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• Sub-Bass Secret #3 Revealed

  Posted on Thursday June 5th, 2008 at 13:59 in amount, attack, audio tutorials, bass, compression, compressor, control, gain, hip hop tips, low, master, mix

  Low pass filtering & targeted EQ methods can work wonders for creating some serious sub-bass textures. But...it still doesn't stop there! Read below to learn how compression is a crucial componen...

• Adding Dynamics for Class and Feel

  Posted on Monday June 2nd, 2008 at 05:41 in audio tutorials, chord, control, d.r.e., decrescendo, duration, effect, feel, grid, hip hop tips, hook, imprecision

  Already, you’re equipped to start producing masterful melodies via your new insight on modes and modal theory. But hold up, let’s not get ahead of ourselves just yet. Modal theory alone isn’t en...

• Sub-Bass Secret #1 Revealed

  Posted on Saturday May 31st, 2008 at 06:12 in amount, audio tutorials, bass, control, filter, frequency, guitar, hip hop tips, instrument, low, mix, pass

  There's nothing more powerful to add to a hip hop mix than smooth "feel it more than hear it" sub-bass! Read below to learn some of the most coveted sub-bass secrets in the industry... Hip-Hop Sub-Bas...

• Advanced Reverbation Part1

  Posted on Friday May 2nd, 2008 at 11:29 in audio tutorials, control, decay, density, depth, duration, effect, effects, energy, floor, frequency, hall

  Advanced Reverbation Series Advanced Reverbation Part1 Advanced Reverbation Part2 Part1 looks at how real reverberant spaces affect the perception of sounds within them, and shows you how your digi...

• Getting more Bass in your Mix

  Posted on Thursday May 1st, 2008 at 14:18 in audio tutorials, bass, compressor, control, curve, duration, effect, equaliser, filter, hugh robjohns, layer, level

  Do you want your bass end to sound bigger, fatter, louder and meaner? One of the first things to realise is that not every listener has great big studio-style monitors at home, so there are two ways t...

• Advanced Compression Techniques Part2

  Posted on Thursday May 1st, 2008 at 14:15 in arrangement, attack, audio tutorials, auto, band, bass, compression, compressor, control, frequency, gain, level

  Advanced Compression Techniques Series Advanced Compression Techniques Part1 Advanced Compression Techniques Part2 Part2 further explores the secrets of successful compression, and explains how to ...

• Tips on compression

  Posted on Wednesday April 30th, 2008 at 13:25 in amount, attack, audio, audio tutorials, bass, compression, compressor, control, effect, effects, kate bush, knee

  The basics Compression basically explained: the reason people ask about compression more than anything is because they find it the hardest concept to understand or hear. A basic explanation I heard wh...

• Thor Polysonic Synthesizer

  Posted on Saturday April 26th, 2008 at 15:38 in amplitude, analogue, array, audio, bus, combination, control, device, devices, filter, interface, melody

  Thor is an advanced synthesizer with many unique features. The design could be described as semi-modular, in that the oscillator and filter sections are open slots that allow the user to select betwee...

• MIDI In Device

  Posted on Saturday April 26th, 2008 at 15:25 in channel, control, device, devices, dialog, external, input, interface, midi, option, port, reason

  Reason’s Hardware Interface can accommodate up to 64 channels of MIDI, divided into 4 buses, each with 16 MIDI channels. There are two basic ways you can route incoming MIDI to Reason devices, w...

• The Matrix

  Posted on Saturday April 26th, 2008 at 04:20 in control, curve, cutoff, delay, device, devices, feedback, filter, gate, input, key, keys

  The Matrix is a pattern-based device. Matrix doesn’t generate sound on its own, but has to be connected to another instrument device. It basically works by sending pattern data in the form of No...

• Subtractor

  Posted on Saturday April 26th, 2008 at 04:05 in analog, combination, control, devices, envelope, filter, filters, frequency, gate, generators, lfos, modulation

  Subtractor is an analog-type polyphonic synthesizer based on subtractive synthesis, the method used in analog synthesizers. This chapter will go through all parameters of each section of Subtractor. T...

• Make Mixes Wider than Ever Before!

  Posted on Saturday April 19th, 2008 at 04:46 in amount, audio tutorials, bus, channel, control, delay, effect, enhancement, feedback, hardware, hip hop tips, input

  Ever come across instruments that sound narrow, bland, or just plain uninspiring? More often than not, the rhythm or performance of the instrument isn’t the problem. Instead, it’s most lik...

• Scream 4

  Posted on Friday April 18th, 2008 at 13:31 in bit, control, damage, destruction, device, devices, distortion, effect, filter, input, insert, instrument

  Scream 4 Sound Destruction Unit Scream 4 is a very versatile stereo in/out sound destruction device, capable of warping any sound literally beyond recognition, but also capable of producing more subtl...