Open Mic: Tell Us About the Tuts You’d Like to See on Audiotuts+

Open Mic: Tell Us About the Tuts You’d Like to See on Audiotuts+

on Jun 22nd 2010 with 40 comments

In our recent survey most of you let us know you’re very happy with the site. Thanks! We’d like to keep it that way. What topics would you like covered in tuts in the future?

Each Tuesday we open our mic to readers and lurkers alike to come out of the woodwork and tell us your thoughts and opinion, your experiences and mistakes, what you love and what you hate. We want to hear from you, and here’s your chance.

What specific topics would you like to see covered in tutorials? Do you prefer written tuts, screencasts, or a mix? And what general areas would you like to see covered: DAW techniques, music theory, how to play an instrument, how to create specific sounds, how to make money with music, something different? Do you have any other suggestions? What can we do to keep you happy and make your day?

 
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  • http://www.twitter.com/jordanbvidrine Jordan Vidrine

    Id love to see some tutorials about working with reason and garage band together.

    I actually have a couple of things id like a tut for.

    -Using the vocoder in reason 4.0
    -Using a sampler and a synth together with midi
    -Using midi controllers to play in reason

  • Scott

    I would really love to see some stuff on max/msp and max for live. I have been working with a monome 256 for a while and with the apc40 and Max you can create and reprogram them to do some amazing stuff. I would really like to learn more then I already know about working with max.

    like reprograming controllers and button matrix/grids.
    and maybe msp for building your own synths.

    • Scott

      that is something that would get me to pay for the plus subscription too

      • Deems

        I would pay if they had some decent MAX tuts.

  • http://www.rousseaubaba.com Rousseau

    Would like to see more mixing, mastering, and eq techniques on sonar…seems like audiotuts is biased towards logic and discriminating against us sonar users :s

  • http://www.robertoalanis.com Roberto Alanís

    Fl Studio Tutorials please :D

    • http://www.markdijkstra.eu Mark Dijkstra

      +1

  • David

    I like seeing how-to’s on creating specific sounds from pop/famous/pro songs, like the Lady GaGa synth one a few days ago. I’m certainly not endorsing her music in anyway ;) but I like that sort of thing. It could be something like a snare sound or guitar tone. I’m not trying to hinder originality, but I’d like to get better at envisioning a sound in my mind and knowing what it’ll take to get there, and that seems like a good way to learn how certain things work together to create a specific end result.

  • Brian

    Hi guys, I discovered your site after looking at the aetuts+ site. It would be great to get some more in-depth film and video recording tips to tie in with the great video production tutorials available elsewhere on your network.

    Subjects such as dealing with noisy rooms for interviews (air conditioning etc), comparisons of different mic types (such as short shotgun vs wireless lav), and post production tips for dialogue scenes would be fantastic.

    Thanks guys and keep up the good work.

  • http://tomcrawford.org Tom

    I’d like to see more on placing elements in a mix. I’d also like to see tutorials that give insight on mixing with the mastered track in mind.

  • http://www.infrasoundkids.com L1

    I wouldn’t like to see any hardware tuts because it is harder and arguably more expensive to get a hold of.

    I would like to see some full length tuts discussing different genre’s and genre specific techniques, synths etc. A lot more on sampling would be great, especially in regards to the hip-hop producers out there sampling plays a massive part in todays hiphop and pop music.

  • myles chandler

    i would appreciate it if you guys could touch on; how to convert from wave files to mp3′s.
    which software is best. whether it be free or payed for. The software im using is reason 4. Thank you

  • http://skg sk gangopadhyay

    Please Some tutorials on Cleaning of voice recorded in home through nuendo.

  • http://www.soundcloud.com/john-axon John Axon

    I’d like to see more tutorials on using the instruments in Logic Pro. There’s a lot of depth there that I haven’t fully explore yet.

    I’d also like to read more tutorials on creating effects with Logic as those are always fun.

    Keep up the good work!

    -John

  • Deems

    I would like to see tuts on modern sampling techniques, tricks, and tips.

