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How To Finish A Track Part 1 – Location Markers Arrangement

May 27, 2020

It's a problem as old as time. You get a sick loop going, everything is feeling vibesy as hell. You're dancing around the studio having the time of your life and feeling like bloody David Guetta crossed with Dr. Dre. All of a sudden the realisation hits you. You can't accept the Grammy just yet, because you haven't arranged the loop into a full track yet... You stare at the big grey expanse of the timeline with nothing on it and your heart sinks. How are you meant to fill all that space with your sick loop? Which bits...

Using Audiomovers To Collaborate Remotely

May 20, 2020

I recently came across a total game changer of a plugin called Audiomovers which you can find here: https://audiomovers.com/ With this plugin you can not only listen to another person's DAW remotely at full resolution but you can actually record from your DAW to theirs live without latency as well. Once you combine this with some screen sharing and remote control of the cursor via Zoom you can actually have pretty much a full live collaboration going on. Next level! This is obviously more appropriate than ever during lockdown so I thought I would make a tutorial showing you...

Creating A Custom Slice Preset And How To Warp And Slice Up A Break

May 6, 2020

Today I am going to go through the process of warping and slicing up a drum break so you can play all it's sections on a sampler. I will also show you how to create a custom slice preset so that your sample plays just how you want. Creating The Slice Preset 1. Insert a new Drum Rack 2. Insert a Simpler onto one of the empty pads 3. Open Macro controls for that Sampler by clicking on the first black circle with a little dial on it just below the yellow circle that turns that drum rack on and...

Where Do You Get The Bass Lines? Part 1

Apr 22, 2020

The number one question I get asked by producers is without a doubt, "where do you get the bass lines?" Well in todays video I will take a look at bass lines from three of my tracks. This is a part 1 and I will continue to look at various bass lines in detail as I make more videos. The tracks that I looked at in this video were: Pompey Cruiser - Holding Hands Control Yourself - Rhythm Section The Bruce - Holding Hands

Ableton Tips And Tricks Part 1

Apr 15, 2020

[You will be directed to FB to catch this one, as not possible to embed here ;-)] Heya folks, Got some Ableton goodies here for you to check out. Phat Beats. Armageddon On The Streets1. 2-step beat with no swing.- Add tambourine loop- Have a default channel strip saved with an EQ with a low cut already on it to save time.- I also have my default midi channel with a sampler and an EQ on it. 2. Add swing from the groove pool- Try some various options from the 16s 3. Add some random velocity from MIDI Effects -...

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...