Electric Feel: Creating Songs TUTORiAL

FANTASTiC | 27 June 2018 | 526 MB

In The Digital World

Electronic music has the ability to make you dance and feel high on life and can also be thought provoking and reflective. With a minimal setup of a computer and a keyboard, you can dive into a world of endless possibilities and create your own instrumental electronic music composition. In this class, we’re going to create a song by exploring the beat, the bass and the lead melody; the three basic elements to our piece. By the end, you’ll be ready to create your own electronic song with mood and feeling. All you need for this class is a computer with the DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) of your choice, a keyboard and a pair of speakers or headphones. Basic knowledge of music is helpful but not mandatory.

Compression A Quick Easy Guide

FANTASTiC | 27 June 2018 | 286 MB

What is compression? How does it work, and why do we use it?

In this short demonstration, I discuss the parameters of a typical compressor, and how they affect and shape the sound. There’s a lot of information out there on compression, but my goal of this course is to provide you with clear and understandable explanations for understanding the workings of a compressor.

Exploring FM with Operator

SYNTHiC4TE | June 26 2018 | 111 MB

Ableton Live’s Operator is a very powerful FM (Frequency Modulation) synth with some interesting tricks up its sleeve. Explore this fantastic Live instrument with sound designer Rishabh Rajan, and get into FM synthesis the right way! Popularized in the early ’80s with the Yamaha DX7, FM synthesis often has a reputation of being overly complex and difficult to understand (mostly because it was a pain to tweak parameters using a single data slider on such a small LCD screen!) Thankfully, Operator’s user interface makes FM much easier to grasp and program. In this course, Ableton Live expert explains everything you need to know about FM and Live’s very flexible Operator device.

Recording Vocals the Right Way

ilfsn | 26.06.2018 | 2 Hours | 2.3 GB

This course breaks down all of the variables involved with recording vocals for music; how to choose the right microphone, set the preamp and compressor, and how to run your D.A.W. most effectively. We take you through the steps of a typical recording session using a professional studio (Madison Records) and singer (Alex Tru). Various microphones, Vintech 573 preamp, EL8 Distressor compressor, and Pro Tools software are all utilized and explained in detail. Additionally, there is a section dedicated to post-production techniques. We explain what to do after you have finished recording. Comping vocals, editing, and basic mixing techniques are all covered in this section.

How to Make Tech House TUTORiAL

SYNTHiC4TE | March 30 2013 | 932 MB

Alex Tepper, You may scratch your head upon hearing his name, but be damn sure you’ve heard some of the hundreds of releases that have been touched by his hands in almost 20 years in the business. Working behind enemy lines under a variety of pseudonyms or as collaborator to some of the biggest names in house music, his releases have had everyone from Pete Tong to Kevin Saunderson heaping plaudits on them. Since those crazy, heady days as part of the “Futureshock” juggernaut, Alex has been providing the know-how for a variety of premier league DJs, collaborating regularly with Steve Lawler, Nic Fanciulli and a host of others, who’ve come to him for a sprinkling of Tepper magic with releases on Get Physical, Cocoon, R&S, Ovum and many others.

How To Make French House TUTORiAL

SYNTHiC4TE | Dec 30 2016 | 2.15 GB

This week we proudly welcome back Canadian house virtuoso Soundprank for another in-depth course in How To Make French House. From the processing of the drums to creating your own Daft Punk style samples, this course has it all – and after watching, you’ll be creating your very own French House groove! hroughout this tutorial we get a highly detailed insight into the production techniques required to get the most out of each section. Using various plugins including Fab Filter’s Pro Q and Saturn, along with Valhalla’s Uber Mod, Soundprank meticulously reverse engineer’s the entire tune. The final result has that instantly recognisable Daft Punk, funky, disco feel, with a super realistic sounding bassline and an abstract synth breakdown before bringing back the groove. Magnifique!

Build Your Own Website For Selling Beats Online

ilfsn | 23.06.2018 | 2 Hours | 1.9 GB

Are a music producer or beat maker looking to sell your beats online? Would you like to save money and learn how to build your own professional beat site? Are you having trouble creating a “fully custom” website using an online web builder called wix? Well you are in luck!!! Join our large community of students learning how to create their own beat site from scratch using wix TODAY!