Dope old (rare?) funk break sample (DOWNLOAD)
I sample things all the damn time. There's no end to it.
I hear something great – I will sample it.
I also go to record stores and buy a bit of this and that.
Sometimes I buy re...
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Twitch DJ session Jan 1, 2023 [video download]
Got my monthly DJ show rolling via Twitch.
👉🏻HERE... 2023-01-01 17:10:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you / new year's resolutions / what's ahead
I hope everyone's had a really good and inspirational holiday period!
As the old year comes to a close and a new one is around the corner, I first wanted to say big thanks to everyon...
2022-12-31 15:11:17 +0000 UTC View Post🥵 Top 10 worst DJ experiences 😰
Every DJ gets some really bad experiences sometimes. Travelling ones especially.
Let's talk about...
2022-12-29 13:22:03 +0000 UTC View Post"Legacy" (Metalheadz) song walkthru [VIDEO]
Merry Xmas – I’ve got some viewing for all you DNB headz for when you’re wildly downing that eggnog!
Here’s a walkthru of my Metalheadz song, Legacy.
It's the s...
2022-12-23 10:46:16 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate!
(yeah, correct, it is a bike in that pic – I took it outside the house an hour ago...we've got some snow here!)
So wanted to do a quick update on things to come and what's been.
You may ...
20 fresh snares! (download)
You remember Uncle Fanu promised to hit you up with some snares soon?
Well here they are!
2022-11-27 09:59:34 +0000 UTC
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Pro-Q3 kick/bass sidechain
Pro-Q3 kick/bass sidechain
So in a nutshell, place the EQ on your bass track.
Activate sidechain view to see ...
Amazing speech sample source
Always willing to inspire others, I wanted to let you know about this cool speech sample source site because it's...
2022-11-20 10:07:02 +0000 UTC View PostGotta love good EQing! (static vs dynamic EQing)
I'll soon have a new batch of fresh drumsounds coming for you, but check this. Cutting the audio gunk out of your signal AND then boosting – dynamically! ...
2022-11-19 10:53:38 +0000 UTC View PostCan you kick it? Have some fresh kickdrums! (DOWNLOAD)
Who wants some kickdrums?
2022-11-06 14:23:21 +0000 UTC View PostWhy should you limit your master?
I got this question:
"Would there be any benefit to temporarily putting a limiter on the master in order to highlight any issues in the mix (I mean would it highlight anything too lou...
2022-11-06 08:49:37 +0000 UTC View PostFilthy modular bass action with Ableton Oscillot (Max For Live)
Modular bass growl filth with Ableton Live from scratch? Hold my beer!
Using the modular Oscillot synth (a M4L pack).
Let's...
Breakbeat session: Rock Dirge [video, 40+ mins]
So let's get this breakbeat thing rolling!
Got lots of requests for that.
Breaks content will come…on Patreon
Ez ya'll!
Just letting you know that I've been planning the Patreon horizon, and a lot of the recent requests have to do with jungle and chopping breaks.
I've been into that for some 25 y...
Denoising a drum loop with new Bitwig Loud Split plugin [video]
Audio enginerding stuff here!
Seems the Loud Split plugin of Bitwig's new Spectral pack is pretty nice for controlling the amount of noise in a signal.
Making drums les...
2022-10-07 11:50:14 +0000 UTC View PostVital synth bassics!
A good request was, "Could you show how to create basses with Vital?" so hey let's do just that!
Vital is a great-sounding FREE wavetable-synth you should grab.
So let me show you how to crea...
Let's create dope new drumsounds from scratch or emulate them with Backbone DrumGAN! [video]
I really want to let you know about this new DrumGAN feature of Steinberg Backbone.
It can create new ...
Let's create techstep DNB beats! (Alien Girl drums) [25-minute video]
I recently did a nice session with a patron using a drumloop he gave me, which is the original drumloop that was used in the classic Alien Girl tune by Ed Rush, Optical and Fierce.
So here's...
Create a healthy sub bass with Serum (fix the Reese bass / two-oscillator sub bass drift problem) [video]
It's easy and fun to create two-oscillator basses such as Reese basses with Serum, as they sound lively due to the movement caused by two detuned oscillators.
However, this often causes a probl...
Clipper vs limiter [20-minute video]
Today, I'm telling you about using limiters and clippers.
Where they differ, what's similar, when you should use either, and so on.
Join me for this 20-minute audio engineering lecture!
2022-08-07 08:00:34 +0000 UTC
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Short Studio Masterclass #3 [video]
👉🏻Watch here 👈🏻
(no sharing, as it's Pat...
Coming up this weekend…exclusive video stuff!
Aye ya'll!
Just letting you know briefly that very soon I'll be publishing the first episode of my new miniseries, Short Studio Sessions.
In those sessions, I'll ...
Twitch stream 24 July (video archive / download)
First STEAMY SUNDAY STREAM on Twitch is done!
• 2022-07-24 15:52:06 +0000 UTC
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First Twitch session (Jul 24)
So I’ve decided to start streaming DJ sets via Twitch (I may make downloads Patreon-exclusive)
First test stream is happening today, and very soon.
2022-07-24 10:25:59 +0000 UTC
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Free download from the archives
Here’s an old one from the archives!
Fanu: “Hämärä”
(Soundcloud has downloads enabled)
This is 10–15 years old!
I sampled a Finnish vo...
2022-07-17 09:20:35 +0000 UTC View PostLet's talk about mixing kicks! [VIDEO]
I received a good question: what do I take into account in mixing kicks?
2022-07-09 09:03:01 +0000 UTC View PostGet SP-12 drums! .wav, Ableton drum rack, Bitwig, Redux/Renoise! (download)
Slamming you with SP-12 drums sampled from my SP-12 AND instruments for Ableton Live 10 & 11, Bitwig Studio, and Redux/Renoise.
If you've been hanging around on my Patreon long enough, y...
Sound design tip: oldskool jungle style timestretch! (Bitwig)
Been digging more and more into Bitwig Studio, and wanted to find out how to do this oldskool jungle type timestretch effect. Here's two similar ways!
First method is very interesting and more ...
Song walkthru video: Amos Keato - Some Dread Purpose (Fanu Remix)
Class is in session!
Here comes a video (47 mins) walkthru of my recent remix for Make Or...