In this tutorial, Mo Volans approaches the popular subject of mastering from a different angle. He’ll show you the bare essentials, not just in plugins, but also in workflow. He’ll take an EDM track that doesn’t have much wrong with it, and quickly get it ready to play in a club or to friends. Note: This is not the advised route if you’re going for a full release through a label.
Category: Production
Logic Pro X & Logic Remote – How it Works: A New Type of Manual – The Visual Approach
“Logic Pro X – How it Works” is not only the first manual available for Apple’s new music production app “Logic Pro X”, it is the most comprehensive one. On 359 letter size, full color pages, the author explains the app in great detail with additional background information that is often required to fully understand specific features.
Many of the information regarding the functionality of Logic Pro X is found neither in the official documentation nor anywhere else. Logic Pro X is a very deep and sometimes complex application that users (beginners and pros alike) often struggle with. This is where the unique approach of the Graphically Enhanced Manuals series come in. No matter how complex or complicated the subject is, the author provides easy to understand graphics and diagrams that let the reader understand and master the material.
Logic Remote Manual
“Logic Remote (iPad) – How it Works” from the GEM series (Graphically Enhanced Manuals) explains Apple’s brand new iPad app “Logic Remote” with rich illustrations and diagrams that are not found in any other manual or even in Apple’s own documentation. This 68 pages letter size book presents this software application in great detail with that easy to understand, visual approach. This book is in fact the only comprehensive manual for this app.
Logic Pro X – How it Works: A new type of manual – the visual approach
Logic Remote (iPad) – How it Works: A new type of manual – the visual approach
Howto: Render Output From MIDI Fx Plugins To MIDI Region Logic Pro X
AudioCR has released Midi FX Freeze, a free AU plug-in for Mac OS X that allows freezing of new Logic Pro X MIDI plug-ins such as chorder or arpeggiator for further editing on track.
It’s easy to use and offers drag and drop support.
REV Reverse Loops & Instruments Sample Library First Look [Video]
Output, a Los Angeles based music software company is opening it’s doors Nov 12, 2013 and launching REV – the world’s first collection (and a massive one) of instruments, loops, rises, pads, pulses, swells and more all in REVERSE. Released in partnership w/ Native Instruments, REV is built w/in the Kontakt en- gine and installable through the NI Service Center.
REV offers users the first chance to play instruments in real time in reverse and includes over 1,000+ pre- sets spread over 4 unique engines. All sounds lock to tempo and work within all major DAW’s. Engines include a wide array of filters, stutters and FX that can help the user tweak the sound both in the studio and on the fly. Available from outputsounds.com, REV will be sold as a full collection for $199 and is built for anyone looking to push their sonic envelope – Producers, Composers, Artists, DJs, Sound Designers, etc.
First Look Video:
A few early endorsers include:
David Kahne (Producer of Paul McCartney, Lana Del Rey, Sublime, The Strokes, Kelly Clarkson) Bill Brown (Composer CSI)
Jeff Beal (Composer House Of Cards, Ugly Betty)
Greg Townley (Producer, Mixer: Sideways, Up In The Air)
Jeff Rona (Composer, Lead figure in Building MIDI)
Waves Abbey Road J37 Tape Show & Tell Review [Video]
Waves and Abbey Road Studios present the J37 tape saturation plugin, a precision model of the very machine used to record many of the greatest masterpieces in modern music. With a variety of user-adjustable controls including Tape Speed, Bias, Noise, Saturation, Wow and Flutter, the Waves: Abbey Road J37 faithfully recreates the inimitable sonic signature of the original machine. In addition to the J37 itself, three exclusive oxide tape formulas have been modeled. Specially developed by EMI during the ‘60s and ‘70s, each formula has its own unique frequency response and harmonic distortion behavior. In order to push the envelope even further, a comprehensive Tape Delay unit has been added to complement those warm tones.
The Waves: Abbey Road J37 tape emulation plugin will bring stunning analog warmth to your digital recordings, delivering a level of hardware realism never before experienced “in the box.”
Waves Abbey Road J37 Tape Show & Tell Review
J37 Tape Overview at Abbey Road Studios
Features
Tape saturation plugin
Created in association with Abbey Road Studios
Modeled on the machine used to create countless classic ’60s tracks
Includes models of three exclusive tape formulas developed by EMI
Adds analog warmth to digital recordingsControls for Bias, Wow, Flutter, Tape Speed and more
Comprehensive Tape Delay including three different delay types, Sync, LP and HP filter controls and more
House Acoustic Guitar Sample Library – Free Samples
With Avicci’s “Wake me up” proving that acoustic guitar can be a smash on the dance floor as well as the charts, Push button bang has put together a huge collection of acoustic melodies, rhythms and sounds to inspire the humanity in your house music!
