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Workflow tips for crafting a new track from a template This week’s tutorial video deals with creating a starting point for a track, from a template that we previously created. One of the first things I do when starting a track from a template is to create a “main hook”, for those who don’t know […]
Let’s expand on creating template projects from scratch Last week we discussed creating your own template projects from scratch, let’s expand that by adding synths and effects. When creating my template projects, I like to load up most of the plugins that I use very regularly, beforehand. That way I don’t have to break the […]
Creating template projects to speed up workflow Creating your own template projects is a great way to speed up your workflow. The beauty of creating your own template projects is that you have full control to do things how you’re most comfortable, if you use plugins that you already know then you don’t have to […]
UVI Falcon 2 in-depth walkthrough UVI Falcon 2 recently got released, it introduced several new elements from a new additive oscillator to two Euclidean sequencers. One of the biggest new additions to UVI Falcon 2 is the new Additive Oscillator, it features several nifty parameters for shaping your sound in various ways. The interesting thing […]
Creating Pads and Atmospheres with Kilohearts Phase Plant Creating Pads and Atmospheres using very simple waveforms with Kilohearts Phase Plant. One of my favourite ways of creating pads and atmospheres is to create a stack of very simple waveforms and play with the tuning and unison settings to create variations. Kilohearts Phase Plant is particularly […]
The basics of gates and expanders for mixing and sound design Gates and expanders work in the opposite way to compressors, instead of decreasing peaks they work below the threshold. In a previous tutorial, we discussed compressors and the theory behind how they work, now we’re looking into gates and expanders, which work with similar […]
Creating wavetables from scratch in Kilohearts Phase Plant Last week we created wavetables by importing samples into Kilohearts Phase Plant, today we’re looking at creating wavetables from scratch. In last week’s tutorial video, we looked at importing samples to use as wavetables in Kilohearts Phase Plant, the wavetable editor is also a fantastic platform for […]
Importing Samples into Kilohearts Phase Plant wavetable editor Importing samples and editing wavetables with the host of effects built into Kilohearts Phase Plant wavetable editor. I’ve mentioned various times that one of my favourite things about Kilohearts Phase Plant is the fact that all of the advanced editors and menus use popup windows, allowing you […]
The theory and practice behind using compressors in mixing In order to truly harness the power of compressors, one needs to understand the fundamentals of what’s happening under-the-hood. I generally like to break up the use of compressors into two distinct categories – corrective compression deals with fixing certain issues which you may have in […]
Creating kick drums from scratch with Kilohearts Phase Plant The open architecture and routing capabilities in Kilohearts Phase Plant make creating kick drums a breeze. Today we are looking at creating a kick drum from scratch with Kilohearts Phase Plant. This plugin is particularly awesome for creating kick drums because of the fact that you […]
