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percussion sounds

Creating percussion sounds from scratch with FM synthesis

May 4, 2020 By Dash Glitch

Creating percussion sounds from scratch with FM synthesis Let’s explore using FM synthesis to create a huge variety of drum and percussion sounds from scratch. We’ve looked at the more traditional electronic percussion synthesis methods, using white noise and applying subtractive methods to shape the tone and envelope of the sound. Using FM to create […]

Tagged With: drum, fm synthesis, modulation, percussion sounds from scratch, snare, Synth Filed Under: Tech Tutorials

Arturia Pigments 2

Creating melodies and random leads using Arturia Pigments 2

April 20, 2020 By Dash Glitch

Creating melodies and random leads using Arturia Pigments 2 Arturia Pigments 2 is currently free on a temporary license, so let’s create melodies and random leads using the plugin. Arturia Pigments 2 has several really awesome features for creating both melodies and random leads. We’ve looked at several examples of these random Sine leads, some […]

Tagged With: Arturia Pigments, melodies and random leads, Quantize, random, Synth Filed Under: Tech Tutorials

Voltage Modular Nucleus

Voltage Modular Nucleus is currently free – How to get started…

April 14, 2020 By Dash Glitch

Voltage Modular Nucleus is currently free – How to get started… Let’s investigate Voltage Modular Nucleus – the modular synth plugin that is currently free while the world is on lockdown. Voltage Modular Nucleus is a watered-down version of the modular synth plugin. It’s currently free while the world is on lockdown, so let’s look […]

Tagged With: Free, Lockdown, Modular, Plugin, tutorial, Voltage Modular Nucleus Filed Under: Tech Tutorials

Forest Psytrance synth sounds

How to create randomized Forest Psytrance synth sounds

April 6, 2020 By Dash Glitch

How to create randomized Forest Psytrance synth sounds Let’s look at a couple of techniques for creating randomized Forest Psytrance synth sounds in Serum and other plugins. For these random Forest Psytrance synth sounds, there’s usually two ways I go about it. The idea is to create random pitch modulation using sample & hold and […]

Tagged With: Arturia, Filter, Forest Psytrance synth sounds, Modular, S&H, Serum Filed Under: Tech Tutorials

Steinberg Cubase Mixing Console

Steinberg Cubase Mixing Console Tips & Tricks

March 20, 2020 By Dash Glitch

Steinberg Cubase Mixing Console Tips & Tricks There are a ton of features that make the Steinberg Cubase Mixing Console such an invaluable tool, let’s investigate. One of my most used features, although not a huge game-changer I will admit – is the visibility controls within the Steinberg Cubase Mixing Console. This allows you to […]

Tagged With: eq, mixer, panning, Steinberg Cubase Mixing Console, tutorial, workflow Filed Under: Tech Tutorials

Cubase Control Room

Understanding Cubase Control Room

March 13, 2020 By Dash Glitch

Understanding  Cubase Control Room Cubase has an incredibly nifty feature that goes under the radar to a lot of users – The Cubase Control Room channel. The concept is simple, the Control Room is an extra channel that exists outside of the project, which you can load plugins such as analysers and other helpful tools […]

Tagged With: analysis, Control Room, cubase, reference, render, Sonarworks Filed Under: Tech Tutorials

audio editing tips

Advanced audio editing tips and tricks for Cubase

March 6, 2020 By Dash Glitch

Advanced audio editing tips and tricks for Cubase Today we’re looking at some advanced audio editing tips and the amazing capabilities that set Steinberg Cubase apart from the competition. Steinberg Cubase’s audio editing capabilities are extensive and will probably need several tutorials to cover everything, however today I want to cover a few of the […]

Tagged With: audio editing, cubase, Music production, recording, Steinberg, tutorial Filed Under: Tech Tutorials

Steinberg Cubase

Beginner’s guide to preferences and MIDI in Steinberg Cubase

February 28, 2020 By Dash Glitch

Beginner’s guide to preferences and MIDI in Steinberg Cubase One of the greatest aspects of Steinberg Cubase is the ability to fine-tune the preferences to suit your exact needs. For beginners to the Steinberg Cubase platform, a lot of the preferences and setup options can be daunting, the fear of potentially messing something up by […]

Tagged With: DAW, MIDI, Production, setup, steinberg cubase, tutorial Filed Under: Tech Tutorials

How to create Formant-like sounds without a Formant Filter

February 14, 2020 By Dash Glitch

How to create Formant-like sounds without a Formant Filter Today’s music production tutorial deals with creating Formant-like sounds in a plugin that doesn’t have a dedicated Formant Filter. One thing that newcomers to u-he’s Hive 2 might be underwhelmed by is the lack of dedicated formant filter types – however, the versatility of the filters […]

Tagged With: Filter, Formant filter, Hive 2, pluck, sound, tutorial Filed Under: Tech Tutorials

hitech leads

Techniques for creating Hitech Psytrance leads and effects

February 10, 2020 By Dash Glitch

Techniques for creating Hitech Psytrance leads and effects Today we’re delving into the darker side of Psytrance, let’s look at a couple of techniques for creating Hitech leads. The main idea here is to create a patch with a variety of macro controls and random generators and then record a long passage of the synth […]

Tagged With: hitech leads, Music production, psytrance, sound design, techniques Filed Under: Tech Tutorials

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