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Mixing Crashes & FX to Create Impact and Anticipation

on Dec 6th 2008 with 11 comments

Following my tutorials on creating a house drum track, making electronic basslines, and mixing pad sounds it now seems an appropriate stage to add some crash and effect samples to our sequence.

Although there were some basic crashes already in the sequence, these have now been replaced to show the construction process in detail. These sorts of effects are great for adding impact when introducing a sequence or new part and reverse effects or rises are the perfect tool for creating anticipation. You will find these techniques especially useful when switching between sections in your project or moving in and out of breakdowns.

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How to Create a Complex Network Echo in Logic Pro

on Nov 24th 2008 with 12 comments

In this tutorial, I am going to demonstrate a clever way to use the Logic Pro Echo plugin to generate a pattern based echo by using Effect buses. Doing it this way allows you to have control over each note in the pattern so you can get really creative by putting effects on each one.

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How to Filter Your Audio 10 Different Ways

on Nov 4th 2008 with 5 comments

When it comes to electronic production, filtering is an essential process. Luckily for the beginners amongst you, it’s an area of production that’s pretty easy to grasp. With so many products on the market capable of excellent results, the hardest part of filtering your audio may be picking the right plug-in.

A lot of you will have your favorite pieces of software in this area, so without trying compile a definitive collection of filter plug-ins, the following round up should give you an idea of the different methods and processors available to you when it comes to filtering your sounds.

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How to Create Twisted Grooves using Recycle and Reason

on Oct 5th 2008 with 7 comments

There are a huge number of tools available for slicing and dicing loops but one of the original (and still one of the best) is Propellerheads Recycle. When the resulting .Rex files are manipulated in Reason’s Dr. Rex player great results are possible.

Whether you are pretty new to these packages or you just want to get away from using library loops, using these tools to create your own mangles loops can be a great way to inject some originality into your composition.

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Getting Started with Creative Compression in Dance Music

on Sep 30th 2008 with 20 comments

Compression is often a misunderstood process. The importance of effective compression in the realm of dance music reigns absolutely supreme. Without the creative application of compression, entire genres of electronic music would not be here with us today.

In this tutorial we’re going to explore one of the most rewarding and enjoyable ways you can make compression work for you in your dance music productions.

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This entry is part 15 of 17 in the Creative Session: All About Compression Session

How to Create a Stutter Transition in Reason 4

on Sep 27th 2008 with 11 comments

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a cool ’stutter’ transition effect inside Reason 4 using two combinators. The effect is relatively easy to pull off and makes for an interesting transition to work into your songs.

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How to Create Crisp, Controlled Effects with Dynamic Effect Busses

on Sep 23rd 2008 with 6 comments

There are times during the production process when you may want to use really intense delay and reverb effects with extra long tails. Using these sorts of effects on vocals, synths and even drums can create real atmosphere and depth but you may find that your signal can become swamped, resulting in a loss of clarity.

Luckily, there is a technique you can use that will help you retain the definition in your mix whilst using these special effects.

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How to Create a Velocity Layered Instrument with Maize Sampler

on Sep 21st 2008 with 2 comments

Maize is a VST sampler that’s really easy to use. All you have to do is drag your samples to match the notes of a keyboard, and then you can play them back from your MIDI interface. Okay, that in itself may seem like no big deal, but what is really interesting about Maize is that you can export your finished patch as a VSTi synth which you can share with others.

You can download a free version, and if you chose to purchase the full version registered users can sell their VSTi creations and also customise the background and logo. In this tutorial I will show you how I made a very simple Djembe instrument from scratch using some samples of the African drum that I recorded.

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How to Use the Sound Cube to Plan Your Recording

on Sep 14th 2008 with 9 comments

If you don’t lay down plans before you get into the studio, you’re asking for trouble. If you don’t, the sounds are going to end up clashing for attention and the song is going to sound like it was thrown together unless you figure out what you’re doing in advance and plan accordingly.

Which instruments will be up close, in your face, in the mix? Which ones will be far back? Which instruments will dominate the high frequency spectrum and which ones belong in the bottom? These are just a few opening thoughts, and by no means the whole shebang.

But don’t despair, because today we’re going to go through a planning process that could save you hours (or days, or weeks) in the studio trying to fix problems that could have easily been avoided.

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The Making of “How We Do” by The Game

on Sep 12th 2008 with 8 comments

In this tutorial, we’re going to learn how to recreate the beat, bass and melody from How We Do by The Game featuring 50 Cent and produced by the illustrious Dr Dre. If you’re a fan of hip-hop and hip-hop music production, you’ll be a fan of this tutorial.

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