Producer Cafe

5 ways to keep your studio inspiring

Posted on 26. Nov, 2009 by Luke Bond.

One of the most important things when writing inspiring music is to have an inspiring work place. A room that’s untidy, dirty, dark and cold really blocks your mind. My studio was like this and I wasn’t getting anything done, everytime I started a track my head was just drained, of course that wouldn’t be [...]

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Submitting your music to labels & artists

Posted on 23. Aug, 2009 by Luke Bond.

There are various ways out there that you can submit your music to record labels and artists, 10 years ago people were posting tapes! With the revolution of the internet it’s never been easier to get your music across for exposure.
MySpace

One of the most common and successful ways of getting in contact with DJs, record [...]

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Presonus – Studio One

Posted on 23. Aug, 2009 by Luke Bond.

After hearing about this upcoming DAW and seeing some of the screenshots from it, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it! The demo has just been released and the first thing I did was download and fire it up!

Straight away you can see by the colours and layout from the plugin loading screen [...]

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Hardcoreproducer.org – Associate Forum

Posted on 10. Aug, 2009 by Luke Bond.

Hello everyone,
I just thought I would update you of one of the projects I’m involved with. As well ProducerCafe I also run a forum called Hardcore Producer which is dedicated for people who are interested in producing “UK Hardcore” which is a very upbeat genre of dance music particually popular in the UK and other [...]

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Propellerhead Record – Open BETA

Posted on 30. Jul, 2009 by Luke Bond.

Propellerhead Software has announced the “Record Open Beta experience” which gives you the opportunity to test drive Propellerhead’s new Record software for free until September 9th, 2009.
What is record?
Propellerhead record is the sucessor to the award winning Reason. Record contains more advance arrangement and audio editing capabilities as well as an overal cleaner and easy to [...]

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Logic 9 Announced!

Posted on 29. Jul, 2009 by Luke Bond.

Apple has unveiled the next version of Logic Studio with major upgrades to Logic Pro, MainStage and Soundtrack Pro and more than 200 new features that simplify complex tasks.

Logic Pro 9 features new Amp Designer and Pedalboard plug-ins that provide realistic virtual guitar amps and stompbox effects to create amazing custom guitar rigs. A new [...]

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Process This! 5 must have FX & Processing Plugins!

Posted on 28. May, 2009 by Luke Bond.

We all have those plugins that we use on a day-today basis and wouldn’t know how we would cope without them. Well here’s mine, I find these really useful when I’m stuck for something on a track. These include both post production FX, processing and Synthesizers. 
These are in no apparent order.
1. Liquid

This little beast is [...]

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Brand new track – Maelstrom – Luke Desire

Posted on 27. May, 2009 by Luke Bond.

Hi guys,
Here is a new track I’ve been working on titled Maelstrom. It’s a trance track I was made using some of the techniques I’ve posted up previously including the camelphat dip effect. It’s going to be doing its round of the label submissions over the next few months as I tweak the track. See [...]

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Easy sidechain effect using Camelphat

Posted on 12. May, 2009 by Luke Bond.

Are you after that cool side chain dip effect? Rather than having to set up a compressor and route it with a kick drum ect, here’s a much more straight forward and easy way to get it!

Requirements
- Any Sequencer that supports VST or AU plugins.
- Camelphat version 3+
Lets get started!
Ok so first of all I’m [...]

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What is compression? Compression Made Easy!

Posted on 09. May, 2009 by Luke Bond.

There’s alot of people out there who use compression but do not understand fully what it does. The funny thing is that it’s really simple! Compression is one of the main tools used among producers and can make huge differences in your overall sound. I’m going to explain what compression exactly is and what sort [...]

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