Quick Trick! Adding Punch to pluck sounds

Posted on 12. Aug, 2011 by .

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Alot of people have been asking me how to make pluck sounds nice and punchy. Lots of artists in dance music have some really nice punchy clean pluck sounds so he’s how to do it! In this tip I’m going to be using my favourite softsynth “Sylenth1″ which is one of my favourites for plucks [...]

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Logic X – What’s expected to come?

Posted on 27. Jul, 2011 by .

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Logic is now due for an upgrade and there have been loads of debates across music forums worldwide of what’s to be expected. With Image Line and Steinberg really going full out in terms of features, Apple is now in the spotlight to bring Logic back on game. With the recent release of Final Cut Pro X, with [...]

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Sending a Demo 101

Posted on 19. Jul, 2011 by .

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You have just finished an amazing track, well at least you and your cat think so! But what happens next? You want the whole world to hear what you have achieved but don’t know where to turn. Relax my friend, this easy guide will help you through the wonderful ride of sending a demo. Demo [...]

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5 Tips for a clean mixdown

Posted on 13. Jul, 2011 by .

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It’s very easy these days to overfill your tracks with the vast amount of sounds we have available today. From doing this the overal mix of your tracks starts to clog up, stopping those important sounds from reaching the ears. Here are 5 tips that I strongly recommend you get into the habbit with for a clean [...]

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5 Awsome sample packs

Posted on 13. Jul, 2011 by .

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Sample packs are getting used more and more rather than alot of producers crafting everything from scratch. Lots of packs are being used to create big music hits, a recent example of this was the track KNAS by Steve Angello where it’s main hook comes from a loop bundled in a vegeance pack. Is that [...]

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The art of an orchestral breakdown

Posted on 04. Jul, 2011 by .

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There is a point in every musician’s career who is focused mainly on an electronic music to make, or to at least try to make an orchestral piece of music. I think that most of the ‘A State Of Trance’ listeners or trance music fans in general are aware of names like Andy Blueman, Soundlift [...]

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Sampling a clean Kick drum from any track!

Posted on 04. Jul, 2011 by .

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Sometimes we hear a track with a real smooth kick drum and think to ourselves… I want my kick to sounds like that! Of course it matters how the the track is mixed down overall but I’ve sampled lots of powerful kicks from records and made my own by merging different parts together getting a [...]

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Getting stuck with a track in its early stages

Posted on 04. Jul, 2011 by .

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Problem: You have started a track and what you have done so far is a cool beat, an amazing melody or something else that is the basis of a new track. And now what is left is just to finish the track? Well sometimes it’s not that easy, many of us get stuck in the [...]

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Z3TA+ 2 Available this month!

Posted on 03. Jul, 2011 by .

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When I saw this I literally drawled.. When I was using PC for making music a few years ago I used this synth extensively. When I switched over to Mac I wasn’t able to use it as it was only available for PC. Lets hope an AU version of this synth will be available. It’s [...]

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