Learn How to Play Blues, Rock and Boogie Woogie Piano is a primer course for everybody who has an interest in learning the piano or keyboards, or adding a new genre to their existing piano repertoire.
Codex is a granular, scanning, wavetable synth. See how this synth inspires sonic madness in this exclusive course. Then catch the bonus all-Codex song, at the end of the course. Imagine creating your very own audio waves and then scanning and morphing between them. That’s only one of Codex’s many cool features! It also has advanced filtering, sequencing, sound shaping, arpeggiation and processing tools. Put these all together and you’ll see that Waves has come up with a very powerful, usable and wicked synth indeed! In this course, trainer deciphers each one of Codex’s features showing exactly what they do, how they work and how to use them in your tracks. Then, in the final section of this course, combines them all together in a sound design masterclass as he creates basses, evolving pads and screaming leads. The last video in this massive, 32-tutorial collection is an original song and video by our own favorite music producer, Eyal Amir. When it comes to playing and producing music with out-there synths, nobody does it better than Eyal.
Indie band, Turin Brakes, showed up at our SxSW studios in Austin to subject themselves to our patented, “song-in-a-day” stress test! See how this awesome band and “Team Dubway” capture the musical magic in this marathon songwriting and production course! You never know what’s going to happen when you book a top indie band like Turin Brakes to compose and produce a song –in-front of the cameras– in a single day! It’s a daunting challenge. However, like all the other courses in our entertaining “SongCraft Presents” Series, Ben Arthur and the band, along with the whole Dubway team, really came up with the musical goods! So yet again we filled our guerrilla, SxSW recording studio with all kinds of high-end mics, audio interfaces, instruments and cool software to get ready to rock. The band arrives… Cameras roll… Introductions are made and everybody gets down to the songwriting business at hand!
Presented in pristine 24-bit Wav quality, the collection serves up five release-ready construction kits packed with phat drums, stacked synths, big bass, huge FX – plus associated MIDI and drum hits to total production flexibility. Totalling over 600MB of killer content, each kit comes key- and tempo-labeled for total drag-and-drop ease, whilst the MIDI files let you fire up your own synth sounds for unique anthem creation. Finally, take your production skills to the next level as himself gives you an exclusive video tutorial on how to make the most of the sounds provided. Essential viewing!
Resident studio expert Todd Tatnall shows you everything you need to know about the CueMix FX Tools and Software, used to route and apply effects, using MOTU hardware such as the 828x, 828mk3 Hybrid, Track16, UltraLite-mk3 Hybrid, 896mk3 Hybrid, 2408mk3, 24IO and HD192! Todd starts with an Introduction revealing all the features and functions covered in the series. Next, Todd takes it from the beginning with Installing the CueMix FX Software, then explains in-detail, all the Audio and Data Connections that need to be made. The Front Panel is then revealed, and then How to Make Further Settings via the MOTU Audio Console. Todd now shows you How to Set Up and Use your MOTU Hardware with Various DAWs, and introduces you to the actual CueMix FX Software. Continuing on, the different Effects, Tools, Mix and I/O Tabs are shown and demonstrated, as well the Reverb and Monitor Sections.
Create a 30-second song. It can be from scratch or using a combination of MIDI sounds and Live’s sample instruments. Experiment with the sounds you like best. Ableton Live 9 is uniquely powerful audio software, equally strong in helping you create, produce, and perform music. This third, 79-minute class from audio engineer, musician, and producer Brian Jackson is all about working with audio samples. It’s perfect for learning how to record and import sound, work with a wide range of samples, make beats, and warp full tracks. The class culminates with a practical, thorough look at using Live’s sample instruments so that you can achieve the sound you want. Whether you’re a producer, musician, or audio enthusiast, you’ll have all the knowledge you need to create your very own short song.
Mix and export a final track. You can choose to use original recordings, audio samples, or both. Be creative and experiment with sounds you love. Ableton Live is uniquely powerful audio software, equally strong in helping you create, produce, and perform music. This fourth, 1.5-hour class from audio engineer, musician, and producer Brian Jackson covers how to finish and export full tracks. Learn how to balance levels and add reverb in Mixer View. Play with adding Audio FX. Explore why Session View is great for live performance, while Arrangement View is ideal for remixing and production. Whether you’re a musician, producer, or DJ, you’ll have all the knowledge to polish and share a full track that shows off your musical vision.
