Category Archives: Tutorials

Helpful EQ Cheat Sheet for Cleaner Mixes

Chek out this handy guide of EQ tips for various frequency ranges. It gives examples of when to boost or duck frequency ranges to create more room in your mixes. EQ tips Cheat Sheet by fredv

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Demo video of a Doepfer Dark Energy box

Simple trance with just 1 instrument and drum track. I want one of these! (Thanks, Mike Heymans, for letting us know about this!)

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Renoise and Ableton Live sidechain Tutorial

Here is a simple example of how to do a sidechain in Renoise and then in Ableton Live. There are many ways to implement a sidechain but this is a great easy to follow example of how the technique works.

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(S1E4) McKay Garner of doppio performance and interview – Electronic Music Makers Video Podcast

McKay Garner of the band “doppio” gives an in-depth tutorial on “keyboard drumming”: using a drumKAT MIDI controller with Ableton Live to create the beats and melodic lines heard on their latest self-titled album. McKay also talks about the band’s … Continue reading

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Creating Compelling Pads with Brian Trifon (Trifonic) @ Pyramind

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Using found sound to make beats in Ableton

Cool simple demo

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A concise explanation of Audio Compression

I came across this article years ago and felt it does a concise job of explaining audio compression. http://www.thewhippinpost.co.uk/mixing-music/compression-audio-mixing.htm

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Circuit benders in SF!

Robotspeak is having the first of a 3-part class on circuit bending starting this Saturday! More information at: http://www.robotspeak.com/html/catalog.html#diymidi CIRCUIT BENDING ROBOTSPEAK and Dmitri go forward with Dmitri’s second round of Circuit Bending classes on 3 Saturdays 3 sessions (eleven … Continue reading

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Video: How To Produce Massive Skrillex Basslines

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Trance fans checkout this SuperSAW Tutorial

Checkout this example of a Trance style SuperSAW using the awesome (and free) Synth1! Synth1 Link

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