Wanted to let you guys know about this plugin, as this one truly is worth the "price". Sure there are tons of free plugins out there, but not all of them make a difference in your toolbox.
2020-11-28 15:19:28 +0000 UTC View PostA quickie here, relating to what I'm asked often: "Where should my kick level peak in the mix in terms of dB?"
A lot of producers look for peak-based info. So let's see.
I've never vouched for the "mix by numbers" thing.
Why?
Different drums can peak very differ...
2020-11-27 07:39:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Facebook reminded me of this one (I used to post a ton of music stuff on Facebook over the years), and I thought this is still a very legit technique.
Allows you to place a sample of any length on song start and then start the song right after the sample and still keep the relevant bar structu...
![🔈 [VIDEO] Bass tone design + bass sample pack news! 🔊](https://img5.doujinstars.com/storage/5/ne/ty/a4542c-019e835a-e6c4-77f3-95a6-37453644c864.jpg)
Alright guys, two things!
1) Here’s a video on how I design bass tones using my favorite saturator, Saturn 2 by Fabfilter.
Video will say more than words would, so feel free to watch it!
2) As I really like bass design, here’s a thought. As you’ve seen, the...
I promised to some of you I'd upload the Serum basses as audio before the week is over.
So, here they are in .aiff format!
2020-11-08 17:43:49 +0000 UTC View Post
15 bass sounds for Serum for you guys – get them here!
(once again pls dont share the link, but do give a friend a nudge to join!)
What kind of stuff is it?
I've uploaded the tracks of the opening song, "Place Of Color", from my new house EP.
Get them here!
This is the only song from the EP that I can open, as the others ...
2020-11-01 09:24:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Here you go: the just-released HAUS EP vol. 2 tunes for ya!
I could do stems of Place Of Color if anyone wants (the other two projects just crash and not sure when a fix will come)
Might as well bring my music to my Patreon a bit!
Here's three exclusive D&B tracks to download.
• "Headhuntersjuke". A new unreleased 160 BPM foot...
Doing a testdrive with Backbone, a plugin that resynthesizes your drumsounds, splits them into two parts, and lets you tweak them under the hood.
Can be used in a way that makes sense and enhances yourdrumsounds, but it also lends itself well for creative options.
Ahoy all plugin lovers (I assume that is all of us here, hehe)!
Now that we have a nice number of people in the house…I thought we might try having a shared discussion.
Who doesn’t like good free plugins? I thought we might share our findings.
I’ll start by posting a few g...
2020-10-17 13:01:25 +0000 UTC View Post![[VIDEO] Making broken beats / jungle / DNB beats (with Addictive Drums 2)](https://img5.doujinstars.com/storage/12/zs/gw/a4542c-019e835a-e6c2-7f41-9a7b-7e9b2a3d60aa.jpg)
Time to get busy with making broken beats!
What does it mean that beats are “broken"?
How to make DNB / jungle?
Let me show and explain.
I’m using Addictive Drums 2.
I’ll also do a Part 2 later, getting deeper with processing.
Will also put out some breaks as audio thr...
Just wanted to say hi again to everybody! :-)
The new mixing article brought in a lot of new members, so thanks to both all you new peeps as well as all older members. I can assure you I'll be providing you with fresh content.
I hope you've all been productive! I'm having a quick da...
This is all based on having worked as a mix engineer and a producer for a long time.
A lot of this is something I work on in every client mix and also discuss with my clients and producers...
Hi guys!
I hope everyone's been busy.
While I'm still working on the next two posts (mixing post, then video), I wanted to dig up this vlog post from a few years back.
It's about motivation in making music, musical career, and rewards.
I didn't make much no...
Showing you how you can use the FM synthesis feature of Ableton Sampler to add a bit of tone to your samples.
Adding a bit of “audibleness” to a kick and an 808 bass here.
2020-09-06 09:07:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Alrightly Patreonians!
I get asked about plugins a lot, and I wanted to do a post about some of the plugins I use the most.
I have and use WAY more plugins than these, but these are the ones I use by far the most in mixing, music production and mastering (this p...
2020-08-16 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
(I'm still working on My most used plugins post…will come SOON though! It just takes a lot of writing, but will be worth it)
What I know about many mu...
Really just wanted to say it real quick: thank you!
I'm honestly extremely grateful to all of you who're "here" and who have subscribed.
It's started WAY nicer than I anticipated, which most definitely fuels my fire doing this.
I hope you all have been able to work on music dur...
Let's have a little refresher about what makes the Ableton Auto Filter so "auto" and useful!
2020-08-02 06:32:42 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a pack of bass sounds I recorded from my analog Microbrute synth. It’s a small, monophonic beast that creates some pretty hefty bass sounds. The sounds in the pack are not anything super dirty,...
2020-07-19 12:52:26 +0000 UTC View Post
I want to be doing these mixing quicktips every now and then instead of doing videos every time...so here's mixing quicktip #1.
When I was young and learning this and that about music production (man, there wasn't much info online back then!), my biggest mistake in boosting kicks, when I w...
Here's a quick public demo video of the SP-12 Drum Rack for Ableton Live 10.
It's available for paying members.
To get it, access the post that was done before this one and you'll find a download link there.
If you want to just "buy" this and not become a member:<...
Alright dear Patrons!
Here's the SP-12 drum sounds in a nice Ableton Live Drum Rack format:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ujayfapz839925z/SP-12%20Rack.zip?dl=0
Earlier I posted an audi...
If compression is a bit of a gray area for you, this crash course video will demonstrate to you what it is. I'm using Live's stock compressor, which is a very useful compressor in most compression scenarios.
2020-07-10 07:25:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Been working on some house lately, and decided to record for ya'll all the in-built drumsounds of my beloved E-MU SP-12.
Showing you a quick tip and one of my favorite mixing “tricks” with FabFilter Pro-Q3: sidechained dynamic EQing.
Basically one track is telling the EQ on another track to cut the signal whenever the signal plays.
You can use this in a very broad "compressor style" or get very specific. ...
(I wrote this in 2015, but it still largely applies)
Every once in a while, I get asked for some general tips for making music by those who haven't been maki...
Yo guys!
Wanted to do a quick tip on how to "de-reverb" some drumloops.
Technically this could be done with any gate, but I'm using Izotope Trash 2 here.
Oi guys!
I hope everyone's feeling goooood entering the weekend and working on some studio stuff.
Me, just opened a classy brew after a long studio work week, working on some beats.
Two things:
1) new video coming SOON – a nice little mixing tip using a plugi...