Sonic Academy How To Make How To Make Vocal Melodic House with MAGNUS TUTORIAL This week, we’re bringing you another epic course as part of our Melodic House and Techno Takeover event, we’re super proud to welcome new tutor Euan Allison aka MAGNUS for a vocal masterclass in this genre. With a remarkable track record of over 100… Read More »
Sonic Academy How To Make How To Make Melodic House & Techno with Bound To Divide TUTORIAL Kicking off our Melodic House and Techno Takeover, we’re proud to welcome new tutor Julian van Straten AKA Bound to Divide, as he shares an epic course creating a new track – ‘Reflections’. Using his track ‘Tears’ as a reference, we… Read More »
Sonic Academy How To Sound Like Kavinsky with Taylor Franklyn TUTORIAL This week, we’re proud to welcome new tutor and US-based producer, DJ and Emmy award winning audio engineer – Taylor Franklyn! In this epic course suitable for all abilities, Taylor takes on a recreation of the awesome synthwave track ‘Nightcall’ by Kavinsky. Featured in the movie ‘Drive’,… Read More »
Sonic Academy – Tech Tips Melodic House & Techno Essentials TUTORIAL US Producer, DJ and Audio Engineer Taylor Franklyn is back, and continuing with our Melodic House and Techno Takeover he’s sharing a few tips and tricks to help nail some of the sounds and vibe of this genre. Starting with a quick look at how Melodic Techno… Read More »
Sonic Academy Melodic House & Techno Sound Design TUTORIAL Protoculture’s back with some more Tech Tips as part of our Melodic House and Techno Takeover and over these ten videos we check out some sound design secrets to help you raise your production game! From basses, leads, risers, grooves and best practices when writing lead lines – there’s… Read More »
Sonic Academy How To Sound Like Afterlife with Bluffmunkey TUTORIAL This week Geoff, aka Bluffmunkey, is back with a different take on our usual ‘How To Make’ courses. This time he’s aiming for a certain style, referencing the awesome Melodic Techno Afterlife label and building a track in a genre that he hasn’t attempted before – so, in… Read More »
Sonic Academy How To Sound Like Mataa with Haterade TUTORIAL Haterade’s back with a new ‘How To Make’ course, and this time he’s recreating the classic Bass House track ‘Made In France’ in How To Sound Like Malaa. The mysterious French balaclava-wearing ‘Malaa’ – rumoured to be DJ Snake, DJ Mercer or possibly DJ Sebastien Benett, is signed… Read More »
Groove3 Producing in Different Time Signatures Explained TUTORIAL Are you getting tired of good ol’ 4/4 meter? Well, you’ve come to the right place. In this music meter video course, veteran Groove3 instructor Gary Hiebner presents a master class in time signatures and how to produce songs that step off the beaten path. Not only will you grasp… Read More »
Groove3 Creative Mixing with Adaptive Plugins Explained TUTORIAL If you’re looking to take full advantage of newer mixing tools like dynamic EQ, frequency-based compression, and the like, this is the course for you! Mixing guru Thomas Cochran will teach you several techniques for handling problem areas, layering sounds, shaping transients, achieving balance, and more with adaptive plugins like… Read More »
PML Complete Afro House Start to Finish Academy MULTIFORMAT Take your Afro House tracks to the next level. Explore the sound in the style of artists like Keinemusik, Black Coffee, Nightfreak, Rampa, Adam Port, &Me, Maz, and Stylo, Disclosure, and more! We’ve included a massive state of the art sound library plus you’ll be getting a complete education… Read More »
You Can Master EDM [TUTORIAL] Mastering music has always had a veil of mystery around it. Here is where you can learn that mastering electronic music isn’t a form of black magic or voodoo that only the top engineers in the world are taught. In fact, mastering EDM can be done perfectly well from the home studio. This… Read More »
Bainz mixing ‘Yea Yea Yea’ by Young Thug [TUTORIAL] Explore the boundaries between analog and digital mixing with Bainz. The industry-leading engineer welcomes us back into his studio for a full demonstration of his hybrid mixing workflow. Watch him remix a standout track from Young Thug’s #1 album and learn how to accelerate your mixing practice with the… Read More »
Groove3 iZotope Aurora Explained [TUTORIAL] Who doesn’t love a good reverb? If you’ve struggled with it cluttering up your mixes, however, iZotope’s Aurora has you covered. In this video tutorial series, production wiz Larry Holcombe walks you through this new intelligent reverb plugin step by step, detailing the function of each feature and parameter and demonstrating how it… Read More »
Groove3 Tech House Production Explained [TUTORIAL] Join electronic production guru Larry Holcombe for a comprehensive video course on creating and producing tech house music! In this series, you’ll learn how to select and create the right instruments, work with samples and loops, add effects to build tension and add excitement, layer sounds for maximum impact, and much more.… Read More »
Logic Pro Mastering Assistant 2.0 [TUTORIAL] Apple introduced the Mastering assistant plugin in Logic Pro 10.8. It can help you to create usable, loud, clear masters of your productions and mixes that translate well on other systems outside your own studio environment. Mastering audio and music doesn’t have to be covered in mysteries any longer. Olav Basoski explains… Read More »