Inside you will find a treasure chest of acoustic gold, with loops and samples ranging from emotional, euphoric melodics, high energy strum patterns, head nodding backing grooves to crisp, clean strums of all shapes and sizes, slaps, pops, ambient verbs, tails and experimental build fx.
Using a rare “George Lowden” acoustic with its own character sound, the sessions were recorded through dual AKG-451s, entering an Aurora Audio GTQC pre-amp/compressor, through Digidesign 192 converters to an SSL E series 4048.
Post recording, PBB got to work pushing the buttons – providing a wide palette of interchangeable loop sections for forming your own custom grooves. All loops have been processed and adjusted just enough to keep the timing excellent and retain a human feel, while fattening up the waves through custom processing with rich analog warmth and satisfying stereo spread.
Loops range in length from two to sixteen bars and share the same tempo of 128 bpm, making them usable for all sorts of EDM. Plus, as you would expect, every sound has been pre-mapped in an easy find folder structure, with the root note in of each sound recorded the filename.
With such an inspirational selection, it’s never been easier to create a beautiful rhythmic track within your favored house styles. PBB invites you to program with a plectrum and embark on your own acoustic adventure!
MELODY_009_D
RYTHM_STRUM_005_A
AMBI_FX_012_G
STRUM_059_G
Tech Specs:
▪ 24 Bit Quality
▪ 600Mb
Contains:
▪ 400 loops and samples
▪ 220 Loops
▪ 180 Hits and Fx
Loop Content:
▪ 50 Backing Grooves
▪ 14 Held Note Sequences
▪ 80 Melody Loops
▪ 20 Plucked Sequences
▪ 32 Rhythm Strum Loops
▪ 24 Strum Fx Loops
▪ 128BPM
Single Hit Content:
▪ 30 Ambient Tails and Verbs
▪ 80 Clean Notes and Strums
▪ 30 Distortions
▪ 30 Scrapes Slaps and Pops
▪ 10 Swells
MIDI Focus – Trap Beats 200 MIDI Drum Patterns – Download Free Samples
CAPSUN and 5Pin Media join forces with the mission to create the biggest and best Trap drum and MIDI pack available to date. Each sound has been uniquely designed, mixed and mastered to be ready to drop straight into your production. With over 200 MIDI drum patterns, over 160 drum and FX one shots, over 200 24bit WAV drum loops and 40 bonus audio loops, ‘MIDI Focus – Trap Beats’ will be your go-to pack for all your drum needs.
Brighton based CAPSUN is the creator of Bestselling and Top Rated sample pack ‘CAPSUN Presents Trap’ and knows the genre inside out. He is known as a producer, remixer, DJ and sound designer and has been pushing the exciting sound of Trap music in the UK. Having worked with artists such as Wretch 32, True Tiger, Kissy Sell Out, Slander, Scorcher, DrDr and more and with releases gaining BBC Radio1 airplay and acclaim across leading blogs, he is very much in demand.
‘MIDI Focus – Trap Beats’ contains over 200 MIDI drum patterns covering all elements of Trap including Builds, Intros, Huge Beat Patterns, machine-gun Snare Rolls and Hi-Hat grooves, all expertly crafted by CAPSUN to give you the genuine Trap sound. Add to that the fact that it is quick and easy to drop any MIDI pattern into the DAW of your choice with your own sounds and samples, there are endless possibilities.
The pack also includes over 160 drum and FX one shots including deep 808 sub bass hits, thumping kicks, neck-snap snares, claps & snaps, tight hi-hats, VOX hits and more. All the sounds are tightly mapped into 12 kits plus a Bonus kit with each one representing a different angle and aspect of Trap but also covering Trapstyle, Southern Hip-Hop, Trill, Cloud Rap & more. Influenced by the monsters of the scene such as Flosstradamus, Luminox, Diplo, RL Grime, Bro Safari, Brillz, Ookay, Heroes x Villains and Huglife – this is not an outsider’s re-construction – This is the Real Trap Sound created by an industry professional and a fan of the genre.
Every MIDI pattern is interchangeable and has been painstakingly mapped to the “5Pin Extended GM Drum Map” to work smoothly across every drum kit. The full zip pack also includes over 200 24bit WAV drum loops that can be dropped straight into your tracks and promote your own creativity. They chose to deliberately mix the loops to around -1.7db and do not use effects and mastering so that you can edit and craft them into your own unique production.
Formats include: Live 8 Drum Racks, NI Maschine, Reason 7 Song, Kontakt 3, Battery 3, NNXT, EXS24, Halion and SFZ.
NI MASCHINE and ABLETON LIVE users will find kits and patterns in the form of Projects ready for playing Live or for use in compositions.
