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Nemeth Balazs

Németh Balázs is a Hungarian-based producer. His passion is to create music and to share it with others. His favorite genres are Trance and Progressive.

Quick Tip: How to Make a Snare Roll Generator

Quick Tip: How to Make a Snare Roll Generator

Today I will show you my new gadget, and teach you how to make it. A snare roll is an important part of a song. It can be used in many situations: as a creative element of a song or introducing something important like a breakdown. My new toy will reduce the time it takes to create one.

Quick Tip: How to Make Long Pitch Bend Risers

Quick Tip: How to Make Long Pitch Bend Risers

Today I will show you a technique which is often used in EDM music. Pitch risers can be used to create some tension during the track or introducing a break or some major change in your song.

Quick Tip: How to Spice Up Your Arpeggio Pattern in Reason

Quick Tip: How to Spice Up Your Arpeggio Pattern in Reason

Nowadays making an arpeggio is a great way to add interest to your track. There are many plugins out there which can arpeggiate your chord sequence in numerous ways. Lots of patterns and tweakable parameters are at your disposal in order to customize your patterns.

Quick Tip: How to Make Sweepers and Risers – Part 1

Quick Tip: How to Make Sweepers and Risers – Part 1

Today I will teach you how to make your own sweeper/riser. Sweepers and risers are very important element of the EDM tracks. There are many excellent sample libraries is out there where you can find great sweepers which you can use in your productions.

Quick Tip: Use Auto Pan Creatively – Make An Auto Pan Gate Device

Quick Tip: Use Auto Pan Creatively – Make An Auto Pan Gate Device

Sometimes the simplest device can be a source of a big idea. The thing is that the auto pan can trigger various tremolo effects but to do this you have use some adjustment on the default preset in order to use the auto pan as tremolo/vibrato effect.

Quick Tip: How to Make a Gate Synth in Ableton Live

Quick Tip: How to Make a Gate Synth in Ableton Live

Today I will show you how to build a simple trance gate using Ableton’s gate device! The trance gate is a very popular way to create interesting patterns from pads sound or long sustained notes. Many synth has the ability to use this kind of trance gate method in order to create exciting patterns during the breakdown or during the whole track. You can use it several ways but the most important thing before you do that is to create a trance gate pattern. So let’s do it!

Quick Tip: Use Reason’s MClass EQ as a Creative Effects Tool

Quick Tip: Use Reason’s MClass EQ as a Creative Effects Tool

Today I will show you how to use Reason’s MClass equalizer as a powerful send effect. Everybody knows how to use an equalizer and how to boost or cut certain frequencies. But very few among them know how to use it as a creative tool. Let’s get started.

Quick Tip : Spice Up Your Vocal Track with Ableton Live Effects

Quick Tip : Spice Up Your Vocal Track with Ableton Live Effects

Today I’m going to give you some nice ideas about how to improve your vocal track. Ableton Live’s clip view is a great weapon of choice at your disposal. You can give personal feels to every clip by using clip automation. Using clip envelopes with audio clips, you can create an abundance of interesting variations from the same clip in real time – anything from subtle corrections to entirely new and unrelated sounds.

Quick Tip: How to Make an Ultimate Band Pass Filter Delay

Quick Tip: How to Make an Ultimate Band Pass Filter Delay

Today I will show you how to build an ultimate band pass filter. It can be used various situations for example during DJ sets or before breaks during your progressions. I think it is a really cool effect I’ve used lots of times in my productions.

Quick Tip: Using MIDI Effects in Ableton Live – Part 2

Quick Tip: Using MIDI Effects in Ableton Live – Part 2

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Using MIDI Effects in Ableton Live

Last time we discussed Ableton Live’s powerful MIDI devices. Now it’s time to show how to combine these devices in various ways in order to write complex melodies. If we would like to know the real power of these tools we have to combine them together. Here are some effective combining tips you can keep in mind.

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