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Live 12 is an incredible update – and the biggest part of it is the newly improved Piano Roll. Now it’s an incredible tool for creating rhythmic patterns – especially with the updated Drum Rack. From the huge set of rhythm-oriented updates, we’ve picked our top 9. These techniques can significantly improve your drum programming workflow in the new edition of Ableton. Let’s get started! 1. Chopping notes on grid This technique is great for creating regular rhythms – for example for hi-hats. To use this function, you can right click a chosen MIDI note and select “Chop notes on…
So you’ve worked hard on recording and arranging your music track. Next, comes the mixing and mastering process.Well, is it worth paying a professional to mix and master your music tracks? Is it better cost-wise to simply learn how to mix and master yourself?A plain answer to whether it’s worth paying for professional mixing and mastering comes down to figuring out what you’re planning to do with your music tracks.If you’re planning to release an album, then yes – by all means pay a professional studio to mix and master your track. But if you’re making music as a hobby…
Discover tips for getting huge-sounding pro guitar recordings. In this video, Grammy-winning producer Jacquire King (Tom Waits, Kings of Leon) walks you through the guitar recording chain he used to record guitar/drum duo, Robot Monster at UA headquarters in Santa Cruz, California. Wanting to capture the spontaneous energy of a live performance, and get a wide, fat guitar sound without doubling, King split the guitar’s signal three ways so he can add individual processing and pan the signals for max width and tone. Watch as he shows you how he uses OX Amp Top Box to capture the tube amp…
Jimmy Kimmel is now the biggest, the largest. Texas’ very own BigXthaPlug made his late-night TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform his hit songs “The Largest” and “Mmhmm.” But before he hit the stage, the Dallas native gave Jimmy his official “Chaining Day” by gifting the late-night host a custom chain made by The Ice Champ featuring a Slab layered on top of the state of Texas as the pendant. “I just wanted to bring by this gift for you,” he told the host in a video shared to the show’s Instagram Stories. When Kimmel said he didn’t have to…
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Image Image Credit Prince Williams / Contributor via Getty Images Image Size landscape-medium DaBaby is the latest rapper to become a live streamer, which is something a lot of artists have been cashing in on lately. On Monday (March 14) night, the “Suge” artist officially joined Twitch with an unsurprisingly energetic freestyle over GELO’s viral hit “Tweaker.” “I put the autopilot on the Tesla and light up the blunt and then swerve in the truck / Them n**gas wasn’t even gon’ rest s**t, wasn’t no press s**t, nervous as f**k,” DaBaby rapped, later comparing himself to Boosie Badazz in 2006.…
VST Buzz has announced an exclusive limited time promotion on the Italian Harpsichord 1540 sample library for Kontakt by Realsamples.Experience the realsamples Italian Harpsichord 1540, a meticulously sampled instrument from around 1540, one of the earliest preserved Italian harpsichords. Its typical light Italian construction delivers a beautifully resonant tone.Captured with extensive round robin sampling for incredibly smooth and musical trills and fast passages, this library for Kontakt (full version required) offers authentic meantone temperament at its original 402 Hz, along with 440 Hz presets in both meantone and equal temperament.The library is on sale for only $19.95 USD until May…
Live 12 is an incredible update – and the biggest part of it is the newly improved Piano Roll. Now it’s an incredible tool for creating melodic patterns and chords – especially with the updated scale features and generative tools. From the huge set of harmony-oriented updates, we’ve picked our top 7. These techniques can significantly improve your composition workflow in the new edition of Ableton. Let’s get started! 1. Piano Roll Arpeggiator Before, Arpeggiator was only in the form of a MIDI device. In Live 12, you are able to create arpeggios straight from the Piano Roll – without having…
I started a small recording studio back in the year 2008. During that time, asides from working on music and audio recording, I also extended to audio editing services.An audio job I often got then, was to remove vocals from music. My clients were people who wanted to turn their favorite songs into karaoke versions so that they can sing on top of it.Back then, to remove vocals from music, I either used Audacity’s Vocal Reduction and Isolation effect or an audio phasing cancellation technique. The end result (listen below) was often not that great. This was because the vocal…
Your guide to getting album-ready vocals in any genre. Finding the perfect vocal sound is a daunting task. Beyond getting a great performance, you need to have the right equipment. But with a quality microphone, recording interface, and plug-ins you can easily take your recordings from the bright chart-topping sounds heard on modern pop recordings, to warm vintage tones of early rock, motown, and R&B. In this video we’ll show you how to capture album ready vocals in any genre, all with a single Sphere DLX modeling microphone and selection of UAD plug-ins. Modern Pop For this setup we’re recreating…