Some of the musical sounds in the demo are sourced from CAPSUN Presents Trap also available from Loopmasters.
By combining expertly crafted sounds with ultra-flexible MIDI grooves, they aim to bring speed, versatility and maximum creativity to your productions.
Setting a new standard in MIDI based sampleware, the 5Pin Media Midi Focus Series.
Tech Specs:
▪ 24 Bit Quality
▪ 655MB
Zip Main Contains:
▪ 165 Drum Samples
▪ 208 Drum MIDI Files
▪ 208 Drum Loops WAV
▪ 40 Bonus Music Wav Loops
▪ 12 Drum Kits
▪ 1 Bonus Drum Kit
▪ 1 Live8 Project
▪ 1 Reason 7 Song
▪ 13 NI Maschine Projects
▪ Soft Sampler Formats: Live8 Drum Racks, Maschine, Kontakt3, Battery3, NNXT, EXS24, Halion and SFZ
MIDI + KITS only
▪ 165 Drum Samples
▪ 208 Drum MIDI Files
▪ 40 Bonus Music Wav Loops
▪ 12 Drum Kits
▪ 1 Bonus Drum Kit
▪ 1 Live8 Project
▪ 1 Reason 7 Song
▪ 13 NI Maschine Projects
▪ Soft Sampler Formats: Live8 Drum Racks, Maschine, Kontakt3, Battery3, NNXT, EXS24, Halion and SFZ
Please Note: Requires NI Maschine 1.8.2+ for Maschine Projects.
Big Bad EDM Construction Kits & Stems
“Big Bad EDM” – perfect for songstarter inspiration or the finishing touches to your next killer!
‘Famous Audio’ offers you 20 dancefloor destroying -full of trippy and innovative sounds- construction kits at 128 BPM. Each Kit comes with a full mix, plus all individual elements broken out.. Mix and match ideas to create countless new grooves.. From dirty and phat basslines to deep and boomy tuned kicks, amazing synths to crying leads, crunchy snares to fattest drums, slammin’ subs to prominent effects, heavy percussion to crazy vox.. everything you need for the next club-smasher!
You can expect to find herewith 1.08GB of material spread over 143 Stems + 20 Full Mix. In detail this pack includes, 20 Key labeled construction kits of combined drums, hi-hats, kicks, snares, bass, synths, screams, bleeps, noises, vox and FX broken out in individual track stems. So you can use them on their own or mix and match key elements from different kits for brand new exciting ideas. All loops & samples are tempo and tempo labeled for flexibility – you can fit them into your workflow easily and/or mix and match with your other content.
“Big Bad EDM” provides you with that current electro sound thats rocking the dancefloors today. Inspiration from this pack has come from biggest artists such as W&W, Showtek, Hardwell, Steve Aoki, Chuckie, Dimitri Vegas and more.. Also representing exactly what is going on now in the EDM Worlds.. Usable for all kinds of EDM from Bigroom / Mainroom House, Electro & Progressive House, and Dirty Dutch. An essential library for every producer that is serious about quality.
“Big Bad EDM” brings you best tools for making modern EDM tracks – Don’t miss it!!
Tech Specs:
▪ 24 Bit Quality
▪ 1.08GB
Contains:
▪ 20 Construction Kits
▪ 143 Stems
▪ 020 Full Mixes
▪ All Loops & Samples Tempo & Key Labeled
▪ 128BPM
Serious Dubstep Vol 3 Sample Library – Free Samples
“Serious Dubstep Vol 3″ – taking the next step in quality to fulfill all your needs for creating killer productions!
You can expect to find here with 637MB of material spread over 260 files – including subterranean basslines, brain-melting leads, savage synths, wild arpeggios, crazy dubstep bleeps, wombs, risers, chainsaws, ear-piercing FX and twisted vox which is most universal for many a genre be it Dubstep, Electro-breaks to DnB. Also some great bass, synth, vox and FX shots – this pack provides you with all you need to make your next hit!
In detail this pack includes 120 earth-shaking loops locked at 140BPM + 140 mind-blowing oneshots.. Loops folder contains, 60 Bass Loops, 55 Synth Loops, 5 Fx Loops. Oneshots folder comes with, 85 Bass Hits, 20 Synth Hits, 30 Fx Hits and 5 Vox Hits. PLUS 1 inspiration kits as a BONUS with 18 loops & samples and 9 stems included.. Kit come in stems, loops and samples folders to offer more flexibility.. All loops & samples are key and tempo-labelled for flexibility. This massive library is perfect for all styles of Dubstep music.
