Learn how to reduce latency using Apple’s Garageband music recording software in this free online video tutorial.
Category: Recording
Logic Pro Tutorial: Using Side Chain Compression – Tips & Tricks
In this tutorial, Dubspot Electronic Music Production and Sound Design Instructor Evan Sutton will demonstrate two techniques for sidechain compression in Logic Pro in the context of dance pop production. These techniques can be used in a number of different musical contexts, and can be even more handy when made part of a Logic template.
Apogee Duet – How to connect external Mic Pre Amps
In this tutorial you’ll learn how to bypass Duet’s internal Mic Pre Amps connect an external Mic Pre Amp.
Recording Great Vocals In Two Steps [Video]
With as many variables as there are to recording vocals, there two that will have the biggest impact on your recordings.
Recording Great Vocals In Two Steps by Graham Cochrane at TheRecordingRevolution.com
Recording Multiple Tracks In GarageBand on iPad Simultaneously [Video]
Here is a simple trick to do if you want to record with two Apogee MiCs on two iPads.
Free Toontrack EZdrummer Lite & EZmix 2 Lite
Toontrack is giving away EZdrummer Lite & EZmix 2 as part of it’s Songwriters Month 2013.
New Products focused around songwriting will also be released on May 3rd , 14th, 21st , & the 28th.
EZdrummer® Lite is a stripped down version of the multi-microphone drum-sampler EZdrummer®. It is designed for musicians and producers in need of a compact, affordable, easy to handle plug-in without compromising sound quality or control.
EZmix 2 Lite is a stripped down version of the widely popular preset powered multi-effect mix tool EZmix 2. The full product was designed to cater to anything from home user to pro and builds on one fundamental idea: A powerful tool that combines guitar/amp and cab simulation with ready-made effect chains for the most common instruments and channels found in a recording session. Boiled down, EZmix 2 is your new guitar amp, mix engineer and mastering suite, all rolled up in one convenient package!
Free Guitar Pedal Tube Screamer VST AU MAC PC
This appears to be an emulation of Ibanez’s Tube Screamer, and is designed to be used before your amp simulation to give you a tighter low end and add a bit of boost to lead parts.
Download: Win VST 32/64bit | OSX VST Universal Binary | OSX AU Universal Binary
Minimum requirements: Intel CPU (w/SSE2) | 32 Bit / 64 Bit Windows XP / OSX 10.5
Free QWERTY Keyboard MIDI Controller [Mac]
Easy MIDI Free turns your Mac keyboard into a powerful MIDI keyboard controller. It sends MIDI notes messages to any soft synth or DAW such as GarageBand, Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Cubase, Nuendo, Pro Tools and Digital Performer.
This is very useful when you want to jot down some musical ideas quickly and easily whilst travelling, sitting in a coffee shop or even on your couch at home.
You can even control CoreMIDI iOS apps or hardware synth via MIDI interface.
Features
Send MIDI notes to any DAW or MIDI driver
Notes can be triggered using alphanumeric keys
Easily change keyboard octave with up/down arrow keys
Use left/right arrow keys to change starting note
Visual feedback eliminates the need to look down on your Mac keyboard
Sustain on/off can be triggered with a space bar
Vertical scroll changes note velocity
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Free Bass Amp Simulator PC VST MAC AU
The B.O.D is emulating a well known bass processing unit. Can you guess witch one ?
If you need a good bass-tone quick, try this one!
Read the included manual for more info.
Free TubeDriver Plugin PC (VST) & Mac OS X (VST&AU)
TubeDriver – tube amplifier emulation plug-in for Windows (VST 32 and 64bit) and Mac OS X (VST and AU 32 and 64bit).
Controls:
Pre EQ – High Pass, Peak, Shelf and resonant Low Pass filters.
BIAS – Adjusts tube stage’s grid bias which control the symmetry of the tube amp saturation.
DRIVE -Amount of gain applied by the tube amp.
VOLUME – Output level..
BOOST – +12 db additional gain applied by the tube amp.
BYPASS – Switch TubeDriver in bypass mode.
MONO – Switch TubeDriver in mono mode – process Left Input, output Left and Right.
PHASE – Invert phase of output signal.
HP Freq – Post High Pass Filter frequency.
LP Freq– Post Low Pass Filter frequency.
Oversample – Oversampling Rate in realtime.
16x On Render – Oversampling Rate in Render (Mixdown) mode of host:
OFF – Oversampling Rate in Render (Mixdown) mode of host same as in realtime;
ON – Oversampling Rate have a maximum (16x) value in Render (Mixdown) mode of host.