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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 […]
Tips and tricks for creating tension in your electronic music Basic music theory and sound design tips and tricks for creating tension in your electronic music tracks. So your track sounds great, you’ve got the sound waxed but it’s lacking a bit in the arrangement – Here are some simple tips and tricks for adding […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Basic concepts every producer should know about drum programming Let’s discuss a couple of basic concepts to help improve your drum programming… Programming a very realistic percussion rhythm can be tricky at first, however, a lot can be learned from how an actual drummer plays. Here’s a look at a couple of basic concepts that […]
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 […]
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 […]