‘Serious Dubstep Vol 3” is not only dedicated to be used for Dubstep tracks also suitable for Electro-house, Drum-step, DnB, Grime, Hard-step and Breakbeat and many other styles. Inspiration from this pack has come from biggest artists such as Skrillex, Knife Party, Kill The Noise, Koan Sound and many more. also represents exactly what is going on now in the worlds best clubs.
Get ready to grind your teeth! this pack will take you stepping to a higher level.
Tech Specs:
▪ 24 Bit Quality
▪ 637MB
Contains:
▪ 60 Bass Loops
▪ 55 Synth Loops
▪ 05 FX Loops
▪ 85 Bass Hits
▪ 30 FX Hits
▪ 20 Synth Hits
▪ 05 Vox Hits
▪ 18 Bonus Loops & Samples
▪ 09 Bonus Stems
Deep Jazz House Apple Loops – Download Free Samples
If you are looking for real Jazz samples played by top musicians in a fantastic venue, recorded using only the best instruments and recording techniques to fuse new forms of House and Alternative music then you should check out this cool collection of Deep Jazz House samples from award winning producer Dan Mardan aka Danmad!
Deep Jazz House includes inspirational recordings of Saxaphone, Flugel Horn, Trumpets, Rhodes Pianos, Drum loops, Vibes, Fx, Acoustic & Electric Bass, Pianos, and great Jazz Vocals – which have all been recorded at Deep House tempos, ready to be exposed in many future hits.
The recordings were conducted in one of the best acoustic concert halls in Europe, the Concert Hall ION VIDU in Timisoara – Romania. Dan has sourced the very best recording musicians to create a fresh and orginal sample pack which allows cutting edge producers to incorporate real played instruments into modern House Music.
The quality of musicians, performances, recording equipment and venue – coupled with Dan Mardans passion for dance and electronic music has evoked a unique and highly inspirational sound collection which is hugely versatile for many music types, but which should specifically be of maximum use to those working in Deep and Progressive House.
In this pack you can expect to find 577 Deep House Samples, recorded at pristine 24Bit quality, including 577 Loops recorded between 120 – 124 Bpm.
Tech Specs: 7 Full Construction Kits (including 215 loops), 31 Acoustic Bass Loops, 43 Electric Bass Loops, 26 Synth Bass Loops, 31 Flugel Horn Loops, 51 Piano Loops, 124 Jazz Vocal Samples, 70 Trumpet Loops, 57 Sax Loops, 30 Rhodes Loops, 34 Synth Loops, 56 Drum Loops, 4 Vibes Loops, and 13 FX loops.
Vol 2 is being worked on currently and we expect those intelligent musicians who purchase this to be demanding the second volume from us.
If you like Deep, Jazz and House music – this is the only product you need to be sampling right now – check the demo and buy this pack today!
Credits:
Composer, arranger, sound mixing and post processing – Dan Mardan aka Danmad
Saxophone alto & tenor – Lucian Nagy
Flugel Horn, Trumpet – Stefan Olariu
The Pianists – Marcelle Poaty – Souami & Dan Mardan
Acoustic Bass & Electric Bass – Theodor Groszmuk
Vocals – Gia
Sound Engineer – Lucian Oros
Demo Song
Little Spicy Vocal
Bass Demo
Little Spicy Drums
Sordino Charm Trumpet Mixed
Format Options Explained:
▪ Zip(main) format includes Acidised Wav and Rex2 Loops
▪ Apple Loops format includes Apple Loops and Rex2 Loops
▪ Wav Loop Pack format includes Acidised Wav loop content only.
▪ If in doubt we recommend you purchase the Zip (main) format which is usable with nearly all music applications and software.
Tech Specs:
▪ 1.98Gb
▪ 24Bit Quality
▪ 7 Full Construction Kits
▪ 31 acoustic Bass Loops
▪ 43 Electric Bass Loops
▪ 26 Synth Bass Loops
▪ 31 Fluegel Horn Loops
▪ 51 Piano Loops
▪ 124 Vocal Loops
▪ 70 Trumpet Loops
▪ 57 Sax Loops
▪ 30 Rhodes Loops
▪ 7 Percussion Loops
▪ 34 Synth Loops
▪ 56 Drum Loops
▪ 4 Vibraphone Loops
▪ 13 SFX Loops
Apple Loops available to purchase separately
The Construction Kit Pack Includes:
▪ 469Mb
▪ 7 Full Construction Kits
▪ 215 wav Loops
The Bass and FX Pack Includes:
▪ 223Mb
▪ 99 Non Construction Kit Bass and SFX Wav Loops
The Vocal Pack Includes:
▪ 183MB
▪ 99 Non Construction Kit Vocal Wav Loops
The Music Pack Includes:
▪ 511MB
▪ 177 Non Construction Kit Music Wav Loops