Live Streams Archives - Page 7 of 7 - Desert Sound Colony Tutorials

LIVE STREAM 05. – Writing A Banger Live With You All

May 3, 2020

In today's session I am going to start a new track from scratch and work on it for 45 minutes or so. Then we can have a chat about what I've done and I can answer any questions. I am going to try and incorporate some sounds and samples that you lovely people suggested on Instagram. Feel free to chime in with suggestions in the chat room throughout and I will use them if I think they will work. In a way this is going to be like a big group collaboration :D Super duper fun times!

LIVE STREAM 04. – Track Walk Through – Aunt Wendy’s Wedding In Wales

Apr 26, 2020

Sorry about the technicals with the stream earlier. This one at 5pm should be more stable I hope! Today I am going to be taking a look through the project file for my track Aunt Wendy's Wedding In Wales which came out on Holding Hands in 2018. You can click on the reminder button on the Youtube video to get an alert when the stream starts and you can ask questions in the comments box before the stream starts if you wish as well. Catch you on the stream!

LIVE STREAM 03. Track Walk Through: Desert Sound Colony – Mox Diamond

Apr 19, 2020

Today I am going to be taking a look through the project file for my track Mox Diamond which came out on On Loop last November. We will go through each individual part. How I wrote it and how everything fits together.

LIVE STREAM 02. – Preparing a Track for Mix Down

Apr 15, 2020

In this video I go through my process for getting a track ready to mix down. I explain why I choose to keep my writing and mix down projects separate form each other and why I prefer to mix just using audio. Why prepare a mix this way rather than just mix as you go? - When you mix as you go you get excited about adding in more parts and you forget to methodically mix each element.- You often end up just fighting fires. Fixing one element and then realising that it’s messed up another. - Mixing from stems...

LIVE STREAM 01. Mix Down Walk Through – Desert Sound Colony – Pompey Cruiser

Apr 15, 2020

In this video I go step by step through the processes that I used to mix down my track Pompey Cruiser that came out on Holding Hands last month. I cover EQ, compression, distortion, creating an interesting stereo image, tape emulation and much more. Here's a general guide to making your way through a mix down Before you start make sure you have watched my video on getting a track ready to mix. - On Logic Pro increase size of the waveforms with “Waveform Zoom” - All tracks should have a compressor and then an EQ on them. - I...