Masterclass: How to Master Your Own Tracks with iZotope Ozone 9

Ever wanted to learn how to master your own tracks? Well, you’re in luck. In our latest masterclass, we sat down with Dan D’Ascenzo from iZotope to demonstrate how you can use iZotope’s Ozone 9 to master your music for maximum impact. iZotope’s Ozone is a leading mastering suite plugin that is used by world-class musicians and […]

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Masterclass: How to Collab Remotely with BeatConnect

For this edition of Friday Forum Live, we were joined by BeatConnect, to showcase their innovative music production collaboration app live. BeatConnect helps you connect your home studio to the world, bringing your tools, instruments and style to the collaboration. BeatConnect lets you share sounds, mix, and create music with up to four people in a real-time shared […]

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Learn to Think Outside the Box Whilst Mixing Inside the Box in Our Waves Audio Masterclass

For this edition of Friday Forum Live, we were joined by Michael Adams, Waves Audio’s Director of Training and Development, and JC Concato, an industry professional mix engineer and Point Blank’s creative director, to showcase some live “in the box” mixing techniques using their state-of-the-art plugins. Michael Adams worked for Waves Audio as a Junior Product Specialist before working his […]

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Watch Cristian Varela Deliver a Live Roland DJ Masterclass for Point Blank

For this edition of Friday Forum Live, we were joined by Cristian Varela, a global DJ and producer, to showcase some live DJ techniques using the Roland MC-707 and TR-6S. Cristian Varela’s inexhaustible creativity in the studio makes him one of the most prolific Spanish creators of electronic music, being credited with more than 160 references on […]

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Friday Forum Live: Roland Cloud Tutorial with JC and Ski Oakenfull

We’re back with another Friday Forum Live, this time delving into the magic behind Roland’s Roland Cloud devices, more specifically focussing on comparing real-life equivalents to their digital counterparts. In addition, the duo will also run through some music they’ve written using these plugins. For those of you who aren’t familiar with our Friday Forum Live, it’s […]

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Friday Forum Live – Watch a Deconstruction of Sister Sledge ‘Thinking of You’

After a long hiatus, having bidden farewell to our former Content Executive Carly Horden, we are back with another edition of Friday Forum Live. It’s another of Lead Course Developer Ski Oakenfull’s famous deconstruction videos but, this time he is joined by Creative Content Developer, Graham Silbiger, who assists in mapping out the arrangement and […]

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Watch a Deconstruction of Calvin Harris – ‘Slide’ ft. Frank Ocean (FFL!)

Welcome to another edition of Friday Forum Live where you’ll be able to watch our Lead Course Developer Ski Oakenfull deconstruct one of Calvin Harris’ many earth-shattering hits from last year. Graced with the presence of the most popular rap group in the states, as well as arguably the most excitingly independent voice in popular […]

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Sampling and Sequencing with Pioneer DJ’s DJS-1000 – Friday Forum Live

After last week’s brilliant quickfire deconstruction, we’re back with another edition of Friday Forum Live. This week our lead DJ instructor Ben Bristow has got his hands on the latest piece of wizardry from Pioneer DJ – the DJS-1000. Intended for live performance, the DJS-1000 is a sampler and sequencer that’s the same shape and […]

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Friday Forum Live! Watch a Quickfire Deconstruction of Maze – ‘Twilight’

In our first Friday Forum Live of the year, we are celebrating the release of Arturia’s new DX7 plugin, based on the classic Yahama FM synth of the same name. It’s definitely the truest representation of the original unit available and, as we see in the video, it’s full of gloriously retro presets. Ski Oakenfull […]

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Watch Our Top 3 FFLs of 2017! How to Master a Dance Track, Create Classic Sounds + More

2017 has been a great year for Friday Forum Live, Point Blank’s live Friday broadcast. Keeping you updated with music production techniques, tips and tricks, we’ve been joined by our expert instructors to bring you tutorials, interviews and insight into composition, production and all things music-making. If you want to develop your own journey in music, check out […]

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