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.
A 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 ...
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 ...
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...
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!
15 bass sounds for Serum for you guys – get them here!
(once again...
2020-11-05 14:04:20 +0000 UTC View Post
I've uploaded the tracks of the opening song, "Place Of Color", from my new house EP.
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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 co...
Might as well bring my music to my Patreon a bit!
Here's three exclusive D&B tracks to download.
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 enh...
2020-10-20 11:22:49 +0000 UTC View Post
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 ...
2020-10-17 13:01:25 +0000 UTC View Post
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 a...
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 ...
This is all based on having worked as a mix engineer and a producer for a long time.
A l...
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
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 t...
2020-08-16 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
(I'm still working on My most used plugins post…will come SOON...
2020-08-13 15:12:42 +0000 UTC View PostReally 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...
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 be...
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 produc...
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 down...
Alright dear Patrons!
Here's the SP-12 drum sounds in a nice Ableton Live Drum Rack format:
2020-07-11 12:14:15 +0000 UTC
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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 ...
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 drumsou...
2020-06-28 17:32:50 +0000 UTC View Post
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 when...
(I wrote this in 2015, but it still largely applies)
Every onc...
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.