We’ve all been there. You get in the studio eager to cook up something earthshakingly awesome! You fire up your DAW but find yourself suffering an acute case of Blank session syndrome (the inability to…
Tag: Production
When it comes to iconic pieces of sampling hardware they don’t get much mightier than the E-mu SP1200. This 80’s 12-bit beast has reached legendary status in recent years, particularity within the Boom-Bap Hip-Hop fraternity.…
Over the past few decades, we have become accustomed to the practice of sampling in contemporary music. A technique originally pioneered in the Hip-Hop world, it’s now become commonplace in almost all genres of music.…
Moog Music, Possibly THE most iconic name in synthesis has just announced a move to the inMusic family. With a 70-year history Moog have remained true to their roots and as such have remained a…
Audio-to-midi conversion has been a staple of DAWs and music software for many years now. As far back as 1992 Melodyne by Celemony introduced its revolutionary polyphonic mode. This allowed users to extract pitch and…
Hats off to Ableton. They managed to keep this one quiet. You may have heard by now that there’s a new Push controller in town. The news of Push 3 sent certain factions of the…
So, you’re ready to get your fingers dusty and try your hand at some lofi Hip-Hop beats. In this article, we will be taking you through the key principles involved in producing lofi hip-hop beats.…
Soundtoys have built a loyal fanbase and enviable reputation for highly usable and innovative plugins. It has however not gone unnoticed by fans that they have been MIA recently. Well, they need worry no longer…
Watch as lofi music producer and music production YouTuber Taetro produces a chilled lofi beat on an Akai mpk mini mk3 at the top of a peaceful mountain! Such a beautiful video!
Oscar over at Underdog Electronic Music School runs over the very basic building blocks of synthesizers and shows how they work in this really informative video!