes and core concepts in this course can be easily applied to any modern FM synth such as FM8, FL’s Sytrus and even Logic’s basic EFM1 or Retro synths. Well explained and easy to understand, after this FM shouldn’t be that scary thing you shy away from anymore, but a major weapon you can now add to your production arsenal. Just check out the sound examples in the last video to see how powerful, deep and phat FM can be.