10 Reasons to Subscribe to AUDIOTUTS

on Nov 21st 2008 with 1 comment

At AUDIOTUTS we’ve just launched a new Short Feed alongside our existing Full Feed. The short feed is very light-weight and designed to let you know only the title of new tutorials published at AUDIOTUTS so you can click back to the site to read the full post. If you find that our tutorials and articles are taking too long to load in your feed reader the Short Feed may be a perfect fit for you.

If you’re not already subscribed to AUDIOTUTS, this post will change your mind. If you’re not sure what all the fuss is about ‘feeds’, this post will also explain exactly why you should care.

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Open Mic: Tell Us About Your Creative Process

on Nov 18th 2008 with 14 comments

Recently, an AUDIOTUTS reader asked me about creative process. While this is a topic that can’t be made into a tutorial, I’d like to create an open comment thread here for readers and lurkers alike to come out of the woodworks and tell us how you take a song from beginning to end.

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How to Design a Background Drone Sound

on Nov 17th 2008 with 9 comments

The drone is used throughout music and sound design as sonic bed or background upon which other sounds are laid. In the world of sound design, drones are often used to ‘fill out’ a scene, or to provide a sense of location. For example, if the scene occurs in a swamp you may have a background ambience that includes frogs, wind through the trees, splashes, etc. In this instance, the ‘drone’ would likely be the wind, with the rest of the layers as incidental sounds.

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This entry is part 3 of 35 in the Top Sound Design Tuts Session

Using Hitpoints and Markers in Cubase 4 to Create a Tempo Track

on Nov 14th 2008 with 29 comments

Sometimes when you are recording a new track it is good to turn off the metronome and auto-quantize using your software, just hit record, and play from the heart. A spontaneity and more human quality can be captured in the performance. This works particularly well with solo guitar or piano.

Or maybe you want to use some audio from a live recording or a studio session where no click track was used. When it comes to adding other sequenced parts to audio that has been recorded in this way it can be difficult to get the timing of the midi notes right. The metronome and auto-quantize will be out of sync with the audio.

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5 Most Hilarious Obscure Music Genres

on Nov 13th 2008 with 37 comments

Hey, you know that post-Marxist-afro-cuban-experimental-Wiicore band you always reference when you’re trying to impress people with your obscure taste in music? Cut it out, everybody knows it doesn’t really exist. Maybe next time, try referencing one of these hilariously obscure (and real) genres instead.

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How to Add the Experimental to Electronica, Part 1

on Nov 10th 2008 with 21 comments

It’s a bit of a shame that the abstract electronica genre isn’t thriving commercially the way it used to be. The heyday of labels like Warp Records and Planet Mu has long gone, and very few experimental electronica producers are making a living from their music.

That said, there’s a great wealth of absolutely amazing free electronica out there. I’d recommend any fan of electronic music to take a listen to the brilliant Bleepshow podcast for many fantastic examples. It’s a highly creative area, and one which needs a constant supply of fresh talent, so it’s a good time to get started!

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5 All-Time-Classic Albums That Critics Despised

on Nov 7th 2008 with 32 comments

As much as people like to deny it, there is something about a negative album review that can sway the public consciousness. A bad review in the right publication can seal an album’s fate as a bargain bin throwaway before it even has a chance. Often times, the harsh criticism is more than warranted. Not everything can be a gem. But every once in awhile, the critics get it wrong. Horribly, horribly wrong. For example…

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AUDIOTUTS Makeover and Community Ideas?

on Nov 7th 2008 with 9 comments

It’s been four months since AUDIOTUTS hit the ol’ interweb and I’m happy today to announce it now has a new skin, inline with our updated TUTS theme that you might have spotted on sister sites PSDTUTS, NETTUTS and VECTORTUTS. Though four months doesn’t seem like a long time, AUDIOTUTS has been making great progress as a site with over 100 articles and tutorials, 10 appearances on the Digg homepage and a good three quarters of a million visitors since its inception!

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Studio Drums Sample Pack

on Nov 7th 2008 with 7 comments

Number of samples: 29
Audio format: WAV
Genre: Multi

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Didgeridoo Sample Pack

on Nov 7th 2008 with 10 comments

Number of samples: 2
Audio format: WAV
Genre: World

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