    • http://www.reverbnation.com/nomaly Sean Duncan

      Do you mean something technical like how to remove a hi-hat or cymbal from a sampled kick sound? Or do you mean more like using chopped bits of instruments and vocals to make a composition? Or both?

  • Peter

    I would love to see some tutorials on the “Buffer Override” granular plug-in.

  • http://khaledstudios.com Khaled Dostzada

    Less tech, more tutorials on composing. Particularly on arrangement please!

    • James Sandri

      I would like some more composing lesson as well, I would also like to see some exploration into specific genres of non-electronic music, I find the lessons on non-electronic music to be pretty general where as the electronic lessons focus on different genres and sound.

    • Brian

      I totally agree with the requests centered on the topic of composition / arrangement and related topics from Khaled, James and Alex. This is the real core of music, and whilst tuts on using a specific DAW / Synth / Effect are extremely useful, it’s the more grounded principles I’d prefer to see. Specifically tuts from Ryan Leach have always caught my attention, such as the “compelling ostinato” which was incredibly useful, as well as the tutorial on using tremolo generically which is useful for so many different applications.

    • Locke

      +1,

      However, I do like the sound design and tech stuff, but It would be nice if you could show how to integrate the various techniques in actual projects….

  • Alex

    I’d love to see more on music theory, compositional resources and and film music

  • Electrolight

    I love the ableton live tuts! Keep ‘em coming! I also like the particular synthesis techniques, but I’d like to see more techno/house based tuts, maybe like the lady gaga tut, except not with lady gaga, but something less obvious, like special fx, crashes, how to create tension, etc..

    I like the older Mo Volans posts with that house track, and the various elements..

  • http://genepensiero.com gene

    –
    i’d like to throw another vote in for a tutorial on using the vocoder in reason 4.0.

    also, would love to see some instrument specific tutorials on EQ. how to make specific instruments shine in a mix/live performance.

    love the site. it’s amazing.

  • Ryan

    I would like to see more advanced Logic tutorials. There are so many great beginner tutorials for Logic and quite a few advanced ones too. It would be great to see even meatier tutorials!

    Also, I would like to see workflow tuts. For example, write some tips on how to do things more efficiently and faster with any program (such as Logic). How do you start the epic journey into recording? What tracks do you start mixing first? This kind of stuff is always inspirational and helpful.

  • ExtremRaym

    I think it can be interesting to have more tutorial about mixing sounds effect for film, and in generaly, mixing the sound of a movie.
    Sound mixing/recording tutorial, not in music production, but in video production.

    Anyway, i think it would be interesting to have some song mixing challenge/comparison. Because i think that two mix different can be both cool, it could be nice to have some tracks of a sound, and then the possibility to post our mixing result, to compare each other.

    A tutorial about the voice recoding in metal or neo metal music would be great too. And tutorial about mixing a metal music too (because the way to place elements in metal music is very different to the pop or electro way)

    That’s all !

  • http://NA Kris B

    First I want to compliment you for this great site!

    I would like to see some audio mixing for film or video. Like for an example the output volume, balance, eq, mastering, ADR, surround techniques, how to make it sound like Hollywood etc. That would be awesome! :)

  • http://www.powersourcestudios.net Miles

    I really like the tutorials and tips like: “Animating the Animate: How to Craft Creature Sounds” and “How to Design a Background Drone Sound” and other tuts like that; as opposed to the tutorials on how to use certain programs. Like, how to use those programs to make something practical is what I’d like to see.

    Also on a side note: your articles on music theory and playing instruments are great as well. I really enjoy those.

  • Jonas

    I would love to see some articles on critical listening or ear training for mixing engineers.

  • Piers

    I think it would be quite interesting to explore some specific genres and the elements idiosyncratic to them, for example Reggae: how to use spring reverbs to get the drum sound or tape delay to achieve a guitar sound. This would be immensely useful, especially seeing as with a lot of genres like reggae you can take specific techniques and apply them to other genres to great effect. Any genre would be interesting to me, it’s all about exploring as many influences as possible! Keep up the great work!

  • http://offwhitenoise.blogspot.com meowsqueak

    I’m very pleased with the tutorials so far – thank you very much.

