Techtorial: How to Sample Hardware Easily Using Logic Pro’s Auto Sampler

For this tutorial, we’re showing how you can sample any instrument and turn it into a VST in Logic Pro, using and MainStage’s Auto Sampler. Auto Sampler makes it easy to create sampler instruments that you can use in MainStage and Logic Pro. You can create a sampler instrument from a MIDI-capable hardware synthesizer, from a software […]

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10 Best Free Plugins 2021

We all love free stuff, especially when it can enhance and refine our music production skills. Most of you will likely be very aware of the big hitters, like Serum, Massive and others which are renowned for their sound design elements but there are some very useful free options. We’re back with another roundup of the best […]

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Tutorial: Exploring Roland Cloud’s JUNO-106 Plugin with Risa T

For this video, our Course Content Developer Risa T explores the features of Roland Cloud’s JUNO-106 soft synth and shows exactly how to shape and edit its iconic sounds. The JUNO-106 was the first in Roland synths to introduce the performance lever for pitch bends and modulation – an addition which became a standard feature of the […]

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Zion Foster Shares the Secrets Behind His Vocals on the R&B Track ‘POWER’

We were joined by the London-based R&B sensation, Zion Foster, to explore the magic behind his Afrobeat anthem ‘POWER’ and talk about how he makes his vocals sound so polished and professional from his bedroom studio. ‘POWER’ is taken from the artist’s new album, Welcome to the Lion’s Den, and is an ultra-smooth Afrobeat cut that’s packed with soulful […]

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Create Your Own Instruments with Logic Pro X 10.5’s New Sampler

To celebrate the release of Apple’s Logic Pro X 10.5, we’re creating a number of tutorial videos which explore the update’s new features. In this video, Point Blank Lecturer David Stone shows some handy tips and tricks using Logic 10.5’s Sampler, including how to create your own instrument from samples, mould your sounds using the plugin’s inbuilt parameters and […]

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Learn How to Copy and Record Live Loops in Logic Pro X 10.5

To celebrate the release of Apple’s Logic Pro X 10.5, we’re creating a number of tutorial videos which explore the update’s new features. This time, Point Blank Course Content Developer Risa T demonstrates how useful Logic 10.5’s Live Loops feature is and shows just how easy it is to start arranging and playing musical ideas […]

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See Logic Pro X 10.5’s New Step Sequencer in Action

Logic Pro X 10.5 is finally here and we have revamped our online Complete Logic Pro and Music Production (Logic) courses (25% off before Monday 10th August) to ensure that we’re Pro X 10.5 ready. The 10.5 software update has been described by Apple as the “biggest update to Logic since the launch of Logic Pro X” and sees Logic […]

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We’re ready for Logic Pro X 10.5. Are You?

Logic Pro X 10.5 is finally here and we have revamped our Complete Logic Pro and Music Production (Logic) courses (25% off before Monday) to ensure that we’re Pro X 10.5 ready. Risa T, Point Blank Course Content Developer and artist, recently took a look at the latest Logic update to explore its new and exciting […]

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Deconstruction: Tones And I – ‘Dance Monkey’

We’re back with another deconstruction, this time with our very own Course Content Developer Risa T stepping in to break down Tones And I’s giant hit, ‘Dance Monkey’. If you’re new here and not familiar with what a deconstruction entails, it’s where we take a well-known track, break it down to its core elements and recreate it […]

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6 Best Autotune Plugins to Enhance Your Vocals

Over the last decade, autotune has evolved from a subtlety producers and engineers use to alter vocals and correct out-of-tune notes to a full-blown identity for certain musicians. Now, predominantly used in the realms of trap and left-field pop music, fans will even be able to identify an artist just by the way their distinct […]

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