Archive | Production Tips
Posted on 12 December 2010. Tags: maschine courses, maschine help, maschine tips, maschine training, maschine tutorial, maschine tutorials, Native Instruments
Just a quick update, something I’ve been working on for quite a while and finally feel close enough to spill the beans. I will be opening up an exclusive Maschine tutorial site soon, I’ve been getting quite a lot of inquiries about Maschine tutorials, courses, etc…so I been working hard on bringing something useful to [...]
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Posted on 30 November 2010. Tags: how to produce music, lady the producHer, music production tips, studio noize
Yo, just wanted to share another dope article I came across visiting one of the sites I like to read…this one is from Lady The ProduHer over at Studio Noize Check it out, and make sure you go over and show her some love! article posted below: Music is a strong force in our living! [...]
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Posted on 17 November 2010. Tags: audio eq tips, basic eq frequencies, eq frequency chart, future music, how to eq
First let me qualify this by saying, I’m NOT an engineer, I have friends that are, and I ask them tons of questions when I have them. That said, I get a lot of folks asking me about EQ/Mixing, and I have plans to have my buddies share some tips on this site when their [...]
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Posted on 03 November 2010. Tags: akai mpc, asr 10, asr x, emu mophatt, mv 8000, novation supernova, roland fantom, software vs hardware, sp 1200
Man…when I decided to post my little experiment yesterday I didn’t think it would be so fun and popular. We really got some very, very, interesting ideas going and that’s what I love about yall, always down to speak your minds. For those that missed it, go read the post: Do drums sound better in [...]
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Posted on 02 November 2010. Tags: akai mpc, asr 10, maschine, mpc 1000, mpc 2500, mpc 3000, mpc 4000, mpc 5000, mpc 60, Native Instruments, sp 1200
Ever since I can remember software (computers) being a tool for music creation, there’s always been an argument as to which one sounds better. Of course I always felt sound was very subjective and too many factors go into the end result to really say. Some use software but have analog (hardware) processing that gives [...]
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Posted on 25 October 2010. Tags: halion, halion sonic, hypersonic 2, motif rack, motif vst, motif xf, motif xs, steinberg, vst workstation, yamaha
Hey I’m just following up on my review of Steinberg’s Halion Sonic to show off some more of the sounds. Since there are so many I wanted to come back and explore some of the specific sections because I know people want to hear more of the sounds in a workstation vst like this one. [...]
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Posted on 19 October 2010. Tags: beatmaker, construction loop sets, hip hop, musician, producer, producer's edge magazine
Okay, yall know we’ve had this discussion numerous times. And you also know if I have my choice I usually go for a huge collection of various loops broken down by sound type over the construction kit format. And with my construction kits I will usually break them down this way anyway. BUT….. my answer [...]
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Posted on 11 October 2010. Tags: maschine, maschine forum, maschine network, maschine tutorial, maschine user community, Native Instruments
People with similar interests love to get together and hang out, share tips, ideas, or just chill. Sorta like all the crazy folks like me that love to make music…..yeah that’s you I saw there was really no place for various Maschine users to connect and network. We mostly visit the official NI forums, but [...]
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Posted on 04 October 2010. Tags: music computer, music computing, musiccomputing.com, victor wong
Hey remember I told you I had some good news about the former CEO of Openlabs?…. Official press release below…I wanted to tell you sooner but you know how it goes Music Computing™ Launches Ten New Products Includes: Large Format Multi-Touch Screen Controllers, MacBook® Music Production Station Docksand Keyboard Production Stations at Unbelievable Prices and [...]
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Posted on 02 October 2010. Tags: akai mpc, keygroups, maschine, mpc vs maschine, Native Instruments
This is just part of a short series I’m doing trying to answer some of the common questions I get for folks used to using an MPC and seeing how terms and functions relate to Maschine. This one just quickly covers what a “sound” is in Maschine and how it relates to samples and keygroups. [...]
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Posted on 26 September 2010. Tags: best service, east west, spectrasonics, synthogy, try plugins online for free, try-sound
Hey just a quick post and video to show you a website that I’ve been watching for a little while. It’s called Try-Sound.com and yes, it lets you virtually try tons of plugins for free, legally…it’s pretty dope. It sets up a virtual console connection to their servers, and let’s you book session time to [...]
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Posted on 26 August 2010. Tags: akai mpc, asr 10, beat kangz samples, beat thang, beat thang virtual, extreme sample converter, korg triton, maschine, motu bpm, roland fantom
This is just a quick video I put together showing how to use sounds from beat thang virtual in Maschine. Of course it will work for other programs too, but Maschine has some features that makes it pretty easy and quick to do. A lot of folks that have BTV are always looking for ways [...]
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