    I’d like to see more music theory tutorials, especially those geared towards actual practical use of theory in composition – chord substitutions, voice leading, how to construct melodic phrases properly, things like that.

    Also, in terms of electronic music and electronic music genres, it would be very interesting to get some advice on what particular aspects of each “genre” define that genre. E.g. perhaps one genre has a particular rhythmic pattern, or style of bassline, or has this or that. It’s difficult sometimes to work out what the defining characteristics are. I’m not saying that one shouldn’t experiment, but it’s always good to study existing music.

  • Phaiier

    I would like to see more Genre specific tutorials. I’m a trance producer and i’m a big fan of this site. But it’s lacking some tutorials on specific genre production such as trance, house, techno, minimal etc.

    It’s like it’s more the theoretical part of production you’re putting up instead of the practical stuff. I think producers like me who consider themselves at intermediate level would like to know more about Production itself. Just a Hint.

    after all thanks for the Big job you’re doing :)

    another suggestion :

    Why won’t Audiotuts compile a book / ebook with it’s tutorials? I would be very happy to have such source of info.

  • DANNY

    Hello,
    I’d like to see a tutorial on how to create a house genre tune in garageband.
    :)

  • http://johnmichaelrose.net John

    Some acid pro 7 tuts. Waves bundle tuts. How to set up a studio with a vintage board and a few rack units with something like reason. How to use a board and interface and still use the board for monitoring for the musicians.

  • http://www.janfelipe.bandcamp.com Jan Felipe

    I’d love to see a detailed tutorial on reverb, explaining the difference between plate, hall, room reverbs etc…

  • http://wise.deepstandard.com Wise

    For starters, I’d like to see more Tuts on the core effects used in recording/mixing/mastering. You’ve done it, but break down the importance of each and give some general reviews on various plugins/hardware effects. Like give in-depth tuts on Compression, then review the SSL Channel plug-in, Logic’s compressor, Pro Tools Compressor, etc.

    I’m a designer/developer also, so I frequent freelance switch, psdtuts and nettuts. SO I’d like you guys to adopt some of THOSE themes/topics over here.

    It would be great to get some interviews by actual audio engineers/producers like you do with PSD Tuts. Get the professionals to give their input, then have them reply to the commenter’s questions (but of course only have the comments open for about 3 days….so that the person wouldn’t have to answer questions forever.)

    I also notice that the site is VERY heavy with Logic Pro. I LOVE Logic, but…uh…Pro Tools is the industry STANDARD. Lets sneak some Pro Tools in there. Maybe have a Pro Tools week, then a Native Instruments week (Maschine, Komplete 6, Guitar Rig, etc.)

    Let’s see you guys create a track/record from scratch…of ALL genres. You guys have Creative Sessions, and it gives great details on its topic…I’d like to see that done with this site. Maybe get some in-studio stuff with various engineers of different backgrounds/genres/etc.

    It would be great if you guys also adopt some of the “Freelance Switch” topics and give us music people some insight on how to make residual income with music, how to market ourselves via social networking/etc. Get a music PR in here and give us tips on marketing projects/bands/artist/etc.

    I have a lot of ideas and would be happy to share them with you (and even help execute them) if you want. Feel free to email me. I just would like to see audio tuts be as big to music as PSD Tuts is to the design community. I love the Envato network…I’ve learned a great deal and improved drastically with my design work using PSD Tuts /Net Tuts, so I’d like to say the same with music and audio tuts.

  • http://www.all-u-can-eat-prod.de Frederic Bartl

    This would be interesting:

    - How to built a Talkbox Effect
    - AutoTune Evo Plugins Test & Functionality
    - Drum Theory / Genres Types
    - Easy Stutter Effect
    - Nice Low Voice Effect
    - Voice Effects from Artist like: Drake, Ke$ha, Daft Punk, …
    - Best Free and Pay VST’s Plugins for creating HipHop Beats

    Regards

    All-U-Can-Eat Prod.

  • http://www.brainact.be Brainact

    soundtrack pro indept maybe?
    P.S. Keep up the good work ;-)

  • dave

    Making a pro showreel! that would be excellent.

  • BOB

    i like all your post. i think i prefer written tutorials. keep it up and state blessed